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Seven Feathers Casino: Buffet Cook I
Job Title:
Buffet Cook I
Job Location:
Seven Feathers Casino
Full Time
$10.79 Per Hour
Job Description:
Responsible for the daily preparation of food items in the culinary department. Assists the on duty supervisor to ensure proper food preparation and quality throughout all food outlets.
Essential Functions:
Prepares food items as directed by the Chef. Assists the Chef and Kitchen Staff in everyday food preparations.
Maintains a clean and safe workstation according to the standards set by the Resort, including walk in coolers and storage areas.
Responsible for the good safety and health practices throughout the culinary department, including emergency and security procedures
Remains current on all Resort policies and procedures.
Maintains proper and professional relation with all Resort Staff. Performs other duties and special projects as requested.
Provides constructive input to foster process improvement within the department.
High School Diploma or GED Certificate preferred.
1 to 3 years of cooking experience required.
18 years of age or older.
Able to read and comprehend written instructions.
Administrative/clerical experience required.
Ability to handle multiple priorities and tasks at once.
Excellent organizational, verbal, interpersonal and customer relations skill.
Current Food Handler or ServSafe Certificate required.
Must be able to obtain a Class I Gaming License.
Maintain a clean, neat, and well-groomed appearance at all times (Specific Standards available).


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Anyone who has ever created something new is granted the right to baptize it. However, given that they are born under the sign of destruction and disruption, viruses are an exception to this rule.
Normally, you would not expect anything in the "John Jr." vein. Any hint as to the identity of virus creators would probably get them into trouble. Plus, in order to avoid adding to the glory of malware authors antimalware producers will probably re-name the malware samples they discover. And the naming trouble does not stop here. A scenario where several antimalware labs simultaneously conduct research on the same new malware sample is not that uncommon. In this case, the first to publicly announce the discovery gets to give it a name.
Aside from creativity and authorship, virus naming also raises the issue of utility. Confronted with an overwhelming malware population, researchers and antimalware producers have understood how important it is to approach the naming process systematically. All in all, simple logic calls for malware names that contain information the industry can recognize: the affected platform, the virus family name and its spreading method.
This whitepaper aims to summarize the efforts that have been invested into creating a coherent, unanimously accepted and, most of all, efficient malware naming system as well as to briefly dwell on how these regulatory attempts are reflected in practice.

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Unlike in the United States, where natural gas inventories just before winter are above average, European storage levels at the end of October were significantly lower than normal for this time of year. For 2007-12, European gas storage averaged more than 94% full in the final week of October. This year, it's at 84% full. The lower storage level is largely a result of heavy withdrawals earlier in the year because of cold March weather. Europe, like the United States, this year experienced an unusually cold March, the fourth coldest on record (since 1910) in the United Kingdom and the sixth coldest on record (since 1881) in Germany.
Overall, European natural gas storage levels were fairly normal as the year began. However, by the end of March, European storage was just 24% full, versus a 2010-12 average of 41% full for that time of year. The natural gas storage deficit compared to previous years widened as withdrawals from storage continued into mid-April and as May and June injections got off to a slow start. With relatively low imports in the first half of 2013 and declining production, Europe's storage levels still have not fully recovered. While the United States also experienced an unusually cold March and heavy March withdrawals from natural gas storage, strong U.S. production growth has helped return U.S. storage levels to near least year's record highs.
Natural gas storage levels at the end of October this year vary across Europe, and in some regions storage levels have recovered since spring lows. For example, United Kingdom gas storage increased to 98% full this October compared with a 2010-12 average of 94%, while Denmark and the Netherlands were 82% full versus a prior average of 85%. However, natural gas storage levels in most of the rest of Europe remain low, with storage in the Baumgarten area – which covers Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia – at just 72% full at the end of October versus an average of 87% full for the previous three years. Storage levels in Germany, Belgium, France, and Italy are also significantly below normal for this time of year.
Spot prices fell throughout the country as demand declined in the residential/commercial and power sectors. The combined effect of reduced natural gas demand from residential and commercial consumers as temperatures warmed in the Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast, as well as reduced natural gas demand from electric generators, likely pushed the Henry Hub spot price down for the third week in a row, to its lowest point since the middle of August. The Henry Hub spot price decreased by 10 cents this week, to $3.45/MMBtu yesterday, from $3.55/MMBtu last Wednesday. The price drop was particularly strong in the Northeast, where the spot price at the Algonquin Citygate, which serves the Boston area, fell by 63 cents to $3.63/MMBtu, and where the spot price at Transco Zone 6 New York, delivering to New York City, fell by 33 cents/MMBtu to $3.29/MMBtu. While the Algonquin Citygate spot price settled yesterday at 18 cents/MMBtu above the Henry Hub spot price, the Transco Zone 6 New York spot price settled at a 16 cent/MMBtu discount to Henry Hub. Supply factors also played a role in lowering prices at Transco Zone 6 New York, as consumers served by this trading hub benefitted from a number of pipeline expansions that began service in the region on Friday, November 1.
Prices at the Nymex decreased this week. The December contract fell from $3.620/MMBtu last Wednesday to $3.498/MMBtu yesterday. This marked the third consecutive week that the near-month contract price declined alongside the Henry Hub spot price amid periods of warmer-than-normal weather.
Residential/commercial and power sector demand falls. Consumption decreased by 3.5% from the previous week, largely because of a 3.2% decrease in residential and commercial consumption, and a 7.1% decrease in power sector consumption, according to data from Bentek Energy. Space heating demand declined as temperatures were warmer than last week in the Northeast, Midwest, and Southeast. This was compounded by the fourth consecutive week of declining demand from the electric power sector, as the season for air conditioning nears an end. The decline in power burn was fairly uniform throughout the country, but was especially pronounced in the Southeast and Southwest.
Natural gas supply decreases slightly. Total supply decreased by 0.1% from the previous week. Although dry gas production increased for the week by 0.5%, net imports of natural gas from Canada fell by 8.9%. LNG imports rose 11.5%, although the volume is minuscule.
Working natural gas in storage rose to 3,814 Bcf as of November 1. The 35-Bcf gain in storage levels was larger than the 27-Bcf injection that occurred during the same week in 2012, but a little less than the 5-year average increase of 36 Bcf. Current inventories are 112 Bcf (2.9%) less than last year at this time, but 57 Bcf (1.5%) above the 5-year (2008-12) average of 3,757 Bcf.
The net injection was in line with the market expectation of a 35 Bcf build. Prices on the Nymex upon release of the storage numbers were relatively steady. At 10:30 a.m., the price of the near month (December 2013) contract rose less than a penny to about $3.59/MMBtu.
Two of the three regions posted smaller-than-average builds. Net injections in the East region were 10 Bcf this week, 7 Bcf smaller than its 5-year average injection of 17 Bcf, and stocks remain 4.7% below the 5-year average for that region. Inventories in the West region grew by 3 Bcf this week, 4 Bcf smaller than its 5-year average injection of 7 Bcf, and stocks in that region are 8.6% over its 5-year average levels. The Producing region grew by 22 Bcf, 9 Bcf larger than its 5-year injection of 13 Bcf.
Cooler temperatures led to relatively small build. Temperatures in the Lower 48 states averaged 51.4 degrees for the week, 0.9 degree cooler than the 30-year normal temperature and 2.7 degrees cooler than the same period last year.


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DETROIT - Some jackets that are supposed to keep you extra warm this winter, might be getting a little too hot!
Columbia Sportswear has launched a recall of seven models of a heated jacket. There are concerns about men's and women's Columbia Omni-Heat electric heated jackets.
They are polyester and have the name Columbia printed on the front. The jackets have two battery packs located in inner pouches. There are reports the heated, inner-wrist cuff can overheat and pose a burn hazard.
The recall involves about 9,600 jackets in the U.S. and 640 in Canada. They are sold at Bass Pro Outdoor World, Dick's Sporting Goods and other major retailers and sporting or outdoor stores nationwide; and online at Amazon.com and Columbia.com from May 2012 to January 2013 for between $250 and $1,200.
Models Affected by Recall
Circuit Breaker™ II Jacket -- SM7051
Electro AMP™ Jacket -- SM7061
Electro™ Interchange Jacket -- SM7886
Electric Big Game™ Interchange Jacket -- HM7198
Circuit Breaker™ II Jacket -- SL7022
Electro AMP™ Jacket -- SL7021
Electro™ Interchange Jacket -- SL7885
The style number can be found on both the large white care label and the small white security tag sewn into the left inside seam of the jacket.
No incidents of jacket wrist cuffs overheating were reported in the U.S. The firm received reports of one incident in Europe and one in Canada. No injuries were reported.
Columbia Sportswear Company toll-free at 866-201-9073 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. Monday through Friday, or online at www.Columbia.com, click on "Recall Information" at the bottom of the page, then select 2012 Heated Jacket Recall.
Copyright 2012 by ClickOnDetroit.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


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Cancer Research to Benefit Pet Animals & People
Cancer is most often a disease of older age. As our dogs and cats maintain their health better and live to older ages, they are at greater risk for cancer development. With more than 70 million pet dogs in the United States, cancer is a growing challenge to pet animals, their families, and to veterinarians. Cancer also remains a major cause of suffering and death in people, taking the lives of more than half a million people each year in the United States. Scientists in the Purdue Comparative Oncology Program (PCOP) are working to change this. As veterinarians, it is obvious that our work is aimed at helping our canine and feline companions. Our work is also aimed at benefiting human cancer patients. A tremendous opportunity exists for the comparative nature of the work because specific forms of naturally-occurring cancer in pet animals very closely mimic those same forms of cancer in humans. Therefore, when a new successful approach to prevent, treat, or better manage cancer in pet animals is identified, there is clear justification to evaluate this approach in humans.
Comparative oncology studies in the Purdue University Veterinary Teaching Hospital include work in invasive urinary bladder cancer (transitional cell carcinoma), lymphoma, and brain cancer. PCOP scientists are actively involved in the Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, including the Bladder Cancer Focus Group, and the Oncological Sciences Center at Purdue.
The PCOP team at Purdue University also participates in the Comparative Oncology Trials Consortium (COTC). The COTC is part of the Comparative Oncology Program at the National Institutes of Health. The COTC consists of veterinary oncologists all across the country that work together to perform clinical trials in dogs and cats with cancer.


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The second stop on the RoadStackRV road show was right outside the beautiful city of Boulder, Colo. We drove from Los Angeles overnight. We left behind palm trees, highs in the 80s and sandy beaches and encountered mountain passes, snow and temps within the hot chocolate range. It was quite the change of scenery.
Alas, we arrived at our location at the DaVinci Institute, which was launched in 1997 as a non-profit futurist think tank. The DaVinci Institute has emerged as a center of visionary thought, attracting both a national and international following of inventors, innovators, idea junkies and business leaders alike. The audience in Boulder was a highly technical bunch, of which many have played with OpenStack in some form or function, and/or were current Rackspace and Dell customers already! It's always nice to get out and meet customers face to face; they always offer candid feedback and that's the type of stuff we love to hear. It's the job of all Rackers to hear out problems and engage the right people to get problems solved! This time around we had representatives from HP, Level3, OpsCode, various government agencies and many local start-ups — about 40 total in attendance — our biggest turnout yet!
Jim Plamondon started us off again with his "Cloud 101" deck to ensure everyone was on the same page when it came to cloud computing. This went pretty flawlessly, as the audience had a fairly solid understanding of cloud already. But something I liked was a guy sitting next to me whispering, "Oh, that's a good point." This was one of the most technical guys in the room, and it just goes to show that reviewing the basics rarely ever hurts.
As we moved into the second part of the presentation, the agenda was simple: OpenStack Foundation, Rackspace adoption of OpenStack and lastly bits and pieces from the Folsom Design Summit & Conference. Off the bat, there was a slew of questions about the Foundation. This has been a pretty hot topic of late, especially with the news last week that Red Hat and IBM joined the Foundation as Platinum sponsors. The questions ranged from "What do you expect Red Hat's role to be with their current slate of open-source cloud products?" to "What license is OpenStack governed by?" to "Why would Rackspace want to move OpenStack into a standalone foundation?" The answers were simple: Red Hat has an enterprise interest with its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution, so it will likely look to enter the OpenStack world with a similar product, as Red Hat stated in a press release FAQ about its membership to the OpenStack Foundation.
Transitioning into Rackspace's adoption of OpenStack into our next generation cloud was a fun topic that created lots of stir. Rarely outside of the OpenStack Conference can you refer to OpenStack projects by their codenames only and everyone knows what you are talking about, e.g., Nova as Compute, Keystone as Identity Service, etc. Much of the crowd knew these details, and knew what it means that Rackspace now runs these projects in some sort of production or limited availability today. It means that OpenStack and its projects are real. Two years ago some of these projects did not even exist — except as some scribbles on a whiteboard. To go from whiteboard scribble to an enterprise productized solution is a huge win for OpenStack and anyone who plans to use it for either business or personal gain.
The biggest part of the discussion was around how people would start to use the projects to build their own clouds. There was a misconception that all of the code Rackspace uses today is available for download. Due to each company having its own use cases and business practices, there will always be a part of code that will be have to be catered to one's use. The load balancer as a service project, Atlas, was wholly written by Rackspace developers and open-sourced. The integration code to our systems and our special sauce (billing, monitoring, etc.) are of no use to others with systems that are totally different. This meant that around 80 percent of the code was released to the public, which then allows the community to make infrastructure of software choices that best suit them.
The last part of the presentation was dominated by conversations around community, deployment and stability. There were many folks in the crowd that had hands-on experience with OpenStack and they shared many of the pain points I've heard at some of the other OpenStack meet-ups I've attended over the past couple years: Documentation is scattered; it's not easy to setup an OpenStack cloud; and if you do happen to get it deployed, it's hard to migrate to a new release. From the documentation and communication standpoint, there was a good amount of progress made at the Summit. All documentation will now be hosted on GitHub and will be able to use the benefits of the version control software. Discussion around mailing list clean-up and Internet Relay Chat (IRC) reorganization was positive and will help people focus more on the things that they want to work on and not drown in the sea of information that OpenStack produces. Overall, I felt the communication changes will be good for the project and I'm looking forward to the leaps of progress we'll see due to these changes.
The conversation then turned to deployment — a topic dear to my heart. OpenStack is growing at such a rapid pace that it's hard to keep deployment guides, best practices and reference architectures up to date. What if there was a single tool that would deploy a cloud for you, using packages that have been thoroughly tested and known to work? Say hello to Crowbar, an OpenStack installer written and open-sourced by Dell. Teaming up with Rackspace, Dell is deploying fully operational OpenStack clouds on bare-metal servers. If you've been to any major cloud conferences in the past 18 months or so, you may have seen Crowbar do its magic live. If not, you can check out the latest recorded Crowbar demo from Austin DevOpsDays 2012.
We ended the session discussing stability and upgrade paths, two topics that have become increasingly important as OpenStack moves towards more production deployments. There was a lot of news in this department — there was a dedicated session to discuss proper packaging across Linux distributions along with an announcement from Mark Shuttleworth from Ubuntu that Ubuntu will backport future releases of OpenStack into its LTS release. I was also pleasantly surprised to see a "Deploy/Ops" track at this Summit. It is no longer a matter of if but when.
The momentum behind OpenStack has clearly increased as the aforementioned events illustrate. We are watching a revolution happen, and it's one heck of a show, but I still say we've barely seen anything yet!


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Hope came to us as a rescue.
PAW Animal Shelter is a high intake No Kill Shelter ran by a staff of 4. If you have applied for an animal in our facility and have not received a response within 7 days, PLEASE call or contact us again. Though we do our best in trying to answer all emails in a timely manner, sometimes things get away from us, get lost or misplaced. It is never our intention to ignore a request about an adoptable animal in our facility.
Sandy Brown, Director, PAW Animal Shelter
Our Dog/Puppy adoption fee is $180. This includes spay/neuter, one year rabies shot, all puppy and/or booster shots, heartworm test, worming and a lifetime Microchip. We require that all our adopted dogs be kept on heartworm prevention.
Our Cat/Kitten adoption fee is $85 and includes spay/neuter, rabies, all boosters and worming. Our cat/kittens are not declawed unless surrendered/ found that way.
We ask that for ANY reason you cannot keep your pet you first contact PAW Animal Shelter before surrendering it to another shelter.
Thank You!
Your message has been sent to PAW Animal Shelter.
You'll receive a copy, too, at to help you keep track of which pets you've inquired about, and which shelters and rescues you've emailed.
NOTE: Some shelters have physical locations you can visit; some of these shelters may only have pets for a limited time, so please do not wait for a reply—just go visit the shelter! Other organizations are rescue groups run by busy volunteers who may take a while to reply. You can find information about the shelter or rescue group caring for this pet, and their adoption procedures, on the pet's details page on Adopt-a-Pet.com.


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International Students
Virginia Wesleyan University has a diverse student body which is comprised of students from different ethnic backgrounds from the U.S. as well as students from several different countries. The University provides students from foreign countries a home away from home for four years. Virginia Wesleyan University offers services and activities to assist international students with their transition to college life in the United States.
Currently, Virginia Wesleyan has students enrolled from Bulgaria, Korea, Germany, Trinidad, Senegal, Cote D'Ivoire, The Netherlands, The United Kingdom, Canada, and Northern Cyprus. Here is where you can learn more about the application process, scholarships, and services for international students.
We hope that you will consider joining our student body!
Virginia Wesleyan University complies with the regulations of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. In doing so, the University enrolls only students who meet the University requirements for admission, who carry the required minimum credit hour load, who maintain the requirements pertaining to their visa status, and who provide the University with documentation required for such status.


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SANTA CRUZ -- Central Fire's 2012 toy drive collected 500 toys for children in Santa Cruz County.
The Central Fire District has collected toys for less fortunate families in the area during the Christmas season since 1988, assisted by the California Highway Patrol.
The annual holiday toy drive ended Dec. 21, having collected an estimated 500 toys.
Central Fire personnel also delivered toys to four host families living within the fire district.
Additionally, 15 bicycles were donated as part of the "Turning Wheels for Kids" program, which Central Fire has participated in for the past five years.
Toys 'R' Us and the Target store in Capitola helped the drive by providing support and toy donations this year, Central Fire spokesman Mike DeMars said.


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- Mikaela South is a beauty expert & editor at Joyus where she curates products from around the world and shares her beauty tips and trends. She has appeared on AOL StyleList, People, The Zoe Report and many beauty & fashion publications. Mikaela worked as a makeup artist for top beauty brands and started a San Francisco-based business, providing makeup services for brides, private clients and photographers. She graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Philosophy and resides in San Francisco.
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ALBANY — Mayor Farid Javandel, U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee and state Assemblywoman Nancy Skinner stood on the sidewalk in front of Ocean View Park on Wednesday morning, taking turns speaking about the Albany Bay Trail Connector project, also known as the Buchanan/Marin Bikeway project.
As Javandel spoke about the project, his voice was periodically drowned out by cars zipping past on Buchanan Street.
It was a perfect illustration of why many people in Albany have been calling for the connector for years. As Skinner said, "Our kids come here all the time and we want our kids to get here safely."
The project, which runs from Cornell Avenue to the east side of the Buchanan Street overpass, just west of Pierce Street, will connect existing paths constructed as part of Albany's alternative transportation project. Construction is expected to be completed by the end of next summer.
The project required negotiations with several stakeholders, including the University of California, the United States Department of Agriculture and the Albany Unified School District. It was funded by several sources, including a $1.7 million federal Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality grant.
The connector was a long time coming and nobody understands that more than Javandel. When work on the city's alternative transportation project began 12 years ago, Javandel was a consultant to the city.
The Albany High School graduate then moved back to town and he took a position on the city's Traffic and Safety Commission. After three years there, Javandel was elected to the first of two terms on the City Council.
He is termed out and will leave the council next month. The bikeway is definitely a legacy for Javandel, whose day job is Transportation Division manager for Berkeley.
"It really is something that I've been involved in all the way through so it feels like it has paralleled my political involvement in Albany," he said. "It's really satisfying to me as I'm about to wrap up my term as mayor and go off the council, that we had our groundbreaking today. It's on a roll, it's going to be completed and we're all going to benefit from it and I feel very privileged to have had a part in that."
Albany transportation Planner Aleida Andrino-Chavez was credited with pushing the project forward.
"Aleida has done a fabulous job," Javandel said. "She's our only transportation employee in the city of Albany. I happen to work for the city of Berkeley where I've got a staff of 13 people and sometimes I feel we have a hard time keeping up with her."
Javandel was joined by Lee and Skinner for the ceremonial first turn of the dirt. Each had a gold-colored shovel with a big red ribbon on the handle.
And each was personally involved in the 12-year process.
"I live off of the Ohlone Greenway in Berkeley," Skinner said. "From my house, I can easily ride my bike either on the Ohlone Greenway all the way to here or I can ride one surface street and get on the pedestrian overpass over the freeway to the Bay Trail. As a cyclist, and somebody who pays attention to these things, I'm just so happy that we're extending bike paths."
Lee was credited for helping both with funding and working among the many agencies.
"There was a huge federal role in this and my job is to make sure we eliminate the bureaucracy and bring the federal agencies together to support what the residents of Albany want and that's what we did," she said. "It's a project that's environmentally sound, it does reduce fossil fuels, it reduces congestion, it provides for safe passages to schools. So it's a win-win."


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Well I just posted a few months ago about how my son got his first Cell Phone: "Buying My Son His First Cell Phone", well now he wants a laptop!
At first I though, we perhaps he sees me with my laptop and want to follow suite, perhaps he wants to learn to program, or download some cool function software like Gimp or Open Office….
So I asked him why he wanted a laptop, and he said so he could play certain computer games while he watched kid shows on TV…
Now I'm sure your thinking: hard life huh. Most likely, you're thinking that my son is a slacker and lazy, but that's not so. He's plays both soccer and basketball, and he's a straight A student to boot.
Now my daughter has been begging for an iPod touch like my son has in the past (he now has an iPod Touch), so if I were to buy him a computer, well obviously, I would have to buy her an iPod Touch too! Then before you know it, I have a very expensive Christmas suddenly on my hands!
You might think that this is a no brainer, but actually for me it isn't! My son is a great kid and doesn't really ask for much, and he's both courteous and kind. Yeah his answer to my question about why he wanted a laptop wasn't the most prudent, but at least he was honest, and I know he'll use it for school work too.
So today, I'm going to ask you the reader, what would you do, especially if you child hasn't asked from much in the past? It's obviously, more powerful than the iPod touch and ironically cost practically the same amount…
What would you do?


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Listed by date reported missing or when remains were discovered for those not reported missing in Mendocino and Humboldt counties.
Humboldt County:
April 2001: Burgess Gene Kone, 55, of Bridgeville was reported missing and considered a possible homicide victim. June 2001, burnt and broken-up human remains were found in three locations along Highway 36. These remains were eventually identified as belonging to Kone and in 2004 Chester Evans, 36, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 12 years 8 months in prison. Evans apparently killed Kone so he could grow marijuana on Kone's property.
July 2003: Rex Donald Shinn, 32, of Loleta was reported missing. His remains were found on private land near Honeydew in January 2007. Forensics established Shinn had been shot serval times. The man accused of shooting Shinn was acquitted on first degree murder charges and the jury could not agree on second degree charges. The crime was considered marijuana related.
August 2003: Chris Robert Giauque, 36, was reported missing after leaving Humboldt County on a trip to Spy Rock Road in Mendocino County. His father considers it a robbery-murder case. The possible homicide is considered marijuana related.
September 2003: Christopher Aleksiewic was reported missing in the Humboldt area. Two femurs found by dogs in Cooper Gulch in 2006 and 2007 were identified in 2010 were identified as his by the California Department of Justice.
February 2004: Human remains found near Pepperwood, Adult male deceased between one and two months. In February 2005 he was identified as Robert John Tobaka, 53, of Eureka. Tobaka was reported missing in March 2004. While his death was being investigated as a homicide no further updates were issued.
September 2004: The remains of a female was found at Grizzly Creek State Park, later identified as Lori Ann Jones. Two men were arrested in 2005 for her murder and subsequently convicted.
September 2005: Joseph Clarence Wilma Jr. 52, of Redway; Michael William Desmet, 33, of Shelter Cove reported missing in Humboldt County . Wilma's leg and jawbone were located in Covelo April 2007 in a 4,500 plant marijuana grow. Homicide suspected, Desmet's remains have not been found. The possible homicides are considered marijuana related.
December 2005: Jason Dee McElroy, 26, of Idaho was reported missing from the Hoopa area. His remains were found May 2006 near Weitchpec by police. A Hoopa woman told authorities she spotted the body months earlier but she didn't didn't report it becaus in Hoopa, "snitches go in ditches." Carlyle Blake, 29, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in 2009. This may have been methamphetamine related.
2006: Jon Poschman was reported missing. A femur found in 2008 by a dog in Cooper Gulch was identified in April 2012 as Poschman's .
2006: Todd Robertson, 32, was reported missing. Skeletal remains were found in Cutten in May 2008 and they were positively identified as Robertson's.
Oct. 2006: Male human skull found in Fieldbrook. No identification. The skull was thought to have been in the area where it was located about 1 year. No further remains were found.
April 2007: Stephanie Lee Fowler, 33, left a cigarette shop in Loleta. She was a mother of six and her skeletal remains were located in a burned out Loleta church in August 2009. Cause of death was never released.
February 2008: Gary Lee Rogers, 37, was last seen at a truck stop in Alton.
September 2008: Monica Bradshaw was last seen by neighbors. Despite intensive searches law enforcement coul not locate her remains. Her husband pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and provided a location of the wooded area where her remains were located.
November 2008: Christine Walters, 23, went missing in Eureka.
January 2010 Jerry George, 29, of McKinleyville, was reported missing. Jacob Charles Steele was convicted of murdering George in an apartment in 2012. George's body was dumpedi into the mouth of the Eel River and was never recovered. Methamphetamine was involved.
February 2010: William Reid, 46, of Willow Creek was areported missing. Charred bones were found in several locations scattered around his property. Two men were arrested for the murder. The first man's trial resulted in a mistrial.
April 2011: Edward Burton Jenson, 54, of Blocksburg, was reported missing. His remains were found in July 2011 beside the Eel River near Weott. The death has been called a homicide.
December 2011: Skull found in Arcata by young boys, search teams found additional remains the next day. The remains were identified in February 2012 as a man missing since April from Altoona, Pennsylvania. The coroner ruled it a suicide.
June 2012: Katherine Gillham, 40, left Grants Pass, Oregon on her way to Big Lagoon. She was last seen in Crescent City at 3 a.m. on June 11.
December 2012: Garret Rodriguez, 30, of San Diego, was last heard from after arriving in the Garberville area to work at a marijuana grow on "Murder Mountain." He was reported missing in April 2013. A private investigator hired by the family found Rodriguez' broken down truck in southern Humboldt County in June 2013.
Mendocino County
November 1999: Tony Joseph Griffani, 38, left a Ukiah residence to go to Gualala and was never seen again. His car was found in January 2000 near Willits. In 2003, a human skull was located near where the pickup was found. His disappearance is considered suspicious.
December 2003: Michael Ray Larsen, 49, of Fort Bragg, was reported missing. In July 2009, a skeleton was found on South Harbor Drive by people clearing brush on the hillside. The remains were identified as Larsen within a few weeks. There was no evidence of foul play.
May 2004: Chad Richard Kirkendall, 23, of Caspar, was reported missing following a crash.
December 2004: Kathryn Rebecca Lamadrid, 40, was last seen walking across the old Noyo River Bridge.
May 2005: Donald Cavanaugh, 63, of Illinois, was reported missing. His vehicle was subsequently found in Westport.
November 2005: Thomas Thurston, 19, was last seen in Ukiah on November 5 when he left to go on a camping trip on north Cow Mountain.
May 2006: David Neily was reported missing although he had not been heard from since April. Police located his vehicles in Westport in July 2006.
March 2007: George Cameron Hettrick, 57, of Philo. Human remains was found in a ranch in Philo in January 2008 and his remains were identified in February 2008.
October 2010: Eric Christopher Grant was last seen working for Mendocino Redwood Company on October 27 near Navarro Ridge Road.
October 2012: The skeletal remains of an unidentified man, 25 to 45 years old, and between 5 ft. 11 and 6 ft. 5 inches tall was located on the shore of the Eel River north of Leggett.
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I am adding to a system that stores details about work completed for their clients.
There's a lot going on and there's around 60 database tables for various things which have already been developed in one database.
I now need to add tables for notes made by their staff about a client. The way it works is that about 20 or so notes can be added per week per client. They want to keep this for 5 years and with about 500 clients I work this out at a maximum need of about 2,600,000 records (20 a week * 52 weeks * 5 years * 500 clients).
There isn't really any way round the number of notes. They have people add these notes on their mobiles / computers at various points throughout the day apparently.
Also, similar to notes, they need to log number of hours worked and again this can involve about 10 entries per week as different people log hours worked at different times. So, this could easily be well over 1 million records.
I'm thinking it might be best to have one notes table and one hours table per client. That way the notes table would be 500 times smaller at about 5,000 maximum records.
There won't be any need to produce reports for all of the notes or hours at one time, so a separate table makes sense. It's not as though we'd ever need to join all 500 client tables to produce reports as it won't be needed.
As for creating a new table per client then a PHP script would add a new table when they 'add a client' on their back-end system, so it would all be automated.
So the questions are
(1) Should I have one notes table for all (2.6m records) or one per client?
(2) Should I have one hours worked table (over 1m records) for all or one per client?
(3) Should I create all this in the one database or use a 2nd and/or 3rd database for the extra tables?
If I create it all in one database then would it be odd that the existing 60 or so tables are in with probably 1,000 other tables that are automatically generated (and probably deleted if a client leaves), or would having 3 databases be the wrong way to go about it?
That's totally fine. Just make sure you have indexes on any columns used in any SQL clauses -- join columns, sorting columns, and even columns used in a where clause.
Yes, that sounds good.
No. Definitely, definitely no. Never do something like that. That would make a cluttered mess that is completely unnecessary. Creating an index will get you the same performance gains without creating 500+ tables.
Your schema should probably look something like this.
users (presumably your company's staff)
| id | whatever_else |
| id | name | whatever_else |
| id | user_id | client_id | content |
| user_id | client_id | reporting_period | hours |
^ ^
I'm not sure what RDBMS you have there, but it looks like some PARTITION BY is in order.
why do you need to partition a table with "only" two and a half million records? Properly indexed that isn't troublesome to a database.
A partition can act as a standalone table: smaller set of records, to read/write, own indexes, smaller to load than the big whole table ones. This means faster reads/writes while keeping a unified structure.
2.5m records is big or small depending on the RDBMS and its hosting server capabilities. But usually it means big. I don't think the OP is corporate.


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County Executive Presents Proposed Budget Feb. 23
Feb. 17, 2010
News Highlights
Fairfax County Executive Anthony H. Griffin will present his proposed budget for FY 2011 to the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m. following presentations to residents at the regularly scheduled board meeting.
The meeting will be held in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. It will be shown live online and on Fairfax County Government Channel 16. The public also can follow the highlights of the meeting through Twitter.
The county executive's presentation will be available as video-on-demand and air again on Channel 16 on Sunday, Feb. 28, at 9 p.m. and Friday, March 5, at 9 p.m. It also will air as part of the Board of Supervisors meeting replays on Friday, Feb. 26, beginning at 8 p.m., and Saturday, Feb. 27, at 10 a.m.
Public hearings on the FY 2011 fiscal plan have been set for Tuesday, April 6, at 6 p.m., and Wednesday and Thursday, April 7-8, at 3 p.m. Those wishing to speak at any of the public hearings should contact the Office of the Clerk to the Board at 703-324-3151, TTY 703-324-3903, to place their name on the speakers list or sign up online.
Board of Supervisors budget committee meetings are scheduled for Tuesday, March 16, at 1 p.m. and Friday, March 26, at 2 p.m. The board's budget pre-markup session has been scheduled for Friday, April 16, at 2 p.m. and the markup session for Tuesday, April 20, at 10 a.m. The formal adoption of the budget is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, April 27, at 10 a.m. during the regularly scheduled Board of Supervisors meeting.
All of the board's public hearings will be held in the Board Auditorium of the Fairfax County Government Center and will be televised live on Fairfax County Government Channel 16.
Summary of Important Dates
|Proposed FY 2011 Budget Presentation
Feb. 23, 10 a.m.
|Board of Supervisors Budget Committee Meeting
March 16, 1 p.m.
|Board of Supervisors Budget Pre-markup Session
|March 26, 2 p.m.
|Public Hearing
|April 6, 6 p.m.
|Public Hearing
|April 7, 3 p.m.
|Public Hearing
April 8, 3 p.m.
|Board of Supervisors Budget Markup Session
|April 20, 10 a.m.
|Formal Adoption of Budget
|April 27, 10 a.m.
NOTE TO MEDIA: CDs of the budget will be available to the media on Tuesday, Feb. 23, as the county executive begins his presentation. The information also will be posted online. Anthony H. Griffin and other county staff will be available for media questions in the Press Room (Room 158) of the Government Center immediately following the morning session of the Board of Supervisors meeting. Media outlets needing assistance should contact the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
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One of these days, Arizona will be tested in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
It hasn't happened yet.
For the second straight game, the Wildcats went wire-to-wire against an overmatched opponent Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena.
One of these days, Arizona will be tested in the 2013 NCAA Tournament.
It hasn't happened yet.
For the second straight game, the Wildcats went wire-to-wire against an overmatched opponent Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena.
This time, the victim was Ivy League champion Harvard.
Senior guard Mark Lyons scored 27 points and Arizona advanced to the Sweet 16 for the third time in five years with a 74-51 victory over the cold-shooting Crimson.
Arizona, seeded sixth in the West Regional, also got a 13-point, 10-rebound effort from senior forward Solomon Hill while improving its record to 27-7.
"They're a sensational basketball team," Crimson coach Tommy Amaker said. "... They have all the pieces, when you think about it, that's necessary to have a championship-level team."
The Wildcats split their final 10 games heading into the tournament, but they have not trailed in wins over 11th-seeded Belmont or 14th-seeded Harvard.
They built a 14-4 lead over the Bruins on Thursday night and, when the Crimson missed their first 13 shots in this game, Arizona rolled to a 17-2 lead.
On Harvard's first two possessions, Christian Webster and Laurent Rivard got open looks from the 3-point line, but they missed badly.
"We broke down," Miller admitted, "and they just missed. Sometimes when you get off to a slow start, it's like you're playing catch-up the whole game.
That's exactly what happened to the Crimson.
Arizona took a 5-0 lead and, after Harvard's Kenyatta Smith made two free throws 21/2 minutes into the game, Lyons triggered a 12-0 run by the Wildcats with a 3-pointer.
Just over five minutes later, Arizona owned a 15-point lead. It was even bigger than the 14-4 advantage the Wildcats started with against Belmont.
Certainly, Arizona had not overlooked underdog Harvard.
"You can't take anybody lightly," said Hill. "Any game can go any way. That's the way we look at it."
Said Lyons: "... We knew they were capable of beating anybody. It's not the name on the jersey. So we went out there and played them like any other team we have to face."
Arizona owned a 40-22 lead at halftime, after holding Harvard to 7-for-28 shooting and outrebounding the Crimson, 21-13.
"We have a bigger team," Hill said. "So controlling the boards and limiting them on second shots really helped us control the game."
If there was anything close to a critical moment in the second half, it came after Webster and Siyani Chambers knocked down back-to-back 3-point shots.
The Crimson trailed, 44-30, with 17 minutes remaining when Lyons took over.
His baseline drive stopped Harvard's momentum and, following a missed 3-pointer by Rivard, Lyons knocked down a 3.
Within a minute, Arizona regained control and coasted to its victory.
Lyons "was big off the ball screen and attacked the bigs," Chambers said. "... He did what most great guards do tried to make plays for himself and his teammates. That's what he did that I thought was very, very effective."
P Arizona goes on a 12-0 run early in the game to kick off its dominating win.
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Headache as a Rare Presenting Symptom of Löfgren Syndrome
Headache as a Rare Presenting Symptom of Löfgren Syndrome
A 33-year-old woman with an unremarkable past medical history presented in clinic with complaints of frontotemporal headaches and neck pain without stiffness of 1 week's duration. Tension headache was initially diagnosed. Four days later, she presented to the local emergency department (ED) with a worsening headache now accompanied by nausea, vomiting, ankle pain with swelling, and fevers (temperatures reported as high as 40°C [105°F]). She had a new rash on her lower extremities. The rash appeared as erythematous, tender patches, 3 to 4 cm in size, on the anterior aspect of her lower extremities bilaterally (Figure). Treatment with prednisone was started for a presumed autoimmune response. At a clinic follow-up 3 days later, her ankle pain and swelling had improved but the headaches and fevers had not relented. A biopsy of the rash was significant for superficial perivascular dermatitis with mild focal spongiosus. Because she was afebrile at the visit, the patient was instructed to continue the current dose of prednisone and seek medical attention should either fevers or headache return.
Several days later, she returned to the ED with new-onset diffuse chest pain, abdominal pain, and worsening headache. Analysis of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) revealed leukocytosis (tube 1: WBC 51 [neutrophiils, 1%; lymphocytes, 93%; monocytes, 6%]; RBC 716; tube 4: WBC, 38 [neutrophils, 2%; lymphocytes, 88%; monocytes, 10%]; RBC, 42; glucose, 49 mg/dL; protein, 38 mg/dL) and she was admitted to the hospital for presumed meningitis. Her headaches continued during the admission but she remained afebrile. Laboratory findings at this time were significant for elevated high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) (90 mg/L; normal, <10 mg/L). Results of a chest radiograph and CT scan of the head were normal. Infectious mononucleosis was ruled out (negative heterophile antibody test). Syphilis also was ruled out (RPR negative) and no evidence was found of bacteremia or infectious meningitis. She was discharged from the hospital and was referred for follow-up with rheumatology.
At the appointment with rheumatology she reported persistent low-grade fevers and recurrent arthralgias, as well as new-onset right periorbital edema, erythema, and photophobia. Profiles were negative for antinuclear antibodies, angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), cryoglobulin, and vasculitis. However, she had positive Lyme titers and a CT scan of the chest revealed pulmonary nodules. She was referred to ophthalmology for a comprehensive eye exam that was notable for bilateral iritis; she was given oral prednisone and doxycycline.
The patient returned to the ED 2 months later with persistent headaches, which she said were made worse by exertion and light. She also reported new joint pain, neck stiffness, and worsening fatigue. CSF leukocytosis had worsened (tube 1: WBC, 67 [neutrophils, 8%; lymphocytes, 74%; monocytes, 15%; eosinophils, 3%]; RBC, 974; tube 4: WBC, 49 [neutrophils, 5%, lymphocytes 80%, monocytes, 12%, eosinophils 3%]; glucose, 37 mg/dL; protein, 87 mg/dL) and she was readmitted to the hospital for treatment of meningitis. CSF cultures and virus studies were negative. Blood cultures, HIV antibodies, a hepatic panel, and complete blood count were normal. Antibody titers were negative for lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid factor, and ANCA. Her ESR was 14 mm/h and hs-CRP level was 10.4 mg/L. MRI study of the brain was normal. Repeated CT scan of the chest was significant for pulmonary nodules. Biopsy of lung tissue was significant for granulomatous disease and a diagnosis of Löfgren syndrome was made.
She was treated with prednisone 40 mg daily for 1 week, and her symptoms improved. She was discharged and instructed to follow up with rheumatology, pulmonology, and neurology. Prednisone was continued and tapered slowly because symptoms returned when it was discontinued. At a follow-up, she reported improvement in her headaches and arthralgias and complete resolution of erythema nodosum.


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Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis is closer to finding a new home for 2013, according to a published report.
The New York Daily News said new GM John Idzik will trade Revis "in the coming days at the right price."
With the free agent signing period under way Tuesday, the Jets would like to trade their All-Pro corner before the market dries up.
Revis reportedly is ahead of schedule in his recovery from a torn ACL. A recent report said he recently began running on a treadmill.
Pro Football Talk reported Monday a legitimate offer was extended for Revis that included a draft pick package to the Jets and a long-term contract.
Revis is entering the final year of his contract and is looking to become one of the league's highest paid defensive players.


text: Show Hide image Politics 5 November 2012 Services growth flatlining Triple dip ahead? Sign up for our weekly email * The Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) for services has fallen to 50.6, indicating growth in the sector has dropped to nearly nothing. Given the proportion of UK growth attributable to the services sector, this has raised fears of a triple-dip recession in the future. Markit economics writes: Further growth of UK services activity was recorded during October, although the rate of expansion slowed to a marginal pace. Growth of new business also eased during the month, leading companies to deplete backlogs of work. Meanwhile, staffing levels were reduced for the second month running… The headline seasonally adjusted Business Activity Index posted 50.6 in October. Although this reading still signalled an expansion in services activity during the month, it was below the mark of 52.2 in September. Moreover, the rate of growth was the slowest in the current 22-month period of rising activity. Since services were responsible for basically the entirity of last quarter's GDP growth, there is a strong risk that this means that growht for the fourth quarter will be anaemic or worse, as Ernst and Young's Nida Ali writes: A dismal start to the fourth quarter, with the services PMI pointing to a further slowdown in growth. High competitive pressures, declining backlogs of work and a fall in employment are all signs of underlying weakness, and suggest a flat-lining of the services sector in the coming months. Today's release is particularly discouraging because the economy is heavily reliant on services to offset the ongoing weakness in manufacturing. As such, these figures support our view that GDP growth in the fourth quarter will be negligible at best. Alex Hern is a technology reporter for the Guardian. He was formerly staff writer at the New Statesman. You should follow Alex on Twitter. Subscribe from just £1 per issue More


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On a frigid Sunday night in February, David Sheps is at Starbucks studying for a major exam. After Starbucks closes he moves to Tim Hortons, explaining that he can concentrate better with the background noise.
The first-year medical student says he's still adjusting to the heavy academic workload and he doesn't expect to get much sleep before the next day's exam.
Despite the demands of medical school at the University of Toronto, Sheps is still finding time to act and sing in Daffydil, the musical production put on annually by students at U of T's faculty of medicine. "I jumped at the chance to do it."
The show, an original theatrical production written, performed, directed and produced by faculty of medicine students, has been a U of T tradition for more than 100 years. In recent years, the show has been a fundraiser for cancer, and to date it has raised more than $600,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.
Many Jewish students are involved in the show, from performing on stage to producing and fundraising. Daffydil 2013 runs from Feb. 20 to 23 at Hart House Theatre.
Sheps, who grew up in Thornhill, Ont., has been acting and singing for years. He attended summer theatre camps, he studied acoustic guitar and in Grade 12, he was in his high school's musical production.
As an undergraduate at York University, he participated in Vanier College Productions, acting in stage plays, doing improv theatre and singing in coffee houses.
Sheps says when he applied to medical school, he knew he wanted to be in Daffydil. "I even mentioned that in my interview."
He says he knew about the show from his uncle, Dr. Franklin Sheps, who had also been a participant.
Elan Panov, a second-year U of T medical student, had also heard about Daffydil when he was growing up. His mother, Dr. Rochelle Schwartz, had been one of the performers. "She always talked about Daffydil and she raved about the performers.
"When I was accepted to medical school, I knew I wanted to be a part of the show in one way or another. The problem is, I have zero talent. I can't act. I can't sing and I can't dance. The logical choice was to get involved in fundraising."
Panov says there were two reasons to do fundraising. Through his charitable work, he has acquired significant experience in promoting ticket sales and finding corporate sponsorships.
His second reason is personal. Since the production raises money for cancer, it was important for him to get involved to show support for a close family member who has cancer. "This is a way of helping my family member."
Second-year student David Ben-Israel, the co-producer of the show, says his "vision for the show" was to draw more awareness to cancer. "I wanted to make the event more cancer-focused."
To that end, he had planned to have a field trip to a cancer research centre for the band and cast, but he says it ended up being too difficult to organize a visit for so many people.
However, he did find a cancer survivor who will speak about his experience before the shows. "It's an opportunity for advocacy and for people to think about their support for the cause," Ben-Israel says.
He also made an effort to encourage students in the other schools in the faculty of medicine, such as occupational and physiotherapy and speech pathology, to participate in Daffydil.
When he saw the shows last year, he says he was inspired to get involved. As he has no previous experience acting, he ended up becoming a co-producer.
Ben-Israel has multiple responsibilities in this position. "If there's an artistic dispute, myself or the other co-producer mediate situation. We try to remain impartial."
However, sometimes he's just the chief schlepper, running errands such as printing sheet music and finding props.
As much as he'd love to be performing, Ben-Israel says co-producing has been a "wonderful learning experience in being a leader."
He says the production includes a main cast of 10, a 15- to 20-person chorus, and about six to eight dancers with a similar number of band members.
As a co-producer, he says he sat in on auditions and he attends all rehearsals.
Ben-Israel says the talent of the people involved in the show is very impressive.
One of the people he cites as being a big asset to the production is Michael Fridman, a second-year medical student with a solid theatrical background. "I've been involved in theatre since Grade 1," Fridman says.
He had tremendous stage fright when he was in kindergarten, but was encouraged to participate in a drama program at school as a way of overcoming this fear. "It transformed me to the person I am today.
"The more I performed, the more I saw the enjoyment in being onstage. It became addictive. It's an experience unlike any other."
He performed in several productions a year from grades 6 through 12, and as an undergraduate at Queens University, he participated in several theatrical shows.
Fridman, who was also in last year's Daffydil show, describes himself as "an actor who is able to carry a tune."
Participation in Daffydil is "a privilege," but it's also "an enormous commitment," he says. "You have to be a steward with your time. We have an exam the week following Daffydil. We also have to cover the same material as the other students with much more limited time."
Inna Genkin, a second-year medical student, is one of the show's dancers. She says juggling her time between performing and studying is a challenge, but she's having a lot of fun.
"When I saw the show last year, I thought it would be really cool to be part of it. But I can't sing for my life and I can't act. I'm not artistically inclined."
However, she's been dancing since she was a young child and so she auditioned. "I'm very excited to be part of Daffydil."
Sheps echoes her sentiments. "It's been a blast. It's so impressive watching people with so many diverse talents come together."
For tickets, visit www.daffydil2013.com.


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The place is flooded. #9 looks like:
don't use the small bridge crossing the creek on 9 either, you'll get wet, go around. the bridge from 10 to 11 is also under water...as well as #11's basket, totally submerged. other than that it's perfectly playable!
side note- if anyone finds my star flat top stingray (signed with number) i'll offer a $10 reward for returning it. I lost it on #9, right where the shoreline typically is. Got in after it, but couldn't find it...lake monster got it i guess.
good luck!


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Let's step once again into the mind of the unconvinced, perhaps even curmudgeonly or fool-hearted editor: What harsh rejection letters might the authors of some of our favorite hit books have had to endure?
This time we take on John Grogan of Marley & Me fame.
6 Steps to Jump-Start Your Story
Sooner or later, we all get stranded in the middle of our manuscripts. Use these 6 steps to jump-start your story so you can keep on driving.
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Reject a Hit: J.K. Rowling
Let's step once again into the role of the unconvinced, perhaps even curmudgeonly or fool-hearted editor: What harsh rejection letters might the authors of some of our favorite hit books have had to endure? This time we take on J.K. Rowling of Harry Potter fame.
10 Ways to Stay Sane When Frustrated With Your Writing
So how does bestselling author Karin Slaughter (Broken) stay sane when her writing is frustrating her? We asked—and here are her responses.
10 Ways to Fuel Your Writing
It takes a lot of energy to write a book and stay with it through drafts, revisions, submissions, rejections, sales and marketing. Many writers find the energy in the sheer joy of writing. But others draw on darker impulses and feelings to carry them through the process. Sorrow, anger and hurt can be the...
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For Nicholas Sparks, the secret to success on both bookshelves and the big screen is as simple as knowing that a good story just isn't enough. It has to be memorable, too.
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A new poster for Adam Green's HATCHET II has been released. The follow up to 2007's sleeper slasher hit will be distributed in theaters across the country beginning October 1st. The film will be released without an MPAA rating, marking the widest release of an unrated genre film in more than 25 years.


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There's a huge debt weighing on the economic and housing recovery: the nearly $700 billion overhang mortgage debt from a quarter of all homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. According to the Wall Street Journal, that's leaving Congress with a big decision about whether to forgive any or all of the debt, and if such action would help improve the economy.
Underwater homeowners are more susceptible to foreclosure, which can drive down values of surrounding homes. Homeowners are also stuck in their existing homes, unable to relocate for a job or trade up to a larger home, which adversely affects a number of other home-related industries such as moving and construction companies. The fact that home prices are climbing again in many areas of the country has boosted some homeowners (700,000 in the first quarter, according to CoreLogic) into positive equity again, but the question is whether enough borrowers are being helped.
The problems with forgiveness programs are not small, including: how to handle bank-owned second mortgages, how to determine which of the underwater homeowners will get the benefit, whether mortgage investors or taxpayers should pick up the tab, and how to prevent strategic defaults among those who want out of their current home and don't think it's fair that others get loan forgiveness.
Several solutions are being floated. One would be for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (which together hold about 60 percent of mortgages) to cover the closing costs for homeowners who refinance to a lower mortgage rate. That will move the homeowner toward positive equity sooner, but it means taxpayers pick up some of the tab.
Another idea is for mortgage investors to set up a program where underwater homeowners earn cash rewards for remaining current on their loans, with the payoff occurring after the loan is fully paid. The Wall Street Journal reports that one firm in New Jersey is already doing this.
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Third Goldy 'Bleacher Creature' introduced
PHOENIX -- Due to high demand and in conjunction with Alumni Night on Aug. 30, the D-backs and first baseman Paul Goldschmidt introduced a third, throwback Goldschmidt "Bleacher Creature" doll on Friday.
The doll is decked out in the D-backs' black alternate uniform from 1998 to 2000, and it joins the Bleacher Creatures sporting home whites and the Sedona Red uniform.
Those who make a tax-deductible $44 donation to Goldschmidt's charity, Goldy's Fund 4 Kids, can choose between the three. In addition, they will receiver $10 off a D-backs adjustable cap at the Chase Field Team Shop.
Donations can be made at dbacks.com/goldyfund or at the Chase Field Team Shop. Monies support programs to help families of patients at Phoenix Children's Hospital.
Adam Lichtenstein 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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A Woodland man was arrested at Woodland Memorial Hospital early Saturday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated several hours after a vehicle overturned north of Zamora in what appeared to be a single-car accident.
The California Highway Patrol reported that Timothy Williams, 25, was seen by a Yolo County Sheriff's Deputy around 1:35 a.m. driving a 1992 Chevy pickup into the parking lot of Woodland Memorial Hospital on Gibson Road and Cottonwood Street.
The deputy made contact with Williams and thought him to be drunk. Both officers also saw that Williams had injuries that later turned out to have been caused in an earlier accident.
A CHP officer responded to the hospital contacted Williams and agreed that Williams was under the influence. He was released to the hospital for treatment.
The solo vehicle accident occurred around 11:01 p.m. in the Cache Creek River Basin east of County Road 94B.
According to the CHP, an unidentified 17-year-old woodland youth was driving the 2003 Ford F-150 when due to his level of alcohol intoxication he started driving at a speed unsafe for conditions and rolled the vehicle ejecting several passengers from it.
It's believed Williams was one of those passengers, although the CHP reported the collision is still under investigation and it is uncertain whether the occupants were inside the pickup's cab or the bed, and if they were wearing seatbelts or restraints.
Injuries apparently ranged from minor to complaints of pain.
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conebeckham wrote:I'm going to let Jikan speak about this, zAnt, but my reading of what he's saying is exactly the opposite. He's encouraging people in "closed groups" to be open to, receptive to, voices from outside the group. I am sure of this.
I'm not offended, man (or woman! I dunno!) --no worries. I've been called worse things!
Well in this case, I was totally wrong! If he was saying the opposite of what I thought, then that was a massive misinterpretation on my behalf! Apologies.


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I was sceptical but it works!This plumper works! It goes on and after a minute or two gets really tingly, almost annoyingly tingly. It tingles for about 5 mins or so, then right after I could noticeably see a change, especially in my lower lip. It gave new meaning to the phrase "just bitten" because it looked like the lower center of my lip had just been bitten all right. I also really like the shimmery color. Very pretty. Th...read moree second time I used it it didn't seem as tingly and I'm not sure if thats cuz my lip was still plump or if I had just gotten a little used to it. Either way, I'll continue to use It. Impressive results! — 6 years, 3 months agoladyboarder9669 | 210 reviews
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Students pursuing a major or minor in Theatre and Performance Studies engage in a two-step process of investigating both the act of aesthetic performance and the fact of performance in American and global culture. Because theatre and drama synthesize all the arts and humanities, majors and minors will study the art of stage and screen acting, scenic design and stagecraft, directing for the screen and the stage, the history of dramatic representation from Greece to the silver screen, as well as other courses in the department.
Students are encouraged to take part in Maskrafter productions, student productions, departmental reading hours and performances, Alpha Psi Omega (the theatre honorary), as well as other campus organizations such as the Georgetown College Film Club, and other groups dedicated to visual and performing arts.
(B.A. Degree) Thirty-three hours in Theatre and Performance Studies Courses including THE 220, 225, 227, 425; 21 additional hours from courses in the major, including one course in Shakespeare. Allied courses will consist of ENG 335.
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107. Theatre and Film Appreciation. (2 hours) Introduction to the history and development of performance. Fall and Spring
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225. Acting. (3 hours) Concentration on the creation of dramatic characters through the development of the performer's awareness of the physiological, psychological, and mental components inherent in performance as learned through experiential activities. Special fee applies, please see Financial Planning and Expenses. Fall and Spring
227. Theatre Production. (3 hours) Introduction to theoretical and practical aspects of theatre production: theatre styles, set construction, painting, sound, lighting, costuming, makeup, and theatre management. Fall and Spring
266 and 267. Practicum in Theatre. (1 hour each) Practical experience in theatre production and performance. Serves as laboratory for the development of production skills and performance experience. No student may present more than two hours of practica credit for a major; one for a minor. Fall and Spring
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320. Advanced Performance Studies. (3 hours) Concentration on contemporary performance theory and practice in three different genres of solo performance. Prerequisite: THE 220, 225, or consent of instructor. As Needed
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347. History of Film. (3 hours) Study of the history of film as a medium of communication, culture, and art through survey of significant films in the history of its development and its relationship to theatre and other arts. Even Springs
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The former Chelsea man has expressed his wish to return to the club one day, but revealed the Ligue 1 outfit could not afford to sanction a deal this winter
The 35-year-old moved to the Turkish side from Shanghai Shenhua during the winter transfer window and he has now revealed that finances thwarted a return to his former club.
"It was not possible this winter," Drogba told Canal+.
"Financially, there are ways to find solutions that make everyone happy, but it was complicated.
"There are supporters who still say that I went to China when I had said I would come back [to Marseille].
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"For the first time in the history of western Europe, a definitive solution had been found to the food problem," the Belgian historian Christian Vandenbroeke concluded in the 1970s. By the end of the 18th century, potatoes had become in much of Europe what they were in the Andes—a staple. Roughly 40 percent of the Irish ate no solid food other than potatoes; the figure was between 10 percent and 30 percent in the Netherlands, Belgium, Prussia and perhaps Poland. Routine famine almost disappeared in potato country, a 2,000-mile band that stretched from Ireland in the west to Russia's Ural Mountains in the east. At long last, the continent could produce its own dinner.
It was said that the Chincha Islands gave off a stench so intense they were difficult to approach. The Chinchas are a clutch of three dry, granitic islands 13 miles off the southern coast of Peru. Almost nothing grows on them. Their sole distinction is a population of seabirds, especially the Peruvian booby, the Peruvian pelican and the Peruvian cormorant. Attracted by the vast schools of fish along the coast, the birds have nested on the Chincha Islands for millennia. Over time they covered the islands with a layer of guano up to 150 feet thick.
Guano, the dried remains of birds' semisolid urine, makes excellent fertilizer—a mechanism for giving plants nitrogen, which they need to make chlorophyll, the green molecule that absorbs the sun's energy for photosynthesis. Although most of the atmosphere consists of nitrogen, the gas is made from two nitrogen atoms bonded so tightly to each other that plants cannot split them apart for use. As a result, plants seek usable nitrogen-containing compounds like ammonia and nitrates from the soil. Alas, soil bacteria constantly digest these substances, so they are always in lesser supply than farmers would like.
In 1840, the organic chemist Justus von Liebig published a pioneering treatise that explained how plants depend on nitrogen. Along the way, he extolled guano as an excellent source of it. Sophisticated farmers, many of them big landowners, raced to buy the stuff. Their yields doubled, even tripled. Fertility in a bag! Prosperity that could be bought in a store!
Guano mania took hold. In 40 years, Peru exported about 13 million tons of it, the great majority dug under ghastly working conditions by slaves from China. Journalists decried the exploitation, but the public's outrage instead was largely focused on Peru's guano monopoly. The British Farmer's Magazine laid out the problem in 1854: "We do not get anything like the quantity we require; we want a great deal more; but at the same time, we want it at a lower price." If Peru insisted on getting a lot of money for a valuable product, the only solution was invasion. Seize the guano islands! Spurred by public fury, the U.S. Congress passed the Guano Islands Act in 1856, authorizing Americans to seize any guano deposits they discovered. Over the next half-century, U.S. merchants claimed 94 islands, cays, coral heads and atolls.
From today's perspective, the outrage—threats of legal action, whispers of war, editorials on the Guano Question—is hard to understand. But agriculture was then "the central economic activity of every nation," as the environmental historian Shawn William Miller has pointed out. "A nation's fertility, which was set by the soil's natural bounds, inevitably shaped national economic success." In just a few years, agriculture in Europe and the United States had become as dependent on high-intensity fertilizer as transportation is today on petroleum—a dependency it has not shaken since.
Guano set the template for modern agriculture. Ever since von Liebig, farmers have treated the land as a medium into which they dump bags of chemical nutrients brought in from far away so they can harvest high volumes for shipment to distant markets. To maximize crop yields, farmers plant ever-larger fields with a single crop—industrial monoculture, as it is called.
Before the potato (and corn), before intensive fertilization, European living standards were roughly equivalent to those in Cameroon and Bangladesh today. On average, European peasants ate less per day than hunting-and-gathering societies in Africa or the Amazon. Industrial monoculture allowed billions of people—in Europe first, and then in much of the rest of the world—to escape poverty. The revolution begun by potatoes, corn and guano has allowed living standards to double or triple worldwide even as human numbers climbed from fewer than one billion in 1700 to some seven billion today.