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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 doesn't do anything new, but it also doesn't do anything wrong.
It is, however, a remarkably similar experience to the Call of Duty you've been playing for five years, and its incremental updates will do little to revive the spirits of anybody fatigued by its annual resurrection. Yet it is also easy and comforting to get sucked back into the breadcrumb trail of unlocks and upgrades across 80 levels and, if you're a Prestigious kind of guy, ten cycles of 1,264,000 experience points.
Multiplayer is an unashamedly hostile experience, and after five iterations of the core principles Call of Duty 4 established in 2007, you can expect to be met by some extremely talented players. Spec Ops is the bridge, then - a two-player co-operative addition of 16 missions and a wave-based survival mode. While it's particularly hard to get excited about the latter, Modern Warfare 3's take offers its own slant by virtue of demanding a greater degree of communication than the usual four-player efforts. The difficulty curve is also nicely designed, picking up the pace in most of the right places, but let down slightly by the fact it takes a few waves too many to get stuck in.
The best co-op moments arrive in Mission mode. Perhaps the strongest scenario puts one player at the helm of a security weapons system, allowing them to help their partner progress through a series of intricate corridors. Most of the 16 missions can be played solo, which means there's only one other mission of this ilk; the other has a player providing air support in an AC-130. It's a real shame there's not more of these specific two-player missions, but the 14 other scenarios do manage to hold your interest.
Then there's the solitary single-player experience: a six hour campaign which takes you through three acts and seventeen chapters, picking up straight after the messy-yet-thrilling knife-in-eye ending of Modern Warfare 2.
Modern Warfare 3's campaign presents its global war with wide panoramic shots of devastation and neatly framed pockets of destruction. The nature of the game flits between shock and awe, plopping bombastic aeroplane raids and vehicle battles right next to the indiscriminate murder or men, women and children. The tone is occasionally a little off, but it's simply fascinating from a geopolitical standpoint. This is a campaign positively delighted to litter the streets of Paris and London with the dying and dead, but one which presents the heart of Manhattan as an unpopulated ghost town. If Modern Warfare 2 wanted to set fire to an American flag while kicking down suburban picket fences, the third now wants to wreak obliteration on as much of Europe as possible.
There's nothing quite like the infamous No Russian on display here, no matter how many times sensationalist tabloids and overeager blog posts try and make it so, but Modern Warfare 3 does run into video games' age-old problem: it is impossible to dump players into a narrative that sincerely deals with death when it demands you to blast enemy goons in the face with a sniper rifle immediately afterwards.
Occasional moments of controversial schlock aside (yes, it does ask at the beginning if you're sure you want to see the notorious content), this is a meticulously directed and focused action piece, one with a far more crafted sense of place than the disconnected world-hopping of its many contemporaries. It's also a particularly smart touch that the game recalls and reworks signature moments of the Second World War with a modern twist; a US beach landing on some German shores is trying so desperately to funnel the spirit of D-Day you wonder why the game doesn't just plonk you in France, which itself finds it the target of a Europe-wide chemical attack at the hands of some nasty terrorists.
The point, of course, is to funnel players through various pop-up galleries and to detonate the rest of the world around them, and in this regard Modern Warfare 3 is a resounding success. Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward have created a string of interesting set-pieces that will be guaranteed to dazzle anyone who can surrender to the fact their player character is little more than an actor on the world's most destructive stage, and while that flaw is plain to see Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward do a far better job than their rivals of smoothing over the cracks.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 doesn't do anything new, but it also doesn't do anything wrong. For better or worse, this is a slick and well-metered trio of modes that make an entertaining package, but Sledgehammer Games and Infinity Ward are simply looking to augment previous games rather than expand the series into pastures new. Modern Warfare 3 is another beat in the colossally successful rhythm Activision has mastered, but what this year's game lacks in imagination it makes up for in quality.

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Asia set for MMA revolution.
SINGAPORE: It has been branded human cockfighting by US senator John McCain and bloodlust unbound by their critics, but mixed martial arts have evolved from no holds barred brawls to become one of the worlds fastest growing sports.
Popularised by the Ultimate Fighting Championship in the United States, MMA is a fusion of fight styles that melds the stunning strikes of boxing and muay thai, the sleek submissions of Brazilian jiu-jitsu and the devastating power of wrestling.
It has fought hard to gain credibility, regulatory backing and global appeal by introducing a comprehensive list of rules, stringent doping procedures and embarking on a educational campaign to win hearts and minds.
Grand bash: Gilbert Melendez (top) punches Josh Thomson in a mixed martial arts match in California on Saturday. Melendez won by unanimous decision. AP
Now sanctioned in more than 40 US states, the sport is experiencing explosive growth in viewership and participation. Their top athletes are winning mainstream recognition, hefty salaries and lucrative sponsorship deals.
Chatri Sityodtong, managing director at the new Evolve Academy in Singapore, said that MMAs massive growth lay in a primal fascination with combat a reflection on humanity, the caveman instinct.
However, it did not deserve its reputation for violence, he said.
This is the greatest misconception about the sport of MMA, said Chatri. If it was such a violent, dangerous sport the safety record should be worse than boxing .... worse than skydiving, worse than all these other adrenaline sports. Yet its safer.
While boxing has a far longer history, the sweet science has a much poorer safety record, with studies in the Journal of Combative Sport putting the number of ring-related deaths at more than 10 per year worldwide.
Boxing and MMA have an uneasy relationship, due in part to their battle for pay-per-view revenues.
WBC chief Jose Sulaiman said in an interview: (MMA) is fed to those fans who like aggression, blood and illegality. They are not boxing fans. Boxing fans have class.
Thai Chatri, who trained at the world-renowned Sityodtong muay thai gym growing up and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, pointed to the numerous former Olympians who have switched to MMA as an example of the sports growth and safety.
If it was all about violence it would be like two animals fighting. But its not, he added.
These are professional athletes who love this stuff, dream about it all day long and give their entire lives just to be able to showcase their abilities.
Chatri said MMA was primed to take off in Asia after having become the third most watched sport in the United States, although other sources suggested the figure referred to viewers within the male 18-34 demographic.
We blew through our three-year financial goals in three months, so theres strong interest in Singapore, he added.
We are at the beginning of the MMA revolution in Asia.
That revolution will take a step forward next year with the launch of Martial Combat, a series of MMA events to be broadcast across Asia by ESPN Star Sports (ESS) and staged at Singapores US$4.69bil Resorts World Sentosa. Reuters
your views please. Will Asia be capable to reform?
Asian revolution? I've peeked at dream and Sengokou.
I just don't see it. :sarcastic12:
Japan's left with the scraps of what was once a mighty mma dynasty to scrape together and trying to act like business as usual.
I'm not saying Aoki sucks, I'm not saying it still doesn't have it's gems, but I'm saying I think the over seas mma party is over.
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HOLYOKE – Lt. Gov. Timothy P. Murray on Thursday administered the oath of office to Paul Barabani as the new superintendent of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home.
Barabani actually began the $106,000-a-year job March 7 and the state confirmed he got the position Feb. 23, after it was reported by The Republican and MassLive.com.
Murray gave the oath to Barabani in a sun-drenched ceremony on the grounds of the Soldiers' Home on Cherry Street.
The gathering of a few hundred included veterans in uniform, home staff and officials from throughout the region.
Murray praised Barabani's work in his previous job as an administrator at the U.S. Department of Veterans Services in Northampton, helping veterans get access to pension and other benefits.
"He has an extensive record behind him, one that he should be very proud of," Murray said.
Barabani, 60, who retired in 2002 as a colonel after 32 years in the Army National Guard, filled his remarks with praise for veterans and described himself as a lucky man.
He also recognized home employees.
"To the staff of the Soldiers' Home, I say, 'Thank you for making this the best Soldiers' Home in America,'" Barabani said.
The path that led to Barabani's selection was anything but transparent. A state official acknowledged that the home's board of trustees, in discussing superintendent candidates in the fall, violated the Open Meeting Law by failing to cite reasons for holding closed-door sessions about the job.
That acknowledgment came in March a few weeks after the administration of Gov. Deval L. Patrick admitted on Feb. 23 Barabani was the choice for the job.
Up to then, the Patrick administration refused to confirm Barabani was the choice, despite the board having recommended him in early November.
The state also required The Republican to file a written request to get copies of board of trustees meeting minutes and notices.
Board chairman Steven E. Como poked fun at the attention given to the superintendent-selection problems by saying at the swearing-in ceremony, "The five legal counsels that I have tell me that I must say that this is an open meeting."
Murray later told The Republican the superintendent search should have been handled better and said, "Sorry you had to go through that hassle."


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A healthy male teenager presented with a 2-month history of eruptions on the dorsum of his left hand, which showed diffuse painful erythema and a 2-cm ulcer. Results of blood tests were normal but for slightly elevated C-reactive protein levels (0.46 mg/dL). Culture results from the ulcer were negative for any general bacteria. Computed tomography showed neither gas production nor abscess formation. Histologic examination of the erythematous lesion revealed diffuse necrosis, and Ziehl-Neelsen (Z-N) staining showed many acid-fast bacilli in the subcutis. We diagnosed cutaneous mycobacterial infection.
Despite treatment with oral clarithromycin, 800 mg/d, and levofloxacin, 500 mg/d, the lesion expanded. Therefore rifampicin, 450 mg/d, was added to the treatment regimen 7 days after the initiation of therapy. We performed debridement on day 8 (Figure, A). Although almost all the skin on the dorsum of his hand was debrided, the erythema further expanded. We performed a second debridement on day 25 and additionally excised the erythematous lesion toward the wrist, including the area labeled 8 in Figure, B, and debrided necrotic tissue. The lesion rapidly improved after the second debridement, although some finger extensor tendons gradually became necrotic, and reconstruction of tendons was needed. The patient showed no recurrence at 1-year follow-up.
A, Clinical presentation just before first debridement: diffuse erythema and swelling on the dorsum of the left hand and necrotic skin ulcer on the lateral edge of the hand were observed; biopsies were performed at sites from 1 through 6 around the ulcer. B, Clinical presentation before second debridement: biopsies from the erythematous lesions were performed at sites 7 and 8. C, Clinical presentation before second debridement; biopsies from the erythematous lesions were performed at sites 9 and 10. D, Clinical presentation before second debridement: biopsies from the erythematous lesions were performed at sites 11 through 13. E, Histological findings from site 8: significant necrosis without granulomatous reaction was observed (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification ×100). F, Histologic findings from site 10 showed granulomatous reactions without necrosis (hematoxylin-eosin, original magnification ×100). G, Results of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis for IS2404 using pu4f and pu7r primers. Samples 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 11 tested positive for IS2404. Gene markers 1 through 13 represent biopsy samples taken from sites 1 through 13, respectively; gene marker N, normal control; gene marker D, 100-bp DNA marker.
At 4 weeks, growth of a yellow-white colony in Ogawa egg medium was observed. Analysis using DNA-DNA hybridization (Kyokuto, Japan) demonstrated Mycobacterium marinum bacteria. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis targeting insertion sequence IS24041,2 and pathogenic plasmid MUM001 gene sequences3 revealed Buruli ulcer caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans subspecies shinshuense, a rare mycobacterium phenotypically close to M ulcerans that produces a toxin resembling mycolactone.3,4 We note that M ulcerans subspecies shinshuense can also affect tendons and muscles, as in our case and at least 1 other case.5 Recommendations concerning the duration of antibiotic treatment and timing of surgical intervention for Buruli ulcer have been offered in preliminary guidelines issued by the World Health Organization, but there is no reliable evidence to determine the extent of surgical excision.
Using a 3-mm punch, we performed multiple biopsies from 13 erythematous sites on our patient's hand and wrist (Figure, A-D) before first debridement at points 1 through 6 (Figure, A) and before second debridement at points 7 through 13 (Figure, B-D). We retrospectively examined the relationship among clinical presentations, histologic findings (hematoxylin-eosin [H-E] and Z-N stainings), and results of PCR analysis for IS2404 (Figure, G) to demonstrate the features of sites that needed debridement (Table). From the clinical course, we determined that all sites of first debridement (samples 1-6) and the area around sample 8 of the second debridement needed surgical resection. We performed the second debridement to address severe postoperative functional limitations and inflammation found on visual inspection, and significant improvement was achieved, even though other erythematous lesions were not surgically removed.
The histologic findings from H-E staining could be roughly categorized into 2 patterns: necrosis without granuloma formation (Figure, E) and granuloma formation without necrosis (Figure, F). The sites that needed resection were not related to the results of Z-N staining or PCR analysis for IS2404 but instead to the histologic features of cutaneous necrosis without granuloma formation. We speculate that skin erythematous lesions with histologic granuloma formation can possibly be spared from surgical excision, and erythematous lesions with persistent histologic necrosis should be excised.
The mapping biopsy procedure to determine an adequate surgical margin has been performed in cases of malignant neoplasm such as extramammary Paget disease.6 We propose that if administration of recommended antibiotics for an adequate duration proves ineffective, the preoperative mapping biopsy procedure might be used to determine the extent of surgical excision in Buruli ulcer and to avoid unnecessary resection if pathologic services are available.
Corresponding Author: Noriki Fujimoto, MD, PhD, Department of Dermatology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Setatsukinowa, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan (firstname.lastname@example.com).
Published Online: April 9, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.7497.
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Additional Contributions: The authors would like to thank Kazue Nakanaga, PhD, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan, for her help in detecting the mycobacterium, and Narihito Kodama, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga, Japan, for his help in surgical treatment.
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Rep. criticizes gas fee, Corbett budget, visitors bureau
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From the Sun 11/28/12: The local service tax that collects a dollar a week from township businesses for every worker on payroll has provided most of the means for easing the property tax burden, township Manager Bill Burdett said."
From 12/4/12; "But frugal spending, efficient collection of a new tax and not counting chickens before they are hatched are the real reasons this tax reduction is possible." Looks like they got a lot of money from a tax, from workers no less. ACT 13 was only $244,000 and will go for paving along with liquid fuel tax
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"On the other hand, what benefit or reduction have you seen from the millions Pa has recieved from leases and royalties? Thats right, none."
Here is where I prove you to be a complete liar.
Loyalsock cut their property taxes in half thanks, in part, to the Act 13 monies and, in part, due to fiscal conservatism.
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Hey rick and pinecr this should make you happy.
USA TODAY April 29, 2013.
Leading Dems top Corbett in Pa. for Governors race. Corbett has had low approval ratings for months over the state's economy and the handling of the Sandusky case.
47% of the voters in Pa. disapprove of his job performance.
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Rick, I could not agree with you more, tax the*****out of the gas industry, maybe they will leave this state and not return
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And if I remember correctly, they also have no sales tax in Ak either.
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"Alaska repealed its personal income tax as the result of a strong gas severance tax"
Thats correct Carl, they also file to recieve a check for every family member, every year, instead of paying. Oil industy hasn't left there yet. On the other hand, what benefit or reduction have you seen from the millions Pa has recieved from leases and royalties? Thats right, none. Why we should even need a school tax is beyond me, when this new revenue could easily pay for education, not selling the liquor buisness for a one time profit!
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Here we go again. Representative Mirabito spewing his falsehoods about the Visitors Bureau and the Chamber. I understand he got a 3 page response from the Chamber with tons of documentation. I guess he failed to mention that. He needs to be transparent and he needs to stop spreading his lies.
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Remember, folks, it was these same liberals who proposed to turn I80 into a toll road so the money could go to Philly and Pitt with nothing leftover.
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Tax tax, tax tax tax! Why is it every time a politician has an idea, that idea starts with picking my pocket? When is enough enough? I think it's never enough. I'm far from wealthy, but when u look at a weekly pay stub and see almost 1000$ taken out in taxes, it makes me sick! Who the h@#l am I working for? u will pay more on taxes then u would for child support on 3 kids and spousal support. Imagine that, they think they should have more of your money then your family!!
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Sorry to let you down Tedeaux but we are not the same, however I do agree with him, especially the joke called Act 13. The gas industry's republican sponsored bill to help the industry not the people directly affected by the gas well in their neighborhood. Instead we might use it for infrastructure that will tear up more land and benefit the industry, or we can use it to promote NG vehicles so the industry can sell more gas, make more money and raise the price of NG so people on here can complain, or we can use it for an airport or send it to Philly where the republicans banned fracing in certain affluent suburbs. Funny how the republicans work when it comes to cooperate welfare.
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Oh, God, please, no more Sarah Palin. Her 15 minutes stayed FAR too long. I say tax the h*ll out these guys, they're not going anywhere and it WILL be needed for the inevitable environmental clean up.
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The reason 47% goes out of the area is because that was the compromise with legislators who have no shame to be drilled.
Democrats wanted 100% of all gas taxes to go to Harrisburg and then get distributed back out based on political power.....meaning Philly and Pitt first and everyone else second.
Mirabito is just another liberal who wants to control all the money so whatever he gives back to you is just enough to get your vote.
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They are all of the same, if they spent enough time and energy concentrating on putting people back to work in this failure of an economy, as they do trying to invent new ways of taking away money, the government would see an increase in revenue from the economic activity that a prosperous economy generates.
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I love it when you put these two quotes back to back......
'"I can't see increasing a tax unless we know where the money is going in the first place," he said.
"We don't know what due diligence was done, if any, before giving it out," he said.'
Same old story....tax and spend.
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"We end up at the end of the day with about 47 percent going out of the area,". Sorry Rick, but that's just an inherent evil in State and Federal taxation. Also I thought that was a key component of the Democrat platform - redistribution of wealth. Nothing will ever change that except for getting rid of taxes at the State and Federal levels and controlling spending at those levels.
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The linear thinking of a lib. Severance tax - impact fee, what's the difference? A tax is a tax is a tax. More taxes to spend on their pet projects. "Sarah Palin had a tax on oil and gas in Alaska," he said." That's only a part of the truth, Alaska repealed its personal income tax as the result of a strong gas severance tax. Linear thinking cannot produce a prosperous state or nation. There is much more involved than increasing or instituting new taxes. Statutory rates tell us very little about a particular tax burden. Credits, limits, deductions, and how they are imposed all have an effect on tax rates. Any comparison of statutory severance tax rates tells us little about the total tax burdens. A more accurate assessment of relative tax burdens would calculate the overall effective tax rate of all taxes. But the one core component never spoken by a politician is that the consumer pays all the taxes, one way or another.
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Is it just the spin that the reporter is putting on any article where Rick Mirabito's name is mentioned or is it that Rick is the politician that never meet a tax that he didn't like? Not only does he love taxes, he wants to control how they are spent as well! Rick sounds like a one string guitar with talk of taxes. And by the way, what are the chances that our liberal representative Mirabito and our liberal commentor "Rick424" are the same person?
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Mirabito, the typical liberal dumbocrat! He would prefer the tax and spend ways of "Fast Ed" Rendell.
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Interview with John Jackson
I've seen some film and I know that there was music that day, and people standing around and singing. I just wonder if you could remember some particular occasion, somebody who came that day that you never thought would show up. Or someone like--someone real--
There were a lot of citizens came, that I thought wouldn't show up because you know, yeah, they, a lot of them were saying, "I don't want to be involved in that mess." And finally some of them turned out. But I was mostly going picking up people a lot that day, and I didn't have an opportunity to stay and stand around and watch everything that day. But the, just to come out and exercise their right that day was just, just exciting.


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Stop your groaning about the groundhog's six weeks of winter decree. There's a bit of good news in all of this: more time for cuddling up on the couch with your kids for some snowy winter reads.
Babble checked out some of the best books about winter, and here are our little reader's favorites:
Let's Play in the Snow by Sam McBratney – Fans of Guess How Much I Love You will recognize their favorite hares in a winter wonderland that introduces one of my childhood favorite games: I Spy. Reminding kids to look around because they never know what they'll spy in the wild, even when it's snow-covered, this book keeps kids guessing.
Snow Bears by Martin Waddell – An old favorite (it came out in 2002), the story of three little brown bears pretending to be "snow bears" is a great exercise in imagination. While Mama Bear is looking for her little cubs, she plays a game with these three strange "snow bears," only to discover that white fluff disappears in front of the fire to reveal her favorite little bears after all.
Snow by Uri Shulevitz – All it takes is one snowflake for kids to get excited, but Shulevitz's Caldecott Honor winning picture book shows that childhood enthusiasm catches on with the increasing precipitation. Take a look at the snow through a child's eyes, and you might look to snow days with a smile.
My Little Polar Bear by Claudia Rueda – Children delight at hearing the story of their birth, and polar bears are no different. A mother bear explains her cub's very "polar bearness" in a warm tale that offers a perfect contrast to the arctic scenes on each page.
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Whether you are going for a run, taking the kids to the playground or working outdoors, the hot, humid summer conditions can impact your activities. This can range from making your outdoor time less comfortable to putting you at risk for dehydration or, in extreme cases, heat stroke. When it is hot and humid, your body cannot get rid of heat as easily, so your body temperature will increase. This problem is made worse when you are active, so people who exercise or do physical labor are a greater risk. Planning ahead and taking precautions can make your outdoor time safer and more enjoyable. Here are a few suggestions.
Avoid the hottest times
Try to plan your outdoor activity in the morning or evening to avoid the hottest times of the day. Keep in mind that the highest temperatures often occur in the late afternoon or early evening, so right after work may not be the best time for outdoor activities. Early in the morning is probably the best time since it tends to be cooler and less humid.
Seek out shade
Being in the sun means that you will feel even hotter because you gain heat from the sun's rays. Spending as much time as you can in the shade will help you stay cool. While this isn't always practical for all activities, look for shady spots to take breaks. Keep in mind that shady areas will change throughout the day, so plan your trip to the playground accordingly.
Pick cool clothes
Synthetic fabrics that wick sweat from the skin can help keep you feel cooler. Lighter colored clothing will reduce heat gain from the sun. And having more skin exposed will allow you to lose more heat.
Take breaks
The longer you are active the hotter you will get. So taking frequent breaks will give you a chance to rest, cool down and get something to drink.
Drink plenty of fluids
When it's hot. you have to sweat to lose heat and maintain your body temperature. High humidity makes sweating less effective, so you sweat even more. Losing lots of water through sweating can lead to dehydration. At the very least, you probably will feel fatigued, but in more severe cases dizziness, low blood pressure and fainting can occur. For this reason it is important to drink plenty of fluids before, during and after your outdoor activity.
How much should you drink? In most cases, thirst is a good indicator. However, if you are doing prolonged exercise or physical labor you should take frequent breaks to rehydrate even if you don't feel thirsty. A cup (8 ounces) of water every 15 minutes is a good goal. Make sure to remind kids to take breaks since they can get so busy playing that they forget. Water, juice, sports drinks and other soft drinks are equally effective, so pick something you will drink.
Wear sunscreen
Sun exposure is the leading cause of skin cancer. Always use a broad-spectrum – both UVA and UVB rays – sunscreen and apply (and reapply) it according to the instructions. You should also protect your eyes by wearing a hat or sunglasses.
These tips should help you and your family safely enjoy spending time outdoors this summer. You may not be able to plan your activities in the shade or when it is cooler. This is especially true for people who work outdoors. In these cases, drinking plenty of fluids and taking frequent breaks is particularly important.
Brian Parr, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Exercise and Sports Science at USC Aiken where he teaches courses in exercise physiology, nutrition and health behavior. He is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and is an ACSM certified clinical exercise specialist; his research focuses on physical activity in weight management and the impact of the environment on activity and diet.


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NEW ORLEANS - Out on the wide streets and among the narrow alleys of a town in constant motion, the blue train of University of Kentucky followers covers more ground than all the others combined.
There is the feel of an impending coronation among those who have journeyed to the Man Cave of America to watch their Wildcats finish off a season that was always supposed to end exactly here, but not until late Monday night amid a shower of that ubiquitous blue confetti.
And, well, that's probably the way it's going to go. Having the best team is not always a reliable predictor of outcome, but it beats going with signs of the zodiac.


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Any condition that creates daytime drowsiness puts you at risk for mistakes and accidents. Every year, more than 100,000 traffic accidents are attributed to sleepy drivers. In addition to causing daytime drowsiness, disorders such as sleep apnea can also raise blood pressure and put you at greater risk for developing heart disease.
Sleep apnea is a disorder characterized by stopped or slowed breathing during sleep. When breathing stops, you wake up, which causes sleep to become fragmented and less restful. Patients with sleep apnea often snore and may suffer from daytime drowsiness and morning headaches. Sleep apnea and snoring often disrupt your partner's sleep.
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A sleep study, otherwise known as a polysomnogram (PSG), is a test done in either a home setting or in a facility specially equipped to perform an overnight recording of the multiple physiologic variables important in differentiating normal from abnormal sleep. This study requires the attachment of sensors and other devices that measure such things as brain waves (EEG), airflow, oxygen saturation, breathing effort, heart beat (ECG), body position, snoring, limb movements and others. The study done at home consists of less information but may suffice in less complex situations, whereas the study done in a facility is more complex and requires the presence of a trained sleep technician.
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Muscles are rather simple: use them or lose them.
I'm pretty sure though that you don't have to obsessively use them, which is why heavy lifting even once a week can be sufficient for maintenance. If you're not striving to continually improve but are happy with your current level of strength, endurance, etc, I think minimal "dust off" workouts are sufficient.
I also don't think you'd pack on the pounds or get all flabby. If your food intake remains clean and like you said, matches your activity levels and such.
How often do you currently work out and how little would you be doing going forward?
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BALANCING individual community concerns about public schools with what's best for all children in a countywide system can be a tricky business, as is demonstrated by the pending breakaways by Chickasaw and Satsuma from the Mobile County school system.
Leaders of both municipalities say they can do a better job of educating children and that their residents want more control over local schools. The Mobile County school board first responded to their plans to leave the system by threatening a lawsuit, but then offered some juicy carrots intended to induce the communities to stay.
The Press-Register editorial board opposes a lawsuit by the school board, believing it would be counterproductive, expensive and time-consuming. And we have long advised both Mobile and Baldwin county school boards to be more sensitive and responsive to community concerns.
But while trying to negotiate with the municipalities is preferable to a divisive and contentious lawsuit, the Mobile County school board could be setting a bad precedent.
Making promises to renovate specific schools and send groups of students to one school over another sends the message to the rest of Mobile County that the municipality that threatens to break away, or the community that makes the most noise, will get the attention and a bigger share of the pie.
Schools throughout the county need to be expanded, rebuilt, renovated and improved academically. The school board must make choices with limited funds based on greatest need and doing the most good for the greatest number of students.
One of the biggest issues in Chickasaw is the fact that most of its high school students are zoned to attend Vigor High School in Prichard. The county school board proposes to send them to Satsuma if both municipalities will stay with the system.
Both Satsuma and Vigor high schools made "adequate yearly progress" during the past school year in state performance measurements, meaning they both comply with the federal No Child Left Behind Act. But Vigor has a reputation as a "tough" school, and because of its location and student body, race becomes a factor.
At least some Chickasaw parents perceive Satsuma as a "better" school. But is it fair to Vigor students to rezone to suit Chickasaw because the school board wants to keep Chickasaw in the county system? Whatever Prichard parents think about Vigor, the city of Prichard is in no position financially to form its own school system.
The school board has received a $9 million federal grant to transform B.C. Rain High School and Pillans Middle School in Mobile to graduate students who will have a better chance of being successful. While the board may not have another $9 million available, it could consider whether a similar approach at Vigor would improve the educational opportunities of its existing students while also making the school more attractive to parents who live outside Prichard.
In a strong public school system, leaders shouldn't need to worry about whether smaller cities want to split off. The quality of education should speak for itself.


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Solyndra Wins Court Leave to Seek Vote on Bankruptcy Plan
Solyndra LLC, the failed solar-panel maker that received a $535 million U.S. Energy Department loan guarantee before going bankrupt, won approval to seek creditors' votes on its reorganization plan.
"With there being no remaining objections, I will approve the disclosure statement and voting procedures," U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Mary Walrath said today at a hearing in Wilmington, Delaware. The disclosure statement describes the terms of the plans to creditors.
Walrath is to consider approving the plan at a hearing scheduled for Oct. 17. Creditors have until Oct. 10 to both vote for as well as object to approval of the recovery proposal.
Solyndra remedied objections from the government and the U.S. Trustee by adding information to the disclosure statement regarding potential tax breaks of as much as $341 million for investors in Solyndra's parent, 360 Degree Solar Holdings Inc., including Argonaut Ventures LLC and Madrone Partners LP.
Stuart D. Gibson, a lawyer for the Internal Revenue Service, said while the additions resolved the objection to the disclosure statement he "anticipates filing an objection to confirmation of the plan on behalf of IRS" because the time for exchanging information among parties is shorter than usual with the confirmation date so close.
'Short Leash'
"We are on a very short leash here," he told Walrath.
Under the bankruptcy code, a plan can be thwarted if its principal purpose is to avoid taxes. The government would have to prove that is the case.
While Solyndra will be liquidated under the plan, 360 Degree will exit court protection with net operating loss carry forwards of as much as $975 million to use against future income, according to court papers. The reorganized company will have some undetermined business operations in the future supported with investors' capital.
Under the solar-panel maker's restructuring plan, the government might get little to nothing for its $528 million claim from the loan guarantee. The government is projected to recoup at most 19 percent on $142.8 million of the loan and probably nothing on the remaining $385 million, according to the disclosure statement.
'Creditor Support'
The company is "hopeful that they will have creditor support" at the parent level, Maxim B. Litvak, a lawyer for Solyndra, told Walrath.
The reorganized company could also potentially have an additional $11 million to $12 million in tax credits for research and development, according to court documents.
Solyndra's collapse prompted congressional scrutiny of President Barack Obama, who praised the company during a May 2010 tour of its facilities. It was the first company to receive a loan guarantee under Obama's stimulus program.
Argonaut Ventures, the investment arm of billionaire and Obama fundraiser George Kaiser's charitable organization, holds almost 39 percent of Solyndra's parent.
By early 2011 the fledgling solar startup began to face competition from foreign companies and plummeting prices for materials used in rivals' products.
In February 2011, Solyndra was forced to restructure its debt to obtain a fresh infusion of funds from existing investors, including Argonaut, according to court papers.
Debt Supplanted
The restructuring caused the government's debt to be supplanted as the top priority of repayment by the investors' new $75 million loan. Solyndra drew $69 million on the loan. The investors stand to recover at least 55 percent of their loan, and could see a full recovery.
Holders of $186.6 million in secured debt, which is subordinate to the government's debt, will also probably see no recovery, according to the disclosure statement.
Unsecured creditors of 360 Degree are projected to get a 3 percent recovery on $27 million in claims, according to court documents. Solyndra's unsecured creditors, owed $90 million to $135 million, will get an estimated recovery of as much as 3.3 percent.
Solyndra, based in Fremont, California, was forced to shut down operations and fire most of its 1,100 workers on Aug. 31, 2011. The company has preliminary approval of a $3.5 million settlement with ex-workers, who claimed they didn't get adequate notice before being fired.
The solar-panel maker listed $854.1 million in assets and $867.1 million in debt in court papers filed Oct. 31.
Selling Assets
Solyndra has sold most of its assets and is in the process of selling its plant, built in part using the government funds, after failing to get any acceptable offers to buy the company as a whole and restart operations.
The company has agreed to sell the building to a unit of Dublin-based Seagate Technology Plc for $90.3 million, subject to competing offers at an auction and court approval, court papers show. Solyndra generated about $14.1 million from sales of other assets such as solar-panel tubes, manufacturing equipment, appliances and memorabilia and apparel emblazoned with its logo.
The case is In re Solyndra LLC, 11-12799, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).


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'Mandela's' Long Walk To Oscar Race: With Renewed Heat And A+ CinemaScore Now Was Rushing It To Make Toronto Fest A Misstep? (Video)
EXCLUSIVE: When Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom had its World Premiere in early September at the Toronto International Film Festival, the critical reaction and audience buzz wasn't exactly all what distributor The Weinstein Company was hoping for. The epic film, which chronicles the extraordinary life of Nelson Mandela, was overshadowed by many other films including August: Osage County and Philomena from Weinstein itself. What was hoped to be a significant launch that would ignite Oscar talk instead left the prestige film back in the pack, a rare awards-season misstep for the Oscar-savvy company. For director Justin Chadwick it was a clear disappointment, and the Weinsteins now are second-guessing that decision to rush the film, essentially still a rough cut, into a high-profile Toronto slot before it was ready. Now that it is finished and won top notices last weekend from both the Los Angeles Times and NY Times as well as an A+ CinemaScore from first-night audiences, the director and Weinsteins are hoping to turn around the initial impressions out of Toronto (overall, it has a 58% fresh score at Rotten Tomatoes).
'Mandela' Breaks South Africa Box Office Record
Hot Trailer: 'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom'
This all underscores the fact that while festivals can be enormously important, they can also be full of landmines as the opening-night Toronto film, The Fifth Estate, also discovered, virtually destroying any awards hopes it might have had. For Chadwick, he feels vindicated. "Friday's release of the film reflects my finished and visceral vision of how I dreamt of bringing Nelson Mandela's remarkable life to the screen," he told Deadline. The Weinstein Company's COO David Glasser told me the decision to take the then-unfinished version of Mandela was based on some highly successful research screenings, including Birmingham, where it scored 90 in top two boxes and a similar score in New Rochelle with an 87% recommend. But now he questions the wisdom of the TIFF bow, even though the research was so powerful. "Toronto is a great platform. We have launched so many amazing movies there, and obviously that was our goal to rush Mandela into that Toronto slot. But I think in hindsight if Harvey and I had to do it again, we wouldn't have done that. Obviously it was an unfinished version of the film, but then Justin Chadwick turns in his version of the film a few days ago and you see the New York Times and LA Times reviews. So was that the right decision, to rush a basically rough cut of the movie? Probably, in hindsight, no," he said. "But I am so proud now for Justin because we gave him the time to finish the movie the way he wanted, and now look."
Among changes since Toronto are an end-title song, U2's "Ordinary Love," and a considerably shorter running time. Weinstein now is hoping to get some Oscar buzz again. Initial perception is sometimes tough to turn around in Hollywood, but can Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom find traction in a very tough year? The film opened on 4 screens to a $25,000 per-screen average, and Weinstein is hoping strong word of mouth will keep it going through the holiday season.
Here's an exclusive look at a featurette highlighting the performances of stars Idris Elba and Naomie Harris.
Strategy aside, people should not miss out on Idris Elba's powerful performance. He was incredible.
Did you know that Terrence Howard (as well as Morgan and Denzel) played Mandela? He was Mandela in Winnie Mandela and did a bang-up job.
I saw Winnie Mandela and decided not to see Long Walk because of that movie. The Mandela story has been told and retold. Could it be that Hollywood and critics have had enough of Mandela?
It's like the two MLK movies coming out next year. Producers seem to just repeat and repeat and the audience says, "I've seen it before….I know the story" why should I go see it again?
"Critics have had enough?"
Gee, guess that's why nobody makes movies about WW2, zombies, aliens or serial killers. Because they're SOOO old hat.
Who cares what critics want, they don't make a movie a success, audiences do. And so long as you make a good movie whatever fatigue you may imagine them to have will evaporate.
Try not to be annoying in real life. Of course i know about the other mandela pics. Idris was fantastic and is worth the price of admission.
This film interests me simply because of Elba and the portrayal of the most dramatic part of Mondela's life. Morgan Freeman may have been a perfect older Mandela but that saintly figure is not much of a magnet for real drama (doesn't help that Eastwood didn't want to make an amazing sports movie out of "Invictus" either, but still – old Mandela is kinda boring!)
Idris Elba's powerful performance powerful performance no one should miss out that!
Naomi Harris is the standout performance of this movie for me. Even though I am a South African I had no idea WHY Winnie turned out the way she did. I now feel I have a greater insight into what she went though. If only for Idris's memorable line about her alone, go see the movie (though the typically "Hollywood Epic" sweeping African landscape shots are rather grand too)
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Successful PCR runs require more than excellent primer design. Here are seven best practices for both obtaining consistently high-quality data and ensuring the integrity and economic use of your PCR reagents.
Tom Russell, Ph.D., and Eric Reyes are global product managers for oligonucleotides and PCR Reagents, respectively, at Sigma Life Science. To learn more about Sigma Life Science's PCR reagents and online oligo design tools, click here.
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Article 82 EC - The Problems and the Solution
John Temple Lang
University of Dublin - Trinity College; Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
September 3, 2009
FEEM Working Paper No. 65.2009
The Commission's Guidance paper on exclusionary abuse under Article 82 EC is open to three fundamental criticisms. First, it leads to less legal certainty, because the rules suggested are vague and imprecise, because dominant companies will not have the information needed to apply them, and because the Commission is trying to change the law, which it has no power to do. Second, it would lead to some anticompetitive effects, because in practice it discourages price competition, by discouraging individualised price negotiations and retroactive rebates, and by suggesting that the Commission will protect not-yet-as-efficient competitors from price competition. Third, it leads to too many "false positives", i.e., findings of exclusionary abuse that are not justified in economics or law. The solution is to return to the test in the Treaty as interpreted by the Court of Justice: an exclusionary abuse must involve limiting the production, marketing or technical development of competitors of the dominant company, if harm is caused to consumers.
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To maximize the acquisition rate for micronuclei formation assays, a large-chip CCD camera is preferable to the standard-chip size. With a 2,048 x 2,048 pixel array, the large-chip camera acquires a field of view approximately four times that of the standard-chip camera (Table 1 and Figure 1).
Consequently, fewer fields of view are required to obtain the desired cell count. In addition, capture rates with the large-chip camera configuration are significantly more rapid than with the standard-chip camera in place. Both of these factors contribute to an increased speed of acquisition.
This is illustrated using dose-response assays with etoposide and mitomycin C as test compounds, with the online cell-count threshold set to 1,000. The number of fields imaged per well to achieve the threshold ranged from 1 to 34 using the standard-chip CCD cameras and 1 to 16 using the large-chip CCD camera.
Use of the large-chip camera reduced plate acquisition times by ~50% compared to those achieved with the standard-chip camera under comparable conditions (Table 1).
Hayley Tinkler ([email protected]) is scientist, cell technologies, at GE Healthcare.
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Play the divisibility game to create numbers in which the first two digits make a number divisible by 2, the first three digits make a number divisible by 3...
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number and a 2 digit number using the digits 1 to 9 each once and
only once. The number 4396 can be written as just such a product.
Can. . . .
The number 2.525252525252.... can be written as a fraction. What is
the sum of the denominator and numerator?
Explore the effect of combining enlargements.
Explore the effect of reflecting in two parallel mirror lines.
A 2 by 3 rectangle contains 8 squares and a 3 by 4 rectangle
contains 20 squares. What size rectangle(s) contain(s) exactly 100
squares? Can you find them all?
How many different symmetrical shapes can you make by shading triangles or squares?
On the graph there are 28 marked points. These points all mark the
vertices (corners) of eight hidden squares. Can you find the eight
hidden squares?
The area of a square inscribed in a circle with a unit radius is,
satisfyingly, 2. What is the area of a regular hexagon inscribed in
a circle with a unit radius?
Can you describe this route to infinity? Where will the arrows take you next?
A game for 2 or more people, based on the traditional card game
Rummy. Players aim to make two `tricks', where each trick has to
consist of a picture of a shape, a name that describes that shape,
and. . . .
Can you find an efficient method to work out how many handshakes
there would be if hundreds of people met?
If you have only 40 metres of fencing available, what is the maximum area of land you can fence off?
Start with two numbers and generate a sequence where the next number is the mean of the last two numbers...
Each of the following shapes is made from arcs of a circle of
radius r. What is the perimeter of a shape with 3, 4, 5 and n
Imagine a large cube made from small red cubes being dropped into a
pot of yellow paint. How many of the small cubes will have yellow
paint on their faces?
What size square corners should be cut from a square piece of paper to make a box with the largest possible volume?
What is the greatest volume you can get for a rectangular (cuboid)
parcel if the maximum combined length and girth are 2 metres?
Imagine you have a large supply of 3kg and 8kg weights. How many of each weight would you need for the average (mean) of the weights to be 6kg? What other averages could you have?
If you are given the mean, median and mode of five positive whole numbers, can you find the numbers?
Here are four tiles. They can be arranged in a 2 by 2 square so that this large square has a green edge. If the tiles are moved around, we can make a 2 by 2 square with a blue edge... Now try to. . . .
Square numbers can be represented as the sum of consecutive odd
numbers. What is the sum of 1 + 3 + ..... + 149 + 151 + 153?
Can you find rectangles where the value of the area is the same as the value of the perimeter?
Can you maximise the area available to a grazing goat?
Here is a chance to create some attractive images by rotating
shapes through multiples of 90 degrees, or 30 degrees, or 72
degrees or...
Water freezes at 0°Celsius (32°Fahrenheit) and boils at 100°C (212°Fahrenheit). Is there a temperature at which Celsius and Fahrenheit readings are the same?
Can you arrange these numbers into 7 subsets, each of three
numbers, so that when the numbers in each are added together, they
make seven consecutive numbers?
Many numbers can be expressed as the sum of two or more consecutive integers. For example, 15=7+8 and 10=1+2+3+4. Can you say which numbers can be expressed in this way?
Here's a chance to work with large numbers...
A country has decided to have just two different coins, 3z and 5z
coins. Which totals can be made? Is there a largest total that
cannot be made? How do you know?
There is a particular value of x, and a value of y to go with it,
which make all five expressions equal in value, can you find that
x, y pair ?
An investigation involving adding and subtracting sets of consecutive numbers. Lots to find out, lots to explore.


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CE Hours: 6
Working with highly emotional and conflicted couples is often challenging even for seasoned couples' therapists. This workshop will draw upon the rich depth of Gestalt theory, offering specific strategies to facilitate emotional focus, contact and attachment. Interventions for the common interruptions and emotional detours couples take will be practiced with the goal of helping therapists more effectively educate their client couples and facilitate their emotional dance.
Martina Moore, MA, LICDC, CEAP, is a Counselor specializing in substance abuse, women's issues, and marriage and family issues. She is the President of Moore Counseling & Mediation Services, Inc. This organization facilitates counseling and mediation cases, and provides consultation services to area businesses. Martina received her BA in psychology from Notre Dame College and her MA in Community Counseling and Human Services from John Carroll University. She is a Gestalt trained Family Therapist, a Licensed Independent Chemical Dependency Counselor, a Substance Abuse Professional (SAP), a Certified Employee Assistance Professional, and a Certified Mediator.
Karen M. Tomoff, MEd, LPCC-S, LICDC, is co-chair of the Gestalt Couples and Systems Therapy Program. She has clinical experience specializing in couples, families, children and adolescents, trauma, trichotillomania, addictions, group therapy and parent coaching. She is an active member of the Center for Principled Family Advocacy with specialization as a mental health coach and child specialist for collaborative divorce. Karen has been in private practice for over 20 years and has her own practice in Rocky River, Ohio.
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America's highways are getting safer, according to new estimates by the Department of Transportation.
The Department said Friday that the number of people dying on U.S. roadways is at its lowest level in more than 60 years.
Numbers show about 32,700 people were killed on the road last year, a 3 percent decrease from 2009 and the lowest report since 1949.
"My message to people is, there was still 30,000 people killed on the highways. We've got to be vigilant about safety on the roadways," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said.
"And that's the only way we will continue to get these numbers to decline," he continued. "We've made progress, but we've got to continue to make more progress."
The government said numbers are down because more people wear seat belts and vehicles have better safety features.
Last year, highway deaths declined despite an increase in the number of miles Americans drove during the year.
Study: Red Light Cameras Save Lives
Highway Deaths at Lowest Levels Since 1950s
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on May 12, 2013 - 12:01 AM
The Lake Shore Central School District will hold a public hearing Tuesday for its proposed 2013-14 school budget and introduce candidates for the school board election.
The hearing will be at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the high school, 959 Beach Road.
The $53.28 million budget, which was approved by the Lake Shore School Board in April, is up $535,694, or 1.02 percent, from this year's spending.
The tax levy – the amount to be raised in taxes – is $16.28 million, which is a 2.34 percent increase. That's still below the district's calculated tax cap of 2.37 percent.
Meanwhile, the tax rate in Evans would go up 39 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, to $17.13 from $16.74.
District voters also will get a chance to meet the three candidates running for three open seats on the board of education. All are three year terms.
The candidates are Cynthia Latimore, a board incumbent; William J. Connors Jr., a computer software executive; and Jennifer S. Farrell, an attorney.
Voting will take place from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on May 21 in the lobby of the high school.
Also this week:
• The Evans Town Board will meet at 7 p.m. on Wednesday in Town Hall, 8787 Erie Road. An agenda meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.


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Win32 vs. MFC
Software Development Kit (SDK)
It is a set of tools designed to help C programmers create Windows applications.
Windows SDK consists of the large set of books describing functions, messages, structures, macros and resources .There are also tools including a dialog editor and an image editor, on-line help files and a set of windows libraries and header files. It has large collection of API functions written in C.
What is an API?
API is an acronym for Application Programming Interface.It is simply a set of functions that are part of Windows OS. Programs can be created by calling the functions present in the API.The programmer doesnt have to bother about the internal working of the functions .By just knowing function prototype and return value he can invoke the API functions. A good understanding of Windows API would help you to become a good Windows programmer .Windows itself uses the API to perform its GUI magic.
Windows APIs are of two basic varieties:
API for 16-bit Windows (Win16 API)
API for 32-bit Windows (Win32 API)
Each of these have sub-APIs within it. If you are working in Windows 3.1 then you have to use Win16 API and in Windows NT you have to use Win32 API.
Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC)
VC++ provides us a rich class library called the MFC Library, which is a set of C++ classes that encapsulate the functionality of applications written for the Microsoft Windows Operating System. The class library gives you a complete application framework .The framework defines an architecture for integrating user interface of an application for Windows with the rest of the application. It also provides implementations for a set of the user-interface components.MFC represents entire family of class libraries.MFC offers high level of abstraction that lets you focus in details to your application while allowing its classes to be customized and extended.MFC makes programming in Windows and C++ a much more productive endeavour.It is a collection of Windows API calls which are written in C.Programming in MFC reduces the code to a considerable extent as compared to SDK.
Let s look at the program that creates simple window using MFC.
Code: CPP
Code: CPP
Comparing MFC vs SDK program
Thus we can see that programming in MFC reduces the code to a considerable extent as compared to SDK.
This is because in SDK we have to write the whole code right from scratch,i.e,we need to write each and every function.Whereas in case of an MFC program the MFC does lot of things on behalf of the user, i.e we need not write each and every function explicitly.
Re: Win32 vs. MFC
good one
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The city holds a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 6 p.m. Thursday to mark the opening of the first community ice rink inside a stadium where baseball is played during the spring and summer.
The ribbon is expected to be sliced by Mayor Gabriel J. Campana, officials with the new professional hockey team, Williamsport Outlaws, and Williamsport Ice Arena officials, a non-profit organization that will operate the community-end of the rink.
The sharp contrast of the white flooring where the ice will be formed and kept cool by chillers inside the 80- by 200-foot rink next to green grass in mid-October was a sight to behold.
Players were getting their physicals at the hospital, according to staff on the scene. Their equipment, including hockey sticks, skates, helmets and red and black outfits were hanging and displayed in the locker room. The first game is Oct. 24 with the Dayton Demonz.
About two weeks ago, the city began to witness the transformation of Bowman Field's parking lot as it became filled with a dozen tractor-trailers of pallets carrying staging equipment, rink equipment, a 400-ton chiller and a Zamboni, an ice resurfacing machine.
Rich Cubin, vice president of Rink Specialists, and his crew began the process of erecting the first ice arena in city history.
It started with prepping the field before building the 20,000-square-foot platform stage for the ice arena to be built on. Once the staging system was completed the cooling mats, boards and glass, and piping hook ups to the chiller were set for ice making.
A workout scheduled for the team Monday had to be postponed due to a problem with the chiller, however.
In early October city police investigated vandalism of tanks containing antifreeze, but it won't stop the progress, Cubin promised.
"It's a very strategic process in erecting any ice arena, never mind an outdoor arena, but these guys do this everyday and it's pretty amazing to watch the entire process develop right before your eyes," said Don Kirnan, president of the Williamsport Ice Arena Non-Profit Organization.
The arena will be for community use throughout the winter months for public skating, youth hockey and figure skating, adult hockey and numerous outside events.
Hopes are that a developer will purchase the YMCA property on Elmira Street and convert the Y's Pickelner Arena into a civic and sports arena with ice and locker rooms at no cost to taxpayers.


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A PUBLIC information meeting on the Fiscal Treaty will take place in the Parkway Hotel, Dunmanway at 8pm on Thursday night, May 24th.
The meeting will be chaired by local TD Michael McCarthy and panellists will include Jim Daly TD, Declan Walsh, Lecturer in EU Law at UCC, and Phil Prendergast, MEP for Ireland South.
Deputy McCarthy said, "The objective of this meeting is to communicate to local people in a clear and straightforward way what is contained in the Stability Treaty and to answer any questions they might have about it.
"The Government parties are running an intense information campaign on the Treaty and Thursday night's meeting is a component of this collaborative effort to raise public awareness of the referendum.
"The ratification of the Stability Treaty is one of the most significant decisions that the citizens of our country will make in a generation.
"To this end, we realise the importance of communicating the nuts and bolts of the Treaty so that people can make an informed decision on May 31st. I would encourage people to come along to what promise to be an interesting, insightful and informative evening," he said.


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The Wal-Mart Black Friday 2010 Ad: Get a Sneak Peak!Michelle Horton
While it isn't clear that the Wal-Mart Black Friday 2010 ad has been officially "leaked," CNN Money did get their hands on a copy this weekend. (The above photo is from their 2009 ad.) Wal-Mart has been able to keep their Black Friday deals hush-hush much longer than other major stores like Target, Sears, Best Buy and Kohl's, giving them an advantage. If they know what they other stores are offering, they can crush the competition, no?
Well did they?
Yes. From 5 a.m. to 11 a.m., you can find doorbusters like:
- A 32-inch Emerson LCD HDTV for $198 (Woah)
- A 42-inch Emerson 1080p LCD HDTV for $398
- Magnavox Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player for $68
- 8 GB iPod Touch for $225 + a $50 Wal-Mart gift card
- Kodak C183 LDC digital camera for $59
- Over 90 DVD titles for $1.96 (!!!!), as well as Blu-ray discs for $5 and $10
- $5 Barbie dolls
- Hamilton Beach slowcookers and coffeemakers for $9.97
Wow, wow, wow and wow. Keep your eye out for the official Wal-Mart ad (supposedly it will be released right before the big event), with certain deals being revealed right at midnight on Black Friday. While most of the electronic deals start at 5 a.m., doors will most likely open at midnight — making this your official first Black Friday stop. If this sneak peak is any indication as to their entire circular of Black Friday sales, we're sold.
[via CNNMoney]
Find more Black Friday 2010 ads from Best Buy, Target, Kohl's and Sears.


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Doggy Poo
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|Doggy Poo
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|Kwon Oh-sung
|Anna Desmarais
Tony Ruse
Josh Smith
Fiona Stuart
Kate Yoon
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|30 minutes
|South Korea
Doggy Poo (강아지 똥, Gangaji ddong) is a 30-minute stop motion-animated film from South Korea, directed by Kwon Oh-sung, based on Kwon Jung-saeng's 1968 children's book Doggy Poo, illustrated by Annie Rose Godsman. There are both English and Korean-language versions of the film.
After being "created" by a dog, Doggy Poo meets various living and inanimate things. No one wants to be his friend, and Doggy Poo becomes sad because he believes he is worthless and has no purpose. Eventually, a plant grows out of the ground and tells Doggy Poo that she needs him so she can grow into a flower. Doggy Poo discovers his life purpose and he becomes absorbed by the flower. After being absorbed by the flower, Doggy Poo lives "a happy life".
English-language cast
- Fiona Stuart as Doggy Poo
- Josh Smith as Soil
- Kate Yoon as Leaf
- Tony Ruse as Farmer
- Anna Desmarais as Dandelion, Hen and Sparrow
- Best Pilot at the 2003 Tokyo International Anime Fair
- Viewer's Choice award at the 2003 Big Apple Anime Fest
External links
- Doggy Poo at the Internet Movie Database
- Doggy Poo at the Korean Movie Database
- Festival site List of winners by year (in Japanese) (Archived December 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.)
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The City of Ashland, Wisconsin (pop. 8,216) is seeking candidates for the position of Public Works Operations Manager.
The City of Ashland Operations Manager directs day-to-day operations of the Public Works Department, Streets Division, under the general direction of the Director of Public Works. Responsibilities include: project coordination, field inspections, budget preparation, specification development, division purchasing and landfill management. This is considered a middle-management position and as such will serve as the communication bridge between the Director of Public Works and the Public Works Department, Streets Division, employees. Qualifications include five or more years of experience in construction or public works setting, two of which are in a supervisory position. At a minimum, employee must be a high school graduate. A bachelor's degree from a credited college or university with major course work in civil engineering, business or public administration is preferred. Salary range: $48,000 – $52,000 with an excellent fringe benefit package, including Wisconsin Retirement, life, health and dental insurance.
For complete job description and application information, visit the City of Ashland website at www.ci.ashland.wi.us or City of Ashland Customer Service office at 601 Main Street West, or contact Patti Ekstrom at 715-682-7071.
To be considered for this position, please send an application, cover letter, resume and required application materials to the following address so they are received no later than 4:00 p.m., Monday, October 21, 2013.
City of Ashland
Attn: Patti Ekstrom
601 West Main Street
Ashland, WI 54806
Phone: 715-682-7071
Fax: 715-682-7048
The City of Ashland does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, color, national origin, sexual orientation, age or disability in employment or provision of services, programs or activities.