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CVPA Admissions Music Audition Information
Requirements for Admission
All applicants must also follow UMass Dartmouth admissions procedures detailed in the University Catalog: http://www.umassd.edu/undergraduate/freshmen/afterapply. All candidates must pass an entrance audition and take an advisory assessment to determine background and potential. Candidates are expected to have facility on their instrument and to have some preparation in fundamental concepts of music theory.
Music Department Auditions
The music program at UMass Dartmouth is unique in its broad spectrum of music under one roof. Whether the future Music Educator and Performer/Composer concentrates on Western Classical music or jazz/world music or new/electronic music, this exposure to and understanding of many kinds of music provides an invaluable professional advantage. Auditions will be held in the Visual & Performing Arts Building (Lot 7 parking), on the main campus of UMD. To schedule and audition or for more information, please contact: Michelle Cieto, Music Department Secretary, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (508) 999-8568.
Department of Music Audition Requirements
Auditions are required for admission to the UMass Dartmouth Music Department, and applicants MUST schedule an audition. All who live in New England must audition in person in their applied area (instrument or voice: jazz or classical) and must also take an aural skills and theory placement assessments, which help to determine baseline skills. For applicants outside of the New England region, please contact the Department for requirements for a video/CD audition.
While auditions are held on four dates, other audition times can be accommodated on an individual basis when classes are in session. The entire process with the audition, an overview of the Department of Music, the aural skills assessment, and theory placement assessment usually takes approximately two to three hours to complete. Once admitted, those identified as weak in theory should enroll in MUS 107 Theory Fundamentals, which is offered during the UMD Summer Session.
For the audition, winds, brass, strings, and voice applicants will be prepared to perform two contrasting pieces that demonstrate the range of your background, training, and preparation. The percussion major degree program involves comprehensive study in all areas of percussion including snare drum, marimba, general percussion, timpani, drum set, jazz vibes, and world percussion.
- Applicants should prepare one solo or etude in each instrumental area of Snare, Keyboard, and Timpani.
- Drum Set: Demonstrate basic skills and technique. Perform grooves in as many styles as possible including: jazz, rock, Latin, and funk with a play-along of your choice (1-2 selections). Students should be prepared to play all standard rudiments and perform a solo.
- World Percussion: Demonstrate basic skills and techniques on the world percussion instrument of your choice (hand drums, steel drum, timbales, Cajun, etc.) with an emphasis on time and feel. Knowledge of the appropriate musical context is expected.
All applicants may also be asked by the auditioning faculty member to perform scales, arpeggios, sight reading or other exercises that demonstrate technical ability.


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We booked a 24 day HAL cruise on Zuiderdam for our family (two adults and two children- ages 5 and 6). How long is too long on a boat? Our fears are: food will be bad; will we feel like we are being herded on and off the ship and at meal times; we are younger and active- will there be other people our age and will there be kids on board; would you recommend a cruise of this length? I am worried we may want to jump off the balcony by day 12! I think the kids will love it...not sure about the adults. Thank you!

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Today we are pleased to announce Flex SDK and Flash Builder 4.6, the next major step in cross-platform mobile application development.
Only six months ago we launched Flex SDK and Flash Builder 4.5, which included an optimized set of components and workflows to create mobile applications. In the time since then, the market has continued to evolve, especially with the explosion of tablet devices – Flex SDK and Flash Builder 4.6, a free update to existing customers due for release later this year, is focused on enabling developers to create expressive mobile and tablet applications across Apple iOS, Google Android and BlackBerry Tablet OS.
Flex 4.6 has several new highly requested components typically used in tablet applications. It also contains several framework performance improvements which can be realized by simply repackaging your existing application. Flash Builder 4.6 offers support for Native Extensions and Captive Runtimes – these new features allow you extend your application's functionality and smooth the install process.
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EDGEWOOD, Ky. (AP) -- Gateway Community and Technical College and the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science have signed an agreement enabling Gateway graduates to complete a bachelor's degree in Cincinnati in 16 months.
Students interested in a bachelor's degree in mortuary science must complete 52 credit hours of prerequisites prior to enrolling at Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. CCMS does not offer prerequisite courses, focusing on upper division courses only.
Beyond the prerequisites, a student needs only three more courses for an associate degree from Gateway.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the median annual salary for morticians, undertakers and funeral directors for 2012 was $38,800 in the state of Kentucky and $49,900 for Ohio.


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Oct. 9, 2012
LARAMIE, Wyo. -
After one of the most successful seasons in history, the Wyoming Cowboy wrestling program will take to the mat Wednesday for the first day of regular-season practice for the 2012-13 campaign.
The outlook
Despite losing several talented wrestlers to graduation, expectations still are elevated for the Cowboys. Mark Branch enters his fifth year as head coach and he has his sights set on a fourth-straight Western Wrestling Conference title.
Top returners for the Cowboys include sophomore Zach Zehner, junior Patrick Martinez and senior Alfonso Hernandez, all of whom qualified for the NCAA Championships last year. Senior L.J. Helbig was a 2011 NCAA qualifier as well. Hernandez earned All-America honors at 197 pounds last season, finishing sixth.
"We have been anticipating the first practice for quite some time now," Branch said. "Our team is anxious and hungry and they know we have a short timetable to get prepared for some of our toughest competition.
"We will have less than a month to get ready for a very strong Boise State team so we have to get right to work. I think the most exciting thing is we have some guys who have stood in the shadows of some Wyoming Wrestling greats and now they see an opportunity to shine and stand out. We expect to continue to improve each week and each year until we climb to the top. It will be very fun to watch this team develop over the season."
Get ready, here it comes
The dual season begins with a bang this year, as the Cowboys host Boise State and Nebraska in the first two weeks of November. UW will battle 14th-ranked Boise State on Nov. 1 and 18th-ranked Nebraska on Nov. 11. Wyoming will host the Cowboy Open tournament on Nov. 3.
Keep the momentum
Last season, Wyoming finished 19th in the team standings at the NCAA Championships, the first top-20 finish since 1996. The Cowboys were 10-3 and 6-0 in Western Wrestling Conference action and return as one of the favorites in the conference race.
Changes in conference
The WWC will have a different look this season after Northern Iowa announced it would compete in the Mid-America Conference, effective in 2012-13. There now are six members of the WWC, including Wyoming, Air Force, South Dakota State, North Dakota State, Utah Valley and Northern Colorado.
Rank `em
The Cowboys are ranked No. 25 in the WIN Magazine preseason team poll and several Cowboys are ranked in the top 25 in the individual rankings. Zehner is 14th at 133, Martinez is 17th at 174 and Hernandez is fourth at 197.


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|Radar in the 21st Century
Part 3: True Motion Display
By Ben Ellison — March 2002
With the addition of accurate SOG (Speed Over Ground) data, several high-end radars can do all the navigational math to create a True Motion display. This is startling. Now your radar image sits there north up or course up with your vessel moving across it, just like a DR walking across a paper chart, and the true motion of other vessels is likewise deciphered.
Strong data integration is also behind the valuable ARPA (Automatic Radar Plotting Aid) -style feature that has migrated down from commercial ships. Manufacturers use a variety of acronyms for the yacht-level implementation, although MARPA (Mini or Manual ARPA, depending on which company you talk to) is the dominant one. MARPA, ATA (Automatic Tracking Aid), and ARP (Automatic Radar Plotting) all perform pretty much the same duty.
The traditional drill was to use EBLs and VRMs to get bearings and ranges of possibly dangerous traffic every six minutes while holding a steady course and to then plot the targets on a "maneuvering sheet." With two plots you can determine how close the other vessel will get to you, termed the Closest Point of Approach (CPA), and when, the T(Time)CPA. With a little vector work on the sheet, you can calculate the other vessel's true speed and course, and even a new course to steer to achieve a certain desired CPA.
A typical MARPA set can lock onto user-selected targets and soon show each one's true or relative forward motion track and a data window with CPA, TCPA, Speed, and Course. Most implementations can track 10 targets at once, which is handy, since multiple moving-target situations are when you might really appreciate some aid. MARPA can also change icons and/or sound alarms when a target's CPA is dangerous. Solid speed and heading data is essential to smooth MARPA operation, as are strong and discrete targets (so maneuvering sheets, or just good radar sense, still has a place in the wheelhouse).
Yet another benefit of integration is the happy marriage of radar with chartplotting. Many products these days will show an electronic chart side by side with radar, either on the same split display or on synchronized screens. Heading modes and ranges can often be matched and changed with a single control–or not, as the user desires. Like a waypoint, the radar cursor position (TLL) can be passed to the plotter for target identification.
The ultimate is radar overlay, when the target images are placed semitransparent over the same-scaled chart image. Overlay started in megayacht systems and then appeared as an accessory to PC charting programs. Si-Tex and Nobeltec co-developed the original 2-kW RadarPC. Last year Si-Tex added 4-kW domed and open-array versions, which they market with their Genesis multifunction devices; Nobeltec sells the same units under its own brand for use with its Visual Navigation Suite. Furuno started offering overlay with its NavNet series, and Raymarine added it with the Pathfinder Plus upgrade. I've seen Nobeltec and Raymarine versions in action and was impressed; targets that corresponded to charted objects were immediately obvious. Also obvious was the necessity of an excellent color display and–like MARPA, for synchronization–fast, dead-on heading and position data.
I apologize for dragging you through a fog of acronyms, but in truth there are more useful features (with related screen acronyms) that I've had to leave out. Spend a little quality time with your radar and manual this season. Some dark and stormy night, you'll be glad you did.
Furuno USA Phone: (360) 834-9300. Fax: (360) 834-9400. www.furuno.com.
Nobeltec Phone: (800) 946-2877. Fax: (503) 579-1304. www.nobeltec.com.
Raymarine Phone: (800) 539-5539 (603) 881-5200. Fax: (603) 864-4756. www.raymarine.com.
Simrad Phone: (954) 922-7700. Fax: (954) 922-0707. www.simrad.com.
Si-Tex Phone: (727) 576-5734 Fax: (727) 570-8646. www.si-tex.com.
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America's Army
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"I am glad that America has chosen to move its Army into virtual storage."
"America has a pretty damn good army... game."
"Medic!...... Medic! Medic! Medic! Medic! Medic! Medic!..."
America's Army is a shooting game made by the United States Army. Its main purpose for existence is to entice people to be brave enough to put themselves into the line of fire by first letting them stay very far away from the line of fire and then creating all opportunities of getting close to the line of fire and then to either cross someone's line of fire (enemy or flreindly) or start imposing their own line of fire (enemy or friendly) to see how it actually works in real life conditions, assuming you have infinite lives in there as well. The Army has bragged about the game's realism, with a notable tone of sarcasm. In private conversations, they have said that "It's really all just a joke we came up with while mowing down some Iraqis. With a M4000 Lawn Mower. For a true combat experience requiring tactics and team decisions, we recommend a game like Duke Nukem 3D. Or, for the hardcore combatant, Boulder Dash, or at least, Digger." However, some soldiers argue that the game has made them a more professional strategist.
edit Objectives
On most levels, the objective of America's Army is to post anti-terrorism propaganda around villages depicting messages such as "We Want You (to die)", "If you don't die, the terrorists win.", and of course "You forgot Poland." In fact, all enemies in the game, AKA Opposing Force (OPFOR), a player have chance to encounter in the game speak Polish. Or at least they pretend to. It actually may seem like it is a speech of a Polish guys found themselves in other slavic country, trying to speak alll of the neighbouring tongues at once. There are never any actual enemies in the game, but there is just a great as threat as the squad you are with will always shoot first and ask questions later. (such questions as "Why ?" or "30 SECONDS NADE WTF!")
edit Weapons
edit ACK-47
The ACK-47's existence is called into question in America's Army. Often a soldier will kill an "enemy" and pick up their weapon, yelling "Dude! I GOT AN ACK!" However, the dead "enemy" explains that it is simply the typical American cereal-box rifle, and that the blood flowing out of their chest is uncomfortable.
edit M24
A weapon parodying the TV show, the M24 is a sniper rifle used in delicate situations. Namely, often when you receive it you will have 24 hours in which to kill the lead terrorist, leaving the server every hour and returning every week. If you fail, millions of computers across the country will receive the horrible fate of needing to travel to your house and stab you in the face.


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|200,000 cows, 550,000 plebs and 20 lords of the manor
|"Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit" (Translation: With God's help the Labour Party may one day be successful.)
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Sheffield is a city in the North of England that hosts the two worst football teams in the entire world.
The inevitable depression that comes as a result of living in Sheffield is made slightly more bearable for its 550,000 residents by the fact that every few years, one of them (whether it be Jarvis Cocker, Arctic Monkeys or Jessica Ennis) seems to become the short-lived feature of pop culture hysteria.
When British people think of Sheffield they think that it is most likely up north and in the county of Sheffieldshire. Some people in Sheffield talk about Hallamshire, although this seems to be in the same category of place as Narnia or the Hundred Acre Wood.
edit Early History
The city of Cheffield was founded in 1200 by the male chef Michelle Roux and his group of rouge culinary chefs called Robbing Roux and his Band of Merry Soux Chefs. They needed a place a to rest up but since Liverpool and Manchester were taken up by the evil Sheriff of PorkAndHam and his sidekick Guy of Gisbourne Cheeses.
Then sometime between the 1600's and 1610's Michel Roux ran away to marry his Foxy girlfriend in the grand castle of Spamalot ruled by the legendary Monty Python. After this the new up and coming chef Sir Lloyd of Liverpool decided to move the gang of chefs to Liverpool and some parts of Madchester. This caused the remaing residents of Cheffield to change their name to Sheffield, thinking that it would teach the people of the UK a lesson but to be truthful everyone thought Sheffield was being silly so every resident was given a slap on the wrist and were sent to their rooms.
edit Instances of Plagiarism
Sheffield is known throughout the world for its plagiarism (aka Copying) of its two neighbouring cities, Liverpool and Manchester. Liverpool and Manchester both have two football teams which is an idea Sheffield stole. Much like the two teams of Liverpool and Manchester both of Sheffield's teams are awful. One of these Sheffield clubs even decided to go as far as you go and have its own disaster much like Liverpool and Manchester before them.
Liverpool and Manchester are also famous for having the living shit bombed out of them in the not so great war, Sheffield being in the middle of a war and true to form also wanted the shit bombed out of them so instead of compling to put commando camoflage on they went around in bright neon clothing.
In less recent history the city of Sheffield decided to copy Liverpool and Manchester by pretending to be involved in the industrial revolution. In a quote from the leader of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Prevention of Birds) he stated that: 'the city of Sheffield had bugger all to do with the Industrial Revolution therefore they deserve no credit what so ever'. This quote sums up the opinion of many angry Mancunians and Liverpudlians who most commonly express this opinion after they've consumed 2 pints of Bitter and packet of Cheese and Onion Crisps.
edit Notable Residents
The most notable resident/political prisoner of Sheffield is the much disliked Nick Clegg. Nick Clegg was the MP for Sheffield until he became Deputy Prime Minister when he decided to neglect his constituants and they decided to opt for Nigel Farage instead.
Another notiable resident was the famous Unflash Gordon. The cousin (and complete opposite) of Flash Gordon.
edit Inbreeding
In modern times it is a common mistake to say that residents of Sheffield are inbred. This is not true, the possibility of being inbred was proved to be a myth ever since members of the Westboro Baptist Church were proven to be not all related, therefore showing that they generally believed what they say and don't possess mental disabilities.
edit The Great Chef War
The Great Chef war was a battle which lasted around five minutes. This battle changed culinary history forever because during the heat of the battle the leaders of the chefs decided to pick up their laddles and ride their pans like horses away from the then city of Cheffield.
The opponents of the battle were the burger van vendeurs who served the mindless drones of the football watchers on their way to get as far away from the football match as humanely possible.
edit Interests
The city of Sheffield likes to think it has a wide variety of interests; this is an interest in itself because the people of Sheffield find themselves so interesting that having an interest in them is an interest to everyone else. This type of interest is known globally as a Mind fuck
Another factor of interest is one of watching mindless drones who can't string a sentence together kick a football around some grass. Even though this is a keen interest of Sheffield it is shared by every single male in the United Kingdom and perhaps the world.
edit Geography
As a result of some historical planning cock-up, Sheffield is built on seven hills, making transport, construction and cycling about as awkward as explaining Jimmy Savile's sex crimes to an oblivious old person. Another geographical phenomenon in the city is the annual flood, which lasts the entirety of the summer, and gives the council an excuse to not clean the streets in the autumn and winter months.
edit Horticulture
It is common knowledge that Sheffield has a thriving Horticultural community. This is one reason why Sheffield is disguised as a complete and utter sh*t hole because the 6 residents and thousands of prisoners would be too embarrassed to reveal to the world that they like Horticulture. To be honest this is probably the best thing to do because the people of Sheffield would be unmercifully ripped by everyone if people find out they like Horticulture.
The people of Sheffield won the Entente Florale Award due to their Horticulture skills which made it a literally green city, like the fact they are in to Horticulture the people of Sheffield were again too embarrassed to share with the world they had won this award.


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Topic: Northeast Storm
I hope that everyone is warm and safe after the storm in the Northeast. We got a lot of snow, but when it stopped we woke up to plowed roads and beautiful snow-covered trees.
My comments, suggestions, and opinions are based only on my personal experience as a cancer survivor. Please consult a physician for professional guidance.


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Upgrading using another computer
From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
In case you have dial-up at home and fast connection at work (or friend) you can download the upgrades on the computer that has fast connection.
- Start Synaptic.
- Do a "Reload".
- Mark the packages that you want to upgrade or install.
- Go to File -> Generate package download script -> choose a name for the script.
- Copy the script to a flash drive or floppy or e-mail it to yourself.
- Copy and execute the script on a Linux machine (it can be a PC running MEPIS LiveCD). The script will download all the needed .deb packages in the folder you run it from. Copy those files on your flash drive.
- On your home machine install all those .deb files either using Synaptic -> File -> Add downloaded packages or open the folder that contains those files and execute the dpkg -i *.deb command in konsole.
Another way: using apt-zip: Install apt-zip on home computer with "apt-get install apt-zip"
- run "apt-get update"
- mount your flash drive or zipdisk.
- run "apt-zip-list --medium=/mnt/flash/ --aptgetaction=upgrade" and then unmount the drive.
Then on your work computer:
- mount the flash drive.
- run the "fetch-script-wget-computername" script from the flash drive and unmount the drive.
At home:
- mount drive.
- run "apt-zip-inst --medium=/mnt/flash --aptgetaction=upgrade" that should install all the packages needed for upgrades including the dependencies.
You can also get specific packages and their dependencies. For more info type "man apt-zip" in terminal. You can probably run the "fetch-script-wget-computername" script on Live CD too if you don't have a Linux installation at work.


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We like to try and eat as much seafood as possible since its such a healthy protein, but I often get bored with salmon. Dizzy Pig is great on it, but we've done that a lot. We've tried pestos and salsas, but I wanted something a bit different last night. Came across a recipe on Bon Appetit for salmon kebabs. I've never done a fish kebab, so why not? The recipe didn't call for squash and zukes, but I had some that needed using so I tossed them in as a last minute addition. The rub had fresh oregano, sesame seeds, cumin and red pepper flakes in it. Sounded simple, but good.
Got the kebabs all made up while the Egg was warming up to 400F. Tossed the salmon on and turned and flipped ever two minutes or so.
Was done after about 10 minutes.
Plated it up with some couscous and a salad. Pretty healthy and pretty tasty if you ask me. I like how the salmon had extra surface area to hold the spices and get more char on it while still not drying out.


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Arm & Hammer Baking Soda
There's at least 500 uses for baking soda. How do I know? Theres a book that lists 500 uses for baking soda. Anyway, this item is a household staple thats been around forever. My grandma used this as a cure all for everything. You can stick a box in the fridge to deodorize, use it under your arm pits as a non toxic deodorant, cook with it, clean with it, mix it with hydrogen peroxide to brush your teeth, mix it with vinegar to remove tough oven stains, ingest a spoonful if you have gas, etc, etc, etc.


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POOLE residents have reacted with shock to the surprise removal of a cabinet member and the council leader who sacked her has been called on to resign.
Creekmoor councillor Judy Butt, who until Wednesday was a cabinet member on Borough of Poole, was sacked by council leader Cllr Elaine Atkinson for supporting residents opposing a temporary transit site in her ward above her council-wide responsibilities.
Now Colin Lambert, for 10 years a committee member of Parkstone Bay Association, said Cllr Elaine Atkinson should stand down for her "appalling" treatment of Cllr Butt.
He said Creekmoor councillor Judy Butt had always been helpful and had even helped clear up Whitecliff after a traveller incursion last year.
"I think that the people responsible for her removal from the cabinet should hang their heads in shame. It should be those people responsible who are removed from office," he said.
"Councillors are meant to support their ward residents. Poole always used to be a democratically run borough. It would seem now that it is running the risk of turning into a dictatorship."
Peter Steer, secretary of PBA for more than 25 years, said Cllr Butt had assisted, advised and supported the association whenever asked.
"To dismiss her from her cabinet position for supporting the residents of her ward, the very residents who voted her in to represent them on Poole Council, is indefensible," he said.
Terry Stewart of the Vision for Poole group said Cllr Butt's dismissal was "terrible" for Poole.
"She has been marvellously supportive of residents (the electorate) on a number of issues, such as the Fields in Trust protection for our parks, the travellers and planning," he said.
"She is now the 5th councillor to be pushed out of their position by the council leaders, which is a sad sign for democracy in Poole."
Creekmoor resident John Butler, chairman of UKIP Poole and Mid Dorset, said: "Surely she was only doing her job?"
Disappointment and disgust at decision
Janet Berry, from Creekmoor, said: "I am surprised. She lived nearby and knew the area and the residents."
Tom Houston said: "I'm very disappointed. She's a very good councillor. It doesn't seem very democratic."
Keith Willard said: I'm disgusted that someone has the authority to sack people for them just doing their job."


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DETROIT - The Plymouth Whalers will open the first round of the 2012 OHL playoffs at 7:05 p.m. Friday against the Guelph Storm at Compuware Arena.
The Whalers finished the season with a 47-18-2-1 record, good enough for first place in the West Division and second place in the Western Conference, just two points behind the London Knights.
The Storm finished in fourth place in the Midwest Division with a 31-31-2-4 record. Guelph enters the playoffs in 7th position in the Western Conference.
The Storm are led by right wing Zack Mitchell who has 37 goals and 38 assists for 75 points. Right wing Scott Kosmachuck has 30 goals and 59 points for Guelph this season.
Plymouth has enjoyed strong goal scoring throughout the lineup. Seven Whalers have at least 20 goals this season. Stefan Noesen's 38 goals and 82 points lead the team.
Whalers goalie Scott Wedgewood has played 43 games this season to earn a .911 save percentage and 28 wins.
The teams last met Feb. 18 in Plymouth where the Storm stomped the favored Whalers 9-1.
Whalers, Storm have playoff history:
In 2007, the Whalers swept the Storm in the Western Conference quarter finals on route to the championship.
The teams have met in the post season eight times, including this year, since the Storm moved from Hamilton in 1991. Plymouth moved forward four times.
Games schedule:
Game 2 is Sunday at Guelph. Game 3 is Tuesday at Compuware Arena and Game 4 is Thursday at Guelph.
If needed, Game 5 will be played Saturday, March 31, in Plymouth.
-- Photo by Rena Laverty -- www.PlymouthWhalers.com
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[MISSION] [adv46] Hunter Hunted
Briefing/SummaryA Spetsnatz recon team has been advancing into CDF territory and has been instructed to take out a CDF Major that is going to pass them on a nearby road.But they have been spotted by local farmers and the local CDF officer has sent his men into the woods.The Spetsnatz are heavily outgunned but have to take out the Major and escape the forests to meet up with a friendly helicopter.
JIP: No
Scripts: F2, some custom stuff
Requires: Combined Ops
- randomized starting locations
- Trip Flares that react to player movement speed; they fire only when running and on a 1 in 10 chance when going slower
- Every 5 minutes the Spetsnatz trigger a trip flare, a marker will tell BLUFOR their position
- BLUFOR only has flashlights and flares, OPFOR have NVGs (but much less ammo)- OPFOR's escape heli is player controlled.
- The Predator Theme.
Last edited by Wolfenswan; 05-01-2012 at 12:17 AM.Play ArmA with us. (Competence not required.)
It's okay to not like things.
Changes after the first playtest:
- time of day is now past 5am so the sun will rise eventually
- weather options changed - now includes clear night, dark night and clear night + light fog
- trip flares are now triggered by crouched jog as well
- reduced the time when markers are placed for the flares to 1 minute
- AI patrols now spot as well
- all CDF now have a G17 as sidearm (flashlight)
- some changes to the briefing
- hopefully fixed locality problems
Changes after the second playtest:
- fixed a script
- less triggers throughout the forest. I'm a bit torn on their placement
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U.S. House airs patent reform debate
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SAN JOSE, Calif. The debate over patent reform came to the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday (April 30) as a diverse set of five industry executives, an academic and an engineer testified on their views for and against the draft Patent Reform Act of 2009.
Debate centered around provisions on infringement damages and post-grant review of patents. Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), one of the sponsors of the bill (H.R. 1260), suggested it could face several amendments before Congress approves any new legislation.
A spokesman for the House Judiciary that sponsored the hearing said the committee could vote soon to send the draft bill to the House floor. A Senate committee sent a companion bill to the Senate floor for debate in early April. Final legislation would have to reconcile any differences between the bills.
Top attorney's for Cisco Systems and Intel Corp.—both members of the Coalition on Patent Fairness—testified in favor of the bill, asking members to bolster provisions limiting damages. "The threat of a jackpot award is real," said Mark Chandler, general counsel for Cisco in his testimony.
In the past seven years 15 cases have awarded damages greater than $100 million and at least five were over $500 million, Chandler said. He also asked for provisions that would give companies who independently invented a technology immunity from infringement claims.
David Simon, chief patent counsel for Intel, asked members to back apportionment, an approach tying damages to the portion of a product's value an infringed patent represents. In its compromise, the Senate committee threw out apportionment in favor of a so-called gatekeeper function in which judges instruct juries on using one or more of the guidelines developed by a Georgia-Pacific case.
Simon called those guidelines "vague and uncertain, and not at all up to the task of providing meaningful guidance to judges and juries."
He said companies face costs ranging from $5 to $20 million to defend themselves from often frivolous infringement suits, most of them brought by companies that exist to assert patents. "I have spoken to defendants that cannot afford to litigate or to settle," he said.
Simon also called for tougher laws limiting the jurisdictions for infringement cases.
Bernard Cassidy, general counsel at Tessera Inc. a member of the Innovation Alliance, was among those testifying against the bill. A series of court decisions have already shifted the balance of power between patent owners and users, Cassidy said.
"It is troubling to many small technology companies that, at a time of such grave economic uncertainty, Congress would seek to fundamentally alter the economic structure of our nation's patent system," he said.
Cassidy called for members to support the Senate compromise on using the gatekeeper approach to calculating infringement damages.
He also asked them to strike down draft measures on new post-grant examination procedures that he said "will allow repeated frivolous challenges, decreased certainty regarding validity and enforceability of patents, and lower-value patents for U.S. businesses and patent holders."


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Rookie gives up four hits, strikes out five for seventh quality start
TORONTO -- After a one-sided loss in the series opener on Friday, the Blue Jays entered Saturday's contest against the Rangers searching for a glimmer of positivity over what has been a pretty rough month and a half.
The Blue Jays, dealing with injuries to three of their starting nine, have been unable to recapture the magic that lifted them to first place in the American League East for 48 days earlier this season. They got a much-needed lift on Saturday as Marcus Stroman pitched seven scoreless innings to lead the team to a 4-1 victory at Rogers Centre, giving them the opportunity to secure a series win on Sunday.
"We needed that. The name of the game is winning. Throw the individual stuff out the window," said Blue Jays manager John Gibbons. "We desperately needed that."
If the team was in desperation mode, it wasn't evident in Stroman's demeanor. The rookie right-hander continued to thrive and showed poise in throwing his seventh quality start in nine tries to improve to 4-2 with a 2.50 ERA as a big league starter.
He worked through the Rangers' lineup with little resistance, and when he did catch a snag, he turned the dial up a notch.
Cruising through the first three innings, Stroman found himself in trouble early in the fourth. After Daniel Robertson and Adrian Beltre led off the frame with back-to-back singles, the Rangers had two on with nobody out and an opportunity to break a scoreless tie.
But instead of unraveling the way one might expect a rookie hurler would, Stroman fanned Jake Smolinski and Leonys Martin back to back before getting J.P. Arencibia to ground out. Stroman went on to retire the next nine batters he faced before being replaced by Brett Cecil in the eighth.
"I feel like I know what I need to do [in that situation]," said Stroman. "You have to raise your intensity. You can't be as relaxed. I'm able to make a big pitch in a crucial count, and that was one of those moments."
While Stroman took care of business on the mound, the Blue Jays' offense got the job done at the plate.
Colby Rasmus sparked a two-run fourth inning with a single before going first to third on a wild pitch. He scored on Dan Johnson's double to the right-field wall for a 1-0 Toronto lead.
Anthony Gose moved Johnson to third with a bunt single, and Munenori Kawasaki then singled to score Johnson, giving the Blue Jays a two-run lead after four innings.
Toronto doubled that in the seventh with a pair of runs from the middle of the order. Three straight singles followed by a sac fly from Johnson gave the Blue Jays a 4-0 cushion.
It was the second two-hit game in a row for Rasmus, who had an eventful day. He stole his first base since June 28, 2012, and registered a bunt single in the fifth inning, to which Rangers starter Colby Lewis took exception.
Lewis was not pleased with the fact Rasmus put down a bunt in a 2-0 game with nobody on and two out, and had words for the Blue Jays' center fielder.
"You're up by two runs with two outs and lay down a bunt. I don't think that's the way the game should be played. I let him know and that was about it," said Lewis. "I just told him I didn't appreciate it."
The Rangers made a late charge in the top of the eighth. Elvis Andrus singled to left off Dustin McGowan to score Rougned Odor to cut the deficit to 4-1, putting two on with one out. McGowan fanned Robertson and appeared to escape the inning by striking out Beltre, but a third-strike passed ball allowed the slugger to reach first and the bases were loaded.
But McGowan rung up Smolinski, clearing the way for Aaron Loup to post his third save of the season with a scoreless ninth. Loup was filling in for Casey Janssen, who was resting with an illness but is expected to be available Sunday.
"I thought we battled," said Gibbons. "The game never felt easy, we never felt comfortable... not an easy game by any means."
Jamie Ross is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A market trend is a tendency of a financial market to move in a particular direction over time.[1] These trends are classified as secular for long time frames, primary for medium time frames, and secondary for short time frames.[2] Traders identify market trends using technical analysis, a framework which characterizes market trends as predictable price tendencies within the market when price reaches support and resistance levels, varying over time.
The terms bull market and bear market describe upward and downward market trends, respectively,[3] and can be used to describe either the market as a whole or specific sectors and securities.[2]
Secular market trendEdit
A secular market trend is a long-term trend that lasts 5 to 25 years and consists of a series of primary trends. A secular bear market consists of smaller bull markets and larger bear markets; a secular bull market consists of larger bull markets and smaller bear markets.
In a secular bull market the prevailing trend is "bullish" or upward-moving. The United States stock market was described as being in a secular bull market from about 1983 to 2000 (or 2007), with brief upsets including the crash of 1987 and the market collapse of 2000-2002 triggered by the dot-com bubble.
In a secular bear market, the prevailing trend is "bearish," or downward-moving. An example of a secular bear market occurred in gold between January 1980 to June 1999, culminating with the Brown Bottom. During this period the nominal gold price fell from a high of $850/oz ($30/g) to a low of $253/oz ($9/g),[4] and became part of the Great Commodities Depression.
Primary market trendEdit
A primary trend has broad support throughout the entire market (most sectors) and lasts for a year or more.
Bull marketEdit
A bull market is associated with increasing investor confidence, and increased investing in anticipation of future price increases (capital gains). A bullish trend in the stock market often begins before the general economy shows clear signs of recovery.
- India's Bombay Stock Exchange Index, SENSEX, was in a bull market trend for about five years from April 2003 to January 2008 as it increased from 2,900 points to 21,000 points. Notable bull markets marked the 1925-1929, 1953–1957 and the 1993-1997 periods when the U.S. and many other stock markets rose; while the first period ended abruptly with the start of the Great Depression the end of the later time periods were mostly periods of soft landing, which became large bear markets. (see: Recession of 1960-61 and the dot-com bubble in 2000-01)
Bear marketEdit
A bear market is a general decline in the stock market over a period of time.[5] It is a transition from high investor optimism to widespread investor fear and pessimism. According to The Vanguard Group, "While there's no agreed-upon definition of a bear market, one generally accepted measure is a price decline of 20% or more over at least a two-month period."[6]
- A bear market followed the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and erased 89% (from 386 to 40) of the Dow Jones Industrial Average's market capitalization by July 1932, marking the start of the Great Depression. After regaining nearly 50% of its losses, a longer bear market from 1937 to 1942 occurred in which the market was again cut in half. Another long-term bear market occurred from about 1973 to 1982, encompassing the 1970s energy crisis and the high unemployment of the early 1980s. Yet another bear market occurred between March 2000 and October 2002. The most recent examples occurred between October 2007 and March 2009, as a result of the current global financial crisis.
Market topEdit
A market top (or market high) is usually not a dramatic event. The market has simply reached the highest point that it will, for some time (usually a few years). It is retroactively defined as market participants are not aware of it as it happens. A decline then follows, usually gradually at first and later with more rapidity. William J. O'Neil and company report that since the 1950s a market top is characterized by three to five distribution days in a major market index occurring within a relatively short period of time. Distribution is a decline in price with higher volume than the preceding session.
- The peak of the dot-com bubble (as measured by the NASDAQ-100) occurred on March 24, 2000. The index closed at 4,704.73 and has not since returned to that level. The Nasdaq peaked at 5,132.50 and the S&P 500 at 1525.20.
A recent peak for the broad U.S. market was October 9, 2007. The S&P 500 index closed at 1,565 and the Nasdaq at 2861.50.
Market bottomEdit
A market bottom is a trend reversal, the end of a market downturn, and precedes the beginning of an upward moving trend (bull market).
It is very difficult to identify a bottom (referred to by investors as "bottom picking") while it is occurring. The upturn following a decline is often short-lived and prices might resume their decline. This would bring a loss for the investor who purchased stock(s) during a misperceived or "false" market bottom.
Baron Rothschild is said to have advised that the best time to buy is when there is "blood in the streets", i.e., when the markets have fallen drastically and investor sentiment is extremely negative.[7]
- Some examples of market bottoms, in terms of the closing values of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) include:
- The Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a bottom at 1738.74 on 19 October 1987, as a result of the decline from 2722.41 on 25 August 1987. This day was called Black Monday (chart[8]).
- A bottom of 7286.27 was reached on the DJIA on 9 October 2002 as a result of the decline from 11722.98 on 14 January 2000. This included an intermediate bottom of 8235.81 on 21 September 2001 (a 14% change from 10 September) which led to an intermediate top of 10635.25 on 19 March 2002 (chart[9]). The "tech-heavy" Nasdaq fell a more precipitous 79% from its 5132 peak (10 March 2000) to its 1108 bottom (10 October 2002).
- A bottom of 6,440.08 (DJIA) on 9 March 2009 was reached after a decline associated with the subprime mortgage crisis starting at 14164.41 on 9 October 2007 (chart[10]).
Secondary market trendEdit
Secondary trends are short-term changes in price direction within a primary trend. The duration is a few weeks or a few months.
One type of secondary market trend is called a market correction. A correction is a short term price decline of 5% to 20% or so.[11] A correction is a downward movement that is not large enough to be a bear market (ex post).
Another type of secondary trend is called a bear market rally (sometimes called "sucker's rally" or "dead cat bounce") which consist of a market price increase of only 10% or 20% and then the prevailing, bear market trend resumes.[12] Bear market rallies occurred in the Dow Jones index after the 1929 stock market crash leading down to the market bottom in 1932, and throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Japanese Nikkei 225 has been typified by a number of bear market rallies since the late 1980s while experiencing an overall long-term downward trend.
Investor sentimentEdit
Investor sentiment is a contrarian stock market indicator.
By definition, the market balances buyers and sellers, so it's impossible to literally have 'more buyers than sellers' or vice versa, although that is a common expression. The market comprises investors and traders. The investors may own a stock for many years; traders put on a position for several weeks down to seconds.
Generally, the investors follow a buy low, sell high strategy.[13] Traders attempt to "fade" the investors' actions (buy when they are selling, sell when they are buying). A surge in demand from investors lifts the traders' asks, while a surge in supply hits the traders' bids.
When a high proportion of investors express a bearish (negative) sentiment, some analysts consider it to be a strong signal that a market bottom may be near. The predictive capability of such a signal (see also market sentiment) is thought to be highest when investor sentiment reaches extreme values.[14] Indicators that measure investor sentiment may include:Script errorScript error[citation needed]
David Hirshleifer sees in the trend phenomenon a path starting with underreaction and ending in overreaction by investors / traders.
- Investor Intelligence Sentiment Index: If the Bull-Bear spread (% of Bulls - % of Bears) is close to a historic low, it may signal a bottom. Typically, the number of bears surveyed would exceed the number of bulls. However, if the number of bulls is at an extreme high and the number of bears is at an extreme low, historically, a market top may have occurred or is close to occurring. This contrarian measure is more reliable for its coincidental timing at market lows than tops.
- American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) sentiment indicator: Many feel that the majority of the decline has already occurred once this indicator gives a reading of minus 15% or below.
- Other sentiment indicators include the Nova-Ursa ratio, the Short Interest/Total Market Float, and the Put/Call ratio.
Changes with consumer behaviorEdit
Market trends are fluctuated on the demographics and technology. In a macro economical view, the current state of consumer trust in spending will vary the circulation of currency. In a micro economical view, demographics within a market will change the advancement of businesses and companies. With the introduction of the internet, consumers have access to different vendors as well as substitute products and services changing the direction of which a market will go.
Despite that, it is believed that market trends follow one direction over a matter of time, there are many different factors that can change this idea. Technology s-curves as is explained in the book The Innovator's Dilemma. It states that technology will start slow then increase in users once better understood, eventually leveling off once another technology replaces it. This proves that change in the market is actually consistent.
The precise origin of the phrases "bull market" and "bear market" are obscure. The Oxford English Dictionary cites an 1891 use of the term "bull market". In French "bulle spéculative" refers to a speculative market bubble. The Online Etymology Dictionary relates the word "bull" to "inflate, swell", and dates its stock market connotation to 1714.[15]
The fighting styles of both animals may have a major impact on the names.[16] When a bull fights it swipes its horns up; when a bear fights it swipes down on its opponents with its paws.Script errorScript error[citation needed]
One hypothetical etymology points to London bearskin "jobbers" (market makers),[17] who would sell bearskins before the bears had actually been caught in contradiction of the proverb ne vendez pas la peau de l'ours avant de l'avoir tué ("don't sell the bearskin before you've killed the bear")—an admonition against over-optimism.[17] By the time of the South Sea Bubble of 1721, the bear was also associated with short selling; jobbers would sell bearskins they did not own in anticipation of falling prices, which would enable them to buy them later for an additional profit.
Another plausible origin is from the word "bulla" which means bill, or contract. When a market is rising, holders of contracts for future delivery of a commodity see the value of their contract increase. However in a falling market, the counterparties—the "bearers" of the commodity to be delivered—win because they have locked in a future delivery price that is higher than the current price.Script errorScript error[citation needed]
Some analogies that have been used as mnemonic devices:
- Bull is short for 'bully', in its now somewhat dated meaning of 'excellent'.
- It relates to the speed of the animals: bulls usually charge at very high speed whereas bears normally are thought of as lazy and cautious movers—a misconception because a bear, under the right conditions, can outrun a horse.[18]
- They were originally used in reference to two old merchant banking families, the Barings and the Bulstrodes.
- The word "bull" plays off the market's returns being "full" whereas "bear" alludes to the market's returns being "bare".
- "Bull" symbolizes charging ahead with excessive confidence whereas "bear" symbolizes preparing for winter and hibernation in doubt.
International sculpture team Mark and Diane Weisbeck were chosen to re-design Wall Street's Bull Market. Their winning sculpture, the "Bull Market Rocket" was chosen as the modern, 21st century symbol of the up-trending Bull Market. Script errorScript error[citation needed]
See alsoEdit
- Black Monday
- Bull-bear line
- Business cycle
- Don't fight the tape
- October 27, 1997 mini-crash
- September 11, 2001
- Stock market downturn of 2002
- Trend following
- Recession
- Economic expansion
- Market sentiment
- ↑ [Start Market Course, George Fontanills, Tommy Gentile, John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2001, p91http://books.google.com/books?id=gtrLvlojNzIC&pg=PA91&dq=stock+market+trends#v=onepage&q=stock%20market%20trends&f=false]
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- ↑ Chart of gold 1968–99
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- ↑ "Staying calm during a bear market". Vanguard Group.
- ↑ http://www.fool.com/investing/small-cap/2007/05/02/buy-when-theres-blood-in-the-streets.aspx Buy When There's Blood in the Streets
- ↑ http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$INDU&p=D&st=1987-08-01&en=1987-12-31&id=p95907824619 stockcharts.com chart
- ↑ http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$INDU&p=D&st=2000-01-01&en=2002-12-31&id=p94927308656 stockcharts.com chart
- ↑ http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=$INDU&p=D&st=2007-06-01&en=2009-05-17&id=p70946023540
- ↑ Technical Analysis of Stock Trends, Robert D. Edwards and John Magee p. 479
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- ↑ Bad Timing Eats Away at Investor Returns
- ↑ Trying to Plumb a Bottom, By MARK HULBERT, http://online.barrons.com/article/SB122652105098621685.html
- ↑ Script error
- ↑ Bull Market
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Bulls and bears
- ↑ "The Speed Of Grizzly Bears" William E. Kearns, Assistant Park Naturalist
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Conservation Awards Banquet at Lewis Center, Ohio in February. Being the
oldest conservation and sportsmen organization in Ohio, this volunteer
group's has worked since 1908 to preserve clean water, good soil, and
more trees for the benefit of its motto "Save and Restore Wildlife".
people receiving awards from League of Ohio Sportsmen and their
educational arm, Ohio Wildlife Federation were Hunter Educator of the
year, 2013, Jack Fought of Ottawa-Pandora area. Fought has been a Hunter
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resources. He received multiple nominations from past students and
fellow instructors who have observed his classes.
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Did you know?
The Royal Bafokeng Stadium is the only community-owned football stadium in South Africa.
After a massive R360-million upgrade, the 42 000-seat Royal Bafokeng Stadium proved its mettle when it hosted some of the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup games.
This Rustenburg sports stadium is located 15km outside the football-crazy town in the Phokeng village. The multi-purpose sports facility also contains an athletics track, Olympic-size swimming pool, a fitness centre and facilities for tennis, netball, volleyball and basketball.
The 2010 FIFA World Cup™ stadium also boasts hospitality suites to accommodate 320 VIPs, an excellent pitch, state-of-the-art public address system, and a giant 40m² screen to ensure fans don't miss any big-match action. It also features fan-friendly seating, floodlights and electronic scoreboards. Five first-round matches and one second-round match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ were held at the stadium.
Rustenburg benefited from various infrastructure improvements prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ which included the upgrade of national and local roads to the venue, providing football supporters with ease of access.
The Royal Bafokeng Stadium was developed by the Bafokeng community, which holds a share in the North West province's platinum mines, some of the richest in the world. Opened in 1999, it is the home ground to the local Premier Soccer League (PSL) team, the Platinum Stars.
The stadium also regularly hosts rugby matches, serving as the home ground of the Leopards.
Rustenburg, meaning 'town of rest', is a short drive away from the glitzy Sun City resort and its neighbouring Big Five Pilanesberg Game Reserve.
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How to get here
The best way to get to Rustenburg is by road, following the N4 highway west out of Pretoria. Pretoria can be reached on the N1 from Johannesburg. It's an approximate three-hour drive from Johannesburg, depending on traffic volume.
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Nearby is the glitzy pleasure resort of Sun City with a host of attractions and activities. The Pilanesberg Game Reserve, a Big Five reserve, is adjacent to the resort.
Tours to do
A not-to-be-missed attraction in the Magaliesberg is sliding through the tree tops on a Magaliesberg Canopy Tour.
Get around
Taxis provide transport only along scheduled routes in Rustenburg, so for independence of travel, consider car hire.
What to pack
Evenings and early mornings are cold in winter (May to October), so pack warm clothing if you visit during these months.
Where to stay
The Wigwam Hotel offers quirky, wigwam chalets, at affordable rates.
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Happy Holidays!
msdev is about to launch a series of training courses for Master Data Services that covers early concepts, setup, model building, configuration, security model setup and the object model. This should be a great series and promises to be a solid introduction to the product.
If you haven't noticed lately, there is a great set of entries up on the SSIS team blog now. These are quality blog entries that really get into the details of how the product works and how to use it. If you haven't looked lately and you want to understand master data services, this is definitely a great resource. The entries are created by the engineers that designed, coded and documented the product and peer reviewed before being posted. They are of very high quality, accurate and authoritative.
The online documentation for MDS has also been updated. The following explains derived hierarchies:
Finally, Donald Farmer does his usual excellent job at describing Master Data Management and the important elements of making master data management useful and some of the key value propositions of MDS.
A new MSDN article explains how to integrate MDS workflow with SharePoint.
For those of you wanting more information about Master Data Services, in 2010, Profisee is starting a series of webinars that should be great.
Here's the first one: http://www.profisee.com/newsevents/tabid/134/Default.aspx
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
In a recent blog I mentioned that the Master Data Services team would be blogging soon. Matt Anderson has started and this should be a great resource for readers wanting to come up to speed on MDS quickly. We're planning some high level as well as in-depth blogging there. If you are interested in better understanding the newest addition to the SQL Server toolset, be sure to add this link to your blogroll!
These kinds of things always seem to be the last to be added to the documents. I saw in a recent blog post that someone had gotten a staging table error and they weren't sure what it was.
Here are the staging table error codes thanks to our great support engineer Pam Matthews
I'm sure these will show up in the documentation at some point, but for now there here for your reference.
As we head into the US holiday season, I wanted to catch up on some things I've wanted to blog for some time.
Blogs Rolling
First of all, it's good to see some blogging activity around MDS.
As is the usual case around the first release of a product, it takes some time for blog activity to get momentum. But, we're beginning to see some action now as folks pick up the November CTP of SQL Server R2 and start to put it through it's paces.
This one by Nick Barclay is a series of seven introducing MDS and how to build a model and starts to get into the data model a bit as well.
For those just picking up the product for the first time, this is an excellent quick start guide.
Intrepid blogger and SSIS/MSBI geek Jamie Thomson has also been digging into the product and started blogging and he promises more to come.
Roland Lenz gives a pretty good summary of MDS and talks a little about scenarios in which it can be used.
Chris Webb blogged about John McAllister's recent presentation at PASS.
For those that missed it, I have a short entry here that talks at a high level about the product and Master Data Management in general.
Shaun Ryan has also started to blog and has one about creating hierarchies in MDS here.
The MDS team will be blogging as well. Look for those blogs to show up soon and I'll link here.
Matt Anderson has already created the first entry: Installing and Configuring Master Data Services 2008 R2 November CTP
Hooo, that's a mouth full. Fortunately, it takes about as long to say it as it does to do it! As soon as we can get the blog up and running, he'll be posting that entry with more to follow.
What's New
There are various comments about what's new in the November CTP MDS relative to the original product Microsoft acquired. Some have said it's basically the same thing. I'd like to give you all some background on that. For the benefit of those who are familiar with the Stratature product or the technology preview we released over a year ago, I'll briefly list some of the more important improvements. Later, I'll drop some hints as to what's coming next. But keep it between me and you.
The team has been doing some great work around improving the performance of the product. We've improved the schema, optimized stored procedures, and changed the way we manage key elements such as business rules to be more efficient. This work has resulted some great performance improvements. In some cases, the improvements are orders of magnitude faster.
We've done a load of work on security, accessibility, globalization and localization (21 languages), better setup and configuration.
UI Spif
While the user interface is mostly the same, we have done some changes to improve the experience including fixing bugs and swapping the control library for better management.
Model Deployment
The perenial problem with building models is how to deploy them from the machine where they were developed without a lot of difficulty. And what's more, how do you build a model template and use it over and over without said efforts? Model deployment. With Model Deployment, you can build an entire model, including data on a development machine, deploy it to a test lab for testing and then easily deploy to the live production machines without ever getting your hands dirty. It's also useful for building pre-developed models for solution specialists or for sharing across the enterprise. While competitor products can sometimes take weeks to setup, configure and build the first model, I've done a demo where I setup, configured, deployed a model and built a derived hierarchy in roughly 10 minutes. That's simpler, easier and faster. That's Microsoft software.
We've added a comprehensive API to the product with both bulk and message oriented functions. Then we rewrote the user interface to go through the API instead of directly to the database/stored procedures. Anything you can do through the UI and more, you can now do through the API. It is complete and comprehensive.
So, while the product looks pretty much the same, much of the work we've been doing is to build the MDS platform into something that will support a rich set of experiences, integrations and additional scenarios.
What's Next?
It's a little early to be talking about the next version don't you think? OK, well, let's just say we're going to improve the user interface, integration and out of box experience and a few other goodies.
Well, that's certainly a mouth full.
I'm pleased to say that the SQL Server November CTP with Master Data Services is now available.
If you're interested in simply seeing the MDS documentation, you can find it here:
The branding is in.
Where MONTH is the actual release month.
Hooo! What a mouthful.
It's been a while since my last post so wanted to take some time and update folks on what's happening around Master Data Services.
A little history
To catch everyone up, I thought I'd start by giving a short history of the product and get everyone on the same page.
In June, 2007 Microsoft acquired a company called Stratature. It was a small but well run company that built an analytical master data management solution. At the time, we were looking for a good solution to augment the PerformancePoint offering as well as a way to pull together various master data management capabilities for Office servers such as CRM and SharePoint. The focus was on bringing the master data to the people who understood it best. Who knows the customers, products, vendors, parts and other key business data better than the business users? MOSS (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server) seemed the logical ship vehicle and still makes a lot of sense for a business user perspective. Delivering the master data management stewardship experience throughout the enterprise by placing it in the hands of business users continues to be our strategy, however, after feedback from partners, customers and our field, we believed that the ship vehicle needed to change to better align with the sales motions, field expertise, R&D teams, marketing and underlying technologies. We weighed and considered different options and ultimately decided that SQL Server was a better fit. While delivering the master data experience to the business user continues to be a priority, the "master data" piece of MDM, the "management" piece is also important. What happens in the back end management experience is every bit as important as how the stewardship and governance experience is delivered to the business user. As purveyors of a master data platform, we have to provide both.
Project "Bulldog" was a codename for the overall master data management project leading up to shipping as part of SQL Server. When we acquired Stratature, there were a few minor issues with the product, we were a small team, and the number of customers relative to Microsoft's typical customer base was quite small. We made the difficult decision to remove the product from the market so that the small team could focus on shipping a Microsoft quality product. We shipped a technology preview that was picked up by nearly 200 customers and partners. The technology preview was, essentially, a hygiene build of the Stratature bits with a few libraries removed, some simple modifications to improve the product security, and some bug fixes.
The technology preview ran for over a year and was successful at building interest as well as providing an outlet for customers to use the product for initial evaluation purposes and building proofs of concept solutions. A few, we understand, have gone a little further with the product then we expected.
Throughout this time, we've been busy improving the product on multiple dimensions including performance, flexibility, extensibility, localization and feature/function. To date, master data management solutions have been risky, expensive and difficult to implement. Master data management isn't all about technology. In fact, the technology is really about enabling the processes that lead to authoritative master data. But, the technology is important and we believe that we will make master data management technology truly available to enterprise and mid-market companies both from an implementation and affordability perspective.
What now?
We're now closing in on the first Microsoft release of a master data solution. Master Data Management isn't a household name, but as companies struggle with managing one of their most important assets in a consistent way with ever increasing complexity of IT ecosystems, dynamic business environments and stringent regulations the need for a way to manage key business data is critical. There is a lot of information out there about master data management, the need and the solutions. Unfortunately, much of it is confusing, contradictory and unbounded by reality. The space is maturing however, and you'll begin to see more and more about this important problem and the ways to solve it in the coming years.
Here's what's happening with the product now:
Some resources
For those of you unfamiliar with MDM and Microsoft's forthcoming solution, or if you just want to drill down some more, here's a few links to get you started.
http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/MDS.aspx - This is the official SQL Server website.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb190163.aspx - A brief introduction Roger Wolter and I wrote.
http://mdmbook.com/ - David Loshin's companion site for his excellent MDM book.
As announced at TechEd earlier this week, Master Data Services will be shipping in SQL Server 2008 R2.
I've blogged on SQL Insiders about it here: http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/default.aspx
I'm glad I can be out of the SQL Server closet again and finally say in public, "It's good to be back in SQL Server!"
A while back I blogged about the Technology Preview for the Master Data Management product that we released to just about anyone that was interested. That was very early in the project and right after we had acquired the Stratature company. The preview was a success. In fact, we've had great response to it and many customers have actually used the preview edition in pre-production implementations and giving us great reports and feedback. Microsoft is also using the product for several internal implementations. Over all, we're happy with the technology preview and feel it's run it's course.
Now that the team is focused on delivering the next version of the product as well as preparing for the first CTP release and accompanying TAP, we've discontinued the Technology Preview. This will give us more time to focus on delivering a quality release and gives our customers and partners some time to transition to planning around the forthcoming CTP and TAP.
As I mentioned in my last entry, we'll be formally announcing the go to market plans for the master data management product soon. If the number of emails in my inbox is any indication, interest in Microsoft's MDM offering is really heating up. For those that may be wondering if the Stratature product lives on, I can definitely say yes. The core capabilities will be there, the people that came to Microsoft from Stratature are still part of our team and contributing with those that have joined since to deliver the next release.
Folks who wanted to be on the Technology Preview but didn't make the cut off date don't need to wait long as the TAP is around the corner.
I've been vacant from blogging for some time. If the comments I've been getting in the blog, email and personally at conferences and in meetings is any indication, it's high time I started back again. Unlike some of the more successful and prolific bloggers out there, or those that aren't so prolific for that matter, I have no aspirations of consistently writing every day. The old blogging mantra "every day a blog entry" is not something I'm going to commit to doing. That way I set myself up for success. This is a lot like my annual new years resolution which I always manage to keep with smashing success which is "I will only make one resolution this year." I like that because I'm guaranteed success the moment I make the resolution. It's an atomic success. By making the resolution I'm successfully keeping it. So, my blogging commitment here is that I won't be consistent. That's something I can commit to not doing.
So, what's happening in my world. True to Microsoft's disclosure policy, I could tell you all but then, the marketing folks would kill me, or worse... What I can tell folks is that the Master Data Management team is alive and thriving. We're doing good work, making progress on deliverables, getting ready to ship. Our plan hasn't changed with respect to timing of the release either. We're still targeting a release for roughly the same time as the next version of Office. That date hasn't been announced of course, so I can't say exactly when that is either, but if the past is prologue, you can take a pretty good guess at when that will be.
Our team has completed new functionality and are now stabilizing the product for a prerelease to be announced during TechEd in May. We will be rolling out a lot of new information and announcing some exciting changes to the Microsoft Master Data product at that time. Folks that are interested should watch the TechEd wires. We're excited about the changes and the benefits we derive from them both from a customer satisfaction perspective as well as a technical, strategic and value perspective.
Well, there you go. I've now succeeded at fulfilling my resolution to inconsistently blog. Hopefully it won't take me another year to get the next post done!
Last week I had the opportunity to speak to a user group about SQL Server and in particular Integration Services. It was a nice opportunity to clear out the cob webs and talk about one of my favorite topics. https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=122496
Initially, it wasn't going so well. I've found that the audiences vary for these events drastically. The closer one gets to Redmond, the more up to date the audience is on newer technologies. So, it's good to do a gut check sometimes and find out if what I'm saying is actually making sense to the audience. In this case, I was talking about what's new in SQL Server Integration Services 2008 and Master Data Management. Well, as I started talking about what's new, the audience began to get the glazed look on their faces.
So, I asked some more questions and it became apparent quite clearly why that was. When I asked how many were currently using SSIS, only a few hands went up. But, when I asked how many were using DTS, I believe every person in the room raised their hand. I'd had an off by one version error.
Super, so I switched gears and gave a talk that I've been giving for ~4 years. What's new in SSIS 2005.
Suddenly, lights went on in people's eyes. The guy over on the far left woke up. People started asking questions, real questions.
Overall, it was a fun experience. It's always cool to rub elbows with folks that are using the product and give constructive feedback and encouragement.
Leonardo Junquera runs that group and does a great job. Thanks for the opportunity to speak Leo!
In a recent post I stated that we planned to have a technology preview available in February, '08.
Most folks aren't used to hearing these words in the same sentence, but here goes:
We're shipping early.
Tomorrow I'll be sending out email to customers and partners alerting them to the availability of the technology preview (TP) for download from MSConnect.
If you'd like to participate in the technology preview and haven't done so already, you can express interest by sending an email with "Interested in TP" in the subject to email@example.com.
The TP product is pretty much identical to the product Microsoft acquired in June with a few notable exceptions:
The primary purposes of this technology preview are two fold:
If you've expressed interest in participating in the MDM TP by sending email to firstname.lastname@example.com, you should be recieving an email very soon that explains the next steps.
While this is not a general availability release and only select individuals under NDA are allowed to participate, we do not have any arbitrary limitations on total number that may download the product.However, this release is not supported in any way by Microsoft. It is an early visibility release only.
This is the first step in reintroducing the Microsoft MDM product into general availability leading up to TAP, CTP and release. We hope you have the opportunity to participate and give feedback about the product.
Kirk HaseldenGroup Program Manager for Master Data ManagementMicrosoft Office Business Platform


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Install on Fedora Core
From Geoqo
Installing from Yum
Fedora F7 and up now contains geoqo within the yum repositories. Simply run (as root):
yum install geoqo
If you would rather install it yourself rather than using the package system:
Installing by Hand
Installing the prerequisites
- and follow the instructions. You will likely need to re-run it multiple times.
Some packages handled by yum/RPMs
On Fedora Core 8, there are a number of packages may be useful. To install all of them run:
sudo yum install sqlite2 perl-DBD-SQLite2 perl-XML-Simple perl-Class-DBI perl-XML-Parser \ perl-IO-String perl-Class-MethodMaker perl-Archive-Zip perl-Term-ProgressBar \ perl-Gtk2 perl-GD perl-Chart perl-HTML-Format
Next run:
sudo perl -MCPAN -e "install QWizard"
TODO: discuss other RPMs that solve more prereqs?
Installing GeoQO itself
Run the following commands:
perl Makefile.PL make
And as root run:
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Volunteer Registration - 2013 San Francisco Tasting, Family Winemakers of California
Family Winemakers of California
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Chris Barrett's New Show to Begin at La Rivista, Today
Following a successful four-month run at San Martin, Chris Barrett brings his music to La Rivista on Restaurant Row.
The new show begins Monday, January 21, 2013, with an open run of Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. The dinner show is at 8pm and the supper show is at 10pm. There is no cover charge.
Chris Barrett comes from the school that gave us Bobby Short, Hugh Shannon, Charles DeForest, and Buddy Barnes. Such a hip school! Chris Barrett presents his three or four minute playlets with great diction, perfect pitch, and elegant song selection, to which all will be able to relate.
For show reservations, contact La Rivista (313 W. 46 Street, NYC) at 212.245.1707. Visit Chris Barrett online at www.christopherbarrett.com.
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Fujifilm FinePix F770EXR Review
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Canon PowerShot SX260 HS
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Casio EX-H30
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Olympus SZ-30MR
The Olympus SZ-30MR is a new travel-zoom compact camera, featuring a 24x lens that provides a focal range of 25-600mm, yet is still small enough to fit into your pocket. Other key features offered by the SZ-30MR include a 16 megapixel CMOS sensor, 1080p HD video recording, 3 inch LCD screen, 9fps high-speed continuous shooting, sensor-shift image stabilisation and a range of Magic Filters. Priced at £250 / $350, we find out if the Olympus SZ-30MR is the best travel zoom camera that money can buy.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ30
The Lumix DMC-TZ30 is Panasonic's new premium travel-zoom compact camera for 2012. The TZ30 (also known as the ZS20) packs a 14 megapixel high-sensitivity MOS sensor, 20x zoom lens, 3 inch LCD touch-screen, 1080p HD movies, 10fps burst shooting and full manual controls into its pocketable body. Read our Panasonic DMC-TZ30 / ZS20 review to find out if it's the best travel zoom camera on the market.
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Alternative Fashion Week 2010 at Spitalfields Market: more from Day 4
Part two of my run down of day four at Alternative Fashion Week finds talent emerging from the Brady Centre Collective, and fabulous designs by Elif Muzaffer and the Popovic sisters from Serbia.
Written by Amelia Gregory
All photography by Amelia Gregory.
At the nearby Brady Centre in Tower Hamlets a team of designers have been beavering away under the name A Team Arts and for awhile it all went a little crazy backstage on day 4 of Alternative Fashion Week. What I could deduce was theirs was quite frankly bonkers. A tiny innocuous looking blonde girl stood by her three crazy orange and brown outfits featuring pop-sock festooned polystyrene balls growing carbuncle-like in every direction.
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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 7/2/2013 (1655 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It would not pass the royal wave test and, in fact, may have been the grumpiest signal of grateful acknowledgement in history. Hockey or otherwise.
Randy Carlyle returned to Winnipeg last night and the Jets paid him a tribute, but as expected, the head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs did not play along and open the door to any overwrought sentimentality.
Carlyle's wave was a form of thank-you, but it was also a "sit down and shut up, that's enough of that" swipe of his paw.
The former Jets defenceman and one-time Manitoba Moose coach ignored the tribute and continued scribbling on his whiteboard until the ovation became too loud not to acknowledge.
But no cloying bow for Carlyle, just a rapid raise and drop of his hand and then back to hockey.
The Leafs aren't very talented, but Carlyle has shed the roster of its sense of entitlement and there was no shortage of effort or pluck from the visitors.
Carlyle matched lines and pushed an agenda all night. His team bought in and earned a 3-2 come-from-behind road win. Winnipeg coach Claude Noel's group let an opportunity against a roster equal to theirs in talent slip away.
Both the Leafs and Jets endure an existence where most nights they'll be out-armed. Carlyle's group has grasped this and accepted his work-first mantra. They did on Thursday and they won their sixth game of the season.
Noel's bunch provided an uneven approach and suffered its fifth loss to fall below .500 and out of the playoff picture.
Noel and Carlyle have crossed paths as coaches in the IHL, AHL and NHL and matched up against each other in the minor pro leagues while serving their apprenticeship.
This was an NHL game, but the men behind the benches had done this before in places like Kalamazoo and Milwaukee.
It didn't take long for Carlyle and Noel to resume a chess match between them that dates back to the mid-'90s and their days in the IHL. Noel put tough-guy Anthony Peluso on the ice for the warmup and waited to see how Carlyle would fill out his lineup card.
When Carlyle wrote in Colton Orr and Frazer McLaren, Noel yanked Peluso, thinking he could take advantage of his last change and get favourable matchups against a pair of so-so skaters.
It didn't work.
Certainly it wasn't a major theme in the game, but the Leafs did play a chippy and at times ratty game. In theory, Noel's team should have had opportunities to turn the deficiencies of Toronto's tough guys into offensive chances, but it didn't materialize.
Winnipeg's Chris Thorburn didn't like McLaren's act and ran him into the home side's bench in the first period and a fight immediately ensued. Thorburn won but the Leafs were undaunted and continued to chirp and push and shove.
Toronto had a plan and they executed. Winnipeg could not say the same.
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