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Community Photos: Jan. 21, 2013
American Eagle FCU, East Hartford, Conn., donated $39,403 to the United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut's 2012 annual campaign. In other news, the CU also awarded $2,500 grants to the Salvation Army of Greater Hartford and to Operation Fuel.
CSE FCU, Lake Charles, La., gave a total of $9,000 to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network during the PurpleStride Lake Area 2012 Walk.
INOVA FCU, Elkhart, Ind., shipped 10 large boxes filled with everything from snacks and toothbruses to an Xbox 360 to a group of Marines stationed in Afghanistan.
St. Mary's Bank, Manchester, N.H., was recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration for outstanding achievement in small business lending. In other news, the CU has awarded a Community Outreach Grant worth $850 to Making Community Connections Charter School.
First Financial FCU, Bayville, N.J., awarded a $500 classroom grant to Central Regional High School Environmental Science Teacher Jen Haines. It was one of 40 such grants the CU gave out last month.
WebFirst Insurance, a subsidiary of Webster First FCU, Worcester, Mass., teamed up with Arbella Insurance to present the Worcester County Food Bank with a $1,500 donation.
Parkside CU, Livonia, Mich., played Secret Santa for 28 of the boys who reside at the Methodist Children's Home.
360 FCU, Windsor Locks, Conn., announced Donna Tranghese was the winner of its "Get Caught Up in Our Web" scavenger hunt.
Lacamas Community CU, Camas, Wash., broke ground on its Andresen Financial Center recently. In other news, the CU donated 35 holiday dinner baskets to its members as part of its Community Partnership program, which allows members to nominate fellow members or themselves to receive a holiday basket with groceries and a gift card for a nice holiday dinner.
Aberdeen Proving Ground FCU, Aberdeen, Md., participated in the Salvation Army's Angel Tree program. Separately, the CU gave shredders to 10 members as part of its "Shred It & Forget It" sweepstakes, is celebrating its 75th anniversary, and opened its new branch in Fallston, Md.
First Capital FCU, York, Penn., raised $1,835 for the York Cancer Center via silent auction during its holiday party. In other news, the CU participated in the Toys for Tots program and also collected hats and mittens for the Family-Child Resources and the Children's Home of York. The CU also collected canned goods for the York County Food Bank, raised money for Superstorm Sandy victims and adopted a family from the Bell Family Shelter.
Scott CU, Edwardsville, Ill., donated $3,000 to the Highland High School to sponsor the school's annual girls' basketball tournament. Separately, the CU awarded $1,000 to Tim Stremming as part of the CU's "Take The Pledge" financial fitness program, held a total of 12 financial literacy fairs for students at local schools, and sponsored the Metro East Diabetes fundraiser, which raised more than $100,000 for the American Diabetes Association.
State Employees CU, Raleigh, N.C., said its employees donated nearly $71,000 to charities through the NCState Employees Combined Campaign and members contributed $60,000 toward the publication costs for the annual NCSECC Giving Guide. In other news, the credit union was honored with the 2012 Outstanding Business In Philanthropy award, provided a $2-million challenge grant for the construction of SECU Family House at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, provided assistance to 6,500 high school seniors with their efforts to submit online applications to state colleges and universities and won the 2012 Philanthropic Organization of the Year given by the Cape Fear Region Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.
NuVision FCU, Huntington Beach, Calif., served as a collection site for the Toys for Tots program. The CU also fulfilled the holiday wish lists of a number of local military families through Spouse2Spouse. Other donations during the holidays included $2,500 each to Project Self Sufficiency and the California Paralyzed Veterans Association.
LGE Community CU, Marietta, Ga., through its LGE Community Outreach Foundation, said it has raised $53,000 for a number of local charities and families in need.
Members CU, Winston-Salem, N.C., donated more than 500 toys and $325 in gift cards to Critical Children at Christmas at Brenner Children's Hospital.
First Financial FCU, Bayville, N.J., awarded a $500 classroom grant to Central Regional High School Environmental Science Teacher Jen Haines. It was one of 40 such grants the CU gave out last month.
The Triad Chapter of CUaware, Winston-Salem, N.C., held a toy drive for Brenner Children's Hospital.
Credit Union ONE, Ferndale, Mich., participated in the Toys for Tots program. Separately, the CU sponsored two teams to participate in the 4th Annual FernCare Bowling Fundraiser, which generated approximately $3,000 for the FernCare free clinic.
Service CU, Portsmouth, N.H., held a "Stuff-A-Bus" event that delivered $3,000 worth of toys as part of its participation in the Toys for Tots program, on top of the $7,000 worth of toys collected at its branches. In other news, the CU donated $3,000 to America's Credit Union Museum and dedicated a globe sculpture to Service CU CEO Gordon Simmons at the grand opening of its new LEED-certified corporate office.
Financial Partners CU, Downey, Calif., sponsored the City of Downey's annual holiday parade.
MidSouth Community FCU, Warner Robins, Ga., participated in the Warner Robins Christmas Parade, as well as holiday parades in Macon and Milledgeville, as well. In other news, the CU made a donation to the Fort Valley State University Foundation and collected toys for the Kids Yule Love program.
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Crisis in the desertJanuary 18,2013
The crisis in Algeria, where jidhadist rebels have seized an oil installation and a group of foreign workers, may come as a surprise to many Americans who had not given much thought to the trouble brewing in the Sahara. But the taking of hostages in Algeria and the insurrection in neighboring Mali are part of a larger picture with which Americans have become all too familiar.
The history of conflict between the Muslim and Western world goes back for centuries; the latest conflicts are the newest manifestation of age-old tensions. It is easy to interpret these conflicts as part of a religious war. After all, the Islamist movements that have caused violence across the region espouse a fundamentalist, puritanical streak of Islam that is hostile to other faiths.
But often religion is just an excuse. The trouble in Africa follows a history of colonialism that still reverberates. After all, it was only a generation ago that world maps showed Algeria and Mali, often tinted in French blue, as part of something called French West Africa.
Algeria had to wage a vicious anti-colonial war in the 1950s to win independence from France. In the 1990s civil war in Algeria between the government and a brutal Islamist movement claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, mainly civilians. As during the more recent Arab Spring, people are rising up against corrupt authoritarian regimes, sometimes turning to a fundamentalist form of Islam as a motivating force.
Throughout the Muslim world, modernity and change occurring in urban centers has had to contend with the traditional way of life and values of rural peoples. These tensions have grown worse in the 20th and 21st centuries because modern life brings with it so much in the way of technology and alien culture, including contemporary media, that threatens traditional values.
A recent book by Tamim Ansary, an Afghan-American author, traces the present conflict in Afghanistan to tensions, going back to the 19th century kings of Afghanistan, between the city and the countryside, between the drive to modernize and traditional values, such as the veiling of women and the informal seemingly unstructured village mores by which life was lived for generations. Foreign powers British, Russian, American barge in from time to time, but they can never settle the native Afghan conflict. Afghans will have to settle that over time.
In Mali, Islamist rebels have swiftly captured the north of the country, and the ineffective Malian army has been unable to quash the rebellion. Because the rebels were moving south, the French have intervened, and so rebels sympathetic to the Malian rebels seized the Algerian oil installation in response.
That the French are involved wakens all those old colonial memories; there are probably more than a few Malians and Algerians who dont welcome the reappearance of French soldiers on their soil. Nor are they likely to be happy about the brutish rule of the rebels, who have reportedly wrecked historic buildings in the fabled city of Timbuktu, much as the Taliban wrecked the giant Buddhas carved into the cliffs of Bamyan, Afghanistan.
These are not happy alternatives: corrupt and ineffective central governments, often allied with old colonial powers vs. brutish, puritanical religiously inspired rebels. Ansary in his book about Afghanistan offers another potential road through this minefield. He describes Afghanistan, even in the countryside, becoming acquainted with the modern world on its own terms. He hopes for a neutral Afghanistan finding its own way.
Throughout the Muslim world people are searching for a way that is respectful of local tradition and culture while also absorbing what it can of the modern world.
Hostages in the Sahara are part of this larger struggle, and there will be no quick resolution of the conflict. The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, awoke the American people to this struggle in dramatic fashion, but the struggle, among Malians, Algerians, Egyptians, Syrians, Iraqis, Iranians, Afghans and many more, is far from over.MORE IN EditorialsProtesters converged on a bank in Montpelier early this week to show their solidarity with the... Full StoryPhil Scott will take office next month after winning with a margin of 51.11 percent to 43. Full StoryIdeologues and partisans work from the outcome backward. Full Story
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Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
Alaska, most of Europe and Asia, parts of Canada. These are the places to be on Saturday, May 31st, to see the first solar eclipse of 2003.
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May 30, 2003: Total eclipses of the sun are breathtaking, jaw-dropping. Many people who feel the cool sweep of the moon's shadow for the first time and witness the sun's ghostly corona go on to become world-traveling eclipse chasers. A total eclipse can change your life.
Partial eclipses, on the other hand, are just plain fun.
Right: Chris Go of the Philippines took this picture of the partially eclipsed sun on June 10, 2002. [more]
During a partial eclipse the moon never completely covers the Sun. The sky never darkens. The corona never appears. But something wonderful does happen. Little crescents pop up everywhere.
Sky watchers in Alaska, parts of Canada, most of Europe and Asia can hunt for crescents on May 31st (UT) when the Moon glides in front of the Sun for nearly two hours. It's the first solar eclipse of 2003.
The coming eclipse is partial, not total, which means the moon will never completely cover the sun. How much of the sun disappears depends on where you live. In Stockholm, for instance, the coverage will be nearly complete--about 85%. The crescent there will be slender. In Anchorage only about 50% of the sun will be covered. The crescent will be fat. Click here to view eclipse maps and timetables for hundreds of cities.
Above: Science@NASA readers captured these pictures of crescent-shaped sunbeams during a partial solar eclipse on June 10, 2002. [more]
Europe, Canada and Alaska are good places to be because the eclipse occurs at special times: In Europe the event happens at sunrise (Saturday morning, May 31st); in Alaska and Canada at sunset (Friday evening, May 30th). Sunrises and sunsets are lovely enough when the sun is round. They can be as magical as a total eclipse when the sun is a crescent.
Warning: Although the sun might seem dim and safe to look at when it hangs low over the horizon, it is still dangerous. Staring at the sun with the unaided eye is almost sure to cause eye damage. Even a brief glimpse of the sun through unfiltered telescopes or binoculars will blind you. Always use proper filters or safe solar projection techniques.
In a polar region of Earth spanning parts of Greenland, all of Iceland, and the northern tip of Scotland, this eclipse will be annular. At the moment of maximum eclipse, the moon will lie dead center in front of the sun, yet it won't completely cover it. The bright surface of the sun will stick out all around the moon's limb. Instead of a crescent, the sun will look like a fiery ring.
Above: A partial solar eclipse will be visible on May 31st from places bounded by the red lines. The pink D-shaped region shows where people can see an annular eclipse. [more]
Astronomers have taken many pictures of annular eclipses through safely-filtered telescopes. They're lovely. More rare, perhaps, would be a photo of a ring-shaped sunbeam filtering through the branches of a leafy tree. Or a rainbow-colored ring cast by the bevels of a cut-glass window.
Projected images of the sun are more than just a safe way to watch our star. They're art. They bend around corners, stretch across tables. They dance beneath trees when the wind blows.
Curiously, humans have built-in solar projectors: hands and fingers. Lay one hand atop the other, crisscrossing your fingers waffle-style. Leave enough space between your digits to form a grid of square-ish holes. You can cast an array of sun images on almost anything: dogs, kids, walls. Let your imagination be your guide.
And have fun. It's just a partial eclipse, after all.
Visit NASA's Eclipse Home Page for more information about this and other solar eclipses. SpaceWeather.com will display pictures of the eclipse on May 31st and during the week that follows.
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The Solar Eclipse of May 31, 2003 (NASA/GSFC) -- maps, timetables and observing tips; See also
Solar Pinholes (Science@NASA) -- Human hands, leafy trees, wicker baskets and mirrors: these things can serve as safe solar projectors thanks to the curious wave behavior of light.
Never look directly at the sun! use safe solar projection methods instead.
Solar Eclipse Photo Galleries -- (SpaceWeather.com) June 10, 2003; Dec. 14, 2001; Dec. 25, 2000. Want to take your own photos? Check out these solar eclipse photo tips.
Ring of Fire (APOD) -- an extraordinary picture of an annular eclipse.
Annular vs. Total Eclipses: Lovely solar eclipses are possible because of a lucky coincidence. Although the Sun is about 400 times larger than the Moon, it is also about 400 times farther away. From our point of view, the Sun and the Moon seem to be the same size: 0.5 degrees wide -- but not always! The Moon's orbit around our planet is an ellipse, not a circle, so the width of the Moon waxes and wanes each month by Âą7%. Earth's orbit around the Sun is elliptical, too. The angular diameter of the Sun varies by Âą2% throughout the year. When the Moon happens to be the same size as or bigger than the Sun, total eclipses are possible. When the Moon is smaller, eclipses can be only annular or partial. On May 31, 2003, the Moon will be smaller than the Sun, and the maximum eclipse will be annular.
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Fortnightly Cravings
The WBC has seen an outpouring of international baseball love that seems to be carrying over into transnational baseball interactions. For instance, within the past week, a Japanese baseball team found the drowned statue of Colonel Sanders that had doomed it to playoff failure for the past 24 years and, in an act of selflessness, offered the bearded Kentuckian's services to the Cubs. But the Cubs have supreme confidence that this really, finally is their year and have declined the offer.
Now, I'm not the most superstitious guy in the world but even I think that after a 100 year drought, maybe it's time to try something, anything, in hopes that it will finally end the curse. When this is an accurate video representation of your past 100 seasons:
…can the filth stained statue of a recently de-bespectacled purveyor of 11 herbs and spices really make things any worse?
Instead, it appears that the Cubs will continue to rely on the combination of Old Style beer and frat boy loser-dom that has netted them so much success over the last century. Then again, the Colonel and his "finger-lickin' good" chicken would probably spell disaster for Zambrano so maybe it is a good thing. I never trusted him anyway, with those "wee beady eyes."
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Loved the video! And I don't know – at the game? I'd rather have a brat & a beer!
Ain't no chicken good enough to save the sCrUBS.
I can't believe I used to eat that chicken when I was a kid. My parents thought it was "good" for us. Amazing that I'm still alive.
I was wondering if they may try to change the name to KFG or Kentucky Fried Goat. Oh I forgot this would just prolong and not eliminate the curse, now wouldn't it?
Is it wrong that everytime I hear music from Barber of Seville, I think of the Bugs Bunny cartoon?
I don't think the Colonel can save the cubs. They are a perfect tragic opera.


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On behalf of the City of George West, we would like to thank everyone who came out and supported our Cinco de Mayo cook off celebration. We had a good time, enjoyed some excellent entertainment and great food. The City would like to thank our event sponsors, Best Western - George West, Valero Refinery - Three Rivers, LNV Engineers, Republic Services, Offshore Energe Services - George West, One Stop Food Stores, Budweiser L & F Distrubutors, George West Volunteer Fire Department, Kicker 101 and EmbroidMe.
A special thank you to all our entertainment, cook off teams and Little Mister and Miss Cinco de Mayo contestants and their families.
Thank you to the Steak Dinner Cooks, Richard Lee, Brady Lee, David Liska, Albert Perez, Randy Kopplin and Big Lou's Cookin Team.
Thank you to Cook-Off Head and Assistant Judges, Roberta Perez and Erica Salinas. Thank you to the volunteers of the event: Ena Pena, Mackey Alvarez, Melany Smith, Maria Villarreal, Susie Villarreal, Mary Lou Mosqueda, Jr. Ferrell, Ida Lopez and the Boys and Girls Club, Ron Lopez, Lyssy & Eckel Feed, Chief Garcia and the GW Police Department, Ruben Pena and the GW Public Works Department, Jackie Harborth and Judge Patricia Lanford ond the City Hall Staff, George West Spanish Club, Dale's Electric, Mayor Sylvia Steel and Councilmen Lopez, Salinas and Pawelek.
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I'm not looking forward to seeing the score for this one. Look what Phoenix did to Portland .
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I'm not looking forward to seeing the score for this one. Look what Phoenix did to Portland .
change the lineup, change the lineup
There is no telling when the wheel of whimsy in Larry Brown's head will stop spinning, but as the Knicks' past and present collide Friday night in Phoenix, their future might finally be on full display.
If Brown sticks to form, Channing Frye and Eddy Curry will start together for the first time when the Knicks play the Phoenix Suns. Regardless of the outcome, it could be a historic moment in the evolution of the new-millennium Knicks.
Frye is the sleek, jump-shooting power forward, and Curry the brawny low-post scorer. Both are 22, teeming with potential and under contract for a few years. Each has All-Star potential, and if they both reach it, the Curry-Frye tandem should be one of the top center-power forward combinations in the league for years to come.
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The knicks are gonna win this one and dedicate it to Q since he was not able to play in this game...
Watch for extra hustle, better defensive sequences...
On another note - the knicks are building great chemistry - the whole knicks team is gonna be at Q's bro's funeral - that says alot
Where there is hope, there can be faith
Where there is faith, miracles can occur
Starbury need to show everyone he can dominate steve Nash, he is more athletic, stronger, he need to take advantage of this!
I dont know why LB starts Rose all the freakin time, he is so bad. To start the Seattle game he had a terrible lineup including AD, Rose, Marbury, Nate and James. Having two old dudes like AD and Rose on the floor at the same time along with fatboy is a recipe for disaster, and thats what happened, disaster. Until JC took over the game
I know I'm supposed to predict, but I don't have a feel for this one. The Knicks surprised me against the Sonics.
However, if you hold a gun to my head, I 'd have to say Phoenix by 10.
btw, looking forward to seeing Frye and Curry start.
Arghh, we were close...with a little bit less TO's (23, season high...) some more shots from Frye (4 on 19...what happened?) and a better play from our bench...
hopefully, 17 of our next 25 are at home, let's make a winning streak...
i guess it was a good night to try and get frye's post up game going, it was obvious thats what they were trying to do, but those hook shots just did not fall, that affected his jumper wwhich he rarely attemted, we didnt play bad defense either, it was just the turnovers and missed inside shots that killed us
Jamal Crawford and Stephon Marbury lost us this game and the Clippers game with their poor decisions and terrible shooting. After the Seattle game Jamal has been taking awful shots. It is a shame because I was actually impressed with him before the LA game.
not at all, the 23 turnovers, a season high, and channing frye 4-19 from the field is what lost us the game, steph and jamal werent as bad as either of those 2 factors
Well ther aslo is the factor that Phoenix is one of the best teams in the league and the Knicks...well, lets face it no matter what we tell ourselves, we are just a really bad "TEAM". Team chemistry and heart are nice terms for the papers, but look at our record (6-13). I am starting to get used to the loosing. I even feel weird we end up winninh, which is very rare these days. Lets hope we NJ and Phi keep loosing, and that we get a break on our schedule and play a bunch other bad teams. Oh wait, We got our asses handedto us by the Bobcats! I guess every game is a struggle
This game was not lost by Stephon or Jamal.
Sad to say, but if Frye made only 2 more baskets like the easy point blank layups he bricked or didn't get called 3 times for moving his pivot under the basket, the knicks could have won...
For a guy shooting 52% from the field, 4 of 19 is horrible.
It's hard to see the team lose, but you guys are delusional if you do not think the knicks are better than last year.
We beat the Supersonics who were on a 3 game winning streak and were 8-8.
We almost beat the clips at home where they were 7-1 at home (12-5 overall record) and really lost because of the back to back sapped Ny's energy in the 4th.
We almost beat the suns at home who are riding a 8game win streak and normally blow out teams by scoring over 106+ pts per game. We held them to 85!!
The knicks are not a bad team. Larry's system is actually paying off.
17 of the next 24 games are at MSG.
Watch for the knicks to make their run...
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Teen Arts Academy
Memorial Photo: Self-Portrait, Early 1970s
Robert Delford Brown (American, 1930–2009)
Gelatin silver print, collage and hand-coloring
Norton Simon Museum, Gift of Donna Stein and Henry Korn
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Creative Portraiture
Date: Sunday, August 10, 2014
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Speaker: Corrie Siegel
Type: Teen Arts Academy
Join artist Corrie Siegel for a portraiture workshop inspired by the exhibition Face It: The Photographic Portrait. Young artists look closely at selected photos in the exhibition and then create innovative mixed-media portraits of themselves and others. These images are then employed to make a multimedia artwork incorporating various materials and techniques.
| This two-day program is free and all materials are provided. Designed for students ages 13–18. | Space is limited to 18 participants; advance registration is required and can be made online.


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'Honesdale for the holidays'
November 26, 2013 —
HONESDALE, PA — Historic Honesdale offers up holiday hospitality during its annual "Honesdale for the Holidays" event on Friday and Saturday, November 29 and 30. Gift shops, stores and businesses, the Wayne County Historical Society Museum and more will host open houses. Carolers will stroll the streets, and holiday music will ring out at the Fred Miller Pavilion at Seventh and Main streets with D.J. Tom Emanski.
Santa arrives with a parade on Friday evening at 6 p.m. kicking off at Fourth and Main streets, proceeding north to Tenth Street and then on to Central Park, where activities will continue, including the lighting of the Christmas star on Irving Cliff, the lighting of the Christmas tree in the park and singing of carols.
On Saturday, craft vendors will dot Main Street near the pavilion, and not far away, the Stourbridge Model Railroad Club will host an open house in the Grace Episcopal Parish Hall at 827 Church St. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
On both days, shoppers and visitors are invited to take advantage of a free trolley service with eight convenient stops.
Holiday events continue throughout December. See VisitHonesdalePA.com online for updates.


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Why: So many of our products are made from interesting, reclaimed materials like bicycle chains or wood from old barns. But for me, the Eat Drink & Be Merry Recycled Metal Sign really stands out. Our reclaimed metal signs are made by an artist in New Orleans. Taking inspiration from the rich history of the area, the artist takes reclaimed steel and transforms would-be trash into home décor treasure that evokes the corner store, old-time gas stations, and cool roadside diners.
We even got our customers involved in the creative process for this one! We posted a poll on our Facebook page, and let them choose from three of our favorite sayings. I couldn't be happier with the results!
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What's your favorite green feature about this product: I love that we're supporting an artist from my neck of the woods. But I also love anytime we can save more junk from heading to the landfill. It's staggering to think that American's throw away 1.35 billion pounds of trash every year! I know a few scraps of metal salvaged doesn't make a huge dent in the problem, but I'm encouraged by the Chinese proverb that "a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."


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"Thank you for the work that you do. This March will mark my third year back in the Catholic Church. By God's grace, he brought me back using Catholic Answers Live and EWTN. I will be forever grateful."
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The Lady Trojans had some good outings at the Odem Lady Owls tournament over the weekend, but they are still a work in progress.
"We did not win as much as I would have liked, but we are steadily improving as we get closer to district," said Lady Trojan head coach Jose Flores.
The Lady Trojans opened the tournament with a 9-5 loss to the Mathis Lady Pirates on Thursday. Rebecca De Los Santos had two hits in the contest while Eddika Ortega, Alyssa Bates, Rebekah Moreno and Samantha Guerra all came through with one base knock.
Game two at Odem had the Lady Trojans taking on the Rockport-Fulton Lady Pirates. The Beeville girls posted an 8-2 victory to bring their season record to 1-2 on the year. The Lady Trojans bunched together three runs in the first, a single run in the third and four big runs in the final fourth frame (tournament time restrictions) to notch the win.
Ortega, Olivarez, Amanda Gonzales and Brianna Gobel had a multi-hit outings against Rockport-Fulton pitching. Olivarez went yard for her first home run of the year.
De Los Santos was in the circle to pick up the win for A.C. Jones.
On Friday, the Lady Trojans ran into some good pitching. Banquete and Odem both blanked the Beeville girls by the identical score of 3-0. Against Banquete, the local girls picked up just two hits as Ortega and De Los Santos got base knocks for the Beeville girls. In the Odem contest, De Los Santos picked up one hit, as did Alexis Martinez.
On Saturday, the Beeville girls met Calallen and Falfurrias. The Wildcats earned a 4-1 win over the Lady Trojans while the Jersey Belles captured a hard-fought 6-4 victory. De Los Santos continued to hit, picking up three hits against Calallen and one against Falfurrias. Andrea Briseno had two hits in the game with the Belles.
The Lady Trojans out-hit both the Wildcats, five to four, and Falfurrias, seven to five, to exhibit some sticks. Martinez pitched in the tournament's final game for JHS.
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How Mighty Mustelids Survive Winter
They may look harmless, but animals of the weasel family are stealthy hunters
Most Park enthusiasts know a thing or two about how Yellowstone's more visible animals survive winter, but what about the smaller creatures that also have a lengthy season to endure? Yellowstone is home to the largest concentration of mammals in the lower 48 states, and more than 60 different mammals live there – many of them smaller and less visible.
The family Mustelidae are remarkably fierce carnivores commonly known as the weasel family. Of the 57 species of mustelids,Yellowstone is home to eight of them including badgers, fishers, marten, mink, river otters, long-tailed weasels, short-tailed weasels and wolverines.Worldwide, the various species share some characteristics, but also vary greatly. For example, the least weasel is not much larger than a mouse, while giant otters can measure up to 7.9 feet in length.
Gunther notes that fishers are the least likely to be spotted anywhere in the Park, while wolverine are also rare and have a very limited distribution -- a fact that prompted a YPF-funded Wolverine Conservation Study in 2008. In fact, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recently proposed wolverines for threatened species status.
The wolverine diet is unique in that it includes scavenging of mostly large animals like mountain goats and elk. This is in contrast to river otters, which according to Gunther are specialists that eat "mostly fish, but also crustaceans, insects, amphibians, and birds."
Weasels are active all winter long, despite the fact that they commonly lack the impressive body fat stores that other mammals active in winter rely on. Long and short-tailed weasels, both of which turn from brown to white in winter, have a resting metabolism that is often twice that of other animals their size. Because of this, they have to eat more food per day than other winter-adapted animals, according to Bernd Heinrich, author of the book Winter World, The Ingenuity of Animal Survival.
Heinrich writes that these weasels need to be small and skinny to enter a rodent's tunnel (one of their main food sources), and balance their energy needs with their behavior. "Radio tracking studies show that most of their time in a typical 24 hours in winter is spent eating and resting," says Heinrich. "Weasels need no permanent den, nor do they need a large stomach, because after reaching the rodent nest they use their victim's nest for their own and curl up into a ball to conserve energy while feeding about 5 to 10 times per day. After finishing their meal and again in need of energy supplies, they sally forth on their next hunt."
Keep an eye out for this interesting and diverse family of mammals the next time you visit the Park. And for an overview of the many wildlife-focused programs YPF supports, please visit our Wildlife, Wonders & Wilderness web page to find out how you can help protect and preserve Yellowstone's mammals.
Most mustelid reproduction involves embryonic diapause. This means that the embryo doesn't immediately implant in the uterus, but can remain dormant for a time. This allows the female to extend gestation for up to a year, ensuring that young are born under favorable conditions as far as food, weaning of previous offspring,and environmental conditions are concerned.


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April 14, 1993: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) has provided astronomers with their clearest look yet at a vast cloud of gas being heated by the birth of a new star. Called Herbig-Haro object #2 (HH-2), the cloud is heated by shock waves from jets of high speed gas being ejected from a newborn star. Because the star itself is embedded in a dusty cocoon, HH-2 provides the only visible clues to physical processes occurring in the young star.See the rest:
Credit: Richard Schwartz (Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis), Martin Cohen (Univ. of California, Berkeley), Burton Jones (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz), Karl-Heinz Bohm (Univ. of Washington), John Raymond and Lee Hartmann (HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Reinhard Mundt (Max-Planck-lnstitut fur Astronomle), Michael Dopita (Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories), and Angie Schultz (Washington Univ. at St. Louis/Univ. of Missouri at St. Louis).


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Calcium is important for optimal bone health throughout your life. Although diet is the best way to get calcium, calcium supplements may be an option if your diet falls short.
Before you consider calcium supplements, be sure you understand how much calcium you need, the pros and cons of calcium supplements, and which type of supplement to choose.
The benefits of calcium
Your body needs calcium to build and maintain strong bones. Your heart, muscles and nerves also need calcium to function properly.
Some studies suggest that calcium, along with vitamin D, may have benefits beyond bone health, perhaps protecting against cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure. But evidence about such health benefits is not definitive.
The risks of too little calcium
If you don't get enough calcium, you could face health problems related to weak bones:
- Children may not reach their full potential adult height.
- Adults may have low bone mass, which is a risk factor for osteoporosis.
Many Americans don't get enough calcium in their diets. Children and adolescent girls are at particular risk, but so are adults age 50 and older.
Calcium requirements
How much calcium you need depends on your age and sex. Note that the upper limit in the chart represents the safe boundary — it's not how much you should aim to get. If you exceed the upper limit, you may increase your risk of health problems related to excessive calcium.
|Calcium: Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) for adults
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|19-50 years
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|2,500 mg
|51-70 years
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|2,000 mg
|71 and older
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|19-50 years
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|2,500 mg
|51 and older
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|2,000 mg
Calcium and vitamin D
Your body needs vitamin D to absorb calcium. For this reason, some calcium supplements contain vitamin D. A few foods naturally contain small amounts of vitamin D, such as canned salmon with bones, and egg yolks. You can also get vitamin D from fortified foods and sun exposure. The RDA for vitamin D is 600 international units (15 micrograms) a day for most adults.
Calcium and diet
Your body doesn't produce calcium, so you must get it through other sources. Calcium can be found in a variety of foods, including:
- Dairy products, such as cheese, milk and yogurt
- Dark green leafy vegetables, such as broccoli and kale
- Fish with edible soft bones, such as sardines and canned salmon
- Calcium-fortified foods and beverages, such as soy products, cereal and fruit juices
Even if you eat a healthy, balanced diet, you may find it difficult to get enough calcium if you:
- Follow a vegan diet
- Have lactose intolerance and limit dairy products
- Consume large amounts of protein or sodium, which can cause your body to excrete calcium
- Have osteoporosis
- Are receiving long-term treatment with corticosteroids
- Have certain bowel or digestive diseases that decrease your ability to absorb calcium, such as inflammatory bowel disease or celiac disease
In these situations, calcium supplements may help you meet your calcium requirements.
Types of calcium supplements
Several different kinds of calcium compounds are used in calcium supplements. Each compound contains varying amounts of the mineral calcium — referred to as elemental calcium. Common calcium supplements may be labeled as:
- Calcium carbonate (40 percent elemental calcium)
- Calcium citrate (21 percent elemental calcium)
- Calcium gluconate (9 percent elemental calcium)
- Calcium lactate (13 percent elemental calcium)
The two main forms of calcium supplements are carbonate and citrate. Calcium carbonate is cheapest and therefore often a good first choice. Other forms of calcium in supplements include gluconate and lactate.


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Will take a while for Sheed and Camby to get back into game shape though because of their age.
Tweet from Alan "Me So" Hahny:
"Rasheed Wallace and Marcus Camby both on practice court with Knicks.
First time team has had all 15 players together on court this season."
don't know what thread to put this in, so i figured i'd throw it out there.
i think this is great news, hopefully a healthy sign of things to come, in
time for playoff push. Can Knicks get back to beginning-of-season style
defense with Sheeet/Gumby in 2nd lineup? Will this allow STAT back in
starting five?
Will take a while for Sheed and Camby to get back into game shape though because of their age.
I posted a reply in the "midseason thread" and you replied "..."
Does that mean you agreed or disagreed?
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welcome back Craz8y mine missing mate
hope u bring winning streak for our kNiCkS
I din't read too much into this. They were only doing conditioning stuff, which is what they've been doing but off on their own. When they are actually practicing together then wake me up. Until then, lets sign a big to help out NOW.
Real Talk
Crazy .... the return of Sheed got u back .. watup!
Sheed, Camby, Kurt, and Kidd has become the missing back-ground on the court
However, these missing old-heads is at every game keeping our lockerroom discipline at winning a .640 edge toward postseason .. they there when not their
Through the last 27 games our 14-13 record actually demoted our true potential.
We were looking like a fishy bunch with the "two Ego super-stars" dividing the coach & players.
The communication level on court with Melo & Stat .. isss just a little better than lastseason.
Big reason why Sheed & Camby have to come back to perform in the final 25+ games to give teammates confidence
Say what u want ......
coincidence Camby first return happen to be the same week of Stat return (tandem).
When coach Woody put Camby in the starting-lineup .. I knew Camby was out-out-out
It's time for Woody to be advised by our old-heads


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I just started having excess lipase in my pumped milk when my triplets turned about 11 months to 1 year. I cannot find what causes it and how to make it go away. i know I can scald my milk, but there has to be some explanation for WHY it happens and what might make it stop. Does anyone have any information they can share? I have looked hard for information out there and can't find any. I can't imagine that someone hasn't done a study on it. And if that's the case, they should! Who has time to scald milk when it would be much easier to change diet, etc.
Any info would be great!!


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John Kruk
First Baseman
Career w/Phillies: .306 AVG / 62 HR / 390 RBI / 33 SB
Like his other 1993 teammates, John Kruk's career was hampered by injury. But when he was healthy, he was very good. Kruk arrived in Philadelphia with Randy Ready for emerging outfielder Chris James. While James never quite lived up to his promise, settling into a utility/DH role, Kruk became a three-time All Star with the Phillies. He did it by being a skilled hitter — a .291 average in 1990, .294 in 1991, .323 in 1992 and .316 in 1993. He also finished second in the National League in on-base percentage in '92 and '93. He was also a disciplined hitter, sometimes walking more than striking out and ending with a career ratio close to 1:1. Sadly, Kruk's career was derailed in Spring Training 1994 when a pickoff throw by Mitch Williams hit Kruk in the groin. Kruk wasn't only injured, but a testicle proved to be cancerous. He played little in '94, the Phillies granted him free agency in 1995, and he signed up with the White Sox. On July 30, 1995, in Baltimore, Kruk — feeling bored with the game — struck a single. Then he took himself out of the game … and ended his career.
Comment: Nobody personified the 1993 Phils quite like Kruk — he was out of shape, dirty and nothing graceful. And he somehow found himself in the spotlight because of one lucky year. His greatness is abbreviated, but it isn't lost.
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"Im not an Athlete, Im a ballplayer" the best quote from the kruker who is the man…
Wow I didn't know that's how Kruks career ended. That's pretty intense. He's the best commentator on baseball tonight by far. I'd love to see him go to the mlb network and team up with Mitchy poo
one-nut Kruk
What a great Philly hero. I think I recall him coming back from his cancer surgery and lacing a double in his first at bat.
Still have my tee-ball baseball card that has Kruk listed as my favorite player. Utley has since surpassed him but I loved this guy.
Kind of a comical baseball player at times, I remember Kruk taking his white handkerchief out of his back pocket when batting for the NL in an All-Star Game and waving it at AL pitcher Randy Johnson as a sign of surrender after Johnson threw him a high inside heater. Johnson had thrown him a couple or three high inside heaters in a row but the last one he threw to Kruk was the closest to his head and in a comical playful gesture, out came the "surrender flag."
Kruk was a gamer. Generally found a way to get on base somehow. I do not know if you could classify him as being a good pure hitter but he was a disciplined batter and a clutch hitter. It is a shame that he had so many injuries that helped cut down on his career. Was one of those players that could look bad swinging at a ball but could get solid wood on the ball on next pitch thrown.
What I remember most about Kruk is watching the All-Star game in '91 thinking that he would start the rally for the NL in the 9th, but it never happened, and he never made it into the game. What a shame he was such a key part of that '93 team and the first thought that comes into my mind is that he was the first player I ever remember to not make it on the field in an All-Star game.
Ill never forget his incredible performance in "the fan" haha
I love the video ESPN shows every year of Randy Johnson making him look pathetic. Three straight pitches.hah
mets09, you're coming off like a real jackass with that comment.
Kruk is my all-time favorite Phillie. He is a really cool, blue collar, down to earth guy who generally loved playing baseball. He was also a very good ballplayer, who not only used his skills at the plate but also used guile to get hits, many of them clutch. I just wish he'd bail on Baseball Tonight and sign back on with Comcast in Philly or the MLB Network where he could be himself some more, but ya gotta make a living somehow…
I'm really stoked to see him this high on the list; nice pick Tim!
My fondest memory of the Krukker was seeing him with his son at the Ocean City boardwalk. He was super friendly and as funny as you can imagine. We named our late dog after him also (Krukker).
the Krukker. a guy who fit Philly like a glove. great guy. i met him down at disneyworld and he was there with ESPN. love him on baseball tonight.
btw: the reason he took himself out of the game after that single he hit is so he could retire with a lifetime .300 batting average.
i'll also add that in 1993 i dressed up as Kruk for halloween and nobody had any trouble guessing who i was. i wore a mullet wig , some fake stubble, and put a pillow under my shirt for a gut. one of my greatest costumes ever.
Back on track TM, Kruck's career here was not that long but eventful, memorable and mostly, fun to watch.
Im sorry folkfish,I dont know if ive ever seen you on here ,but relax. dont get too pissed, it was just an all star game. It really is my most memorable moment of Kruk
Awesome pick for this spot. If there is one player in Phillies history that personified the fans rooting the team on, it was the Krukker. Two memories….
1. I got a towel as a giveaway in 91 at the ballpark that had carictures of Kruk, Daulton, and Hayes. Kruk was sitting behind a desk, doing Kruks corner on the towel.
2. Before game 6 of the NLCS, Tim McCarver stated that the Phillies had no shot at beating Maddox and the game was going back to Atlanta. My dad, normally a quite guy, made a huge sign that said"Yo Tim, Kruk You." That we brought to the game. AS a 12 year old, I was so proud of my dad for that.
Nobody cares i'm sure, but I thought I'd share because the Krukker was one of my all time favorites.
Mets09, even as a Phillies fan, I still think that video of Kruk is completely epic.
I recall after Kruk came back from his cancer treatment, Harry and Whitey always avoided the phrase "one ball". It was always "the count is 1 and 0."
joe: the guys in that clubhouse were so close knit a loose that they actually made fun of Kruk right to his face about that all the time.
that was a truly great team. it's just such a shame they didn't finish the job because I feel they'd be remembered as one of the great teams in baseball history if they capped it off. like a more modern version of the gashouse gang
Probably my alltime phillies player too, and of my favorite phillies memories was from Game 1 of the '93 NLCS vs. the braves when kim batisite went from goat to hero and John kruk came chugging…. and i mean CHUGGING around third to score on kim's double to win the game in the 10th inning,and the vet went f'n crazy, that will always be one of my favorite all time phillies moments especially since i got to be at the game and share the experience with my brother
took the words right out of my mouth bsg…..
By far one of my favorite Phillies of all time!
This man personifies the looseness that baseball has lost recently. He was a tubby bitch, no doubt about it. He played the game as such and stopped when he felt he was done having fun. Now he loves it again from the outside but isn't too proud to enjoy himself. Aqua Teen Hunger Force, anyone?
Kruk was my favorite Phillie when I was a kid. I remember that one on the school bus we always seemed to think that Wild Thing just blew his ball away. I love that he's on baseball tonight, my favorite guy on there by a mile.
What can I say, dad is the living, breathing incarnation of this city.
God I miss his man-perm.
The thing that was different about Kruk was that he didnt take himself too seriously.He busted everybody in the clubhouse but they loved him.
I remember watching a tape on those 93 Phils. He christened Jim Eisenreich "Dahmer", (as in the mass murderer),because he had Turett syndrome. Eisenreich's wife said he was the first guy on all of his teams to not only address the condition but to make fun of it.After that ,Eisenreich loved the Phils.
This guy was the funniest player in recent memory.I wish we had him back on Comcast .He doesnt let his true personality out on ESPN.
Kruk concluded: "I always told Murph he was the only sane one in the clubhouse. Our clubhouse had one Mormon and 24 morons."
One of his best quotes, like Richie pointed out, this was a guy that the fans AND the players loved. Dutch may have been the heart of the '93 team, but Krukker was the soul.
well said love child. well said.
dare i say, Larry Andersen was the brains. lol
lee thomas did a hell of a job getting kruk, dykstra and schilling in trades, if you had a top 100 trades those 3 had to be in the top 10. besides dutch and morandini and stocker, did anyone on that team come through the farm system ? that just goes to show you how lame the bill giles era was, he was truely pathetic.
I remember Krukker on Letterman talking about the 93 Phils and he said that when Mitchy poo came in for his frist Spring Training and wanted number 99 cause his wide had a ton of ninety nine jewerly and he was wearing it ,instead of what guys usually ask for new watches or new jewerly, all he wanted was a case of beer
ashmidt Dutch Daulton came through the farm system
Only Phillie ever to wear 4 numbers. #11, #19 (in honor of "The Bull" cause he was a fellow Polish guy) #28 (which is the one Mitch gave him the case of beer for) and #29
Loved me some Krukker!!
I've been a Mets fan all of my life, and I respect alot of guys like Utley and Howard…but y'all are the enemy! That said, a Baseball fan that does not love John Kruk is like a football fan that does not love Brett Favre.


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Eurythmy Spring Valley Ensemble Performance
At midsummer in New Hampshire, do we not all long for a whiff of a cooler season and a different time? So - midwinter at the court of King Arthur. Eurythmy Spring Valley will take you on a journey back in time with a tale that draws us into the rich pageantry of the Arthurian legends. There's celebration at Camelot when in rides a noble lady and tells of her woes with the giant of the northern waste who challenges Arthur to fight. And so Lady adventure visits and Arthur must ride forth.
Soon his life and honor are forfeited to a most loathly lady, and none of his gallant knights seem to be able to help him. Among other pieces surrounding the tale will be music by Brahms, Ligeti, Schostakovitch and a Verse by Rudolf Steiner.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
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There has been some discussion in recent days regarding Object-Relational Mappers (ORMs), Drupal, and why the latter doesn't use the former. There are, actually, many reasons for that, and for why Drupal doesn't do more with the Active Record pattern.
Rather than tuck such discussion away in an issue queue, I figured it better to document a bit more widely.
According to Drupal.org, it has now been four years and five days since I first joined the Drupal community. My how time flies, and how much has changed since then.
I like giving presentations. I really do. But this has been quite a conference season this year; certainly my busiest ever. Four conferences in four different states, and nine presentations. And the year isn't even half over yet...
Here's what I've been up to:
There's been a fair bit of talk about PHP IDE's of late. That's not surprising given how useful they can be. (Really, folks, vi can only take you so far.) Most of the attention has been focused on the big boys: Eclipse and its derivatives (both free and commercial), Komodo, and NetBeans. Eclipse and NetBeans are both Java based, and Komodo is based on Mozilla's XUL platform (which also runs Firefox and company). I've been bouncing between them for a while, and haven't really been satisfied with any of them. I usually refer to Eclipse as the one I hate least. :-)
There's a new contender to keep an eye on, though, that is worthy of notice: KDevelop.
Just to give everyone a heads up, I have made some changes to one of my sessions. Based on the feedback I received earlier, my session on Object-Oriented Drupal has been updated. It seems no one wanted to hear about the basics, as they already knew them. :-) I will instead be focusing on design patterns, OO design philosophy, and how it applies (or should apply) to Drupal. It's too late to get changes into the printed program, but I have updated the session page on the DC DC web site to reflect the new focus.
So if you were hoping for a session on basic PHP OOP syntax and concepts, um, sorry. If you're looking for an intermediate to advanced session on how to use OOP well, then this session is for you.
I'll see you in DC!
So first I thought it was odd that Palantir's private IRC bot has a factoid for me that reads "Great on challah!" Then I noticed this:
I wonder if I should be worried...
So we're a month away from DrupalCon DC 2009, and although the official schedule has not been published it seems likely from the preliminary schedule that my Objectifying Drupal session will be accepted. The basic idea is to help Drupal's mainly procedural army of developers get up to speed on object-oriented development, which has been gaining popularity in contrib (most notably the Views module) and will be in many parts of Drupal 7.
Of course, given how large an army of developers we have there is no one level of existing expertise I can target. There are entire multi-course college programs on OOP design, and I have an hour. :-) So, how about some preliminary feedback? What do you want to see in a one hour session on object-oriented code in Drupal?
As Drupal gets bigger and bigger in the marketplace, it is moving into areas where system administrators still hold sway. Dedicated servers or server farms have a different set of needs than a shared host when it comes to monitoring and performance.
That's not even Drupal specific. For any high-end web app, it's useful to be able to interact with it for administrative purposes through standard system tools. On Windows, that's the Windows Administrative Tools or IIS. On LAMP, that could be a unified web app like webmin or a KDE control panel plugin or a Gnome applet. Getting a web app into certain organizations requires offering existing sysadmins a way to integrate it into their existing management workflow.
But what pieces of the app do sysadmins want in their existing admin tools? Calling all sysadmins, what do you want from us? :-)
Drupal has a very aggressive caching system. While site admins can disable the page cache or CSS compressor very easily, many other caches are not so easy to disable. Think of the menu system, or the theme system, or filter content, or any number of other things that get cached.
In a production site, that's exactly what you want. No Drupal site would be able to handle even moderate traffic if every single registry cache had to be rebuild on every page load. For development, however, it can frequently be a huge pain to have to clear the cache every time you're trying to track down a bug in a menu definition or a CCK field definition.
There's an admin button to clear the cache on the Performance page, but it's not all that useful for intensive debugging. The Devel module (which you are using, right?) offers a handy "clear cache" button, but that doesn't always work if you're, say, debugging a form submission. Fortunately, Drupal makes it easy for us to disable those caches, too, although not through the admin.
Back when Drupal 7 development opened, our database layer was in a sorry state. Based on PHP 3-era concepts it offered few features, but more importantly no one actually cared about it. On rare occasions we had a PostgreSQL maintainer for the PostgreSQL driver, but they had a tendency to disappear into the Interweb, never to be heard from again.
Boy what a difference a few months make! Not only is the new database layer moving along with a good head of steam, with an order of magnitude more features and now three database drivers in core, but as of earlier tonight we officially have no less than five people on the database maintenance team. From MAINTAINERS.txt:


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FARMINGVILLE - Roads in Suffolk County, especially in Farmingville, are still riddled with icy patches after the weekend blizzard.
Frozen slush is still a major problem on local streets, with trucks unable to get their plows low enough to chip away at the ice. Drivers are out and about, but the ride is bumpier than most would prefer.
Rain and fog are expected for most of the day, which should make driving dangerous. Motorists are advised to stay off the roads if they can afford to.


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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/158841
- Title
- A push-pull network with infinite supply of work
- Author(s)
- Kopzon, Anat; Nazarathy, Yoni; Weiss, Gideon
- Abstract
- We consider a two-node multiclass queueing network with two types of jobs moving through two servers in opposite directions, and there is infinite supply of work of both types. We assume exponential processing times and preemptive resume service. We identify a family of policies which keep both servers busy at all times and keep the queues between the servers positive recurrent. We analyze two specific policies in detail, obtaining steady state distributions. We perform extensive calculations of expected queue lengths under these policies. We compare this network with the Kumar-Seidman-Rybko-Stolyar network, in which there are two random streams of arriving jobs rather than infinite supply of work.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Queueing Systems: Theory and Applications, Vol. 62, no. 1-2 (Jun 2009), pp. 75-111
- Publication year
- 2009
- FOR Code(s)
- 0102 Applied Mathematics; 0103 Numerical and Computational Mathematics; 0104 Statistics
- Keyword(s)
- Infinite supply of work; Infinite virtual queues; Kumar-Seidman-Rybko-Stolyar network; Manufacturing; Markovian multiclass queueing networks; Maximum pressure policies; Queueing; Threshold policies
- Publisher
- Springer
- 0257-0130
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(NewsUSA) - What's one medical condition that you either have or will get? Presbyopia, Greek for "aging eye," affects nearly every adult. Early signs of presbyopia typically appear around age 40.
Each year, 4 million people are diagnosed with presbyopia, an age-related process where the eye's lens loses flexibility.
Presbyopia causes eyestrain, headaches and trouble focusing on nearby objects. When visual symptoms set in, patients need reading glasses or bifocals to correct their vision.
According to one survey, only 27 percent of U.S. adults expect to need bifocals. The reality? Presbyopia is a natural condition that eventually affects all of us.
But new technologies have created options for correcting presbyopia, especially for those who might believe that bifocals are for older generations.
Multifocal contact lenses can provide a convenient, comfortable alternative or complement to bifocals or reading glasses. Justin J. Verrone, O.D., an eye care practitioner, said that contact lenses "now present a viable option for patients who need to correct presbyopia."
One lens manufacturer, CooperVision, offers many multifocal contact lenses. The contacts correct patients' vision at every distance. A person wearing reading glasses might remove their glasses to drive, only to put their glasses back on to read nearby road signs. With contacts, patients can see nearby, far away and at middle depths simultaneously.
Patients with presbyopia can wear multifocal contacts at every stage of their condition. Some of CooperVision's contacts help patients in presbyopia's early stages, while other lenses correct for the condition as it becomes more advanced. CooperVision created one lens, Proclear Multifocal Toric, to correct presbyopia in patients with astigmatism.
Presbyopia can be diagnosed through a general eye exam. People experiencing vision changes should locate an eye care specialist to discuss their options.


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The UTEPCollege of Business Administration offers the only AACSB
Accredited business programs in the El Paso border region.
When students engage in discourse about professional development or our regional issues, they are taking the first step necessary to become some kind of agent of progress."
Our organization, the Regional Economic Development Association, is dedicated to improving the economic and political outlook of the Paso del Norte region. We pride ourselves for developing proactive, meaningful projects. One project REDA takes on is the Regional Identity (Ri) online magazine. The Ri is a student magazine developed entirely by students that covers regional academic, business, and government issues. REDA's hard work led us to the distinction of 2009 UTEP Organization of the Year.
My leadership position with REDA has developed me professionally, academically, and socially. I have forced myself to engage myself with my academic career and community. The network of business partners and friends I have built since becoming involved with REDA is irreplaceable.
I designed and developed the Regional Identity (www.regionalidentity.com) website and platform. A couple of hobbies I have had for the past few years are web design and web development. I toy with all mediums of media production, really.
Yes, I work at the CoBA Professional Development Center as the developer of the new BCC website ProfessionalDevelopment101.com (PD101). My job is to garner interest in professional development and encourage student participation in the different workshops, lectures, and student organizations in the College of Business.
I work to make sure PD101 has a nice mix of strong content, multimedia, and social media. As a huge advocate of social media in business and education, I ensure that PD101 takes advantage of the latest social media technologies. You can find CoBA professional development on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Our PD101 Facebook fan page has over 130 fans and keeps students up-to-date with events, CoBA announcements, and website updates.
Today, students are connected to each other and the rest of the world in an unprecedented fashion. Social media components on PD101 and the Ri are great vehicles to deliver value to our students. When students engage in discourse about professional development or our regional issues, they are taking the first step necessary to become some kind of agent of progress. We hope the discourse spread by our websites (PD101/Ri) and social media influences students to want to improve their professional skills or border region.
I plan to attend law school.
Yes, the Law School Preparation Institute (LSPI) has thus far been a huge help in prepping for my LSAT and law school application process. The LSPI has a great staff that has proven to be very successful at preparing UTEP students for law school. I am going to complete my second phase of the LSPI next summer.
I recommend the LSPI to any prospective law school students. I plan to help the LSPI program with marketing efforts later this semester, so I am eager to talk to anyone about what the program has to offer.
Economics is one of the top majors for prospective law school students because the discipline forces students to think and express thoughts very critically and analytically. My position as REDA President should ultimately provide me with valuable leadership and management experience that is transferrable to any career path I choose to take.


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Caribbean Airlines is touted as the premier air carrier for travel between Canada and
South America & the Region for the West Indian Diaspora, and the Caribbean Airlines
team at the Guyana trade and tourism exhibition, provided the opportunity for direct
interaction between customers and team members to facilitate the promotion of the
airline's brand, products, and services offered.
The event was fully endorsed by His Excellency Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana
who was in attendance along with other Guyanese officials. The day included songs and
dances by the Katawau Dance Group, a group of young Amerindians from Guyana, as
well as a softball cricket and football games featuring Guyanese-Canadian players.
In photo below: Caribbean Airlines Sales Executive, Nazie Mohammed greets His
Excellency Donald Ramotar, President of Guyana upon his arrival at the Guyana
Caribbean Airlines sponsored the prize for the Captain of the winning cricket
team, Roy Moosaie along with Consul General of Guyana Sattie Sawh.


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Six out of 10 people in the US have never seen our Milky Way Galaxy arch across their night sky from where they live. And the problem of light pollution is quickly getting worse. Within a couple of generations in the U.S., only the national parks will have dark enough skies to see the Milky Way.
Too much outdoor lighting not only affects being able to see the stars, but also wastes energy and money, about 2 to 10 billion dollars a year. And it has been shown to cause sleep disorders in people and to disrupt the habits of animals like newly hatched sea turtles that try to find their way back into the ocean but are disoriented by streetlights.
Light pollution may be a global problem, but the solutions are local. To help people "see the light", an international star-hunting program for students, teachers, and the general public was created called GLOBE at Night. GLOBE at Night is now in its 6th year and is hosted by the U.S. National Optical Astronomy Observatory.
For 2016 we are collecting your observations during all 12 months of the year! See the dates below and plan to get involved.
Through this program, children and adults are encouraged to reconnect with the night sky and learn about light pollution and in doing so, become citizen scientists inspired to protect this natural resource. Teachers like the GLOBE at Night program, because it lends itself to cross-curricular learning: astronomy, geography, history, literature, and writing. The possibilities are great.
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Restaurants, are you open on Christmas?
It's not too early, restaurant owners and general managers, to tell me your Christmas hours for a listing in the Journal Sentinel.
Open Christmas Day? At night on Christmas Eve? Send me the details at firstname.lastname@example.com. Put "Christmas" in the subject line, and send it by Dec. 11 for inclusion in the Dec. 14 edition. Please note your hours and if you're serving your regular menu or something different. »Read Full Blog Post
UPAF to move to Grand Avenue complex
The United Performing Arts Fund, which provides core operating funds to area performing arts groups, will move from its longtime home at the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts to the Grand Avenue Mall, 301 W. Wisconsin Ave., Suite 600, the group announced at its annual meeting Thursday. The move will take place at the end of the year.
NPR taps Milwaukee's Goldin for holiday book picks
Once again, National Public Radio has tapped Milwaukee' bookseller Daniel Goldin as one of its indie book pickers for the holiday season.
NPR's Susan Stamberg interviewed Goldin, owner of Boswell Book Company on N. Downer Ave., as well as Florida bookseller Rona Brinlee and California bookwoman Lucia Silva. »Read Full Blog Post
Sufjan Stevens enchants fans with silly sing-along 'Christmess'
Christmas is a messy holiday, piled high with associations both religious and secular, inextricably intertwined with misty family memories and hazy recollections of parties, bathed in forced cheer and genuine warmth.
Thursday night at Turner Hall Ballroom, Sufjan Stevens gloried in the contradictions and excesses, and he added his own: The show was variously called "Christmess [sic] Sing-A-Long" and "Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice." »Read Full Article(2)
BelAir Cantina owners working to open Fink's across street
The owners of BelAir Cantina on the east side will reopen a closed bar across the street in January and name it Fink's.
Previously Redroom, owned by Julia LaLoggia of Stonefly and Ginger, the bar at 1875 N. Humboldt Ave. will keep its neighborhood character with a "rec room" feel, co-owner Kristyn St. Denis said in a written statement. »Read Full Blog Post
Meet Gandalf, the street magician
Attention, Hobbit fans: College Humor has the scoop on a not-terribly-dynamic wizard working minor magic throughout Middle-earth in this parody video:
Cafe LuLu's makeover complete
Goodbye, vintage diner counter; hello, new look. The café half of Cafe LuLu in Bay View has reopened after extensive renovations, and the owners have nicknamed it LuLu Lounge.
LuLu, at 2261-2265 S. Howell Ave., has changed the space to include a full bar and more seating. It also will be used for private parties. »Read Full Blog Post
Dean Jensen and the art of reinvention
Stepping off the elevator that day at the Milwaukee Sentinel, it seemed suddenly obvious to Dean Jensen. He didn't much care for newspapering any more.
Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival ends 15-year run
The sponsor of The Kettle Moraine Jazz Festival today announced the festival's cancellation because of "funding issues."
The West Bend Sunrise Rotary had supported the annual festival for 15 years, but announced the fest's permanent demise because funding through ticket sales and other sources had not "reached the level needed to continue," said spokesman Dave Amoroso. »Read Full Article(7)
April is the new targeted opening for Carson's downtown
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Peter Jackson 'eviscerated' 'The Hobbit,' 'LOTR,' says Tolkien son
Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R. Tolkien and executor of his father's literary estate, expressed disappointment in the films made of the books by Peter Jackson.
During his first interview in 40 years in June, with the French publication Le Monde, Tolkien, 87, said that Jackson "eviscerated the book by making it" into "an action movie for young people aged 15 to 25," he said of the "Lord of the Rings" films. "And it seems that 'The Hobbit' will be the same kind of film." »Read Full Blog Post(1)
Casino takes people-pleasing route with Wild Earth Cucina Italiana
Hurray for second acts. They make it possible to admire a spin on wedge salad, inhale a flatbread topped with delicious house-made sausage, savor duck with wine-fig sauce and delight in an elegant little pear crostata for dessert.
Potawatomi Bingo Casino reopened its Wild Earth restaurant in September. The first incarnation, which closed in 2009, had an intriguing menu highlighting state foods and American Indian dishes, but it never really took off. »Read Full Article(1)
On Tap Today: Ho, ho, yo ho
Nothing like a few pirates to liven up the holiday season. The Jolly Roger is now waving over the Milwaukee Public Museum for the new "Real Pirates" traveling exhibit. Read my Weekend Cue story to learn what pirate treasures await discovery at the exhibit. Feel free to practice your "arrrghs" as you read.
Middle-earth fans have been waiting for Peter Jackson's screen version of "The Hobbit" for years. Was the wait worth it? Is Gollum still nasty? Is the dragon a worthy wise-guy? See what Movie Critic Duane Dudek thinks in his review here. »Read Full Blog Post