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Wave riding in Chile
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Chile located on the west coast of South America, it combines all the elements of stunning scenery, perfect wind and clean waves, making it an amazing location to go windsurfing.
During the day you can ride until your heart is content and in the evening you can kick back and relax in a hammock.
Two PWA wave sailors that have taken to the country are Klaas Voget (Fanatic / Simmer / MFC) and Victor Fernandez (Fanatic / North). In this movie the two sailors take us on a tour of Chile with some beautiful lifestyle shots, and then they show us what is it really made of on the water. Pulling super aggressive cutbacks, monster aerials in the firing waves.
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text: Posted January 21, 2013 The same penalty they called on Cliff Matthews for hands to the head was much less than Willis hitting Ryan on that 2nd and 9 at the 16 yard line. The key here was the announcer said his helmet moved.You could clearly see Ryans helmet pinned against his chest as Willis sacked him. folks this would have been first and goal at the one yard line.In other words we would be going to the Superbowl right now. Guess the refs wanted to see a 49ersPatriots SB as well. I won't even mention the no call on Roddy at the endIf anyone wants to argue this i will post the video IT WAS OBVIOUS so save yourself the embarrassmentIts a shame the refs decided the outcome at the end Faithful Falcon, FalconBlood23, Jimsmusic™ and 1 other like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites

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A modern Belfast hotel near Queen's University Belfast with easy access to the Titanic Quarter and the city centre
Holiday Inn Express® Belfast City - Queen's Quarter hotel is 15 minutes' drive from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD). The hotel is a 20-minute walk from Belfast Central train station and the shops and attractions of the city centre.
Business guests are a 15-minute drive from the Titanic Exhibition Centre, which hosts major conferences and events, while Belfast Waterfront conference centre is 20 minutes' walk away. Back at the hotel, five smart meeting rooms can host events for up to 105 people. There's free Wi-Fi throughout, plus a handy Business Centre.
You can catch live concerts and sports at the SSE Arena Belfast, a 10-minute drive from the hotel. The Grand Opera House hosts theatre productions and musicals, or you can check out the Ulster Museum's varied exhibits. Buses from stops near the hotel take you to the city centre, where the glass-domed Victoria Square shopping complex houses upmarket designer brand stores.
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Electronics enters era of 'systemic risk'
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. The electronics industry has entered an era of "systemic complexity" where growing ecosystems of companies need to collaborate closely, according to a panel of chief executives.
"We're not just dealing with silicon scaling complexity but with a kind of systemic complexity where being best-in-class in one area is not sufficient to avoid risk and risks are going up," said Aart de Geus, chief executive of Synopsys in a panel at the annual GlobalFoundries conference here.
Business success requires companies not only collaborate to develop chips but Web-enabled systems and network services. If any link in the chain fails, all the players risk failure.
"It's a winner-takes-all situation with whole ecosystems racing to high volume systems, so value chains become very important," de Geus said.
"As products get more complex, no one company can provide everything, but some can provide a great deal of the system," said Warren East, chief executive of ARM in a tip of the hat to Apple.
Under heated competition, "sometimes it's difficult to share information with each other but we have to have deeper cooperation and wider ecosystems," said Robert Hum, general manager of the deep submicron division at Mentor Graphics, standing in for CEO Wally Rhines.
In chip design, "data sets and process complexity are becoming enormous and the number of design-for-manufacturing rules is going through the roof," Hum said.
Process technology tolerances are edging closer to design rule margins, affecting chip yields which can be in single digits as new nodes first come up. That means changes in IC design can more readily impact manufacturing yields, said de Geus.
The use of design abstractions and modeling has helped reduce complexity in the digital realm, but not in analog design, said Hum.
"We have to figure out what we can do to increase efficiency of analog design," he said. "The digital world has had tremendous progress, but there's still a lot to be done in the analog world," he added.
De Geus compared the job of companies like GlobalFoundries to high tech restaurants that must serve large numbers of guests meals from a diverse menu on a coordinated schedule. "The kitchen costs a few billion dollars so you want to make sure the food is really good, and people still dont always appreciate the difficulty of what you do," he said.
"As long as they pay us, we don't mind," said Mojy Chian, a senior vice president of design enablement at GlobalFoundries who moderated the panel.
"Did anyone mention food poisoning," quipped Hum, adding a dash of humor to the otherwise sober panel.
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Aphasic Seizures
- John M. SternAffiliated withGeffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Aphasic seizures are epileptic impairments of language that are not due to motor or sensory dysfunction and have aphasia as the predominant manifestation.
Ictal aphasia without additional cognitive dysfunction (aphasic seizure) is a simple partial seizure, but aphasia may also occur during complex partial seizures, which are distinguished from simple partial seizures by the additional cognitive dysfunction of amnesia. The individual having a complex partial seizure is amnestic for events during the seizure. Aphasic seizures are more specifically categorized by the International League Against Epilepsy as motor seizures without elementary motor phenomena.
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Both aphasic and dysphasic seizures are manifested by primary language dysfunction and differ only in the degree of impairment, with aphasia indicating greater dysfunction. The abnormality may be evident in the impairment of comprehension or outpu ...
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So, I'm revising my previous score of 80 for this tea. I don't know if I was just really feeling this tea at the time, or what, but the more I drink it, the less in love with it I am. Its just a bit too sweet for me. It tastes good, but the sweetness gets to me after awhile I'm finding. It's like that first bite of really dense chocolate fudge. You bite into it and it's sweet and yummy. But get about three bites in, and all the sudden you don't want it anymore. It stops being yummy and becomes a bit of a burden. Anyway, that's how I feel about this tea lately. I guess tastes really do change!
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Nigel Adkins' side hope to leave the relegation zone with a win in what could be an early six-pointer as Brian McDermott hopes to stop his team's descent into a battle for survival
Clyne, Fonte, Yoshida, Shaw
Puncheon, Schneiderlin, Cork, Lallana
Cummings, Mariappa, Morrison, Shorey
Robson-Kanu, Tabb, Leigertwood, McAnuff
Le Fondre, Roberts
Southampton have no new fitness concerns but Frazer Richardson (hip), Daniel Fox (knee) and Richard Chaplow (thigh) are doubtful as they look to recover from injury.
Nigel Adkins could therefore name a line up unchanged in six successive matches, with Gaston Ramirez available after returning from compassionate leave granted earlier in the week.
Reading goalkeeper Alex McCarthy (shoulder) was this week ruled out until next year following surgery, while Jem Karacan (knee) is yet to recover from injury and right-back Chris Gunter (hamstring) is unavailable.
Adrian Mariappa has been preferred over Kaspars Gorkss alongside Sean Morrison at centre back. Central midfielder Danny Guthrie (thigh) is recovering from injury but could make a comeback in this fixture. Hal Robson-Kanu has been chosen on the right wing in recent fixtures ahead of Garath McCleary, and Jimmy Kebe (groin) who is doubtful.
Adam Le Fondre has started alongside Jason Roberts in a front two of late, but Noel Hunt will also be fighting for a starting spot and could appear from the bench, while Pavel Pogrebnyak (knock) is doubtful.
- Southampton's defeat 1-0 defeat at Liverpool on Saturday ended a four-match unbeaten run in which the club collected two wins.
- Reading have lost their last 3 matches in the Premier League, and have lost each of their last three league away games by a one-goal margin.
- There have been no home victories in the last four league meetings between the two teams, with the away side winning twice and two draws.
- The Royals overtook the Saints with three games to go in this fixture last season as the pair won automatic promotion to the Premier League with Reading as champions. Jason Roberts got the opening goal before Rickie Lambert equalised, and Adam Le Fondre (pictured) came off the bench to score two more and record a 3-1 win.
- Nigel Adkins' side have conceded more goals than any other team this season in the Premier League (32), but have improved recently, concededing just four goals in their last five games.
- Brian McDermott's side are also porous in defence and have allowed more shots through than any other team this season (197).
- The South Coast club have thrown away more points from winning positions at home than any other Premier League team this season (9), while Reading have thrown away more points from winning positions on the road than any other side this season (10), and the most overall (17).
- Southampton have conceded more first half goals than any other Premier League team this season (15), while Reading have conceded more second half goals than any other (18).
- Reading have scored three or more goals in seven different Premier League games since May 2007, but lost three of these and won just twice. On Saturday the Royals' 4-3 home defeat to Manchester United equalled the Premier League record for most goals in a first half (7), while in September that year they equalled the record for most goals in a match overall with a 7-4 defeat away at Portsmouth, in which Nicky Shorey played.


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I have been in the "computer/technology" business for 18 years but this Wii mod stuff blows my mind. I am SO lost.
I had a friend mod my Wii and I love it. I think he used letter bomb to and several other things to accomplish the task but now I can't play games using the disc drive.
Anyway, I am interested in getting this all in order and really learn what it's all about. I like to understand how/why things work the way they do.
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Physics Grad Student Jonathan Mueller Receives Fellowship
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Physics graduate student Jonathan Mueller, who works with the Capture group under Prof. Henry Weller and Prof. Mohammad Ahmed, received a graduate fellowship award with the new Department of Energy Graduate Fellowship program. He was one of 150 students awarded and each will be provided tuition, living expenses, and research support for three years to work with U.S. academic institutions. The Department of Energy Graduate Fellowship program aids young students in an effort to strengthen the scientific workforce. The formal press release can be found here and Jonathan's bio can be read here.


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MIAMI - A Miami-Dade police officer shot in the stomach by an armed robbery suspect was released from the hospital over the weekend.
Saul Rodriguez spent several days in the hospital after his confrontation with Adrian Montesano on Dec. 10.
Montesano, 27, tried robbing a Walgreens in the early morning hours, say investigators. After he left, he shot Rodriguez at a nearby trailer park and stole his patrol car.
Montesano (left) and another man, 50-year-old Corsini Valdes (right), were later killed by police.
Two other police officers suffered gunshot wounds. They have since been treated and released.
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- Nuchal cord management and nurse-midwifery practiceJudith S Mercer
University of Rhode Island College, RI, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 50:373-9. 2005..This article proposes use of the somersault maneuver followed by delayed cord clamping for management of nuchal cord at birth and presents a new rationale based on the available current evidence...
- Seven-month developmental outcomes of very low birth weight infants enrolled in a randomized controlled trial of delayed versus immediate cord clampingJ S Mercer
College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
J Perinatol 30:11-6. 2010..A priori, we hypothesized that infants with DCC would have better motor function by 7 months corrected age...
- Cardiac asystole at birth: Is hypovolemic shock the cause?J Mercer
College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, 2 Heathman Road, Kingston, RI 02881, United States
Med Hypotheses 72:458-63. 2009....
- Evidence-based practices for the fetal to newborn transitionJudith S Mercer
Nurse Midwifery Program, University of Rhode Island College of Nursing, Kingston, RI 02881 2021, USA
J Midwifery Womens Health 52:262-72. 2007..This review of evidence on newborn care practices reveals that more often than not, less intervention is better. The recommendations support a gentle, physiologic birth and family-centered care of the newborn...
- Delayed cord clamping increases infants' iron storesJudith Mercer
University of Rhode Island College, College of Nursing, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
Lancet 367:1956-8. 2006
- Delayed cord clamping in very preterm infants reduces the incidence of intraventricular hemorrhage and late-onset sepsis: a randomized, controlled trialJudith S Mercer
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA
Pediatrics 117:1235-42. 2006..Other outcome variables were late-onset sepsis (LOS) and intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH)...
- Immediate and delayed cord clamping in infants born between 24 and 32 weeks: a pilot randomized controlled trialJudith S Mercer
College of Nursing, University of Rhode Island, White Hall, 2 Heathman Road, Kingston, RI 02881 2021, USA
J Perinatol 23:466-72. 2003..This pilot study's aim was to establish feasibility of a protocol for delayed cord clamping (DCC) versus immediate cord clamping (ICC) at preterm birth and to examine its effects on initial blood pressure and other outcomes...
- Neonatal transitional physiology: a new paradigmJudith S Mercer
University of Rhode Island, Kingston, USA
J Perinat Neonatal Nurs 15:56-75. 2002..The authors present a model for neonatal transition based on and driven by adequate blood volume rather than by respiratory effort to demonstrate how neonatal transition most likely occurs at a normal physiologic birth...
- Early cord clamping protects at-risk neonates from polycythemiaHeike Rabe
Biol Neonate 86:108; author reply 109. 2004
- Management of nuchal cordJudith S Mercer
J Midwifery Womens Health 52:524-5; author reply 525-6. 2007
- US midwives' knowledge and use of sterile water injections for labor painLena Mårtensson
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ROME - The cardinals asked for prayers of support, joked with parishioners and kissed squirming babies.
On the eve of what may be the most important decision of their lives, the men who will choose the next pope made probably their last scheduled public appearances yesterday, preaching at churches across the city while attempting to dodge journalists.
Several alluded to the conclave, the private meeting in the Sistine Chapel where 115 of these most senior prelates will elect a successor to Benedict XVI, which starts Tuesday.
Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C., asked for his parishioners' prayers and support at the end of a brief sermon at the San Pietro in Vincoli (St. Peter in Chains) church. To his left was a majestic 16th century marble sculpture of Moses by Michelangelo.
It was the fourth Sunday of Lent, so a theme of sacrifice was typical in the sermons.
Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Italy's largest diocese, and often mentioned as a leading candidate for pope, sounded a similar note.
In a 13-minute homily at the Santi Apostoli basilica (the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles) near the Trevi Fountain, he said the Catholic Church's message ought to convey the idea of God's mercy as a source of hope.
Afterward, Scola asked an estimated 150 worshipers to pray for the Holy Spirit to guide the cardinals' choice of a pope.
In the nearby Sant'Andrea al Quirinale, Brazilian Cardinal Odilo Pedro Scherer preached for 20 minutes, then delighted the packed church by blessing a couple celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.
Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles celebrated Mass at the church assigned to him as a cardinal, a medieval jewel known as Santi Quattro Coronati, as he had on Friday.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley may have been embarrassed Sunday when the Rev. Rocco Visca, provincial father of the Discalced Carmelites at the baroque Santa Maria della Vittoria church, talked about what a fabulous pope the bearded Boston prelate would make.
"If our prayers are heard, we hope this will be your last visit to this church as titular cardinal," Visca said, and the destination of "your first visit as pontiff."
At Santa Maria della Vittoria, O'Malley said: "This Sunday is very special to us because we are preparing for the conclave. . . . The Catholic world is united in prayer and the confidence that comes with our faith. . . . Let us pray to the Holy Spirit to illumine the church to choose a new pope who will confirm us in our faith and make more visible . . . the love of the church."


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Ambassadors for Sustained Health is an amazing organization with a unique vision and approach. Some things that stand out from my experience working with them:
1. their comprehensive approach toward the issue of healthcare - ASH understands that the health of a community goes beyond medicine and facilitates programs that impact essential facets of growth and development in a community such as education, agriculture and economic opportunity.
2. the way they work with the communities they partner with - from the beginning, the organization has had goal of making a long-term impact and that mindset permeates their approach. ASH focuses on one community at a time and partners with community leaders to work toward their unique aspirations instead of solely dropping off financial support. Programs are run by community members and the entire community is in turn invested in their development and growth.
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Richik Nandi and wife Garima had always enjoyed new, fun experiences that would enhance their daily lives. Then, he decided to step off the corporate carousel and make these experiences available to everyone.
Let's have fun
In his corporate life, Richik Nandi had worked in sales, brands and marketing for some big companies, also specializing in digital strategies. For him, one way to beat work stress – as it is for many people – was to hit various restaurants and bars for some chill time. But, unlike most people, Richik and wife Garima, began to get increasingly drawn to the idea of creating enjoyable, memorable experiences for others. Surely, it could go beyond a few rounds at the neighbourhood pub and dinner afterwards. During many of their conversations, they found themselves exploring the experiential space as a business idea and a realm in which they could chase their passions.
Sharing the good times
That business idea became their dream project and Poshvine was born -- a platform that offered a bouquet of experiences for individual customers, from bespoke meals to cooking sessions, baking classes, gourmet safaris and wine trails. "We tasted early success," says Richik, "but then as is the case with many start-ups, we hit what we call the trough of death." Hanging in there and learning to stay afloat were some of the biggest lessons for life that he and Garima learnt during the phase that would put their passion to the test.
"In urban India, there's very little opportunity for recreation beyond dining. What specialized experiences there are, are in the unorganized sector," Richik says. That's what spurred them on to get creative, conjuring up new experiences to cater to various tastes, interests, age groups and budgets. "Recreational activities are good to do, but not fundamental for most people," he says. So, Richik and Garima went about creating a product – or a service, if you will – that would draw people to rethink their notions of 'fun' and 'leisure'.
Turning a passion into a pay check
To do this, they had to bid good-bye to the corporate life and chase their dreams with total commitment. Should they give up the security and the comfort of regular pay packets and perks? The answer was a resounding 'yes', for both of them.
As the business grew, they began offering products (experiences for their customers) to consumer brands like banks and airlines, going on to aggregating services and technology in this space. It's proof that they are on to a good thing.
Now, says Richik, after the initial turbulence, he finds himself in a happy place. "We've mastered the art of doing the simple things well and are now ready to step up the aggression business-wise," he says.
Getting here has meant dealing with challenges, overcoming them and staying the course. "No matter how favourable the trade winds, you will face rough times when you are chasing a dream," says Richik. "The trick is to continue to believe in what means so much to you."
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For those who can't have cheese in their diet but who still would like to enjoy the creamy texture of a quesadilla, here is a substitute that works well.
- 425g/15 oz can of chickpeas (garbanzos)
- 1/2 cup roasted red capsicum (red peppers)
- 3 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon tahini (sesame seed butter)
- 1 garlic clove, peeled
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin, ground
- 1/2 cup spring onions (green onions), chopped
- 1/2 cup tomatoes, chopped
- 3/4 to 1 cup salsa
1Put the chickpeas into the blender or food processor.
2Add the roasted capsicum, lemon juice, tahini, garlic and ground cumin.
3Process the ingredients until smooth. This will take between one and two minutes.
4Place a tortilla on a plate. Spread some of the blended chickpea mixture over the tortilla.
5Put the filled tortilla into the frying pan (skillet). Warm it over medium heat.
6Sprinkle some onions and tomatoes over the warming tortilla. Spread some salsa across the tortilla.
7Add another tortilla to the top and keep warming until the base tortilla softens. Then flip over the tortilla to cook the other side until the other tortilla softens.
8Remove the cooked tortilla from the pan. It's now a cheese-free "quesadilla" ready for serving – cut in half and serve.
9Continue with the remaining tortillas until all have been cooked. Serve with a side of salad or as they are.
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Joining the national blitz attacking bank fees, the $155 million Tobyhanna FCU in Scranton, Pa. is introducing a "Divorce Your Bank" campaign next month.
A key part of the effort is directing it toward women while introducing an "easy switch" tool kit aimed at making bill pay easy to do and easy to switch.
"One thing we are doing is telling our members 'we'll do all the work' in helping convert to our bill pay system," explained Nina Waskevich, vice president of marketing/sales.
The Tobyhanna "Divorce Your Bank" promotion has already begun with teaser billboard message up this week and focuses on pointing out that the credit union doesn't charge a $5 monthly fee for debit cards, like Bank of America.
Waskevich said the campaign also will use radio ads, Facebook and a special "Divorce Your Bank" website.
"Right away we picked up on the consumer's attitude of being fed up with that ridiculous Bank of America fee," said James Kanaley, president/CEO of the 21,000-member Tobyhanna FCU.
BofA's move, said Kanaley, to recoup lost income from interchange "is just typical bank reaction of sticking it to consumers." He noted that he was an executive at banks in Denver and Syracuse, N.Y., before coming to Scranton.
These fees "have become much more onerous" than Congress expected as it tried to protect consumers, Kanaley said.
As for helping members make the transition, "I think there is a misperception by the public that it is difficult to convert to a credit union," said Waskevich.
She said Tobyhanna's service reps have been trained in recent months to encourage members "to just bring their pile of bills in to the branch and we'll set up bill pay for them."
A new booklet tied to the "Divorce Your Bank" theme will outline the steps to make the change and will be branded with a female imprimatur in marketing materials, Waskevich said.
"We're going to use the wording 'perfect match' and 'breaking up is not hard to do,'" in the messaging, Waskevich said.
The credit union's November launch coincides with the ad hoc Bank Transfer Day movement attracting national attention after it was proposed by a Los Angeles art dealer.


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Demon eighth-graders take two of three from Mt. Pleasant
The Washington eighth-grade boys' basketball team lost the A game to rival Mt. Pleasant last Thursday, but the Demons came back to win the B and C games.
The Washington A team lost to a much taller Mt. Pleasant squad 31-25. Michael Gier had six points, five rebounds and a steal to pace the Demons (4-2). Bryce Sinn added five points, five boards and a theft, and Mason Rich had five points, a rebound and a steal. Tanner Coleman had three points and an assist in the contest. Noah Enfield, Collin Zear and Drake Brezina chipped in two points apiece. Brezina also had two rebounds and a steal in the contest, Zear had a steal and an assist, and Enfield collected a rebound. John Dillon contributed four rebounds, four steals and two assists.
"We played well at times, but struggled against a much taller team," Washington head coach Mark Berhow said. "Our press forced some important steals that kept us within striking distance."
The Demon B team defeated the Panthers 27-18. Aaron Vittetoe had eight points, five rebounds, two steals and an assist to lead Washington (5-1), and Ryan Loy added six points, three rebounds and three steals. Dillon and John Sands scored four points apiece. Dillon also had two rebounds, two assists and two steals in the contest, while Sands had five steals, two assists and a rebound. Michael Dillon had three points, two rebounds and an assist in the game, and Coleman chipped in two points, a rebound and a steal. Zear had three steals in the contest, and Matthew Wheeler pulled down a pair of rebounds.
"We had 16 steals as a team, which shows excellent hustle by our players," Berhow said.
The Washington C team blew out Mt. Pleasant 17-2. Dylan Kinman had six points, four rebounds and a steal to lead the Demons (2-1-1), and Sands added four points and three boards. Jack Carter had three points, three steals and two rebounds in the contest. Michael Dillon and Reid Basten both chipped in two points. Dillon also had four rebounds and a steal in the game, while Basten had three steals and two boards. Wheeler contributed three steals and an assist, and Joey Deidrich had two assists and a theft.
"We showed improvement in playing defense and running our offense," Berhow said.
The Washington eighth-grade boys' basketball team hosts Fort Madison today at 4:30 p.m.


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The UK's Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has confirmed the increasing influence of the framework for integrated reporting (IR) by explicitly referencing the IR principles in its guidance on the 'strategic report'.
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Happy New Year! Shanah Tovah! One thing I love about my job is the way it so often involves greetings and congratulations to people far and near. I often send emails to writers for the site who are getting married, just had a baby or had a child become bat mitzvah or bar mitzvah, and I get to congratulate them while I'm recruiting them to write about it.
It's sadder when people have sick family members or deaths in their families. This week our colleague Rabbi Lev Baesh's mother died very suddenly, and he's in our thoughts.
It's the time of year when we think about endings and beginnings. Many families have the custom of visiting the cemetery between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. We take stock of the year that passed and hope for a good year to come, atoning for what came before and resolving to do better.
Someone you know is ill, and other people are offering to pray for them. You aren't sure--do Jews do that? Are you allowed to pray in a synagogue for someone who isn't Jewish to get better? We wanted to make sure that people in interfaith families could connect with the traditional and new healing rituals that Jewish thinkers are bringing to the mainstream of Jewish life. Read more in Marinell James' feature, Paging Dr. God: Jewish Views of Illness and Healing. She also provided us with a list of Jewish Healing Resources.
One of the sweetest stories I've seen on this site--and isn't that appropriate?--is Marina Williams' First Rosh Hashanah in Buenos Aires. Her boyfriend's family made her feel so welcome.
It's not at all traditional, but Jane Larkin's Rosh Hashanah Party for the New Year sounds like a fun thing for parents to try with their children.
Speaking of things to do with children and families, my friend asked me for a quick crash course on Rosh Hashanah home customs, so intead of emailing it to her I shared it on our site.
Mimi Dupree wrote about After the Book is Closed: Children's Books for the Fall Holidays. The new Rosh Hashanah book she read was great, but may pose some tricky questions for interfaith families.
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Hedi Molnar interviewed Jeremy Davidson about his deeply personal new film on the adult children of Holocaust survivors in Tickling Leo: A Tale of Love and Loss.
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ITV PLC, the U.K.'s largest free-to-air commercial broadcaster according to sales, announced on Tuesday that a selection of its programming is now available to buy or download from Apple's U.K. iTunes store. The shows offered cost from £1.89 an episode and may be bought as a complete series, ITV said. The programs offered include Lewis and Cold Feet, Brideshead Revisited, and Captain Scarlet. Additional programming will become available in the UK iTunes store throughout the year.
ITV's managing director of global content, Dawn Airey, said that the partnership with Apple shows that ITV is delivering on its strategy of making content available on multiple platforms. Airey, who was hired from British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC last May, is in charge of doubling sales of ITV programs and intellectual property to the international market by 2012. ITV's global content division brings together all of ITV's U.K. and international production and distribution businesses.
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The 73-year-old bridge that carries commuters between San Francisco and the heavily populated cities to its east could remain closed for a fifth day as crews race to repair a crack in a steel link that holds up part of the span, a state transportation official said Sunday.
A team of workers received the blueprint and materials they needed to repair the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which carries about 260,000 vehicles a day. But fixing the problem by Tuesday, when the workweek begins and the bridge had been set to reopen, poses "quite a challenge," said CalTrans spokesman Bart Ney.
"People should be braced for another day of it being closed," Ney said.
The bridge was shut down Thursday night so a section of the eastern span could be cut out and replaced with a new double-deck section as part of a long-planned seismic upgrade. California transportation workers used the closure as an opportunity to inspect the bridge from top to bottom, and they discovered the crack Saturday.
The damaged link – part of a network of eight similar pieces – is about 2 inches thick and was cracked halfway through.
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"The bridge will be safer when we open it than when we closed it," Ney said.
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I haven't felt very inspired lately. The lack of recent blog posts probably makes that incredibly obvious (sorry, folks!). But now I'm here to tell you, I think I'm gettin' my groove back! Not only are the temperatures increasing (FINALLY!) but tonight Piyush and I attended a French cooking demonstration given by fellow blogger, Bret Bannon (Check out his blog, Bret's Table, HERE).
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Phew!At least five little ones were born in the U.S. on 12-12-12 at 12:12, accordingto the Associated Press. These babies, and theirfamilies, will never forget the date or time of their births. The first known12:12 baby was born at 12 minutes past midnight to parents Tiffaney and JoshuaDiles of Chillicothe, Ohio. They welcomed a little boy, Austin Matthew, intotheir family.
Twelvehours later, at 12 minutes past noon, three little girls and another little boyarrived. Noelle Joy Klinker was born in Boston to mom and dad Colleen and Joe. Nebraskamom Robin Heaton delivered a little girl, Zoey, at the same time, while inManhattan, a little girl (no name so far) was born to proud mom and dad Michaeland Olivia Patterson. Over in New Jersey, Hurricane Sandy survivors Debbie andJoe Turner welcome their son, Carson Hurricane Turner.
Iwouldn't think the odds of being born at precisely 12:12 on 12-12-12 (wonder ifanyone noted how many seconds past 12:12 the babies were born?) were prettyslim, but then again, these five little bundles completely disprove mythinking. These kids will certainly be unique among their playgroups, though Iwonder if they, or their parents, will set up a "once in a century"birth club. Or what if they grow up, two of them fall in love, and they getmarried? They could get married on the 12th of December even though theywouldn't have "12" in the year of their marriage. They could havethemselves pronounced man and wife at exactly 12:12!
Gettinga little crazy for you? Ok, maybe so. But I hope each of these kids has a humdingerof a 12th birthday party! I'm also hoping the parents have a cute way of announcing their babies' births (besides mainstream American media!).
Do you have any neat,coincidental date and time birth stories? Any parents of January 1, 2001,babies out there? Please let us know in the comments section below!
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Room 455 at Hoover High School in Glendale, Calif, contains a red-tailed hawk that eats horsemeat, a sinister 8-ft. anaconda, hordes of white rats, a map of every ant colony in the vicinity and George Cassell, 28, an exuberant young man who grew up at the foot of Mt. Shasta with a trout rod in his hand, football on his mind and no thought of study. As it turned, out, he was destined to make Room 455 just about the most popular teen-age hangout in Glendale. Since he teaches biologyone of the deadlier subjects in U.S. high schoolsthis is going some.
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So there's a new Galactic Suburbia podcast due to be recorded this week, and I have some homework left over from last time! That is:
Dear Tansy,
Howdy! Long time listener, first time emailer!
I just wanted to clarify the question from last night's show. You said that if science fiction was to be innovative and inclusive (was that the second word you used?), it should be broad in its definition. I wanted to know if you thought that "science fiction" as defined not by the genre (ie fiction based on science etc) but rather those who have power to define the genre (eg reviewers, critics, editors, publishers and those who might see themselves as working to maintain the core) actually want and actively encourage innovation and inclusiveness? I guess I wondered if you thought science fiction, as it is currently published, really was innovative and inventive and inclusive?
Looking forward to your answer!
Dear Alisa.
Thanks for getting in touch! Your question is just as overwhelming as it was when you first started trying to present it to me on the podcast last fortnight. I'll try and work my way through it.
Here are some things I believe:
1. Science fiction should absolutely be innovative and inventive and inclusive.
2. Imposing rigid definitions on science fiction is a really good way to lose some of the most innovative and inventive work in or connected to the genre.
3. Most of my favourite works of science fiction are in some way fringe-dwellers of the genre, so if you reduce science fiction to too narrow a definition, then not only do some fantastic stories and novels drop off the edge and out of the science fiction sphere, then so do I.
4. One of the things I think it is important for science fiction to include is fiction which "speaks to" science fiction or its readers, even if it may not technically count in the genre. William Gibson's Pattern Recognition, which frames then-current technology as if it is the building blocks of a science fictional world, is a great example of this. Another is Karen Joy Fowler's story "What I Didn't See" which forms a dialogue with James Tiptree Jr's fiction and life history, and thus means more when read by a science fiction reader than a general reader.
5. I like books by women. An awful lot of books by women get argued or critiqued out of holding an identity as science fiction or as a particular type of science fiction, for being "about soft sciences instead of hard," for mixing in unfamiliar ingredients such as sex or zombies, or generally not "feeling" enough like science fiction to count. I say that if science fiction readers do not welcome alien perspectives or alternative cultures, then who will?
6. I love awards shortlists, because even though I rail against reductionism and I am very aware that a lot of the stuff I consider most important or interesting is not going to make it on to shortlists, I also appreciate filters, and I think that awards shortlists present a useful if not always diverse statement about the field, and the people in the field.
7. I am always more interested in the shortlist than the winner. Once you reduce the fiction or science fiction or fantasy or books about mushroom darning down to a single title for a whole year, I feel the dialogue runs out of juice. Sometimes, what didn't make the shortlist is even more interesting than the shortlist. Though I hate it when people say a work was "overlooked". That's insulting to those who made the choice. You don't know that they overlooked it. Maybe they just didn't like it.
8. I do believe that "the science fiction scene" (itself a mine of problems as far as definitions are concerned) genuinely believe that they are interested in innovation and invention, and even inclusiveness.
9. I also think that many people's default definition of inclusiveness often boils down to "people whose work I know and like" and sometimes even "people I like" (and sometimes worst of all "people I was impressed by in previous years") and that sometimes it's hard to see past that, to acknowledge there are other corners of the world in your blind spot. Because when you like something, you really genuinely like it, and you shouldn't have to apologise for that. (doesn't mean you shouldn't check your blind spot)
10. Yes, I do believe that science fiction publishing today is genuinely innovative, inventive and a hell of a lot more inclusive than it ever used to be. But then again, my definition of what is "science fiction" may be more inclusive than most.
I hope this answers your question.
Lots of love,
Galactic Suburbia


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Short China! Am I mad? Why would I short such a Brave New World?
Don't call Mustapha Mond on me just yet. I am going short because China's in a bubble. And bubbles...pop!
China's not experiencing just any kind of bubble, but a real estate bubble. I think we've had some experience with that. But not on the scale that only CHINA* can pull off. You've heard of the brand new, totally empty Chinese skyscrapers, have you not? http://www.youtube.com...
*or Dubai
That roaring dragon constructed the world biggest mall: http://www.youtube.com...
Wow! Impressive. Too bad that's empty too.
There are even empty Chinese cities: http://www.youtube.com...
How cute.
Even a LTCM guy, James Rickards, is calling a bubble: http://www.businesswee...
"The Chinese central bank's balance sheet resembles that of a hedge fund buying dollars and short-selling the yuan", said Rickards
The main reason why this bubble hasn't already popped is because the totalitarian Chinese government is propping up the markets. But all that will do is make the landing even harder.
Mark Faber agrees: "There are some symptoms of a bubble building in China, with the increase in foreign exchange reserves, rapidly rising property prices," Faber, the publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom report, said in a Bloomberg Television interview today. "From here on, the China economy will slow down regardless. Whether it will crash this year or later, I don't know." http://www.businesswee...
"Some symptoms". Lol. He is being modest. Look at the magic recovery in home prices (scroll about halfway down) here: http://seekingalpha.co...
Hey! I've seen those kind of charts before. On certain OTC stocks. (Disproportionately Chinese OTC stocks, too.)
Faber continues:
"Excessive credit growth in January, and 11.7 percent increase in property prices in one month alone" are "danger signals," Faber said. "The lending rate in China should be at least twice as high as it is now."
A slowdown in China would hurt the Hong Kong property market as well, particularly the luxury segment, he said.
"I'd rather think that with a clampdown, they will have a lot of losses in China, and less funds for Hong Kong," Faber said. "If you have a crash in China property prices, the high- end sector in Hong Kong property will get hit very hard."
Also, we have this:
"The stock of residential properties, developer inventories and land pledged to banks by local governments exceed by three times the nation's gross domestic product. Rental yields in most cities fail to cover depreciation costs. The price-to-income ratio, a measure of housing affordability, is routinely above 20 in major cities, which means an average Chinese citizen would spend his or her entire income for 20 years to buy an average-priced property"
In most countries, that price to income ratio is about 4.
As to be expected, the great American intellectual Thomas Friedman is incredulous: http://www.nytimes.com...
Uninterrupted global growth is such a heart-warming narrative. How could anyone dare suggest a correction might be in order? He ends his article with a condescending remark to Chanos
"Shorting China today? Well, good luck with that, Mr. Chanos. Let us know how it works out for you. "
Oh, but only after he returns the favor to you, you smug twit. It's a good thing you don't put money on your predictions.
There's plenty of additional evidence of a Chinese RE bubble out there, but anyone familiar with a search engine can find it. Now I'm going to talk about why I chose CTRP and HMIN to short. But before I do, one last summary: http://www.businessins...
For starters, if I'm going to short the China bubble, I will want to short the companies most directly tied to the Chinese RE market. There are only so many Chinese companies with high levels of Chinese RE exposure listed in the US. The largest ones are: XIN, HTHT, HMIN, CTC, CRIC CAHS* and EJ.
Of these, HMIN is the most overvalued, and still in bubble mode, near its highs and trading at a 52 PE. Volume has been slowing, and I doubt it will go much higher. The Chinese RE bubble is being widely whispered about, so it is not completely out of the market's scope of consciousness. And investor worth his salt would be out of his mind to buy this at a much higher valuation.
As a hotel developer/operator, HMIN has obvious exposure to the Real Estate market in China. Yes, it has had strong growth thusfar. However, I think that it will be disproportionately impacted by an economic slowdown due to overbuilding in the Hotel sector specifically ( http://www.investors.c... ), the law of large numbers* (how long can a 1.4B company keep posting the insane growth that justifies a 50+ PE) and that the Chinese government is unlikely to force people to travel in lean times to save the likes of HMIN (but they may positively intervene in other industries). Traveling is a luxury, and it is highly sensitive to any economic downturn.
* "When HMIN was a young company with just a few hotels under management, it was easy to double or triple revenue just by adding a dozen more hotels to the mix. But now that HMIN has reached critical mass, it will be difficult to maintain the growth trajectory simply because of the law of large numbers. The last four quarters have seen revenue grow by 53%, 43%, 38%, and finally 29% in the fourth quarter. That's still impressive growth but not nearly as exciting as the triple digit revenue gains the company used to put up. "
From http://zachstocks.com/...
While reading about HMIN, I came across CTRP, a company that was founded by the same guy. Lo and behold, this stock was in bubble mode also. It is fresh off of new highs and sports a 55 PE. It is a pure travel company highly leveraged to the leisure class, selling things like VIP tickets to nightclubs. With a slope even steeper than HMIN's, it has attracted a number of short sellers (8% short interest) who aren't drinking the China-to-infinity-and-beyond kool-aide. While CTRP doesn't have the direct RE exposure that HMIN has, I think it acts like a highly-levered proxy for the real Chinese economy. When times are good, it absolutely soars. When times are bad, it will plunge. Keep in mind that the business it is in does not have especially high barriers to entry. In fact, on of CTRP's competitors, LONG, might end up on the short block also.
The risk of shorting companies like HMIN and CTRP is that on an individual level, they show few signs of stress. They are not debt laden, and may well be the leading companies in their markets after the impending Chinese bust. But stocks do not have to be unprofitable, debt laden companies to be worth shorting. They just have to be overvalued in an unsustainable revenue stream. Remember Crox?
The line of reasoning that lead to me choosing these companies to short is as follows:
1. China is nearing the end of a massive RE bubble.
2. This bubble will curtail growth for at least the Real Estate (epicenter) and Luxury (no bailouts for you!) markets when it pops.
3. HMIN and CTRP are severely overvalued in light of the macroeconomic situation, even compared to their peers. Their valuation is unsustainable and will cause their stock prices to decline significantly.


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Through the square window....
23 March 2011
Excitement is building (quite literally) as our forthcoming exhibition Knowledge Lives Everywhere begins to take shape in the galleries!\r\n
The exhibition is being curated and programmed entirely by our Engagement team (community, school and young people). It's the first time in our 21-year history that FACT has turned over the galleries to Engagement and it's a very special moment for us.\r\n
We are working with a London-based interactive design agency called Aberrant Architecture (Aberrant were recently in residence at the V&A) to create seven structures to represent each of the groups we work with. They have worked with individuals including pupils from our partner schools, young people who are part of our Freehand group and citizen journalists from our tenantspin project to create a series of huge obstacles that are playful and interactive - gallery visitors can come and roll a ball through the structures (a bit like a giant game of mousetrap/egg-rolling!).\r\n
The exhibition opens next Friday, but you can come see the installation process in action by taking a peek through a special window into Gallery 1.


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England behaviour stunned Carling
Will Carling has branded certain England players' behaviour during the World Cup as "an insult to the shirt".
England exited the tournament 10 days ago, but former England captain Carling remains furious about a campaign when Martin Johnson's squad at times became a laughing stock.
"I don't understand it," Carling said. "I just think the values system seems to have been lost in the England team, and I am not sure where it has gone. A lot of them, the way they behaved down here was an insult to the shirt."
Their stay in New Zealand was overshadowed by players' raucous behaviour at a bar in Queenstown, before three players - Chris Ashton, James Haskell and Dylan Hartley - were forced to apologise to a female hotel worker in Dunedin for lecherous comments.
Centre Manu Tuilagi was then fined £3,000 by the RFU for diving off a ferry into Auckland Harbour as England's wretched stay in New Zealand drew to a close.
On the field, England performed with little ambition or adventure, grinding out narrow victories over Argentina and Scotland before exiting the competition against a limited French side.
He added: "I hope whoever forms the new coaching team sits back down with these players and some of the players grow up a wee bit and understand the honour of putting on that shirt. I am not being funny, but to blame the media is an easy excuse.
"There is part of the media that love that (type of story), but there is a naivety to actually give them (the papers) a chance to start going down that line.
"I didn't see what was wrong with guys going to a bar and having some beers. I don't have an issue with that at all, and I don't think anyone ever would.
"Some of the other stuff, it was naive and it was stupid, but the day rugby players cannot go out in public to a bar and have a beer, that's a very sad day. The rest of it was naive and irresponsible, and you can't defend it. The majority of the guys didn't get involved in anything stupid, but all it takes is four or five of them."


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I need to plan the hardware configuration for deploying our J2EE based solution. I need to come up with a minimum configuration for the server machine (mainly for the application server). Does anyone have any suggestions or can point me to some useful links on the net. Or suggesting some good books on this topic would also be helpful.
Currently I am playing with the following different parameters:
1. Application requirement - Number of simultaneous users, number of simultaneous transaction, Amount of data, Probably growth factor for next 1 year, 2 years (and may be 5 years)
2. Hardware configuration - Server machine, # of CPUs, Memory, HD et al.
3. Database server configuration.
I understand this is a very broad question, but any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards and Thanks in advance,
Capacity planning for high availability - Need help (3 messages)
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- Posted on: September 11 2003 09:27 EDT
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- Capacity planning for high availability - Need help by Kumar B on September 11 2003 16:41 EDT
- Capacity planning for high availability - Need help by Steve Cramer on September 11 2003 20:58 EDT
- Capacity planning books by Sean Sullivan on September 12 2003 14:05 EDT
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it depends on which platform you are talking about.
- Posted by: Kumar B
- Posted on: September 11 2003 16:41 EDT
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I mean operating system, database server name, application server. so if you can provide more details that will help a bit.
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This is indeed a broad question, but here's some very quick tips on how to proceed.
- Posted by: Steve Cramer
- Posted on: September 11 2003 20:58 EDT
- in response to Rajan Desai
First, capacity planning is simply the exercise of estimating the amount of hardware required to service a projected workload. In order to accomplish this objective, you need to know a couple of things:
1) The nature of the workload. Can it be expressed in terms of concurrent users and the frequency with which they perform their operations? (For example, CSR's in a call center handling one customer account query every two minutes.) Note that in a web application, concurrent users is a fairly meaningless metric, since it indicates nothing about how many actual HTTP requests they issue per unit of time. Also, can the workload be boiled down to just a few primary functions (the old 80-20 rule: 80% of the load is a result of 20% of the functionality)?
2) The cost of the workload. How much memory/CPU/disk/IO is consumed to process a single unit of work in the workload? What platform did you measure this on (e.g., number and speed of CPU's, disk configuration, etc.)? You don't have to perform a load test to get an accurate measurement here; simply executing the given function repeatedly over a measured duration and then dividing the busy time (total # of CPU seconds consumed to process the work) over the measured duration (i.e., busy time divided by clock time). Then divide that by the number of iterations tested, and you've got your estimate of cost per unit of work.
3) The nature of the target platform. What's the CPU speed? What's the disk configuration (RAID, etc.)? You may have to play some what-if games here.
If you have the answers for #1 and #2 above, you can calculate the amount of hardware needed based on the system used for measuring #2. If the target platform is different (e.g., faster CPU's, etc.), you'll need to do some extrapolation. If the platform is drastically different (say, target is Sun but the test system is Wintel), you may need to refer to some third-party comparison between the processors, such as the SPECint benchmark. It's imperfect, but at least it provides some means to compare different CPU's.
With regard to recommending software configurations (e.g., database, application server, etc.), that comes only after careful testing. There are recommended starting points published by most vendors in their documentation, but the optimal settings for tuning parameters is highly specific to the application and platform. Most applications will run well enough with the initial settings, so start with this for the initial sizing, but plan for a thorough performance test to prove it all before you go live!
Hope that helps!
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Look at these books:
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- Posted on: September 12 2003 14:05 EDT
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oracle 11g rac installation erroruser11062519 Sep 23, 2013 1:57 PM
I am installing RAC 11g R2 on linux operating system , facing an error while running root.sh on second node.
Below are the alert log file .
Oracle Database 11g Clusterware Release 220.127.116.11.0 - Production Copyright 1996, 2009 Oracle. All rights reserved.
2013-09-23 18:47:57.308
[client(26000)]CRS-2106:The OLR location /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/cdata/ifbr-rac2.olr is inaccessible. Details in /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/log/ifbr-rac2/client/ocrconfig_26000.log.
2013-09-23 18:47:57.371
[client(26000)]CRS-2101:The OLR was formatted using version 3.
2013-09-23 18:48:12.906
[ohasd(26043)]CRS-2112:The OLR service started on node ifbr-rac2.
2013-09-23 18:48:13.108
[ohasd(26043)]CRS-2772:Server 'ifbr-rac2' has been assigned to pool 'Free'.
2013-09-23 18:48:39.611
[cssd(27305)]CRS-1713:CSSD daemon is started in exclusive mode
2013-09-23 18:49:12.399
[cssd(27305)]CRS-1707:Lease acquisition for node ifbr-rac2 number 2 completed
[cssd(27305)]CRS-1636:The CSS daemon was started in exclusive mode but found an active CSS daemon on node ifbr-rac1 and is terminating; details at (:CSSNM00006:) in /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/log/ifbr-rac2/cssd/ocssd.log
2013-09-23 18:49:12.449
[cssd(27305)]CRS-1603:CSSD on node ifbr-rac2 shutdown by user.
2013-09-23 18:49:12.599
[ohasd(26043)]CRS-2765:Resource 'ora.cssdmonitor' has failed on server 'ifbr-rac2'.
2013-09-23 18:49:34.241
[cssd(27552)]CRS-1713:CSSD daemon is started in clustered mode
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[cssd(27552)]CRS-1707:Lease acquisition for node ifbr-rac2 number 2 completed
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[cssd(27552)]CRS-1605:CSSD voting file is online: /dev/raw/raw1; details in /u01/app/11.2.0/grid/log/ifbr-rac2/cssd/ocssd.log.
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[cssd(27552)]CRS-1601:CSSD Reconfiguration complete. Active nodes are ifbr-rac1 ifbr-rac2 .
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[ctssd(27611)]CRS-2403:The Cluster Time Synchronization Service on host ifbr-rac2 is in observer mode.
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[ctssd(27611)]CRS-2407:The new Cluster Time Synchronization Service reference node is host ifbr-rac1.
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[ctssd(27611)]CRS-2401:The Cluster Time Synchronization Service started on host ifbr-rac2.
[client(27641)]CRS-10001:ACFS-9327: Verifying ADVM/ACFS devices.
[client(27645)]CRS-10001:ACFS-9322: done.
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[crsd(27763)]CRS-1201:CRSD started on node ifbr-rac2.
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Formats Xbox 360 (tested), PlayStation 3, PC, iOS
Developer Telltale Games
Publisher Telltale Games
Released Out now
If the first episode in this second season of The Walking Dead was a blunt reintroduction to Telltale's acclaimed zombie drama, A House Divided drops the hammer and picks up a scalpel. This second episode is quieter, subtler, but more capable of cutting deep when the big moments come.
Our 11 year-old heroine Clementine was put through the wringer in the first episode, a clumpy succession of torturous moments that outstayed their welcome and did little to advance the story. Now that Telltale has established a willingness to grant Clementine little mercy, episode two settles into a more familiar and welcome rhythm. Clem has found herself within a new group after losing pretty much everyone she ever cared about, but the residual distrust that remains in this most awful of post-apocalyptic scenarios forms the tense backdrop to even the quietest scenes.
It is to A House Divided's benefit that there are more of these reserved moments than there are zombie-bashing QTEs or cringey medical DIY. But don't mistake quiet for uninteresting, Telltale do some of their finest work in the simple interactions between humans. One particular scene introduces the apparent main baddie Carver, voiced with suitable menace by Michael Madsen, with a thick layer of dread using little but probing dialogue and a creaking, (almost) empty house. As Clementine, you are left to choose whether to lie, tell the truth or ask questions of your own, every decision as tense as any action beat.
Telltale feel far more at ease here, bedding in the new characters around you and naturally letting you make your own judgment on each. Relationships are strained and loyalties tested within the group and the established members quickly turn to Clementine as a mediator. There is some narrative crowbarring as the group often send an unarmed 11-year-old girl into danger in order to keep the player involved, but the way they begin to rely on Clem's unusual level-headedness becomes a key theme of the episode. She's a fabulous character, and the dichotomy of the little girl she should be and the wise, hardened young woman she has been forced to become is highlighted in some lovely scenes.
It is in some of these moments that Telltale wield their most devastating weapon: hope. Before the episode reaches its denouement, Clementine and pals come as close to happy as they are likely to get. There is still some very clever work, even in moments of levity. In fact, possibly the decision I took the longest to come to was one of the game's most apparently innocuous, leveraging the kind of social awkwardness that naturally occurs in large, faintly suspicious groups of people. But there is a shroud of calm in the game's third quarter that serves to make the moment Telltale inevitably smashes it to pieces thrillingly effective.
The finale, in fact, is up there with Telltale's best work. A brewing hurricane is the backdrop for a deliberately telegraphed revelation that brings a ferocious and unpredictable tensity to the group, Clem finds herself in the middle and her decisions seem to have a direct effect on who makes it through to the next episode and who doesn't. It's an important distinction between the first episode, where your decisions appeared to have little resonance beyond incidental details and dialogue. The acid test will be if Telltale then carry these decisions through the remainder of the season.
Which, fortunately, is set up terrifically by this second episode. A House Divided does occasionally suffer from its position as a bridge, rattling exposition off in order to set up the subsequent episodes, but it performs its role with real élan. There's little doubt that episode three will hit the crux of season two's tale, and the emotional building work supplied by A House Divided leaves you invested, harrowed and itching for more.


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First, it was Penguin and Random House. That JUST happened.
Now, it's HarperCollins in preliminary talks to buy S&S.
My best friend called it when the first talk of a merge happened. She predicted this one, too. I didn't know if it would, but wow does it feel scary.
How strange it will be not to say "The Big Six?"
I know jobs will be lost in house and I'm sure that will impact authors as well.
Um, back to writing. A lot. Very fast.
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Rabbis Make Peace With 'X-ray Rabbi' Following Election Fallout
The leading ultra-Orthodox rabbis, who less than a year ago accused kabbalist Rabbi Yaakov Israel Ifergan of paganism and called him a "fiend," have decided to make peace with him.
During the stormy election campaign in Netivot, the Ashkenazi rabbis warned that anyone associated with Ifergan, who is known as the "X-ray rabbi," would have no part in the hereafter.
The attack followed Ifergan's decision to withdraw from the Haredi bloc in the local elections and run for town council on a separate list.
Last week, on the eve of the Days of Awe, Ifergan's attempts at reconciliation succeeded, when the rabbis who attacked him - Aharon Leib Steinman, Haim Kanyevsky, Nissim Karelitz and Michel Yehuda Lefkowitz - agreed to host him in their homes.
Last November these rabbis signed a letter accusing Ifergan of evil doings that "bring darkness on the town," "breaching fences of holiness," "sewing divisiveness among the God-fearing and undermining the rabbis' leadership." The letter also threatened that anyone associated with Ifergan would have no part in the next world.
Haredi arbiter Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv and Ifergan's archrival, Rabbi Issachar Meir, head of Netivot's Negev Yeshiva, also signed the letter.
Ultra-Orthodox journalist Yanky Bichler, who played a part in the reconciliation, told Haaretz that the rabbis' objection to Ifergan softened when they heard of his charity, and the kollel and Haredi elementary school he led in Netivot. Bichler said the rabbis commended Ifergan and "treated him royally."
A few months ago Ifergan made peace with Netivot's mayor, Yehiel Zohar, who had also fallen out with him during the election campaign.
Recently their relations were tested when the municipality demanded that Ifergan pay a large debt he owed and threatened to confiscate his bank accounts. But sources close to Ifergan said he paid and ended the conflict.
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