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Funds growing as Fillmore County prepares for Relay for Life
By Melissa Vander Plas
Wednesday, June 26, 2013 4:47 AM
This chair, donated by Drury's in Fountain, will be the prize of the "Heads or Tails" game, held during this year's Relay for Life in Harmony on July 12. The chair is being displayed in banks throughout the county until the event. SUBMITTED PHOTO
With a goal of raising $125,000 for the American Cancer Society, the Fillmore County Relay for Life is already nearly halfway to reaching that goal. With 29 teams signed up to participate in the event, slated for July 12 at the community center in Harmony, Chairman Sue Sikkink has reported that $54,472.09 has already been banked. Over 400 individuals have signed up to help raise money for cancer support services, research and education.
"We are so grateful for all the team members, committee members, all working together to make another successful year," Sikkink said.
As the event nears, the schedule of events has been set with the survivor and caregiver tea beginning at 4 p.m. Chris Hansen, a cancer survivor from Mabel, will be the featured speaker.
Opening ceremonies will be held at 6 p.m. and the focus will be on the reasons "why we walk."
According to a hand-out from the American Cancer Society, survivors relay for the hope that all will come together as a community every year to celebrate the lives of all those who have faced cancer, from the newly diagnosed to those reaching the five-year mark to those who are long-term survivors.
Participants also relay to celebrate caregivers - all those who have cared for loved ones or friends battling cancer.
They also remember all those who have gone too soon. They walk for the hope that the community will continue to muster the strength and determination to fight back against cancer.
There will be several activities for children, from 5 to 7 p.m. and a community supper, consisting of shredded pork sandwiches and barbecues, will be served from 5 to 8 p.m.
Julie Teslow and Toni Sikkink will be doing massages on the community center grounds from 5 to 8 p.m. and Dacias' On Main stylists will be doing haircuts, including Locks for Love donations, from 5 to 8 p.m. as well.
The silent auction opens at 5 p.m. and continues until 10 p.m. Walk the halls of the community center to see the numerous items that have been donated for the event.
At 6:15 that evening, the first lap of the Relay for Life will celebrate all those in the area who have survived cancer. Team recognition and photos will also be done at this time.
At 6:45, Dr. Svetimor Markovic, a melanoma research oncologist, from the Mayo Clinic will speak.
He will be followed by The Pumper, The Peddler and The Politician, playing from 7 to 8 p.m. The musical group plays classic rock and roll, tunes from the '50s, '60s and '70s. They also play soft rock and a lot of songs that allow for the integration of three-part harmonies. Their playlist includes songs from the Beatles, The Eagles, Simon and Garfunkel, Herman's Hermits, The Everly Brothers and Buddy Holly.
The Pumper is Rick Kritzer from Waseca, a bulk fuel delivery man. The Peddler is Marty Buum from Waseca, a sales representative for an electrical business and The Politician is Tim Penny, once of Waseca and now from Owatonna, a retired politician.
At 8 p.m. there will be a brief program to send balloons to heaven. Individuals can purchase balloons, filled with helium, for $4 each or 3 for $10. The balloons can be decorated with markers and special messages can be written on the balloons for loved ones who have died. The balloons will be sold beginning after the survivor's tea until 8 p.m. when all the balloons will be released and sent skyward together. This is an impressive site and tribute to all those who have died.
Food sales and individual fundraisers at team campsites will also begin at this time. This will be followed by the live auction at 8:15.
At 8:45 p.m. the luminaria will be lit and the walking will continue through the path around the community center grounds.
At 9:30 p.m. the tribute video for survivors and caregivers will be played.
Heads or tails?
The ever-popular Heads or Tails game will be held at 10:30 p.m. for the chance to win a chair donated by Drury's of Fountain.
Each participating individual can purchase a strand of beads from Relay team members on the day of the event at the registration table. The price is $5 per strand and each person can buy up to four strands only.
Everyone who is playing the game will need to gather near the main stage with their strands on to show they are ready to play. When it is time to begin, each person will need to guess the outcome of the first coin toss. When directed, they will place their hands on their head if they think it will be heads or both hands on their "tail" if they think the toss will end up tails.
The players matching the coin toss will remain in the game, but those who made the wrong choice, and were only wearing one strand of beads, must leave the playing area. They are now out of the game.
However, if the player had more than one strand of beads and guessed wrong, they must remove one strand and can remain in the game as long as they have at least one strand of beads left.
The coin tosses will continue until the last person standing, with a string of beads, will win the chair!
Continuing on into the night
The excitement continues into the late night as Karaoke Joe provides musical entertainment from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. There will be Zumba from 1 to 2 a.m. and Bingo from 2 to 4 a.m.
Closing ceremonies will be held at 4 a.m. followed by a finale breakfast of pancakes and sausages in the cafeteria.
Next meeting
With the Relay for Life approaching so quickly, there is one last meeting before the actual event. "Bank Night" will be held on Monday, July 8, starting at 5 p.m. Teams can come and go and the chairmen will stay as late as they are needed.
Captains or team members are invited to come to the Relay for Life room in the community center and turn in donations, silent and live auction items, luminaria and other items. The participants can also pick up their T-shirts and get campsite assignments.
"We would really appreciate it if you can turn in as much as possible this night," Sikkink concluded.
Even if one is not on a Relay for Life team, all the events held on July 12 and into the early morning hours of July 13 are open to the public. Community members are invited and encouraged to participate in this wonderful celebration and fundraiser.
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Nov 20, 2013 - By Katie Roenigk, Staff WriterOne topic involves items related to Fremont County School District 38 at Arapahoe.
Wyoming's superintendent of public instruction has filed a lawsuit against the state, asking for a more timely response to a records request she made in July.
"This is a follow-up," Hill attorney Bruce Moats said Tuesday. "We're asking the court to say this is taking too long and that it needed to be done sooner."
In August, Mead's office agreed to produce Hill's requested records "in increments" every seven to 10 days. The governor did not specify how many records would be released each week, however, and he did not give a target date for completion of the request, according to the lawsuit.
"We've been getting (documents) from the governor's office once a week --well, about once a week," Moats said. "But we don't know how long it'll take to do the entire set, (or) what they've got left."
He said Hill wants the documents so she can be more informed about a legislative committee investigation into alleged misappropriations of funds and resources while she was head of the Wyoming Department of Education.
Depending on its findings, the committee's work could lead to impeachment proceedings against Hill, according to The Associated Press.
Hill was stripped of her authority over the WDE this year through Senate File 104.
Hill's initial records request was for e-mails and electronic correspondence for several state employees, including Mead's chief of staff, Kari Jo Gray, former deputy superintendent of public instruction Joe Simpson and education policy adviser Mary Kay Hill.
Cindy Hill later narrowed her request to e-mails involving certain terms, such as "Cindy Hill," "Dept of Ed," "Senate File 104," "inquiry team" and "investigation."
The phrase "Fremont 38," likely referring to Fremont County School District 38 in Arapahoe, also was included in the list of terms.
Hill also sent a records request to the Wyoming Department of Education in July, asking for e-mails and written correspondence for outgoing interim WDE director James Rose, WDE federal
program division administrator David Holbrook and WDE director for career and vocational education Teri Wigert.
Specific phrases of interest at that time included "departure," "resignation," "transfer," "senator," "representative" and "Wyoming Reads."
She also wanted all contracts, contract extensions and other agreements relating to the provision of goods and services entered into by or on behalf of the WDE for the past five years. But her lawsuit states that, "to date the (WDE) has only provided some department contracts."
In the lawsuit, Hill says she has sent seven letters reminding Mead about the records, and she has offered to meet with the governor to resolve issues related to the request.
"The governor declined to meet with her for this purpose," the lawsuit states. "Since her requests and reminders have proved fruitless, she brings this suit to compel production."
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On Aug. 12, the governor's office sent the superintendent a "privilege log," or a list of withheld or redacted documents. Hill said Mead has failed to provide good cause as to why public access to the requested information is not immediately available.
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The Lindsley research group at Vanderbilt University is a unique environment for graduate and postgraduate training. The primary focus of research in our group is synthetic chemistry (total synthesis and synthetic methodology), drug discovery, and medicinal chemistry. The Lab features state-of-the-art technology, typically found only in major pharmaceutical companies, and a diverse group of scientists: staff synthetic and medicinal chemists, experienced Ph.D. Medicinal Chemists from Big Pharma, staff chromatography specialists and a diverse pool of graduate students pursuing Ph.D.s in Chemistry, Pharmacology and Chemical & Physical Biology.
A major focus of our group is synthetic organic chemistry. Graduate students in chemistry will have the opportunity to pursue the total synthesis of a complex, pharmacologically relevant natural product in order to develop classical synthetic skills. Another area of interest is methodology development in the fields of organocatalysis in order to facilitate library synthesis of key intermediates that can be elaborated towards pharmaceutical targets. Our lab has developed methods to generate enantio-enriched beta-fluoroamines, which can be used to improve pharmokinetic properties of drugable compounds, in addition to completing five total syntheses since October 2006 (carpanone, dispyrin, ciliatimides A-C, 8-epi-lucentamycin A, brevisamide) with many more nearing completion.
All members of our lab will collaborate with other members of the Pharmacology, Drug Metabolism, and Clinical Pharmacology departments to pursue small molecule hits from high throughput screens, perform lead optimization studies to develop structure-activity-relationships (SAR) and ultimately deliver small molecules with acceptable properties to validate novel targets/mechanisms in vivo animal models of target diseases. The molecular targets of interest are kinases, GPCRs, ion channels, nuclear hormone receptors and protein-protein interactions, with an emphasis on allosteric modulation as opposed to classical agonism/antagonism. Therapeutic areas of interest span cancer, neuroscience (schizophrenia, anxiety, pain, sleep, Parkinson's disease) and endocrinology (diabetes, obesity). Students will be exposed to every phase of classical drug discovery. As Director of Medicinal Chemistry in the Vanderbilt Program in Drug Discovery and Director of the Vanderbillt Specialized Chemistry Center (MLPCN), training in my laboratory will be broad and involve organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, pharmacology and drug metabolism. For many programs in the neuroscience area, students will have the opportunity to also develop radioligands for binding assay development and PET tracers for imaging studies.
Another focus in the Lindsley group is parallel synthesis and the development of new technologies for library synthesis. The lab has state-of-the-art microwave synthesis technology, a mass-directed HPLC purification platform, automated normal and reverse phase chromatography, analytical and preparative chiral HPLC and a large collection of monomers and polymer-supported reagents. There are a number of projects directed at synthesizing libraries of small molecule protein-protein inhibitors, target family-directed libraries and other drug-like small molecule libraries for use in high throughput screening efforts.


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Finally, Pd-0.39.3-extended has been released on all platforms!
Finally, it's done. The most polished release of Pd yet. We are further refining Pd into a truly powerful and usable programming platform.
Some highlights:
* new font and layout is the exact same size on all platforms to the pixel
* PDP/PiDiP work out-of-box on Mac OS X
* Gem has working shader support
* many new libraries: mapping, msd,
* [comport] is robust on all platforms
* -font-face and -font-weight command line options
If you want the details, here's the changelog:
* Mac OS X: pidip finds its default font again
* Debian/Ubuntu: some minor cleanups in the package
* included setuid security fix from Miller (hence bumped up version to 0.39.3
* Mac OS X: added default prefs separate from embedded prefs
* GNU/Linux: added embedded prefs
* Mac OS X: updated msd/2D/3D from http://grrrr.org/ext/beta/pd/osx/
* Windows: reg settings for loading libs now in installer
* Mac OS X and Windows: added xsample to load by default
* Mac OS X: switched Cmd-T to fontpanel
* Mac OS X: added Cmd-click to toggle editmode
* font and box size tweaks to make everything fit in the boxes
* Debian and Ubuntu: Created quick hack debian package
* added ggee to default libraries to load
* GNU/Linux: PiDiP finds the fonts by default now
* pdp and pidip support quicktime/mjpeg/png
* included list-abs now works properly with 0.39.2
* Gem font support on Mac OS X is now included!
* delread~/delwrite~ bug fixed
* sqrt~ bug fixed
* Bitstream Vera Sans Mono is now default font on Windows and GNU/Linux
* Monaco is the default font on Mac OS X
* fixed GUI size, should actually be the same size on all platforms now
* pdp and pidip should support quicktime/mjpeg/png and theora now
* pdp_ieee1394 included on Mac OS X
* the Mac OS X package looks much better, thanks to Stffn http://dibidut.dk
* default preferences are embedded into the Pd.app on Mac OS X
* revamped font flags and added '-font-weight' flag
* it's still missing Gem font support on Mac OS X :(
* the delread~/sqrt~ bug is still not fixed :(
* DejaVu Sans Mono is now default font
* same sizes and layout on all platforms
* Gem should be installed and working on all platforms
* the MSD (Mass-Spring-Damper) externals are included
* included Thomas Grill's Mac/Intel fixes for iemlib and cyclone
* Universal binaries for flext externals
* Lots of random little bugs fixed
* Much has changed, this test release should have benefitted a lot from the nightly autobuilds and a few workshops to stress test them
* all of creb should be included now on all platforms
* updated version of [hid] for Mac OS X
* Added iem_ambi and iem_bin_ambi libraries
* Cleaned up the doc folders
* Removed the annoying close confirm
* Added latest Gem test builds
* Writing to the serial port using [comport] now works on Windows
* included Mapping lib, RRADical, pixelTANGO
* included intro workshop sketches
* Basically minimal changes from Pd-0.38.4-extended, just enough to get it to build
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The Latin inscription on Main Guard
I was intrigued by Albert Ganado's findings on the grammatical error in the Main Guard inscription (Confirmat instead of the correct Confirmant).
He believes this mistake could have slipped in when the inscription was renewed in 1851- less a misreading by the scalpellino. He quotes some pre-1851 authors who transcribed the inscription with the proper grammar - Confirmant (June 16).
I am not so sure. Several authors who, independently of each other, copied and published the inscription before it was replaced in 1851 already have the word Confirmat.
I will only refer to Andrew Bigelow, Travels in Malta and Sicily, 1831, p. 265; A Letter from Glenluce by William Dover, printed for private distribution in 1836, and Thomas McGill, A Handbook or Guide for Strangers visiting Malta, 1839, p. 59.
I believe it is more likely that the authors mentioned by Dr Ganado, realising the grammatical howler in the original inscription, made that small correction to improve the text, rather than that a number of independent authors (like those quoted above) transcribed and published incorrectly a large inscription that was staring at them on the Main Guard.
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Archive: News / Sports / UofU / Crimson Corner (1 Stories)
There's a Star going to Carolina
04/25/2013 9:01pm"With the 14th pick in the 2013 NFL Draft, the Carolina Panthers select Star Lotulelei, defensive tackle, Utah." NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. With that, the professional career for the defensive tackle out of Utah begins.


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Students acquiring the following Tawjihi grades are eligible to benefit from scholarships offered at AUM.
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Included in this repository are only a few selected issues of two series published by North Dakota Extension: the North Dakota Experiment Station Bulletin published 1891-1992 and the North Dakota Experiment Station Circular published 1914-1946. Most issues of both series have been digitized added to the Hathi Trust database. Print and microform copies of all issues are availabale from the NDSU Libraries.
GO TO the HATHI TRUST SITE. Most issues of the NDSU Experiment Station circulars and bulletins have been digitized added to the Hathi Trust database, and are free for public use.
Please use these materials in accordance with conditions specified by the NDSU Agriculture and University Extension: Creative Commons Licensing Deed.


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See the FamilySearch website for a list of the rest of its recently added records. If you don't want to search all the records on the site using the search form on the home page, here's how to find the individual databases:
Using your browser's Find function (Control+F or Apple+F) to search for a word in the title of the database you need will help you sidestep some inconsistent titling that can make a few collections hard to find.
For example, Revolutionary War pension records are in the database "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications Files," listed with the Rs, but Revolutionary War service records are in the database titled "United States, Revolutionary War Compiled Service Records, 1775-1783"—listed with the Us.
Also, "United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918" isn't listed near the naturalization records from US District Courts, which are alphabetized by the name of the state the records are from, or with the WWII records in "United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942."
I noticed those WWI soldier naturalizations don't show up when you use the Migration & Naturalization or Military Records filter (but they are included in the Court Records). I sent a comment about it; if you find a categorization or other quirk, you can comment using the orange Feedback tab on the right side of the site's pages.
American settlement there began as early as 1787, especially from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and the Carolinas. The population was about 57,000 when Missouri became a state in 1821. Joining descendants of those early French and American settlers were immigrants from Ireland, Switzerland, Italy, Poland, England and Czechoslovakia. In the mid-1800s, many Germans and Irish arrived.
We'll help you trace your Missouri ancestors in our Missouri Genealogy Crash Course: Find Your Show-Me State Ancestors live webinar.
The hour-long webinar is Wed., Feb. 9, at 7 p.m. Eastern time (that's 6 p.m. Central/ 5 p.m. Mountain/ 4 p.m. Pacific).
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Among the great resources you'll learn about are the state archives' county-by-county listing of microfilmed records and Missouri Digital Heritage, where many important sources such as abstracted vital records and naturalizations are digitized. It's enough to make me wish for Missouri ancestors!
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Smart Matching finds matches between the people in users' family trees on MyHeritage. To date, those trees total more than 680 million people in 17 million trees.
The updates include a new presentation of Smart Matches, plus more efficient organizing and reviewing of matches. The new Consensus Page aggregates data from all Smart Matches, presenting a "big picture" for each match. It summarizes the names, birth and death dates and places, marriage info, etc., and indicates the number of times each piece of information has been used in other family trees.
SmartMatching works in "real time" as users enter new information into their trees, as well as offline. Users are notified of new matches by e-mail. The service is free for MyHeritage.com basic members, but those on MyHeritage.com subscription plans also get enhanced options for contacting other tree owners and confirming or rejecting matches. If both tree owners confirm the match, the trees are linked, rather than merged, so each owner retains control of his tree.
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Each journalist on the call got to ask two or three questions. When our turn came, we wanted to know whether Kudrow and Williams would have pursued genealogy to such an extent themselves, had they not been on "WDYTYA?"
Williams, who learns on the show that her African-American ancestors served in the Civil War and in the Tennessee legislature after Emancipation, is a bit of a history buff and had actually already set up a family tree on Ancestry.com (a partner in the series). She had the interest, she said, but not the necessary knowledge or access to the information.
Kudrow's dad was way into in genealogy, as you might remember from last season's "WDYTYA?," and had spent a lot of time at the FamilySearch Center in Los Angeles. He had a many names and dates, and Kudrow was able to flesh out that information and get in touch with living relatives through the show.
We also mentioned how hungry Family Tree Magazine readers are to see more of what goes into the research—how researchers uncover the records, what archives they visit, what the records look like—and asked whether this year we might see more of that detail in the episodes or even on the "WDYTYA?" website.
Kudrow acknowledged your desire to know more of the nuts and bolts of the research. Earlier in the call, she had noted how painful it is to have to cut video from each episode due to the 42-minute running time. "There just isn't time," she lamented.
So you probably won't see much more nuts-and-bolts research in the episodes, but we're hoping NBC will put more of that behind-the-scenes content on the website. Ancestry.com posted research recaps to its blog after each Season One episode, so we'll look for more of those, as well.
Thomas MacEntee of Genea-bloggers also was on the call—see the answers to his questions and other notes from the call here. Lisa Louise Cooke of Genealogy Gems was there, too—keep an eye on her blog for her take.
Kudrow talked about the value of personalizing history with stories like those featured on the show. You might think history was just something that happened to strangers a long time ago, but when you see how it affected your family, it has so much more impact.
"I hope it's a history lesson for people, and I hope it inspires them to ask questions," Williams said.
"WDYTYA?" premieres Friday, Feb. 4, at 8pm EST on NBC.
Being a family historian, I of course plan to record all the baby excitement for posterity. But I couldn't find any baby books I really liked—ones where I could include all the information I want, add pages and pictures, and save keepsakes. So I've been putting together my own, and I wanted to share it in case it inspires ideas for your own babies or grandbabies:
First, I flipped through baby books at the store and googled baby book pages to get ideas for what type of things I'd want to write down (baby shower info, the baby's "firsts," etc.). I ended up relying mostly on these printable pages, customizing them to my needs. I'll add a family tree chart, too.
I and went to the store for a cute binder (not vinyl, which isn't photo-safe), some acid-free cardstock and polypropylene envelopes. Here's the binder:
The polypropylene envelopes (red was all I could find) got hole-punched and hold cards and other mementos:
I set up the pages in Word with fonts and borders I like (leaving a wider margin on one side for hole-punching), and printed them on the cardstock to fill in by hand. (You could type everything, if you want.):
An envelope on this page keeps baby shower memorabilia:
I also can print photos to include. A couple of tips for expectant families: Scan ultrasound images because the originals tend to fade quickly. Also, a friend advised me to take some cardstock to the hospital because the staff might make extra footprints for me.
We've added on to our ShopFamilyTree.com genealogy store! You'll now find many more how-to, reference and other helpful genealogy books.
My favorite way to find stuff I need is to type the name of a place (such as a state or country) or research topic (such as military or photos) into the keyword search box in the top left corner of the store.
If you're a VIP member, remember to log in (click My Account at the very top of the page) for your 10 percent discount.
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Easily Root Your Samsung Exhibit 4G SGH-T759 [How-To]
So you want to root your Samsung Exhibit 4G SGH-T759? Well! I'll tell you that how you can root your Samsung Exhibit 4G SGH-T759 easily, just follow below guide but first charge the battery of device and make a backup of device such as SMS, internet setting, contacts music files etc because the below procedure will wipe all data, you can use file expert app to backup. Turn the USB Debugging on, to do so just tap Menu> Settings> Application> Development. Then, make sure that USB debugging is checked, and also enable unknown resources by going to "Settings > Applications." Please use a PC running Windows operating system, ADB drivers should be installed on PC, if you don't have ADB drivers, you can download from here, after these requirements follow the below guide.
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I and you have the same problem to solve,and I also research recently. and I heard that: <Lucene in a cluster >Lucene is a highly optimized inverted index search engine. It stored a number of inverted indexes in a custom file format that is highly optimized to ensure that the indexes can be loaded by searchers quickly and searched efficiently. These structures are create so that they are almost completely pre-computed. To store the index, Lucene uses an implementation of a 'Directory' interface, not to be confused with anything in java.io. . The standard implementation if FSDirectory that stored the search index on a file system. There a number of other implementations that can bused including ones to split the index on the filesystem into smaller chunks, and ones to distribute the index throughout a cluster using Map Reduce (see google). There is additionally a database implementation that stored the index as blocks in a database. Lucene derives its speed from this index structure, and to work really well it needs to be able to seek efficiently into the blocks o f the segments that make up the index. This is trivial where the underlying storage mechanism supports seek, but less trivial if the storage mechanism does not. The FSDirectory is based on files, and is efficient in this area. If the files are on a local file system, pure seeks can be used. If the index is on a shared file system , there will always be some latency and potentially increased IO traffic. The Database implementation is highly dependent on the the blob implementation in the target database and will nearly always be slower than the FSDirectory. Some databases support seekable blobs (Oracle), some emulate this behavior (MySQL with emulateLocators=true), others just don't support it and so are really slow. (and I mean really slow) All of this impacts how Lucene works in a cluster. Each node performing the search needs access to the index. To make search work in a clustered environment we must provide this. There are 3 ways of doing this. Use a shared file system be tween all nodes, and use FSDirectory. Use indexes on the nodes local file system and a synchronization strategy. Use a database using JDBCDirectory Use a distributed file system (eg Google File System, Nutch Distributed File System) Use a local cache with backup in the Database Shared filesystem There are a number of issues with a shared file system. Performance is lower than a local file system (obviously), unless a SAN is used, but a SAN shared file system must be a true SAN file system (eg Redhat Global File System, Apple XSan) as modifications to the file system blocks must be mirrored instantly in the block cache of all connected nodes, otherwise they will see a corrupted file system. Remember a SAN is just a networked block device, that without additional help cannot be shared by multiple compute nodes at the same time. Provided the performance of the shared file system is sufficient, Lucene works well like this with no modifications using the FSDirectory implementatio n. The implementation of the lock managed in the Sakai Search component eliminates problems with locks reported by the Lucene community. This mechanism is available now in Sakai Search. Synchronized Local indexes. Where the architecture of the cluster is a shared nothing architecture, the Lucene indexes can be written to local disk and synchronized at the end of each index cycle. This is an optimal deployment of Lucene in a cluster as it ensures that all the IO is from the local disk and is hence fast. To ensure that there is always a back up copy of the index, the synchronization would also target a backup location. The difficulty with this approach is that without support in the implementation of the search engine, it requires some deployment support. This may involve include making hard link mirrors to speed up the synchronization process. Lucene indexes are suitable for synchronizing with rsync which is a block based synchronization mechanism. The main drawback of this a pproach is that the full index is present on the local machine. In large search environments, this duplication will be wastefully, however in search engine terms, a single deployment of Sakai will probably never get into the large space ( large > 100M documents, 2TB index) This mechanism is available, but requires local configuration Database hosted search index. Where a simple cluster setup is required, a database hosted search index is straightforward option. There are however significant drawbacks with this approach, most notable being the drop in performance. The index is stored as blocks in blobs inside the database. These blobs are stored in a block structure to eliminate most of the unnecessary loading however each blob bypasses any local disk block cache on the local machine and has to be streamed over the network. If the database supports seekable blobs, within the database itself, it is possible to minimize unnecessary network traffic. Oracle has this support. Howe ver where the database only emulated this behavior (MySQL) the performance is poor as the complete blob needs to be streamed over the network. In addition to this the speed of access is slower since a SQL statement has to be executed for each data access. The net result is slower performance. This mechanims is available, but performance is probably unacceptable Distributed File System Real Search Engines use a distributed file system that provides a self healing file system where the data itself is distributed across multiple nodes in such a way that the file system can recover from the loss of one or more nodes. The original file system of this form is the Google File System and the Nutch Distributed File System is modeled on Google File System. Both implementations use a gather scatter algorithm detailed by Google in Map-Reduce (see Google labs). This approach results in every node containing a part of the file system. Where the index size has grown to such an extent to ma ke the storage of the complete index on every node in the cluster, this approach becomes more attractive. At the moment there are no plans to provide an implementation of a distributed file system within Sakai. Database Clustered Local Search In this approach, indexes are used from local disk, but backed up to the database as Lucene Segments. A cluster app node is installed, it synconizes the local copy of the search index with the database. When new content is added by one of the cluster app nodes, it updates the backup copy in the database. On reciept of the index reload events, all cluster app nodes resyncronize the with the database downloading changed and new search segments. This mechanism in in the process of being tested, I exhibits the same performance as a local basaed search for a 200MB index with 80,000 documents. Once this mechanism is completely tested it will become the default OOTB mechanism, as it works where there is a single cluster node or more than one c luster node. The added advantage of this mechanism is that the index is stored in the database. It will also be possible to implement this mechanism with a shared filestore acting as the backup location. > Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2008 19:21:06 +0530> From: email@example.com> To: email@example.com> Subject: Running Lucene in a Clustered Environment> > Hi all,> > I'm new to Lucene. I need to run Lucene in a clustered environment. So> creating the index in the local file system is not an option and it is> better if I can create the index in the database as all nodes can share it.> > Can anyone of you please suggest me a way to do this? I got to know about> org.apache.lucene.store.jdbc.JdbcDirectory from mailing list archives.> However, since it's not part of the Lucene release itself I'd be pleased if> someone can point me where to find an implementation of it.> > Additionally, instead of keeping the index inside the database, is there any> other way to work Lucene in a clustering environment?> > Thanks in advance> > Kalani> > > > -- > Kalani Ruwanpathirana> Department of Computer Science & Engineering> University of Moratuwa _________________________________________________________________ 新年换新颜,快来妆扮自己的MSN给心仪的TA一个惊喜! http://im.live.cn/emoticons/?ID=18
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Can Trucking Be More Attractive to Women?
OTTAWA, ON — There's always been stories of the difficulties women face in a male-dominated industry such as trucking, but there has not been a way to prove or disprove them—until now.
Trucking HR Canada is holding three surveys to get to the bottom of the possible barriers women face in the trucking industry. They're asking female and male managers, women in the industry and women seeking entry to the industry to participate in three short surveys, which can be found here: www.truckingHR.com. And they only take about five minutes.
Angela Splinter, CEO of Trucking HR Canada commented: "Rather than relying on anecdotal evidence, these surveys will give us the data needed to develop the practical tools which will help fleets recruit and retain more women."
Trucking HR Canada's Women with Drive project – previously known as Supporting Women in Freight Transportation (SWIFT)— is supported by a national advisory committee that includes a cross-section senior managers, directors, presidents and C-level executives.
Their goals?
- To develop a national employment strategy and practical tools to support connecting women with careers in transportation;
- Identify best recruitment and retention practices to better support women in transportation;
- Identify challenges, including existing barriers;
- Promoting the trucking industry as an industry of choice for women.
While women make up about 48 percent of Canada's labor force, in trucking they make up:
- Three percent of Canada's truck drivers, mechanics, technicians and cargo workers;
- 11 percent of managers;
- 13 percent of parts technicians;
- 18 percent of dispatchers;
- 25 percent of freight claims and safety and loss prevention specialists.


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Sous me: A chat with Missy Harkey of Blue's Egg
For the seventh straight year, October is Dining Month on OnMilwaukee.com, presented by the restaurants of Potawatomi. All month, we're stuffed with restaurant reviews, delectable features, chef profiles and unique articles on everything food, as well as the winners of our "Best of Dining 2013.
Missy Harkey was in her third year of studying psychology at UW-Madison when she realized she hated what she was doing.
"It wasn't me," she says. "So I decided to stop."
She dropped out and took stock of her life.
One of the first things Harkey thought about, when she considered things she really loved to do, was making Christmas cookies.
"My mom would always take me out of school the week before Christmas and we'd make cookies and candies," she says. "And I loved that. My mom and grandma are really good cooks. It's sounds so cliché, but I'm Italian so food was always a really big part of my life."
So, Harkey enrolled in the culinary arts program at the Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (CHIC). During her externship, she decided she'd like to work in Italy, so she moved there and worked at Mami Camilla's, a family-run bed and breakfast in Sorrento near the Amalfi Coast.
"Pretty much everyone knows everyone," she recalls. "And Biagio Longo, the owner of the bed and breakfast, connected me up with Il Bucco, where I worked for a month … I learned a ton. All the chefs I worked with there were concerned with passing along the craft, so they shared their passion and it really rubbed off."
Harkey says she came back to the states in 2008, full of inspiration but completely broke. The first job she landed was an assistant pastry chef position at Watts Tea Shop. There, she concentrated on the art of pastry, and eventually earned the role of pastry chef.
"I was there when they won the James Beard Award," she says. "Exciting times."
While she worked at Watts, she met Erick Fischer, now head sous chef at Blue's Egg. He's the one who opened the door for her to join the team at Blue's. She began as a pastry chef, but has since been promoted to sous chef, working under Erick Fischer.
Her days at Blue's start early, and she spends them making monkey bread, English muffins, and the full complement of pastry offerings at Blue's. But, she also has a hand in just about every other aspect of the food that comes out of the kitchen.
"I still do all the pastries, but now I have someone assisting me in doing the grunt work," she tells me. "I'm more involved with every aspect of the food."
I was interested in how she felt about her current role, so we sat down and talked about her position at Blues, her passion for cooking, and where she sees herself in the next 10 years.
OnMilwaukee.com: What do you wish you had known when you took your first sous chef position?
Missy Harkey: How to manage my time better. I thought I could get into that a lot easier. But it's crazy sometimes. I'm still doing the pastry, and now with my other responsibilities."
Despite the crazy, Harkey says she loves what she's doing.
OMC: What's the most challenging part of your job?
MH: Being a girl working with men … and being above them, it can be difficult. It's a boys' club, and I think it's probably rising above the attitudes and asserting authority to get things done.
OMC: What's the best part?
MH: Being able to have lots of creative freedom. Joe and Dan are really great about that. Here's a bunch of pork, think of something cool to do.
OMC: What have you learned most about yourself while working in the kitchen?
MH: Mmm, I don't know. A lot of the time I think I'm really spastic, but no one knows that. I seem to maintain a keep my cool most of the time.
OMC: Of the chefs you've worked for, from whom did you learn the most? Why?
MH: I would probably say Biagio. He was originally from Sicily and moved to Naples to study. He's probably the biggest man I've seen in my life -- around 6'5" and easily pushing the heavier side of 300 pounds.
He also had huge hands, which was a problem sometimes for us students studying there because he was very old school. All his recipes used handfuls instead of measuring cups. So an average sized handful was about a fourth of a Biagio handful.
His recipes were very traditional with a slight twist on some American ones, he loved cheeseburgers and that was one of the first dishes I had by him being there. But a cheeseburger wasn't just a cheeseburger with him... even the simplest things were amazing. He had a certain finesse, everything was delicious. The students staying there were lucky enough to study with him in the kitchen on occasion and then eat his meals at night.
He taught me that doing the small things correctly really counts. It's the details that contribute to the whole – and it's amazing when they're done the right way. For me, that's what Italian cuisine is about.
I loved food, but I don't think I really had a passion for it until I moved to Italy.
OMC: How would you describe your cooking style or philosophy about food?
MH: I like to take classics and put a spin on them. I feel like it's good to give people a point of reference, rather than giving them something completely new. I really like tinkering.
OMC: What's the one thing you wish people knew about sous chefs?
MH: I don't know… I guess the crazy hours we put in. A lot of people glamorize it – and it is awesome – but it's hard, and I work crazy hours. I lift 50 pound bags of flour…
OMC: Where do you envision yourself five, 10 years from now?
MH: Everyone says they want to own their own place, and I would love that. I can envision a café with lots of pastries and simple dishes.
OMC: If you could call the shots on the menu, what would you cook?
MH: I feel like we don't do a lot of Asian-influenced dishes. And that's not really my forte, but I'd love to introduce some dishes like that – maybe dishes from Korea.
OMC: What's your impression of the Milwaukee food scene?
MH: I think it's catching up. Probably the past five years, lots of restaurants are popping up that are really legit.
OMC: How do you spend your free time outside the restaurant?
MH: I do cook a lot. I do a lot of experimenting at home; you can take your time and really get things right. I also read. I like the Classics. I'm a Jane Austin and Jane Eyre girl. "Pride & Prejudice" with Colin Firth is untouchable. He's been my crush for over a decade.
I also work out a lot because I eat so much here; I have to balance it out.
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Nissany is a relative newcomer but very wealthy, a fact which no doubt boosted his attractiveness to Minardi.
The team have the smallest budget in F1 and need their drivers to bring major sponsorship with them.
Nissany, who has also had tests with Jordan, will not take part in Friday practice sessions at the Grands Prix.
"He has impressed us with his enthusiasm, his willingness to learn and his fitness," said Minardi team owner Paul Stoddart.
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The lineup for the upcoming Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival also includes Florence and the Machine, La Roux, Calvin Harris, Frank Ocean, Bon Iver, David Guetta and Kaskade.
Spring music festivals are coming. While Bamboozle has chosen such rock bands as Bon Jovi, Foo Fighters and Blink-182 as its headliners, Coachella taps Hip-Hop artists Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg along with alternative rock group Radiohead and indie rock act The Black Keys to front its lineup.
The annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival will expand its 3-day extravagant into 6-day gig this year. It will be held on two consecutive weekends; April 13-15 and April 20-22. Both the "I Need a Doctor" MC and the "Sweat" rapper are going to headline the third days of the two-weekend desert party, on April 15 and 22.
The two rappers are going to be supported on that days by a bunch of other musical guests. They include Florence and the Machine, Avicii, La Roux, The Weeknd, Calvin Harris, Santigold, Justice, At the Drive-In, Beirut, Girl Talk, The Hives and DJ Shadow.
As for the Black Keys and Radiohead, they will perform on the first and second days respectively. In rocking the stage and keeping the crowd going, they will be joined by the likes of Arctic Monkeys, Afrojack, Swedish House Mafia, Frank Ocean, Bon Iver, David Guetta, Kasabian, Kaskade, Miike Snow, AWOLNATION and Feist.
The decision to expand Coachella was made because in the past years, many people "were unable to attend this year's festival because passes sold out much sooner than anticipated." "We will attempt to produce two identical festival weekends," the promoters once explained. "That means same lineup, same art, same place, different people."


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Rite Aid on Monday announced it will transition its existing loyalty program to the new wellness+ with Plenti.
Procter & Gamble has announced that current P&G director Johnathan Rodgers has decided not to seek re-election at P&G's annual shareholder meeting in October 2013, choosing to retire from the board at that time.
As of Oct. 1, Mark Cosby officially stepped into the role of president of CVS/pharmacy. Cosby's new stint at 1 CVS Dr. is a far cry from his prior role as president of Macy's stores. But Cosby's reputation as an innovator is bound to tie in nicely with the
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In an interesting twist, and undoubtedly a clear reflection of the blurring lines within beauty, Macy's has implemented an open-sell concept of niche beauty brands inside select store locations.
By October 2010, Impulse Beauty had made its way into more than 50 Macy's stores across the country. An additional 50 Macy's stores are expected to debut the concept in 2011. Impulse Beauty complements the department store's traditional beauty counters, and enables customers to shop beauty brands on their own and seek help from beauty advisers if needed.
Macy's and Procter & Gamble have started a promotional campaign to pitch P&G's Ultra Downy April Fresh fabric softener. What's unusual is how they're doing it: by having a comedian sleep at Macy's store in New York's Herald Square.
NEW YORK — Macy's is complementing its traditional beauty counters with an open-sell space of niche beauty brands, dubbed Impulse Beauty.
By October, the open-sell concept had made its way into more than 50 Macy's stores across the country, including the Herald Square location in New York. An additional 50 Macy's stores will debut the concept in 2011.
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Q. Is there an opportunity to open a distinctive and promising stationary business in my school?
What will be the;
- target market
- State business mission, objective, and goals statement
- How would I serve it differently than current businesses do?
- How would I position my product?
- What sort of marketing mix would I use for my business?
A. Hi, You do not say whether you are a student or a staff member, so I will assume the latter in my response.
I think that selling stationery to your own school would be a difficult proposition both for yourself as well as your relationship with your school and fellow staff. I would be surprised if any principal would enter into an agreement with a staff member to source the school's stationery requirements, mainly due to conflict of interest considerations.
In developing your business idea, I suggest you consider what is being done badly with the way your school's stationery supplies are currently being handled. What are the problems? Where are the opportunities to offer new services and products? These problems are likely to be common to many other schools.
When you have done this analysis you will then be in a position to launch a business to supply stationery supplies to schools in general. Furthermore, your knowledge of how schools are organised will enable you to promote your products into schools Australia-wide.
I hope that is helpful and wish you good luck with developing your business.
Please note that this information may be regarded as general advice. Accordingly, you should consider the appropriateness of any advice with regards to your own objectives and financial situation before acting on it.
Guy Ward is a business and engineering consultant and a business mentor with Small Business Mentoring Services. SBMS is a not-for-profit association offering SMEs guidance and advice. www.sbms.org.au
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Longtime Southern University track and field and cross country coach Johnny Thomas has been chosen for induction into the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Hall of Fame.
Thomas, a standout sprinter at Southern in the early 1960s, coached the men's and women's programs at his alma mater for two decades until his death from cancer in June 2008.
He will be honored posthumously at a Dec. 15 induction ceremony held in conjunction with the USTFCCCA Convention in Phoenix, Arizona.
Joining Thomas in this year's induction class are Chris Daymont (St. Olaf), Tom Donnelly (Haverford), Joey Haines (Southeast Missouri State, Austin Peay, Lipscomb), Lance Harter (Cal Poly, Arkansas) and Ed Nuttycombe (Wisconsin).
According to a USTFCCCA news release, the organization recognizes coaches with enshrinement in its hall for their significant impact on the student-athletes they coach and for their contributions to the sports of track and field and cross country as a whole.
Started in 1995, the USTFCCCA Hall of Fame exists to honor individuals who exemplify the qualities of dedication to the sport as well along with leadership and passion for their profession that serve as an inspiration to coaches.
Thomas was the driving force for the sport at Southern, developing and training athletes who helped the school claim 45 Southwestern Athletic Conference titles in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field under his direction.
He took over the program in 1987 after serving three seasons as a volunteer coach and soon after started an unprecedented string of success at the conference level despite working with a limited budget.
In 1991, the Southern men won their first SWAC outdoor championship in 20 years. That started a 13-year run from 1991 to 2003 during which the Jaguars dominated the league with 11 outdoor and eight indoor titles.
The women's team had similar success during that period, breaking through to claim its first SWAC title in 1994. That began a run in which the Lady Jaguars won a total of eight outdoor and nine league crowns through the 2004 season.
One of Thomas' brightest stars was Brian Johnson, a Louisiana native who last week ended a five-year run as the Jaguars' head coach when he took a job as an assistant coach at Georgia.
Johnson claimed the long jump title at the 2003 NCAA Division I indoor championships and five years later represented the USA in the long jump at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Thomas also coached two strong 4x400-meter relay teams that earned NCAA honors.
His mile relay unit finished fourth at the 1996 NCAA outdoor championships, and one year later, the Jaguars took third at nationals with a school-record time of 3 minutes, 02.61 seconds.
Thomas, who earned two degrees from Southern, also served for years as director of the Pelican Relays and was active in youth track and field in the community.
Prior to becoming Southern's full-time head coach, Thomas coached the Southern Lab girls team to three consecutive state titles.
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If you really want something, you owe it to yourself to achieve it.
I love travelling and meeting people from all over the world. Somehow when you meet people when you are all travelling there is less tension; it's like you know you'd most likely never see the person again. But memories and places kept in mind will never be forgotten.
Cycling, reading, music, movies, rowing, shopping, watching football,etc.
Al-Fresco Bistros, shopping malls, rainforests, treks, Museums, One Fullterton (Singapore), Hillary's Boat Harbour (Perth), etc.
Impulse hasn't logged any travels yet.
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» Ask Impulse a question about Thailand.
Lived in Perth for almost 4 years. Have almost travelled the whole of Western Australia. So if you need any help with places like Margaret River or Kalbarri do feel free to ask.
» Ask Impulse a question about Australia.
State of Johor, Selangor and some east-coast states. Provide insight into different places for different experiences. As no two places are ever the same, this goes for two experiences. I am here to share my experieces in these countries.
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Masca Tenerife, Canary Islands
Masca Description Masca Walk to the Coast
Masca Description
Masca is a very picturesgue village that is a photographers dream come true, so don't forget your camera. Located on a steep hillside on one of those secondary roads that seem to consist only of haipin bends. The bends are so tight that big coaches can not use them and small coaches have to do a bit of reversing to get round some of the bends. Most of the village is situated below the road down steep zig zag local roads and paths. Remember as you go down you have to walk back up, which takes longer. Because Masca is reguarded as Tenerife's prettiest village set in it's gorge it is well worth visiting. Masca is rated as the second tourist spot in Tenerife. Teide being the first.
Masca and the ravine that descends to the coast 15km away.
Masca is approximatly 30 km inland on the nearest road that runs roughly parallel to the coast. Head towards the Teno peninsular from Santiago del Teide. This road has several excellent viewpoints and was only built in 1991. Before then it was a lomg walk.
A viewing point in Masca and shadyancient tree
Masca from the other side of the valley
Although small, Masca caters for the tourist, with souvener shop, cafe and bar
View from Masca, Tenerife
This restaurant in Masca probably has the best view in Tenerife
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Line 355 : Buenavista - Masca - Valle Santiago 4 buses in each direction per day
Line 365 : Buenavista - Masca 2 buses in each direction per day
Mount Teide, Garachico and Masca Village Coach excursion
Various coach tours go to Masca. The one I went on was a full day trip that included Mount Teide, Garachio, Icod de los Vinos, Masca and Los Gigantes
Masca Walk to the Coast
For the very fit, they say that the 6 hour return hike down the ravine to the coast is a spectacular walk. The gorge narrows down to 20 metres wide in places and rich in weid rock formations.
For the less energenic you can do a one way (downhill) trip to the beach, then return to Los Giganis by boat. This is organised by a few excursion companies, where a coach is provide from your hotel to Masca, hike down the ravine to the sandy beach, and get a boat to Los Gigantis where your coach will pick you up to take you back to your hotel. Keep your fingers crossed for a calm sea so the boat can pick you up.
Note that the temperature in the Gorge can be very high especially in mid summer. An early start, say 9am when the morning temperature is lower.
Take plenty of water, strong shoes or hiking boots are required, definatly not flip flops.
The descend usually takes 3 - 4 hours for average fitness.
The boat ferry ride to Los Gigantes takes 10 around minutes with spectacular views of the Los Giganes Cliffs and chance of seeing dolphins.


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Find some good books and video tutorials online – Lynda.com, CodeSchool etc. and use them to build your ideas.
I would redesign a Contact section. How about adding a background with yoga activities?
I really like the combination of fonts you used. I think the serif on headlines really suits the topic – education.
I would add more pages though and a hover state to buttons Overall, a very good design.
I quite like it. Nice work!
What I noticed though – the posts have illegible typography and "Load More" text is not centered in a button. Check little things like that, this will make all the difference.
I like the image animations also, but they seem to be overused on TF. Maybe try something different like a fly-out?
Too much red, tires the eye quickly. Red + black not the best combination either.
Nice template!
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Looks great! But, if that got rejected what others can expect? The quality bar has risen even higher
I was wondering about that too… How come other themes pass and this one didn't? It's quite unique in my eyes.
Looks great! But, if that got rejected what others can expect? The quality bar has risen even higher
My suggestion:
I think the space between header and subheader in "The team" and "This is what we do" sections is a bit much, try making it smaller.
Navigation – smaller font size + all caps.
Portfolio – "Click to open" text didn't resonate with me, it's like an excessory cognitive overload. Makes you think – Should I click on it? Why is there a note?
Overall, really nice style! Good luck with it!
I would have the body copy font changed to something else with lower x-height.
Animations on menu is a bit rough.
I don't like animation for the images – too much.
Work on your typography at About section and visual hierarchy at Elements section.
Overall – nice template, I like the Montserrat font choice and details!
You can write HTML5 and CSS3 without errors and you should. If code validates it will not break in IE and you will certainly avoid many cross-browser issues.


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LaSalle 8-year-old competing in Miss Colorado Pageant
March 2, 2013
MaKayla Olin, 8 of LaSalle, was chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Colorado Pageant, which will be June 29 at the Denver Marriott Tech Center. The National Miss pageants are for girls 4-18 and have five age divisions. Olin will be participating in the junior pre-teen division.
The winner will receive a $1,000 cash award, crown, banner, roses and air transportation to compete in the National Pageant in California.
Olin likes dancing for fun and competitively. She on Viking Council at her school and she also enjoys swimming and going on family vacations.
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Mastercard holders visiting Myanmar can use their debit and credit cards to withdraw cash from Co-operative Bank automatic teller machines in the country following the launch of services on Thursday, November 15.
The first withdrawal was made from an ATM at CB bank's headquarters at the corner of 23rd Street and Strand Road in Yangon.
Myanmar's first ATM allowed since the banking crisis in 2003 was installed at the same location in November 2011.
Initially services will be limited to debit cards. The bank will later offer credit cards based on customer feedback, if the Central Bank permits, he said.
In September MasterCard Worldwide became the first international payments networks to issue a licence to a Myanmar bank, paving the way for branded cards to be issued and accepted in Myanmar.
Mr Antonio Sebastian Corró, MasterCard country manager and chief representative for Indochina, said tourists and business travellers with a MasterCard-, Maestro- or Cirrus-branded card could use them to withdraw kyat from 36 Co-operative Bank ATMs nationally, including two at Yangon International Airport.
"Today is an historic event for Myanmar and CB bank," he said.
"Today is a first for CB bank … [whose] ATMs can accept MasterCard-, Maestro- and Cirrus-branded cards. This is very important for Myanmar … [and] will boost the tourism sector because they [tourists] don't have to bring their cash.
"They can go to any of CB bank's 36 ATMs and be able to withdraw local currency," Mr Corro told The Myanmar Times at a press conference at CB bank's headquarters.
"According to my understanding, the CB bank management will install more ATMs before the end of this year. Obviously they will be placed in the location where most tourists go, such as Mandalay and Bagan. As of today, all the CB bank's ATMS are accepting MasterCard withdrawals," he added.
Mr Corró said CB bank is one of the most established commercial banks in Myanmar, with the largest ATM network, which is why MasterCard had chosen to work with the company.
"We also working with other banks but CB bank is the first to be licensed by any international brand. … I'm quite confident with them and I definitely believed in our partnership with them… and they have been working very hard in the past few months to make sure this happened," he said.


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A Florida mother has been jailed for 20 years for keeping her teenage adopted son in a cage.
The 17-year-old weighed 22kg (3st 7lb) when child welfare workers found him in 2005.
Sullivan was accused of child neglect but that charge had been dropped despite her son weighing just 49 pounds.
Sullivan and her husband had also adopted twins and the 13-year-olds had testified they were kept in similar cages. Sullivan's husband died while awaiting trial.