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Get It Girls: 10 Bachelorette Weekends That Won't Suck
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Coming soon to a galaxy not so far, far away.
Denver Approves Marijuana Use in Bars and Restaurants
The Mile High City takes its nickname to the next level.
Exploring Denver by Rail
Denver's new airport rail lets visitors sample the best of the city. Here are our favorite attractions at stops along the way.
How to Visit Denver with Kids
Denver is a great destination for travelers of any age.
Where to Eat & Drink in Denver
Denver offers a wide variety of bars and restaurants to satisfy your Mile High munchie cravings.
Wine Lover's Guide to Colorado
Colorado is known for the outdoors but in recent years has gained accolades for its wine country as well.
Where to Eat in Denver Now
Five new eateries to spice up your next trip to the Mile High City.
Ask Fodor's: Best Itinerary for a Colorado Road Trip?
One of our editors outlines two great itineraries for exploring the Centennial State.
5 Restaurants to Watch in Denver
This winter, travelers can uncover a gold mine of dining destinations in Denver, putting the city on the map for more than just skiing (and hipsters!). Here's your foodie hit list, before or after you hit the slopes.
6 Best Boutique Hotels Near Airports
Book a night at one of these stylish, independently owned boutique hotels, located near major airports, and your trip will be off to an excellent start with perks like free airport shuttles and full breakfast spreads.
Insider's Guide to the Great American Beer Festival
Avid beer lovers will pour into Denver (get it?) next month to try an enormous collection of American beers—more than 600 breweries will be pouring. Here's one local's tips to doing it right.
Top 10 Booze-Infused Spa Treatments
Wine and beer treatments might be old hat in Europe, but from Chicago to Chile, New World spas are discovering the beauty of a spirits-inspired spa day.
5 Best Microbreweries in Denver
Drinking beer in Colorado is almost a religious experience; it continually ranks in the top 5 states for US beer production (and, we assume, consumption). Stop into these top microbreweries to see why.
Hotel Trivia: Quirky Facts About 10 Iconic Hotels
There's much more to a hotel than just bedrooms and lobby bars—there are unique histories and quirky facts galore. And there's plenty you probably don't know about these classic American hotels.
Top 10 Places to Travel this Spring
From chic new hotels to can't-miss art events, the season's top destinations are blossoming with fresh experiences. Whether you'd like to revel in the music at Prague's spring music festival, taste wines near the vines in Paso Robles, or mingle with Tuscan locals before the summer crowds arrive, these trips are sure to brighten your season.
Frontier Airlines Announces New Denver Routes
Frontier Airlines announced last week that it will be launching five new routes from its hub in Denver, Colorado.


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As a clinician and researcher specializing in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Dr. Lisa Frenkel, an investigator in the Center for Global Infectious Disease Research, stands at the crossroads between two worlds. The first is the U.S., where education and treatment have virtually eliminated pediatric HIV. The second is the developing world, where around 400,000 children will be born with the disease this year. Frenkel's research aims to bridge these worlds by finding practical ways to prevent mother-infant HIV transmission, particularly in resource-strapped communities.
"I'd like to get to the point where we can apply the U.S. approach elsewhere, but in a more affordable way," she said.
"If we prove our hypothesis, it could be an important step towards treatments to reduce HIV transmission from mothers to their infants."
One of Frenkel's main projects has been aimed at preventing drug-resistant HIV. In the U.S. and Europe, pregnant, HIV-infected women are usually treated with antiretroviral therapy (ART); the "cocktail" is a combination of drugs that makes selection of drug resistance less likely. These women are also routinely tested for drug-resistant strains before starting ART and, if resistant strains are present, treated with drugs that target them.
In low-resource countries, drug-resistant HIV is on the rise, in part because HIV-infected mothers and their infants are often treated with just one dose of a drug called nevirapine. While this is relatively inexpensive, it promotes drug resistance.
Further complicating matters, testing for drug-resistant HIV strains is expensive, often costing $500 per patient in the U.S. As a solution, Frenkel's team developed a test that uses only about $3 for the supplies per patient, plus technician time. Frenkel is working to make the test widely available in some African countries with hopes it will help local doctors provide appropriate treatments and better allocate scarce resources.
"If a baby is not infected with resistant virus, lower-cost ART, that includes nevirapine, can be used for treatment, whereas a different treatment that is more expensive must be used if the baby has resistant virus," Frenkel said.
Frenkel is also working to understand how HIV is transmitted via breast milk. This is one of the main sources of mother-infant transmission in low-resource countries, where mothers usually can't switch to formula due to its high cost and the lack of clean water.
Frenkel is testing whether treating infants with ART while breastfeeding can immunize the baby to their mother's HIV. The researchers have also investigated the causes of mastitis, or breast inflammation, which increase HIV levels in breast milk, thereby increasing the risk of transmission.
Frenkel's latest research builds on the finding to investigate another key HIV puzzle. Even when ARTs suppress the disease in patients' bloodstreams, about 10% to 15% of those patients still shed the virus from their rectums or genital tracts.
This means they can still transmit the disease. While some researchers hypothesize that low drug levels allow viral replication at these sites, Frenkel suspects inflammation may drive this discordant relationship. By causing white blood cells – which contain HIV deoxyribonucleic acid – to multiply at a faster rate, Frenkel believes inflammation might increase quantities of HIV in the area and thereby increase the amount of HIV that is shed in genital and rectal secretions.
Frenkel is conducting a study in Peru to test this hypothesis. If it is viral replication that is occurring in the genital tract, then therapies to inhibit it would be needed. However, if it is due to inflammation, then it might be possible to slow HIV transmission by targeted therapies to lessen the specific inflammatory pathway.
Thus, "If we prove our hypothesis, it could be an important step towards treatments to reduce HIV transmission between sexual partners and from mothers to their infants during the child's birth," Frenkel said.
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Yesterday, Holly Rankin Zaher and Tripp Fuller both weighed in on The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing and Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community. Their assignment was to reflect on Chapter Four, "There Are Two Ways."
Holly is a committed youth pastor, and has been for years. It's from that perspective that she writes,
In my context of a youth ministry trying to live out the way of Jesus, I can't help but wonder what our confirmation process look like if we used the Didache to shape at least part of the process. Might that help reshape the notion of confirmation and discipleship from ritual-driven to apprenticeship? Would a frank discussion on ethics and living life in a certain "way" help people understand a relational understanding of faith? Could it be that in discussing a way to life we might discover a deep vat a grace that Tony highlights?
Indeed, that's exactly what what the Didache's original purpose seems to be: as a catechetical manual. It'd be interesting to know if any youth workers out there have used the Didache in confirmation classes. If I were teaching confirmation today, I would use it.


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Biologists Fear Exotic Lizard Could Tip Ecological Balance
Published May 9th, 2010
OCALA, Fla. (AP) - Biologists worry that a new reptile found in the Ocala National Forest could tip the ecological balance.
An exotic lizard called a tegu is a 4-foot-long reptile from Argentina. Wildlife officials say it was likely left in the forest by an overwhelmed pet owner.
The tegu is known to go inside gopher-tortoise burrows and dig out mice and tortoise eggs. They are omnivorous and have a taste for native plants and small rodents, which are food for Florida snakes and raptors.
Biologist Carrie Sekerak says these reptiles are taking away a food source for those animals.
If more of these are found in the Ocala forest, biologists say it may be time to start eradication.
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We stood at a stump.
"When this tree was alive, it produced a layer of sapwood each year that can now be seen as a tree ring. When rings are close together . . . the conditions were tough . . . . If the rings are far apart . . . the tree had plenty of water and nutrients and grew a lot that year," I read aloud from the national park's pamphlet. For our summer holiday, we had come to explore Big Bear, and today we walked the Woodlands Trailhead.
Loyd and I stooped to take a closer look to analyze the rings.
Loyd's fingers tracked an area on the stump. He tapped a spot. "Look at these dense lines. The rings are so close here it's hard to tell where one ends and the other begins." He slid his palm to the center where the rings were big and wide. "But look how fast this tree grew at first."
Suddenly, there in the pattern of the rings, I saw a mirror of our marriage, the story of our relationship. Like the tree, we enjoyed rapid growth in the first few years—a time of constant gain. I thought my love for Loyd would keep growing like those expanding circles.
But in the past 37 years, we've experienced catastrophes and felt the ruthless demands of life. I've learned that our focus changes, and I've discovered that good times give way to hard times and change to good, back to hard, and then good again. Growth spirals like the rings of a tree—stunted under times of drought and flourishing under times of plenty.
The first time our relationship grew dry
Our first drought hit four years into our marriage. It hit and persisted. We were remodeling our first fixer-upper, and we had two young children. To support our family, Loyd put all of his time and energy into work, work, and always work, while I stayed home. One day during the seventh year of our marriage, in the third dry year of this cycle, I woke up and considered the man in bed with me. Who is this man, and what am I doing with him?
I've read that drought stress may not kill a tree directly, but it weakens the tree and sets it up for more serious secondary insect and disease infestations. That was me. I was set up for temptation. I just wanted to feel good again.
This dry season in marriage is so widespread it has a name: "the seven-year itch." The flood of responsibilities at this stage makes life seem like all work and no play. Shocked as the enjoyable feelings drain away, many people start thinking they made a mistake, married the wrong person, and they scramble to escape.
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Alex Rodriguez, the highest paid player in Major League Baseball, has decided during the middle of the fourth game of the world series, that he will opt out of his $252 Million, 10 year contract with the Yankees. His agent, Scott Boras spread the news that A-Rod is now eligible as a free agent.
Brian Cashman, the GM of the Yankees, has repeatedly said that if Rodriguez decides to opt out of his contract that the Yankees will not deal with him or try to sign him as a free agent. Rodriguez sited the unquestionables in the Yankees organization right now as part of the reason for deciding to terminate his current contract. The Yankees are going through a management change, ownership transfer from father to sons, and there are many players who may be leaving this off season.
What does this mean for the rest of the league? It means that the best player in baseball could be on your team next year! Likely bidders are the Boston Red Sox, Anaheim Angels, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, and our own San Francisco Giants.
Let's hope that the Giants decide to make a run at this superstar!
We've spent a lot of money on some rather ordinary players over the past few years. A-Rod is an extraordinary player. Signing him would put us back in contention immediately. If there's any way at all to do it, this is a no-brainer.
I personally would love to see ARod as a Giant. I think that the Angels are front runners right now though, but I really don't have much evidence to back that up. I think that in terms of NEED, the Giants are the team on that list with the most to gain… Maybe Sabean will make this happen – he'd look good in Orange and Black.
Highest paid player in baseball a free agent, and probably no longer a Yankee.
Here's a novel idea, take all that money he going to get from which ever team he chooses and give it to the people that really matter…Doctors, Teachers, cures for diseases. There are loads of people that could use it more than one guy who is just going to buy a Bentley with it anyway. Lame.
Make a difference: You must be a doctor or the child of one, because those are the only people that complain that doctors don't make enough money.
I hate the yankess and A-rod. Great post though!
I think we can all spend multiple millions on better schools, fighting poverty, etc. But this is a BASEBALL blog, ergo, we accept that ballplayers are paid way too much to play a silly kid's game (albeit the greatest silly game ever!). Of course, ballplayers are peons compared to the CEOs that sign their checks, but never mind. A-Rod is a great player, and I don't believe he is a 'choke' or any such thing. It is a TEAM sport, no one person can make that much difference. Would he improve the Giants? Sure. Can managment 'afford' him? You bet, despite what they say. Do I want him? No. I want to see the team develop the youngsters. I'd rather lose a lot over the next few years and plow the money into the farm system, the scouting, the player evaluation, the instructional staff, etc. than buy FAs (our luck has been poor lately). A-Rod would allow the Giants to do what we did with Barry–assume he could carry all the load and fail to fill in the weak spots. We need a comprehensive team-wide approach, not a splashy big dollar extravaganza.
Who cares?
We have real issues in our nation. The value of our dollar has dropped.
We still have our troops in Iraq
FEMA prefers to give fake news events
Wake up people we need to spend more time with issues in our nation then caring a dam about alex rodriquez contract
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No, no.
This is totally very important news.
Very important.
Keep bickering over this, please. Especially if you are a baby boomer – since you've already done -so much- to help this nation.
He is going to Atlanta… Just released.
The Red Sox should offer him Lowell's wage and say, "If you want to be rich, good luck. If you want to win, come with us."
The Giants need a replacement for Barry Bonds to fill the seats, and wouldn't it be ironic for Rodriguez's chase of Bonds' career home run mark to take place in San Francisco? AWESOME!!!! I found a betting line that has the Cubs as the team most likely to get him, I really want the Giants to sign him though.


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At first Christmas as pope, Francis urges openness to God
By Philip Pullella
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis, celebrating his first Christmas as leader of the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, on Tuesday urged people to shun pride and selfishness and open up their hearts to God and their fellow man.
Francis, who last March became the first non-European pope in 1,300 years, celebrated a solemn Christmas Eve Mass for some 10,000 people in a packed St. Peter's Basilica as hundreds of others watched on mega-screens in the square outside.
The great bells of the basilica, the same that rang to announce his election on March 13, sounded when the Sistine Chapel Choir intoned the Gloria, a prayer which starts with the words the Bible says angels sang on the night Jesus was born in Bethlehem.
Francis delivered a short homily that was as simple as his white vestments: Man can choose between darkness and light.
"... On the part of the people there are times of both light and darkness, fidelity and infidelity, obedience, and rebellion; times of being a pilgrim people and times of being a people adrift," he said, speaking in Italian.
"In our personal history too, there are both bright and dark moments, lights and shadows. If we love God and our brothers and sisters, we walk in the light; but if our heart is closed, if we are dominated by pride, deceit, self-seeking, then darkness falls within us and around us," he said.
Francis, who concelebrated the Mass with more than 300 cardinals, bishops and priests, urged people not to be afraid to reach out to God.
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It is ideal for a student or for a family. This cozy and colorful room has two single beds and a bund bed. There are one kitchen and the bathroom fully equipped on each floor of the guesthouse and you will have to share them with other guests.
Enjoy this house situated in the heart of the city Plaza Nueva. We are next to the Alhambra.
Due to our central location in the heart of Granada guests staying with us can enjoy all the city has to offer right here on their doorstep including a range of restaurants, bars as well as cafes and shops.
If you want to go to the city center, Cathedral, Gran Via street, famous neighborhood of Arabic tea shops, bars ,Cuesta San Gregorio street slope down you have it within 3 minutes' walk. Sierra Nevada is a half hour drive away and the beach about fifty minutes.
We welcome all guests to come stay with us in the comfort and security of our guesthouse property. Come to know the charm and magic of Granada! Hope to see you soon!
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La ubicación inmejorable; aunque la información dada me llevo al error de pensar que el aseo no era compartido, de haberlo sabido no la hubiera contratado, es algo a lo que me cuesta renunciar, no me gustar el compartir aseos. También eche de menos una pequeña televisión para llevar mejor la noche.
Por lo demás, bien, todo muy básico, aunque Mieko es muy agradable y respetuosa.
La estancia en la casa de Mieko fue perfecta para lo que buscábamos, en el mismo centro de Granada con cerca acceso a cualquier sitio de interés. Sin duda recomiendo la misma a cualquiera que quiera hospedaje barato con lo necesario para pasar la estancia en esta hermosa ciudad.
Eine einfache aber zentral gelegene Unterkunft direkt neben den Plaza Nuevo. Das Bad,.WC ist auf dem Gang gelegen und muss mit den beiden anderen Zimmern geteilt werden. Mieko ist eine freundliche Vermieterin.
Brigitte y Carlos
Fue una experiencia genial una ubicación excelente inmejorable y Mieko fue muy agradable y disponible, la habitación perfecta para nosotros dos y las zonas comunes estaban muy bien.
The flat is located close to the Alhambra and the arabic center. Really central.
Mieko showed us around in the flat and gave us a map, which was quite useful for our orientation.
Unfortunately the flat was not really clean, especially the kitchen and bathroom. Our room was ok, the beds were comfortable.
All in all this accommodation is ok for a short stay in Granada.
Excellent location! And great value for money. We had the 3-4 person room: great beds (large and comfortable). It was perfect for a short stay (2 days), but I wouldn't want to share the flat with potentially 4 other guests for a longer period of time (just personal preference). Bathroom was clean and kitchen is small. I do have to stress that the location is phenomenal: very easy to reach from central bus station, lots of great tapas areas around, easy walk to great bars and clubs, and obviously super close to La Alhambra :)
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This has me going Crazy!!
Ok here it goes, I took my Jeep to a local mechanic the other day because It was leaking transmission Fluid. He checked it out and said I had to replace transmission gaskets, so Im like fine and left it in the shop.
When it was ready I picked it up and drove off. Something told me to check the transmission fluid level. So I did and it was low. I went right back and he told me since ge drained and refilled the transmission fluid that the transmission sucked up the new fluid since I drove it and he just had to top it off to replenish it to the right level.
He bought a quart out and that's when my heart dropped. The quart said spectrol multipurpose transmission fluid. I asked him if that's what he had filled it up with and he said yes. I asked him why he had not put ATF4 and he looked at me like I was talking Chinese. Having the grand Cherokee service manual It says not to add any other transmission fluid other than Mopar ATF4 and Research on the Net gave some similar ones Being Castrol and Valvoline ATF4 and if it were anything less than this it could damage the transmission.*
*As you all know dealer prices are insane and *Im pretty iffy about taking my 05 Jeep Grand Lauredo to just any mechanic. I thought this was something simple and this guy always has alot of cars in his garage especially suvs and trucks. Knowing that all trucks are not made the same this has me worried.
After he added the quart I then told him to check the Fluid and I saw that it was higher but still low. He wanted to argue with me that the fluid level was fine since it was over the place where it says hot on the dipstick but just below the bottom hole of the of the higher set of holes and not un between them. Correct me if Im wrong but isn't the right level just between the the holes where the hot position is at, meaning between the two highest holes and if it's anything lower than that I should add fluid?
I'm worried here I just paid for this work with the little money I had to stop a simple transmission leak. Am I safe leaving this spectrol transmission fluid in until I can get it changed for an ATF4 fluid? It's going to be about two months because Im financially tight right now.. If I am safe would I need to add more fluid to reach at least in between the upper 2 holes on the dipstick when hot?
This fluid doesn't even say If it's synthetic. I drive about 5 miles a day if not I would have to park for about 2 months before I can have that fluid changed. I don't want to damage my transmission Thanx for the help guys.
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Take it back, and tell him to change it for ATF-4. I wouldn't put up with it period.
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Yes, throw a fit and threaten legal action until this clown does the job right. Businesses should not be allowed to offer services if they are not willing and able to do them properly, and to the customer's satisfaction. This is mainly why the BBB was formed. I doubt he is accredited, but you can get in touch with your local chamber of commerce or whatever entity issues businesses licenses. You should not have to worry about ruining a $2000+ transmission because your mechanic can't read a service manual and likes to save a dollar using incorrect fluid. 2 cents
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Take it back and tell him it will cost HIM less than $100 to drain the tranny and refill it with a fluid that meets the ATF+4 spec (valvoline fluids have always been my preference), or it will cost HIM over $1000 when you bring it back to have the tranny rebuilt because the clutches fried due to the wrong fluid. All ATF+4 is a full synthetic fluid. Good Luck!
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Yeah-take it back. I mean: there's vehicle spec, then there isnt! :confused:
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Take it somewhere else and have them drain it. Valvoline ATF+4 is what I use.
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Thanx guys, I know alot of you were saying take it back but I wasn't going to bring it back so this guy can do whatever he wanted I wud have had to babysit him and I think I would have ripped a bumper from another car and ended uphittin him with it. That's how pissed he had me, but I went to another mechanic and I got it taken care of also he was attentive to what I wanted. I brought my own oil valvoline ATF 4 and he drained it and filled it for a good price and I also watched him do the Job so I know it was legit.
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Posted by PB from 220.127.116.11 on June 07, 2001 at 13:20:43:
I have to attend a wedding in Flint, Michigan this weekend. I'd like to get some fishing in, but don't have time to drive out of the way. Does anyone know of any decent trout streams between chicago and Flint (along I94 or nearby)?
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We Don't Need More Anecdotes
By Joseph Keating Jr., PhDThe editor's recent call for more anecdotes about chiropractic care ("The Bigger Picture," Dynamic Chiropractic, November 6, 1992, p. 3) is a rather unfortunate step in the wrong direction: backward. There are several reasons why this is so:
Firstly, the "war," as Mr. Petersen describes the profession's scramble to offer hard data to government and third-party payers, cannot be won (or even waged) on the basis of anecdotes and testimonials. Private, uncritical, clinical "testaments" not only have no positive weight in the scientific arena, but their continued dissemination perpetuates an image of the chiropractor as an unsophisticated boob who cannot distinguish between credible information versus advertising fluff. The solicitation and publication of more anecdotes and testimonials undermines the hard won advances of our struggling research community.
Secondly, if you, the field doctor or clinical educator, have clinical information (e.g., a case study) that is worthy of publication, then it is worthy of publication in a chiropractic science journal. Such journals provide critical, blinded reviews of manuscripts (sophisticated feedback to authors by experts) and provide the widest available dissemination and retrievability through scientific sourceworks. We have a number of credible scientific periodicals in the profession, some of which go hungry for lack of enough good clinical material (see Table I). The editor of Dynamic Chiropractic knows this, or ought to know this, given his ex officio membership on the FCER's Chiropractic Research Journal Editors' Council. I am flabbergasted that he proposes Dynamic Chiropractic, a trade newspaper, as a vehicle for publishing worthy clinical data. Potential authors, please do yourselves and the profession a favor, don't waste quality clinical reports in Dynamic Chiropractic.
Thirdly, we don't need any more anecdotes and testimonials because we already have reams of them. Any cursory review of the historical record will verify this. Beginning with the Harvey Lillard case and continuing to the present (e.g., Dynamic Chiropractic, November 6, 1992, p. 33) chiropractors have turned out a steady stream of advertorials and infomercials involving patient testimonials and clinical anecdotes. Indeed, the profession is saturated with this sort of useless and embarrassing information. I am reminded of the 1937 joint venture by the National Chiropractic Association and the Burton-Shields Company, titled What Chiropractic Is Doing Right. If anyone needs inspiration from uncritical anecdotes and testimonials, check this book out at your chiropractic college library archives; it's chock full of irreproducible clinical reports and testimonials. For most recent examples, see the many current trade journals that publish this soft of stuff, such as the American Chiropractor, the Digest of Chiropractic Economics, and Today's Chiropractic. Enough is enough.
Fourthly, the continued promulgation of anecdotes among chiropractors by Dynamic Chiropractic and other noncritical chiropractic magazines only serve to maintain the generally uncritical and unscientific attitudes that have plagued our profession for nearly a century. If we mean now to become full participants in the health science community in this age of accountability, then it's time for us to get serious about our science and our scientific publications.
Joseph C. Keating Jr., Ph.D.
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Thanks for the shout-out, Lisa. In case your readers are interested, I've since posted a more detailed set of personal post-AWP reflections, too.
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Hey Lisa, Thanks so much for the plug! I was reading about the various links, saw the one about the "gorgeous but trying" commute, and thought, "hey, that's like me." And it WAS me! I did a crazed version of a happy dance while I showed my husband. I love your blog, and this is a thrill. Many thanks.
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Waterloo, NY November 17, 2013: Thanksgiving is a time to thanks for what you have and to give to those in need. It with this in mind that the members of the Finger Lakes IMPACT Football Team are gearing up to help those in need in the Finger Lakes area by hosting a Food Drive just in time for Thanksgiving!
The team is encouraging members of the IMPACT Family, as well as local residents, to support the IMPACT Cares Food Drive by bringing non-perishable foods, such as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal to the Walmart Supercenter at 1860 N Road, Waterloo, NY 13165 between the hours of 1-3pm on Sunday, November 17 2013. All proceeds from the IMPACT Cares Food Drive will benefit local Food Banks & Churches.


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Business Administration/Entrepreneurship
What Makes a Leader Great?
Great leaders are authentic and inspire, acknowledge, and respect those who follow them. Shortly put, "a good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit." —John Maxwell
What is Your Leadership Style?
I prefer to lead by influence rather than authority. My style is transparent, and I like to delegate responsibilities according to people's strengths and interests in order for the team to be the most effective it can be while remaining a team that people are happy to be a part of.
What Inspires You to Lead Others?
I am inspired by vision to create something meaningful, advocacy for the people I want to help, and solidarity for the people I want to work with me to make it all happen.
Favorite Leadership Quote
"If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing." —Benjamin Franklin


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"Wherever you go / Go with all your heart / The way that you planned it at the start"
Fortunate Ones is a Juno nominated, Canadian Folk Music Award winning folk-pop duo made up of singer/pianist/accordion player Catherine Allan and singer/guitarist Andrew James O'Brien– endearing audiences with wide-eyed energy, pragmatic optimism, and an earnest mission for connection.
Andrew and Catherine grew up on opposite sides of the island of Newfoundland – Mount Pearl and Corner Brook respectively. It was in St. John's where the pair met and began to sing together. One night in 2010, Andrew heard Catherine sing harmony with her brother at a private gathering in downtown St John's. He had to sing with her. The next day he got up the nerve, left her a note, she acquiesced, and within 48 hours they were singing together on stage. While it was a road from that evening to the formation of Fortunate Ones in 2013, their beginnings are in keeping with one of the core messages they carry. That sometimes the most important decision you can make is to just say YES.
From a musical family, the Allan home was a constant eclectic flow of instruments, singing and the stereo. Catherine studied classical piano, taught herself guitar in secret, and discovered the accordion by chance when her brother brought one home over Christmas in 2011. Musical exploration was the norm. After moving to St. John's, Catherine's induction to the East Coast music scene was rapid – performing with Andrew, recording and touring extensively with JUNO award-winning songwriter Amelia Curran, and appearing at festivals with Curran and East Coast songwriter Don Brownrigg.
Andrew James O'Brien launched his music career with a well-received solo album Songs for Searchers (2011) – nominated for Best Pop Recording at the 2012 East Coast Music Awards. He toured heavily in Canada and the UK, opening for artists such as Sharon Shannon and Paul Brady. Catherine accompanied him. It was on a UK tour that they realized the direction their collaboration was taking. The appreciation shown by UK audiences bolstered the pair's sense of purpose. Their music began to evolve to represent both of their sensibilities, skills and sounds.
"We put a name on something that was naturally occurring, and then we took steps to follow it up. We would share equal duties vocally, musically, and conversing with the audience. It wasn't Andrew James O'Brien with Catherine Allan anymore – it was already Fortunate Ones."
Plain and simple, they consider themselves fortunate to pursue their dreams. Their name reflects shared experience with audiences. It is about connecting people of all kinds, to make strangers friends, to elicit feelings of joy, hope, sadness, and contemplation – and the spirit that we are all in this together.
Produced by multi-ECMA winner, Daniel Ledwell at Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, THE BLISS is nominated for the 2016 Juno Award for Contemporary Roots Album of the Year, 5 East Coast Music Awards including Album of the Year and Group Recording of the Year, winner of 4 Music Newfoundland and Labrador Awards and has garnered 2 number 1 singles on CBC Radio 2's Top 20. Fortunate Ones' won the 2015 Canadian Folk Music Award for Vocal Group of the Year and are nominated for the 2016 International Folk Music Award for Artist of the Year. The Bliss was released on JUNO award winning songwriter Rose Cousins' record label Old Farm Pony Records on February 10, 2015.
"Eastern Canada is known for producing great talent, bolstered by a supportive community. The Atlantic Provinces have a unique advantage of being close knit and kindred. We want to help each other succeed. Fortunate Ones have created a beautiful debut in THE BLISS. They're just getting started and are already ahead. I'm excited to welcome this very talented duo to Old Farm Pony Records."
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Josephine Thomas
Josephine Ann "Jo" Thomas, 76, of Cramer, passed away Monday, Nov. 4, 2013, at home, surrounded by her family, after a very courageous battle with cancer. She has been welcomed into heaven.
At the request of the deceased, there will be no viewing. Friends are invited to a memorial service at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 16, at the Cramer United Methodist Church.
Arrangements are in care of the Hindman Funeral Homes and Crematory Inc., 146 Chandler Ave., Johnstown.
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hahaha! If he had UFC gloves that would complete his awesomness
Ha ha love it!
Photo holding a fake gun whilst wearing baseball cap-check,
Photo holding wads of cash in each hand-check
Quick call The Sun, I have just located another one of those cagefighta gangstas innit!
http://www.facebook.com/craig.st.clair666 ME
"That was how i got my first soapy titwank!
Listening is cool and shit." BlackdogMMA
needs more links they crack me up.
What about this fella, didnt he asked to get matched up or something? then walk round getting pics all kitted out, only to do a runner just before a fight?


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Hey guys.
I'm offering a swap of some New Zealand waterfowl hunting, upland game, deer hunting and even a trout fish in exchange for you taking me for a hunt at my local pub for a beer and a new Beretta Xtrema2 camo KO.
You will need to pay for your own flights and accommodation of course, but i will cook you wild game dinners at my house with my family. You can also continue on your own holiday over here as it is a wonderful country to explore.
I do alot of hunting and trout fishing and am very experienced at it. I'm not a guide or outfitter. I cant afford an Xtrema but have a lot of very good hunting and fishing spots to offer a trip to instead.


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Seniors Meredith Hoover (women's swimming), Michelle Ikoma (gymnastics) and Kelly McFarlane (women's soccer) were announced in March as recipients of ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarships, recognizing outstanding academic and athletic achievement. The award includes a $5,000 scholarship to be used for graduate studies.
The conference honored a total of 50 student-athletes, representing all 15 ACC schools. For the full list and more information on the award and its history, click here.


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Jekyll Island overviewJekyll Island is a relaxing place known for its beaches and historical sites, and surrounded by picturesque views of the sea and islands. You'll enjoy the ample bar and dining options, along with outdoor areas for biking and walking. Learn about local heritage at landmarks like Great Dunes Park and Horton House. Don't miss your chance to see attractions like Georgia Sea Turtle Center and Jekyll Island Golf Club. A family-friendly area, Jekyll Island also has something for everyone.
Where to stay in Jekyll IslandA welcoming city for all, Jekyll Island has a variety of lodging options. There are 91 hotels in the Jekyll Island area and you can shop as many as 24 deals for rooms on Hotels.com, some with discounts of up to 30%.
- • 31 2-star hotels with an average price of $40 per night
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Here are the top hotels based on 10678 user reviews of Jekyll Island hotels:
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How to get to Jekyll IslandFly in to Brunswick, GA (BQK-Golden Isles), 13.3 mi (21.3 km) from downtown Jekyll Island. Jacksonville, FL (JAX-Jacksonville Intl.) is the next closest major airport, 42.8 mi (68.9 km) away.
What to see around Jekyll IslandFun outdoor activities are on hand along with these attractions:
- • Great Dunes Park
- • Bloody Marsh Battle Site
- • Marshes of Glynn Overlook Park
- • Mary Ross Waterfront Park
- • Selden Park
- • Georgia Sea Turtle Center
- • Summer Waves Water Park
- • Jekyll Island State Park
- • Driftwood Beach
- • Demere Park
- • Blythe Island State Park
- • Crooked River State Park
- • Jekyll Island Golf Club
- • Jekyll Harbor Marina
- • Horton House
- • St. Simons Island Pier
- • St. Simons Lighthouse Museum
When to visit Jekyll IslandWondering when's the best time to visit? Here are seasonal norms to help you plan your trip:
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- • April-June: 89°F day, 55°F night
- • July-September: 91°F day, 68°F night
- • October-December: 82°F day, 43°F night
- • January-March: 10.6 inches
- • April-June: 9.2 inches
- • July-September: 16.1 inches
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Hey pups! Wow it's been a while I've been here. Sorry I'm not here often it's been busy. Well recently, something exciting happened! In our backyard we have a sort of roof thingy with rafts or beams under it. We also have these pots( for flowers) filled with hay. Well recently the hay has been disappearing. Then it was all gone a week after we noticed. My mommy was confused on where it all went. And you know where it all went?! It was on the beams under our roof thingy!! And it turned out it turned into a squirrel nest! Now I'm all excited cause I've never seen baby squirrels. I just hope I don't get to tempted to eat them. Hehe..my mommy has been getting mad because the squirrels always in it's nest and I'm always barking! BOL! Sorry mommy whenever I see a squirrel I gotta bark. It's doggy rule number one. Well I think the squirrels back. I think I'm going to irritate it some more(or am I going to irritate my mommy?). Well bark to ya'll later!!
It's my birthday/gotcha day!!!! I'm now 5 years old! I don't feel to much older though. Well today we are going shopping in Petsmart and then going to the forest preserve even though it's snowing(in spring). I'm super excited for my party and I'll tell ya'll about it soon! Bark to ya'll later!!
Hey guys sorry for the late delay, but Happy St. Patricks day! Me and my mommy and a whole bunch of other people went to the park to celebrate and it was super fun! But it was really loud and my grandpa was wobbling really weird after drinking this bottle and I sniffed it but then my mommy took me away from it. Oh well, it smelled bad anyways.
I'm really sorry I'm not on here much guys, I'm super busy with guard patrol of the new baby that my mommy says she's babysitting for our neighbor. I also have to make sure that Ruby doesn't take my food, to beg and bark a lot so my mommy will take me on a walk instead of changing a poopy diaper, and keeping Grandpa company. I miss you guys and I'll try to be here soon again! Bark to ya'll later!!!
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Sorry, I can't understand how comes that the support of IE6 from Envato.com is not related with the themes support of IE6 . A simple and quick example.
Mr. Joe is making his template to support IE6 and to look great in it. Than he go to ThemeForest and use it as a distributor of his theme, expecting that his theme will sell also to IE6 users. But what happens when the IE6 user named Mr. Bill Gay opens the distributor's site (i.e. themeforest.com). He sees that this page doesn't work well in his browser so he simply leave it. So how could we expect that the same user will search and even buy a theme? And how could we expect that Mr. Gay will know that the offered templates support IE6 when the main site of the seller doesn't? In the end I personally think this results in a disappointed Mr. Joe and a disappointed Mr. Gay…
Thanks. Any other suggestions?
Hello, guys!
It's my last year in high-school so I'm planning to apply for university in UK or maybe other country in Western Europe. Since there are no web design courses in my country (Bulgaria) I think the former options for university are the best so far. Though I'm not sure which one offers a better education in this field. I know it's difficult to define "better" in such case, but I'll be glad if you share your opinion as web designers and students.
Thanks in advance!
Personally, I don't like how the monitor graphic is staying. Too unrealistic, like it's flying in the air. Maybe you can decrease the gray header height and put the down part of the monitor on the black area. Recreating the idea of a monitor staying on something else. Also, there is a lot of free space between the featured content and the black content and on the right between the same featured content and the monitor shape.
Otherwise, good work!
Clean and elegant layout, I like it!
As for the typo, why don't you try to stick only with serif or sans-serif fonts the headings? In your place I would choose sans.
The anchors can be mistaken easily with the titles.
Edit: Btw, I've noticed that you already made some changes in the font from the original PSD version. The original typo from the PSD and the one from this screen have been rejected both?
If you want to share your opinion I'll gladly accept them here: http://reviewmydesign.net/topic.php?id=221#post-1251
epicera, thanks for the encouragement It's a really great to hear nice words from a good designer like you.
Thank you for the explanation, xmdsys. I shall submit it to reviewmydesign…though I'm not planning to upload it again.
Just wanted to share the reviewer's opinion:
Hi KY, 1. The aesthetic quality is not ready. This is hard to explain … 2. The color schemes, it is dull. 3. The typography sizes, placement, colors etc. 4. The layout and visual hierarchy of the template are not work well. It failed to stand up against proper design principles. Especially the area below the big banner. 5. The design isn't professional enough. 6. The design need more polish. 7. The slider navigation is almost invisible and not in good styling. 8. And many more…
I hope this make things more clear…
Thanks for the time, guys And good luck
1. First and most important, please do not reference other people's work. I know you're not directly trying to attack them or anything but you are being rude to these authors by referencing their work in such a way.I'm not referencing to other people's work, but to other type of reviewers criteria. In my personal opinion there is like already mentioned: uneven acceptance policy.
2. It doesn't mean your design is ugly. What it does mean is that your design needs many improvements. Enough improvements that we don't have time to list them all and help you achieve a design with appropriate design principals. You are always welcome to respond to the rejection message to ask the reviewer further questions and clarify the message.
How I'm supposed to keep my enthusiasm and contribute to the community when the reviewers "don't have time" to make at least a brief description for the reasons of my work's rejection.. and especially for rejection of an item that is (obviously from this thread) getting a good reviews from the others.
4. Submitting items to Theme Forest (and other marketplaces for that matter) can be a learning process sometimes. Some authors stick in there and learn from the process as well as working through the frustration. Others give up and blame the review process or the system as a whole.
Completely agree. I really like this site! And I'm amazed from the skills most of the guys have here. I have submitted only a few items and already learned a lot of new things. Besides this I'm much more younger than more of the people here, so I'm sure I have a lot more to learn. But you are saying this like there are no possible cracks in the system and the problem can be only from the author's part. Like the reviewers are super web robots who know everything
Try trusting the reviewers once in awhile. We're really not bad guys you know. After all, the only reason we're here is because this is what we love doing. Working in the web design/development community and helping fellow designers/developers.
I'm sure for this one. The same stands for me. And I hope you realize that I love what I'm doing, too.. and this is the only reason I'm here But in my opinion an item that as general gets only good comments from the users, at least deserves a little time. I have respect for your work, and I'm hoping to get the same back. Unfortunately sending an automatically generated mail as a final rating for my work.. I think this is way more disrespectful than the way I've mentioned the comparison between my work and the other people's work.


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Sure, there are only thirteen games in the main series and a handful of spin-offs, but it's still hard to choose which soundtracks should be where on this list. So, after listening to them over and over again on Youtube, I've come up with my top ten favorite Final Fantasy soundtracks (not to be confused with my Top Ten JRPG Composers article from a couple of years back—a list I still proudly defend). Feel free to make your own Top Ten list in the comments section below.
10) Final Fantasy II
Despite being one of the oldest (and weakest) games in the series, Final Fantasy II still has some beautiful and memorable pieces. I love the stoic elegance of the Rebel Army theme, he epicness that is Castle Pandemonium and the mystery of Magician's Tower.
9) Final Fantasy V
Final Fantasy V is pretty far back on my list of favorite FF games (only FFVIII and II are behind it) but the soundtrack has a few gems in it, including The Four Warriors of Dawn, Dear Friends and Ahead On Our Way. It's actually one of the more haunting Final Fantasy soundtracks, demonstrated by Fate in Haze, Reminiscence and Beyond the Deep Blue Sea. Not too keen on the game, but I do enjoy the soundtrack.
8 Final Fantasy XIII
Some of you might be startled to see this game on the list, but don't think my bitter disappointment in this game extends to the soundtrack. I'm a huge Masashi Hamauzu fan (he did the soundtracks Sigma Harmonics, Musashi and Saga Frontier 2) and so I was stoked that he was doing the soundtrack for XIII. I love listening The Vestige, The Archylte Steppe and Sulya Springs. They're magical tracks that bring a smile to my face, and of course it's hard not to rock out to Desperate Struggle and Blinding Light. XIII might end up being one of the more despised FF games, but there's no denying the soundtrack is one of the best.
7) Final Fantasy III
I LOVE LOVE LOVE Legend of The Eternal Wind! It's one of my favorite openings for a Final Fantasy game ever! And I'm always charmed by Water Maiden, excited by the Boss Battle theme, and entranced by Boundless Ocean. FF III may have been a bit light on story, but not on music.
6) Final Fantasy IX
I really enjoyed Final Fantasy IX. The problem is I barely remember what the game was about. I do however remember the soundtrack, which is why it's in my top five. Uematsu mixes tudor period sounds with a bit of steampunk to create one of the catchier and more memorable soundtracks in Final Fantasy history. How can you not love Out of The Frying Pan, Vivi's Theme, Vamo Alla Flamenco and of course, Melodies of Life? You can't. These songs are just too amazing not to love.
5) Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy VIII is one of those games that people seem to love or hate. I for one hate it. And I HATE Riona. She just annoys the *bleep* out of me. But the soundtrack is arguably one of Uematsu's best. In fact, I will make the following declarative statement: Libari Fatali is his best piece. Ever. It's an ambitious, amazing track that gives me the chills whenever I hear it. Of course, Don't Be Afraid, The Man with the Machine Gun and Fithos Lusec Wecos Vinose are also big songs. Add Eyes on Me which is the best of the vocal themes of any FF game to the mix and you've got yourself a winner.
4) Final Fantasy X
I love this soundtrack. I used to play it over and over and over again in my car or in my room (and still sometimes do). It's a great mix of emotional, playful, exciting and intense. To Zanarkand is one of the most iconic opening themes of any Final Fantasy game, and everything from Besaid Island to A Dream That Will End Sometime is memorable. Love it. Love it. Love it.
3) Final Fantasy VII
Fact: If you've never teared up listening to Aerith's Theme, you are a monster and you have no soul. And if you write off One-Winged Angel as the world's most over-hyped song, then you must not have played this game when it first came out. Because WOW did that theme blow me away when I was young. In fact, it still does. These two pieces are not the only reason that the soundtrack is in the top three, however. You gotta love The Bombing Mission, Costa Del Sol, Cosmo Canyon, The Gold Saucer…I could go on and on. Also, Final Fantasy VII has the best victory fanfare mix of any of the games in the series. So cool.
2) Final Fantasy VI
Oh, Kefka. You hilarious, crazy, nihilistic clown. I always wanted to join your cult and its awesome conga line. Alas, I had to make due with listening to cult's haunting "Fanatics" track. Not that I minded. It's one of the best tracks in the game. Not quite as jaw-droppingly awesome as Dancing Mad (a seventeen minute love letter to Final Fantasy's greatest villain), Terra's Theme, Battle to the Death or Cyan's Theme, but still a great track. And let's not forget to give a shout out to Aria de Mezzo Carattere, a piece that instantly turned a generation of gamers into opera lovers, even if for a brief moment. Thank you Uematsu, for giving us all a taste of the cultured life.
1) Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy IV over VII? Final Fantasy IV over VI? Yes, twenty years after I played the original Final Fantasy IV (then known as FF II in the US) this soundtrack still reigns supreme. There's not ONE piece in the game I don't love. In fact it's hard for me to choose just a few. How can you deny the beauty of Theme of Love, Land of Summons or Troian Beauty? How do you not find yourself on the edge of your seat with Dreadful Fight, Zeromus, Theme of Suspicion or Escape? How do you not get chills listening to Golbez Clad in Dark or Dancing Calobrena? How do you not smile while listening to Mystic Mysidia, Giott the Great King or Big Chocobo?" Final Fantasy IV is my favorite JRPG of all time, and Final Fantasy IV is my favorite game soundtrack of all time.
*Final Fantasy Tactics
Honorable mention goes to FF: Tactics. Tactics is a complex game full of complex characters, and thus deserves a layered and nuanced soundtrack. Someone delivers just that with themes like The Desert Land Battle and Antipyretic, which really add to the solemn atmosphere of this intense game. Other favorites include Ovelia's Theme and Brave Story.


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Paul - I'm doing the same (smaller indices) for Simpy.com for similar reasons (fast, independent and faster reindexing, etc.). Each index has its own IndexSearcher, and they are kept in a LRU data structure. Before each search the index version is checked, and new IndexSearcher created in case the index changed. Otis --- Sven Duzont <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > Hello, > > We are already using this design in production for a email job > application system. > Each client (company) have an account and may have multiple users > When a new client is created, a new lucene index is automatically > created when new job-applications arrive for this account. > Job applications are in principle owned by users, but some times they > can share it with other users in same account, so the search can be > user-independent. > This design works fine for us as the flow of job applications is not > the same for different accounts. There are lucene indices that are > more often updated than others. > It also permit us to rebuild one client index without impacting > others > > We have only one problem : when the index is updated and searched at > the same time, the index may be corrupted and an exception may be > thrown by the indexer ("Read past OEF", i unfortunately don't have > the stack trace right now under my hand). I think that it is because > the search and indexation are made in two different java processes. > We will rework the routines to lock the search when an indexation is > running and vice versa > > --- sven > > lundi 11 juillet 2005, 03:03:29, vous avez écrit: > > > PS> On 11/07/2005, at 10:43 AM, Chris Hostetter wrote: > > >> > >> : > Generally speaking, you only ever need one active Searcher, > which > >> : > all of > >> : > your threads should be able to use. (Of course, Nathan says > that > >> : > in his > >> : > code base, doing this causes his JVM to freeze up, but I've > >> never seen > >> : > this myself). > >> : > > >> : Thanks for your response Chris. Do you think we are going down > a > >> : deadly path by having "many smaller" IndexSearchers open rather > than > >> : "one very large one"? > >> > >> I'm sorry ... i think i may have confused you, i forgot that this > >> thread > >> was regarding partioning the index. i ment one searcher *per > >> index* ... > >> don't try to make a seperate searcher per client, or have a pool > of > >> searchers, or anything like that. But if you have a need to > partition > >> your data into multiple indexes, then have one searcher per index. > > PS> Actually I think I confused you first, and then you confused me > PS> back... Let me... uhh, clarify 'ourselves'.. :) > > PS> My use of the word 'pool' was an error on my part (and a very > silly > PS> one). I should really have meant "LRU Cache". > > PS> We have recognized that there is a finite # of IndexSearchers > that > PS> can probably be open at one time. So we'll use an LRU cache to > make > PS> sure only the 'actively' in use Searchers are open. However > there > PS> will only be one IndexSearcher for a given physical Index > directory > PS> open at a time, we're just making sure only the recently used > ones > PS> are kept open to keep memory limits sane. > > >> > >> now assume you partition your data into two seperate indexes, > >> unless the > >> way you partition your data lets you cleanly so that each of hte > >> two indexes contains only half the number of terms as if you had > >> one big > >> index, then sorting on a field in those two indexes will require > >> more RAM > >> then sorting on the same data in asingle index. > >> > > PS> Our data is logically segmented into Projects. Each Project can > > PS> contain Documents and Mail. So we currently have 2 physical > Indexes > PS> per Project. 90% of the time our users work within one project > at a > PS> time, and only work in "document mode" or "mail mode". Every now > and > PS> then they may need to do a general search across all Entities > and/or > PS> Projects they are involved in (accomplished with Mulitsearcher). > PS> Perhaps we should just put Documents and Mail all in one Index > for a > PS> project (ie have 1 Index per project)?? > > PS> Part of the reason in to partition is to make the cost of > rebuilding > PS> a given project cheaper. Reduces the risk of an Uber-Index being > PS> corrupted and screwing all the users up. We can order the > reindexing > PS> of projects to make sure our more important customers get > re-indexed > PS> first if there is a serious issue. > > PS> I would have thought that partitioning indexes would have > performance > PS> benefits too: a lot less data to scan (most of the data is > already > PS> relevant). > > PS> Since this isn't in production yet, I'd rather be proven wrong > now > PS> rather than later! :) > > PS> Thanks for your input. > > PS> Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Katie Price has sent her condolences to her ex-husband Peter Andre following the death of his brother.
She wrote on her Twitter page: "My thoughts are with the Andre family at this difficult time xx" after it was announced that Andrew lost his battle against kidney cancer on Sunday.
A host of Peter's friends from the entertainment world have also sent him messages of support at this difficult time.
Spice Girls star Emma Bunton used Twitter to get in touch: "Thinking of @MrPeterAndre and all your family at such a sad time. (sic)"
TOWIE's Jessica Wright tweeted: "Heart goes out to @MrPeterAndre and his family at this terrible time. So sad. Thoughts are with you all xxxx (sic)"
Spanish model Elen Rivas, who Peter dated for a few months in 2011, wrote on her Twitter account: "So sorry to hear that Andrew, @MrPeterAndre brother has passed away. Hope he is in a better place, such a great loss to the Andre Fam RIP x (sic)"
Peter recently cancelled tour dates so he could spend as much time as possible with his brother. He also took Andrew and his wife and daughter into his home in England so he could care for him.
A spokeswoman for Peter, who was by Andrew's bedside when he died, said: "Peter is devastated. He was very, very close to his brother. This is the very first family member Peter has experienced losing. He just needs time to grieve."
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Louisiana Breeders Announces Champions
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association has announced the 2015 Louisiana-bred divisional champions for 2015, along with stallion of the year, broodmare of the year, and breeders of the year.
The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association has announced the 2015 Louisiana-bred divisional champions for 2015, along with stallion of the year, broodmare of the year, and breeders of the year.
Power Alert will try to notch the most lucrative victory of his career for a second straight race when he starts in the $300,000 Evangeline Downs Turf Sprint Stakes May 30 at the Opelousas, La. track.
One King's Man ruled the $200,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship Feb. 7 at Delta Downs, using a big late kick to win by 3 1/2 lengths, highlighting an evening of stakes racing for state-breds.
Defending champion Sunbean is back to defend his title in the $200,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship, the headline event during a full evening of stakes racing Feb. 7 at Delta Downs in Vinton, La.
Sunbean lived up to his billing as the star of the 10th annual Louisiana Legends Night May 24, romping to a five-length victory as the 1-20 favorite in the $100,000 Classic at Evangeline Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel.
Brittlyn Stable's homebred Sunbean used a quick turn of foot turning for home and went on to win the $200,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship Feb. 1 at Delta Downs Racetrack Casino & Hotel in stakes record time.
Six stakes races on the Sept. 29 Remington Park card are led by the Oklahoma Derby (gr. III) and Remington Park Oaks. Departing seeks a fourth derby victory and Marathon Lady her first stakes score in the Oaks.
The only stakes on the May 3 card to draw a maximum 14-horse field was not the Kentucky Oaks. It was another race for 3-year-old fillies, the Eight Belles Presented by Xerox (gr. III), with undefeated Calistoga favored.
Bluegrass Hall's Oxbow went wire-to-wire to win the $200,000 Lecomte Stakes by 11 1/2 lengths for Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots Jan. 19. Earlier, Touch Magic took the Silverbulletday.
Steve Asmussen-trained Madame Cactus heads wide-open field stretching out to a mile.
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|Edward J. Johnston
|Burning Creole
|Carl J. Deville
|Little Polka Dot
|Patrick Devereux, Jr.
|Miss Addison
|Ron Faucheux
|Queenie Vic
|Sherman Savoie
|Satin Gold
|Dewey Paul Smith
|Silent Legacy
|Corale A. Richards
|Tensas Harbor
|J. Keith Desormeaux
|Touch Magic
|Patrick Devereux, Jr.
|True Brew
|Carl J. Deville
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HSC marking
- The process
- Appointment of markers
- Preparation for marking
- Marking schemes and benchmarks
- The marking process
- Review and evaluation
Higher School Certificate examinations are marked each year by several thousand experienced teachers in marking centres across country New South Wales and the Sydney metropolitan area.
Supervisors of Marking for each course or component of a course are appointed to manage the process which is designed to ensure that each student's performance, project or written response is marked accurately and fairly. The Board has developed a range of quality assurance processes, including the training and briefing of markers, pilot (practice) marking and the monitoring and review of the marking process and its outcomes.
The process
The major stages in the Board's marking process include the selection and training of markers; the hand-over of the marking guidelines; the development and pilot testing of a marking scheme and benchmark responses; the briefing of markers; and the marking process itself.
Appointment of markers
The Board appoints various categories of markers who play different roles in the marking process. In any given course, the Supervisor of Marking has responsibility for overseeing marking in that course. Under the direction of the Supervisor of Marking, senior markers lead and supervise groups of markers. The appointment of markers generally is based on their level of experience in teaching the course, the recency of that experience and their general teaching experience.
Supervisors of Marking have administrative responsibility for the marking operation for a course or course component. They are responsible for recommending the appointment of markers and senior markers, for developing and implementing a marking plan, for managing the operation of the marking centre, and for ensuring the accurate and timely marking of all examination responses.
Supervisors of Marking are appointed following interview by senior Board officers and usually have extensive experience both as a marker and senior marker.
Assistant Supervisors of Marking may be appointed to assist the Supervisor of Marking in courses with very large candidatures or where other circumstances make this necessary.
Senior Markers are appointed on the basis of their marking experience and demonstrated leadership skills. Their role is to lead and supervise groups of up to ten markers in the marking of one section or question on a paper, depending on the size of the candidature and the nature of the examination. Senior markers are responsible for the briefing and monitoring of markers, check marking, the analysis of group results and the resolution of discrepant markings.
Pilot Markers begin marking earlier than other markers and assist senior markers to establish initial understanding of the marking guidelines and to assess the calibre and range of responses received from students
Preparation for marking
Following their appointment, Supervisors of Marking take part in a range of training and preparation activities.
Most Supervisors of Marking are directly involved in the development of the course marking guidelines as part of the prior development of the examination. All are responsible for signing-off an approval of the marking guidelines as capable of being implemented in the marking centres.
Prior to marking, Supervisors of Marking submit a range of marking management plans for approval. These include:
- a resource plan;
- a selection of markers and senior markers;
- senior marker briefing notes;
- marker briefing notes; and
- mark sheet sign off.
Marking schemes and benchmarks
The next step in the process is the development of a more detailed 'marking scheme' that is later used by marking teams. The marking scheme, based on the Examination Committee's marking guidelines, is developed by the senior markers working with the Supervisor of Marking. While the marking guidelines identify and describe performances at the various mark levels, the marking scheme adds detail and elaborates particular components of anticipated student responses.
As an initial step, senior markers inspect a range of student responses to test the guidelines, and may select illustrative 'benchmark' samples of student responses and develop annotated marking schemes if required. In some cases, a marking scheme takes the form of additional notes to accompany the marking guidelines; in other cases the marking schemes take the form of documented 'benchmark' performances, especially in practical examinations.
For example, in Visual Arts, each expressive form has a marking scheme that includes photographs of student work at each mark range, and a detailed description of the elements that have contributed to the award of those marks.
In written examinations, benchmark scripts are sometimes provided as examples. In other courses, such as Software Design and Development, benchmark scripts are incorporated into a booklet of information with notes on the elements of the marking guidelines demonstrated in each of the benchmark examples. This booklet forms the marking scheme provided to markers.
Pilot testing of marking guidelines
Pilot testing occurs concurrently with the finalisation of guidelines, marking schemes and associated materials. In this process senior markers test the guidelines and scheme against a representative range of responses. This pilot testing provides an initial test and assists in refining the selection of benchmark scripts. In some courses senior markers are assisted by particularly experienced markers brought in specifically for this process.
Alterations to marking guidelines
It is anticipated that the pilot marking process will lead to elaboration of the marking scheme and the identification of a broader range of examples to illustrate the marking scheme. Pilot marking also may result in proposed changes to the marking guidelines. Alterations to marking guidelines proposed by the Supervisor of Marking as a result of pilot marking are endorsed by the Chief Examiner. Changes are made to the master copy submitted to the Office of the Board following marking.
The marking process
Following development of the marking scheme and pilot testing of the marking guidelines and related materials, the marking process itself commences. Markers are first briefed and various procedures are then used to monitor the progress of the marking.
Marker briefing
During the briefing process, markers are introduced to the marking guidelines, detailed marking schemes (where they are necessary) and 'benchmark' responses at a range of performance levels described in the marking guidelines. The materials are discussed at length to ensure that all markers have a shared understanding of the requirements of each performance level.
The Board provides briefing notes for all markers and senior markers covering all aspects of the setting and marking process.
Pilot (practice) marking
In this process, markers apply the guidelines and other materials to a range of responses drawn from a number of representative examination centres. Typically, markers discuss in small groups the marks they have awarded. This discussion provides a further opportunity to achieve consensus and to consider responses that test the breadth of the marking guidelines. Pilot marking continues until senior markers are confident that the guidelines are being applied accurately and consistently. This activity sometimes is referred to as 'pencil marking' because the marks awarded in this process are not final marks, and responses are returned to the pool for marking at a later time.
As a result of pilot marking, changes may be made to marking guidelines to ensure that they adequately capture evidence of the outcomes and content that individual questions are designed to assess.
Check marking
Once marking has commenced, a proportion of the scripts marked by each marker is passed to a senior marker to check mark. The senior marker marks each student's response and checks that the mark awarded by the marker is accurate. If a pattern emerges showing that marking guidelines are not being applied correctly by a particular marker or group of markers, then re-briefing occurs to redress this anomaly.
Check marking generally begins with a high proportion of scripts being check marked. As consistency and confidence develop, the proportion of check marking is reduced.
Statistical reports also may identify a need to focus check marking on a particular marker. Check marking is subject to audit by the Supervisor of Marking.
Marking common (control) scripts
Supervisors of Marking and senior markers also use common (control) scripts to identify markers who are not applying the marking guidelines or scheme consistently.
The use of common scripts can vary from one subject to another. Generally a script from each question being marked within the centre is photocopied and distributed to all markers of that question at least once per marking session.
Results on common scripts are compared with previous sessions and group data to identify patterns in the marking process and to either confirm satisfactory marking patterns or to identify inconsistencies. Markers showing inconsistency or lack of appropriate application of the marking guidelines receive individual attention to redress the problem.
Statistical reports
Statistical checks form part of the Board's quality assurance processes for marking. Marks awarded by each marker are tallied and processed at regular intervals. A report identifying markers who are marking significantly above or below the average for the marker group is provided to the Supervisor of Marking. While this report may simply reflect the standard of a particular group of responses, it also can point to a marker who is unusually lenient or unusually harsh. Early identification ensures that re-briefing can be given where necessary.
Statistical reports also identify markers using an unusually narrow range of marks. Again, this may simply indicate a group of average students' responses, or it may indicate conservatism or lack of confidence on the part of a particular marker.
A report on the rate of marking for each member of the marker group is used to adjust the allocation of resources within a marking centre, and allows the Supervisor of Marking to monitor the overall progress of the marking operation.
Supervisors of Marking use statistical reports to highlight perceived anomalies between the anticipated target range of marks (as indicated by the Examination Committee's mapping grid) and the spread of marks resulting from the application of the marking guidelines.
These various statistical reports can be used by the Supervisor of Marking to identify areas that need finetuning. Their use throughout marking provides a monitoring mechanism for the Supervisor of Marking that contributes to the quality assurance of the marking process.
Double marking
In subjects in which students provide responses that must be judged subjectively, the Board uses a system of double marking in which two markers make independent judgements of a student's response. Each marker allocates a mark in accordance with the approved marking guidelines, and is unaware of the other marker's judgement.
Double marking usually is applied to questions requiring an extended response (eg, essays, creative writing, projects and performances) and not to short answer questions of the kind commonly used in mathematics and the sciences.
When the marks assigned to a double-marked question differ by more than the maximum acceptable difference set by the Board, this difference is considered a 'discrepancy' and a third or possibly fourth marking of the student's response is undertaken. The Supervisor of Marking or another senior marker then takes all these independent markings into consideration and uses professional judgement to determine the most appropriate mark for the student's response.
Resolution of atypical responses
Atypical responses include answers that are outside the range of answers described by the marking guidelines, but which appear to be valid alternative interpretations of a question. They also include non-serious and offensive responses. Supervisors of Marking are required to have strategies in place to deal with atypical responses, all of which must be brought to the attention of a senior marker.
Valid alternative responses are discussed with the senior marker (and Supervisor of Marking if required). Senior markers and the Supervisor of Marking together determine and allocate a mark based on the quality of the response.
In the case of a non-serious attempt, senior markers may allocate a mark of zero, or may refer the matter to the Supervisor of Marking. Significant concerns are referred to the Director, Assessment and Curriculum for consideration. The Board's Examination Rules Committee considers cases of alleged breach of examination rules and malpractice.
Responses that exceed stated parameters
In some examinations, particularly projects and performances, there are limits placed on students' work. This limit may be a limit on the size, time or word length of the work. Where a student's response exceeds the stated parameters, a mark penalty may be imposed.
In written examinations, some questions indicate a limit on the length of the response. Overly long responses generally are not penalised because the student is considered to have already imposed a limit on the time available to answer other questions.
Revision marking
In subjects in which single marking applies (due to the objective nature of the questions), revision marking is used to provide further quality assurance.
At the end of the marking process, a report is run to identify students whose total examination marks are significantly different from their school assessment marks. The responses of these students are extracted and a group of senior or other experienced markers is recalled to re-mark these students' papers. This process confirms or alters the marks received by students.
Review and evaluation
Following the completion of each year's marking, an evaluation is undertaken of various aspects of the marking process, and reports are provided to the Director, Curriculum and Assessment. Evaluations are conducted of:
- the training of markers;
- the management of the marking;
- examination paper issues;
- marking guideline issues;
- quality control processes in marking;
- the marker reliability operation;
- marking logistics;
- marking resource plans;
- marker appointments; and
- the handling of special cases.
Masters, G.N. (2002) Fair and Meaningful Measures? A review of examination procedures in the NSW Higher School Certificate.


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