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NSF Joins Forces with Intel and GE to Move the Needle in Producing U.S. Engineers and Computer Scientists
May 8 awards announcement at Newseum highlights creative approaches to retaining undergraduates in engineering and computer science
As a new crop of graduates from U.S. colleges and universities hits the street, the country is counting on a new wave of skilled workers to navigate a complex set of challenges to national security, health and rehabilitation, energy security, and reliability of critical infrastructure, among others.
In the critical fields of engineering and computer science, industry leaders lament an-inadequate supply of graduates with the knowledge and skills needed in business and industry. These are also fields in which women and minorities are chronically underrepresented.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has partnered with Intel and GE to change the status quo through a targeted set of grants whose projects take creative approaches in engaging and retaining undergraduates in engineering and computer science. Both fields are dynamic, encompassing areas of focus that didn't even exist a couple of decades ago--from green energy and advanced robotics to cybersecurity. Engineering and computer science also offer good careers with salaries that can make a life-changing difference, especially to first-generation college students and their families.
On May 8, NSF will announce awardees of grants made through "Graduate 10K+," an effort funded with $10 million in donations from Intel and the GE Foundation as well as a generous personal donation from Mark Gallogly.
Speakers include:
A panel discussion, "Successful Pathways for Increasing Engineering and Computer Science Graduates," moderated by Norman Fortenberry, executive director of the American Society for Engineering Education, features Gary May, dean of the College of Engineering at Georgia Tech, along with recipients of Graduate 10K+ awards.
Media interested in attending the event, or doing embargoed interviews prior to May 8, should contact Maria Zacharias.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is an independent federal agency that supports fundamental research and education across all fields of science and engineering. In fiscal year (FY) 2017, its budget is $7.5 billion. NSF funds reach all 50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 colleges, universities and other institutions. Each year, NSF receives more than 48,000 competitive proposals for funding and makes about 12,000 new funding awards.
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In another dismal year for the Mets organization, this latest news puts the cherry on the top of a disastrous season.
Here is a statement from the Mets on Johan Santana's condition:
"An MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan yesterday revealed that Mets pitcher Johan Santana has suffered a tear of the anterior capsule of the left shoulder. The injury is located on the front and bottom part of the shoulder close to the pectoral muscle, resulting in discomfort radiating through both the pectoral muscle and shoulder. Santana will undergo surgery in the near future and we anticipate he will be able to resume throwing in the spring."

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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My husband wants me to decamp to our Lake of the Woods cabin for the entire summer, with him visiting me on the weekends. I want to stay in Winnipeg so I can see my lover and just go out on the weekends with my husband (more like platonic friends). How do I explain I don't want be at the lake, when it is well-known I love lake life? My two kids are going to university down east and staying there for summer jobs. I'd be all alone five days a week and couldn't have my other man up, because lake neighbours drop in liberally. Don't waste your breath lecturing me about having a lover, as I'm far too old to listen. My husband has been uninterested in sex and affection with me for 10 years. He refers to it as "all that stupid stuff." My lover is married, too, and not happy. What can I do to keep him in my world this summer? -- Not Dead Yet, Winnipeg
Dear Not Dead: If you're asking how to convince your husband to "let" you stay in the city, you haven't learned the power of saying, "No, I don't feel like it." You can't argue with those words. He will still ask for the reason why, and you say, "It bores me when the kids aren't there and, frankly, I just don't want to, so I'm staying in the city." You might try to find out why he's so anxious for you to go to the lake, leaving him alone in the city. Do you really think he's been doing nothing sexually for 10 years? If you can fool him, he can fool you.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I was out eating lunch in a nearby park with a young woman from my workplace, at her invitation, as a change to eating in the sterile old building. She suddenly touched my hand and then leaned over and kissed me. After a few seconds, I started kissing her back and we ended up in a clinch in the grass. I'm a single guy in my late 30s, with a professional career and good money. She is 23. I thought we were just friends because of the age difference. Not many chances come my way because I'm kind of plain. I know it's dangerous for my career, but what should I do? -- Wanting Her Badly, Industrial Park
Dear Wanting: Immature girls that you work with are not the ones you want to get with romantically. They have a tendency to confide in their best pals at work and suddenly it's all over the building. It's understandable you want some love and affection when not much comes your way, but it'd be better to use this experience as proof you are actually appealing. Use it as a catalyst to get yourself in shape, buy some cool clothes, modern eyewear, a convertible and rent a cabin to host weekend parties. Get back into the world socially and don't start up with young employees from work. If you got mixed up with this particular little babe, you could mess up the part of your world that is working right already.


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UM Gusman Concert Hall
Schedule Notes:
Pre-concert talk 7:15PM, with Karen Henson and Tony Boutté
Concert 8:00 p.m.
Tony Boutté, tenor, concert host
Alan Johnson, piano
Richard Todd, horn
Deborah Fleisher, harp
Anastasiya Naplekova, piano
Frost Opera Theater
Alan Johnson, director
Frost Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Sleeper, director
Frost Chorale
Karen Kennedy, director
Emily Jones, viola
Festival Miami presents a special concert in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Britten, one of the 20th century's greatest composers. The festivities begin with a captivating pre-concert presentation, providing insight into the composer's life and work. Tenor soloist and concert host Tony Boutté is featured in works showcasing many of the Frost School of Music's outstanding faculty, students, and ensembles. The Frost Chorale under the direction of Karen Kennedy performs "Choral Dances from Gloriana" and the Frost Opera Theater presents a scene from Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Faculty members Alan Johnson and Richard Todd join Boutté to perform Britten's captivating Canticle III, Still falls the rain. Two competition-winning students then perform two of Britten's solo works, Twelve Variations on a Theme for solo piano and Elegy for solo viola. The Frost Symphony Orchestra performs one of Britten's final works, Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A Time There Was…' To round out the commemoration, Boutté will join the Frost Symphony to give the first public performance of Britten's Three Small Songs, plus the U.S. premiere of Everyone Sang, for tenor and orchestra.
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Grand Banks 70 Aleutian CP — By Capt. Bill Pike —
August 2005
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Part 2: The pilothouse had a shipshape, sanctuarial feel, and the saloon—down several steps from the pilothouse—was both open and bright.
Because the wind was blowing so noisily, we retired to the pilothouse to record sound levels. The results were endearing, with readings at 1000 rpm registering below the level of normal conversation (67) and at WOT peaking at just 74 d-BA. The 70's construction is at the bottom of these results. Airex composite coring in the supersturcture, bulkheads, soles, and hull sides (the hull bottom is solid glass to the waterline), in addition to a wholly integrated assembly of FRP stringers and transversals, help attenuate sound and vibration. So does an engineering regime that seals off the machinery spaces with thick Freeman doors, a thorough blanketing of noise-nixing lead-and-foam insulation, and numerous layers of rock-wool insulation as well. Secondarily glassing firewalls and bulkheads all the way around and sealing off all wiring and plumbing penetrations through bulkheads doesn't hurt, either.
We took on fuel at the pine-fringed Lakewood Yacht Club near Seabrook after the sea trial, since Bettis was heading across the Gulf in the morning, delivering our boat to Florida. The maneuvering balletics that preceded the process were a delight to behold. While strolling the weather deck trailing a long electrical cord, Bettis used a small Twin Disc control box (see photo on page 99) to operate the main engines as well as the Naiad hydraulic bow thruster. With sightlines galore, he spun the 70 around and laid her alongside Lakewood's dock with absolutely no help from anyone. All I had to do was cleat a line or two.
The complexity of our engine room—accessed via either a main-deck hatch on the starboard side or a Freeman watertight door in the cockpit bulkhead—dictated I spend lots of time perusing its contents. The task was a cheery one, however, highlighted by the presence of great equipage like Delta 'T' demisters with emergency blower shutdowns, two big waterheaters, and two big gensets, Tides Marine dripless shaft logs (with Strong self-aligning seals), a fuel-polishing system from Racor, a whopping total of eight 8D batteries and a big 4,000-watt Trace inverter for big-league electrical firepower, and a giant, well-stocked (but optional) Husky toolbox. At just under six feet, headroom was excellent, and there were lots of lights overhead: six D.C.s and four A.C. fluorescents.
Bettis and I toured the interior of our 70 together after we'd returned her to Seabrook. It was just as flawlessly fashioned as the ER. On the pilothouse deck, the U-shape galley sported high-end brand names like Sub-Zero and Miele, the dinette to port (with fore and aft seating) was situated within easy conversational range of the helm, and the stairway to the flying bridge was an easy, residential-style climb. The pilothouse had a shipshape, sanctuarial feel, and the saloon—down several steps from the pilothouse—was both open and bright, mostly thanks to the numerous windows that enclose it. There were four staterooms on the lower deck, which is accessed from the pilothouse: a VIP at the bow, a port-side guest abaft, a full-beam master stateroom amidships, and directly behind it, a full-beam living area for the crew. Our 70 had an optional layout wherein the guest was configured as an office but could be easily converted into a stateroom with a double berth.
"Great spot to pretend yer workin'!" grinned Bettis as he backed out of the office and bounded tiger-like up the stairway to the pilothouse. I bounded right behind him.
Which made sense, really. The Grand Banks Aleutian 70 CP is a pretty inspiring boat, with plenty of style, speed, and cruising potential.
Hey, she made me feel like a kid again, too.
Grand Banks ( (206) 352-1711. www.grandbanks.com.
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This article originally appeared in the August 2005 issue of Power & Motoryacht magazine.


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Heat oil in a medium saucepan and sauté the garlic and onions for 1 to 2 minutes. Add the celery, carrot and pepper. Sauté another 3 to 4 minutes. Add the beans, tomatoes, water, sea salt, basil and oregano. Cover and bring to a boil. Stir in the bulgur and bring to a boil again. Reduce the flame and simmer for 20 minutes until the bulgur is tender. Add the parsley, stir and serve.
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It's been there for 23 years, under the same owners, Susan and Ira Brick -- a spacious, softly lit, subterranean charmer with red-and-white checked tablecloths, and looking more Mediterranean than Jewish deli. But, although the kitchen may not be kosher -- not with such sandwiches as spicy southwestern chicken with jalapeno cheese or ham with melted cheddar -- Ira's is Jewish at heart.
Proof positive is in the glorious chicken soup, which comes with noodles, or matzo balls, or (my personal choice) kreplach meat dumplings, or all the above. And if chicken soup doesn't warm your heart or cure your cold there are always such du jours as vegetarian split pea soup, cream of mushroom or bean and barley ($3.75 a bowl, $2.25 a cup).
Regular deli sandwiches range from $4.99 to $5.75 for four ounces of filling, $5.75 to $6.75 for six ounces. Specialty sandwiches cost $8.49 to $9.99, and include a choice of one side -- pasta salad, creamy potato salad, tangy-sweet coleslaw or a cup of soup -- as well as a crunchy pickle spear. Platters go for $7.99 to $8.99, and are garnished with lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers and a choice of very good breads.
The sandwiches bulge with good fillings. For the Reuben, soft, dark pumpernickel is packed with juicy corned beef, swiss cheese, sauerkraut and the house thousand island dressing. Killer appetites can have the New York Reuben, a triple decker with 1/4 pound of corned beef, 1/4 pound of pastrami, Swiss cheese, sauerkraut and coleslaw. Ira's Favourite is another winner, combing salami with turkey breast, onions, lettuce and tomatoes. When they ask if you want mustard, say yes -- they make their own.
The open-face bagel and lox is nothing short of fabulous, shmeared with cream cheese, topped by a small fortune in really elegant smoked salmon -- the silken, slightly smoky and not too salty kind -- and sprinkled with capers. The generous serving is worth its weight in gold but sells for a mere $8.99.
You can have your oniony chopped liver in a sandwich, or as part of a platter. Ditto the tuna or salmon salad fillings, (both of which could have used more mayo). Although the Greek salad depends mostly on pale head lettuce, the generous amount of feta almost makes up for it. Other salad choices include a caesar, orange and almond, Mediterranean and chef's salad ($5.99 to $7.99 small, $8.99 to $9.49 large).
Although Ira's basic formula is sandwiches and platters (no burgers, no fries -- no deep fryer, in fact) there are occasional hot daily specials, with everything made from scratch. On Fridays it's usually perogies with kubasa; on other days it might be falafel, mac and cheese, blintzes or chicken pot pie. In the past I have loved a puffy quiche and a homey shepherd's pie. Phone early to find out what's on.
There are only a few desserts but they too are made in-house and vary daily ($3.99 to $4.99). I missed the pumpkin cheesecake; on other days there might be cinnamon torte or lemon meringue pie. I can't report on the chocolate chip or peanut butter cookies because they were sold out ($1.35 each). However, the subtly spiced carrot cake with cream cheese icing is quite wonderful.
The Bricks and their staff are uncommonly friendly and accommodating. One catch: Ira's is open from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Fridays only. On the other hand, they do deliver, depending on the area.
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There are no tables Khanh Hoa. It isn't a restaurant, or even a deli, just a bare-bones Vietnamese butcher shop that makes banh mi for takeout that are among the city's best sandwiches.
They take a 10-inch (literally, I measured it), substantial baguette-style roll (a holdover from French colonial times), smear it with a soft liver p¢té (another lingering French influence), and pack it almost an inch thick with different kinds of meats and a host of other ingredients. They are so huge I usually make do with only half for lunch.
One filling involves three different kinds of cold cuts; others offer a choice of grilled, big-flavoured marinated meats (some with a punch of chili). Strips of marinated carrots and daikon are added, as well as a slice of cucumber and heaps of fresh cilantro, for a mind-blowing bargain of $3.95 each.
Also available, also a bargain, is the pho which, at $6, is generous enough for two. A beef broth that is aromatic with garlic comes in one container, with all the other ingredients packaged separately, to be added at the last minute -- three different cuts of beef, rice noodles, crunchy bean sprouts, sprigs of basil and a wedge of lime.
I can't leave without a container of do chua -- those slivered carrots and daikon, in a tart sweet marinade that is more garlicky than most. I also sometimes succumb to the oddly addictive little ball-shaped dumplings with savoury bits of ground pork in a smooth, starchy white wrapping of (I'm guessing) glutinous rice flour.
A few other Vietnamese items are available, but some of them (ban xeo crepes, among them) must be ordered in advance-- not easy on the phone, since communication is minimal. The owners are really nice though, and knock themselves out to please. Open daily, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
To see the location of this restaurant as well as others reviewed in the Winnipeg Free Press, please see the map below or click here.
Restaurants marked with a red flag were rated between 0.5 to 2.5 stars; yellow flags mark those rated between 2.5 to 4 stars; and green flags mark those rated rated 4.5 to 5 stars. Locations marked with a yellow dot were not assigned a star rating.


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The Crap We Missed – Tuesday 8.23.11
Welcome to Tuesday's The Crap We Missed which you may notice is arriving several hours late because, Jesus Cristo, what a fucking afternoon. If the earth wasn't rattling on the wrong coast thanks to Chick-Fil-A not being open on Sundays (I told them this would happen.), our network managed to have a frustrating number of meltdowns in the past 48 hours which was completely unrelated to the quake – Or soft breeze from a butterfly's wing to you Californians. – but more importantly is entirely unacceptable to you guys, so huge apologies. We've got a crack team poking and prodding, yet no one's trying my ideas because apparently computer servers lack sex organs. You got me.
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Holiday Express: Can You Spot It? - DiMenna Children's History Museum at New-York Historical Society
Hours: 10am
Ages: TOD,YE,TW,TE
Price: Free with admission: $15 adults; $12 teachers and seniors; $10 students; $5 kids ages 5-13; free for kids 4 and younger
170 Central Park West - 212-485-9293
Upper West Side, NY 10024
Description: Holiday Express puts magnificent model trains, train stations and sheds, bridges and tunnels, carousels and Ferris wheels, all populated with toy figurines in colorful nineteenth-century dress, on display at the New-York Historical Society. But you can discover more than meets the eye. Spot the intricate details in these amazing model train scenes made by the M�rklin model train company. Can you spot the refreshment stand? The station clock? How many train cars are pulling into the train station? Bring the whole family, pick up your self-guided hunt, and see who can spot the most! Families can use this "i spy" hunt to search for hidden details in the trains and train stations of the Jerni Collection. Some sample "i spy"s: ? How many coal cars can you count? ? How many different kinds of animals can you spot on the trains and in the stations? ? Find a post office, a refreshment stand, a train clock, and a water tower at this train station. Families using the hunt will be able to explore all the trains on display and take as long or as short as they like.


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"Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he, But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door-- Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door-- Perched, and sat, and nothing more." --Poe, Edgar Allan
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Chris Greenhalgh
Penguin, $19.99
Chris Greenhalgh is a British poet and screenwriter whose first novel, Coco and Igor (2002), was made into a movie. His second, like the first, is a lush romantic fiction spun from a historical footnote, and it too feels destined for the big screen, if only because it's halfway there already. This novelisation of the affair between Ingrid Bergman and war photographer Robert Capa is ripe with the atmospherics, arch dialogue and tremulous melodrama of a silver-screen weepie.
This improbable true story begins in 1945 when the star of Casablanca visits Europe to entertain US troops. In Paris she meets Capa, a man with nothing but his combat helmet, cameras and a boyish charm. They begin their reckless fling (Bergman is grimly married) and for a while it's hard to resist the nostalgic glamour of it all: giddy summer evenings in liberated Paris, a screen goddess falling all too humanly for a battle-weary chancer who's ''not used to having anything so luminous in the viewfinder'' - or in his bed. In Capa's improvised darkroom, among ''long, thin strips of film like flypaper'', there she is, ''her image haunting several of the negatives, transparent, vivid in her lipstick, sticky''.
If Capa is beguiled by Bergman's beauty (''it simply glows from her, blinding us, an inner incandescence spilled''), then Greenhalgh is besotted. His perfervid prose moons over Bergman from the get-go. Sadly, neither celebrity ever feels fully real, even when we're inside their heads.
Greenhalgh wants to convey the intensity of their passion - and the reader wants to feel it - but his showy style keeps getting in the way. Metaphors meant to evoke a visceral depth of feeling, for instance, sound distractingly like thoracic surgery.
At one point, Capa feels love ''take a deep scoop out of my chest''; when Bergman thinks of Capa, ''it's as if a rib of hers cries out''; and then poor Capa's ''heart cracks open with the pressure''. Greenhalgh's use of similes is so incontinent, you start to nervously scan ahead for the words ''like'' and ''as if''. ''Silence,'' one reads with puzzlement, ''spreads like a carpet between them.'' Some images even turn up twice: on page 10, wine's perfume is ''a delicate ribbon of scent''; on page 27, Bergman's perfume also trails ''like a ribbon''.
Still, there are some witty and vivid hits among the misses. When he follows Bergman to Hollywood (she's filming Hitchcock's Notorious), Capa attends a party and spies on a sofa ''a trio of expensively dressed young women, their legs crossed the same way as if someone has been practising knots''.
Capa is a nobody in LA, though. While this places him below the suspicious notice of Bergman's cuckolded hubby, it means he relies on Bergman pulling strings to find him work. He retreats ''into numbness'', gambling lucklessly, cadging loans, boozing, brooding on nightmarish memories, and channelling Notorious-style dialogue. ''I'd drink before breakfast if I could get up early enough,'' he tells Bergman. He knows the affair could destroy her career, but Bergman spells it out for him anyway: ''The studios sell dreams,'' she says, ''they don't deal in damaged goods.''
There's pathos here because, as history records, Bergman does eventually risk scandal and leave her husband - but for Roberto Rossellini, not Capa. So this affair was always doomed, but the stakes are never high enough to make us mind much. In the final pages, Greenhalgh imagines Capa's death in a Vietnamese paddy field with feeling and restraint, but it's too late. Bergman's long gone by then, and so, I fear, will be plenty of readers who have decided to wait for the DVD.


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San Lorenzo Park
Very friendly staff. Lovely restored villa. Make sure you have a map - a little tricky to find.
Very friendly atmosphere. Big, spacious rooms, well furnished, big bathroom. Breakfast buffet with wonderful, homemade cakes. The place is difficult to find and you cannot really walk to the center. But once you get there, you won't regret that choice.
It was a perfect place for romance...... very nicely decorated, newly rebuilt!
Very clean well run establishment. Owner Anna could not have been more helpful with local information including dining suggestions both in Mantova and nearby (her recommendations of Grifone Bianco in Mantova and Nuova Osteria in nearby Tripoli were excellent).Building is a mix of old and new with country villa structure but with modern quirky decor (eg old ceiling supported by clean iron joists and colourful lighting). Good breakfast including home made cakes. Large room sizes. Building could do with a dining room as I found it a little strange to eat breakfast in what is essentially the entrance hall. Location not the easy to find and immediate area not that attractive. Quite a busy road and junction outside. But as a base for Montova it is very good.
Charming place and excellent hotel-holder, Ms. Anna, who had precious directions about the area.
We had a little difficulty finding the Hotel but the lady who ran the hotel could not have been more helpful. The room was lovely and very large with a great view. The breakfast was great - lots of lovely homemade cakes. If we were in this area again we would definitely go back.
Excellent value for money with a great location; across the street from the train station. Room was big with plenty of hot water, comfortable, warm bed and large wardrobe for your luggage. Breakfast was superb with a variety of choices. Exceptional and accommodating staff.


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The sharemarket had its highest close in 17-months on Wednesday, but still off the day's highs, as positive leads from overseas boosted the local market.
The benchmark S&P/ASX200 rose 7.8 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4583.8, while the broader All Ordinaries was up 10.5 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 4591.8.
''We've seen a bit of up and down from the market, but in general terms it hasn't been doing a huge amount,'' said CommSec analyst Steven Daghlian.
Among the sectors, health jumped 2 per cent, energy added 1.5 per cent, consumer discretionary rose 0.9 per cent and materials inched up 0.5 per cent. Telecoms and financials bucked the trend, slipping 1.3 and 0.3 per cent respectively.
The ASX200 pushed above 4600 for the first time since July last year after Wall Street and European markets finished higher, with five-year highs in Germany lifting markets across the continent.
Higher commodity prices helped boost the resources sector, with iron ore at $US124.90 per tonne. Iron ore miner Fortescue was the biggest winner among the miners, up 1.7 per cent to $4.28.
BHP rose 1 per cent to $35.76 after it said it would sell its interest in the Browse LNG joint venture, while rival Rio Tinto jumped 0.7 per cent to $62.20.
''With the miners, you have to take a step back and compare it to the rest of the market this year – the Aussie market is up about 12 per cent this year, the mining sector's down 1.5 per cent, so the mining sector is still struggling and dragging its heels,'' said Mr Daghlian.
The expectation of more quantitative easing in the US saw the Australian dollar rise to three-month highs, fetching $US1.0541.
Linc Energy surged 25 per cent on Wednesday, adding to a 17 per cent jump on Tuesday, after news emerged the company was in talks Russian billionaire and Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich about opportunities for the company in Russia. The Brisbane-based company finished at $1.30.
Investors reacted sombrely to Coca-Cola Amatil's earnings guidance for 2012, despite an expected 5 per cent increase in profit growth. The shares slipped 2.6 per cent to $13.56.
Echo Entertainment announced a new chief executive, John Redmond, a former executive with casino groups such as Caesars, which was well received by the market as the shares added 3.2 per cent to finish at $3.52.
All the major banks recorded losses, ANZ slipped 0.8 per cent to $24.70, Westpac fell 0.4 per cent to $25.90, NAB dropped 0.2 per cent to $24.66 and CBA lost 0.1 per cent to $61.20.
Westpac, NAB and Bank of Queensland will all hold their annual general meetings on Thursday.


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This article was published 24/4/2013 (1580 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Largely overlooked amid the wall-to-wall coverage of the Boston terror attacks was some intriguing and potentially important political news. Former president George W. Bush weighed in on speculation regarding his brother former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's presidential prospects, saying that he hopes his sibling runs for the nation's highest office in 2016.
If Bush runs, it is unlikely that he will be the only familiar name on the ballot. It is widely believed that former first lady-turned-senator-turned-secretary of state Hillary Clinton will also run. This means that regardless of political party, the White House could soon be occupied by a familiar name and family. 2016 might just end up feeling a bit like a flashback from A Christmas Carol — except, instead of all of us taking a stroll down memory lane to revisit Christmases past, we'll be visiting elections past.
Here's a question for American voters: Are political dynasties actually good for America?
One of the core principles that are supposed to distinguish America from monarchy-ruled countries in Europe is that in America, political power is supposed to be earned, not inherited. Yet from the earliest days of our country's existence, political power has been concentrated among already powerful families. The earliest example is the Adams family. John Adams served as the country's first vice-president and second president, while his son John Quincy Adams served as the country's sixth president.
It would be more than a century before this feat would be repeated, with George H.W. Bush serving as the nation's 41st president and his son George H.W. Bush becoming the nation's 43rd president. But throughout history, there have been countless sons, daughters and spouses succeeding their mothers, fathers, uncles and aunts into state legislatures and Congress.
Within the Bush family, Prescott Bush, the first president Bush's father, served in the U.S. Senate. Barbara Bush, the former first lady and mother of the second president Bush, is descended from Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States. In addition to Jeb Bush's possible presidential run, his son George Pierce Bush is running for office in Texas.
The most comparable Democratic counterpart to the Bushes is the Kennedy family. The Kennedys count one president (John F. Kennedy), one attorney general (Robert F. Kennedy), three senators (John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy) and three congressmen (Patrick Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy II and his son Joseph Kennedy III), one lieutenant governor (Kathleen Kennedy Townsend) and two ambassadors (family patriarch Joseph Kennedy, who served as ambassador to England in Franklin Roosevelt's administration, and his daughter Jean, who was an ambassador to Ireland during the Clinton administration).
According to reports, the family could soon count another. It is rumoured that the Obama administration is considering nominating John F. Kennedy's daughter, Caroline Kennedy, ambassador to Japan. The family also includes one mayor: John "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald, president Kennedy's maternal grandfather, who served as mayor of Boston and is the earliest prominent political figure in the family's history.
A few of America's other notable political dynasties include the Landrieus of Louisiana (who include two New Orleans mayors and one senator), the Hutchinsons of Arkansas (one congressman and one senator), the Pryors of Arkansas (two senators), the Meeks of Florida (two members of Congress), the Kilpatricks of Michigan (one congresswoman and one mayor), the Carnahans of Missouri (two congressmen, a governor and a senator), the Gores (two senators, one who became vice president) and the Udall family, which includes multiple members of the Senate, the House, city councils and various other offices spanning both major political parties over more than a century.
And let's not forget the Romneys. 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is the son of former Michigan Gov. George Romney and Senate candidate Lenore Romney.
In addition, at least 18 American women have been elected to the House or the Senate to fill seats left vacant by the deaths of their husbands. This is such a common political practice worldwide that such elections and appointments have a term: widow's succession.
Although children of privilege cannot help the circumstances into which they are born — any more than those of us who are not born into privilege can — and therefore deserve to be considered on their merits just like the rest of us, the fact that they are so overrepresented in government means that they probably aren't being judged on their merits like the rest of us. But that's not the greatest travesty.
The fact that our political system is dominated by so many people of privilege is cause for concern because it means that even if our elected officials represent racial and gender diversity, they still aren't really that diverse. Ultimately, people of privilege and power have plenty in common — certainly more in common with one another than with those of us who don't enjoy much privilege or power.
I've often wondered what would have happened in a presidential debate between John Kerry and George W. Bush or George W. Bush and Al Gore if the moderator had presented a FAFSA form (the form families fill out to obtain college financial aid) and asked any of the men to identify it. Considering that all three men were from families who didn't require financial aid to subsidize their educations — and hadn't for a generation or two — I doubt that any of them would have been able to identify the form. And that's the problem.
Both Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush have the academic and political smarts to be effective candidates and competent presidents. (Whether you actually agree with them on the issues is another matter.) What is debatable is whether or not both of them possess something that Barack Obama did when he ran for office: the knowledge of what it's like to make career decisions based on whether or not you will be able to pay off your student-loan debt someday, or knowing what it's like to lose a parent because of substandard health care, and because your family couldn't afford anything better.
This kind of firsthand knowledge of what life is like for average Americans is something you can't pick up by reading a briefing book or just talking to voters on the campaign trail. So does this mean that Jeb Bush and Hillary Clinton shouldn't be allowed to run? No. They both have plenty of respectable experience that would legitimately qualify them for the presidency. But it might be nice if they publicly acknowledged that no one should consider voting for their children until those children demonstrated some actual experience and qualifications, too, experience that extends beyond simply having the right last name.
Otherwise, we might as well brace ourselves for "Bush vs. Clinton: the Rematch" in 2028. In addition to George Pierce Bush's foray into politics, in a recent interview, Chelsea Clinton hinted that she might run for office someday.
Keli Goff is The Root's political correspondent.
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A time and motion study (or time-motion study) is a business efficiency technique devised by Frederick Winslow Taylor. It is a major part of scientific management (Taylorism).
The technique was refined by Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (best known through the biographical film and book Cheaper by the Dozen).
A time and motion study would be used to reduce the number of motions in performing a task in order to increase productivity. The best known experiment involved bricklaying. Through carefully scrutinising a bricklayer's job, Frank Gilberth reduced the number of motions in laying a brick from 18 to about 5. Hence the bricklayer both increased productivity and decreased fatigue.
The Gilbreths developed what they called therbligs (an anagram of "Gilbreth"), a classification scheme comprising 17 basic hand motions.
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From a scrapbook
Milton M Hope passed away a number of years ago and now his wife Betty has passed. Going thru our parents belongings this card was in an old scrapbook my father kept of a few friends in Korea. Knowing he didn't keep many things Robert W Lembcke must have been a very special person.


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Ever since Dorie and Nub Sams founded it just outside the northern Michigan town of Harbor Springs in 1957, Nub's Nob has been one of the Midwest's best ski and snowboard experiences, driven by a single-minded focus on quality.
The experience is so good that it's garnered accolade upon accolade in its 55 years. Its former GM, the late Jim Dillworth, who developed the patented Nub's snow gun, even served as snowmaking consultant to the 1984 Winter Olympics.
This season at Nub's is no different, with more awards, and great conditions to accompany some great deals like these:
Skiers aged 70 and over ski free every day and those under age 8 ski or ride free with a skiing/riding parent or guardian.
Nub's works with select area hotels and motels to offer discounted lift ticket vouchers for a $5 daily savings midweek, $2 daily weekends.
Midweek, ski for $52, or $11 per ticket less than the weekend cost, a 17 percent savings.
Those who've tried night skiing love it here for several reasons. There are fewer people on the slopes for more access to terrain park features, and you can't beat the rates. Embracing the dark from 4 to 9 p.m. weekdays and 6-10 p.m. weekends sets you back only $30. Or, if you want to fly at night and day, you'll pay only $10 more than the day rate
New for this year, Nub's added a groomer to its fleet and installed six more patented Nub's snow guns to one slope. Kids can head for the new Panda Land where they learn to ski/ride while moving from statue to statue.


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Sorry for the delay. Had a lot of work to do.
First, it was learned that referee Chris Rooney, who left the game early in the second period, suffered a broken ankle.
John Tortorella:
"We scored some goals. I don't think we did much different. I thought we got to the blue a little better today. Again, it's a tight-checking game. The chances are hard to come by by both teams. We found a way to score a goal, a couple of goals here. There's no magic potion. We played the same way we want to play. We just scored three, they scored two."
More agrressive:
"No, I don't think so. I thought we were really aggressive out there in Washington. Like I said prior, the series is 2-0, but we're not far off. Now it's 2-1 and it could be reversed; it could be us 2-1. It's just that close of a series, and close-checking. So we certainly haven't gone about our business in any different manner. We're just trying to play our game."
On Boudreau complaining about the extra pushing and shoving, i.e. Boyle in front late in the game:
"That's OK. That's OK."
On worry about the late 4-on-4:
"Yeah, it's, again, they have — I'm honest — they have a few more weapons than we do in those type of situations. I think we've been better this year 4-on-4 but they can put out two or three groups there where they have more people. But I wanted Dubi and Fedotenko when Ovechkin was out there and Dubi made a helluva play. You know, you ask what the difference. That one bounces in. It bounces in and we're very fortunate to win a hockey game."
"Good things happen — they score a tying goal because they're around our net, and that's just the way the series is. It's tough to maneuver and get scoring chances."
On Christensen's goal:
"I think he shot it down by the goal line. Again, shots to the net. They didn't block it and we score a pretty big goal there."
On the disallowed goal:
"No, we were fine. Once they said it wasn't (a goal), I just said, 'Let's get in the room and let's get about our business.' There's nothing you can do about that. It's not the refs making the call. It's Toronto making the call. They make the call, we go about our business and keep on playing. And I thought we were really good even getting scored on on the last minute of the period .We just lose our backcheck and I thought we handled ourselves well there, too. The team has just gone about its business here, when we're down 1-0, down 2-0 in the series, we've just tried to stay steady and gone about our business."
On Dubinsky:
"Dubi is a very important guy for us, and the first couple of games it hasn't been the game we need out of him in this type of situation, and jeez, I think I played him 25-26 minutes. Not just scoring a goal, he did a lot of the dirty stuff, too. He came up with a lot of big plays defensively and also forechecking."
On moving him to center:
"Well, we're not scoring. Our middle of the ice — I think Artie's been fighting it a little bit, Step's been fighting it a little bit, and so … he's still a left-winger. He's a left-winger. But I needed to use him in the middle and he did a good job. He's been taking a lot of faceoffs. He does a lot of work as a center-iceman even when he plays the wing. But I wanted to get him and Gabby together. We had Feds there a bit and then we put Vinny Prospal there and Vinny ends up scoring a goal. He turns the God damn thing over after that that causes the penalty that tied it up. But they scored a big goal for us, so he'll probably stay there."
On the resilience:
"Not (surprising) anymore … My gut has had that feeling right from the get-go early in the year. We've gone through a lot of injuries during the year, we've had situations, ups and downs, where we just end up finding ourselves. No one was down. They just continue to try to go about their business I think we have played at a level, or a type of style we need to play at, as each game has gone by we've gotten better there. And we'll have to be better in Game 4 because Washington's going to be better. So it doesn't surprise me anymore. It's a good group of men and we're going to keep on fighting along here."
On the traffic to the net:
"Well, they're goalie's playing very well. I told Sully I think after the first period, I watched their goalie, I watched, and you just don't see anything. So we have to. And they're doing the same thing, trying to get pucks to the paint and people to the blue and I thought we were more ready to shoot the puck today. But a lot of the good stuff I think we played better at was the grinding underneath the hashmarks. Dubi's goal, the winning goal, that's the way we have to do it. We don't play any other way. We're just not good enough. We have to grind. So it's good."


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5 Ingredients: Sweet Potato Chips With Black Olive Tapenadeby Dana Angelo White in 5-Ingredient Recipes, October 21, 2010
Just in time for Halloween parties, we're cooking up this black-and-orange appetizer that's easy, tasty and festive. Best of all: there are only 5 ingredients.
Sweet Potato Chips With Olive Tapenade
Makes 40-50 appetizers
2 medium sweet potatoes, unpeeled
1/4 cup olive oil, divided
1 cup pitted black olives
3 scallions
1/4 cup oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes, drained (4-6 pieces)
Nonstick cooking spray
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sweet Potato
This root veggie is bursting with flavor, color and nutrients like fiber, beta-carotene, vitamin C and lycopene. Turning them into baked chips is virtually effortless, and the chips have less fat and sodium than the bagged (and fried) version.
Olive Oil
This heart-healthy ingredient does double duty. A light drizzle gives the chips crunch and it helps bring the flavors of the tapenade together. If you have a nice bottle of more flavorful extra-virgin oil in your kitchen, this is a good time to use it.
Black Olives
Olives are a pleasing combination of tender, plump and salty. We used a combination of pungent kalamatas along with mellow and sturdy canned black olives. Look for high-quality olives in cans or jars or check out the olive bar at your local gourmet shop or grocery store.
Scallions add freshness, color and a hint of onion flavor to the tapanade. If you can get them fresh at the farmers' market, you'll taste the difference. Reserve a piece of one and finely chop for a garnish.
Sundried Tomatoes
Add a touch of natural sweetness with chewy sun-dried tomatoes. Buy them packed in oil or try marinating your own.
Preheat oven to 400-degrees F and spray two large baking sheets with nonstick cooking spray. Thinly slice* sweet potatoes and lay out pieces in a single layer on the sheets. Using a silicone brush, coat each slice of sweet potato with olive oil (you'll use about 1 tablespoon). Season with salt and pepper and bake for 10-12 minutes per side or until golden (keep an eye on them to prevent burning). Remove from oven and set aside to cool.
To prepare the tapenade, place olives, scallions, sundried tomatoes and remaining oil in a food processor fitted with a steel blade. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper and pulse until well combined, but still slightly chunky. Top each piece of sweet potato with tapenade and serve.
*Tip – use a hand-held mandoline to make easy, even slices.
Nutrition Info (per piece):
Calories: 23 calories
Total Fat: 1 gram
Saturated Fat: 0 grams
Total Carbohydrate: 2 grams
Protein: 0.2 grams
Sodium: 30 milligrams
Cholesterol: 0 milligrams
Fiber: 0.25 gram
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Former Otley Mayors have turned out in force to wish one of the town's most dedicated servants a happy retirement.
Geraldine Crosby has acted as secretary for 35 mayors - 24 individuals in total, with several serving for more than one year - during her time with the Town Council.
About 16 of them, along with current Town Mayor Councillor Nigel Gill (Lab, Manor), gathered at the Otley Core Resource Centre on Thursday, June 26, to enjoy a farewell tea party with her.
Geraldine, who was presented with a special council-themed cake, said: "It's lovely that all these past mayors have turned out to come and see me off.
"I'm both sad and relieved to be leaving.
"I will miss it, because it has been half of my life, but now is the right time to finish.
"I've got grandchildren to see more of and help with and I volunteer at St Gemma's Hospice shop, so I''ll have plenty to keep me busy.
"But I'll keep popping in to see this lot!"
Reflecting on the changing nature of her role over four decades, she added: "There have been so many, many changes over the years, so many different people.
"The biggest change has been moving into this place, the Core, which is fantastic - it's been a godsend, and is busy and bustling, with lots of staff."
Councillor Jim Spencer (Lib Dem, West Chevin), who has served as town mayor twice and so relied heavily on Geraldine's legendary organisational skills, recalled interviewing her for the original job 34 years ago.
He said: "The job and things generally have changed so much since then. Geraldine was on a manual typewriter to begin with and I remember when we switched to an electric one that was a big change!
"Since then of course we've had the advent of computers and the Internet."
Geraldine's work with the council began when it was still based in the now closed Civic Centre, and continued recently at its stop-gap premises in Bay Horse Court before the opening of the Otley Core Resource Centre in 2013.


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GLOUCESTER director of rugby Nigel Davies was left bemused by referee Sean Davey's decisions after watching the Cherry & Whites slip to a narrow Aviva Premiership defeat to Saracens.
Davies' side paid the price for their indiscipline as both Dan Murphy in the first half and Sione Kalamafoni in the second were sent to the sin bin.
Gloucester were 13-12 up at half time, thanks to Murphy's try after Charlie Hodgson's kick was charged down, but he soon went to the bin and when Kalamafoni was yellow carded, Richard Wigglesworth scored the decisive try.
The visitors, who had also scored a try through Akapusi Qera, fought back – Billy Twelvetrees notching 13 points in the absence of England debutant Freddie Burns – and, trailing by five points at the death, were awarded a scrum just short of the Saracens try-line.
Twice the hosts were penalised but Davey opted against awarding a penalty try and on the third, Sarries forced a penalty of their own – and Davies is not so sure the referee made the correct decision.
He said: "We outscored them two tries to one but we could have been a lot better and we always look at ourselves first, there was plenty of room for improvement.
"It was hugely frustrating, some of the stuff that was going on. In the first half we couldn't get a phase going, every time there was a tackle there seemed to be a penalty.
"It could have gone either way at the end. There were a couple of big calls that the referee had to make. Sometimes you get them, sometimes you don't. You wonder when the first two scrums weren't sufficient to merit a penalty try. On another occasion they would have been, I'm sure."
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall was the first to admit that Gloucester, who had previously lost just once since the opening day of the season, provided the sternest of tests in a match that could have gone either way.
He said: "It was a very close, tightly-fought match and we're just happy we've come out on the right side of it.
"They got their charge-down try which was an unfortunate try to concede but we bounced right back and played some good rugby."
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Pleasant Two Bedroom Apartment
Size55 m²
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- Family/child friendly
- Kitchen
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Accommodation summary
|Elbestrass, 70 376 Stuttgart, Germany
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There is one bedroom with two single beds, as well as a convertible couch which sleeps 2 more in the living room.
The bathroom has a shower, with a separate toilet.
A television and radio is also available for your entertainment.
Just outside the front door (approx 5 minutes) is the U-Bahn station Stuttgart-Münster, from where you can reach Stuttgart main station in about 15 minutes.
Stuttgart's city center many attractions such as the multi-award winning State Opera, two automotive world-class museums, exclusive art exhibitions, fascinating history, famous architecture, and much more. In addition, the Stuttgart Region thrilled with culinary delights, world-class wines and memorable events.
House rulesPlease contact me before making any booking request.
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Good apartment in a quiet and well-served.
Appartamento buono in zona tranquilla e ben servita.
It was a wonderful experience in Stuttgart with my parents in Brigitte's house. We enjoyed there for 12 nights! We cooked, chilling, and relaxing in her apartment. All the facilities are very good and clean! The beds were nice for sleeping well. Thank you so much.
The apartment itself was fine. However, hair in the shower (yuck) and in an apartment would be a couple of wine glasses beautiful.
Die Wohnung an sich war in Ordnung. Allerdings Haare in der Dusche (bäh) und in einer Ferienwohnung wären ein paar Weingläser schön.
Hello Brigitte
Thank you that it worked so quickly to the dwelling.
Very nice apartment, everything was fine.
Will you be happy to recommend.
Looking forward to a return visit
Hallo Brigitte
Vielen Dank dass das mit der Wohnung so schnell funktioniert hat.
Sehr schöne Wohnung, war alles bestens.
Werde dich gerne weiterempfehlen.
Freue mich auf den nächsten Besuch
There were three in the condo and very satisfied! Organization, reliability and top location!
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Wir waren zu dritt in der Wohnung und sehr zufrieden! Organisation, Zuverlässigkeit und Lage top!
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Pleasant stay with friends for Oktoberfest, clean apartment, pleasant close to all amenities.
Séjour agréable entre amis pour la fête de la bière, appartement propre, agréable proche de toutes les commodités.
Hôte très agréable, à l'écoute de ses locataires.
I spent a few days in Brigittes nice apartment in Ruid, Ostfildern together with my son. We did not spent much time in the apartment, but it is a nice apartment with plenty of space for two (and probably also for more persons. It was clean with a nice kitchen and a very nice bathroom with an enormous bathtub and the toilet in a separate room. We were taken care of from the minute we arrived by Brigittes friendly neighbor who showed all the rooms and facilities. Ruid is a very nice little town with a combination of peace and all the necessary shops and the U-bahn a short walk from the apartment. I can highly recommend the apartment.
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Apparently there is a chance the Rangers can recoup those two points from last night. The NHL is investigating whether the Islanders used an illegal lineup in the game, and it could result in a forfeit of the two points … though I'm not sure if the two points would be just removed from the Islanders' ledger of if they'd also be added to the Rangers' standings.
What happened was that Jack Capuano, the Islanders coach, submitted a lineup that included Michael Grabner, who missed the game for the birth of his child, and did not include Trevor "Village People" Gillies.
And the Isles played the entire game without Grabner and with Gillies. So we'll see. It's in the hands of NHL HQ today.
Aside from that, thoughts:
1) I have chided the Negative Nancys all along, fully confident that this Rangers team was going to make the playoffs — and have felt that way since training camp broke — and mocked the Sky Is Falling crowd and the Trade Everybody group. And I maintain that there are a few of youse who have been in those camps to a ridiculous degree throughout the year. But right now, as of today and last night, I have doubts for the first time. I really don't know if they will have enough mental toughness to get through these last four games.
2) What might save them is that Carolina still has to make up three points. And I don't know if the former Whalers can do that. And I wonder if the Islanders will play the same way against the Canes Saturday as they did last night, or if they lie down like dogs.
3) I also find it ironic that last season, the biggest game of the year was the Rangers' matinee in Philly. This year, now, it is the Rangers' matinee in Philly Sunday. Last year, in Game 82, very few Rangers showed up. It will be interesting to see how many show up Sunday, because, let's face it, if they win that game, they're going to be in very good shape, regardless of the two stinkers in 27 hours they just played (or didn't play).
4) To fuel the Negative Nancy-ism, and Sky-is-Falling-ism, this is what is most disturbing: You can complain about Marian Gaborik, who I thought was good in Buffalo and lousy in the Island. You can put blame on the invisible Erik Christensens and the confidence-less Mats Zuccarellos and even the broad-side-of-a-barn Sean Averys. But you know who let the Rangers down the most these last two nights? Their young core guys, that's who. The entire Dubinsky-Anisimov-Callahan line, the shutdown defense pair of Staal and Girardi. That's who. All is lost if those guys go south, and they have. Can they make it right for the next four games?
5) The Rangers weren't too happy with Village People and that Haley kid and that clown Konopka and all the rough stuff at the end of the game. Tortorella was having words with the Islanders' bench, and Dubinsky was yapping at Village People Gillies from the bench. Yeah, well, you know what? Too bad. Don't let it get to 6-1 and that stuff doesn't happen. You know the Islanders play it rough and tumble when they're ahead by a lot or behind by a lot. Don't let them get ahead by a lot. I'll say this about Haley: That kid's going to be a legend on the Island for his mayhem against the Penguins, for beating the crap out of that piece of cooke Carcillo, and for bloodying Avery, even if Haley kind of jumped him. Also, I think this game last night and the one against the Penguins that got Mario all weepy, that will be the Islanders' entire highlight film for 2010-11.
6) With all these passengers now, I wonder if the Rangers would be better off bringing up Kris Newbury and Dale Weise. It won't happen, I don't think, but they're really getting zilch from Christensen, Wolski and now Zuccarello.
7) It's a stretch to try to find a positive in a game like that. But I found one. I thought Bryan McCabe played his best defensive game as a Ranger.
8) That 5-on-3? Ooof. I understand that Gaborik was off the ice — the call was correct, it was a minor boarding penalty and nothing more — and McCabe was in the box, somehow, for trying to stop Konopka from skating halfway across the rink with his gloves off to get at Gaborik. So that's two key PP guys unavailable. But Zuccarello was awful on the point, the Rangers lost a draw, the puck came out of the zone twice, and Christensen missed the net by half a county. None of that stuff can happen during a 5-on-3.
9) I asked this question last season, was asked it in the middle of this season, and I'll ask it again now. Which group of young forwards would you rather have, the Islanders' or the Rangers'?
10) This is in honor of our negative friend, Miami: That game was bush league. Or amateur hour. Take your pick.
11) I told Sam Rosen before Tortorella's press conference, "I don't think you'll even have to ask a question tonight." And I was right. I don't blame Tortorella for the way that went. He was surely as angry as ever underneath, but he knew that this was not a time to run down his team publicly, in the media, on TV. That's why he referenced the incident with Larry Brooks during Tampa Bay's playoffs that became infamous on YouTube. It was the same situation. His team stunk it up, and it was not the right time to say what he really thought, so he decided to say nothing. And I think that was the absolute correct way to go on this night.
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Top 10 JDBC Best Practices for Java Programmer
16 comments :
- Kevin B said...
Great Article! Will Apache Tomcat provide you with connection pool facility out of the box?
- September 4, 2012 at 12:57 PM
- Anonymous said...
11. Avoid coding directly to JDBC; it's easy to screw up any of the above. Instead, use an ORM library like Hibernate or a SQL mapping framework like MyBatis.
- September 4, 2012 at 1:45 PM
- Anonymous said...
well, I think that these should not be considered as the "best" practice but indeed as the "normal" practice. I will consider as a toy all the software that breaks one of these rules. In addition, I don't think it does not have anymore sense using plain JDBC, since JPA is now a consolidated and stable technology.
- September 4, 2012 at 10:56 PM
- Anonymous said...
12. Completely disregard #11 for anything non-trivial and performance critical.
- September 6, 2012 at 6:47 PM
- Ramesh said...
Tomcat supports JDBC connection pool since long. Read the following to learn more
- September 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM
- Peter said...
I was looking for some Java best practices when I landed up on this article. This is awesome!!. I have been using JDBC from couple of months but not aware of many of these JDBC best practices.Your blog is best to learn from basics to best practices , keep it up dude.
- February 12, 2013 at 11:56 PM
- Bernard said...
About #9, how often do you need to change databases? In my 15+ years of experience, it's much more common to change front end code than it is to change the underlying platform. Data is forever, front-end (and middle tier) technologies come and go.
I would argue the opposite of #9, namely that you should know your database and take advantage of its best features. Why would an experienced developer expect to gain anything from a database swap when they aren't using their current database's full potential? It's like pushing a bicycle instead of riding it.
- May 10, 2013 at 8:03 AM
- Andreas Haufler said...
100% agree with all of the tipps. However managing resources correctly is essential when using JDBC. Thats why I created a bunch of helper classes like https://github.com/scireum/sirius/blob/develop/web/src/sirius/web/jdbc/JDBCQuery.java for SIRIUS (http://sirius-lib.net). Might be helpful for others as well. It provides a super thin layer above JDBC giving you all of the performance you need while providing connection pooling and idiot proof resource management.
- February 3, 2014 at 2:25 PM
- Anonymous said...
You can add few more best practices on JDBC resource management e.g. Apart from closing statements by calling their close() method, you can also call various free() methods to release more expensive resources e.g. Blob, Clob and Array. Blob, Clob, and NClob Java objects remain valid for at least the duration of the transaction in which they are created. This could potentially result in an application running out of resources during a long running transaction. In fact, any Array, Blob, Clob whose scope is entirely controlled within a local block should have its free() method called in a finally block to release respective resources. By the way you can only do this if you are using JDBC 4.0 released in Java 1.6, in lower version, you still depends on mercy of JDBC drivers and Garbage collector.
- February 5, 2014 at 9:42 PM
- Anonymous said...
One of the less common JDBC best practices I have seen is making your DAO class name identical as Table name, for example if you have Customer table than your DAO class should be called CustomerDAO, similarly if you have Product table than you can name it ProductDAO. In a case where your table name is more complicated and picking up as Java class name doesn't make sense, then consider declaring a public static final String TABLE = "ABC_XYZ", this makes easy to correlated which table a particular DAO class is connecting. Ideally you should know table name by just looking name of DAO class, but in worst case it must contain such field at top of the class.
- February 24, 2014 at 7:21 PM
- Baskar @ SQL performance tuning said...
It is good practices for JDBC Beginners Only because now-a-days Developers are not using Planin JDBC. They are used to JPA's. Anyway good article and keep going ...!
- February 26, 2014 at 10:20 PM
- ChriX said...
For those that say nobody uses JDBC because of JPA or Hibernate: some processings are bulk loading or display result query on the screen. And use an ORM for those cases is like kill a fly with a bazooka.
- March 20, 2015 at 9:02 AM
- ChriX said...
About the #9, it'd be sad not use the Oracle hints when you work with their databases.
- March 20, 2015 at 9:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
"12. Completely disregard #11 for anything non-trivial and performance critical."
100% agreed. If you're database reches a certain complexity (and it will if you work as a professional in real projects), you are screwed regarding performance and overhead. If you have a small database with a few tables and a few ten thousand rows, enjoy.
- March 21, 2015 at 4:04 AM
- al0 said...
"JDBC Best Practice #9: Use standard SQL statement and avoid using db specific query until necessary'" is not the best practice, but the worst practice. Unless you absolutely have to develop a portable application (and even in this case ORM may be a better solution).
- March 25, 2015 at 3:56 AM
- Anderson Gomes said...
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U.S. home market: Few buyers, not enough sellers
U.S. home market: Few buyers, not enough sellers
WASHINGTON — Entering the 2014 spring buying season, the U.S. housing market faces an unusual dilemma: Too few people are selling homes. Yet too few buyers can afford the homes that are for sale.
"Both sides of the equation are in a funk," said Glenn Kelman, CEO of the real estate brokerage Redfin.
A 13.4 percent jump in the average price of a home sold last year, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller 20-city index, hasn't managed to coax more homeowners to sell. And combined with higher mortgage rates, higher prices have made homes costlier for first-time buyers as well as for all-cash investors.
Average prices nationally are expected to rise by single digits this year. The gains could be strongest in areas with solid job growth, such as Seattle and Austin, Texas. And while construction will put more homes on the market, lack of affordability could keep sales flat to falling.
On the other hand, many lenders are easing the barriers for those with less-than-sterling credit. For these people, qualifying for a mortgage could become a little easier.
All of which leaves real estate, much like the rest of the economy, still trudging back to health nearly a half-decade after the recession ended. After last year's growth spurt, the housing recovery may have begun an awkward adolescence, one prone to fits and starts that can defy predictions.
Here are five vital signs that will shape home sales this spring and the rest of the year:
Where are the sellers?
Good question. It's slim pickings for a lot of would-be buyers. That brutal winter we just got through prevented many East Coasters from listing their homes in recent months. About five months' worth of homes are on the market, compared with 5.9 months in 2012 and 8.3 months in 2011.
Housing supply previously dipped toward the 5-month level during the height of the boom in 2006, when buyers snapped up homes faster than they could be added. This time, fewer homes are being listed because 19 percent of owners are underwater on their mortgages — meaning the sales price wouldn't be enough to repay their loan.
Still, warmer weather, job growth and a strengthening economy are expected to encourage more listings this spring.
"We're all trying to figure out where the sellers are," said Redfin CEO Kelman. "Everyone seems to be waiting until April or May or June."
When few sellers emerged last year, prices for the limited number of homes available surged. Would-be buyers, facing a shortage of homes and locked in competition with one another, raised their offers.
Prices climbed in locales such as San Francisco, where a ton of money is chasing few properties and there's not enough construction. Bay Area homes have surged 23 percent, on average, the past 12 months, according to the S&P Case-Shiller index. That was faster than any other major metro area except Las Vegas, where much of the housing stock was rebounding from the depths of the recession.
This problem usually corrects itself. Higher prices should lure more sellers into the market who see an opportunity to cash out. That would then then lead to more listings and ease the face-offs among buyers. Sales data suggest that this has happened in Los Angeles, where more homes have been put up for sale, and they're staying on the market longer.
But around the country, many homeowners are still reluctant to sell because they would likely lose money on the deal. The 2007 housing bust still haunts the market.
First-time buyers not back (yet)
After the Great Recession officially ended in mid-2009, many economists predicted that pent-up demand for homes would drive sales in the years to come. Not exactly. Nearly five years into the recovery, buying remains subpar.
Sales of existing homes are projected to total 5 million this year, according to the National Association of Realtors. That's about 100,000 fewer than last year and far below the 5.5 million associated with healthy markets.
Much of that shortfall can be summed up simply: Too few first-time buyers. They bought about 1.5 million homes last year, about 500,000 fewer on average than they would have typically.
Last year's price increases makes affordability a growing obstacle for first-timers, said Jed Kolko, chief economist for the online real estate firm Trulia. Unlike current owners whose down payments come from selling a previous home, first-timers must amass a down payment. And higher home prices require more cash up front.
The situation is slowly improving for the 25- to 34-year-olds who would buy homes. About 738,000 of them found jobs in the past year. With more disposable income, more of them will move out on their own. Homebuilders have already ramped up apartment construction in anticipation of younger renters. That's a critical first-step before they eventually buy a house or condo.
Credit standards are looser
You might have thought the economic meltdown would have shut off home loans to people with middling-to-weak credit. Yet something close to subprime borrowing has just started a comeback.
Wells Fargo is now offering mortgages to subprime borrowers with credit scores as low as 600, down from 640. (The median credit score for 30-year fixed mortgages had been around 730.) And non-bank lenders such as Carrington Mortgage Services are moving into that territory. Carrington has dropped its minimum credit score to 550. It's a sign that lenders are becoming less tight-fisted.
Lenders are accepting borrowers they once rejected in part because they're hungry for more business after mortgage refinancing plunged in the past year as interest rates rose. The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has risen about a percentage point to 4.4 percent from near-historic lows in May.
Fewer investors
Investors bought roughly one in every five homes sold last year, according to the National Association of Realtors. Most of them made all-cash offers and ignited bidding wars that other would-be homeowners lost. The investors' properties became rehab projects or rentals.
But the 2013 price jump should cause investors to play a lesser role this year. Areas that suffered the most during the recession's housing bust, like Phoenix, Las Vegas and Tampa, have seen prices rise. They're no longer the bargains that investors considered them to be a year ago, said Zillow's chief economist Stan Humphries. The result is that bidding wars won't likely be as fierce in 2014.
Not all investors are disappearing. They're pursuing areas where homes can most easily be converted into rentals and deliver higher returns. Home prices in Cincinnati, for example, rose an average 2 percent last year, but rental prices jumped 10 percent.
Similar trends can be seen in the Midwest.
Higher-end homes are hotter
It's better to be on the luxury side of the real estate market for the moment. Prices generally rise faster than at the lower end. And buying activity has increased in the past year.
Sales of homes worth more than $1 million rose 14.4 percent over the past 12 months, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. By contrast, sales of properties valued at less than $100,000 dropped 18 percent. A key reason: Fewer foreclosed homes are being listed.
Prices for more expensive homes have also risen much faster, according to Zillow. The online real estate firm divided the U.S. housing stock into thirds based on price. Homes now worth $305,700 or more — the top one-third of the market— rose in value annually at a 3.38 percent average during the past 18 years. Those prices grew 20 percent faster than did the bottom two-thirds of the market.
"Essentially, it's a tale of two markets," said Zillow's Humphries. "Your experience as a top-tier homeowner was substantially different than for a bottom-tier owner."
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Do you guys think that the LFR and LFD kill the sense of community, but taking it one step further; does it also kill the passing down of knowledge? Are the new tools for grouping killing the knowledge sharing?
Friday, March 23, 2012
Blog Azeroth Shared Topic: Knowledge Killing
3 comments:
I don't think I'd trust trade chat for anything… o_O;;ReplyDelete
But I think you've hit the nail on the head that the 'finders encourage solo play. I only really did dungeons pre-finders when I was in my micro-guild—there were only a handful of runs I did while leveling and that was because I happened to be in the right zone at the right time.
Since the 'finders pull from a wide server pool there's a good chance that you'll never see the people you random with again. Which on the one hand is good, because the jerks probably won't pop up again, but on the other hand the non-jerks don't have any real motivation to help me. Explaining what I'm doing wrong takes more time than finding a replacement (woo dps *sighs*) and there's no benefit to the group to suffer through my learning curve.
As a solo player I can say the in-game and out-of-game resources are allowing me to build up the courage to un-mothball my main, but I seriously considering not setting foot in the 5-man 'finder again until I've found a guild to go with me. :p
Sometimes I play the role of "wise elder" and help those who are seeking help in Trade Chat, only to find that they are trolling, too, but hey, fairly quickly figured out. There is a bigger issue here, and how does anyone learn anything or maintain curiosity in this world of overloaded information? I believe those who are curious will remain so. They will seek answers with the great resources out there, experiment, make mistakes, and learn. In some ways, it's funny because some of my most best play moments are with those strangers, and paradoxically it's not "solo" any longer. Sometimes I have felt lonelier in a large guild setting than with a partner or even PUG. It was the friend or two who would show me where instances are, the friends who show me the small things that mean something. I go into LFR for the same reasons I go into PvP -- practice and anonymity--and points. Well, heck this response is becoming a post, so I'd better go make my own. Great thoughts, Navi, gave me a lot to consider!ReplyDelete
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Learning boss techniques is one thing, but the game or failure is imparting the knowledge, not the community. There is really no time to pass any knowledge in LFR unless you make a huge macro list (or an addon that whispers people back. Even then it still almost a copy and paste of someone else's content and not a conversation.


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