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Gov.-elect Mike Pence and Lt. Gov.-elect Sue Ellspermann Thursday announced five more appointments to leadership positions within their administration.
Doug Carter, former sheriff of Hamilton County, has been named Superintendent of the Indiana State Police. He retired from the State Police as a trooper in 2002 after 18 years and served two terms as the Hamilton County sheriff. Under his leadership the Hamilton County Sheriff's office earned national accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation in Law Enforcement (CALEA), only the second sheriff's office in the state to do so. Carter also worked to reduce redundancy in public safety by coordinating and communicating with public safety agencies throughout central Indiana. Most recently, Carter worked in the private sector providing public safety solutions to municipalities throughout the State of Indiana.
Rob Carter will continue to serve as Director of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). He has held the top post at DNR since 2006. Rob Carter has been instrumental in speeding up DNR's environmental permitting process as well as leading efforts to expand Indiana's recreational trails and protect its river corridors and wetlands.
Jeff Cardwell will join the Pence Administration as the Executive Director of the Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI), a position that will be part of Gov.-elect Pence's Cabinet. Cardwell is an entrepreneur and business owner who launched the nonprofit People Helping People in 2001 to address issues of housing and hunger both locally and abroad.
Lt. Gov.-elect Ellspermann announced that Dax Norton will be heading up the Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA). Norton has eight years of experience in economic development and was a small business owner for eight years. He has been the executive director of the Boone County Economic Development Corporation since 2008 and previously led economic development for Blackford County and downtown Greensburg, Indiana.
Zac Jackson will be the majority Deputy Budget Director. Jackson has worked in the Indiana State Budget Agency for the past eight years as a budget analyst and as an assistant director over the Health and Human Services Division. He will assist OMB Director Chris Atkins who also will serve as Budget Director.
Pence also announced additional senior staff hires.
Ryan Streeter will join the policy team as Senior Economic Policy Director. Streeter is a Distinguished Fellow for Economic and Fiscal Policy at the Sagamore Institute and an adjunct professor at Indiana University's school of public policy. He served in the White House as a special assistant for domestic policy to George W. Bush.
Christy Denault has been named Communications Director. Denault most recently filled that role during Pence's gubernatorial campaign. She previously held communications positions at Bose Public Affairs Group and in Lt. Governor Becky Skillman's office.
Kara Brooks has been hired as Press Secretary and will serve as spokeswoman for the Governor's office. Brooks has 12 years of experience in broadcast media and has worked for the Indianapolis Department of Public Works since 2010.
Earlier appointments
John Hill has been named Executive Director of the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. In 2006, Hill was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve as Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) after previously serving the FMCSA as Chief Safety Officer and Assistant Administrator. In this role, Hill was involved in terrorism and hurricane response and emergency preparedness planning for natural disasters. Prior to his work on a national level, Hill served as a member of the Indiana State Police from 1974-2003, providing expertise as Commander of the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement, Field Enforcement and Logistics Divisions. Hill is a graduate of Taylor University and resides in Greenwood.
Appointed Adjutant General in 2004, Major General R. Martin Umbarger will continue in this capacity in the Pence Administration. As Adjutant General, he oversees the fourth largest Army National Guard in the country, leading soldiers, airmen, and employees of the State - over 15,000 Hoosiers in total. Maj. Gen. Umbarger has an extensive background with the Indiana Army National Guard dating back to 1969, when he began his career as an enlisted soldier. He currently serves on the Secretary of Defense's Reserve Forces Policy Board and previously served as a member of the Secretary of the Army's Reserve Forces Policy Committee. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Evansville and currently lives in Bargersville in Johnson County with his wife Rowana. They have three children and six grandchildren.
Michael B. Cline will remain as Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation within the Pence Administration. Originally appointed in 2010, Cline oversees all aspects of INDOT, from the more than 3,600 employees to the state's highway system. Prior to beginning his service at INDOT in 2006, Cline worked for 18 years in the surface transportation industry, earning experience in management and engineering in both the private and public sectors. Cline is a graduate of Purdue University and resides in Indianapolis.
Virgil Madden has been named Executive Director of the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA). Madden, of Indianapolis, currently serves as Senior Policy Advisor to Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman. Previously, Madden spent time as Director of Government Research at SRI, Inc. and also worked for the Indiana Criminal Justice Institute as a director, the Marion County Municipal and Superior Courts, Indianapolis Public Schools and the Indiana Supreme Court. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Butler University.
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Mark Newman will serve as Executive Director of the Indiana Office of Tourism Development following his term as Interim Executive Director, which began in early August. Newman previously served as vice president of marketing and communications for the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and, prior to this role, served as chief operating officer of Indiana Sports Corp. Newman also has experience working for both the Atlanta Olympic Games and World Cup USA. Residing in Indianapolis, Newman holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts and a master's from the University of Virginia.
Continuing his service to the state, Jacob Sipe will serve as Executive Director of the Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority (IHCDA). Sipe has served as Interim Executive Director, Chief Real Estate Development Officer and Director of Community Services since July and previously held roles within IHCDA since 1999. Prior to his work in state government, Sipe served as a loan officer at the First National Bank of Cloverdale. He is a graduate of Indiana University and resides in Greenwood.
Brenda Gerber will serve as Chief of Staff to First Lady Karen Pence. She most recently served as Deputy Finance Director for Mike Pence for Indiana. Originally from Fort Wayne, Gerber previously served as Finance Director to the Paula Hughes for Mayor campaign and is also a co-founder of the Carriage House. Gerber is a graduate of Indiana University and currently resides in Carmel.


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Naruto and his friends also have many enemies and problems to face. For one, Naruto has the spirit of a dangerous fox-demon trapped inside of him, which he must control without letting it get out of hand. There is also a threatening gang called the Akatsuki who want to capture Naruto because of this demon, causing him even more trouble.
Masashi Kishimoto grew up in a rural area of Japan, but never stopped working hard on his artwork. He went to an art collage when he was old enough, and there he published his very first comic. Naruto came soon after that time.
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Some kids' issues are nearly always spoken about in a whisper; masturbation is one of them. It's a normal and common activity of sexual exploration for young teens, but it's a subject that few parents—or kids—bring up.
Unless it goes public.
Do you know how you would respond if your child told you one of their classmates was suggesting masturbation as a social activity? Instead of being caught off guard, take some time to think about the subject that no one talks about. The information below can get you started:
• Physical exploration.
It's totally normal for children to explore their bodies. Preschoolers want to know why Jared has a "pee-pee" and Sarah doesn't; Jared likes to see what kind of tricks he can do while urinating; and often you'll find both kids touching themselves "there." At this young age, we tend to take the comments and behaviors more in stride. As they get older, the topic is reduced to a whisper. In fact, physical exploration is normal at any age. Bodies change, sensations emerge, and children are curious about what's going on. Until they are told, children have no idea that self-touching is anything to whisper about.
• A moral issue.
Different religions, ethnic groups or social groups may have different beliefs about the rightness or wrongness of autoerotic behavior. For some, this behavior is unequivocally wrong and viewed as a sin against God. For others, it's simply a physical act that has no judgment attached to it at all. Many opinions fall somewhere between those two.
Whatever your beliefs, as parents you have the right to raise your child within the code of morals that you deem best for them. Your children may or may not make those morals their own when they start thinking about issues for themselves, but it is your job to provide them with a sound base from which to grow.
• Physical boundaries.
Whether or not you feel masturbation is an acceptable activity for your preteen, it is your job to help your child set limits on other people's behaviors that may feel, or may be, threatening. All children should know that all physical touch—including any type of sexual touch—is personal.
They should understand their right to refuse any infringement of that personal boundary by anyone—adult, child, stranger or friend. They should know how to look someone squarely in the eye and say "no." And they should know that unwanted physical touch of any kind is illegal and should be reported to a responsible adult.
• Less common behavior.
If someone has approached your child with the idea of masturbating together as a social event—which can happen—be clear with your child that this is a very personal activity and should never be a requirement of friendship or "being cool." It is important to stress to your child that they need to be able to say "no," strongly and firmly.
• Emotional effects.
Because of its intimate nature, there are also emotional ramifications of physical touch. Some families raise their children with much hugging, kissing and caressing as the norm. Others do none of this, and aren't comfortable with it. The norm in your family will affect your child's reaction to being touched by someone else, or even exploring themselves. If a child feels emotionally threatened, no matter what the behavior, he needs to be aware of his right to say "no."
Likewise, with self-touch, a child may need help dealing with his feelings if his actions go against his family's moral values. If you've told your child that masturbation is a sin, but he unconsciously—or consciously—touches himself, he will be feeling guilty. Help him to deal with this in whatever way works with your belief system. A child who has been touched by someone else—even with the child's permission—also can feel guilty, and will need to come to terms with this.
• Talking about it.
For many parents, this topic is more difficult to broach than the basic "birds and bees" discussion. But it is still important to keep the lines of communication open.
While it may not be dinner table conversation, there are usually times when you are alone with your young teen and can bring it up. Use this column as an excuse if you have to. For example, start a conversation by saying, "Can you believe this woman wrote an article about kids masturbating?" It opens the subject in a neutral and lighthearted way, and you can move on from there.
Your child may go ashen at your question, but don't be afraid to forge ahead with, "You know we've never talked about that before, but I just want you to know ... " Depending on how comfortable you and your teen are, the conversation may be in-depth, or it may be just a quick recap of your main points. (Make sure you know your main points before you start, include information about saying "no" and your moral beliefs.)
Lisa Schab is a licensed clinical social worker in Libertyville and the stepmother of two, ages 21 and 25. She can be reached at (847) 782-1722.
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Co-trainer Murray Baker made no secret of his admiration for Opie Bosson's talents after winning the $70,000 Westbury Classic at Ellerslie yesterday.
"Opie showed why he is the best jockey in New Zealand," said Baker during the official presentation for upset winner Diademe.
Bosson certainly deserved some credit for the victory.
Natural on-pace runner Fleur de Lune pounced out, after which Bosson took a risk by taking her on and searching for the front himself.
The risk came from that move being against the usual pattern of both horses.
In retrospect, the danger was missing.
Jason Jago seemed happy to hand up to Diademe and the relatively inexperienced mare had a largely uncontested lead.
"I knew she would go forward, but I thought she would sit outside Fleur de Lune," said co-trainer Andrew Forsman.
"She certainly didn't have to work to lead."
Diademe had plenty left when she passed the 400m and there was not one stride of the home straight where she looked in possible danger.
Final Touch finished strongly from three back along the rail to take second, with Fleur de Lune holding third.
Amberio took fourth from Kekova.
Well-fancied Viadana had something of an excuse, being caught back and wide from her outside barrier.
She made ground bravely and did not attract anything of a disappointing tag.
Favourite Xanadu battled and it has to be said her seventh was below par.
Co-trainer Ken Kelso thought Xanadu probably wasn't suited by racing handier than usual.
"And she's not as good racing right-handed," he said.
Yesterday's $70,000 McKee Family Sunline Vase was not about putting in a Sunline performance, but the upcoming Oaks at Trentham was in the frame pre-race.
And post-race.
The winner, More Than Sacred, is now definitely Oaks-bound after the Pike/Donoghue stable had given no consideration to the group one classic before the More Than Ready filly finished third in the Sir Tristram Classic at Te Rapa last start.
In that, More Than Sacred looked beaten in the home straight, but kept finding and finding, suggesting the 2400m of the Oaks was going to suit perfectly.
"Today was D-day, she had to win to justify going forward to the Oaks and she's done that," said co-trainer Tony Pike.
Ray's Girl looked certain to win when she burst to the front in the home straight, but More Than Sacred gradually wore her down to eventually win comfortably, if not by a wide margin. "The harder she's ridden the more she responds," said Tony Pike. "She's more than earned the $6900 Oaks late entry fee."


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DALE LEROY LOCKER, 81, of 206 East North Street, Anna, passed away at 10:55 PM Sunday, August 14, 2011 at his residence. He was born on November 2, 1929 in Sidney, Ohio, the son of the late Claude and Ida (Allen) Locker. On July 5, 1950 he was married to his loving wife of 61 years, LaDonna Limbert, who survives along with their five children; LaDonna Kae Merold and husband Steve of Outville, OH, Randy Locker and wife Janice of Anna, Alan Locker and wife Jennifer of LaFollette, TN, Eric Locker and wife Brenda of Sidney, and Aaron Locker and wife Kathy of Middletown, DE, daughter-in-law, Barb, wife of the late Dale "Buzz" Locker of Sidney, fifteen grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, and sister-in-law, Dorothy Locker of Sidney. Dale was preceded in death by one son, two sisters and five brothers. Throughout his lifetime Mr. Locker was employed in various positions for several organizations. He was a music teacher; one of his many passions. He worked as a guidance counselor, as well as an Occupational Work Experience teacher. For 12 years he served as state representative; the last to represent Shelby County only. Mr. Locker was the Director of Agriculture for the State of Ohio for 3 years, worked in human resources for Stolle Corporation for 10 years and was a personal manager for Airstream for one year.Dale served on the Area Agency on Aging, was the Anna Village council president, and served as former Mayor of Anna. He was a member of the Ohio Association of Community Colleges, was the Ohio Representative of the National Board of Community Colleges, a member of the National Organization of Agriculture Directors, a life member of the National Education Association, the Ohio Education Association, and the National Music Association.Dale was a people person and loved spending time with his family and friends. Like his love for music, he also enjoyed writing poetry, reading and wood whittling. Dale was a 46 year member of the Anna United Methodist Church, 201 W. North St., Anna, where a Funeral Service will be held Friday at 10:30 AM, with Rev. Mitch Arnold and Rev. John Schlicher officiating. Burial will be at Glen Cemetery in Port Jefferson, Ohio. The family will receive friends on Thursday, from 4 to 8 PM at the Anna United Methodist Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Anna United Methodist Church or Wilson Hospice in memory of Dale LeRoy Locker. Envelopes will be available at the church. Condolences may be expressed to the Locker family at our website, www.cromesfh.com
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Tati Concessions Land
The Tati Concessions Land was a concession created in the borderlands of the Matabele kingdom and the Bechuanaland Protectorate. The concession was originally made by the Matabele King to Sir John Swinburne. It was administered from the Bechuanaland Protectorate after 1893, but after 1911 was formally annexed to it, finally becoming a statutory creature by its first piece of legislation, the Proclamation Number 2 of 1911 by the High Commissioner of Bechuanaland. It was locally administered by a Justice of the Peace.
The chief town of this region is Francistown, now one of Botswana's major settlements.
The latest act governing and regulating this Concession is that of the TATI CONCESSIONS LAND ACT 1970 (Cap 32:05). The most controversial provision in this act can be found in Section 6 of the above-mentioned, which states that "The right to all minerals and precious stones under the land in the Tati District is reserved to the Tati Concessions, Limited, and also the right of prospecting for and working the same." The effect of this section is that mineral rights are bestowed unto this body, which is contrary to the Botswana Government's desire for all mineral rights in the country to devolve in her (as can be seen from Section 3 of the Mines and Minerals Act of 1999 [Cap 66:0])which is to the effect that all minerals within Botswana, with the exception of Tati Concessions, are the property of the Republic of Botswana).
- 1864: Gold is discovered in Tati River area, then part of the Matabele kingdom.
- 1872: Concession granted to Sir John Swinburne (b. 1831 - d. 1914), he later acquires most other concessions.
- 1893: Tati Land detached from Matabeleland and placed under the jurisdiction of the British Resident Commissioner of the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
- January 21, 1911: Annexed to Bechuanaland (now Botswana) via the Tati Concessions Land Act, with a special agreement to preserve rights of access for Rhodesian Railways (now the National Railways of Zimbabwe).
The Tati Concessions, Limited was formed by Swinburne and given the right by the British Government to issue its own Revenue Stamps in 1896 for use on legal instruments.
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- Tati Concession - An Act to confirm the Tati Concessions, Limited, in the full, free and undisturbed possession as owners of all the land usually known as the Tati District.
- States and Regents of the World: Bechuanaland
- The Revenue Stamps of Bechuanaland
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'Holy Mother,In whom we live, move and have our being,From you all things emerge and unto you all things return…' This is the beginning of a prayer I learned from T Thorn Coyle just before becoming pregnant with my first child. It is only a slight twist on a biblical verse Acts 17:28 with which I was already familiar. As a religious studies scholar, whose work focused on women in religion and Mariology (the study of the Virgin Mary) theories of the divine feminine were important to m … [Read more...]
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South Carolina's unemployment rate fell for the second consecutive month in August, according to data released Friday by the S.C. Employment Security Commission.
South Carolina's unemployment rate – the nation's sixth-highest – dropped from 11.7% in July to 11.5% last month, although the reduction appears to be tied to the fact that large numbers of South Carolinians have simply given up their search for a job. The figure also remains nearly two points above the national rate of 9.7%, which increased by three-tenths of a percent last month.
Back in February, economists predicted the Palmetto State's unemployment rate could reach as high as 14% in 2009.
South Carolina faces a potential billion dollar debt tied to its unemployment benefits, as the state has already borrowed hundreds of millions fo dollars. Also, some are questioning whether or not the Employment Security Commission is doing everything it can do to place employees in available jobs.
The state's manufacturing sector, in particular, has been hardest hit by the current recession. Specifically, South Carolina has shed nearly 30,000 manufacturing jobs over the past year.


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Police decision not to lay criminal charges over mine tragedy adds to sense of anger.
The decision by the police not to lay criminal charges against Pike management again shreds the hearts of the victims' families and challenges Greymouth to once more muster its strength to hold its community together.
The solidarity of a nation behind the Pike families has inevitably been diluted over the past two years as a cruel farce, perpetuated by a collection of meandering government agencies, is played out to mask their ineffectiveness in dealing with this tragedy.
The police homicide inquiry began at the mine site with reams of plastic orange tape spread around and fingerprinting of tools that are stock standard for such inquires. Why then, did the police persist for 2 years when such inquiries are almost always totally reliant on forensic evidence, in this case, buried under a hostile atmosphere, more than 2km underground with little chance of examination?
Everyone knows that Pike positioned itself as an industry best-practice operator, raising more than $230 million on the stockmarket and not attracting one iota of censure from the mines inspectorate when it was awash with technical malpractice since 2008.
Pike River Mine, which needed to have the best of everything to succeed in its tough environment: the best geological knowledge, the best equipment, the most rigorous safety discipline, sufficient capital, we now know had the worst of everything.
The miners were unaware the regulator was ineffective applying safety rules and were led by a board that did not adhere to the most basic risk-management governance practices. They watched a revolving door of management and were using expensive, but inappropriate, equipment for the harsh conditions. They were whipped along by the company's lofty ambitions and supposedly supported by a union that was not welcome. Of course none of these factors meet any police forensic criteria.
Next in this cruel farce is the case being bought early next year by the government's health and safety agency, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (Mobie), against Pike chief executive Peter Whittall. He is facing 16 charges under the Health and Safety Act.
This is the same agency under a different name that was responsible for the lack of regulatory oversight at Pike as the Department of Labour (DoL). In its own investigation of how it managed its relationship with Pike, it said: "DoL's performance as health and safety regulator of Pike was ineffectual and dysfunctional." The Minister of Labour resigned. The police have now conveniently passed the baton to Mobie but how will it succeed where the police failed?
Mr Whittall has a get-out-of-jail-free card, surely, in the prosecuting agency's own admission of ineffectiveness. He had left the mine for head office in Wellington nine months before the first explosion. The hearing has been moved to Wellington from Greymouth at his behest and is to hear more than 100 witnesses over three months. More heart shredding for the families coming up.
Even if it was moved to Madagascar, the families would be there. Their level of mistrust and anger is deeply rooted in the way they were treated by the company management and the incident controllers in the five fateful days between the first two explosions at Pike.
The horrific CCTV footage of the first blast exiting the main portal, which represented only some of the explosion's anger as it also exited the 100m ventilation shaft more than 2km underground, was seen by Pike management and police on site a few hours after the blast on Friday evening.
Back in November 1979, when an Air New Zealand DC10 crashed into Mt Erebus killing all 257 people on board, the nation saw within 48 hours the telling image of the koru tail insignia lying on the icy slopes. None of that definition, that vital reality check was forthcoming from Pike.
Within those five days, the damming evidence of a mine on fire from a suspicion first recorded in the NZ Fire Service log six hours after the first explosion, then backed up by comprehensive scientific testing within 24 hours, was brushed aside by Pike management and government agencies.
Yet these koru-like exhibits of finality were incredulously held back from the families for four days and six family briefings.
The betrayal of the 29 families by Pike management and the incident controllers was cruelly compounded at the Wednesday afternoon families briefing when Mr Whittall clumsily began his address with his interpretation of the rescue team he saw at the mine earlier, having medicals and briefings in preparation for any favourable changes in the mine's deadly atmosphere.
Only after he announced incorrectly that "a rescue entry was being planned" to clapping and cheering, did incident controller Superintendent Gary Knowles step in after waving the crowd to be quiet, to announce an unsurvivable second explosion occurred at 2.37pm.
Five days of misleading information from Pike management and government agencies, an eternity of mistrust and anger for the families.


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The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to build a community where people value animals and treat them with respect and kindness. For more than 128 years, WHS has been saving the lives of animals in need. We offer adoption services that place 9,000 animals in new homes annually, veterinary services that save thousands of lives, educational programs that instill respect for animals, behavior services to assist guardians and a myriad of other initiatives that help end suffering for animals. We depend entirely on private donations to fund our programs and rely on volunteers in nearly every department. If you are interested in adopting, volunteering, enrolling in a class, taking a tour or making a donation, check out our comprehensive web site at wihumane.org. The adoptable animals' web pages are updated every 30 minutes!
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Tinsel is looking for a guardian with a good arm and a big supply of tennis balls. Although if you don't have any tennis balls, he would probably settle for plush toys, or Frisbees, or squeakers, or well, you get the idea. Tinsel loves toys! The only thing that Tinsel likes better than playing with his toys, is playing with his toys with you.
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Master's thesis project in Computer Science
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Chalmers University of Technology
Latency and Throughput in Center versus Edge Stream Processing: A Case Study in the Transportation Domain
The emerging Internet of Things (IoT) enables novel solutions. In this thesis report, we turn our attention to the problem of providing targeted accident notifications in near real-time. We use traffic data generated by Linear Road, a popular benchmark for stream processing engines, and simulate a possible real-world scenario in which connected cars continuously send position updates. We analyze this stream of position updates with the goal of identifying accidents, so that targeted accident notifications can be issued. This means that only cars within a certain distance of a known accident site will be notified.
In a real-world scenario, the required data analysis could be performed in different ways. We consider two possibilities. First, position reports are aggregated by road side units (RSUs) and forwarded to a central server. Afterwards, the results are sent back to the cars, again involving RSUs for transmission. We refer to this as center stream processing. Second, all data analysis is performed on RSUs. An RSU is less powerful than a server. However, RSUs are located much closer to the cars than a central server. We refer to this case as edge stream processing. Performing computations directly on RSUs has the benefit that the cost of the roundtrip time for data transmission from RSUs to the server and back will be avoided. We use a contemporary stream processing engine for data analysis, and compare latency and throughput of an implementation of our solution to the accident notification problem in both cases.


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|DeLaine, Joseph A. (Joseph Armstrong), 1898-1974
|Essay, n.d., A good and bad bishop, Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr.
Essay by Joseph A. DeLaine, Sr. on the haracter of Bishop E. L. Hickman, a leader in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
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|Hickman, E. L. | African Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy | African Methodist Episcopal Church | African Americans--Southern States | African Americans--Religion | Southern States
|Rev. Joseph A. DeLaine Papers ca. 1918-2000
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From kindergarten to college, from generation to generation, the annual yearbook photo session has become an icon of the American school experience, an awkward, stomach-churning rite of passage captured in a flash and preserved for the ages in wallet-sizes.
Now, a researcher at Washington University in St. Louis has used thousands of yearbook photos to pinpoint a milestone in adolescent development -- the age when girls begin smiling more often than boys.
"The greater tendency for girls and women to smile more than boys and men, at least in school yearbooks, begins between the ages of 9 and 12, is firmly rooted by age 14 and persists into adulthood," asserts David K. Dodd, Ph.D., the study1s lead author and a senior lecturer in psychology in Arts & Sciences.
To smile or not to smile -- a dilemma as old as the Mona Lisa -- is an age-old yearbook question. Visit one of the popular Internet sites offering yearbook photos of famous people and you1ll find the smiling faces of Dick Clark and Bette Midler along with much more serious, close-lipped images of Tina Turner and James Dean.
Famous now and/or nerd then, most of us might prefer that our yearbook photos remain hidden away in some dusty archives. But from Dodd1s perspective, the nation1s easily accessible trove of vintage yearbooks represents a unique and valuable data set, a real-life snapshot record of how several generations have faced one of life's universal and enduring rituals.
For his study of adolescent smiling behaviors, which appears in the current quarterly issue of The Psychological Record, Dodd and colleagues examined 15,414 student photos in the yearbooks of nine elementary schools, three high schools and two colleges spanning the period 1968 to 1997. Adult smiling habits were benchmarked by analyzing yearbook photos of nearly 1,000 school faculty and staff. In addition, the study checked for historical shifts in smiling habits by comparing a sampling of yearbook photos from one high school over a 25-year period.
Although no one knows exactly why women smile more than men, their tendency to do so has been well documented in a flurry of research conducted over the last two decades. No matter the social setting, adult women have been shown to smile more often and more enthusiastically than male counterparts -- a gender difference apparently non-existent among newborns, toddlers and pre-schoolers. Dodd's study is the first to pinpoint the transition period, the point in adolescent development when young girls begin to diverge sharply from boys in their propensity to flash a broad and unfettered smile.
"Our research suggests that girls begin smiling significantly more than boys as early as the fourth grade and that this gender difference widens considerably by the time students reach high school," Dodd said. In kindergarten, when gender roles are still emerging, smiling for the yearbook appears to be a roughly 50-50 decision, although smiling girls (59 percent) slightly outnumber smiling boys (54 percent).
Willingness to smile increases steadily for both boys and girls during grades one through four, although girls always maintain a small lead in the smiling derby. By fourth grade, 77 percent of boys sport yearbook smiles, compared with 89 percent of the girls, the first point at which the gender difference is statistically significant.
"Grades four through six appear to represent a significant turning point for smiling and other behaviors related to gender development," Dodd said. "It is surely not coincidental that this period corresponds to puberty and heightened interest in the opposite sex. By freshman year, the difference in smiling reaches its peak, with 70 percent of girls smiling, compared to only 43 percent of boys."
Interestingly, both boys and girls experience a small jump in their willingness to smile for senior class high school photos -- smiling climbs to 84 percent among girls and to 65 percent among boys. Similar percentages persist in college yearbooks where smiles are present on 87 percent of young women and 64 percent of young men. Among the mostly adult population of school faculty and staff, yearbook smiling rates average 56 percent for men to 80 percent for women.
By pinpointing the various ages at which gender differences in smiling emerge, researchers hope to gain a greater understanding of when and why various gender differences take hold among adolescents. Although a number of theories have been put forward to explain why women smile more than men, most focus on how preadolescents respond to cultural messages about sex and sexuality.
Dodd and others have shown, for instance, that women in newspaper and magazine ads are much more likely than men to be portrayed as weak, passive, frivolous and lighthearted. "If preadolescents turn to the media for their definitions of the Śideal' man and woman, they are likely to find stereotypical portrayals of serious, unsmiling men and lighthearted, smiling women," Dodd said.
An alternative explanation of the study's findings focuses on the social nature of the event of being photographed for a school yearbook. "Girls and young women may view 'picture day' as a unique social event, in which there is a social pressure to dress up and present their 'best face' for the camera," Dodd said. "They are socialized to go to great lengths to improve their physical appearance and they may view picture day as an important opportunity to look good not only for their school mates and families but even for future generations who will view the yearbook."
Boys, on the other hand, may see a smile as less then essential to putting their "best face" forward, prefering instead to project an image of seriousness, an important characteristic of masculinity, Dodd said. Regardless of motivation, the smile's place in yearbook photos appears to be secure. Despite a general loosening of societal standards regarding gender roles, Dodd's analysis found that smiling habits of the sexes have changed very little in nearly three decades of yearbook photo sessions.
"It's possible that there have been broad changes in smiling behaviors in less formal social settings over the years, but the habits of students sitting for yearbook photos seem particularly resistant to cultural change," Dodd said.
Note: For information, refer to Dodd DK, Russell BL, Jenkins C, "Smiling in School Yearbook Photos: Gender Differences From Kindergarten to Adulthood," The Psychological Record, 1999, 49, 543-554.


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LaPorte, Texas: Battleship TexasThe world's oldest dreadnought battleship. Its lower decks were closed in 2013 because the ship was leaking, but the Texas was patched up in time for its 100th birthday in 2014.
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Once upon a time, everyone worked for the MyTeaEst corporation, which produced one million loaves of bread in the year 2000. It paid its workers in bread, and they ate the one million loaves.
MyTeaEst also gave half of its workers a pension plan, promising them one million loaves of bread in 2025. It gave the other workers a 401(K) plan, where the workers deposited bonds issued by MyTeaEst that promised one million loaves of bread in 2025.
The year 2025 came. MyTeaEst still produced one million loaves of bread, with a new generation of workers. Those workers expected to be paid, in the aggregate one million loaves of bread. The older generation of workers on the pension plan expected one million loaves. And the older generation of workers with the 401(K) plan expected that their bonds would be repaid.
What do you suppose happened?
In 2001 analysts note that MTE has not increased capacity over last year and has no plans to do so. Cannot be considered a growth stock. Given its lack of earnings the stock price collapses and MTE is shifted to the pink sheets.
With equity trading on the pennies the bond fund manager sees the writing on the wall and begins to buy up MTE stock. For fun we'll also speculate that MTE has a unionized pension plan. The Union sees what the bond holders are doing and starts a proxy battle for MTE
The two have an equal financial stake in MTE. However, the union also has strike power, which lowers the bond holders willingness-to-pay.
Bondholders sell out or otherwise concede to the Union. MTE becomes Union owned. At this point the Union creates MTE-U and signs a pension contract making it MTE-U's senior creditor. MTE-U then acquires MTE's assets in exchange for MTE-U debt.
2025 comes. MTE-U defaults on its obligations to MTE. This leads MTE to default to its bond holders. The bondholders take possession of MTE and its MTE-U bonds. MTE-U then defaults. However, its pension holders are senior. They take the assets of the company and divide them amongst themselves.
The new crop of workers is fired and the original bond holders get nothing.


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Muhammad, who had been seen clad in a Peoples Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) election campaign jersey in the run-up to the November 28 polls, said his organisation was not into politics. "The whole political thing, that's not our thing at all. We have no knowledge of that," he added. "I think it was just a little emotional situation that happened but then we think that things will eventually get back to normal."


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Late last year I was contacted by Julia Matthews from Derwent Howard Media to ask if I'd be interested in working on a new sewing magazine/bookazine with her. After several months of sewing, working on text and instructions I finally finished the projects, mailed them off and waited anxiously for the issue to arrive in my mailbox.
Today was the day!!! I'm so happy with how the magazine has turned out and apart from the projects, there are some really lovely extra bits and pieces in the issue - an interview with the super talented Amy Butler, a 32 page pull out guide to organising your craft supplies and all the patterns and instructions that you'll need to complete the projects.
I asked Kim Archer and Fiona Carter to contribute some work to the magazine. You can see Kim's projects HERE in her newest blog post. She created a set of fabric house pictures, yummy hairclips and some sweet 'blossom friends' finger puppets that my Bella is dying to make a set of for herself (perhaps this weekend!).
I'll share more of the projects from the magazine over the next few days (including a give away of Australian Homesewn), but for now here is the Babushka Quilt Set (pillow and doll quilt) that I created as part of the 'kids' section.
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Boris Johnson's scheme to bring empty properties back into use to help ease London's housing crisis has slowed to a virtual halt.
New figures show that the project only managed to take eight homes in the capital out of disrepair last year.
The Mayor had planned to spend £3.6 million on the initiative in 2012/13 but in fact spent just £39,000 - just over one per cent of the budget.
The figures, uncovered by the London section of BBC1's Sunday Politics, will be embarrassing for Mr Johnson who brought 1775 properties back into use in 18 months during his first term.
City Hall insiders suggested the scheme had slipped behind due to difficulties getting the boroughs on board, raising fears for its £6.6 million budget next year.
Labour housing spokesman Tom Copley said: "I think if after the first year of the programme, you've only bought eight homes back into use, most Londoners would look at that and think something is going badly wrong. The buck stops with the Mayor. He needs to get a grip on this it's his responsibility."
David Ireland, chief executive of charity Empty Homes, said: "In terms of marks out of ten for Boris on empty homes, I'd give him a seven or an eight for his first term. At the moment it is more like two or three.
"He needs to do a lot more in this term to get back to the levels of activity we had in the first. It is pitifully low and it does tend to show that what was quite a good programme and started out with quite a lot of energy has very seriously tailed off and that is a worry".
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Nov. 23, 2013
TENNESSEE TIDBITS Tennessee's all-time record is 803-360-53
Entering tonight's game, Tennessee is 11-1 on this date.
Tennessee is 27-1 on Senior Day since 1985
UT is 10-6 in its last 16 games at Neyland Stadium since Nov. 5, 2011.
Tonight's kickoff temperature of 42 degrees is the coldest kickoff temperature at Neyland Stadium since it was 42 degrees when UT hosted Kentucky on Nov. 29, 2008.
The Big Orange leads the all-time series with Vanderbilt, 73-28-5, including a 37-10-1 advantage in Knoxville.
Butch Jones is 4-6 at Tennessee and owns a career record of 54-33.
Jones is 1-2 in overtime games and stands 11-8 all-time in games decided by four points or fewer and 40-6 when his team scores 30 or more points.
Vandy won the coin toss and elected to receive. Tennessee kicked off to open the game for the ninth time this season.
UT is 2-3 when winning the coin flip and 2-3 when losing the toss.
Today's attendance is 97,223, moving the season average to 95,584
TENNESSEE CAPTAINS #41 Dontavis Sapp (Valdosta, Ga.), #58 Marlon Walls (Olive Branch, Miss.), #70 Ja'Wuan James (Suwanee, Ga.), #72 Zach Fulton (Homewood, Ill.)
STARTS OF NOTE Ja'Wuan James made his 48th career start, tying Jeff Smith (1992-95) for the Tennessee record for most starts by an offensive lineman. He has started every game at right tackle since the season opener of his freshman year in 2010. James is also tied with Will Ofenheusele (99-02), Smith and Scott Wells (00-03) for most career games played by an offensive lineman (48).
Marlon Walls made his sixth career start and first start of the season.
JaRon Toney made his sixth start in year in the nickel.
Justin Coleman made his 20th consecutive start.
A.J. Johnson made his 30th consecutive start.
Joe Stocstill made his first career start at fullback.
Antonio Richardson made his 23rd consecutive start.
James Stone made his 23rd consecutive start.
VFL LEGEND OF THE GAME Today's Vol For Life Legend of the Game is three-time All-SEC running back Curt Watson.
Watson left Tennessee in 1971 as the school's all-time leading rusher with 2,364 yards -- a mark that stood until 1984. He is now sixth on the all-time list. The Crossville native also set the school record for rushing yards in a game with 197 against Georgia in 1969. That record stood until 1975.
Watson scored 23 TDs in his career with the Vols as UT captured the 1969 SEC Championship. In his three seasons, the Vols were a combined 30-5 with wins in the 1971 Sugar Bowl and 1971 Liberty Bowl. UT was ranked in the Top 15 in each of his three seasons.
SEASON ATTENDANCE Today's attendance is 97,223, moving the season average to 95,584 Including today's games, Tennessee ranks fifth in the nation in total attendance at 669,087 and sixth in attendance average at 95,584 per game.
2013 Season Attendance Rankings By Average (Including Today's Games)
Team Average Home Games Total
1. Michigan 111,272 6 667,633
2. Ohio State 104,933 7 734,528
3. Alabama 101,505 7 710,538
4. Texas 98,638 5 493,189
5. Penn State 96,587 7 676,112
6. Tennessee 95,584 7 669,087
2013 Season Attendance Rankings By Total
Team 2013 Total Home Games
1. Ohio State 734,528 7
2. Alabama 710,538 7
3. Texas A&M 697,003 8
4. Penn State 676,112 7
5. Tennessee 669,087 7
6. Michigan 667,633 6
7. Nebraska 636,206 7
SMOKEY GRAY SENIOR DAY The Vols are wearing their Smokey Gray uniforms on Senior Day after a vote by the team's seniors.
Today's game marks the second time the Vols have donned their new adidas Smokey Gray uniforms. They were first unveiled on Aug. 15 at UT's media day and the team wore the Smokey Grays in a thrilling 34-31 overtime loss to No. 6 Georgia on Oct. 5.
27 players will participate in Senior Day festivities: Joseph Ayres, Austin Bolen, Brent Brewer, Alex Bullard, J.R. Carr, Tyler Coombes, Raiques Crump, Tyler Drummer, Zach Fulton, Daniel Hood, Ja'Wuan James, Reggie Juin, Greg King, Daniel McCullers, Corey Miller, Byron Moore, Rajion Neal, Tyler Page, Michael Palardy, Brett Parisi, John Propst, Dontavis Sapp, Jacques Smith, James Stone, Dakota Summers, Marlon Walls, and Dylan West.
Tennessee is 27-1 on Senior Day since 1985
This marks just the fourth time since the 1930s that a UT team has worn anything other than orange at home. The other occasion came in the 2004 season opener vs. UNLV, when the Vols wore throwback white jerseys in a 42-17 conquest of the Runnin' Rebels.
RANDOLPH'S BIG PICK Brian Randolph had a 41-yard interception return in the first quarter. It was his fourth interception of the year, the team's 14th, and the first for Randolph that did not occur in the opponent's endzone.
The 41-yard pick return was UT's second longest of the year. The longest was a 62-yard pick six by Devaun Swafford against Florida.
BLOCKED FG Vanderbilt blocked a Tennessee field goal attempt late in the first quarter. It was the first UT field goal attempt blocked since Kentucky's Alvin Dupree blocked one on Nov. 26, 2011.
BIG DAY FOR A.J. At the end of the first quarter, A.J. Johnson recovered a fumble by Vanderbilt running back Brian Kimbrow. It was Johnson's fourth fumble recovery in his career.
The fumble was also UT's eighth fumble recovery of the year.
Johnson recorded 11 tackles in the first half. He has recorded double-digit tackles four times this season. He has tallied seven stops in 10 straight games.
BE KIND, REWIND With 7:20 left in the second quarter Vandy WR Jordan Matthews fumbled inside the UT five-yard line. The fumble caused by Brian Randolph and recovered by Dontavis Sapp.
The ruling on the field was initially that there was no fumble. Tennessee won the review. On the season, UT has had nine reviews go in its favor and five go against the Vols.
3 FORCED TURNOVERS Sapp's fumble recovery with 7:20 left in the second quarter gave Tennessee it's fourth game with three or more forced turnovers this season.
Previous three-turnover games: WKU (7 - 5 INT, 2 FR); Florida (3 - 1 INT, 2 FR); South Alabama (3 - 3 INT); Vanderbilt (3 - 1 INT, 2 FR).
RAJION RACKS IT UP Rajion Neal had 26 rushing yards in the first half needs 40 yards to become the 14th Vol to surpass 2,000 career yards.
He passed Stanley Morgan (1973-76) for 14th place on the rushing list.
UT Career Rushing Yards
Player Years Yards
1. Travis Henry 1997-2000 3,078
10. Reggie Cobb 1987-89 2,360
11. Travis Stephens 1997-01 2,336
12. Charlie Garner 1992-93 2,091
13. Aaron Hayden 1991-94 2,061
14. Rajion Neal 2010-13 1,960
15. Stanley Morgan 1973-76 1,952
16. Gerald Riggs, Jr. 2002-05 1,893


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Lahore: The multiple award-winning Pakistani feature film Lamha will be released on 20th of this month, say media reports.
This film has earned many accolades over the past year and audiences have been long awaiting its Pakistani theatrical release.
Lamha had its World Premiere at the New York City International Film Festival 2012 where it won the Best Feature Film (People's Choice) award with Aamina Sheikh taking away the Best Lead Actress award.
Lamha also won the Best Feature Film at the DC South Asian Festival in Washington held in May 2013.


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Stars as cool as the human body found by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer offer astronomers the chance to study star formation and the atmospheres of planets like Jupiter, away from the light of more dazzling stars.
The WISE satellite, decommissioned this year, returned data revealing 100 new brown dwarfs, sometimes termed "failed" stars. Six of these are classified as cool Y's.
Y dwarfs are the dimmest stars of the brown dwarf family, like all brown dwarfs, they are not massive enough to fuse atoms at their cores. Without the atomic energy that allows stars like our sun to burn for billions of years, brown dwarfs gradually cool, until they only emit infrared light.
One of the Y dwarfs found, WISE 1828+2650, now holds the record for chilliest star at 80 degrees Farenheit.
"The brown dwarfs we were turning up before this discovery were more like the temperature of your oven," said Davy Kirkpatrick, a WISE science team member at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California in a press release.
"With the discovery of Y dwarfs, we've moved out of the kitchen and into the cooler parts of the house."
Brown dwarfs help astronomers study star formation and the atmospheres of planets like Jupiter. Their atmospheres, similar in composition to the gas-giant planets, are often easier to observe because brown dwarfs are isolated in space, away from the light of more brilliant, parent stars.
Astronomers originally chose the term "brown dwarf" because they didn't know what colors these stars would be if we could see them, and brown isn't a real wavelength of light. Scientists now know that some brown dwarfs would seem reddish or magenta to the eye, but they aren't sure what color Y dwarfs would be. The purple color shown in the illustration above was chosen mainly for artistic reasons.
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Nationwide Movers USA - David Levy Adam, Nicole, Dee, Wendy, TC, Travis Nationwide Movers USA - Damaged Baby Grand Piano and broke several curio cabinets. Will not return calls when they say they will call you back Pembroke Park, and Atlanta, Ga Nationwide
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Nationwide Movers USA was scheduled to pick up my items on Saturday April 7th 2013. I have a archway at the end of my drivewayand would need a smaller truck. The driveway is black top . You can go on the grass to get around archway and then get back on the blacktop driveway. They were informed of this ahead of time. Nationwide movers has a 2 day window was Saturday 7th or Sunday the 8th. The driver had called and wanted to know they could come around 8:00 PM. They didn't arrive until 10:17 PM. They were complaining about the archway that I had already cleared with Wendy, the person on the phone who scheduled the pickup The drivers gave me a hard time and I had to pay them more money. They said that it was to dark to load anything. They said that they would be back in the morning. All these items were in excellent condition when the guys came to pick them up. They didn't have the proper equipment to handle a baby grand piano. they moved it with a very small dolly. Nationwide Movers USA truck don't have a lift on their trucks. 4 guys lifted the piano on the truck. There was 2 curio cabinets that I was told that the drivers would take off the glass doors to the curio cabinets but they refused to take off and said they were going to ship as is. The grand father clock, entertaiment center, I also paid for a second stop for a refrigerator and stove to be delivered. The driver refused to delivery. I also paid the drivers and extra $200.00 dollard to take 4 items to a lower area in the house. The driver dropped 1 desk and broke the solid marble top in half. They were scheduled to delivery my items to Pensacola. Fl on the 9th. but instead carried them to Pembrooke, Fl. It took Nationwide Movers almost a month before they delivered my items. When they were delivered the 2 curio cabinets were broken. The piano was rolled in to my place instead of being handled by a dolly or something to carry it on by only 2 guys. The piano was damaged in several places and the cover is just sittting in the piano. Nationwide only sent over the the paperwork that they had when items were picked up. They told me that the signed copy from the delivery driver was never turned in by driver. I was told that I had to turn in a damaged report to Athem Claim Management. I sent complete paperwork and pictures of the broken and damaged items over to Athem claim management. I sent them the signed copy from the inventory sheet that I was given by the pick up driver and then the delivery driver signed inventory sheet on how the merchandise was delivered. It was signed for by TC the Nationwide Movers USA Driver by each item that was damage. Nationwide Movers USA and Athem Claim management or giving me a hard time with the claim.
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Something, sadly, you've never grasped. What does it matter if you thank Dade or anyone just to turn around and mock him, whether it be labeling him or using racially tinged language? Do you ever wonder why the vast majority of your threads go unanswered or ignored?
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New Toughrock
What are professionals opinions of the new toughrock that is supposed to be stronger and lighter?
Just saw this the other day. I went to get a sheet and all they had in 1/2" was the new stronger lighter version. I looked everywhere for the older version because I thought the new one had a higher price due to that. To my surprise, That's the only 1/2" HD had that was 4x8. It was definitely lighter, I'm not sure about it's strength though, it did the job.
I've used it on several jobs. I see no difference with most applications. I did notice though that it cuts extremely smooth with a circular saw. We cut ours with a circular saw when we have 45 degree corners and want the drywall to match perfectly so the finished line is absolutely straight. I'm not one that's going to use the mud to straighten a corner out.
If you're referring to the USG "ultralight" panels we have in this area, they're great. ("Tough rock" is a totally different thing. It's more of an "institutional" product to keep people from knocking holes in the walls.) Maybe another mfgr. refers to their product as tough rock in your area....
The USG product specs say the 1/2" can even be used on 24" centers for ceilings with "water based textures" applied. I haven't seen it yet at HD, but the 5/8"f.c. ultralight is suppoed to be available now too. Bottom line: my back really appreciates the stuff after 35 years in the trade and a couple of surgeries....
At first I did not like the product at all but now I am getting used to it. I do like that it is lighter and what not. I accidentally dropped a piece the other day and it hit the edge of my saw. The old stuff would have popped for sure but much to my surprise it held up. I do not like how brittle it is though especially at the tapered edges. The stuff breaks and cracks then becomes super brittle and just falls apart. I dont think it rasps as smooth as the old stuff either but it is less dust overall. I prefer the regular drywall but I cannot even find it in 1/2" anymore around here.
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Location: Children's Nutrition Research CenterTitle: Is enhanced physical activity possible using active videogames?) Author
|Baranowski, Tom
|Baranowski, Janice
|O'connor, Teresia
|Lu, Amy
|Thompson, Deborah - Debbe
Submitted to: The Games for Health Journal: Research, Development, and Clinical Applications
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/25/2012
Publication Date: 6/1/2012
Citation: Baranowski, T., Baranowski, J., O'Connor, T., Lu, A.S., Thompson, D. 2012. Is enhanced physical activity possible using active videogames? The Games for Health Journal: Research, Development, and Clinical Applications. 1(3):228-232. Interpretive Summary: We are facing a childhood obesity epidemic, and we are interested in how to increase physical activity in children. Active videogames offer a possible method. In our study, we compared the impact of active versus inactive video games. Children, 10-12 years of age, receiving two active Wii console video games were no more physically active than children receiving two inactive video games. This does not mean that active video games do not lead to physical activity. The conditions under which they lead to activity need to be clearly researched, and thus a larger scale study needs to be conducted.
Technical Abstract: Our research indicated that 10– to 12-year-old children receiving two active Wii (TM)(Nintendo (R); Nintendo of America, Inc., Redmond, WA) console videogames were no more physically active than children receiving two inactive videogames. Research is needed on how active videogames may increase physical activity.


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While Alexa rankings have been criticised for its inaccuracy, it still remains the most popular tool to monitor a site's traffic health in Africa and has been regarded as the web industry's de facto public resource for information about website's statistics.
Interestingly, Nairaland, which has been Nigeria's most popular and visited website for several years, has now emerged the most visited website in Africa, according to Alexa.
See the image below showing the top 10 most visited websites in Africa, according to Alexa's regional ranking, including four news websites, three bank websites and one e-commerce site, accessed on February 18, 2013.
Nairaland which claims to have over a million registered users, over 4 million unique visitors and over 35 million page views monthly, as at November 2012 toppled South Africa-based 24-hour online news service, News24, owned by Naspers Group to become the number one most visited site in Africa.
Founded by media-shy Web entrepreneur, Seun Osewa as an online forum back in March 2005, Nairaland has grown to become a leading source of information and entertainment, featuring news, sports, technology, culture, politics, religion, career, business, education and much more.
The site was rumoured to have been offered $1 million for an acquisition by Naspers/MIH Internet Africa back in 2010, but Osewa reportedly rejected the offer.