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A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG),[1] is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers that approximates the properties of random numbers. The sequence is not truly random in that it is completely determined by a relatively small set of initial values, called the PRNG's state, which includes a truly random seed. Although sequences that are closer to truly random can be generated using hardware random number generators, pseudorandom numbers are important in practice for their speed in number generation and their reproducibility, and they are thus central in applications such as simulations (e.g., of physical systems with the Monte Carlo method), in cryptography, and in procedural generation. Good statistical properties are a central requirement for the output of a PRNG, and common classes of suitable algorithms include linear congruential generators, lagged Fibonacci generators, and linear feedback shift registers. Cryptographic applications require the output to also be unpredictable, and more elaborate designs, which do not inherit the linearity of simpler solutions, are needed. More recent instances of PRNGs with strong randomness guarantees are based on computational hardness assumptions, and include the Blum Blum Shub, Fortuna, and Mersenne Twister algorithms.
In general, careful mathematical analysis is required to have any confidence that a PRNG generates numbers that are sufficiently "random" to suit the intended use. John von Neumann cautioned about the misinterpretation of a PRNG as a truly random generator, and joked that "Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin."[2] Robert R. Coveyou of Oak Ridge National Laboratory once titled an article, "The generation of random numbers is too important to be left to chance."[3]
A Mathematical definitionEdit
- - a probability distribution on (where is the standard Borel field on the real line)
- - a non-empty collection of Borel sets , e.g. . If is not specified, it may be either or , depending on context.
- - a non-empty set (not necessarily a Borel set). Often is a set between 's support and its interior, for instance, if is the uniform distribution on the interval , might be . If is not specified, it is assumed to be some set contained in the support of and containing its interior, depending on context.
we call a function (where is the set of positive integers) a pseudo-random number generator for given taking values in iff
( denotes the number of elements in the finite set .)
It can be shown that if is a pseudo-random number generator for the uniform distribution on and if is the CDF of some given probability distribution , then is a pseudo-random number generator for , where is the percentile of , i.e. . Intuitively, an arbitrary distribution can be simulated from a simulation of the standard uniform distribution.
A PRNG can be started from an arbitrary starting state using a seed state. It will always produce the same sequence thereafter when initialized with that state. The period of a PRNG is defined as the maximum over all starting states of the length of the repetition-free prefix of the sequence. The period is bounded by the size of the state, measured in bits. However, since the length of the period potentially doubles with each bit of 'state' added, it is easy to build PRNGs with periods long enough for many practical applications.
If a PRNG's internal state contains n bits, its period can be no longer than 2n results, and may be much shorter. For some PRNGs the period length can be calculated without walking through the whole period. Linear Feedback Shift Registers (LFSRs) are usually chosen to have periods of exactly 2n−1. Linear congruential generators have periods that can be calculated by factoring. [citation needed] Mixes (no restrictions) have periods of about 2n/2 on average, usually after walking through a nonrepeating starting sequence. Mixes that are reversible (permutations) have periods of about 2n−1 on average, and the period will always include the original internal state (e.g. [1]). Although PRNGs will repeat their results after they reach the end of their period, a repeated result does not imply that the end of the period has been reached, since its internal state may be larger than its output; this is particularly obvious with PRNGs with a 1-bit output.
Most pseudorandom generator algorithms produce sequences which are uniformly distributed by any of several tests. It is an open question, and one central to the theory and practice of cryptography, whether there is any way to distinguish the output of a high-quality PRNG from a truly random sequence without knowing the algorithm(s) used and the state with which it was initialized. The security of most cryptographic algorithms and protocols using PRNGs is based on the assumption that it is infeasible to distinguish use of a suitable PRNG from use of a truly random sequence. The simplest examples of this dependency are stream ciphers, which (most often) work by exclusive or-ing the plaintext of a message with the output of a PRNG, producing ciphertext. The design of cryptographically adequate PRNGs is extremely difficult, because they must meet additional criteria (see below). The size of its period is an important factor in the cryptographic suitability of a PRNG, but not the only one.
Problems with deterministic generatorsEdit
In practice, the output from many common PRNGs exhibit artifacts which cause them to fail statistical pattern detection tests. These include:
- Shorter than expected periods for some seed states (such seed states may be called 'weak' in this context);
- Lack of uniformity of distribution for large amounts of generated numbers;
- Correlation of successive values;
- Poor dimensional distribution of the output sequence;
- The distances between where certain values occur are distributed differently from those in a random sequence distribution.
Defects exhibited by flawed PRNGs range from unnoticeable (and unknown) to very obvious. An example was the RANDU random number algorithm used for decades on mainframe computers. It was seriously flawed, but its inadequacy went undetected for a very long time. In many fields, much research work of that period which relied on random selection or on Monte Carlo style simulations, or in other ways, is less reliable than it might have been as a result.[4]
Early approachesEdit
An early computer-based PRNG, suggested by John von Neumann in 1946, is known as the middle-square method. The algorithm is as follows: take any number, square it, remove the middle digits of the resulting number as the "random number", then use that number as the seed for the next iteration. For example, squaring the number "1111" yields "1234321", which can be written as "01234321", an 8-digit number being the square of a 4-digit number. This gives "2343" as the "random" number. Repeating this procedure gives "4896" as the next result, and so on. Von Neumann used 10 digit numbers, but the process was the same.
A problem with the "middle square" method is that all sequences eventually repeat themselves, some very quickly, such as "0000". Von Neumann was aware of this, but he found the approach sufficient for his purposes, and was worried that mathematical "fixes" would simply hide errors rather than remove them.
Von Neumann judged hardware random number generators unsuitable, for, if they did not record the output generated, they could not later be tested for errors. If they did record their output, they would exhaust the limited computer memories available then, and so the computer's ability to read and write numbers. If the numbers were written to cards, they would take very much longer to write and read. On the ENIAC computer he was using, the "middle square" method generated numbers at a rate some hundred times faster than reading numbers in from punched cards.
The middle-square method has since been supplanted by more elaborate generators.
Mersenne TwisterEdit
- Main article: Mersenne twister
The 1997 invention of the Mersenne twister algorithm, by Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura, avoids many of the problems with earlier generators. It has the colossal period of 219937−1 iterations (>4.3×106001 ), is proven to be equidistributed in (up to) 623 dimensions (for 32-bit values), and runs faster than other statistically reasonable generators. It is now increasingly becoming the random number generator of choice for statistical simulations and generative modeling. SFMT, SIMD-oriented Fast Mersenne Twister, a variant of Mersenne Twister, is faster even if it's not compiled with SIMD support.[2]
The native Mersenne Twister is not considered suitable for use in all cryptographic applications. A variant of Mersenne Twister has been proposed as a cryptographic cipher. [3]
Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generatorsEdit
- Main article: Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator
A PRNG suitable for cryptographic applications is called a cryptographically secure PRNG (CSPRNG). A requirement for a CSPRNG is that an adversary not knowing the seed has only negligible advantage in distinguishing the generator's output sequence from a random sequence. In other words, while a PRNG is only required to pass certain statistical tests, a CSPRNG must pass all statistical tests that are restricted to polynomial time in the size of the seed. Though such property cannot be proven, strong evidence may be provided by reducing the CSPRNG to a problem that is assumed to be hard, such as integer factorization.[5] In general, years of review may be required before an algorithm can be certified as a CSPRNG.
Some classes of CSPRNGs include the following:
- Stream ciphers
- Block ciphers running in counter or output feedback mode.
- PRNGs that have been designed specifically to be cryptographically secure, such as Microsoft's Cryptographic Application Programming Interface function CryptGenRandom, the Yarrow algorithm (incorporated in Mac OS X and FreeBSD), and Fortuna.
- Combination PRNGs which attempt to combine several PRNG primitive algorithms with the goal of removing any non-randomness.
- Special designs based on mathematical hardness assumptions. Examples include Micali-Schnorr and the Blum Blum Shub algorithm, which provide a strong security proof. Such algorithms are rather slow compared to traditional constructions, and impractical for many applications.
BSI evaluation criteriaEdit
The German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has established four criteria for quality of deterministic random number generators. They are summarized here:
- K1 — A sequence of random numbers with a low probability of containing identical consecutive elements.
- K2 — A sequence of numbers which is indistinguishable from 'true random' numbers according to specified statistical tests. The tests are the monobit test (equal numbers of ones and zeros in the sequence), poker test (a special instance of the chi-squared test), runs test (counts the frequency of runs of various lengths), longruns test (checks whether there exists any run of length 34 or greater in 20 000 bits of the sequence) — both from BSI2 (AIS 20, v. 1, 1999) and FIPS (140-1, 1994), and the autocorrelation test. In essence, these requirements are a test of how well a bit sequence: has zeros and ones equally often; after a sequence of n zeros (or ones), the next bit a one (or zero) with probability one-half; and any selected subsequence contains no information about the next element(s) in the sequence.
- K3 — It should be impossible for any attacker (for all practical purposes) to calculate, or otherwise guess, from any given sub-sequence, any previous or future values in the sequence, nor any inner state of the generator.
- K4 — It should be impossible, for all practical purposes, for an attacker to calculate, or guess from an inner state of the generator, any previous numbers in the sequence or any previous inner generator states.
For cryptographic applications, only generators meeting the K3 or K4 standard are acceptable.[6]
Non-uniform generatorsEdit
- Main article: Pseudo-random number sampling
Numbers selected from a non-uniform probability distribution can be generated using a uniform distribution PRNG and a function that relates the two distributions.
First, one needs the cumulative distribution function of the target distribution :
Note that . Using a random number c from a uniform distribution as the probability density to "pass by", we get
so that
is a number randomly selected from distribution .
For example, the inverse of cumulative Gaussian distribution with an ideal uniform PRNG with range (0, 1) as input would produce a sequence of (positive only) values with a Gaussian distribution; however
- when using practical number representations, the infinite "tails" of the distribution have to be truncated to finite values.
- Repetitive recalculation of should be reduced by means such as ziggurat algorithm for faster generation.
Similar considerations apply to generating other non-uniform distributions such as Rayleigh and Poisson.
Notes and references Edit
- ↑ http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-57/sp800-57_part1_rev3_general.pdf
- ↑ "Various techniques used in connection with random digits", Applied Mathematics Series, no. 12, 36–38 (1951).
- ↑ Peterson, Ivars. The Jungles of Randomness: A Mathematical Safari. Wiley, NY, 1998. (pp. 178) ISBN 0-471-16449-6
- ↑ Press, William H., et al. (1992). Numerical Recipes in Fortran 77: The Art of Scientific Computing, 2nd.
- ↑ Song Y. Yan. Cryptanalytic Attacks on RSA, Springer, 2007.
- ↑ Functionality Classes and Evaluation Methodology for Deterministic Random Number Generators by Priv.-Doz. Dr. Werner Schindler, Federal Office for Information Security
Bibliography Edit
- Elaine Barker and John Kelsey, Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators, NIST SP800-90A, January 2012
- Wolfgang Hörmann, Josef Leydold, Gerhard Derflinger (2004, 2011), Automatic Nonuniform Random Variate Generation, Berlin: Springer-Verlag
- Michael Luby, Pseudorandomness and Cryptographic Applications, Princeton Univ Press, 1996. A definitive source of techniques for provably random sequences. ISBN 9780691025469
- Donald Knuth. The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 2: Seminumerical Algorithms, Third Edition. Addison-Wesley, 1997. ISBN 0-201-89684-2. Chapter 3, pp. 1–193. Extensive coverage of statistical tests for non-randomness.
- R. Matthews Maximally Periodic Reciprocals Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications 28 147-148 1992
- J. Viega, Practical Random Number Generation in Software, in Proc. 19th Annual Computer Security Applications Conference, Dec. 2003.
- John von Neumann, "Various techniques used in connection with random digits," in A.S. Householder, G.E. Forsythe, and H.H. Germond, eds., Monte Carlo Method, National Bureau of Standards Applied Mathematics Series, 12 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1951): 36-38.
- Luc Devroye (1986). Non-Uniform Random Variate Generation, Springer-Verlag.
- Richard P. Brent, Some long-period random number generators using shifts and xors, ANZIAM Journal 2007; 48:C188–C202 Papercore link http://www.papercore.org/Brent2007
See also Edit
- List of pseudorandom number generators
- Pseudorandom binary sequence
- Quasi-random
- Random number generator attack
- Randomness
External links Edit
- Short video on random number generators explaining random seeds and middle squares method
- The GNU Scientific Library. A free (GPL) C library that includes a number of PRNG algorithms.
- Tina's Random Number Generator Library. A free (BSD license) state of the art C++ pseudo-random number generator library for sequential and parallel Monte Carlo simulations.
- DieHarder: A free (GPL) C Random Number Test Suite.
- Research Randomizer A free browser-based PRNG which uses Java's "Math.random" method to generate numbers for random assignment and random sampling.
- crng: Random-number generators (RNGs) implemented as Python extension types coded in C.
- http://eeyore.wu-wien.ac.at/src/ prng: A collection of algorithms for generating pseudorandom numbers as a library of C functions, released under the GPL
- Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis - an analysis of the strength of PRNGs used to create TCP/IP sequence numbers by various operating systems using strange attractors. This is a good practical example of issues in PRNGs and the variation possible in their implementation.
- Strange Attractors and TCP/IP Sequence Number Analysis - One Year Later - a follow-up article demonstrating some of the evolution of various PRNG algorithms over time.
- Generating random numbers Generating random numbers in Embedded Systems by Eric Uner
- Analysis of the Linux Random Number Generator by Zvi Gutterman, Benny Pinkas, and Tzachy Reinman
- Functionality Classes and Evaluation Methodology for Deterministic Random Number Generators by Priv.-Doz. Dr. Werner Schindler, Federal Office for Information Security
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak traveled to Libya Sunday for talks with Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on the Arab-Israeli peace process and negotiations on Jerusalem, Egyptian officials said.
No further details were available on Mubarak's program, but an official at Mubarak's headquarters said he was expected back in Egypt later Sunday.
Mubarak was briefed by Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Wednesday on the results of the failed Camp David peace negotiations with Israel and is expected to meet Jordan's King Abdullah II and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak within the coming week for consultations on the peace process.
The Egyptian president also visited Saudi Arabia for talks with King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah last week before the Camp David summit ended without agreement on Tuesday - CAIRO (AFP)
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For the seventh time this season Swindon failed to win at home in the league, which now leaves us with second worst record in the top half of the table.
Town piled the pressure onto a poor Doncaster side, but our lack of confidence in front of goal was painfully obvious and has now become a worrying trend, especially at the County Ground.
At the start of the season I was confident the partnership of Andy Williams and James Collins would be a successful one.
Any promotion-chasing side needs two strikers who both hit at least 15 plus goals, and with Williams' pace and Collins' finishing ability, another effective pairing looked on the cards.
But as we enter the Christmas schedule they have only scored eight goals between them in League One, Adam Rooney and Miles Storey adding another four.
The next visitors to the County Ground, Tranmere Rovers have Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro and Jake Cassidy, who have scored 18 league goals between them this season.
Brentford have Clayton Donaldson and Harry Forrester, with 17 between them.
Williams' first touch and blistering pace mean he needs to start every week, but Paolo Di Canio needs to find him the right partner.
Maybe, over the coming months, Storey could be that man.
Despite that, we sit eighth in the table, just three points off the playoffs, which really emphasises how poor League One is this season.
There isn't one outstanding team who look certain of promotion.
It's Oldham away on Saturday and having taken one point from a possible nine over the past few weeks, a return to winning ways would be the perfect start to a hectic few weeks ahead.
The Latics come into the game having won four out of the last five in all competitions. But like Town, they have been poor at home, winning just three games out of 10.


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The Honeydogs and First Avenue go together like the after-party and White Castle. So when it was time for the veteran pop-roots band to celebrate its new digital retrospective compilation, Chasing The Sun: Best Of The Honeydogs, it was only natural for the May 8 show to become part of the club's ongoing 40th-anniversary bash. Singer/songwriter and head dog Adam Levy—who moonlights as a music teacher at the Institute of Production & Recording, as well as providing the guiding light to disparate acts such as Hookers & Blow, Liminal Phase, Bunny Clogs, and And The Professors—talked with The A.V. Club about the big black bus depot, including how he feels about not having a star on the side of it.
The A.V. Club: First Avenue is celebrating its 40th birthday. What are your fondest impressions off the top of your head?
Adam Levy: The first time the band played there was probably 1994. And the thing is, even when you're nobody you're treated like somebody. I played with Liminal Phase on Wednesday, and with all due respect to the college kids who put the gig on, there were 20 bands and 10 of them had this major choreographed girl-dancing shit going on, so both dressing rooms at any given moment had girls putting eyeliner on and screaming every time a door was opened. And [First Avenue stage manager] Conrad [Sverkerson] was as tolerant as could be. Annoyed that the whole thing was such a clusterfuck but so gracious, and he still made sure to figure out a way to make people comfortable, even though he was bugged by the whole nightmare.
AVC: Do The Honeydogs have a star on the side of First Avenue?
AL: No, we don't. You can't get bugged by stuff like that, because it just makes you look petty. I think we've made music for enough time, it's just not even worth getting irritated about. What is your legacy, I think, is sort of the question. What have you done and what's the importance of making music? Is it that you've got some star that competes with the politics of—I mean, there's probably dozens of people calling them irritated they don't have a star. I've heard it before: "I've been in all of these projects and why am I not up on there?" I don't know. I can't get hung up on it.
AVC: As a music lover, what are some of your highlights from going to the club?
AL: I can give you two experiences that are sort of bookends for me. The first is watching Taj Mahal in 1985 and he was warmed up by Fishbone, which is one of the most unlikely tours in my memory. Fishbone just brought it, they nailed it. Here was this young, testosterone-fueled third-generation ska band, incredible, and there are maybe 100 people in First Avenue. It just reminded me that it does not matter how many people are in a venue when you're playing, you give everything every time you play. Then I saw St. Vincent last spring. And it was one of those times where you're in a bar, and you're watching a band, and the sightlines are so great at First Avenue. She had all these wicked sounds and everything was dialed in so well, it just made me want to make a record after hearing that, and do something I've never done before.
AVC: You have a lot of fingers in a lot of pies, creatively, with teaching and all of your side projects. Are The Honeydogs sort of the mothership that the rest splay out from?
AL: After playing music for so long, you sort of reach a certain number of people doing it, and I feel like The Honeydogs have changed musically quite a bit over a 15-year period. At a certain point, people have you sort of fixed in their mind as being of a certain style. So the band, I guess, has offered me the opportunity to hook up with other musicians. This last thing, And The Professors—we did our debut show at the Kitty Kat Club a week ago—was a whole new patch of music that I wrote. And in some ways the songs could have ended up on a Honeydogs record, but I think that if you're just making music in the same way, same setting, and same players, it's not interesting to people. Even if you're pushing the envelope creatively, just not many people are going to pay attention to you because you're sort of frozen in their memories. I think you have to figure out new ways to reach people and communicate and create different partnerships with musicians. It's like dating. It's fun to be monogamous and, as you say, have a home base, but it's also really fun to meet new people and make music in a way that you wouldn't have made it the same way you made it with folks you've been making it with for 10 years. Or more.


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But usually, catchers don't get roughed up until the regular season. That wasn't the case on Tuesday for Carlos Santana of the Dominican Republic.
In his team's 5-4 comeback win over Italy, Santana took his share of abuse. He was struck on the left arm by a couple of foul tips. As if that wasn't enough, he fouled a ball off his right leg.
"The last game was a bad game for me, but a good game for the team -- we won," Santana said half-jokingly on Thursday.
On Wednesday, the Dominican Republic was off. Players showed up at the ballpark to work out.
Being a bit nicked up, the day of rest was good for Santana, who was back in the lineup Thursday night.
Dominican Republic manager Tony Pena is a former big league catcher. He understands the beatings that come with the position.
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"The other day, he got hit. I know he didn't want to come out. Catcher is a tough position, and we don't need to babysit. We need to take it. We need to take the hit, and that's exactly what he did."
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Every other wiki is better than Naruto wiki because they employ the use of GIF images and better illustrated images. Naruto wiki needs to get with the program, it lacks aesthetics pleasing everything. This site needs a huge mackover cause it poorly represent the naruto universe. Every freakin wiki has except naruto wiki why? And iam talking about GIF images. This is a wiki based on an Anime so it's only natural that this wiki should have them. Bleach wiki has em same as one piece wiki, why not naruto wiki? They help show the techniques used in amine better and make a better database for information on the show. I really prompt the use for these which would boost naruto wiki in popularity. So please use some freakin GIF image.
22.214.171.124 (talk) 21:41, March 26, 2011 (UTC)
- Taken from the Image policy, "Never upload .gif images, and don't bother converting a .gif into another file format before uploading. We do not need animations, and the .gif format does not handle quality properly. It has a limited color depth, and as a result the moment you save an image with the .gif format it loses a large amount of quality. We also prefer .png images over .jpg images because .jpg images slowly lose quality each time you save them. Neither of these types of quality loss can be recovered without the original image." It helps to read local policies before bad mouthing Narutopedia. ~ Fmakck© → Talk → Contributions ~ 21:45, March 26, 2011 (UTC)
- You're absolutely right. I mean... everyone knows that an encyclopedia is only good if it has great images.
- That's sarcasm, by the way. In an online encyclopedia, the quality of the images should pale in comparison to the quality of the articles. The pictures don't matter. The content is what matters.
- Also, why do you think that gif images are the best thing since sliced bread? There's nothing wrong with the images on this site. They are actually quite good quality, though I'd personally prefer it if anime pictures were used over colored manga pictures. That isn't the topic for this forum though, so I'll stay quiet on that.
- Oh, and just so you know? This wiki isn't based on an anime. If it is based on anything, it is the manga. Just like how the anime is based on the manga. Manga means still images. If it's good enough for Kishimoto-sensei, it's good enough for us. —ShounenSuki (talk | contribs | translations) 22:02, March 26, 2011 (UTC)
- One reason the wiki doesn't use .gifs is because of what they do to pages sizes. w:c:onepiece:Monkey D. Luffy/History is 13 mb, 10 of which are from animated images (77% of the page, 19% per image). w:c:bleach:Sōsuke Aizen is 5 mb, 4 of which are from animated images (80% of the page, 40% per image). Not good. ~SnapperTo 22:19, March 26, 2011 (UTC)
I was under the impression narutopedia was the 2nd most (stable) popular anime/manga wiki on wikia. SimAnt 00:28, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
- The hell is higher than us?--TheUltimate3 ~Keeper of Lore~ 01:13, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Pokemon and Yugioh. Not sure which is the "stable" one. ~SnapperTo 01:21, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
- I didn't even know Yugioh had a wikia, and I thought the only Pokemon wiki worth mentioning was Bulbapedia.--TheUltimate3 ~Keeper of Lore~ 01:24, March 27, 2011 (UTC)
- Pokemon and Yugioh. Not sure which is the "stable" one. ~SnapperTo 01:21, March 27, 2011 (UTC)


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Eboni Beckford-Chambers says England´s International Netball Test Series victory over Jamaica was the perfect preparation for the massive Quad Series in Australia next week.
The 24-year-old goal defence specialist from Cheam played a vital part in all of England´s three matches in particular the decider at English Institute of Sport, Sheffield, last Wednesday where they toppled The Sunshine Girls 62-58.
Jamaica´s Jhanielle Fowler topscored with an impressive 45 from a possible 46 points while Jo Harten notched up 41 points for the hosts.
Beckford-Chambers, who plays for Australian ANZ Championship side Perth-based West Coast Fever, was pleased with her own personal performance: "I got stronger throughout each performance and building on the work done in previous tests," she said.
"I felt like I stuck to the tactical plan and combined well with Ama Agbeze to ensure that we turned over as much ball as possible to contribute to the team effort.
"The series was the perfect preparation for the quad series as it allowed those returning from ANZ to reconnect with the existing England players.
"The three tests were mentally and physically demanding which are aspects that we will face and have to endure when we take on Australia and New Zealand.
"But as an England team, we showed that we can perservere, stick to the task and win. What better way to approach a quad series with that unity and belief.
"Over the last couple of years, England have shown that they can compete with Australia and New Zealand at the top level. It will be about putting a game of 60 consistent minutes together in order to achieve the result that we desire."
England kick off their Quad Series campaign against world number one outfit Australia in Adelaide on October 14.
They then play world number two New Zealand on October 17 before closing the series with South Africa on October 21.


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Lee R. Symcox, president and CEO of First Fidelity Bank, a full-service community bank, has announced the addition of David Dellana as vice president, commercial relationship manager in the bank's Biltmore location in Phoenix. Dellana brings more than 20 years in lending experience to his new role and will serve both the Phoenix and Scottsdale areas.
As commercial relationship manager, Dellana will be responsible for building and maintaining current and future commercial client relationships and business development activities.
Prior to his new position, Dellana held a number of senior lending roles in the region. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Duquesne University and is an active member of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, the Pinal Partnership, the Urban Land Institute and Valley Partnership, among other organizations.


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DMS lands grant for regional biomedical research center
Dartmouth Medical School
August 22, 2011
Under an $11-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) will lead a network of northern New England institutions in recruiting, training, and supporting young quantitative biologists to teach and conduct research into the ways that genes and the environment work together to trigger and prevent disease.
With computational geneticist Jason Moore as principal investigator, DMS will establish an NIH Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE)...Moore, DMS' Third Century Professor of Genetics and Community and Family Medicine, adds that the research projects will encourage junior faculty to examine different aspects of the way genes and environment interact in causing or preventing diseases—such as bladder cancer—that show a higher incidence in New England. Dartmouth faculty serving as principal investigators in two of the COBRE's first four research projects will be DMS biostatistician Jiang Gui, PhD, and Thayer School of Engineering biostatistician Mark Borsuk, PhD. Heading additional projects will be immunologist Carol Kim, PhD, from the University of Maine, and computational biologist Clare Bates Congdon, PhD, from the University of Southern Maine.


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Between a rock and a hard place is bad enough. Add rising river waters, and you have an idea where Manitoba Finance Minister Jennifer Howard is stuck these days.
Howard entered this summer with reason to believe the 2014-15 fiscal year would be a good one. Spring flooding was nearly non-existent, the economy was expected to grow steadily, if modestly, and the stubborn budget deficit her government has carried for five years would start to shrink.
All that may have been undone in large part by summer rains in Saskatchewan and western Manitoba that overwhelmed the Assiniboine River and the tributaries and lakes it feeds.
The province has roughly estimated costs from this flood could exceed $200 million, with most of that un-budgeted in the current fiscal year. And there are more costs on the way.
The province is under pressure to help farmers and other businesses crippled by the flood. Money has already been put on the table to help fishers ($3.5 million) and there is a growing price tag for repairing roads, bridges and culverts that was not included in capital spending this year.
'There is no doubt this flood will have some impact on the budget'-- Jennifer Howard
All that means any hope of lowering the deficit from the 2014-15 target of $357 million is, Howard says, pretty optimistic at this point. So optimistic she admits her goal now is merely to avoid increasing the deficit.
"I don't know about ahead of (the deficit target)," Howard said. "I'm going to try and focus on finishing on target. We have six months left in this year, and we have some things we can do to manage things. But there is no doubt this flood will have some impact on the budget."
Floods are a double-barrelled fiscal problem. Not only are they expensive to fight and to clean up, but they have a devastating impact on the economy.
Businesses in a flood zone buy less, hire less and earn less. That means less in sales, income and business taxes. For a province looking to slay a deficit, that is bad news indeed.
But fiscal pain is not the only pain the NDP government will suffer this year. Politically, opposition parties will give Howard little room to blame her deficit woes on the floods.
Tory Leader Brian Pallister has been careful not to chirp too much at Howard through the media while the flood-fighting effort is still underway. Still, if last year was any indication, you can expect a hard line from the Tories on the budget in general and the deficit in particular.
While the NDP has languished in red ink, the Tories have consistently argued costs related to fighting annual flood events are no excuse for running a deficit.
There was a hint of that in Pallister's recent demand that two outlets needed to reduce levels in Lake Manitoba and Lake St. Martin should be completed in three years.
The province claims it needs seven years to plan and dig the two channels, a time frame Pallister rejects. "The urgency is so clear that this should be treated as an emergency situation."
Pallister is not wrong to suggest a more expeditious completion of the channels. However, he should definitely have a plan in place to pay for it.
The province has budgeted $320 million over the next five years for flood infrastructure. Moving up completion of those two channels -- estimated to cost around $300 million -- would require either an increase in expenditure, or deferral of other projects. There are no other ways to get it done faster.
It is unlikely Pallister will be too specific about how to have his cake (build the channels quicker) and eat it, too (balance the budget). In opposition, you don't have to offer many solutions. Your job is to show voters the current government has none of its own.
How can Howard avoid the convenient analysis of the opposition? She is clinging desperately to the hope the economy grows enough to pay off the deficit and cover flood costs, without having to cut spending too much.
It is theoretically possible for a government to grow its way out of deficit. This is a big challenge right now because of the relatively modest growth projections. Add in a chronic flood threat, and you can see that this is an increasingly unlikely scenario.
It is quite likely next spring could be as bad or worse in terms of flooding as this year. A lot will depend on the winter snowpack, but we'll be entering the winter with waterlogged soil, a solid precursor for spring flooding.
We're in the midst of what could be the most costly flood cycle in the province's history. Since 2011, the province has spent more than $1.5 billion on flood fighting and mitigation. Some of that is rebated to the province from the federal Disaster Financial Assistance program, but not enough to insulate the provincial budget.
Trying to maintain program spending without deep spending cuts is, in this era of very modest economic growth, Howard's rock and a hard place.
Add in rising river water, and you can see just how easy it would be to drown.


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First please excuse any questions I might have that have answers posted. Although I read often and a lot, I am sure I have missed much. Also, please excuse the length. I will be as brief as possible.
I was diagnosed with CC 11 months ago. After researching my options and various treatments, I decided on Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. I have had 2 targeted chemo embolism (TACE) treatments and 8 cycles of cisplatin/gemzar. The TACE treatments were a challenge. I developed absessess and had to have drains for several months as well as a few hospital stays and transfusions. Chemo has not been that bad, thank God. Recently, I had all my scans, MRI,etc. including a bone scan as the MRI showed lesions on my spine. I am truly blessed as there is no metastasis. My tumors (3) have shrank and shown considerable necrosis, but are still inoperable and the surgeon feels there is little chance they will ever be operable as my largest tumor covers the portal vein and other important veins. They are proposing more chemo to continue to shrink and contain the cancer and possibly radiation in the future. I am wondering if anyone has been in this situation or if anyone knows how long this treatment on the average goes on? So far I tolerate chemo fairly well. A few weeks of low blood counts, but bounced back. I do worry about my kidneys, etc. I feel good mostly and people tell me look good overall. I am am asking this question mainly due to pressure to go back to work at least part time. I am not sure now that would affect me overall or what the prognosis is for my situation. The doctors tell me it varies so much they cannot provide me any estimate. Any shared similar experience or info will be greatly appreciated.


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Topic: Whirlwind Week....Retirement
I'm soooo glad that this last week was my chemo "resting" week, as I started to feel really pretty decent again about Tuesday, just in time for my husband's cake and punch work reception for his retirement after almost 42 years with the same company. I had frosted and decorated the 5 cakes for his party the day before and I was pretty tired and still queasy off and on, but got the job done. We had just also celebrated our 3 year old grandson's birthday the Sunday before, and grammy Julie did that cake too, of course. On Thursday, my brother and wife arrived (from Nashville) to stay for several days. Then on Friday, we hosted a retirement party after work hours for about 35 close friends and family at a local restaurant. It was a WONDERFUL week....tiring....but so good. The chemo side effects seemed to suddenly clear up by Wednesday and after that, I really had a lot more energy. The last queasiness/ dry heaves happened Tuesday night. When I pushed myself, I did break out in a sweat several times. My husband face instantly looked more relaxed though when he showed up at Friday lunch without his badge. His boss had told him to just take the afternoon off and start retirement early. So, we're both now retired....and looking forward to the time my chemo ends ...hopefully in a couple months...and hopefully a clean scan......and we can start to really enjoy retirement. Right now though, there's a pool on whether hubby will get up Monday morning and start to get ready to go to work.


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Sure, you can make fancy-schmancy Mark Zucker-burgers, "True Cheese Grits" and White and Black Swan Pasta all day long, but really, what are the Oscars without popcorn? Skip the bagged stuff — making your own is tastier and simpler.
Make Your Own
You don't really need any special equipment to pop popcorn — just a large pot with a lid and a bag of popcorn (not the microwave kind, just the plain kernels.) Pour a few tablespoons of neutral oil in the pot, then throw in a few kernels and cover. When the first kernels start to pop, add the rest of the popcorn — a cup of dry popcorn will make enough for a crowd. Cover the pot and shake occasionally, and remove from the heat when there are more than 3 seconds between pops.
Spice It Up
At this point, your popcorn would be delicious tossed with a little salt, but why stop there? Mix and match these flavorings to add pizazz to your popcorn:
- Salt and pepper
- Grated Parmesan or Pecorino cheese
- Grated lemon or lime zest
- Flavored gourmet salts (Bacon and black truffle salt, anyone?)
- Chipotle powder
- Smoked paprika
- French or Italian dry spice blend
- Nutritional yeast (adds a cheese-like flavor)
- Cajun seasoning (or really, any seasoning blend)
- Cinnamon and sugar
Go Gourmet
The Oscars are all about glitz, so go ahead, give your popcorn a little something extra. These recipes just might win you "Best Supporting Snack."
Nigella's Sweet and Spicy Party Popcorn
Sugar, paprika, cinnamon and a hefty amount of butter bring Nigella's snack up to party standards.
Theater-Style (shown above)
The butter at the theater is more special effect than real food. Pop your popcorn in the real thing — clarified butter — and taste the difference.
Nutty Caramel Popcorn
This sweet take is a classic for a reason — who could resist crispy-coated, sweet popcorn tossed with peanuts, walnuts and pecans? Emeril gives his a little kick with some cayenne pepper.
Chocolate-Orange Brown Butter Popcorn
Top your popcorn with a winning combo of nutty browned butter, chocolate shavings and orange zest.
Rosemary-Scented Popcorn
Toss popcorn with rosemary-infused oil (or basil-studded olive oil) before and after you pop.
Bacon Caramel Popcorn
Guaranteed to steal the show, this addictive popcorn is coated with sweet, salty caramel and tossed with crispy bits of bacon. Yes, bacon! Go forth and pop!
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Gotta give Sean Avery credit for one thing that is absolutely for certain.
He drives traffic on this blog. Holy smokes was this place buzzin' for an off-day, preseason day, yesterday.
Over 9,000 visits, probably the most since the Brad Richards signing, about 700 comments on two threads. Shut the front door.
The wildly crazy support/love/worship of Avery; the out-and-out distaste for Avery; the crazy, the funny, the usual jibberish, the nutso, the sensical.
It ran the whole gamut (there's a word I can't use enough on this blog).
When I took over this thing, Tom Renney was on his way out, John Tortorella was on his way in, and Sean Avery was in limbo, about to be transferred to the only team that would take him, even at half price. And every time Avery has been in the news, or made himself some news, this place has exploded.
I can't thank him enough for that. And I don't want to be cold. I never got to know him even a little, so I won't personally miss him. A lot of stuff he did on the ice and off, I thought was a little over the top. On the other hand, a lot of stuff he did on and off the ice, I thought, was pretty admirable.
I wish him luck. I wish, for this blog's sake, that he didn't have to leave … or that he comes back somehow. Not counting on that, though.
I'm on my way home from Hockeytown, and writing my season previews in the airports and on planes today. The Yankees and Tigers kept me kind of busy the last two days, so now it's a mad scramble. I hope to post some of the stuff as soon as I get them done … and then follow with predictions, which may or may not appear until after the season is underway, especially now that I have a baseball game in the Bronx Thursday night, and a possible workout there Friday afternoon if the Yankees win Game 5. Then I'll be seeing more Texas Rangers than New York Rangers for a while.
Before I forget, our friend and fellow Bonehead miked, who works for the Houston Chronicle, has started a hockey blog, so please check him out early and often. You can find it right here, or by going to http://blog.chron.com/hockeystop/


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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Child advocates in Toledo say the number of children killed last year shows that more needs to be done to protect young people.
The Blade newspaper (http://bit.ly/TG5P23 ) reports that 10 children in the Toledo area were victims of homicide in 2012 -- the most since 1995.
All but one died in domestic-related incidents. The other died when someone shot into an apartment, killing a 1-year-old who was sleeping.
Three children died of carbon monoxide poisoning in November in what police say was a murder-suicide carried out by their grandmother and uncle.
Lucas County Children Services Director Dean Sparks says the community needs to figure out how to prevent deaths of children.
He says they need to find out how to support parents, neighborhoods and communities because it all wraps together.
Information from: The Blade, http://www.toledoblade.com/


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False Faces
Even if evolutionists are unsuccessful in finding scientific evidence to shore up their theories, they are very successful at one thing: propaganda. The most important elements of this propaganda are the false drawings and designs known as "reconstructions."
Reconstruction can be explained as drawing a picture or constructing a model of a living thing based on a single bone that has been unearthed. The "ape-men" we see in newspapers, magazines, or films are all reconstructions.
The important thing here is how scientific these drawings are. Since fossils are usually disordered and incomplete, any conjecture based on them is likely to be totally imaginative. As a matter of fact, the reconstructions made by evolutionists based on the fossil remains are prepared precisely to suit the purposes of the evolutionary thesis.
To attempt to restore the soft parts is an even more hazardous undertaking. The lips, the eyes, the ears, and the nasal tip leave no clues on the underlying bony parts. You can with equal facility model on a Neanderthaloid skull the features of a chimpanzee or the lineaments of a philosopher. These alleged restorations of ancient types of man have very little if any scientific value and are likely only to mislead the public… So put not your trust in reconstructions.62
Evolutionists animate the creatures that exist only in their imagination by using the method of "reconstruction" and present them to people as if they are "their ancestors". When they are unable to find the "half-man half-ape" creatures in the fossil record, they prefer to deceive the public with false drawings.


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I started working with tkinter recently (yesterday!), but I'm having some problems.
I can't get it to work properly when running from the shell. I can import it just fine, but when I try to do something to bring up a window... nothing happens.
However, if I run the exact same code from the command prompt (the little black window), everything works just fine. However, writing code in this prompt is terrible.
How can I get tkinter to work from the shell?


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The Psych Files is a podcast for anyone who wonders why we do what we do. Experienced educator Michael Britt, in an upbeat and friendly style, shows you how ideas from the field of psychology apply to everyday life. If you're a life-long learner, a student or a teacher, you'll find his 20-30 minute episodes enjoyable and educational. Over 14 million episodes have been downloaded to date with over 100,000 people listening every month. See what all the talk is about!
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Everyone can picture one of those phrenology heads with personality traits drawn into different sections of the cranium. Was there anything to that? Well, not exactly. However, with the use of MRI... Show notes and more available at http://www.thepsychfiles.com
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When I close my laptop's screen, and reopen it, everything is black. It only comes back when I press the poweroff button and then I can see the shutdown lines. I think I have read about this problem somewhere but can't find it.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
What happens now when I reopen the screen is that no matter what key I hit I can not get it to powerup again. Unless, I press the poweroff key, in which case the computer shuts down...
But you can change it by right clicking on the little battery monitor in the lower right corner and selecting configure klaptop. Then selecting the last tab on acpi config. There is probably another way to do this with the command line but I am not sure I do not use such features.
Also note that acpi is not the best in linux at least IMHO
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
thanks - wonder why it is set up that way by default, seems annoying an useless.
none of the options in the APCI solve my problem; standby and suspend.
is this thread 'dead' yet? Heres is my scenario:
During the long subway rides I open my computer and code, but I am forced to close the laptop screen when changing trains. I then re-open the screen but everything is black. The computer is still running but no matter what key I press I cannot get it to show me my command prompts. When I press the poweroff button, I can see the status lines for when the system is shutting down.
You know there is an edit button that you can use instead of posting 3 times in a row..If no one has posted after you than use the edit button ..
It would help if the brand/model of the laptop was mentioned. While most use APCI, some (e.g. IBM/Lenovo ThinkPads) have their own power saving functions that have to have special controls (e.g. tpctl) which must be enabled to work with the screen switch's opened/closed state.
The old adage of "Garbage In, Garbage Out" applies to threads requesting help as well as the actual IO on a computer.
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ONLY a few places separate a Taunton accountant from the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a list of the most powerful people in UK finance.
Paul Aplin, partner at AC Mole and Sons, is number seven in the 2014 Financial Power List compiled by Accountancy Age; just three places higher on the list is Chancellor George Osborne.
Mr Aplin, a regular County Gazette columnist, is just two places behind Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who is fifth, and is ahead of eighth-placed Margaret Hodge, who chairs the influential Public Accounts Committee.
Mr Aplin's awards entry says: "Aplin and his firm AC Mole have had a pioneering role in accounting technology in the UK.
"So much so, that HM Revenue & Customs regularly directly consult the firm on technological changes.
"Over the last year, Aplin has campaigned tirelessly for continuing provision of relaxations to real-time PAYE requirements for the smallest businesses, something that earned him an Outstanding Achievement Award at last year's British Accountancy Awards.
"This year is likely to see him continue that work as the government and HMRC seek to complete the roll-out."
Mr Aplin said: "Few in Whitehall have first -hand experience of the practical issues faced by small businesses.
"I've tried to redress that by encouraging policy makers to visit the front line in order to see things through the eyes of those their policies affect. When they do, things change."


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ERIE, Pa. -- The Mercyhurst College men's water polo team won twice, defeating Washington and Jefferson College, 19-11, and Salem International University, 12-7, in two road contests. The Lakers improved to 7-4 with the victories.
Against Washington and Jefferson, Hurst got out to a 7-3 start after one quarter. It led 13-7 at the half. The teams each scored twice in the third period before the Lakers scored four more goals in the final frame.
Raul Ariza had five goals and Brett Luehmann added four. Samuel Lopez contributed a hat trick and Colin McDonald assisted on three scores. Matt Cote made 10 saves in net.
Mercyhurst then headed to Salem, where it picked up another win. Senior Gui Alves recorded three goals, while Brandon Yasses scored a goal, assisted on three others, and made three steals. He also set a school-record with four field blocks in the contest. Luehmann played one half in goal, making five saves.
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Francophone school benefits exaggerated: writer
Saturday, Feb 15, 2014 06:00 am
The front-page story in the St. Albert Gazette, Saturday, Feb. 8, providing comments by M. Ron St.-Jean, regional school trustee for the Greater North Central Francophone School Board, on the Eldorado Park school site issue begs a reply.
M. St-Jean�s introductory remarks refer to the matter of size using the terms; �adequate�, �amply large enough� and �smaller site size.� He then proceeds to describe the proposed school with; �It�s going to be a first class facility with all of the amenities of a regular high school.� This would seem to indicate that he and his board have been privy to the detailed plans of the project which, despite numerous requests, we residents of St. Albert have not! His further description of the new school being �superior� to the current facilities at the Youville Centre is obvious and need not be stated.
Reference is made to the matter of �traffic concerns,� which the recommendations of the still ongoing Traffic Study will solve. Again, this implies knowledge which we do not yet share. Such optimism is exemplified with the statement; �We contend that our buses are going to have minimum impact.� I suppose this admission is an honest improvement over the conclusion in the initial traffic study report stating that the project would not have a negative effect on the area.
Admitting that due in part to the �Public-Private-Partnership (P3)� nature of the project, future expansion will not be possible on the Eldorado Park and thus an additional site will be required should be of major concern to both the Regional Francophone School District and the City of St. Albert. A subsequent statement that no other sites (which would provide for future expansion) are feasibly available is simply not true and the suggested delays are exaggerated.
I offer that the priorities of the two major stakeholders in this whole matter, although appearing to be in opposition are in reality, intertwined. The francophone community both needs and wants a new school while the Erin Ridge community desires to preserve what is left of its much valued and utilized park space. The true reason for the city�s refusal to budge on the matter in satisfying the needs of both communities remains a mystery. The original Area Structure Plan (ASP) of the Erin Ridge subdivision provided a total of approximately 17 acres of park space which subsequently was reduced by some seven acres when a previous city council sold a parcel of the park to a developer for residential use. The remaining space is now under threat of virtual elimination if the proposed rezoning is approved.
Murray Lambert, St. Albert


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10 Social Networking Tips to Get the Most out of Today's Powerful Connecting Tools
By Sandy Jones-Kaminski, Author of
I'm at a Networking Event--Now What???
social networking
taking over your life? Are you braver online than you would be in person? Are you an "open networker" versus a genuine connector? I've used social networking tools since back in '97 when they were called message boards, so today I'm sharing a few of my tips for making the most out your time on today's powerful connecting tools like
Social Networking Tip #1
Make a practice of regularly scanning the status updates of your network (wherever you're connected to them) in order to keep an eye out for opportunities, expressions of interest or stated needs where you might be able to offer help. I note things like:
* Referrals needed
* Request to help spread the word or re-post things
* Subcontractor requests, etc.
Responding to these requests is great way to practice pay-it-forward style networking and is something I see reciprocated more often than I ever expected. I allocate about 10-15 minutes each day to complete this worthwhile task.
Social Networking Tip #2
Don't wait for folks to initiate a request to be introduced to your other contacts. Review your own contact lists regularly looking for introductions of potential value to your key connections.
One good way is to offer to introduce them to potential clients or partners is via LinkedIn. Many people use LinkedIn's functionality to do this so people can see and learn more about the other party and their company or business. Some people, however, find it's easier just to email both parties when they know for certain that it'll be a welcome introduction and then suggest they make the connection on their own. CAUTION: We all know when it may not be a welcome introduction, and in those cases, be sure to contact people individually to get "instructions from the tower" as to how to proceed.
Social Networking Tip #3
LinkedIn is a great tool for doing follow up after meeting someone at an event, over coffee or when you've exchanged business cards somewhere randomly. People often send LinkedIn invites as a follow up or simply to add people to their network. They then use it to keep in touch and up-to-date with what is happening with the person they took some time to get to know.
If you decide to use LinkedIn for this purpose as well, make sure that you are more than occasionally updating your own promotions, or publishing articles and are also checking your network's promotions, events, links, blogs, announcements, articles or whatever else they have shared there.
Try to interact with others when it's relevant and sincere, and use it as a way to send support via a comment on their article or link-share, a message of congrats on a well-shared article, resources, news or other info you think they might truly find useful.
Social Networking Tip #4
If you can't find a social networking group on LinkedIn that matches your needs, just create one of your own! It's a fairly easy process and one where most of the work is actually done before you even create the group.
One of the first things you need to do is describe the group's mission or purpose, your goals for the group, and then consider deciding on a code of conduct as well. As an example, for my Bella Domain Networking group on LinkedIn one of my "rules" is: Be nice or leave. You might also want to include things like what your policy will be if members post things that aren't relevant to the group, start contacting members with direct solicitations or are just way "off topic" in general.
When you're ready to create and promote the group get the word out to your list of members and/or connections and then ask them if they'll help spread the word as well. As an example, check out this non-profit group for the San Francisco Professional Career Network (SFPCN):
Social Networking Tip #5
When I worked on-site in a business and market development role for a client back in 2008 I had 2 monitors on my desk. The first had Outlook and a browser open with tabs for Salesforce, Gmail, and whatever else I was focused on or researching at the time. And, the other monitor had a browser open to LinkedIn, and this was the case all day, every day.
I used LinkedIn to prepare for every conference or cold call I had or made, and just as often I used it to look up someone that had called me. I saved time and acquired knowledge by doing this, and since time is money and knowledge is power, I highly recommend using LinkedIn to research prospective clients, potential vendor partners, recruiters, company executives or even the people that might be sitting in on your next client pitch meeting.
More often than not, you can get the names of most of these folks in advance because the person that has invited you wants the meeting to be as successful as possible for all parties involved, so they'll usually send that info along if you ask for it. Sometimes, if the person setting the meeting or call is truly invested in you or your company's solution, they will just offer this info up in advance, but other times they wait for YOU to ASK, and if you don't, it will become a little black mark next to your name or the company you represent. Seriously.
Doing this type of research (homework!) gives you an edge and enables you to find common ground with an individual or even potential areas of similar interest or for future collaborations. And, yes, I even use LinkedIn and similar sites to research new
followers (@sandyjk).
Social Networking Tip #6
Don't let social networking take over your life. Stay productive. Some people become so involved in their online presence that they forget how to connect with people in person and often let their other real-life relationships and responsibilities slide. Once you have profiles created, and an initial presence established, try to spend no more than about one hour a day total on your social networking activities. If you're not careful when you go to a social networking site, you can become easily distracted. And, if focusing your social networking time sounds like it might be difficult for you then you probably need to take a closer look at how you're spending ALL of your time.
Social Networking Tip #7
Remember that phone calls and in-person visits are still an important part of doing business. It recently took four Twitter direct messages with a contact to determine where and when to meet for coffee. If she had just called me, the decision would have been made in only a few seconds.
Social Networking Tip #8
I believe most of us all know this by now, but it's worth repeating; think before you post. Things you put online can and often will come back to haunt you. Any pictures you share, comments you post or updates you write are public. Even if your account has privacy settings activated, your information is never completely secure. It's best to assume that everything you put on a social networking site is permanent. Even if you can delete your account, anyone on the Internet can easily print photos or text or save images and videos to a computer. When in doubt, don't.
Social Networking Tip #9
Stop being snarky, even if you think the person can take it. The other people reading their updates or posts might draw some conclusions about you that you'd rather they didn't. I've heard of people not getting job referrals because of someone's impression of them via a few snarky comments they made on the posts of a mutual contact. Besides, if you are questioning whether your post is appropriate or might irritate someone, ask yourself, would you like it if your prospective clients or employers saw something similar written by one of your so-called friends? If the answer is "no," then do not post it.
Social Networking Tip #10
Stop obsessing about quantity over quality when it comes to friends, followers, connections, etc. Be selective about who you accept as a friend on any social network. Did you know that identity thieves have been known to create fake profiles in order to get information from you? Get in the habit of checking new people out via Social Mention, Google or Twitter searches, or even via huge databases like LinkedIn to see if an unknown person appears legit or not. When it doubt, don't accept.
My advice is to focus the majority of your time on further developing the connections to the people you already know and let them help you grow your social networks by sharing your engaging content and insights with the people they know. That way, you'll at least have a 1 or 2-degree-away-connection to the new people joining your social networking communities.
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This plugin integrates Microsoft Team Foundation Server source control to Hudson.
With this plugin you can use a workspace that will create a work folder in the Hudson workspace. At the moment, this plugin supports:
The workspace will automatically create a workspace on the Team Foundation Server and map a work folder (in the Hudson workspace) to it.
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The plugin requires that one of the below command line tools is installed on the master and slave machines.
Microsoft TF CCL
The Visual Studio Team System 2008 Team Explorer is a free tool to access Team Foundation Servers. The TF.exe tool is installed into the Visual Studio folder that may be located at c:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\TF.exe
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opentf is an open source implementation of the TF executable, that can be used on platforms that support mono.
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Because of issue 9 it is not possible to use the "Use update" feature. The workspace has to be created and removed in each build, which unfortunately makes checking out code a lot slower.
Because of issue 7 is it not possible to get a list of changes for a build.
How should I set up the plugin for my CodePlex project?
Thats all you need to start retrieving files from your project at codeplex.com.
The plugin is having problems parsing the dates that TF outputs, what can I do?
The TF command line outputs date according to the locale and Microsofts own specification. Sometimes the outputed date can not be parsed by any of the default locale dependent parsers that the JDK includes (for some more details, see issue #4184 and issue #4021). This will throw an exception in the change set parsing and fail the build.
To fix this, do the following:
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Jun 14, 2010
Joe Mash says:There appears to be an issue on the Changes page for a given changeset "Version"...
There appears to be an issue on the Changes page for a given changeset "Version" link.
Currently the URL is set to somthing like: http://<someserver>:8090/UI/Pages/Scc/cs.aspx?cs=70239
However, TFS 2008 requires: http://<someserver>:8090/UI/Pages/Scc/ViewChangeset.aspx?changeset=70239
Note: My Build Repositiry browser is set to "Team System Web Access" and Example URL to change set page: "http://<someserver>:8090/UI/Pages/Scc/"
I have changed as many settings as I can find in hudson - it looks like the ".aspx" URL is listing the wrong page name for TFS2008
It would be nice to just append the id's of a given changeset in the TFS plugin code and let the URL be completely configured in hudson.
For Example:
URL - http://<someserver>:8090/UI/Pages/Scc/ViewChangeset.aspx?changeset=
Then append the changeset id for any links on the changes page in hudson.
Sep 07, 2010
Bogdan Iosif says:Raised an issue for this problem. See http://issues.hudson-ci.org/browse/HUDSON-...
Raised an issue for this problem. See http://issues.hudson-ci.org/browse/HUDSON-7394
While your observation, diagnostic and description are all pretty good, please use the issue tracker in the future to signal this kind of problems because in this way there is a much better chance to see it solved and you will be able to better track the problem and get notified as soon as a solution is found.
Jul 27, 2010
NIkolay Bondarenko says:+1 to Joe Mash issue. Also have a trouble with locale encoding. We have non...
+1 to Joe Mash issue.
Also have a trouble with locale encoding. We have non latin (russian, win1251) comments in tfs checkins, so "changelist" in hudson show abracadabra instead of russian letters.
Aug 03, 2010
Ken Beal says:Hi, In version 1.8, several fixes were made to clean up workspaces when things ...
In version 1.8, several fixes were made to clean up workspaces when things changed. We just ran into an issue after changing the username which accesses the TFS box (we were using an employee's credentials, and changed it to an account created for the build team). This caused builds to fail with the error (details hidden in angle brackets):
The working folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\.hudson\jobs\<JOBNAME>\workspace is already in use by the workspace <JOBNAME>;<USERNAME> on computer <COMPUTERNAME>.
In order to get the builds to work again, we had to first put the old user back; then wipe out the workspace; then configure the new user. Now it builds correctly.
The key to getting this to work was seeing the description of the fixes that went into 1.8, so thanks for having that up here!
Would it be possible to fix it so that, whenever the user defined for a job is changed, that job's workspace is wiped out similarly, so nobody else will get the "already in use" error above?
Aug 06, 2010
Ken Beal says:Hi, Our build environment requires supporting tags. Any idea when this wi...
Our build environment requires supporting tags. Any idea when this will be completed? (It's in the road map for "1.x", but does not have a date or a ticket number associated with it.)
Jan 05, 2011
Ken Beal says:Hi, I see this page reflects the new version 1.12 which fixes the "unparseable ...
I see this page reflects the new version 1.12 which fixes the "unparseable date" issue, which we've eagerly been awaiting. However, the latest download still points to the 1.11 version.


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Environmental Quality Advisory Council Presents Annual Report
Nov. 19, 2008
News Highlights
- Report says Fairfax County's programs improve and advance in their environmental stewardship every year; asks for continued support
- 2008 report available online.
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The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors received the Environmental Quality Advisory Council's (EQAC) annual report at the board's Nov. 17 meeting. The "Annual Report on the Environment 2008" provides an overview of environmental conditions and programs in the county and provides recommendations to the Board of Supervisors in a variety of environmental areas. The report covers 2007, but also includes significant actions from 2008.
In presenting the report, EQAC Chairman Stella Koch said, "FairfaxCounty's commitment to the environment remains strong. The members of EQAC look forward to working with the board and staff to maximize the effectiveness of our combined efforts in these challenging economic times."
"Our community recognizes the value of investing in the environment, whether it is drinking water quality, watershed restoration or tree planting," said Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly. "Climate change continues to be a top priority. In the year since Fairfax County launched Cool Counties, a national effort to reduce local government emissions, we have recruited local neighborhoods, Fairfax County Public Schools, the business community and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments as new partners in this critical global initiative."
In presenting the report, EQAC noted, "every year, Fairfax County's programs improve and advance in their environmental stewardship, often setting the standard for the rest of Virginia's counties." It listed three specific requests:
- Continued support for the breadth and depth of the environment programs established by the Board of Supervisors.
- Consideration of implementation of a stormwater utility fee.
- Moving forward with an energy coordinator position
In 2004, the Board of Supervisors adopted a comprehensive 20-year environmental agenda, "Environmental Excellence for Fairfax County – A 20-Year Vision." Since adopting its plan, the board has funded more than $5 million worth of projects and programs in support of the goals and objectives across six thematic areas in the plan.
In 2005, the board dedicated one penny on the real estate tax rate for stormwater management projects. In the past two years, this dedicated penny has amounted to more than $60 million for improving the county's stormwater programs. Funds have been used to inspect and repair failed pipes, protect homes from flooding, restore and monitor streams, repair flood control dams, inspect and repair stormwater management facilities, and undertake other efforts to ensure Fairfax County's compliance with the federally and state mandated stormwater discharge permit.
Fairfax County also won a 2006 National Association of Counties Achievement Award for both the environmental agenda and the related "Environmental Improvement Program." These efforts are designed to integrate and link environmental goals and objectives into all levels of county decision-making and to provide a strategic approach to prioritizing environmental actions for implementation. Fairfax County is one of the founding members of the national Cool Counties initiative, which was launched in July 2007 in partnership with the Sierra Club, to reduce local governments' greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050.
EQAC's annual report serves a threefold purpose:
- Assisting the Board of Supervisors in evaluating ongoing environmental programs and providing the basis for proposing new programs.
- Aiding public agencies in coordinating programs to jointly address environmental issues.
- Informing residents and others who are concerned with environmental issues in Fairfax County.
The report covers the county's leadership and efforts to address global climate change; land use and transportation; air quality; water resources; solid waste; hazardous materials; ecological resources; wildlife management; and noise, light and visual pollution. EQAC is in the process of preparing a new chapter for the report that will highlight environmental stewardship efforts and opportunities, which it anticipates will be completed for presentation to the Board of Supervisors by spring 2009.
EQAC's 2008 report and reports from previous years are available on EQAC's Web page, www.fairfaxcounty.gov/eqac. The report is available at the Maps and Publications Sales Office, Suite 156, Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, and soon will be at all county public libraries. For more information about EQAC, visit the EQAC Web page, call the Department of Planning and Zoning at 703-324-1380, TTY 711, or e-mail the EQAC.
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- I can't help you with your problem, but I would suggest that you post this question in the DpReview CHDK thread in the Canon talk forum. Its a pretty high traffic area, and is more likely to get noticed by someone who has done it before. Here's the link: DpReview CHDK thread. (Make sure you change the message subject so it telegraphs your need for assistance)
- I also copied the text of your original message above to a new SD900 development page. you can find that here, and added a link to it on the For Developers page. It would be helpful if you could document on that page what you have done so far.


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Fernando Martinez seems to have really improved since being in the majors last season. Although he's coming off an injury at the end of last season, it hasn't shown during Spring Training.
Martinez just hit a three-run homer in today's exhibition game against the Red Sox. It's his third during Spring Training, in addition to two doubles and triples. This kind of offensive production is really opening the eyes of Jerry Manuel, who told The Daily News that he thinks F-Mart is doing better against off-speed pitches.
With Gary Matthews Jr., Jason Bay, Jeff Francoeur and Angel Pagan seemingly on the Opening Day roster, is there enough room for Martinez? Certainly there isn't when Carlos Beltran comes back. But early signs show he might almost be ready to play a full season in the majors.
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— A number of players have been sent down to the minor league camp. Among them are pitchers Josh Fogg, R.A. Dickey, Jack Egbert, Eddie Kunz, catcher Josh Thole as expected and other position players Andy Green, Mike Hessman, Mike Cervenak and Luis Hernandez.
— Relief pitcher Kiko Calero, formerly of the Marlins, has been making the battle for a setup man a real competition with Hisanori Takahashi and Jenrry Mejia.
— The Star-Ledger reported via Twitter today that the Indians have claimed Anderson Hernandez off waivers, possibly making room for Ruben Tejada to make the Opening Day roster. He might be an exciting young talent, but his defense might be a liability as he already has three errors this preseason.
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