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I am descending in the lift in the plush, marble-clad interior of a five-star hotel in Qatar to rejoin an international conference which is ostensibly about Arab media versus the west but which has turned into something like a old-style Labour party conference, with tedious speech after speech.
The lift stops at the third floor and an Arab gentleman steps in. "Are you enjoying the conference?" he asks. "Yes," I reply politely, not wishing to offend in case he is an executive from al-Jazeera which is, after all funding the forum.
"I hate al-Jazeera," he declares, baffling me. And so the most illuminating discussion of my first morning in Qatar begins. With a man who has nothing to do with the channel but who has plenty of opinions about it.
"It's full of Palestinians," he snorts. "And they supported Saddam," he adds for good measure. At this point I start to laugh incredulously. I know al-Jazeera will never be flavour of the month with Rumsfeld or Bush but it is packed with ex-BBC staff and I hadn't expected such venom from its own quarters.
I linger in conversation to hear him enthusiastically explain that he is half Saudi and half Kuwaiti and the Saudis don't like al-Jazeera because it's sowing unrest in the Gulf region.
It was a theme that was to crop up again and again in my brief stay in Qatar - later in the conference a newscaster stood up to reveal that he is the only Saudi reporter at the station and that sometimes he feels as if he has committed treason."Joining al-Jazeera was an act against my own country."
To an untutored eye like mine, it is easy to assume that al-Jazeera reflects a uniform Arab perspective, but it doesn't, and al-Jazeera is long-accustomed to attacks from Arab regimes and people like my man in the lift who think the station serves as a platform for terrorists and suicide bombers.
Saudi Arabia and Tunisia are particularly hostile to al-Jazeera, which has been operating for eight years, and they have banned it from operating bureaux there.
"Many [Arab] governments don't mind having correspondents from al-Jazeera, as long as they concentrate on tourism or cultural affairs, but as soon as you talk about something that is a problem, you become an irritant," said al-Jazeera presenter Mohammed Krechan, before adding that the western press simply did not know what it was like to operate in such a hostile environment.
"It's like being one rat and being chased by several cats. Arab governments are running like a cat running after the rat, but then there is another big cat - the west," adds Krechan.
"The Saudis, the Tunisians, don't want anything to do with these channels," he said. "But among the Palestinians, the Lebanese, the Egyptians, Libya and Iraqis, there is an acceptance that you have to play the game. In Saudi, there is a complete shutdown in the interior and exterior level. These are countries that are closed from inside."
The Saudis haven't just singled out al-Jazeera - the BBC has also been banned from having a permanent presence in the kingdom until late last year, when they finally relented, although the office has yet to open as the BBC reviews the security situation in the wake of the killing of cameraman Simon Cumbers in a shoot-out in Riyadh.The hostilities between Saudi and al-Jazeera partly stem from historic border rows - one Gulf journalist privately described the relationship as similar to that of Iraq and Kuwait - but it seems that it is more than that: al-Jazeera has now become the envy of the entire Arab world.
In just a few years the Emir has established an international reputation for Qatar in a way that a bigger and more powerful neighbour could never have imagined, and some feel that the Saudis have squandered the opportunity they once had to establish themselves as leaders in the Arab media world in the way that the BBC is considered one of the most important news-gatherers in the west.
"Al-Jazeera is an international force on a par with CNN and BBC News now. Eight years ago, nobody had ever heard of Qatar, now everyone has. Al-Jazeera has put Qatar on the map. I would go so far as to say it is like an army to Qatar, it shields it from criticism. Before, countries like Egypt could say what they liked about Qatar; now they are more reluctant because they know it will be reported on an independent news channel owned by Qatar," a Palestinian journalist who operates news agencies in the region told me later.
To rub salt into the wound, it is a position of international importance that the Saudis could have achieved, had it not torpedoed its joint venture - an Arab news service with the BBC - by taking offence and suspending the satellite network in 1996, after the BBC screened a Panorama programme, Death of a Principle in Saudi Arabia.
Despite criticism in the west, the channel has much to be proud of - its suspension from Baghdad last week is a further boost to its credibility as an independent operation.
I am assured by one of the senior Doha editors that it was the Emir himself who came up with the idea for al-Jazeera and that the channel now has so high a profile that there will never be a reason for him to interfere with the independence of the channel, for his own political reasons.
There is talk that al-Jazeera is looking to sell a stake to outsiders. This could only be to demonstrate its independence further, as it isn't a drain on the country's wealth. Although the Emir launched the channel with a budget of $175m and it costs tens of millions to run a year, that figure is put into perspective by the fact that his charitable foundation for education, science and community development has promised an $8bn fund for a new all-digital medical care and research centre in Doha.
Qatar, a former British protectorate that once made its fortune from pearls, is an immensely wealthy country with oil and, more significantly, huge gas reserves.
Such is the wealth of the country that all 120,000 citizens of the tiny emirate are guaranteed free water, free health care and free private education at home or abroad. This is a country that thinks nothing of reputedly spending £2m of al-Jazeera's budget on flying journalists and opinion-formers from all over the world for its media forum. This is not a country that needs outside investors for a TV news channel.


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Understanding Your Mortgage - 10/14/09
For Immediate Release
8:00A.M. PT, October 14, 2009
Fredrick J. Bond, SVP/Mortgage Division Manager
(San Luis Obispo,
Consumers frequently find APR confusing because it's not the same as your interest rate. APR also incorporates closing costs into the calculation of your borrowing rate.
"However, APR does not tell the whole story," notes the Research Institute for Housing America. APR calculations assume the borrower stays with the same loan until it's paid off.
Yet that's not the case for most homeowners. It's more typical for someone to refinance or move and obtain a new loan, rather than holding the same mortgage for 30 years.
A borrowing approach which is ideal for you also could cause the APR to move higher or lower. For instance, you can pay "points" as a fee to cut your interest rate. Or someone in different circumstances may select a higher interest rate in order to purchase with reduced closing fees.
Paying points will lower a mortgage's APR. But if you stay in your home just a few years, you won't realize much benefit from paying a fee to reduce your interest rate for three decades.
Knowing your goals and personal financial situation are keys to gaining advantageous financing. Someone who believes they'll be moving in the future may want to get a mortgage whose rate is guaranteed for seven or ten years. You'll be able to have a lower rate, since the lender won't have the risk of providing fixed financing over 30 years.
Someone in that situation also should consider ways to avoid upfront costs. Such fees may not seem much if you'll be staying put for a long time. But if you'll be moving on in half a dozen years, you don't want to pay those costs all over again.
On the other hand, a buyer who plans on seeing their pre-school children graduate from the nearby high school could save money by paying points to lower their mortgage rate. Paying less each month for more than a decade would allow your savings to pile up.
Because your financial situation is unique, your mortgage also should reflect that. Selecting a loan based on how low its APR is doesn't give you adequate information to do so.

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Lisa Larson Limited Edition Hedgehog for WWF 1979 Rare
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- Sold Date: Mar 04, 2011
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This is a rare limited addition hedgehog designed by Lisa Larson Gustavsberg Sweden for the benefit of WWF ( World Wild Fund) in 1979, it measures about 6 3/4" long and about 4 1/2" wide and about 4 1/4" high. This figurine is in excellent condition with no defects,only 2200 pieces were made, this would be a great item for anyone's collection. Buyer in the U.S. pays $19.50 shipping,overseas $25.


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• Support for ad-hoc or temporary monitoring of locations
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• Inflexible deployment options: Because analog and IP video surveillance systems rely solely on wired cameras, organizations cannot easily place cameras on an ad hoc basis for temporary monitoring or to power applications such as video analytics software.
• Limited situational awareness: Video surveillance systems traditionally deliver video to a central monitoring location, limiting the ability for individuals in the field to gain mobile situational awareness from the surveillance system.
Business Benefits
Table 1. Cisco Wireless Video Surveillance Solution Business Benefits
Cisco Wireless Video Surveillance Solution Business Benefits
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• Improved security posture through access to live and recorded video-anywhere, anytime-with a broad range of mobile devices.
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Reduced Capital and Operational Costs
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• Flexibility to choose the best video surveillance components, from multiple vendors, for a specific site or business need.
Increased Investment Value
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As far as fork-tongued nations go, Iran tops the list.
In September 1999, Iranian authorities primped their nuclear "shooting star," the Shahab-3, with the warning, "We will trample upon the USA. Last year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad blithely informed students at Columbia University that his nation did not possess a nuclear weapons program. On January 30, he boosted a cheering crowd near the site of Iran's first nuclear power plant by calling Israel a "filthy Zionist entity" and warning, "If you (Western powers) imagine that the Iranian nation will back down, you are making a mistake; on the nuclear path, we are moving towards the peak." Then, last week, the extremist Muslim nation successfully re-tested its medium-range ballistic missile, defiantly declaring, "Our finger is always on the trigger and we have hundreds and even thousands of missiles ready to be fired against predetermined targets."
The state-controlled television channel, Al-Alam, confirmed that the Shahab-3 was among an arsenal of nine missiles fired from a secret site in the Iranian desert on July 9; among them, the Hoot (Whale) torpedo, a supersonic enemy sub-destroyer, unveiled by Iran in 2006.
Despite intensified sanctions by the United Nations Security Council and years of tomfoolery by the Iranians, the Persian Gulf theocracy has begun its war dance with the Free World. The quandary and questions are only beginning for progressive nations, whose leaders are bewildered over how to tackle a nation where insanity prevails in political and public life.
What is unnerving about the testing of the Shahab-3 – based on the Nodong-1 with a warhead cluster capable of precisely detonating several bombs over a wider region – is its potential to deliver a potential nuclear weapon. The math adds up to Iran's evil contention to "wipe Israel of the map."
If the rogue nation would have us believe that its atomic energy program is purely for domestic use, then why is the epicenter of its national nuclear weapons program – the Nuclear Technology Center Technology in the city of Esfahan – manufacturing uranium ore into three troubling forms? Uranium oxide to fuel reactors (reportedly not the type Iran is building)' hexafluoride gas, which is used in gas centrifuges; and metal, frequently used as the heart for nuclear bombs. The metal conversion rightfully alarms the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) because Iran's reactors do not need it as fuel.
Then, there's Arak, another key nuclear facility, located 150 miles south of Tehran, and the hub of the development of heavy water, an agent used to produce plutonium for nuclear bombs. Arak's secret existence was unearthed in August 2002 by the National Council of Resistance of Iran, and confirmed four months later by satellite images from the US-based Institute for Science and International Security.
Iran's missile testing is even more worrying because it is inspiring other Islamic warrior nations to form their own nuclear power programs. According to the New York Times, three countries with a Muslim majority have already sought help from the IAEA in Vienna: Turkey, where the constitutional separation of religion and state is currently being battled; dubious Egypt where the largest extremist group, the Society of Muslim Brothers, is lawfully banned but allowed to operate under the government's nose; and Saudi Arabia, whose record of human rights is as pitiful as its severe form of Islam is pitiless.
Iran's yen to ink the US's autopsy report is being swept under the rug by both contenders in the race for the world's most influential office. John McCain is calling for tighter sanctions –a fat lot of good that will do because Iranian extremists are proud to forego even the most basic of freedoms. And, Barack Obama favors "aggressive diplomacy," whatever that means.
From staunch denials to rebellious launches, Iran's nuclear dreams have become a reality. Even the liberal European Union has been pushed into conceding, "These missile tests can only compound the worries of the international community."
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I'm doing Shrek the Musical Jr and I would like to video tape it one night for my students and their families. Do need to get a video license for every night, or just the one I plan on filming. No recordings will be made during any other performances. Do I need to buy 4 (one for each scheduled performance), or just one for the night I plan to record?
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Weakening demand for computers is hurting another chip-maker. Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc. said Thursday that that its third-quarter net income fell 31 percent.
While its adjusted profit topped analyst expectations, the company's revenue guidance for the current quarter fell short.
Fairchild earned $24.7 million, or 19 cents per share, in the July-September period. That's down from $35.8 million, or 28 cents per share, in the same three months a year earlier. Excluding costs related to restructuring its business and other one-time items, Fairchild earned 25 cents per share in the latest quarter, beating Wall Street's expectations.
Revenue fell 11 percent to $358.8 million from $403.2 million.
Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of 17 cents per share on revenue of $368.6 million, according to a poll by FactSet.
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Waning demand for personal computers is hurting many chip-makers. Intel Corp., the world's largest chip-maker, on Tuesday said its revenue from PC chips fell 8 percent in the latest quarter as worldwide PC sales shrink.
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Sketches & Posters
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- New for SIGGRAPH Asia 2008
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The Sketches & Posters online submission system will be closed on Saturday, 12 July 2008, 2200, UTC/GMT. All forms must be filled out, and all materials must be successfully uploaded by that time. The Sketches & Posters submission deadline will be strictly enforced. We strongly encourage starting the submission form, including at least title, author, and affiliations, at least a day in advance. Also, please do not wait until the last minute to upload your files. See Uploading Files for complete information.
Use this checklist to ensure that your submission is complete and that it meets all applicable programme requirements:
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Last year I saw a catchy online video extolling the virtues of cheap shaving supplies that claimed to work just as well as those expensive tech-heavy blades I had been using for more than a decade. Like many of my fellow men - I love a good deal, so I immediately I signed up for the $6-per-month subscription and soon I was saving a significant amount of mullah every month.
However, it didn't take long for my wife to catch on and suddenly my four-blade pack had been breached, with only two little cartridges of hope remaining. Of course, I'm always a grateful fan of female grooming, so rather than discourage the thievery, I simply doubled my order. And in the end, the $12 I began spending on razors for my lady and me turned out to be far less than our previous expenditure that ranged from $25-$30.
The moral of the story is that ladies love discount blades just as much as guys and now that summer is here, it's time to invite our female friends to enter the land of reduced-rate razors. Here are a few companies that are disrupting the industry and doing it well.
1. Dollar Shave Club- It's unbelievable that at just $3, $6, or $9 (depending on the number of blades and various other options) ladies can score a whole month's worth of cartridges that are comparable to the high-end wizardry of the big shave bullies. All three levels receive a free razor handle with the inaugural shipment, and shipping is included with both the $6 and $9 packages. Furthermore, DSC has hilarious ad clips and plenty of Shave Butter and One-Wipe Charlies for all of your personal care needs.
2. Harry's- While the offerings over at Harry's are a bit pricier than DSC, there's more of a 'throwback luxury' vibe to the experience. Starters begin with either a $15 or $25 kit (handle, two razors, one shave cream) and then subsequent refills of eight razors and two shave creams will run $31. Harry's offers a convenient auto-delivery plan as well, or customers can just order as needed.
3. Dorco- If you're looking for a bargain and don't mind a more generic aesthetic, Dorco might be the way to go. They claim to have razors that are at least as good as competitors with prices that will save anywhere from 35% to 75% in overall cost. Couples may be interested in the Joe & Jane package (shave supplies for him and her), and there are also gender-specific sections on the site.
As creatures of habit, sometimes it's difficult to change up even the most miniscule detail of the daily routine. But when there's money to be saved and convenience to be gained, what do you have to lose?!
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Thanks Ron for the clarification! I am worried that vinyl on concrete, even with a vapor barrier would be too cold. I'm in Wisconsin and we get some cold winters! Wondering about the easiest subfloor I can install with moderate protection from the cold cement. I would say I have average construction skills, however I have never taken on this particular task. Any advice would be very helpful, thanks again!
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I bought a dimpled role of hard plastic from Lowes. The roles are 3' by 50'. The dimples are a little over 1/4" high. It allows air to circulate underneath it. The walls are slightly raised to help the flow of air. It helps to prevent the buildup of moisture on conctete. I used a sealer on the concrete floor. I covered the plastic with toungue and groove waferboard. I installed carpeting over it. The flloor does not get cold and it's comfortable to walk on. Lowe's and Home Depot sell 2' X 2' boards with the raised plastic built in. I did it my way to cut the costs down.
Sorry Gus, I didn't see that you were doing a bathroom subfloor. This solution probably wouldn't work for you.
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Two people are 50-50 owners, through a partnership, of an office tower worth $100 million. One of the owners, let's call him McDuck, wants to cash out, which would mean a $50 million gain and $7.5 million in capital-gains taxes.
1. McDuck needs to turn his ownership of the property into a loan. So the partnership borrows $50 million and puts it into a new subsidiary partnership, which contributes the cash to yet another new partnership.
2. The newest partnership lends that $50 million to a finance company for three years in exchange for a three-year note. (The finance company takes the money and invests it or lends it out at a higher rate.)
3. The original partnership distributes its interest in the lower-tier subsidiary to McDuck. Now, McDuck owns a loan note worth $50 million instead of the property, effectively liquidating his 50 percent interest.
4. Three years later the note is repaid. McDuck now owns 100 percent of a partnership sitting on a $50 million pile of cash—the amount McDuck would have received from selling his stake in the real estate—without triggering any capital-gains tax.
5. While this cash remains in the partnership, it can be invested or borrowed against. When McDuck dies, it can be passed along to heirs and liquidated or sold tax-free. The deferred tax liability disappears upon McDuck's death under a provision that eliminates such taxable gains for heirs.
Wealthy Boston real estate developer Arthur M. Winn used a version of this transaction. In 2008 a U.S. Tax Court judge ruled that one aspect of the deal was perfectly legal. Other aspects of the transaction are being settled with the government.
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"Secular historians ignore George Washington's ward Nelly Custis, who wrote that doubting his Christian faith was as absurd as doubting his patriotism. But they cannot ignore this mountain of evidence suggesting Washington's religion was not Deism, but just the sort of low-church Anglicanism one would expect in an 18th century Virginia Gentleman. His "sacred fire" lit
But I think I will tackle Deans's book first. As I cracked it open to the acknowledgements page Christmas night and read the first paragraph, I knew I would be enjoying the company of a great wordsmith as I read this book. Dean writes:
"In the time-feathered edges of my earliest memory, I am standing by a creek with an Indian name, a tributary of the
Wow. The images Dean paints could have been pulled from the recesses of my own mind and experiences, substituting the names of the rivers and creeks with ones that flow through the beautiful Shenandoah Valley and western
Also, a neighbor and friend who sits on the board of a Christian publisher gave me two other books which I look forward to reading: Stories of Faith & Courage from the Civil War by Terry Turley and Stories of Faith & Courage from the Revolutionary War by Jane Hampton Cook. Both books are from AMG Publisher's imprint, Living Ink Books and their "Battlefields & Blessings" series. Both books are intended to be devotionals with corresponding stories of Christian faith for each day of the year.
Finally, on the list to review is the new release by Savas Beatie, LLC: The Elementary Common Sense of Thomas Paine. I've been asked to review this book for the Homeschooling market as it is intended to supplement students' study of American history.
I've also accepted a few new writing assignments and will be completing one book as I continue the research for another. Its shaping up to be a busy 2008. I'm most grateful for the opportunities God is providing.


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1. Re: adf table filterDimitar Dimitrov Jan 31, 2013 3:33 PM (in response to 466963)You are wrong. I have a couple of applications (in ADF 188.8.131.52, 188.8.131.52 and 126.96.36.199) that feature table filters on text columns and everything works fine.
What is your ADF version? What values does the text column contain and what criteria do you enter in the filter field?
2. Re: adf table filter466963 Jan 31, 2013 3:49 PM (in response to Dimitar Dimitrov)jdev 126.96.36.199
table mysql
fields that don't work varchar
3. Re: adf table filter466963 Jan 31, 2013 3:50 PM (in response to Dimitar Dimitrov)jdev 22.214.171.124
table mysql
fields that don't work varchar
4. Re: adf table filterDimitar Dimitrov Jan 31, 2013 4:21 PM (in response to 466963)The information you supplied is not sufficient. Please, give us the following information:
1. Post the criteria that you enter in the filter field;
2. Post a short sample of values contained in the text column (that the criteria is applied on);
3. Do you use any kind of a LOV component (e.g. a <af:selectOneChoice> component) in order to display the text values in the table on the screen?
5. Re: adf table filter466963 Jan 31, 2013 4:54 PM (in response to Dimitar Dimitrov)No LOV components
EX: field nume java string from mysql varchar(100) .... ION
I tried ION , "ION",'ION ,like 'ION"...... in criteria , result "NO data to diaplay
I tried also with other valuers , on ather text fields , nothing.
6. Re: adf table filter466963 Jan 31, 2013 7:31 PM (in response to 466963)same thing in jdev 11g release 2
7. Re: adf table filterDimitar Dimitrov Feb 2, 2013 10:21 AM (in response to 466963)I created a simple test application in JDev/ADF 184.108.40.206 and I can confirm the problem you encountered. My test application is very simple. It consists of a single ADF Faces page containing a read-only <af:table> with a filter. The <af:table> is based on an ADF ViewObject on a MySQL 5.5 DB table containing two varchar columns.
The problem happens when a MySQL DB is used and it is related to the MySQL's SQL syntax. The problem is caused by a wrong WHERE-clause criterion generated by ADF when the user enters some condition in a filter field backed by a DB column of character datatype. ADF generates a WHERE-clause similar to this one:
This would be a correct WHERE-clause for many SQL-databases, but it is not correct for MySQL, because in MySQL the operator || does not perform a string concatenation but it acts as a logical OR. In this way the expression <tt>( ? || '%' )</tt> is not evaluated to a string but to a boolean value (e.g. 0 or 1), so the operator LIKE fails to filter the rows correctly.
WHERE MyTable.col1 LIKE ( ? || '%' )
You can inspect the generated SQL-query and the values of the bind variables yourself by switching ADF diagnostics on (e.g. set -Djbo.debugoutput=console to the runtime configuration of your ViewController project).
JDeveloper/ADF 126.96.36.199 certification matrix says that MySQL 5.5 is certified for both JDeveloper IDE and ADF, so in my opinion you can submit an official SR if you have a valid support contract which covers Oracle ADF.
A good workaround would be to implement a custom SQLBuilder or a custom ViewCriteria adapter that patches the problem, but it would require a lot of efforts. Alternatively, you can try to implement a tricky workaround by subclassing the ViewObjectImpl class and overriding some of its query-related methods in order to replace the substring <tt>LIKE ( ? || '%')</tt> with <tt>LIKE CONCAT( ?, '%' )</tt> in the generated SQL query. This is tricky, so I do not recommend you this way either.
However, if you decide to follow the later alternative, you can override both methods <tt>ViewObjectImpl.buildQuery(...)</tt> in a custom base ViewObjectImpl class (or in a custom ViewObjectImpl class of particular VOs only) as follows:
@Override protected String buildQuery(int noUserParams, boolean forRowCount) { String query = super.buildQuery(noUserParams, forRowCount); if (query!=null) { query = query.replace( "LIKE ( ? || '%')", "LIKE CONCAT( ?, '%' )"); } return query; } @Override protected String buildQuery(int noUserParams, boolean forRowCount, String selClause, String fromClause, String whereClause, int subQueryLevel) { String query = super.buildQuery(noUserParams, forRowCount, selClause, fromClause, whereClause, subQueryLevel); if (query!=null) { query = query.replace( "LIKE ( ? || '%')", "LIKE CONCAT( ?, '%' )"); } return query; }
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Nicol won his first Commonwealth singles gold as a Scot in 1998, but switched to England after a funding row, and won doubles gold in 2002.
Lee Beachill took bronze for England, defeating team-mate Nick Matthew 9-3 9-7 9-3 in the third place play-off.
Australia's Natalie Grinham beat sister Rachael to take the women's title.
Natalie, who celebrated her 28th birthday this week, lost the first set, but came back strongly to win 2-9 9-6 9-1 9-6 in just 43 minutes.
World number one Nicol David, of Malaysia, finished out of the medals after losing the bronze medal match to Shelley Kitchen of New Zealand.
Nicol, who lives in London, took silver in the singles in Manchester four years ago after losing to Jonathon Power, along with his doubles gold.
"I am in shock. I can't believe I have won it. I was overcome with emotion and I have never felt that before in my entire squash career," he said.
"I wanted to win so desperately, and I wanted to make amends for Manchester. This is everything I have been working for, for the last 16 months, and for my whole career really.
"During that last game I was so tired but it was the best game of squash I have ever played. I knew that if I could get ahead it would be very hard for him.
"I almost felt that it was my destiny to win."
Beachill, of Pontefract, was delighted with his bronze.
"After my operation at Christmas, the Commonwealth Games were a big target for me. I would have been devastated to miss it. To come here and get a singles medal is brilliant."
But Matthew criticised Games organisers after missing out on a medal.
At the 1998 Games at Kuala Lumpur and in Manchester in 2002 both losing semi-finalists shared the bronze.
But that rule has been changed in Melbourne and Matthew felt he had been hard done by.
"It's a shame one of us had to come away with nothing - I didn't think it was deserved," he said.
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Are you prepared to answer any question from your kids?
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Yes-I believe in total honesty
No-Some things are none of their business!
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Question: Are you prepared to answer any question from your kids?
Total Votes: 174
I do believe that some things are not their business.
I have always tried to answer all my daughter's questions to the best of my ability with answers that I feel are age appropriate but honest.
This. Although my answers may vary based on age and the content of question. Like if my 9 year old asked me how to have an orgasm (that seems way far fetched so it's a good example), I may freak out a little, but I'd answer her as honestly as I could for her age. I did show my 8 year old a birthing video because she wanted to know how babies came out. Yeah, I'm sure pregnancy won't be on her mind for a loooooooooooong time.
Quoting MysticIceWater:
If they are old enough to ask a question they are old enough to know the answer. :)
I plan to answer each and every one of my sons questions in an age appropriate manner.
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The Center Meeting House of Newbury, NH, Inc. is a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization that owns the Center Meeting House. But we're not so much owners as we are caretakers and stewards of this grand lady, who was here before we were and will be here when we have moved on.
Elected Board members serve on behalf of those who become members of this organization; you can read more about us by clicking HERE.
You can become a member of the Center Meeting House and help determine the building's future: click HERE for more information.
No. However, the Center Meeting House has hosted religious services throughout the early part of its history. Different denominations have used this building in keeping with the New England tradition of welcoming any congregation in the community.
While the interior of the building might resemble a church in its setup – making it a wonderful venue for weddings and other life events – no religious adornments are present.
The Center Meeting House has been entered in the National Register of Historic Places. It was nominated by the State Historic Preservation Officer and received this honor in January of 1980. Learn more about its wonderful history by clicking HERE.
About 70% of our donations and pledges came from the residents or property owners of Newbury, New Hampshire. About 15% of our funding came from our loan. The remaining funds came from the combined donations of the people of New Hampshire through grants from the State of NH's LCHP program and two donations from the Town of Newbury:
- Private Donors: $780,000
- State of New Hampshire's Land and Community Heritage Investment Program (LCHIP): $200,000
- Town of Newbury: $175,000
- Events such as the Historic Homes Tour: $30,000
- Bank Loan: $200,000
Early in 2010 we received pledges of $100,000 from LCHIP and $100,000 from the town of Newbury. All but $20,000 of this money has now been received by CMH and and is being used to complete the physical restoration of the building. Individuals have contributed over $100,000 during this same time period. We hoped to make the building useable by the end of the summer of 2010 but things are just taking a bit longer than we had hoped. Some of the required work will not be completed until a few months later so we decided not to make it available for events until the rest of the work is completed. Since we are a dedicated band of unpaid CMH members and volunteers, we can report that 95% of the funds that we have raised have gone into actual restoration work or architectural design.
The Center Meeting House is now to the public on weekends from Memorial Day through Columbus Day. Click HERE to view our calendar for dates and times.
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Everyone seemed to know this was coming, and most were somewhat shocked that it had taken this long to manifest. The decades of mismanagement placed Greece in a position where no government could survive. The latest attempt to get control of the economy with another round of austerity measures was the final straw for the unions, and the riots started. Within hours they became violent as tens of thousands of angry demonstrators took out their frustration on the police. There is nothing to suggest this ferment will end any time soon. The society of Greece is utterly broken, and it is not at all clear that anything can fix the underlying issue.
This is what has the financial community in a panic. There appear to be no good options left for the Greeks. The public wants an end to these austerity plans and a return to the good old days. This is the Greece that doesn't pay its taxes, where union members work 10 months and get paid for 14 and where people retire with full pay and benefits at 55. This is the Greece that lived off debt and the largesse of others, and this is the Greece that can no longer be sustained.
Fears regarding the impact that this Greek collapse will have on the rest of Europe and the world caused the markets to swoon this week, and there will be more carnage to follow. The yields on Greek debt have reached levels not seen outside sub-Saharan Africa, and that has caused the yields of other nations to rise to astronomical levels as well. The price-per-barrel of oil stumbled by more $6 within one day, and the euro slipped by 1.9% against the dollar, marking its biggest decline in years.
There remains a very slim chance that Greece can be rescued if the Germans and the European Central Bank reach agreement on the terms of a bailout. If there is no rescue, the Greeks run out of money in less than a month. It is at this point that the crisis deepens fast.
Greece likely will default and the financial pain will spread like wild fire. Many of the European banks are heavily exposed to Greek debt, and their solvency will come into question. Governments will lose money as well. The Greeks are very likely to bolt from the European Union altogether so they can drastically devalue their currency and try to survive at the expense of their neighbours. If they leave there will be others that will follow, renewing doubts about the euro zone.
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Greg Stiemsma is pulling a reverse Kevin Garnett and leaving the Boston Celtics to join the Minnesota Timberwolves, the team Garnett spent the first 12 seasons of his career with. Stiemsma signed a one year $3 million offer sheet from the Timberwolves.
Since the Celtics don't own Stiemsma's Birds rights and are over the NBA's salary cap, the signing of an offer sheet was merely a formality. The most money the Celtics could have offered the second-year center was the $1.9 million bi-annual exception. It is unknown whether or not the Celtics made Stiemsma such an offer.
Stiemsma averaged 3 points, 3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks in his lone season in Boston. Stiemsma joined the Celtics for training camp last year on a non-guaranteed deal and impressed the team enough to stick around for the whole season.
With news of Stiemsma's departure, the Celtics acted quickly to secure depth at center by signing 12 year-veteran, Jason Collins. Collins spent the last three season with the Atlanta Hawks. Collins signed a one year deal for the the veteran minimum.
Collins fits into the Celtics culture of basketball in the way he literally takes the 'basket' out of basketball. No one scores against Collins and he won't score against anyone. Collins intimidates, pushes people around and can guard big men one-on-one maybe better than anyone in basketball not named Garnett, just don't expect him to do anything else.
On his career Collins has averaged under 4 points and 4 rebounds despite averaging more than 21 minutes a game. Collins will back up Garnett and Chris Wilcox on the Celtics depth chart at center, and will be used to defend the likes of Dwight Howard, Andrew Bynum, and Roy Hibbert in isolated situations.
Summer league standout, Dionte Christmas, will be joining the Celtics for training camp on a non-guaranteed deal. Christmas averaged 13 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals in 10 summer league contests.
Christmas has previously played overseas and claims he is passing up on a lot of money abroad to chase his dream of playing in the NBA.
Christmas is a 6-5 combo guard who will provide depth to start the season with Avery Bradley expected to miss up to half the season. Christmas will battle for 1-2 roster spots with fellow summer league standout, Jamar Smith, and second round pick Kris Joseph.
The Celtics roster now sits at the league maximum, 15, though three of those spots are filled with non-guaranteed contracts. I expect the Celtics to sign one or two more veterans before training camp begins at the end of September
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Feb 3, 2014 - By Alejandra Silva, Staff WriterIn celebration of National Drug Facts Week, students from Arapahoe Middle School were encouraged to be drug and alcohol free and learned about the dangers of substance abuse.
The assembly-style presentations were organized by the Eastern Shoshone Cross Age Peer Education project.
Motivational speakers were invited to inspire peer leadership, encourage healthy communities and share information about the risks of using drugs.
Drug facts
Motivational speaker Chance Rush of Tulsa, Okla., got the students laughing with jokes and games before quizzing them on drug facts.
Rush relayed national statistics that said most teenagers did not know the real effects of prescription drugs, and teens often are led instead by what they have heard from drug users.
He said the use of OxyContin -- a prescription painkiller that is often abused and used to get high -- can lead some addicts to heroin use.
Recording artist, disc jockey and youth advocate Marcus Anthony Guinn told students that in one study, 38 marijuana smokers were observed over a period of time and were found to lose permanently an average of eight IQ points.
Beating stereotypes
Rush encouraged the students to break the stereotypes often placed on the American Indian population and ignore peer pressure and bad influences.
"It's not a bad thing to want to grow up alcohol and drug-free," he said. "You're the ones that are going to lead the way ... own the youth movement."
He added that being sober has opened him up to many opportunities.
ESCAPE project director Clarence Thomas told students that the program is changing training locations to accommodate those who participate in afterschool activities. He pointed out some ESCAPE mentors and candidates who were committing to the project's mission.
"We help you to help others," Thomas said, adding that the program trains students on how to mentor younger children and help them live a positive lifestyle.
Presentations also were given at St. Stephen's Indian School, Fort Washakie School and at a community event at Rocky Mountain Hall. The national weeklong effort lasts through Sunday.
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The No. 15 University of Michigan field hockey team (7-5, 2-0 Big Ten) will wrap up its three-game home stand and make a second appearance on the Big Ten Network this week. The Wolverines face Miami (8-3) on Friday (Oct. 8) at 4 p.m. at Ocker Field. The Maize and Blue then steps back into Big Ten play on Sunday (Oct. 10) at Iowa (3-8, 0-2 Big Ten). The game in Iowa City, Iowa, will start at noon CDT and will be televised live on the Big Ten Network, with Leah Secondo and former U-M field hockey player Kara Lentz (2003-06) on the call.
The Wolverines won their seventh straight contest with a thrilling 2-1 win over Michigan State on Oct. 1. Michigan then went toe-to-toe with No. 1 Maryland on Oct. 3 before falling 4-3 at Ocker Field.
Wolverines Move to No. 15 in NFHCA Poll -- Michigan earned 347 votes in the Oct. 5 Kookaburra/NFHCA Division I National Coaches poll, good for a No. 15 ranking. It is the highest the Wolverines have been ranked since the Sept. 2, 2008, poll. The Wolverines are one of four Big Ten teams in the top 20 this week; Ohio State and Michigan State are sixth and seventh, respectively. North Carolina took over the top spot in the rankings this week, passing Maryland, which played Michigan this past Sunday (Oct. 3).
Pankratz Returns to Alma Mater on Sunday -- Michigan head coach Marcia Pankratz, a 1985 graduate of the University of Iowa, returns to her alma mater for Sunday's (Oct. 10) game against the Hawkeyes. Pankratz played forward for the Hawkeyes and finished her career with 76 goals to list third among Iowa goal scorers all-time. Twice honored as Iowa's Female Athlete of the Year and as a Honda Broderick Sports Award field hockey finalist (1985, '86), Pankratz was also the recipient of Iowa's 1986 Big Ten Medal of Honor as the university's top academic and athletic graduating senior. In addition, Pankratz was named to the 1984 NCAA All-Tournament team when she helped the Hawkeyes advance to the championship game against Old Dominion.
U-M in the Big Ten Rankings -- Freshman Rachael Mack (Bromsgrove, England/Bromsgrove School) and senior Alicia Mayer (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) are both tied for fourth in the Big Ten with seven goals apiece, according to the latest conference rankings as of Oct. 3. Mayer is tied for sixth in points (17) and is tied for ninth in assists (5). Redshirt senior Paige Laytos (Lititz, Pa./Warwick) is eighth in assists with six helpers. In goal, redshirt freshman Haley Jones (Ann Arbor, Mich./Pioneer) is sixth in the league in saves (30), tied for third in shutouts (3) and fourth in goals-against average (1.35). Her GAA also is 17th in the country, according to the latest NCAA statistics.
Field Hockey to be Featured on BTN's Women's Show -- The Michigan field hockey program will have a featured piece on the Big Ten Network's "The Women's Show" this Wednesday (Oct. 6) at 6:30 p.m. The Big Ten Network spent two days on campus interviewing head coach Marcia Pankratz and senior tri-captains Meredith Way (Lititz, Pa./Warwick), Paige Laytosand Zara Saydjari (Skowhegan, Maine/Skowhegan Area). The camera crew also attended a preseason practice and had a microphone on Pankratz during the session.
Quick Hits -- Senior Zara Saydjari loves seeing the color green. The senior scored her second and third goals against Michigan State in the 2-1 win over the Spartans on Oct. 1. Saydjari now has two game-winning goals against MSU in her career ... This will be the first weekend of 2010 where Michigan does not play a ranked opponent. Eight of Michigan's 12 opponents this season have been ranked in the top 20 ... Michigan will be looking to snap a four-game losing streak to Iowa on Sunday. The Wolverines last win in Iowa came on Sept. 22, 2006, in a 2-1 win over the Hawkeyes.
U-M All-Time vs. Miami (Ohio) -- 13-2
U-M All-Time vs. MAC --74-26-5
U-M All-Time vs. Iowa -- 14-39
U-M All-Time vs. the Big Ten -- 95-102-8
Sticking with It Blog: Haley Jones
Friday, Oct. 15, 4 p.m. -- vs. Northwestern (Phyllis Ocker Field)
Friday, Oct. 22, 3 p.m. -- vs. Ohio State (Phyllis Ocker Field)
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Jim Bunning's Not-So-Lonely Crusade
posted at 4:50 pm on March 2, 2010 by Dafydd ab Hugh
The sneers and smears of Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY, 88%) proceed apace. He stands accused of being "cantankerous," "ornery," mentally unbalanced, "toxic," the "crazy uncle in the Senate attic," cringe-inducing, racist, sexist, "cruel," "heartless," a batter beaner (when he was a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies in the 1960s), and a serial cusser-outer of reporters — and that's just from one AP piece!
Because of his ornery nature and ungovernable mouth, Bunning has come to be regarded as the crazy uncle in the Senate attic during his 11 years in Washington. And because he is retiring after this session, there isn't much anyone can do to keep him in line.
Why the angst? Here it is in a nuthouse:
Republican Sen. Jim Bunning, a 78-year-old Hall of Fame pitcher, is playing hardball on Capitol Hill, single-handedly holding up a $10 billion spending bill because it would add to the deficit.
The move has forced some 2,000 federal employees into unpaid furloughs [who will that inconvenience? — DaH], put jobless benefits in jeopardy for millions and halted more than 40 highway projects.
His objection also put the kibosh (until he is eventually overridden by a Senate vote, probably today or tomorrow) on federal flood insurance. Glub glub.
The mighty CBS has also deigned to notice:
Democrats were stunned when Republican Sen. Jim Bunning singlehandedly blocked a bill that would have extended unemployment benefits for thousands, but now they're turning Bunning's move into a political talking point.
Democrats have pinned the blame for the Senate's lack of action in the past year on the GOP's obstructionist agenda. Bunning's move seems to prove their point.
Why is Bunning doing this? It's unfathomable… unless one actually takes the onerous stop of actually asking the man. It appears his objection is based upon one seemingly simple question about the bill he is obstructing: How do we pay for this spending?
NPR sniffs at the preposterousness of such an objection. Whoever heard of holding up a spending bill merely because there is no money to pay for it?
Saying that he has blocked votes on the legislation to underscore his opposition to the ongoing growth in federal debt, Bunning read a letter from "Robert in Louisville," who told the senator that even though he hasn't been working regularly in the past two years he supports what Bunning is doing.
"This country is sooner or later going to implode because of the massive amount of debt run up over the past 40 or 50 years," Robert wrote, according to Bunning.
Well, if the old coot is so concerned about actually "paying" for spending, ha ha, why doesn't he suggest how to do it himself? Oh, wait; according to NPR again:
Update at 2:45 p.m. ET. The Associated Press, in its latest story on what's happening, adds this perspective about Bunning's position:
"Bunning said again Tuesday that he opposed the extension because it would add $10 billion to the budget deficit, and he attacked Democrats for abandoning promises to pay for legislation instead of contributing to a budget deficits projected to hit almost $1.6 trillion this year. Bunning proposes to pay for the extension with unspent money from last year's massive economic recovery package, but (Senate Majority Leader Harry) Reid, D-Nev., objected." (Correction: We had a typo earlier, identifying Reid as R-Nev.)
So let me understand: It's not that there is no source available to pay for the spending; it's merely that the Democrats don't want to pay for it. They just want to spend it!
There is one thing worse than living off your credit card and not paying the bills: living off your credit card and not paying the bills — when you have tons of unspent money in the bank.
(I'm also strangely moved that AP thinks Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Caesar's Palace, 70%, is actually a Republican.)
Democrats may be offended by Bunning's question — who pays? — but I say it deserves an answer. I further suggest that it's not Jim Bunning bringing disrepute upon the Senate chamber; that distinction rightly belongs to the Democrat spending machine… and also to those cowardly-elephant Republicans pushing Bunning to drop his objection and just shut his pie hole. I'm thinking here of Minority "Leader" Mitch McConnell (R-KY, 80%) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME, 20%).
It's particularly galling when powerful Republicans deliberately and with malice aforethought undercut the Tea Partiers' powerful message of fiscal responsibility and spending restraint, just because an old man on the brink of retirement is foolish enough to take GOP talking points seriously.
To paraphrase the revolting mob of slaves in Sartacus, "I am Jim Bunning." (Well, except younger, darker haired, and better looking. And not quite so cantankerous.)
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Submitted to: European Association of Animal Production Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/31/2003
Publication Date: 9/8/2003
Citation: HAHN, G.L., MADER, T.L., EIGENBERG, R.A. PERSPECTIVES ON DEVELOPMENT OF THERMAL INDICES FOR ANIMAL STUDIES AND MANAGEMENT. EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ANIMAL PRODUCTION PROCEEDINGS. 2003. pg 31-44. Interpretive Summary: Thermal climate influences animals through heat exchanges with the environment. This is a complex process influencing animal performance, health, and well-being. Air temperature is an important factor in the heat exchange process, but is often inadequate to represent such influences. Therefore, there have been many attempts to better represent environmental influences by means of "thermal index" values. These values combine air temperature and other measures of the environment, such as humidity, wind, and solar radiation. This report provides a historical background but emphasizes approaches that are promising for further development of thermal indices. Applications are for farm animal studies and management.
Technical Abstract: Heat exchanges with the environment are a crucial process for maintaining homeothermy by humans and other animals. These exchanges involve heat production, conservation, and dissipation, and are dependent on both biological and physical factors. The complexity of these exchanges have led to many attempts to represent the environmental aspects by surrogate thermal indices as a basis for assessing the biological effect and consequent impact of the thermal environment. Resultant index values represent effects produced by the heat exchange process. For humans, comfort assessment is primary; for animals, assessing performance, health, and well-being have been foremost. This dichotomy of approaches is discussed from the perspectives of past and current indices, and considerations for future efforts. Emphasis is on thermal indices useful in animal studies and applications, with a view toward strategic and tactical decisions for rational environmental management. Numerous illustrative examples are included.


text: Zhou and his colleagues turned to a material with just two elements: aluminum and antimony. They studied the material's phase-changing properties, finding that it's more thermally stable than the Ge-Sb-Te compound. The researchers discovered that Al 50Sb 50, in particular, has three distinct levels of resistance -- and thus the ability to store three bits of data in a single memory cell, instead of just two. This suggests that this material can be used for multilevel data storage."A two-step resistance drop during the crystallization of the material can be used for multilevel data storage (MLS) and, interestingly, three distinct resistance levels are achieved in the phase-change memory cells," Zhou says. "So the aluminum-antimony material looks promising for use in high-density nonvolatile memory applications because of its good thermal stability and MLS capacity." The researchers are now investigating the endurance or reversible electrical switching of the phase-change memory cell with MLS capacity. The paper, "Phase-transition characteristics of Al-Sb phase change materials for phase change memory application," by Xilin Zhou, Liangcai Wu, Zhitang Song, Feng Rao, Kun Ren, Cheng Peng, Sannian Song, Bo Liu, Ling Xu, and Songlin Feng appears in the journal Applied Physics Letters. See: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4818662 The authors are affiliated with the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the National Laboratory of Solid State Nanostructures at Nanjing University. ABOUT THE JOURNAL Applied Physics Letters features concise, rapid reports on significant new findings in applied physics. The journal covers new experimental and theoretical research on applications of physics phenomena related to all branches of science, engineering, and modern technology. See: http://apl.aip.org For more Information:Jason Socrates Bardi+1 240-535-4954 email@example.com SOURCE AIP Publishing


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Influential experimental musician Mika Vainio – best known for his work as part of Pan Sonic – teams up with accomplished cellist Arne Deforce on the Greek mythology inspired concept album Hephaestus, released through Editions Mego. Hephaestus is a haunting and reflective tour through the depths of ancient Greek mythology that while moody never feels less than vast and expansive. Vainio's minimalistic and emotive electronics mesh beautifully with the raw cello work of Deforce. Deforce comes in sparingly, and the restraint makes the overall effect all the more powerful; this is challenging music of an uncommon and lyrical grandeur.


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Before you take your newborn home from the hospital or birthing centre, you will be given an information sheet and a filter paper for collecting a urine sample when the baby is 21 days old. The Québec newborn urine screening program enables early detection of certain disorders of amino acid and urine organic acid metabolism and, if necessary, prompt commencement of the appropriate medical treatment.
The aim of the Québec newborn urine screening program is to detect children affected by certain hereditary metabolic disorders.
The program allows for early detection of infants affected by certain metabolic disorders involving urinary amino and organic acids, and prompt initiation of medical treatment.
The metabolic disorders screened for are due to the organism's poor assimilation or absorption of proteins and their derivatives (amino and organic acids).
The test is performed by urine screening when the baby is 21 days old, i.e. generally before the symptoms of metabolic disorders appear. When parents leave the hospital or birthing house with their child, they receive a kit with an information sheet and blotting paper. The parents are responsible for taking the urine sample. If they forget to take the sample when the baby is 21 days old, they must do so as soon as possible afterward. The test will be valid, but its relevance decreases as the child grows older.
Child born in Canada, outside Québec If a child is born in Canada, but outside of Québec, it is very likely that he or she had a newborn urine screening test. However, the illnesses that are screened for may vary according to the province or territory where the infant is born. If parents are in doubt, they may contact a birthing centre in Québec to have the infant screened under the Québec newborn urine screening program.
Child born outside Canada A child born outside of Canada may be screened under the Québec newborn urine screening program when he or she arrives in Québec. The parents may contact a birthing centre in Québec to receive the kit to take the urine sample. In the case of an adoption, this step is usually taken care of by the international adoption clinics. If it has not been done, or when in doubt, parents may contact a birthing centre in Québec.
All parents of newborns and children adopted outside of Québec.
The Québec newborn urine screening program is available free of charge to parents who are covered by the Québec Health Insurance Plan, whether parents of a newborn or a child adopted outside of Québec.


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Re: about the use of button
Hello Yang,
Try this:
carWeight == tareWeight;
personNumber == 0;
Row[{Button["A person enters", {carWeight +== 60, personNumber++}],
Dynamic[{carWeight, personNumber}]}]
You must avoid underscores "_" in variable names. It is a good habit to use an lower case letter to begin each variable name. Notice that Dynamic sits outside the button--that is the only place you need to see the current (i. e., dynamic) values.
On 28 Dec, 2010, at 6:51 AM, yang wrote:
> Button["A person enters",
> {Dynamic[car_weight+==60],Dynamic[person_number++}]]


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Th' privacies of this here establishment ain't exactly perfect, are they?
If you love the man of letters, seek him in the privacies of his study.
He was the repository of discreet confidences, the inarticulate witness of august privacies.
The invader of privacies glanced at the clock in his turn and shook his head.
Swift was not likely to admit any to his privacies, or to impart a minute account of his business or his leisure.
The editor has aimed to avoid all privacies and personalities which might be indelicate in relation to family circles.
And, if we descend to the privacies of life, their habitations are more commodious, and their possessions are more secure.
Appearances were 385 against her, but she was determined not to discuss the privacies of her married life.
In this view it is desirable to be introduced into the privacies of domestic life.
He sought out a solitary place, where, being separated from the communication of man, he might enjoy the privacies of God.


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By Hiro Muramoto
TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - You can call it Jane Eyre meets the Addams family, but for the hundreds of Japanese girls who dress in Victorian dresses trimmed with lace, eyes rimmed with heavy black makeup, it's "Gothic-Lolita."
Showcasing yet another example of Japan's love for costume and role play, the women carried parasols, wore laced-up bodices and elaborately curly wigs, as wells heavy make up, during a Gothic-Lolita fashion event in Tokyo this week.
Their style has taken Japan by storm in the last few years, even spreading overseas among fans of Japanese "cosplay."
"Lolita is my basic needs. Without Lolita, I cannot be myself so I'm extremely glad that I found Lolita fashion," Eriko Enokizome, 24-year-old part-time worker, told Reuters.
Cosplay, a combination of the words "costume" and "play," originated in Japan where teenagers gather in streets and parks on weekends to show off their costumes -- and indulge in a little escapist fantasy.
The "Lolita" the women take their name from, however, has nothing to do with Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel.
"Gothic-Lolita fashion is like that special magic that allows me to become a different character," said 25-year-old businesswoman Chizuru Matsuda.
"It's been eight years since I discovered this fashion, but it took me two years to actually complete my overall style." Continued...


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Pay virtually and pee virtuously in Venice
By Ian Simpson VENICE, Italy (Reuters Life!) - Venice wants to make itself an easier place to go, so it is launching an online service to allow visitors to pre-pay for access to public toilets with the click of a mouse.
Instead of paying the current 1 euro ($1.33) fee to get into a public bathroom, tourists who think ahead can get one week or day passes to the lavatories online.
Visitors can pay 7 euros online for 10 toilet visits over 5 days in high season, and 5 euros in the low tourist season.
For a regular toilet card, bought at a bathroom or other site, the corresponding costs are 9 euros and 7 euros.
The online day rate for 2 visits is 1 euro in low season, 2 euros in the high season. Otherwise, the card costs 1.50 euros and 3 euros respectively.
"For people who want some security, who don't want to go into a bar to buy a coffee or a roll, so they can go to the bathroom, this is a solution," a Venice city spokesman said.
The online bathroom pass is accessible starting February 1 as part of the city's Venice Connected card which gives access to various services and allows reservations online. The purchase has to be made at least 15 days before use.
City residents pay 25 euro cents per visit to the public bathrooms.
The pass is another attempt by Venice, which hosts about 20 million visitors a year, to deal with tourists who use the streets as urinals. Continued...


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CANADA STOCKS-TSX may open higher; focus on U.S. budget impasse
Oct 4 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index looked set to edge higher on Friday after hitting a near three-week low the previous session, helped by hopes the U.S. government will eventually break a budget impasse even as a partial shutdown entered its fourth day.
* The shutdown of the U.S. government appeared likely to drag on for another week and possibly longer as lawmakers consumed day three of the shutdown with a stalling game and there was no end in sight until the next crisis hits Washington around Oct. 17.
* A prolonged U.S. budget standoff would hit global markets very hard, the Bank of Japan warned as it said it was ready to top up its existing massive stimulus if the recovery underway in the world's third-largest economy was threatened.
* Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is on track to post its second consecutive year of record earnings as a rebound in its semiconductor business shields the South Korean tech giant from a slower smartphone market.
* Taiwan's HTC Corp slid into the red for the first time in the third quarter, adding to the case for the troubled smartphone maker to abandon its prized independence and reach out for a white knight soon.
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The following are additional Manteca area eighth grade graduates:
RIPON - Ripon Christian High School valedictorian Logan Vos has his own sage advice for incoming freshmen as prepares to lead his small senior class of 54 through graduation exercises on Wednesday.
East Union High graduating seniors received over $1.7 million in scholarships.
The following are additional Manteca Unified School District students that earned diplomas last week.
They were the smallest graduating group in the 2011 commencement season in Manteca. And they will go down in history as the last class to graduate in the 25-year history of Manteca Christian School which is closing as of the end of school year 2010-2011 due to dwindling enrollment.
It isn't hard for East Union senior class president Alexis Martinez to remember what she enjoyed most about her four years on campus.
LATHROP – Priscilla Rodriguez was more than intimidated when she decided to venture out and try her hand in the leadership class at Lathrop High School.
LATHROP – Jorvic Ramos and Justin Fernandez stood tall as they made their way across the Lathrop High School campus.
Jasmine Currimao may have saved her toughest assignment for last.
LATHROP – It was a historical first for Lathrop on Friday as the community celebrated the first students to earn high school diplomas without leaving town.
Over 300 seniors at East Union High received their diplomas Thursday at Dino Cunial Field.
Dallas Mould, the Manteca High School Class of 2011 valedictorian, noted in her valedictory speech what everybody in the world already knew – the world did not end on May 21, just five days before – as predicted by Bay Area radio prophet Harold Camping.
WESTON RANCH -The wind that swept through the stadium at Weston Ranch Thursday evening might have been more of a sign than most people realized.
RIPON - Ripon Unified school board trustee Ernie Tyhurst presented two Trustee Awards at Tuesday night's graduation ceremonies at Weston Elementary School. Class President Emma Lewis welcomed the parents and friends to the school auditorium.
RIPON - Seven Colony Oak Elementary School graduates were presented with the coveted Trustee Awards Tuesday night by board member Kit Oase in the multi-use room on the Ripon campus.
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STOCKTON - Originally known as "The Junior College of the College of the Pacific" in 1935, San Joaquin Delta College will hold its 82nd Annual Commencement ...
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Much of the funding for California's pro-school choice groups and candidates comes from a handful of very wealthy donors, including the founders ...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A 14-year-old physics major has become the youngest person ever to graduate from Texas Christian University.
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I have always run a ground wire (in connection with the hu ground) to the amp ground point as well as seperate rca's from nearby power wires.
You can have a differential from the hu ground to the amp ground and this will cause issues.
So, to make things clear- connect the hu ground to it's ground wire and the extra wire that will run to the amp grounding point... this will solve the differential of voltage.
I hope this will work for you, if not.... then I'm at a loss too.
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