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I'm looking at the scoreboard here, and it appears the Phillies have defeated the Colorado Rockies 5-4 on a walk-off single by Domonic Brown. This, after they looked dead in the water with two outs and nobody on in the ninth. Somehow, someway, the Phils have won a series. It's the just the second time that's happened since the All Star break, the first win coming against the hapless Cubs.
The Philles have now won four of their last five games, three by walk-off.
– The Phils would get the tying run in scoring position in the ninth on a two-out double by Jimmy Rollins. With Young at the plate, Rollins was able to steal third, and put himself 90 feet away from knotting the game at 4. With two outs, the extra base didn't seem like it would matter much. That is, until Young hit a little dribbler past the mound on the left side. A swinging bunt, the Rockies would have no play on Young at first and Rollins would score. It was fluky, but Young atoned for failing to come through earlier in the game. Chase Utley would follow the single with a walk, and suddenly the Phillies had a shot. Up to the plate strolled Brown.
– Brown has been the Phil's best offensive player this season, so it's fitting his seeing-eye single through the right side would win it for the Phils. The hit was Brown's second on the night.
– The Phillies first run came when rookie Cody Asche drove in Brown with a double in the second inning. Rockies pitching dominated the Phils for five innings after that, holding them without a run or even an extra base hit. The Phillies did threaten a couple times, even getting runners on first and third to bring the tying run to the plate with two outs in the seventh. But Michael Young grounded out weakly to second on the first pitch he saw.
– In the eighth, the Phillies found a little life thanks to a lightning strike by Darin Ruf. His two-run dinger pulled the Phils to within a run and broke a long streak of lifelessness. After tonight's game, Ruf is now OPSing .890 on the season. He's also been serviceable in right field, hardly getting exposed like a lot of people (myself included) thought he would. Small sample size, sure. But Ruf has been a pleasure to watch since getting called up. His home run would make a difference tonight.
– Like just about everything having to do with the Phillies, things have been pretty dreadful for Kyle Kendrick since the second half started. His 7.20 ERA only begins to tell the story of how bad it's been. Facing a formidable Rockies lineup, Kendrick stood no chance.
– He navigated the first four innings without incident, but he'd allow four runs over the fifth and sixth innings combined, the big blow coming on a three-run home run off the bat of Wilin Rosario. On the pitch, Kendrick raised his hands in disbelief, seemingly baffled by his own inability to get hitters out. He looks lost out there. This is a version of Kendrick we haven't seen in quite some time.
– Despite having thrown only 78 pitches, Sandberg opted to pull the plug on the maligned Kendrick shortly after the homer. He'd exit the game unable to record an out in the sixth, four runs and eight hits to his name, with only two strikeouts recorded. At the very least, you have to marvel Kendrick's consistency since the break.
– Hey, it's not all bad in Phillies land, alright? That's two walk-off wins in a row. To boot, over the last 10 games the Phillies bullpen has pitched pretty well. Tonight they didn't allow a single run over four innings. Maybe some of the kids are starting to figure it out?
-The Phillies kick off a three game set with the Arizona Diamondbacks this weekend. Cole Hamels (5-13, 3.61) takes the hill against Wade Miley (9-8, 3.56).
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The bullpen looked good. Ruf looked powerful and Dom Brown was clutch. Now that is Phighten Phillies baseball !!!
And it's been far too long since I actually enjoyed watching and waiting for this phight!
Winner winner
Chicken dinner!!!!
Another game it was never in doubt.
This is why I call him Jimmy basepaths!
Just win baby.
Keep it rolling.
Ken Bland I just picked up Darin Ruf in fantasy.
The Phils have cut the Mets lead to 2 games.
I still believe.
92 wins gets you the wild card and save Rubens job!!!
So nice to do a positive status on facebook too.
Go Phillies!
Arizona then a crucial 4 game series with the Mets!
Andrew I love that phrase. I have my 5 year old grandson saying that now. He was playing his dad in a game of war with a deck of cards while the Phils were playing and I here him yelling out yes yes and fist pumping and strutting like no tomorrow. I told him to say your famous phrase and he's hooked. thanks pal.
Its always fun when they are winning. Even if its just 2 walk offs in a row or 4 out of 5 on a 4th place team. As much as I rag some players and the team. I am always as excited as anyone when they win. Id love nothing more than Rollins and Howard to finish 1 and 2 in the MVP balloting next year. My analysis though is just that what I think not what I want.
Go Phils!
Even if this may be more of a product of the Rockies stinking than anything else these last couple of nights.
Maybe this was the product of RAJ making the right move.. Removing the manager and getting new leadership..of course you can never fire the whole team.
Ruf has awesome power. Not a LH pitcher masher like I think the lineup needs, but a player who understands how to get on base(44 of 48 games, OBP over 365). Aclear upgrade.
Joe his stats last year were split pretty good at LHV. he hit 19 dingers against lefty's and 19 against righty's . I don't know the exact numbers off hand but I remember he hit lefty's for a very high ave. And most of his hits and HR's have come against righty's up here so if he starts hitting lefty's woo hoo. I like the almost a kid.
Ruf has always been a much better hitter against Lefties. This year's 18 at bats against them are almost certainly just a fluke.
Ryne's right that last year his home runs were split evenly, 19 vs. RHPs, 19 vs. LHPs. But there are many more righty pitchers, so he actually hit much better vs. lefties:
vs. RHPs: 19 HR in 404 PAs, .898 OPS
vs. LHPs: 19 HR in 175 PAs, 1.318 OPS
He's looked very good so far this year. The key will be how he adjusts when pitchers get to know him better.
I am pleasantly surprised with Ruf's play in right. He made a great sliding catch earlier in the game. Watching the replay, you could clearly see him call Utley off the ball. Also, he's shown that he has a right-fielder's arm. In fact, when he's played 1st base, he's made some very precise throws to 2nd that were over and around runners. I don't cringe when he's throwing the ball in the infield. I can't say the same for The Big Piece's throwing.
Call me crazy, but with Brown, Ruf, and Asche, I think the farm system has plugged three holes in the Phil's line-up. And it sounds like the pipeline is filling up!
I want to see a lot more offense from Asche before I'd be comfortable having him at 3B next year. I think he'll adjust and get his average up, but if not, they'll have to consider giving Franco a look in September.
Jury is still out on Asche's ability to hit major league pitching..need power from the corners..defensively he looks solid..
Give Asche time fella's every level he has advanced to he has struggled for a time then he turned it up and was a very good hitter. It's too little a sample size to make a determination of his ability. (see D. Brown) Ruf on the other hand I do expect he will turn it up and give us something to cheer about. He looks like he's getting comfy in right. Maybe once he settles in and if some of these others guys hit a bit more he'll relax and then we'll be cheering.
"Ruf on the other hand I do expect he will turn it up and give us something to cheer about."
Ruf is already hitting .269/.368/.522 (.890 OPS), which would be the second highest OPS of all RFs in baseball, if he had enough PAs to qualify.
I would be extremely surprised if he "turns it up" and hits much more than that going forward. I'm just hoping that he is able to adjust once he's been around the league a few times and pitchers get to know him, and stay as good as he's been.
Ruf is batting .243 in August, which is probably indicative of what he is – a .230-.240 hitter with power. His OBP is a definite plus on this team. Maybe he ends up being a poor man's (righthanded) Adam Dunn.
Phils are now tied with SD for the last protected pick in the draft.
I like the wins, but I also wouldn't be too upset if they didn't keep up the recent pace…
Unless the Phils plan on making a run at McCann, I'm not sure where else they are going to go in FA that would cost them their 1st round pick. Would the Braves even make him a qualifying offer with Geddis ready to step in?
I'm excited for September call ups to get here, it'll be interesting to see if one or two of our younger catchers can step it up….
Any chance Franco gets a September call up??
I think calling up Franco this year would be a mistake. He's cooled off considerably in July and August:
June: .404/.439/.778 (1.217 OPS), 10 HR
July: .323/.356/.485 (.841), 4 HR
Aug: .274/.300/.476 (.776), 4 HR
No need to rush him — he turns 21 on Monday, by the way.
"I want to see a lot more offense from Asche before I'd be comfortable having him at 3B next year. I think he'll adjust and get his average up, but if not, they'll have to consider giving Franco a look in September."
The words from Mike on the Jersey side. Not opinions I'd agree with. Matter of fact, just to reconclie in my won mind, I'd pretty much enthusiastically disagree with. This half season for Asche is serving as a really terrific experience, and a reminder that the half season still includes about 100 at bats to show more comfort, more improvement than the admitted lack of offensive ability largely demonstrated so far.
ll most folks remember about Mike Schmidt was that he was terrible his first full year. They don't go back to the year before when he looked REALLY lost in a far fewer pack of games, but terrible nonetheless. Patience. A chance to grow.
Another guy that played here, and played well, despite a number of morons hating him was Scott Rolem. A full first year for him wasn't particularly good, and hardly a sign of things to come.
All you have to do is look at Ache and you see he's a player. He'll be fine. Might be June of next year, might be August. Might be 2015. But contract nonsense be damned, for 8-10 years, you trade off the growing pains and run with him. Thinsk as you wish about 2014, but it's especially true since 2014 as a contending year isn't close to odds on.
Third baseman, number 25, without a doubt, CO-DEE ASCHEEEEEEEE.
And by the way, Franco's not coming up in September. Not this one. Dare I go so far as to say not a chance? It really doesn't even require an explanation to back the opinion. Doesn't seem like anybody rushes young players up for September. The Phils seem to operate in recent times as a we're not calling a guy up unless he's gonna play. Take the success of 2013, draw off it and prep for '14 after what's already been a long season for the youngster.
Two cents poorer, once again. One can go broke feeling an urge to comment on things.
Yeah I remember Schmidt and even Utley weren't exactly tearing it up offensively as rookies, but IIRC no one says Asche has 30+ HR potential, which would be nice for a corner infielder to have. IMO as long as Asche can hit .270ish and 10-15 HR, he'll be moved to 2nd base in a few years to make room for Franco at 3B.
From what I've heard, it's not clear he'll be able to play 2nd competently.
Little early to formulate a serious opinion on this, maybe particularly if you're Ruben Amaro, but in week 1, Sandberg seems to have donw a capable job of more urge to invite him back than end the interim career on a note of exit.
Pretty capable job on the whole, and at least stirs interest with what he might do with the influence to have input on his coaches and roster.
Two-three weeks in, opinions of those of weight and those not should be more decisive, but so far, pretty decent, which was about all that was to be expected. So far, no major challenges, unless his work with The Shortstop is more complicated than publicly known.
It's starting to be fun to watch the Phillies again. I am almost convinced that they can still win even if they are down a few runs. Love to see that hustle and enthusiasm again.
It's funny how good pitching makes the offense looks like it's clutch and it's hustling.
If they had given up 6 runs, like they were doing often before this week, it would have been another loss and I don't think we'd be talking about hustle and enthusiasm returning.
The fact is winning is much more fun, and having the pitching putting the team in a position to win can do wonders for the apparent "hustle" and "enthusiasm".
To the "I still believe. 92 wins gets you the wildcard…" comment, I'm in favor of optimism when it comes to the Phillies' chances, but let's not lose touch with reality. In case you haven't done the math, 92 wins means winning all 35 remaining games.
The remainder of this season is about preparing for next season and those beyond. It's great to see some inspired baseball nonetheless!


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Caridi expressed even greater outrage when he explained that NPS superintendent of the National Gateway Recreation Area (NGRA) in Brooklyn and Queens, NY allowed a permit for TGP to cut two similar pipelines through that park.
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These concerns stemmed from the Meizu M8, which is undoubtedly an iPhone rip off- from the form factor down to the little nuances of the touch interface.
Update: Readers are pointing out that the reason for the shut down is because of MP3 codec licensing issues. The same thing SanDisk had a problem with last year. My apologies for miss reporting this. However, I still stand my my strong words of Meizu being a thief of intellectual property.
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Now, isn't it strange that I remember that phone number all these years later.At the time I had no idea why the "TUxedo" preceeded the numbers. I do remember being quite enamored with the wonderful sounding phone numbers, REgency 5-5000, Pennsylvania 6-5000, Butterfield 8, Sycamore 4. So much more romantic, sounds of community, and at the same time far away places.
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How boring, when those tonier names were replaced by numbers and Tuxedo 4-9545 became 884-945. Even when I understood that the numbers on the phone also had a little series of letters assigned to each number, I yearned for the image of a phone operator plugging into Tuxedo 4-9545 -- or "get me PEnnsylvania 6-5000" -- or images of Elizabeth Taylor at BUtterfield 8.
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You will learn the basics of accounting, economics, finance, international business, management, and marketing. Beyond this, it's all up to you. Your business electives are what you choose when selecting a minimum of 12 credits of upper-level coursework focusing on areas that best suit your skills, interests, and career goals.
Many of our business administration majors add to their program with a minor and, assuming you are as ambitious, you can minor within the School of Business and Economics and/or external to the SBE. Just think — knowing something about art history could serve you well at a business dinner, a minor in psychology could help you to better understand your clients, or maybe you just like music. Whatever your reason for choosing a minor, it is a great way to round out your education.
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"The work of priestly formation these days must involve a strong catechetical component since so many of our people have been deficiently formed. The resources you provide are allowing the Church to do a better job in preparing Catholics to know and defend their faith more effectively."
"That is our desire, to be tortured for Our Lord, Jesus Christ, and so to be saved, for that will give us salvation and firm confidence at the more terrible universal tribunal of Our Lord and Savior."


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Battling Smallpox
If you lived in Keokuk in 1881, Christmas day was unforgettable. Smallpox broke out in this southern Iowa city on that day. One of the most contagious diseases of this period in history, smallpox was a killer. It was passed from one person to another—quickly. It was a disease spread only through human contact. The disease did not affect animals or insects, nor could they transmit the virus. Sometimes a person could catch the disease by touching the skin lesions or wounds of an infected person. The virus could also be transferred through droplets of moisture from coughing or sneezing or by touching clothing, bedding or other objects used by someone with the disease.
Smallpox affected people of all ages. Those who survived could be left blind or disfigured by ugly scars called pockmarks. Few diseases were so destructive to humans. It was a disease with no cure. The word "smallpox" brought fear to Iowans as the disease could easily spread through whole communities!
The Keokuk epidemic had its start at a local medical college. The state's oldest and largest medical school was located in Keokuk. A medical student nicked himself with a scalpel. The scalpel had come from a dead body infested with smallpox. The smallpox outbreak resulted in 71 cases being reported to the State Department of Health. There were nine confirmed deaths.
Local Control Fights Disease
Who worked to control the spread of contagious diseases and the prevention of illness around the state? In 1882 Keokuk had no local health board to deal with the epidemic. A State Board of Health had been established in 1880. But for the first few years its main concern was collecting statistics on births, death and marriages from Iowa's 99 counties. Methods of communication were slow for collecting all this information. The state could provide little help to community leaders in Keokuk at the time. Whatever response was to be made to the epidemic had to come from local sources.
Keokuk in 1882 was better prepared than some Iowa cities to wage war against smallpox and other diseases. The city was located along a low-lying area of the Mississippi and Des Moines rivers. It had previously experienced malaria, cholera and yellow fever epidemics. A pest-house was located in Keokuk. This was a small wooden shack on the outskirts of town. Sometimes when people suffered from contagious diseases like smallpox, they needed to be isolated from others. Those individuals were quarantined in the pest-house. Keokuk had better medical facilities than many other cities at the time too. It had a ready supply of doctors and medical students.
A local board of health was quickly formed in Keokuk. Its first action was to close the medical school. The board quarantined all those suspected of exposure to the disease. During this time some area newspapers wrote articles that criticized the Keokuk health board for not being able to control the epidemic. The board began to vaccinate school children against the illness. By the end of February 1882 most of the city's population had been vaccinated or revaccinated.
Headlines and Rumors
The smallpox epidemic in Keokuk made national headlines. The local newspaper, the Keokuk Constitution reported the effects on local businesses. Rural residents and river traffickers refused to enter the city. Hotels and other businesses had few customers. Within a week of the first smallpox deaths, the New York Times published a report on the "ravages of smallpox" affecting Keokuk. Other newspapers printed unconfirmed stories and wrongly condemned the local board's efforts. The Constitution attempted to correct any misinformation. One rumor stated there were 40 cases of smallpox when in reality there were only about ten. Rumors and untruths were rampant.
Local and State Boards Work Together
Iowa was a young state in 1882. Its population was growing. During this time thousands of immigrants from European countries came to live in Iowa. Public transportation was increasing around the state too. Passenger rail travel brought many of the immigrants to Iowa communities. The immigrants aboard the trains carried the potential to spread disease including smallpox. The influx of new settlers helped spread health problems around the state. Some Iowans viewed these outbreaks of disease as an outside threat to their way of life.
By 1885 the State Board of Health was becoming more of a recognized resource in promoting public health. In various communities the local influence was not as important as it had been. Around the state local boards were allowing the state board to be the main authority in health matters. Both local and state boards were beginning to work together to fight disease. More counties required that the state board be notified and keep record of all epidemic diseases.
Worth County, located near the Minnesota border, was the site of two severe smallpox outbreaks. These occurred in July 1886 and December 1899. Many times over the years new immigrants and travelers brought smallpox epidemics into this rural county. At different times dozens of people fell ill from the disease and a few died. State and local boards worked together to fight the disease. Some citizens resisted the state board's effort to reestablish order during the 1886 epidemic. Worth County officials supported the decision. Local officials arrested and prosecuted those people who refused to obey the quarantine.
During the 1899 epidemic the state board directed most of the actions of the local health boards. This epidemic was traced to a street carnival in Albert Lea, Minnesota. The state board put quarantines and preventive measures in place. The state board also encouraged county mayors and alderman to create local boards where there were none. A state law passed in 1897 enabled the Worth County boards to arrest infected people who used public transportation.
More Epidemics
At the turn of the 19th century the state board of health was still limited in what it could do. A smallpox epidemic broke out in southwestern Iowa and eastern Nebraska in 1989-1899. Iowa's State Board of Health offered its encouragement and limited support. The epidemic threatened to cover the state. By the late 1890s the board was waging war against disease on a number of fronts. It was encouraging improvements in sanitary and water systems and the development of a new diphtheria vaccine. It was up to the local boards to have the ultimate responsibility for ending a smallpox outbreak. The state board provided education and support to prepare carefully for epidemics and be ready to act when they happened.
Other epidemics occurred elsewhere in the state. The Fremont County epidemic began in mid-November 1898. The Hamburg- Nebraska City epidemic probably arrived via a Missouri River steamboat. In June 1889 the Chicago & North Western Railway epidemic occurred. It was an example of smallpox spreading from trains carrying immigrant passengers. This epidemic spread from one end of the state to the other. Two individuals died.
Concern about smallpox weakened around 1900. The disease itself had changed and milder cases were being reported. The changing nature of smallpox changed the state board's approach to the disease too. Instead of stressing how it could be deadly and kill people, the board issued posters and pamphlets. These were designed to portray people who refused vaccination as uneducated and those who suffered the disease as threats to society. The state board could not do much more to prevent the spread of the smallpox. But they used their authority to educate the public. The State Board of Health encouraged the use of cowpox vaccine and the quarantine of exposed persons.
No Longer a Threat
In 1949 the World Health Organization (WHO) identified smallpox as a disease that could be wiped out. In 1967 the WHO began a vaccination campaign to eliminate smallpox outbreaks throughout the world. The last recorded case of smallpox was reported in 1977 in Somalia. In May 1980 the WHO reported the world was free of smallpox.
- Frana, Philip L. "Battling Smallpox State and Local Boards of Health." Iowa Heritage Illustrated 86, No. 2 (Summer 2005). Iowa City: State Historical Society of Iowa. Excerpted from longer article, "Smallpox: Local Epidemics and the Iowa State Board of Health, 1880-1900,"published in the Annal of Iowa, 54:2 (Spring 1995), 87-118.
- Morris, Stephen. Edward Jenner (Pioneers of Science). New York: Bookwright Press, 1992.
- Sick! Diseases and Disorders, Injuries and Infections. Volume 4. Detroit: U.X.L Gale, 2000. p697-701.


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I'm looking for suggestions or wondering if anyone has been through something similar.
Prior to returning to work, LO slept about 6 hours through the night. After I returned to work, he started getting up 2-3 times per night. I'm not sure if that's related to going back to work or just trying to take in extra calories. Anyway, our current schedule has somehow managed to become waking up ever 1-2 hours to nurse during the night (11, 1am, 3am, 4am, 5am) and then going 3-4 hours (sometimes 5) between nursing/bottle feeding during the day. This is getting extremely tiresome to me, I can survive on the weekends because I can sleep in a little, but am exhausted at work. Does anyone have suggestions for how to get the waking up at night to decrease in frequency? I've tried to get him to cluster feed in the evening, but he's too fussy about nursing in the evening.


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"Festival of Cultures" at BSC on April 10 will Create Opportunity to Gain Better Understanding of the World through Music, Dance, Arts & Food
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(Bluefield)—A "Festival of Cultures" at Bluefield State College on April 10 offers a dynamic opportunity for residents of the region to join the College community and gain a greater understanding and appreciation of the world. The day-long program, organized and coordinated by the College's Office of Multicultural Affairs, will permit attendees to experience other cultures through music, dance, arts, lectures, and food. The festival was envisioned by Dr. Sapphire Cureg, BSC's Director of Multicultural Affairs, whose grant award from the West Virginia Humanities Council has provided financial support essential for the ambitious celebration.
"This project has been in my thoughts for quite a while," Dr. Cureg explained. "The idea is to utilize Bluefield State College as a venue where everyone can experience different cultures, tastes, styles and grow from these new experiences."
The festival begins at 10 a.m. with BSC students and administrators, along with community leaders, extending a welcome to guests. Displays for vendors, food, arts & crafts, and international entertainment will be accessible in the Ned Shott Physical Education Building on campus. "Ron DeWitt, Tamarack's artisan director, will provide an exciting array of items, all of which are the work of West Virginia's most
skilled craftspersons," Cureg added.
At noon, the highly acclaimed "Latin Ballet of Virginia" will perform several Latin dances at the Basic Science Auditorium. The "Solazo Band," featuring music from South America, will be next on stage. "Music and dance touch the soul of the individual, Cureg said. "These groups will manifest how their dance and music preserve and provide insights into the life and times of their cultures."
Later that afternoon, several BSC students will offer dramatic theme-appropriate readings at the Hebert Gallery in the Harris-Jefferson Student Center.
"At least and at most, the festival aspires to show our diverse audience a really, really good time," Cureg asserted.
The programs and performances are offered, free of charge. Food and crafts will be on sale.
The project is presented by Bluefield State College with financial assistance from the West Virginia Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this festival do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
"The festival will educate our students, our community, and our guests to a variety of cultures, customs, and ways of life," Dr. Cureg summarized. "By interacting with diverse individuals and groups, people realize that although we have differences in terms of nationalities, ethnicities, race, and cultures, we are all members of the same human family and we have more similarities than differences."
Individuals and organizations interested in learning more about the Festival of Cultures are encouraged to contact Dr. Cureg by phone (304) 327-4512 or by e-mail (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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March 27, 1997: Completing an unprecedented yearlong study of Comet Hale-Bopp with two NASA observatories, including the Hubble telescope, astronomers report that they are surprised to find that the different ices in the nucleus seem to be isolated from each other. They also have seen unexpectedly brief and intense bursts of activity from the nucleus during the monitoring period. The Hubble observations suggest that the nucleus is huge, 19 to 25 miles (30 to 40 kilometers) across.
Here are a series of Hubble telescope observations of the region around the nucleus of Hale-Bopp, taken on eight different dates since September 1995. They chronicle changes in the evolution of the nucleus as it moves ever closer to, and is warmed by, the Sun.See the rest:
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Christianity and Culture
The Christian Mind: 2012 National Conference
Conference Messages by Various Authors
Burning hearts are not nourished by empty heads. In a world increasingly hostile to Christianity, it's unwise to assume that having a passionate heart is sufficient. Join Sinclair Ferguson, W. Robert Godfrey, Michael Horton, Steven Lawson, Stephen Meyer, Albert Mohler, … Learn MoreDVD $75.00 $67.50 Add to Cart
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Tough Questions Christians Face: 1998 Pittsburgh Conference
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The circumstances of life in our fallen world present persistent questions, even among mature Christian believers, which test our faith. Tragedy and suffering, in particular, evoke questions about God's character and His plan for us on our Christian journey. In … Learn MoreDownload Audio $10.00 $8.00 Add to Cart
7 Toxic Ideas Polluting Your Mind
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Unfortunately, Christians often live their lives unaware that they are adopting non-Christian ideas, because they are too busy focusing on behavior in the first place. Worldliness is too often equated with what we say and do, rather than the battle … Learn MorePaperback $12.00 $9.60 Add to Cart
Histories and Fallacies: Problems Faced in the Writing of History
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A first-rate historical theologian references classic examples to confront conceptual and methodological problems in the works of those who seek to appropriate history for their own purposes. Seeking to raise the bar for all historians, Histories and Fallacies addresses several … Learn MorePaperback - out of stock $18.00 $14.40 Backorder
Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal
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Changes in music have affected the way we think, the way we worship—even the way we are able to worship. We are steeped in a culture of pop music that makes other genres seem strangely foreign and unhelpful. Worship has … Learn MorePaperback $13.00 $10.40 Add to Cart
When Worlds Collide
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Five 23-Minute Messages. In the course of history, tragedies occur, and we ask why. In this series, Dr. R.C. Sproul explains why the Christian worldview is unique. In addressing the character of God, Dr. Sproul explores how God has providentially … Learn MoreDVD $25.00 $22.50 Add to Cart
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How to Read a Book
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Although we can benefit from classic literature, none of the works in the Western canon of classic books should be read uncritically. This work explains how to read books thoughtfully, helping readers understand how they may find the author's message … Learn MorePaperback $17.00 $13.60 Add to Cart
Amusing Ourselves to Death
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Being a Christian in a Post-Christian Culture: 2010 Washington, D.C. Conference
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1980s action stars then and now
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The 1980s were a great decade for big-screen action and adventure. Join us for a look back at where our favorite '80s action stars are today, including 70-year-old birthday boy Sylvester Stallone.
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Freedom New Mexico
A new poll found that people rank global warming dead last, 20th out of 20, among their top concerns.
The economy was No. 1, while other economic-related issues unsurprisingly gravitated to the top.
The survey conducted Jan. 7-11 asked 1,503 adults on cell phones and landlines to rank 20 issues by importance, including strengthening the economy, improving the job situation, defending against terrorism, Social Security, health care, energy, environment, budget deficits, health insurance, dealing with moral breakdown and crime and reducing lobbyists' influence, among others.
The New York Times noted that the nonpartisan Pew Research Center poll is "somewhat at odds with President Obama, who has put a high priority on staving off global warming and vowed … to 'roll back the specter of a warming planet.'"
Regular folks seem far more concerned with rolling back bad economic conditions.
The Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang blog asks, "are scientists overselling climate models" that predict global warming catastrophe. What's certain is that substantive global warming "solutions" come at a huge cost to commerce and taxpayers — while diverting limited resources to fight what could be an overplayed threat.
The government's questionable economic stimulus efforts won't be felt for months at best, and the Congressional Budget Office admits in many cases may not show up for two years.
But adverse economic effects of Draconian global warming mandates will be felt almost immediately.
President Obama would be prudent to heed the public's opinion about a global condition that has yet to prove itself threatening, let alone catastrophic.


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Many new mothers worry about their milk supplies. The good news is that most mothers can supply enough for their babies' needs if their breasts are effectively drained often enough, and many things that feel like low milk supply actually aren't. Be sure to check out "Do I have enough milk?" and "Low Milk Supply False Alarms", if you haven't already.
If you think you do need to increase your supply, here are some pages and threads to check out --
LLL Sources
LLLI FAQ: › How can I increase my milk supply?
› I'm pumping my milk to feed my baby, but my supply is going down. What can I do?
Info sheets: › Increasing Your Milk Unusual Situations: › Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (from Leaven, LLL Leader magazine)
› The Impact of Thyroid Dysfunction on Lactation (from Breastfeeding Abstracts)
Non-LLL Sources
LowMilkSupply.org: › Low Milk Supply Kellymom.com: › Increasing Low Milk Supply
The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk
by retired LLL Leaders Diana West and Lisa Marasco
Defining your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery
by Diana West
Tagged Forum Threads
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General: milk supply
low milk supply
decreased supply/reduced milk production
Maintaining/increasing supply: maintaining milk supply
increasing milk supply
pumping to increase supply
Uneven/lopsided: one side produces less/uneven milk production
decreased supply on one side
Pumping and supply: pumping to increase supply
decreased supply while pumping
Illness/infection: low supply after illness
low supply after mastitis
Effect of hormones: milk supply during period
milk supply during pregnancy
Long term: extended breastfeeding and supply
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Baby Shower Games and Activities
All work and no play make guests a dull bunch, so be sure to plan a few baby shower games and activities for your guests to enjoy. When preparing for the baby shower, be sure to plan games according to the type of baby shower you are having: coed, family, or themed. Baby shower games and activities will get your guests involved while giving you the opportunity to capture great memories on camera for the mom-to-be. Listed down below are some popular baby shower games and activities for any crowd that will undoubtedly get guests riled up and having fun.
Write a Book
This baby shower activity involves the host or hostess providing a blank book for guests to write down pieces of advice for the expecting parents. Each entry can also include one wish the guest has for the baby followed by a proverb, using an original composition, poem, or quote. This book can also be made into a scrapbook with pictures from the baby shower and more.
Arts and Crafts
Quilting, an age old craft, is still a popular activity at many baby showers with all female guests. Ask your guests to bring or provide pieces of square fabric (6 square inches) at the baby shower. With fabric pens, paint, or other machine washable materials, guests can decorate and personalize their piece of fabric. After everyone is done, gather around and sew the quilt together for a timeless memory that can also keep the baby warm. This game may not work well at a coed baby shower.
Scrapbooking for Mommy
For this activity the host(s) provides a scrapbook, scissors, markers, pens, scrapbook inserts, and a Polaroid camera. As each guest arrives, take a picture of them and give the photo to the guest for their scrapbook page. Each guest will take a moment to add their picture, personalize their page using the provided materials, and write a note for the mom-to-be. The end result: a beautifully personalized scrapbook for the expectant mother to enjoy!
Guess the Belly Circumference
With the mom-to-be's permission, this game allows all guests to guess the circumference of the mom-to-be's belly. Ask guests to guess the circumference of the mom-to-be's belly by cutting the estimated length from some ribbon or yarn. Have the mom-to-be measure her belly at the end of the game to see whose string or yarn is the most accurate length.


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Visiting a Victorian Duckpond
Ever heard of George Augustus Scott? Probably not. Although he was once touted as "Man of the Century," he was actually a charlatan who sold electric hairbrushes. (No, an electric hairbrush isn't a device that will brush your hair for you; it's a hairbrush that supposedly produces a "permanent electric current" to cure everything from baldness to headaches.) He went on to sell magnetic corsets, electric rings for rheumatism, and sarsaparilla, advertised as the "GREATEST MEDICAL DISCOVERY of the AGE." (You probably haven't heard about that greatest discovery either.)
He and his many comrades in crime are profiled in a new book, The Medical Electricians: Dr. Scott and his Victorian Cohorts in Quackery by Robert K. Waits. You will find more quacks in this book than in any duck pond. It provides historical insights and reminds us that there is nothing new under the sun; similar charlatans continue to sell similar quack devices today, facilitated by the Internet and other media.
Electricity and magnetism sounded exciting to Victorian ears, but their properties were poorly understood. Great hopes were raised for medical applications. The opinions of experts varied. Priestly reported experiments from Italy and Germany in 1747-8 showing that a patient who held a vial of medicine while being electrified would get the same benefit as if he took the medicine by mouth. Benjamin Franklin, on the other hand, was persuaded that these reports were not true. (more…)
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Dordt College News
Dordt Soccer At Dakota Wesleyan Tuesday
October 1, 2013
GAMETIME… The Dordt Defenders travel to Mitchell, South Dakota to face Dakota Wesleyan on Tuesday, October 1. The women's game starts at 6:00 and the men's game will get underway at 8:15. Results will be posted on www.dordt.edu/athletics ; https://www.facebook.com/dordtdefenders and https://twitter.com/dcathletics when the game is complete.
SCOUTING REPORT… The Dakota Wesleyan women are 0-1 in the GPAC and 3-5-1 overall. The Tigers lost to Nebraska Wesleyan on September 20 by a 4-2 margin in their only GPAC game of the season. The Tigers are 2-2 in their last four games with wins over Presentation and Grace and losses to William Penn and Nebraska Wesleyan. To of Dakota Wesleyan's wins this season are over Presentation.
The Tigers have been shut out twice and have won by shut out once. The Tigers have been outscored 21-18 this season and have been outshot on goal 97-93. Thara Ali Said has a team high eight goals and Linsey Peterson has three goals. Said's three assists top the Tigers. Erika Carpenter has played 796 minutes in goal with 21 goals allowed and 71 saves made. Carpenter's goals allowed per-90 minutes played average is 2.37.
The Dakota Wesleyan men are 6-2-1 this season and 1-0 in the GPAC with a 1-0 win over Nebraska Wesleyan to their credit. Wesleyan has won two games in a row over Grace and Presentation. The Tigers are 1-1 in games decided by one goal and they have been involved in a double overtime tie that was scoreless with Jamestown.
The Tigers have outscored opponents 20-12 this season and have outshot opponents on goal 80-62. Chaz Foss has five goals and Mike Haight four. Sam Roberts has scored three goals and Carlos Mora has a team high five assists. Alex Nelson has played 605 minutes in goal and has allowed eight goals with 38 saves made. Eric Fjerestad has played 221 minutes in goal and has a 1.63 goals allowed average with four goals allowed and eight saves made.
DORDT COLLEGE NOTES… The Dordt women's soccer team is 0-9 this season and 0-1 in the GPAC with the loss coming to Midland on Saturday.
Nicole Postman has three goals for the Defenders this season and the Defenders have 40 shots with 26 on goal. Katie Kortman has played 695 minutes in goal and has allowed 30 goals while making 66 saves and she has a 3.88 goals allowed per-90 minutes played average.
The Defender men are 2-7 this season and 0-1 in the GPAC with a 3-1 loss in the conference coming to Midland on Saturday. Dordt is 2-2 in its last four contests.
Dordt has been outscored 23-15 this season and outshot 80-40 on goal.
Eric Grootenboer and Brady Van Holland each have four goals scored this season for team honors and Derick Sackey has scored three goals. Mason Davis and Brady Van Holland each have two assists. Jon Brinkerhoff has played 537 minutes in goal with 36 saves and has a 2.68 goals allowed per-90 minutes played average. Joey Rasnic has played 292 minutes in goal with a 2.16 goals allowed average while making 21 saves and allowing seven goals.
THE SERIES… The Dordt women are 4-2-1 in the series and the two teams played to a 1-1 double overtime tie last season. Katie Kortman scored a goal in the 71st minute to tie the game and Emily Holz preserved the tie with seven saves.
The men's series is tied 4-4 with Dordt winning in overtime last season 3-2. Eric Grootenboer scored two goals including the golden goal in the 93rd minute to give Dordt the win. Brady Van Holland tied it off an assist by Scott Van Wylen in the 85th minute. Brinkerhoff had six saves in goal for the win.
LAST TIME… Dakota Wesleyan beat the Presentation women 3-2 in double overtime on September 26. Presentation scored the first two goals of the game in the 24th and 55th minutes before Wesleyan scored two goals in the 73rd and 79th minutes to force overtime. Alexis Wilde scored a goal in the 102nd minute to give Wesleyan the win in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Carpenter made 12 saves in goal for the win.
The Dordt women were outshot 9-5 on goal by the Midland Warriors on Saturday and lost a 3-0 decision. The Defenders were down 2-0 at halftime before Midland got an insurance goal in the second half. Katie Kortman made six saves in goal for the Defenders.
Dakota Wesleyan beat Presentation 5-1 last week with five different players scoring goals. Fjerestad made seven saves in goal while securing the win.
Dordt lost to Midland on September 28 by a 3-1 score after trailing 2-1 at halftime. Dordt's goal came in the 28th minute when Grootenboer scored to make it 2-1. Midland struck for a goal in the 14th minute and again in the 18th minute.
NEXT UP……Dakota Wesleyan will travel to Hastings on Saturday for its next contest before returning home to face Morningside on Wednesday, October 9.
Dordt is scheduled to travel to Concordia in Seward, Nebraska on Saturday, October 5. After that the Defenders return home and will face Briar Cliff on Wednesday, October 9.
GPAC…(Tuesday, October 1)
Concordia 2-0/5-4
Doane 2-0/3-4
Hastings 1-0/7-0
Dakota Wesleyan 1-0/5-2-1
Morningside 1-2/4-6
Midland 1-0-1/8-1-1
Northwestern 1-1-1/5-5-1
Nebraska Wesleyan 1-1/3-4-1
Dordt 0-1/2-7
Briar Cliff 0-2/2-8
Mount Marty 0-3/3-7
GPAC Women
Morningside 3-0/7-2-2
Nebraska Wesleyan 2-0/5-1-2
Midland 2-0/4-3-3
Briar Cliff 2-1/5-4-1
Concordia 1-1/5-4
Hastings 1-1/5-4
Northwestern 1-2/4-6-1
Dordt 0-1/0-9
Dakota Wesleyan 0-1/3-5-1
Doane 0-2/1-6
Mount Marty 0-3/0-9-1
October 1
Dordt College @ Dakota Wesleyan University
Midland University @ Hastings College
October 2
Doane College @ Nebraska Wesleyan University
October 5
Northwestern College @ Nebraska Wesleyan University
Morningside College @ Midland University
Mount Marty College @ Doane College
Dordt College @ Concordia University
Dakota Wesleyan University @ Hastings College
October 9
Briar Cliff University @ Dordt College
Northwestern College @ Mount Marty College
Concordia University @ Doane College
Hastings College @ Nebraska Wesleyan University
Morningside College @ Dakota Wesleyan University
Friday, September 20
Men's Soccer
Hastings College 2, Morningside College 1 (2OT)
Dakota Wesleyan University 1, Nebraska Wesleyan University 0
Women's Soccer
Morningside College 1, Hastings College 0 (2OT)
Nebraska Wesleyan University 4, Dakota Wesleyan University 2
Men's Soccer
Northwestern College 4, Midland University 4 (2OT)
Doane College 5, Briar Cliff University 1
Concordia University 5, Mount Marty College 0
Women's Soccer
Midland University 2, Northwestern College 1
Briar Cliff University 4, Doane College 2
Concordia University 2, Mount Marty College 1
September 25
Men's Soccer
Northwestern College 6, Briar Cliff University 2
Morningside College 4, Mount Marty College 1
Women's Soccer
Morningside College 4, Mount Marty College 1
Briar Cliff University 1, Northwestern College 0
September 28
Men's Soccer
Nebraska Wesleyan University 2, Mount Marty College 1
Midland University 3, Dordt College 1
Hastings College 2, Briar Cliff University 1
Doane College 1, Northwestern College 0
Women's Soccer
Midland University 3, Dordt College 0
Nebraska Wesleyan University 2, Mount Marty College 0
Hastings College 3, Briar Cliff University 2 (OT)
Northwestern College 2, Doane College 1
September 29
Men's Soccer
Concordia University 5, Morningside College 1
Women's Soccer
Morningside College 1, Concordia University 0
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PITTSBURGH (July 10, 2007)—Passengers will soon be able to enjoy quicker and more convenient check-in procedures at Pittsburgh International Airport. The Allegheny County Airport Authority has launched an $18 million project to install new Explosive Detection Systems (EDS) into the automated baggage system used by US Airways. This in-line screening system will be staffed by TSA screeners and housed in a new 21,000 square foot building located at the north end of the former E-gates terminal.
The new equipment will make it easier for passengers traveling on US Airways to have their checked luggage screened for explosives. Once the system is in place, checked bags will move directly from the ticket counter to the screening equipment and then to the airplane. Right now, passengers have to check their luggage at the US Airways ticket counter and then carry it over to the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) screening equipment at a different location. Once the new system is completed, airline ticket agents will tag baggage and place it on the belt behind the counter while passengers proceed freely to the security checkpoint.
"This improvement is part of a comprehensive security upgrade project at Pittsburgh International Airport. For that reason alone this is an important step forward, but this is also a major improvement to the passenger experience," said Kent G. George, Executive Director, Allegheny County Airport Authority.
"The enhanced baggage handling system automates the manual process of screening all checked baggage for potential explosives," said ACAA Project Manager Paul Hoback "The system links EDS machines that check baggage for potential threats. The bags are then safely transported to their respective outgoing planes."
A similar system was installed in 2005 on the south end of ticketing for the other airlines at Pittsburgh International Airport.
The majority of the funding will come from the Airport Authority, with $3 to $4 million coming from a TSA grant. The system is expected to be operational by Thanksgiving 2008 in time for the busy holiday travel season.


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Standoff shuts down Back Creek road for several hours
TOMAHAWK – A man faces charges after he was involved in a standoff with law enforcement in Back Creek Valley on Monday.
According to a press release from the Berkeley County Sheriff's Department, a call was received at about 1:45 p.m. Monday regarding an alleged domestic dispute on Spies Drive, off Crossroad School Road. When an officer arrived on the scene, he was able to make contact with the alleged victim, who said the suspect, Michael Paul Anderson, was inside the residence.
After the alleged victim got out of the house and was deemed safe inside a neighbor's house, the county's special response team was brought in to attempt to make contact with Anderson. The attempts continued throughout the afternoon and proved unsuccessful.
The SRT eventually deployed tear gas, but still received no response from inside the residence. When the SRT made a forced entry into the home, they discovered Anderson had fled, and evidence was discovered leading them to believe he was armed.
Anderson remained on the loose until about 7:25 p.m., when a neighbor called police to report having seen the suspect exit the woods. The SRT apprehended Anderson after a brief confrontation, during which two deputies suffered minor injuries, according to the release.
Twenty-six marijuana plants were discovered inside the residence and confiscated by the SRT. Crossroad School Road was closed for several hours during the incident.
Anderson faces a felony charge of wanton endangerment and a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery. As of Monday evening, he was in Eastern Regional Jail.
The Hedgesville Fire Department and Berkeley County Ambulance Authority were on standby during the incident.


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In November 2013, 57% of Olathe voters approved a 10-year, 3/8th cent sales tax to support a shortfall in Olathe's street maintenance funding. The City began collecting this special sales tax on April 1, 2014.
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Why did we need to invest more in street maintenance?
If the City does not begin funding our street maintenance at a significantly greater level, it is projected that within 10 years the City will be paying 10-15 times what is needed today to rebuild streets. The City has a fiscal responsibility to maintain our streets now to avoid paying a significantly higher amount to rebuild our streets later.
Why couldn't the City use existing revenue to fund the shortfall?
Since 2008, the City, in alignment with stated citizen priorities, has made significant cuts in operations, while largely maintaining Public Safety and Transportation budgets. The percentage of general fund (operational) budget going directly to Public Safety and Transportation has increased from 62% in 2008 to 69% in 2013. The City cannot responsibly divert additional money to cover street maintenance needs without significantly impacting other services that citizens have said are top priorities.
Why did the City ask for a sales tax to fund the shortfall?
The City is recommending a sales tax to fund the street maintenance shortfall for several reasons. The City Council has the authority to increase the mill rate, but that rate increase would only apply to Olathe property owners. Other users of Olathe streets, including the many thousands who live outside of Olathe, would not contribute to an increase in the mill levy. In addition, the Council feels that an issue this important should be the decision of Olathe voters. A dedicated Street Maintenance Sales Tax ensures that all money collected must be used ONLY for the street maintenance projects outlined in the ballot (per state statute).
Will the Street Maintenance Sales Tax fully fund the City's street maintenance needs?
The projected revenues from the 3/8th cent Street Maintenance Sales Tax, alone, will not fully fund the City's street maintenance needs; however, the sales tax coupled with the City's continued financial commitment to street maintenance will provide the needed revenues to fully fund the program.
With a Street Maintenance Sales Tax, local & collector mill and overlay lane miles will increase more than 5 times what we are able to do today with our current budget, and the number of lane miles that receive surface treatments will nearly triple.
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Mark Williams, 20, the driver of the vehicle, and a 16-year-old passenger were transported by helicopter. One was flown on HALO-flight to Christus Spohn Memorial Hosptial in Corpus Christi. The second was flown on Airlife to San Antonio.
Both appeared to have non life-threatening injuries. A second 16-year-old in the vehicle was treated at the scene of the accident.
All three in the vehicle were from Three Rivers.
Llanas said witnesses said the car was traveling at a high rate of speed in the northbound lanes of U.S. Highway 281.
Witnesses also said the vehicle first went to the left and then to the right into the ditch and then back over across the median into the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 281 before rolling over.
Also on the scene in addition to the DPS, were the Three Rivers Police Department, Three Rivers Volunteer Fire Department, Whitsett Volunteer Fire Department, Live Oak County Sheriff's Office, Live Oak County Volunteer Fire Department and two units of the Acadian ambulance service.


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Gender: Male
Athlete Year of Birth: 1982
Athlete Place of Birth: Edmonton
Athlete Weight: 168lbs
Athlete Height: 6'2
Athlete Lives: Edmonton Array
Website: http://ptichelaar.blogspot.com/
WTS Ranking: No Ranking
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Athlete Biography
Competitive Swimmer from '92 - '97
Road Cyclist from 98' - '00
Triathlete from '01 - present
Graduated from University in '05. Worked part time as an electrical engineer while training until January 2008. Am now training full time.
Athlete Sponsors: Canaccord Capital, Saucony, 2XU, Cervelo, WayPastFast
Athlete Language: English, un peu de Francais
Athlete Tri Entry Year: 2002
Athlete Other Sports: Cross country skiing
Athlete Education: Bsc Eng (Electrical Engineering)
Athlete Hobbies: reading, movies, email
Athlete Children: None
Athlete Sports Hero: Lance Armstrong, Simon Whitfield
Athlete Proudest Moment: 5th place finish at the 2001 Junior World Championships in my hometown of Edmonton, AB. 2nd place finish behind my sports hero S
Athlete Injuries: Broke my jaw in a rollerblading accident in May 2002. Missed 12 months with injury. 2003 was a write-off, 2004 rebuilding, and


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November 30, 2012
Joint Early Childhood public budget hearing scheduled for Monday in Chicago
CHICAGO – The Illinois State Board of Education, in cooperation with the Department of Human Services and the Department of Children and Family Services, is holding a joint Early Childhood public budget hearing Monday, Dec. 3, at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago.
The agencies will be accepting testimony on all Early Childhood programs including but not limited to: child care, children's mental health, child welfare, early intervention, Head Start and Early Head Start, home visiting, maternal and child health, Preschool for All and Prevention Initiative.
ISBE Chairman Gery J. Chico will preside over the hearing.
Hearing participants are asked to keep their testimony to five minutes and email a copy to firstname.lastname@example.com.
What: Joint Early Childhood Public Budget Hearing
When: 9:00 a.m. to Noon, Monday, December 3, 2012
Where: James R. Thompson Center, 100 W. Randolph, Room 16-503, Chicago.
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11-year-old Brazilian boy ran between oncoming cars to save pup
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An 11-year-old boy in Brazil risked his life to save a dog that had been hit by a car.
Jean Fernandes ran between oncoming vehicles to pick up the dog, which had been struck by a car in Itajaí, Brazilian news site Guarda-Sol reported.
Photographer Rafaela Martins captured the boy's bravery on camera.
Jean's mother, Rubia Liliana Rose, told BioBioChile that her son often rescues abandoned or abused animals.
Brazil's News Agency of Animal Rights posted the story to its Facebook page on Monday.
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The JDBC API is Java's way of accessing any tabular data source, typically a relational database. The API presents an object-oriented interface to the data and is made up of classes and interfaces in the java.sql package, with standard extensions in javax.sql. Since JDBC 1.0, a lot of functionality has been added to the API. JDBC 2.0 introduced scrollable result sets, updatable result sets, batch update capability and support for new SQL3 data types. The new JDBC 3.0 specification, in its proposed final draft form at this point, is promising to add more robust transactions by way of savepoints, a number of resource pooling enhancements, retrieval of auto-generated keys and a lot more. Through all of the additional functionality, the API has remained very straightforward and very easy to work with. This article discusses a number of these new areas of functionality.
The four basic steps involved with using JDBC to connect to a database are:
Loading the driver is accomplished either by setting the
jdbc.drivers system property, or by dynamically loading the appropriate driver class with a call to
Class.forName(). The following command line launches the
com.ociweb.jdbc.MyApplicationName application and loads the
sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver driver. This particular driver is used to connect to ODBC data sources, but the procedure is the same for all JDBC drivers.
java –Djdbc.drivers=sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver com.ociweb.jdbc.MyApplicationName
The other approach is to load the driver by calling
try {
} catch (ClassNotFoundException exc) {
The appropriate driver must be loaded before a connection to the database can be established. Once the driver is loaded, a connection to the database can be established with a call to
DriverManager.getConnection(). There are several versions of the getConnection method that accept different parameters. The simplest version accepts a single String argument that is a URL to a database. The format of the URL is:
The sub-protocol portion of the URL is used by the
DriverManager class to locate the appropriate driver. The sub-name portion of the URL is used by the driver to identify which database to connect to. The specifics of the sub-name vary from vendor to vendor so refer to the documentation for your specific JDBC driver. For example, a database URL to an ODBC data source might look like
jdbc:odbc:HR. In this particular case, the sub-name is
HR and this should be the name of an ODBC data source.
// Load the JDBC-ODBC bridge driver used
// for connecting to an ODBC data source...
// declare a URL to an ODBC data source named HR
String dbUrl = "jdbc:odbc:HR";
// Retrieve a connection to the database...
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(dbUrl);
What's your experience with the JDBC 3.0 API?
Once a connection to the database has been established, SQL can be sent to the database through a Statement object. The Connection interface defines a
createStatement() method which returns a Statement that may be used to issue SQL commands on that Connection. There are two methods in the Statement interface for sending SQL,
executeQuery() and
executeUpdate(). Each of these methods accept a String argument. The
executeQuery() method expects an SQL "select" statement as an argument and will return a
ResultSet containing the results of the query.
ResultSet interface defines the
next() method which is used to iterate over the results. The
ResultSet interface also defines numerous
get methods for retrieving individual columns out of the results:
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "select first_name, last_name from users";
ResultSet results = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
while(results.next()) {
// the integer arguments to the getString() method
// here correspond with the columns specified in
// the select statement note that the integer
// arguments are NOT zero based
// the first column is index 1
String firstName = results.getString(1);
String lastName = results.getString(2);
// do something with the data...
executeUpdate() method in the Statement interface expects an SQL statement that is updating the database, not selecting data from the database:
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
String sql = "update users set eligible_flag = 'Y' where age > 66";
// the return value of executeUpdate() indicates
// how many rows were affected by the update...
int n = stmt.executeUpdate(sql);
System.out.println(n + " rows were updated.");
Those are the very basics of using JDBC to issue simple selects and updates to the database. The JDBC API provides much more functionality.
Scrollable ResultSets
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ResultSet myResults = myStmt.executeQuery(myQueryString);
// visit each item once...
while(myResults.next()) {
// process the results
JDBC 2.0 result sets may be one of three different types with respect to scrollability. Result sets of type
TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY are similar to JDBC 1.0 result sets. The two new types of result sets are
TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE and
TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE. Both of these result set types are scrollable.
TYPE_SCROLL_INSENSITIVE result sets are scrollable, and are not sensitive to changes made by other transactions.
TYPE_SCROLL_SENSITIVE result sets are also scrollable, but they are sensitive to changes made by other transactions. If a result set is one of the scrollable types, then there are a number of methods that will scroll the result set cursor around in more flexible ways than simply calling
next() to visit each item sequentially.
// retrieve results from the database
ResultSet results = myStatement.executeQuery(myQueryString);
// moves the cursor to the third row in the set
// moves the cursor to the fifth row from the end
// moves the cursor backwards one row
// moves the cursor forward 4 rows
// moves the cursor backward 2 rows
// moves the cursor to the first row in the result set
// moves the cursor to the last row in the result set
All of these methods return a boolean that indicates whether or not the cursor is actually on a row in the result set. For example, if the result contains 10 rows and code tries to move the cursor to the 12th row, then the cursor is left in a position that is after the last row. The methods
afterLast() and
beforeFirst() can be used to query check this condition also.
ResultSet results = myStatement.executeQuery(myQueryString);
// assume that results contains 10 rows of information
// this will work fine and returns true
// this will move the cursor off the end of the result
// set and will return false
// this will also return true now
boolean isAfterLastRow = results.afterLast();
None of this works with result sets of type
TYPE_FORWARD_ONLY. The Statement object that returned the result set determines the result set's type. There is an overloaded version of
createStatement() in the Connection interface that accepts two integer arguments. The first integer is a result set scrollability type and the second is a result set concurrency type (concurrency will be discussed shortly).
// ResultSet objects returned from this statement
// should be scrollable, should not be sensitive
// to changes made by other transactions and should
// be read only
Statement myStatement =
Note that the arguments being passed to the
createStatement() method here are only requests for
ResultSets to be of the specified type. Not all JDBC drivers support all of these
ResultSet types. The
ResultSet methods
getType() and
getConcurrency() will return the
ResultSet's actual type and concurrency, respectively.
Updatable ResultSets
Result sets have one of two concurrency types. A read only result set is of type
CONCUR_READ_ONLY and an updatable result set is of type
CONCUR_UPDATABLE. JDBC 1.0 result sets are all of type
CONCUR_READ_ONLY. Updatable result sets allow changes to be made to the data using Java code instead of using SQL statements. This approach may be much more natural for Java developers.
ResultSet interface defines a number of
updateXXX() methods for updating the contents of a result set. There are 2 forms of each of these update methods.
updateInt(int columnIndex, int i);
updateInt(String columnName, int i);
updateString(int columnIndex, String s);
updateString(String columnName, String s);
The first argument is either the column index that is being updated or a string that represents the name of the column being updated. The index corresponds to the order that the column names were specified in the select statement.
String sql = "select part_no, description, qty_needed from stock where qty_on_hand < 10";
ResultSet results = stmt.executeQuery(sql);
while(results.next()) {
// update the qty_needed column with the value 500
results.updateInt(3, 500);
// send the change to the database
After modifying values in a row of a result set, a call should be made to either
updateRow() to send the update to the database or
cancelRowUpdates() to effectively undo the update.
Batch Updates
Version 2.0 of the JDBC specification introduced the idea of batch updates. Batch updates provide the ability to send a group of operations to the database instead of sending each operation independently. Sending the collection of operations as a group has the potential to greatly improve performance by cutting down on the communication back and forth between the application and the database. In JDBC 1.0, every update is sent to the database independently.
// each time executeUpdate is called,
// an insert is sent to the database
stmt.executeUpdate("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Jeff', 'Brown')");
stmt.executeUpdate("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Betsy', 'Brown')");
stmt.executeUpdate("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Zack', 'Brown')");
stmt.executeUpdate("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Jake', 'Brown')");
The batch update approach accumulates a group of updates on the client and sends them all to the database at once. After adding a group of updates to a batch, the items are sent to the database with a call to
executeBatch() or the batch is cleared out with a call to
stmt.addBatch("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Jeff', 'Brown')");
stmt.addBatch("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Betsy', 'Brown')");
stmt.addBatch("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Zack', 'Brown')");
stmt.addBatch("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Jake', 'Brown')");
// send all of the updates to the database
A JDBC 2.0 driver may or may not support batch updates. The
supportsBatchUpdates() method in the
DatabaseMetaData class may be called to discover if a particular driver supports batch updates.
The JDBC 3.0 specification is currently in a proposed final draft form. The current draft proposes a number of enhancements including transaction savepoints and retrieval of auto-generated keys.
Transaction Savepoints
To use transactions, a JDBC Connection object must not be in auto-commit mode. The default behavior is for a connection to be in auto-commit mode. To use transactions, a call must be made to
setAutoCommit() with an argument of false.
// retrieve a connection to the database
Connection conn = DriverManager.getConnection(myDBUrl);
// turn off auto-commit mode
Once a connection is out of auto-commit mode, transactions must be explicitly committed to the database, or rolled back by making calls to
commit() or
rollback() on the connection. Calling the
commit() method commits the changes to the database and implicitly begins a new transaction. Calling the
rollback() method rolls the changes back as if they had never happened, and also implicitly begins a new transaction.
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
// send 4 separate updates to the database
// commit the updates
Before JDBC 3.0, all four of these updates would have to be committed as a group or rolled back as a group. There would be no way of commiting a subset of the updates once they were added to the transaction. With JDBC 3.0, savepoints will offer finer-grained control of this behavior. During a transaction a named savepoint may be inserted between operations. This named savepoint acts as a marker in the transaction and the transaction may be rolled back to that marker, effectively removing all of the operations after the marker but leaving all of the operations before the marker in place.
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
// send 2 updates to the database
// create a savepoint
Savepoint sp1 = conn.setSavepoint("SP1");
// send 2 more updates to the database
// rollback to sp1, effectively removing the
// last 2 updates from the transaction
// commit the updates
Some databases allow for certain columns to be given automatically generated key values. In this case, an insert statement would not be responsible for supplying a value for the column. The database would generate a unique value for the column and insert the value. This is often used for generating unique primary keys. A problem with this approach is that it may be difficult to get the value after the insert is executed. The JDBC 3.0 specification proposes a more functional Statement interface that provides access to these values after an insert.
Assume a table called
USERS with 3 columns. The
FIRST_NAME column and
LAST_NAME column are varchars. The
USER_ID column is an auto generated column and should contain a unique identifier for each user in the table.
Statement stmt = conn.createStatement();
// insert a new user into the database
// notice that the USER_ID is not accounted for here
stmt.executeUpdate("insert into users (first_name, last_name) values('Jeff', 'Brown')");
// Retrieve a result set containing all of the auto-generated keys from
// the last update issued on this statement
// the specific details of the format of this ResultSet are not clearly specified yet
ResultSet rs = stmt.getGeneratedKeys();
The JDBC API has matured a lot over the last few years. The API continues to get more flexible and powerful while remaining very simple and straightforward. The Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) version 1.4 will contain version 3.0 of JDBC. It may take some time before most driver vendors support all of the new functionality.
A related technology is Java Data Objects (JDO). JDO promises to hide more of the database specific code from the developer. Some benefits of JDO will be the addition of more compile time checking and more manipulation of data through the API instead of through SQL statements. JDO is intended to complement JDBC.
For the latest information on JDBC and JDO, visit http://java.sun.com/products/jdbc/.
Jeff Brown is a Senior Software Engineer, Object Computing, Inc. (OCI)
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