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1/14/2013 (4 years ago)
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The Lord's mission to humanity begins with a simple invitation, and a personal response.  "The kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel" (Mark 1:15).Â
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)
1/14/2013 (4 years ago)
Published in Year of Faith
Keywords: Fishers of Men, Gospel of Mark, Follow me, Call of Apostles, Simon Peter, Andrew, Year of Faith, Daily Homilies, St. Theresa Sugar Land, Fr. Stephen B. Reynolds
SUGAR LAND, TX (Catholic Online). "Jesus said to them, 'Follow me and I will make you become fishers of men.' And immediately they left their nets and followed him" (Mark 1:17-18).
There is something reassuring in knowing that Jesus wanted to associate others with him in the work of proclaiming the Gospel. The Lord was not to undertake his public ministry alone. "From the very beginning, Jesus associated his disciples with his own life, revealed the mystery of the Kingdom to them, and gave them a share in his mission, joy, and sufferings" (Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 787).
The Lord's mission to humanity begins with a simple invitation, and with a personal response. Jesus proclaims the central message of the Good News of salvation with clarity and directness: "the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel" (Mark 1:15). Not a merely theoretical proposition, these words are a call to faith and personal conversion. The future apostles were among the first to hear this invitation. Â
The Gospel according to St. Mark presents the calling of the first apostles in a way that is straightforward and direct. That is St. Mark's style. Jesus speaks, the apostles respond. We must turn to the other Gospels to learn the details of this episode.
According to St. Luke, Jesus encounters Peter by the lakeshore, washing his nets after a long night of fishing. The Lord commandeers Peter's boat and with Peter at the helm, puts out a little way from the shore. "He sat down," St. Luke says, "and taught the people from the boat" (Luke 5:3).
Jesus uses Simon's boat in this way because a large crowd was present. St. Luke says "the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God" (Luke 5:1). By putting out "a little from the land" (Luke 5:3), Jesus was able to use the boat as a lectern, his voice bouncing and reflecting off the water, making it easier for the assembly to hear his voice.
The Gospels do not preserve the words that Jesus used on that occasion. We do know that after speaking, Jesus turns to Simon and Andrew, and later to James and John, and says, "Follow me" (Mark 1:17). Their lives would never be the same.
There are a number of interesting characteristics about this encounter.
First, Jesus does the choosing. None of the future apostles propose themselves to Christ. They do not volunteer. They do not meet in advance and plot a strategy that will call the Lord's attention to them. There are no secret alliances, behind-the-scenes maneuvers, or political posturing. Jesus choosing the men that he wants to choose. He does not give reasons for his particular selections. The Lord's call is an expression of his divine will.
Second, Jesus chooses ordinary men. Asking a group of fishermen to be one's disciples does not look like a successful plan. One would think that as an emerging Jewish leader, Jesus would have included members of the Sanhedrin, Pharisees, or teachers of the Law among his first disciples. It would have been pragmatic to select a few people who had political or social influence. Jesus did none of those things. Â
Instead, he sought people who were laborers, honest and unsophisticated. Jesus "seeks co-workers. among people used to hard work, people for whom life is a struggle and whose life-style is plain" (Navarre Bible, Commentary on the Gospel of St. Mark [Mark 1:16-20], p. 202)." During the Last Supper the Lord would remind his apostles, "You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit" (John 15:16).
Finally, Jesus does not ask the apostles' permission. When Jesus says, "Follow me," he is issuing a command. This is not a suggestion, but an imperative. In response, the Lord expects a whole-hearted surrender, without compromise. And that's exactly what the apostles give him.
"And immediately they left their nets and followed him" (Mark 1:18). There is no wavering, doubt, or even discussion. Simon and Andrew do not weigh their options or calculate the possibilities of saying, "yes" vs. saying, "no." The call of the Lord was simple and direct. The response of the apostles was equally uncomplicated. "Immediately."
In preparing children for their first confession, we spend time helping them to examine their consciences. When we review the fourth commandment, "Honor your father and your mother," I ask the children to ask themselves, "When my parents tell me to do something, do I always do it the first time they tell me, or do I make them repeat it over and over?" Obeying the first time, as opposed to the second, fourth, or hundredth time, is a way of living the fourth commandment generously and without reservation.
God wants us to respond to him in the same way. What must it have taken the apostles to drop their nets, symbolic of leaving their whole lives behind, in order to follow the Lord? They must have been men of great generosity and detachment. Generous, because they had great love for God. Detached, because they would not allow material things, even good things, to come between themselves and their Lord.
That sort of detachment is essential for the Christian life. It is so easy to have unhealthy attachments to material goods, comfort, even our own opinions and preferences. The Gospels contain several accounts of individuals who wanted to follow Christ, but who put conditions on their discipleship (see Luke 9:57-62; Mt 19:16-23). We want to live a discipleship without conditions, without boundaries; a wholehearted surrender to the love and mercy of God.
"Christian detachment has nothing to do with disdain for material goods. Rather it has to do with making that counsel of Our Lord's a reality in our own lives: Seek first his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well [Matthew 6:33]. We will discover that the more we struggle to detach ourselves completely from things, the greater will be our capacity to love others and to appreciate the goodness and beauty of creation" (Francis Fernandez, In Conversation with God, vol. 3, p. 107).
We take comfort in knowing, without a doubt, that the Lord has called us as well. From the moment of our baptism, we have embarked on the path of Christian discipleship. Occasionally we have strayed from the right road. Sometimes we have fallen. At other times, we have moved forward steadfastly, trusting in the grace of God to guide us.
May the Lord renew in our hearts the desire to leave everything behind and follow him.
Fr. Stephen B. Reynolds is pastor of St. Theresa Catholic Church in Sugar Land, TX, a suburb of Houston. You may visit the parish website at: www.SugarLandCatholic.com.
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Cuomo Should Push To Reform Scaffold Law
To The Reader's Forum:
As Gov. Cuomo seeks to rebuild New York's infrastructure, relieve our municipalities from crushing mandates, and create jobs, he should push for a reform that provides all three. That is New York's antiquated scaffold law. Businesses, contractors, municipalities, and taxpayer's across the state are asking the governor to support reform of the scaffold law, an outdated law that holds employers and contractors absolutely liable for worksite injuries, even if they were not predominantly at fault.
The scaffold law exists only in New York, and is the reason why contractors here pay the highest rates in the country for workers compensation insurance. Every dollar spent on insurance is one less dollar available for hiring workers and providing for their benefits.
It's not just contractors and property owners who are impacted by this law. Our school districts and local governments are similarly under threat. The largest scaffold law case in 2012 was against a school, and one of largest scaffold law cases in the past few years was against a municipality.
When the state gets sued, taxpayers are forced to foot the bill. In the recent Kin vs. State of New York case, the court ruled against the state, even though the plaintiff used the wrong equipment. In any other state, the use of improper equipment would factor into the judgment, but because of New York's scaffold law, the state will be held fully liable.
The governor has a rare opportunity to improve our economy, remove expensive mandates and save the state money all at no cost. We urge the governor to support scaffold law reform and bring New York in line with every other state. This year Sen. Gallivan has sponsored Senate Bill 111 proposing scaffolding law reform and we are happy to say our local senator, Cathy Young, has signed on as a cosponsor. The passage and signing of Senate Bill 111 by Gov. Cuomo will go a long way in reforming this outdated, unreasonable and costly law.
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Inclination for Speed - Page 2
Short and Quick
Aim for a cadence of three steps per second, no matter the grade, by using short, quick steps. The steeper the incline, the smaller the steps. "A shorter stride will keep you leaning forward," explains Professor Reed Farber, biomechanics expert and director of the Running Injury Clinic at the University of Calgary. "If you can see your toes in front of you, you're over-striding and losing efficiency." On technical terrain a fast tempo also provides more agility to dodge obstacles.
Ball First, Heel Second
Good mountain runners land on the ball of the foot, then lightly touch down on the heel. "This mid-foot strike spring loads your Achilles tendon to propel you up the hill and keeps your weight in front," explains Dr. Ferber. Heel striking, on the other hand, applies a strong braking force that throws your weight back.
But landing exclusively on your toes can cause ankle pain and calf strains. "Many runners tend to stay on their toes for steep climbing," says Burrell, who recommends this technique only when sprinting up short, extreme grades. "On long uphill grinds, this will burn out your calves, so stretch them out by using the whole foot."
Armed Forces
Swinging your arms encourages quick leg turnover and provides a boost on nasty grades. "The arms don't contribute much to forward motion on the flats," says Professor Bryan C. Heiderscheit, director of the Neuromuscular Biomechanics Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin. "But on steep hills, they provide vertical [uphill] propulsion as well as forward force."
Race Mode
In uphill races, Burrell says, "Abandon expectations for a certain per-mile pace and focus on breathing, form and effort." Think of an Italian sports car in the Swiss Alps, and shift down to a low gear for a pace you can sustain.
"If you go too hard, you'll fade," says three-time World Masters Mountain Running Champion, Simon Gutierrez. "Use a heart-rate monitor to learn where your lactic acid threshold [exercise intensity at which lactate accumulates in the muscles, causing fatigue] is and then stay just under that point." Or gauge your effort by determining the maximum number of breaths-per-stride you can maintain for more than 30 minutes, and make this your race pace.
For extreme grades where form and efficiency decline, switch to a power hike or a "sideways" stride (see below).
At a hill's crest, accelerate up and over to carry the momentum on the downhill. And at the descent's end, use your downhill speed to accelerate the first part of the next hill. Ultramarathon legends Kami Semick and Scott Jurek use this "transitioning" strategy to shave minutes off their race times.


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FORESTVILLE – Timothy G. Winford, 30, of 927 Route 39, Forestville was charged with first-degree felony unlawful imprisonment, second-degree reckless endangerment and third-degree assault. On Thursday at approximately 1 a.m., police located Winford at his residence and took him into custody without incident on a warrant from Chautauqua County. He was committed to Chautauqua County Jail without bail and will be back in court at a later date.
PORTLAND – James Seavy Jr., 48, of Route 20, Portland was charged with unlawful possession of marijuana. On Monday at 10:27 p.m., deputies were speaking with Seavy regarding an unrelated incident when it was discovered was allegedly in possession of a small amount of marijuana. He was issued an appearance ticket and will answer the charge in Town of Portland Court at a later date.
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SCSU Now
Meeting the challenge of change
Thursday, January 5, 2012
The economy is stagnant. Congress is paralyzed by ideological gridlock. Bart Simpson hasn't grown an inch since 1989.
But at St. Cloud State the march of progress continues, reshaping Minnesota's second-largest university with initiatives that are re-imagining learning, teaching and campus life.
Leading the parade are a trio of higher education veterans, each of whom presented to university employees Jan. 5 at the spring semester Convocation in Ritsche Auditorium.
President Earl H. Potter III praised employees for commitment and resilience, remarking that "the challenges that we have faced and will face are significant and they require all the insight, skill and perseverance that we can muster."
Said Potter: "We are meeting the challenge of change."
This spring Potter will do double duty helping reinvent online education at St. Cloud State and system wide on behalf of Minnesota's public colleges and universities.
Teaming with him on the local e-education front will be Devinder Malhotra, St. Cloud State's provost and vice president for academic affairs.
"The growth in online courses and programs at SCSU has been a critical area of enrollment growth, much of which has occurred organically," said Malhotra. "We need to begin to think more strategically about our online activities."
A task force directed by Orn Bodvarsson, interim dean of the School of Public Affairs, will identify best practices, standards and procedures that will facilitate the growth of on-line learning programs, said Malhotra.
In his third year at St. Cloud State, Malhotra has also been tasked with supervising these and other initiatives:
The latter initiative dovetails with construction of ISELF, the Integrated Science and Engineering Laboratory Facility. University officials have described the building's laboratories and classrooms as being managed by the university, not by a particular department or program -- a new paradigm that will foster cooperative teaching and research.
Site preparation for the $45 million ISELF is underway at the corner of Second Avenue and Eighth Street South. It is expected to be complete in 2013.
Steve Ludwig, vice president of administrative affairs, briefly discussed the ISELF project, then announced that financing plans for $14 million in renovation and expansion at the National Hockey Center is expected to be approved in St. Paul this week.
Construction at the National Hockey Center is slated to start this spring and be substantially complete by the start of the 2012-13 hockey season, said Ludwig.
A key element of the project is an atrium/ticketing area, featuring large areas of exterior glass, that will extend southward to Herb Brooks Way. Other elements include offices for coaches and facility staff, corporate suites to enhance revenue, and improved restrooms and food service areas.
Potter praised the vice president for his work on the National Hockey Center project, including Ludwig's leadership during two years of legal wrangling with state and federal officials to find approved ways of mixing public and private monies for the project. At issue was increased federal scrutiny of commercial sponsorships of public buildings.
"Steve's experience and wisdom have been important to our success," said Potter. "His vision, his integrity and his leadership have been essential. Without his contributions these projects would not be happening."
Ludwig has announced his retirement, effective at the end of the academic school year.
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Luce, Hickox Accepted as 2008 Olympic Sprint Canoe/Kayak Coaches
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - USA Canoe/Kayak announced Monday that the USOC Team Selection Working Group has accepted the nominations of Nathan Luce (Chula Vista, Calif.) as Sprint Head Coach and Mac Hickox (Mississauga, Canada) as Sprint Replacement Head Coach for the U.S. Sprint Canoe/Kayak Team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
Luce and Hickox will serve as 2008 U.S. Olympic sprint coaches pending final approval by the USOC Board of Directors and dependent on the size of the team that USA Canoe/Kayak fields for the 2008 Olympic Games.
Luce, a five-time member of Canada's National Kayak Team and 15-time Canadian champion, joined USA Canoe/Kayak as Sprint Head Coach in 2005. Under Luce, U.S. sprint paddlers have earned nine berths in World Championship finals resulting in two top-five finishes and have won seven World Cup medals. In 2007, the U.S. won a women's single kayak silver medal at the Beijing Pre-Olympic Test Event in China.
Hickox, a U.S. Olympian (Canoe, 1968), 22-time Canadian champion and two time North American champion, joined USA Canoe/Kayak as National Development Director/Coach in 2007. As a coach, Hickox served as Canada 's Sprint Canoe/Kayak National Coach from 1972 to 1976 and Head Coach at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games producing a silver medal in the men's single canoe. As Head Coach of the Mississauga Canoe Club ( Ontario , Canada ), Hickox brought six Canadian national titles to the club in 12 years. Hickox is a founder of the U.S. National Association of Coaches in Canoe and Kayak and the Canadian Association of Coaches in Canoe and Kayak. He was recipient of the Gilbert Award as Coach of the Year by the Canadian Canoe Association in 1996 and won the Air Canada Award as Canada 's Coach of the Year in 1976. He is a 1983 inductee of the City of Mississauga, Ontario Hall of Fame and was named "One of the 25 Most Influential People in Mississauga Sport" 1975-1999.


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Green gram dhal(yellow dhal) 1 cup
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Cook the dhal in just enough water till it cooks and the water evaporates.Cook it in open pot and not in cooker. Else it will become mushy. Let it cool
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Now mix the potatoes with dhal,chilli powder, garam masala and salt.
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What advice would Franck Eggelhoffer have for brides today?
[In Eggelhoffer's voice] Be chic, be elegant and not give a damn about what people think. Know who you are, know what to say and not to give a damn.
Can you tell us about Franck's background and his accent? Where is he from?
I never determined that. I felt that he was born in Eastern Europe but he'd summered in France and he'd wintered in St. Barths and he'd been on yachts, and so his accent was so filled with pretention that at times he'd say, "Yes," and at times he'd say, "Yah."
Have you ever had a joke go wrong?
A million of them. That's the world you live in. But you don't worry about that. I mean, the whole secret of show business is you don't take it personally. It's just a business you do. And of course jokes will go wrong, things will bomb and you just accept it. If you had a fruit market, some of the fruit would turn unexpectedly.
You've done singing, writing, producing and acting and appeared on Broadway, TV and the big screen. What other career goals do you have?
I've never directed a movie. I've never directed a play. And I've had many offers through the years to do that. And I guess I could say, "Oh, some day I'd like to direct." But I don't think that's true [laughs]. I think that I would've done it.
I think that I prefer to be doing what I can. I suppose when I reach a point that I don't feel that I'm pulling off what I'd like to pull off on stage, that I'm not as spry, then I could see doing something else or totally doing something else. But I think that I'm constantly challenged and enjoy the world of being an actor.
I've always done a wide range of things. After you've been doing it a long time, you're not worried about paying your rent. The bigger concern is: How do you keep yourself from not getting bored by doing the same thing you've done many, many times? Nothing's as exciting as the first movie or the first time you're doing a Broadway show or the first time you're doing a television series. But when you're doing the eighteenth movie or the twentieth movie [laughs], it's not quite the same. You try to see how many firsts you can get in there or create a wide variety of types of entertainment.
If you weren't in the entertainment industry, what would you be doing?
I was going to be a social worker. I have a bachelor's in social work. I don't know. I have a feeling I would've gone into politics. I've always been fascinated by politics, even as a little kid. So I have a feeling that social work would've led to social behavior, helping mankind, and then taking it from there.
What would you say is your life motto?
To be happy. Everything happens to people, and you just have to figure out a way to still find happiness and joy in life, because it's not a rehearsal. This is it.


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About the Author: Jennifer Vitela serves as Assistant Information Officer at U.S. Embassy Kabul.
On July 3, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul celebrated the Fourth of July with a formal reception on the embassy compound awash in red, white, and blue. More than 1,000 Afghan, international, and American guests attended the celebration which also marked the first joint public appearance of the leaders of our civilian military partnership in Afghanistan -- Ambassador Karl W. Eikenberry and General David H. Petraeus.
Ambassador Eikenberry and General Petraeus both addressed the crowd and spoke about working together to build peace in Afghanistan. They were followed by remarks from Afghan Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmai Rasool who thanked the United States for its assistance in Afghanistan.
During his speech, Ambassador Eikenberry highlighted the United States' long-term commitment to Afghanistan and stressed that, although Afghanistan continues to face difficult challenges, it will do so with the support of the United States and its partners from around the world. Ambassador Eikenberry said, "Today, we salute the friendship and solidarity between our people, and we celebrate our common purpose. And we remember the sacrifice of the many soldiers and civilians of the United States, international community, and Afghanistan who have served in pursuit of the common purpose."
After the ceremony, guests milled about enjoying ice cream, hamburgers, soft drinks, and other Fourth of July favorites. A photo exhibition titled "Picturing America" was on display for the guests. The "Picturing America" touring exhibition promotes some of America's most significant art images to strengthen understanding of America's history and founding principles. Also on display was various exhibits about successful development initiatives being implemented throughout the country.
The 101st Airborne Division "Dixieland Band" played a variety of music from jazz to contemporary and the embassy band performed American classics.
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The Top General Says, "Win it" then do it. After you win it, get our troops home safe and sound. Then they can protect our borders. We support our troops. These wars have torn our Nation apart. The cost of Billions of dollars, cost of American blood for other peoples Freedom. If were NOT placing our Flag on these countries, then we should NOT be occupying these countries with our security forces. In the bible it says a time for everything, so if the General can Win IT we stand behind with 150 percent. If it cannot be won then get our troops home. I just like to know where the Taliban gets its water from? If the lands in Afghanistan dry up, then where or who is giving them drinking water? Who is providing this service to the Taliban? Water might be the key or solution to winning this war in Afghanistan. If the enemy "Taliban" does NOT have water to drink, how can they fight? Remove the supply lines that support drinking water to the Taliban and it just might help our forces succeed. You cant fight a war if you don't have water to drink.


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Advanced Micro Devices disclosed at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) that in order to increase clock-speeds of its forthcoming microprocessors based on Piledriver micro-architecture, it will use a new resonant clock mesh technology developed by Cyclos Semiconductor. The new tech allows to cut power consumption by 10%, or boost clock-speed by 10% without inrease of TDP.
AMD's x86-64 core code-named "Piledriver" with 4GHz and higher clock-speeds employs resonant clocking to reduce clock distribution power up to 24% while maintaining the low clock-skew target required by high-performance processors. Fabricated in a 32nm SOI process, Piledriver represents the first volume production-enabled implementation of resonant clock mesh technology.
"We were able to seamlessly integrate the Cyclos IP into our existing clock mesh design process so there was no risk to our development schedule. Silicon results met our power reduction expectations, we incurred no increase in silicon area, and we were able to use our standard manufacturing process, so the investment and risk in adopting resonant clock mesh technology was well worth it as all of our customers are clamoring for more energy efficient processor designs," said Samuel Naffziger, corporate fellow at AMD.
Cyclos resonant clock mesh technology employs on-chip inductors to create an electric pendulum, or "tank circuit", formed by the large capacitance of the clock mesh in parallel with the Cyclos inductors. The Cyclos inductors and clock control circuits "recycle" the clock power instead of dissipating it on every clock cycle like in a clock tree implementation, which results in a reduction in total IC power consumption of up to 10%.
Clock mesh power reduction is one area where EDA vendors have not yet delivered design solutions so the validation of resonant clock mesh technology via the AMD Piledriver design is welcome news to the IC design community.
Implementing inductors on-chip to resonate a clock mesh is a simple idea with complex implementation requirements. Cyclos has commercialized over 10 years of research to produce the first resonant clock mesh design solution that meets all the testability, reliability, dynamic frequency scaling, and quality assurance requirements of today's ICs.
"Now that the Cyclos technology is validated, we're looking forward to expand into SoC designs via the design automation tools that are in development at Cyclos. We believe resonant clock mesh design will be a key enabler for GHz+ embedded processor IP blocks in next generation SoCs that also require ultra-low power consumption," said Marios Papaefthymiou, founder and president of Cyclos Semiconductor.
Tags: AMD, Cyclos, Piledriver, Trinity, Vishera, Viperfish, 32nm, Globalfoundries


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WASHINGTON – All year long, there are people around us who work in quiet anonymity through local groups and causes or directly with people in need. They donate freely of themselves, making a difference for others and for our communities.
As we reflect on the past year and look ahead with hope and optimism to the coming year, it's my goal to draw attention to some of these efforts and the groups and individuals behind them.
Northern Michigan continues to face many tough challenges, but that hasn't drained our spirit and we've shown how resilient we can be. There are many examples. First, we can look to the brave men and women in our armed forces, some of which are serving in far off parts of the world protecting our freedoms. Their sacrifices – and those of their families – should never be forgotten.
One of the truly rewarding experiences I've had is treating our local veterans at the VA hospital in Iron Mountain for 20 years. In that time, I was blessed to work with several other dedicated doctors, nurses, and hospital personnel that have a shared commitment and passion to serve our brave heroes. But caregivers can come in several forms. For other opportunities in your community, go to www.volunteer.va.gov to learn where your help may be most needed.
My wife, Judy, and I have been committed to the St. Vincent de Paul society for many years. The Vincentians do such wonderful work for our communities above and below the bridge, from thrift stores to visiting tens of thousands in their homes, senior centers, and hospitals. And from providing travel aid to running food drives last year they helped over 50,000 people in our area-dedicating nearly $900,000 to aiding them and another $200,000 of in-kind donations including food, furniture, clothing and professional services. To find out more about what they do or how you can help, please contact a local church.
Mentorships can be a life changing experience for everyone involved. I've seen firsthand how a mentorship can help a young person flourish as they tackle real-world challenges. From study help or tutoring in academics to being an extra sounding board that can lend an added adult perspective when needed, mentors can play a significant role in our children's development. Having a positive role model that will take the time to share their own experiences and be there to listen is invaluable to helping these kids take the right path.
My son-in-law started with a mentor when he was a sophomore in high school, and still speaks to the lifelong benefits he has gained from that relationship. In fact, he's now 26-years-old, with a growing family of his own, but he remains in touch with his mentor to this day. His experience moved me to seek out a local mentorship, so I took part in the Kinkid program in Iron County. The young man I worked with had to move away, but it was a deeply rewarding experience that I hope to do again in the near future.
These are just a few of the countless causes and efforts locally that can make a difference, but this only begins to scratch the surface of all the good work and deeds taking place everyday around us. I'll continue to post more of my efforts and the efforts of others on my Facebook page and Twitter account to share the inspirational efforts we have going on all around us all year long. There must be hundreds of these stories throughout our communities, please share them-online, in a letter to the paper or when gathering with friends and neighbors. I'd like to hear more. I believe if we amplify these efforts it may bring more and more of us together to keep helping our friends in need.
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In "Saving Hope," when charismatic Chief of Surgery Charlie Harris (Shanks) at Hope-Zion Hospital ends up in a coma, he leaves the hospital in chaos - and his fiancee and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid (Durance), in a state of shock. Along with newly arrived star surgeon, Joel Goran (Gillies), Reid races to save Harris' life. As the action unfolds, the comatose Harris explores the hospital halls in "spirit" form, not sure if he's a ghost or a figment of his own imagination. Reid, along with her fellow doctors, press on to save his life and those of their other patients as they deal with the complicated and courageous decisions that are made in their daily struggle to keep hope alive.
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About the Authors: Brian Asmus and Ulrika Joyce serve at U.S. Embassy Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
More than 1,000 volunteers and participants started arriving at Ela Beach in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea (PNG), just before 8:00 a.m. on April 24 to join the Earth Day cleanup. For the fourth year, the U.S. Embassy and National Capital District (NCD) of Port Moresby have teamed up to highlight the importance of protecting the environment.
We opened Earth Day with a celebration that included an art contest that was open to all residents of Papua New Guinea. This year, we chose "Protecting the Marine Life of Papua New Guinea" as the theme to highlight threats that marine environments face. One example of the artwork we received included a painting of sea turtles mistakenly eating plastic bags, because they look like jelly fish. Incredibly, by some estimates, the vortex of garbage in the middle Pacific is larger than Papua New Guinea itself. Plastic is a real problem for marine environments, because it does not fully degrade. It forms only smaller and smaller plastic polymers in the ocean. Garbage of all kinds is damaging reefs.
Art entries were received from various locations in Papua New Guinea, including Lae, Manus, and Rabaul. The art work was displayed at Ela Beach during the Earth Day festivities. Next week, interested viewers can check out the display at the University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) Library.
At 9:00 a.m., Master of Ceremonies Justin Tkatchenko, CEO of PNG Gardener, opened the event at Ela Beach's Amphi Theater, after which U.S. Charge d'Affaires Paul Berg highlighted U.S. support of environmental protection programs in Papua New Guinea. The U.S. government helps fund the Coral Triangle Initiative to protect and ensure sustainable development of marine ecosystems in Papua New Guinea and elsewhere in the region. Last year, the U.S. Embassy also provided money to the Motupore Research Center and Tahira Mangrove Nursery. NCD Governor Powes Parkop and PNG Governor General Sir Paulius Matane also spoke. Then, Mr. Tkatchenko announced the Earth Day Art Contest winners with Berg and Parkop presenting the awards.
In the adult category, the winners were as follows: Max Dama (first), Daryl Fernandez (second), Bernard Henry (third), and Molong Beka (fourth). In the teenage category, Samol Agi won first, Simon Kulol second, Alice Kuniata third, and Raymolt Limu fourth. In the children's division, first place went to Anastasia Krus, second to Sinaia Pakop, third to Ranaot (from Manus), and fourth to Kayaup Francis. Honorable mentions were Barbara Ipasi, Mabaia Mavis Maino, Chautha Kauyap, and Kauta Pof.
This year's prizes included domestic tickets from Air Niugini, mobile phones from Bemobile, an MP3 player from Daltron, and gift certificates to City Pharmacy.
After a dramatic performance by Watete, Mr. Tkatchenko closed the event at 10:30 a.m., thanking all our Earth Day sponsors: PNG Gardener, Air Niugini, Bemobile, CPL, Daltron, Coca-Cola, KK Kingston, and St. Johns.
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(Bad news from South-Korea. it`s first. yes, first edition)
the discontinuance
Hyundai Asan`s Kum Gang Mt. sightseeing puts out Korea from a many kinds problem thinks occurred. When thinks a future, the magnification where is not the discontinuance wants was a work where, but grazes from the outside and passes and Hyundai Asan staffs see repeatedly and poorly to looking, is a watch characteristic but the time flowed and turning round was difficult, I was having, believes and me and some time completely there is not a right to speak which is the same qualitative thing speaks in thought. Respects the enterprise of Korea and Korea from is but for the appear "widow" to be doing being difficult yet speaks. What kind of there probably is intention which is political, does not know but secret intention Kum Gang Mt. sightseeing thinks even with the opinion which is personal that must be continued. Is some entrusting, also the memory is difficult. Is like that but again entrusting gives. Must come to be continued, thinks that must advance. When and, the stock market period of short time is stabilized please.
Thamk You.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
if i get a 1%, i do.
but, never happened.
Palgye in South Korea writes:
Dear to..
The occurrence of world economy crisis there is a many kinds reason but thinks the result which lets alone the system of the expansion and control inability which eisegesis of financial part is excessive. Problem anyone recognized, to knowing the size and a destructive power of the banking companies, the approach wrongly was skillful thinks to problem. The necessity which will use a fear is not but the sacrifice of minimum thinks that is inevitable.
The citizens do not manifest the disappointment feeling of the themselves at the outside not to be, thinks that the possibility which will do is big a different decision in the moment when is important. Thinks anyone was knowing. I was knowing. And, more is active and a little young cry thinks. Economically almost from bankruptcy condition. When the chance will come becomes again. Thinks job and has an interest in many kinds problem to the situation which is difficult. To overcome the people who dislikes me.
Thank You.
P.S. The nation is safe and if the horrible monster disappears and the election flows with entirely different direction and thinks change. The citizens circles but the capitalists with the direction which dislikes. Is inevitable, but the budget of the material part the polarization to be deepened decreased and the middle classes which is common fell with the lower part part of the pyramid thinks. Is who thinks that wants. Citizens. Listens the story of the themselves and that talk there is delivered interest of minimum shows and in the rich men and a force of the Republic of Korea and thinks that wants. The language which is political is mobilized, will be many even in small interest and thinks the thing which will be impressed. Citizens of most. Appears probably, to be doing being difficult plentifully. To think the promise disappeared about future, to living. Is not but yesterday the scope and number increase plentifully and knows the difficulty thing, the person whom will speak thinks that is not.
(The fight actuality is not all, the alternative which is substantial will overcome being presented, thinks that wants. and me too)
Thank You.
P.S. The policy of conservatism, the citizens welcomes, thinks the short time when do. A possibility which will flow totalitarianism has, the voters who are having job and educated that flowing, think that there is a possibility which will seek the presentation of new direction.
Tom W. writes:
GREAT to see that this tradition continues and has grown to encompass entries from all over PNG. Keep up the good work! See you later when PP10 arrives in PNG.


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Debates of June 12th, 2008
House of Commons Hansard #111 of the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was report.
- Question Period
- Airline Passenger Bill of Rights
- Income Tax Act
- Committees of the House
- Food and Drugs Act
- Government Response to Petitions
- Legislative Instruments Re-enactment Act
- Judicial Compensation and Benefits Commission
- Copyright Act
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Committees of the House
- Criminal Code
- Committees of the House
- Agricultural Fairs
- Child Labour
- Berthierville Music Festival
- Liberal Party of Canada
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Brain Injury Awareness Month
- Carbon Tax
- Gilles Carle
- Carbon Tax Proposal
- Human Rights
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Iraq
- Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
- Raymond Laliberté
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Public Safety
- Indian Affairs
- National Security
- Aboriginal Affairs
- Regional Economic Development
- National Security
- Copyright
- Omar Khadr
- Regional Economic Development
- Citizenship and Immigration
- The Environment
- The Economy
- Child Care
- Price of Consumer Goods
- Fisheries
- International Trade
- Points of Order
- Privilege
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Ways and Means
- Canada Elections Act
- National Defence Act
Regional Economic Development
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to see that the Prime Minister's Quebec lieutenant is not defending his colleague who is responsible for economic development. It was the Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec himself who suggested that we address his cabinet colleagues. He said that they had forced his hand to cut his budget in half and abandon the not for profit economic organizations.
Can the Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, who is responsible for the beautiful Quebec City region, tell us what PÔLE Québec Chaudière-Appalaches did to deserve this?
Regional Economic Development
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Jean-Pierre Blackburn Minister of Labour and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec
Mr. Speaker, I heard all sorts of mistruths coming from the hon. member just now. I want to reiterate that we will continue to support economic organizations. They have a two-year transition period to get ready to fly on their own. What is more, if they have one-off projects, we will support them since that is what we want to do.
If the Government of Quebec, which shares this jurisdiction with us, wants to pay for other things, then it is free and has the full authority to do so.
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, in August, the 2008 Congrès mondial des jeunes Régénération will be held as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations of Quebec City. It is considered to be the largest gathering of young people in the world. Of the 1,100 people invited, more than 700 need a visa, and already half of those who have applied have been turned down. However, the minister has had the list of participants for over a year and a half.
Will the minister responsible for the Quebec City region speak to her colleague, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, to get these young people their visas?
Citizenship and Immigration
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Diane Finley Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Mr. Speaker, as I told the hon. member's colleague last week, we are trying to help organizations get their delegates to these conventions. We want to ensure they are successful.
However, each application must receive all due attention in order to protect the people who are already here. If the hon. member has details about specific cases, I would be happy to help her.
The Environment
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Christiane Gagnon Québec, QC
Mr. Speaker, also in the Quebec City region, the Valcartier base contaminated wells used by residents of Shannon. The tainted wells have simply been sealed, and the residents are getting their water from the water system at the Valcartier base.
The Minister of National Defence, who is responsible for this file, refuses to commit the $12 million needed to supply clean water. Can the minister offer some reassurance to these people and commit now to making the necessary investments?
The Environment
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
Edmonton Centre
Laurie Hawn Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, we have been working with the people of Shannon, the province of Quebec and the city of Quebec to make sure that clean water is available, not only for Valcartier but for the people of Shannon. There has been a great cooperative arrangement with Valcartier, Shannon, and Quebec.
We are investing everything we need to invest. We are going to continue to work with those bodies to make sure we get the job done in the future.
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:50 p.m.
John McCallum Markham—Unionville, ON
Mr. Speaker, a new poll says the majority of Canadians expect a recession because the Conservatives have so mismanaged the economy. Their doubt in the government is well placed.
The IMF says it will lower Canada's growth forecast for the second time in less than three months. Factories are closing in Ontario, a place the finance minister says is the last place to invest.
Why are Tory times always tough times? Why are the Conservatives so disconnected from hard-working Canadians?
The Economy
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Ted Menzies Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, let me quote from another report of just yesterday.
The OECD recognized Canada's economic strengths, the opposite of what the hon. member is suggesting. It recognized that the direction our government is taking is the right one.
We are in an enviable position. Our economic fundamentals are strong. We have the best job market in a generation, but we certainly do not want to allow the Liberals to get back in place where they would put a punitive carbon tax on us and perhaps run us into a deficit position.
Child Care
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Mike Lake Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont, AB
Mr. Speaker, today the Canadian Labour Congress had the audacity to criticize the government for its refusal to support the NDP child care bill. That is puzzling since the NDP has refused to debate its own child care bill in the House seven times now knowing that it has zero support from provinces and very little support from parents.
Our government will not cave in to the paternalistic demands of the NDP and a small group of union leaders who believe that government is better at raising children than Canadian parents.
Can the human resources minister please tell the House what the Conservative government is doing to ensure parents have the options they need with respect to raising their own children?
Child Care
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Medicine Hat
Monte Solberg Minister of Human Resources and Social Development
Mr. Speaker, I thank the very hard-working MP and someone who understands better than most the challenges of raising children.
Not only does the CLC have its facts wrong, its philosophy is a disaster. This year our government's child care transfers to the provinces will be almost double what they have reported, but when it comes to philosophy, the CLC, the NDP, the Bloc, and the Liberals dismiss the role of parents in raising children.
In fact, not only would the Liberal leader make gasoline and home heating fuel more expensive, he would take away the universal child care benefit from Canadian families for reasons that elude me.
Price of Consumer Goods
Oral Questions
June 12th, 2008 / 2:55 p.m.
Denise Savoie Victoria, BC
Mr. Speaker, the Canadian dollar achieved parity with the U.S. dollar eight months ago, yet prices on either side of the border still differ significantly. On average, Canadian consumers are paying at least 18¢ more than Americans for the same products. Some products cost 30% or 35% less in the United States.
Why is the Minister of Finance not taking the necessary measures to protect Canadians consumers?
Price of Consumer Goods
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Ted Menzies Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, the strength of the Canadian dollar should actually be benefiting consumers. We think that it has in some cases.
In fact, the price of cars, books and clothing has come down, but the strong dollar is also followed along with the lowest inflation rate in this part of the world, in fact lower than the United States.
We would encourage our retailers to provide the lowest cost produce to Canadians that they can. We would also encourage consumers to force those prices to be as low as they can.
Price of Consumer Goods
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Denise Savoie Victoria, BC
Mr. Speaker, the parliamentary secretary still has not explained why Canadians are getting ripped off for everything from Timbits to Toyotas. The fact is that the dollar is at par, prices are still going up in Canada, and our American neighbours get better deals than we do.
I live in a border region. Can the minister explain to the people of Victoria why the government is doing nothing to protect them from getting gouged on prices?
Price of Consumer Goods
Oral Questions
2:55 p.m.
Ted Menzies Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
In fact, Mr. Speaker, this government is doing an incredible amount to return Canadians' dollars back into their own pockets where they belong.
Last year in the fall economic statement, the finance minister returned $60 billion to Canadians so they can choose where to spend their money. The NDP of course chose not to support that.
However, let us also warn this House about what the Liberals want to do by putting a punitive carbon tax on consumers, on everything that consumers buy.
Oral Questions
3 p.m.
Nancy Karetak-Lindell Nunavut, NU
Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Fisheries persists on giving our valuable turbot quota to southern interests, which by rights belong to Nunavut through adjacency.
Why does the adjacency principle apply to other parts of the country but does not get considered for Nunavut quotas?
Why does he not treat our fishermen with respect? Is it because the government has no real intention of helping the people who live there and only wants the rich resources of Nunavut?


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Monday, February 24, 2014
Rockwell Collins Signs 'Landmark' Russian Deal
[Avionics Today February 24, 2014] Rockwell Collins signed a "landmark" Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Russian aviation solutions provider Transas Aviation to jointly tackle forward-fit and retrofit avionics opportunities in Russia.
Under the new agreement, the St. Petersburg, Russia-based Transas Group subsidiary will gain access to Rockwell Collins engineering and certification capabilities as well as its support network.
The MoU is the first formal agreement between a major avionics manufacturer and a Russian-based aviation solutions provider, which Rockwell Collins says is a major milestone in the region.
"The Russian and CIS aviation market segment is quickly emerging and to successfully meet demand, strong relationships like we have with Transas Aviation are becoming more critical," said Claude Alber, vice president and managing director, Europe, the Middle East and Africa for Rockwell Collins.
"Together, we will deliver robust solutions for Russian aircraft by leveraging the market-leading expertise of both companies."


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Whether or not you know Alan Moore, you likely know his work, groundbreaking grown-up graphic novels like The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen, From Hell, V For Vendetta, Watchmen. What you may not know is that while his work is like candy to Hollywood, he doesn't take very kindly to cinematic adaptations of his work. If he's going to do film, he's going to do it his way.
So to make the cinematic leap, the British fantasy wizard has teamed up with director Mitch Jenkins for a non-linear, multi-platform TV series called The Show. Produced by Lex Projects, the occult, noir-flecked, Twin Peaks-ish films are Moore's first work written specifically for the screen, and explore a strange alternate universe in Moore's hometown of Northampton, a place he calls "Nighthampton."
The first episode, called "Jimmy's End," introduces the cast of characters that inhabit this netherworld, centered around a working man's club. In the clip above, "Act of Faith," we get a taste of some of the sinister stuff to come: mystery, lingerie, kinky sex, and haunting music composed by Andy Broder (Fog) and Adam Drucker (doseone). And yeah—it's dark and NSFW.
"Jimmy's End," up next, is set to premiere in Northampton on November 25th, and stream online that day at Motherboard and at jimmysend.com. The trailer, below, is set to a song by Broder and Drucker (who go by Crook&Flail), sung by Tunde Adebimpe (of TV On The Radio), with lyrics written by Alan Moore.
We're also thrilled to be making a behind-the-scenes documentary about the project, due out next week, and publishing clues to some of its secret story lines. Stay tuned.
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Topic: How does find_by_sql behave with webservices?
I'm currently working on an application whose central component is based on Rails and has several outlying components based on .NET. The communication is all done using SOAP.
I currently have a method in Rails, exposed through the webservice that has a call like this:
def get_config_tree(uid, orgid, compid)
return Componentgroup.find_by_sql(['SELECT <NDA SNIP!> WHERE u.id = ? AND u.organization_id = ? AND c.id = ? ', uid, orgid, compid])
That method is then exposed by my web service API as:
#get config for phone gateway
api_method :get_config_tree,
:expects => [{:user_id, :int}, {:org_id, :int}, {:comp_id, :int}],
:returns => [[Componentgroup]]
So .NET gets the data back as a ComponentGroup array. I know this isn't right because in my find_by_sql I get more data back than just ComponentGroups. What is the correct way to call find_by_sql and return it as a generic datatype? I'm hoping to wind up with at least an array if not some other, more easily manipulated structure.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (140 votes).
In short: Highly recommended.In full: Only my 2nd marathon (first was over 10 yrs ago!), but I now feel encouraged to do more, a testament to this event. I'd recommend it to anyone.Thanks to the organisers & volunteers for a well run event, with start & finish both having good transport links. Thanks also to the public for their support - especially strong in central Liverpool.There are some inclines, but it wouldn't take much hill training to cope reasonably with these. New Brighton Prom - a popular section of the run - was great this year, but can be very windy. I thought that there might have been congestion in the tunnel, but when I reached it (approx 1hr 45mins) the crowds had thinned out, and overtaking wasn't a problem.Suggestion to the organisers - might selling the event be a little easier if the history of the route were mentioned on the RunLiverpool website, e.g. Birkenhead Park, where the race started, inspired New York's Central Park, the Queensway Tunnel (AKA Birkenhead tunnel) was the longest underwater tunnel in the world when it built (and was used in a Harry Potter film!), etc. Just a suggestion.Date of review: October 21, 2012
In short: First marathon, wont be last....Date of review: October 21, 2012
In short: Best marathon I have done so far!In full: Atmosphere was great, weather ideal. This was my 5th marathon, and the best so far. Got a pb too!Date of review: October 20, 2012
In short: Great course - sun, sea, hills, park and tunnel - and the people of Wirral/Liverpool were fantasticIn full: Having grown up on the Wirral, leaving 26 years ago, I eagerly anticipated this run. And what a run; the Wirral section was super-fast, and training on the hills of Bath meant the Liverpool section was nothing to fear.The support all the way round was superb.PB potential? Oh yes! I have been running marathons for 5 years and I knocked over 12 minutes off my previous PB, and now will be able to run London in a 'good for age' place - something I only dreamed of before Sunday!So thank you to the people of Wirral and Liverpool - running past many of my old haunts was very special...and being cheered for doing it, even better ;0)Date of review: October 19, 2012
In short: Incredible day, great race and great people!In full: I loved this race, my first marathon.The atmosphere was electric the whole way round the course, I definitely agree with the goosebumps moment coming out of the tunnel as well, made my hairs stand on end.An incredible race and the great course allowed me to complete in a good time for my first go!I wrote a little post about it on my blog if anyone's interested please feel free to comment and add what you thought too!http://www.danielfurze.co.uk/race/liverpool-marathon-2012Thanks to everyone who took part and made the day so good!Dan.Date of review: October 18, 2012
In short: Very well organised race. Excellent scenery for a city marathon. Great t.shirt and medal.In full: The start was very well organised and laid out. Never seen so many portaloos. Loved the run along the mersey with views across to the city and also the drums on coming out of the tunnel. Other runners and crowds very supportive to keep you going over last few miles. Excellent medal and tech shirt so good value. Baggage drop-off and pick-up worked like clockwork. Big congratulations to organisers.Date of review: October 18, 2012
In short: Well organised, interesting and challenging course, fantastic supportIn full: This was my first Marathon so can't compare it to anything, but now the pains have subsided I want to do it again!The communication (in the forums, in the race guide, via the office) was first class and I can't fault the organisation of direction and tips for getting to and from the event were perfect. The course was really good, I agree with others who said the Wirral side was easier and the Liverpool side much tougher and the unique couple of miles in between (the tunnel) was very special. The entertainment and support all around the course was a real plus.Lastly, the finishers T-shirt and medal were really high quality, as if it didn't feel good value already.Date of review: October 18, 2012
In short: Well organised race but 10km race needs to start at least 15 minutes later due to the congestion it caused.In full: As a 'local' the race was better than I anticipated - particularly knowing some parts of the course very well. Having 10km runners in amongst the marathon field made it a little bit congested for at least first 3-4km.Sea front was excellent as was exit from the tunnel.Major positive was the finish which was as good as any that I have experienced.All in all - very enjoyable but if the race organisers are sincere about growing to 20,000 runners - the 10km needs to start at leat 30 minutes later.Date of review: October 18, 2012
In short: A good, well organised marathon with some really special moments - the view of the Liverpool Waterfront from the Wirral and exiting the tunnel must rank up there with any race.In full: A really good race. It's definitely one to say you've done and just thinking about coming out of the tunnel is making the hairs stand up on my neck. The second half is tough though so pace management and appropriate training is key.Date of review: October 18, 2012
In short: Organisation was faultless and the course was excellent (it was challenging in places - but this is a marathon!!!)Date of review: October 18, 2012
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CUBRID Web Manager (CWM) is the most powerful web-based database administration tool developed for CUBRID DBAs. It has a convenient and intuitive Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI) and provides powerful features to manage databases, brokers, execute queries, monitor performance and many more.
How does CUBRID Web Manager work with CUBRID database, broker and manager server?
CWM is a server-side plugin for CUBRID database server. However, CWM should be installed and ran on CUBRID database server and you must make sure that the broker service is available on the same host as the database server, so that CWM can normally access CCI services via the broker of local database server.
CWM is fully and necessarily depended on CM Server HTTPD service which is running on CUBRID server-side and provides RESTful API services based on HTTP/HTTPS communication.
When CM Server and HTTPD service are ready for CWM web application, some additional resources will be consumed on server-side, necessarily include that:
As the advantages of RESTful Open API system, CM HTTPD can support not only CWM but also your new custom application. It's very powerful and high-extensible. Refer to CMS HTTP Interface documentation.


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Juniper Networks moves to Pearson VUE for global certification testing
Bloomington, MN, December 06, 2012 – IT professionals seeking certified proof of their competence with Juniper Networks technology are set to do so through the world's most secure test center network. Juniper Networks has entered into an agreement for exclusive test delivery with Pearson VUE, the leader in computer-based testing.
The Juniper Networks Certification Program (JNCP) is a multi-tiered series of exams that serves to validate the configuration and troubleshooting skills of networking professionals using Juniper Networks technologies. Making use of Pearson VUE's global network of test centers, the agreement enables convenient access for professionals looking to pursue Associate (JNCIA), Specialist (JNCIS), or Professional (JNCIP) exams.
Juniper completed the move to Pearson VUE in October as its exclusive global testing partner. Pearson VUE's innovative exam delivery technologies and high-quality security standards will enhance the overall testing process for Juniper Networks exam candidates, and supports the Company's commitment to promoting and protecting the value of its certification.
Robert Whelan, President and Chief Executive Officer of Pearson VUE, said: "We are proud to share the importance Juniper Networks places on customer service, technology innovation and test center security. This pride is extended through our ability to provide IT professionals with the certification they need to advance their careers and lives."


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well.. the only band that is a four piece where everybody is in the front is Kiss. At least when the original members are together.
Then we have bands with lead singers where the other members is in the front too. The Stones and The Who comes to mind (even if Entwistle wasn´t very visual on stage you certanly heard him [:D]..)
well, Zeppelin comes to mind too but John Paul Jones was always in the background anyway so..


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Santa Clara board supports reopening railroad plan
The town of Santa Clara has joined the list of municipalities to endorse reopening the unit management plan for the Remsen-Lake Placid railroad corridor.
The town board voted unanimously Thursday to support the state's plan to review the UMP, according to town Clerk Laurie McGill. She said the board's decision wasn't any indication of whether it supports preserving and expanding rail service on the corridor or replacing the tracks with a multi-use recreational trail.
"They're in support of the state looking at it," McGill said Friday.
Last week, the state Department of Transportation and state Department of Environmental Conservation, which jointly manage the 119-mile corridor, announced the UMP would be reviewed "to assess its natural and physical resources in an effort to identify its best public and economic use."
Over the past year, several municipalities along the corridor have approved resolutions asking the state to reopen the UMP, including the villages of Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake, and the towns of Tupper Lake, Webb and Harrietstown. Others have gone further, asking the state to remove the rails, including the village of Lake Placid and the towns of North Elba, Piercefield and Colton as well as St. Lawrence County.
The Adirondack Recreational Trail Advocates, which has been pushing for removal of the tracks and the creation of a multi-use trail on the corridor, had also asked for the UMP to be reopened. The current UMP was completed in 1996 and is required to be revisited every five years, but that hasn't happened.
The Adirondack Railway Preservation Society, which runs the Adirondack Scenic Railroad, and the Adirondack North Country Association are among the groups that lobbied against reopening the UMP. They want to see the existing rail service on the tracks preserved and expanded. The Adirondack Scenic Railroad runs tourist trains seasonally between Lake Placid and Saranac Lake and between Utica and Big Moose.
Rail supporters are also pushing a "rails with trails" idea that involves trails weaving in and out of the corridor where possible to connect communities from Remsen to Lake Placid, but they do not have a specific plan for how those trails would work. They've told the Enterprise they wouldn't develop a trail plan themselves.
DOT officials said last week they expect the UMP review could begin this summer and take up to a year to complete.
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Hi there
According to the schedule in the Action Room and to the Website the Cafe and Events Meeting would have been tonight. But as there were only evs and no kitchen managers we decided to postpone the meeting.
Would next Thursday (15 October) at 7pm be ok? Do you think its better to have the Cafe and Events Meeting on the first Thursday of the month now, as the Artist Facilities Meeting has been moved to the first Wednesday?


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Norma, Looks good, I can only find dehydrated cranberries here. Rats.Don
Norma,The dehydrated cranberries I bought were not Ocean Spray Crasins or however they are called,they were grown in the USA but packaged in Mexico. It could be the Ocean Spray brand is stronger in taste. It could also be that rehydrating them in water took out the flavor though I have never had a problem with dehydrated tomatoes doing that.Don


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Q. David Bowers: The following narrative, with minor editing, is from my "Silver Dollars & Trade Dollars of the United States: A Complete Encyclopedia" (Wolfeboro, NH: Bowers and Merena Galleries, Inc., 1993). Note: the Notable Specimens list should be used with caution - it has been updated in my 2013 edition of "The Encyclopedia of United States Silver Dollars 1794-1804."
Bolender 8, Haseltine 8
OBVERSE 8: Liberty with open mouth. First star is slightly farther from curl than last star is from bust, or about 2 mm. from curl. The 7th star is slightly closer to L than 8th star is to Y. There is a die chip between star 9 and the border. Star 10 is slightly repunched on its innermost ray. On the left, the stars are fairly evenly spaced. On the right, stars 10 and 11 are significantly closer than any of the others. Highest curl on top of head is centered more under right half of E in LIBERTY. The 1 in date is much farther from the curl, slightly over 1 mm. The letters in LIBERTY are usually seen with varying degrees of bifurcation, sometimes extensive, suggesting to Bolender that the letters were "fancy." This obverse closely resembles BB-160, to which compare.
Obverse die used to strike 1799 BB-165 only.
REVERSE M: Die flaws inside and to right top of final S in STATES. Far right edge of A is over junction of clouds 3 and 4. Point of star touches point of lower part of eagle's beak; ray points to left of left upright of U in PLURIBUS. Leaf points slightly right of center of I in AMERICA. AME join at lowest part. The N in UNITED was initially cut upside down and later corrected; an extraneous serif from the error can be seen to the lower right of the N, and appears as a line between the bottoms of N and I.
Reverse die used to strike 1799 BB-165 only.
Die State I: Obverse die without crack. Reverse with die flaws at second S of STATES, but no line cracks. About 20% or so of BB-165 dollars are of this die state.
Die State II: Bolender-8a. Obverse with die crack from border through two points of seventh star and LIB. Reverse with these cracks: Wing up through ST to above A. Crack from cloud 3 up through TES to OF. Crack from border down to second S joins other crack. Crack from CA, to stem, through tail feathers, through arrow feathers, to U. Reverse stars are weak in this and later state. (Intermediate states of these cracks occur.) Plentiful die state.
Die State III: Bolender-8b. Obverse as II, but now with crack heavier through LIBE and extending farther. With additional crack from border above T down through TY. Reverse with additional cracks: From F through wing tip to ribbon end. From bottom of M to branch. Scarcer die state.
COLLECTING NOTES: 1799 BB-165 is one of the more plentiful varieties among dollars of this date. About 600 to 1,000 are known today. Most are in worn grades, with the norm being Very Fine. A few Mint State coins exist.
Auction '79 Specimen. MS-63. Rarcoa, Auction '79, 1979:1032. Heritage, ANA Convention Sale, 1988:959. "MS (63/63). Choice Unc., very close to gem quality, with deep iridescent toning. The obverse is very sharply struck with nice hair detail and every star showing full radials, while the (center) reverse stars are a trifle weak. The edge denticles are also full and complete."
Guttag Specimen. MS-62. Guttag Collection. Bolender Collection Lester Merkin, AJ. Ostheimer, 3rd Collection, 1968: 279. "Frosty, iridescently toned gem Unc., weak in central obverse and above eagle's head, elsewhere needle-sharp." Paramount, Auction '80, 1980: 799. "Gem Unc.-55. Frosty, iridescently toned gem Unc., weak in central obverse and above eagle's head, elsewhere needle-sharp." Heritage, ANA Convention Sale, 1988: 958. "Mint State (62/62). Frosty, iridescently toned gem Unc., weak in the central obverse and above eagle's head, elsewhere needle-sharp. Obverse has a light vertical staple scratch." (The scratch may have occurred in the 1980s, as Paramount didn't mention it.)
Boyd Specimen. MS-60. Numismatic Gallery, World's Greatest Collection, F.C.C. Boyd, 1945:58. "A splendid Unc. example."
Fairfield Specimen. MS-60. Bowers and Ruddy, Fairfield Collection, 1977:1033. "Unc, with some claims to the Choice category. Toned a deep blue gray color, lighter at the centers. The coin appears to have a deep, full mint frost. Pristine, uncleaned."
New Netherlands Specimen. MS-60. New Netherlands 38th Sale, ANA Convention Sale, 1952:3153. "A very late stage of the die. Crack through LIB is heavier and extends further. Additional break from border above T down through TV. Top of E and R defective. The reverse die is now badly shattered with numerous breaks. Unc. A splendid, sharp impression with full mint lustre." W.G. Baldenhofer. AJ. Ostheimer, 3rd.
Schenkel Specimen. AU-58 (NGC). Bowers and Merena Galleries, Chris Schenkel Collection, 1990:353. "An exceptionally high-grade specimen."
Hollinbeck-Kagin Specimen. AU-55. Hollinbeck-Kagin Sale,June 1970:524. "Unc. golden, faint rubbing."
Four Landmark Collections Specimen. AU-50. Four Landmark Collections Sale, Bowers and Merena, 1989:1964. "AU-50. Lightly dipped at one time." Yolanda Gross Collection.
Specimen counterstamped "EB." A pride and joy to M.H. Bolender was a specimen of 1799 BB-155 in his collection, VG grade, said to have been counterstamped with the hallmark EB of New York silversmith and goldsmith Ephraim Brasher. Earlier, the coin was in the William Forrester Dunham sale (B. Max Mehl, 1941), from which event it went to F.C.C. Boyd. Notwithstanding the preceding, it is not certain that the EB mark is that of Brasher; Ezekiel Burr, a Providence, Rhode Island silversmith active in the 1790s, is another possibility. (Per letter from Dr. Robert Stark to the author, January 1, 1993.
Heritage 1/2015:4161, $54,050
Dr. Hesselgesser Collection - Goldbergs 9/5/2011:5094, $37,950
Warren Miller Collection
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Half Full/Mark Wilcox
With all the activity surrounding this week's FinnFest USA 2013, it's only natural that my thoughts go back to my home town. I wasn't born in Finland, but there are times growing up that it sure felt like it.
I'm from the small Upper Peninsula town of Rock. Rock is located in northern Delta County near the Marquette county border. When I was growing up, Rock was the only predominately Finnish community in Delta County. Nearby Trenary and Eben were pretty Finnish as well, but they were located in Alger county.
Back in the 1950s and 60s many of the smaller communities in the U.P. were dominated by one nationality or another. Perkins, nine miles to the south, was settled by Belgians, Bark River was pretty Polish and so on. Now in Rock there was a one-two punch of Finns and French Canadians. My mother Mary Salmi Wilcox, was an example of this. Her father Frank Salmi was born in Finland and immigrated with his mother and older sister Ida (yes I believe both had the same name) when he was a toddler. Her mother, Nellie Trombly Salmi, is a descendent of Pierre Trombley who left France in the 1600s for Quebec. His descendents eventually made it south of the border and today you'll find family members throughout the U.P. in particular Munising, Marquette and yes, still in Rock, although I don't believe anyone with the Trombly surname still lives there.
But even with the near 50-50 split it seemed the Finnish influence was stronger in my little town. In the early 1970s I delivered the Grit newspaper (which today is owned by the parent company of The Daily Mining Gazette). There were several people on my route who spoke only Finnish. As a matter of fact, my great-uncle John Tauranen (Aunt Ida's second husband) spoke no English. When we'd go there for a Saturday Night Sauna, we'd have to march into the "Front Room," where Uncle John was watching "The Lawrence Welk Show." We'd say our "hellos" and he'd respond only in Finnish, which neither my younger brother, sister nor I understood. To be honest I never thought he even knew our names, but we would also get a handful of those round mints that old people always seemed to have on hand back in those days.
As I said, the Finnish influence was pretty stong back in my youth, although we really didn't know it. Many of the customs and practices, which I later learned were of Finnish origin, were just normal every day occurrences to us and certainly not anything akin to ethnic pride.
One of the things that really struck me when I moved to the Copper Country nearly 25 years ago was Finnish names for things I took for granted. For example, I'd never heard the word "nisu" untill I moved up here.
Now I'd been eating it (and according to my doctor, eating way too much of it) my entire life. As a matter of fact, the cooks at Rock High School, Tootie Carlson, Lizzy Peltonen and Bertha Halonen made it and served it with school lunches. But we didn't call it nisu. It was called "biscuit" or sometimes "Finnish biscuit."
I never heard the word juustoa till I came here, even though my grandmother was a renown maker of the stuff. Every once in a while a local farmer would call my grandmother with the news of a calf, and a supply of "new milk." My grandmother would then go to work making what we called "Finn Cheese." Who knew it had a complicated name.
Speaking of names, that was perhaps what I loved most about growing up in a Finnish community. People with names like Sulo and Impi Peltola, Waino and Alma Baaka and Maini and Signe Halmioja were as normal in Rock as John and Mary Smith would have been somewhere else. My friend Joyce Metor of Escanaba told me she would amuse herself and her children by opening up the phone book to the Rock section (each town had its own section back then) and marveling over the unusual names.
My parents owned the lone restaurant in Rock up until the time of their deaths. I remember visiting one time and seeing four elderly gentleman sitting at a table drinking coffee. There was my uncle Eino with three men all named Elmer. Where else but the U.P. would you have three Elmers and an Eino sitting at a table?
So as we wind down FinnFest today and tomorrow the thing I appreciate most is the chance to remember and share stories with both old and young about what it meant and what it continues to mean to be Finnish and to share this proud heritage.


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- A tiger walks along the bank of a lake in Ranthambore National Park. A number of crocodiles lie on an island in the lake. Ranthambhore in Rajasthan is one of the largest national parks in northern India. Ii was declared one of the Project Tiger reserves in 1973, and became a national park in 1980. See more at www.SerenityPhotography.co.uk
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