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Estimating log space usage when LOGINDEXBUILD is turned on
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In HADR environments, it is recommended to have the LOGINDEXBUILD configuration parameter turned on. However, this setting increases the log space usage during index building such as with online index reorg. This technote explains some of the extra logging requirements related to building indexes with LOGINDEXBUILD turned on so that you can better plan your transaction log space in an HADR environment.
LOGINDEXBUILD is a database configuration parameter which is turned off by default. It can also be set at a table-by-table basis to override the database configuration setting via the ALTER TABLE command with the LOG INDEX BUILD OFF option.
With the parameter turned off, when an index is built the logging done is minimal. That means that if forward recovery must replay through log files that contains the records for an index build, it will not actually perform the index build at that time. Instead, the index will be flagged as invalid and it will be rebuilt at a later time depending on the setting for the parameter INDEXREC.
In HADR environments, it is recommended to turn LOGINDEXBUILD on because HADR replication is based on the logging. If a failover happens with LOGINDEXBUILD turned off, it can add an undesirable delay for the index to be built before the standby becomes available.
When LOGINDEXBUILD is turned on, there is more logging that happens during an index build than with it off. This raises the question about how much logging is done during the index build of an online reorg with LOGINDEXBUILD turned on.
Accurately estimating the log space requirements for an index build during an online reorg is very difficult for the following reasons:
1) Log space is defined at the database level. As such, it is shared by all applications, not just the application doing the online index reorg. Therefore, we cannot make any log estimations in a general sense because we do not know about the log space being used by the other applications that are running concurrently with the online index reorg.
2) Since there can be concurrent updates to the same table that the online index reorg is running, it can impact the behaviour of the online index reorg itself and can result in more logging than if the reorg was done without updates happening against the table.
This document presents the background information about estimating log space usage during online index reorg with LOGINDEXBUILD turned on, and provides a formula that can be used as an initial guideline for defining log space, however actual workload testing should be done to narrow down the setting that will work best.
Log space estimation:
When an index is being built with full index logging turned on, there are several types of log records that will get written to the logs. A single log record type, called 'IndexCreatePage' log record for the purpose of this document, is the main log record that consumes the majority of the log space during an index build.
There are other log records that get written as well, however these are small in comparison to the IndexCreatePage record such that for this estimation, we'll assume that those other log records are neglible in size.
For each index page in the index, the index build will write the IndexCreatePage log record. We can present a rough formula that the amount of log space needed for the index build will be:
LogSpaceNeeded = NumIndexPages * IndexPageSize
where NumIndexPages is the total number of index pages of all indexes on the table. This value can be obtained by doing a db2 inspect on the table, or using db2pd with the -tcbstats option.
This formula could be construed as an overestimate of the log space needed. The reason for this being an overestimate is that we do not log the entire contents of the index page to the log file. The following items in the index page do not get logged in the IndexCreatePage log record:
- Page overhead (bufferpool page header)
- Free space in the index page
If a more accurate formula is needed, we need to subtract the items in the index page that do not get logged in the log record. The formula would now become:
LogSpaceNeeded = NumIndexPages * BytesLoggedPerIndexPage
= NumIndexPages * (IndexPageSize - Overhead)
Where Overhead is the free space and other overhead in the index page.
The calculation to determine the index page overhead and free space cannot be presented via a simple formula because these overheads depend on the PCTFREE setting, the type of index page (root, leaf, intermediate), and other overheads that are not easily calculated.
Another important note is that if the tablespace is a DMS tablespace, then there are some log records dealing with the space management that might contribute to the log space usage on top of the index log space usage mentioned above. For DMS tablespaces, you might want to add on the following amount of log space to your calaculation:
(140 * NumExtents) + 4156
NumExtents = IndexSize / ExtentSize + 1 if IndexSize % ExtentSize > 0,
NumExtents = IndexSize / ExtentSize, if IndexSize % ExtentSize == 0
The formula in bold is likely an overestimate of the log space required because it does not subtract the unused space in the index page. However, the purpose of doing reorg online is that there is likely other workload going on in the database at the same time and this will increase the logging requirements. Therefore, the potential overestimation of the log space with the formula may be balanced out by other logging happening from other applications that run concurrently.
Above we have hinted that a more complex and accurate formula might be created that takes into account index page free space and other overheads, but it is not practical to do so and the feasability of using such a formula in the "real world" is questionable.
You can use the formula in bold above as a starting point when defining your log space in this configuration. The best bet would be to use the formula to start with, add in the amount of log space that you think your other applications will be requiring, and then do some workload testing with database and application snapshot monitoring in place to view the log space usage. Then adjust your settings, and tune it further until you have the setting that works best for your workload requirements.
Related information
HA Guide Information about LOGINDEXBUILD
Document information
More support for:
DB2 for Linux, UNIX and Windows
High Availability - HADR
Software version: 8, 9.1
Operating system(s): AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows
Software edition: Enterprise Server
Reference #: 1254719
Modified date: 02 February 2007
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Q: I am setting up my first web home page and when testing at a friend's place, I discovered that when I move my cursor over the menu items, it shows what the URL is. This is a great help for finding problems but I have searched for a long time on my computer and cannot find the feature, yet we are both running the same version of IE 6. S. Michael
A: I agree that this is a desirable feature to have. This is normally on by default but it is not difficult to restore. You have not found the solution probably because you have delved too deeply while the fix is almost trivial. From Internet Explorer, click on View and then just click on Status Bar.
Q: I have a laptop running Windows XP Home edition, but over the past 10 years I have been using a software system for our costing and accounts on a standard PC operating on the old DOS system. As we are closing our business in a few months, I would like to know how to keep these records on my laptop for possible future queries. I have been told that, while I have a CD burner, XP does not support any data used with DOS. G. Marshall
A: I do not believe you should have any problems with your old DOS programs. I would expect that all of your old programs should run under XP. I have not found one DOS program that did not work. The old Q&A DOS database runs successfully under XP.
The only programs that will not work are programs that access the hardware directly without using the Windows system calls. These are mainly old DOS games. To run your programs, just copy that folder to a CD and, after restoring the files, remember to remove the Read-Only attributes.
If you have a DVD burner that supports the DVD-RAM format, then you can even save directly to the DVD from the old DOS program.
Q: The toolbar, normally at the bottom of my desktop where Start and all the icons of programs and clock are, has moved to the right of my screen. Clicking and dragging, and without me knowing quite how, the bar has moved to the top of the screen. How do I get it back to the bottom? P. Skenridge
A: This is a question that I receive often, and I am not sure what causes it - user problem or some other bug. The fix is not that hard but may need a bit of perseverance. You just have to drag it back where it belongs. However, this is not always easy, as it is stubborn. Try clicking on the Start button or close to it and, holding the left mouse button, drag it down. If it refuses to move, drag it to one side first and then repeat the process to get it to the bottom.With enough persuasion, it will go. Just keep trying till you succeed.


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The young striker ended the season in fine form, scoring his first Premier League goal for us on his first Premier League start, the first of a run of three goals in three matches as he started our final six matches.
He also scored a hat-trick for the Under-21s in qualifying against San Marino in November.
Now he'll join the Young Lions for a home nations clash at Swansea's Liberty Stadium on Monday, May 19.
England are already six points clear in Group One after six wins and a draw in seven matches as they bid for a place in the 2014 finals in the Czech Republic.
From there, Harry will travel with the squad to the Toulon Tournament - a tournament for players born in 1993 - where England take on Qatar (May 22), Brazil (May 26), South Korea (May 28) and Columbia (May 30).
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Harry Kane marked his first game as England captain with a dramatic late equaliser against Scotland on Saturday.
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Harry Kane is back in the squad to face Watford in the Premier League on Saturday.
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Harry Kane's hat-trick in our fine 4-0 win against Stoke on Sunday chalked off a number of milestones...
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Harry Styles Gets Free Italian Feast After Taylor Swift Split: 'He Wasn't Down on His Luck,' Says Restaurant Owner (EXCLUSIVE DETAILS)
In fact, the boy bander feasted on Italian fare at Don Peppe sans the cute country crooner last Sunday in Queens, NY where he looked very much in an atypical post-split good spirits following the reported end of their 37-day whirlwind romance.
"He wasn't down on his luck," owner John De Luca told Celebuzz. "With all the girls he can get, forget about it, Taylor Swift."
The 1D star paid a surprise visit to the famous eatery the evening of Jan. 6 after seeing the restaurant on a popular HBO show.
"I sat with him for about 15 minutes," said De Luca, adding that the 18-year-old heartthrob dined with a male friend for two hours before his flight. "He was on his way back to L.A. and had a layover in New York so he came into the restaurant.
"He said he had seen the restaurant on Entourage so wanted to look us up while he was in town."
"He had soda, veal parmesan, shrimp luciano over linguini, baked clams, orange sherbet and coffee," he said.
And Deluca added that he didn't charge the millionaire musician for the $100 meal.
"He was really enjoying himself," added De Luca. "Some young kids recognized him, but everyone really left him alone. He loved it and he said he'd be back."
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- If you just made your account, you have to wait a couple days before it'll let you upload them. Otherwise, just head on over to Special:Upload and follow the instructions there. - P.M., WotM, & GUN, Sir Led Balloon (Tick Tock) (Contribs) 03:41, Dec 16
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A LEADING high-performance expert says it would be foolish for professional sporting clubs to dabble in illegal peptides, claiming there is no clinical evidence they enhance performance in AFL or rugby league.
The strength-and-conditioning coach, speaking on condition of anonymity, said peptide use could be more beneficial for NRL clubs than their AFL counterparts given their ability to build mass.
Currently working in the AFL, he explained why sporting teams would be playing with fire by using illegal peptides such as GHRP6.
"I do lectures on drugs in sport and I make it my business to know about these things.
"I have never heard this (peptide use) mentioned in the sport so if Essendon are doing it, it is certainly not commonplace," the high-performance guru said.
"In sport, there are some areas you can push boundaries in and this is one, with peptides, where you don't push the boundaries.
"We would be naive if we thought it wasn't happening, but I don't know of anyone (in AFL or rugby league) who is using it. There is no evidence to prove (using peptides) actually works.
"Peptides such as GHRP6 are designed to produce growth hormone which helps with muscle mass, so if anything it would be more useful with rugby league athletes than those in the AFL.
"There are hundreds of peptides. Some are legal and some are not, and that is what ASADA will have to work out from this investigation.
"Most blokes in our field would not go near this stuff. There is no real research on the effects on the body and how effective it is.
"If Essendon are doing it, it is certainly not commonplace."
The conditioning expert said muscle-building peptides were easily obtainable over the internet, but he was not convinced any use was endemic in Australian sport.
"You can't buy them over the counter," he said. "They are approved for research-purposes only and the only place you can really get them is over the internet."
He said there were legitimate uses for peptides, such as fighting muscle-wasting diseases. "They are used on cancer patients, aged patients and people with muscular distrophy," he said.
"If you inject GHRP, it stimulates the release of another hormone called ghrelin, and that stimulates the pituitary glands, which re-leases growth hormone and builds muscle.
"If you had an injection and went out and played it would make no difference, but if you took it through an off-season it would add muscle and make you a better athlete. The only reason it would be of use in AFL is if you had someone small who needed more size.
"We are talking about complex sports science and it's possible clubs are using some peptides that aren't banned."
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By Barbara Finley
UCCE Master Gardener of El Dorado County
By now most of you know California is in a drought. We are all being asked to cut back on water usage. What does that mean for the gardener? Changes both in watering and in what we plant.
A type of gardening known in some circles as xeriscape (xeros comes from the Greek meaning "dry") originated in Colorado. Its principles, developed by the Denver Water Department but fully applicable to our area, are: irrigate efficiently, use drought-tolerant plants, improve the soil condition which helps improve water absorption, use ground-covering mulches to reduce evaporation, plant and maintain suitable landscaping and eliminate weeds, which can be real water guzzlers.
Our area relies upon Sierra snowpack runoff to fulfill our water needs. By all accounts, we cannot expect that runoff this year. Given those circumstances, what is a conscientious gardener supposed to do? For starters, reduce watering to once a week. Huge amounts of water are lost due to simple leakage, so check your irrigation systems: inspect drip lines, sprinklers should be checked to ensure the spray is directed at the lawn or plants and eliminate run-off. Water saved today ensures water is there to use later.
If you are in the position to make more significant landscape changes, reducing the amount of lawn is recommended as step No. 1. Then consider xeriscaping by planting a drought-tolerant landscape, especially using native plants.
Drought-tolerant plants have a number of special attributes which serve them well during times of drier conditions. Some have very long tap roots which enables them to reach moisture down deep. Plants that have sinuous roots, such as salvias and rosemary, can cope with more rocky terrain by penetrating deep into cracks and crevices. Then there are the plants with plump fleshy roots that store water, such as daylilies and agapanthus.
A plant's foliage can also indicate how well it will manage during dry times. Those that are large, soft and smooth, such as hostas, need lots of moisture and do better in the shade. Plants that have thin needles, like those of pine juniper, or are hard and leathery, like the madrone, will better withstand sun, wind and drought conditions.
Another self-protection strategy plants use is dormancy. Bulbs, for example, will become dormant for months, and when they get some moisture they quickly flower and seed. Their leaves manufacture the nutrients stored until needed. Annuals must germinate from seed, grow, flower and set seed all during a time period when enough water is available.
There are a number of places to discover more about native and drought tolerant plants. The El Dorado Irrigation District has a number of publications at its headquarters, 2890 Mosquito Road in Placerville, where there is also a drought-tolerant demonstration garden. Check out the website rwa.watersavingplants.com. Local nurseries can also often be of great assistance.
So, while we may be facing water cutbacks, gardening can continue. This may be the right time to make that landscape change you've been thinking about and still be water wise.
Master Gardeners are available to answer home gardening questions Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m. to noon, by calling (530) 621-5512. Walk-ins are welcome at our office, 311 Fair Lane in Placerville. For more information about our public education classes and activities go to our Master Gardener website at ucanr.edu/sites/EDC_Master_Gardeners/. Sign up to receive our online notices and e-newsletter at ucanr.edu/mgenews/. You can also find us on Facebook.


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Annatto is a shrub or small tree, native to South and Central America and the Caribbean. It was introduced in the Philippines by the Spanish and now grows in various parts of Indo-China. The tree can grow up to 10m and bears hundreds of the heart-shaped prickly pods, which contain many tiny red seeds.
Traditional Uses:
Annatto is not used much in traditional Jamaican bush medicine, but it is used in other herbal healing systems for a wide variety of health conditions. In South America the leaves and roots of the annatto tree are decocted to treat asthma, colic, vomiting, nausea and to lower blood pressure.
Annatto leaves are also used to lower fevers, treat digestive and prostate disorders, cystitis and other inflammatory conditions. Annatto is also used to treat liver disorders and dysentery, to reduce cholesterol and increase urination. In South America a paste made from the seeds is taken internally to treat cassava poisoning and snake bites.
In the Philippines and other parts of Indo-China a paste of the seeds is used to treat burns, reduce scarring and blisters and various skin diseases.
Modern Research & Uses
Recent research has reported that an extract from the leaves of the annatto plant had anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and anti-microbial activity. In lab trials it was effective against gonorrhoea, E-Coli and staphylococcus bacteria. In one trial an annatto extract proved to be more effective than gentamycin sulfate against various microbes.
Annatto's effectiveness in treating diabetes is still controversial. Research carried out at the University of the West Indies suggested that a crude extract of annatto leaves was effective in reducing blood sugar levels. However other studies have reported that annatto can in fact raise blood sugar levels. There is some evidence that the diuretic properties in annatto leaves might be useful in early stages of hypertension, confirming one of its traditional uses.
Plant Chemicals:
Analysis of annatto seeds showed 4% oils (fixed & volatile), cellulose, sucrose, protein and the carotenoids: bixin and norbixin. Other plant chemicals include: crocetin; phenylalanine; ellagic acid, ishwarane, thereonine, salicylic acid and tryptophan.
Caution! Although annatto can be effective in reducing blood pressure, mainly due to its strong diuretic action, people with hypertension should not use it unless under the supervision of a qualified health professional. Until there are definitive results on the plant's effects on blood sugar levels, it is best not to use annatto if you have diabetes.
Other Uses:
A paste made from the ground annatto seeds has been used traditionally in South America and in the Caribbean as body paint, food colouring and insect repellent.
The oil is being increasingly used in the cosmetic industry as it is emollient and anti-oxidant. It also adds a rich colour to cosmetic products ranging from soaps to creams and shampoos.
This paste is now used commercially for colouring in a wide range of industries. Annatto paste is used mainly in the food industry where it is used in a variety of foodstuffs needing yellow or orange colouring such as margarine, cheese, oils, popcorn and smoked fish. In Europe it is seen on food labels as E160b.
Annatto is used in the production of paints, lacquers and varnishes and as a natural dye for wool and other fabrics. Surprisingly, the colour paste is also used in the leisure fishing sector to colour maggots as they are said to be then more appealing to fishes.


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Six stellar alumni recognised
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The University of Auckland
25 February 2013
Six stellar alumni recognised
Six internationally celebrated graduates of The University of Auckland, in fields ranging from science and innovation to the visual arts, will be honoured at a gala dinner to be held on Friday 1 March.
More than 400 invited guests will attend the dinner in a large marquee on Old Government House lawn.
The five winners of the Distinguished Alumni Awards, and the Young Alumnus of the Year award, have all made outstanding contributions to their professions, their communities, and the nation.
Dr Jillian Evans, BSc 1973, MSc (Hons) 1975, PhD British Columbia 1978, FRSNZ, is a scientist and innovator who has led major drug development programmes in Canada and the United States. She is a founder of PharmAria Therapeutics, in San Diego, where she and her colleagues are developing small molecule drugs to treat cancer and fibrotic diseases.
Norman Godden, BA 1971, MA 1979, has been a leader in New Zealand business for many years, including at Sheffield Ltd, where he was managing director and founding partner. He is a trustee of the Energy Education Trust of New Zealand, which supports the Energy Centre and a Chair in Energy Economics at The University of Auckland Business School.
Kim Goldwater, BE 1961, is a pioneering Waiheke Island winemaker, who has won medals and accolades around the world. In 2011 he and his wife Jeanette made a unique $4 million gift to The University of Auckland as part of a development that has seen their winemaking operation become a new centre for the University's wine science programme.
Honourable Jim McLay, LLB 1968, CNZM, QSO, has a long and distinguished background in political service and leadership and is New Zealand's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York. He held, at various times, the positions of Deputy Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, Attorney General and Minister of Justice.
Andrew Patterson, BArch 1984, is one of New Zealand's most recognised architects, both locally and internationally. He has been awarded New Zealand's highest award in architecture on five separate occasions and his firm, Patterson Associates Ltd, is responsible for some of the most exciting buildings produced in New Zealand in the last two decades.
Simon Denny, BFA 2005, Meisterschule, Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste (Städelschule) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany 2009 (Young Alumnus of the Year), has already established an international career, an outstanding achievement for a 29-year-old artist from New Zealand. He was named as a winner of the Baloise Art Prize at the 43rd Art Basel recently and is one of four nominees for the German national Preis der Nationalgalarie für junge Kunst 2013, which will be judged in September 2013.
As well as addressing the gala dinner, the award winners will speak at Auckland Live! 20/20 Vision on Thursday 28 February. This ticketed event will be held from 6-8pm, AMRF Auditorium, Park Road, Grafton Campus, The University of Auckland. At the event speakers will discuss their aspirations and inspiration, their vision of the future in both their career and industry, and advice for people interested in their field. For more information visit: www.auckland.ac.nz/live


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Hi guys,
I have a question regarding the homestudy. I've been working through the dvd's from disc 1 in the order they come.
After the first 8 dvd's, in the same folder is the Gold Coast '06 dvd's.
Should I keep viewing these before the Advanced Fiji Homestudy dvds?
The reason I ask this is when viewing the 2nd Gold Coast dvd on Leigh Barker on Tax minimisation and Asset Protection. He says at the beginning that you need to see dvd 6 on the Advanced Fiji homestudy before this one as he's moving forward from here.
Just curious about which way to go.
Every response is appreciated.


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Peter has the passion, but who holds the power?
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Does Peter Garrett know how much a loaf of bread costs?
If he ever faces a preselection for Kingsford Smith he had better find out. And while he's dropping into the corner shop at Maroubra from his Southern Highlands or North Coast houses, he should also find out the price of milk.
According to Labor Party branch president Pat Bastic, Garrett should forget the Kyoto protocol ratification process and the science of the regional forest agreements and think groceries.
The resignation of Laurie Brereton has created a race for a safe Labor seat which, in the best and worst traditions of the party, promises to be a classic.
It has bitter rivalries and blood feuds, thwarted ambitions and machine politics.
On the one side, there is Mark Latham, a new party leader who has never had much time for the machine men of Sussex Street - they backed Kim Beazley against him in the leadership contest. Latham wants to bring in sorely needed fresh blood, a star candidate who could help his chances of becoming prime minister.
Then there is Sussex Street, which likes to hand out safe seats as one would lollies to an obsequious child.
There is also the posse of locals who have been eyeing off the seat for years, working the branches and attending meetings in draughty school halls, waiting for either Brereton or the state member, Bob Carr, to go.
And, of course, there is Brereton himself. Is this the revenge of Danger Man? Brereton fell out with head office some time back, and has conducted a two-year feud with NSW branch secretary Eric Roozendaal since.
Brereton interpreted head office's dumping of his sister, Deirdre Grusovin, from the state seat of Heffron in favour of Kristina Keneally as retribution against him. He is not the most popular man in Sussex Street or the Randwick Labor club. He was preselected for another term almost 12 months ago.
By announcing his resignation now, and having a star outside candidate in the wings, he has thwarted local ambitions and head office's say in the matter.
Roozendaal is about to join the NSW upper house. His replacement, Mark Arbib, is not yet officially in the job. They have little choice other than to back Latham's wishes.
Worse still for state head office, there is zero guarantee that Garrett would join the Right faction if he survives the blood and feathers of Kingsford Smith. It seems more likely he would be a member of the Left faction.
Garrett has stayed silent so far, waiting for the dust his prospective preselection has raised in the party to settle before he commits himself publicly.
But questions would remain. Does he have the stomach to accept the endorsement of the ALP powerbrokers and face hostile local branches? Does he have the art of compromise that politics is said to be?
How is a man who used to sing, "Oh oh, the power and the passion, sometimes you've got to take the hardest line," going to fit into a party that tiptoes around uranium mining and logging Tasmanian forests?


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WORKERS at a Clitheroe department store sprang into action when they received an order from a very special customer.
The prime minister's wife Samantha Cameron purchased 10 white wine glasses from Dawson's online site www.ecookshop.co.uk, which specialises in branded cookware.
The Dartington Crystal Essentials order was flagged up to staff at the King Street store because of the famous delivery address - 10 Downing Street, London.
Online manager Simon Dawson said the items were on sale with a 50 per cent discount when the 41-year-old business executive made the purchase.
He said: "Mrs Cameron bought five sets of the glasses, which come in twos.
"We did a promotion on the glasses at the time.
"She probably would have used them for gifts.
"The thing that you notice most is the address. It actually went to 10 Downing Street and was flagged up on our system.
"The order was dealt with by somebody who normally specialises in more expensive items, so Mrs Cameron was given a bit of special treatment.
"We do get a few famous people buying things, like footballers buying BBQs, and the majority of our demand comes from down south."
Dawson's employs 40 staff in its warehouse specifically for packaging online orders.
The online section, which includes Barbecue World, Garden Furniture World, Junt Linen, Just Pottery and Christmas at Dawson's as well as the cookshop site, was set up around eight years ago.
Mr Dawson said online sales now accounted for more than 80 per cent of the shop's total sales.


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Winchester's Dual Bond technology welds the inner jacket to the lead core then takes a heavy outer jacket and mechanically bonds it to the inner bullet which results in deep penetration, exceptional knockdown power and weight retention close to 100%. Upon impact, the outer jacket deploys into 6 equal segments for quick and massive expansion. After penetration, the inner jacket opens into 6 segments to create a total of 12 segments for double the amount of expansion. This gives the hunter a round that delivers a clean, quick kill.
Designed to be used on medium-sized game like Whitetail deer or large North American game like the brown bear. This ammunition is new production and loaded in reloadable, nickel cases.
Technical Information
- Caliber: 454 Casull
- Bullet Weight: 260 Grains
- Bullet Style: Jacketed Hollow Point Dual Bonded
- Case Type: Nickel Plated Brass
Ballistics Information:
- Muzzle Velocity: 1800 fps
- Muzzle Energy: 1870 ft. lbs.


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Opera: 27
Company: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Venue: Browning Mainstage, Loretto-Hilton Center, 130 Edgar Road
Dates: June 25, 27, 29
Tickets: $25-$125; 961-0644 or ExperienceOpera.org
Story: American writer Gertrude Stein left her homeland with her brother, Leo, for London in 1902, and moved to Paris the following year. Eventually, the siblings settled at 27 rue de Fleurus, near the Luxembourg Gardens. When another American ex-patriate, Alice B. Toklas, met Gertrude in 1907, the two immediately were drawn to each other and began an almost 40-year relationship that ended when Stein died in 1946.
The 'Stein salon' at 27 rue de Fleurus became the place to see and be seen by artists and writers for decades. Its weekly gatherings were filled at one time or another with priceless works by Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, Matisse and many others.
The avant garde visited to share stories, cigarettes and philosophy with Gertrude. Alice tended to the other 'wives' in another room, while the likes of Hemingway, Fitzgerald and photographer Man Ray held court with Gertrude, who lived life on her own terms.
Highlights: Opera Theatre of Saint Louis's (OTSL) latest venture, termed an "opera in five acts," is a delightful, interpretive piece of history with a sprightly musical score by Ricky Ian Gordon and a clever libretto by Royce Vavrek. With lush, soaring voices and a fluid storyline, it's already a nicely polished little operatic gem.
A tidy cast of five players is all that is needed to tell this endearing tale of the talented but also blunt and self-important Stein and the reserved, self-effacing but equally vital Toklas. Stephanie Blythe as Stein welcomes the audience to her abode with the oft-sung line, "Did I invite you?," while Elizabeth Futral knits away in the corner as the quietly attentive Toklas.
Each of them displays outstanding vocal abilities, with the renowned mezzo-soprano Blythe making her OTSL debut a most impressive appearance. Soprano Futral, who first worked with Opera Theatre in a performance of Ariadne on Naxos in 1991, is equally adept at measuring Gordon's intricately lavish notes and shaping Vavrek's telling libretto.
Playing multiple roles in support of these two stellar stars are Theo Lebow, Tobias Greenhalgh and Daniel Brevik, a trio of Gerdine Young Artists who sing impressively as well as handle some bizarrely comic moments.
27 is a sparking and inventive interpretation of a real place in a real time, ruled by the imperious Stein on her own terms that openly defied convention in the early 20th century.
Rating: A 5 on a scale of 1-to-5.


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On Feb. 27, 2007, investors were "treated" to the largest one-day percentage drop in U.S. stocks since March 2003.
Although the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell over 400 points (the most since 2001 in terms of points), the actual percentages were somewhat mild at 3.29 percent for the Dow, and 3.47 percent for the S&P 500. In actual terms, the markets gave back the gains it had since the beginning of the year. In fact, it didn't even make the Dow's top 10 single-day percentage losses.
Investors must understand that since last August the market has been steadily rising. I would compare it to an airplane taking off. We have been in a slow ascent and just hit a bit of turbulence. Although further drops are quite likely over the near term, economic conditions are still in tact for a promising 2007.
What Happened?
There were a number of events that precipitated the fall: China's stock market dropping 9 percent the previous day; the largest one-month drop in durable goods orders; former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's remarks of a possible recession; and oil price going back to more than $62 a barrel. It is critical to remember that corrections are always healthy for the market, and more importantly, necessary to power higher moves in the future.
The important thing for the individual investor to realize is that the fundamental underpinnings of the market remain in tact. Interest rates are lower than they were a year ago, and the prospect for future corporate earnings look good. In addition, the current stabilization in the housing market, the possibility of interest-rate cuts and subdued inflation pressure could help in moving the market higher once this pullback is digested fully — which, in fact, is just what has happened.
Steady Goes It
Investors need to maintain their long-term approach and understand that market declines are a normal occurrence. I have never met anyone who has made a profit by panicking.
Smart investors learn to anticipate and use market drops to add to their equity position that may now have come down to a more fairly valued, or even undervalued price. Barring a fundamental reason for the decline, as we have seen in the past (i.e., long-term capital or the Asian financial crisis), investors need to remain committed to sound investment principles with a diversified portfolio using a variety of asset classes to ease the volatility of any portfolio.
Although it may seem a cliché, it is certainly still the time to "stay the course."
We also must realize that the market as represented by the S&P 500 has not had a 10 percent correction for four years. The last time we experienced a "correction"– defined as a drop of 10 percent or more — was from November 2002 to March 2003. So, it can be said that this drop was certainly expected and somewhat overdue by many market-watchers.
History shows us that stock market's near-term prospects are no worse off due to February's drop. Look at monthly returns for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (back to its inception in 1896), and what occurs following a break is a win streak of seven months or more.
This criteria includes just 14 cases, suggesting that the strength the market exhibited in the last half of 2006 and earlier this year was quite rare.
In conclusion, it's rare that any one day's activity should be the impetus for an investor to abandon what is a sound investment strategy. Portfolios that have experienced large gains over the past few years in outperforming asset classes, such as emerging markets, could possibly be tweaked to reduce exposure, or to take some well-earned gains and deploy the assets to other underperforming asset classes.
As for those jitters … just take a look at the market now to gain some perspective.
Craig Langweiler is president of the Langweiler Financial Group, in Newtown. He can be reached at 215-860-8088 or at: clangweiler@ americanportfolios.com.


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A Guide to the T. D. Padelford Mercantile Business Records, 1873-1876
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Business records of Padelford in Edwards, Hinds County, Mississippi, consist of four ledgers. Two journals containing daily entries for merchandise sold include buyers' names, items purchased, account numbers, and prices. They also contain accounts of cotton purchased by Padelford. An account book with an alphabetical index contains a record of the cumulative purchases found in the journals. A fourth ledger is a cash book recording purchases of the store.
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All eyes are focused on the Greek election on Sunday. However, a fundamentally far more important election (for the long term) will take place in France on Saturday.
If socialists take control of both houses in French parliament as expected, president François Hollande would have free rein to carry out his stated policies such as hire more public workers, raise taxes on the rich, and Wreck France With Economically Insane Proposal: "Make Layoffs So Expensive For Companies That It's Not Worth It"
Tensions Between France and Germany Mount
If Hollande is serious, and I think he is, France is going down the tubes fast.
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Europe Will Splinter No Matter What Happens In Greece; 'France Has At Most Three Months' Says German Official. Business Insider. Mike "Mish" Shedlock, Global Economic Trend Analysis. 6-16-12, 23 minutes ago.
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> That looks like a loop. Maybe your ISP has a misconfig there.
Yeah, they have a routing loop for that particular network. Original
poster reached the limit of 30 hops after numerous hops between the
same two routers. If you ping that IP, you should get a "TTL expired
in transit" message.
I think I would report this to my ISP if I were you. I'm sure any
decent sized ISP probably gets dozens if not hundreds of emails a day
from wanna-be-network-engineer gamers and the like who think they know
how the entire network needs to be reconfigured based on their ping
times, when in reality they couldn't even begin to describe how a ping
even works and have never heard of ICMP. Point being, they probably
/dev/null all those emails, so I wouldn't expect any response. It's
worth a shot though.
I'd explain what you're seeing in your firewall logs, and attach a
decent sampling of the log data, and explain that when attempting to
reach that particular network you hit a routing loop.
Since your ISP appears to have a routing loop, at least outbound, for
that subnet, it's probably safe to assume it originated somewhere
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The Government's Take: What is Caesar's
Gianni DeVincent Hayes, Ph.D
Solution 2
This is the second article in Part III, of 11 articles total on illegal immigration, and continues through article eleven. This commentary offers suggestions for solving our illegal alien problems.
1. Pressure the media to show the true pictures of the damage of massive illegal immigration instead of manipulating Americans with how badly the aliens must feel, how they need food, shelter, medicine, and education, and our empathy. Insist that the so-called pundits� handling of illegal immigrations images be accurate, and to stop making Americans feel guilty for wanting to save their country. Likewise, pressure the media to stop giving voice and promoting the illegals� political actions and speechifying so as not to give them more power. This should be true especially for their marches, boycotts, and protests.
2. Reverse the flow. Deport the illegals, and send their criminals back to Fox�s world where his government can pay for them, and not we Americans. William Gheen of ALIPAC, offers, �[If deported] Illegal aliens will have trouble finding employment and services. They know if they are deported that getting back in will be more difficult than ever and when they are caught by the police for crimes, drinking and driving, or driving without a license they are immediately placed in the deportation line and local officers are sent to their residence to determine the status of others living at that location.�[1]
3. Secure the borders. It�s better to build walls than bridges in this case. www.numbersusa.com offers, ��Interior enforcement�" means detecting, detaining and deporting illegal aliens from America's communities in all regions, not just along the borders. �Any alien that makes it in now is almost guaranteed a life without interruption by INS or the Border Patrol.�"[2]
4. Eliminate census-taking of illegals so as not to give them political power as a special group or bloc.
5. Pressure President Bush and his cronies to annul standing orders to release captured illegal aliens caught at the border; instead, enforce the law.
6. Report any person/business/corporation providing employment to illegals. Even if it�s just a small mom & pop operation, turn them in. We need to start somewhere in getting businesses to stop hiring illegals. And we definitely need to go after the big corporations.
7. Fine and imprison employers who hire illegal labor, but also employers should be given a simpler and more straightforward method for determining which job applicants are illegals.
8. Remove incentives and benefits illegal aliens are permitted, such as licenses, in-state tuition, free medical treatment, welfare, and so on.
9. Empower border patrols and local police to enforce immigration law. Reporter Eric Shawn said on the O�Reilly show that �the head of the U.N.'s immigration agency is a Mexican official. �It's ironic,� he told O'Reilly, �because Mexico has some of the toughest laws against illegal immigration.�"[3]
10. Have the IRS chase down illegals who pay no taxes rather than harass honest taxpaying Americans.
11. Mandate and enforce the speaking and reading of English as America's national language, and stop withdrawing funds from American�s paychecks to hire translators or put material into foreign languages.
12. Don�t buy products made by or representative of the Latino culture to let the illegals know that we, too, can carry out boycotts. �Americans of all stripes vote for immigration by who they hire to clean their homes and offices, the restaurants they patronize�and the complicity they tolerate from the state government�..With widespread complicity by individual citizens and state governments, U.S. immigration laws have about as much meaning as speed limits on highways.�[4]
13. Put a stop to illegals bastardizing American patriotism through their saying our Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish or other language; the Pledge�controversial or not�represents our vow to our country�s sovereignty, freedom, and rights, and isn�t meant for mutation by other nations. Sadly the presumably hoped-for potential presidential candidate Condoleezza Rice �likes the multilingual anthem.� The site USINFO.State.gov has four Spanish versions of our anthem.[5] And, oh by the way, we might want to explain to the Mexican illegals that our national anthem does not begin with �Jose can you see�.�
14. Impress upon these illegals a sense of appreciation for our country by forbidding them to raise their flags on American poles.
15. Demand our right to display our American flag or American insignias, or any form of American patriotism without harassments and threats.
16. Only give �Illegal aliens currently in the United States�a one-time opportunity to leave the United States without penalty and seek permission to reenter legally if they qualify under existing law. Those who do not take advantage of this opportunity will be removed and permanently barred from returning.�[6]
17. Urge illegals to become American citizens the right way�the way it has been done for decades and decades�and to hold up their end of responsibilities just as Americans do, and to start taking accountability for their actions. Once they are legitimate Americans, we can start talking about parity.
18. Let�s support the Minutemen�s fight to halt illegal alien migration while the government sits backs and watch. They have a major caravan event, and will follow the schedule below as presented on forthecause.com.[7]
19. Press for the passage of HR 688, which �would enact comprehensive immigration reform by providing more resources for our legal immigration system while reducing workload levels, strengthening our borders, increasing screening and tracking of aliens, removing alien terrorists, criminals, and human rights violators, and expediting removal proceedings. Rep. Gresham Barrett is the bill's main sponsor� (from www.numbersusa.com). Terrorists should be a primary concern, especially since clothing has been found on the borders with Arabic military insignia and the like on it, as well as 51 suspected terrorists having been caught in 2005 crossing into the country from nations such as Pakistan, Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Egypt, along with explosive devices. The borders are often like military zones with thugs, gangs, aliens as individuals and groups shooting at Americans and officers.[8] Wasn�t 9/11 enough of a lesson on terrorism�whether Elite backed or not? Also support Rep. Nathan Deal�s HR 698 which would end the process of granting automatic citizenship to the children born to illegal aliens in the United States.�[9] Examine and support Rep. Tancredo�s position on the rights of illegals in our homeland. Too, tell your congress-people to reinforce the cessation of the allowance of pregnant mothers to bear their children in the States to ground them and their newborns (anchor babies) as Americans with all the rights of citizenship, which in turn is accorded to the child�s family and relatives.
Check out www.numbersususa.com for other bills, such as Senator Frist�s S.2454, that you might find worthy of pushing for passage, as well as studying the list of bills that will continue only to further destroy our sovereignty by giving illegal aliens more latitude.
These include
H.R. 251 (would grant amnesty to certain illegal alien children
under the age of 18 and allow illegal alien students to receive
in-state tuition rates for their postsecondary education, as sponsored
by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee); H.R. 884 (would create a massive agricultural
guest worker amnesty, allowing approximately 860,000 of the 1.2
million illegal aliens currently working in agriculture�plus their
spouses and children�to qualify for this amnesty, thus pushing the
total to three million or more, as proposed by Rep. Chris Cannon);
S. 1033 (would give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, increase
legal immigration by almost half a million each year, and create
a massive new worker-importation program. Sen. John McCain is the
bill's main sponsor); and S. 2XXX, sponsored by Sen. Arlen Specter
(would increase the cap on family-sponsored immigrant visas and
exempt the spouse and children of employment-based immigrations
from numerical caps). For part 10 click below.
"How to Reverse Illegal Immigration
in America," by William Gheen, President American for Legal
Immigration PAC ALIPAC; 03-16-2006;
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Hayes has a doctorate in writing/comparative literature /humanities, with a focus on eschatology (Bible prophecy and politics), and also has earned two masters in education and science. Her bachelor's degree is in the liberal arts, biology/chemistry. Certification has been achieved in writing at several universities, such as the University of Rochester, University of Pittsburgh, and Middlebury College's Breadloaf. She speaks worldwide and has appeared on dozens of national radio and TV shows.
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The first generation of catamarans was launched from 1987 to 1996 with the Lagoons 55, 47, 57 and 67: all ocean cruising private yachts. However, the Lagoons 37 and 42 were more suited to the charter market. The production was limited, but it established some strong guidelines by which the brand could be recognized from the outset: the high quality of design and construction with better than average performance.
These are still Lagoon's fundamental values.
1996 saw the launch of a new generation of Lagoons that took over the market immediately with the use of the following basic principles: maximum protection in the sun, maximum use of space available (hence the vertical cabin windows, now a Lagoon trademark), more comfort and paying careful attention to the trends set by the private customers.
Since 2003, Lagoon is the world dealer in cruising catamarans due to its innovative range and supportive distribution network. Today, Lagoon can boast to having 50 passionate catamaran specialists distributors all over the world.
Production Data
- 280 Lagoon 410 built
- 250 Lagoon 440 built in 3 years
Lagoon benefits from the strengths of the Beneteau group:
- Industrial Power
- R&D capacities
- Commercial power
- Human resources (more than 6000 employees)
- Financial backing: the group turnover as to August 31st 2007: EUR 1,013.9 Million
Arguments and Strong Points
The symmetrical hulls of the Lagoon generate a very linear flow of water where the molecules travel on each side of the hull at the same speed. The Van Peteghem Lauriot Prevost hull designs are today's reference; the result of nearly 20 years of racing and the undisputed domination of the Open 60s multihulls class – a guarantee of quality and utmost security. By developing the advances gained with racing boats, the architects are the best judges when it comes to compromise between performance and seaworthiness.
The Lagoons' bridgedecks are amongst the highest, which is a guarantee of comfort at sea (less slamming, less noise), as well as of security: less stress on the composite structure… strength!
The gullwing shaped bridgedecks are an exclusive design, created in 2004 on the Lagoon 440 and developed since on all new models. No flat surface under the bridgedeck (reduction of the wave impacts, less noise) more comfort.
Produced by our Design Offices in Vendee and in Bordeaux, the equipment on board the Lagoons with their choice and setting are not only the result of our designers' studies and experience but also of our client's feedback through our network distributors.
The electric circuits are one of the vital systems on a modern cruising boat. With the help of its state-of-the-art CAD and layout software, Lagoon's Design Office has created electric circuits where quality, reliability, ease of access and maintenance, lightness and security are paramount criteria.
Security is a major consideration, so the entire electrical system used on the Lagoon catamarans is strictly compliant to the CE standards.
The quality of the cables, which are screened and laid in their own conducts and coded, the easy access to the distribution panels, are all essential elements to guarantee the Lagoons are equipped with an electrical system of the highest standard.
Lagoon takes particular care with the installation and the layout of the various plumbing circuits required on a cruising boat: freshwater distribution circuit, sea water supply, grey and black water system.
Again, the 3D design and layout software used by Lagoon's design office allows for the perfect integration of the circuits in the general layout of the boat.
The use of materials like the high pressure PVC tubing, rubber flexible pipes, S/S? valves, seacocks and connections results in an installation which will not be adversely affected by the seawater environment in which it functions.
For security reasons, the conservation of foodstuff is essential. Lagoon has studied the question of cold storage system of its boats in depth.
No cruise can be enjoyed without an efficient refrigeration system. Lagoon's and the Beneteau group's long experience has enabled them to come to an ideal solution with:
- the lowest electrical consumption
- reliable compressors
- System efficiency
- Easy maintenance
- The excellent quality of the materials (S/S, etc.)
- The choice of widely distributed brands of equipment
Deck gear, rigging
Experience acquired in racing has enabled Lagoon to choose nothing but the best deck gear and rigging: Harken, Lewmar
The stresses on the rig of a catamaran are about ten times that of a monohull. This explains the care we take to select high quality equipment.
Lagoon has had a good working relationship for many years with suppliers renowned all over the world, the best in their sector: Z Spars, Sparcraft, Marechal.
The deck plan design, the choice of materials and the calculation of stresses is a precise work undertaken together by our architects, suppliers and the Lagoon design office. Each material has been subjected to extensive tests designed to select the most reliable, efficient and durable equipment.
These tests take place in the aging chamber in marine mist of the Beneteau group laboratory as well as at sea on racing boats.
Naval Construction
Lagoons built by infusion technique
The Pulse That Makes The Difference
- More protection against the sun: it is cooler in the saloon
- More volume inside the boat without encroaching on the exterior
- Higher headroom
- Better visibility to the outside world
- Timeless design
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Referral to the Police - Free FM & Tim Macindoe
Referral to the Police 5 August 2014
05 August 2014 News items
On 5 August 2014, the Electoral Commission referred Free FM and Tim Macindoe MP to Police for a radio advertisement broadcast on Free FM.
It is the Electoral Commission's view the broadcast of the radio advertisement by Free FM constitutes a breach of section 80 of the Broadcasting Act, as an election programme cannot be broadcast at any time on radio or television other than during the 'election period', which runs from 20 August to 19 September 2014 for the 2014 General Election.
The Electoral Commission also considers the broadcast of the radio advertisement to be a breach of section 204F of the Electoral Act as it did not include a promoter statement.
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Illinois primary election day dawned Tuesday with voters getting to shape the Republican and Democratic fall tickets for contests ranging from governor and U.S. Senate down to state legislature and county board.
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Polls open across the state at 6 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. for party elections that traditionally feature low voter turnout.
Winter-weary voters across the state will find "one of the warmer days of the spring," said Tom Skilling, chief meteorologist for WGN-TV. Skilling forecasted a "sunny, mild, breezy day" with high temperatures near or in the mid-50s and no rain until the evening.
On the statewide ballot, Republicans will choose among primary candidates for U.S. Senate, governor and state treasurer. The GOP ballot also features pockets of congressional and Illinois House and Senate primary contests.
For Democrats, there's not as much at stake. Gov. Pat Quinn faces a minor primary challenge and the other statewide offices are uncontested. There are, however, some races for Illinois House and Senate and Cook County Board.
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Tiffany Yang (Left) and Aneta Strumilowska (Right) in Professor Brinsmade's Microbiology class (Biol-364) found purple, non-sulfur photosynthetic bacteria during an enrichment experiment. These bacteria
can be used harvesting renewable energy from the sun.
Students in Professor Brinsmade's Biochemistry class (BIOL-151) study protein structure-function relationships. These are crystals of lysozyme, grown by students in the lab component of the course.
The Major in Biology is designed to educate students in both the breadth of subject matter encompassed by the biological sciences and the rapidly advancing knowledge at the forefront of this discipline. The Biology Major provides a comprehensive perspective on all aspects of our biological world, including ecology, evolutionary systems, behavioral Biology, genetics, microbiology, molecular and cellular biology, immunology, developmental biology and neurobiology.
All students begin their program as Biology majors.
- See program description for detailed information on program requirements and electives.
- Biology majors may remain intentionally broad or may select a concentration in an area of biology, either in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology or in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior.
- Alternatively, students may declare in their sophmore year as one of the other majors offered from the Department: Biology of Global Health, Environmental Biology, or Neurobiology.
Career Paths
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Warhol treasured signed photo from Shirley Temple
The flickering images on the movie screens wove their early magic for young Andy Warhol on Saturday outings with his older brothers.
The films of an equally young Shirley Temple — they were born the same year, 1928 — seemed to have special resonance for Warhol, who asked one of his older siblings to write her for an autographed photo.
He wanted to add it to the scrapbook he was filling of movie star autographs and photos, an early indication of his interest in celebrity and fame.
Temple honored the request, signing it, "To Andrew Worhola (sic) from Shirley Temple." Warhol dated it "1941" on the back. He was 13.
The image — which The Andy Warhol Museum tweeted upon news of the death of Shirley Temple Black — is not on display in the museum on the North Shore but will be in May.
Warhol was drawn to the glamour of celebrity and the fact these stars were living the American dream, wealthy and famous, said Geralyn Huxley, curator of film and video at the museum.
"That's what he wanted to be. He grew up poor as a child. In the case of Shirley Temple, she was rich, loved, taken care of, plus she was a child like him," Huxley said. "When her films came out, it was the ultimate escape from the Depression that was going on. (Her movies) were emblematic of the American spirit as she soldiered on through adversity, standing up to authority."
While Warhol never painted Shirley Temple, Huxley said, he did recognize her in naming his 1965 film, "Poor Little Rich Girl," about his favorite superstar, Edie Sedgwick, after one of Temple's classic films.
Shirley Temple Black visited Pittsburgh in a non-film role in May 1979 as a speaker in the University of Pittsburgh's American Experience Distinguished Lecture Series. Black, ambassador to Czechoslovakia at the time, spoke about "Rights and Obligations: Our Gordian Knot."
The late Robert G. Hazo, director of the series, Pitt archivists report, had called her "the all-time series charmer."
For Hazo, Pitt reports, the highlight of her lecture occurred when she emphasized a statement by raising her right arm and leg simultaneously — a distinctive gesture that Hazo recalled from her movies.
"She was charming, very accommodating, and all the old-timers came to see her," Hazo said at the time. "But as a serious lecture on a political or economic or social issue, I'd give it maybe a C-plus."
Rex Rutkoski is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-226-4664 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Caramel Apple Cake
Recipe by Lorac
This is straight from a Bisquick ad in the paper today ! Serve it warm with whipped cream and dig in!
Top Review by Lennie
Not only does this dish fill your home with a tantalizing aroma as it bakes, it also follows through with a delicious taste. This was extremely easy to prepare, with ingredients already on hand. I used 2 normal-sized Granny Smith apples, which worked well. I served it at room temperature, with vanilla ice cream, and it was a big hit with my family. My only change was to bake it at 325F (I was using a glass dish). This will become a regular dessert in my house, I'm sure!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups Bisquick
- 2⁄3 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 cup milk
- 2 medium apples, peeled and sliced (2 cups)
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 3⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup boiling water
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees.
- Mix Bisquick and granulated sugar, add milk and stir until blended.
- Pour into an ungreased 9x9x2" pan, top with apples, and sprinkle with lemon juice Mix brown sugar and cinnamon, sprinkle over apples.
- Next, pour boiling water over apples.
- Bake 50-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.


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A Palestinian youth was declared clinically dead after being shot by a rubber-coated steel bullet in clashes with Israeli security forces Saturday in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, reported AFP, quoting a hospital official.
"Khaled Asuri, 17, was shot in the head by a rubber bullet, and we declared him clinically dead," Nasser Shalah, director of Shifa hospital in Gaza City told AFP.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian police forces and the Israeli troops have exchanged fire near the Israeli settlements of Netzarim and Kfar Drun south of Gaza city, according to Al Jazira satellite TV - (Several Sources)
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Mesothelioma is a dreadful lung disease, consigning its victims to a slow and excruciating death. Although it can take decades to develop, there is no debate about where the largest group of sufferers will come from: from employees of companies which mined or manufactured asbestos or those in the building trades who used the popular insulation lagging and building board in the years after World War II.
Two major companies - CSR and James Hardie - were largely involved in the asbestos trade, now long abandoned after its dangers were confirmed.
Corporate responsibility requires a company to deal with any problems it creates. It is not only a legal but also a moral obligation, especially when the company has profited handsomely from its ventures for decades. CSR has accepted that, as compensation claims for asbestos-related disease arise, it deals with them. James Hardie has taken an entirely different tack.
Startling evidence emerging over recent weeks at a special commission of inquiry chaired by David Jackson, QC, suggests Hardie has engaged in a series of corporate manoeuvres whose primary result appears to have been to limit its liability to mesothelioma victims.
From August 1999, internal company documents show its most senior executives were planning a campaign of harm minimisation - to the company, not its victims - which would limit Hardie's liabilities. A key to this plan was to shuffle the ownership of the overall company offshore (to Holland) and leave a "rump" of two former operating companies in Australia with relatively limited assets which would be the only part of the Hardie empire vulnerable to challenge when push came to shove. The plan involved the creation in early 2001 of a fine-sounding body called the Medical Research and Compensation Foundation, which would own the two companies and handle claims from affected workers and users of its asbestos-containing products. The foundation and the two companies seemed at the time to have enough money at their disposal: about $200 million, supplemented by an additional tranche of funds from the parent company.
In all, the foundation had a total of $293 million available to disperse. The problem with such apparent largesse is that the latest actuarial assessment of claims by James Hardie mesothelioma victims or potential victims comes to $1.1 billion, presenting a shortfall of some $800 million. Mr Jackson has not yet completed his inquiries into this sorry tale of corporate juggling. He is due to report to the NSW Government at the end of June.
There is still evidence to be given by Hardie management, which has until the end of the inquiry to respond to the various claims and revelations uncovered so far.
A key question is what Hardie's executives and board knew in 2001 of its liabilities and whether the company underestimated the amounts it would need. It may be that there is a simpler, more benign, explanation for this complex corporate restructuring. If so, its queue of existing and potential victims would like to hear it.
Thorpe back with a splash
So Ian Thorpe will get to swim his favourite event at the Athens Olympics after all. And Australia, frozen in temporary national heartache at his initial disqualification a month ago, can again revel in anticipation of swimming glory approximating Sydney 2000. That might have ended the matter until Thorpe's 400m freestyle final on Olympic swimming's opening night in August. But matters of such crowd-stopping moment rarely pass so smoothly. Settlement of the issue is accompanied by suggestions that Thorpe's inclusion is the result of preferential treatment and that Craig Stevens was lured to make way for Thorpe by a generous financial incentive offered by a media company looking to protect its investment in television coverage of the Olympics.
Thorpe was treated preferentially. Had he been an also-ran athlete who erred in national selection trials (as Thorpe did by tumbling into the pool ahead of the starter's signal) and been disqualified as a result, few would have noted the departure. Thorpe's exclusion was the only point at which his treatment was even and consistent.
That does not mean, however, it was sensible or that Thorpe's misfortune should be regarded as if he was just another competitor. Rules are rules and must apply evenly. And, anyway, the Thorpe disqualification could not be overturned on an executive whim.
Elite sport is not about evenness of competition or equality of opportunity. The Olympics are contests between the best. If Thorpe had been excluded for reasons of retirement, injury, loss of form or dishonesty, there would be no justification for his restoration. But to have excluded him for one isolated error unrelated to form, talent or propriety seemed more than petty. Short of an extraordinary performance by one of his 400m rivals, who have not swum within two seconds of Thorpe's world record, victory would have been hollow in Thorpe's absence.
Craig Stevens may have sensed this when he stepped aside from the 400m, for which he qualified second with an Olympics trial time eight seconds slower than the Thorpe record. He gets to concentrate on his favoured 1500m while being remembered as the selfless mate who accommodated not only Thorpe but a nation's wish. Stevens got a reported $130,000 in interview and job fees to reveal to Channel Seven the worst kept secret in Australian sport. But that seems unlikely to have influenced his decision.


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Simon Cowell Jumps On The Haiti Relief Fund Bandwagon
On Wednesday night, Simon Cowell confirmed reports that he's going to crank out a single in order to help raise money for victims of the Haiti earthquake. Simon is such a celeb that even Prime Minister Gordon Brown is encouraging him to do the project. The "American Idol" judge is hoping to get 'er done in about two days and he's already recruited "X Factor" judge Cheryl Cole to help him out. There is a lot of speculation about who else is going to sign on. But the rumor mill is churning and we've heard whispers about Beyoncé and Lady Gaga making appearances. Others are thinking he'll get Leona Lewis or Susan Boyle. Who would you like to see in his version of "We are the World"? [MTV]


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Shunt, London
In the railway arches under London Bridge station, Shunt is a club night with extras. Run by a 10-strong group of artists, it shows interactive plays, live karaoke (accompanied by a band), spoken word, alongside music in the cavernous rooms.
Arts Agenda, nationwide
These creative producers look after interactive, site-specific theatre, including groups such as Dreamthinkspeak (2) and Rotozaza, whose Etiquette is currently on at Cafe Oto, Hackney, London. Sitting at a table, in public, but with no one watching, you and a partner wear headphones that tell you what to say and how to act, using objects in front of you. For Wondermart, you're directed round a supermarket. artsagenda.co.uk
C Company, Kent
Macbeth. In a cave. At Halloween. Could you get more atmospheric? The C Company performs in Kents Cavern.
• 28-31 October; kents-cavern.co.uk
Lookleftlookright, nationwide
Using interview transcripts, this innovative company creates "rapid response" documentary theatre tackling topical British issues. It created a play about the London bombings four weeks after they happened, and recently, Caravan, about last summer's floods, which is performed in a caravan. Both showed at the Edinburgh fringe then moved to London. Caravan will be performed again this summer throughout the UK.
Wildworks, nationwide
This Cornwall-based company - which has put on pieces in industrial sites, countryside and tents - has a forthcoming project, A Beautiful Journey, that will take place in Britain's dockyards. It kicks off in the Naval Dockyards in Devonport, Plymouth, 2-20 June, before moving to Newcastle in July. The show promises "film, food, flowers, flirting and fire" with a shipyard cabaret and shanty music. Local communities get involved to the extent that allotment holders are growing plants for the stage set.


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Re: st: missing std errors---xtivreg2
Abhimanyu Arora <email@example.com>
Re: st: missing std errors---xtivreg2
Fri, 8 Jun 2012 15:21:09 +0200
Hello again
Just to follow up,
I discovered a few things that might facilitate a healthy discussion.
Vince Wiggins has got a post here
http://www.stata.com/statalist/archive/2003-06/msg00646.html, that
might be somewhat related.
But as I infer from his answer to Mark, there's to be 1 one and rest
zeros. But when I summarize my >2500 observations, I have 40% ones.
Also I do get standard error for this variable if I cluster it 1-way
(or I guess level would be more econometrically correct), instead of
But I hope to understand this puzzling issue thanks to your cooperation
Then I see that one-way clustering does
On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Abhimanyu Arora
<firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote:
> Dear statalist
> I am estimating a panel-fixed effects model with two-way clustering
> with one endogenous variable making use of Schaffer et al's -xtivreg2-
> . which xtivreg2
> c:\ado\plus\x\xtivreg2.ado
> *! xtivreg2 1.0.13 28Aug2011
> *! author mes
> May I request you to shed some light on a couple of issues.
> I am getting missing standard error for one included instrument. It is
> a binary variable.
> I get the following warning in my output indicating that this variable
> is problematic.
> Warning: estimated covariance matrix of moment conditions not of full rank.
> model tests should be interpreted with caution.
> Possible causes:
> number of clusters insufficient to calculate robust covariance matrix
> singleton dummy variable (dummy with one 1 and N-1 0s or vice versa)
> partial option may address problem.
> However, since I would have liked to see the significance of the
> coefficient of this variable, is there a way to address this problem
> (inability to infer) without -partial-? I guess one might have to drop
> observations...but is it so?
> Another thing I need to clarify is that in this case while for weak
> identification test using the KP rk Wald F statistic (=AP F) rejects
> the null, I am not sure about the underidentification test---the first
> stage reports Kleibergen-Paap rk LM statistic as well as AP chi-sq and
> these two are meaning different conclusions for the null. For the
> cluster-robust case which among the two is preferred, perhaps I might
> have read too fast in the help file so as to miss it, so seek your
> thoughts/references on this.
> I could share the results if you ask.
> With best wishes
> Abhimanyu
> *
> * For searches and help try:
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I have a news article site and I'm needing some help on how to arrange the database.
On the news article site there will be about 200 categories.
Sometimes Articles will fit into about 80 different categories.
What is the best way to setup a database that has an article that is assigned to 80+ categories?
Three tables:- Articles- Categories- ArticleCategories
What would your column structure be like in: ArticleCategories
It's a table that contains the relationships between the articles and the categories (which is a many-to-many relationship)


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After news broke this week that the Internal Revenue Service targeted tea party groups, including one in Waco, Republican Party organizers in the Killeen-Fort Hood area are demanding change in Washington.
Ed Thompson, chairman of the Republican Party of Coryell County, was one of many party organizers flabbergasted about the findings.
"I believe that that was a systematic delay on the part of the IRS for no other reason than that these were Republican organizations," Thompson said. "The people involved need to be prosecuted."
Thompson said the findings show a violation of fundamental political rights, by treating one group differently from another.
"It goes at the heart of our freedoms," Thompson said.
Waco Tea Party President Toby Marie Walker said Tuesday her organization — one of about 75 tea party groups nationwide that were subjected to the audits, according to the IRS — received an IRS questionnaire in February seeking the identities of members, donors and personal ties with political candidates, Walker said.
The IRS practices did not affect the Central Texas Tea Party in Belton, President Judy Brady said. It also did not directly affect the Tea Party Conservatives in Temple, which has yet to apply for tax-exempt status, chapter leader Elwood Smith said.
The Associated Press reported that the Obama administration denied any link between the IRS scandal and Washington; however, many GOP party organizers are not convinced.
Michael DeHart, a Killeen conservative, compared the IRS scandal to misconduct of the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton, when presidents came out to apologize after the fact.
"If this hadn't come out, they'd still be doing it," DeHart said. "Are they sorry or are they sorry they got caught?"
To make matters worse, for DeHart, on Tuesday Attorney General Eric Holder defended a secret probe by the Justice Department into phone records of the Associated Press.
Federal officials said they were trying to identify the sources who disclosed details of a counterterrorism operation in Yemen used in an AP report.
DeHart said the AP phone probe is another example of the Obama administration's overextending the power of government.
"If they wanted to find the link, why didn't they bug their own phones?" DeHart said.


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Sunderland signs French midfielder El-Hadji BaAP , Associated Press
Jul. 10, 2013 12:21 PM ET
SUNDERLAND, England (AP) — Sunderland has signed midfielder El-Hadji Ba from French club Le Havre.
The 20-year-old Frenchman has a three-year deal and has already joined up with his new teammates and manager Paolo Di Canio at Sunderland's training camp in Italy.
He follows Valentin Roberge, Modibo Diakite, Cabral, Jozy Altidore, David Moberg Karlsson and Duncan Watmore into the English Premier League club.
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For those of you who decided to read the article based on the title, expecting some hard hitting piece of English prose on India and US talks on IP based on the issue of pharma patents and the like; I'm sorry to disappoint. I started off this post with a very simple question in mind as to whether the political parties contesting the elections in India have their names, symbols or slogans trademarked or not.
We are a boutique intellectual property law firm based out of India, assisting clients ranging from early-stage start-ups to Fortune 500 companies across several industries in protecting intellectual property across the globe.


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British authorities have been criticized for detaining the partner of a journalist linked with the US whistleblower Edward Snowden. Police, accused of intimidation, say standard anti-terrorist legislation was used.
British authorities were challenged on Sunday to defend the detention at London's Heathrow Airport of the partner of a journalist who released information from US security operative Edward Snowden.
David Miranda, the Brazilian husband of Guardian reporter and blogger Glenn Greenwald, was detained for almost nine hours under British anti-terror legislation – the maximum time permissible without an arrest being made.
According to Greenwald (pictured), British officials confiscated electronic equipment belonging to Miranda, including his laptop, mobile phone and USB memory sticks. Greenwald, a US journalist-based in Brazil, published details of mass surveillance
The 28-year-old Miranda was returning home to Rio de Janeiro from Germany, where he was staying with US documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras. Poitras has been working with Greenwald on the NSA story, and is believed to be the only other person in possession of rare complete archives of the leaked material.
London's Metropolitan Police confirmed that a 28-year-old male had been detained at Heathrow airport under British anti-terrorist legislation. The law, police said, gave British border officials the right to question someone "to determine if that individual is a person concerned in the commission, preparation or execution of acts of terrorism."
A police spokesman said the man was not arrested and was subsequently released.
'Grave concern' in Brasilia
The Brazilian government said its embassy in London had contacted UK officials ahead of Miranda's release. Brazilian officials said "grave concern" had been expressed about the steps taken that led to their citizen being "held incommunicado."
A statement from the foreign ministry in Brasilia said it would also be asking US officials for an explanation about the incident.
In a post on the Guardian website, Greenwald accused the UK authorities of using tactics of intimidation against those who report on the Snowden affair.
"This is obviously a rather profound escalation of their attacks on the news-gathering process and journalism," Greenwald said. "It's bad enough to prosecute and imprison sources. It's worse still to imprison journalists who report the truth. But to start detaining the family members and loved ones of journalists is simply despotic."
Former NSA contractor Snowden was granted asylum in Russia on August 1, having spent more than five weeks stranded in a Moscow airport avoiding extradition to the United States. Snowden is wanted on espionage charges linked to his media disclosures.
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The musicians Macy Gray, Lenny Kravitz and Avril Lavigne are among the voices welcoming the Olympics back to Athens in three albums recorded to honour the Games, record label EMI Greece announced yesterday.
The albums, titled Phos, Unity and Harmony, were recorded for the next month's event. Phos, which means light in Greek, features songs by the Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis sung by local musicians. Unity is made up of international stars. Harmony has classical songs.
"I was excited to be a part of Unity, especially now with the hard times we are having in the US and around the world with the (Iraq) war," said Gray, pictured.
"I think the Games is a great opportunity to bring a lot of people together." Gray sings a duet with Keziah Jones called Oh Yeah. "It's mainly about personal success, about feeling good within yourself," Gray said.
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