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Community NewsFebruary 09,2013
Undergraduate students with grade-point averages of 3.0 or better and who are in the top 20 percent of their classes have been named to the deans list for the fall semester at the schools and colleges of the University of Vermont.
Adamant, Esther A. Nemethy, sophomore, Global Studies
Barre, Hannah M. Ausmann, sophomore, Secondary Education Social Sciences
Barre, Matthew R. Avery, first-year, Music Education
Barre, Kevin T. Avery, first-year, Undeclared
Barre, Nolan R. Benoit, first-year, French
Barre, Renee Burrington, senior, Elementary Education K-6
Barre, Spencer R. Cooley, sophomore, Engineering
Barre, Adam M. Paronto, senior, Dietetics, Nutrition & Food Sciences
Barre, Benjamin M. Rouleau, senior, Civil Engineering
Barre, Stephanie L. Watts, senior, Social Work
Berlin, Benjamin Z. Daut, senior, Business Administration
Berlin, Melita A. Schmeckpeper, first-year, Plant Biology
Bradford, Tianna E. Butler, sophomore, Japanese
Bradford, Kayla A. Fay, sophomore, Exercise and Movement Sciences
Bradford, Gia M. Giambrone, sophomore, Psychology
Cabot, Rebecca A. Rossell, sophomore, Environmental Studies
Calais, Luna A. Colt, junior, Global Studies
Calais, Josie M. Colt, sophomore, English
Calais, John I. Gardner-Morse, junior, Mechanical Engineering
Chelsea, Lily K. Carter, junior, Studio Art
Corinth, Averill C. Pazdro, senior, Exercise and Movement Sciences
Duxbury, Naomi E. Koliba, first-year, Neuroscience
East Montpelier, Anders A. Christiansen, junior, Political Science
East Montpelier, Maija R. Lawrence, senior, Global Studies
East Montpelier, Adam T. Riggen, first-year, Undeclared
East Montpelier, John M. Shea, first-year, Business Administration
Fairlee, Dana E. Lichvar, senior, Business Administration
Fairlee, Caitlin A. Roberts, senior, Athletic Training Education
Graniteville, John R. McHugh, junior, Mathematics
Graniteville, Natalie A. Shea, junior, Psychology
Graniteville, Kristy L. Thygesen, junior, Medical Laboratory Sciences
Middlesex, Hayley A. Hirt, first-year, Professional Nursing
Montpelier, Lucy A. Basa, sophomore, English
Montpelier, Norio O. Costantino, sophomore, Electrical Engineering
Montpelier, Emma F. Fitzsimmons, senior, Global Studies
Montpelier, Jessie A. Gay, sophomore, Psychology
Montpelier, James O. Gram, senior, Music
Montpelier, Sid M. Hammer, first-year, Undeclared
Montpelier, Phoebe R. Hanson, sophomore, Dietetics, Nutrition & Food Sciences
Montpelier, Christopher M. Kenseth, sophomore, Chemistry
Montpelier, Samuel P. Kessler, junior, Mechanical Engineering
Montpelier, Marcus V. Moreno, sophomore, Biochemistry
Montpelier, Cody J. Paiva, senior, Microbiology
Montpelier, Hannah L. Schoenberg, senior, Psychology
Montpelier, Gabriel D. Sheir, first-year, Political Science
Montpelier, Ellen R. Slade, senior, Microbiology
Newbury, Cooper A. Brochu, sophomore, Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
Newbury, Robert Serra, senior, Mechanical Engineering
North Middlesex, Alicia E. Danyew, first-year, Elementary Education K-6
Northfield, Danielle J. Luther, junior, Social Work
Orange, Zachary D. Schmoll, senior, Business Administration
Plainfield, Zachary W. Ehret, sophomore, Biochemistry
Plainfield, Dore E. Grier, junior, Medical Laboratory Sciences
Plainfield, Chelsea A. Martin, junior, Human Development & Family Studies
Plainfield, Jenna McQuesten, sophomore, Elementary Education K-6
Randolph, Holly B. Mugford, senior, Music Education
Randolph Center, Dylan A. Grald, senior, Mathematics
Randolph Center, Anne M. Hutchinson, first-year, Dietetics, Nutrition & Food Sciences
Roxbury, Emily A. Martin, junior, Elementary Education K-6
South Strafford, Gioia A. Cabri, first-year, Wildlife & Fisheries Biology
Thetford Center, Kara R. Ciambra, sophomore, Secondary Education English
Thetford Center, Rebecca C. Norton, junior, Computer Science
Tunbridge, Marshall B. Distel, sophomore, Geography
Tunbridge, Emily D. Whalen, junior, Environmental Sciences
Waitsfield, Mekah B. Allen, junior, Anthropology
Waitsfield, Ghassan P. Gedeon Achi, first-year, Undeclared
Waitsfield, Janice V. Guion, senior, Classical Civilization
Waitsfield, Tracy A. Guion, first-year, Undeclared
Waitsfield, KaLii M. LaRochelle, senior, Animal Sciences
Waitsfield, Andrea T. Smith, senior, Environmental Studies
Waitsfield, Kari A. Tremblay, sophomore, Neuroscience
Warren, Cornelia B. Clay, sophomore, Art History
Warren, Laura A. Dillon, senior, Political Science
Waterbury, Michael Chmielewski, sophomore, Civil Engineering
Waterbury, Nathan M. Cutler, sophomore, Professional Nursing
Waterbury, Justin R. Dunn, first-year, Music Education
Waterbury, Tyler W. Miles, sophomore, Business Administration
Waterbury, Hannah M. Woodruff, first-year, Neuroscience
Waterbury Center, Molly E. Barash, junior, Elementary Education K-6
Waterbury Center, William R. Hofmann, junior, Psychology
Waterbury Center, Douglas R. MacLeod, senior, Geology
Waterbury Center, Taylor M. Scribner, sophomore, Global Studies
Williamstown, Collin S. Kwasnik, sophomore, Biological Science
Williamstown, Carlie S. Lessard, senior, Social Work
Worcester, Sten P. Kaeding, senior, Mechanical Engineering
The following area students have been recognized on the deans list at Norwich University for the fall 2012 semester:
Danielle Radtke of Barre; Casey Sweet of Barre; Roger Thompson of Barre; Benjamin Wright of Barre; Margaret Ackerman of Barre; Jeromy Anderson of Barre; JessieMae Belcher of Barre; Sarah Gardner of Barre; Ryan Gariboldi of Barre; Lance Garrett of Barre; Nicolette Gosselin of Barre; Mouhui Huang of Barre; Selma Ibrahimovic of Barre; Matthew Jones of Barre; Allison Kittredge of Barre; Nicholas Leclerc of Barre; Joshua Magnan of Barre; Joel Martin of Barre; Alicia Panko of Berlin; Jennifer Drew of Berlin; Erin Clark of Bradford; James Whitlock of Braintree; Evan Tullar of Chelsea; Meghan Pew of East Montpelier; Kristin Brown of Graniteville; Emily Cahill of Graniteville; Peter Wagner of Graniteville; Charity Lloyd of Marshfield; Kate Flanagan of Montpelier; Nelson Lyford of Montpelier; Ryan Maloney of Montpelier; Melissa Porter of Montpelier; Lauren Shepheard of Montpelier: Daniel Wheeler of Montpelier; David Alexander of Northfield; Tory Allan of Northfield; Caroline Barth of Northfield; Christopher Bentley of Northfield; Wilfred Bussiere of Northfield; Loren Carrier of Northfield; Elizabeth Chapdelaine of Northfield; Joshua Chim of Northfield; Lealoni Coathup-Wilmott of Northfield; Antonio Davis of Northfield; Beau De Mello of Northfield; Karina Delgado of Northfield; Brendan Demers of Northfield; Long Ding of Northfield; Chelsey Dion of Northfield; Mark Farley of Northfield; Emily Flinn of Northfield; Allison Flood of Northfield; Benjamin Gedney of Northfield; John Geronaitis of Northfield; Marie-Philip Guay of Northfield; Clarke Haywood of Northfield; Melissa Howard of Northfield; Jason Huggy of Northfield; Travis Janke of Northfield; James Kelley of Northfield; Morgan Lamorey of Northfield; Ashley Laplante of Northfield; Kimberly Lynch of Northfield; Joshua MacKay of Northfield; Evanna Mills of Northfield; Jeffrey Morgan of Northfield; Douglas Nelson of Northfield; Arthur Oleson of Northfield; Ellen Ricker of Northfield; Hilary Rogler of Northfield; Alyssa Shramek of Northfield; Nathen Silsby of Northfield; Dale Stevens of Northfield; Kevin Stoddard of Northfield; Kayla Weimert of Northfield; Mallory Wright of Northfield; Steffany Yasus of Northfield; Heather Allard-Hurley of Northfield Falls; Erica Harper of Northfield Falls; Julie Morris of Orange; Jade Burkart of Plainfield; Leah Scully of Randolph; Rachael Sweeney of Randolph; Stephen Joslyn of Roxbury; Hope Royce of Washington; Sarah Bailey of Williamstown; Ulrika Bauer of Williamstown; Joseph Marceau of Williamstown; Daniel Rodriguez of Williamstown; Daniel Smith of Williamstown; Mitchell St.Onge of Williamstown; Katelyn Stein of Williamstown.
Julia Gilbert of Montpelier, a graduating senior at Montpelier High School, has been named one of more than 3,000 candidates in the 2013 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The candidates were selected from nearly 3.4 million students expected to graduate from U.S. high schools in the year 2013.
Inclusion in the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program, now in its 49th year, is one of the highest honors bestowed upon graduating high school seniors. Scholars are selected on the basis of superior academic and artistic achievements, leadership qualities, strong character and involvement in community and school activities.
The following local residents were among 1,337 students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute named to the universitys deans list for academic excellence for the fall 2012 semester.
Robyn Kennedy of Chelsea is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering.
Micaila Baroffio of Northfield is a freshman majoring in science.
Catherine Jaworski, a senior at Nichols College in Dudley, Mass., and a Barre resident, has been recognized by Whos Who Among American Colleges and Universities, which identifies students who have made their marks on both the academic and extracurricular fronts. Besides her regular presence on the Nichols College deans list, Jaworski, a double major in criminal justice and business management, has won the James L. Dunbar scholarship, named for the Nichols alumnus and founder of the nationally known security and armored car company that bears his name. Jaworski has also received admission to Delta Mu Delta, an international honor society in business.
Sean OReilly of Lyndonville graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wis. OReilly earned a Bachelor of Arts in economics. OReilly was one of nearly 450 undergraduate and graduate students who participated in the Dec. 16, 2012, graduation ceremony at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee.
Rebecca Starr of Montpelier was recently named to the deans list at the College of William & Mary for the fall 2012 semester.
Allen C. Carpenter, a SUNY Canton air conditioning engineering technology major from Morrisville, received deans list honors. Carpenter is a 2010 graduate of Lamoille Union High School.
Hannah Parker, daughter of Coleman Parker and Jody Parker of East Montpelier, graduated with a major in outdoor adventure leadership from Ithaca Colleges School of Health Sciences and Human Performance. The degree was awarded in December 2012.
The following local residents were named to the deans list at Ithaca College for the fall 2012 semester.
Melinda Keene, a resident of Barre and a freshman clinical health studies major, was named to the deans list in Ithaca Colleges School of Health Sciences and Human Performance.
Emma Behrens, a resident of Thetford Center and a freshman integrated marketing communications major, was named to the deans list in Ithaca Colleges Roy H. Park School of Communications.
Emma Walker, a resident of Waitsfield and a senior acting major, was named to the deans list in Ithaca Colleges School of Humanities and Sciences.
Eli Holden, a resident of Waitsfield and a senior performance major, was named to the deans list in Ithaca Colleges School of Music.
Emma Brown, a resident of Morrisville and a freshman music education major, was named to the deans list in Ithaca Colleges School of Music.
Guthrie Drake, a resident of Waterbury and a freshman sport media major, was named to the deans list in Ithaca Colleges School of Health Sciences and Human Performance.
Marine Corps Pvt. Wyatt S. Healy, son of Lauri J. Snetsinger of Marshfield and Patrick R. Healy, of Marshfield, earned the title of U.S. Marine after graduating from recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. For 13 weeks, Healy stayed committed during some of the worlds most demanding entry-level military training in order to be transformed from civilian to Marine instilled with pride, discipline and the core values of honor, courage and commitment. Training subjects included close-order drill, marksmanship with an M-16A4 rifle, physical fitness, martial arts, swimming, military history, customs and courtesies.
Scholarship announced
RANDOLPH Woods CRW, Vermonts only full-line, locally owned construction equipment distributor, has established the Rod Dewyea Memorial/Woods CRW Scholarship to benefit students in Vermont Technical Colleges Diesel Technology Program. The scholarship, to be awarded annually, honors Rod Dewyeas 33 years of service to Woods CRW; he passed away from lung cancer in 2011.
Rod Dewyea was an exceptional heavy equipment service technician and a true professional, said Chris Palmer, president of Woods CRW.
He was a mentor to many in our company and he was very well respected in his field. We wanted to keep his spirit and memory alive in our industry for his family, friends and colleagues.
Woods CRW selected Vermont Tech for this honor because of its long history of hiring and working with graduates of the college. Bobby Wood, co-owner of Woods CRW, also serves on the advisory board of Vermont Techs Diesel Technology Program.
We feel that we need to take an active role in growing our work force for tomorrow, said Palmer. The technology that is used in the equipment we sell today is more complex than ever. The service technicians that we require for the future will need more than the typical high school-level technical training that was sufficient in the past.
Vermont Techs Diesel Power Technology Program provides training for technicians to service agricultural, earth-moving and heavy-duty truck equipment. Academically, the program emphasizes basic mechanical and electronics diagnostic and repair skill training and a blend of English, mathematics, physics, business and general education courses. The program prepares graduates for careers as general repair technicians, parts professionals, service advisors and service managers.
Woods CRW, based in Williston, is a construction equipment distributor representing Volvo Construction Equipment, and Link-Belt and National Cranes. In addition to being headquartered in Vermont, CRW has branch offices in Worcester, Mass., and Syracuse, N.Y. In 2011, the company celebrated its 50th year in business.
UVM honored
BURLINGTON The University of Vermont ranks No. 5 on Peace Corps 2013 Top Colleges for medium size schools. The annual list recognizes the highest volunteer-producing colleges and universities in the U.S. for small, medium, large and graduate institutions.
There are currently 37 UVM undergraduate alumni serving overseas. Since the agency was founded in 1961, a total of 819 alumni have served in the Peace Corps.
UVM alumni are currently serving as volunteers in Azerbaijan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Eastern Caribbean, Ecuador, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Madagascar, Mexico, Micronesia, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Philippines, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Ukraine and Zambia. They work in areas including agriculture, education, environment, health, community economic development and youth development.
Deadline nears
Do you know a young writer who would benefit from a weekend of writing workshops, craft sessions, and open mic in a college setting? Urge them to apply for the Champlain College Young Writers Conference, May 24-26. Now in its 13th year, the program is dedicated to helping high school students who wish to share their passion for story, drama, and song with their writerly brothers and sisters and with celebrated New England authors. The conference offers three days of readings, improv, poetry slams, literary jazz/blues fusion, and extended friendship on the hillside campus of Champlain College in Burlington.
The 2013 keynote speaker, poet and essayist Wesley McNair, is the poet laureate of Maine and the author of 19 books, including poetry, nonfiction, and edited anthologies. Often featured on Garrison Keillors Writers Almanac, McNair has received numerous honors including two Rockefeller Fellowships, two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships, a Guggenheim, the Theodore Roethke Prize, and The Jane Kenyon Award for Outstanding Book of Poetry.
The postmark deadline of Feb. 15 is fast approaching. Download an application (or cover letter and brochure) from www.champlain .edu/write.
Scholarships offered
The National Society for the Gifted and Talented is offering $10,000 in scholarships for students in the Barre area as well as nationwide to apply toward the fees of gifted summer programs.
Ten scholarships are being offered by the NSGT Board of Trustees six at $1,000 each, six at $500 each and four at $250 each and will be used by the deserving student to help pay tuition for a gifted summer program of their choice. The deadline for applications is March 19.
Each year, the award is given to outstanding students who demonstrate excelled ability in their field of interest. Students can download and complete the scholarship application at www.nsgt.org. A team of educators in the field of gifted education will review the applications and choose the scholarship winners. Applications must be received by March 19. Winners will be notified on April 15.MORE IN Central VermontMIDDLEBURY According to WebMD, Dystonia is a movement disorder that causes a persons muscles ... Full StoryTiffany Briggs and Kayla Jackson eyed each other across the table, clasped hands, and then it was... Full StoryMARLBORO Police are investigating a burglary on Higley Hill Road. Full Story
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Chiropractic Reform: Myth or Reality?
The recent uproar about the chiropractor who was accused of breaking an infant's neck has provoked renewed discussions about the role of chiropractors, not only in the care of children, but in general. We have addressed chiropractic many times on this blog. While spinal manipulation therapy (SMT) is an effective option for treating certain types of low back pain, chiropractors typically do a lot of other things that are not evidence-based, can be dangerous (strokes from neck manipulation), and are often outright quackery like applied kinesiology. Chiropractic treatment of children has been called child abuse, and even some chiropractors have spoken out against it.
Chiropractors have protested in the comment threads that we have an outdated, biased view of chiropractic, and that modern chiropractic practice is very different. They claim that they have rejected the original basis of chiropractic (the subluxation/nerve interference/innate paradigm), that they reject all forms of quackery, that what they do is based on scientific evidence, and that they have an important role to play in modern health care. We think that "reformed" attitude is rare. We would love to know what percentage of chiropractors fall into the "reformed" category, but no studies have been done to answer that question. Now there is a new study from Australia that provides important information about the state of chiropractic practice in that country. While it can't answer the question about the number of "reformed" chiropractors in the US, it does shed some light on the subject. (more…)
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Report says W.Va. losing residents
PARKERSBURG – The Northeastern portion of the United States is leading the nation in outbound migration – a designation held by the Great Lakes region for the past several years, according to United Van Lines' 35th annual "migration" study.
For 35 years the company has tracked where its customers move from and the most popular destinations during the year. The findings for 2011 were announced recently by Carl Walter, vice president of United Van Lines.
According to the company's report released Jan. 3, West Virginia is the only southern state to have a high outbound migration of people. Washington, D.C., continues to be the nation's most popular destination, the report shows.
For the entire country, West Virginia had fewer outbound moves than Illinois, New Jersey, New York and Michigan. For the year, West Virginia had 866 moves. There were 375 moving in and 491 moving out.
That gives West Virginia an inbound percentage of 43.3 percent and outbound percentage of 56.7. In the 2010 report, West Virginia's outbound percentage was 49.4 percent.
Parkersburg Mayor Bob Newell said he had not seen the report, but he said it did not seem to ring true.
"I'm sure statistics at the time were accurate," he said. "It's a surprise. I know in 10 years we lost 1,000 residents but when you look at the Eastern Panhandle they have grown by leaps and bounds so I'm not sure about the accuracy."
Newell said he does agree with the report's finding that there has been many people migrating from the Northeast to the South, but he would like to see more specific numbers for West Virginia, as to which counties are seeing a decrease and the ones with increases.
Newell said the study misses those who may use other movers or do it themselves.
"We know we have lost population as a whole over the past 20 years, due to a decline in the chemical industry and not much to replace them," he said. "Hopefully, the Marcellus Shale drilling will reverse that. This does not ring true at first; many may have not used United."
Wood County Commissioner Blair Couch said he had not seen the study but said he agreed there had been a lot of migration from the state.
"My activity was involved with Penske Trucks and for three or four years, especially in 2008-2009, we had a lot of outbound to rent one way," he said. "From my perspective here in Parkersburg we now have Penske locations come to us to take away trucks for use elsewhere."
Couch said the flaw in the report is it was from one moving company.
"From a day to day look at Wood County I would say we are a flat in and out," he said. " United Van Lines tends to cater to higher-end clientele. Many people can rent a truck and self move for maybe $200 while some van lines cost $1,000 or more for a move."
Couch said he thinks the state is holding its own now, although some areas have been harder hit.
United has tracked migration patterns annually on a state-by-state basis since 1977. For 2011, the study is based on the more than 146,000 interstate household moves handled by United among the 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C.
United classifies the states as "high inbound," 55 percent or more of the moves going into a state, "high outbound," 55 percent or more moves coming out of a state, or "balanced."
In 2011, the District of Columbia, at 62.5 percent, was once again the top destination in the United States for the fourth consecutive year.
Two southern states, North Carolina, 56.4 percent, and Florida, 55.1 percent, also had a high percentage of inbound migration.
The western United States is represented on the high-inbound list with Oregon, 60.8 percent, and Nevada, 56.9 percent, both making the list. Oregon is number two for inbound migration for the second year in a row. Nevada returned to the high inbound traffic list in 2011 after being considered a balanced state in 2010.
Illinois, 60.8 percent, captured the top spot on the high-outbound traffic list. New Jersey, 60.5 percent, was a close second. New Jersey claimed the top spot for high-outbound migration in 2010. Illinois was No. 5 on the list in 2010.
The Northeast is the most well-represented region on the high-outbound traffic list. In addition to New Jersey, New York, 58.3 percent, Rhode Island, 56.3 percent, New Hampshire, 56.1 percent, Connecticut, 55.8 percent, and Maine, 55.8 percent, are included.
Michigan, 58 percent, was the only other Great Lakes state on the list. It moved from the No. 3 spot on the high-outbound list in 2010 to No. 4 in 2011. It had claimed the top outbound spot every year from 2006-2009. North Dakota, 55.7 percent, was the only Western state to appear on the list.
Missouri, Ohio and Pennsylvania all had high-outbound traffic in 2010. Traffic in those states has leveled, and all three appear on the balanced list for 2011.
South Carolina appeared on the 2010 high-inbound list, but is considered balanced in 2011.
Several states were almost perfectly balanced gaining approximately the same number of residents as those that left. Those states are Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Virginia and Mississippi in the South and Maryland in the East.


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I have been back to work for almost two weeks now and am pumping away every chance I get. And I must say, I love, love love pumping in the car on the way to and from work. It is so relaxing.
I noticed on my pump that the cones on the flanges cover almost all of the areola, so that only a thin line of areola is outside the tube-like part that the nipple gets sucked into. Do I need a smaller size? Most of the areola gets sucked into the tube along with the nipple. I have an Ameda Purely Yours pump, and I just bought another pump (Lansinoh... just like the PY) so I can keep a pump in the car. And I have small breasts, maybe a B cup?
I get about 2.5 to 3 oz per breast with the setup that I have, when pumping without having nursed.


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text: ALLEGHENY COUNTY AIRPORT AUTHORITY ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT AUTHORIZATION OF PASSENGER AIR SERVICE TO CUBA AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT PITTSBURGH, PA (March 10, 2011) – Pittsburgh International Airport is one of eight airports authorized by the United States Customs and Border Protection to offer passenger air service to and from Cuba, the Allegheny County Airport Authority announced today. Pittsburgh International Airport will join Miami, New York (JFK) and Los Angeles with permission to provide charter flights. The federal approval comes as part of the President Barack Obama's effort to ease restrictions on travel to the communist island nation for academic, religious, humanitarian and news-gathering organizations. Trips will be limited to charter flights. Charter services would need both U.S. and Cuban government approval to fly the route. Currently no charter service has been identified to begin the service. The Airport Authority applied to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the right to run the Cuba charter service after President Obama announced in January the changes to travel restrictions to facilitate more U.S. travel there. Selection was based on the ability to meet certain criteria, including customs and security facilities to process international traffic. "Many world class universities and colleges as well as community groups in western Pennsylvania and Northeast Ohio stand to benefit from this approval. The exchange between our region and Cuban residents potentially can enhance community affairs and educational/economic pursuits," said Glenn R. Mahone, Chairman, Allegheny County Airport Authority. U.S. Customs has also approved Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International; Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport; Dallas/Fort Worth International; New Orleans Louis Armstrong International; O'Hare International in Chicago; Tampa International Airport, and San Juan Louis Munoz Marin International in Puerto Rico.


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The IAF's 'herculean' rescue machines
The Indian Air Force has so far flown around 150 sorties and evacuated over 1,400 people from places, including the worst-affected Kedarnath-Gaurikund axis. A total 83 aircraft from all agencies, of which 45 are from IAF, 13 from Army and 25 from the State Government, have been deployed in the area.
The IAF has deployed its recently inducted C-130J Super Hercules medium-lift transport aircraft to fly out 244 people stranded in Uttarakhand.
It has also employed an Antonov-32 aircraft which will deliver engineering equipment of Border Roads Organisation to the nearest air field from where it would be airlifted by Mi-26, the world's largest helicopter, to help the road constructing body to repair roads.


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The freshman team, coached by Arthur Luco, compiled a 4-1 record to capture the district title and will host a playoff game Saturday at Tiger Field.
The sophomore team, coached by Russell Moya, went 3-3.
The junior team, coached by Anthony Segura, won the district title with a 5-1 record.
The senior team, coached by Brent Dornburg, was second in district play with a 7-1 mark and will play Nov. 10 at Tiger Field.


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Rhonda's FooteWorks 26th Recitals
The Company & Students of Rhonda's FooteWorks will present their 26th annual recitals the weekend of May 17th and 18th at the Dulles State Office Building in the auditorium. Friday, May 17th the festivities begin with a Senior Reception from 5:00-6:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m., the Senior and Fond Farewell slideshow will begin and the studio awards for the season will be presented. At 7:00 p.m., "A Dancer's Garden" will open with a performance by RFW's Ultimate Teen Pom Team. The Friday evening show will feature graduating seniors, company dancers who will be moving, and Outreach Company dancers. At 11:00 a.m. on Saturday morning, the pre-school dancers will be featured. This show includes a performance by RFW's Ultimate Mini Pom Team and an appearance of Tinkerbell! The 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. recitals will feature performances from the Level I through Level IV dancers, company solos and duos, and company performances. Tickets are $5.00 for Adults; $3.00 Senior Citizens and Students and $1.00 age 5 and under. The $1.00 ticket fee is waived for the Saturday 11:00 a.m. performance. A donation will be made to the studio's scholarship fund from the ticket proceeds and another donation will be given on behalf of local teen, Olivia Klock, to Upstate Golisano Children's Hospital's Cancer Floor. For further information, or to purchase advance sale tickets, please email firstname.lastname@example.com Photo Credit: JA Photography


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Republican candidate for McHenry County sheriff Bill Prim issued the following news release Wednesday:
McHenry County Right to Carry Association President Mickey Schuch today enthusiastically threw his support behind Bill Prim, Republican Candidate for McHenry County Sheriff in 2014. Mickey issued the following statement:
"I would like to inform all the members of the McHenry County Right to Carry Association, and indeed all of McHenry County patriots and supporters of Second Amendment rights, that I am supporting Bill Prim for Sheriff in next year's primary and general elections.
"This is my personal endorsement, and is the result of my research into the positions of all the candidates and multiple meetings and conversations with them.
"On the issues of importance to MCR2CA, Bill is squarely in our corner and unafraid to say so. He firmly supports concealed carry, and believes HB183 is a good start but does not, indeed, go far enough in clearing away the debris of decades of wrong-headed gun control and legislative blockades surrounding the exercise of our constitutional rights.
"As Sheriff, Bill will be a man of action, working to instruct and assist the people of our county in how best to appreciate and exercise their constitutional right to bear arms, I can assure you. He knows that it is one thing to pass a law, but something else to actively support that law as it plays out. You and I know that some Sheriffs in Illinois will seek to short-circuit concealed carry as it is rolled out this year and next. Bill will not be among that group, but will instead see to it that the law is actively fostered in the law enforcement community.
"In every other respect, Bill is head-and-shoulders above the other candidates, including duration and variety of law enforcement experience; work on significant cases; cooperation with other federal, state and local agencies; willingness to cut needless bureaucracy; and obtaining drug asset forfeiture funds in order to lessen the taxpayer burden.
"It's great to see someone who thinks the way we do running for public office. I look forward to the opportunity to casting my ballot for Bill Prim."
Bill Prim had the following to say about Mickey's endorsement: "It's an honor to have the support of Mickey. He fights for freedom, especially when it comes to the Second Amendment which I strongly support."
Mickey intends to do all he can to help Bill Prim get elected.


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The best of UVI and the '98 eclipse
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February 27, 1998: To help print publications (and anyone else) covering the Feb. 26, 1998, eclipse, we are posting some image guides.
|A 1,233x1,059-pixel, 300-dpi, 941K-JPG of the eclipse images sorted by time and by filters used. The individual images are full size (300 pixels wide) and available from the UVI server (files are listed by time recorded - HHMMSS.gif; the best are between 18:40 and 18:54 UT).
|A 431K Acrobat PDF page linking the images to the times they were recorded, plus an annotated image showing what is in the scene, a depiction of the field of view, and a GOES-8 image from the middle of the eclipse.
|An enlarged, annotated image (600x600 pixles, 128K GIF) from the middle of the eclipse. North is down. The eclipse shadow is in the middle of the picture. The Earth's limb (or horizon) is near the top, and the airglow fades as the sun angle drops from west to east (right to left) towards sunset.
|A small (11K) GIF showing the approximate field of view of UVI during the eclipse.
Still available: a 718K, 300x300-pixel, 44-frame animation of the eclipse as seen by the UVI from 1718 to 1959 UT. This sequence is annotated with time, position, and camera filter used.
At left is a GOES-8 geostationary weather satellite picture of the world as the eclipse shadow moved across Central America at 1744 UT; it links to a 300x273-pixel, 96K GIF. If you are ambitious and want more the details, click here for a 900x819-pixel, 350K JPG.
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James Bond debuts in theaters, the Beatles release their first single, PBS is founded, and Tylenol capsules are recalled amid seven deaths from tampering, all on this day.
1963: Laura Davies, England's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, is born in Coventry, England. Davies became the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list in 1994 and topped the Ladies European Tour money list a record seven times.


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Water walk awakens love of place
April 28, 2011 —
NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA — Looking for inspiration lately? Some good news to balance the bad? How about this: six women from New York and Pennsylvania walking 90 miles in one week, battling blisters, dealing with darkness, rising with the sun and taking to the road again—all to raise awareness of the sacredness of water and land.
From Buttermilk Falls in Neversink, NY to Salt Spring State Park, near Montrose, PA, the women carried water in Amphora, a vessel crafted by Trisha Kooman. There was no lack of water on the walk, as rain greeted the women nearly every day, even showing up in tears and nourishing beverages like the hemlock and birch tea prepared by local herbalist Nathaniel Whitmore at the home of Thomas deerheart and Maya Minwah in Lake Como, PA.
Just after 9 p.m. last Tuesday, deerheart was obtaining something from his truck in a cold, pelting rain. From the darkened road he heard a greeting—"Helloooooo." Coming toward him were Chrys Countryman and Joy Ohrvall, dripping with rainwater, but beaming nonetheless.
"I can still see this most incredible smile from ear to ear on both of their faces," said deerheart. "They were so present, grounded and full of all the natural elements of their journey, two incredible women on a walkabout, wide-eyed and gloriously full of human spirit. Joy was clutching the Amphora and Chrys held aloft the staff of ribbons."
The women were graciously hosted by the Inn at Starlight Lake that evening, then returned to the home of deerheart, a drummer, and Maya Minwah, an alchemist and shaman, in the early morning to share cornbread, roasted pumpkin seeds, fresh fruits and spirited discussion. Minwah anointed the women's feet with rose water and Oil of Magdalene.
Memorable moments were recounted. "A young man on a scooter stopped and asked, incredulously, 'Do you need a ride? I saw you in Liberty and you're still walking!'" laughed Bess Path. "Every time we walk past a cow pasture, they all watch us," said Chrys Countryman. "I feel like they know what we're doing. And they're grateful."
Hard-won insights were shared. "Walking brings you to center; it brings you to presence," said Path. "It enables you to see solutions to complex problems," added D'Angelo-Karpe.
A song about the balancing of the water was led by deerheart and followed by drumming as the women began their next 15-mile stint. Two days earlier, the walkers were celebrated community-style at a potluck gathering of approximately 80 people in Callicoon, NY.
Good news?
In what way is this good news? Encouraging this sort of bizarre behavior cannot be a good thing. This sentence pretty well sums up the tone of the story: "The women were graciously hosted by the Inn at Starlight Lake that evening, then returned to the home of deerheart, a drummer, and Maya Minwah, an alchemist and shaman, in the early morning to share cornbread, roasted pumpkin seeds, fresh fruits and spirited discussion. Minwah anointed the women's feet with rose water and Oil of Magdalene." Lake Como has an alchemist and shaman? A shaman is a member of certain tribal societies who acts as a medium between the visible world and an invisible spirit world and who practices magic or sorcery for purposes of healing, divination, and control over natural events. An alchemist prsctices alchemy, which is a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life. The good news in this story is that these people have left the area, except of course, for the drummer and the alchemist/shaman.


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|Jobst Plog : President since 20 November 2009
From 1993 to 1994, Jobst Plog was President of ARD – a consortium of Germany's regional public-service broadcasters. In 2003 and 2004, he was reappointed President of ARD.
But Jobst Plog exercised many other duties, notably at an international level. From 1980 until the end of 1991 he was Chair of the General Assembly of Degeto Film GmbH (subsidiary of ARD), and then Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 1995 to 1999. At the same time, he represented ARD on the Supervisory Board of the Filmförderungsanstalt (the German national film production support fund). Between March 1995 and December 2008, he was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Studio Hamburgs-Atelier GmbH, a leading German production and service company for the film and television industry. From 1993 to December 1998, he was President of the General Assembly of ARTE G.E.I.E., which led him to being elected President of the Franco-German Channel in October 1998. Jobst Plog exercised these functions from January 1999 until December 2002. He remained linked to ARTE, however, because, in January 2003, he was re-elected President of the General Assembly of ARTE G.E.I.E. for a further four-year term and he has continued as Vice President since 2007.
In 1998, Jobst Plog was nominated "Chevalier" of the French Legion of Honour for his decisive role in the success of the ARTE channel. Then the German President awarded him the "Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse" in 1999. In December 2002, he was named "Commandeur des Arts et les Lettres", the highest distinction of this French Order. In 2005, Jobst Plog, Dieter Stolte, former President of ZDF, and Jérôme Clément, President of ARTE, were awarded the Franco-German Prize for Journalism for their commitment to the Franco-German cultural channel. Finally, he became "Officer" of the Legion of Honour in November 2007.
In 2001, the City of Hamburg appointed him Honorary Professor. He teaches Audiovisual Law at the University of Rostock.
Jobst Plog has been re-elected President of the Eurimages Fund for a fourth term of four years until 19 November 2019.
16/10/2015 - Jobst Plog re-elected for a fourth mandate as President of Eurimages - During its 140th meeting in Tbilissi (Georgia) on 15-16 October 2015, the Eurimages Board of Management decided to renew once again the mandate of its President Mr Jobst Plog for a four-year term until 19 November 2019. (Press Release)
22/10/2013 - Jobst Plog re-elected for a third mandate as President of Eurimages - During its 132nd meeting in Vilnius (Lithuania) on 15-17 October 2013, the Eurimages Board of Management decided to renew once again the mandate of its President Mr Jobst Plog for a second two-year term until 19 November 2015. (Press Release)
19/03/2013 - We have to accept that people are different - With the new online application system, a paperless era begins at Eurimages. The European Cinema Support Fund for Co-Productions will no longer accept paper applications – the new system will be available on the Eurimages web site from 3 April 2013. Eurimages will also be launching a new support programme for distribution and marketing – President Jobst Plog explains why he believes that it will not work in Europe to set only one standard. Interview with Mr Jobst Plog.
During its 124th meeting in Dublin (Ireland) on 18-20 October 2011, the Eurimages Board of Management decided to renew the mandate of its President Mr Jobst Plog for a second two-year term until 19 November 2013.
"I would like to thank the Board of Management for its renewed support. I will now continue to work, as I already have been doing over the past two years since I took up this post, in close collaboration and in total synergy with the Board of Management and the Eurimages Secretariat." he said.
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/192859
- Title
- Electrophoretic chip for fractionation of selective DNA fragment
- Author(s)
- Sun, Kai; Suzuki, Nobuko; Li, Zheyu; Araki, Ryoko; Ueno, Kosei; Juodkazis, Saulius; Abe, Masumi; Noji, Sumihare; Misawa, Hiroaki
- Abstract
- A microchannel chip has been used to fractionate selected segments from an electrophoretic flow of separated fragments. A sample, which covers the size from 35 to 670 bp, was initially separated using an 8.8-cm-long channel at the electric field strength of 100 V/cm. The target fragment of 318 bp was selected and extracted from the separation channel. High-resolution fractionation was achieved by introducing new procedures for blocking, extraction, and segment transfer. Fractionation quality with and without blocking were compared using a 310 Genetic Analyzer (Applied Biosystems). The results show that no contamination was found in the sample, which was fractionated with blocking; however, a contamination by short segments was found in the sample, which was fractionated without blocking. Furthermore, fractionation by the chip was found to be of higher fidelity than that by the polyacrylamide slab gel, which displayed a small overlapped peak after the target peak. Compared with the traditional method, our chips enable faster and high-fidelity fractionation, thus providing a new tool for bioanalysis and other applications.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Electrophoresis, Vol. 29, no. 19 (Oct 2008), pp. 3959-3963
- Publication year
- 2008
- FOR Code(s)
- 0301 Analytical Chemistry; 0707 Veterinary Sciences
- Keyword(s)
- Contamination; Fractionation; High coverage expression profiling; Microchannel; Separation
- Publisher
- Wiley-VCH Verlag
- 0173-0835
- Publisher URL
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2008 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
- Additional information
- The authors acknowledge support from a Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture, Japan (No. 17360110).
- Peer reviewed


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When people get nostalgic for the past, they usually point to the great things of yesteryear: Led Zeppelin, Marilyn Monroe, or FDR. But there's a more compelling way to prove that things used to be better: by comparing things that suck. Yes, that is my thesis. The terrible sucky things of the past were better than today's terrible sucky things. That's why this article is titled "4 Terrible Sucky Things That Used to Be Better." OK, that's a pretty awful title, so I'm pretty sure Cracked is gonna tweak that before this hits the press, but let's just use that as our thesis statement for now.
4Corporate Rock
Corporate rock is a much maligned genre describing music generated from businessmen instead of artists. So often corporate rock today is just what you'd think it is: half-talent pretty boys and girls backed by producers and marketing.
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But in fairness, that's a music mainstay and has always been part of the business.
Specifically, I'm talking about a different kind of corporate rock where music labels create fake bands. Not like the Monkees. More like fake real bands. Bands where only one member is actually signed to a contract and the label creates the appearance of a band by hiring competent musicians all around them. That would be the case with a band like Paramore, which is basically Hayley Williams signed to a deal, fronting musicians just like a real band! And that's the best case scenario of corporate rock today, because Paramore is a totally competent, decent band, even if they're never going to change the world.
But Back in the Day ...
Corporate rock actually had a lot more integrity. See, in the '70s, rock stars became less important. Think of bands like Journey, ELO, Kansas, and Boston. These faceless bands didn't rely on interviews in Rolling Stone with thoughtful, poet frontmen or reputations as kick-ass bar bands to sell records. The records were products. Well-written, well-recorded, big-money-financed products. It was contempt for this kind of music that inspired, in part, the punk rock movement. But here's the deal: For a genre of music born from cynical businessmen treating art as product, the results were really good.
Look at the business model. It was basically: "Let's not worry about finding pretty boys and rock stars. We'll just find super-talented musicians, give them a lot of money to record in the best studios (which are super expensive at this time), give them cool album art, because they're not pretty, and promote the hell out of them." But even if that formula was thought up by capitalists, you'll notice that the artist is left alone to create and be supported. At that time, albums were good business, and capitalists were funding artists to go make mini Sgt. Peppers. So even the most maligned music of the '70s was far better than the corporate rock of today. After all, it gave us stuff like this.
3Cheap Horror Movies
Bad horror movies are a tradition. They are often made poorly, with unknown actors, featuring abysmal special effects. But here's the thing: Advances in technology have made filmmaking almost too easy. I mean, even a spaz like me knows how to make videos with green screen and body cloning special effects. And with that power, it's easier than ever to take an absolute B-movie idea and dress it up like a real film. Uninspired but professional looking films like Paranormal Activity.
Of course, these advances in technology also allow people with absolutely no talent to make movies. That would be the case with maybe the biggest atrocity known to film: Birdemic.
If you've never seen that clip before, you are so welcome.
But Back in the Day ...
There was no CGI. The special effects were horrible and bad. Cheap horror movies couldn't pretend. Sure, there were still terrible special effect disaster movies, like The Food of the Gods, but you also got movies that were just plain weird. Movies that were somehow scraped out of the opium residue of a demented mind. When it comes to terrible horror movies, I think they used to be better. Case in point? Tourist Trap. Take Texas Chainsaw Massacre, add telekinesis, mannequins, and Chuck Connors, and voila!


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Collecting memories, artifacts and more
May 12, 2011 —
UPPER DELAWARE REGION — With the recent celebration of Mother's Day still lingering in our memories, a unique project that recognizes the many contributions made by beloved women in the region is underway. "Apron Strings" is a living history project sponsored by the Western Sullivan Public Library (WSPL).
Coordinator Laura Moran invites the Upper Delaware community to show and share memories of any female family member or mentor—whether alive or no longer with us—who helped to make them who they are today.
Beyond the many achievements accomplished by women every day, the project seeks to highlight the daily domestic activities women perform at home, those that are often taken for granted but executed with great expertise, love and care.
The project will also focus on the industriousness of women, including somewhat non-traditional activities such as hunting and the tools women depend on for those tasks.
Moran stressed the importance of capturing such memories and associated mementos. "It's ephemeral," she said. "There's so much we take for granted that happens every day—those expressions of love and care that celebrate the quieter aspects of our lives. It's nice to see our collective story, how we're all linked."
To participate in Apron Strings
WSPL is seeking submissions of at least two of the following items:
• A handwritten memory of that special woman in an apron or wearing the specific work clothes she typically donned while performing a certain activity. Describe that activity, along with the ways she made it special. What did it mean to her to wear those work clothes; where did she wear them; what did they look like; did she make them and what do you remember her doing while she was wearing them?
• An old letter from the woman in which she relates something about her household.
• A photograph of the woman—preferably in her apron or other work clothes.
• An article of work clothing belonging to her that can be displayed alongside the memory or letter. Tools or other work materials can be included in the pockets.
Submissions will be accepted until May 31, after which the collection will be displayed throughout June in various Jeffersonville, NY shop windows. Additional displays in Narrowsburg, NY and Callicoon, NY will be announced. Label each item with your name and address, then bag all items together and leave for Moran at: Jeffersonville Library Branch, 19 Center St, Jeffersonville; the Callicoon Library Branch, 45 Lower Main St, Callicoon; and the Narrowsburg Library Branch, 198 Bridge St., Narrowsburg. All items will be returned.


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The dark and treacherous forest holds the secret to an age-old tale that has been locked away for many years. Hansel, (Paul McGillion, Stargate: Atlantis) now a witchslayer driven by revenge, will stop at nothing to avenge his sister Gretl (Shannen Doherty, Charmed). An epic battle ensues as humans are pitted against the evil forces of demons and warlocks; where a haunted twist unravels. Only one can survive.
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Let's introduce a few business scenarios that need attention while architecting and designing a solution to accommodate continuous changes in business:
One thing is clear: requirements change very fast as business and technology change. But with every change, big or small, do we need to throw away the complete system and start over? Not necessarily--a little thought, a good strategy, and best practices during architecting and designing a new solution could adapt the existing architecture to those changes without much hassle.
In object-oriented programming and distributed object technology, a component is a set of classes and interfaces to fulfill requirements (functional and non-functional) with a reusable external API. Components should be able to run in a distributed network environment to form a network application. Component-based design and development is not a new topic at all to professionals who are following Object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) methodology.
The goal of this article is to arrive at a common conceptual framework to develop a Java component step by step, following Java best design practices, and starting from scratch. The expected audience of this article needs to have prior knowledge of Java and UML, and Java/J2EE design patterns. The key areas to be addressed in the this article are:
To meet the definition, a component must satisfy the following requirements:
Whenever we write 100 to 1000 lines of code in a single class or number of classes, ultimately the work product (the class or the combination of classes) provides some basic high-level services. Thinking backwards, we can identify those basic high-level services we are trying to achieve, even before implementing them.
Let's give an example from the insurance domain, where an underwriter does the following tasks in his day-to-day activities:
So now if we try to write an Underwriter business component, we will have to have a service interface and its implementation, as seen in Figure 1:
Figure 1. Underwriter service interface
When another component requests a service from the Underwriter component, it doesn't need to worry about what is happening inside of the component. Encapsulating its business logic within itself makes the component more maintainable and extensible.
The Service component will have one main implementation service class (an implementation of the Service interface) and this class may make use of helper classes that are part of this component, and perhaps use other components, too.
In product development, we may have many components providing different types of services. For example, in the insurance field, we could have a "claim-processing component," a "policy-holder service component," and more. So we must have a strategy to register those service components in the enterprise solution, in order to be able to enable or disable those services according to the specific needs of the enterprise.
Here is an example XML structure, which can handle this service registration process automatically.
The component also needs a built-in, visible, independent mechanism in its
life cycle so it can be started and stopped as needed. This
ComponentControllerFactory is
a singleton, since only one instance is needed. This factory is responsible
for creating instances of a class for different providers based on the configuration
ComponentControllerFactory plays a dual role: first it manages
the component life cycle with its
reload(), etc.
methods (which is why it's a "controller"), and secondly it instantiates the
class based on the parameter passed to it (which is why it's a "factory").
Figure 2 shows its methods.
Figure 2. Component controller factory
The component life cycles methods are:
doStart(): Starts the component
doInitialize(): Helps to read from the
Configuration object
created from XML configuration file and is responsible of creating an instance
of the appropriate class.
doStop(): Stops the component
reload(): If changes occur in configuration XML file when
the component has been started already, this method will read the configuration
XML file once again and restart the component.
getInstance(): Returns the instance of the
Generally, every component will have its own configurable parameters, which
are not required to change often. For example, suppose we need to write a
Cache component,
which needs to be refreshed every hour to load some semi-static data from a
database. The value of the refresh time should come from a configuration
file, so that the value of that the parameter can be changed without touching the
source code.
Here is one example of a configuration XML file for a logger component, which takes care of logging throughout all the layers of an enterprise.
A component should have just one and only one instance running at a time, so the Singleton design pattern, which ensures having only instance in a JVM, is an appropriate choice. But while this works in a single-JVM scenario, it's a problem when multiple JVMs are used. If this component needs in multiple nodes of a cluster, each node will have its own instance. But it is still acceptable if the configuration information, loaded at component startup, doesn't need to change and it deals with completely static information.
If we assume that the component will be running in a single JVM, then
ComponentControllerFactory will
look like Figure 3:
Figure 3. Component controller factory in a single JVM
The methods provided by the singleton controller factory are:
getXXXService(): This method returns the service provider
implementation class defined by the XML file.
getXXXAdapter(): This method returns the adapter implementation
class defined by the XML file.
If a component is immutable, each cluster node will have an identical copy of the singleton instance; but if it is not immutable and the configuration information needs to be changed dynamically, we need something different.
There are two probable scenarios when dynamic configuration change may happen:
If application will run in a single JVM, things are simpler. As we know,
SingletonControllerFactory will
always have a single instance in the JVM, so whenever any changes are made
to the configuration file, the factory object will need to be reloaded,
based on some notification mechanism, which will load the Java serializable
configuration object in turn.
Here is the
ConfigManager class. It is based on the Observer-Observable
pattern and performs two activities:
Figure 4 shows the methods of the
Figure 4.
ConfigManager class acts as an
when it's notified by the
Observable, its
update method
will be called. The
update() method will call the
reload() method
SingletonControllerFactory so that the newly created Java
object will reload its configuration information.
ConfigurationChangeNotifier acts as an
Observable and
starts a thread, which notifies the
ConfigManager if any change
occurs in the timestamp of the configuration XML file, which may indicate
a change in its contents. Figure 5 shows this relationship.
Figure 5.
In a multiple JVM scenario, things are not so simple. We have to have:
Using JNDI combined with RMI is one option to ensure having one and only one instance running in a particular node (JVM) of multiple nodes of a clustered environment. A RMI service needs to be written and a RMI stub would be generated out of this RMI service. This generated RMI stub needs to be bound in the JNDI tree of the application server. This object will sit on one container, which will make the object available throughout the cluster.
To deal with this situation, we need to introduce
ConfigManager, which
will do the following tasks:
Serializable object from the XML file.
Serialization and de-serialization can be done by different components.
Figure 6 shows the RMI service interface and its implementation.
Figure 6. RMI service
In the multiple-JVM scenario, the
ConfigManager will look
like Figure 7:
Figure 7.
ConfigManager in a multiple-JVM scenario
ConfigManagerMultipleJVM class acts as a
When it is notified by the Observable, its
update method will
be called. Within the
update() method, the
rebindRMIService() method
will be called so that the newly created object (with the latest configuration
information) will be reloaded.
SingletonControllerFactory will act as a wrapper for the
RMI service, returning the appropriate, configured object.
The problem with this approach is that since there will be just one instance,
it has a single point of failure. The
ConfigManager component
needs to be more robust to handle the failover.
But there is also another approach that will synchronize a cached configuration object in a different node of a cluster, with the help of MDB and JMS. In this case, RMI service is not required. Here are the steps to implement this approach:
SingletonControllerFactory initializes and starts
up the component with the configuration object.
ConfigManager's Observer-Observable model tracks any
change in the configuration of the XML file with its notification mechanism. If a change is found, it publishes the message to the JMS topic.
onMessage() and loads the changed configuration Java
If the component depends on third-party integration to get a service, the third-party API should not be directly used in the implementation class. The best strategy would be to develop an adapter and isolate third-party calls to the adapter implementations.
Figure 8 shows an example adapter used by the logger component, which shows how it can adapt to different third-party APIs easily.
Figure 8. Application logger interface
The advantage of using this adapter pattern is to incorporate different third-party APIs easily. Furthermore, if those APIs change, the adapter implementation will need to be changed, but the service that uses the adapter interface will not need to change.
Choosing from several adapters is facilitated with a configuration XML file, as described in the "A Component Should Be Configurable" section above.
Each component will have its own exception-handling class, which will help to catch the proper exceptions. It's assumed that we will have a separate component, specific to the business at hand, to handle exceptions. This component-specific exception class (Underwriter exception) will take the required service out of the exception-handling component.
Figure 9. Component exception handling
This exception class is very specific to the Underwriter service and it extends the enterprise base exception class. Its job is to wrap the exception that occurred in this service class and re-throw it.
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To summarize, here are the basic steps to put it together:
ConfigManager will
read the different configuration XML files for different components with
the help of XMLizer (a separate component used for XML-to-Java object
conversion) and bind the configuration Java object with the JNDI tree
of an application server node.
ConfigManager will
read the changed XML and rebind the configuration object.
Coming back to where we started: a component framework can be effective in adapting to changes in business and technology when you are planning to develop a robust system. The best part of this conceptual framework is that it completely isolates the component management/life cycle process from the business logic and different third-party APIs, by introducing the concept of different plug-and-play service providers. Even when changes are made, you do not have to worry about the rest of the code, other than changing/replacing the service provider. This in turn makes the application more maintainable, adaptable, and robust.
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By Sean Zigmund
Since the dawn of agriculture, feeding ourselves has driven an increase in a myriad of other highly consumptive processes that boil down to a single equation: food = energy. Energy use will only increase as our population does, yet our primary source of energy, fossil fuel, is steadily decreasing. While renewable energy use in the U.S. is on the rise, its use is a fraction of what we use to live. Perhaps a neighborhood farming model is just what we need to move to a more sustainable future.
To compete with large agri-businesses, small farms find it harder and harder to bear the burden of higher operational costs. A shift in the marketplace is taking place, and innovative small farms are diversifying to make ends meet. However, those that are not willing to change are dropping off the farming map like proverbial flies. A leap backward to the neighborhood farm model is moving the sustainability movement forward like a train, but those folks just waiting at the station are going to find that the cost of a ticket to ride is their own willingness to adapt to change. This is not an easy task for many a small-scale farmer.
Take Richard Dirie of Dirie's Dairy Farm in Livingston Manor, NY. Their farm has been operational since 1944, but the inconsistency of milk prices has kept him on the brink of closing down for several years. Add the unpredictability of Mother Nature, and it might look like a case of not why the farm will shut down, but when. His two sons are working full time to help make ends meet, but with only the parents left to manage the farm, there's no time in the day to manage a change of operations.
The Diries sell raw milk off their farm but are still having trouble competing with regional brands, where costs are on the rise, yet the retail price of the milk basically stays flat. Enter the educated consumer.
Most people have the power to make the world what they want it to be, and in my mind that starts with how we spend money. The Dirie's raw milk is only $4 a gallon, which is about the same price as a gallon of store-bought milk. I've decided to buy my milk from the Diries, and though it's 10 extra miles, the ancillary benefits far outweigh the inconvenience. Would this concept work for every product I consume? Honestly, no, but if farming returns to the area, I know my grocery list will be smaller and my piece of mind will stabilize.
So where are those neighborhood farms? Well, for starters, in my own backyard. My one-acre parcel is now a diversified farm, and as Ghandi said, I'm being the change I want to see in the world. This year, Root n' Roost Farm is producing mushrooms, produce, herbs, flowers, fruit, eggs and poultry (chickens and ducks), pigs, baked goods and crafts. We're also going to produce our own biodiesel from waste vegetable oil, and we collect compost and scrap materials from area businesses to decrease our expenses and lighten landfill use. In my mind, these actions are the solutions to our problems and we're partnering with other farms like the Diries to move farming forward—to the past. Want to get involved? Support a farm near you and maybe even lend a hand once in a while. You might just find you're a budding future farmer yourself.
[Sean Zigmund (email@example.com [2]) is the owner of Root and Roost Farm (www.rootnroost.com [3]) in White Sulphur Springs, NY. He is a full time information technologist, as well as a farmer, educator, musician, alternative energy geek and dumpster driver.]


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Watain -- Atlanta, GA -- November 29th, 2010
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Venue: Masquerade
Date: November 29, 2010
Tour: Lawless Darkness
I got there about 2 hours early and was second there. Many people showed before the doors opened and left me hopeful for a good turnout. The opening band was some local hardcore bullshit that shouldn't have been opening. Black Anvil started the show off right. There sound was intense and almost progressive sounding for black metal. They did play an Emperor cover at the end but otherwise I don't have a setlist for them.
Goatwhore was next. Even though this is my fourth time seeing them, it was still fast and furious and full of headbanging, fist pounding metal. They always seem to pull out a few good older songs to change up their setlist.
This Passing Into the Power of Demons
Provoking The Ritual Of Death
All the Sins
Razor Flesh Devoured
Alchemy Of The Black Sun Cult
Carving Out the Eyes of God
In The Narrow Confines Of Defilement
The Black Art of Deception
In Legions, I Am Wars Of Wrath
The All-Destroying
Apocalyptic Havoc
After Goatwhore you could immediately start to smell something foul in the air and you knew Watain was getting ready. They brought out real stinking carcasses of dead animals and hung them on the candle holders so the smell would get all around the venue. They used some incense but that only seemed to intensify the smell of the rotten flesh. When they hit the stage is was like being at my first concert. They had such power and intensity that I couldn't actually believe I was watching this amazing band live. They changed the setlist and gave us a selection of every album and each was magnificent as the last.
Devil's Blood
Total Funeral
Satan's Hunger
Reaping Death
Wolves Curse
Black Salvation
Underneath the Cenotaph
11/29 Epica
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A quality show. Pretty sure that Black Anvil cover was of Celtic Frost and not Emperor but I could be wrong. They were pretty entertaining.
Goatwhore was fantastic as always.
I've seen Watain maybe 3 or 4 times and that was the best set I've seen from them. First time I've seen Eric on vocals only. He's an angry little man.
I got there during Black Anvil, they were a song or two in. They were pretty good, sounded great as a three piece. I don't know any of their stuff though. I immediately started shooting photos so I wasn't that focused on listening to the band; rather, I heard them, if that makes any sense. Anyways they were enjoyable.
Goatwhore were next. After the first two songs, my brother took the camera and I'm glad he did, because I got up front, right in front of the huge speaker, and started headbanging and screaming along. I naturally paid attention this time. Ben Falgoust is actually one of my favorite frontmen in metal. He has a great stage presence, too. He looked at me approvingly a bunch of times too as I was rocking out. He fist-bumped me as well I was planning to go up and say hi after their performance, but I didn't see him at the merch table
Anyways, they were awesome. Sounded amazing, and they had a kick-ass setlist as well.
Earlier I had been smelling something absolutely despicable; I assumed it was cigarettes But as Watain was setting up, I realized that i was smelling rotting carcasses, as part of their stage shows. Either Watain had roadies (which wouldn't surprise me), or the members had set up their equipment themselves then went backstage and put on their corpsepaint quickly before they got on. That would make sense- it was a long wait, after all.
I was on the side of the stage and suddenly the Watain members walked on stage right next to me all decked out in wicked corpsepaint. It was surreal, being that close. Creepy, but in a definitely good way. I should've taken pics of them at that moment, but thought it would be rude as I was 2 feet away from them. I'm not fucking paparazzi. Besides, the shots wouldn't have turned out good.
As with Black Anvil, I was paying more attention to the photo-taking than the music. I thought Watain sounded good live, but what do I know? I ask this partly because my brother, being a Watain fan, thought they sounded horrible and choreographed. In fact, I can't stand Watain on record. But then why did I go, right?
This was a project for my Advanced Digital Photography class at school. I was trying to emulate a certain photographer, Peter Beste. He went to Norway and took intimate pics of the famous black metal musicians there- Gaahl, Nattefrost, etc. I wanted to go backstage and take intimate pics of the Watain members with their corpsepaint on and stuff, but I was not allowed backstage access. I figured that I could just zoom in on their faces while they were playing though. Not as easy as that may seem. I got great live pics, for sure, but only a few that actually shows the corpsepaint to a great extent.
Anyway I'll post pics later. I won't post all of them, obviously- I can only use 10, anyway, and I took 434 That shouldn't be hard, though- I took a SHITLOAD of shitty pics. Black Anvil hadn't really prepared me well- Watain had much different stage lighting, so it was not the same at all.
In conclusion, twas a fine show indeed.
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11/29 Epica
I missed this concert when it came to Van, Ozzy/Halford ended up being on the same night. Sounds like it was a blast Goatwhore are always awesome live. Closing with Apocalyptic Havoc is pretty cool. Watain's show sounds unreal!!!! Im suprised they could have carcass's on stage. Now if only Jeff Walker and Bill Steer had done that.. hm?
9/2 Chelsea Wolfe
10/16 Kylesa / Inter Arma / Indian Handcrafts / Irata
11/13 Windhand / Monolord
12/30 Clutch
Coltong, I think I saw you there if you were on the rail (at least for the first half of the show). It seems like you go to almost every show that rolls through Atlanta haha.
Anyways, who else had to burn their clothes after? Fucking animal blood
9/5-Altar of Plagues
9/25-St. Vitus
Damn, you guys didn't get Waters of Ain? That was one of the highlights from the show for me. That solo at the end of the song was probably one my favorite moments at a concert ever actually.
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Neil Nichols served as the Lay Minister and John Greve, David Maitland, and Arthur Clark read the Lessons and Psalm.
The Collect: O God, who made this most holy night to shine with the glory of the Lord's resurrection: Stir up in your Church that Spirit of adoption which is given to us in Baptism, that we, being renewed both in body and mind, may worship you in sincerity and truth; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen
The Response: Psalm 118:1-2, 14-24 was led by David Maitland. * (verse 24) "On this day the Lord has acted; we will rejoice and be glad in it."
The First Reading was read by Arthur Clark: Acts 10:34-43. Peter relates how he and the other disciples were witnesses to all of Jesus' healing and teaching before his death. Then he told the people how Jesus had died and then was resurrected from his death on the cross. Jesus is ordained by God to be the judge of the living and the dead. Everyone who believes in him will receive forgiveness of sins and eternal life in God's kingdom.
The Second Reading was read by John Greve from1 Corinthians 15:19-26. Paul tells us that Christ came as a human and his resurrection was also of a human. This gives us the hope that believers will also be resurrected in their time. But first, Christ will come again to rule and destroy all power in opposition to him. The last to be destroyed is death.
Reverend Frnka read the Gospel of John where it tells of Mary Magdalene going to the tomb of Jesus and discovering that he was not there. She quickly ran and told Peter and other disciples what she had seen and they also went to discover that he was gone. They saw his cloths and wrappings there, but no body. They still had difficulty fully understanding the scripture and returned to their homes. Mary Magdalene stayed and wept and then saw two angels sitting there. Then Jesus appeared to her and told her that he was returning to his Father and God, the same who was also her God. Then she went to the disciples and told them that she had seen Jesus and what he had said to her.
Reverend Frnka explained that his followers had thought that it was finished when Jesus died on the cross. Mary Magdalene had gone to the tomb to care for the body and was astonished to find it gone. She was sure someone had taken it away for she was concerned about the things of this life. Then when she heard his voice and recognized him, it was her "Easter" moment. She realized what Jesus had been telling them about his death and resurrection was a reality.
Easter is now, and it will never go away. His body is transformed for he has accomplished his mission on earth. He is in heaven with his Father and is our advocate. We all have our Easter moments when we realize that Christ came as a human to save us, but now he is once more with his Father. Easter comes over and over again when we become aware of God's good works around us. Through the Holy Spirit which Christ left to comfort and guide us, we can see Christ in our daily lives. We know he lives!
Baptism is a celebration of a change in our lives. We are dead to our past sins and reborn to live a new life in Christ's love. We must do what we can to be open to his love. What does God intend to make of us? To what must we die to be called to newness?
Today Diane Maitland was baptized by Reverend Frnka and St. Matthew's congregation welcomed her to her new life in Christ. Everyone renewed his Baptismal vows during the baptismal service.
After the church service everyone celebrated the baptism in the Parish Hall with fellowship and refreshments. Next Sunday's service will be at 9 a.m. with Reverend James Abernathy as pastor. All are welcome to join in worship of the risen Lord. PIM web site.


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Dr. Baheti Sandip
Knee pain is a common phenomenon that plagues most of the people irrespective of their age. It can be the outcome of a torn cartilage or a ruptured ligament. Medical complications, such as infections, gout or arthritis (painful inflammation and stiffness of the joints) can also give way to knee pain. Minor knee pain can be eased by self-care remedies such as physical therapy or by putting on knee braces. However, few complications might demand surgical repair. Pain can be managed by the pain management specialists.
Tips to manage knee pain
1. Medications such as naproxen, ibuprofen and acetaminophen can be administered to help remedy knee pain.
2. You can seek relief by massaging your knees with ointments constituting of a number of agents such as capsaicin or lidocaine.
3. Keep away from your usual chores to prevent repetitive strains on the knees, thus, allowing the injury to heal as well as to stay safe from further damage.
4. Applying an ice pack in a towel can ease the inflammation and pain. But do not extend its usage for more than 20 minutes because that might harm the skin and nerves.
5. Compression bandages can inhibit fluid accumulation in the damaged tissues aiding knee alignment stability. Ensure that it is tight enough to render support to your knees without actually obstructing blood circulation.
6. To pacify the swelling, try resting your sore leg on a pillow (the idea here is to keep the affected leg elevated to reduce further pain).
7. Shed off your extra pounds as being overweight increases chances of other disorders such as osteoarthritis.
8. Go for regular work outs to enhance and maintain the flexibility of your muscles as excessively weak or abnormally tight muscles can contribute to injuries. Be smart while choosing your method of exercise based on the condition you are suffering from.
I am 26 years old female. I have headache and backache for almost 4 5 years. I do not feel like doing anything. I have lost interest in doing anything.
When I run regularly for preparation of army. Then there is some pain in my knee and under knee parts. When I stop running frw day it stops.
Remedial exercises
Backache is a complex problem. It has multifactorial aetiology. There are many exercises that are used as an adjunct to its treatment. Here, some of the exercises useful in the management of backache are described. It is not a complete list. Many more can be added to it. As a matter of fact white charting out the exercise programme for an individual suffering from backache; one should take into account the exact cause of backache, age, the built of the body and even the mental attitude of the patient. The exercises should be done slowly and increased gradually. During exercise, sudden jerks should be avoided. Most of the cases of backache fortunately settle down with simple remedial exercises.
Some of the cases do not respond satisfactorily. It is these -who pose a baffling problem. Many methods have been tried in the past & new ones are being discovered with the hope that this oldest problem of mankind the aching back, the most common yet intractable, is solved.
The actual treatment of backache lies in the therapeutic exercises only
They act by:
(a) improving the muscle tone. (b) improving the muscle power. (c) regaining the mobility of the joints and elasticity of the ligaments. (ligaments are the natural hinges like those of doors which control the direction of the movement of a joint). The usual remedial spinal exercises are:
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I am 25 years old married female and I have 2 years old daughter. Today night I wake up with severe pain in my left and back abdominal and in the morning I even can't able to lift my left leg and I feel like going for urinating but not able to urinates. Please help me. Thanks,
Hi sir/madam. I had c-section 4 months ago. I chosen walking as a exercise one hour per day. But I am getting back pain. What are the precautions to be taken to reduce my tummy through walking ,without having back pain.
My age is 25 now. And I don't have previous knee injuries. And in Jan 2016 my weight is 49 and now it is 56. I have left knee pain since 2 weeks. Kindly tel me what is the cause for my knee pain n suggest the medication. Do vajrasana helps relieving knee pain.
Hi I have a pain in right wrist and I have a doubt that it is bone spur what should I do for treatment for this.
My father is suffering from joint pains since last two months and he is suffering from two much pain?
I am 35 year old male .I starting back pain last 28 days and pain radiate hip and right leg. Pain is on and off.
My left hand not paining some time not hold up for a longer time. Could not able to take 5-10 k.g. Weight for few minutes.
I am a cab driver my back bone is very paining while driving can you tell me a suggestion to cure my back pain.
Hi I am suffering from chicken Gunya from 10th Nov. Although I had fever only for a day by my joint pains a lot. Both my right hand and right leg get stiffed and frozen that even if a cloth falls on my leg it pains a lot. I have taken allopathy med from past 20 days. Till I eat med there is no pain and if I work a little the pain starts. Is there any cure for joint pain of chicken GunyaPls let me know.
I am suffering from joint pain And muscle pain In my hip joint I have lot of difficulty while walking.
I am suffering from some shoulder problem since 12 years back my shoulders bent backward so what I have to do now please reply me?
When physiotherapy and exercises do not work for cervical disc bulge and lumbar. What can be done next.
I am 17 years old I have pain in my left outer thigh What can be the reasons for this? What should I do now.
Sir I have been suffering from hand pain. One month back cervical fusion operation done me. Why comes pain return pls tell me sir.
Im getting tremors in hands n legs. Sometimes in cheeks. Im taking alcohol since 10 yrs. I had body pains from last 6 yrs.
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If you mention the words "vegetable gardening," the first thing many people think of is tomatoes. There are hundreds of different varieties and the most difficult part is trying to decide which variety to grow. Local plant suppliers should carry varieties that are suited to your area.
The "when to" part of growing tomatoes in Florida can be pretty tricky. In North Florida, tomatoes are planted in February after the last frost, so they will produce the most tomatoes before summer heat sets in. In Central Florida, tomatoes can generally be planted in early February for early summer tomatoes and again in September for picking tomatoes in fall and winter. Just remember, in early spring there is always the danger of frost, so be prepared to cover the plants if a frosty night is predicted. In South Florida, tomatoes are grown from August through March.
The easiest way to plant tomatoes is to buy already-growing transplants from your local garden center. Look for stocky, dark green plants with stems about pencil thick. Set plants deeply, covering the stem about 2 inches above the roots with soil. Tomatoes are thirsty and hungry plants, so be sure to water thoroughly as needed to supplement rainfall and feed with a tomato fertilizer such as Miracle-Gro Shake 'n Feed Tomato, Fruit and Vegetable Plant Food Plus Calcium. Staking or caging to provide plant support is typically required for most varieties.
Tomatoes should be left on the vine until they have turned fully red (or fully orange, yellow, or pink depending on the variety). Tomatoes will be more mouthwateringly delicious if picked when ripened on the plant. That's the beauty of growing tomatoes in your backyard versus buying in the grocery store, where they're picked before they're fully ripened.


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