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After movie star Anne Hathaway found out she had received her dream role as Catwoman in this summer's blockbuster The Dark Knight, she went right into training with certified wellness coach and weigh loss expert Jackie Keller.
In our interview, Keller explained that she started working with Anne in February 2011 to develop a diet that lasted nearly a year, until filming was over. Her anti-inflammatory diet consisted of three meals, three snacks, and one salad, which came out to about 1,500-1,800 calories a day. Anne would eat about every two-and-a-half to three hours, depending on how long each day was. The diet was considered nearly vegan because it consisted of no flesh, which was how Anne preferred it.
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Vancouver Gadgets on CKNW's "The Bill Good Show"
Yesterday, Jay Kenobi and Perpetual Motion appeared on The Bill Good Show on CKNW radio. Thanks to Karen Horak and Bill Good for the opportunity to appear on the show. We didn't cover all the topics we had hoped to discuss but it was a great conversation nevertheless. You can listen to yesterday's conversation here and please forward to the 17:38 minute mark begin.
The intention for the show was to discuss our recent article "Gadget Gift Ideas for Christmas 2011" but as there are so many compelling issues in the tech world I think we barely scratched the surface of the content in this article. Look for more media appearances from Vancouver Gadgets in the near future.


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BROOKLET - A five yard scamper by Portal's Steven Cox was the difference in a wet and windy defensive battle Thursday night as the Panthers defeated the Southeast Bulloch Yellow Jackets 7-0 in a scrimmage the week before the 2008 opening kickoff.
PORTAL - The second game of Wednesday's doubleheader was one out from becoming official, but Emanuel County Institute's Nikki Ellison belted a two-out single into left field as the rain opened up, and the game was called with the Portal Lady Panthers (2-0) holding a 3-1 advantage.
BROOKLET - Some heads-up base running allowed Ansley Rushing to cross the plate with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, giving the Southeast Bulloch Lady Yellow Jackets (5-2) a 3-2 win over the Brantley County Lady Herons (4-1-1) Tuesday at SEB's home opener.
PORTAL - The Portal softball team won its first ever game against Calvary Day on Tuesday by a score of 6-2 at the Portal Athletic Complex.
After only a handful of victories in 2007, Statesboro looks to get back to its winning ways in 2008 with a slew of upperclassmen and an upper edge in experience.
With so many young players forced onto the field in '07, the silver lining was the playing time the underclassmen now have under the belt going into '08.
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As the economy moves toward recovery, businesses continue to be under pressure to plan for and achieve profitability goals. Accordingly, companies that have traditionally directed their energies toward top-line growth have increased their focus on cost. While cost management is often an operations-driven responsibility, finance is playing a growing role in supporting the capture and analysis of the associated data. With the renewed focus on cost, organizations are refreshing their awareness of the impact of indirect costs on both margin and the bottom line. Consequently, they are developing a better understanding of the processes that support the capture, application and reporting of their indirect cost allocations. Experience shows that an effective allocation solution creates the foundation necessary to both identify and drive out inefficiencies, resulting in better margins, an improved bottom line and increased cash flow. In many cases, though, the more sophisticated the allocation methodology, the greater the downstream impact on financial reporting processes. Efficiency of the financial close cycle is at risk of being compromised when striving to achieve effective indirect cost-allocation reporting.
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Hi guys...
First of all, sorry for my bad english and spelling mistakes...
Ok, although the belts may look fine, the time and mileage do their part.. the material weakens, micro cracks appear, and more importantly, both the belt idler and the belt tensioner bearings wear out, as well as the water pump bearings and it's shaft gaskets... so after 100 000 Km (60 000 miles) all above mentioned should be replaced... The water pump as well, coz, although not being powered by the timing belt on Proteges, it is prone to failure (bearing failures and/or leaks), but to replace it, the entire timing belt system has to be removed first to gain access to the pump... so that sucks!
I have just changed mine, and, well, you do not need any special tools except you might encounter a problem of not being able do undo the crankshaft pulley bolt, which is difficult to do if you do not have the SST (special service tool). (air tools will not work on this bolt, trust me ).
However, by having some average toolbox items, it is quite easy to do it without the SST.
well, I do not have any of my own project pictures, but I will paste some from the net.
So, here it goes:
1. Jack up your front passenger-side wheel and remove it.
2. Remove the splash cover behind the wheel, exposing the crankshaft pulley.
3. Remove the splash guard from below the front of the car, exposing the bottom of the radiator.
4. Unhook the camshaft position sensor, spark plug wires and spark plugs, and remove the valve cover.
This is where you are so far:
5. To remove the two serpentine belts, undo the bolts holding the PS pump, and do the same with the alternator, (it could be tricky to access the alternator form above, so try from underneath the car). Each of them has three bolts: Swivel bolt, jack bolt, and a locking bolt. First, just untighten the swivel bolt, then the locking bolt, and then undo the jack bolt to release the tension on belt.
Here's an example on a P/s pump, and the same principle is on an alternator...
RED COLOR: swivel bolt
GREEN COLOR: Jack bolt
BLUE COLOR: locking bolt
Here's the much better picture and more detailed explanation on this matter ( courtesy of Brcobrem )
The red insert shows the power steering unit's swivel bolt that you see on top of the engine (this gets loosened first, and tightened last). The blue circle shows the lock bolt loosened but not falling out (this get loosened 2nd and tightened this after tensioning with the jack bolt). The green circle at the top of the pic shows the rear of the jack bolt. The green circle in the green insert shows the front of the jack bolt (this gets loosened thirdly and tightened appropriately for belt tensioning before tightening the lock bolt).
6. Loosen the mentioned above, and remove the two serpentine belts (P/S-A/C-C/S) and (Alternator-C/S-W/P).
7. Now comes the tricky part: Undoing the crankshaft bolt...
Now, if you try to undo it, (I believe 21 mm socket and wrench), you will find that the engine will turn as you try to turn your wrench, so you will need to find a way to block the pulley and stop it from spinning.
There are two threaded holes on the crankshaft pulley (C/S) with M8 (8 mm ) threads... What you need to do is to take two bolts you had lying around your garage or in your tool box (or buy them at your local hardware store), thread them all the way into the pulley, find a peace of metal pipe, a block of wood, a wooden board, a two-by-two, or something, wedge it somehow (I leave it to your own creativity and nventivity) between the bolts and the suspension arm or a floor or somewhere on the chassis, so the pulley won't turn. And with the help of some elbow grease, undo the bolt.
Now a little trick. The crankshaft bolt has to be tightened back to approx. 160 Nm of torque. It could be done by using a big old nasty torque wrench, but, I use a little trick: Before I undo the bolt, I use a magic marker to mark the position of the bolt (on bolt and pulley), so when I put it back on, I tighten it until the marks are aligned, ergo no need for a torque wrench...
8. Undo the bolts holding the plastic timing cover, and remove the cower. It has two pieces and the plastic is very brittle, so PLEASE DO BE CAREFUL. Upper one can be removed, while lower one has to wait for the crankshaft pulley to be removed first (see nr. 11)
Now, you have your timing belt exposed, and you se your cam shaft pulleys and all.
9. In order to remove the belt, you need to take of the engine mount, so first take another jack, put it below the engine oil pan, take a block of wood and put it between the oil pan and the jack, and lift the jack just enough until it BARELY starts to lift the engine! (a couple of millimeters, or 1/8th of an inch). The jack will support the engine when you remove the mount.
10. Unbolt the mount and remove it.
Here's where you are so far:
11. Remove the crankshaft pulley (DO NOT use a puller, coz it will damage the pulley, rather wiggle it out by hand and be patient), and be careful not to lose the position pin.
After the pulley has been removed, you will see the timing pulley behind, with a NOTCH on it (V shaped), that indicates the position.
Now, the notch on the CRANK SHAFT has to FACE UPWARDS, (aligned to a mark on the engine block) while the two notches (lines actually) on the CAMSHAFT pulleys (gears) have to be horizontal, inwards, next to each other. (as it can bee seen on the picture below)
12. Put the crankshaft bolt back into the crankshaft, tighten it BY HAND so you can use a ratchet to turn the engine, and using a wrench slowly turn the crankshaft clockwise until you get the marks aligned (as they should be), so it will be a lot easier once you take the old belt off, to realign the system for the new belt...
13. There is a spring holding the belt tensioner in place. Unhook it, (be careful not to lose it, and remember how it goes back on), and unbolt and remove the tensioner.
14. Unbolt and remove the idler.
15. Remove the belt.
(now, you are a half way through)!
16. Go underneath the radiator, and you will see the coolant drain plug. Drain the coolant. (I guess you know how to do it...)
17. Unbolt the four water pump pulley bolts and remove the pulley.
18. Unbolt the water pump bolts (5 of them), and remove the pump! (some remaining coolant will leak, that is no prob.)
(Sometimes, the pump gasket will hold the pump stuck to the engine block, so tap it with a soft-tip mallet a bit or gently pry it loose, if it is stuck on...)
19. Clean the sealing surfaces, and put the new pump on. Use a torque wrench to tighten the pump bolts (approx 20 Nm of torque)
20. Put the new idler roller on, and tighten it.
21. Put the new tensioner and tighten it. (do not put the tension spring on yet!!!) This type of tensioners used on 1.8 and 2.0 proteges operates by a spring tension and auto-adjustment feature, meaning that even if it is tightened all the way, it will still swivel back and forth, as the spring pushes on it against the belt...
22. Check, recheck and again RECHECK the align marks on the crankshaft and camshafts, and put the new belt on. It will be a bit of a struggle to get it on right, but be persistent. (rotation direction is often marked on the belt, if not, then the direction is the same as the reading direction of the words printed on the belt).
How to put a belt on:
Start by putting it on the crankshaft pulley, then, go over the idler and put it on the exhaust camshaft, then onto intake camshaft, and while opening the tensioner (no spring on it yet), slide it under.
After the belt is on, again check, re check and RE CHECK the marks, and if all ok:
23. Put the tension spring back on.
24. Do 4 turns of the crankshaft with your hands using a hand wrench, and recheck if everything spins ok. Check the belt, markings, belt sideways movement, slack...
25. Now, start putting everything back in reverse order.
26. as you finish the assembly, putting the mount back on, don't forget you still have the jack underneath the engine!!!
27. Replace the new serpentine belts, and tighten them. the general "rule-of-thumb" when tightening serpentine belts (using a jack bolt) is that it is tightened just right when on the middle of the longest belt-straight, you can twist the belt approx. 90 degrees with your fingers.
Do not over tighten the belts, coz you will ruin the bearings!!!
28. Refill the coolant and bleed the system... (I guess you know how it's done).
again, recheck everything and start the engine up.
Let it idle for 10 minutes or so, and then, recheck everything. Wait for the engine to warm up and start the cooling vent.
Check for leaks around the water pump.
And, that's it!!!
And of course, this is just a how-to help, I can not take any liability in any damage caused by this text.


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SALEM - Salem head coach Rich Hart looked up following Friday night's game at John A. Cabas Gymnasium and summed up his return in just three words.
"I feel great," he said with a smile.
He should. His Quakers used a 10-0 run mid-way through the fourth quarter to secure their fourth win on the season, 56-43 over Marlington to remain unbeaten.
"I got cleared on Wednesday," Hart said. "I couldn't spend another two or three days doing nothing."
Hart returned to the bench for the first time this season after a medical procedure to put at stint in his heart. He said he wasn't feeling any effects of it following the game.
"Once the game started, it wasn't going to make any difference," he said.
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MARLINGTON SCORING: Micah Hall 2-0-4, Shawn Kirk 2-2-4, Dan Krupko 5-0-11, Lucas Strouble 5-2-12, Jordan Knapp 2-1-6, Dylan Simmons 0-2-2, Thomas Mason 2-2-2, Jacob Sawman 0-0-0, Adam Penird 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 18, 5-8, 43.
SALEM SCORING: Ryan Bush 9-0-19, Mike Madison 1-2-4, Brendan Webb 2-0-6, Max Wolfgang 3-0-6, Anthony Shivers 10-1-21, Zach Economous 0-0-0, Austin Frank 0-0-0, Zack Wukotich 0-0-0, Brooks Bezon 0-0-0, Mike Popa 0-0-0, Ryan Hoover 0-0-0, Eric Madison 0-0-0, Rocco Davanzo 0-0-0. TEAM TOTALS: 25, 3-7, 56.
THREE POINTERS: Marlington 2 (Andrews, Knapp), Salem 3 (Webb 2, Bush).
The early season Northeastern Buckeye Conference match-up took a slower pace with both teams managing just four points midway through the first frame.
Each team then rattled off runs of seven points, beginning with the Quakers. Back-to-back buckets by Anthony Shivers put Salem up 8-4 and a 3-pointer by Bush extendeded their lead to 11-4.
Marlington answered with a run of its own as Chris Andrews knocked down an open 3-pointer from the corner to tie things at 11 with less than a minute to play.
Ryan Bush came back with a tip in on the Quakers next possession to put Salem back ahead - a lead they would not relinquish for the remainder of the evening.
Officials let both teams play for much of the first two quarters, in a physical league game that didn't see either team make a trip to the free-throw line until the second.
"That's the NBC - it's a war every night," Hart said. "All of these games are very physical and whoever executes the best is going to come out on top. You have to rebound, you have to play defense and you have to execute to win these games."
And rebound the Quakers did, particularly Max Wolfgang, whose presence in the scorebook was not nearly as important as on the glass. Wolfgang finished the game with six points but pulled down 14 rebounds.
"Max just cleaned the boards, and I'm really proud of the way he played," Hart said.
The Quakers had a task of slowing down Marlington's Lucas Strouble, who has committed to play at the collegiate level at Walsh.
"He's very athletic," Hart said.
Strouble finished the night with 12 points, but was largely limited due to a combined effort from several Quakers.
"Tony did a heck of a job on the Strouble kid," Hart said. "He held him to 12 points and it was a hard 12 points. (Zach) Economous did a good job on him as well. He's a kid we couldn't let get going from beyond the 3-point line."
The Quaker bench provided a boost throughout the evening and helped Salem take a seven-point lead into the locker room with Mike Madison's basket late in the half.
"We played pretty well the first half but we forced some things," Hart said. "I told them at half time if we just ran our offense we would be fine. We were playing that well defensively, everybody just stepped up. The bench gave us a boost and Mike Madison was a big lift as well."
Wolfgang also made an impact defensively. With a big block, he triggered a Quaker fast break that was capped off with Anthony Shivers getting an easy layup to put Salem up by 11, their fist double-digit lead of the night, and force Marlington to call a timeout.
Shivers finished the evening with a double-double, notching a game-high 21 points and pulling down 11 rebounds.
The Dukes opened up the fourth with a 4-0 run over the first 2:16 to cut it Salem's lead to five.
Salem answered coming out of a timeout and itself the breathing room they had been searching for all evening.
Shivers highlighted the run, accounting for eight of the Quakers' 14 fourth quarter points.
"It feels good to be back," Hart said.
Marlington won the jayvee game 64-24.
Salem (4-0, 2-0 NBC) travels to East Liverpool Tuesday.


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two well known mexican fighter in the same card and on mexican independence day homeboy
u dont have to be billgates to calculate how many mexicans bought that PPV vs black-americans to see alvarez and morales
i bet most of u guys watching it on streams
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If that's the case...why didn't Mosley vs. Mora sell a s**t load of PPV's as well???? That card had Ponce De Leon, Alvarez, and Ortiz on the undercard, and it only sold like 100,000 PPV's.
It's funny that people even try to discredit the PPV #'s he does, let alone the fights he wins. Mayweather is one of the biggest draws in boxing history, sorry man. Even Oscar only did 1 million+ PPV's 4 times, and Floyd has already matched that. The worst thing Floyd has done is be too inactive, otherwise he could have sold even more PPV's.
Part of a huge event is having a good undercard as well. But, by no means are Alvarez and Morales the reason that fight sold over 1.25 million PPV's.
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floyd would've never sold over a million PPV's if it wasn't for 24/7. As Rude Jude aka floyds daddy said, 24/7 is more entertaining that his actual fights.
If I wanted to see running and pitter patter punches I would watch malinaggi
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to be honest i think floyd needs to fight manny sooner rather than later, he is starting to slow and I thought ortiz looked like he was starting to get into the fight a little when it ended - if he doesn't fight manny next year it will never happen.
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u think without morales and alvarez on the undercard people would waste their freaking money watching floyd dismantle a class C fighter?
u kidding me?
u have to be so dumb to say mexican independence day, morales and alvarez have nothing to do with that 1.25ppv buys
60% is probably is the because of it
40% is for people want to see floyd againts a class c fighter and d!ckriders like u *****s
and u have to be so dumb not to realize that floyds cash cow name aint in jpepardy if he aint fighting pac or martinez
specially after that suckerpunch even some of his ***** fans was disgusted by that ://///
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one thing i know is he has the same run and dont get hit style as floyd
and who would want to waste their money on another grandpa mosley fight?
and was it during a mexican indepence day?
dont u compare mora-moralez style :///
moralez attracts people while mora sends people going home early big difference
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i think Tyson or Frazier.
In the first Ruddock fight Tyson's body shots just caused Ruddock's legs to turn to jelly.they hurt me
Frazier was a body destroyer that doubled his shots up on the body and head. he also used to grunt when hitting someone. badass
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I would have to go with the Iron Mike. Out of all the people listed here he was the smallest. If mike was the size of Forman just imagine what he would have done. He not only had power but speed.3,4,5 punches to the body. And we all know how effective he was when he circled to his right moving around his opponent then throwing a perfect right hook to the body which caused opponents to freeze and drop there hands then comes the most vicious uppercut. End of story.
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Gerry Cooney blows them all away. Where Shavers had the hardest upstairs Cooney had the hardest downstairs.
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Hardest, probably Foreman. But the best body attack since Liston? Definetly Frazier.
Come on, this is a no contest. I really think that if Frazier went to the body more in FOTC and Thrilla In Manilla that he could have KO'ed Ali. He almost had Ali quitting after a bunch of headshots. Think if he had went to the body more that night. Ali would most likely have quit.
After Frazier, either Foreman or Tyson.
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well, since george foreman punches the hardest, then i guess that would mean he punched the hardest to the body, i guess. so i will say george foreman. tyson and frazier deserve a mention as well.
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punching power from the body and face r totally different strengths my friend
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joe, rocky and tyson
all similar styles, and all great body punchers
George too
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from everything ive read and seen, i would say Cooney is up there with the best, if u dont believe me, watch Cooney Vs Lyle and you'll know what im talking about.
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my initial thought was chuvalo. unlike popular belief, he was a vicious body puncher. perhaps one of the best.
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Tyson in his prime was about 220 to 225 Foreman in this prime was 220 to 230.So Foreman wasn't bigger than Tyson.And who did Tyson fight that could compare to the guys Foreman fought?
Rocky Marciano was a joke.A bum.Did he fight any 220 plus pound fighters period?Nope.Did Joe Louis?Nope.The person who made this post said who was the most effectice.Not who is more popular or who threw to the body the most.
Cooney was good but using his fight with Lyle is hilarious.Lyle was washed up by that point.Foreman had already knocked him out so did Ali and i believe a couple of other guys did the trick.
And Comrade how many times do i have to say this.Did you fight Shavers?Nope but Ali did and he said Foreman was the hardest puncher he fought period and since he fought Shavers to that would mean Foreman punched harder than him.
So anyway it has to be between Foreman or Tyson.Not many heavyweights since Liston went to the body much.Most fighters were or are head hunters.Even the so called great Ali never worked the body which would of helped him out in alot of his fights.
Oh and by the way the topic again is fighters since Sonny Liston.So that means Louis and Marciano shouldn't be mentioned at all.
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Released PVS-Studio 4.00 with a free general-purpose analyzer
Programmers, meet a new tool to search for errors in source code of software written in C/C++. Within the scope of the PVS-Studio analyzer, we implemented a new set of general-purpose rules. This functionality is free for now. You may download PVS-Studio here http://www.viva64.com/en/pvs-studio-download/.
The article briefly describes new features of PVS-Studio and demonstrates the usage of new diagnostic capabilities with the example of static analysis of the TortoiseSVN project's source code.
PVS-Studio is a state-of-the-art source code analyzer integrated into Microsoft Visual Studio 2005/2008/2010 environment. The analyzer lets you conveniently handle the warning list and enables multi-core processing for analysis. PVS-Studio is meant for developers of modern Windows-software in C/C++/C++0x.
Until now, PVS-Studio included two rule sets. The first was intended for detecting issues in 64-bit software while the second was intended for detecting issues in parallel software based on the OpenMP technology.
Now our analyzer has a third universal set of rules that allows detecting various errors in code. This rule set is free and may be used without any restrictions. We cannot say whether this set will become paid or not in future since we are only starting our way in the sphere of general-purpose static analysis.
Currently you may study the new set of rules by downloading PVS-Studio 4.00 BETA. We will be glad to receive feedback from you concerning bugs and your wishes of how we could improve the tool. I would like to note it right away that we implemented only 50 general-purpose rules for a start. It is not too much, so if you fail to find any interesting issues in your code after you have downloaded and tried PVS-Studio, please do not jump to conclusions. We suggest that you try PVS-Studio in future when the set of diagnoses is greatly extended. We intend to significantly enlarge the base of diagnostic rules soon (if we have enough health and luck).
Let us demonstrate the use of PVS-Studio's new rule set by the example of TortoiseSVN. TortoiseSVN is a client for the Subversion version control system implemented as a Windows plugin. TortoiseSVN is well known by many developers, so I think there is no need to describe this application in detail. I only want to note that TortoiseSVN was acknowledged as the best project in the category "tools and utilities for developers" in year 2007 on SourceForge.net.
Step 1
Download PVS-Studio from OOO "Program Verification Systems" company's site (that's us). I hope you will appreciate that you do not have to fill in any forms or solve captchas. Simply download the tool.
Step 2
Install PVS-Studio. Do not hesitate to click the "Next" button because you do not have to set anything. The PVS-Studio package is signed with a digital signature. However, some antiviruses might get alerted about integration of PVS-Studio into Visual Studio. So you should allow any activity if asked by your antivirus.
Step 3
Download the package of source code of the TortoiseSVN project. We employed version 1.6.11 of source code.
Step 4
Open the TortoiseSVN project and launch the analysis by choosing the Check Solution command in the PVS-Studio menu.
The analyzer will think a bit (the TortoiseSVN project is rather complex and includes a lot of files), so do not perform any actions and just wait for a while. The progress dialogue will appear soon and the analysis will start. The analysis' speed depends upon the number of processor cores in your computer. If PVS-Studio consumes too many resources, you may restrain its appetite in the settings.
The analyzer generates messages in its own window that has controls for enabling/disabling different types of messages. We will use these capabilities because we are not interested in a large number of errors related to 64 bits now. Besides, the 64-bit analysis module is charged and therefore is shipped in the trial mode (for more detailed information about the trial mode, go here).
In the window, you may see a group of three buttons responsible for displaying messages of the three rule sets.
1) 64 is responsible for displaying diagnostic messages about 64-bit issues (Viva64);
2) MP shows diagnostic messages about parallel defects (VivaMP);
3) GA shows the General Analysis diagnostic messages.
Now we are interested only in the general analysis rule set. Uncheck the other buttons and the unnecessary messages will be also hidden in the list.
Wait for the analysis to finish.
Step 6
Analysis is over and we may see the list of all the fragments in the program where code review is necessary.
All the warnings are arranged according to 3 priority levels (this is a new feature in PVS-Studio 4.00). Usually you have to review only messages of the 1-st and 2-nd levels. PVS-Studio 4.00 BETA generated 33 warnings of the 1-st level, 14 warnings of the 2-nd level and 8 warnings of the 3-rd level.
You'd better start examining the messages with the first level warnings. So you may uncheck the button responsible for displaying messages of the second level. The third level is disabled by default.
Step 7
Let's examine interesting code fragments the analyzer has found.
Case 1
In the beginning, there are two messages at once that refer to the same function. I hope that this function is not used too often in the code.
V530 The return value of function 'empty' is required to be utilized. contextmenu.cpp 434
V530 The return value of function 'remove' is required to be utilized. contextmenu.cpp 442
Code: cpp
Case 2
Here it is checked whether a variable of the 'char' type is above or equal to value 0x80.
V547 Expression 'c >= 0x80' is always false. The value range of signed char type: [-128, 127]. pathutils.cpp 559
Code: cpp
Many threads are spawned and terminated by functions CreateThread/ExitThread. Therefore we risk quickly overflowing a thread's stack or failing to release some resources when a thread is terminated. For more information, refer to the V513 warning's description. It is much safer to use functions _beginthreadex() and _endthreadex() for these purposes.
There is no need to give the code sample here, and the text of all the messages is the same:
V513 Use _beginthreadex/_endthreadex functions instead of CreateThread/ExitThread functions. crashhandler.cpp 379
Case 4
It refers to TortoiseSVN companion utilities. It is highly probable that when you handle CrashLog, you will encounter another Crash.
V510 The 'printf_s' function is not expected to receive class-type variable as fourth actual argument. excprpt.cpp 199
Code: cpp
The developers intended to clear an array here but failed.
V530 The return value of function 'empty' is required to be utilized. mailmsg.cpp 40
Code: cpp
Case 6
In the SetTo() function, the developers also failed to clear an array.
V530 The return value of function 'empty' is required to be utilized. mailmsg.cpp 54
Code: cpp
Of course the analyzer generates false alarms as well. For instance, this code fragment from the zlib library is included into the TortoiseSVN project. There is no error here but it is rather helpful to mark such a fragment with the V501 warning.
V501 There are identical sub-expressions to the left and to the right of the '-' operator: size - size zutil.c 213
Code: cpp
Case 8
There are other grey areas concerning encodings. Here is one more condition which is always false.
V547 Expression '* utf8CheckBuf >= 0xF5' is always false. The value range of signed char type: [-128, 127]. tortoiseblame.cpp 312
Code: cpp
Case 9
The next message is not so simple: in theory we have an error but in practice everything works well.
V507 Pointer to local array 'stringbuf' is stored outside the scope of this array. Such a pointer will become invalid. mainwindow.cpp 277
Code: cpp
If 'stringbuf' was a class object (for instance, of std::string class), the code would behave incorrectly. We would use an already destroyed object in that case. But here 'stringbuf' is an array created in the stack. The Visual C++ compiler does not use this stack fragment once again, so the buffer will continue to exist until the 'CMainWindow::WinMsgHandler' function terminates. Thus, there is no error yet this code is potentially dangerous.
Case 10
Here is one more fragment like the previous one. Again we have code that works but it is rather fragile.
V507 Pointer to local array 'stringbuf' is stored outside the scope of this array. Such a pointer will become invalid. picwindow.cpp 443
Code: cpp
It is a bad idea to throw exceptions and not to handle them in the destructor.
V509 The 'throw' operator inside the destructor should be placed within the try..catch block. Raising exception inside the destructor is illegal. cachefileoutbuffer.cpp 52
Code: cpp
Case 12
One more meaningless comparison.
V547 Expression 'endRevision < 0' is always false. Unsigned type value is never < 0. cachelogquery.cpp 999
Code: cpp
Case 13
There are no more useful messages of the first level. Well, for now. It is only the first step in trying PVS-Studio's capabilities. We intend to develop not fewer than 150 issues we must teach our tool to detect. I would like to thank once again those readers who responded to our previous articles and sent us samples where one can detect errors with the help of static analysis at the stage of writing the code.
Let's look at the second level. We found one interesting error related to using the Copy-Paste method. By the way, there was nothing interesting at the third level, so it is not for nothing that we disable it by default.
V524 It is odd that the 'GetDbgHelpVersion' function is fully equivalent to the 'GetImageHlpVersion' function (SymbolEngine.h, line 98). symbolengine.h 105
Code: cpp
Step 8
Now we must fix the errors we have found. This step is clear and we will skip it.
Concerning the errors found, we will report them to TortoiseSVN's developers.
Step 9
Now let's speak a bit about false alarms. Let me give you some examples to explain what false alarms are and how we can deal with them.
Here is the first false alarm: PVS-Studio did not understand the playing with the operation of memory copying.
V512 A call of the 'memcpy' function will lead to a buffer overflow or underflow. resmodule.cpp 838
Code: cpp
Here is the second false alarm. The analyzer suggests that we processed only a part of the array.
V512 A call of the 'memcmp' function will lead to a buffer overflow or underflow. sshsha.c 317
Code: cpp
The third example of a false alarm.
V517 The use of 'if (A) {...} else if (A) {...}' pattern was detected. There is a probability of logical error presence. tree234.c 195
Code: cpp
We will not consider all the rest of false alarms because there is nothing interesting about them. A programmer can easily understand that they are false alarms and he does not have to examine them too closely.
You may handle false alarms in several ways:
1) You may rewrite the code. Sometimes it is rather reasonable. Refactoring would be very helpful for the last sample with a false alarm (I mean the add234_internal function and warning V517).
2) You may disable some diagnoses in the settings which always produce false alarms in your projects. After you disable them, all the corresponding messages will disappear from the warning list. For more details, see "Settings: Detectable Errors".
3) If false alarms refer to code that does not need to be checked, you may exclude separate files or folders from analysis. You may also use masks. For details, see "Settings: Don't Check Files". This method is convenient for excluding third-party libraries from analysis.
4) You may use the mechanism of suppressing messages containing particular text. For details, see "Settings: Message Suppression".
5) There are cases when you should suppress a particular false alarm. Then you may use the "Mark as False Alarm" option. If you use it, the analyzer adds a small comment of the "//-Verror_code" kind into the code. You may hide code fragments marked with this comment by the FA button that enables or disables displaying the marked messages. For details, see: "False alarm suppression".
Thank you for your attention. Try PVS-Studio. Send us your feedback. Ask us questions. Give us your interesting samples. Offer new diagnostic rules we could implement.
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Last Sunday, I was up at 6 a.m. and was walking the dogs by about 6:30 a.m. Since I purchased the kennel, they spend their nights in the garage and then their days in the kennel so they can absorb some sunshine and have fresh air.
They are our babies, as most of you understand, and for those who do not, how much you miss. The poor dears had some cedar chips in their Puppy Chow. Yes, I know they are elderly fellows. On the people scale, Puppy, our 15-year-old, should be gone by now, but they can handle the small bits of Puppy Chow better.
Outside on a quiet Sunday morning, I was donned in my fuchsia raincoat (pink for you guys), crocs, pink capris, and in my hand, I held my 38 pistol. I really want a pink one, but my boys told me that was "out of control on the pink thang" and not going to happen. Also, I had in my pocket my phone, 'cause these days ya just never know, and my ... get this: pink camera.
Lucky the Golden Retriever did not want to stay inside. While I was coaxing him and trying to keep him in the kennel, my eyes saw movement. Lo and behold, behind my daughter's blue Chevy Cavalier, she walked. No, not my daughter. It was Lilly the Mountain Lion sauntering up the grass as if she owned the place.
I was shocked and frozen once again. She has a way of doing that to me.
I shook my head, and reminded myself to turn on my camera. Slowly lifting it I felt my heart beating a bazillion beats a minute. I know I'm exaggerating, but my heart was literally hurting.
Knowing the importance of the picture, I tried so very hard to get a good one. I was only about 40 feet from her.
Evidently from Lilly's standpoint, I was not even worth bothering with and probably looked like a giant pink powder puff or something because she totally ignored me and slipped behind the sparse woods beside my house. The kitten cougar, aka Freaky, lopped behind her and all of the sudden would pounce and play and then resume the lopping/sauntering like his momma. To my surprise, another kitten followed them. And here I hadn't known about him/her. Maybe that is why we have over a dozen sightings of the kitten ... there is more than one of them. The baby didn't have a name, so "Freddy/Freda" (if I name them I cope better, remember?) just sauntered behind Freaky who was behind momma and I am standing there trying to get a picture as they waltz off into the woods beside my house.
Stunned, I realized, I am in a dog kennel on a Sunday morning trying to get a picture of a mountain lion for the DNR. My bizarre life. My baby sister, Kathy, dubbed that phrase about me a few years ago due to the twists and turns my life has taken.
I contemplated the danger of taking the dogs back into the garage. Puppy doesn't move very quickly. Go figure. And Lucky was just so "wigged out" and trying to knock me over in order to get out, I decided to leave them in. With the canopy on the kennel, I knew she could possibly get to them, but not as likely as if they were out in the open. I walked stealthfully across the yard holding up my pistol in ready mode. Go ahead and laugh. A middle-aged woman out in the morning dressed totally in pink, and walking in Charlies' Angels mode.
Quickly, I darted into the house and shut the door. I knew better than to run and turn my back.
The adrenaline rush had got me through the moment, but all of a sudden, the reality hit and the tears flowed. Now, I don't mean a giant sob fest. But for a few moments, I wept. Bringing me back to the moment were Lucky's pitiful howls. He was petrified and just wanted out of the cage. I watched from the house and kept going from window to window to catch another glimpse of this frightening, yet beautiful creature.
I contemplated calling the state police because I had already called them and they said they would come if I needed them to. However, I realized that Lilly was probably gone, and it would be too late by the time they arrived.
However, Lucky's protests from the kennel made me wonder. I knelt in prayer. No, I'm not kidding. I need help, and obviously, he is the one to give it to me. I thanked God for his protection and asked for the continued protection until this "situation" gets resolved. After about 30 minutes, I ventured back out and opened the kennel door where both dogs scurried (yeah, I know they're old, but they're not dead yet) into the garage and seemed so very relieved.
I showered, woke the kids, and told them of the events of the morning. They were mortified and made me promise to never "go outside alone" again. Ha. Talk about role reversal.
Another night this week, we had a house full of young people, and it was time to bring the dogs inside. Joe, Kristin and I went outside armed like a militia, shining flashlights all over the land, watching carefully before opening the kennel door.
We made it as far as the patio, and my thoughts were along this line: With all this noise in the house, what animal in its right mind would come around here?
However, when we got to the side garage door, it was locked. The sounds from beside the pool began, a deep growl began ebbing and flowing and I attributed it to my shot nerves and the darkness. I said nothing.
Joe proclaimed, "Do you hear that?"
Kristin said, "Yes, but I was pretending I did not."
"Jimmy!" We all screamed. "Unlock the door."
He ran as fast as his legs could carry him as all the teenagers watched from the windows.
To say it is never boring at our house would be an understatement. Walking out the other evening, our church intern, a 24-year-old preacher, Amos, and my son saw "Freaky." The intern, Amos, could barely believe his eyes.
Walking he and his girlfriend, Whitney, to their car that night, (yeah, I do armed security now) the cat started making its noises. Preacher Amos, said, "Mrs. Wolfe, I have lived in inner city areas where most hated Koreans (he is half Korean) and was held up at gunpoint and beat up, but this is more frightening than anything I've ever experienced."
But they keep coming anyway. The kids and the cats.
It's nothing for there to be a dozen (kids not cats) or more on a weekend night. We love it. The funniest reply to the lion in the woods was my 6-foot, 5-inch nephew, Jonathan. He comes often, but just walks out the door when it is time to go home seemingly unafraid. When I questioned him, his reply was so "Jon."
"If God wants it to eat me, I guess it will eat me."
My e-mail box has been busy as has been my phone ringing since last week's article.
There have evidently been many other sightings of cougars in our area. The most frequently mentioned area was Lower Cheat. I'm not sure exactly where that is, but most of you will know. The other areas mentioned were Dryfork, Mingo Flats, Snowshoe and Canaan. If I'm missing anywhere, please forgive me as I didn't write this down. And so many of you wondered where I live. Drumrolls please. ... You are not going to believe this: Chenoweth Creek Road. And only a little distance from Wal-Mart and Kmart. Hard to believe, isn't it?
Now, I need your help. I have to have a picture of the mother cougar before the DNR will investigate. I am having trouble operating the wildlife cameras and keeping them working. Could everyone with a wildlife camera put them up at this time? Please?
There is a book being written right now, by a former outdoor writer for The Charleston Gazette, and an article in the works for Outdoor Life magazine as well as others by our family friend, Mr. Jim Wilson. He also writes for Goldenseal and Wonderful West Virginia Magazine.
All we need now is a picture. The DNR needs a picture in order to move on this and these fellows would like a picture for their writings. Can you help me out?
Bizarre life aside, I can honestly say I wouldn't trade this experience for anything. We have learned many life lessons about this elusive animal by studying about the life of mountain lions, pumas and cougars, their habits, territories and the huge cat scrape in my flower bed. Talk about hands-on learning.
However, I am now ready for this experience to come to a close. So, as hard as it is for me to ask for help, I am asking.
(Kimberly Short Wolfe, MA, is the grief counselor for Mountain Hospice and a home school mom. Contact: email@example.com, email@example.com, or call 304-823-3922, ext. 136.)


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Jeff Atwood, co-founder of Q&A network Stack Exchange, announced today via blog post that he's launching a new startup called Discourse, which offers an open source platform for running discussion forums. The full name of the company is actually Civilized Discourse Construction Kit, Inc., and its goal is indeed to improve the quality of online discussion. However, Atwood writes that he's following a very different strategy from Stack Exchange, which aims for "the absolute minimum amount of discussion necessary to produce great questions and great answers":
Speaking to a news channel, the Home Secretary said: "The decision on Afzal Guru's body will be taken as per the jail manual. Afzal Guru will be buried with full religious rites inside the jail. We are not apprehending any law and order problem in Kashmir. The Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister was kept in the loop". Singh confirmed the hanging of Afzal Guru, the main accused in the December 13, 2001, terror strike on the Indian Parliament.
Saurav Ganguly might have found his new job after retirement from cricket, but its definitely not the case with sachin tendulkar. He scored his 81st century in first class cricket to make the critics who called for his retirement to be on hypertension. The Master Blaster showed off his renewed form completing his 81st ton in domestic cricket off just 138 balls. With the latest ton, he also equalled the record for most centuries in Indian domestic cricket, held by Sunil Gavaskar. Playing for the Mumbai team that recently won Ranji Trophy Tendulkar looked like a man on a mission, as he batted beautifully and collected runs with command. In the process, he showed off his preparations for the upcoming home Test series against Australia.
My appeal to you is to take steps to protect the dignity of the constitutional post of Deputy Chairman. In the light of the Supreme Court judgement for reinvestigation in the main petition, it is unthinkable that an individual accused in the case by the victim, can occupy the Chair until he is cleared by a reinvestigation. In the forthcoming Parliament session, the anti-sexual assault ordinance is also scheduled to be discussed. The status of India's Parliament will be irreparably damaged in the eyes of the world if such a discussion is permitted to be guided by a person who has been accused of involvement in a case of rape of a 17 year old. I am confident that you will do what is best in the interests of upholding the dignity of Parliament. - Vrinda Karat
Australia captain Michael Clarke has been ruled out of the fifth and final One-Day International (ODI) against the West Indies in Melbourne on Sunday after complaining of a recurrence of the hamstring trouble that he has carried through the Australian summer. Clarke's right hamstring was assessed by the team medical staff following the fourth ODI Friday, which the home team won, and the physiotherapist has confirmed that Clarke has hamstring stiffness.
Google has integrated its free video chat suite Hangouts with Gmail. This means users in India can now chat with as many as up to nine people through their Gmail accounts. The Hangouts integration enhances Gmail users' video chat experience with a host of fun effects and business-oriented features. To start a Hangout, users simply need to click on the video camera icon appearing on the right side of their Gtalk pane. A new window pop-ups, showing a list of their Google+ friends. Users can also add people to the video chat by adding contacts via Gmail IDs, in case they are not in their Google+ circles.
Watson will make his return for Australia in the third one-dayer against the West Indies in Canberra today, his first international hitout since he broke down with a calf injury in the Boxing Day Test. While he will not bowl in Australia or in the tour of India, he will roll the arm over towards the back end of the Indian Premier League with the Rajasthan Royals. That would serve as the perfect springboard into the Champions Trophy in June, he said, and, should all go to plan, allow him to bowl in the Ashes. However, should Watson make an instant impact with the bat, he told The Daily Telegraph he could abandon bowling altogether for the sake of staying on the park.
Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday termed the Irani Cup match as the "biggest" he could have got in recent times as the off-spinner intends to stage a comeback to the Indian cricket team for the upcoming four-match Test series against Australia. The 32-year-old is part of the Rest of India team which will take on Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai on Wednesday and Harbhajan said he wants to do something special to get picked for the Australian series, starting later in February. "If I do well, I have a great chance to come back into the Indian side and Australia is coming over, so before the series starts, this was the biggest game I could have got," he told reporters in Mumbai. "I want to do something special and be relaxed and look to bowl well rather than running after the wickets. Wickets will come, if not today, tomorrow it will come. My aim is to bowl well, if I do that, I will get the rewards," he added.
The China-Japan tensions over the contested islands in the East China Sea re-surfaced after a brief lull as Beijing dismissed Tokyo's protests over the continued patrolling of the territory by its vessels, one of which aimed a weapon-targeting radar at a Japanese Navy ship. Chinese Ambassador to Japan, Cheng Yonghua rejected Japan's protest over the continued patrol of Chinese marine surveillance ships in waters off the islands called Diaoyu by China and Senkakus by Japan. Cheng had conveyed the message to Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki in Tokyo yesterday when he was summoned to receive the Japanese demarche protesting the Chinese ships patrol of the islands. Cheng said the Chinese vessels are conducting regular patrols in Chinese territorial waters, and requested Japan not to interfere with this, state run CCTV reported today.
The government will sell a 9.5 per cent stake in power major NTPC on Thursday (February 7) through the offer for sale route, Divestment Secretary Ravi Mathur told NDTV Profit. The government is looking to raise Rs. 12,000 crore from the share sale. The Department of Divestment (DoD) has already conducted international roadshows for the divestment of NTPC. The price for the sale, which will be communicated to the stock exchanges tomorrow, will likely be set at Rs. 145 per share, sources from the Finance Ministry told NDTV. The NTPC stock closed up 0.16 per cent at Rs. 155.6 on the BSE today, while the Sensex ended lower by 0.46 per cent. Last week, the DoD successfully completed the sale of a 10 per cent stake in Oil India raising over Rs. 3,113 crore.


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TUNA CASSEROLE certainly isn't a gourmet dish, but it's a homestyle favorite that can save money and put dinner on the table in a hurry.
I took a typical recipe for this casserole and made some healthy changes. Using multi-grain pasta adds fiber and extra protein without altering the taste. Leaving out the cheddar cheese while stirring in reduced-fat cream of mushroom soup and fat-free milk cuts more calories.
Instead of topping things off with crushed potato chips, I make my own fresh breadcrumbs with wheat bread and a little light butter. But if potato chips are a must in your tuna casserole, try crumbling up some baked chips or reduced-fat Pringles.


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The New Jersey Supreme Court, once viewed as a bastion of independent, if liberal, jurisprudence, risks a sharply diminished reputation if political battles over filling its empty seats are not quickly resolved, legal experts and court-reform advocates say.
The immediate issue facing the court is the maneuvering between Gov. Christie and Senate Democrats over the two unfilled positions.
But experts say the larger issue is the breakdown of an informal, decades-old agreement between the parties to minimize partisan wrangling over judicial nominees.
And the resulting damage to the court's reputation.
"This has been watched all over the country," said Robert Williams, a law professor at Rutgers School of Law-Camden who focuses on the Supreme Court. "For all of these years, people had the feeling that whatever happened, the court was independent, and it was essentially never looking over its shoulder. Now, after the political back and forth has taken place, no matter what happens with a high-profile case, people will chalk it up to politics."


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Waterford Borough opposes county public safety director's push to rename streets
Erie County's public safety director wants a number of street name and address changes in Waterford Borough in the interest of public safety -- a request that the borough's council president called "invasive and confusing."
Waterford's Karen Molitor, in a letter sent to county Public Safety Director Todd Geers on Tuesday, wrote that Geers' recent suggestion, which involves numerous addresses along 11 streets in the borough, "is not supported by our residents, business owners and other concerned citizens" for a number of reasons, including concerns about safety, preserving Waterford's heritage and "unconscionable burden on citizens" of the 1,500-resident municipality.
Molitor wrote the letter on the borough council's behalf, and with other members' endorsements.
Geers has spent several months talking with city, borough and township officials countywide, including Waterford, about eliminating duplicate street names and/or addresses countywide to streamline dispatching of emergency responders.
Geers made the street/address change requests to Waterford Borough officials in writing this past December. Borough council members, at a meeting Monday, agreed to respond to Geers via Molitor's letter.
Geers said the suggestions are not mandates, and are intended to spark solutions. Geers' push to eliminate duplicate street names countywide was the subject of a story in the Erie Times-News on June 10.
He believes that having numerous locations with like-named addresses, streets and roads extends the time it takes to get police, firefighters, ambulances and other responders to emergency calls dispatched by the county's 911 Center in Summit Township.
He has also said that dispatchers often have to spend extra time asking questions of callers to determine their location, which the county's computer-aided dispatch system sometimes cannot automatically determine, especially if the caller is on a cell phone.
"I'm hopeful that municipalities understand the gravity of the situation and will work with us to improve public safety response," Geers said.
Molitor said in an interview that elected officials throughout the county have told Geers they are not interested in changing street names within their municipalities, but he keeps pushing anyway.
"We think the time would be better spent trying a less invasive approach," Molitor said.
See Friday's Erie Times-News and GoErie.com for more coverage.


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Primary Sources are firsthand accounts. A primary source is something created at or very near the time an event took place by a participant in the event. Primary sources are often described as being "contemporary", meaning "at the same time." Primary sources are usually created by someone with direct personal knowledge of what is being described.
Some examples of primary sources include: letters/telegrams, photographs, interviews, diaries/journals, maps, transcripts of spoken events, sound, film, and video recordings. The collections used in Westward Migration include letters, stereocards, photographs and a map. Examples are shown below.
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Some examples of secondary sources are: textbooks, encyclopedias, journal articles, movies, websites, biographies
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The descriptions above are far from exhaustive and are meant to serve as a first introduction to the differences between primary and secondary source material.


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BILOXI, Mississippi -- Stacy L. Thacker, the city's deputy municipal clerk for eight years, has been named by Mayor A.J. Holloway to replace Brenda H. Johnston as the city's municipal clerk.
Thacker, who joined the city hall staff in 1989, graduated from D'Iberville High School in 1986 and earned her associate degree from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College shortly before joining the city.
She also successfully completed the three-year certification program for municipal clerks and tax collectors through the Mississippi State University Extension Service in May 2004.
Thacker, who turns 44 on Friday, is married to Brian Thacker and the couple has two children, Jacob and Erick.
As municipal clerk, Thacker's responsibilities will include ensuring that all legal documents - such as contracts, public notices and agreements - are properly executed. In Biloxi, the municipal clerk is also responsible for processing of public records requests and assisting with municipal elections.
For most of her tenure at city hall, Thacker has worked alongside the retiring Johnston, whose last day at city hall was Friday. Thacker is expected to be sworn in as municipal clerk in January.
Thacker's promotion also prompted two other moves at Biloxi City Hall. Mayor's office receptionist Michelle Wescovich has been named deputy municipal clerk, and Human Resources staffer Cecilia Dobbs-Walton has been named mayor's office receptionist.


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January 7, 2013 - Samples of some of the work of Julie Keefe's students are displayed throughout a classroom she is currently working in at Rigler Elementary School in Northeast Portland. In his last act as mayor, Sam Adams named Julie Keefe the city's first creative laureate. The Regional Arts and Culture Council will pay Keefe a $5,000 stipend for the two-year advocacy position. The details of that position are still being worked out, but Keefe's work is predicated on connection, using art to tell the story of the city. Beth Nakamura
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In its series of public lectures, the German Institute for Japanese
Studies will present on
Wednesday, April 5, 2000
Bernhard May
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"US-Japan Relations in Turmoil?"
A decade ago, Japan seemed poised to become the leading economy of the
21st century. Americans in the 1980s envied Japan for its strong
economic growth, low inflation, low unemployment and its companies that
were global leaders in their industries. Since these were related to
fundamentals such as a strong family system, education, work ethic,
political stability and high savings, Japan's position seemed secure.
But the nation has squandered its chances and now faces a troubled
future. Optimists are hoping for a strong Japan finally re-emerging. But
over the next several decades Japan will have to face a couple of
critical problems: stimulating the economy, restructuring its industrial
system, solving the debt and banking crisis, dealing with the
demographic change, reforming the political system, and defining Japan's
role in Asia as well as in world politics. The translation of those
tasks into action will lead to serious problems in US-Japan relations.
It will create serious economic and especially trade problems. The
overcoming of serious political and security challenges and a
repositioning of Japan's role in world politics in terms of burden and
responsibility sharing will demand priority on the agenda.
Dr. May is Senior Research Fellow at the Research Institute of the
German Society for Foreign Affairs in Berlin, lecturer in international
relations at the Free University of Berlin, and Secretary General of the
German section of the Trilateral Commission. Dr. May has published
widely on European integration, American foreign policy, Japan's foreign
policy, and world trade issues. His most recent books are Japan in der
Krise [Japan in Crisis]; Asia, Europe and the Challenges of
Globalization (together with J. Krause and U. Niemann).
The lecture will be given in English. It will take place on Wednesday,
April 05, 2000 at 6:30 p.m. at the DIJ. Admission is free, but please
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When I first spotted her, Our Lady of Grace that is, I immediately noticed her broken off left hand. It greatly bothered and disrupted my sense of order. Our perfect and flawless Mother was missing her left hand. Not very becoming for our Immaculata, the one who bore our Lord and Savior. But there she was, Our […]
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I've used and abused Martha so much in the past to justify my busyness. Someone has to step up, be the Martha, and get the work done, right?
Maybe this is common sense for you, but I had an "A-ha" moment a few months back. I had been complaining a lot about how busy Joel and I are required to be with his diaconate formation. Classes to attend, books to read, essays to write, spiritual direction to seek, etc. Sometimes I feel we are kept busy just for the sake that looking busy must mean we are really being formed spiritually.
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The Boston Celtics need help. Like a lot of help. And they need it now.
At present, the Rajon Rondo-led Celtics find themselves two games under .500 and a half-game away from falling out of the Eastern Conference's playoff picture entirely.
Is that what Danny Ainge and company had in mind when they assembled a team that was supposed to be deeper, faster and more talented than the one they had last year?
Um, no.
Boston was supposed to contend for a title this season. On the heels of a playoff performance that saw it push the Miami Heat to the brink and come within one victory of an NBA Finals appearance, this campaign was supposed to be marked by progress.
Instead, it's been a season of regression, one that has seen the Celtics stumble both defensively and offensively.
Nearly halfway into the season, it has become clear the answers to all Boston's questions are not on the roster. Thus, it's time for the Celtics to search outside themselves for players who can help salvage their season.
And while it's intriguing to fathom how Boston would fare with players like DeMarcus Cousins in tow, the Celtics are limited both financially and in terms of tangible assets. Essentially, this forces Boston to search for bargain-priced players who won't cost an arm and a Rondo to acquire.
Do such talents even exist?
Luckily for the Celtics, they do.
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Melissa Kauffman went up to the mountains to be a counselor at a camp for kids with arthritis over the past week and I house sat for her once again. If you read my previous blog, you know it can be quite an adventure at Melissa's house. This time around, I made sure to get plenty of sleep and I played with Tampa, the puppy, until he passed out on the couch and snored away.
I also made sure to work with Woody as much as possible. As Melissa wrote in her blog, Woody is an enigma to her at times and she's talked to a few avian experts about his behavior. One expert he might be acting so unpredictable because he's getting a lot of fat from his diet (mostly seeds), too much sugar (dried papaya and grapes are his favorite), too much sunlight (making him hormonal) and not enough sleep (us editors thrive off 6-hours of sleep, apparently).
So he's been switched over to a pellet diet and getting less sunlight and plenty of sleep. He's mellowed out a lot, and generally, seems to be happier.
Naturally, though, he's been ignoring his pellets, which is pretty typical for a bird who's never seen them before. Melissa gives him some seed with his vegetables in the morning and some at night. I was doing the same, and still Woody showed no interest in his pellets.
Until yesterday.
While hopping out of the shower with Woody, I placed him in his cage so I could dress. He marched right up to his food bowl, grabbed a pellet and chomped down on it. And then another! And another!
I stared, flabbergasted, not sure if I had just seen that. But it had happened! Woody, the WWWD (what would Woody do?) Meyer's, had eaten his first pellets! And hopefully, not his last!
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MOSS POINT, Mississippi -- Moss Point Police Department officers arrested two people Saturday night in connection to a Thursday shooting on Frederick Street.
Police Chief Keith Davis said Sunday that 37-year-old David Lee McCovery Jr. was arrested and charged with one count of aggravated assault.
McCovery's girlfriend, Laterica Ashford, was also arrested and charged with accessory after the fact.
The duo was found at Ashford's residence in Gautier, Davis said.
The police department had put out a public notice Thursday night that said McCovery was wanted for questioning about the shooting.
The police chief said that McCovery thought the shooting victim, who is his neighbor on Frederick Street, had broken into his home and stolen a video game.
"So he retaliated with a gun," Davis said.
The victim was shot in the leg and taken to Singing River Hospital, where he was treated and released Thursday night.
Anyone with information about crimes in Moss Point is asked to contact the police department at 228-475-1711 or Crime Stoppers at 800-787-5898.