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Nearly all Pacific shores have been bracing for the arrival of tsunami debris from Japan. One destination appears to have dodged the threat.
Debris from the 2011 Japan tsunami is arriving on the West Coast of the U.S. On Friday, a 20-foot fishing boat with Japanese writing washed up on a Washington beach.
"Everyone in the oceanic administrations and the mariners at sea are eager to know where that debris from the tsunami has moved," said Robyn Thorson, the regional director for U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.
Early predictions suggested the tsunami debris would soon wash ashore on Midway Atoll.
The bird sanctuary is located 1,200 miles northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands and played a pivotal role in the way against Japan.
But in the wake of the tsunami, researchers on the atoll braced for a far different threat.
"We don't have the logistics here at this remote place to move that kind of mass," said Thorson.
Researchers are breathing easier after news the debris will bypass Midway and move north instead.
Volunteers are continuing to clean up the atoll and protect its beauty and wildlife.
"Besides fishing gear and so on, we also find everything from television sets to car bumpers to a lot of household items that maybe fall off ships or drift in from other places," said Kyle Koyanagi of the Marine Debris Operations.
Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said unless there is some type of identification tag on the property, it is nearly impossible to track it back to Japan.
"But, we know that the gyre of the Pacific will bring (tsunami debris) around to the Pacific islands again," said Thorson. "So, we're watchful but it looks like this time the major tsunami debris has bypassed Midway."
Since 1996, NOAA and its partners removed more than 1.5 million pounds of trash from the reefs surrounding Midway.


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I support this 100%. Also save a few million contract wise.
Got this from TheKnicksblog.com and it kinda makes sense in my opinion. We add a really cheap shooter and get a 25 year old big man who at one point we coveted and almost drafted. If we could talk to Vasquez and get a feeling if he would come over to play if it was NY i would deffinately consider.
"So Andrew Smith (whos sequestered himself in an undisclosed location studying for the Bar Exam) and I got to thinking the Magic, who already could use some scoring punch in the back court, might want to consider dealing for Nate Robinson.
Now I have to be fair, I think that keeping Nate is critical for any shot at making the playoffs, but the Knicks might consider moving their sparkplug guard for the right deal.
The team has a roster spot with the retirement of Cuttino Mobley. I wonder if the Knicks would consider a Nate for the rights to Fran Vasquez and J.J. Redick?
Vasquez is 25 and has resisted coming to the NBA. His numbers are modest this year, but hes a capable big that might flourish in NY under Mike DAntoni. Vasquez has resisted coming over here after being selected 11th overall by the Magic in 2005. The Magic are still very high on the young man, but Nate could keep them afloat and add great depth moving forward.
Redick is a obviously shooter who could fill in off the bench. I think the Knicks lose out for the short term, but could benefit for the long term. Nates turnovers and spotty decisions have often been a killer for this team.
Just a thought, maybe the team tries to capitalize on the Magics need for some help. Redick has a qualifying offer in 2010-11, which hed likely decline considering Jason Kaponos contract."
Well Vasquez is still a bit of a mystery to me, has anyone followed him to see how he is doing in Europe (or where ever the hell he is)?
True JJ would give us shooting, but, he would not give us the dominance that we can get from Nate on any given night. Look I know Nate can be a bit eradict, but, that has gotten much better this season. JJ Redick isnt going to run plays down, go up for blocks on big men and just play with that sort of intesity. Redick is the perimeter version of Eddy Curry, he can shoot with the best of them but that is about it. I'd only do this deal if they take can somehow make it a three team deal that also liberates from Curry's contract. Like involving OKC in the trade and them sending Vasquez and Curry there somehow.
But this deal would be a rape.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
Orlando Magic

Incoming Players

	Eddy Curry
Salary: $9,723,983 Years Remaining: 2

	Nate Robinson
Salary: $2,020,179 Years Remaining: 1
Obtained with a trade exception
Outgoing Players: J.J. Redick, Tony Battie
New York Knicks

Incoming Players

	J.J. Redick
Salary: $2,139,720 Years Remaining: 2

	Tony Battie
Salary: $5,746,000 Years Remaining: 2
Outgoing Players: Eddy Curry, Nate Robinson
We have a roster spot open and if Marbury is bought out, there will be two. There is a chance that Marbury will go after the Celtics game on the 6th. Perhaps Orlando could be a destination besides Boston.
Why hasn't Walsh filled the already open spot? Perhaps he wants some flexibility, for example, to trade Curry for two bad, but expiring, contracts. Unfortunately, I think we are going to have to wait until next year to trade Curry. He has not played at all and is not likely to tear things up before the trade deadline.
If the Knicks wait until March 1st to let Marbury go, he will not be able to participate in the play offs. I would be disappointed in Dolan/Walsh, if they did that. Not a classy move.
I think Donnie truly wants this to be over with and would sign off on any buyout.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
just to throw this out there i would love to see a Nate for Rudy Fernadez trade that would help us out alot at both guard positions and rudy plays just as hard as nate if not harder...Take a look at the last olympics
I think Walsh hasn't filled the open roster spot because we do not have an open roster spot. People keep thinking of Cuttino, previously while we were waiting on a ruling on the exception we didn't get, and now he is still on the roster until the trade deadline as Walsh explores trading his contract at the deadline. For now, no open roster spot, no Ewing Jr, etc. PS I doubt I want Vasquez, last foreign center we touched never came over and was last seen in the olympics being leapt over by Vince Carter
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
I doubt that trade will ever happen, why would Portland want to take an inconsistent combo guard over a talented athletic shooter?
Best trade situation in my eyes for the Knicks is:
We get a starting shooter with age experience and an expiring, and a young up and coming PG to replace Nate. If only.
Also if you could read, you would realize I have 50 posts over my three years here, apologies that it doesn't match your tally of 4000, but you see, some of us have a life.
As to your points, Bynum is "up and coming" in the sense that he has shown improvement this year, is 47% FG terrible? Duhon isn't exactly a ****-hot shooter either, but is he a bad player? I guess you would say he is since he took your beloved Marbury's spot on this TEAM.
ooh metro, metro, i have a good trade for u
anyone with the last name of
for our entire team
good trade huh?

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No. 5: The necktie
If you're a father, you have no doubt received one of these hypercolored neckbands from your offspring at one time or another. If you were really lucky, your significant other gave the kids complete freedom to pick the color and style of the tie.
The resulting gift is frequently something in colors so bright that protective glasses are required to look at it, and failure to wear a UV-shielding undershirt will leave you with a really strange tan line down the middle of your chest.
The fact is that married men usually aren't allowed much in the way of sartorial freedom. We get told what goes with what, what goes with what she's wearing and what's out of style.
The one place we can exercise our inner Tim Gunn is in tie selection. We might surprise you -- or we might buy a set of ties commemorating the Three Stooges. Either way, it's our turf.
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Kassandra Cuellar, a UH history major.
More than 6,500 UH students made the spring 2014 dean's list.
Cuellar was also among nearly 5,000 students who graduated from the University of Houston in the spring 2014 semester. She graduated with a bachelor of arts in history.
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Avoid Accidents with LED Path Lighting
LED Path Lighting is an excellent way to ensure your paths are safe to walk. It can be dangerous to walk in the dark, particularly if you have an uneven surface. Some sort of lighting is necessary, but many people skimp in this area because it can be expensive to light the outdoors. With LED lights, the cost is greatly reduced.
LED lighting will save you enough money that you can leave the lights on throughout the night. This gives additional security as illumination deters would-be trespassers and intruders.
Path lighting comes in many styles. Lower post designs allow for ankle height light and can be gentle and unobtrusive. Other options include lights that hang down from bent poles to create pools of light on the path. They range from simplistic to elegant filigree. With so many different designs to choose from, you are bound to find a path light to suit your tastes and design style.


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JEDEC Solid State Technology Association this week announced the publication of registered outline MO-297 for 1.8" slim solid-state drives. These types of SSDs have a range of applications in consumer products, including netbooks and laptops.
"MO-297 is the first document to standardize a physical outline for a solid state drive. Adoption of this standard has the potential to deliver significant benefits for the industry by creating a single outline for storage suppliers and systems manufacturers to use and reference," said Jim Leidy, business development manager for Tyco Electronics and Chairman of the JEDEC Task Group behind the effort.
MO-297 defines the dimensions, layout and connector position for 54mm x 39mm solid state drives with a standard SATA connector. Adopting a standard form factor for these types of solid state drives will enable interoperability throughout the supply chain, benefiting drive manufacturers, product designers and consumers. Conforming to a single standard will simplify the product design process, shortening time to market and facilitating a reduction in costs.
"Consumers will also have the benefit of vendor choice and ease of replacement, since drives adhering to the standard will be interchangeable," added Mr. Leidy.
The development of SSD standards involves various JEDEC committees as well as numerous external standards organizations. The MO-297 registered outline correlates directly with SFF Committee specification SFF-8156, and also references the Serial ATA International Organization's (SATA-IO) Revision 2.6 Specification for connector dimension and tolerance.


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I'm suffering from headache and cold and a little bit cough. Can you suggest me something to cure it?
Causes, symptoms and prevention of Acidity
Why Urine irritation problem occurs?
I usually have constipation from year ago it gets cured automatically for some time and I get this problem again. It irritates me too much. I can't complete my diet too because of this. I haven't consulted a doctor yet. Pls help.
Here are habits to implement today to maintain that perfect smile for you and your family tomorrow
As women at work or at home, we are responsible for the health of those around us. If you are a compassionate and caring mother, daughter, sister or wife looking after the dental health of your family becomes imperative to their well being.
Here are some useful habits that can go a long way in keeping you and your family smiling for years.
#1 go soft automatic
Rev up your brushing-use an automated tooth brush. This maybe true for not only you as a woman but for your family. Make sure you switch them to an automatic or motorized brush with soft or extra soft bristles. This works best since it takes the guesswork out of brushing and improves your and your children's technique even if they're sleepy in the morning.
#2 dental emergency kit
Keeping a dental emergency kit loaded with some essentials like a basic dental painkiller (as prescribed), clove oil, some dental floss and a toothpick (not a habit recommended by us but when things get lodged and cause pain it maybe the last resort)
#3 vitamin check
Best way of ensuring good tooth and bone health is to ensure good levels of vitamins vitamin d3, calcium especially if you're beating menopause and even iron, b complex to prevent anaemias which can be detected orally. Deficiencies of vitamins and essential minerals can make your family more susceptible to oral health problems.
#4 gift a smile
Gift your dependents a great smile be it preventive treatments for your young ones like our decay protection programme which ensures they never have to feel dental pain like we have, or the braces intervention campaign which helps guide teeth to proper positions at an early age. More questions about your young ones dental health
For the elderly who missed out on a lot of preventive dental work can now enjoy the benefits of latest technology giving them fixed teeth instead of removable dentures.
#5 start a trend-family oral health checkup
Mark a day in your calendar a public holiday or the beginning of the year a time that you can easily remember and as a family get an annual checkup to not only ensure that you do not suffer from any dental problems but also early detection of any upcoming medical issues can be done.
Are you the one who lives on burgers or packaged foods? well, then it's time for you to check your diet. These delicious food items that you die for contain excess carbohydrates and unhealthy fats that are extremely dangerous for your health. Most of these food items contain excess of carbs, fats, added sugars and salt. These items do not have sufficient nutritional values. They only offer you high calories that are harmful for the body and its various organs. Researchers have found that when most of these food items were given to lab animals, they yielded dangerous results, offering negative nutritional value to them. Prolonged exposure to these food items can affect the health of the heart, gastrointestinal organs and lead to obesity.
According to the robert wood johnson foundation, it has been found that most people underestimate the number of calories intake at a fast-food selling outlet. A 2013 study published in jama pediatrics reveals that individuals consume more calories in restaurants than at their respective home. This trend is quite dangerous. It is responsible for the occurrence of a number of diseases.
Here's why you should avoid fast foods:
Save your digestive and cardiovascular systems: fast foods are packed with unhealthy amounts of carbohydrates and fats. When these are consumed, our digestive system breaks down these carbs into sugar or glucose. The glucose is then released into the blood. As the blood is loaded with sugar, pancreas releases insulin hormone into the body. Insulin regulates the transportation of the sugar to cells. As the sugar reaches various cells, pancreas releases another hormone-glucagon. It commands the liver to make use of the sugar. Now, when excess sugar is produced in the body due to intake of fast foods, the balance between insulin and glucagon is hampered and the level of sugar in bloodstream changes. Consequently, you develop type 2 diabetes.
Check your weight and heart: the added sugars and unsaturated fats in the fast foods lead to obesity. You consume more calories and as a result of which your body weight increases. This is quite dangerous for your health. Under such circumstances, you tend to develop chronic heart diseases due to the increasing levels of cholesterol in your body.
Your kidney is at risk: fast foods often contain excess salt. The intake of fast foods changes the level of sodium in the body. Sodium is responsible for maintaining the fluid content in the body. Increasing fluid levels due to intake of excess sodium in the form of salt exerts pressure on the heart muscle and causes high blood pressure. Besides, excess sodium also damages the kidney.
Protect your respiratory system:
According to a study in journal thorax, children who eat excess fast food are at increased risk of developing asthma and rhinitis. In fact, increased body weight puts extra pressure on your respiratory organs and causes difficulty in breathing.
Affects central nervous system: intake of junk food affects the brain synapses and the molecules that are related to the process of memory and learning in both children and adults.
Yellow teeth ruining your smile? see what's the solution it's not always whitening!
January is around the corner and along comes a new year with its numerous resolutions and promises on improving ourselves. Be it the latest diet or the promise to workout we all want to look and feel our best. If your dental resolution is to stop living with a yellow smile then here's a combination of home remedies and dental treatment tips to make you smile bright and white this new year.
Depending on the existing colour of your teeth and how bright you want your teeth to be, we have here some options ranging from the mildest to the most impactful colour change.
#1. Light yellow teeth: clean better!
Plaque and other food deposits can make your teeth look unclean and discolored. Most often the original white of your teeth can be restored by a simple clean up procedure that washes away all the discolored food particles.
#2. Yellow to brown teeth: eat better!
An indian diet with turmeric coupled with our addiction to anything from tea, green tea, coffee, red wine to even smoking can lead to excessive staining of our teeth. While it may seem impossible to avoid what we are habituated to it's equally necessary to compensate by frequent cleaning and whitening procedures based on your frequency and level of exposure to these staining substances.
#3. Natural white: naturally
Home remedies which have no side effects like a pinch of baking soda mixed with crushed strawberries or 3-4 drops of lemon are often used to whiten teeth by scrubbing away the stained particles. Malic and citric acid present in strawberries and lime respectively gives an instant whitening effect without harming the natural layers of the teeth.
#4. Frequent yellowing: brighten at home
If you're looking for more than just a natural clean white colour but want it done with as little chemical exposure as possible then home bleach is the best option for you. Removable, transparent, custom made plastic moulds of your teeth can be made in just one session. You can then put in a few drops of a low concentration gel bleach into these as they snugly fit onto your teeth. Keep them in the mouth for 45 minutes daily for up to 7 days. This procedure is done as directed by a registered dentist. This gives you a bright white colour with minimal or no side effects and the additional benefit is that it can be repeated just before an occasion or every time you feel there is yellowing of teeth.
#5. Brilliant white: in under an hour!
If you want nothing less than super bright then a very standard and recognized procedure is that of the office bleach done in the dental chair in under 45 minutes. Here we use a more concentrated bleach to get you noticeable and long lasting results. Done in cycles every 10-15 minutes to show you the colour improvement and prevent side effects and discomfort. Certain precautions must be observed for 7 days after the bleach and it is recommended once annually to maintain the colour.
A word of caution for the over the counter products that claim to work brilliantly to whiten teeth but overuse or unsupervised use of the same may lead to irreversible tooth damage.
Even with this array of information and multitude of options available for your convenience- a consultation with your dentist for your perfect white smile, will work best before you decide to take matters into your own hands.
You could have yellow teeth due to one of the following reasons:
Genetically yellowed or dull when formed.
Age-related reduction or thinning of enamel and exposure of dentin.
Excessively stained diet or habits.
Appear yellow due to fairer gums, lips, complexion or lighter eye colour.
Dental diseases which stain or eat away your enamel.
Improper oral hygiene habits.
Do let us know what you think. We would love to hear from you!
How to effectively handle work related stress
The statistics on stress at workplace are staggering with half of respondents in studies reporting that they face higher than normal stress levels at work. Stress is a silent killer and can lead to serious health issues like stroke and heart attack. Stress at the workplace could be due to excessive workloads, unclear responsibilities, lack of control, unrealistic deadlines and noisy work environment.
While it is a good thing to be competitive and excel in whatever you are doing, it is also very important to learn to tackle stress and take life easy. Remember, we live only once! here are some simple and effective ways to handle workplace stress:
1. Seek support at work
Research has shown that having one good friend at work reduces the chances of quitting. Sharing your thoughts with another person not only reduces the stress levels but also might lead to discovering new ways to handle tough situations. Take proactive steps to be more friendly and sociable at work.
2. Manage work better
Try prioritizing better and not expecting perfection in every task. In case your role is over-loaded, try talking to your manager to reduce the load or if possible, delegate some work. Accept that you have certain limits to your productivity and do not try to prove yourself by over-working.
3. Get moving
It is a proven fact that exercises in any form reduces stress levels. Try to exercise for half an hour daily in the form walking, swimming, playing a sport or running. You can take short walking breaks at work that can add up to half an hour in a day.
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4. Try breathing exercises
Breathing deeply for four counts on inhale and exhale can reduce stress levels immediately. You can try alternating breathing exercise i. E. Long inhale with one nostril and exhaling with the other nostril, which brings focus and energy in the morning before starting work.
5. Take a power nap
10 minutes of shut eye goes a long way in recharging your tired brain. Any longer than 15 minutes will end up making you groggy. Just put your head down on the desk, and clear your mind of all thoughts for 10 minutes.
6. Eat right
Food has a big role to play in determining our stress levels. Avoid processed food, sugar and high amount of refined carbs like flour, white rice etc. Maintaining your blood glucose levels by eating more complex carbohydrates that are slowly digested like ragi, jowar, bajra gives you steady energy levels throughout the day.
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7. Get enough sleep
Over-worked employees often cut back on sleep and try to squeeze in work at night. Over the long term, this practice can severely impact your health and leads to more stress. A restful night's sleep of at least 6 hours is mandatory for all adults. Lack of sleep causes irritability and diminished ability to deal with stress. Avoid looking at laptop, tv or phone screens when you are trying to fall asleep.
You have to take charge of your own work-life balance and draw the line where you feel uncomfortable since no one will do it for you. Over-working might give benefits in the short term in terms of recognition and promotion, but it causes emotional, mental and physical burnout in the long term. Stay healthy, stay happy.
How to deal with premature ejaculations. Whenever I and my gf r in climax mood I come out and it doesn't satisfied our sexual needs, how to deal with this problem is there any kind of pill that can help me out or condoms please do mention their names.
I have habit of masturbation from 4 years. I do Atleast 2-3 times a week. Is this a problem for me in future. N also I have lot of white hairs on my head I suspect tht this is a reason. Help me how to make my hairs naturally black and white hairs is not my hereditary problem my age is 20 now.
Is masturbation harmful for the future if I am doing 2-3 timed a week. Will it create a prblm for the baby born in future? please hrlp me sir.
Hi sir, I'm 31 years old boy. I used to masturbate since I was 13 years old. But after it I had suffered from night leakage of sperm. And if I had masturbate now it will takes only few minutes to ejaculate. And penis length is shrink ro 1.5 inch. Is this will cause any severe damage to my sexual life and to acquire a child? Or is it premature ejaculation.
Hello sir mujhe thoda sex Karne me dikkat Hoti hai me apne partner ke sath zyada time tak sex nahi kar pata Hun is liye Mene durbar shilajit capsule liya hai aur shila x oil sir ji me iska upyog kaise karun.
I have done all the checkups and every thing is normal but I usually feel weak and sleepy the whole day long, even after having a proper sleep and diet. I suffer from chronic headaches very often and every other week I suffer from cold and cough also. Can you please suggest what all should I do to get over all this? Like some foods to be included in my diet or some exercise? Any vitamin tablets or so? Thankyou!
Hello Sir, My age is 28, I am doing masturbation since when I was around 15 year. At present I do 1 to 2 time in a week. Last 2 year I noticed that my ejaculation time is reducing fasted. At present After erectile the penis I discharge in just 10 to 15 seconds and also feel pain in my body. Body pain resume till 1 to 2 days after that normal. Is there any problem in penis and will it effect on marital life. Any solution that I am increase my time. Note: I am doing gym since 8 month, taking protein powder and multi vitamin since one month. Please help.
I am suffering from headache since last 2 years unable to concentrate in any of the things. So please tell me the solution for my issue.
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Eastern New Mexico University will host its annual Peanut Valley Festival Saturday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Oct. 21 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. in the Campus Union Building.
Tracy Henderson, director of Student Activities and Organizations, says this year's fair will uphold past traditions and introduce new ones.
"This is the first year we have fully implemented the children's part of the Festival. We are having a fun fall carnival for the kids; there will be activities like a ring toss and a tic-tac-toe throw to win candy. Kids can also make crafts," Henderson said.
The goal is to make the festival fun for the whole family.
"We have over 40 craft booths this year; they are all traditional — there will be no manufactured plastics. We have a ton of art and crafts," Henderson said.
Applications for booths are still being accepted.
Along with craft booths, there will be live entertainment, including bluegrass bands, community vocalists and dancers.
The Festival will offer a wide variety of food, including barbecue, fajitas, turkey legs, roasted corn, funnel cake and Navajo tacos.
This year, the school has also had a new community partner, the Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce. The High Plains Quilt Festival was scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Oct. 19 and 20, in the College of Business, so ENMU teamed up with the Chamber and brought the festivals together.
"It has been an exceptional working relationship," Henderson said. "It has been good for both the school and the community, because we are working together to make the event as big as possible."
For information, contact Henderson at 562-2631.


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Over on GodTube, Pharyngula has pointed out this video of a letter by a kid in hell.
Yes, it's a dramatic reading of a fictional young unbeliever about to get tortured forever. As Martin likes to put it: "Torture porn."
You know, we frequently use the words "tortured forever" on the AE TV show. As in: "The central doctrine of Christianity is that you must freely worship God or else be tortured forever." Frequently, we are criticized by kinder, gentler Christians for being melodramatic. Silly atheist, they say — nobody really believes in a god who tortures people forever. Hell is a metaphor. Read some C.S. Lewis.
No, actually I'm fairly certain that a great many mainstream Christians believe what's in the video. That when I die, I'm going to be missing from this "book of life" and then roughed up by angelic thugs who proceed to hurl me into a quite literal lake of fire — in a world that's "crystal clear, even more real than my life on earth."
What I don't get is this. Based on the sound effects and the spooky fonts, this video is clearly intended to be disturbing, and it's targeted at Christians. But why should Christians be disturbed? Sure, maybe they should have done more to help their friend who is now in hell. But in the end, the friend was sent to hell because he deserved it. If he didn't deserve it, then God, being merciful and all-powerful, wouldn't have put him there. So shouldn't a True Christian™ be celebrating the torment that his friend is now experiencing?


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CannaBuild develops app for medical marijuana users
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Ashville, N.C.,-based CannaBuild CEO Zach Marburger said the company plans to move its headquarters to Denver this week, though the company is still searching for a permanent space. Marburger, along with Brandon Cook and Tim Skaggs, founded CannaBuild in January.
The company is developing a mobile and desktop app that marijuana users can use to ask dispensaries about symptoms and cannabis strains. App users can participate, anonymously if they like, in chat, text or video chat with dispensary workers to find the right kinds of medical marijuana to sell their customers. Customers can use the app to reserve products for pick-up at the store, similar to the way a pharmacy works.
"What we want a customer to be able to do is access a dispensary's inventory from multiple touch points," Marburger said.
CannaBuild's app is similar to chat services that large online retailers use to connect with their customers, but it's designed specifically for the cannabis industry. Marburger believes it will help eliminate longer waits at dispensaries.
"It's providing convenience for the people who want it and providing a platform for communication for people who would like that," he said.
Dispensaries also would have access to customer data so they can recommend certain strains to treat various ailments, he said.
CannaBuild said it recently raised $225,000 in equity seed funding through
members of San Francisco-based angel investor network The ArcView Group, which focuses on cannabis companies. CannaBuild plans to sell the app to dispensaries, while customers will be able to download it for free, Marburger said.
The tech boom finally has discovered the legal cannabis industry, and the recent investment from ArcView investors in Cannabuild underscores the transition, said Troy Dayton, CEO of The ArcView Group. CannaBuild's presentation to investors at a recent ArcView Group event was "one of the highest-rated by our investors."
"They attracted early support from particularly well-respected members of our group, and I believe that's one of the reasons they are finding success," he said.
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My daughter is almost 2.5 years old and nurses a lot both during the day, and at night.
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it's what makes him stand out as an artist. His voice has a natural soulfulness
that lends it's itself well to any genre of music. That he chose country was a bit
of a surprise to me, as his leanings on his stint on American Idol tended
toward R&B. But, based on this first album, it appears he made the right
choice. The songs in this album, while each destinctively country, include a
flavor of gospel, pop, and soul. As Danny promised for his first album, it takes
the listener on a journey and allows us to learn a few things about him. The
gut wrenching and haunting "I Will Not Say Goodbye" let's us know (and feel
the pain of his loss. The creatively simple message of "Tiny Life" shows us he
has learned, perhaps in the hardest way, what is important in his (and our) life.
The inspirational "It's Only" tells what is in his heart and that he is driven by a
cause much larger than himself. With the rock tinged songs "Get Away" and
"Like That's A Bad Thing" we see a side of him that's more carefree &
wreckless. "Crazy Not To" and the title track "My Best Days Are Ahead Of Me"
are infused with the possibilities that lie ahead for him and the joyfulness in
which he will pursue them. In this, his first album, Danny takes the listener on
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A look at federal role in civil rights casesBy SUZANNE GAMBOA
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George Zimmerman, center, talks to his attorneys Don West, left, and Mark OMara during jury deliberations in his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla.WASHINGTON Almost as soon as George Zimmerman was pronounced not guilty in a Florida courtroom, the cry went up.
The U.S. government must get justice for Trayvon, insisted protesters angry about the fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin. The call will resound again later this month through events marking the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington.
Attorney General Eric Holder, the first black man to lead the nations law enforcement, says the Justice Department is investigating.
Why would the feds consider stepping into a state murder case?
The federal government has claimed its power of protecting civil rights against violence as far back as the Reconstruction era. Empowered by constitutional amendments and early civil rights laws passed after the Civil War, the government sought to protect newly freed blacks and their voting rights, mostly from the Ku Klux Klan.
But then court decisions, the end of Reconstruction and the rise of Jim Crow laws essentially defanged the federal government of its power to police civil rights when state and local governments would not, said Darrell Miller, a Duke University law professor.
It wasnt until the 1960s civil rights movement exemplified by the historic Aug. 28, 1963, march that new laws began strengthening the federal role.
Now, the Justice Department is expected to pursue civil rights prosecutions. But in many cases that inflame racial passions, federal prosecutors dont find the evidence needed to support civil rights charges.
A look at some cases through history:
The civil rights era
As the burgeoning civil rights movement gathered force in the 1960s, demonstrators were brutalized and killed, sometimes at the hands of law officers. Many slayings remain unsolved. But in some cases where local authorities failed to go after the attackers or all-white juries refused to convict, the federal government moved in with civil rights charges.
The strategy won federal convictions in some racist killings that had jolted the nation:
n The 1964 slayings of three young civil rights workers James Chaney, who was black, and Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, who were white that would later inspire the movie Mississippi Burning.
n The shooting death of Lt. Col. Lemuel Penn, a black World War II veteran, by Ku Klux Klan members as he was driving home from Army Reserve training in Georgia in 1964.
n Fatal shots fired in 1965 into the car of Viola Gregg Liuzzo, a white activist who was helping shuttle black demonstrators between Selma and Montgomery, Ala.
These cases helped build public support for strengthening federal law enforcements hand through a series of civil rights laws. Notably, the Civil Rights Act of 1968 made it a U.S. crime to use threats or violence to interfere with someones employment, housing, travel or any of several other federally protected rights because of that persons race, religion, color or national origin.
Hate crimes
Over the years, Congress expanded what became known as hate crime law. Many states also adopted their own laws for crimes motivated by bias. And many cases with civil rights overtones were prosecuted under conventional murder and assault statutes.
Two of the most notorious state cases the murders of Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. inspired further expansion of federal law, although it took more than a decade.
Shepard, a gay college student, was abducted and brutally beaten by two men who left him tied to a fence post in a remote field in Laramie, Wyo., in October 1998. Three white men chained Byrd, a black man from East Texas, by his ankles to the back of a pickup and dragged him to death on a country road in June 1998. Both cases ended with convictions on state murder charges.
Outrage over those attacks helped propel Congress and President Barack Obama to strengthen federal hate crime law in 2009 by increasing penalties and removing the requirement that the victim in a federal case be engaged in a specific federally protected activity. The law, named after Shepard and Byrd, also added crimes committed because of the victims gender, disability or sexual orientation.
Some federal hate crime cases include:
n A Hasidic driver accidentally hit and killed a 7-year-old black boy in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn in August 1991, sparking rioting. A black man, Charles Price, egged on a crowd of onlookers to get the Jews. The angry mob set upon another Hasidic Jewish man, Yankel Rosenbaum. He was stabbed by black teenager Lemrick Nelson. Nelson was acquitted in state court of second-degree murder charges. The federal government followed with civil rights charges against Nelson and Price. After their first federal convictions were overturned on appeal, Price pleaded guilty and Nelson was convicted and sentenced to 10 years in prison.
n Six Shenandoah Valley, Pa., high school football players headed home from a block party encountered Luis Ramirez, 25, and his girlfriend in July 2008. A fight ensued. Federal officials said the teens yelled racial epithets and Go back to Mexico as they beat Ramirez. He died of head injuries. Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak were acquitted of most charges in state court. The federal government stepped in, and Piekarsky and Donchak were convicted under a federal law prohibiting housing discrimination, because they were trying to force Latinos out of Shenandoah. Donchak also was convicted of conspiring with local police to cover up the crime. Both were sentenced to nine years in prison. The citys police chief was sentenced to 13 months in prison for the cover-up.
Color of law
Many federal civil rights cases involve police or other authorities abusing their power under the color of law. Unlike in hate crime cases, prosecutors dont have to prove that these civil rights violations were motivated by racism or other bias.
Still, the best-known convictions came in racially charged cases:
n Rodney King led law officers on a high-speed chase in March 1991 and, once stopped, was slow to obey their commands. Police reacted by kicking King, clubbing him with their batons and shocking him with stun guns, causing 11 skull fractures. A witness video of white policemen pummeling a black man as he lay on the ground played over and over on national television. Four Los Angeles officers were charged with assault; a jury with no black members acquitted them. The verdicts sparked rioting that set Los Angeles aflame and cost 55 lives, prompting Kings famous plea Can we all get along? The Justice Department charged the officers with civil rights violations. After a second trial, two were convicted and sentenced to 30 months in prison. Two were acquitted.
n In the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, police gunned down 17-year-old James Brissette and 40-year-old Ronald Madison, who were unarmed, and wounded four others as they tried to cross the Danzinger Bridge to what they hoped was safety. Police officers planted a gun, fabricated witnesses and falsified reports to cover up the Sept. 4, 2005, shootings. A Louisiana district judge threw out murder and attempted murder charges against seven officers after ruling that secret grand jury testimony had been wrongly used against them. The Justice Department moved in with a civil rights investigation and won prison terms ranging from 38 to 65 years for four officers involved in the shooting; other officers were sentenced in the cover-up.MORE IN Wire News
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Civil libertarians, including us, routinely assail the administration for its restrictions on our liberties in the war on terrorism.
We sometimes overstate our complaints, charging that Bush & Co. have taken so many of our freedoms that we might as well be living in the old Soviet Union.
Then we see a story that reminds us of how free we really are, especially when those reports are from nations most wouldn't consider especially restrictive.
A recent news report out of Spain noted that a judge had ordered copies of the satirical publication El Jueves confiscated. The magazine's "crime" was a front-cover cartoon of Crown Prince Felipe and his wife, Princess Letizia, involved in a sexual act.
The cartoon lampoons a government proposal to pay couples for having children, and says that if the royal couple were to have children, it would be the first paying job the prince has had.
According to news service reports, the judge also ordered the magazine to turn over the names of the offending cartoonist because he might be guilty of libeling the monarchy, a crime that carries a possible jail term of two years.
If the U.S. had a similar law, there likely would be more cartoonists and editorial writers in jail than drug dealers.
El Jueves director Albert Monteys Homer complained that the order was "a direct attack on freedom of expression."
Poking fun at public officials in such a manner is tasteless — some would call it pornographic — but it shouldn't be a crime.
Laws that forbid publication of such satire have a chilling effect on free expression, especially when cartoons and commentary attack government policies.
Perhaps we don't have it too bad here in the U.S. after all.


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By Juan Forero • Feb 20, 2012
Oil-rich Venezuela is awash in hundreds of thousands of homeless. Many find places to live where they can — in half-finished shopping malls or under the grandstand at a race track. The huge number of homeless has become an election issue for President Hugo Chavez, who is seeking his fourth, six-year term.


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Reservations should be made by calling the St. Philip's office at 358-2730 by Friday afternoon, March 1, if at all possible. Those missing that deadline may still make a reservation by leaving a message on the answering machine or calling the church office before 10 o'clock Monday morning, March 3. Those with reservations for the series will be automatically renewed.
A native of Detroit, Mich., Mills graduated from Alma College, a Presbyterian college in central Michigan, with a BA in philosophy. After graduating from San Francisco Theological Seminary, he served churches in California, Minnesota, Illinois and Oklahoma.
After his first wife died, he and their youngest daughter moved to Ardmore, Okla., where he served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church and met and married the Rev. Linda Sherry. After pastoring several churches in Oklahoma, he accepted a call from Island Presbyterian in Corpus Christi, where he and Sherry now make their home. She is pastor of Beeville's First Presbyterian Church.
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Brendan Marrocco's story is one of bravery and heroism.
He lost both arms and legs in Iraq four years ago. A roadside bomb blew up the Humvee the Army private was driving.
His attitude is admirable.
"I was still alive so that's really all that mattered to me," said Marrocco.
Still, life without limbs was not the same.
Marroco said, "Not having arms takes so much away from you even... your personality."
So, when doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland approached the 26-year-old about a double arm transplant, he didn't hesitate.
"I've overcome so much in the last four years that I'm honestly not worried about the risks," said Marrocco.
The transplant team in the operating room connected bones, blood vessels, muscles, tendons, nerves and skin.
The surgery was the most complicated and extensive ever performed in the U.S.
The first words Marrocco uttered to his doctors afterward were, "I love you."
Marrocco still does not have the full range of motion, but we watched him wheel himself in to talk to reporters.
"It's like I went back four years and I'm me again," said Marrocco.
He's ready to start living his old life again, like driving the car still parking in his garage.
More importantly, he's starting that positive attitude with other amputees.
Doctors say it'll take two to three years before he can fully use his limbs.
Marrocco is only the seventh person in the U.S. to undergo a successful double hand transplant.


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Paste magazine is currently in the midst of its "50 States Project," an online roundup of the best bands you've never heard of from around the country.
In case you missed it last week, Tennessee's list was released here, and East Tennessee was well-represented by three bands that we've chronicled a good deal over the years:
- No. 12: Plainclothes Tracy (Described as "an unassuming five-piece that manages to jump from innocent She & Him crooning to all-out grunge in a moment's notice")
- No. 8: The Black Cadillacs ("'Classic Fool,' a single off their brand new album Run, melds Smoky Mountain picking with country-style delivery and a blues-inspired melody")
- No. 3: The Dirty Guv'nahs ("They are just not the type of band you analyze. The Dirty Guv'nahs are the type of band you dance to.")
The No. 1 band, in case you're curious, was the Memphis outfit Star & Micey, which we profiled back in 2009.


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The Forest Service battles placer mining with an obscure law
On a clear day last October in northern Idaho, Forest Service geologist Clint Hughes panned for gold on the North Fork Clearwater River. The area attracted gold prospectors in the 1860s, but these days, the river, which flows through a wild stretch of country near the Montana border, is popular with campers and anglers.
Hughes scooped up a bit of placer -- mineral-bearing gravel and sand -- from behind a boulder. With a swish of the pan, he washed away the mud and lighter sand, leaving only a few garnets.
The absence of gold flakes didn't surprise him, though. The day's panning confirmed that little gold is to be found on more than a dozen placer mining claims staked along a 30-mile stretch of the North Fork. These claims grant holders exclusive rights to any valuable minerals. But the Forest Service is now arguing that mining the claims isn't worth the impacts to the river.
The Forest Service's ability to deny mining proposals is severely limited by the 1872 General Mining Law, a frontier remnant that prioritizes mining above all other land uses. But another, little-known law gives it a straightforward way to prevent mining in at least a few locations. The Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act of 1955 lets the federal government challenge placer mining in locations that it once reserved as potential hydropower sites. And on the North Fork, the law is giving the Forest Service the upper hand. "We wouldn't be doing any of this (contesting placer mining) if it were under the regular old 1872 mining law," says Hughes.
The Department of Interior began reserving certain river-valley public lands for hydropower development in 1909, as dam building in the West was revving up. In these "power site withdrawals," mining was restricted. But in 1955, as dam-site exploration slowed, the Mining Claims Rights Restoration Act eased the restrictions, with a caveat: The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management could reject placer mining if it would "substantially interfere with other uses" like recreation.
Although the law applies to more than 7 million acres of public land -- roughly three times the size of Yellowstone -- it hasn't come up often because placer mining techniques like panning are generally low-impact, and because relatively few claims fall in these sites. In California, with its abundant rivers once rich in gold, roughly 4 percent of mining claims are subject to the 1955 law; in dry Nevada, where big hardrock mining dominates, the law is practically unknown.
But in recent years, placer mining has become more popular, spurred by gold prices as high as $1,900 per ounce, and more controversial. To squeeze gold from streams, miners have turned to suction dredging, which uses motors to suck up riverbed sediments and wash out the gold, discharging the muddy water back into the stream. Miners say the practice does little harm, but studies suggest that it damages fish-spawning habitat. California banned suction dredging in 2009; Idaho restricts it on certain rivers.
The Forest Service and BLM can regulate placer mining by applying environmental laws piecemeal to protect habitat, water and cultural artifacts. But both agencies generally view the 1872 law as constraining their ability to restrict mining on public lands.
In the handful of cases involving potential hydropower sites, however, the agencies have argued under the 1955 law that timber harvest, fish habitat, even aesthetic value, outweigh mining -- and in most cases, they've won. In 2002, the Forest Service was able to prohibit all placer mining on a section of the Yellowstone River because the activity would interfere with rafting.
On the North Fork Clearwater, the scuffle started last June, when a few miners subdivided larger 160-acre claims and sold the parcels on eBay and other auction websites. River recreationists complained to the Forest Service when miners nailed signs to trees to stake out the subdivided claims, most of which were 10 or 20 acres. The agency called for a hearing, which was held in January before the Department of Interior Office of Hearings and Appeals, and argued that the miners would push out campers and anglers and harm critical habitat for bull trout, a threatened species. Larger-scale placer mining could destroy Native American artifacts in the riverbanks, the agency stated, and would hamper efforts to designate the North Fork as a Wild and Scenic River. Miners didn't defend 20 of the 36 claims; the ongoing legal sparring over the remaining 16 claims will end in the judge's decision sometime this summer.
Some would-be miners, like James Young, see the Forest Service's move as a federal land grab. He bought a claim on eBay with hopes of retiring to Idaho from Biloxi, Miss., and supplementing his income with suction dredging. At the OHA hearing in Idaho, he argued that Hughes underestimated the value of the gold and complained that the miners would receive no compensation if the Forest Service wins. Others have applauded the agency for taking a stand. Gary Macfarlane, ecosystem defense director with Friends of the Clearwater, says, "This is an example where I think the Forest Service is really looking out for the public interest."
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California banned dredging in all rivers allegedly to save the Co Hoe Salmon. The legislatures in both houses failed Geography ..Most California RIVERS NEVER REACH THE OCEAN..
The Merced River is a tributary of the San Joaquin River, which after joining with the Sacramento River, drains into San Francisco Bay. The Merced river is the subject of a salmon restoration project: http://cahatcheryreview.com[…]%20Report%20June%202012.pdf
There are a few California rivers and streams that drain eastward into Nevada that do not reach the ocean. Notable among these is the Truckee River which drains Lake Tahoe and ends in Pyramid Lake.
California dredging information:
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"The legislature and Governor have enacted SB 1018. A part of this legislation applies to suction dredge mining.
The law requires the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to report to the legislature on suggested legislative changes and a fee structure, among other requirements. The previously established date of June 30, 2016 for the current moratorium on suction dredge mining to end has been removed from law. Suction dredging, including the method known as "booming", is prohibited within 100 yards of any California river, stream or lake (Fish & G. Code, § 5653 subd. (d).)."
PDF files at the link above give the Fish and Wildlife statement to the legislature, including their final statement of reasons, and the Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (FSEIR)


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"The one thing I liked about them was, even though not everything went our way, they kept working," said Karnes City head coach Jim Wood. "That will help us next year."
The Wolves scored seven points in each of the first three quarters of the game, failing to score only in the fourth quarter.
Statistically, the Badgers gained 135 yards of total offense, with 60 yards rushing over 32 carries and 75 yards passing over 10 completions. By comparison, the Wolves gained 282 yards of total offense, with 69 yards rushing over 23 carries and 213 yards passing over 23 completions. In terms of penalties, the Badgers were flagged four times for 55 total yards and the Wolves were flagged 10 times for 90 total yards.
Wood said that, with only three seniors graduating, this season's experience will help the Badgers in preparing for next season.
"We're going to miss our three seniors, but that gave our younger kids a lot of playing time this season."
Despite football season coming to a close in Karnes City, Wood said that there is still a lot of the school year left.
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Only leading 53-52 with 10:51 to play, the Dutch held the Knights (1-7) to just one 3-pointer in the final minutes. After a rough first half, Central (7-3) head coach Craig Douma welcomed the change of pace.
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War! You know what it is good for? Stories of unfathomable badassery, that's what. Over the years, we at Cracked have gathered a formidable collection of these stories, and we've put the very best of them here so that a whole new generation of readers can feel inadequate about their life choices. Read on and you'll learn all the military history too pants-burstingly awesome to make it into your history books.
What if you had to disguise some commandos who were going to be walking right past enemy guards? You'd have to come up with something amazing -- lives are at stake here.
Or, you could come up with something so stupid that the enemy finds it too awkward to make eye contact. Such was the thinking of Israeli special forces commandos who infiltrated Beirut in 1973 to kill three leaders of the PLO. To not arouse suspicion, they took several hulking special forces guys and dressed them up as women, complete with wigs, high heels and fake boobs.
"Uh, guys, the mission's been over for like a month ..."
Pairing up with men dressed as men, they walked along in each other's arms like they were on dates. They walked right past police, bodyguards, etc. without raising any questions, such as why that woman had a five o'clock shadow and an Adam's apple, or what that lump was that looked like an Uzi hidden under their clothes.
When they got to the Palestinian leaders' bedrooms, they kicked in the doors, whipped out their guns and killed everyone.
Oh, and lest you think this was a bad career move, one of the "women" was Ehud Barak, who later became Prime Minister of Israel and is currently Defense Minister.
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We repeat: People died because they mistook this man for a woman.
The Israelis hardly invented this technique, by the way. In 1943, 11 Australian commandos, all white, disguised themselves as Malay fishermen by dyeing their skin brown and boarding a fishing boat. They sailed through 2,000 miles of Japanese-controlled ocean from Australia to Singapore. At one point they even traveled right alongside a Japanese warship without them noticing anything strange (which was good, because none of the commandos could speak Malay). They then took canoes right into Singapore Harbor, where they blew up seven Japanese ships before escaping.
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So racism is OK as long as you have plenty of bombs and canoes.
But to top them all, Sarah Edmonds, a 21-year-old white woman working as a spy for the Union Army, infiltrated Confederate territory in Virginia disguised as a black man. Somehow, this totally worked, and she snagged the plans to a fort and the identities of some Confederate spies before "escaping" back to Union lines.
Yet neither of her identities were allowed to vote.
93Matt Hughes Curves the Bullet
Welsh Royal Marine sniper Matt Hughes was participating in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, looking for a perfect occasion to shoot some dudes from really far away. He found it in two Iraqi troops who were holding up the offensive. Hughes was ordered to take them out. And not out to dinner, unless they both ordered a lead steak. A tiny one, shaped like a bullet.
"Sir, I understand you didn't like it, but you've already eaten most of it. I'll have to get a manager."
The Shot:
The problem was that the wind was blowing tremendously. See, this is something that doesn't come up in the movies -- when you're trying to shoot from far away with any kind of wind, you have almost no goddamned idea where the bullet will end up. Sniping isn't just holding the cross hairs steady on the tiny soldier in the scope; it's trying to predict gusts of wind that could push the bullet into some innocent tree trunk 50 feet away. And yes, that's how much of a difference wind can make. You can not only miss the guy, but miss the whole house he's standing in.
So that's what happened to all those road signs in the country!
Oh, and as if his fate were being written by the vengeful spirit of a vaudeville comedian, Hughes discovered that his targets were a little over a half mile away, which, powerful wind notwithstanding, was beyond the range of the rifle he was using. To make matters worse (and yes, there apparently was still room for them to get worse), the enemy soldier he was targeting was covered in a fortified position, with only a small portion of his head and torso exposed. Hughes would have only one chance, because if he took a shot and missed, the Iraqi would simply duck completely behind cover and never come back up. It'd be like if Luke Skywalker had been commanded to park his X-Wing at the beginning of the trench, and to lean out of the cockpit with a grenade wedged in his ass and try to power-shit it into the Death Star's exhaust port.
Cackling in the face of insurmountable odds, Hughes did his best to judge, based on the haze from the heat, how to aim the rifle to hit his target. His judgment led him to aim the shot 56 feet to the left and 38 feet high, which is another way of saying "Hughes pointed his gun in a totally unrelated goddamn direction."
"If I can take out the sun, we'll kill the whole Iraqi army."
Either way, Hughes presumably prayed to the sniper gods and let off his first and only possible shot, not even remotely pointed toward his target, and watched as the arc of the bullet formed the shape of a giant banana and struck the enemy soldier directly in the chest. Needless to say, the Iraqi was killed, though we're fairly certain his last words were the equivalent of "Oh, no fucking way."


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Boost your infrastructure with Coherence into the Cloud
By Nino Guarnacci-Oracle on Jun 06, 2012
Authors: Nino Guarnacci & Francesco Scarano, at this URL could be found the original article: http://blogs.oracle.com/slc/coherence_into_the_cloud_boost.
Thinking about the enterprise cloud, come to mind many possible configurations and new opportunities in enterprise environments. Various customers needs that serve as guides to this new trend are often very different, but almost always united by two main objectives:
- Elasticity of infrastructure both Hardware and Software
- Investments related to the progressive needs of the current infrastructure
Characteristics of innovation and economy.
A concrete use case that I worked on recently demanded the fulfillment of two basic requirements of economy and innovation.
The client had the need to manage a variety of data cache, which can process complex queries and parallel computational operations, maintaining the caches in a consistent state on different server instances, on which the application was installed.
In addition, the customer was looking for a solution that would allow him to manage the likely situations in load peak during certain times of the year.
For this reason, the customer requires a replication site, on which convey part of the requests during periods of peak; the desire was, however, to prevent the immobilization of investments in owned hardware-software architectures; so, to respond to this need, it was requested to seek a solution based on Cloud technologies and architectures already offered by the market.
Coherence can already now address the requirements of large cache between different nodes in the cluster, providing further technology to search and parallel computing, with the simultaneous use of all hardware infrastructure resources. Moreover, thanks to the functionality of "Push Replication", which can replicate and update the information contained in the cache, even to a site hosted in the cloud, it is satisfied the need to make resilient infrastructure that can be based also on nodes temporarily housed in the Cloud architectures.
There are different types of configurations that can be realized using the functionality "Push-Replication" of Coherence.
Configurations can be either:
- Active - Passive
- Hub and Spoke
- Active - Active
- Multi Master
- Centralized Replication
Whereas the architecture of this particular project consists of two sites (Site 1 and Site Cloud), between which only Site 1 is enabled to write into the cache, it was decided to adopt an Active-Passive Configuration type (Hub and Spoke). If, however, the requirement should change over time, it will be particularly easy to change this configuration in an Active-Active configuration type.
Although very simple, the small sample in this post, inspired by the specific project is effective, to better understand the features and capabilities of Coherence and its configurations.
Let's create two distinct coherence cluster, located at miles apart, on two different domain contexts, one of them "hosted" at home (on-premise) and the other one hosted by any cloud provider on the network (or just the same laptop to test it :)). These two clusters, which we call Site 1 and Site Cloud, will contain the necessary information, so a simple client can insert data only into the Site 1. On both sites will be subscribed a listener, who listens to the variations of specific objects within the various caches.
To implement these features, you need 4 simple classes:
Represents the POJO class that will be inserted into the cache, and fulfills the task of containing useful information about the hypothetical links navigation
Represents a link simulator, which has the task of randomly creating objects of type CachedResponse that will be added into the caches
Represents the model of our example, because it is responsible for receiving instructions from the controller and performing basic operations against the cache, such as insert, delete, update, listening, objects within the cache
It is our controller, which give commands to be executed within the cache of the two Sites
So, summarily, we execute the java class "Shell", asking it to put into the cache 100 objects of type "CachedResponse" through the java class "CacheCommands", then the simulator "ResponseSimulatorHelper" will randomly create new instances of objects "CachedResponse ". Finally, the Shell class will listen to for events occurring within the cache on the Site Cloud, while insertions and deletions are performed on Site 1.
Now, we realize the two configurations of two respective sites / cluster: Site 1 and Site Cloud.
For the Site 1 we define a cache of type "distributed" with features of "read and write", using the cache class store for the "push replication", a functionality offered by the project "incubator" of Oracle Coherence.
For the "Site Cloud" we expect even the definition of "distributed" cache type with tcp proxy feature enabled, so it can receive updates from Site 1.
- Coherence Cache Config XML file for "storage node" on "Site 1"
- Coherence Cache Config XML file for "storage node" on "Site Cloud"
For two clients "Shell" which will connect respectively to the two clusters we have provided two easy access configurations.
- Coherence Cache Config XML file for Shell on "Site 1"
- Coherence Cache Config XML file for Shell on "Site Cloud"
Now, we just have to get everything and run our tests.
To start at least one "storage" node (which holds the data) for the "Cloud Site", we can run the standard class provided OOTB by Oracle Coherence
with the following parameters and values:
To start at least one "storage" node (which holds the data) for the "Site 1", we can perform again the standard class provided by Coherence com.tangosol.net.DefaultCacheServer
with the following parameters and values:
Then, we start the first client "Shell" for the "Cloud Site", launching the java class
using these parameters and values:
Finally, we start the second client "Shell" for the "Site 1", re-launching a new instance of class
using the following parameters and values:
And now, let's execute some tests to validate and better understand our configuration.
The purpose of this test is to load the objects into the "Site 1" cache and seeing how many objects are cached on the "Site Cloud".
- Within the "Shell" launched with parameters to access the "Site 1", let's write and run the command:
- load test/100
- Within the "Shell" launched with parameters to access the "Site Cloud" let's write and run the command:
- size passive-cache
Expected result
If all is OK, the first "Shell" has uploaded 100 objects into a cache named "test"; consequently the "push-replication" functionality has updated the "Site Cloud" by sending the 100 objects to the second cluster where they will have been posted into a respective cache, which we named "passive-cache".
The purpose of this test is to listen to deleting and adding events happening on the "Site 1" and that are replicated within the cache on "Cloud Site".
- In the "Shell" launched with parameters to access the "Site Cloud" let's write and run the command:
- listen passive-cache/name like '%'
- or
- a "cohql" query, with your preferred parameters
- In the "Shell" launched with parameters to access the "Site 1" let's write and run the following commands:
- load test/10
- load test2/20
- delete test/50
Expected result
If all is OK, the "Shell" to Site Cloud let us to listen to all the add and delete events within the cache "cache-passive", whose objects satisfy the query condition "name like '%' " (ie, every objects in the cache; you could change the tests and create different queries).
Through the Shell to "Site 1" we launched the commands to add and to delete objects on different caches (test and test2).
With the "Shell" running on "Site Cloud" we got the evidence (displayed or printed, or in a log file) that its cache has been filled with events and related objects generated by commands executed from the" Shell "on" Site 1 ", thanks to "push-replication" feature.
Other tests can be performed, such as, for example, the subscription to the events on the "Site 1" too, using different "cohql" queries, changing the cache configuration, to effectively demonstrate both the potentiality and the versatility produced by these different configurations, even in the cloud, as in our case.
More information on how to configure Coherence "Push Replication" can be found in the Oracle Coherence Incubator project documentation at the following link: http://coherence.oracle.com/display/INC10/Home
More information on Oracle Coherence "In Memory Data Grid" can be found at the following link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/coherence/overview/index.html
To download and execute the whole sources and configurations of the example explained in the above post, click here to download them; After download the last available version of the Push-Replication Pattern library implementation from the Oracle Coherence Incubator site, and download also the related and required version of Oracle Coherence.
For simplicity the required .jarS to execute the example (that can be found into the Push-Replication-Pattern download and Coherence Distribution download) are:
- activemq-core-5.3.1.jar
- activemq-protobuf-1.0.jar
- aopalliance-1.0.jar
- coherence-commandpattern-188.8.131.52329.jar
- coherence-common-220.127.116.11329.jar
- coherence-eventdistributionpattern-126.96.36.199329.jar
- coherence-functorpattern-126.96.36.199329.jar
- coherence-messagingpattern-220.127.116.11329.jar
- coherence-processingpattern-22.214.171.124329.jar
- coherence-pushreplicationpattern-18.104.22.168329.jar
- coherence-rest.jar
- coherence.jar
- commons-logging-1.1.jar
- commons-logging-api-1.1.jar
- commons-net-2.0.jar
- geronimo-j2ee-management_1.0_spec-1.0.jar
- geronimo-jms_1.1_spec-1.1.1.jar
- http.jar
- jackson-all-1.8.1.jar
- je.jar
- jersey-core-1.8.jar
- jersey-json-1.8.jar
- jersey-server-1.8.jar
- jl1.0.jar
- kahadb-5.3.1.jar
- miglayout-3.6.3.jar
- org.osgi.core-4.1.0.jar
- spring-beans-2.5.6.jar
- spring-context-2.5.6.jar
- spring-core-2.5.6.jar
- spring-osgi-core-1.2.1.jar
- spring-osgi-io-1.2.1.jar
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