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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - July 10, 2003, New Braunfels, Texas New Braunfels THURSDAY July IO, 2003 11 pages in 2 section* mmmmmt wmmmmm 11 page* in C SCCHerald-Zeiti inc Vol. 152, No. 204.Serving New Braunfels and Comal County since 1852 50 cents House bUl is dead, but redistricting debate thrives i SPEC! Ai A BESS I OI On the Web Texas Legislative Council: www.tlc state tx.us Senators start drawing their own redistricting maps/ 4A Bv SEAN Bo WUNStaff Writer Senate officials are not considering House Hill 3, but the redistricting issue is far from over. It might come down to a compromise, state Rep. Carter Casteel, K-New Braunfels, said Wednesday. Officials from the office of state Hen. Jeff Wentworth, R- San Antonio, said the redistricting map contained in House Bill 3 is dead in the Senate. Casteel said the Senate does not have to debate the map the House approved. 'They can pass their own map and send it to us, and we can debate that," Casteel said. Casted said depending on the action taken by the Senate, the two houses could reach an impasse. The Senate might draw its own map, which would be sent to the House. A conference committee with members of both houses would work out differences. "Its kind of like making bread," Casteel said. "It takes a long time." Wentworth said Wednesday the Senate, which hasn't adopted maps as a body, intends to amend House Bill 3. "I'm not exatrtly sure how we're going to change it," Wentworth said. "So we won't know for awhile." Wentworth said IO senators out of HI said they'd vote no on a motion to suspend the rules to take up the redistricting debate.There are 18 senators who will vote yes. But the Senate needs a two-thirds vote, and there are three key senators Frank Madia (I)-San Antonio), Ken Armbrister (I)* Victoria) and Bill Ratliff (R-Mount Pleasant) who are undivided. "Our job is to got those on the fence, off the fence," Wentworth said. Wentworth said he's told three visiting congressman that any redistricting map coming out of the Senate will probably look a whole lot like Madia, Armbrister and Ratliff want, it to. Officials from Wentworth's office also said members of the Senate Jurisprudence Committee were holding redistricting hearings Wednesday aftonrvxm at Baylor University School of Law in Waco. Jurisprudence Committee members held meetings Tuesday in Dallas and Monday in Corpus Christi.See REDISTRICTING^ All eyes focus on New Braunfels Main Street program By Dylan JimEnez Staff Writer The New Braunfels Main Street program will he the center of statewide attention next week, as New Braunfels and San Mantis co-host summer training seminars for the state's HO main street managers. Jan Souchong, New Braunfels main street director, said the event will highlight ltxral main street projects and accomplishments. A representative from the National Trust for Historic Preservation and tho president of Preservation Texas will be featured shakers. There also will be roundtable discussions on historic pr<*aervation and downtown (•conomic development. The seminars will be conducted at the lands Haus in historic lands Park a per fect place for the crowd the city will host, Hob bling said. Htax'hting said she hopes to share ideas and get new information alxiut strengt hening downtown businesses. "We lave a good thing going downtown, hut I would like to sis; more shops and boutiques," Soeeht mg said, adding that such shojis are a real draw for heritage tourists. "It's really evident that our New Braunfels Main Street has provided economic growth through building new businesses, as well as a com • Biunity pride," she said. Next weeks seminars focus on New Braunfels projects, Representatives from the New Braunfels Art league, Wurstfest and the Bra un tex Performing Arts Center will discuss their efforts in promotions, preservation, etxinomie See MAIN STREET/4A 'Work of many hands' Coming to a Texaco near you — Shell By Dylan JhmEnez Staff Writer Fight New Braunfels Texaco stations soon xjxirt the Shell brand. About LHO stations in tint San Antonio ana also will bo changed in one of the largt-at brand conversions in U S, huaira*** history. Chevron Cor)), sold some of its assets after merging with Texaco, Shell bought out a number of Tbxaio wliok-salers arui started converting Tl-xnoo locations across the nation lo Shell stations in May 2(Mt2. "They're all on different schedules. It's typically within a few weeks that one station starts to change and then another," Lindaay Italic, Shell spokesperson, said "San Antis mo will now sis* the bulk of stat ions converting ." The change also will affect two stations in Schertz, and three in Seguin. Not every Ifcxeco station in the area will Is* converted. 'Hie conversions should not inconvenience consumers, officials said. Stores should 1st cloned as few as three flours. (Ions'ars*rs oui expect bi six* a more m<xiem, brighter look at Ute converted HIm-ll stiltsins, Lula* said. Bean Nruiner, vs** president <if Tarpbty Inc,, a Hondo gasoline wholesaler, said he had only heard positive response*. "The owners are pretty exrjUxJ atuiut it. They're excited ahint the ruw image. Its an ujigrade bi the old 'll*xnco image," Is- said. "It really help* See SHELL/3A Expansion of community center provides some elbowroom By Dylan Jim*me/ Staff Writer Bavarian Manor Apart ments residents say expansion of their community center shows their home is Ixxxmnng a better place bi live. Their children admit they're more interested in playing games at the community center. But the center, which was unveiled and di*dtctited Wedne*-day, will provide educational programming, as well "ll lieljiH. It lichis a lot," Jiminy Mend inca said of the cenb-r, His son, Justin, 5, will start school in the fall Manchaca said the conter given something he can't provide leu* of a (^imputer. A lot of the children Justin's age are learning to use a computer, and Manchaca said he cbxun't want his son left tx-hind. He helps Justin learn bi operate the comtiuter and will continue bi encourage him. "He'll lie coming more arid more," Manchaca said "I try bi [lush him so he can lean) a little more " Tho community ceiler at the low income housing complex, owned and operated liy the non-profit group Housing and Lorn munity Services Inc,, was expanded from about. I, I (Mi bi I,HOO square feet with funding from U S Housing and Urban Development. 'The adflit luna I space will give tho children who fn*quent the center some elhowroom and allow additional programming for adults. I jail Humphreys, of Connections Individual and Family Ber vice, ajx-nti* H5 hours each week with chiklren at Bavanan Manor Apartment* community center, She said apace was limited before the expansion. Se© CENTER/4A DA VICI MORAWkx**) /Mug (Above) Aiexanda Gonzales, seated, gets a little trek) Witt) her typing from her friend, Ashley Guerra, and Community Activities Specialist Usa Humphreys at the new Bavarian Manor Apartments Community Center (Left) Andrea Contreras, left, Shtarme [Reason and Brittany Vasquez [ilay a board game at tho new community center The girts say they go to the center every day to play games, listen to music arid use tho computers. Inside Comic* ,,, Crossword Forum Sports,... Today TV....... Obituaries 4-66 .20 .20 .SA 1,40 . 2A .38 . 3A www.haraJd-zaltung.comProgram needs help getting students supplied for school By Bean Bowl in Staff Writer A program that help* tumbled ut ti dont* won I low* a dime Ibm year when other educational program* are falling victim to alate budget ahortfeJla, The New BraunlelH office of Coni munition in School* will operate thin budget year with $823,982, a I moat twice the amount Du* program atari ed with in 199H, Ueapib* that, with adead alerting next month, CIS will ia*ud Du* public's help providing achoo! xuppliea for aluiut I,(KM) needy atudonta - aiuiut half the program* caaeload CIS a nationwide program that bul pa HtudentN and their parent* deal with unatahle home live*, financial diffi cu It m*m, ga aga and hnmoleaario** came bi New Braunfels in lf Kid, when a committee of the Greater N«*w Braunfels Chamber of (Commerce waa bulking for a program bi provide aru'ial work in adead*. How to help A bsratot concert tor Common!#!* in School (ak** ptoo* from 7 30 to IO p m Aug. 7 to Lands Park Pant* Slab Jay Kite and Marten Creek wi play rn part of tai Tkxwsrts In The Park" Matas Admaaton to • school •uppiy Ham rha "Pack Th* Bu*" program takes plat* Aug OtoH-E-Banti Wal-Mart VotorSaam wtf ooNatM school auppNaa or dontotone in \m ytotow toy *0600! Usa* "(The committee) aaw bowie need* Kid* needed cloDiea, nodical core, lu*lp in Inane aituatKina if parent* were fighting anti the electricity waa cut off' problema that weren't serioua enough for Child Protective Bervu'ea to intervene In hut that were bai Wenona for aduxd conn aelors to handle," Haiti bara! CIS Fx«r-utive I Hrector < 'bn* Douglea. Abut ait HP achoo!* in five bu al dialnet* contract with CIS for it* aervice* "Those folkw are at the achtuila all day long," Dought* ward, "That* what make* the program aucceaaful. They work hand in-hand with adead profeaaionala." "Tiltwe ftilka" are program director* in the adead*. They aupport teacher* by checking homework, tutoring and giving incentives for gradea In seine, r»j#|>«a*t*, they (ill iii for parent* by rilling out reading biga and aigning off on homework, pro gram coordinator I jzzie IVevino said, At mifbiU* achtuila arui high achtuila, program directors talk bi atudonta alanit aex, medical taauea ant! other Donga atudonta are afraid bi talk bi anyone ciao afaint, "Students have referred bi them aa a mother," TVevino aaid, CIS alati baa at riak student* vol-unteer at aaaiated living facihtiea. See PROG HAM/4 A ;
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Richmond said integrating the Nestle business, which it bought in October for £9.85m, had cost it just under £1m. The Nestle ice creams are mostly of the 'eat now' or impulse variety and sales in the winter months met expectations.
Richmond specialises in the less weather-specific own brands for supermarkets or the 'eat later' market and sales continued to rise in the six months ended 31 March leading to a 30% rise in turnover to £42.5m. There was a small operating profit of £209,000, up 5%, but pre-tax losses were 14% higher at £720,000.
With the Ashford and Telford plants now closed and ice cream making concentrated at Richmond's state-of-the-art factory at Leeming Bar in Yorkshire, production costs will be cheaper than before.
Richmond said it was confident that full-year results would 'show a significant improvement over those of 2001' and added: 'Sales will benefit from the higher emphasis of branded sales in the eat now market.'
The dividend is unchanged at 5p.
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - February 9, 1996, New Braunfels, Texas FRIDAYUnicorns and Cougars go at it with playoffs on the line. See Page 5 50 CENTS New Braunfels Herald 41.0 I A / o o / 9 9 wo 11, I SHI we 177 The Mergele House, 708 W. Mill 16 pages in one section ■ Friday, February 9,1996 Serving Comal County and surrounding areas for n WlCROF 7 9903- PASO, I, .H4 years ■ Home of VINCE VELEZ jog Vol. 144, No. 64 Inside Editorial.............................. .............4 Sports................................. .............5 Market Place..................... 11-14 Comics............................... 15 | Stammtisch Birthday wishes from | the Herald-Zeitung! The New Braunfels Herald-I Zeitung extends birthday wishes to: Larry Wiley, Larissa Lynn Morales (two years), Vince Valez, | Mary Cabello, Diana Romero, Michael K. Garrott Jr. (ll years) I and Robert Abbotts. Happy anniversary wishes to I Jimmy and Cathy Petrie and I Ernest and Linda Rodriguez. Pollen Count Mold —1,020 Cedar —6660 (Poten measured in parts per cubic meter of air. Readings taken yesterday. Information provided by Dr. Frank Hampel.) River Information Comal River — 274 cubic feet per second, same as yesterday. Edwards Aquifer Panther Canyon Well ■ 624.76 feet above sea level, down .03. Main Street puts on seminars The New Braunfels Main Street Design Committee will host a seminar on 'Advertising/Marketing Your Business' Feb. 13. Other upcoming seminars include 'Signage in Keeping with Concept and Building' Feb. 27; and 'Good Merchandising - Great and Easy Window Displays' March 12. Each of the free seminars begins at 6:15 p.m. at City Hall in the Municipal Courtroom, 424 S. Casten Ave. Bring a brown bag dinner. Beverages and dessert will be provided Last chance to nominate Unsung Heroes Each spring, the Herald-Zeitung presents a Citizen of the Year award and several Unsung Hero awards at a reception celebrating the annual Horizons edition of the newspaper. The Herald-Zeitung needs the public's help in finding Unsung Heroes. Do you know a person whose good deeds have gone unrecognized? Let us know about him or her, so they can receive the credit they deserve. The Herald-Zeitung also needs nominations for its Citizen of the Year award. Mail or drop off a letter telling us about your Unsung Hero candidate to: Herald-Zeitung Heroes 707 Landa St. New Braunfels, TX 78130. Nominations may also be faxed to 625-1224. Make sure to include your own name and daytime telephone number. Deadline for nominations is 5 p.m. Monday. Auditions slat od for Shakespeare comedy Auditions for the Circle Arts Theatre production of Twelfth Night.' will be held Monday, Feb. 12 at 7:30 p.m. The production, scheduled for an April run, will be given a new twist - the action being set on a Texas ranch, with the Kuke (Orsini) cast in the mold of John Wayne. Roles exist for four women, ages 20 to 50, and six men, ages 20 to 45. For further information, cal! the theater office at 625-4824. Maskenball gives revelers a taste of Mardi Gras German style By SUSAN FLYNT ENGLAND Staff Writer Lovers of German culture have one last chance to lose all inhibitions and party the night away before Lent arrives — Maskenball. The New Braunfels German-American Society presents this year's masked ball next Friday, Feb. 16 at the Knights of Columbus Hall. Festivities will begin at 8 p.m. "We encourage people to come out — it's a fun tradition," said Maskenball chairwoman Pearly Sowell. Costumes aren't required, but they're half of the fun. This year's "International" theme lets revelers show off their flair for the unique and exotic. Those with the best costumes will win prizes. "They can come any way they want to," Sowell said. "There will also be a special prize for what the judges think is the most unique." Music by the Seven Dutchmen will propel dancing feet. Intermission will also be enlivened by entertainment this year. Beer and setups will be available and guests may bring their own beverages. Tickets are available from German-American Society members or at the door — $6 in advance and $7.50 the night of the dance. Proceeds from the Maskenball go toward scholarships for high school German language students, Sowell said. "That's our target for each year," she said — "we have a student from each one of the high schools." The scholarships go to students who are planning to continue studying German and who have a certain grade point average, she said. Speaking several languages is going to be a necessity, not an option, in tomorrow's shrinking world, Sowell said. Costumes for the Maskenball can be had at two local shops — Abra cadabra Costumes Theatrical Illusions at 726 Walnut Street and the costume shop on Castell Avenue across from the old Winn's. When area residents put on their costumes and their dancing shoes next Friday night, they will be continuing a German tradition that dates back to at least the 1200s, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. New Braunfels area residents went to a several Maskenballen during the pre-Lent season, Sowell said. "When I was a young girl, I remember my aunts and uncles went to them at different dance halls throughout the county," she said, "one here, one there — it was a whole circuit." Early German Maskenballen were often the culmination of "Fasching." Called Fastnacht or Kameval in different parts of Germany and Austria, this festival was the German-speaking equivalent of Mardi Gras or Brazil's Camaval. Many German Faschings start on Jan. 6. Tile festival was celebrated most elaborately in Cologne, and it began at the I Uh hour of the I Uh day of the I Uh month of each year. During Fasching, "the rules and order of daily life were subverted," Britannica says. Dignitaries sometimes handed keys to the city and rule for a day to a council of fools — or even women. As well as Maskenballen, revelers attended satirical plays and speeches and read newspaper columns lampooning the clergy and government officials of the day. Parties took to the streets and festivities built to a fevered pitch by Fasching's climax on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. As for New Braunfels' 1996 Maskenball, "Just come out and think not, 'someone's going to entertain me,' but 'I'm going to have some fun,'" Sowell said. Pedestrian struck on 81 An El Paso man is in undetermined condition at University Hospital after a pedestrian-vehicle accident on Highway 81 near Taco Cabana last night. According to New Braunfels Police reports, Hector Rubalcava was hit by an Oldsmobile Cutlass driven by Sherry Jo Hansmann of New Braunfels at about 10:08 p.m. He reportedly walked in front of her car. Both were flown to University Hospital. Hansmann was treated and released, but Rubalcava was still in the operating room at press time. Case called a victory for property rights H«rak) Zeitung photo by MICHAEL DARNALL The costumes ars half the fun at Maskenball By SUSAN FLYNT ENGLAND Staff Writer A Comal County jury handed property rights advocates a big victory yesterday when it declared Kenneth Allen Gerhard Lukacik not guilty of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Lukacik defended himself in the case, which was prosecuted by District Attorney Bill Reimer. The charges against Lukacik stemmed from an incident that happened near the edge of Lukacik's Comal County property early in December 1993. Barbara Gomez, now 25 and living in Dallas, filed a complaint with the Comal County Sheriffs Department against Lukacik in 1993 saying he had threatened her with a rifle, shooting in her direction when she was near his property. Gomez testified that she was staying at her father's property, near Lukacik's, at the time of the incident, and that she went outside to investigate when she heard gunshots. She said her dog was not inside her father's house and she was afraid for his safety. Gomez testified that she went toward the sound of the shots, near a wire fenceline and stone wall, but never crossed the fenceline. However, when Lukacik spotted her, he fired his rifle toward her, Gomez testified. She said he never warned or yelled before opening fire. Lukacik did not deny that he fired shots. A videotape and pictures of two trees near the fenceline, each hit by a bullet, were entered into evidence. Lukacik never took the stand in his defense, but he made statements while questioning witnesses. He said that he believed he saw a trespasser, and that he feared for the safety of his livestock and his children. Lukacik said he only fired three times, and that the shots were warning shots. Lukacik called Todd Costen as a character witness and an expert on guns — Costen runs a hunting ranch in Bexar County. Costen testified that Lukasic is "A very good marksman." Reimer asked Costen if he would fire a gun in the air or near a trespasser without talking to him first. "No," Costen said. Since Lukacik didn't take the stand, he didn't testify himself whether he had given Gomez a verbal Foundation for Liberty assisted in defense By SUSAN FLYNT ENGLAND Staff Writer Kenneth Allen Gerhard Lukacik defended himself in his trial for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. "I can't find an attorney who can do it properly," he said. Lukacik fired two attorneys since the charge was filed and began working on his own defense about seven months ago, he said. But Lukacik did have his own "defense team." He was assisted throughout the mal by members of the "Foundation for Liberty." The Foundation for Liberty meets to study law. One of their objectives is to be able to defend themselves in court without the help of an attorney. "You can't trust any of them," one member said. Lukacik periodically turned to receive notes from his fellow Foundation for Liberty members during his trial. Lukacik said his rights had been violated numerous times since he was charged — that he never was properly "Mirandized" or arraigned and that three judges dealing with his case were working without an oath of office on file. "They would not allow me basic things like evidence and who they were bringing to testify," he said. The Miranda rule wasn't used, District Attorney Bill Reimer said, because it only needs to be used when taking down a confession-type statement, and Lukacik never confessed to anything. "He was arraigned before the trial," Reimer said, "And the judge, in extra caution, arraigned him before the court." People who represent themselves, Reimer said, often think their rights are being violated simply because they don't understand the technicalities of court proceedings. lf Lukacik found himself in a similar situation with a possible trespasser again — "There's probably only one thing I won't do and that's make a warning shot," he said. warning first or not. Lukacik had chosen 30 witnesses, but he only called a few. "After I saw what went on up here I decided I didn't need to call the rest," he said in his closing argument. "I did defend my property but I did not use deadly force," he said. Reimer quoted the penal cock; regarding use of deadly force to defend property. The Texas Penal Code says, "A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary: ■ to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery or theft dunng the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime, or ■ to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft dunng the nighttime from escaping with the property, and he reasonably believes that: ■ the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means; or ■ the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to substantial nsk of death or senous bodily injury. The jury of seven men and five women started deliberating late Thursday morning and returned their verdict at about 3:30 p.m. They gave Lukacik a warning along with the not guilty verdict, saying his actions were "extremely hazardous," Reimer said. Reimer said he was not surprised by the verdict. "Most people think you can use a great deal of force to defend your property," Reimer said. "There's a very strong stance for property rights in this county." "The penal code is very specific," said Sheriff Jack Bremer later. "In the first place, you shouldn't trespass on anyone's property," he said, but trespass only becomes a crime if it is intentional. "The thing property owners should do is contact law enforcement and not take matters into their own hands," he said. "lf you live out in the county, and you've got kids that run around in the neighborhood, you'd better keep them inside," Reimer said. New community development director sees need for affordable housing This newspaper is printed on recycled newsprint & By SUSAN FLYNT ENGLAND Staff Writer Mark Mitchell knows his alphabet soup. Mouthfuls such as CDBGs, the NRDFC, HUD, M A., and Ph.D. As New Braunfels' new community development director, Mitchell has the training and experience to translate those acronyms into how to get New Braunfels money for the things it needs. "I was bom and raised in Converse, just down the road," Mitchell said. "I've been doing community development since about 1988." Mitchell holds a masters degree from The University of Texas at Dallas in public affairs. He's ready to write the dissertation that will mean a Ph.D. in political economy and regional devel opment from the same school. He is an expert in asking a community what it needs and getting useful answers. Mitchell studied housing needs for the city of Dallas using drive-by surveys and questionnaires. He used a phone survey to let United Way of Dallas know the city's social service needs. "About half of the surveyors were Spanish speaking," Mitchell said. The Community Development Advisory Committee has helped Mitchell hit the ground running, he said. "You actually have direct involvement from people in the community, from the neighborhoods, from business, from banks." Mitchell said affordable housing holds the top spot on the list of New Braunfels' fiiture development needs. "That's an area we really have to focus in on," he said. "We need to learn what resources we have, and what type of strategies would best help preserve neighborhoods, especially for the lower income neighborhoods." New Braunfels needs programs to build affordable housing, Mitchell said. "It is a very tight housing market," he said. But giving people access to that housing is just as important. "Programs like housing counseling, down payment assistance — they're at such early stages that we're trying to identify what the needs are, what strategies would be best for the city." Recognizing the different needs of New Braunfels' Hispanic community will also be important, Mitchell said. Moving to New Braunfels is some thing of a dream come true for Mitchell. "I've beep coming up to New Braunfels just to visit on the weekends," he said. "I'm thrilled at the prospect of actually being able to live here." Mitchell said working with the city staff gives him the best of both worlds. "The city staff are very professional, but also they're very warm and friendly" New Braunfels' historic homes attracted Mitchell, who lived in a historic home in the King William section of San Antonio. "When ifs a smaller city like this, more people are directly involved, and it's not just ownership, ifs a sense of pride." 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Liang: Panic & Deaf: Two Satires Pa
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BeschreibungEducated Youth. The Lost Generation. They served Mao's Cultural Revolution as Red Guards in the late 1960s, only to be sacrificed to that same revolution a decade later when they were rusticated to desolate communes and the wastelands of northern China. When they were allowed to return to the cities, they found themselves dislocated once again, this time by the social and economic upheavals of the post-Mao era. Liang Xiaosheng, a former Red Guard and one of China's most accomplished satirists, follows his compatriots as they make their way through the morass of petty corruption, bureaucratic back-biting, and opportunism that is the new New China. In a tone deceptively light and humorous, Liang expresses the financial and sexual frustration, pathetic mediocrity, and impotent resentment of aging "educated youth" rendered increasingly superfluous by the brash economic dynamism of China's new entrepreneurial class.
Untertitel: 'Fiction from Modern China'. Sprache: Englisch.
Verlag: UNIV OF HAWAII PR
Erscheinungsdatum: Januar 2001
Seitenanzahl: 168 Seiten
Übersetzer/Sprecher: Übersetzt von Hanming Chen
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Daniel Sandler Eye Shadow Quad in Sheer Beauty Review and Swatches
I already posted a detailed review of Daniel Sandler's Eye Shadow Quad in Scandal at Midnight and today I'd like to tell you about another one which is called Sheer Beauty(£28).
And I think it's a perfect name for this quad as the shades are definitely sheer and the colours are subtle. It is a perfect palette for when you are in the mood for a light and delicate eye makeup and, probably, want your look to be all about that "bright lip".
The eye shadows glide on effortlessly and blend beautifully, leaving a wash of colour.
I personally love
Daniel Sandler Sheer Satin Eye Shadows Review and Swatches
I have three Daniel Sandler Sheer Satin Eyeshadows to show you.Two were launched as a part of summer collection and one of them is a part of the Autumn collection.
The shades that I have are: Encounter, Caribbean and Burnt Sand.
Encounter is a sheer purple with a blue micro shimmer. This shade would look pretty on green eyes.
Caribbean is my personal favourite and it is a sheer aqua blue with very delicate shimmer. I just love the wash of this shade all over the lid with some black eye liner and a lot of mascara.
Burnt Sand is a metallic gold, the most opaque out of three. It is a very festive shade and would look nice paired with
Daniel Sandler Watercolour Blush in Charm Review and Swatches
You probably know that I am huge fan of Daniel Sandler's Watercolour Blushes and have already reviewed them several times. In this post you can actually read tips from Daniel himself on how to use these blushes.
I love that Daniel supports Cancer Research charities and brings out products to help raising money for this great cause. Last year it was POP blusher.
And this year Mr Sandler brought out Charm Watercolour to support the Moon and Stars charity which raises funds for the Cancer Research.
Charm is a peachy pink shade with silver shimmering particles. Although I do like blushes without shimmer better, this blush looks nice on the face. I guess Daniel'd intention was to "add some life" to our "late Autumn faces" and it does work without being too shimmery or glittery.
I have already written a very detailed review about the Watercolours the which you can find here.
Watercolour Blush retails for £14.50 but you will also get a Waterbrush (£15.50), which is


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Net profit of Shree Cement rose 0.72% to Rs 235.43 crore in the quarter ended December 2016 as against Rs 233.75 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2015. Sales rose 2.24% to Rs 1843.35 crore in the quarter ended December 2016 as against Rs 1802.96 crore during the previous quarter ended December 2015.
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Vardhman Textiles clocked volume of 1.51 lakh shares by 14:05 IST on BSE, a 56.30-times surge over two-week average daily volume of 3,000 shares. The stock rose 1.52% at Rs 1,281.
Bayer CropScience notched up volume of 40,000 shares, a 36.32-fold surge over two-week average daily volume of 1,000 shares. The stock lost 0.53% at Rs 4,081.
Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail saw volume of 15.57 lakh shares, a 26.14-fold surge over two-week average daily volume of 60,000 shares. The stock was up 0.87% at Rs 150.10.
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals clocked volume of 18.88 lakh shares, a 15.12-fold surge over two-week average daily volume of 1.25 lakh shares. The stock advanced 3.42% at Rs 191.80.
Tech Mahindra saw volume of 6.42 lakh shares, a 7.33-fold rise over two-week average daily volume of 88,000 shares. The stock declined 4.39% at Rs 451. The companys consolidated profit after tax rose 32.77% to Rs 856 crore on 5.44% growth in revenue to Rs 7557.50 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q2 September 2016. The result was announced at the fag end of the trading session yesterday, 30 January 2017.
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The result was announced after market hours yesterday, 30 January 2017.
Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 76.81 points or 0.28% at 27,772.75.
High volumes were witnessed on the counter. On the BSE, 1.88 lakh shares were traded in the counter so far as against average daily volume of 59,024 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 208 and low of Rs 200 so far during the day. The stock had hit a record high of Rs 226 on 26 October 2016. The stock had hit a 52-week low of Rs 78.66 on 12 February 2016.
The stock had outperformed the market over the past 30 days till 30 January 2017, gaining 18.97% compared with 4.59% gains in the Sensex. The scrip had, however, underperformed the market in past one quarter, dropping 8.37% as against Sensexs 0.29% fall.
The mid-cap company has equity capital of Rs 30.22 crore. Face value per share is Rs 1.
V-Guard Industries said that pumps have driven growth for the Q3 December 2016 along with fans and solar water heaters.
The board commemorating the 40th foundation day of the company, recommended bonus issue of 2 equity shares for every 5 shares held by capitalizing free reserves of the company.
Commenting on the companys performance, Mr. Mithun. K. Chittilappilly, Managing Director, V-Guard Industries said that the company was able to perform reasonably well in a market condition which was affected by various economic decisions. Demonetization had some impact on some product segment and sales growth of some of the products had come down from earlier quarters. The company proactively introduced various facilities such as arranging finance through NBFC and installing card machines, cash discount facilities to channel partners etc.
Sales in Tamil Nadu Region was affected due to the socioeconomic situation prevalent in the state and because OJ cyclone affecting many parts of Chennai and suburban areas.
The business outlook remains positive considering upcoming summer season. The company would lookat expanding to newer cities, launch newer products that resonate with the younger generation, he added.
V-Guard Industries makes consumer electrical and electronics products. The companys product range includes voltage stabilizer, digital UPS, inverter and inverter batteries, electric water heaters, solar water heaters, domestic pumps, agricultural pumps, industrial motors, domestic switch gears, distribution boards, wiring cables, industrial cables, induction cooktops, mixer grinders and fans.
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Wintac announced that the tenure of Managing Director of the company, S.Jayaprakash Mady, ended on 31 January 2017 as per the terms of appointment and that S.Jayaprakash Mady has informed the Board that, owing to certain personal reasons, he would not be available for re-appointment as the Managing Director of the company for another term.
However, S.Jayaprakash Mady would continue as Non-Executive Director on the Companys Board.
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Meanwhile, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 70.26 points or 0.25% at 27,779.30.
On the BSE, 72,000 shares were traded on the counter so far as against the average daily volumes of 17,261 shares in the past one quarter. The stock had hit a high of Rs 2,917.05 and a low of Rs 2,792.30 so far during the day.
The stock had hit a record high of Rs 3,122 on 9 September 2016 and a 52-week low of Rs 2,173.40 on 29 February 2016.
The large-cap company has equity capital of Rs 289.37 crore. Face value per share is Rs 10.
Bajaj Autos consolidated net profit fell 5.27% to Rs 976.82 crore on 7.4% decline in total income to Rs 5672.82 crore in Q3 December 2016 over Q3 December 2015.
Bajaj Auto said that the governments action to demonetize high value currency had an adverse impact on the auto industry and the performance of the company. With good monsoon and seventh pay commission, motorcyle industry was expected to record healthy growth. However, post demonetization, in November and December 2016, the domestic industry for motorcycles and commercial vehicles recorded a decline of 16% and 32% respectively, the company said in a statement.
As of 31 December 2016, the companys surplus cash and cash equivalents stood at Rs 10932 crore.
Bajaj Auto is one of the leading two-and three-wheeler manufacturers in India.
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GHCL announced that Interim Dividend of Rs. 1.50/- (Rupee One and Fifty Paise) per equity share for the financial year 2016-17 on the paid-up capital of 10,00,19,286 equity shares of the Company, shall be paid on or after 15 February 2017.
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GHCL announced that Board of Directors in their meeting held on 31 January 2017, inter alia, has approved the following:
1. Interim Dividend : Interim Dividend of Rs. 1.50/- (Rupee One and Fifty Paise) per equity share for the financial year 2016-17 on the paid-up capital of 10,00,19,286 equity shares of the Company. The payment shall be made on or after 15 February 2017.
2. Buy Back of Shares: Buy Back of the Companys fully paid-up equity shares of Rs. 10/- each from the Open Market through Stock Exchange route, at a Maximum Buyback Price of Rs. 315/- (Rupees Three Hundred and Fifteen) per Equity Share excluding transaction costs, for an aggregate amount of Rs. 80 (Eighty) crore.
3. Capex approval: Additional Capex of Rs. 55.84 crore for Textile division (Yam & Home Textile), which will be used towards (a) Air Jet Spinning project the Yarn division, (b) Replacement of 39 Ring Frame in the Yarn division; and (C) 1.25 MW Solar Power project in Home Textile division.
4. Policies for Business Responsibility Reporting: In line with the requirement of Regulation 34(2)(f) of Listing Regulations, 2015, the Board of directors have approved various Policies.
Grant of Employees Stock Option: Nomination & Remuneration Committee of the Company in its meeting on 31 January 2017 has granted thirty thousand Stock options to Chief Operating Officer - Home Textile Division at the same terms and conditions as disclosed to the stock exchanges on 19 May 2016.
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Gujarat Industries Power Co announced that GIPCL has commissioned 8.0 MW (4 WTGs x 2 MW) WTGs of the Rojmal Wind Farm Site for which Certificate of Commissioning has been issued by Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA).
With the above, the 26 MW Wind Power capacity at the Rojmal Wind Farm Site falling in Districts Rajkot and Bhavnagar, Gujarat is fully commissioned as per schedule.
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United Bank of India announced that Renuka Muttoo, Non-Official Director, ceased to be a director on the Board of the Bank on completion of her tenure of directorship on 23 January 2017.
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The Economic Survey 2016-17 presented in Parliament today states that against the backdrop of robust macro-economic stability, the year was marked by two major domestic policy developments-the passage of the Constitutional Amendment, paving the way for implementing the transformational Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the action to demonetize the two highest denomination notes. The GST will create a common Indian market, improve tax compliance and governance, and boost investment and growth; it is also a bold new experiment in the governance of Indias cooperative federalism.
The Survey Report says that demonetisation has had short-term costs but holds the potential for long-term benefits. Follow-up actions to minimize the costs and maximize the benefits include: fast, demand-driven, remonetisation; further tax reforms, including bringing land and real estate into the GST, reducing tax rates and stamp duties; and acting to allay anxieties about over-zealous tax administration. These actions would allow growth to return to trend in 2017-18, possibly making it the fastest-growing major economy in the world, following a temporary dip in 2016-17.
The Economic Survey 2016-17 states that the year was also marked by some tumultuous external developments. In the short-run, world GDP growth is expected to increase because of a fiscal stimulus in the United States but there are considerable risks. These include higher oil prices, and eruption of trade tensions from sharp currency movements, especially involving the Chinese yuan, and from geo-political factors. Another serious medium-term risk is an upsurge in protectionism that could affect Indias exports.
The Survey states that the year also saw a number of legislative accomplishments in the country. In addition to the GST, the Government:
n++ Overhauled the bankruptcy laws so that the n++exitn++ problem that pervades the Indian economy--with deleterious consequences highlighted in last years Survey--can be addressed effectively and expeditiously;
n++ Codified the institutional arrangements on monetary policy with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), to consolidate the gains from macroeconomic stability by ensuring that inflation control will be less susceptible to the whims of individuals and the caprice of governments; and
n++ Solidified the legal basis for Aadhaar, to realise the long-term gains from the JAM trifecta (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile).
Beyond these headline reforms were other less-heralded but nonetheless important actions. The Government enacted a package of measures to assist the clothing sector that by virtue of being export-oriented, labour-intensive could provide a boost to employment, especially female employment. The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) successfully finalized the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platform. By facilitating inter-operability, UPI has the potential to unleash the power of mobile phones in achieving digitalization of payments and financial inclusion, and making the n++Mn++ an integral part of n++JAM.n++ Further FDI reform measures were implemented, allowing India to become one of the worlds largest recipients of foreign direct investment. The government has also adhered to a steady and consistent path of fiscal consolidation.
The major short term macro-economic challenge is to re-establish private investment and exports as the major drivers of growth and reduce reliance on Government and private consumption. Addressing the Twin Balance Sheet problemn++over-indebted corporates and bad-loan-encumbered public sector banksn++a legacy of the years surrounding the Global Financial Crisis will be vital.
Looking further ahead, societal shifts at the level of ideas and narratives will be needed to overcome three long-standing meta-challenges: inefficient redistribution, ambivalence about the private sector and property rights, and improving but still-challenged state capacity. Doing so would lift an economy that is oozing with potential. In the aftermath of demonetisation, and at a time of gathering gloom about globalization, articulating and embracing those ideational shifts will be critical to ensuring that Indias sweet spot is enduring not evanescent.
The report says that India seems to be a demographic sweet spot with its working age population projected to grow by a third over the next three decades providing it a potential the growth boost from the demographic divided which is likely to peak within next five years.
The Survey report also states that the Swachh Bharat which has the objective of ensuring safe and adequate sanitation, water security and hygiene has been a part of serious policy issue which would promote a broader fundamental right to privacy for women in the country.
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Lokesh Machines has entered into an agreement with EMCO GmbH for manufacturing and selling their machines in India. The Company will shortly start manufacturing the Next Generation Multitasking machines for Indian Markets as well as re-Export. This technology tie up would help Lokesh expand the customer base beyond the traditional OEMs Tier I & Tier IIs and offer specialised manufacturing solutions to a host of manufacturers. These machines will be assembled at the new manufacturing facility at Kallakal, Hyderabad.
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Pearl Polymers announced Shilpa Verma has resigned from the post of Company Secretary with effect from closure of working hours of 27 January 2017.
Consequent to her resignation as Company Secretary, Shilpa Verma also ceases to be the Compliance Officer of the Company.
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The Economic Survey 2016-17, which was presented today in parliament by the Finance Minister Shri.Arun Jaitly, examines whether the effects associated with the n++aid cursen++ and the n++natural resources cursen++ internationally are discernible in the context of the Indian States. It calculates Redistributive Resource Transfers (RRT) from the Centre (between 1994 and 2015) and value of natural resources for Indian States (over 1980 and 2014) and correlates these with several economic outcomes and an index of governance
Redistributive Resource Transfer or RRT to a state (from the Centre) is defined as gross devolution to the state adjusted for the respective states share in aggregate Gross Domestic Product(GDP). The top 10 recipients are: Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Assam.
Annual per capita RRT flows for all north-eastern states (except Assam) and Jammu & Kashmir have exceeded the annual per-capita consumption expenditure that defines the all-India poverty lines, especially the rural line.
The Economic Survey 2016-17 points out that there is no evidence of a positive relationship between these transfers and various economic outcomes, including per capita consumption, GSDP growth, development of manufacturing, own tax revenue effort, and institutional quality.
Instead, there is a suggestive evidence of a negative relationship. For example, larger RRT flows seem to negatively affect fiscal effort (defined as the share of own tax revenue to GSDP). These trends are robust to alternative definitions of RRT.
Also, whether mineral rich states like Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Rajasthan and Gujarat ,are doing well on the metrics of economic outcomes and governance is considered in the context of redistributive transfers. However, this does not reveal conclusive results and there is no evidence of a negative relationship between fiscal effort and reliance on revenue from natural resources over the period 2001-14.
Thus, the existence of a RRT curse and the lack thereof of a natural resource curse in the context of Indian States implies that both the Centre and States need to act to mitigate the effects of the former and guard against the emergence, in future, of the latter. In this context, the question is whether RRT, in future, can be linked more saliently to fiscal and governance efforts on the part of the States.
The Economic Survey 2016-2017, also suggests providing a part of the RRTs or to redistribute the gains from resource use as a Universal Basic Income (UBI) directly to households in relevant states which receive large RRT flows and are more reliant on natural resource revenues.
Finally, recognizing and responding creatively to possible pathologies created by large bounties-either in the form of redistributive resources or natural resources, will be important to avoid making the errors of history.
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Tourism Finance Corporation of India announced that the Companys Registered Office is being shifted from 13th Floor, IFCI Tower, 61, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110019 to 4th Floor, Tower-1, NBCC Plaza, Pushp Vihar, Sector-5, Saket, New Delhi-110017, Tel : 011-29561180 / Fax : 011-29561171 w.e.f 01 February 2017.
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IL&FS Transportation Networks announced that a Provisional Completion Certificate has been issued effective 31 January 2017 for the Four Laning of Khed - Sinnar Section of NH-50 From Km 42.000 to Km 177.000 (Design Length - 137.946 Km) in the State of Maharashtra awarded on DBFOT Basis (the Project) by the National Highways Authority of India to Khed Sinnar Expressway, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company
The Project is on Toll basis with a concession period of 20 years including construction period of 910 days.
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text: Final Exam Review Lecture 31 Administrivia • Office hours 1:15 – 2:15 today – also available via e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com – TAs will have extra office hours, • see class web page, news group • Final Exam May 16 8-11 a.m. – Location: 55 Warren – Closed book, 2 pages of notes, both sides – IEEE will provide pastries and juice starting at 7:30! Final Exam Topics • Up to midterm 1 (25%) – Relational Model & Query Languages (Roth) • Relational Algebra and Calculus • SQL – Database Implementation (Haber) • Disks, buffers, files • Indexes: B-Trees, Hash Indexes • Between midterm 1 & midterm 2 (25%) – Query Execution • • • • • Relational Operators (Haber) Sorting (Haber) Joining (Haber) Query Optimization (Roth) Since midterm 2 (48%) – Database Design (Haber) • The ER Model • Functional Dependencies & Normalization • – Transactions, Concurrency Control, & Recovery (Roth) Guest Lectures (2%) Why are databases interesting? • Theoretical foundation – Modelling structure of information • Relations: sets of identically structured tuples • Design constraints: FDs and correct decompositions – Formal query languages • Algebra: operators on relations, return relations • Calculus: declarative specification of query result • Practical application of theory – Using computer structures • pages, files, memory, buffer pools, indexes – ACID properties (xacts, concur. control, recovery) – Reasonable efficiency Review Outline • Up to midterm 1 – Relational Model & Query Languages • Relational Algebra and Calculus • SQL – Database Implementation • Disks, buffers, files • Indexes: B-Trees, Hash Indexes • Between midterm 1 & midterm 2 – Query Execution • • • • Relational Operators Sorting Joining Query Optimization • Since midterm 2 – Database Design • The ER Model • Functional Dependencies & Normalization – Transactions, Concurrency Control, & Recovery DBMS components •Talks to DBMS to manage data for a specific task Database application Query Optimization and Execution -> e.g. app to withdraw/deposit money or provide a history of the account •Figures out the best way to answer a question -> There is always more than 1 way to skin a cat…! •Provides generic ways to combine data Relational Operators Access Methods -> Do you want a list of customers and accounts or the total account balance of all customers? •Provides efficient ways to extract data -> Do you need 1 record or a bunch? •Makes efficient use of RAM Buffer Management -> Think 1,000,000 simultaneous requests! •Makes efficient use of disk space Disk Space Management DB -> Think 300,000,000 accounts! The Storage Hierarchy Smaller, Faster –Main memory (RAM) for currently used data. –Disk for the main database (secondary storage). –Tapes for archiving older versions of the data (tertiary storage). Bigger, Slower Source: Operating Systems Concepts 5th Edition Disks are slow. Why? Transfer time Seek time • Time to access (read/write) a disk block: – seek time (moving arms to position disk head on track) – rotational delay (waiting for block to rotate under head) – transfer time (actually moving data to/from disk surface) Arm movement Rotational delay Disk Space Manager • Lowest layer of DBMS software manages space on disk (using OS file system or not?). • Higher levels call upon this layer to: – allocate/de-allocate a page – read/write a page • Best if a request for a sequence of pages is satisfied by pages stored sequentially on disk! – Responsibility of disk space manager. – Higher levels don't know how this is done, or how free space is managed. – Though they may make performance assumptions! • Hence disk space manager should do a decent job. Buffer Management in a DBMS Page Requests from Higher Levels BUFFER POOL disk page free frame MAIN MEMORY DISK • DB choice of frame dictated by replacement policy Buffer pool information table contains: <frame#, pageid, pin_count, dirty> Buffer Management • Keeps a group a disk pages in memory • Records whether each is pinned – What happens when all pages pinned? – Whan happens when a page is unpinned? • Replacement – When all frames used, but not pinned, and new page requested? – How is the replaced page chosen? – Least Recently Used (LRU) – Most Recently Used (MRU) – Clock – Advantages? Disadvantages? What is in Database Pages? • Database contains files, which are made up of… • Pages, which are made up of… • Records, which are made up of… • Fields, which hold single values. How are records/pages organized? • depends on whether fields variable, or fixed length • In Minibase, array of type/offsets, followed by data. F1 F2 F3 F4 Array of Field Offsets • depends on whether records variable, fixed length. • Minibase: slot array at beginning of page, records compacted at end of page. Rid = (i,N) Page i Rid = (i,2) Rid = (i,1) 20 N ... 16 2 SLOT DIRECTORY 24 N 1 # slots Pointer to start of free space How are files organized? • Unordered Heap File: chained directory pages, containing records that point to data pages. Data Page 1 Header Page Data Page 2 DIRECTORY Data Page N • Other possibilities: sorted files, clustered indexes, unclustered index + heap file – Many tradeoffs between them B: The number of data pages R: Number of records per page F: Fanout of B-Tree S: Time required for equality search * Don't Use Index I/O Cost of Operations Heap File Sorted File Clustered Tree Unclustered Tree Hash Index Scan all records B B 1.5 B B* B* Get all in sort order 4B B 1.5 B 4B* 4B* Equality Search 0.5 B log2 B logF (1.5 B) logF (.15 B) +1 2 Range Search B S+ S+ #matching #matching pages pages S+ #matching records B* Insert 2 S+B S+1 S+2 4 Delete 0.5B + 1 S+B 0.5B + 1 S+2 S+2 Indexes • Can be used to store data records (alt 1), or be an auxillary data structure that referrs to existing file of records (alt 2, 3) • Many types of index (B-Tree, Hash Table, R-Tree, etc.) • How do you choose the right index? • Difference between clustered and unclustered indexes? CLUSTERED Index entries direct search for data entries Data entries UNCLUSTERED Data entries (Index File) (Data file) Data Records Data Records Review Outline • Up to midterm 1 – Relational Model & Query Languages • Relational Algebra and Calculus • SQL – Database Implementation • Disks, buffers, files • Indexes: B-Trees, Hash Indexes • Between midterm 1 & midterm 2 – Query Execution • • • • Relational Operators Sorting Joining Query Optimization • Since midterm 2 – Database Design • The ER Model • Functional Dependencies & Normalization – Transactions, Concurrency Control, & Recovery Review: Query Processing • Queries start out as SQL • Database translates SQL to one or more Relational Algebra plans • Plan is a tree of operations, with access path for each • Access path is how each operator gets tuples – If working directly on table, can use scan, index – Some operators, like sort-merge join, or group-by, need tuples sorted – Often, operators pipelined, getting tuples that are output from earlier operators in the tree • Database estimates cost for various plans, chooses least expensive Cost of Operations • Selections • Projections • Sorting, a.k.a. Order By • Removing duplicates, a.k.a. Select Distinct • Joins Selections: "age < 20", "fname = Bob", etc • No index – Do sequential scan over all tuples – Cost: N I/Os • Sorted data – Do binary search – Cost: log2(N) I/Os • Clustered B-Tree – Cost: 2 or 3 to find first record + 1 I/O for each #qualifying pages • Unclustered B-Tree – Cost: 2 or 3 to find first RID + ~1 I/O for each qualifying tuple • Clustered Hash Index – Cost: ~1.2 I/Os to find bucket, all tuples inside • Unclustered Hash Index – Cost: ~1.2 I/Os to find bucket, + ~1 I/O for each matching tuple Projection • Expensive when eliminating duplicates • Can do this via: – Sorting: cost no more than external sort • Cheaper if you project columns in initial pass, since more projected tuples fit in each page. – Hashing: build a hash table, duplicates will end up in the same bucket Sorting • External Merge Sort – Minimum amount of memory: 3 pages • Initial runs of 3 pages • Then 2-way merge of sorted runs (2 pages for inputs, one for outputs) • #of passes: 1 + log2(N/3) – With more memory, fewer passes • With B pages, #of passes: 1 + log(B-1)(N/B) – I/O Cost = 2N * (# of passes) • Using B+ Trees for Sorting – Idea: • Retrieve records in order by traversing leaf pages. – Is this a good idea? Cases to consider: • B+ tree is clustered • B+ tree is not clustered Good idea! Could be a very bad idea! – I/O Cost • Clustered tree: ~ 1.5N • Unclustered tree: 1 I/O per tuple, worst case! Remove duplicates with Hashing • • • Idea: – Many ops don't need the data ordered – e.g.: removing duplicates in DISTINCT – e.g.: finding matches in JOIN Good enough to match all tuples with equal values Hashing does this! – And may be cheaper than sorting! (Hmmm…!) – But how to do it for data sets bigger than memory?? • If we can hash in two passes -> cost is 4N • How big of a table can we hash in two passes? – B-1 "partitions" result from Phase 0 – Each should be no more than B pages in size – 2 passes possible if table smaller than B(B-1) i.e.: can hash a table of size N pages in about √N space – Note: assumes hash function distributes records evenly! • Have a bigger table? Recursive partitioning! Sorting vs Hashing • Based on our simple analysis: – Same memory requirement for 2 passes – Same IO cost • Digging deeper … • Sorting pros: – Great if input already sorted (or almost sorted) – Great if need output to be sorted anyway – Not sensitive to "data skew" or "bad" hash functions • Hashing pros: – Highly parallelizable – Can exploit extra memory to reduce # IOs Nested Loops Joins • R, with M pages, joins S, with N Pages • Nested Loops – Simple nested loops • Insanely inefficient M + PR*M*n – Paged nested loops – only 3 pages of memory • M + M*N – Blocked nested loops – B pages of memory • M + M/(B-2) * N • If M fits in memory (B-2), cost only M + N – Index nested loops • M + PR*M* index cost • Only good in M very small Sort-Merge Join • Simple case: – sort both tables on join column – Merge – Cost: external sort cost + merge cost • 2M*(1 + log(B-1)(M/B)) + 2N*(1 + log(B-1)(N/B)) + M + N • Optimized Case: – If we have enough memory, do final merge and join in same pass. This avoids final write pass from sort, and read pass from merge – Can we merge on 2nd pass? Only in #runs from 1st pass < B – #runs for R is M/B. #runs for S is N/B. • Total #runs ~~ (M+N)/B – Can merge on 2nd pass if M+N/B < B, or M+N < B2 – Cost: 3(M+N) Cost of Hash Join • Partitioning phase: read+write both relations 2(|R|+|S|) I/Os • Matching phase: read+write both relations |R|+|S| I/Os • Total cost of 2-pass hash join = 3(|R|+|S|) Q: what is cost of 2-pass merge-sort join? Q: how much memory needed for 2-pass sort join? Q: how much memory needed for 2-pass hash join? Summary: Hashing vs. Sorting • Sorting pros: – Good if input already sorted, or need output sorted – Not sensitive to data skew or bad hash functions • Hashing pros: – Often cheaper due to hybrid hashing – For join: # passes depends on size of smaller relation – Highly parallelizable Review Outline • Up to midterm 1 – Relational Model & Query Languages • Relational Algebra and Calculus • SQL – Database Implementation • Disks, buffers, files • Indexes: B-Trees, Hash Indexes • Between midterm 1 & midterm 2 – Query Execution • • • • Relational Operators Sorting Joining Query Optimization • Since midterm 2 – Database Design • The ER Model • Functional Dependencies & Normalization – Transactions, Concurrency Control, & Recovery Review: Database Design • Requirements Analysis – user needs; what must database do? • Conceptual Design – high level descr (often done w/ER model) • Logical Design – translate ER into DBMS data model • Schema Refinement – consistency, normalization • Physical Design - indexes, disk layout • Security Design - who accesses what Review: the ER Model name ssn age Employees cost Policy pname age Dependents • Entities and Entity Set (boxes) • Relationships and Relationship sets (diamonds) – binary – n-ary • Key constraints (1-1,1-M, M-N, arrows on 1 side) • Participation constraints (bold for Total) • Weak entities - require strong entity for key ISA (`is a') Hierarchies inherited. 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Repeat as needed. – Order not important, but can produce very different results Review: Dependency Preservation – decompose too much, and it might be necessary to join tables to check FDs – decomposition of R into X and Y is dependency preserving if (FX FY ) + = F + • FX is all FDs involving only attributes in X • FY is all FDs involving only attributes in Y – Not always obvious • ABC, A B, B C, C A, decomposed into AB and BC. • Is this dependency preserving? 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Emahoy Tsegue-Mariam Gebrou
Emahoy Tsegemariam Geberu is 90 in 2014. She started playing different musical instruments in her teenage years and now plays the organ, piano and violin living in an Ethiopian Orthodox monastery in Jerusalem.
She has written hundreds of songs, produced some of the most listened to and loved instrumental works of music in Ethiopia. Emahoy Tsegemariam has recorded six LPs and CDs – the latest was released in 2006 as the 21st in the "Ethiopique" series by the French record company, Buda Records.
Her original name is Yewubdar Gebru and she was born in Addis Abeba on 12 December 1923 to a privileged family. Yewubdar was sent to Switzerland at the age of six along with her sister Senedu Gebru. Both attended a girls' boarding school where Yewubdar studied the violin and then the piano. She gave her first violin recital at the age of ten. She returned to Ethiopia in 1933 to continue her studies at the Empress Menen Secondary School. In 1937 young Yewubdar and her family were taken prisoners of war by the Italians and deported to the island of Asinara, north of Sardinia, and later to Mercogliano near Naples.
After the war, Yewubdar resumed her musical studies in Cairo under a Polish violinist named Alexander Kontorowicz. She returned to Ethiopia accompanied by Kontorowicz and served as administrative assistant in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and later in the Imperial Body Guard where Kontorowicz was appointed by Emperor Haileselassie as music director of the band.
Young Yewubdar secretly fled Addis Abeba at the age of 19 to enter the Guishen Mariam monastery in the Wello region where she had once before visited with her mother. She served two years in the monastery and was ordained a nun at the age of 21. She took on the title Emahoy and her name was changed to Tsege Mariam. Despite the difficult life in religious order and the limited appreciation for her music in traditional Ethiopian culture, Emahoy Tsegemariam kept working on her passion of music continually. Often she played up to nine hours a day and went on to write many compositions for violin, piano and organ concerto.
Emahoy Tsegemariam's first record was released in Germany in 1967 with the help of Emperor Haileselassie. Other recordings followed with the help of her sister Desta Gebru and the proceeds were used to help an orphanage for children of soldiers who died fighting at war.
She left Ethiopia following her mother's death in 1984 and fled to Jerusalem el because socialist doctrine in Ethiopia during the reign of dictator Mengistu Hailemariam attacked her religious beliefs.
In recent years admirers of Emahoy Tsege Mariam have established a foundation in her name known as the Emahoy Tsege Mariam Foundation. It is a non-profit organization registered in the state of Virginia in the United States to teach classical and jazz music to children in Africa and assist American children to study music in Africa.
The ETM Foundation celebrates the life and musical endowment of Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru, the first Ethiopian classical music composer and solo pianist.
Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru first published her piano compositions in 1973 and used the proceeds from sales of her music to benefit orphaned children in Ethiopia. In keeping with this tradition ETM Foundation gives disadvantaged children access to classical and jazz music genres. Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru donated some of her previously published and unpublished music for the use of the ETM Foundation.
Below is Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru's 1963 classical song The Homeless Wanderer for you to enjoy. This masterpiece song is by far the most popular Ethiopian classical song by any Ethiopian musician.
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- Filter Life: 1 year or 600 gallons
- Installation Location: Attaches to Standard Sized Sink
- A single cartridge filters about 600 gallons of tap water
- All technical claims are tested and certified by NSA International
- Eco-friendly alternative when compared to pitcher filters, since cartridge is only changed annually
- Outer casing made of surgical grade stainless steel
- Removes unwanted contaminants from tap water using the Healthy Water System


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Love Me
I give you my all,
My heart,
My mind,
My spirit
You say I have your all as well
Yet, your actions make my eyes swell
Look at me, look deep down
Past my eyes and into my soul
Are the words you whisper true?
Or are they but a lie?
You mangle and dismember my heart without knowledge
Though, looking at you lifts weight of my chest
Though, kissing you puts air in my lungs
You deflect my love and ignore my crestfallen heart
The sensations I get with you around
Are defeated by my entreat for you to love me,
All of me,
And only me.
© 2015 Alicia Wilson