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november/december 2008
A Pair of Very Dissimilar Releases by Naxos
William Alwyn, Orchestral Music. Overture to a Masque, Concerto Grosso No.1, Pastoral Fantasia, Five Preludes, Tragic Interlude, Autumn Legend, Suite of Scottish Dances. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos CD 8.570704
If you read the Naxos Corrobee review first you should forget any and all descriptive terminology I used there. Remember that rather old-time phrase "diametrically opposed"? Well, consider it used here. There is nothing primitive, forceful, stressful or even irritating about Alwyn's music. That leaves words or phrases such as melodically appealing, relaxing, interesting, tuneful and attractive. All the selections listed here present the aforementioned attributes. It would take a great deal of writing to describe what often tends to be rather slight differences between his appealing compositions. For the most part, Alwyn is not trying to scale majestic heights or create and transfer profound thoughts or insights. Here is music and melody presented for enjoyment from relatively subtle to directly forthright. The size of the orchestral forces vary greatly. As an example, the last group of brief compositions, the Suite of Scottish Dances is deliberately scored for small orchestra and the smaller forces clearly reveal every small and subtle detail inherent in the music.
Audiophiles as well as music lovers may have great interest in this excellent release. The Pastoral Fantasia is written to feature the solo viola to a great extent. The viola is seldom featured in classical music. Here it is, very cleanly and clearly recorded so listeners can learn how it sounds and then never confuse it and the rather similar sound of the violin. Falling between the violin and cello, the viola could be thought of as a "tenor violin" and played here by Philip Dukes. In the Suite of Scottish Dances the Cor anglais, a not generally used name for the English horn, is beautifully recorded with Rachael Panhurst. It is generally considered to be a tenor oboe and it sounds exactly like that. It too is seldom featured in classic music. Alwyn's Five Preludes, here receiving its world premiere recording, is colorfully scored for large orchestra. Here careful listening will clearly reveal the xylophone, at times with muted trumpets, side drum and tuba also chiming in. The excellent audio quality is not quite the same as the aforementioned Corroboree release. Somehow, here there is a bit more of a relaxed atmospheric quality as if it were presenting a slightly more distant perspective such as being heard from a half dozen rows further from the stage. Chalk this up as another fine CD release by Naxos. It would be nice if music lovers would petition Naxos to release some of these in SACD for even greater enjoyment. All in all this release is a good introduction to Alwyn's music and if you want more, his symphonies would be a good choice.
John Antill, Corroboree, An Outback Overture. Conductor: James Judd. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony. Naxos CD 8.570241
John Antill's life and career spanned much of the twentieth century. Born in Sydney, Australia much of Antill's fame evolves from his studies on Aboriginal music and his attendance at an Aboriginal Corroboree a kind of ritual ceremony. Those studies and notes eventually led to his highly successful and extremely popular ballet, Corroboree. This composition is considered a landmark in Australian music history. His many previous compositions, including a dozen string quartets, have not survived and so existing scores are all from compositions completed after Corroboree. Written in the nineteen forties probably automatically puts the composition into the contemporary or modern category. The Outback Overture actually opens the recording though it is listed second on the notes and album cover. Somehow in slightly less than eight minutes it contains both hints of the main composition, Corroboree, and excerpts as well as hints or snippets from works by other composers, mainly British ones. I find these Antill compositions difficult in the extreme to describe. Any of our readers that are familiar with Igor Stravinsky's famous Rite of Spring whether from recordings, the concert hall or its memorable use in Walt Disney's film Fantasia, will definitely hear extremely similar music or passages in Antill's music being reviewed here. Therefore it is rather easy to describe much of his music as powerfully primitive as the composer had been exposed to the music and dancing of Aboriginal ceremonies in the Australian outback. Those activities are definitely primitive! Stravinsky's use of seemingly similar music is also primitive as used by Disney to accompany some very early creatures such as dinosaurs stomping around areas of planet Earth. Fortunately there is substantial melodic and beautiful harmonic materials interspersed with powerful primitive rhythms. In many of those melodic passages, various solo and duo instruments are effectively used and realistically recorded. The seven movements or sections of Corroboree are fairly logically titled, such as "A Rain Dance", "Rising Sun", "Morning Star" and the frenzied dance finale accurately described as chaotic, "Procession of Totems and Closing Ceremony."
Conductor James Judd (familiar to me from his years with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra) and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra are fully and beautifully up to the demands of this large-scale composition. So is the recording; easily the equal of Naxos' best recent recordings. Naxos at their best is difficult to surpass—no, they are not all equally good, though surprisingly because of the many various recording venues and other variables, consistency is rather common. My guess is that microphone brands/models are fairly standardized and placement/distances are a bit closer than with many companies in other parts of the world. Here the excellent results offer natural details, fullness and solid palpable bass from the tympani and bass drum to satisfy audiophiles as well as true music lovers. Topping all that off is the absence of any harshness or irritating treble distortions. I partly attribute that to the extended smooth low distortion response of my latest VSEI upgraded older Sony model CD/SACD players. Do not pay attention to old myths that better or upgraded players more clearly reveal/add to harsh distortions. The really top models or upgrades have lower distortions and do not add distortions or harshness; they are smooth and sweet.


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Liberty to Host Coppin State for Weekend Series
COPPIN STATE vs. LIBERTY
Worthington Stadium | Lynchburg, Va.
Friday, March 2 - 6 p.m
Audio Broadcast
Live Stats
Saturday, March 3 - 2 p.m.
Radio Broadcast
Video Broadcast
Live Stats
Sunday, March 4 - 1 p.m.
Radio Broadcast
Video Broadcast
Live Stats
Tracking Liberty
Last Five Games:
• Liberty has hit .318 as a team over its last five games.
• SS Zack Haley and 2B Bryan Aanderud both hit .500 during the stretch
- Haley (.500, 7/14) - three-hit game, this past Sunday in 4-2 win over Siena
- Aanderud (.500, 8/16) - two three-hit games during stretch - both against Siena
• Liberty pitchers Tim Dudley, Blake Forslund and Kody Young combined for a two-hit shutout of #14 Virginia, Tuesday. The trio allowed only two Virginia runners to reach as far as second base in the 8-0 win.
• Liberty's first win over Virgina since a 9-7 win in Lynchburg on March 5, 2002, a span of eight games.
• LHP Shawn Clowers picked up his first collegiate win with five hitless, scoreless innings, in a 4-2 win over Siena, last Sunday.
First 10 Games:
• 2B Bryan Aanderud has hit .459 over the first 10 games. He has already posted three three-hit games and has five multiple-hit games.
• RHP Patrick Eckelbarger has not allowed a run over 12 innings to start the year.
• Liberty has already tied the program record for shutouts in a season with four. The Flames opened the season with back-to-back shutouts. It is the first time in the program's 38-year history the Flames have opened a season with two shutouts.
• The Flames began the year by not allowing a run for 23 consecutive innings. It is the longest such streak in program history.
Flames Tie Program Shutout Record
• With its fourth shutout of the year in an 8-0 victory over Virginia, Tuesday, the 2012 Liberty pitching staff has already tied the program record for shutouts in a season.
• The 1978, 1981 and 2001 teams also pitched four shutouts in a year.
• RHP Patrick Eckelbarger, RHP Blake Forslund and Tim Dudley have pitched in two of the four blankings.
• Three of Liberty's four shutouts in 2012 have been combined efforts.
Quick Hits
• Coppin State is a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Liberty has recorded a 50-15 mark against the MEAC's current membership since 1976.
• Liberty is 354-281-2 (.557) all-time during the month of March and sports a 45-29 (.608) mark during the month under head coach Jim Toman.
• With Feb. finished, Liberty is now 82-38 (.683) all-time in the month of February. The Flames are 26-9 under Jim Toman during the month.
• Liberty's 9-1 record ties the best start to a year by the Flames under head coach Jim Toman. In 2010, Liberty went 9-1 during their first 10 games also.
• Liberty has opened each even year during head coach Jim Toman's tenure with at least five straight victories. Besides a 7-0 start to this season, the Flames posted a 9-0 beginning to 2010 and a 5-0 start to the 2008 season.
• Liberty turned four double plays in its 6-2 win over Siena, last Friday. The four double plays were the most by the Flames in a game since March 12, 2010, when Liberty turned five double plays in a 9-1 victory over St. John's.
• The Flames began the year by not allowing a run for 23 consecutive innings. It is the longest such streak in program history.
• Liberty is 4-1 at Worthington Stadium this season and 73-34-1 (.681) during Toman's five year tenure.
Player Notes
• OF Michael Robertson is the only Liberty player to have at least one hit in each game this season.
• Robertson and C Trey Wimmer each had two hits in Liberty's 8-0 victory at No. 14 Virginia, Tuesday.
• 2B Bryan Aanderud leads the Flames in hitting with a .459 batting average. He has hit .500 during his last five games.
• Aanderud has recorded three three-hit games already this season.
• Zack Haley hit .538 (7-for-13) over a five-game span, Feb. 23-27. The shortstop also drove in four runs and scored three runs.
• Tim Dudley, Blake Forslund and Kody Young combined on a two-hit, 8-0 shutout of No. 14 Virginia, Tuesday.
• RHP Forslund, a transfer from Virginia, recorded his first win of the year, with 3 2/3 innings of scoreless relief. He struck out five and walked five batters.
• RHP Young earned his first save in a Liberty uniform, Tuesday. Young pitched the final three scoreless innings.
• RHP Patrick Eckelbarger has not allowed a run in his first two outings of the year. The RHP has pitched 12 scoreless innings to begin the year.
• DH Tyler Cox leads Liberty with 12 RBIs.

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A re-elected West Australian Liberal government will edge the AAA-rated state dangerously towards a credit downgrade, unless the federal government helps with billions of dollars to offset promised infrastructure costs.
State Treasury analysis released late on Thursday shows the WA Liberal government's election policies will add $1.2 billion in net debt to June 30, 2016.
That figure, which would otherwise contain concerns of an impending downgrade, relies upon $3 billion in Commonwealth contributions to offset the costs of the Liberals' massive transport infrastructure pledges.
The party is yet to approach the federal government to ask for the $3 billion.
"Should all or part of the assumed contribution from the Commonwealth government not be forthcoming, there would be a corresponding impact upon the state's net debt," Treasury says in its review of Liberal costings.
Under the Liberals, massive infrastructure spending has pushed key ratios used by rating agencies to determine whether a state is spending too much – such as net debt to revenue – to levels not seen since the mid-1990s, even before election promises are factored in.
In contrast, Treasury found the impact of Labor's election costs would be an additional $1.7 billion on state debt by June 2016. But Labor has not relied on Commonwealth funding for its transport network plans.
Treasury costings do not validate a party's election commitments, since it is not necessarily mandated to test the assumptions beneath the cost of a particular policy.
The Liberals appear to have specifically told Treasury officials to assume the existence of $3 billion in Commonwealth contributions.
WA Treasurer
He said he made the assumption of a Commonwealth contribution because WA was "entitled to it".
The WA government has been a major critic of federal Labor policies.
Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's put WA's rating on "negative outlook" last year after a pullback in iron ore royalties highlighted how much expenditure growth was outpacing revenue streams.
The move signalled that the agencies believed WA was at risk of losing its coveted rating within two years, which would lead to increased borrowing costs for the state.
The election campaign has largely been fought over expensive transport policies that are the main culprits for the rise in debt levels.
Analysis shows that for every extra $1 billion in borrowings in 2015-16 – generated by new election promises – the state must repay $43 million in annual interest.
Under-Treasurer Tim Marney warned on Wednesday that volatility in royalty revenue streams could easily eliminate small surplus projections. He said the state needed to restrict expenditure growth to stay in line with revenue growth.
In 2012-13, mineral royalty income is forecast to produce 18 per cent, or $4.5 billion, of the state's total revenue. The bulk of that comes from iron ore operations. However, the state receives a smaller share of the GST pool when its royalty income climbs.
The Liberals have repeatedly defended their economic credentials by pointing to the vast infrastructure works needed to cater for a rapidly growing state.
A net 11,085 people moved from other states to WA last financial year and 47,147 people (net) arrived from overseas, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics. That figure equates to 1120 people a week, many of them choosing to live in Perth.
Nonetheless, the government's economic record has been heavily criticised by WA Labor, which presided over relatively low debt levels in office.
In 2007-08, shortly before the Liberals took over, the net financial liabilities to revenue ratio was 42.9 per cent.
Shadow treasurer
"Whilst operating surpluses across the forward estimates are lower than estimated in the pre-election financial statements, WA will remain in surplus each year across the forward estimates," he said.
Other than the Metronet rail plan, Labor only submitted its net expenditure to Treasury to assess the impact on state finances, following the lead of previous opposition parties. The party did submit the flagship Metronet project for full scrutiny and the agency uncovered a $1.4 billion blow-out. Labor had costed the project at $3.8 billion over eight years, but Treasury found it would cost $5.2 billion, largely due to Labor underestimating the cost of the rail line to Perth Airport. Labor leader
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New Drug for Chemotherapy Side Effects
FDA Approves New Drug to Combat Nausea and Vomiting for Cancer Patients Getting Chemotherapy
March 26, 2003 -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the approval of a new drug called Emend (aprepitant), to be used in combination with other anti-nausea and anti-vomiting drugs for prevention of acute and delayed nausea and vomiting associated with initial and repeat courses of chemotherapy known to cause these problems, including high-dose cisplatin.
Emend is the first FDA approved treatment that prevents the delayed nausea and vomiting symptoms that many patients experience greater than 24 hours after receiving chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is often very distressing for cancer patients due to severe nausea and vomiting. These symptoms can be severely debilitating, often resulting in patients' refusing further courses of chemotherapy or in serious limitations on their lifestyle.
"This new drug is important in the management of chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting. It should improve cancer patients' quality of life, as well as their ability to tolerate these treatments," stated Commissioner Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.
In 2002, the American Cancer Society found that over 1,284,900 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in the United States. Emend can reduce nausea associated with chemotherapy treatments used to treat cancers such as lung cancer, head and neck cancer, and some female cancers.
Emend is part of a three-drug therapy that works with other drugs to treat nausea and vomiting. It reduces nausea and vomiting in a new way by blocking receptors in the brain called NK1 receptors.


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CS170 Lecture notes -- Processes and You
Rich Wolski
Lecture notes:
Please read
Chapter 4
from the book.
The purpose of this lecture is to make the process abstraction a little clearer. We'll talk about what the book has to say. These lecture notes are intended to serve as an outline of the important issues.
Process Makeup
registers, text, data, stack segments
file descriptors, I/O ports, etc.
Process Execution State
scheduler moves process between execution "states"
a processes state defines what it can do
states are (roughly)
new (waiting to be run first time)
ready (runnable)
blocked (waiting)
Process Control Block
an in-memory record that describes the process to the operating system
with the PCB, the OS can manipulate
parts of a program's state
PCB contents include
process execution state (what is the process currently doing?)
saved program counter (for processes not it running state)
saved CPU register set (for processes not running)
scheduling information (what priority, reason for sleep, etc.)
memory management book-keeping (where is the processes memory?)
accounting information
user id
I/O status
needed because the OS does not always "pay attention" to a process from the PCB, the OS can determine what the process is doing, and how it should respond to some event.
also needed to allow OS to organize processes
for example: disk I/O
OS queues processes that want to read the disk
read operation is issued and the process blocks until the read completes.
process makes read() system call and request is queued for disk (PCB on queue)
later, disk driver dequeues the request and launches disk read (PCB at head of queue)
when read is complete, disk will interrupt
the interrupt routine finds PCB so it can tell where to copy the data
now that read is complete, process is ready to run (PCB on ready queue)
CPU scheduler takes processes off ready queue and runs them (PCB describes each process)
the general principle in play is that of a scheduling queue
Memory Scheduling
Unix: memory management is provided
not all of a processes address space is in memory at the same time
OS is responsible for translating process addresses into physical addresses
when not in memory, processes address space is kept on disk (paging or swapping)
to run a program, its address space must be brought into memory from disk before the CPU can run through it
PCB is put on a scheduling queue while the process waits for address space to be paged or swapped in from disk
most Unix systems take jobs from the memory waiting queue (short wait) before they take jobs that are waking up after a disk I/O
CPU Scheduling
CPU is assigned to processes, one-at-a-time
timesharing == CPU is descheduled and restarted periodically
timer interrupt triggers OS decision
priorities determine how much time (relatively) each process will spend on the CPU
context switch
CPU switches between a running process and one that is runnable (i.e. on the ready queue)
running process may be giving up CPU for two reasons
time slice has expired => PCB goes on ready queue
process makes a blocking call => PCB goes on specified queue and state is set to blocked
to run a new process the CPU scheduler must
initialize any OS global variables that refer to the "current" process
set the CPU registers to contain the register values that the process had when it was last context switched
make the new process's execution state "running"
jump to the PC that the process had when it was context switched
Process Creation
: makes an exact replica of process state except for PID
process group
: forked "child" lives in a family tree
: orphaned child becomes a child of init
: child dies and parent does not wait
Interprocess Communication
two basic flavors:
shared memory
message passing
shared memory
SysV shared memory segments
mapped files (e.g. pmap)
requires synchronization primitives just like threads
message passing
named pipes
send() and recv() calls implement synchronization
blocking / non-blocking send
blocking / non-blocking recv()
Remote Procedure Calls
use procedure call interface to make programming easier
bury message-passing details in the call to allow remote execution
procedure call semantics: caller blocks until response comes back


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Door Panel Leather Sagging - **FIX**
Okay guys, ive been posting all over these forums about the deal with my door panel leather coming off and from the feedback ive received, there are a lot more out there that are or were in my position and im sure there will be more in my position in the future as this is a continuing issue...
today, i took the challenge to fix it myself and i say "challenge" because im not very mechanically inclined...throughout the process, i took pics to help make this process a bit easier for the next guy to go down this road...
here were the panels before i started...
I went to Wal-Mart and bought a few supplies that i thought i would need. The supplies are as follows:
1 can of Contact Cement $5
1 wrag or tarry cloth
1 flathead screwdriver
1 pack of 3 Poly Brushes (from crafts section) $3
1 roll of masking tape $3
Go ahead and finish separating the leather from the door the rest of the way until you get down to the armrest.
You will immediately notice the padding that rests behind the leather. Once upon a time, this leather was glued to the back of the leather, but it has since deteriorated from heat and expansion/contraction of the leather and eventually comes apart from the leather backing...You can take a finger and rub the padding and it will just roll under your fingertip and come right off like crumbs...The next step is to use your hand with some slight pressure and finish rolling off all of the desintigrated padding that is on the panel...Once you are done, there should be nothing but a carpet type of material left...
Apply the Contact Cement religiously to both the leather backing and the door panel area and let dry for 15 min. Apply one more light layer of Contact Cement to both areas and let dry for 15 min. I suggest 2 layers because the material will absorb some of the cement. I went ahead and taped off the door panel to protect it from the cement prior to application.
Once youve allowed plenty of time for the cement to dry, use a small towel or wrag in hand to start pressing the leather back onto the door panel beginning at the bottom in the middle and gradually working your way towards the top as well as to the sides. The edge of the leather is easy to put back in its original position because it retains its shape (curved edge) even after its removed from the panel. When pressing the leather back on, the leather edge just falls back into place.
Once all of this is completed, you have yourself a repaired door panel!
You just repeat the process for the other door and then your done!
All in all it took about 2 hours to complete but thats with taking my sweet'ole time and taking breaks from this Florida heat like every 15 minutes...Im very happy with how it came out and i hope this helps you guys...
A DIY can go a long way... ;)
Nice! I'll be sure to remember this when/if mine start to sag. One thing I've noticed in common with the people having this problem... they're all from either Florida or Texas... ugh the things heat can destroy.
That dap weldwood cement is some serious stuff! Alot of stand up jet ski riders (including myself) use it to attach our padding/grips and if applied right its a total PITA to get it off. Most things you glue on will break before the cement does. You shouldnt have to worry about the sagging problem again as long as the cement is dry before you press it down.
Excellent post. Although my Stang is currently garage kept, I'll file this away mentally if I ever need it. I'll also inform my son since his Saturn has the same issue.
sorry for the ignorance. How does the cement work? You apply it and let it dry completely? or just till it gets tacky?
Unless you lay it on too thick, then you have a mess.
(after applying the cement to both of the surfaces soon to be glued to one another)
#5 in the intructions states:
"Allow both surfaces to dry 15-20 minutes (dependent on temperature and humidity). Dry contact cement will feel tacky and appear glossy. If surfaces are not assembled within 2 hours, adhesive can be reactivated by applying an additional coat of Original Contact Cement."
you allow the surfaces to dry for 15-20 minutes then press them together
Good read, just noticed a small bubble (3inch or so) on my pass side door close to the arm rest. Not going to fix it unless it starts peeling around the edges but I'm glad you guys showed me how.
Nice DIY... way to go. Thanks for the info.
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Meet Samantha: An American Girl (American Girls Collection) (original 1986; edition 1986)
by Susan S. Adler
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USE: Learning about classes and womanhood in the early 1900s.
Genre: contemporary realistic fiction. Historical. Early Reader.
Media: paint. old photographs.
Sam(Samantha) is growing up in the early 1900s. She is raised by her grandmother. She has a friend next-door who likes to tease her. I think he may like her? Sam leaves a cookie in a room for ants and her grandmother gets upset. Her grandmother wants her to act more ladylike. Cars are a new thing and her grandmother doesn't want her to get dirty in one. A servant girl moves next door and Sam befriends her. Until she has to leave. :( Will she be back? She was getting sick. Sam gave her her expensive doll. Grandmother was proud of her. Their seamstress left working with them because she had a baby and Sam was originally sad because she didn't know why she had left. Sam convinces her grandmother to allow the seamstress and her baby back.
Samantha Parkington was a nine year old young lady. She was an orphan that lived with her wealthy Grandmother. Samantha liked things such as climbing trees and playing outside. She didn't care much for piano practice or sewing. She made friends with servants such as Jessie and Nellie. When she heard about her friend Nellie leaving, she pack up food and her favorite doll to send with her.
Personal Reaction:
I have collected American Girl Dolls since I was about 5 years old. Samantha was the first one I ever received. However, I don't ever remember reading the story of her life. She was a strong adventure young girl in a time that didn't look too highly on those aspects.
Classroom extension:
1. I could bring my doll to school to show the class what she looked like.
2. We could do research to see what information we could find on her life.
This book introduces Samantha in the American Girl series. She is an orphan living with her grandmother in 1904. Samantha's neighbors have a girl her age come and live with them, but she has to work as a servant for her living rather than being priviliged as Samantha is. Samantha has grown up with servants but has never seen that children must also work in houses and factories. The two become friends and solve a mystery together. The story reveals the hardships and inequality of the time, rather than an idealistically whitewashed portrayal, but still shows the beauty of the period through historically accurate details. There are two versions of the artwork depending on the edition, but both give expression and warmth to the characters, and smaller illustrations show old-fashioned items that readers might have difficulty conceptualizing. These books introduce young readers to history in a non-glorified but approachable way that makes them more accessible and gives an understanding of real world concepts. The looking back section at the end uses real photographs and images from the era to display the highlights of that time in history along with the social implications.
I really liked this book. I would recommend it to younger girls who enjoy learning about a girl and a little bit of history as well. This book is set in the past. The readers will really have to grasp that concept, instead of looking at the book as if it was published today. Overall, I liked it.
Samantha Parkington, an orphan, lives a privileged life with her Grandmary in a luxurious home in 1904. She is expected to be a proper young lady who practices piano and works samplers. But Samantha doesn't quite fit the profile.
Samantha meets Nellie who works as a servant for the Ryland family and the two nine-year-olds become friends.
Samantha soon realizes that Nellie's circumstances are quite a contrast to her own elegant life. Meet Samantha is the first book of the Samantha series.
"A Peek into the Past" tells of domestic life in 1904. There were no refrigerators, no freezers, no vacuum cleaners, and little prepared food.
Servants of privileged families did all the hard work for very little money and poor living conditions.
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In 1904, nine-year-old Samantha, an orphan living with her wealthy grandmother, and her servant friend Nellie have a midnight adventure when they try to find out what has happened to the seamstress who suddenly left her job.
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Vacation Funds
Save for that dream getaway
According to USA Today, 6 in 10 people polled by Gallup in 2011 said it was important for them to get away from home during the year. This makes sense: vacations, whether large or small, often help relieve stress, keep families happy, create bonding experiences and improve health. They allow travelers to reminisce and even increase knowledge.
If you want to help minimize expenses and create a vacation experience you can actually afford, it's best to start saving well in advance of your trip. Not only will this create a pool of funds that you can use without guilt, but it also will allow you to earn a little interest on the deposits. Here are three steps to make your vacation planning easier:
- Budget for the trip. It's a good idea to determine your budget for the trip so that you have a goal for how much to save. Factor in the costs of transportation to your destination and around the area, plus hotel, food, entertainment and all other expenses.
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Wilmington, Del. (April 13, 2014) - The Dash followed consecutive shutout losses with a shutout victory of their own. Winston-Salem held the Wilmington Blue Rocks to three hits in its 1-0 win on Sunday afternoon at Frawley Stadium.
Winston-Salem (4-6) was mired in the longest scoreless streak of the Dash era, a 23-inning drought that dated back to Thursday's one-run loss in Salem. However, the Dash finally snapped that funk with the game's only run in the third.
Nick Basto led off the inning with a sharp single, and Tim Anderson brought him home with a double down the left field line for his third RBI of the season. As a result, the Dash mustered the game's first run for just the second time in 10 contests this year.
Winston-Salem starter Mike Recchia (1-1) made sure that one run was enough. Recchia held the Blue Rocks off the board in five and two-thirds innings of work. He fanned seven and surrendered just two hits for his second career High-A win.
His defense helped in the Blue Rocks' two scoring chances during his outing. With two outs and Beau Maggi at first, Raul A. Mondesi laced a double down the right field line. However, the Dash gunned down Maggi at the plate, right fielder Jason Coats to second baseman Michael Johnson to catcher Martin Medina.
In the sixth inning, the Blue Rocks loaded the bases with two outs, and Euclides Leyer replaced Recchia. Johermyn Chavez hit a dribbler down the chalk at third, and Basto made a bare-handed scoop and threw out Chavez by a step to preserve the lead.
Leyer followed that escape with two more perfect innings, during which he whiffed three Blue Rocks. The righty entered for the ninth inning and struck out Bubba Starling before plunking Hunter Dozier and allowing a single to Chavez.
With men at first and second and one away, Jarrett Casey took Leyer's place on the hill, and he induced a game-ending double play off the bat of Cody Stubbs for his second save of the season.
Winston-Salem concludes this seven-game road trip Monday night at 6:35 inside Frawley Stadium. Right-hander J.B. Wendelken (1-1, 3.27 ERA), who took a perfect game into the fifth inning in his last start Wednesday, will toe the rubber for the Dash against southpaw Sean Manaea (0-1, 8.10 ERA). Pregame coverage begins at 6:20 on wsdash.com/broadcast.
The Dash return home Tuesday for a seven-game homestand that begins with All-You-Can-Eat Night. All fans received all-you-can-eat hot dogs, hamburgers and cheeseburgers through the seventh inning, and normal ticket prices apply. For tickets, log on to wsdash.com.
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While in the hospital, my mother in law rang her call button. They failed to answer it for over an hour so she got up to use the restroom and fell and broke her foot. Several days later, they moved her to a nursing home. That same day, she rang the call button at 4 am to again use the restroom. Again, it went unanswered for over an hour. So she got up to go by herself and fell again. She is now in ICU at the hospital. What if she was having difficulty breathing? An hour is too long to wait for a call button to be answered. What if she dies from this fall? She is bleeding around the brain?
Failing to respond for an hour sounds like a breach of the standard of care to me. There might well be liability here as to both the hospital AND the nursing home. I agree, an hour sounds too long to me. Now you need to get an expert who'll testify that an hour is far too long.
Usually I discourage people from pursuing malpractice claims, but this one really does need to be evaluated by a medical malpractice lawyer in Ohio. If she dies, there may well be a wrongful death claim.
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A hospital or nursing home isn't automatically negligent if a patient falls, but it's a red flag that negligence may be involved. Basically, you'll have to show that the hospital fell below the standard of care. In other words, if waiting an hour before answering a call button is unreasonable under the circumstances (and it may be), then it would be considered negligent. I think you should talk to a malpractice attorney about this. It shouldn't cost you anything to get a consultation and some specific advice. I'm licensed in Illinois, but if you need a referral, give me a call. I can recommend an experienced attorney who practices in your area. 1-800-807-9530.Ask a similar question
This is a case that should certainly be investigated further. There are a number of potential claims that would depend on whether the hospital or nursing home breached the standard of care for your mother-in-law. Based on the information you have provided, I suspect the strongest case is against the nursing home as they knew your mother-in-law already had a broken foot.
Please note that there are time limits as short as one year for bringing these types of cases. Ohio requires that an affidavit of merit must be included with the complaint establishing both a basis for liability and damages. This takes time to obtain so your mother-in-law should not delay in consulting with an attorney. I would be happy to discuss this matter further if you or your in-laws wish.
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The hat will literally be passed around Australia's country music capital in the coming days urging fans to dip into their pockets to help drought-stricken farmers.
While organisers put on the final touches ahead of Friday's grand opening of the Tamworth Country Music Festival, a group of hat makers are doing some preparations of their own.
Modelled on country music legend Lee Kernaghan's famous Akubra Outback Club hat, another hat two metres in diameter is being constructed and will be driven around Tamworth on the back of a truck.
It will take pride of place at Kernaghan's free concert in the park on January 25 with all money raised going to the Farmhand appeal.
"I'll be joined by other artists like Adam Brand, Beccy Cole and Catherine Britt," Kernaghan told AAP.
"And there will be others to. We are just waiting on confirmation from other big names to come through."
Gold Coast tourist attraction Seaworld had already started the flow of donations, putting $50,000 into the hat, he said.
"All the money raised goes straight into the hat and into the hands of farming families."
Around 10,000 people are expected to attend the free concert and Kernaghan hopes they will be feeling generous.
"We are appealing for the help of Australians and corporate Australia," he said.
Beer drinkers will also be able to lend a hand without leaving the bar.
Carlton and United Breweries (CUB) have agreed to donate 10 cents from every schooner of VB sold at the festival to the appeal.
The Tamworth Country Music Festival goes from January 17 until January 26.
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At the wall in a hybrid nematic cell with strong anchoring, the nematic director is parallel to one wall and perpendicular to the other. Within the Landau-de Gennes theory, we have investigated the dynamics of
Topological defects arise as a result of broken continuous symmetry and are ubiquitous in nature, from microscopic condensed matter systems governed by quantum mechanics to a universe in which gravity plays a decisive role [
Eigenvalue exchange (also called order reconstruction) was first shown by Schopohl and Sluckin within the core of
Recently, the atomic force microscope (AFM) has been used as a unique tool to measure the separation dependence of surface forces with unprecedented accuracy and flexibility [
Recently, many theoretical investigations have focused on the dynamical behavior of structure transition, using the
Our theoretical argument is based on the Landau-de Gennes theory [
Here, λi and
Finally, when all eigenvalues of
which is a convenient parameter for illustrating spatial inhomogeneities of
Following the notation in [
is the bulk energy that describes a homogeneous phase. In
The free-energy,
The coefficients,
The boundary conditions at the LC interfaces are taken into account by the surface term,
After an appropriate rescaling of the variables, we can simplify the calculating process. Here, we follow the rescaling of Schopohl and Sluckin [
where the rescaled parameter,
In the scaling employed above, the rescaled uniaxial ordering has the form
We choose a HAN cell with strong anchoring boundary conditions; the nematic director is parallel to one wall and perpendicular to the other (see
We study the structure of
At the two plates
On the lateral walls at
We compute the evolution of the LC with a dynamic theory for its tensor order-parameter field,
The coefficient,
The numerical calculations are to be intended with respect to the scaled variables. When the functional derivatives in
with the boundary conditions,
where Γ̃ =Γ × (−
We use a two-dimensional finite-difference iterative method employed in our previous studies in [
In our numerical calculations, we have found that a discretization with a time step given by 4 × 10−10 is sufficient to guarantee the stability of the numerical procedure. In addition, our equilibration runs take 106, which has been confirmed as sufficient for the system to reach equilibrium state.
We let the system relax from an initial condition under the boundary conditions given in Section 2.2. We have calculated the tensor
In this section, we present our numerical results. According to the parameters given in [
A more detailed analysis of the defect core, directly showing the process of biaxial transition, is given in
To quantify the influence of the cell gap on the defect structure, we plot in
It seems that the transition to the biaxial wall originates from the biaxiality seed concentrated at the −1/2 defect. The biaxial wall would also be created in the absence of a defect [
In order to make the mechanism of the structure transition clear, we make a comparison between the two cases (with and without initial disclination).
In order to make it clear how the configuration changes between two states, we make dynamical calculations of the defect core structure between different cell gaps (10ξ → 9ξ, 9ξ → 8ξ, 8ξ → 7ξ, 7ξ → 6ξ).
To analyze the influence of the defect core on the dynamic process, we make dynamical calculations of the exchange configurations between different cell gaps. To aid the comparisons, we give the dynamics as the cell gap decreases.
In order to get the influence of the surface anchoring at the boundary plates on the behavior of topological defects, we focus on the Neumann conditions in this section. First, we study the condition of asymmetric boundaries. We impose strong homeotropic anchoring on the top plate and weak planar anchoring on the bottom plate.
Next, we fix the anchoring strength at the bottom plate to
Further, we study the condition of symmetric boundaries. We impose the same value of weak anchoring on both the two boundary plates and studied the effect of anchoring strength on the critical value,
Within the Landau-de Gennes theory, we carried out a numerical study on the structure of
According to the parameters given, we can easily get the characteristic length ξ ~ 3.96 nm, and the critical separation is ~20 nm, which is consistent with the experimental result in [
Further, the parameters also give that the unit of anchoring strength is
It can be predicted that the critical separation and the response time should be affected by the temperature; the detailed results, as well as the force curve with the
This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 11374087 and the Key Subject Construction Project of Hebei Province University.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The geometry of the problem.
The director field profile at equilibrium state in a thin nematic layer with different thicknesses. The simulations are based on the initial conditions given in Section 2.2. (
Biaxiality β2 for different thicknesses in a thin hybrid alignment nematic (HAN) layer with an initial line defect. (
Biaxiality β2 across the defect center along
Variation of the defect core size with different thicknesses. The lengths of
The free energy as a function of
The dynamics of the biaxiality, β2, across the defect center along
The dynamics of the biaxiality, β2, along
The director field profile at equilibrium state in a thin nematic layer with different anchoring strength on the bottom plate. The cell gap of the simulated nematic layer is
The director field profile at equilibrium state in a thin nematic layer with different thicknesses. The anchoring strength is
Variation of the defect core size with different thicknesses for the asymmetric boundaries. The lengths of
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Stunning Merlot From Napa Valley's Most Unique Vineyards
When it comes to California red wines, "Napa Valley" is the address everyone wants. But Napa Valley isn't one homogenous zone of red wine excellence. Even vineyards located right next to each other often exhibit remarkable differences in soil, terrain, microclimate, and exposure to sunlight.
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The 2008 Duckhorn Merlot is certainly no exception. Its lush, aromatic fruit flavors are followed by a rich, complex finish that leaves you longing for more. In fact, we wholeheartedly agree with the Wine Enthusiast's Steve Heimoff when he calls this stunning Napa Valley Merlot "hard to resist."
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The Surface Pro 3 is now 9.1mm thick instead of 11.7mm thick.
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The Biometric Identification System will increase perimeter security and provide better visitor access to secure correctional centres across Queensland.
New systems are currently being installed at Lotus Glen and Townsville correctional centres. Biometric identification systems are already in use at Maryborough, Capricornia, Borallon, Brisbane Women's and Brisbane correctional centres.
In the lead up to implementation at each centre, staff and correctional centre visitors will be enrolled in the system. It will be a process that takes minutes, and will improve access procedures, visitor processing times and, most importantly, further strengthens perimeter security.
Read on to find out more about the system or download the Biometric Identification System fact sheet for visitors (PDF 156KB).
Biometric systems are being installed under the perimeter security systems upgrade project in order to provide improved access control of persons entering a centre. The installation of the biometric systems will enhance the security of Queensland's high security correctional centres.
The Biometric Identification System scans the finger, looking for key points such as where ridges begin, end, branch-off and merge, to create a mathematical template (or map). The template is stored on a computer database together with a photograph, name, address, date of birth and identification verification details such as a driver's licence number.
The template is not a fingerprint image and cannot be matched against actual fingerprint records held by law enforcement agencies. The system cannot convert the template back into a fingerprint image.
When a visitor presents their finger, the biometric identification system converts the finger image to a finger template and then compares this to templates that are recorded in the computer database to look for a close match. Matches are given a score that represents the degree of similarity. A threshold is set and a score above the threshold is accepted as a valid match. If the score obtained is marginally below the threshold then the system will request the person to input their birthdate and will use this additional information to decide if a valid match can be made.
All correctional centre staff and visitors, over the age of 18 years, must be enrolled in the biometric identification system database. The biometric identification system will eliminate the need to allocate visitor identification numbers and it will allow more efficient access for approved visitors.
The new biometric system will allow correctional centre staff to process visitors much quicker. The system will be able to process about 50 enrolled visitors within 30 minutes.
Is the visitor identification database linked to any other database and can any other agency access it?
No. The biometric system database is not linked to any other database. The database can only be accessed by authorised corrective services staff.
Yes. The information is considered to be private details and is protected under section 341 of the Corrective Services Act 2006. Wrongful disclosure of the information is an offence and punishable by a substantial fine.
Visitor biometric information is stored at the correctional centre and in a central computer database. Data relevant to a particular correctional centre is stored in a computer on-site to ensure large groups of visitors can enter the centre in the shortest possible time. A central computer database retains the details of visitors who require access to multiple centres, such as QCS staff, as it is not efficient to enrol and store their records individually at each site. The central database also provides a level of back-up for all centre-based computer systems.
The biometric information is used to: verify the identity of all staff and visitors requiring entry into a correctional centre; enable visitors to enter and leave a correctional centre during authorised access times; to provide current information to authorised personnel regarding visits that are currently in progress, pending or completed, and; identity all staff and visitors within a correctional centre at any time.
When a visitor telephones a centre to make a visit booking some of their details will be taken and entered into the biometric system in order to create a visit booking. Visitors will still have to follow the usual visit application process which includes filling in a Form 27 and undergoing security checks.
When that person reports to visitor reception for their first visit, the biometric enrolment process will be completed. This means that a biometric template will be created by a finger scan, a photograph will be taken and personal identification documents will be checked. This person will now be able to gain access through the secure entrances within the gatehouse (at newer centres) or administration building (at older centres), provided they are on site during their authorised visit time.
After being enrolled in the biometric system visitors need to present at the approved time. They place their enrolled finger on the scanning pad and this will bring up their photo and details to enable staff to verify their identity and confirm that there is a current visits booking. A table and locker number is then allocated.
The visitor then proceeds through the roto turn for a wand search prior to entering the secure entrance (also known as a man-trap) where they again place their finger on a scanning pad. Once their identity is verified the door opens automatically to allow entry to the centre.
After the visit is completed the visitor again enters the man trap and places their finger on the scanning pad. Once their identity is verified the door opens to allow them to leave the centre.
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They were undermanned, undersized and written off against the ladder leaders on their home court.
But Canberra Capitals skipper Jess Bibby refuses to write off her team's finals chances despite an 84-75 loss in Adelaide yesterday.
The depleted Capitals showed plenty of character, but plucky defeats don't help them stay alive in the playoff race.
Realistically the seven-time champions can only lose one, possibly two, of their last ten games to squeeze into the top five.
That seems a tough ask for a side with a 4-8 win-loss record, but Bibby insists it hasn't given up hope.
''Our focus is still to get into the playoffs, that's still alive for us,'' Bibby said. ''We can't drop too many more, but they [Adelaide] are on top for a reason and we can take a lot of good things out of that.''
Canberra led 50-43 at the main break thanks largely to Bibby, who scored 17 of her 21 points in the first half, including five three-pointers from as many attempts.
But Adelaide's tall targets Suzy Batkovic (25 points) and Abby Bishop (18) fired down the stretch to ensure the Lightning improved to 9-2.
Well held by smaller opponents Brigitte Ardossi (12 points) and Carly Wilson (12 points, nine rebounds) early, the Opals pair were the difference late. They led Adelaide to an 11-2 run to end the game after scores were 73-all with three minutes left.
''We forced Suzy and Bish into some tough looks, but they're world-class players and were able to get the job done eventually,'' Bibby said.
''But I thought Brigitte had the better of Bishy today, even though she got her numbers in the end, and [Marianna] Tolo did well on Suzy because she's a tough cover.''
After beating West Coast in Perth on Friday night, injuries meant Canberra used just a seven-player rotation yesterday.
Forward Hannah Bowley missed with a hamstring problem, and key guard Michelle Cosier hasn't played at all this season due to osteitis pubis.
The depth on which Canberra normally relies as cover simply isn't there this season and they must beat Sydney at home next week to stay in the running for playoffs.
''With those girls out it does hurt us on the second leg of a road trip,'' Bibby said. ''It [the loss] certainly stings, but it also gives us confidence we can play against the best.''
Capitals coach Carrie Graf said her side simply ran out of puff at the end of the league's most taxing road trip.
''We played good hoop and our process was good, but probably fatigue impacted our shots down the stretch and that hurt us,'' she said.
''We had some great looks, but they were good late and have some veterans who can make those key plays. If we can play with the same intensity and focus we did today, the wins will come.''
With six straight home matches to come either side of Christmas, the Capitals have every chance to build some momentum.
''We've only won once at home this year [against struggler West Coast], so we have to start to build that record and we have that chance now,'' Bibby said.
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The political tumult and recent media craziness surrounding the rocky start to the implementation of the Affordable Care Act ignore this reality: We already have "universal" healthcare in this country.
Programs like Medicare, Social Security, Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program, and Aid to Needy Aged, Blind, or Disabled Persons are funded at about 15 percent of the budget.
State programs, like Medical, kick in trillions more nationwide.
We already pay through the nose for medical support; why not regulate it?
Congress passed The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act in 1986, which requires hospitals to provide emergency healthcare treatment regardless of one's legal status, or ability to pay.
This act preserves the right to life and the medical care necessary to stay alive, even for those without the financial means to pay. Of course, some Republicans, so eager to protect the lives of the unborn, don't want to allocate resources to the underclass who would die without taxpayer aid.
In the meanwhile, hospitals and medical insurance carriers are gouging patients whenever and wherever possible. HMOs issued an estimated 1 million policy cancellation notices in California in just the last month, only to offer weaker substitute plans for as much as triple the cost.
My neighbor a few years ago was bitten by a baby rattler he stepped on while walking barefoot one hot summer night in his garage. The hospital bill for a few days of care and anti-venom was almost $1 million.
When my neighbor reminded the hospital he had insurance, the whole bill was cut by 90 percent and his part was but a few thousand.
Hospitals know that when a medical emergency arises, you don't have time to shop for the most affordable rates.
Hospitals also know there is no standard rate for emergency treatment and they can issue a bill in any amount.
Even the rates for standard care are crazy. I had to rent a surgical room for 30 minutes for oral surgery two years ago. Even though I brought in my own medical team, the cheapest rate I could find was $15,000.
That's $500 a minute. Some hospital wanted $40,000 for 30 minutes.
While some of these out-of-control costs supplement those who can pay no money and have no health plan, the monopolistic approach the health care industry has adopted is the real culprit.
There are really only three issues that matter regarding making health care affordable:
- n Health care services are already provided in some form to anyone in the U.S., and we are already paying for it;
- n Hospitals, HMOs, PPOs, and insurance carriers have unilaterally taken advantage of the Affordable Care Act using this opportunity to raise rates, cut benefits, and cancel policies;
- n Republicans wish to preserve this "free market" free-for-all without government constraint or regulation, all the while falsely blaming Obamacare as the culprit.
The Republicans have from the beginning pushed hard against reform of any kind, hoping to preserve the medical monopoly that has America by the throat.
In July on CBS's "Face the Nation," House Speaker John Boehner said: "Obamacare is bad for America. ... We're going to do everything we can to make sure that it never happens."
Fox News commentator Dr. Ben Carson recently "reported" that "Obamacare is the worst thing to happen to America since slavery."
The problem is that our "free market exchanges" allow medical providers to charge whatever they wish. Rather than dropping the rates of medical insurance, they all elected to inflate prices as much as possible.
The reasons Obamacare is faltering are because our government has too little control over these mandated services. Medical treatment is a monopoly — and all the big hospitals and HMOs have selected rates that are astronomical over affordable.
Government needs the power to step in to control this chaos. We need to restrict the arbitrary and inflated medical fee approach.
We need to regulate medical care like the public utility that it is. We need to clip the wings of this "free market" or face ails similar to those of the Great Recession that were caused by deregulation and allowing unbridled greed on Wall Street.
Jonathan Kraut serves in the Democratic Party of the SCV, on the SCV Human Relations Forum and SCV Interfaith Council. His column reflects his own views and not necessarily those of The Signal or other organizations. "Democratic Voices" appears Tuesdays in The Signal and rotates among local Democratic writers.


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