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How are plugins loaded in the other platforms? Right now in iOS, a plugin is lazily loaded, that is - it is loaded only on first time use. There is a case for loading plugins at startup - like my iOS 5.1 local storage fix (CDVLocalStorage). Right now that plugin is hard-coded to load at startup, but I would like there to be a general plugin loading at startup feature in Cordova (at least iOS). In iOS, we have the "Plugins" key in Cordova.plist. Unfortunately - we can't just add a checkbox to the list since it's an Array. What I'm proposing (as a quick thing) is to add another Array in Cordova.plist for plugins that should be loaded at startup, say, a key called "Startup". The alternative is to change the "Plugins" Array of Strings to a Dictionary - then the Dictionary key will be the plugin Name and the Dictionary value would be a boolean saying whether it should be loaded at startup. But I tried it in Xcode, and the checkbox could be confused with whether the plugin is "enabled" or not. Yet another alternative is to change the "Plugins" Array of Strings to a "Plugins" Array of Dictionaries. Each dictionary would have two keys: "Name" (String), and "LoadOnStartup" (Boolean). Then it won't be ambiguous. Having a separate "Startup" list would be advantageous: 1. We don't have to make users upgrade their Cordova.plist/Plugins (backwards compatibility) 2. It is unambiguous what it is for (vs the changing Cordova.plist/Plugins to a Dictionary)
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Thyroid Function Throughout Pregnancy With and Without Iodine Supplementation
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Goals of the study :
- To study maternal thyroid function during pregnancy with or without supplementation with pregnancy tablets fortified with iodine
- To establish reference values of thyroid function at different stages of pregnancy (3 trimesters)
- To precise screening strategy of iodine deficiency in our population and suggest recommendation for its prevention.
|Dietary Supplement: Oligobs Maxiode Dietary Supplement: controll group
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Prevention
|Official Title:
|Assessment of Thyroid Function Throughout Pregnancy With and Without Iodine Supplementation
- • Intra individual variation of maternal thyroglobulin between the first trimester and the delivery • And cord blood thyroglobulin With comparison of the 2 groups (control and supplementation with iodine) [ Time Frame: Every 3 months up to the give birth, the day of a give birth, and after three months ]
- Comparison of control and treated groups for : • Frequence of miscarriage, duration of gestation, birth weight, APGAR, neonatal complications, Maternal thyroid function, Frequency of post partum thyroiditis,Cord blood thyroid function [ Time Frame: Every 3 months up to the give birth, the day of a give birth, and after three months ]
|Study Start Date:
|June 2007
|Study Completion Date:
|August 2008
|Primary Completion Date:
|July 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Assigned Interventions
No Intervention: Arm without iodized vitamin (VITAMIN OLIGOBS PREGNANCY)
50 women will be studied in the absence of iodized supplémentation(natural history of function thyroïdienne in the course of the pregnancy and in the post partum)
Dietary Supplement: controll group
50 women will be studied in the absence of iodized supplémentation(natural history of function thyroïdienne in the course of the pregnancy and in the post partum)
Active Comparator: Arm with iodized vitamin
The 50 women will be follow up with a supplémentation iodized by vitamins of pregnancy strengthened in iodin everything in the course of the pregnancy and during the 3 months post partum (Oligobs Maxiode, 150 mcg / of iodizes, is 2cp a day)
Dietary Supplement: Oligobs Maxiode
The 50 women will be follow up with a supplémentation iodized by vitamins of pregnancy strengthened in iodin everything in the course of the pregnancy and during the 3 months post partum (Oligobs Maxiode, 150 mcg / of iodizes, is 2cp a day)
Detailed Description:
Overt maternal hypothyroidism and/or iodine deficiency during pregnancy are linked to mental retardation in their offspring. Iodine deficiency may lead to maternal hypothyroxinemia, and even mild hypothyroidism in predisposed women. Indeed, thyroid hormones are of paramount importance for fetal brain development. During the first trimester of pregnancy, the only thyroid hormones available to the fetus are from maternal origin. Later in pregnancy, fetal thyroid progressively starts producing thyroid hormone, providing that maternal iodine status is adequate (≥200-250 mcg/day). It has been shown recently that mild maternal hypothyroidism may be responsible for discrete neuropsychological impairment in her child, implying a potential benefit for early screening and care during pregnancy. Furthermore, iodine deficiency is extremely common in our area (Brucker-Davis et al 2004). However, there is no official recommendation for screening and prevention, as for gestational diabetes for example.
We propose to study healthy pregnant women, screened before 12 weeks of gestation and without thyroid disease. They will be randomized in 2 groups and will therefore take pregnancy tablets, iodine fortified or not (Oligobs Maxiode -150 mcg/j of iodine, vs Oligobs grossesse), in addition to appropriate nutritional advice. Their longitudinal study will involve:
- Evolution of thyroid function parameters in the 2 groups, with comparison of maternal thyroid volumes, maternal thyroid hormones levels and cord blood parameters, including thyroglobulin, during pregnancy and in postpartum.
- Establishment of reference ranges for thyroid parameters for each trimester of pregnancy.
This public health project rests on our expertise in the care of pregnancies with maternal endocrine and metabolic disease (Hieronimus et al 2003-2005) and on a close collaboration of our Departments within the Pole "Mother-Child", conveniently located at the same hospital. It will allow us to precise iodine deficiency screening and prevention in our population and to structure and optimize the care for women with thyroid disease screened early in pregnancy (opening of a specific clinic), in order to improve maternal and fetal prognosis
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- All women follow-up in the three months of the pregnancy in the CHU de Nice
- Maternal thyroid function is between and 0.1<TSH<2.5 mUI/l, 23>T4L>12 pmol/l
- Person over 18
- Signed lit Consent
- Give birth in the CHU of Nice
Exclusion Criteria:
- Allergy known in iodine
- Iodized surcharge defined by an iodurie> 400 mcg / l
- Catch of ongoing iodized vitamins of pregnancy
- Participation in another research protocol
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00831402
|CHU de Nice - 4 avenue Reine Victoria - Hôpital de Cimiez
|Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France, 06001
|Principal Investigator:
|Françoise Dr BRUCKER-DAVIS, PH
|CHU de Nice - Service d'endocrinologie - Hôpital de l'Archet - 151 Route de saint-antoine de ginestière 06200 Nice
|Responsible Party:
|Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00831402 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|January 28, 2009
|Last Updated:
|March 23, 2012
Keywords provided by Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice:
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Anti-Infective Agents, Local
Anti-Infective Agents
Trace Elements
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 18, 2017

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Kagan goes hunting wth Scalia
If this is true, it would be great!
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The article said , they went to the range, then hunting & she intends to go hunting again in Montana..The article was in guns.com
When the antigunner accepts the challenge, you KNOW you have a new born shooter or "pro gunner". You take them to the range and you go over safety, safe operation, safe handling etc etc and you just plink w/ 22's.
Former anti gunner falls in love with shooting and the rest is history.
I have a proven system and track record....its does NOT happen over night. But with persistence it can be achieved.
They're desperate and pandering. :rolleyes:
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As spring makes its way into Bear Lake, early leaves and flowers welcome you as you ride or walk a lake or mountain trail. Temperatures are mild, even during the middle of the summer, so hiking is pleasant. The fall months of September and October are some of the prettiest and most scenic with the brightly colored leaves and the tranquility of the lake. View Bear Lake Trails and Photos on Wikiloc. Find Bike and Recreation Rentals!
Idaho Parks and Recreation Hike & Bike Trail Map website.
Zoom into the area you want to ride in, choose the type of trail and print your map! Click on a trail and see the trail details and upcoming weather conditions! You can also export it to Google Earth using Export to KMZ and virtually ride the trail.
Our Main Trails with maps are at the bottom of the page. Here are some other trails without maps:
Garden City Park Walkway
A raised wooden walkway to the lake at Garden City Park.
Limber Pine Trail
A relaxing one mile loop to the 2,000 year old limber pine.
Great Western Trail
A trail that extends from the Arizona border all the way to the Canadian border. The trail passes through the Wasatch/Cache National Forest and Bear Lake area.
Bloomington Lake Trail
Hike or drive via a rough, unpaved road. This small glacial lake is located in a spectacular setting of cliffs and waterfalls. During the summer, wildflowers Surround this clear mountain lake.
Logan Canyon Trails
Logan Canyon National Scenic Byway is home to several great mountain biking trails. Whether you are an advanced rider or want to take the family for an enjoyable ride, you'll find trails for all skill levels.
Highline Trail
A 55-mile trail accessible from Bloomington Canyon, Paris Canyon, Emigration Canyon and Logan Canyon. Open to hiking, horseback riding, motor bikes and mountain bikes.
Hodges Canyon
The trail passes through the South Sinks area, near the top. The sinks are indentations in the earth caused by water eroding the limestone beneath.
3.5 mile trail for bikes, hiking, horses, licensed/registered motorcycles and ATVs
A 4.5 mile loop trail, accessed off of US 89, from Lakota, just north of Garden City.Although this is mostly a flat ride, there are a few steep spots. The ride comes back onto US 89 through Bear Lake West and heads south back to Lakota.
A 52 mile loop around Bear Lake from Garden City Junction US 89 and Hwy 30.Mostly level, with small rolling hills and can be very congested on summer and holiday weekends.
At the top, you can visit the Minnetonka Cave. It is a nine room cave full of stalactites, stalagmites and banded travertine. Guided tours available during the summer.
A 4.2 mile paved trail from Harbor Village to Ideal Beach. This ride is a paved trail that follows highway 30 from Harbor Village to Ideal Beach. Wonderful views of the surrounding mountainside and some spectacular views of the lake.
A 3.5 mile trail, accessed at the rodeo arena in Laketown.
A 2.5 mile trail, accessed from downtown Randolph. Head west from Randolph. This is a flat, relatively easy ride. It is very dusty.
9 mile trail from Bloomington. At the top of the trail is Bloomington Lake, a glacier-fed mountain lake surrounded by limestone cliffs.
24 mile Bike Trail loop.Note the numerous mine shafts along the east face of the Crawford Mountains.
A 15.5 mile one-way trail, accessed via the Bear Lake summit or Meadowville. If you ride from the summit to Meadowville, this is an easy to moderate ride. Parking is available both at the Bear Lake summit and in the community of Meadowville.


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by Staff Writers
Miami (AFP) May 27, 2012
Subtropical storm Beryl headed for the southeastern US coast Sunday, threatening to put a damper on Memorial Day plans for hordes of American beachgoers.
Beryl formed late Friday in the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina as rains generated by Bud -- once a hurricane -- pelted Mexico's Pacific coast.
As Mexican authorities breathed a sigh of relief, several southeastern US states braced for foul weather Sunday on the holiday weekend that traditionally marks the start of the US summer vacation season.
Memorial Day honors soldiers fallen in US wars, but many Americans skip the parades and stream to the Atlantic beaches for the three-day weekend in search of sun and sand.
Tropical storm warnings were in effect for all of Georgia's coastline, in addition to parts of Florida and South Carolina, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said.
Early Sunday, Beryl was about 215 miles (345 kilometers) southeast of Charleston, South Carolina, gaining some strength with top winds of 50 miles (85 kilometers) per hour. It was moving in a southwestern direction at seven miles (11) kilometers) per hour.
"On the forecast track, the center of Beryl is expected to approach the southeastern coast of the United States on Sunday and then make landfall Sunday night or Monday," the storm center said, adding the storm was not expected to change much in strength during the next day or two as its center remained over water.
Beryl was expected to dump three to six inches (eight to 15 centimeters) of rain along the coast from northern Florida to southeastern North Carolina.
Meanwhile, Bud practically dissipated over the weekend. All coastal watches and warnings were discontinued.
Emergency officials had previously alerted residents and prepared shelters as Bud -- which briefly intensified to a category three hurricane on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale -- made its approach.
Bud was expected to dump a total of six to 10 inches of rain on the southwestern Mexican coastal states of Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco and southern Nayarit, the NHC said.
The Mexican Meteorological Service has forecast 23 tropical storms of various levels of intensity for the 2012 hurricane season. Ten of them are expected in the Atlantic Ocean and 13 in the Pacific.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has meanwhile predicted a "near-normal" Atlantic hurricane season is likely.
The Atlantic hurricane region includes the northern Atlantic, the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
Bud becomes depression, new storm forms in Atlantic
However, a new storm named Beryl has formed in the Atlantic, threatening to disrupt the plans of thousands of US beachgoers taking advantage of the long Memorial Day weekend.
Mexican authorities breathed a sigh of relief as Bud displayed weaker wind gusts and lower swells than expected.
The depression was now just five miles (10 kilometers) south of Cabo Corrientes, Mexico, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC).
It was creeping northward at six miles (nine kilometers) per hour, packing maximum sustained winds of 35 miles (55 kilometers) per hour.
"Some weakening is forecast," the NHC said. "And Bud is expected to degenerate into a remnant low on Saturday."
The weakening notwithstanding, emergency officials had alerted residents and prepared shelters as Bud -- which briefly intensified to a category three storm on the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale -- made its approach.
"We are on alert, we are preparing some 120 shelters in the coastal towns," said Colima civil protection chief Melchor Urusua.
The Mexican government discontinued a hurricane warning along the central Pacific coastline from Manzanillo to Cabo Corrientes.
The depression was expected to move near land early Saturday before taking a gradual turn toward the southwest away from the coast on Sunday, according to the NHC.
Bud is expected to drop up to 25 centimeters (10 inches) of rain in the Mexican coastal states of Michoacan, Colima, Jalisco and southern Nayarit, with up to 38 centimeters (15 inches) in isolated areas.
This rainfall could produce "life-threatening" flash floods and mudslides, the NHC warned.
Mexican authorities have formed a task force in Jalisco, which includes 31 all-terrain vehicles and two helicopters to deal with emergency situations as well as deliver water and emergency food supplies to towns and villages that might be cut off by flooding
But as Mexico appeared to have dodged the bullet, a new subtropical storm named Beryl formed in the Atlantic off the coast of South Carolina.
Beryl, which was currently located 260 miles (415 kilometers) east of Charleston, South Carolina and 180 miles (285 kilometers) southeast of Cape Fear, North Carolina was moving west-southwest at five miles (seven kilometers) an hour, the Miami-based center said.
On the projected course, it was expected to hit the coast in one of the southeastern states on Sunday, packing winds of about 45 miles (75 kilometers) an hour.
"A little strengthening is possible during the next day or so," the NHC said.
Beryl formed just as Americans began celebrating the Memorial Day weekend, which marks the unofficial start of the beach season.
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Review: 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse'
"Eclipse" finally feels more like the blockbuster this top-earning franchise deserves.
"Eclipse" finally feels more like the blockbuster this top-earning franchise deserves.
Summit Entertainment set a dozen free outdoor screenings of the first two "Twilight" pics Saturday, as part of a celebration of the lunar eclipse on that evening.
Femmes are pitting their box office muscle against fanboys this summer.
Vampires will descend on FX. On the heels of "New Moon's" sizzling opening weekend, the cabler has struck a deal with Summit Entertainment for basic cable rights to the red-hot pics in the "Twilight"…
The recasting of "Victoria" in the third installment of the "Twilight" franchise either demonstrates that Summit Entertainment is unreasonable or Rachelle Lefevere has "a lack of cooperative spirit."
Bryce Dallas Howard has joined the cast of "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse," the third installment in Summit Entertainment's vampire franchise. She replaces Rachelle Lefevre as the character of Victoria.
Summit Entertainment has tapped Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona to direct "Eclipse," the third pic in the "Twilight" vampire series.


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Look at any current tax/accounting magazine or website and the abbreviation ADR will jump out and hit you, says Jennifer Adams.
ADR, or Alternative Dispute Resolution, is the buzz word at the moment. Therefore I was in two minds whether to accept an invitation to attend a webinar on the subject presented by Val Hennelly HMRC head of dispute resolution and Andrew Gotch chair of CIOT OMB sub-committee, presided over by John Whiting CIOT tax policy director, but I was intrigued as to what people at the coal face thought of the new scheme.
In the end I was glad I attended although I did find some of the language difficult to follow in places being in "HMRC tech-speak" rather than words of one syllable.
Val Hennelly started proceedings by explaining the reasons for the new Litigation Strategy. Each sounded relevant and viable, the reduction in costs (on both sides) and intention to "stabilise and improve customer relations" catching the attention. The idea is to enable mediation to take place as an opportunity to resolve conflict - and as Andrew Gotch pointed out "allows resolution without loss of face on both sides." The procedure intends for both sides to sit back, take stock and with a trained facilitator see if both parties can solve a problem without the cost of going to a tribunal or further.
Currently there are two types of taxpayer (sorry... "customer") who can take advantage of the procedure, namely the large companies and SMEs, although Ms Hennelly did indicate that personal tax issues are being considered for inclusion and suggested that should practitioners have any personal tax cases where proceedings seem to have come to a halt then they could request that the case be considered.
Examples of suitable problem areas would be R&D and employment status. Questions covering VAT partial exemption, Fleming claims (VAT three year - time limit claims), domicile and transfer of intangibles have been settled using ADR.
HMRC has been actively looking at cases that would otherwise be on their way to tribunal to see if they would be suitable. Ms Hennelly said that the benefit can already been seen with cases being dealt with in an average turnaround of 56 days, taking only 14 hours in Revenue time. Add to that the reduction in time on the customer side and the benefits are clear.
HMRC has been training its staff in the new procedure and there are a number of new independent facilitators now on board who not only come from the accounting profession but there is also at least one insolvency practitioner bringing their experience to the process.
However, as Nick Huber commented in his article, accountants have given the scheme a mixed reaction and all the presenters on the webinar agreed that the take up had been disappointing especially the SME scheme (namely less than 30 cases when 150 are needed). ADR for large companies will proceed but ADR for SMEs is in question needing all the help it can get to continue or indeed to get going effectively. It was stressed that if the scheme is not used it would be withdrawn and then all that would be left would be the internal review which leans more on the side of the Revenue with the taxpayer having little or no say.
Andrew Gotch described ADR as a "no lose facility" - if you don't like the result then there is always the tribunal. ADR does not affect existing processes or review and appeal rights. Indeed the scheme can be used to set out arguments and facts objectively which can then be presented to tribunal thus reducing overall costs and time.
It all sounds an excellent idea but I wonder whether the reason for the lack of interest from the practitioners side of the fence is that it is perceived to be a scheme for the "big boys" and their more complex client cases, despite the separate SME scheme. Maybe the practitioner is finding it difficult to find cases to present, the SME client wanting to just roll over and accept his fate or is it that practitioners do not want to be the first to try?
So ... would you use the scheme - and if not why not?
Here's the TAXtv interview with Andrew Gotch where he discusses the new ADR trials:
Visit the LexisNexis website for the full ADR webinar slides.


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Yoshito Sengoku, who is said to be the most likely candidate for the next chief Cabinet secretary, gained prominence for his leadership in the early stages of the screening program for wasteful government spending last year when he was then Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's administrative reform minister.
A lawyer-turned-politician with expertise in labor issues, the 64-year-old is also known as a critic of Democratic Party of Japan power-fixer Ichiro Ozawa's "money and politics" problems.
He switched portfolios to national strategy minister earlier this year and has played a key role in drafting the ruling party's policies for the Upper House election expected to be held in July.
Originally elected as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Japan in 1990, Sengoku is conversant in a wide range of policy areas. He was considered a potential party leader before cancer surgery ended his ambitions in 2002.
Sengoku is also known for his efforts to establish the Consumer Affairs Agency as a DPJ representative while the party was in opposition.
The native of Tokushima Prefecture is popular among younger DPJ politicians as a mentor and a big brother figure.


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City attorney says city uses electric fuel charge covers allowable costs
Published: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 7:23 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 4, 2013 at 7:23 p.m.
The City Attorney's Office says Gainesville Regional Utilities uses the fuel adjustment charge levied on electric customers to cover allowable costs.
But the city's lead attorney stopped short of saying the city's current use of the charge complies with ordinances governing it and instead recommended that the City Commission revise the ordinance to reflect the city's "desired rate practices" and to ensure that the utility's use of "industry standard rate tools are more transparent to the public."
Those were some of the conclusions in a legal memo five months in the making and released over the weekend by City Attorney Nicolle Shalley.
The legal opinion was requested after several critics of the city's biomass contract and its financial decisions regarding GRU alleged that the city was illegally using the fuel adjustment charge and a related fuel levelization fund.
The crux of the dispute is the approximately $23 million "levelization" fund that GRU has built up over about three years through electric customer fuel charges. The utility intends to spend down the fund to try to limit rate increases when the 100-megawatt biomass plant comes online.
While other utilities have lowered electric rates in recent years in response to the drop in natural gas prices, GRU has held the line on rates and is collecting above its actual fuel costs to build up the levelization fund.
In addition to collecting actual costs for the fuel purchased to fire its power plants and electricity bought from other power companies, the city has, since a 1985 ordinance, had the ability to use the fuel adjustment charge to build up a "levelization" fund as protection against spikes and volatility in costs.
That ordinance stated that the levelization amount shall be "zero" unless the City Commission determines it is in "the public interest to offset fluctuation" in fuel prices by building up the fund. Then, the GRU general manager would be in charge of calculating the levelization amount.
Shalley's opinion noted that the fuel adjustment ordinance "does not require a specific process by which the City Commission determines" there is a need to build up the fund.
In the legal memo, Shalley recommended the City Commission make changes to the ordinance, possibly stating that it is in the "public interest" to maintain a levelization fund above zero and providing a process and guidelines for the commission and the GRU general manager to set the amount of the fund.
"That part of the ordinance doesn't have a lot of specifics," Shalley said. "Certainly the commission could put more specific information in there."
There was no public commission discussion of using the fuel levelization fund to limit rate increases from the biomass plant until budget meetings for this fiscal year.
In a July email to City Commissioner Todd Chase, GRU's attorney Shayla McNeill wrote that, in her legal opinion, the City Commission's approval of the annual GRU budget included approval of GRU leadership's financial decisions, such as the management of the fuel levelization fund.
GRU General Manager Bob Hunzinger previously said that the utility has an informal, unwritten policy of limiting the levelization fund to no more than 10 percent above the utility's actual fuel costs. But with the biomass plant looming, the approximately $23 million fund is now more than 20 percent of the utility's actual electric fuel budget this year.
That has led to some public backlash, allegations that the utility is overcharging customers and a handful of protests outside City Hall before commission meetings.
It also led to the request for Shalley to offer a legal opinion.
"GRU has collected, retained and expended fuel adjustment funds, including levelization, for the purposes of paying for fuel and purchased power costs," Shalley wrote. "GRU has not used the funds for other purposes. GRU is allowed to recover these costs whether it does so through the retail fuel adjustment or through the base rates."
Opinions on the legal opinion differed.
"Ultimately, the memo to me is what I assumed would happen," Chase said. "By the letter of the law it seems not to be illegal, but I don't think it's proper either."
Chase has said utilities should maintain a levelization fund as protection against spikes and volatility, but he said he feels it is improper to use such a fund to limit a cost increase the utility knows is coming.
Hunzinger noted that the memo concluded that the utility has followed industry standard practices, including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission accounting standards, in collecting and spending fuel adjustment money.
"What I got out of that memo is that GRU is following industry standard practices as far as collecting the fuel adjustment," he said.
As a municipal utility, GRU does not have its rates regulated by the Florida Public Service Commission, Shalley noted in the memo.
If an investor-owned utility over-collects on its fuel charge by more than 10 percent, it is called before the PSC to adjust its rates or potentially face an order to issue refunds to customers. In late 2009, the PSC ordered Florida Power & Light to refund customers more than $364 million.
"The Florida Public Service Commission would never allow an investor-owned utility to keep this much excess overcollection on the fuel adjustment charge," Nathan Skop, a former PSC commissioner, said Monday.
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I think it depends on your level of experience. If you can configure options but aren't really a fan of code, I'd go for Ubercart. This is because:
- It's really really easy to get a quite advanced level of E-Commerce experience, especially with the Drupal + Ubercart 1.0 Deluxe Install Package. Just extract to your web server directory, set up a database, and then go to the folder through the webserver. Easy.
- If you want to add a new feature, odds are that there are already Modules for Drupal available to do so.
- You'll probably have the most trickiest time creating a theme, though Zen's a pretty good place to start.
And just incase you were thinking that all Drupal sites look like this, check out Ka-Ching. It's simply an amazing design, and is Drupal + Ubercart.
And Magento? They haven't been around for long, but they're the new force behind some really nice E-Commerce sites like Nerdyshirts. They've gone all out on focusing on what features businesses require to sell products. I know that sounds weird, but often open source software has a tendency to focus on software, rather than the end user (NSFW – Profanity but great humour).
But with all this focus on selling, the current release was slow and didn't feature a WYSIWYG editor.
But do remember this is just a version 1.0 release, and I believe in the near future I'll be switching from Drupal + Ubercart to Magento when it becomes a little friendlier to small companies that want to sell their products on the web easily.


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Minimum order is 24 to print and 12 if only dyed.
Click on a design to see many more color choices and get the price.
Most all shirts are available in youth sizes as well. They are 25 cents less.
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The brunette beauty – who is also mom to 3-year-old son Mason with boyfriend Scott Disick – shares her postpartum weigh loss secrets.
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Now a lean 106 pounds, the 5-foot star credits celebrity trainer Tracy Anderson's 90-minute workouts.
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Blood Propofol Measurement During Anaesthesia Using Propofol Target Controlled Infusion
This study has been completed.
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
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|Last Updated Date
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|Start Date ICMJE
|January 2012
|Primary Completion Date
|June 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Median percentage prediction error of estimated propofol concentration compared to measured concentrations (Bias) [ Time Frame: duration of anaesthesia (up to 24 hours) ]
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|Same as current
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|Use of a Novel Point of Care Device to Measure Blood Propofol Levels During Propofol Based General Anesthesia by Target Controlled Infusion Using the Marsh Model in Effect Site Mode
|Brief Summary
|Propofol is a commonly used agent for sedation and anaesthesia in the intensive care unit and the operating room. The pharmacokinetics of propofol are difficult to predict in patients not conforming to the norms in which the original pharmacokinetic research was based. Such patients, including the critically ill, and morbidly obese, are increasingly being encountered. The investigators group have been involved in the development of a device which can measure blood propofol concentrations, and hope for this to be available to use in the operating room in a clinically useful timeframe in the future. Data will be collected on patients undergoing propofol based general anaesthesia. The Marsh target controlled algorithm in effect site mode (commonly used by anaesthetists) will be assessed for accuracy using the propofol monitor. A new proportional correction method will be developed using this data, designed to enable recalibration of the TCI algorithm in near real time in order to achieve a more accurate estimated propofol concentration in these identified patient groups. The research will investigate the effectiveness of a correction of estimated propofol levels based on a one off measurement early on in the anaesthetic, and will take subsequent samples to measure propofol levels without modifying the TCI algorithm. Additionally, data on anaesthetist choice of TCI model, and method of administration in this relatively unselected group of patients will be analysed.
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How do we know we're real and not something like a computer program or a figment of some idiots imagination?
we are not actually real in the human terms that we think of.

take colour for example, it does not exist, except in our minds, interpreting a certain wavelength as a particular colour. similarly with sounds, it is just how our brains interpret a particular wavelength. somehow our collective minds creates a meaning, one that we all more-or-less agree with.

under the inflence of drugs or if there is a psychiatric condition, then perceptions change.... who is to say that these are psychotic hallucinations and not just as real or constructed as everything else?

not sure if i have explained this very well... but i hope it helps.

respect, from robbie
the only thing i believe to be real, is our conscious awareness... the rest is just electrons, protons, neutrons, quarks.... and other electrical stuff given made up names by scientists. even now, my fingers are tapping away like it has some real meaning... and believing that i get messages back....and we laugh at psychics??? i believe it wil all make sense when we get to whatever is beyond... ;-) respect, from robbie
You've seen the matrix to many times...
pinch yourself... go ahead ... just one tiny pinch, I'll wait.

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If you pinched yourself, then your a figment of an idiots imagination.

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My mental inventions aren't that imaginative, fantastic idiotic notions or otherwise.
we only have empiracal evidence for the proof of reality. The human mind is near infinite in its capacity to imagine and perceive the unknown. Thats how mankind has become the overwhelming dominant animal on Earth. it, unfortunately, also brings about doubt of the very existence and verity of actuality. Life is as just as we see. A struggle and endlessly painful, but includes the simple joys all higher creatures share. The thoughtless pleasure of children safe and happy. The beauty of a warm evening when ones stomach is full and tomorrow promises more peace. The utter elation of looking at ones love knowing when they wake they think first of you. we are very real, but intensely complicated.
Why would it matter ?
none of us last forever....
The way humans carry on as a species, we may well blow the fuse ourselves.
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Source: The Wrestling Observer
UPDATE: As reported earlier, Dixie Carter was legitimately hurt after being put through a table by Team 3D during a segment taped at this week's iMPACT! tapings. Some backstage believe Carter suffered some type of back injury from the spot, but that regardless of her physical condition, the spot was designed to remove her character from TV for now. It is now confirmed that following the table spot, she won't be featured on TV for the time being. That was her official "write-off."
ORIGINAL: TNA President Dixie Carter was said to have been legitimately hurt after she took her bump through a table during Thursday night's iMPACT! Wrestling tapings in New York City. According to sources, Carter was reportedly very banged up, even though Bully Ray did everything possible to protect her. Carter received a sit-down powerbomb through a table, similar to a spot he did on Mae Young in the WWE.
Even if she was protected, Carter is not trained as a wrestler. One wrestler reportedly said, "If you aren't calloused to it, even one bump is going to feel like a car wreck. Of course she got hurt. That was the first bump she ever took in her life."
Stories from backstage include Carter suffering a concussion and/or aggravated an existing back issue. Multiple sources within the company are claiming it was a legitimate injury for Carter, but there are some who think it is a work to sell the storyline.
Several people in the company were also said to be impressed with Carter taking the bump in order to see the storyline through. The plan was to have Carter's bump close out the current storyline and write her off TV for the time being. She was stretchered out of the ring after the bump.
Here are some **SPOILER** videos from the TNA iMPACT! tapings in New York City where Bully Ray powerbombs Dixie Carter through a table:
Glorious. I can not and will not complain about this payoff. Not only is Dixie written off television, she took a bump you could tell she was terrified to do. Kudos for that.
I once again hope that yet another "reset" for TNA will lead to good things. If they let me down this time, I'll cry myself to sleep EVERY N!GHT. Somebody get me a tissue.
That was off the chain…and now you tube has it from all sorts of angles….its beautiful from every angle……Thats how you step up your game…..Now Kurt Angle needs to have a little fun with the GM position. Since he is this days Mr. Wrestling, he needs to get into creative and spice up some more competition.
The fact that she was willing to take a bump like that says a lot for how dedicated she is to the company.
I was there only on June 25 and i didnt attend to the 26 and 27 shows,but even if i read all the spoilers i will be waiting to watch this spot on tv.
Kudos to this woman even if she's just selling the injury.BTW i will be giving her more kudos if TNA will continue in this way and if she puts Dreamer as booker
All i can say is… OUCH!
Impressed with Dixie actually going through with the scene. She tooka big one, not any woman that's NOT a wrestler is ok with going through a table, nice Dixie…salute
And it was not too long ago this site said she wanted to sell the company right?


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A football-mad schoolboy drowned while trying to retrieve a ball from a river while playing with pals.
The tragic death of 13-year-old Kyrece Francis has cast a shadow over the first week of the school holidays.
The "fun-loving" teen - an avid Chelsea FC fan - jumped into a fast-flowing section of the River Thames at Marlow, Bucks, on Tuesday afternoon, friends said.
His body was recovered later that evening by a specialist police frogmen downriver near the village of Bourne End.
School friends told how Kyrece had been playing next to the river with pals Jack and Nathan when the tragedy struck.
One said: "Jack and Nathan tried to help Kyrece, they did everything they could.
"Among his (Kyrece) last words as he disappeared were him shouting Nathan's name for help."
Today friends of Kyrece tearfully embraced each other outside Great Marlow School in Marlow which he had attended with many wearing blue shirts in honour of his favourite team.
Teaching staff had voluntarily gone to the school during the summer break to open up the building and support the devastated pupils.
The young mourners were joined by Kyrece's mother Simone Francis, wearing a bright blue football shirt, who hugged her son's devastated friends and looked at the mass of flowers laid in tribute.
Kyrece's stepfather, Lewis Cooke, and his sister and step siblings were also said to have been present.
Three teenagers, softly spoken friends of Kyrece, addressed the mourners.
One said: "The amount of people here shows how much everybody loved and respected Kyrece."
Among the sea of flowers left at the school gates were school shirts, teddy bears, balloons and flags.
One teacher, who declined to be named, said: "He was a very popular boy.
"This is a lovely school and this is a testament of that.
"They were all very respectful."
As friends lay bunches of flowers they described Kyrece as a "fun loving guy" who was "always smiling."
Another teenager said: "At first I didn't think it was genuine but when it was confirmed I was gobsmacked.
"He was one of my best friends.
"Everybody has been in tears, everybody is just in agony."
Pals discussed how they had been up all night crying after learning of the tragedy.
Kyrece's teachers also appeared visibly upset as they arrived at the school.
Some were seen hugging together and wiping their eyes.
Earlier friends of the young later took to Twitter and Facebook to express their shock and sadness at his death.
Kyrece's body was understood to have been taken to the mortuary at Wycombe General Hospital, in High Wycombe, Bucks, where a post mortem examination was due to carried out today.
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Football can be such a cruel game and this has never been illustrated more vividly than Sunday's play-off final when Orient's promotion dream turned into a nightmare at Wembley.
The O's had a place in the Championship within their grasp, not once but twice, yet Rotherham produced a stunning comeback to leave Russell Slade's side's hopes in tatters.
Having taken a 2-0 lead into the break, Orient were only 45 minutes away from crowning a brilliant season with promotion but the Millers turned the final on its head at the start of the second half.
When the match drew to a conclusion on penalties, the O's led 3-2 and were again within touching distance of going up. But a couple of minutes and two penalty saves later and Orient were on the floor after their extraordinary journey came to the harshest of endings.
A penalty shoot-out is a brutal way to decide a cup tie, but when a whole season rests on it the despair of defeat is only magnified. This is no way for a team to have their entire year's work dashed.
For Orient, it was a glorious opportunity missed and while it is hoped they will respond and go one better next season, there is certainly no guarantee of reproducing this level of success.
The Millers looked the more composed side early on at Wembley and could have easily won a penalty in the opening minutes when captain Nathan Clarke appeared to push Alex Revell in the area.
Rotherham threatened on a number of occasions and Jamie Jones was called into action when the Orient keeper was forced to block a close-range effort from Wes Thomas.
The O's had not really troubled the Rotherham defence when they opened the scoring in the 34th minute with a superb individual effort from Moses Odubajo. The ball was headed out to the edge of the area and the 20-year-old winger chested the ball before planting a half-volley into the roof of the net. Odubajo ripped off his shirt and raced away to celebrate his spectacular strike in front of the delirious Orient fans.
But it got even better just five minutes later when the O's extended their lead and appeared to take a firm grip on the final. Rotherham failed to clear the ball and Odubajo turned provider as his low cross, from the right, fell perfectly for Dean Cox to tap into the unguarded goal.
Orient fans were in ecstasy and living out their fantasy with a scoreline they couldn't possibly have dreamt of the previous night. It was almost too good to be true and the Millers looked ragged as they were relieved to get to half-time 2-0 down.
At this point, the O's were trading as short as 1-20 for promotion and with good reason as it looked as if the team were in an unassailable position.
It is just over two years since Orient failed to win from being two goals in front but their worst fears started to unfold in the space of five second-half minutes.
Slade's side were guilty of conceding a series of cheap free-kicks outside their area, which was asking for trouble against players with the calibre of delivery of Ben Pringle and the excellent James Tavernier. The decisive free-kick was conceded after 55 minutes when Clarke was penalised for a foul on Revell. Tavernier sent a cross into the area and Jones made a mess of the situation after failing to punch the ball away. It ricocheted off Mathieu Baudry and fell into the path of Revell for a simple finish into the empty net.
This was a defining moment in the final because it galvanised a Rotherham side that has picked up more points, than any other League 1 side, from losing positions this season. It gave their fans hope and within five minutes the Millers were level after an astonishing finish.
Former Orient striker Revell was 35 yards out when he controlled the ball and struck a stunning looping volley over the despairing dive of Jones. It was a remarkable strike and all of a sudden the match had swung in favour of United.
One of the abiding memories of the goal was the euphoric celebrations of portly Steve Evans running onto the pitch after their dramatic equaliser. It was no surprise the Millers manager needed a towel to wipe away the sweat after his extravagant celebrations.
At this point, there was half-an-hour left but you felt the entire balance of the final had tipped towards Rotherham.
To Orient's credit, they stopped the bleeding and had their fair share of the play but neither side could find a winner inside the distance.
Slade's side shaded extra time but the best chance still fell to the Millers, through an unlikely source, when Scott Cuthbert almost scored an own goal but the defender's header was tipped around the post by Jones.
Neither team had done quite enough to win the contest and the only way to separate them was from the spot.
Shooting towards the sea of Orient fans, Kieran Agard netted before Lloyd James buried his effort. The first key moment came when Lee Frecklington's penalty was brilliantly saved by Jones. John Lundstram and Nathan Clarke fired home along with Rotherham's Ben Pringle which gave the O's a 3-2 advantage.
But Tavernier netted before Orient's lead was wiped out when Baudry's penalty was kept out by Adam Collin. Richard Smallwood drilled the ball home to pile the pressure on Dagnall and when the striker's penalty was parried by Collin the dream was over.
It was a horrendous way for a record-breaking season for the O's to end. Players collapsed on the turf, in tears with heads in their hands, as Rotherham celebrated a second successive promotion.
An exhilarating afternoon which had provided every emotion possible, from euphoria to desolation, had reached a catastrophic climax.


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The people at the VFD discussion here seem to imply that I'm supposed to shoulder the burden of merging this article with Freudian slip. Um... my satirical skills aren't that good yet, so I would like some help. Feel free to comment here, and note that I will take this to Pee Review soon. Pentium5dot1 00:17, 4 February 2007 (UTC)


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Junior Boys
A Hamilton, Ontario-based electronic pop group, Junior Boys began as a duo with its duties split between Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Influenced by a number of music sectors %u2014 including arty synth pop, minimal techno, U.K. garage, and contemporary hip-hop %u2014 they made a demo with no positive results. Dark opted to leave the group, but former Warp employee Nick Kilroy eventually heard the songs and became interested enough to begin his KIN label with Junior Boys as its first artist. Engineer Matt Didemus joined Greenspan, and together they recorded enough material for a full-length. Prior to the 2004 release of the resulting album, titled Last Exit, a pair of 12" singles were released %u2014 one included a remix from Fennesz, while the other featured a remix from Manitoba (now Caribou). Three months after Last Exit's initial U.K. release, Domino picked up the album for distribution in the U.S. The Domino version added a bonus disc with B-sides and remixes from the 12" releases. The relatively slick So This Is Goodbye followed in 2006. The single "In The Morning" was featured in an iTunes commercial in 2007. On July 10, 2007, Junior Boys second album was revealed as being on the shortlist for the 2007 Polaris Music Prize. They did not ultimately win the prize. In September 2008, Morgan Geist's album "Double Night Time" was released with five songs performed by Jeremy Greenspan. On April 7, 2009, the duo released their third full length album, Begone Dull Care on Domino records.


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Digital Identity
Digital Literacy, Identity and a Domain of One's OwnThursday, September 15, 2016 Comment
I must have about 10 domain names. That's a lot less than some people I know, but 10 more than most people. Two of the domain names are those that I own on behalf of other people (my children) while the rest are for various projects and things I've done over the years. My doctoral work neverendingthesis.com is on one of them. I've got projects I share with other people (tidepodcast.org). And, of course, I have a canonical domain which includes my first and last name (dougbelshaw.com). Ten years ago, if I knew someone primarily through
Taking Control of Your Digital IdentityMonday, October 05, 2015 Comment
A friend told me I was "going rogue" when I leased a slice of off-campus server to host The Social Media Classroom for my UC Berkeley and Stanford courses. The social affordances for the learning management systems at both institutions did not fulfill my needs for sophisticated forum, blog, wiki, and chat tools in courses about social media that used social media intensively as part of the curriculum. It cost me $50/year for a server that enabled me to install the SMC, MediaWiki, WordPress, and other online publishing platforms. When I taught Digital Journalism at Stanford,


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Windows® 7 Aero® Snap
Earlier, people used to complain about the hassle of juggling of too many windows. Adding to a list of conveniences, Windows 7 introduces user friendly features that alleviate the problem faced by the user. Aero peek helps the user by showing the desktop field in the right of the taskbar and displays the outline of the currently open windows, which is mostly the cause of chaos. It provides you with the power of X-ray vision which allows you to peer past all your open windows to the desktop. Point to the taskbar and it will reveal all your hidden icons and gadgets. You can check out for the two new related features that are Aero Shake and Aero Snap.
Some of the interesting Windows Management Scenarios that have been introduced in Windows 7 Aero snap feature allows you to position your windows effortlessly, the way you want. Aero snap helps to reduce the number of clicks that are needed to perform simple activities. It provides you with refreshing desktop experience. Resizing windows take a lot of time, it requires mouse clicks, resize action, careful arrangement and windows switches. Now, it is much easier to accomplish windows with the easy motion of the mouse.
The user can work with Windows smartly. Aero Snap bends the screen according to your requirements. Â You can easily maximize the windows by pulling it to the edges of the screen. You can make window expand vertically or appear side by side with another window. It provides the user with drag-and -dropper ability that allows them to resize any window to half the size of your monitor. It also allows you to dock the window to the left and right of the screen.
The system requirement to run Aero Snap is Windows and .NET 2.0. Once Aero snap is installed, you can push the windows to the either side of the windows. If you want the window on the right side of the screen, simply pull a window to the right edge of the screen to resize it and if you want to resize the window to the left, pull it to the left. This feature helps the user who often work by comparing the word document. If you want to compare the two word documents side by side, then Aero snapping can help you. Click and drag one document to the extreme left which snap it into 50% screen view able space and to view the other in a similar view you just need to drag it to the extreme right side.
Most of the users love the windows in maximized state. Every time the content does not fill the entire width of the screen resulting in a lot of unused space on the side. Now, the window can be maximized in vertical direction with Aero snap. Aero snap also allows you to drag a maximized window down, move it over and snap it to the top.
If you hate to use your mouse, you can also use keyboard shortcuts to Aero Snap. Try the following combination::
Aero Snap left: Win + Left Arrow
Aero Snap right: Win + Right Arrow
Maximize: Win + Up Arrow
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Queen Offer New Details about Freddie Mercury BiopicBryan Singer will direct, while Rami Malek will play Queen's iconic frontman Mercury.
Brian May Reveals Freddie Mercury Movie is 'Closer Than Ever'"We've been 12 years on this trail, but I think we're very close now to an announcement."
Brian May Says Freddie Mercury Lost Most of Foot During AIDS Battle"He said, 'You probably gather that I'm dealing with this thing and I don't want to talk about it.'"
Freddie Mercury Biopic to Hit Theaters Next YearThe movie will star Rami Malek (Mr. Robot) as Queen's late, dynamic frontman and has been in development for a long time.
Freddie Mercury Received Asteroid for 70th Birthday"I'm happy to announce that the International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Center has designated Asteroid 17473, in Freddie's name," guitarist Brian May said.
Freddie Mercury's Isolated Vocals from 'We Are The Champions' are Hauntingly Beautiful"This video showcases his presence and consistency as the ultimate stage man."
Freddie Mercury Gets a Good Laugh at Kanye West's Cover of 'Bohemian Rhapsody'Freddie Mercury is not impressed.
Queen Releases Stripped-Down Version of Freddie Mercury's 'Love Kills': ListenOriginally released in 1984 as a Giorgio Moroder-produced synth-pop solo single from Freddie Mercury, this version is closer to the classic Queen sound.
Previously Unheard Queen Tracks Featuring Freddie Mercury Being Produced by William OrbitOrbit, who previously worked with Madonna on her 1998 album Ray Of Light and 2012's MDNA, took to Twitter yesterday to announce he is "definitely working with QUEEN. Amazing songs. That's all I'm sayin 4 now. Watch this space."
Queen Plan to Put Out Freddie Mercury-Featuring Unreleased Material This YearTurns out releases from Michael Jackson and Johnny Cash may not be the only albums getting the old-is-now-new treatment in the coming months.
Queen Biopic Finds its Star in Ben WhishawAccording to Deadline, British actor Ben Whishaw -- best known for his role as Q in the most recent Bond flick, Skyfall -- will play Mercury in the upcoming biopic.
Brian May On Reviving Freddie Mercury: "I Don't Want To Be Touring With A Hologram"May doesn't like the idea, mainly because it would make him, Roger Taylor and the others feel more like an exhibit at the Museum of Science than a rock concert.


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This article was published 14/5/2013 (1555 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The company which owns the Winnipeg Free Press, the Brandon Sun and a number of Manitoba regional and community newspapers has reported an increase in first-quarter profit despite a broad-based decline in revenues.
FP Canadian Newspapers Limited Partnership (FPLP) said today its net earnings for the three-month period grew by $600,000, or 26 per cent, to $2.9 million from $2.3 million in the same period last year.
That was despite revenues falling by $1.3 million, or 4.6 per cent, to $25.7 million. The company said circulation, display advertising, classified advertising, and flyer distribution revenues were all down during the quarter, in part because of two fewer publishing days during the first quarter of this year than in the first three months of 2012. The only category where revenues were up was commercial printing, which saw a $200,000 improvement.
The saving grace was a $1.7 million (7.2 per cent) reduction in operating expenses due to a combination of lower newsprint and employee compensation costs, and a 16.6 decline in "other" expenses.
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) increased by 11.8 per cent to $4.4 million from $3.9 million.
FP Newspapers Inc. (FPI), the publicly traded entity which is entitled to 49 per cent of FPLP's distributable cash, also reported its first-quarter results today prior to its annual shareholders meeting.
Its net earnings grew to $1.0 million, or 14.1 cents per share, from $800,000, or 11.6 cents per share, in the first three months of 2012.


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Players union finds only limited wrongdoing by ACES agency; MLB still investigating
The union will punish the Levinson brothers' agency for employing or contracting with a rogue worker but found no evidence of the more serious allegation that they themselves concocted or aided the fradulent scheme related to Melky Cabrera's case.
|Despite the union's clearance, MLB will continue to look into the Melky Cabrera controversy. (US Presswire)
MLB powers are continuing to investigate the leadership of the powerful Brooklyn-based ACES, which has been found liable by the players' union for employing or contracting with a rogue agent but cleared by the union of the more serious allegation of perpetrating or aiding the fraudulent scheme to cast doubt on ACES client Melky Cabrera's failed drug test.
MLB bigwigs have seemed much more skeptical than the union of the entire ACES operation from the time MLB uncovered the scam. The union has now officially accepted the explanation by ACES chiefs Seth and Sam Levinson that their rogue worker Juan Nunez paid for and engineered the internet scheme intended to show Cabrera accidentally acquired a tainted substance.
If MLB finds more serious wrongdoing, it could contest the union findings. Union people have suggested agent behavior comes under their purview alone, but MLB may not easily accept a wrist slap if it finds evidence to more closely tie the Levinsons to the scheme.
Cabrera was banned 50 games for failing a test for synthetic testosterone after a case to nullify the banned test was made by the union at the behest of the Levinsons, who claimed then that Cabrera accidentally acquired the banned substance after answering an internet ad for a supplement. The Levinsons have since claimed that they were merely taking the word of Nunez, a longtime employee or contractor. Nunez testified he perpetrated the hoax on his own, not at the behest of the Levinsons, who declined to call Nunez an employee even though he has worked closely with the Levinsons for years and is responsible for funneling many millions of dollars to them in the form of major-league clients over many years.
MLB has been in touch with federal investigator Jeff Novitzky and appears to be taking its investigation very seriously. MLB honchos interviewed former catcher and Levinson client Paul Lo Duca, who testified the Levinsons set him to acquire PEDs from baseball drug dealer Kirk Radomski.
Former baseball drug czar George Mitchell never mentioned the Levinsons in his report, and MLB people seem to believe the Cabrera caper is the more vital area to investigate. The union also apparently either found no evidence regarding a Radomski/Levinsons connection or declined to investigate it.
Four clients have left the Levinsons in recent months, Shane Victorino, Everth Cabrera, Johnny Gomes and Nyjer Morgan, though it's been suggested Victorino didn't leave due to the allegations or investigation. Dustin Pedroia and other clients have considered leaving, as well, but so far the exodus appears limited to the quartet.


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Last year I found a sewing shop near by to my house. I brought in my grandmothers sewing machine to have it fixed up.
And I got a gift certificate from my boyfriend to take an intro to sewing pajama class. Unfortunately, I didn't get to finish my project during the class. So, they have been sitting in my closet since February. With a little help from my mom, we managed to get the pants finished.


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Thick, plush cables made with front and back post stitches adorn the pockets of this oversized alpaca scarf with tasseled edging. Post stitches also add texture to the scarf itself, making this a warm as well as fashionable addition to your winter wardrobe.


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Fresh & Easy Earns Tesco Chief a Pretty Penny
If successful, the venture could bring £9 million for the CEO.
LONDON – The chief executive of Tesco, Terry Leahy, could receive a potential £9 million ($17.85 million) worth in share bonuses if the company's U.S. Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Markets venture is successful, the Times of London reported.
Last year, the executive made £4.62 million ($9.16 million) in cash and shares, an increase of 16 percent over the previous year. His earnings will be increased even more next month, when several enhanced bonus plans could be approved by shareholders at the group's annual meeting, according to the report.
The New Business Incentive Plan, which applies solely to Leahy, earns him up to an additional 2.5 million shares, which will gradually vest between the years 2011 and 2014, depending on the achievement of targets for the company's expansion in the U.S. and other international markets, the report stated.
Leahy could also receive an additional 50 percent of his salary in shares connected to the performance of its American business, along with an existing potential share bonus amounting to his salary plus a cash bonus totaling his salary.
In Tesco's annual report, published earlier this week, the company's remuneration committee stated it had reviewed the pay arrangements in the light of "the strengthening of returns in the international business and the creation of significant new business in the U.S.," according to the report.
In addition, a potential bonus is in line for Tim Mason, chief executive for Fresh & Easy, of up to 50 percent of his salary. Mason was the company's second-highest paid executive last year, bringing in £3.76 million ($7.45 million).


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5. Users/groups and ACLs: To some degree, LDAP was the original NoSQL database. LDAP was designed for users, groups, and ACLs, and it can fit the problem like a glove. Sadly, many people have LDAP hangovers from when the technology was newer, and companies did terrible and monstrous things with it. Some companies have also built such a bureaucracy around it that many developers had no choice but to cheat by creating a database table. This defeats the purpose of centralized user access control. The "users" and "roles" tables should go away in any enterprise environment.
6. Log analysis: If you need a good demonstration of this, turn on the log analysis features of Hadoop or RHQ/JBossON for a small cluster of servers. Set the log level and log capture to anything other than ERROR. Do something more complex and life will be very bad. See, this kind of somewhat unstructured data analysis is exactly what MapReduce à la Hadoop and languages like PIG are for. It's unfortunate that the major monitoring tools are RDBMS-specific -- they really don't need transactions, and low latency is job No. 1.
7. Media repository: It may be OK to store your metadata (though it probably would be better in a document database like Couchbase 2.0 or MongoDB), but BLOBs in an RDBMS are still a pain after all of these years. You're better off using some kind of distributed storage or clustered file system for your images and other binaries. Sadly, many CMS engines still shove everything into an RDBMS.
8. Email: I know this firsthand. After running a project that attempted to integrate email and an RDBMS, I discovered what many others already knew: Email really is moderately unstructured data with metadata that is best stored another way. We optimized the RDBMS as much as possible, doing crazy things for BLOBs and more. Ultimately, email is about metadata, search, and content, none of which lend themselves to relational algebra, and you really don't need transactions here. The file system is fine, and metadata would be better off in document database.
9. Classified ads: A high-scale, lots of users in and out, with mostly short-and-sweet content. Ask Craigslist who uses the document database MongoDB. There's search, there's metadata, there's short-sweet content. Eventual consistency would be good enough here. For these kinds of documents, the best thing a database can do is get out of your way.
10. Time-series/forecasting: This is the most general of the 10, but it takes many forms, from commodities to quants and sunspots to weather. The issues surrounding time in relational databases are the stuff of legend. Sure, it has been done, and sure, after years of hacking around it, for the last decade or so we have temporal fields and functions that are merely deficient rather than woefully inadequate in most RDBMS implementations. That said, if time is your subject, then a MapReduce-friendly column family store like Cassandra may be a better solution. Datastax has specifically targeted its Cassandra distribution to support time-series data, as have other vendors.
Can you use the RDBMS for some or many of these? Sure -- I have and people continue to. However, is it a good fit? Not really. I expect the cranky old men to disagree, but tradition alone is not a good reason to stick with the old way of doing things.
This article, "10 things never to do with a relational database," was originally published at InfoWorld.com. Read more of Andrew C. Oliver's Strategic Developer blog, and keep up on the latest developments in application development at InfoWorld.com For the latest business technology news, follow InfoWorld.com on Twitter.


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- Gideon Rachman thinks Narendra Modi is the jolt that India needs, but in his risposte Edward Luce argues that the risk is not worth taking.
- China is poised to pass the US as the world's leading economic power this year. This moment has come sooner than expected: FT economics editor Chris Giles explains the working out.
- David Gardner thinks Bashar al-Assad is more vulnerable than he looks.
- The recent freeze in east-west relations has revived interest in Moscow's Cold War museum.
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The affiliate space has been dominated by a small number of tracking tools over the years. The most popular being Prosper 202, CPV Lab, Imobitrax, & Bevo. Those are all great trackers. Affiliates have, and will continue to make millions using them. There's a new tracker on the scene now that I think has the potential to be the ultimate affiliate tracking solution.
You might have heard about Voluum – a new tracking solution for affiliates that's generating a ton of buzz. It's currently in beta, and free so I highly recommend checking it out.
I was first made aware of Voluum in a thread on the forum called Ditch CPV Lab for what? If you're on the forum you should definitely read that thread. The poster is a long time forum member who does a lot of volume, and was frustrated with the lack of scalability in the current commercial tracking solutions. Many possible solutions were discussed and implemented in that thread. A few of which include:
– Server upgrades (RAM, SSD, various MySql/database tweaks and upgrades)
– Multiple tracker installs spread out across servers
– Using Imobitrax, or a modified P202
– Building a custom tracker (which he did)
After testing most of these ideas, there was nothing that would let him rack up views without a significant slowdown. When I say 'rack up views' I'm not talking about a few hundred, or even tens of thousands of clicks. I'm talking a lot of volume – millions of clicks. Again, I really suggest you read all 16 pages of that thread – there's some great info there!
Enter Voluum
Voluum was created to be a technologically advanced tracking platform built specifically for affiliate marketers. Here are a couple key ideas behind Voluum according to one of their creators, Robert:
- Our technology. We've spent close to a year developing our proprietary database technology. Whereas our competitors use outdated database technologies, we've created our own. The result? Infinitely scalable campaigns & fast loading reports, even if your click figures are in the billions.
- Our team. Our dev team is composed of very experienced Java developers. These are people who've worked on building hardcore banking applications, aerospace tech and telecom software. We currently have 12 developers who are here to pump out functions and features based on your needs.
- Our approach. Voluum is a tool that will continue to evolve based on our clients needs (You!). We take all feedback very seriously – there have even been cases when our users have asked for features and have had them live on our production environment days later.
- It's free while in beta Pricing after the beta period.
Yes Voluum is hosted (not self hosted) – you just have to get over it. Someone probably isn't going to sink tons of money into building a tracker and build up a great reputation just to steal a few affiliate campaigns. It's natural to want to protect your data, but you need to think logically about it. Any tracker that wasn't open source could potentially steal your campaign data (even self hosted). Hosting companies could easily see your campaign data on any tracker too. Something I've noticed over the years is that the affiliates most worried about people stealing their campaigns are the ones not even spending/making that much to begin with. The affiliates making the most money don't give much thought to people stealing their campaigns. Why? They know that campaigns are easy to steal with spy tools, etc. but it's knowing how to scale and optimize those campaigns that makes the real money.
When you start doing a lot of volume, it becomes extremely difficult to rely on a self hosted tracker. This isn't a knock at any of the current tracking tools on the market, it's just the reality of the technology. Try running millions or billions of clicks and trying to load reports. One of the huge advantages of Voluum is the ability to scale without having to worry. They have a user who does over a billion clicks per month, and the system is still lightning fast. This would be a nightmare to manage on a self hosted tracker.
Voluum tracks both web and mobile traffic which is another huge plus. Prosper and CPV Lab are great tracking tools, but not for mobile traffic. Voluum is a great mobile and web traffic tracking solution.
I got to meet the people behind Voluum at my ASW 14 party earlier this month. I learned more about the technology behind it and what they have coming up. Good stuff in the works for sure! 🙂
I'm not associated with Voluum in any way, nor am I saying the other trackers aren't good. I simply think Voluum is a great tracking tool, and arguably the best out right now. Does this mean you should throw P202, CPV Lab, etc. in the garbage? Of course not. Voluum isn't some magical tool that will turn your campaigns profitable, and if you're just starting out I recommend Prosper 202. It's free, and will take you pretty far into your affiliate career.
Voluum is currently in beta, and new features are being added. There are some custom views/reports people have been asking for that are currently being implemented. When you test it out, just remember this is the beta version and is still being improved. Voluum has been great about listening to our suggestions and implementing. If there's a feature you want that they don't have, don't hesitate to make a suggestion!
Voluum is free while in beta and I highly recommend you check it out!


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Mom-of-eight and former reality TV queen Kate Gosselin appeared on The View today (October 31) to celebrate Halloween with the ladies and chat about her future plans now that her latest show has been cancelled. Though some reported that Gosselin was planning to return to her nursing career to make ends meet, Kate says that's not an option.
"It was always my backup plan, but one day you realize your backup plan won't work to provide for eight kids," Gosselin explained.
With ratings that had been faltering for weeks, Kate admits that she had a feeling the end was near for the show, telling the ladies, "Obviously as an adult I'm paying attention to ratings. It was still a shock to hear it and sit the kids down for our first ever family meeting."
And though things aren't looking good right now, Kate is still hopeful that she'll soon be able to return to the small screen, possibly with 10-year-old twins Mady and Cara, and her 7-year-old sextuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah, and Joel in tow.
When asked about her ex, Jon Gosselin's comments about being happy that his children are no longer on television, Kate responded, "I don't typically comment on what he has to say. His opinions don't affect me."
Defending her decision to try to stay in the spotlight, Gosselin says that her goal was always "to go further" in order to provide her children with more opportunities.


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AT LONG LAST, the authority that runs the D.C. area's two major airports and which is building Metro's Silver Line extension to Dulles, has begun to clean up its act.
The Washington Metropolitan Airports Authority has severed sweetheart contracts with former members of its board. It has adopted guidelines that should halt the worst abuses by spendthrift, globe-trotting, politically tone-deaf members. Despite their sniping, the authority appears poised to curb nepotistic practices that have made summer internships at the authority an employment program for the well connected.
Unfortunately, the steps so far are half measures that will not extinguish the firestorm of criticism as long as the worst perpetrator of abuse remains on the board: Dennis L. Martire.
Mr. Martire, a labor official, was named to the board in 2009. In two years, he racked up more than $38,000 in travel expenses attending conferences — much more than any other member. Some of his trips were blatant boondoggles, including one nine-day extravaganza to attend a 36-hour conference on the Italian island of Sardinia. For that Mr. Martire billed (or rather, bilked) the authority $10,586 — despite the fact that the conference had nothing to do with U.S. airports.
Most of the price of that trip, and of a similarly extravagant jaunt to a conference in Prague, was business-class airfare. It now turns out, according to the Washington Examiner, that the fare covered not just the air travel of Mr. Martire but that of a female companion.
In response to news reports about Mr. Martire's excesses and also to his conflict of interest in pushing pro-labor contracting rules for the Silver Line, Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell (R) has tried to remove him from the board. Mr. Martire has refused to go. Instead, he has mounted a court challenge, forcing the authority to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to defend his position.
True, the authority has no legal mechanism to fire Mr. Martire on its own. However, it can, and should, stop paying his spiraling legal bills.
For years the authority labored in dignified anonymity, free from controversy and the taint of politics. Predictably, scrutiny of its affairs intensified after it took over the $5.6 billion Silver Line, one of the nation's biggest ongoing public infrastructure projects.
Now the Silver Line, nearly half finished, is at a critical juncture. Its financing is in doubt, and it needs to maintain political support to ensure completion. The authority can't afford distractions and imbroglios like the one surrounding Mr. Martire, whose actions on the board have given rise to criticism from Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and become fodder for Republicans in the U.S. Senate race underway in Virginia.
Mr. Martire must go. By remaining on the board — a symbol of excess and abuse — he subverts the Silver Line and politicizes the authority.


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Saratoga Beer Week 2013
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We proudly present the Second Annual Saratoga Beer Week starting February 19, 2013 in downtown Saratoga Springs, NY. If you love beer and a week of nothing but beer sounds good to you, then the Saratoga Beer Week is your kind of a week. It's worth using up that rollover vacation time from last year, if you have it. Or just come for one day. Or two. Or the entire week – it's entirely up to you.
Tickets are available for various events during the Saratoga Beer Week. To purchase tickets to the rare beer and cask event, the beer education seminars, an event passport, or many other events visit the ticket page. Event prices range from $10 – $105
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Join us for the Second Annual Saratoga Beer Week at The City Center in Saratoga Springs, NY from February 19 – 23.
The Second Annual Saratoga Beer Week will be held at the City Center in Downtown Saratoga Springs
Beer Week Events:
Over the course of the week you can purchase tickets to attend the rare beer and cask event, the beer education seminars, the NY State of Mind event, Session 1 Beer Summit, Session 2 Beer Summit, or a Saratoga Beer Week Passport.
Saratoga Springs is 45 minutes north of the capital city of Albany, NY. Get directions to the Second Annual Beer Week from any direction, arrange for a ride home, or check out a map here. We also have a list of accommodations here.