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It's time for mandatory sentencing for carrying a gun without a license and using it in any crime. Only when they know prison is assured will this gun violence in our city be reduced. Illegally carrying a gun and shootouts are now the norm and culture of our inner-city youth, and we are tired of living in fear.
I pay city taxes, which has always included snow removal. Now the city lets snow and ice be the norm on our side streets. Maybe a little less spent on downtown and statue moving and more to the safety of its citizens and their vehicles.
I am a disillusioned Democrat who has been lied to again by this president. His so-called balanced-approach promise is a lie. More tax revenue and absolutely no cuts in spending. … I pity the next president who inherits this mess and gets the blame for a failed America.
The day after Chicago sets all-time record for murders in a year (500), MSNBC had a related article on its website. No surprise there was not one word about the fact Chicago has one of the most strict, if not the most strict, gun laws in the nation. Liberal media at work!
Seems like an ethics problem that elected officials are invited to attend dinners for free when the volunteers are required to pay for themselves, especially county council members and boards who decide the budgets for the volunteer organization.
To the ranter who said knives don't kill: Too bad you can't ask Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman that question. I believe they would beg to differ.
I mailed four cards with checks in them Dec. 14, and three were torn and checks missing. I am told when the dead-end container is all cleared out, my checks will be returned! Wonder why the (U.S.) Postal Service is in trouble? Thanks for making my Christmas happy!
Shame on the mother who left her baby in the car seat the Saturday before Christmas in the black SUV while she shopped in … the Chapel Ridge Shopping Center. She was very unconcerned of what she did after a person who parked by the vehicle came into the store asking if the person who owned the vehicle was in the store.
Hypocritical Hollywood leftists get paid millions to make very violent, gun-killing movies and then be on an advertisement for more gun control.
I got no kids, so I got no grandkids. I'll be gone by the time America files for bankruptcy. Print, print, print. Spend, spend, spend. You know the old saying, "I can't be broke because I still have checks in the checkbook."
Last month, a Wall Street Journal poll found that 65 percent of Americans, including more than half of Republicans, gave a negative description of the Republican Party. As a Democrat, I still believe we need two (or more) strong political parties because no party is right all the time. If Republicans continue down their nonreflective, obstructionist path, … I fear for the future of our nation.
I love some of the Republican ranters who deride President Obama voters as "low-information." Did you know that Public Policy Polling … recently found that 49 percent of Republican voters believe that ACORN stole the 2012 election for Obama? ACORN was defunct as of 2010!
Al Gore (as all politicians) shows his true … colors. Green ($), and not the green he's been spouting in recent years.
President Obama and Mrs. Clinton need to be held accountable for four U.S. deaths in Libya last September. They should testify before Congress and explain what they were doing during the seven-hour attack … .
A question for the anti-gun people: If armed men are breaking down your door and threatening your family, do you want a large clip or a small clip of ammo for your gun?
The brainiacs in the Indiana Statehouse won't ban assault weapons, but they will ban gay marriage. Just what are they drinking in their coffee? How about a side order of hatred to go along with your drink?
The NRA believes that even people who are on the terror watch list have the constitutional right to buy guns.
Were all Fort Wayne city services shut down Christmas week and New Year's week, or was it just the street department? My street (West Maplegrove Avenue) was an ice rink for a week and a half.
Stopping at … (a local big box retailer), I witnessed the cleaning crew "cleaning" the parking lot. Know how they were doing it? Just blowing the trash away! So why are trash barrels located there?
Why is the gas station open when all of the gas "handles" are bagged and out of order?
Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame. Wake up the echoes. … Oops!
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Although such subpoenas are common in white-collar investigations, they present daunting tasks for companies that are unfamiliar with federal criminal or regulatory inquiries
Activision responds to Noriega lawsuit
In July, Noriega filed suit against Activision in a Los Angeles Supreme Court for the unwarranted use of his name and likeness in the military campaign shooter "Call of Duty: Black Ops 2." The suit contends that Activision intentionally used Noriega's likeness in an effort to shore up profits, and...
Pay close attention to the OFCCP's proposed Equal Pay Report rule
It is likely that the Equal Pay Report will increase the cost of defense in equal pay lawsuits for all employers, not just those covered by the proposed rule.
Knowledge and consistency — Keys to administering the FMLA
An employer should designate one person or group in charge of all FMLA issues and must demand that all employees, at whatever level, immediately send all FMLA issues to that person or group.
Clinical trial data sharing and its potential litigation impact
Clinical trial data sharing has many benefits, and there is momentum within the medical community in support of open access. But open access also will likely increase the amount and complexity of product liability and securities litigation.
DLA Piper team plays part in Kings' new arena
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Kiffin interviews to run Cowboys' defense
Updated 11:19 pm, Thursday, January 10, 2013
Monte Kiffin, one of the most respected defensive coordinators in NFL history, interviewed with the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday and appears to be the front-runner to run Dallas' unit.
The team's website reported that Kiffin, who turns 73 next month, met with owner Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett two days after the Cowboys fired Rob Ryan and could be hired before the end of the week.
Dallas' interest in Kiffin signals a likely switch from a 3-4 alignment to a 4-3, a defense it hasn't used since 2004.
Known as the originator of the famed Tampa Cover 2 scheme, Kiffin was the primary architect of one of the greatest defenses in league history. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers finished in the top 10 in total defense in 11 of Kiffin's 13 years with the club, with two No. 1 rankings, including the 2002 title season.
Twenty-six of Kiffin's 46 seasons as a coach have been in the NFL. Kiffin resigned as assistant head coach/defensive play-caller last month at Southern Cal, where his son Lane is head coach.
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Under Monte Kiffin, Warren Sapp (1999) and Derrick Brooks (2002) won NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards.


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I wasn't brought up to think that dreams are achievable. The grammar school system was smashed away by well-meaning liberals. So I was fucked, packed off to a comprehensive along with all the other bright working-class kids, to be watered down and then shipped out to Asda. So it was a pie-in-the-sky dream. I just kept it ticking over. Do you have strong feelings about schools? What we should've done in the Sixties is fixed the secondary moderns; we made an intellectual error. Bright working-class kids now go to a comprehensive. The value system inverts temporarily: you want to be the most popular, and if the system of value in a secondary school is who is the toughest, that becomes the value system. If you're born in a council flat now to a single mum, you have less chance of getting to Magdalene College than you did in the Sixties. That's fucking awful; that's unacceptable. Did you have a tough time at school? No, because I was funny and it was easy to be popular. 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You won a comedy prize at Edinburgh in 2010. How did that feel? Amazing. I don't have the skill to – I'll use a Forster word – "dissimulate" – otherwise. I wanted to win it and I was obsessed with winning it. The Oxbridge I never got to was all bound up in winning. Do you still get nervous before performing? Put it this way – Imodium could sponsor my tour. Do you consider yourself political? Not really. I'm more sociological than political, more about gender and class and masculinity and femininity and ideas like that. What do you think of the coalition? I hate everything David Cameron's doing with a passion but it's quite refreshing to see someone actually doing something. It's like someone punched me in the face after I've been sat in a room for 20 years. Is religion a part of your life? Not at all. I'm atheist. I don't think I meditate in a Buddhist way, but I take ten minutes each morning to focus on different areas of my brain and make sure they're working. 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Saint Louis University has numerous Research Compliance committees that greatly strengthen the University's ability to maintain effective compliance with policy and regulatory requirements. These committees additionally facilitate researcher's access to the services, information, and assistance, which are provided by compliance committees.
Research Compliance Committees and contact information are provided below:
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC)
The Animal Care Committee provides oversight of all institutional programs and facilities for the care and use of laboratory animals, enhances quality research and teaching, and ensures compliance with all relevant laws and regulations.
Committee Chair: John Chrivia, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Steve Tinge
Institutional Review Board (IRB)
The Institutional Review Board is established to protect the rights and welfare of human research subjects recruited to participate in research activities conducted under the auspices of Saint Louis University. At Saint Louis University, there are three IRBs, two that meet routinely, one ad hoc, that are responsible for reviewing all research involving human subjects for compliance with federally mandated research guidelines.
Committee Chairs: Oleg Kisselev, Ph.D., Joanne Schneider, Ph.D.
Contact Person: Melissa Fink
Conflict of Interest in Research Committee (COIRC)
The Conflict of Interest in Research Committee (COIRC) is committed to advancing research and fostering an entrepreneurial spirit at Saint Louis University while maintaining objectivity and integrity in research. The COIRC provides oversight for COI education, recommends policy, and reviews COI disclosures If a conflicting situation arises that will require management, the COIRC will work in cooperation with the individual to develop and implement an appropriate management plan.
Committee Chair: Theodore Malmstrom, PhD
Contact Person: Libby Tempel
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)
The Institutional Biosafety Committee assesses the safety of research involving biohazardous agents, as well as recombinant DNA research, including human gene transfer trials, and identifies potential risks to public health or the environment.
Committee Chair: Geoffrey Gorse, M.D.
Contact Person: Mark Campbell
Radiation Safety Committee
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Committee Chair: Paul Loewenstein
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Continuing our exploration of PLO's,* this week we're looking at matzo pizza. It's one of those ideas that seems great on paper, but doesn't quite pan out in reality. What you're hoping will happen is that your pizza will come out tasting something like a fresh, homemade version of a Domino's Thin Crust pizza. What really happens is that by the time your cheese is done melting, the sauce has soaked into your thin matzo base, and you end up folding the flaccid objects in half, hovering over the garbage can as you shamefully shovel them into your mouth, all the while hoping that your spouse or officemate don't walk in at the precise moment that the matzo loses all pretense of structural integrity and sheds its fillings over your shirt.**
*That'd be Pizza-Like Objects.
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So how do you prevent this sort of blowout? Simple really. There are only two rules.
First: do not oversauce your matzo. Matzo and cats have one thing in common: they fear liquid. Use only a sparing amount of sauce. Better yet, just use rough chunks of drained canned tomatoes and apply in spots like you would for a grilled pizza.
Second: melt a thin layer of structural cheese onto your matzo before applying your sauce. Just like with French Bread Pizza, this cheese will form a moisture barrier, helping to keep your matzo firm and crisp under even the fiercest of topping onslaughts.
For an extra-crisp, greasy-on-the-bottom Domino's appeal, finish off the pizzas stovetop in a bit of olive oil.
The pizzas are thin and have a tendency to cool down far faster than you'd like them to, so make sure to eat up fast. I have a feeling this won't be a problem.
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Will be announced Wednesday at 11 a.m. PT at www.baseballhall.org. The announcement will be televised live on MLB Network, with Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson delivering the result. ... A live video stream of the announcement will be a carried at baseballhall.org and MLB.com. ... Some ballts are available online at bbwaa.com.
Notable first-timers on ballot
Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Craig Biggio, Sammy Sosa, Curt Schilling, Kenny Lofton.
Notable holdovers
Dale Murphy (15th and final year on ballot), Jack Morris (14th), Alan Trammell (12th), Lee Smith (11th), Mark McGwire (seventh), Tim Raines (sixth), Edgar Martinez (fourth), Jeff Bagwell (third).
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Umpire Hank O'Day, Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert and 19th Century player Deacon White were elected by the Pre-Integration Committee during the Winter Meetings in December. .. Ford C. Frick Award winner Tom Cheek and 2013 Spink Award winner Paul Hagen also will be honored during Induction Weekend.
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Pirates considering Locke for Monday spot start
PITTSBURGH -- Jeff Locke's return to the PNC Park mound could be only a couple days away. Due to Thursday's late afternoon doubleheader, the Pirates will need a spot starter for Monday against the Giants -- unless they want to bring back either Charlie Morton or Brandon Cumpton on short rest.
That's not going to happen, even though Morton, who has started once on three days' rest, features the sinker ball, a pitch said to become more effective when thrown with a slightly-tired arm. However, he is less than a year into his comeback from Tommy John surgery, so the Bucs are not going to push him.
Locke started Thursday night for Triple-A Indianapolis at Pawtucket, but was removed after two innings.
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said the club is "possibly" considering the 2013 National League All-Star for the Monday night assignment.
"It's giving us another option to look towards," Hurdle said of Locke's early hook. "But it's far from having been decided."
Locke has hardly been doing irresistible work with the Indians. In four starts, including the abbreviated outing, he has allowed 12 earned runs and 24 hits in 19 innings, with five walks and 17 strikeouts.
Tom Singer is a reporter for MLB.com and writes an MLBlog Change for a Nickel. He can also be found on Twitter @Tom_Singer. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Punjab Education Commission (PEC) is an authoritative body responsible for conducting 5th and 8th class examination. PEC has been set by the Punjab Government to arrange Exams for both 5th and 8th class in Punjab Province. It conducts exams for assessment of students by their institutes and respective boards. 5th class result 2012 of Faisalabad would be declared on March 31, 2012. PEC conducted the 5th class exams of Faisalabad board in February 2012.
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Williams learned plenty while playing for Buck
WASHINGTON -- Nationals manager Matt Williams faced off against his former skipper, Buck Showalter, Monday night as Washington opened a four-game, home-and-home set against the Orioles at Nationals Park.
Williams said Showalter -- who managed the D-backs from 1998 to 2000 while Williams was a member of the team -- taught him a great deal about the art of running a baseball game. The greatest lesson Williams learned during his time as a player in Arizona regarded Showalter's unwavering courage when it came to unorthodox decisions. And he pointed to one example that exemplified this rare and crucial trait.
The D-backs were facing the Giants in San Francisco on May 28, 1998. In the ninth inning, Arizona was on the field with a two-run lead, the bases loaded and slugger Barry Bonds at the plate. Showalter opted to walk Bonds on four pitches and bring home a run to cut the lead to one.
Showalter trusted that reliever Gregg Olson would retire the next batter even though his decision meant the D-backs could fall behind with just one single. Olson did his job and Arizona won the ballgame.
"It takes a great deal of intestinal fortitude to do something like that," Williams said. "What [Showalter] showed in that regard is that he had confidence in our pitching staff, he had confidence in our defense and he had confidence that that guy on the mound would get the next guy out."
Williams, a first-year manager, said there have been several times this season where a situation has developed on the field and he's recalled the approach Showalter used in a similar position more than a decade ago in Arizona.
"He was the most prepared manager I ever played for," Williams said. "This was back in a time when we didn't necessarily have the matchup sheets that showed what this particular guy is against that particular pitcher for his career. … But Buck always was prepared for any situation."
Daniel Popper is an associate reporter for MLB.com. He also can be found on Twitter @danielrpopper. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Every day this week, starting tomorrow, our sports pages will feature a number of stories about the Tour de France's visit to Essex, with Maldon man Alex Dowsett set to play a starring role in this year's race.
What you can expect in this week's sports pages.
Analysis from this weekend's British Cycling National Road Race and Time-Trial Championships, including interviews with the local riders.
An extended analysis piece from local rider and bike store owner Jason White, including a five-minute video of the tour route through Essex, with local vantage points and what to expect.
We visit Cafe Knead at the Blue Egg, in Braintree - a regular haunt of Alex Dowsett, Mark Cavendish, Russell Hampton and cyclists countywide - to speak with the owners about how they cater for the riders (plus we do a taste test!)
An extended interview with Alex Dowsett about his hopes and dreams for the next month.
Plus we dissect the route for you - with a guide on who to watch/ where to watch We will also be on the packed streets on the day, giving you first-hand coverage of what is the biggest sporting event to hit the county this year.
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A local history project focusing on two important communities in Bradford and Keighley is looking for people to get involved.
West Yorkshire Joint Services, in partnership with Bradford Council, is about to start its My Place initiative, focusing on the local heritage of two neighbourhoods in the district, as well as the people, places and memories that make up the richness of those communities.
It has been supported by funding from the Heritage Lottery Fund, to enable the project to use two local 'hubs' – Bolling Hall, Bradford, and Cliffe Castle, Keighley.
Young people from more than 20 neighbouring schools will explore the history of their localities and communities through the study and use of historical and archival sources, historic buildings and landscapes, hands-on archaeological excavations and historical interpretation drama workshops.
As part of a two-year programme, with schools and community activities running until July 2014, there will be a range of workshops, archaeological excavations, celebration events and exhibitions promoting the work. The sessions will be focusing on the non-physical heritage of memories, identity, examining changes and developments in the community, as well as the physical heritage of historic buildings, archaeology sites, museums collections and archives where they will be asking for community involvement and participation.
Community organisations have already offered themselves as volunteers, with the opportunity of learning new skills including researching and interpreting community heritage, oral history reminiscence interviews and recording and archaeological excavation and recording techniques, as well as event and project management.
However, the My Place project is also looking for local residents to get involved. They could be part of the team of volunteers sharing their experience about growing up or working in the local community, digging with the young people at one of the summer's excavations or learning how to curate, preserve and archive finds, documents and local history.
Graham Hebblethwaite, chief officer of West Yorkshire Joint Services, said: "This project provides an excellent opportunity not only to engage the young residents of Bradford and Keighley with their past, but also to encourage them to consider how they can ensure our shared heritage is preserved for the future."
Bradford councillor Val Slater, chairman of the archives, archaeology and trading standards committee, said: "This project is a wonderful initiative to encourage the young people and local residents to engage with their heritage and communities.
"The more we understand about our local history, the more we can learn to appreciate it and ensure it is there for future generations to discover and enjoy. If you're interested in local history, have memories you'd love to share with young people, want to learn new skills and experience activities such as real life archaeology excavations, then we need you."
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03-10-2008 09:48 AM - last edited on 08-21-2008 01:42 PM by Support
Note (August 2008): Thanks to all of the users who have provided feedback on these proposals. At this time, NI is likely to proceed with the proposed LabVIEW API to access system directories. However, NI has suspended plans to implement the proposed changes to the LabVIEW directory structure. The proposed LabVIEW directory changes originated internally based on anticipated demand for NI to adhere to Microsoft Vista's directory recommendations. Since imposing a new directory structure impacts Alliance members and many of our other customers, we have decided to suspend these changes until there is a greater customer demand.
After reading over the proposed directory changes, what concerns do you have? What changes are you interested in learning more about? Are you concerned about any specific use cases being considered as part of the proposed directory changes?
various directories under <LabVIEW Application Data>To:
<LabVIEW User Documents>\PluginsCan you go into any more detail on the <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins folder sub-structure and functionality as it would relate to specific directories and functionality currently under <LabVIEW Application Data>? For example, the section mentions the LabVIEW/project folder (which adds Tools>> menu-launch items). However, it does not state exactly how this will look under the new Plugins directory.
<LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins
And, here are some specific questions:
- <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins\Menu-Launch (menu-launch items subfolders go here)
- <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins\Menu-Launch\File (File>> menu-launch items)
- <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins\Menu-Launch\Help (Help>> menu-launch items and help documentation)
- <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins\Menu-Launch\Tools (Tools>> menu-launch items)
- <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins\Menu-Launch\Edit (Edit>> menu-launch items)
- <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins\Menu-Launch\Window (Window>> menu-launch items)
- <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins\Menu-Launch\Browse (Browse>> menu-launch items)
- <LabVIEW Public Documents>\Plugins\Call-backs (all of the call-back items that are currently in the LabVIEW/resource/plugins folder)
- Others?
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|Default Data Directory
|Per-user directory for version-independent files containing program output data (e.g., LVM files).
|Default Data Directory
|C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW <ver>
I'll respond re: the plugins directory later. Right now I'd like to comment on the "Default Data Directory" and "Default Directory". These are two separate file constants. I have two mistakes in the tables -- I mistakenly called the "Default Data Directory" the "LabVIEW Data Directory". I also mistakenly call the "Default Directory" the "Default Data Directory" in one of the tables. Yikes! I'll fix this tomorrow in the published document.
Part of the reason I'm suggesting we get rid of one (the Default Directory), is because it is easy to confuse the two....
The original intended use of the "Default Data Directory" is the default save location for the output of Express VIs like the Write to Measurement File VI. I still believe that for the Express user, that we should have a default save location and it should be under the User's directory. Hence, I'm proposing we keep the "Default Data Directory".
I am in total agreement on this. Labview's default data directory has always been problematic, and I am glad you are taking this on. I think it's fine if you deprecate a folder, but I'm not sure why it would be included as an option in your new API.
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The original intended use of the "Default Data Directory" is the default save location for the output of Express VIs like the Write to Measurement File VI. I still believe that for the Express user, that we should have a default save location and it should be under the User's directory. Hence, I'm proposing we keep the "Default Data Directory".On the other hand, the "Default Directory" has all sorts of problems. As pointed out, User files should never be written to the Program Files directory. So, the current description and current disk location are at odds with future plans to disperse files to directories based on user access. So, I suggest deprecating the "Default Directory" constant.Thanks for catching the mistake.- Noel
Noel wrote:The reason that these two directory constants need to be discussed as part of this overall LabVIEW directory change game plan is because both return paths that relate to the current LabVIEW usage. And, hence, people want to know how these path constants are impacted.
As far as I'm concerned, there is no good reason for its continued existance except to support backward compatibility for someone who probably doesn't realize there are better choices that are self-documenting.
Right, but LV will still be supporting the old primitives which returned those paths (for compatibility). I'm suggesting you don't allow the new directory API to return those paths, so that no one is tempted to keep using them in new code.
Noel wrote:After the directory reorganization, the intent is for the Default Data Directory ( User Documents/LabVIEW Data) to be the default location for data files like .lvm files. The plan is for features that currently use this directory for application files, such as Auto Save, Error Logs, etc -- to move their files to a version-specific directory under the User Application Data directory.
So did you understand what I was getting at?
The current behavior of LabVIEW can be illustrated with the following steps.
Most new programmers and new users just use the folders LV suggests, so they tend to store their data and source code in the same folders, which I think is terrible. My point is that you can make this API which is nifty, but since most people just use the dialog boxes, you are not going to get 'correct' behavior unless you fix the file dialog start path at the same time.
- Make a new VI, and drop Write to Text File on the diagram, with some ordinary text input.
- Save the VI somewhere.
- Run the VI. The file dialog box will start in the same folder where you saved the VI. (I think this is just terrible)
- Save the text file in some other folder
- Create a new VI
- Save the new VI. The "Name the VI" file dialog box will start in the same folder where you saved the text file (I think this is just terrible).
When I say "most people" etc. I mean that as a consultant I have seen many different labview programs by many people, and it is somewhat rare for novice programmers to wire in a path at all (if wired, it's almost always a path constant, which I'm sure you've noticed too).


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Dental Anesthesia
Why would local anesthetic not work?
My daughter had a tooth extracted and after 3 times the normal dose of local anesthetic still felt the procedure 100% and walked away with none of the normal numb face or lips and could talk normally. As we all know we usually walk away looking somewhat like a stroke victim (for use of better descriptive) and talking is a struggle to say the least. My daughter has been through chemotherapy and 3 surgeries to remove astrocytoma from her spinal chord, so she is no stranger to pain. When she tells me she felt pain I believe her. Are there any other cases where locals had no effect or anything else that could be related suggesting why my daughter had to be subjected to this pain due to disbelief anything could be felt after such a high dose was administered?
Sorry for the delay in replying, but I was out of the country giving general anesthesia for Healing the Children.
There are a number of reasons local anesthesia may not work. Especially in the lower jaw, the anatomy is variable for the place the anesthetic needs to be deposited. Sometimes, the solution does not go where it should. At times, there are extra nerves that go to the tooth, again, especially in the lower jaw. And lastly, a tooth that is abscessed may not be adequately anesthetized due to changes in nerve conduction by the tooth and even in the central nervous system. It is unlikely the astrocytoma has any connection to this.
Also, the dentist probably did not give three times the normal dose but three injections. Three times the normal dose may lead to local anesthetic toxicity.
I also believe you daughter was in pain based on your report. It may be that the next time, the anesthetic will be in exactly the right place. If this was the lower jaw and your daughter does not have lip and tongue numbness, then the procedure should be cancelled and I suggest you consult with a pediatric dentist who specialized in treating children.
I wish you daughter good health with all of her concerns.
Steven I Ganzberg, SB, DMD, MS
Formerly, Clinical Professor of Dentistry
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The Federal Reserve today announced its intention to replace the expiring "operation twist" with a new round of open-ended purchases of U.S. Treasuries by an equal amount monthly.
The U.S. Treasury market initially sold off on the announcement, which sent yields on the 10- and 30-year issues up by about 3 and 5 basis points, respectively. This appears to be an immediate example of "buy the rumor, sell the fact" as the size of the new program is what was widely anticipated.
But on a longer-term basis, the Fed is now committed to buying $40 billion of mortgage backed securities monthly and $45 billion worth of U.S. Treasuries monthly, both of which should force Treasury yields and mortgage rates lower.
According to the Fed's press release "these actions should maintain downward pressure on longer-term interest rates, support mortgage markets, and help to make broader financial conditions more accommodative."
There is a key word in the federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press release from today that was not in the September 13 2012 press release announcing the implementation of QE3 and the intention to purchase $40 billion of mortgage backed securities monthly. That word is "initially," which I think it's important.
In the announcement today the Fed stated: "The Committee also will purchase longer-term Treasury securities after its program to extend the average maturity of its holdings of Treasury securities is completed at the end of the year, initially at a pace of $45 billion per month."
My immediate impression is that the Fed is leaving itself room to increase the size of these purchases without having to announce a change in policy or another round of QE with the determination to do being predicated on the performance of the QE3.
About 58% of all securities held by banks today are in the form of mortgage backed securities, with about 6.5% in U.S. Treasuries, 7.5% in U.S. government agency debt, 8.5% in state and municipal debt, 12% in foreign debt and 8% in non-real estate related asset backed securities.
The Fed is steering the banks into making more mortgage loans at lower rates and encouraging them to redeploy the income from selling these loans to the Fed into more productive loans and securities and away from retaining mortgage backed securities and Treasuries.
There is nothing new in this, but the banks have so far opted to reinvest income from the origination and sale of mortgages back into mortgage backed securities rather than into new and non-securitized loans or into asset backed securities. There are signs that this forced search for yield has produced results as bank holdings of state and municipal debt have increased from about $160 billion to $250 billion in the past three years.
There has been little change in bank holdings of asset backed securities or loans originated and held as portfolio investments. The bottom line is that the Fed is now embarking on a program of driving yields on the safest investments so low that banks will have to start lending into the productive economy again. The wording in today's press release makes clear that the Fed is ready to accelerate the process of driving Treasury yields and mortgage rates down even faster if it decides to.


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Earl Fowlkes grew up in the New Jersey suburbs outside Philadelphia and rooted for the Phillies, but his father and grandfather were die-hard Dodgers fans. Why? Jackie Robinson. "I grew up knowing more about Jackie Robinson than any other player," Fowlkes said, "because they talked to me about him all the time."
Today, Fowlkes is the president and CEO of the Center for Black Equity, a Washington-based umbrella group for national African-American gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender organizations across the United States and Canada. He was on his way to the office Monday morning when he heard on the radio, in between reports on Tim Tebow's release from the Jets, the news that the Wizards' Jason Collins came out of the closet in a Sports Illustrated article.
Fowlkes knew what that meant to him, other gay sports fans of his generation and younger, and to the entire LGBT community.
"Jason, whatever team he goes to—and I'm a Lakers fan—I'm gonna support that team," he said by phone Monday afternoon. "Whatever team he goes to, he'll be a little, miniature Jackie Robinson. Whether they're basketball fans or not, we have to step up to support him.
"He's the first one," he continued, growing more excited. "He's gonna be abused—not on the same scale, hopefully—but he's our Jackie Robinson. Number 98—knowing how the LGBT community is, they're gonna be wearing his shirt. We have to. We don't get many people like that.
"In fact, I might go down to the Wizards store right now to look for one."
MATTINGLY: Collins' announcement a 'Jackie Robinson type thing'
As of Monday afternoon, a Wizards jersey bearing Collins' name and number would have to be special-ordered. And, as Fowlkes pointed out, Collins is a free agent, one who wasn't a sure thing to be signed for next season even before his historic first-person announcement.
Little of that matters now, Fowlkes said, to him or to gay men and women of all ages who either hungered for an active player to cross that threshold, or who have only the most passing knowledge of sports.
"There are misconceptions about us and sports, that we really don't like sports, that we only like to go to the bars," Fowlkes said. "But I can have a sports party, watching games, and have 25 people over. I'd have no problem filling up my house with fans who are LGBTs." (In a Q&A in the Washington Blade newspaper in 2010, he said that the stereotype that annoys him most is, "Gay men can't play sports.")
Yet within the wider universe of gay people—as well as in the subset of African-American gay men—Collins' announcement packs just as big a punch.
"There are young gay men and boys, gay people, period, athletes and non-athletes," he said, "who are looking at themselves a little bit differently in the mirror today, because Jason Collins made the decision to step out and be who he is."
DEVENEY: A day that was years in the making
Coincidentally, Fowlkes said, he is forming a sports-specific group of his organization, which he founded in 1999 as the International Federation of Black Pride and organized African-American-centric versions of the annual gay pride festivities around the country. He already has brought his causes to the political and entertainment worlds: He once served on President Obama's LGBT advisory committee, and last year brokered a truce with rapper Wale, who had to reverse himself after canceling a scheduled performance at the D.C. Black Pride festivities.
Collins' coming out, so suddenly and unexpectedly, boosts his and other gay activists' efforts on multiple levels, Fowlkes pointed out. It's crucial that Collins is still active instead of retired, he said, and that Collins is American born, raised and educated. That connects him more strongly to this culture and its subcultures than did former NBA center John Amaechi (American born to a Nigerian father and raised in England), who had been retired for four years before coming out in 2007.
"You can't discount him. He's from our community," said Fowlkes, who added, "This is one of the most important things that's happened to the black LGBT community since President Obama came out in support of marriage equity. The shift among our people has been phenomenal— if the president of the United States says it's OK, then it must be all right.
"This can be even more earth-shattering ... It's sports, and it's basketball. People will be talking about it in the barber shops. People will be talking about it during the NBA playoffs this weekend. They'll be talking about this for the next several weekends, for a long, long time."
REACTIONS: Kobe, others supportive | Dolphins' Wallace negative | Stanford solidarity
The impact wasn't lost on non-sports followers in the community, confirmed David Mariner, executive director of the D.C. Center for the LGBT community who acknowledged he doesn't pay a lot of attention to sports.
"It's always important when anyone comes out and lives their truth and reality,'' Mariner said, "so I'm incredibly happy for him and wish him the best." He also resides in an ideal city in which to come out—something Collins pointed out in his Sports Illustrated story, saying that being traded from the Celtics to the Wizards in February played a role ("the political significance of coming out sunk in," Collins said).
"There are always issues affecting the LGBT community here in D.C.," Mariner said, "revolving around hate crimes, violence, discrimination and the like. So whoever comes out as gay and proud has our support, and they make things much better for all."
Mariner wasn't aware of the significance of Collins' number choice, which he'd actually kept from the public until the article. When Fowlkes saw the reason, it struck him immediately: it recognized the infamous murder of Matthew Shepard in 1998.
That, Fowlkes said, is why he envisioned "98" taking on the significance for future generations as "42" does today.
"I know a lot of people who are into sports," he said, "people who have said, 'I was a Phillies or Eagles fan before I knew I was gay, even before I knew I was black, and I didn't want to give that part of my life up.' "
The blending of multiple forces—acceptance into mainstream society, into sports culture, into African-American life and all the combinations thereof—has Fowlkes eager with anticipation, albeit with concern and even some dread. But that comes from the seismic shift at hand.
"This is about black pride, too. I'm proud as a black man," he said. "We're always doing it for everybody else. Rosa Parks didn't just do what she did for black people, she did it for all people who were oppressed. Jackie Robinson didn't just open the door for black people, he did it for Latinos, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, all dark-skinned people, Japanese, all Asians, everybody."
The leap from 1940s baseball, to 1950s Jim Crow buses, to the NBA in 2013 was an easy one for Fowlkes. "This," he said, "changes everything forever."
PHOTO GALLERY: Openly gay athletes


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Another loss, another game. I feel a flashback to last year.
Enemy blog: Check out Wazzupwitchu or St. Louis Game Time
Both teams can't score. Both teams lost in a shutout last game, us to the Wings and the Blues to the Hawks. St. Louis (14-13-5) is considered consistantly inconsistant, the Lightning, well they've been consistantly losing.
This is the only time these two teams will meet this year and right now both teams need the win. The Lightning have lost the last 6 in a row and tonight is a game that we could actually stop the slide.
Steve Downie is questionable tonight, but his injury hasn't been ruled a concussion yet. Hedman on the other hand, took part in the optional skate this morning, which means he could fit his foot is a skate, so it is likely that he will play tonight. Krajicek has been assigned to play in Norfolk, which will take his cap hit off of the Lightning salary cap. And Matt Walker returns to face his former team.
Line-up Notes:
- Krajicek has been assigned to Norfolk
"That's a fellow Swede". Oh and we lost the game 3-0.
Wing fans are are more interested the blogger tiff between the Chief at A2Y and Buddha at Hockey Wilderness, to even care about this game. To them, this is a "must not lose" game, and if I was a Wings fan I would feel the same way.
Enemy blog: Check out Babcock's Death Stare, Nightmare on Helm Street or The Triple Deke
The Lightning (11-13-9) are currently looking like the team we saw last year, which was a team that looked like they didn't know how to win. Tocchet's move of benching Tanguay and Halpern and having two defensemen as forwards ultimately backfired, so we'll have to see what he does tonight. The only positive thing that has come out of the last few games is Stamkos and Lecavalier's scoring.
The Wings (17-11-5) have won the last 3 games even though their team is decimated with injuries: Andreas Lilja (concussion, out indefinitely), Johan Franzen (knee, out four-six months), Valtteri Filppula (wrist, out eight weeks), Jason Williams (leg, out eight weeks), Dan Cleary (shoulder, out four weeks), Darren Helm (wrist, day-to-day), Niklas Kronwall (knee, out four-eight weeks) and Jonathan Ericsson.
It's amazing that they can still win these days with those injuries, not that it will help the Lightning in any way. The Lightning need to find a way to win as a team, the opposing team right now is the least of their worries.
Hedman left practice with a sore left foot/ankle the other day after being hit by one of Foster's shots. He'll probably play, but he was seen limping around according to Cristodero. Updated, see line up notes
Line-up Notes:
- Mike Smith most likely to start
- Victor Hedman is a game time decision
Maybe there was a reason that this game wasn't on TV.
The score doesn't actually convey the drubbing that the Lightning took tonight.
The Lightning website didn't even post a recap, no, they posted the tweets that were made about the game. That's WEAK. At least get some AP guy to write your recap based on the boxscore, posting your team twitter messages is just plan lazy or cheap.
So the game:
After a goal from Smithson, both Stamkos and Lecavalier scored in the 1st period. Lecavalier scored on the powerplay no less. When was the last time this happened? I can't even remember, has that even happened this season? The Lightning have a LEAD going in to the 2nd period.
Then sh-ts the fan. Nashville has 5 unanswered goals in the 2nd period. FIVE.
Needless to say, there was a goalie change from Niitymaki to Smith, how did that go?
Foster gets a goal early in the 3rd to start a possible comeback, but seriously it's 6-2 at this point, anyways his goal makes it 6-3. Lecavalier gets his second goal of the night making it 6-4. Erat finishes it off with one last goal making it 7-4.
All of the goals for the Predators were scored by different players: Smithson, Legwand, Jones, Hornqvist, Dumont, Hamhuis and Erat.no comments
How important is this game to the NHL? Not very since they are not airing it on tv in either locale.
Enemy blog: Check out On the Forecheck for the only Predators blog I know of
Tocchet is mixing things up again! He's sending a message! He's benching Alex Tanguay, Jeff Halpern and Todd Fedoruk. Wow. Not wow on Fedoruk, but on the benching of Tanguay and Halpern. Apparently Halperns scratch was not based on play but "rather something between player and coach, he didn't elaborate". That tweet from Erik Erlendsson didn't clear up anything for me, just ask more questions of what happened between the player and coach? Oh the drama!
The Lightning will be dressing 8 defensemen tonight, with the 4th line being Hale, Konopka and Foster. Lecavalier is also moving to wing on the 2nd line.
For the Predators Pekka Rinne will be in net, who has been strong with a record of 13-3-2 in his last 18 starts. Marty Erat has been on a tear, with six goals in the last six games.
Line-up Notes:
- Niitymaki is in net
- Tanugay, Halpern and Fedoruk is scratched
- Blair Jones is recalled from the Admirals again
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Just some quick thoughts about some rumblings and other Lightning stuff
Lecavalier rumblings
- Last week Pierre Lebrun talked about how Vinny hasn't looked like the Vinny we have come to expect. I really think he hit the nail on the head when he wrote "His coach doesn't seem to know how to use him. It's just a bad fit right now.", which to me is completely true. Lebrun doesn't say that he's gonna be traded like right now, but that Vinny will have to evaluate his future in some point over the next 12 months.
- Elliotte Friedman then commented on Lebrun's comments, saying that "Lecavalier simply does not trust Lightning management/ownership after everything that happened last year. No matter what anyone connected with that franchise says - number four was available for trade." Gainey even came out at his end of the year press conference commenting about the possible trade talks that he says were made public by the Lightning.
- Friedman also reminded us that Brian Lawton's contract is up after this year.
- In Friedman's 30 thoughts this week #12: Know there was a lot of debate about Vincent Lecavalier following last week's column. Don't think any trade would happen during the season. After this year is over, I'd expect there will be some kind of sitdown. If the same management group is in place, he would be willing to explore trade options.
Interesting stuff that is going behind the scenes for the Lightning. The Lecavalier contract was one of the first things announced as OK Hockey took over the team, the announcement was a big show for the fans saying to them that they were going to keep the superstar in Tampa for a very long time. A show of good faith to the fans from the new owners, but I get the feeling that a lot of things were promised to Vinny to get him to feel comfortable to sign an 11 year deal, commiting as a Lightning for life. I think the general expectation would be that he would play for another 7 years or so, then maybe move upstairs into the Lightning office. But now here we are with after completing a losing season, and are now in the midst the start of what looks like another losing season, Lecavalier will need to re-evaluate where the team is headed and if that is the direction he wants to go in his career.
It's not like he can't be moved, I know that teams would want him. Personally I could see him fitting in LA maybe? But really, with the NTC, it's really up to him where he wants to play. Dany Heatley demonstrated that when he got the move to the Sharks this past summer, with a gigantic contract and a move to a team that he wanted. Sure the Heatley trade rumours could have been handled better, but in the end the trade happened. Depending on how the rest of the season goes, and what direction the team may take which we will see depending on who the GM will be next year, those factors will influence Lecavalier's decision.
Will we see him move now? No probably not.
There were 3 players in contention for cracking the Team Canada roster: Lecavalier, St. Louis and Stamkos. How many of them will actually be announced on the roster? Maybe none. Lecavalier is playing in a funk, and according to Jeff Marek on the Kurtenblog radio show a couple weeks ago, it was said that Lecavalier was not high as a favorite on Yzerman's list due to his 2 way style of play. St. Louis has not been playing well either with only 5 goals so far and is sitting at a -5. And Stamkos has just been playing himself off of the team over the last few games, no goals, no assists in 5 games and a -2. So maybe there will be no Lightning players on the Canadian Olympic team? They only have a few more days if they want to impress Yzerman and Lowe before the roster announcement.
The Management
Brian Lawton came out and said this to the media today:
"I have complete confidence in the group," Lawton said. "At some point everybody in that room recognizes and understands that this business, everything around it, is predicated on winning. But as far as my confidence level in the group, I have tremendous confidence in the guys there. They've just got to get the job done. They realize that. I'm not saying anything that they're not aware of."-St. Petersburg Times
But then, what else is Lawton going to say? Tocchet tried the player trashing to the media earlier in the year, and from what I observed, it didn't really work. Not being behind your players probably doesn't help their trade value either. Must have been a slow news day if this was the only thing that was in the Lightning news today.
The roster freeze start this Saturday, so if there are any moves to be made it will be done soon.no comments
The Lightning were shut out by Niemi tonight and by the end of it, the game was embarrassing to watch.
The Hawks were looking to come out of their scoring slump and they did ever. Patrick Kane opened up the scoring in the 1st period, followed by goals from Eager and Hossa in the 2nd and Toews in the 3rd. Kane left the game during the 1st period and never came back.


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The R-C Morning Report for July 29
July 29, 2014
Two fires are burning in Yosemite National Park, which have forced closures of areas in the vicinity and threaten the towns of El Portal and Foresta. The El Portal fire is at 2,600 acres and has claimed a structure. The Dark Hole fire is at 590 acres. We may see drift smoke after the present weather pattern clears out.
A landscaper who was sent to prison for taking jewelry from homes he was working on is scheduled to appear in Douglas District Court today. Cesar Dominic Hartman, 24, is out on parole and is to set up a payment plan today for the $9,427 loss to the victims.
I got .12 inches of rain in Genoa last night, but I see from poking around other rain gauges that the rest of the Valley didn't see too much precipitation. Expect scattered thunderstorms today after noon. The high is expected to hit 85 degrees under otherwise partly cloudy skies.


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Toronto Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos addressed nearly all of his offseason goals with one epic deal Tuesday.
Pending league approval, the Blue Jays will receive shortstop Jose Reyes, starting pitchers Mark Buehrle and Josh Johnson, infielder/outfielder Emilio Bonifacio and catcher John Buck from the Marlins. In return, Miami will get shortstop Yunel Escobar, righthander Henderson Alvarez, catcher Jeff Mathis and a package of prospects.
Now the new members of the Blue Jays' roster just need to know who their manager will be. Toronto lost manager John Farrell to the Boston Red Sox last month and remains the only major league team without a manager.
Pitching coach Bruce Walton expressed a ton of excitement about the blockbuster trade Tuesday night, though he isn't even sure if he will be on the coaching staff when the 2013 season begins.
"When I first heard about the trade I just heard about Reyes and thought 'that's a great addition to the lineup,' " Walton told the Toronto Sun. "Then, later, when I heard that Buehrle and Johnson were part of the deal I was kind of speechless. I though, 'Man, that's cool!' And then to get John Buck and I have a great relationship with him and that was a nice feeling too."
The Linemakers: Blue Jays' World Series odds improve
Among the former major league managers who have been linked to the Blue Jays: Jim Tracy, Manny Acta, Larry Bowa, Tony Pena, Mike Hargrove, Art Howe and Don Wakamatsu (Toronto's bench coach).
One name that can be crossed off the list: former Blue Jays and Atlanta Braves manager Bobby Cox. The Blue Jays did call Cox to gauge his interest but Cox said he plans to stay retired, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Other potential managerial candidates: Cleveland Indians bench coach Sandy Alomar, Baltimore Orioles third base coach DeMarlo Hale, Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach Tim Wallach, Arizona Diamondbacks third base coach Matt Williams, San Francisco Giants bench coach Ron Wotus, New York Yankees third base coach Rob Thomson and Texas Rangers third base coach Dave Anderson.
Anthopoulos recently said he plans to have a manager in place by the start of the winter meetings (Dec. 3-6).
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Arizona Game and Fish officials are analyzing a recent trail camera photo of either a jaguar or ocelot sighted southeast of Tucson.
The photo was taken Sept. 23 and submitted by a sportsman. It includes only the tail and a small portion of a hind quarter of the animal, making positive identification more difficult, they say.
Game and Fish is consulting with outside experts about the photo to better identify the species.
Four of the last five confirmed jaguar sightings in Arizona have been reported by hunters.
Sportsmen also provided Game and Fish with two sets of trail camera photos of an ocelot in Tucson's Huachuca Mountains last year.
Jaguars have been protected in the United States since 1997. Ocelots have been under the federal Endangered Species Act since 1982.


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But while the contract between the city and the 580 employees represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU), Local 521, received both the union members' and council's blessings, a new contract with a police labor group had to be imposed unilaterally by the city Monday.
The SEIU contract is the latest step in the city's four-year effort to control rapidly rising pension and health care costs that are consuming a greater part of the city budget. Pension expenses have tripled in the past decade and medical expenditures have more than doubled, according to the city. The drive to curb these costs has been contentious in the past, particularly in 2009 when the city unilaterally imposed on the SEIU a contract that established a second pension tier for new employees, one based on a less generous formula.
The new contract, which the council voted 8-0 to adopt (Vice Mayor Greg Scharff was absent) includes further reforms, including a requirement that workers pay the entire "employee share" of their contribution to the California Public Employees' Retirement System. The "employee" contribution, which ranges between 7 percent and 8 percent of the salary, was formerly picked up entirely by the city. In exchange for the increased contributions, the city granted SEIU employees a cost-of-living increase of 1.65 percent. Also, pensions will also now be calculated based on the worker's three highest years of salary rather than on the single highest year, as has been the practice.
The contract also requires the SEIU employees to contribute 10 percent toward health care costs, with the city paying the remaining 90 percent. In the past, the city absorbed the entire cost. It also eliminates one of the SEIU members' three floating holidays.
The contract was reached after 14 meetings between March and July 5.
Mayor Yiaway Yeh praised the negotiation process, saying it "highlighted the ability of negotiations to unfold on a constructive timeframe."
"It shows that there was a lot of really good-faith discussions that occurred," Yeh said.
The SEIU's acceptance of the city's proposed pension and health care reforms follows similar concessions made by Palo Alto's fire and police unions.
The city had less luck with the city's Police Managers Association, which is made up of two police captains and five lieutenants. The group agreed to most of the city's proposals, including its implementation of a second pension tier for new employees. Employees in this tier would fall under the "3 percent at 55" formula (3 percent of salary for every year served, with retirement at age 55), and the pension amount would be based on the average of three highest years. Current employees would keep the existing "3 percent at 50" formula, and their pensions would continue to be based on the single highest year. Police managers also agreed to have active employees contribute 10 percent toward health care costs.
But the sides hit an impasse when it came to health care contributions for retirees. Much like the Palo Alto Police Officers Association, which represents most of the officers in the department, the managers rejected the city's attempt to have retirees pay 10 percent of their medical costs. Unlike the larger police union, the managers group did not request that the city proceed with a fact-finding procedure to resolve the issue in dispute.
With the managers union not moving on the issue of retirees' health care contributions, the City Council on Monday voted 8-0, with Scharff absent, to impose these conditions unilaterally. Officials noted in the report that the police managers group issued several proposals but that none of these proposals required retirees to pay for health care.
"The city rejected those proposals on the basis that the city seeks a consistent and equitable approach to structural change in the retiree medical benefit and exempting one unit of highly paid managers from modest cost share does not meet the City's philosophical or economic goals," Human Resources Director Kathryn Shen stated in a report.
Though Councilman Greg Schmid called it "unfortunate" that the city wasn't able to agree on every issue with the police managers group, he agreed that the city should go forward with imposing the conditions. The city and the union have already met 28 times but could not reach an agreement.


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instructor may hold a final examination nor require the submission
of a take-home final exam except during the period in which
final examinations are scheduled; when necessary, exceptions
to this policy may be granted for postponed examinations
(see 3 and 4 below). No final examinations may be scheduled
during the last week of classes or on reading days.
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on any calendar day during the period in which final examinations
are scheduled. If more than two are scheduled, the student
may postpone the middle exam. If a take-home final exam is
due on a day when two final examinations are scheduled, the
take-home exam shall be postponed by one day.
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or because more than two examinations are scheduled in the
same day, may be taken at another time during the final examinations
period if the faculty member and student can agree on that
time. Otherwise, they must be taken during the official period
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official periods: the first week of the spring and fall semesters.
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to take a postponed exam. Instructors in all courses must
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instructor may change the time or date of a final exam without
permission from the appropriate dean.
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instructor may increase the time allowed for a final exam
beyond the scheduled two hours without permission from the
appropriate dean.
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classes (excluding review sessions) may be held during the
reading period.
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students must be allowed to see their final examination.
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semester after the exam has been given.
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Security numbers may not be used to post grades, either in
hard copy or electronically. Instructors may not publicly
display a student&'s Penn ID or any portion of the Social
Security number, nor use name, initials, or any personally
identifiable information to post grades. Even when an identifier
is masked or absent, grades may not be posted in alphabetical
order, to protect student privacy.
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with their dean&'s offices. Finally, the Council of Undergraduate
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This example shows how to use Hadoop Streaming to count the number of times that words occur within a text collection. Hadoop streaming allows one to execute MapReduce programs written in languages such as Python, Ruby and PHP.
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To count the occurrence of words we need a map function that iterates through its input emitting word, count pairs. We can implement this in Python as
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In order to run a Hadoop Streaming job with Amazon Elastic MapReduce this program must be uploaded to Amazon S3. This can be done using tools such as s3cmd or the Firefox plugin S3 Organizer. Luckily this word count example has already been uploaded to Amazon S3 at the location:
This can be run on Amazon Elastic MapReduce using the AWS Management Console (https://console.aws.amazon.com). Choose the Amazon Elastic MapReduce tab and then the "Create New Job Flow" button. Next choose the word count example.
You'll notice that the word count example is using the builtin reducer called aggregate. This reducer adds up the counts of words being
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It is also possible to run this example using the Elastic MapReduce Command Line Ruby Client with the command (Make sure you replace
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Lakshmi Menon
Lakshmi Menon is an Indian model. Best known for her work with Givenchy, she's not the traditional Bollywood beauty. This university educated model is the kind of woman who would impress your parents at dinner with the intention of getting you into trouble later on. She's the master of staring contests, and she looks great in a bikini.
AppealArmed with a degree in developmental sociology and a habit of always telling the truth, Lakshmi Menon is the kind of woman who was sorely missing from your school debate team. Known around the industry for her deep stare and her pout, these trademarks eerily match her sometimes-pessimistic views. While she's refreshingly candid, we'd like to see her have a bit more fun.
Books like The Great Gatsby are part of a relaxing (and rare) day off, along classical music and the blues. When she's not running four times a week to keep her high-priced 5'10" body in shape, she'll slip on a sundress and chill at her quiet Goa hillside house. We can just picture sitting on her patio waxing philosophic about the significance of East Egg and West Egg while sipping Chardonnay . Unfortunately for us, she's in a long-term relationship with Prabuddha Dasgupta, a well-respected photographer who has taken some of her best shots.
SuccessIndian supermodel Tinu Verghis describes Lakshmi Menon as an "absolute goddess," and we're inclined to agree. After all, her April 2009 cover for Dazed and Confused carried the words "Divine Power" across the top. Menon's dark look has made her an exotic groundbreaker in an industry that craves difference, but often settles for parity (and "skinny").
A rare university-educated model, Lakshmi Menon was recently chosen by Style.com as a Top 10 Newcomers (and they're never wrong). Now a staple for Givenchy, she's added to her success with other ads for Hermes, Garden Vareli and Numero Uno. Stella McCartney, Jean-Paul Gaultier and D&G are a few names who have featured her on the runway. We should probably mention that she's also the first Indian model to get the cover of her country's edition of Vogue. Not bad for a woman who says, "I was never cut out to be a model."
Lakshmi Menon BiographyLakshmi Menon was born in Kerala, India in 1981, and almost immediately the odds were against her ever becoming a model. Her naturally dark complexion made her look different from the Bollywood models she saw in magazines. Much to her surprise, she was approached in 1998 by model agent Anila Anand and invited to Paris. It was a tempting offer, but Menon didn't want to disappoint her parents -- they were from a military lifestyle, after all -- and she wanted a social life while she was still young. She opted for Bangalore University instead, where she majored in development sociology.
After graduating, Lakshmi Menon felt the lure of modeling or, more specifically, the money. After resuming contact with Anila Anand, Menon entered the professional circuit and modeled a series of 2007 Swatch ads that accentuated her inviting eyes, glowing skin and (what else?) their fine jewelry. In the fall, she joined Gemma Ward and four Bollywood actresses on the cover of the first-ever Indian edition of Vogue. A runway appearance for Hermes led to her becoming its face in 2008. The correct terminology would be "human face" as she was surrounded by elephants in a number of colorful ads.
lakshmi menon joins ford models and appears on the cover of indian vogueWith her career on the upswing, Lakshmi Menon was ready to hit career highs and break color barriers in the process. A contract with Ford Models in 2008 opened new doors and brought her new magazine covers -- for L'Officiel (India) in March and a bikini-clad cover for Vogue (India) in April. The latter wasn't just a great shot -- a sexy stare from a bikini clad girl taken on a Thai island -- it also made her the first Indian model to earn a solo cover for the magazine.
From there, it was off to the runway where she did shows for Stella McCartney, Issey Miyake and Jean Paul Gaultier. While these were positive developments, Menon had been invisible to much of the industry until this point, except to Givenchy's Ricardo Tisci who hand-picked her to open his fall couture show in Paris That's when her dark look became "in." Givenchy photos followed with Lara Stone and Kirsten Owen, and she would later close the Ohne Titel spring show during New York Fashion Week (her debut appearance!) and walk the runway for Ralph Lauren, Vera Wang and Michael Kors.
lakshmi menon on dazed and confused and American vogueFollowing a Milan show for La Perla, which had her walk for D&G and Givenchy, Menon showed up on the French Vogue editorial radar for the first time in October of 2008. Coupled with a cover for Elle (India) in November and a pair of V editorials, Menon was an easy selection as one of Style.com's Top 10 Newcomers. She finished the year strong thanks to the Vogue crown of "This Year's Model."
Now famous and smart enough to be candid without harming her career (write that down, Naomi Campbell), Lakshmi Menon makes no secret of the industry obstacles that other exotic beauties can face. As a result, each new step that she takes to further her career serves the dual streak of bettering herself and opening doors for other darker models along the way. She continued the trend in 2009 with a new Givenchy contract, a cover for Dazed and Confused (UK) and spot in the Vogue French calendar. Journey on, Lakshmi. We won't stop staring as long as you keep staring at us back.
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Hello to all,
Although I've been interested in Buddhism for 5 years or so, I've only recently become interested in the Theravada tradition (having followed Tibetan previously). I have also only had a consistent daily sitting meditation practice for 8 months or so.
My ignorant question is, is there a time when meditation on the breath leads to insight meditation (vipassana?).
Most books I have read discuss breathing meditation only and little on insight. From my understanding, breathing meditation should only be a preliminary, and I should then carry out some form of contemplation? (hopefully leading to insight).
Thanks in advance.


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In times of uncertainty like these, high-yield stocks are a hedge against market volatility. I just screened for high yields, which I define as stocks offering a dividend yield of 6% or more, and found three worth a closer look. All three get high grades from my guru strategies, which I created by automating the strategies of well-known investors who have written about how they invest.
Deutsche Telekom (DTEGY) is Germany's largest telecom company and operates in about 50 countries. In the U.S., it owns T-Mobile USA, which, last October, combined with MetroPCS. The strategy I created from the writings of James P. O'Shaughnessy indicates that Deutsche Telekom is worth buying based on its huge market cap ($51 billion), positive cash flow per share, large number of shares outstanding (4.3 billion) and massive sales ($79 billion). The strategy takes all the stocks that pass the previous tests and then picks the top 50 based on yield. With a 7.46% yield, Deutsche makes it into this elite group.
Strayer Education (STRA), operator of Strayer University, earns the respect of my Joel Greenblatt strategy. Aimed at working adults, the company operates 100 campuses in 24 states. The stock's yield is just under 7%. I have a strategy that mirrors the thinking of Joel Greenblatt, and this strategy gives Strayer straight A's. Greenblatt uses only two variables. Earnings yield is one, calculated by dividing earnings before interest and taxes by its enterprise value, which includes market cap plus debt. Strayer's earnings yield is 17.7%, which ranks Strayer 45th among the thousands of stocks in our database. Return on total capital is the second variable. That is strong at Strayer, ranking it 47th among all stocks. When combining the two variables, Strayer really shines. Among all stocks, it is ranked sixth.
Another high-yield stock worth a look is Colony Financial (CLNY), which yields 6.5%. This is a commercial real estate finance company. The Peter Lynch strategy rates Colony highly. It focuses on the PEG ratio, which is price to earnings relative to growth. This ratio must be no higher than 1.0. Colony's PEG is a strong 0.60, which means the investor is not paying a high price for growth. Also desirable is a high equity-to-assets ratio of 84% (5% is the minimum acceptable) and a 6.2% return on assets.
With high-yielding stocks, you want solid financial performers. Otherwise, a high yield may indicate the yield is a function of a low stock price due to poor performance by the company. These three companies have high yield and solid performance, as shown by their selection by my guru strategies.


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Military Women's Health and Illness Behaviors in Deployed Settings
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
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The purpose of this study is to gain better understanding of how recently deployed military women managed urinary and vaginal symptoms while deployed. Participants in this study will be asked to take part in a 45-60 minute interview.
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|Time Perspective: Retrospective
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Women in the military who have returned from deployment within the past 12 months.
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|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult)
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A total of 50 military women.
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- Deployment within the last 12 months
- Managed genitourinary symptoms while deployed (does not have to be diagnosed by a medical provider)
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- Women who are assigned to a medical group/hospital
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|Lackland AFB, Texas, United States, 78236-9908
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Military Women
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Illness Behaviors
To determine how women manage genitourinary symptoms while deployed.
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