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Fear may lead to depression for teens
Addressing the fears teenagers find difficult to overcome could help tackle depression among this age group. New research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has shown it can be hard to extinguish fear from the developed teenage brain.
Investigators from Weill Cornell Medical College noted this might explain why instances of anxiety and depression are often high during adolescence.
According to the findings, teens tend to react to threats even when the danger has passed, while there is also a diminishing of their ability to suppress emotional responses to these threats.
Dr Francis Lee, Professor of Pharmacology and Psychiatry at the learning institute, said it is vital researchers "find a way to help teenagers become more resilient to the fear they experience during adolescence to prevent it from leading to a lifetime of anxiety and depression".
The expert added personalised approaches to the treatment of fear and anxiety disorders in adolescents are required.
Chartered psychologist Emma Citron, a consultant clinical psychologist who spealises in work with teenagers, comments:
"This is an intriguing study which adds another interesting angle on why depression in some youngsters can seem resistant to improvement to clinicians working with them. If a fear component to low mood in teenagers is contributing to maintaining it this will help clinicians to better understand how to help teens."


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You may feel intensely overwhelmed today, and the many duties looming before you can cause you to look for ways to avoid working. However, the feeling that you have become inundated in obligations is likely a result of your eschewing breaks rather than any marked change in your agenda. You can ease the feelings that lie at the root of your anxiety by adding leisure activities to your day's schedule. Though such an increase can seem counterintuitive on a day like today, you will likely find that you feel much more alert and enthusiastic about your duties when you know that you will have some time to yourself in the near future.
To fulfill our potential, we must give ourselves plenty of time to unwind and refresh ourselves between bouts of activity. While it is often difficult to pinpoint those moments in which we are urgently in need of rest, we can overcome this challenge by simply integrating regular periods of relaxation into our day-to-day routines. We may not feel tired or overwhelmed, but we can benefit from relaxation nonetheless because our energy stores are almost always in need of refreshment. The practical time we lose while resting is quickly accounted for during our next bout of effort when we realize that the simple fact that we are rested allows us to work more quickly while still maintaining our usual measure of efficiency and creativity. Your busy schedule will no longer have the power to overwhelm you today when you afford yourself plenty of time to slow down and relax.
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MILWAUKEE - The barbs already were flying. On Sunday, the Milwaukee Brewers bashed the St. Louis Cardinals with their bats.
Needing a rally in the National League Championship Series opener, Milwaukee turned to its power duo of Ryan Braun and Prince Fielder, then got a clutch hit from Yuniesky Betancourt to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 9-6.
Braun launched a two-run, 463-foot homer in the first inning and added a two-run double during a six-run burst in the fifth. Fielder hit a two-run homer, and the typically light-hitting Betancourt added a two-run homer to cap the big comeback.


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For $19,500, This 1970 VW Karmann Ghia Will Give You A Hummer
Today's Nice Price or Crack Pipe VW is proof that some people can never leave well enough alone. The Karmann Ghia convertible is a rare and desirable car on its own, so a wanklized version should be even more desirable right? Well, maybe, if the price is right.


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An update as to my decisions and a further question here Pete..
Peter Brown wrote:
> I'm using a 29160N with 1* u160 and 1* u320 68 pin drives and a
> scanner hooked to the external port. This setup has been in use for
> around 3 years - No problems that I am aware of :-)
I bought a brand new 29160 Adaptec OEM kit box with the Adaptec cables
in it and installed it in my mirror box for test. That box was still
running an Adaptec U2W controller in it and I cloned my mission critical
drive into a brand new Seagate 39GB 15KRPM 5 year SCSI U320 drive with
the MCP2 floppy boot disks to which I added the AICU160.ADD driver on
Disk #1. The so-revised utility boot diskette set works fine with the
29160 card which came with firmware version 3.1.0 on it. The clone work
is done here with Jan's DFSEE at least version 7.1.5 as disk to disk
clone work.
I chose, for initial purposes to keep the older lower speed level in
place that was being used on the 40MB speed since that card in the older
box used it. From there I substituted the new clone drive back into the
oldest box which still has the 2940UW card in it at 40MB speeds. Only
at that point did I update the older box to the 2940U2W Adaptec
controller card which was pulled from the box in which I'm now testing
the 29160 card in. For test and stability purposes I've left the speed
on that oldest box at 40MB for now, though obviously the 2940U2W and
cables for it are 80MB speed operations and the drive is a 320 rate drive.
> Hardware Manager reports the driver version as 1.1 15/10/2001 - having
> a look with an editor shows this:-
> @#OEM:10.3#@ Adaptec Ultra160 Family Driver for OS/2 (d10.3 10/15/2001)
> I did update the 29160 BIOS to v3.10 a while back and think that is
> the necessary (and latest) BIOS level required.
Yes, this is exactly what is in my new 29160 controller.
> There are drivers available for Adaptec and LSI (? I think) u320
> controllers if moving more upmarket but not having used either I can
> comment on how well they work - or not.
Yes, I have the 320 driver here as noted, but that involves further move
upward from the 29160 controller and they are expensive enough, sigh ..
Now questions about the next steps in the research and mission critical
work. I'm slowly going to move the data rates up on the 29160
controller system to attempt to get total proof of stability on this IBM
915GAVL motherboard box at the 160 speed rate. But one other issue is
critical for which I would like advice and suggestions from you and
anyone else here if possible. Then with firm initial reliability data
on hand the plan is to update ALL the boxes to the 29160 cards and new
drives. (Ouch but mission critical is that!)
For years I've been using BA2K Server Pro for general total system
backup protection on a regular basis. I had to actually use it for a
BAII total system restore on one of these boxes that suffered a total
jammed Seagate older drive that prompted this rebuild and upgrade
process. That was on MCP 4.5 FP5 and it worked fine there for the
purposes with an Adaptec 2940U2W controller card.
But as I get faster and faster and heavier into the drive and data size
game, and because I've found that Jan's DFSEE works MUCH faster to clone
disk to disk than the tape, I'm looking at both the cost of the Seagate
DAT tape drives to do this as well as the real issues of fragility in
tape storage.
So I've bought a couple of Lian-LI RH600 160 rate aluminum mobile drive
trays and have begun research on stability of these with the eight or so
SCSI drive boxes which I am closest to. Again these cases are certified
to be OK with the 160 rate speed. And initial tests with the new
Adaptec 29160 box seem fine for the master drive in one but .. again ..
I've not moved the speed up to test all this at 160 rates until I have a
complete CLONE of the drive in it ..
Done with a second Lian-Li mobile drive tray in the box for safety.
And that raises the question. At even the 160 data rate speed of the
new 29160 controller card and drive level can I leave the empty RH600
drive tray still attached to the cable in these boxes when it is not
being used? I've had a lot of SCSI experience in termination and
multiple cable use on these Adaptec cards over a long time. And I
really do realize how critical it is to both use the proper cables,
proper termination .. and even absolutely keep the cables physically
away from other things in the box to prevent data and failure issues
with the SCSI systems!
Sure .. nobody messes with jamming in another drive into a tray and all
that on a non-RAID system after bootup!! But what are the thoughts
about leaving the empty drive tray still attached to the cable at all
times so that when I do go to make a clone for backup of the box from a
utility disk boot, I just have to jam the target duplicate Seagate HD
into that empty connected tray from the front panel to do the job?
Thanks for thoughts here!
--> Sleep well; OS2's still awake!
Mike Luther


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BLAKELEY, Ala. -- Scientist Edward O. Wilson won two Pulitzer prizes and taught at Harvard for 40 years, but said that Blakeley and the Mobile-Tensaw Delta hold a special place for him.
At a reception in his honor at Historic Blakeley State Park on Thursday, the Birmingham native --- who now lives in Massachusetts -- told audience members that his family, as well as his career, links with the site.
Wilson praised the park for preserving both historic sites and the environment. He said he hopes such environmental protection can be extended beyond the park on Ala. 225. He said he is working with local residents in an effort to have other areas of Mobile-Tensaw River delta declared a national wildlife refuge.
"That's one of the few wilderness areas left in the United States, in the eastern United States that is an authentically wilderness area," Wilson said. "This is one of the richest areas biologically in the United States. Among the largest number of freshwater fish, reptiles, including turtles, salamanders, of plants, it's a wonderland."
Wilson, 80, has written more than 20 books ranging from studies of insects and ecology to a novel. He said he is working on a book on the history and interpretation of the Mobile area and its people.
Among those people are his great-great-grandmother, Mary Ann Hodge, who was born in Blakeley in 1826, and a great-grandfather, James Eli Joiner, who fought at Spanish Fort during the defense of Blakeley and Mobile in April 1865.
Reading from a first draft of the book, Wilson said Blakeley around 1819 had more than 3,000 people at a time when Mobile had a population of about 500.
"This looked like this was going to be the one to be the great port of Blakeley, Ala., but unfortunately, there were some business misadventures and there was also tragically, two yellow fever epidemics," he said. "They just hit these people here, a good population here and it killed a good number of them."
By the 1830s, the town was abandoned, he said.
In 1865, Blakeley and adjacent Spanish Fort were part of the Civil War defenses of Mobile. Among the Confederate troops sent to stop the advancing Union army was Joiner, a 21-year-old private. Joiner was among the troops evacuated to Mobile when Spanish Fort was overrun on April 8. The next day, however, the troops defending Blakeley, who were outnumbered about 10-1, were not as fortunate.
"The Southerners had no place to retreat, at least as an organized force," Wilson said reading from the book. "To their back was the Tensaw River and beyond that the Mobile-Tensaw swamp. The fight was short. In only an hour or so, the far superior Union forces broke through the Confederate lines, killing some of the defenders and capturing others, while a few fled singly or in small groups into the nearby swamp."
Wilson said the capture of Blakeley was the last major battle of the Civil War, taking place about eight hours after Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered in Virginia.
During the research for his book, Wilson watched a re-enactment of the Battle of Blakeley held at the park. He said the events reminded him of his own heritage and connection to the site.
Jo Ann Flirt, Blakeley director, said that in recognition of Wilson's accomplishments and connection to the park, the facility's 1,000-foot boardwalk will be named in honor of the biologist.
"Now you know why it's so exciting to be at Blakeley," she said after Wilson had spoken.
Wilson developed an interest in nature as a child. He decided to study insects after an eye injury at age 7, damaged his long-range vision and depth perception. By 11, he had begun studying ants, a lifelong interest, according to previously published reports.
In 1978, he wrote "On Human Nature," examining the scientific arguments on the role of biology in the evolution of human culture, for which he received his first Pulitzer prize for non-fiction. He received his second Pulitzer for non-fiction for "The Ants," co-written with Bert Holldobler.
Wilson retired from teaching at Harvard in 1996 and today is a professor emeritus and honorary curator of entomology at the university.


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I know much has already been said about this subject and that I am rather late to the party, but I feel like I would be doing this great athlete a disservice if I did not at least attempt to put into words my own appreciation for the great Aaron Murray.
I was in my last semester at UGA when Murray started, fresh off the relative disappointment of Joe Cox's outing as quarterback, of course following the dearly-draft-departed Stafford's three years of middling success.
In that first year, we knew we had a special player when he nearly broke every single-season record for a UGA passer. However, those records came without wins, so we were left wanting more. The nascent voices started calling for change, as they always do, and people already doubted this young freshman would get any better. How could he? He threw for over 3,000 yards! You don't improve on that.
But he did.
Murray's sophomore year started ugly, with losses to Boise and South Carolina, but the next ten games were a sight to behold. After beating Tennessee, Florida and Auburn for the first time in one season since 1982, with a little help from our friends at South Carolina, Georgia was finally going back to the SEC Championship…against top-ranked LSU.
Alas, the SEC Championship game started prettily enough, but it got ugly fast in the second half.
However, no one will ever forget the ride that Murray took us on in 2012, coming within yards…yards of a National Championship appearance, the first one since 1982 (that year keeps coming back, huh?), and then agreeing to return to give his team one more shot.
Although this season has not gone at all like we expected, without even appearing in the SEC Championship game for the first time in a few years, we cannot take for granted what Murray has done. I was telling a friend of mine the other day that we have grown too accustomed to great quarterbacks.
David Green was a light in the dark after years of a strange QB carousel that saw various running backs or wide receivers even take shots behind center, although they were respectably talented. DJ shocked the world by taking the 2005 team to the SEC Championship and the Sugar Bowl, when we were probably picked third or fourth in the SEC that year.
With such an astounding list of forebears, we have been spoiled. We are undoubtedly spoiled as fans, having seen greats with names deserving of hushed admiration, so I think we have forgotten just how pleasant things have been with Murray.
On the field, he is our leader. Off the field, he is our leader.
I still have quite a few friends on-campus at UGA, and it was special seeing many of them celebrate their last game in Sanford Stadium as students. We beat Tech for my last student game, and I remember very well how exciting that was.
For them, they got to share that day with one of the most extraordinary individuals in college football, as Aaron Murray celebrated his last time teeing it up between the hedges, as well.
Sadly, though, it was likely his last time teeing it up in college at all, as a gruesome injury benched the four-year starter in dismal fashion. I fully believe that one reason Aaron Murray came back to college instead of progressing to the NFL was because he wanted that special moment, entering and exiting Sanford for his last student appearance.
He will be remembered and invited back time and time again, for sure, and we'll see his face on the big screen in Sanford with a reminder of how extraordinary his feats were, but there is no replacement for what should have been his triumphant departure.
As he was carried off the field after his last college pass, an interception no less, a special era of Georgia football came to end.
Aaron Murray is no god. He bleeds like the rest of us. He is no great hero. He made his mistakes.
He is, however, a very good Dawg, and he deserves every ounce of respect and admiration that comes with the title of Georgia quarterback. I'm glad that people are standing up for Murray now and honoring him properly, because he deserves it. Either way, we should take the time to remember him now, because we will miss him before long.
Maybe not next year with Mason, maybe not the year after, but one day, when a new #11 steps on the field and plays receiver or defensive back or is, heaven forbid, another quarterback, we'll look back and say, "Man. Do you remember that last guy to wear #11? Aaron Murray? He was something else."
My wife and I have been oddly fixated on the Counting Crows cover "Big Yellow Taxi" over the last few days, and after enjoying the lead singer's glorious hair, we sang the words together.
"Now don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone."
We may not appreciate all that Murray did right now, surrounded by a bevy of great quarterbacks before him, but we will one day.
And when that time comes, I want to be in that line saying, "Thank you. Thank you for making me a very happy Georgia alum, even when times were rough, because you were a guy worth standing behind. Thank you."
Thank you, Murray. I wish you could've been at the helm this Saturday to get your fourth straight win over Tech, but it's okay. The rest of the team will take care of that for you.


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Lena Shaw
Manager, Social Media Marketing, UCSF
When Lena Shaw joined UCSF, the health sciences university had a largely unused Facebook page and YouTube channel, no official social media policy, virtually no presence on Twitter and a newly overhauled website with relatively light traffic.
Thanks to Shaw, that website is now regularly seeing more than 90,000 views per month, with year-on-year news traffic rising 55% (May 2011 - May 2012), while Facebook, Twitter and mobile traffic sources rose 704%, 1005% and 254%, respectively.
Shaw has worked with the legal team to create a campus social media policy and trained hundreds of faculty and staff on social media and the new UCSF policy. In university relations, she brought the news team up to speed on using social media to engage broader audiences, created a system of metrics to reflect engagement and trained the team on how to understand those metrics. And she has led or been heavily involved in two key digital campaigns: the Challenge for the Children campaign and Project Move.
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Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Amazon, Congo, and Borneo-Mekong Forest Basins
The Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Amazon, Congo, and Borneo-Mekong Forest Basins held in Brazzaville, Congo from 31 May to 3 June will foster discussion among 35 nations covering the three major rainforest regions in Africa, Latin America and Asia, and contribute to the sustainable management of forest ecosystems. Those efforts, in turn, would ensure a greater contribution to global climate regulation, poverty eradication and economic development efforts.
The Summit is backed by the United Nations and will count with UNESCO's participation. Partners include 13 donor countries, multiple branches of the United Nations, the African Union, and the Central African Forests Commission (COMIFAC), among others.
The Amazon Basin of South America, the Congo Basin in Central Africa, and the Borneo-Mekong Basin in South-East Asia make up 80 per cent of the world's rainforests and contain two thirds of its biodiversity. Forest loss is accelerating at a rapid pace across much of the three basins, and forest degradation and destruction now account for 20 per cent of the greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere.
UNESCO wishes to reinforce cooperation with its partners and to create synergies in the efforts to conserve biodiversity conservation and safeguard cultural diversity, notably through the Man and the Biosphere (MAB) programme's World Network of Biosphere Reserves. The network's 56 biosphere Reserves in 16 countries in those three tropical forest basins provide a strong platform to promote the exchange of information and experience and to foster comparative analyses. MAB was instrumental in the conclusion of the agreement on South-South Network Cooperation for Sustainable Development in the Three Main Humid Tropical Regions of the World signed in Jeju, Republic of Korea, in 2009.
The World Heritage Convention has also proven to be an effective normative tool for the conservation of nature. Today, there are 38 World Heritage sites in the three basins, covering roughly 31 million Ha.
Henri Djombo, Minister of Sustainable Development, Forestry and Environment of the Republic of the Congo, said it is hoped that the summit will achieve "a treaty or an agreement" for the sustainable management of the ecosystems of the three regions.
The four-day meeting is also part of celebrations of the International Year of Forests (2011).
Related links :
- World Network of Biosphere Reserves
- Ecohydrology for sustainability
- Man and the Biosphere programme: Tropical forests
- World Heritage Convention website
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PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - North Korea says it has tested a "miniaturised" nuclear device in defiance of U.N. orders to stop building atomic weapons.
Official state media reported on Tuesday that it was conducted in a safe manner.
This third nuclear test could take North Korea closer to its goal of building a nuclear warhead small enough to be mounted on a long-range missile.


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by Suzy Wetlaufer
Sherry Estabrook is the kind of reporter who can step over a corpse and fret only about getting blood on her stockings. Tough and talented, she can also score a scoop with a toss of her luxurious locks. Yes, Estabrook, the protagonist of this heart-stopping first novel, is the very model of an investigative journalist—until she stumbles upon that dream story, the potential prize winner that prods her toward a fatal Judgment Call.
Anybody who really knows Estabrook wouldn't be surprised by the lack of common sense. But Sherry is a woman of hidden lives and lies. Running away from a rotten relationship with her rich, elusive parents, she divides her time between the crime reporting that seems beneath her Harvard degree, and her liaison with a married photographer. As a diversion, she has developed a full-blown feud with her crotchety neighbors. The only solid relationship in her life is her friendship with fellow Miami Citizen reporter Belinda McEvoy, a young woman just as bedeviled by past betrayals.
Assigned with McEvoy to investigate schoolyard drug use, Estabrook is approached by Manuel Velo, 16, who claims to be an assassin for a cocaine ring, responsible for some 18 murders. To Sherry, it is "the most shocking, terrifying, newsworthy story she had ever heard."
Judgment Call recounts, in frightening detail and psychological depth, the seduction of Estabrook by this evil child—a psychopath Sherry chooses to perceive as "a very screwed-up kid who had lost his moral compass in a city with crime beckoning from every direction...."
Wetlaufer, herself a Harvard M.B.A. and former Miami Herald reporter, has written a richly textured thriller that finds its unique power in the ricocheting tensions of its diverse characters. (Morrow, $20)
Picks and Pans Review: Judgment Call
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what to do?**advice needed **
I think you have made up your mind and know what to do. You just need to put your foot down and tell him no. If he gets mad, oh well. If you guys are going to be married you are going to have to expect that both of you are giong to make each other made from time to time, you can't always give in just because you don't want to make him mad. Why do you and your daughter have to go with him? He can go up to see his father by himself. You and your daughter do not have to go. I support your decision that you do not need to tote your daughter around in this weather and that you guys need to get things settled.
Good luck! I hope all works out for you guys!


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User-Centered Design Consultant
(this is a full-time position though, not as a consultant or contractor)
Northwestern Mutual
Milwaukee, WI, USA
There is more information on the web site, under "Corporate
Opportunities" under the "Careers" link in the main navigation. You can
also apply for the job on the web site, on the same page.
This person researches, develops and applies best practices and
standards for user-centered design (UCD) process and methodology that
result in usable technology products. Plans and executes UCD activities
throughout the system development process. Manages the iteration of user
interface design solutions. Collaborates directly with IS team, clients,
end-users and outside vendors as appropriate.
Bachelor's degree (coursework in HCI and human factors, majors
considered include Computer related Liberal Arts or Social Sciences,
Professional Communications or Design) or a significant amount of
directly-related work experience beyond the minimum required for the
position. Minimum of five years user-centered design experience
(including user research, user profiling, task analysis, information
architecture, concept modeling, prototyping, usability evaluation).
Extensive knowledge of and successful experience applying UCD
principles, standards, practices, theory and methodology. Proven
consulting, process facilitation, project management and interpersonal
skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Ability to
handle many concurrent assignments and prioritize effectively. IT
project management experience strongly desired.
Thank you for your consideration.
Rob Nero
User Interface Designer
Northwestern Mutual
robertnero at northwesternmutual.com
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The Department of Business at Grove City College helps connect students with alumni and employers in the fields that best complement their classroom learning experience and specialized interests. Students can earn credit for internships and are strongly encouraged to intern prior to graduation.
The Bachelor of Science degree in business management is a 64 credit hour program that combines 43 credit hours of business core requirements, 12 credit hours of business management courses and 9 credit hours of interdisciplinary study in addition to the College core curriculum.
Students learn how to lead businesses competing in domestic and international markets by studying the proven management techniques of top manufacturing and service organizations.
There are also a number of interdepartmental majors offered by other departments in conjunction with the Department of Business.
Students gain a basic understanding of law and how it influences social and economic institutions.


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We take special pride in our puppies unique English "Teddy Bear"
mild temperaments.
Parents from European English Retriever & Champion bloodlines.
Our Goldendoodle puppies are well loved and socialized .
Raised as a part of our family...until they become a part of yours.


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15 Must-See Acts at Riot Fest 2016 Douglas Park Chicago
Need help deciding on which acts to see at Riot Fest 2016? Ruby Hornet has you covered!Read More
Last week at SoundScape, I ran into YP, who was at the studio working on some new music. He played me a couple new joints, kicking it off with "Cash". This new banger is produced by Lokey, and will be on a new project YP will be dropping any time now. This one is a keeper, best use of a Kreayshawn song ever.
Need help deciding on which acts to see at Riot Fest 2016? Ruby Hornet has you covered!Read More
Diplo's Mad Decent Block Party returned to Chicago despite negative feedback from previous years.Read More
Chicago's Vic Mena has grown not only in age before our eyes but also character. Mensa is rooted in Chicago, making the show more personalRead More
This article depicts the Showtime series Shameless and questions why this phenomenal comedy drama took so long to be released on NetflixRead More
The annual camping festival Summer Set returned for it's fifth year to Somerset, Wisconsin for a weekend filled of memorable moments.Read More
Atlanta episode one review - Donald Glover's brainchild. Checking out Donald Glover's latest spectacular attempt in the acting arena.Read More
This article features pop music performers from the late 1990s/early 2000s and the new age of choreographed dancing in mtv music videosRead More


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Why have the sweetener? Ask your self-is it the chocolate you are craving or that sweet taste?
From 70% to 90, then 100% (over 3 years). I now find a few cocao nibs on their own satisfies a niggling chocolate desire. (or sprinkled on whipped cream!)
Search out mild nibs. Hotel Chocolat good. Expensive but not much needed to scratch the itch.


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In the current debate of possible methods for medical ethics education, a theme emerges: ethics education should move to a skills-development platform. Proposals include focusing on teaching reasoning and analysis skills and how to apply those skills to particular issues as an alternative to a sole focus on moral theories and principles.1 Proponents also argue that where medical schools in both the United Kingdom and the United States go wrong is in treating medical ethics like a scientific body of knowledge and that educators should discourage the use of jargon such as the four principles, consequentialism, and deontology and instead encourage students to use their own words to discuss the issues.2 Fiester3 recently presented a similar view, suggesting that current trends in teaching clinical ethics by using what she refers to as the "principlist paradigm" (i.e., using the four principles as a checklist for dealing with ethical dilemmas) are failing students. Furthermore, she maintains that this approach can lead to clinicians' being inadequately prepared for the complex ethical dilemmas they face in practice and can even contribute to the loss of more common ethical intuitions and behaviors as students are indoctrinated to the ethics discourse that the principlist paradigm promotes.
A skills-development approach could include (1) exposing students to simulated ethical dilemmas to help students in reconciling the theory they have learned with their intuitive ethics, (2) coupling teaching innovation and development with either formative or summative assessment, and (3) combining communication and ethics strands where possible, as separating ethics from communications into distinct curricular entities may be disadvantageous to learning clinical ethics for practice.
Reforming ethics teaching in this way will have its challenges, but it would better help students to tap into their own ethical intuitions and vocabulary and in turn provide students with a better grounding in clinical ethics that would arguably lead to enhanced patient-centered care. Clearly, skills-based teaching should be an important part of ongoing innovations in ethics teaching, assessment of such innovations, and research about both.
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Thanks guys...I guess that's my concern, that I'm not getting enough calories from fat. The lack of hunger is probably an indication I'm getting enough calories; and there's no grains, starches, etc. coming in so the calories should be mostly coming from protein and/or fat*. Am I on the right track with that thinking? I certainly feel much better.
*Like I said, having a hard time cutting out the couple beers or a glass of whisky a night.


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Day 2 of Wake Up Week Kicks Off With a Bang [KKITM, VIDEO]
Meet Dustin. He has a hard time waking up, so the guys at the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show thought they'd help him. Don't miss day two of Wake Up Week!
Meet Dustin. He has a hard time waking up, so the guys at the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show thought they'd help him. Don't miss day two of Wake Up Week!
It's Wake Up Week and the guys at the Kidd Kraddick Show are making sure you get up in time for school no matter what.
Big Sal and his family will be going to Disney World with the Kidd Kraddick Morning Show
Through the Amazon Smile program you can donate to Kidd's Kids anytime you shop
Jenna and Flo Rida made a little connection this week during the rap star's interview with the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show. But that all changed when Jenna was told point blank that she's too old to be in one of his workout videos!
"Bang Bang," the hot new song from Jessie J., Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, has just hit iTunes. The singer told the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show that she's very excited to finally have it available for fans, but she's just as stoked to actually meet her collaborators.
On the anniversary of his untimely passing, we all feel that it is important to honor Kidd Kraddick and his strong belief in the power of 'Paying It Forward.'
Big Al touched on the stupid arguments that he's overheard -- or been a part of -- at his bar, the McKinney Avenue Tavern. One of them was about sharing water between states.
The Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show continues to help those in need and carry on Kidd Kraddick's legacy. This weekend, the crew visited New Orleans for a charity golf tournament to benefit Kidd's Kids.
Stephanie Arne from Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom visited the Kidd Kraddick in the Morning show this week. and she brought a few friends with her.
Summer is here, and that means finding the perfect summer job. But would you sign up to scratch a stranger's back? Or sell used socks?
We found some of the weirdest ways you can make some extra cash this summer on Craigslist, and...well, yikes.
What did Big Al and J-Si do to get kicked out of a mall and banned for life?


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Covers foodborne illnesses and how to prevent them.
Food allergies and food intolerances can be unpleasant, complicate life, and can be fatal. This webseminar provides a basic guide to food allergens and how they affect "at - risk" food consumers.
Reviews foodborne illnesses and allergies.
You are what you eat they say, but maybe you are what eats you!


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Tröger, Birte MD*; Göpel, Wolfgang MD*; Faust, Kirstin MD*; Müller, Thilo*; Jorch, Gerhard MD†; Felderhoff-Müser, Ursula MD, PhD‡; Gortner, Ludwig MD§; Heitmann, Friedhelm MD¶; Hoehn, Thomas MD, PhD‖; Kribs, Angela MD**; Laux, Reinhard MD††; Roll, Claudia MD, PhD‡‡; Emeis, Michael MD§§; Mögel, Michael MD¶¶; Siegel, Jens MD‖‖; Vochem, Matthias MD***; von der Wense, Axel MD†††; Wieg, Christian MD‡‡‡; Herting, Egbert MD, PhD*; Härtel, Christoph MD*; for the German Neonatal Network
Background: It was the aim of this study to assess whether very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants born small for gestational age (SGA; birth weight less than 10th percentile) are at increased risk for late-onset sepsis.
Methods: This was a prospective, multicenter study of the German Neonatal Network including VLBW infants from 23 to < 32 weeks post menstrual age born 2009–2011. Outcomes were compared between VLBW infants born SGA (birth weight less than tenth percentile according to gestational age and gender) and non-SGA infants. The main outcome measure was at least 1 episode of late-onset sepsis defined as blood-culture–confirmed clinical sepsis occurring at ≥72 hours of age.
Results: 5886 VLBW infants were included. In SGA infants (n = 692), an increased incidence of late-onset sepsis was noted compared with non-SGA infants (20.1% vs. 14.3 %, P < 0.001). This difference was only observed among infants with a gestational age of 27 to < 32 weeks and attributed to sepsis episodes with coagulase-negative staphylococci (12.8% vs. 8.3%, P < 0.001). Different treatment modalities (eg more frequent use of central venous lines) and longer duration of invasive therapies (parenteral nutrition, mechanical ventilation, hospitalization) may account for the increased sepsis risk with coagulase-negative staphylococci in our SGA cohort. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis, higher gestational age [per week; odds ratio (OR): 0.75, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.72–0.78, P< 0.0001], treatment with antenatal steroids (OR: 0.7, 95% CI: 0.53–0.92, P = 0.01), German descendance (OR: 0.76, 95% CI: 0.63–0.91, P = 0.003) and prophylaxis with glycopeptide antibiotics (OR: 0.64, 95% CI: 0.47–0.87, P = 0.005) were shown to be protective against late-onset sepsis. In contrast, longer duration of parenteral nutrition (per day; OR: 1.016, 95% CI: 1.011–1.021, P < 0.0001) and SGA were found to be risk factors (OR: 1.31, 95% CI: 1.02–1.68, P= 0.03).
Conclusions: SGA contributes to the risk of late-onset sepsis in VLBW infants. Future studies are needed to investigate the underlying pathophysiology to guide individualized preventive measures in this vulnerable subgroup.
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CLEMSON -- Dabo Swinney has nearly a million reasons to hope his Tigers remain atop the Atlantic Division.
With an appearance in the ACC title game, Swinney's contract calls from his guaranteed compensation to increase from $800,000 to the "median" of all ACC head coaches. The ACC average head coach's salary is $1.7 million according to contract figures analyzed by the Post and Courier.
An ACC title would further increase Swinney's guaranteed compensation to $2 million, the average of the top seven compensated coaches in the conference.
According to the contract, the increases take effect "for the contract year in which the team participated in the ACC Championship Game."
Upon shedding his interim tag, Swinney signed a five-year, incentive-laden contract in December that made him the conference's lowest paid coach. In addition to the base compensation raises, there are bonuses for win totals, academic performances and bowl appearances.
With an ACC title, Swinney would join four other ACC coaches making more than $2 million per year: Florida State's Bobby Bowden ($2.5 million), Georgia Tech's Paul Johnson ($2.3 million), Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer ($2.1 million) and North Carolina's Butch Davis ($2 million).
Dye rises again
After briefly quitting the team earlier this season upset over his lacking of playing time, Clemson receiver Xavier Dye is being praised by Swinney as any example of not giving up. After the junior worked with the No. 1s through the preseason, Dye did not play against Georgia Tech and was absent from two practices as he considered transferring to schools on the quarters system like Ohio State and Cincinnati.
"It was just a rough week," Dye said.
After meeting with his former coaches at Byrnes High, and talking with his spiritual advisor Brad Hughes -- provided by athletic department -- Kelly decided to return to the Tigers.
And he's glad he did.
He has logged more than 60 snaps against Clemson's last to FBS opponents and Dye ran away from defenders on a 43-yard touchdown against Florida State, showing all he assets: he is a large target (6-5) with sure hands and surprising speed.
Dye admitted Monday he became complacent after being named a starter. Upon returning to the team, Dye apologized to his teammates for being "selfish" and spent the week of the Boston College game at the bottom of the depth chart. "It was kind of hard to just walk out and start over," Dye said. "But it would be tough to go somewhere else not knowing anybody.
"They had me up as the number No. 1 guy, so they actually had to believe I could be the guy."
Dye reemerged by going two weeks without dropping a ball in practice.
"I told him I don't know what mountain he climbed and hung out there for about three days, but I'm going to send a few of my other guys, too," receivers coach Jeff Scott said. "He's been different in a lot of ways since coming back."
Many thought would allow Dye to be competent replacement for Aaron Kelly. Among those glad he's back is Kelly, who sent Dye a text after the game: "Way to ball … watching from the (press) box."
Secret weapon
The Tigers own the nation's sixth-best pass defense despite facing a litany of top-rated QBs this season. They face another one Saturday in N.C. State's Russell Wilson.
The answer to part of the success might be this: the Tigers possess perhaps the best scout team quarterback in the country in freshman Tajh Boyd.
"Tajh is just as good as any of the quarterbacks we are going to face," Clemson safety DeAndre McDaniel said. "That dude is good. When he looks [at opposing tendencies] and throws routes they usually throw, not too many quarterbacks have a stronger arm than Tajh.


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Redistricting offers a chance for change
In "Fair measure to guide map's makeup," former governor Richard Codey makes his case for redrawing New Jersey's legislative districts. He also inadvertently gives Gov. Chris Christie's heroic reform efforts for our state a significant boost.
Codey bases his rationale on numbers: We have not elected a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 38 years, have not voted Republican in a presidential election in 20 years and, prior to Christie, have had a Democratic governor for eight years. He could have added the Democratic Party's complete domination of the state Legislature for over a decade.
However, these numbers are a double-edged sword. Over the same period that the Democrats have been in control, New Jersey ranks dead last in return on our federal tax dollars, has the highest property taxes in the country and ranks next to last as a place for companies doing business. We vie for the highest sales tax, and if the Democrats had their way, we would tie for the highest tax bracket in the country.
Based on these dubious results, it must be time to oust the party that has done such a lousy job.
Michael Pickert, Livingston
GOP fate tied to Christie
The newest Rutgers Eagleton Poll provides evidence that the governor's bombastic proclamations of "shared sacrifice" are being increasingly scrutinized.
Gov. Chris Christie's overall favorability numbers slid dramatically after his budget speech. In December and January, Christie enjoyed a 52 percent favorability rating. The current Rutgers poll has him down to 46 percent.
Christie's take-no-prisoners posture has placed him squarely where he is. And despite his frequent remarks that he does not care how he is perceived, it is doubtful his party does not care. In fact, this year is a major election cycle in the state and the fortunes of his party's success rise or fall with him.
Daniel Finaldi, Highland Park
Pension payments
Like his predecessors, Gov. Chris Christie continues to withhold state contributions to the pension systems. Despite his refusal to make an employer contribution, he insists that current state and local government employees continue to contribute between 5 percent and 8.5 percent of their incomes annually into those same pension systems. Obviously, that the state is not making any contribution makes a bad situation much worse and contributes significantly to the possibility of a pension collapse.
The governor's real plan, as opposed to what he has on the table, is simply to pray that the younger workers don't figure out that their pension contributions guarantee them little or nothing, but merely subsidize pensions for those nearing retirement or already retired. If the governor has a backup plan, it appears to be to pray for the return of a vibrant economy with vastly improved employment numbers.
If the state can't afford to make pension contributions, it shouldn't require employees to participate in the system or make contributions. I suspect such a pension scheme, based on forced employee contributions with no employer match, if operated by a private employer would be illegal.
Ken Hetrick, Chatham
Turning against workers
Can someone tell me when the Republicans and conservatives in general began this vendetta against public workers? I have been a conservative all my life and a public worker much of it. I never felt I was the enemy until recently.
Years ago, when private-sector workers gave up their pensions and benefits in exchange
401(k)s, I didn't fault them. I thought they were crazy, but they saw profits. Now the profits are gone and the conservatives say everyone must suffer.
Although I, and most people I know, are conservatives, this war on the public employees has already caused me to withhold financial support.
William Doyle, Clark
Waste of money?
So the NJEA released data that it spent $6.9 million in ads last year against Gov. Chris Christie ("Lobbyist spending hits new heights," March 10).
I'm not sure what was achieved by those ads, but if the average teacher's salary is $66,000, the union could have saved 100 teacher jobs.
Sounds like the leadership is more interested in picking a fight rather than protecting its members.
Eric Wukitsch, Morristown
EPA straying from its mission
The Environmental Protection Agency is planning to limit global-warming pollution from big fossil fuel industries such as power plants and petroleum refineries. These industries alone account for about 40 percent of the global-warming pollution in the United States, making them the two largest sources of emissions.
Yet the EPA has determined that the effects of global-warming pollution harm public health — for example, by increasing heat-related deaths, contributing to respiratory health problems and worsening allergies. Global-warming pollution also causes extreme weather change, such as detrimental rain storms, blizzards and droughts, which jeopardizes our health and the environment.
It is the EPA's duty to limit global-warming pollution to protect our health, our community's health and the health of future generations. The EPA has to swiftly develop the "New Source Performance Standard" rules for fossil fuel power plants and petroleum refineries and make the pollution limits as strong as possible. Right now, we are running the risk that this may be overturned.
This goes to a vote Friday. Those concerned should contact their congressman and let him know.
Joan Sichel, Monmouth Jct.


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Online From Jupiter 97
Charlie Sobeck
Probe Deputy Manager
My name is Charlie Sobeck, and I am an engineer for NASA at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. I have been working on the Galileo Project off and on for the last 16 years! I started fresh out of school (in fact, I started working on Galileo before I left school) helping to define the data processing that would be required for the science instruments on the Probe.
After about two years, when the Probe hardware was ready to be assembled, I was sent down to the Los Angeles area where the Probe was being built. My job was to look after the science instruments as they were being installed and tested on the Probe. This meant I had to know what each instrument was supposed to do and how it was supposed to do it. That way the scientists and engineers who designed and built the instruments didn't have to hang around all the time to take care of them, but could keep working on other things while I looked after their precious cargo.
This job was extremely challenging, and a lot of fun! For two years we tested the Probe in all kinds of ways, and sometimes we had problems that needed to be solved. Because of all this testing I got to learn an awful lot about the instruments, the Probe engineering systems (e.g., batteries, on-board computer, etc.), and this knowledge has been very helpful ever since, whenever a surprise comes up. When the Probe was all assembled and tested I came back to Ames Research Center, but continued to work on Galileo by participating in testing the Probe with the JPL Orbiter, and planning the flight operations for the Probe.
In 1986, I went down to the launch site to help get things ready for launch, but unfortunately we had a long delay after the Challenger blew up in January of that year. So for awhile I worked on some other space projects here at Ames, only occasionally helping with Galileo. But I came back to help with some of the important events such as launch (in October of 1989), or the in-flight checkouts. Then, about four years ago, I started to spend a lot more time working on Galileo again, as we began to prepare for our arrival at Jupiter, and I have been very much involved ever since.
Right now, I serve as the deputy manager for the Probe, and as the Probe's chief engineer. Because I have worked on the project for so long I can remember a lot of little details that some of the newer people never got a chance to learn. My job these days is to ensure that everything is being done to make this a successful mission. Along with about a half dozen other engineers I develop the in-flight tests of the Probe, and analyze the results, conduct ground tests and developed contingency plans in case things don't go quite as expected.
I became interested in working for NASA when I was still in high school, when I read an article about a possible manned mission to Mars. The whole idea of such a mission excited me and I wrote to some officials at NASA and to my congressman. Because I was good at math and science in school, and enjoyed them, I decided to pursue electrical engineering in college. I went to Northwestern University near Chicago, and after two years I started looking for a summer job that would help to teach me about engineering. One of the places I went to was Ames Research Center, and they told me they could only hire me if I was attending a west coast school, so I transferred to the University of California at Berkeley, where I eventually got my degree. Unfortunately, after I transferred, there were no more jobs at Ames, so I spent some time working for Hughes Aircraft Company, learning more about what professional engineers really do. But by a lucky coincidence, I got a job at Ames just before graduating, and have been here ever since.
The best thing about my job is knowing that I am working on something that is really worthwhile. Although I am not a scientist, I really enjoy science and like the fact that I am working on a project that will teach us so much about Jupiter and the rest of the solar system. It's a lot of fun to solve problems and see your solutions actually work! Of course, it's always best in the business not to have problems in the first place, but that in itself is a problem, and fortunately, on the Probe, we've done a very good job, and have had very few surprises. Sometimes the paperwork can be dull (it's not very exciting to review a command sequence for the 10th time!), but it's all worthwhile because the spacecraft is actually working! Some of the other projects I work on never get off the drawing board, and that's no fun at all.
As a kid, I think the things that most helped to prepare me for this job were puzzles and problems. Engineering is mostly problem solving. And problem solving requires that you be able to logically breakdown a problem, understand it, and solve it piece by piece. As I was growing up I enjoyed all kinds of puzzles, and still do. Word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, math puzzles. All of these were good for me. I remember solving math puzzles in the sixth grade, where we were given a sequence of numbers and asked what number should come next. Solving a puzzle like that is exactly the kind of skill that comes in useful in engineering. Of course, in sixth grade I didn't even know what engineering was. But when I got to high school, one of my math teachers noticed how good I was with math problems and suggested that if I liked puzzles I should think about a career in engineering. And when I took one of those career aptitude tests, four of the five career recommendations came back as engineering, so my choice became pretty clear.
So, here I am. I'm 38 years old, working for NASA as an engineer. I
still live pretty close to where I grew up in Davis, California, so I
can visit my parent regularly. I bought my first house just a few years
ago and have learned that I enjoy gardening and landscaping. Just like
with Galileo, I think it's mostly fun because I can actually see the results
of my work. My family has a cabin near Lake Tahoe where I like to spend
my vacations hiking and enjoying the outdoors. I play the guitar, live
alone with my cat (Matthew), and manage a softball team here at Ames in
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Earlier this year, Randall Rader, then Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, called a group of administrative patent judges "death squads." What had these judges done to deserve such savage criticism? They had done exactly what Congress intended: found some bad patents invalid. This week EFF filed comments with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) supporting the work of its administrative trial judges and urging the agency to make review of issued patents as affordable and efficient as possible.
Blue Spike LLC is a patent litigation factory. At one point, it filed over 45 cases in two weeks. It has sued a who's who of technology companies, ranging from giants to startups, Adobe to Zeitera. Blue Spike claims not to be a troll, but any legitimate business it has pales in comparison to its patent litigation.
Every few years, the White House updates its Strategy for American Innovation and asks for comments from the public. EFF's submission explains that overly restrictive intellectual property regimes can stifle innovation by limiting the ability of researchers to build upon existing knowledge. Our comments address three topics on that theme.
We've been closely watching the trial in the Eastern District of Texas between podcasting patent troll Personal Audio and CBS. Today we heard disappointing news: after five days of trial, a federal jury found Personal Audio's podcasting patent valid and infringed by CBS. The jury awarded $1.3 million in damages (which is likely less than the amount CBS spent defending the case all the way to verdict).
Update: On August 28, 2014, EFF asked the Federal Circuit for permission to file a short amicus brief in this appeal. Our brief argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Alice v. CLS Bank requires that Ultramercial's patent on showing ads before content (but on the Internet!) be invalidated as abstract. Since this case has bounced back and forth between the Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit, this is now the fourth amicus brief EFF has prepared arguing that the patent is invalid.
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In previous versions of IBM Workload Deployer, the database configuration supported by virtual application patterns was restricted. In IBM PureApplication System, the virtual application pattern provides support for more flexible database configuration by using a feature known as the Custom Workload Standard that enables support for a broader set of database use cases.
Let's look at how the component responsible for building a managing virtual patterns traditionally handled database building.
Developing a database with a virtual application pattern
IBM PureApplication System includes advanced pattern technology originally introduced in IBM Workload Deployer. This advanced pattern technology provides the ability to easily create, deploy, and manage patterns of expertise. Patterns of expertise embody best practice implementation, configuration, management, and monitoring capabilities for specific software solutions based on years of experience. These patterns are provided by IBM and independent software vendors in an online catalog. Patterns of expertise are simplified to provide value quickly while at the same time guaranteeing consistent, predictable results. Clients can also create custom patterns of expertise using integrated tooling provided with IBM PureApplication System and share those patterns across their entire organization.
Originally, the component for building and managing virtual patterns carried restrictions for building databases with a virtual application pattern. But it is not feasible that all solutions be built as virtual applications. For instance, to build virtual application database, DB2's
CREATE options must be default and the operations for creating tables all the way through loading data must be described as a single SQL file.
Following are examples where the database had to be built as a virtual system pattern instead of virtual application pattern; this occurs if the database:
- Needs to specify DB2
CREATEoptions such as
COLLATE, and
- Needs to create
TABLESPACEs and
- Uses
DB2MOVEor some tools with external data files to load initial data.
- Needs particular database tunings.
In PureApplication System, with the benefit of enhanced virtual pattern handling, databases such as the ones just mentioned are now supported as a virtual application pattern or a database pattern (DBaaS). The function to enable this is called the Custom Workload Standard.
Next, learn how to configure a database with Custom Workload Standard.
Create shell scripts for Custom Workload Standard
In Custom Workload Standard, you need to create the shell scripts in the folders listed in Table 1 and package them to a ZIP file. The shell scripts are executed by db2inst1, the instance owner, in order of the number on Table 1.
Among the shell scripts, only create_db.sh in create_db folder is mandatory and the others are options.
Table 1. Shell scripts for Custom Workload Standard
|Shell script
|Executed just after creating DB2 instance. Describe here instance tunings.
|Executed at the database creation (mandatory). Describe here Create DB command.
|Executed just after DB creation. Describe here DB tunings.
|Executed after tuning DB. Describe here TABLE/VIEW/INDEX creation commands and data INSERT/LOAD/IMPORT commands.
|Executed every time after starting DB2 instance. Describe here what should be done after starting instance such as starting necessary processes.
The following sections explain how to describe the shell scripts.
tune_inst.sh is executed after creating a DB2 instance. It primarily describes instance-tuning commands such as
DB2 UPDATE DBM CFG. The following parameter is available in the shell script:
- First parameter: Instance name
Note that the instance name is always db2inst1 and cannot be changed.
Listing 1. Example for tune_inst.sh
#!/bin/sh inst_name=$1 echo "========== tune_inst.sh start ==========" echo "inst_name: " ${inst_name} ## Tuning Instance db2 "UPDATE DBM CFG USING JAVA_HEAP_SZ 1024 DEFERRED" echo "========== tune_inst.sh end =========="
create_db.sh is executed when creating a database. It describes the database creation command
DB2 CREATE. Any options for
DB2 CREATE can be added. The following parameters are available in the shell script:
- First parameter: Instance name
- Second parameter: Database name
Listing 2. Example for create_db.sh
#!/bin/sh inst_name=$1 db_name=$2 echo "========== create_db.sh start ==========" db2 "CREATE DATABASE $db_name USING CODESET UTF-8 TERRITORY Ja_JP COLLATE USING IDENTITY" rc=$? if [ $rc -ne 0 ] then echo "Failed to create DB" fi echo "========== create_db.sh end =========="
tune_db.sh is executed after creating the database. It describes commands for
BUFFERPOOL creations,
TABLESPACE creations, and database tuning using
DB2 GRANT also should be described if the application user needs to have specific authorizations.
The following parameters are available in the shell script:
- First parameter: Instance name
- Second parameter: DB name
- Third parameter: Application user name
- Fourth parameter: Application user password
- Fifth parameter: Application DB administrator
- Sixth parameter: Application DB administrator password
Note that the application user name is always appuser. The application DB administrator is always appdba. Both user names cannot be changed.
Listing 3. Example for tune_db.sh
#!/bin/sh inst_name=$1 db_name=$2 app_user=$3 app_password=$4 appdba=$5 appdba_password=$6 echo "========== tune_db.sh start ==========" db2 "connect to $db_name" ## Create BUFFERPOOLs db2 "CREATE BUFFERPOOL ADD_SYSB1 IMMEDIATE SIZE 250 PAGESIZE 16K" ## Create TABLESPACEs db2 "CREATE SYSTEM TEMPORARY TABLESPACE ADD_SYSTMP1 PAGESIZE 16K \ MANAGED BY SYSTEM USING ('xxxsys00') EXTENTSIZE 16 OVERHEAD 10.5 \ PREFETCHSIZE 16 TRANSFERRATE 0.14 BUFFERPOOL ADD_SYSB1" ## Tune DB db2 "UPDATE DB CFG USING LOGFILSIZ 5000 DEFERRED" db2 "UPDATE DB CFG USING APPLHEAPSZ 512 DEFERRED" ## If the application user needs to have specific authorizations, describe them here db2 "GRANT DBADM ON DATABASE TO USER $app_user" db2 "connect reset" db2 "terminate" echo "========== tune_db.sh end =========="
init_db.sh is executed after tuning the database. It describes creation commands for
INDEX, etc., and data import commands such as
LOAD, and
Necessary DDL files should be placed in the init_db folder. If
LOAD or
DB2MOVE is used, the necessary
data files (IXF, XML, LOB, etc.) should also be placed in the init_db folder.
Note that the init_db files should connect to the database whenever an application user
wants to create tables and other objects since the application gets access to the database
through the application user. As previously mentioned, the application user name is always
appuser, so be careful to use appuser as the schema name if you import tables by using
DB2MOVE or similar tools.
The following parameters are available in the shell script:
- First parameter: Instance name
- Second parameter: DB name
- Third parameter: Application user name
- Fourth parameter: Application user password
- Fifth parameter: Application DB administrator
- Sixth parameter: Application DB administrator password
Listing 4. Example for init_db.sh
#!/bin/sh inst_name=$1 db_name=$2 app_user=$3 app_password=$4 appdba=$5 appdba_password=$6 echo "========== init_db.sh start ==========" ## Connect to DB by the application user db2 "CONNECT TO ${db_name} USER ${app_user} USING ${app_password}" ## Execute the DDL db2 +p -s -v -f xxx.ddl # In case of loading the initial data by db2move (Package the data files in the same folder) db2move ${db_name} import -io insert db2 commit work db2 connect reset db2 terminate echo "========== init_db.sh end =========="
post_start_inst.sh is executed every time after starting a DB2 instance. It describes, for
example, starting commands for processes that need to be executed every time after starting a DB2 instance (for example, DB2
Text Search). The following parameters are available in the shell script:
- First parameter: Instance name
- Second parameter: DB name
Listing 5. Example for post_start_inst.sh
#!/bin/sh inst_name=$1 db_name=$2 echo "========== post_start_inst.sh start ==========" ## Start DB2 Text Search db2ts "ENABLE DATABASE FOR TEXT CONNECT TO ${db_name}" /home/db2inst1/sqllib/db2tss/bin/startup.sh db2ts "START FOR TEXT" rc=$? if [[ ${rc} -ne 0 ]] ; then echo "Failed to post start the database." exit ${rc} fi echo "========== post_start_inst.sh end =========="
Next, create the ZIP file for the feature.
Create a ZIP file for Custom Workload Standard
When you've finished creating the shell scripts, package all the folders to a ZIP file. Figure 1 shows the ZIP file that packages the five shell scripts.
Figure 1. ZIP file for Custom Workload Standard
Next, register the ZIP file.
Register the ZIP file for Custom Workload Standard
- Select Catalog > Database Workload Standards from the PureApplication System menu.
- Click the New icon. The Database Workload Standards window opens,
see Figure 2.
Figure 2. Custom Workload Standard registration
- Upload the created ZIP file and save the new custom workload standard (the sample CWS in Figure 2).
Using the Custom Workload Standard feature
Now that it is set up, you can use the Custom Workload Standard feature.
- Drag and drop a database component in the canvas of Virtual Application Builder.
- Apply a default database workload standard is selected by default in the Source section of the Property frame on the right. Change it to Apply a database workload standard.
- A list of defined custom workload standards is displayed as shown in Figure 3.
Select a custom workload standard that you want to use.
Figure 3. Source property for DB component
- Complete the virtual application pattern and deploy it as usual. The database is created and configured as you defined in the custom workload standard.
- You can use a custom workload standard in a database pattern (DBaaS) in a similar way. From the PureApplication System menu, select Patterns > Database Patterns.
- Click the New icon. The Database Pattern window opens.
Figure 4. Database Pattern definition window
- Change the Source field to Apply a database workload standard and select a custom workload standard that you want to use.
- Save and deploy the database pattern. The database is created and configured as you defined in the custom workload standard.
In conclusion
This article introduced Custom Workload Standard as a flexible database configuration method in PureApplication System. By using Custom Workload Standard, you can build your application with a virtual application pattern even if it has a database that was previously only supported by a virtual system pattern. Following the steps in this article, you should be able to build your virtual application pattern with greater database flexibility.
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Trade Integration and the Phillips Curve
Gregory Gadzinski
International University of Monaco (IUM)
Mathias Hoffmann
University of Cologne - Department of Economics
February 19, 2008
This paper analyses the interconnectedness between the slope of the Phillips Curve and the degree of trade openness. A micro founded expectations - augmented Phillips Curve for a small open economy illustrates that the slope of the Phillips Curve is negatively related to the degree of trade integration in an open economy. The model shows that the monetary authority should place a higher weight on stabilising ination than the output gap when the economy becomes more open to trade. Estimating a nonlinear model where the slope is time varying and depends on openness, the papers empirical results indicate support for the negative relationship between the degree of trade openness and the slope of the Phillips Curve across the G-7 countries.
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Keywords: Output-Ination Trade-Off, Openness, Censored model
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Just another boring office birthday party on Wall Street—Brie and crackers and white wine. Suddenly the sounds of gongs, cymbals and tinkling bells interrupt the chatter. Framed in the doorway is a bald-headed, bare-bellied Buddha wrapped in gold lamé. He approaches the guest of honor and invites her to rub his belly for good luck while he reads a personalized poem for the occasion. As the victim continues to stare in disbelief, the 350-pound deity then begins his "Buddha Boogie" to the tune of Beat It and gets everyone to join in.
This is no laughing matter to Geoffrey Feldman, 35, whose Buddha-Grams have grossed well over $50,000 in the first year (the average charge for each is $100). Feldman arranges 20 or so such "grams" a week, and he has seven Buddhas on call, including David Holbrook, son of veteran actor Hal Holbrook.
David learned there are hazards to the job when he arrived at a Manhattan psychiatric hospital to deliver a message to one of the administrators. White-coated orderlies were summoned to spirit David away for observation—until he managed to explain the nature of his visit: The administrator's wife had sent her husband this particular Buddha-Gram to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Singing telegrams have been around for decades, but these days "creative" telegrams have become the gift for every occasion and pocket-book, with prices starting at $35 for a tap-dancing knish, a Zorro-Gram and a Sgt. Yukon-Gram (a Canadian Mountie "arrests" the recipient). A top-of-the-line "luxury" Buddha-Gram buys a night on the town with three Brobdingnagian baldies. Price: $3,000.
In between, the choices are almost endless. For the fitness-crazed, there are male and female Muscle-Grams, featuring G-strung bodybuilders who flex and pose while reciting a message. Eastern Onion, a nationwide chain, delivers Fairy Godmother-Grams, Macho Man-Grams, Bunny-Grams, Teddy Bear-Grams, Gorilla-Grams and French Maid-Grams. You can propose marriage (or whatever) with a Cupid-Gram or dump your lover with a Devil-Gram from Baloon-ee Tuens of Evanston, Ill.
Hey! Wires, a six-year-old company with offices in St. Louis and Roselle, Ill., offers a Sister Chastity-Gram delivered by a singing missionary in a long blue cape and bonnet who turns into a gyrating belly dancer. There is also the Total Woman-Gram (the messenger wears an inflatable chest in size 52 DD) and the Dr. Hey Wires-Gram, in which the messenger appears as Groucho Marx and strips down to bikini briefs.
In Los Angeles, Sonny Bono and Herb Alpert sent a girl draped in balloons to a birthday party for Michael Jackson choreographer Michael Peters. The guest of honor was then invited to bite or squeeze the balloons until they popped. Allan Titch, proprietor of L.A.'s Amazing Entertainment, sent an ersatz policewoman to arrest Beach Boy Brian Wilson at his 42nd birthday bash. She arrived saying the police had received a complaint that the revelers were making too much noise and ordered a strip search of Wilson and the guests. When they balked, she said, "Okay, I guess I'll have to show you how it's done," and began her striptease.
Adrienne Gusoff, 31, a Brooklyn-born former advertising copywriter, runs Bubby-Gram from her small apartment on New York's Upper East Side. To deliver her Bubby-Gram (Yiddish for grandmother), Gusoff arrives toting a shopping bag crammed with such things as bagels, chicken soup, a "stuffed cabbage kid" (her version of a you-know-what) and a Valentine's Day heart molded out of chopped liver. For the next 15 minutes she alternately smothers the recipient ("Eat! You're so thin!") or kvetches with lines like, "So, why haven't you called your mother?" Or at least sent her a Guilt-Gram.
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Wilma Ruth James, 85, of Amarillo died Friday, June 6, 2003.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Groom Church of Christ with Don Stone officiating. Burial will be in Groom Cemetery by Schooler Funeral Home, 4100 S. Georgia St.
Mrs. James married Eldred N. James in Groom on Jan. 14, 1934. She was an Avon lady for 35 years and was a member of Groom Church of Christ.
She was preceded in death by her husband; and a son, Eldred Wayne James.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty Housley and husband, Bill, of Bellville; a son, Edgar Lee James and wife, Marianne, of San Antonio; a daughter-in-law, Lynne James of Happy; nine grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Groom Church of Christ, 101 Newcome Ave., Groom, TX 79039; or City of Groom, Groom Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 217, Groom, TX 79039.
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Over the past 25 years, Greg has developed considerable experience as a trial lawyer and a reputation as an aggressive litigator. He has a particular expertise in the area of premises liability, however, handles all types of cases that involve complex litigation for clients throughout Central Florida. Greg puts his experience and knowledge to use by presenting seminars to a wide variety of clientele. The presentations have covered premises liability, products liability and general negligence, to name a few.
Greg was recently inducted by nomination into the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and is a member of the Orange County Bar Association.
Although born and raised in Buffalo, New York, Greg has resided in the State of Florida for approximately 30 years. He resides in Orlando with his wife, Therese and children, Ryan and Kayla. When not working, Greg is active as a coach with the YMCA Youth Sport Leagues and is involved with the Boy Scouts of America.


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Presho Area Chamber received Tourism grant to participate in Rooster Rush Promotion. Bret McClanahan of Hutch's Cafe wears a Presho Rooster Rush t-shirt while serving breakfast to a large number of out-of-state hunters Monday morning. Chamber members sold the t-shirts in Hutch's lobby Saturday morning, opening day of the 2012 pheasant season.
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or call 1-800-427-7623. The highway does close for the winter, but it's at a point well beyond the turnoff to Dodge Ridge.
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THE RETURN of Jeremiah Trotter to the Eagles' locker room - an outlandish notion a week ago - seems to be drawing closer to reality this morning.
Trotter worked out for the team again yesterday, he and the Eagles confirmed. Eagles coach Andy Reid offered no comment on his weekly radio show, other than to acknowledge the session. But Trotter told the Daily News it went "two to three times better" than last week's initial workout, in which Reid said Trotter seemed more agile than he was when the Birds released him, 25 months ago.
Trotter, a four-time Pro Bowl linebacker for the Eagles, arrived as a third-round draftee in 1998, then left early in 2002 to sign with the Washington Redskins as a free agent after a nasty salary dispute. He returned in 2004 and helped the team get to the Super Bowl. After being released again in 2007, he signed with Tampa Bay but played in only three games that season and hasn't been on an NFL roster since.


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Bird poop for beauty?That's what goes into facials at a luxury spa where the traditional Japanese treatment using imported Asian nightingale excrement mixed with rice bran goes for $180 a pop.About 100 women and men go into the Shizuka New York skin care salon, just off Manhattan's Fifth Avenue, each month to get the treatment, which is promoted as a way to keep the face soft and smooth using an enzyme in the poop to gently exfoliate the skin.Spa owner Shizuka Bernstein, a Tokyo native married to an American, has been offering what she calls the Geisha Facial for about five years."I try to bring Japanese beauty secrets to the United States," says Bernstein, who learned the treatment from her mother.The Geisha Facial poop treatment, while relatively rare in the United States, is no secret in Japan, where it was first used in the 1600s by actors and geishas."That's why Japanese grandmothers have beautiful complexions," says Duke Klauck, owner of the Ten Thousand Waves health spa in Santa Fe, N.M., which offers a Nightingale Facial for $129.On a recent afternoon in Manhattan, Mari Miyoshi arrived at the sixth-floor Shizuka New York spa to try the treatment for the first time."I'm a stressed-out New Yorker," the 35-year-old occupational therapist announced as she reclined on a table, relaxing amid aromas of camellia, lavender and rose.The treatment begins with steam to open the pores and soften the skin. Cream is applied. And then comes what Bernstein calls "the nightingale part."She pours the cream-coloured poop, dried and finely ground, into a bowl, mixing it with the rice bran using a small spatula. She applies the potion to Miyoshi's face with a brush, rubbing it in with her hands.Does it smell?"Yes, but like toasted rice," Miyoshi says.After about five minutes, it comes off with a foaming cleanser and Miyoshi's face is draped in a warm, wet towel bathed in lavender and geranium essences. Finally, the grand finale — a green-tea collagen mask."Sooooo nice," Bernstein says softly, looking at Miyoshi's radiant face.Dr. Michele Green, a Manhattan cosmetic dermatologist, says that while the nightingale facial "definitely has some rejuvenating effect, I don't think it's any different than, say, an apricot scrub or a mask that you could buy in a local pharmacy."A common misconception is that any old bird poop, even from pigeons, is used. Bernstein says only droppings from birds of the nightingale species are used because they live on seeds, producing the natural enzyme that is the active ingredient."We don't do Central Park facials," she says, "because those birds eat garbage."
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Consider dropping the word "senior" from the name, acknowledge that even false perceptions are someone's reality and develop programs to appeal to more people age 50 and older.
These were a few of many suggestions from brainstorming sessions that began in November and developed into a Strategic Plan on which the Amarillo Senior Citizens Association hopes to anchor its future security.
The ASCA board voted May 15 to accept the survey, using it as a guideline.
No action was taken on specific details or implementation of the presentation.
Busy Hands: Quilters meet on Tuesdays at ASCA. From left, Jo Ann Meeker, Jyeton Lowery and Jo Ann Lemoine are working on a quilt with fall leaves.
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Mike Sims, executive director of St. Catherine's Center in Waco, presented the survey results in the three-hour called meeting that summarized responses from 170 people: board members, ASCA members and other interested individuals.
Board officials examined ways to address perceptions and realities, and to improve the association's finances and other needs to make the agency better able to serve an aging population.
"In brainstorming sessions, as soon as the word 'senior' was mentioned, they were turned off," said Elnora Boothe, ASCA executive director.
"And they don't want to be identified with an organization that they associate with being for older persons."
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Even if they're 92, she said.
Or, they may think it's restricted to membership only, she said.
Other people say they believe that the agency serves only low-income residents, not anyone age 50 or older, Sims said.
ASCA provides a nutrition program, housing through Independence Village, senior employment opportunities, social and recreational opportunities.
"But we want people to know that the things we do offer can enhance their lives," Boothe said.
"We get a lot of adult children asking about what we have to offer their parents and what we will offer them as they age."
ASCA hopes the strategic plan will help the agency focus attention on its crucial issues and challenges by defining goals and objectives to attain each goal, Boothe said.
A top priority: to make ASCA's operation fiscally sound.
"ASCA has operated, I think off-and-on for a lot of years, in a deficit," Boothe said.
"We're always striving to raise funds by every avenue that's available to us."
The agency is operating in a deficit now, she said.
For three years, T\the Bivins Foundation has provided financial support to ASCA, she said.
As that funding period ends, ASCA will need to seek additional funding.
The strategic plan will help the agency target specific needs and seek future funding for those programs.
The need is apparent: The fastest growing population in the Texas Panhandle is the group age 64 and older. And about 25 percent of the Panhandle's nearly 40,0000 citizens are age 64 or older, according to statistics from the Panhandle Geriatric Education Program at Amarillo College.
Survey results outline opportunities to reach out into neighborhoods and to serve more diverse ethnic groups.
ASCA could serve as a wellness center or expand its service to homebound elderly, according to Sims' survey results.
But first, it must address threats to the agency by: developing a stronger board of directors and volunteer base; stabilizing finances; improving customer satisfaction; expand-ing programs / participation; adding programs and services; and focusing on perceptions to eliminate misunderstandings.
The survey developed a goal for ASCA to become "a center of excellence by improving the physical, mental and social well-being of senior citizens by being recognized as an organization that demonstrates effective stewardship in the utilization of resources."
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NYPD Ready for Today's Occupy Wall Street Movement at Bryant Park
The New York Police have sent out a department-wide memo to prepare for today's Occupy Wall Street event, which is scheduled to take place 9am at Bryant Park. The protest, titled "Shut Down the Corporations #F29", targets, among others, Bank of America for supposedly selling subprime mortgages--which leads to the series of home foreclosures that we've been covering here.
The memo was obtained by the Occupy Wall Street affinity group the OWS Journal, and shows that the NYPD have assigned its Counterterroism Bureau Terrorism Threat Analysis Group to patrol today's event.
F29 is a continuation of sorts of yesterday's F28 protest, which took place at Union Square at 5pm with over 200 protesters, including Peter Yarrow of folk trio Peter, Paul & Mary (Yarrow played a Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind", of course). Several arrests were been made, according to Occupy Wall Street's twitter.
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