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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt is a professional who is well versed in the Lean Six Sigma Methodology, who leads improvement projects. A Lean Six Sigma Black Belt possesses a thorough understanding of all aspects within the phases of D-M-A-I-C. They understand how to perform and interpret Six Sigma tools and how to use standard principles of Lean. To achieve certification the candidates must sit for the IASSC Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Exam and achieve a minimum score of 580 points out of a total potential of 750 points.
Lean is a technique that helps in the reduction of time while delivering products. Six Sigma, on the other hand, is a disciplined approach to improve the quality and maintain consistency in delivery of products and services. Thus, Lean Six Sigma is an approach that is used to improve services on time while eliminating defects and leading the project towards perfection.
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Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification demonstrates one's ability to deploy skillsin enterprise-wide projects. This training gives you the skills you need tolead teams through breakthrough improvements and support strategic objectivesin any function or department of any organization. Sprintzeal's Black Beltcourse prepares you to solve a wide variety of difficult problems across a widespectrum of organization and industries.
The objective of this course is todevelop comprehensive set of skills that will allow you to function effectivelyas a lean six sigma black belt. In thiscourse you will learn the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt body of knowledge, practicetechniques for both quantitative and non-quantitative analysis, and gain theteam leadership skills necessary to get projects across the goal line.
LeanSix Sigma Black Belt training gives you the skills you need to lead teamsthrough breakthrough improvements and achieve strategic objectives in anydepartment of any organization. To successfully complete this course you mustattend and review whole classes of training. The first session includes basicunderstanding of six sigma and its tools which is very helpful for theremaining sessions. A certified six sigma professional can explain six sigmaphilosophies and principles including all the techniques. This course will giveyou thorough knowledge on six sigma concepts and technologies.
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Apply Lean concepts to various projects
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The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society is sponsoring Ghost Hunts. These serious, but informal attempts to document paranormal activity are unusual opportunities to search other realms. These ghost hunts at OSR are the first of their kind in the US. Admission is $70 per person and includes access to the building from 8:00 p.m. until 5 a.m., a late dinner of Pizza and soda, with water, soda, coffee and hot chocolate available throughout the evening. Gates open at 7 p.m. and these overnight paranormal investigations are for ages 18 or over only. You can buy tickets here. Reservations each night of the ghost hunts, are limited.
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A 26-year-old Central Texas man is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon — a first-degree felony — for having unprotected sex with a 16-year-old male without disclosing his HIV-positive status, according to News Channel 25.
The suspect, Christopher Everett, met the alleged victim on Grindr, the popular gay hookup app whose name the TV station misspells and puts in quotes ("Grinder"). The story doesn't say whether the victim contracted HIV from the encounter, which occurred in October:
The affidavit describes how 26-year-old Christopher Everett allegedly met a 16-year-old boy on an adult social networking site called "Grinder." The two chatted via cell phone and decided they would get together on a Friday night in October.
During an interview with police, the teenaged victim explained how Everett invited him to his home in Copperas Cove. The victim told police how he snuck out of his parent's house and met Everett just before midnight. The two then rode together to Everett's home in Copperas Cove.
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Mets won't move slumping Wright from No. 3 spot
ST. LOUIS -- Mets manager Terry Collins has taken to tinkering with his lineup daily, trying to find some sort of mix that works. Tuesday, he again batted his starting pitcher eighth, though Collins cautioned not to "go to the riverboat" with a bet that he will continue to do so.
All that's clear is that change has become a daily occurrence for the Mets, with only one man immune. Regular No. 3 hitter David Wright has yet to start a game outside of that spot, and will not move despite a lengthy slump from which he may finally be emerging.
"I haven't seen this since I've been here, where he's gone through this type of slump," Collins said of Wright, who homered and doubled in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Cardinals to snap a 3-for-44 funk. "I don't mess with him. You don't put up his numbers in 10 years like he's put up and think you've got to mess too much with what he's doing."
Wright came into Tuesday's play batting .070 with a .296 OPS since June 3, one of the longest extended slumps of his career. Insisting he is healthy, Wright struggled to point to a specific reason behind his issues.
"I've had some good at-bats. I've had some bad at-bats. I've had some at-bats where I've hit the ball hard right at people," Wright said. "On the flip side of that, I've had some at-bats where ... I just haven't felt comfortable in there. You go through these types of things. Granted, it's lasted a little longer than I would have liked it to."
Still, Collins said he has no plans to shift Wright from the three-hole. Claiming he spent over an hour constructing Tuesday's lineup, Collins did briefly consider dropping Wright from third to fourth, but ultimately decided against it -- and won't consider moving him any lower than that. Tuesday's 2-for-4 performance only entrenched that line of thinking.
"I don't think moving David out of where he's hitting right now is going to make that big of a difference," Collins said. "He's still a threat. He's still the guy in our lineup that everybody points to, to be careful of. What we've got to get him to do is just get him to understand that he's got to be a little more selective at the plate, because they're going to try to pitch around him right now."
Anthony DiComo is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @AnthonyDicomo. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Agency: Marin County Bicycle Coalition, which promotes bicycling for transportation and recreation.
Quote: "Forrest first volunteered to help with trail erosion during an MCBC-sponsored China Camp trail work day," said membership and volunteer coordinator April Spooner. "He is enthusiastic, fun and he keeps finding other ways to be involved with the MCBC. We are excited that Forrest continues to support the MCBC through volunteerism."
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'Help to save vital care centre' - says Barbara, 82
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10:44am Wednesday 2nd April 2014
By SNJ Reporter
AN ELDERLY Rodborough resident has spoken of the importance of ensuring the Acorn Day Centre is saved.
Based in the Baptist Church hall in Union Street, Stroud, the group has been running since 1990 and currently operates Tuesday to Thursday, offering friendship, food and entertainment for 40 elderly people.
It is run by a dedicated band of volunteers but a new committee is desperately needed to ensure it can continue to operate.
Barbara Clarke, 82, contacted the SNJ to highlight how important the centre is for many people in the hope more volunteers will come forward.
She began attending the centre just over a year ago after suffering a stroke.
"I feel everyone should be doing something to keep it going," she said.
"My argument is that although the present committee are retiring I feel sure that there are people who would do the work if they knew about it.
"If I was 10 years younger I would do it.
"My district nurse got me a place at the Acorn and it is worth a lot to me.
"I live by myself and my family are all out at work so I don't see anybody in the day, and I can't drive as my stroke left me partially-sighted.
"But I can get to the day centre by the Ring and Ride service and I meet people, have a chat, take some exercise, enjoy a good meal and entertainment.
"I know there are people more lonely than me, and this makes such a difference."
Six trustees are needed including a chairman, treasurer and secretary.
For more information on how to help keep this vital service running call Carol Jamfrey on 01453 766533 between 9.30am and 3pm.
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More than half of Los Angeles area shoppers are bullish on the economy heading into next year but they plan to be more frugal in the 2012 gifting season, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
Bottom line? It's going to be a mixed Christmas bag, said Deloitte's 27th annual Holiday Mood Survey.
Fifty-six percent of shoppers surveyed expect better economic prospects in 2013 versus 31 percent in last year's survey, Deloitte said.
But holiday budgets are being trimmed by 12 percent in the Southern California, according to the survey.
"Retailers have a reason to celebrate and be hopeful for the future as we see signs that consumers' outlooks are improving," said Jackie Fernandez, a partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP who focuses on the retail and distribution sector.
But there are some concerns lurking in the background that could temper shoppers' enthusiasm as the holiday season plays out.
They include higher gas prices, some lingering concerns about how the "fiscal cliff" situation will play out and how much personal finances will improve, she said.
And the shopping experience will be stretched out because there is one more weekend between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year than in 2011.
Robert Kleinhenz, chief economist at the Kyser Center for Economic Research in Los Angeles, is expecting retail holiday spending to increase by about 4 percent this year.
Shoppers are simply in a better mood.
"That reflects a better economy, lower unemployment and more people having a job," he said.
The wallet tightening Deloitte senses for Southern California shoppers is double the national average of a 6 percent cut.
Consumers here plan to spend $1,485 during the holiday season, down from $1,688 in 2011. But the decline is concentrated on the amount spent on social functions.
Households will spend on average $381 on social activities this year, down from $481 in 2011, the survey said.
While shoppers may spend less overall this holiday season they are not going to cut back on buying gifts for friends, family and loved ones. Consumers plan to spend $430 on an average of 12.6 gifts in 2012, up from $411 on an average of 12.9 gifts in 2011.
And there is another wild card for retailers.
Omnichannel shoppers - those who use multiple channels in their holiday shopping like stores, online and mobile devices - plan to spend 79 percent more on gifts than store-only shoppers, the survey found.
Consumers who plan to shop via the Internet, their smartphones and stores this holiday season expect to spend $604 compared to $338 for those who plan to shop only in stores, according to the survey.
Deloitte's survey also found that 47 percent of consumers plan to shop online, 39 percent plan to visit discount stores, 36 percent expect retailers to match prices, 28 percent will shop "Black Friday" and 28 percent plan to shop after Christmas Day.
Bill Martin, founder of ShopperTrak, a company that measures foot traffic, is expecting a good holiday season.
ShopperTrak is forecasting a 2.8 percent increase in foot traffic over the holidays.
"That's remarkable because that's the first time since 2006 we're seeing an increase in foot traffic during the holiday season," he said.
Deloitte's survey was conducted online by an independent research company between Sept. 14 and 24, 2012. The survey polled a sample of 5,089 consumers.


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A man was going to bleach his socks because they had gotten muddy the day before. As he was pouring the bleach into the washing machine, he spilled some on the floor. He got some cleaning fluid and mopped it up with a rag. Minutes later he was dead. What killed him?
HintIt has to do with the bleach.
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3 CatsLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
It takes three cats three minutes to catch three mice. (Each cat can catch a mouse in three minutes.)
Assuming they continue catching mice at the same pace, how long will it take the three cats to catch 100 mice?
Hint100 divided by 3 equals ______.
Answer102 minutes
Each cat catches a mouse in three minutes. It would take them six minutes to catch six, nine to catch nine, and 99 to catch 99; but what about the 100th mouse? It would still take a cat three minutes to catch him, making the total 102 minutes.
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Westboro Baptist Church Learns "Ask and Ye Shall Receive–Anonymously"
Rule 14 of the Internet states:
Do not argue with a troll — it means that they win.
A few days ago Westboro Baptist Church either trolled or got trolled, depending on whoever is telling the story. A post went up on Anonymous' message board that the zany non-group of nobodies who don't know each other–the ones who harshed Scientology's emeters, made their body thetans cry "uncle," and helped Xenu party at all the best clubs, along doing a whole a lot of other widely reported anonymous actions related to free speech and Wikileaks and whatever–were going after WBC because they don't care for the Phelps or their methods.
The Phelps family, who think they speak for God and really just like publicity and suing, told Anonymous to
Anonymous who are very, very smart–like 13th level Marcabian chess played on the 5th Fleet– offered a mature, thoughtful and measured response on their boards (which saw a huge leap in traffic after WBC publicized the "threats" thus proving God in the form of Ad-Sense loves Anonymous):
We know that YOU in fact posted the Open Letter supposedly
from Anonymous…We know how you work. You don't give a flying fart about what
your God thinks. But you know that putting God and Fag in a sentence
together is guaranteed to make someone angry. You push it. You really
push it. But you stay within the law. And then when some poor fool
snaps, you sue them for infringing upon your rights.
Which should have just stopped the issue. But no! Shirley Phelps went on David Pakman's show to debate the issue with an Anon. And surprise: The Phelps' sites got hit with a DDOS (distributed denial of service). In the Pakman interview with Shirley Phelps, Anonymous said that The Jester (th3 j35t3r)–an anti-jihadist hackivist–was responsible for that attack, confirmed by the The Jester himself.
And as the interview with Shirley Phelps and Anonymous was being conducted, the WBC spokesprophet taunted the Internet legion–who had successfully taken down Paypal's blogs and the front pages of MasterCard and Visa, plus the websites of the Swedish and Tunisian governments, as well as facilitating info transmission from and within Iran, Libya, and Bahrain–calling Anons some fairly rude names and claiming that Anonymous couldn't affect them–Anons put up this message on a WBC site:
Um, neener. Maybe Ms Phelps needs to review Matthew 7:7, Luke 11:9 and John 16:24, as well as teh Rules of the Internet. Though actually in her case, Rule 34 scares the shit out me.


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Most Folks Now Believe Wireless Can Work in Their Process Applications. Here's How Veteran Users Do Wireless, and How You Can Do It Too
This article was printed in CONTROL's August 2009 edition.
By Jim Montague
Wireless is getting easier. No kidding. Just a few years ago, when wireless technologies began to migrate from old-time radios to digital nodes and fieldbus-like networks, much of the initial advocacy focused on it as a logical replacement for hardwiring. Consequently, discussions about how to implement it focused on the physics of wireless transmitters, antennas, coverage areas, signal strength, frequencies, bandwidth, data rates, packet sizes, switching and other interference-limiting issues that could make it as reliable and familiar as hardwiring.
Since then, some increasingly brave souls have adopted a variety of wireless methods. And many wireless devices and their underlying software are steadily improving, removing early technical barriers, and making many wireless tools far easier for even novice users to understand, set up, program, configure and deploy. Now, those early adopters are extending their leads because they have the wireless experience, foundation and conceptual know-how to fulfill the original potential of wireless and take it in directions it was probably supposed to go in the first place.
For example, engineers at StatoilHydro ASA's (www.statoilhydro) Gullfaks A, B and C platforms in the Norwegian North Sea were recently losing flow due to a loss of wellhead pressure from the 90 wells supplying the platforms (Figure 1). Early flow-loss detection helps operators flow the well through a test separator, reestablish flow by reducing pressure and bring flow back quickly to improve throughput and production.
However, StatoilHydro reports flow loss at the three platforms was very hard to detect because there were no flowmeters in the well pipes. Also, manual readings were taken only at the beginning and end of a shift, so a flow loss could easily go undetected for a long time. Unfortunately, installing flowmeters in the wells wasn't practical because it would have required a complete and prohibitively costly production shutdown. As a result, the company's engineers decided a non-intrusive solution was required, but also knew that new sensors would need a link back to the control room. However, the wellheads were very crowded and had to be kept clear for safety, so introducing added cabling, trays and junction boxes wasn't possible.
To automate its flow loss monitoring unobtrusively, secure real-time data and reduce personnel presence in hazardous areas, StatoilHydro's engineers implemented a pilot wireless project on its Gullfaks A, B and C platforms by installing Emerson Process Management's (www.emersonprocess.com) 648 wireless temperature transmitters to indirectly indicate flow on lines at each of 40 wells. Equipped with the HART Communication Foundation's (www.hartcomm.org) WirelessHART protocol and Emerson's SmartWireless capabilities, the three platforms' new wireless devices transmit readings every 30 seconds from clamp-on temperature sensors mounted on the surface of the flow pipes and send them back via a Smart Wireless gateway. Tormod Jenssen, staff engineer for plant integrity at the Gullfaks field, adds that, "Emerson's wireless transmitters enabled quick and reliable detection of lost flow and allowed immediate action to re-establish flow and increase production."
Anders Røyrøy, StatoilHydro Norway's project manager for R&D projects, adds, "Installing added wired measurement points at the wellhead would have meant lots of wiring and long cable trays. However, we were able to install the new wireless devices very quickly. Typically, it only took a few hours to install each wireless device, compared to up to two days for each hardwired device. Wireless offers an inherent reduction in cabling infrastructure, complexity and weight, resulting in lower installation costs. Because there's daily radio communication in the well area, it's essential that the wireless field network coexist without reduced performance. Smart Wireless mitigates the impact of interference, and the data reliability is 100%. Rich process information and plant diagnostics are essential for unmanned operation, and by introducing Smart Wireless transmitters to our platforms, we're making broad strides towards our goals."
More recently, StatoilHydro added more Smart Wireless devices at Gullfaks, for a total of 90 wireless transmitters covering all production flow lines on the three platforms.
The Basics
To secure both the obvious and less-apparent advantages of wireless, veteran users and system integrators have several primary recommendations—even though every process application has its own unique characteristics and needs.
Steve DeHaan, P.E., engineering vice president at Technical Systems Inc. (www.tsicontrols.com) in Lynnwood, Wash., says potential wireless users should first learn the basics of radio frequency propagation for the various frequency ranges, and then understand the various radio frequency (RF) network architectures and communication methods, including point-to-point, point-to-multipoint, mesh, store-and-forward, repeaters and others. TSI is a large system integrator that's worked in the water and wastewater market for nearly 40 years. It has experience in radio telemetry systems, and most of the systems it has installed use FCC-licensed frequencies in the 170 MHz to 460 MHz range due to the site-to-site distances, terrain and tall trees common on the U.S. West Coast. TSI also has experience with 900MHz and 2.4GHz systems for higher bandwidth applications, such as wireless Ethernet.
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There are some suttas where Buddha talks about the after death realms. The one in this link even says that if one lives a Dhammic life and aspires to reappear among any of the deva realms after the body's death, "it is possible". A heavenly respite, I for one, would welcome.
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Tex wrote:Why do we do this?
Bubbabuddhist wrote:In the meantime here are some other kindred spirits:
Pagans whose Holiday was stolen by Christians
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Ah, I've heard about that place.
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It isn't that you only practise meditation in the sitting posture - samadhi means the mind which is firm and unwavering. As you go about your daily life, make the mind firm and steady and maintain this sense of steadiness as the object of mind at all times. You must be practising sati and sampajañña (all round knowing) continuously. After you get up from the formal sitting practice and go about your business - walking, riding in cars and so on - whenever your eyes see a form or your ears hear a sound, maintain awareness. As you experience mind-objects which give rise to liking and disliking, try to consistently maintain awareness of the fact that such mental states are impermanent and uncertain. In this way the mind will remain calm and in a state of 'normality'.
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I figured out that my problem. I used the TAE 1.1.1 instead of the TAE 2.0 (tae20_installer.zip), which is the latest at this time.
Ricksor, thanks for checking. You may not have experienced my symptoms if you had not uninstalled TAE 2.0 (assuming it was previously installed) before installing TAE 1.1.1.
Incidentally, I think the naming of the downloads for all of the Reference Architecture modules could be better. It is not immediately apparent from the names that the versions are 1.1.1, 2.0, etc. Nor are the posted downloads always in chronological order (like the TAE).
It seems to me that some alarms will require that the machine controller (e.g. cRIO) take notice and handle the event. For instance, if the material runs out on a hopper, the machine controller will probably need to stop the line.
The TAE takes care of advising the operator via the HMI, but how is this supposed to mesh with the machine controller? Is the machine controller code expected to duplicate the function of detecting the alarm and handling it (in which case, why not just pass the alarm up to the HMI via a tag)? Or is the HMI code supposed to detect the code via TAE and notify the machine controller (this sounds like we're defeating the Real-Time aspect of the machine controller)?
Hi Nate,
This Alarm Engine was meant to be used in an HMI to solely report events and alarms in a user interface. What you want is an alarm/event engine that can run in an RT system (cRIO) and that reports this alarms to the machine controller.
That been said, you can use parts of the TAE to build this RT Alarm Engine. If you open the block diagram of the TAE.vi you will see that there is the Alarm Engine VI at the top and then there is a loop that contains the Alarm/Event logging and status. This bottom loop is used as the consumer (on a producer/consumer architecture) from an event. In other words, the Alarm Engine VI at the top is the event producer loop that keeps monitoring for an alarm condition and then generates an event by wrtiting an alarm to the alarm queue. The bottom loop then reads that alarm from the alarm queue and performs an action. In the TAE that action is to log the alarm and to display it in the UI. In your case you can replace the Alarm Log and Alarm Status VIs with the logic responsible for handling that alarm condition. You can either write to another tag and have your controller loop handle that condition or make this bottom loop be another control loop responsible for handling alarm conditions.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the TAE was written for an old version of the Touch Panel module that back then was lacking of many features. There are several things in the code that can be replaced to make the code more efficient and RT friendly.
What type of application are you building?
National Instruments
Systems Engineering
I just installed tae20_installer.zip and already have stm_2.0 installed. When I go to open the TAE_Example.vi I am missing the following vi's:
-CVT String GetLabel.vi
-CVT Double GetLabel.vi
-CVT I32 GetLabel.vi
-CVT Bool GetLabel.vi
-CVT Enum Read.vi
Is tae20_installer.zip the latest version?
Hi Steve,
TAE 2.0 is the latest version we did for the Alarm Engine. Unfortunately the TAE is based on the first version of the CVT (version 1.0). Although we tried to preserve the API between the two CVT versions, we did some changes like renaming some VIs and removing ENUM support.
What you can do is downgrade the CVT to version 1.0 or modify the TAE to support the new CVT.
The GetLabel VIs can be replaced with the GetDescription VIs.
Unless you need the ENUM data type, you can delete although adding the CVT support for ENUM should be very simple on your side.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
National Instruments
Systems Engineering.
Hello Ricardo:
I've also run into this situation recently while I was trying to set up my development environment for LabView 2010.
You mentioned to Steve that if you want to use TAE 2.0 and CVT 2.0 GetLabel VIs could be replaced with GetDescription VIs and deleting the ENUM data type. A problem arises when trying to follow this advice because the Alarm Engine (tae_Process_Events.vi) requires modification but that can not be done by a mere mortal because it requires a password.
Any suggestions?
Dear Sir,
the TAE is great, but is there a chance to use it under labview 7.1?
Sure it is better to use the latest labview version, but for customers wishes it is often necessary to downgrade
to certain versions.
I got the same problems with the amc, cvt ... libraries but with these I managed to downgrade them by myself, because there
are no password protection.
So thanks for thinking about it
I have a problem about install.
Installation Summary
No software will be installed or removed.
How can I Uninstall or solve it ?
thnx reply
I am trying to use the TAE reference library example code to try and understand how it works, and if it may be of use to me.
I have downloaded and installed all the ref libs for the Local machine architecture, but I canot get the TAE example to run,
The first problem is when loading the project, an error pops up stating that vi's cannot be loaded and will be removed from the project. clicking 'cancel' just cancels the whole load, 'Delete' allows you to continue loading, but having to delete loads of vi's from the project, although the project does load, and all required vi's are in the user.lib folder.
I have replaced the CVT xxxxx.vi's with the newer CVT xxxxGetDescription.vi's to solve the missing vi errors.
but that still leaves an error in the tae_CheckForAlarm.vi, and because it is password protected, I can't debug any further.
the following error is displayed:
You have connected two terminals of different type.
These cannot be wired together because their data types (numeric, string, array, cluster, etc.) do not match. Show the Context Help window to see what data type is required.
The type of the source is string.
The type of the sink is long [32-bit integer (-2147483648 to 2147483647)].
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As a result of this morning's terrorist attacks in London, England, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Commonwealth of Virginia have increased the threat level from Code Yellow (elevated) to Code Orange (high) for the mass transit portion of the transportation sector. In addition to routine security measures already in place, Fairfax Connector will coordinate with the Fairfax County Police and Metro Police to take extra precautionary steps and increase vigilance throughout the Connector system, including buses, park-and-ride facilities and bus garages.
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'"I liked the fact that Kennedy and Grier were real good down low in the first period and felt the Roy line really struggled in the first period," Ruff said after Saturday's game. "So I just flipped wingers on a hunch and those guys did a good job. I thought Kennedy was really good down low and Thomas and Michael were doing a good job finding holes."'
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Did You Know?
It takes 3 of our keepers to lift our powerful Burmese Python.
Who doesn't love animals? I've always known that I wanted to work with animals in one way or another, but was never sure how I could learn more. Thanks to Potter Park Zoo and Eaton RESA, I have been able to advance my knowledge of animals and all the jobs that involve animals. Coming to Potter Park Zoo for class is so much fun! I've met a ton of other students who are interested in a career with animals just like I am and we have such a great time! I really like getting the chance to go out with the keepers and see the animals up close and ask questions about the animals and how they are cared for. I am very lucky to get to experience the things I have while taking Zoo and Aquarium Science. Everything from working with the educational animals to meeting the keepers and getting to see what a 'normal' day for them is like, and talking to conservation officers. This class is really a great way to get a head start in the animal career field.
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Writing a birth plan is, for some women, an important part of their practical and emotional preparation for labor, birth and early motherhood. It can make communication with your birth partner, midwife and doctor easier. This can help empower you to participate in the decision making about your labour and birth, so as to provide a positive experience for you, your partner and your baby.
The time spent reading and gathering information for your birth plan will help to clarify what is really important to you for your labor and your baby's birth. Encourage your partner (support person) to work with you in the development of your birth plan, and make sure they are aware of how they will be participating in all of this, and what you are expecting of them.
Keep your birth plan simple and maintain an open mind about your choices so that you can respond appropriately to the circumstances at the time. It is recommended that you indicate in your plan that this is a guide to your preferences and that you may feel differently once you are in labor, and would like to have the freedom and flexibility to review you choices at any time.
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Dinah has been adopted!
Besides patiently waiting for Santa Paws to come down the chimney (ouch, that blaze will scorch his boots!), this adorable, petite little girl also fancies herself a swimmer! Not a usual activity for kittens and cats, but Dinah and her sister, Pearl, just love water and will splash around in a few inches in the bathtub. Or maybe they are just fascinated with those duckies on the tub bottom?
Dinah and Pearl were abandoned in a mid-Peninsula neighborhood, left outside without food, water or shelter when only about 5 or 6 weeks old. The mamma cat is known to be a blue-eyed Siamese mix, and papa is a (now neutered!) very fluffy gray and white cat. The kittens were taken into their rescuer's home, where they were returned to good health, and have thrived on affection and good care.
Dinah is a real lap kitty, sweet and super friendly, who will cuddle and snuggle as close to you as she can get. The sisters are a real bonded pair, very social with both people and other cats. The adult cat in some of the photos is an 'uncle' (not available for adoption) who lives in their foster home, and dotes on the kittens.
This pair will be a terrific addition to any household, and especially great for first-time kitty owners, and for families with gentle children.
The Fine Print — While Community Cat Rescue would love to make our adoptable cats and kittens available to everyone, everywhere, we must limit our adoption service area to San Francisco Peninsula cities and towns. We simply do not have the volunteer-power or financial resources to make home visits (required for all adoptions), delivery of adopted cats/kittens and follow-up visits outside the Peninsula. An occasional, rare exception might be made, but it is not the rule.
Did you know black kittens have the hardest time finding homes, despite their wonderful personalities? So give them a look, because adoption fees for solid black or black and white kittens are only $25. All kittens are spayed/neutered, microchipped with lifetime registration, tested for FIV/FeLV, and vaccinated too.
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Billeaud: Congrats Summit County
November 10, 2012
I'd just like to congratulate Summit County, and America, for the way they voted. Not only was it the correct choice, but it also proved that a few billionaires could not buy the presidency, and that the spirit of this great country cannot be extinguished by the purveyors of hate, fear, and lies. We are better than that America! You are better than that Summit County! And you proved it convincingly, heroically, and historically on Election Day! And thank you SDN for giving your community a voice!
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One of the themes to come out of 2012 was that the personal computer came into the year as one of the major tech categories, and it went out of the year with a number of questions facing it.
A year ago, no one was talking about the possible death of the PC. Today, you need to consider it.
What has changed in the last 12 months is the continued prevalence of Apple's (AAPL) iPad and the continued decline in growth of all PCs. This, of course, has hurt PC makers such as Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Dell (DELL) and the Asian manufacturers. It has also been a difficult year for Intel (INTC), which has thus far failed to make the leap to mobile. We have also seen a tepid response, so far at least, for Microsoft's (MSFT) new Windows 8 operating system and its new line of phones and tablets.
Looking ahead to 2013, this "continued death" trend is unlikely to change for those in the PC ecosystem.
The iPad will continue to explode. There will also be growth in Android tablets and Kindles. Even Research In Motion's (RIMM) PlayBook might see a resurgence if many enterprises show a renewed interest in the BlackBerry.
So far, Dell's and Hewlett-Packard's tablets have not registered with the consumer. Their only hope is if consumers show a sudden interest in Windows 8.
Dell and Hewlett also have lots of other internal issues plaguing them beyond the decline of PCs. They have a lot organizational issues facing them which will make it that much more difficult to get a comeback in PCs going.
Intel also appears to be in trouble. It has been trying to break into mobile for 12 years, spending an enormous amount on marketing and internal research and development. Yet it has nothing to show for its efforts. Now it will have a new CEO, and it can possibly spend some of its $100 billion market cap on some acquisitions. But it's hard to get excited about the path it is on, compared with the direction that ARM Holdings (ARMH) is taking.
Microsoft is going to be particularly interesting to watch in 2013. If the Surface tablet, Windows Phone and Windows 8 all fail to make a big impression on consumers, there will inevitably be questions raised by shareholders regarding the leadership of Steve Ballmer. More importantly for Microsoft, if none of these next-generation products take hold, what will be Microsoft's recipe for fixing them? Each of these products has been years in the making. You can't just go back to the labs and whip up a new OS or tablet.
I suspect that Microsoft's response to failures by any or all of these products will be to iterate until they take hold.
However, all the while, we will continue to see Apple and Android take computing share from Microsoft and the old PC industry.
By the end of 2013, the PC industry could be far weaker than it is today.


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Whenever I start a new song I like the tempo to be 123bpm and have a 4/4 kick drum going. I also always like to have Reason ReWired into Live. Instead of loading Live and setting these things up each time I did it once then opened the Live Preferences and under the File Folder tab clicked "Save Current Set as Template". Now each time I launch Live I am ready to go with the things I like pre-set.
Use the File/Folder Preferences' Template Save button to save the current Live Set as a template. Live will use these settings as the initialized, default state for new Live Sets. You can use this to pre-congure:
• Your multichannel input/output setup.
• Preset devices, like EQs and Compressors, in every track.
• Computer key mappings.
• MIDI mappings.
The template Live Set, Template.als, is located in Live's Preferences folder and can becopied or deleted from there. The easiest way to locate this folder is to search your disk for Template.als. – Ableton Live User Manual
Some other DAWs such as Cubase allow multiple start up templates. Whats your start up template?


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6 Bright Ideas for Bioluminescence Tech
The Verdict: No Evidence That it's Real
The kraken is a mythological standby, a sea monster of epic proportions believed to have lived off the coast of Norway. But while scientists have turned up plenty of strange things in the sea, they've found no trace of the kraken.
Nevertheless, the creature made a big splash in the news last month when Mark McMenamin, a researcher with Mt. Holyoke College, claimed to have found evidence of the kraken's "lair," in a Nevada fossil site. After seeing the bones, he said he noticed something strange.
"My first thought was that there was something very odd about the bone arrangement," he tells PM. "Then, what are all these skeletal remains doing here together in deep water? Next, it slowly dawned on me: Oh my, something murdered these creatures, dragged them to this spot, and messed with the remains. Bingo. This is the signature of a Triassic kraken."
The news of McMenamin's findings spread quickly, but after a few days there was a backlash by scientists who called McMenamin's hypothesis implausible. Plus, they pointed out, the kraken announcement was merely McMenamin's interpretation of an already discovered and well-studied site, and he provided no direct evidence to corroborate the idea (tough to do, though, since a kraken wouldn't fossilize.)
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, so the great sea monster remains a myth.
The Verdict: Real
One of the earliest reports of a giant squid came from Aristotle in the 4th century B.C. After that, reports by sailors and fisherman throughout the centuries turned this animal into a legend.
This huge cephalopod was established to be real in the 19th century, when a bunch of them washed up on the shore in New Zealand. It wasn't until 2004, however, that the giant squid was seen in the wild. For a two-year expedition, researchers from the National Science Museum of Japan and the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association tracked sperm whales, which are known to feed on giant squid. The researchers dropped a 3000-foot baited fishing line hooked up to a camera and flash into the ocean. When a giant squid attacked the line, the camera triggered and took more than 500 pictures, the first of this creature in its natural habitat.
The giant squid can grow up to 46 feet long, making it one of the largest animals on the planet.
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Miggy to DH until hamstring fully recovers
CHICAGO -- Miguel Cabrera's left hamstring apparently feels good enough for the two-time MVP to take some swings, but not quite good enough to play the field.
Cabrera, who exited Sunday's loss to the Red Sox in the sixth inning after his left hamstring tightened up, hit third for Monday's series opener against the White Sox, while Victor Martinez hit cleanup and took Cabrera's spot at first.
"Yeah, he said he felt a lot better coming in today," Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said of Cabrera. "He's going to get the hamstring worked on and go through the pregame stuff and as long there are no unforeseen issues, yeah, he'll DH."
Fortunately for the Tigers, the injury doesn't sound like something that would force Cabrera to the disabled list, and Ausmus said it's not related to similar injuries last year. The club considers Cabrera to be day to day and will evaluate him accordingly, which means it's unclear how long Cabrera will DH before he's fit to return to the field.
Ausmus said that in an ideal situation, Cabrera would return to playing field when he feels "nothing" in his hamstring. He also noted that Cabrera was knocked out of the game against the Rangers on May 25 because of a right hamstring cramp but returned to play first base the next day, and this appears to be roughly the same situation.
"You know, I'm not sure how I'd classify it. It doesn't seem to be a strain," Ausmus said. "Maybe it's a cramp, kind of tightening of part of the hamstring tissue. I'm not a professional, but that's kind of what it sounds like. He acted like it kind of tightened up on him as opposed to being overly stressed or stretched."
Ausmus was also faced with choosing between schools of thought. One the one hand, it makes sense for Cabrera to play the field so he can keep his hamstring warm -- but that could also put him at further risk for aggriavting it. On the other hand, his hamstring could get cold by DH-ing, therefore putting more stress on his hamstring when he does hit. The Tigers will keep Cabrera active to combat the latter.
Cabrera stayed active Monday night by hitting a solo homer in the fourth inning of a 6-5 loss. He finished 2-for-4 and scored twice.
Joe Popely is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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The "leader" of the Republican Party, Rush Limbaugh, is spouting off again. As usual, he's oblivious to facts and has elevated himself and Fox News to such a level that they can stop the granting of "amnesty." The guy continues to be a joke:
"Yesterday we had to get rid of our guns. Today we gotta grant amnesty… They're running the no-huddle offense on us. We don't even have time to catch our breath. They're running play after play after play." — Rush Limbaugh, on his radio show.
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The CIB required that the stadium:
1. to be built on the land south of the current RCA Dome.
2. be attached in some form to the convention center.
3. have a capacity of 70,000
4. have a retractable roof.
The estimated price of the project for both converting the current dome to convention space and a new stadium was estimated at $450 million dollars. Depending on financing...groundbreaking could occur as soon as next fall!
This news story was run at 10pm on the early newscast for Fox-59 and once again at 11pm durring the regular news cast. The story has not been updated to their website as of 12:30am Friday!


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Baton Rouge specialty chemical maker Albemarle Corp. reported fourth-quarter earnings of $37.7 million, or 42 cents per share, Tuesday, compared with fourth-quarter 2011 earnings of $45.5 million, or 51 cents per share.
That figure includes special items, such as adjustments to the company's nonoperating pension and a restructuring. Excluding the special items, Albemarle would have beat its 2011 performance with earnings of $105.2 million, or $1.17 per share, compared with $101.9 million, or $1.13 per share, the company reported.
That would have been better than the 99 cents per-share earning that analysts were predicting, according to estimates from Thomson Reuters.
Analysts' estimates usually exclude special items.
Albemarle reported net sales of $687.6 million for the fourth quarter, compared with $707.4 million in fourth-quarter 2011.
For the year, Albemarle had net sales of $2.7 billion, compared with $2.9 billion in 2011. Earnings were $311.5 million, or $3.47 per share, compared with $392.1 million, or $4.28 per share in 2011. Excluding special items, earnings would have been $436.2 million, or $4.85 per share, compared with $446.3 million, or $4.88 per share.
In a statement, Albemarle CEO Luke Kissam said he was pleased with the company's earnings power in 2012 despite the weak worldwide economy, higher raw material prices, lower demand and lower operating rates.
"At the same time, we were able to exit the phosphorus business, freeze our pension obligations and further strengthen our balance sheet while also investing sufficient capital to permit future growth across our business portfolio," Kissam said in the statement.
Albemarle's catalysts segment saw a 2 percent increase in net sales during the quarter, up to $294.1 million, because of favorable volumes. But fine chemistry net sales dropped 7 percent to $193.4 million, and polymer solutions sales dropped 4 percent to $200.1 million. The decreases were caused by= the company's decision to get out of the phosphorus flame retardants business, unfavorable pricing and foreign currency impacts.
Albemarle's stock closed Tuesday at $64.33, down 11 cents or 0.17 percent.


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By George Bell
From: Boulder, CO
Jun 2, 2003
|Climbed this 6/1/03. Fun snow climbing! The crux is mostly melted out and requires a few mixed moves. The rock is rotten here, but there is some good rock pro to be had. From the Loft, we summited Meeker and descended in a raging blizzard!
By Warren Teissier
Jun 2, 2003
We climbed the Flying Dutchman on 6/01/03.
The snow conditions were pretty good although a bit soft and melting fast!
Crux conditions: we found a mixture of rock and ice interspersed with a samll water fall.
We climbed the rock/ice section on the left since the pure ice alternative was hollow and seemed ready to come down. All in all, a great route with awesome position.
We got blasted by a weird, winter like snow storm, as we reached the Loft and proceeded to descend in poor visibility via the loft route.
By Kevin Craig
Jun 9, 2003
|Climbed this route on 6/8. Conditions were very good to great. Good neve' owing to the recent cold spell (thanks for the kicked steps John, George, et al!) and crampons were used/needed. More ice than in George's crux photo below. Right side was fatter but still not well-bonded to the rock. Left side was good mixed climbing (M3-ish) with good tool sticks on right. Ice was thick enough in spots for shortie screws.
By Ben
Sep 19, 2003
|Climbed Flying Dutchman on 9.14.03. Really not in condition. Thought it might be a little better following the inclement weather. Had to scramble a ways to get on the snow which was really solid; however, screws bottomed out quickly. Lots of exposed rock and gravel. Lots of frozen kitty litter. Very loose. Crux ice was only a few inches thick and melting. Long day but the weather was perfect.
By Andy Leach
From: Denver, CO
May 20, 2007
|I shot this video of an ascent of Flying Dutchman on May 19, 2007: leachfam.com/securearea/1movie...
By Brice W
Aug 7, 2008
|Climbed this 6/7/08. It was not long after a spring storm, so we kicked steps up this to the Loft, got a break on the Clark's Arrow traverse, and then kicked steps to the top. The ice at the crux took one 17cm screw, but there are plenty of placements in the rock to the left of the ice. The cracks are mostly parallel, so cams are a good call. It's a fun snow climb and combined with Clark's Arrow and a descent of the Cables route, a great traverse of Long's.
By JYT
Sep 26, 2010
|When does this usually get nice?/ Has anyone been up there recently?
By Dan Holz
From: Denver, CO
Nov 8, 2010
Just got back from doing an ascent on the Dutchman and descent down the Loft. Not a whole lot of ice right now, guys. (I had a total of two swings into actual ice.) The snow was super hard packed in places though, allowing you to cruise for most of the way. Having one ax and one tool (or a set of alpine tools for easier plunging) would have been ideal at this time.
Expect some dry tooling/awkward mantling through the crux in a no fall zone. We didn't break out the ropes once; however, it was nice to have the rope and pro just in case a rappel was needed.
I'm not sure what this latest storm is going to bring, but yesterday snowshoes were not necessary for the approach. There's a fair amount of slick ice on the main trail, so trekking poles wouldn't be a bad idea.
Note: if you are descending the Loft, be sure to find the easier class III route down. We got nailed by a nasty storm with 50mph+ gusts in near whiteout conditions and ended up on a super sketch, 5th class traverse along a snowy cliff face just below our intended exit route - looked like it would have been an amazing summer scramble though!
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By Andy Hansen
From: Longmont, Colorado
Mar 16, 2013
rating: 4th 1 2 I 2 M 1b WI3-
|Climbed The Flying Dutchman on 3/14. Snow was decent for the most part. When almost at the ice, the snow got steeper and we were punching through past our knees. The ice took 13 and 17cm screws. The Loft descent was tricky but doable.
By Jon Sullivan
Nov 15, 2014
Can anyone tell me about the descent off this route?
By jason seaver
From: Estes Park, CO
Nov 16, 2014


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Digre KB. Headaches and other head pain. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine . 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 405.
Katirji B, Koontz D. Disorders of peripheral nerves. In: Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, eds. Bradley's Neurology in Clinical Practice . 6th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2012:chap 76.
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REDWOOD CITY — Albert Korn, 88, stood in his Belmont driveway and waved goodbye as his son drove off to a hardware store. About an hour later, the elderly man was found beaten so badly he never recovered.
During opening arguments Thursday, a prosecutor pointed to the man he says broke into Korn's home in June 2009 and pummeled his face until it was a swollen bloody mass: 25-year-old Tyler James Hutchinson. Korn died two weeks after the attack when his family took him off life support at Stanford Hospital.
The trial in San Mateo County Superior Court may be the closing chapter in a rare and brutal killing for the affluent bedroom community — the only homicide there since 2003.
In his comments, deputy district attorney Morris Maya promised jurors a heap of physical evidence — DNA, blood and fingerprints — tying Hutchinson to the crime at 2536 Hallmark Drive. He also promised the panel witnesses who would testify they saw the defendant walking in Korn's neighborhood before the killing.
"The defendant Tyler James Hutchinson turned this storybook house into a slaughterhouse," said Maya, after showing jurors photos of Korn's home, blood splattered carpet and Korn's beaten face.
Hutchinson, dressed in a blue button-up shirt and his hair in scruffy braids, has pleaded not guilty to the charges which could put him in prison for life without parole.
Defense attorney James Thompson put off his opening statement until Maya finishes his case. After court, he declined to make any comment regarding the defense.
Maya told jurors that on June 2, 2009, Matthew Korn came at 2:30 p.m. to help his father put up address numbers on the Hallmark Drive home, which had just been re-painted. But, Maya said, the elder Korn thought the numbers they had were too small, so he sent his son to a home improvement store to buy some bigger ones.
That left Korn home alone. His wife, Gabriele Korn, had left around 11:45 a.m. for the Peninsula Jewish Community Center. She was visiting her grandchildren when she got a call that afternoon from her son, Matthew, telling her something was very wrong.
After buying the bigger numbers, Matthew Korn returned to Hallmark Drive to find his father slumped over the kitchen counter. He was injured and bleeding, but the son concluded his father had fallen. The family called for help around 4:10 p.m., and firefighters and paramedics arrived minutes later. Authorities — who found Korn's blood and some of his teeth in one of the home's rooms — quickly realized they weren't dealing with a fall.
"This person looked like he went three rounds with Mike Tyson," retired Belmont-San Carlos Fire Captain Art Anderson testified.
Though he could at first say some words, Korn's condition deteriorated quickly. There was bleeding in his brain and despite emergency surgery, he didn't get better. His family elected to take him off life support June 17, 2009. Gabriele Korn was in court Thursday but declined to comment on the trial.
By the time of his death, Hutchinson had already been in police custody for nearly two weeks. Just a few days after the Korn robbery, he was arrested in West Sacramento after a burglary spree, Maya said. Yet the case has languished for years, first because of the Yolo County trial over the burglary cases but later because of questions about Hutchinson's mental competency to stand trial.
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Targeting not only the supplier and distributor of tainted cantaloupes but also setting sights on Wal-Mart and auditor PrimusLabs, a prominent food safety lawyer has filed multiple lawsuits stemming from a listeria outbreak.
Seattle-based food safety lawyer Bill Marler has filed eight lawsuits related to the listeria outbreak, and is working on behalf of at least three dozen people sickened or killed in the outbreak health officials traced to Jensen Farms, Holly, Colo. Ten of those cases involve the estates of people whose deaths are linked to the outbreak
More lawsuits are expected, he said Nov. 8, including one naming Santa Barbara, Calif.-based PrimusLabs, which inspected the cantaloupe farm and facility.
In an e-mail, Robert Stovicek, president of Santa Maria, Calif.-based PrimusLabs, said he had no comment on the potential lawsuit.
Marler on Nov. 8 said seeking liability from a third-party auditor will be a hard-fought battle.
"I think they are not going to want to agree to that, because it would open themselves up for some pretty significant changes in the way they do business — for all auditors," he said.
The lawsuit filed in Colorado for plaintiffs Charles and Tammy Palmer in September names Wal-Mart Inc. and Jensen Farms as defendants. Other lawsuits name Jensen Farms and Frontera, which marketed the cantaloupes.
Bankruptcy fallout?
Marler said the Palmer lawsuit is the only one listing a retailer, but more retailers could be involved later, chiefly because he expects Jensen Farms and Frontera to be forced into bankruptcy.
"Eventually, not just for the ill people, but also cases against them from outside entities, I don't see any choices for Jensen Farms and Frontera but Chapter 7 (liquidation)," Marler said.
Jim Mulhern, spokesman for Edinburg, Texas-based Frontera Produce Ltd., said the company could not comment on pending litigation, but that any lawsuit presents a financial burden in that resources are diverted away from jobs and growth.
He also said Frontera looks forward to serving its customers for many years to come.
Eric Jensen, owner of Jensen Farms, did not return calls for comment.
Wal-Mart's reaction
"We wish Mr. Palmer well, and we take claims such as his very seriously," said Dianna Gee, senior manager for media relations for Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart.
She said she had no other comment on the lawsuit.
Gee said that as soon as Wal-Mart became aware of the outbreak associated with cantaloupes from the Rocky Ford area, the retailer worked with suppliers to determine the source, removing them before Jensen announced a recall.
She said recent foodborne outbreaks and concerns reported by regulatory officials in the U.S. and abroad, linked to small and local suppliers, prompted Wal-Mart to improve the
retailer's process for sourcing products from secondary and local suppliers.
"Based on some findings, we have cut ties with some suppliers," she said Nov. 10.
Gee said Wal Mart was in the process of requiring the chain's secondary suppliers to achieve prevention-based certification on one of the Global Food Safety Initiative-benchmarked standards.
Although growers, processors and distributors are often defendants in similar outbreaks, retailers haven't been exempt from damages in the past. Marler said some retailers and helped pay claims resulting from a salmonella outbreak case in 2008 and 2009 when the Peanut Corp. of America went bankrupt, leaving victims looking for compensation.
Marler said Jensen Farms has $2 million in insurance and Frontera $10 million to cover claims.
Frontera disputes that number, and Marler's account of the lawsuits' effect on the company.
"Unfortunately, there has been much unfounded speculation surrounding this matter from the very beginning," according to a statement from Mulhern. "We simply won't engage in it. What's important for everyone to know is that our company and its dedicated employees look forward to serving our customers for many years to come."
Besides the claims filed by Marler's firm, there are at least five other lawsuits, he said.


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Jessica, Matt, Chris, Ellen, and Tony are five students having the surnames Saunders, Alvarez, Mason, Tan, and Locke (not necessarily in that order) assigned to each read a different book and write a book report on them. But their teacher, unluckily, has forgotten which student is supposed to read which book! Help her figure out the students' full names, assigned books, and presentation dates from the clues below.
Students: Jessica, Matt, Chris, Ellen, Tony
Surnames: Saunders, Alvarez, Mason, Tan, Locke
Books: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Gone With the Wind, War and Peace, Oliver Twist
Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
1. Jessica, Chris, and the girl reading War and Peace plan to write their reports together on Monday night.
2. The 5 students are Matt, the girl presenting on Wednesday, the guy presenting on Tuesday, the kid reading Gone With the Wind, and Chris Saunders.
3. No person has the same first and last initials.
4. Miss Alvarez is presenting on Wednesday, while Pride and Prejudice is being presented on Monday.
5. Locke is mad he is the first to present, but Chris is happy because he is last.
6. Miss Tan wanted to read either Jane Eyre or War and Peace, but Tony and Ellen wound up reporting them instead.
HintP&P=Pride and Prejudice
GWTW=Gone With the Wind
AnswerJessica Tan is reporting Gone With the Wind on Thursday.
Matt Locke is reporting Pride and Prejudice on Monday.
Chris Saunders is reporting Oliver Twist on Friday.
Ellen Alvarez is reporting War and Peace on Wednesday.
Tony Mason is reporting Jane Eyre on Tuesday.
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