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Being an application developer with a very limited attention span, my test of any new technology or product is how quickly can I write my "Hello World" application. The Rackspace Private Cloud, which is based on OpenStack, is intended for a full-fledged data center with a number of compute, storage and network requirements, but I was still hoping to install it in just a few minutes.
My "Hello World" exercise was defined as follows:
- To be able to install the product from scratch
- To try out some basic OpenStack CLI commands, such as keystone, glance and nova
- To be able to spin up instance(s) using Horizon (the GUI-based interface for OpenStack)
- To be able to log in to the instance(s)
If I had to cut some corners, then so be it — High Availability (HA) and Neutron were out the door (these are left as an exercise for the astute reader). A note of caution here, I was building something that I would never expect to see in a production environment.
The goal of the exercise was to be able to install a very simple instance of the Rackspace Private Cloud and to use the lessons learned to stand up a data center, with High Availability and advanced networking requirements on dedicated hardware as outlined in the Knowledge Center.
All you need is an account on the Rackspace Open Cloud to get started!
High Level Overview of the Installation Process
Rackspace Private Cloud and OpenStack achieve "scale out" of computing and network resources. To be able to support the "scale out" for a set of OpenStack instances running on multiple nodes, there are two primary distinguishing roles:
- One or two Controller nodes that host the services.
- Multiple Compute nodes that host the Virtual Machine (VM) instances.
The installation of the Controller node(s) and the Compute node(s) is done using Chef scripts from a Chef server.
Since our goal is to keep it as simple as possible, we will create two instances of Ubuntu 12.04 on the Rackspace Open Cloud and use one as the Chef server and the other as the Controller and Compute Node.
Overview of Steps
Here are the steps involved:
- Create two instances of Ubuntu 12.04 on the Rackspace Open Cloud
- Update /etc/hosts on both the server instances
- Install Chef server and cookbooks
- Tweak the Chef environment
- Deploy both the Controller and Compute roles services on one node (
petcattle) using the "
allinone" role
- Fire up a browser, connect to Horizon and OpenStack away
Step 1 – Create Two Ubuntu 12.04 Instances
You can create an Ubuntu instance on mycloud.rackspace.com by providing the appropriate credentials. You will need an account.
Create two nodes:
- Chef server named as
chefin the examples below.
- Controller+Compute node named as
petcattlein the example below.
Pick "
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)" for Image. For the flavor, a 512MB for Chef should suffice. For the Controller and Compute nodes, a flavor of 2GB or higher is preferred.
Using the credentials provided as part of the server creation process, ssh as root into the Chef server as shown below when it is ready for use.
Step 2 – Update /etc/hosts with the IP address entries of the other server
Run the command ifconfig and note down the values for eth0. In this case, it happens to be
root@chef:~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr bc:76:4e:20:03:df inet addr:18.104.22.168 Bcast:126.96.36.199 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: 2001:4802:7800:1:9bc6:4c:ff20:3df/64 Scope:Global inet6 addr: fe80::be76:4eff:fe20:3df/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2012 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:1415 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:166181 (166.1 KB) TX bytes:195649 (195.6 KB) Interrupt:32 eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr bc:76:4e:20:03:e6 inet addr:10.176.4.129 Bcast:10.176.63.255 Mask:255.255.192.0 inet6 addr: fe80::be76:4eff:fe20:3e6/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:468 (468.0 B) Interrupt:33 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Likewise, note down the values for eth0 on the server
petcattle. The value is
22.214.171.124/32. We will use this IP address for the external interfaces (keystone endpoint, etc.), as we will see subsequently.
Add this network address for
petcattle to the
/etc/hosts file on
chef so that it looks like below.
# Adding the IP address for petcattle 188.8.131.52 petcattle
Similarly, add the network address of chef to the
/etc/hosts file on
petcattle so that it looks like the following example:
# Adding the IP address for chef 22.214.171.124 chef
ssh on the chef server to be able to
ssh to
petcattle without prompting for a password (just accept the defaults for the
ssh-keygen command) using the following commands.
Now copy the public key from the chef server to
petcattle using the following command:
ssh-copy-id root@petcattle
Step 3 – Install Chef Server and Cookbooks
On the Chef server, execute the following commands:
curl -s -L https://raw.github.com/rcbops/support-tools/master/chef-install/install-chef-server.sh | bash
curl -s -L https://raw.github.com/rcbops/support-tools/master/chef-install/install-cookbooks.sh | bash
Log out of the Chef server and log back in to include
knife in the path.
Verify that knife is installed and configured by running.
knife client list
This should yield an output similar to the following:
admin chef-validator chef-webui
Step 4 – Tweak the Chef Environment
Create a file named
rpcs.json with the following content. Substitute the values for eth0 of
petcattle as noted in step 2. In this case, those are the entries for
osops_networks which is
188.8.131.52/24. The installation will also create a network interface named
br100 that will assign the CIDR range of
10.0.100.0/24 as the network addresses for the VMs that will be created.
{ "name": "rpcs", "description": "Environment for Rackspace Private Cloud (Grizzly)", "cookbook_versions": { }, "json_class": "Chef::Environment", "chef_type": "environment", "default_attributes": { }, "override_attributes": { "nova": { "libvirt": { "virt_type": "qemu" }, "networks": [ { "label": "public", "bridge_dev": "eth1", "dns1": "184.108.40.206", "dns2": "184.108.40.206", "num_networks": "1", "ipv4_cidr": "10.0.100.0/24", "network_size": "255", "bridge": "br100" } ] }, "mysql": { "allow_remote_root": true, "root_network_acl": "%" }, "osops_networks": { "nova": "220.127.116.11/24", "public": "18.104.22.168/24", "management": "126.96.36.199/24" } } }
Upload the environment file with the following command.
knife environment from file rpcs.json
Now, you're ready to configure the server that will serve as both the Controller and Compute nodes. The logical structure looks something like below.
Step 5 – Install the Controller and Compute Roles
Configure the second server (
petcattle) to be both a Controller and Compute host with the "
allinone" role.
knife bootstrap petcattle -E rpcs -r 'role[allinone]'
This should run through all the recipes in the cookbooks and should finally yield an output, which is similar to:
petcattle petcattle Chef Client finished, 316 resources updated petcattle
ssh to
ssh petcattle
Verify that OpenStack is up by running the
keystone and
nova command(s).
source openrc keystone service-list
This should yield output similar to the following example:
+----------------------------------+----------+----------+---------------------------+ | id | name | type | description | +----------------------------------+----------+----------+---------------------------+ | 635ceead9bb44a4cb457382301db951b | cinder | volume | Cinder Volume Service | | f7a3cff141a84c17b8bcdc399f034c4a | ec2 | ec2 | EC2 Compatibility Layer | | fb31e8ae88f34de182a11a93c658bd40 | glance | image | Glance Image Service | | 2de6009762fe417aa2a11c271ecaf02f | keystone | identity | Keystone Identity Service | | a914101228b04ee6bb96f929c3503ae7 | nova | compute | Nova Compute Service | +----------------------------------+----------+----------+---------------------------+
The id is the UUID of the associated service.
nova service-list
The following example shows which services are up and running:
+------------------+-----------+----------+---------+-------+----------------------------+ | Binary | Host | Zone | Status | State | Updated_at | +------------------+-----------+----------+---------+-------+----------------------------+ | nova-cert | petcattle | internal | enabled | up | 2013-08-29T17:00:19.000000 | | nova-compute | petcattle | nova | enabled | up | 2013-08-29T17:00:22.000000 | | nova-conductor | petcattle | internal | enabled | up | 2013-08-29T17:00:18.000000 | | nova-consoleauth | petcattle | internal | enabled | up | 2013-08-29T17:00:20.000000 | | nova-network | petcattle | internal | enabled | up | 2013-08-29T17:00:18.000000 | | nova-scheduler | petcattle | internal | enabled | up | 2013-08-29T17:00:18.000000 | +------------------+-----------+----------+---------+-------+----------------------------+
Upload a bootable
ubuntu image to Glance with the following command.
glance image-create --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --name "Ubuntu 12.04.1 Precise (cloudimg)" --copy-from http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/precise/current/precise-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img --is-public true
Running the following command:
glance image-list
This should yield an output similar to the following example:
+--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+------------------+-----------+--------+ | ID | Name | Disk Format | Container Format | Size | Status | +--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+------------------+-----------+--------+ | 4f721a9a-abd3-41b8-ad97-c06af86da089 | cirros-0.3.0-x86_64-uec-initrd | ari | ari | 2254249 | active | | 69e22230-287b-4873-96b0-ec2d411615e8 | cirros-0.3.0-x86_64-uec-kernel | aki | aki | 4731440 | active | | 59bfe3a9-40f4-4bb7-aea3-571d98b7db7b | cirros-image | ami | ami | 25165824 | active | | fd3dd411-9111-4861-8fb0-2c1863ea457b | Ubuntu 12.04.1 Precise (cloudimg) | qcow2 | bare | 253755392 | saving | +--------------------------------------+-----------------------------------+-------------+------------------+-----------+--------+
The ID is an UUID associated with the bootable image. The
Status is shown as
saving and will eventually turn to
Step 6 – Connect to OpenStack
Point your browser to the IP address of
petcattle – http://18.104.22.168, and after accepting the browser warnings, provide the credentials of username as
admin and password as
Click on the project tab and on Instances and the "+ Launch Instance" button. Provide the values similar to the following example:
Note down the network address of the VM that was created. In the case below it is
You can
ssh to the instance you just created as in the following example. Substitute the correct network address, respond to the prompt with "yes", and provide the password –
cubswin🙂 as-is.
ssh email@example.com
Congratulations! You just completed the "Hello World" exercise!
Summary and Follow Up
The goal of this exercise was to get up and running very quickly, similar to devstack. This installation is highly restrictive since it does not allow Internet access to the VMs that are instantiated. Just as you would never use devstack in production, you would never use this installation in a real life scenario, but the knowledge learned from this installation can be extrapolated to stand up a data center using dedicated hardware with High Availability and advanced networking requirements. The principles are still the same and you can scour the Knowledge Center to gain a better understanding to help you further with these efforts.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As a father begins his multiple life sentences after being found guilty of allowing a convicted sex offender to sexually abuse his then-9-year-old daughter, prosecutors gear up for two more trials in the case.
But the quest for justice is just beginning.
The sex offender, Robert Young, and the girl's grandmother, Patricia Woloszynowski, will soon have their day in court, both awaiting trials.
It was hard enough for many in the courtroom to listen to the evidence in Perry's trial, hearing the girl describe the sexual abuse she endured.
UNCUT: Judge doesn't mince words in sentencing of Christopher Perry
Prosecutors say Young's trial will have even more graphic evidence, and they're confident of the same outcome.
Woloszynowski is facing the same charges the girl's father was convicted of, including sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation, child neglect, and conspiracy to commit sexual battery.
"Robert Young is charged with the abuse, he is not charged with any conspiracy or child neglect, as he was not supposed to be the caregiver of the child," Assistant State Attorney Alan Mizrahi said. "So there are different positions, but essentially they are charged with the same thing."
Mizrahi said there will be different evidence presented in Young's trial, but he said it will be no less disturbing.
He wouldn't give details but said it would reflect the same horrific abuse the girl testified to during her father's trial.
Mizrahi said such graphic testimony is often difficult for jurors to handle.
"I don't know if they're really prepared for that," he said. "They get the jury summons and they show up now to handle a case, and I don't think they really expect to hear the rape and torture of any child. And I think that's hard for everybody."
Hard even for him, Mizrahi admits, and most everyone in the courtroom. But it's something he believes is necessary.
"As difficult as that is, we are trained and able to deal with the harm that these children suffer and handle, and fight for them so they can get justice," Mizrahi said.
Young's trial is set to take place the week of Oct. 22. The grandmother's trial date has not yet been set.
The girl's mother, Mary Perry, has already pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 30 years in jail.
Michael Halveland (pictured above, left of Young) has also pleaded guilty to lewd and lascivious molestation of the girl and is awaiting sentencing.
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ThinkEquity Maintains Hold On Ctrip.com, But Says Holiday Data Positive
Everyone is parsing data out of China's recent National Day/Golden Week holiday to get a better grasp on the state of the economy. ThinkEquity analyst Henry Guo writes that data is largely positive, reflecting the growth opportunity in the country's travel market and the resilience in consumer spending sentiment despite the economic gloom. That bodes well for quarterly earnings prospects from Ctrip.com International(CTRP) , Guo says.
The data, as released by the government:
- The number of domestic tourists was up 41% from a year-ago when there was one less day in the holiday.
- Total tourist related revenue was up 44.4% (versus 25% last year).
- Data suggests that total air passengers grew 27% versus the 5% growth seen last year. Guo says this suggests the airline industry continues to improve.
- The number of tourist staying at hotels grew 36% (higher than last year's 21% growth).
Guo writes: "We continue to believe Ctrip is likely to report solid 3Q results and guide an encouraging Q4. That said, we think it is too early to believe the competition in the China online travel market will fade. Instead, we believe the market remains highly competitive as new entrants and new business models continue to emerge in this attractive market. We would wait on the sidelines for better visibility to business fundamentals and competition."


text: Jayne Anne Phillips pens a return to notorious Quiet Dell By Bill Lynch September 21, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Jayne Anne Phillips doesn't think she'll ever get tired of writing about West Virginia. In her writing, the award-winning novelist likes coming home when she can and said that it's a real strength for her."I feel as though it's a great advantage for a writer to be from a place that they're connected to physically," the Upshur County native said. "I think the place a writer develops a sense of identity has a lasting effect on you."Phillips' latest novel, "Quiet Dell," in stores Oct. 15, brings the author back to her West Virginia roots and to one of the most notorious crimes to occur in the state: the "Bluebeard" murders of Quiet Dell, a small community near Clarksburg.In 1931, police arrested Harry Powers in Quiet Dell for the murders of Asta Eicher, her three children and Dorothy Pressler Lemke.Through ads in a lonely-hearts magazine, Powers had corresponded with Eicher, Lemke and dozens of others. Powers wrote them letters. He promised safety, financial security and love, but really only intended robbery and murder.At the time, the crime was a national sensation. Newspapers from across the country sent reporters to cover the investigation, but even after the trial, the story became a kind of a local legend that lived on."Certainly when I was growing up we heard about it," Phillips said. "Our parents were children when it happened."Phillips' mother told her about holding her mother's hand as they walked up a dusty, hot, crowded road, past the "murder garage," where Powers had killed his victims, then hidden their bodies in shallow graves out back.Phillips' mother remembered watching the crowd take apart the garage piece by piece."For souvenirs," Phillips said.The memory haunted her mother and it was an image she passed along to Phillips, which became part of the inspiration for her book.Beginning with the handed-down legends, rumors and stories, Phillips added to her novel with research from the Clarksburg papers and the local library."The rare-books librarian David Houchins was an enormous help to me," she said. "They have a whole room of photos ascribed to local photographer Eugene Fare, and David helped me locate Fare's grandchildren. They gave me permission to use his photographs in the book." Phillips said even with all of this, she didn't have a fully fleshed-out portrait, which is where the fiction comes in. The skeleton of the story is true: Through deception, Harry Powers did lure two women and three children to their deaths. But some of the characters in "Quiet Dell" were created to help move the plot along and to make the novel more than a dry revisiting of a terrible crime.Phillips said she also took artistic liberties with some of the real people. "Clearly, I invented the thoughts and relationships of the real characters," she said. "There's certainly no way to tell who they really were."Phillips said she wrote the book over the course of the past six summers, a project she took on during the break between semesters at Rutgers University-Newark, where she founded and is the director of the school's Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program."It was a writing-from-dusk-till-dawn kind of thing," she said.She acknowledged she might have completed the book sooner, but added, "I want to have a big life, not a small life." Besides, Phillips said she has to wait for inspiration, and writing comes in stretches or in bits and pieces. She did some of the research for her book during trips back to West Virginia."I get back once or twice a year," she said. "I still have many friends in West Virginia, and when I get invited back, I try to go." This is not the first time the crimes in Quiet Dell have been written about. The story has been recycled in true-crime books and magazines. Killer Harry Powers inspired the Harry Powell character in Davis Grubb's novel "Night of the Hunter."The book was later adapted into a film starring Robert Mitchum. Mitchum's portrayal is considered one of the most menacing villains in film history, iconic, but Phillips' book is only partly about Powers.In fact, the killer appears in person only occasionally on the page. He's often spoken of, the results of his crimes are discussed and described, but the reader is told more about the terrible things he has done rather than is shown them acted out."It's more a book about his victims," Phillips said. "I wanted to celebrate their strengths as opposed to Powers.""Quiet Dell" looks at the aftermath and the shock of Powers' inhumanity. Almost a century later, it mourns the loss of the innocent lives lost and the young dreams snuffed out by nothing less than pure evil."Quiet Dell" is also a look into America in 1930, which might seem somewhat alien.Phillips said part of the challenge of writing a book about that period was the struggle to maintain the right tone. People were more circumspect."There was a certain expected civility and formality," Phillips explained. "How they related to one another is different than we do today. They didn't relate to each other with mobile devices."She said, "Distances were different back then. You could drive three states and no one could track you, but the printed word was so important. Every little town had two newspapers and published twice a day. People really wrote letters, daily letters in some cases."Which was still social media, just slower and more deliberate.But the world of 1930 is also very familiar. Powers and others found victims through the social media of the time."We're very familiar with that now, I think," Phillips said.Phillips hopes audiences will embrace the book and that it represents this particular piece of West Virginia history well, though she pointed out (just as Sheriff Grimm did in the book), that Harry Powers wasn't from West Virginia.Phillips said she doesn't have immediate plans for another book. She tends to work by inspiration, and one novel to worry about at a time is probably enough. Somewhere in between her duties at Rutgers-Newark, she has to put in some time promoting her book.Probably that will take her to major cities."But I'd love to get invited to West Virginia," she added.It sounds like a good excuse to come home.Reach Bill Lynch at email@example.com or 304-348-5195. 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Quantitative Finance
The major is a part of the Department of Finance and Business Law, an academic unit within the College of Business.
The quantitative finance major is highly quantitative and computer intensive, and is designed to prepare students for careers in financial engineering, structured finance, financial modeling, securitization, actuarial science and portfolio management. The focus of this major is on problem solving in quantitative areas of finance with an added emphasis on the application of complex securities to a variety of financial situations. This interdisciplinary major is a highly structured program that requires students to minor in both mathematics and economics. Many quantitative finance students choose to complete a second major in mathematics or economics.
Students should consult with their adviser as early as possible to identify the appropriate sequence of courses. Students should start planning their program in their freshman year because of the significant prerequisites and the fact that some of the upper-level courses are only offered once per year. The first finance course that students take is Introduction to Quantitative Finance (FIN 250), during the spring semester of their sophomore year. Students are encouraged to complete a summer internship between the sophomore and junior years, as well as between their junior and senior years.
The faculty prides itself on staying current and innovative through a commitment to excellence in education and research. In our classes we emphasize both a theoretical understanding of financial management and markets as well as the practical application in relating financial and economic theory to real-world problems. The Department of Finance and Business Law faculty members have published in journals including the Journal of Finance, the Journal of Financial Economics, the Financial Analysts Journal and the Journal of Futures Markets. Faculty members have also published numerous books, cases and monographs.
Degrees Offered
Declaring the Major
New Freshmen and Transfer Students
Students should declare the quantitative finance major when they register for orientation.
Currently Enrolled Major Changers
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Progressing in the Major
Remain in good academic standing with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0.


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Computer giant Apple's decision to block Java on its Mac operating system over security concerns last week has caused havoc for many users and businesses.
Although the block was designed as a security measure to stop Oracle's Java programming language running in web browsers, shielding users from potential hackers who can take over their computers using vulnerabilities found in the software, it also blocked non-browser applications from Friday onwards.
Among those Java users inconvenienced by the unannounced block was the photo department of the Associated Press, which relies on a Java application to manage and distribute photos to newspapers worldwide, and Havas Worldwide, one of the largest global communications groups in the world.
"The situation caught us by surprise and a number of our machines could not operate for a time, but we had enough capability to work around the problem in the meantime," said AP spokesman Paul Colford on Friday.
Both companies have since implemented manual fixes to re-enable Java on their Mac computers.
But a number of other businesses that use Mac computers remain affected, as well as Apple's consumer base. Some businesses that remain affected are having to re-enable Java on each computer in their network.
One business caught by surprise was Weightmania, which sells fitness and nutrition software.
"Like many companies, we were blindsided by Apple's move to completely block the Java plugin, without any advance notice or warning to developers," said Weightmania president Edward Greenwood.
"Between last Thursday and Saturday we received several hundred emails and calls."
Mr Edward said the Java block had an impact on as many as 50,000 customers and believed Apple's move to block software it didn't like was part of a larger business strategy to block or eliminate third-party technology.
"For example, by requiring users to install Java (it was pre-installed on all Macs for ten years), requiring users to activate the Java plugin, and even disabling it after 35 days of no activity, it forces developers to use Apple technology and prevents apps from being released and distributed outside the App Store," Mr Edward said.
Home Apple users who contacted Fairfax Media also described how they were disrupted by the block.
One was Kah Tang of Pyrmont who uses the CommSecIRESS sharemarket trading platform.
"My iMac did not [allow access to CommSecIRESS] for the whole of Friday and Saturday," Mr Tang said. "When I tried again on Sunday morning after reading that Java had been patched up it worked after I updated."
CommSec spokesman Steve Batten said in a statement that "compatibility issues" between Apple and Oracle regarding Java were "quite well known" and that because of this the impact caused by the Java block had been "negligible" as not many people accessed its IRESS trading platform using Mac computers.
Apple users looking to trade via IRESS could do so over the phone, or trade via non-Apple computers, he said.
Photographer Kady Mason, in the US state of Ohio, was another who emailed in about the block.
"I need Java to upload my clients' photos," she said, adding that her household only uses Apple products.
"I don't know of that many people using Macs but for my business as well as personal choice it's Mac only."
Airline employee Tom Massey of San Leandro in California said when he tried to remotely log-in to his airline employee access system on one of the Mac computers he owns he was unable to do so due the block.
"I have always been an Apple person but it seems their quality of service to those of us who made them what they are today ... has not been taken into consideration when they abruptly blocked Java," Mr Massey said.
Matthew Ginzer and Frederik Ghijselnck also wrote in to say the block meant they were unable to access their work data. "My Apple business will be going elsewhere," Mr Ginzer said of his future purchasing decisions.
Many others emailed in, mostly with negative things to say about Apple.
"I need Java for my browsing," said John McMenamin. "If this keeps up maybe I'll give Apple up and buy Windows."
"This is particularly disheartening for older people who don't have a clue," said Jerri Cherry. "I just know I can't play games that require Java and there was no warning."
Suzanne Luther said: "I use the BodyBugg on a daily basis to track calories burned and calories consumed. This is a great interruption in my life; I also have a Mac so it will be blocked until Apple decides to unblock it."
Others left negative comments on Apple's own support forum and asked how to re-enable Java.
Since Apple's decision to block Java, Oracle has released a patch that fixes a number of the security vulnerabilities Apple was concerned about. Despite this, the latest versions of Apple's operating system will not automatically update users to the latest version of Java. Although Java automatically checks for updates, it does not install them.
The majority of Mac users, who use Mac OS 10.7 and 8, will have to manually download the latest version of Java, released over the weekend, by following instructions on Apple's website and going into System Preferences to install it. Others running Mac OS 10.6 and under which already had Java on their Mac before the block was applied would have been prompted to update Java for it to work again.
Sydney security expert Chris Gatford, of HackLabs, said Java was a "dying technology" and that from a security perspective it had been used by malware writers for quite some time to exploit computer systems.
He said it was a "highly recommended practice" to turn it off.
"So given that it's been around for a while and it has been used as a mechanism to exploit systems, I think it's good that [Apple] are thinking about turning things off that aren't needed," Mr Gatford said.
"This is a little bit of pain for perhaps a better security environment for the average home user because it's probably going to affect them most. It's going to be difficult, there's going to be pain. But ultimately it's better in the long term. But I imagine there's going to be some short term pain and a lot of people squealing.
"Could Apple have done [the block] in a better way? Maybe given better communication to users? Perhaps."
An Apple spokesman in Australia said the company had no comment.
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Cowart getting taste of 'The Show' at Angels camp
For Cowart, a former first-round draft pick, every day is another chance to prove he belongs in elite company. His locker is nestled in the corner of the home clubhouse at Tempe Diablo Stadium, giving Cowart a chance to observe his more celebrated teammates going about their business.
"I take it as a learning experience," said Cowart, a third baseman who is considered one of the Angels' top offensive prospects. "It's really cool to be around some of these guys that are so accomplished in the big leagues. I just consider it a tremendous honor. I'm really pumped to be here."
And why wouldn't he be? Cowart, the 18th overall selection in the 2010 First-Year Player Draft, spent most of his time working with the team's Minor Leaguers last season. Now, coming off a season that saw him reach the Class A California League, Cowart is rubbing elbows with All-Stars.
Cowart singled out Hamilton and Mike Trout as players who have been willing to help him get comfortable, but he also said that he hasn't really had time to get star-struck.
"I came up a little bit last year in the games during Spring Training, so it's not overwhelming," said Cowart. "It's different at first, but they're guys just like we are. They're good, humble guys, and you couldn't ask for a better clubhouse. I talk to most of them. Real good guys."
Cowart can draw inspiration from Trout's success, especially since the outfielder is just 10 months older than him. But not everybody can transition from prospect to All-Star as quickly as Trout, and Cowart said that he just needs time and maturation in order to make the leap.
"Consistency. Experience," he said of his peers. "They know what they're doing on the mental side. They've been at it a lot longer than I have. I can't wait to be one of those guys one day."
Cowart is a career .275 hitter in the Minor Leagues, and he'll likely add power as he progresses through the upper levels of the farm system. And if you ask Angels manager Mike Scioscia for first impressions of Cowart, he'll tell you that the youngster has turned heads in his own way.
"His makeup is off the charts," he said. "He's much beyond his years, much like Mike Trout was, much like some of the other young players we've had. He's a very confident kid. You can see it every day. His confidence keeps growing because he's playing with the big boys and holding his own."


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Computer-Aided Instruction
(application, education) (CAI, or "- assisted", "- learning", CAL, Computer-Based Training CBT, "e-learning") The use of computers for education and training.The programs and data used in CAI, known as "courseware", may be supplied on media such as CD-ROM or delivered via a network which also enables centralised logging of student progress. CAI may constitute the whole or part of a course, may be done individually or in groups ("Computer Supported Collaborative Learning", CSCL), with or without human guidance.
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text: This news item expired on 3/8/2014, so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. West Asheville Book Club: Quiet Saturday, March 8 at 10am West Asheville Library 942 Haywood Road 250-4750 The book to be discussed is "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain. All interested readers are welcome to attend.


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text: This news item expired on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 so the information below could be outdated or incorrect. Tuesday, February 18 at 7pm Weaverville Library 41 N. Main Street 250-6482 Dave the Potter lived in Edgecombe, SC in the mid-nineteenth century and was one of the most influential potters of his era. He was also a slave for most of his life. Learn more about this fascinating American and see a demonstration of his signature style by locale ceramicist and historian Jim McDowell. This free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Weaverville Library and will be Tuesday, February 18 at 7pm. For more information, call the Library at 250-6482 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Somewhere I saw a list of labels that could be used in noting. It might have been from Shinzen Young. For instance, for body sensations it might have listed pressure, tighness, coolness, easing, etc. Any suggestions where I can find a list like this?
Now I mostly use labels that naturally come to mind. But, a list like this would be useful in those hard to categorize sensations.


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Kitties and cars. Cars and kitties.
Young reading enthusiasts, 6-year-old Jessea Parker and her brother Samuel, 10, scoured stacks of books looking for their two favorite subjects at the Children's Book Party on Saturday.
"We have three kitties so I like to read books about kitties. I really like cats, and I really like to read," said Jessea, as she clutched one of her book choices, "Three Little Kittens," illustrated by Laura Ferraro Close. "Now I want to go home and read my books."
Her response was exactly what Roosevelt Brown was hoping for.
"I'm trying to start a trend. I want kids to read and learn new things in books so they can have more opportunities and have a good life," said the 70-year-old organizer of the annual book party, which he's been hosting for the past 29 years.
Brown held the first Children's Book Party in the backyard of his Emerald Hills home in 1984. About 100 people from the neighborhood showed up that day, where Brown gave away more than 200 brand-new books to young readers.
He couldn't have imagined back then what he had started.
On Saturday morning, the event drew an estimated 1,000 people to the Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park, where children from kindergarten to the 12th grade were each allowed to pick two books from the thousands available.
In addition to children accompanied by a parent, hundreds were bussed in from San Diego elementary schools to make sure that everybody who wanted to read had the material.
Over the years, the party has blossomed into a cultural festival, complete with music, costumed dancers, poets and free refreshments for all. However, the books are still the star of the show.
"After I read my books that I get here, I trade (books) with some of my friends. So, even though we get two books here, it's like getting 10 or 12 books," boasted 12-year-old Calvin King, who's been coming to the book parties since he was 7.
A retired parts inspector for Solar Turbines, Brown is the coordinator and director of Reading Literacy Learning Inc., a nonprofit group he formed about 20 years ago to encourage children to read.
Using corporate and individual donations, he and his volunteers collect thousands of new books at every reading level to give away at the yearly party.
It was always Brown's goal to instill the love of reading in children. As a volunteer for Friends of the Library more than 30 years ago, he was given all the books left over from the book sales. He loaded them into his Chevy pickup and drove around southeastern San Diego passing out books to kids.
"If a kid was standing on the corner or walking down the street we'd stop and give them some books," Brown said. "I wanted to encourage them to get in the habit of reading."
Ironically, Brown didn't always have his current love for books. Growing up, he didn't like school and wasn't a good reader. As a youngster he had a stuttering problem that made him dread school and avoid academic and social activities. Consequently, he fell behind his peers in school.
"I really struggled, and it made my life harder. I wish I had been better in school and read more back then. I didn't want that to happen to any other child in my community," said Brown. "I know now that if you read and learn about things, it will benefit you in the future and make you more successful."
His challenges in school provided the motivation for a mission that has benefited thousands of San Diego children over nearly three decades.
"My mother used to bring me and my sisters and brothers to the book party every year. We loved it. We used to call (Brown) the Book Man," said Lynette Smith, 29, of San Diego. "Now I bring my kids and they love it, too. I hope it keeps going so my kids can someday bring their kids."


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I have this html email http://salafiwales.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/sbiic_news5.html
it renders fine in the browser ( or so it seems ) but when you email it out the blue border is broken up with white, see here:
I've tried to replace the bgcolor with the blue color but that also makes the white space inside blue and still pushes the 3 boxes down ever so slightly.I've also checked the height and changed the height of the jpeg but that's not made a difference
How do I get rid of these unwanted white parts?
Many thanks for your help
Welcome to the miserable world of email coding. My first thought was add display: block to the images, but you've done that. There are known fixes for the various email clients, so it might help if you identify which you are using (though if you are not testing this in other email clients, you are probably in for more nasty surprises).
oh no, I see... I'm using windows live mail desktop although it's the same with gmail
The gaps don't show up for me in GMail. I don't have Windows Live Mail, though.
The spacing issues you are seeing are more common to text-rendering with different email clients, on Windows even though all the fonts are managed by Windows along with anti-aliasing browsers and email clients have their own rendering engine to display that font which causes a host of issues. The easiest and quickest thing you can do is simply take the font size down 1px or remove it temporarily and that will tell you if there is indeed an issue with the overall font size in which cause you will need to stop using images for the sides of your content boxes.
ahh right, interesting, many thanks


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SHEPHERDSVILLE - Something is better than nothing. That is the philosophy being taken by Jerry Kennedy, manager of the Bullitt County Sanitation District.
Instead of receiving the 3 percent user fee increase he sought, Bullitt Fiscal Court opted to allow the district to hike its current rates by 1.5 percent for one year.
The decision marks the end of three months of discussion, which still has issues left unresolved.
"It beats a zero," Kennedy said in thanking fiscal court for its blessing for a user fee increase.
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A motion was passed at Lauriers Senate meeting on Feb. 5, which invites additional faculty members from Laurier Brantford to serve on Integrated Planning and Resource Management (IPRM) working groups.
These additions stem from the need to ensure that IPRM teams properly reflect the full diversity of perspectives and the multi-campus nature of the university in the IPRM process specifically, that there are sufficient members whose perspective on the university is different by virtue of being on a different campus. Currently, there is one faculty member from Laurier Brantford represented on the Planning Task Force and the Academic Priorities Team.
Following this motion, nominations are now open for:
Planning Task Force: two faculty members from the Brantford Campus; one elected, one appointed from the slate of nominees
Academic Priorities Team: two faculty members from the Brantford Campus; one elected, one appointed from the slate of nominees (the dean is eligible for the appointed position on this team)
Nominations process:
- All members of the Laurier community may nominate full-time faculty members, Contract Academic Staff (CAS) and the dean from Lauriers Brantford campus. Self-nominations are welcome.
- Nominations should include the name of the nominee(s) and the working group to which they are nominated.
- Nominations should be submitted in confidence to John Fraser (firstname.lastname@example.com) no later than Friday, February 8, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.
- Nominees will be contacted, and if they are willing to stand for nomination, will be given the opportunity to provide a 150-word statement.
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- The slate of nominees will be announced by e-mail Monday, February 11, 2013 and a link provided to the elections website.
- Voter-eligibility rules are the same as during the December 2012 IPRM election those who were eligible to vote at that time are eligible to vote now.
- Voting by electronic ballot will open on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 9 a.m. and will close Friday, February 15, 2013 at 4 p.m.
- Appointments will be made after the election process has been completed and will be carried out by the vice-president: academic and provost in consultation with VP Academics senior advisory team.
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Hanson on track after solid intra-squad start
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Tommy Hanson passed an important tuneup on Monday night, getting through a six-inning, 88-pitch intra-squad game that has him certain he'll have enough stamina under his belt for the start of the regular season.
"I'll be ready," said Hanson, the Angels' projected No. 5 starter.
Hanson gave up four runs (three earned) on seven hits, but he walked none, struck out nine, threw 60 of his 88 pitches for strikes, featured a good curveball and was sitting at 88-91 mph with his fastball.
The 26-year-old right-hander has one spring start left, then lines up to start at Rangers Ballpark on April 6.
"I felt better toward the end, once my pitch count got up," Hanson said. "That's a positive. It's just getting out there and pitching and getting more comfortable. I felt a lot more comfortable there at the end, and I feel like I'm on the right track."
Hanson's last start ended after three innings because he felt some tightness in his right triceps while warming up for the start of the fourth. The pain went away quickly, though, and Hanson said he "didn't feel it again."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his columns and his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Treadmill Training With Body Weight Support in Patients With Spinal Cord Injury
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|Spinal Cord Injury
|Procedure: Body weight support treadmill training
|Phase 1
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|Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment
Masking: Single
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Body Weight Supported Ambulation Training After Spinal Cord Injury
|Study Start Date:
|March 1999
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|February 2004
Gait rehabilitation is a specific component of physical rehabilitation of persons with sub-acute or chronic spinal cord injury (SCI). One novel method of gait rehabilitation involves the use of an overhead support point and a harness. The BWS strategy has been combined with treadmill-based gait training in recent studies with dramatic results. It is believed that this form of training may enhance output of a 'central pattern generator' of stepping movement from circuitry intrinsic to the patient's spinal cord. However, only limited attention has been paid to the role that training-induced physical conditioning might play in mediating functional improvements.
This study will evaluate whether BWS gait training is more effective than conventional rehabilitation therapy in improving functional gait in patients with neurologically incomplete spinal cord injury. The study will also compare treadmill-based training to overground-based training. Treadmill-based training has the inherent advantage of providing highly rhythmic input to the subject's legs; overground-based training has the inherent advantage of allowing use of assistive devices and thereby replicating a more 'natural' training condition.
Patients with chronic SCI (greater than 1 year post-injury) and patients with sub-acute SCI (2 to 8 months post-injury) will be evaluated. Patients with chronic SCI will be randomly assigned to one of 3 groups: body weight support and treadmill-based training, body weight support and overground training, and conventional rehabilitation therapy. Patients with sub-acute injury will be randomized to receive either BWS treadmill training or conventional rehabilitation. Training sessions are typically 1 hour long, with 3 sessions per week for 13 weeks.
All patients will be evaluated with a battery of functional, metabolic, and neurophysiologic measures prior to the onset of training and during the week after training has been completed. The primary outcome measure will be average maximum overground walking velocity without body weight support but with the use of passive assistive devices. Secondary measures will concentrate on function (balance, mobility), fitness (work capacity, strength, gait efficiency), and spinal cord neurophysiology (motor conduction, reflex excitability).
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|16 Years to 70 Years (Child, Adult, Senior)
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Inclusion Criteria for Patients with Chronic Injury:
- Spinal cord injury at or above the T10 spine
- 1 year post injury
- Some volitional movement in one or both limbs (i.e., motor incomplete)
- Ability to stand with limited bracing
- Ability to rise from sit to stand with no more that moderate assistance
Inclusion Criteria for Patients with Subacute Injury:
- Spinal cord injury at or above the T10 spine
- 2 to 8 months post injury
- Volitional movement in at least one lower limb muscle (i.e., motor incomplete), although may not be capable of unsupported standing or moving from sit-to-stand without maximal assistance
Exclusion Criteria:
- Fractures at or below T11
- Neoplastic, degenerative, or vascular disorders of the spine or spinal cord
- Significant orthopaedic conditions that would interfere with regular exercise or rehabilitation therapy
- Decubitus ulcer
- Advanced urinary tract infection
- Medical conditions that increase the probability of having a seizure in response to single pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00061295
|Contact: Blair M. Calancie
|United States, Florida
|Upstate Medical University
|Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
|Principal Investigator:
|Blair M. Calancie
|University of Miami Project to Cure Paralysis
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00061295 History of Changes
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1U01HD037460-01 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|Study First Received:
|May 23, 2003
|Last Updated:
|June 23, 2005
Keywords provided by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD):
Spinal Cord Injury
Body Weight Supported Walking
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Wounds and Injuries
Spinal Cord Injuries
Body Weight
Spinal Cord Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Trauma, Nervous System
Signs and Symptoms
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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When dads had high levels of homocysteine—a sign of chronic inflammation—their newborns were more likely to have neural tube defects (NTD). In this study, researchers compared 35 sets of newborns with NTD and their parents to 24 sets of healthy newborns and their parents. Compared to fathers of healthy babies, fathers of babies with NTD had significantly lower blood levels of folate and vitamin B12, and higher levels of homocysteine. The NTD babies also had higher homocysteine than healthy babies and their moms had lower folate than moms of healthy kids.
In a sperm study, researchers analyzed samples from 89 healthy, non-smoking men aged 22 to 80. After adjusting for factors such as age and lifestyle, scientists found men who consumed more folate—ranging from 722 mcg per day to 1,150 mcg per day—were more likely to have normal sperm than were men who consumed lower levels. Men who consumed the most folate were about 25 percent more likely to have normal sperm than men who consumed low or moderate levels of folate. Doctors noted that, "This is the first [study] to suggest that paternal diet may play a role after conception in the development of healthy offspring."
In an omega-3 study, 523 women with normal pregnancies began taking 2,700 mg of omega-3 fish oil caps per day, an olive oil placebo or no oil supplement at 30 weeks pregnant until delivery. After 16 years of follow up, children of women who had taken omega-3 were 63 percent less likely to have asthma and 87 percent less likely to have allergic asthma, compared to the olive oil placebo group.
Reference: Pediatric Surgery International; 2008, Vol. 24, No. 7, 803-8.


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Bride-to-be Stephanie French got to the church on time – despite having taken part in a fell race earlier in the day.
Stef and fiancé Andrew Kitts – both runners with Keighley and Craven Athletics Club – held a fancy dress fell race ahead of their wedding at St Peter's Church, Addingham, on Saturday. Participants, in fancy dress, raced up to the top of Beamsley Beacon and back.
The winner was fellow Keighley and Craven member Chris Loftus in 34.06.
Stef and Andrew finished within a second of each other in times of 1.03.28 and 1.03.29 respectively.


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Heather Vollans is a mosaic artist specializing in salvaged materials and concrete sculpture. She works and teaches mosaic courses in her studio near Hamilton, Ontario.
You're originally from Australia and you've traveled a lot around Europe and the Middle East. How have your experiences in different parts of the world influenced you? Did your travels play a role in you becoming a mosaic artist?
My years of travelling definitely influenced me – especially in terms of use of colour. Being Australian I was already influenced by desert colours and earth tones, but then living in the desert those colours became an even stronger influence. The textures and contours of the sand, the vegetation and shadows also had an effect. And all these years later l see some of those same textures, shadows and contours in the snow!
The textiles of Europe were another big influence. I am drawn to textures wherever I am – and it's all around us… rusting metals, patterns of dirt and grime on a truck, plastic wrapping materials, old paint peeling, bark, ripples on water… I journeyed through many arts/crafts before finally discovering mosaic about 10 years ago, but all of those influences are part of the place I have come to.
My favorite piece of yours is this amazing four-paneled mosaic wall you've built on the property beside your studio, which you describe as your mission statement. It embodies your enthusiasm for making mosaics using natural and salvaged materials, and it represents many of the themes and values central to your art including man's journey through the ages and his relationship with nature. What was the most important you learned while making it? Does the wall provoke any reaction from passers-by who see it from the road?
The materials were important to me. They symbolised the waste in our world. I wanted to use materials which were just lying around, having been discarded, to make this statement. Much of the 'process' for me was the gathering of the materials, cleaning them, sorting and storing them before coming up with the design.
I've learned such a lot doing this large project: the biggest is – dream big, think about it, research it, keep the passion, work at it … you can make it happen. The thinking/dreaming/planning process for this wall took far longer than it actually took to build and mosaic! The building and mosaic work took 2 summers. Other things I learned were: you don't have to do it alone. Surround yourself with enthusiastic supporters – get friends involved, run a class around it, throw a bar-b-que in with it and people will come to help. Another thing: research materials and construction methods well before you take on something this big – and build beyond specifications, especially in Canada where nature takes its toll on everything. Build to last.
We get a lot of reaction from people passing by on the highway – strangers come up the drive and ask to see it. Often when I meet people and tell them where I live they say "you mean the place with the big wall?" It's gratifying that people notice and even more gratifying that people understand why I did it.
I love your philosophy of creating art from materials that would otherwise end up in a landfill. You use salvaged construction materials and discarded objects in your mosaics, as well as natural stone. Do you have any good scavenging stories?
I have salvaged stuff all my life and yes, I have many great stories. It's the materials I find that fire my work. I always begin with materials, rather than the idea or design. My work is all about the process – the thrill of the find, the endless hours of thinking about how to combine my treasures with other materials, and the final production. All of this process is as important as the final result.
Working in construction, I have come across some wonderful dumpster materials – aluminum, ceramics, wood, rusty nails, copper and other metals. Once you take away from your mind the expected use of these materials you can see them purely as textures to be played with.
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Traders cited current rainfall for firming crop markets. Although Monday's USDA Crop Progress report stated the corn harvest as being farther along than was expected, nearby corn futures rebounded slightly today. Wire service sources credited rains expected to dominate the Midwest from today through Thursday for the bounce. December corn futures edged up 1.25 cents to $4.32 Tuesday, while May futures added 0.75 cent to $4.5275.
The soy complex also rebounded from Monday's breakdown. Soy markets were likely oversold on a short-term basis after yesterday's drop, which may have added power to today's bounce. Bulls seemingly got support from the Crop Progress report, firm cash prices and from strength spilling over Asian palm oil markets. November soybean futures gained 7.5 cents to $12.79/bushel at Tuesday's close, while December soyoil jumped 0.61 cents to 40.97 cents/pound, but December soymeal dropped $3.9 to $410.8/ton.
The wheat markets bounced from technical support. Recent wheat news has been generally supportive, so Monday's breakdown was probably exaggerated by technical considerations. Conversely, having the Chicago and Minneapolis find firm support around their respective 40-day moving averages, very likely played a significant role in their late rebound. December CBOT wheat futures closed 0.25 cent higher at $6.8125/bushel Tuesday afternoon, while December KCBT wheat futures rose 1.0 cent to $7.5175, and December MWE futures were steady at $7.365.
Surging beef prices boosted cattle futures again today. Although a report that Taiwanese officials had found U.S. beef containing Zilmax at one of its restaurants seemed to weigh upon prices overnight, cattle futures rebounded as the day passed. Midday news that wholesale prices were continuing to rise probably sparked fresh optimism about the cattle market outlook. December cattle rallied 0.47 cents to 134.27 cents/pound late Tuesday afternoon, whereas April skidded 0.05 to 134.55. November feeder cattle tumbled 0.32 cents to 166.75 cents/pound and January feeders lost 0.02 to 166.90.
A report from an industry analyst may have undercut hog futures Tuesday. A prominent swine industry insider published a report today arguing that the PEDV outbreak was not responsible for the recent shortfall in hog supplies and that November totals will prove much larger; that appeared to depress hog futures this morning. Midsession wholesale losses probably weighed upon prices as well. December hog futures fell 0.60 cents to 91.35 cents/pound at their Tuesday settlement, while April dove 0.65 cents to 95.75 cents/pound.


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Each fall the College of the Ozarks' Education Department hosts a half-day Beginning Teacher Workshop for first and second-year teachers. Through this workshop, the College seeks to provide participants with an opportunity to network with other beginning teachers in the area and receive additional training that will assist them in their goal to become successful educators. Our next Beginning Teacher Workshop will be held October 17, 2017 on the College campus. You may contact the Education Office at 417-690-2150 for additional information and registration.
The Lyons Memorial Library on the College of the Ozarks campus is an excellent resource for area educators.
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"We are delighted to have been part of Rottapharma|Madaus's drug development program" said Dr Matthew Baker. Chief Scientific Officer and co-founder of Antitope adding, "our technologies have assisted Rottapharma|Madaus in pre-cinical assessment of lead compounds for potential immunogenicity."
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Antitope Ltd. is a privately-held Cambridge UK-based biotechnology company specialising in immunogenicity testing and the engineering of therapeutic antibodies/proteins with reduced immunogenicity. Antitope's proprietary EpiScreen™ technology enables preclinical analysis of the potential for immunogenicity of therapeutic antibodies and proteins. Antitope's proprietary Composite Human Antibody™ and Composite Protein™ technologies result in the generation of proteins and humanised antibodies devoid of T cell epitopes. Antitope has established multiple commercial relationships with leading biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide.
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Visiting: Turkey
Trip Duration 15 Days
Comprehensive cultural trip of Turkey
Turkey is a country of contrasting landscapes and immense cultural riches. This all-encompassing trip takes-in the cosmopolitan city of Istanbul; explores rich ancient sites, such as Aphrodisias and Ephesus; discovers the unusual landscapes of Pamukkale and Cappadocia and visits the World War I battlefields of Gallipoli. Our journey also takes us along the 'Turquoise Coast' of Lycia, with its stunning beaches and quaint seaside towns.
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- Istanbul - Discover the magic of 'Old Stamboul' on foot, including the Blue Mosque and Topkapi Palace
- Cappadocia and Pamukkale - Explore these unique and contrasting natural landscapes
- Hierapolis, Caunos, Aphrodisias, Ephesus and Troy - Take in these legendary ancient sites
- Gallipoli - Visit this poignant World War I battlefield site
- Turquoise Coast - Swim in warm waters, relax on golden beaches and stay in the beautiful seaside town of Kas
1Join trip in Istanbul
2Walking tour of Istanbul including the Blue Mosque
3Travel to Ankara; visit Ataturk's Mausoleum and the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations
4Visit Hacibektas Museum en route to Urgup; see Kaymakli underground city
5Full day in Cappadocia
6Konya, home to the Whirling Dervishes en route to Egirdir
7Journey to Kas via the ancient town of Olympos
8In Kas with the chance to sea kayak or visit Xanthos
9Boat ride to Caunos and Iztuzu Beach; arrive in Dalyan
10Visit the ancient sites of Pamukkale and Hierapolis
11Visit Aphrodisias Greco-Roman site; arrive in Selcuk
12Explore Ephesus; chance to visit Selcuk Museum
13See Pergamum Acropolis and Troy en route to Canakkale
14Travel to the Gallipoli Battlefields; return to Istanbul
15Trip ends in Istanbul
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TexARTS Cabaret Series Welcomes The Studebakers Tonight
The Studebakers, known for their beautiful vocal blends and swinging harmonies will appear as part of The TexARTS Cabaret Series tonight, February 22 at 8p.m. Expect to rediscover those marvelous melodies from the 1920's, '30's and '40's in an evening that will feature such hits as, "Mr. Sandman," "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and "Dream a Little Dream of Me." The Studebakers have been a staple of the Austin music scene for over 20 years and are known for their fresh renditions of the classics made famous by the Andrews Sisters, Ella Fitzgerald, Louie Armstrong and others.
Austin Haller and Kara Bliss, along with Pat Harris, will take the TexARTS cabaret stage in their show entitled Spring Forward, March 8-9 at 7:30 p.m. This trio has dazzled audiences with their interpretations of jazz standards and other musical gems from the American songbook. The set list will include "Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most," "Lush Life," "Too Darn Hot" as well as other great songs from composers, Cole Porter, Harold Arlen, George Gershwin and more.
Austin Haller and Kara Bliss are no strangers to the TexARTS stage. Haller previously served as music director of the TexARTS professional productions of Ain't Misbehavin', Golf, the Musical, and [title of show]. Bliss, an Austin Critics Table Award Winner, has appeared in over 40 Austin area musicals including TexARTS' [title of show]
Both acts will play the TexARTS Kam and James Morris Theatre, 2300 Lohman's Spur, Austin, TX 78734. Doors open one hour prior to curtain. Single tickets and cocktail table seating are available. For tickets and information call the TexARTS Box Office at 512-852-9079 x101 or visit www.tex-arts.org.
TexARTS is a non-profit organization that offers year-round classes in acting, voice, ballet and dance as well as completely staged youth and professional productions. TexARTS is recognized throughout the region for its professional theatre and educational programs.


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Welcome to Calluna, self-catering accommodation in the heart of the beautiful Scottish Highlands. Located in the highland town of Fort William beneath Ben Nevis, Britain's highest mountain.
We provide the ideal base for your holiday, whatever you wish to do. Nearby attractions include hillwalking on the stunning mountain ranges of the Scottish Highlands, touring the many quiet country roads, steam engine rides, boat trips, golf, pony trekking, canoeing and sailing, cable car rides, excellent fishing and lots more besides.
We offer a variety of accommodation possibilities for visitors. Individuals, couples or small groups can rent twin or four-person rooms for anything upwards of one night. We have Twin rooms or four person family bunk-rooms. We do not have double beds.
Accommodation includes good drying rooms and fully fitted kitchens and bedding is supplied.
Enjoy peace and quiet and fresh clean mountain air. Run by a mountain guide who can help with advice on Ben Nevis and Glen Coe. We also have a very good climbing/bouldering wall on site, set by Dave Macleod, one of the top climbers in Britain.
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WATERLOO One small step for mankind will take on new meaning May 26 when Laurier professor Stephen Perry tickles the feet of astronauts returning from a space shuttle Atlantis mission. The research, designed to measure the influence of space travel on foot sensitivity, will provide important information about the links between hypersensitivity, balance control and the aging process.
The importance of footsole sensation in balance control has been well documented, said Perry, associate professor and chair of the Kinesiology and Physical Education department at Laurier. This experiment gives us the unique opportunity to test individuals before and after they are exposed to zero-gravity conditions and will provide insight into how this sensory system adapts.
The Hypersole research team consisting of Perry, principal investigator Leah Bent from the University of Guelph and four additional University of Guelph researchers will tickle the soles of three astronauts returning to Earth from NASAs May 14 STS-132 mission. Immediately after the shuttle touches down to Earth, researchers will compare the change in astronauts skin sensitivity to tests taken before the mission, allowing them to identify the specific foot sensors influenced by weightlessness. Results will be documented for the first time, and along with a balance test, will help to determine the effect of hypersensitivity on balance control.
Depending on weather conditions, the experiment will take place in either the Kennedy Space Center in Florida or the Dryden Space Center in California.
During space travel, astronauts often experience the same physical changes that occur over time as people age, but at an accelerated pace. Skin sensitivity usually decreases with age, so when Bent heard evidence that the soles of astronauts feet were more sensitive instead of less sensitive days after they returned to Earth, she initiated the Hypersole project to investigate.
The research team hypothesized that to make up for the lack of vestibular (inner-ear) information while in space, select skin receptors in the soles of astronauts feet become increasingly sensitive in order to re-weight the sensory system.
The research team hopes that the study will identify the most critical receptors in the foot, which could then be targeted and re-activated among members of the aging population to offset sensitivity loss, which can lead to a loss in balance control and a greater number of falls.
Identical trials before the Discovery mission in September and Endeavour in November will be conducted before launch and immediately upon return to Earth. For further information about the Hypersole study on the Canadian Space Agencys website click here and here.
Over the past 10 years, Perry and others have developed an insole called the Sole Sensor that alerts seniors when they are losing their balance, reducing the number of fall-related injuries.
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Harrison, sidelined with toe issue, may play this week
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Pitcher Matt Harrison, who was scratched from his last start because of toe inflammation on his left foot, threw a full bullpen on Sunday without any problems. The Rangers have decided not to send him back to Dallas for further examination.
Harrison, who was scratched from Saturday's start against the Padres, could get into a game later this week. But the Rangers are still listing Yu Darvish as the starter against the Giants on Monday and Alexi Ogando against the Brewers on Tuesday. The Rangers are off on Wednesday before playing the Athletics on Thursday and the Giants on Friday.
Kyle McClellan is also getting healthy again. He came out of Saturday's live batting practice session without any problems and will likely be one of the pitchers used against the Brewers on Tuesday. McClellan has not yet pitched in a Cactus League game because of muscle soreness in the back of his right shoulder.
Wilmer Font (shoulder inflammation) also threw live batting practice on Sunday and could be ready for a game.
T.R. Sullivan is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Postcards from Elysian Fields, and follow him on Twitter @Sullivan_Ranger. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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There has definitely been a resurgence of hardware in recording studios. I've personally been building an arsenal of kit from the past such as an Ensoniq ESQ-1 and new pieces such as a Jomox Mbrane and Doepfer Dark Time. Possible proof of this hardware comeback is the fact that Motu has rereleased a new version of a very classic Midi interface the MIDI Express XT. It has lots of I/O, routing, special timing tricks and more.
"Built with MOTU's award-winning MIDI interface technology, the MIDI Express XT is a professional MIDI interface and SMPTE synchronizer that provides plug-and-play connectivity to any USB-equipped Mac or Windows computer. The Express XT provides 8 MIDI IN, 9 MIDI OUT, 128 MIDI channels and compatibility with all Mac and Windows software. Sixteen convenient, one-touch presets (8 factory and 8 user programmable) give you instant front-panel access to multiple operational configurations. The included ClockWorks™ console software for Mac OS X and Windows provides comprehensive MIDI routing, merging and muting." – motu.com
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Booter wrote:Anybody want to give up any opaque pink or yellow opto flows?
We still have a lot of them at Cleawater, some discounted as they were my field practice discs. I've moved on to the Sword.
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Booter wrote:Anybody want to give up any opaque pink or yellow opto flows?
upchuck1383 wrote:I originally bought a clear Opto(172g) and a midnight blue gl(170). The opto seemed to be a little more overstable then I was hoping for, and quickly left the bag. I used the GL for about 6 months and it become too flippy. I switched to a new 170g blue gl and it while it was still pretty understable it wasnt as flippy. I hear a lot of people referencing that the midnight blue is the most understable of the bunch. I am considering switching to a VIP/TP combo of swords. The VIP seems really similar to my pro destroyers with moderate wear. I like the aspect that its stability won;t change quickly. The question is: Should I just make the jump to a different color flow, or give the Sword a go as my straight/slight turnover driver?
Booter wrote:Hey lat... grip line flow? Please!?
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Robot Repair is a NY and LA based music production company that specializes in advertising. They created the above video showing off some of the music instruments they own. It's a great collection and the video shows off some nice gems that I haven't heard before.
"From analog drum machines to vintage guitars, orchestral percussion to circuit-bent children's toys, 1980s Russian synthesizers to Indian harmoniums…these are the instruments of Robot Repair." – vimeo.com/user3378259
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'Batman vs. Superman' Plot Details Revealed: What is Lex Luthor's Plan?
Even a movie where two superheroes are fighting against other needs a supervillain. That's where Jesse Eisenberg's Lex Luthor comes into play. Every good villain needs an evil master plan and Lex Luthor is no exception, but what exactly is his nefarious plan? According to a new report, we've got a pretty good idea. SPOILERS AHEAD, obviously.


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This piece was originally published as part of an entry on August 16, 2007, on the MIT Convergence Culture Consortium Weblog at http://www.convergenceculture.org/weblog/
Regular C3 readers probably know that I like to talk about hypermasculine soap opera, just as I like to talk about soaps in general. Look at my recent writing on pro wrestling, for instance. But C3 Consulting Researcher and astute television scholar Jason Mittell has a great piece on Rescue Me as hyper-masculine soap over at his blog, Just TV. I wrote a response there and won't post it in full here, but I point out that daytime serial dramas often manage less realistic and more realistic elements simultaneously in a way that primetime shows cannot, likely due to the much larger cast and the much larger amount of time soaps have to tell their stories.
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I think the problem here is that there are two types of soaps, and often even two types of soap within one particular soap, if that makes any sense. Some characters or storylines focus on the more ludicrous, just the type of thing that you are pointing to here and the kind of story that soaps are stereotyped for-identical twins, constant paternity suits, and so on. But often other characters on those same shows focus on issues like life as a gay teenager, or the struggle with breast cancer, or the affects of Alzheimer's on a family-using soaps as catalysts of social awareness that character-based drama would do particularly well and through characters the audience are intimately familiar with.
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