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When you think of Bert Blyleven the pitcher, you think of someone who won 287 games, struck out 3,701, threw 60 shutouts and had a curveball that nearly defied gravity. You don't think of a guy who memorized the career innings pitched totals of such greats as Cy Young and Walter Johnson.
When you think of Bert Blyleven the television broadcaster, you think of a guy with a keen sense of humor and a better grasp of using a telestrator than any other baseball analyst. You don't think of a guy who spends significant time each day doing preparation work for his broadcasts by perusing the advanced metrics at this very website, among others.
Yet one of two newest members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame is, in his words, "a stat geek." So if people like Bill James and Nate Silver haven't already made it cool for numbers nerds to embrace stats like VORP and WARP, perhaps Blyleven's admission that he is a stat geek validates that objective analysis in baseball is cool.
Blyleven and Roberto Alomar were elected to the Hall of Fame this week by the 10-year members of the Baseball Writers Association of America. And Blyleven is the first player to gain entry to Cooperstown in part because of sabermetrics.
According to the traditional way of thinking, in which wins and winning percentage are paramount to any other pitching statistic, Blyleven did not stack up as Hall-worthy in some voters' eyes. They pointed to the fact that his career record was just 37 games over .500 at 287-250.
However, analysts such as our own Jay Jaffe and, to an even greater extent, Rich Lederer of baseballanalysts.com, championed Blyleven's cause. They used various metrics to show that Blyleven stacked up with many of the top pitchers in the game's history. Though it took 14 years of being on the ballot, he is finally headed for enshrinement, and he is quick to point out the work of Lederer and others.
"They've educated people about pitching and showed that there is more to being a good pitcher than just wins and losses," Blyleven said. "As a pitcher, you can't control wins and you can't control losses. You can control innings pitched and keeping yourself in the game. Rich Lederer and others brought a lot of that out into open and there is a much better understanding of that than there was, say, even 10 years ago."
Blyleven's cause was likely strengthened in recent Cy Young elections. In 2009, the Royals' Zack Greinke won the American League Cy Young with 16 victories and the Giants' Tim Lincecum took National League honors with 15 wins. Those were the two lowest victory totals ever for a Cy Young winner until the Mariners' Felix Hernandez won the AL award last season with just 13 wins as voters looked past that stat and saw he led the league with 8.7 SNLVAR and .646 SNWP.
"I think King Felix winning the Cy Young only helped me," Blyleven said. "It showed that the writers now truly understand that a mark of a good pitcher isn't just how many games he's won."
Blyleven, though, was an old-school stat guy when he debuted in the major leagues as a 19-year-old with the 1970 Twins. In addition to his pie-in-the-sky goal of breaking Young's all-time record of 7,356 innings pitched, he believed that wins and losses defined a starter. Ironically, his adherence to those old ideals helped mold him into a pitcher that is now Hall of Famer.
"I lost a lot of close games early in my career and I thought it was my fault because I gave up a run or two," Blyleven said. "I worked even harder after that. Those losses made me a better pitcher. I knew I had to find a way to win those 2-1 and 1-0 ballgames. I decided I couldn't give up any runs and that's a big part of the reason why I finished my career with 60 shutouts."
Eventually, though, Blyleven learned that he could only control so much, including injuries. His plan was to stick around long enough to win 300 games, but he fell 13 short when he was forced to retire during spring training in 1993 with the Angels because of arm injuries. For a long time, it seemed the lack of 300 wins would keep Blyleven from Cooperstown, but he instead became the first non-300 game winner elected by the BBWAA since Fergie Jenkins in 1991.
"I'm proud of all my wins but I'm also proud of all my losses," Blyleven said. "I'm proud that I was able to be among the elite who had the opportunity to play in the major leagues. Now, I couldn't be prouder to be going into the Hall of Fame and joining the most elite group of players there is."
Jeff Bagwell never failed a drug test. In fact, he was never implicated as a user of performance-enhancing drugs during his 15-year career, spent entirely with the Astros from 1991-2005.
Yet Bagwell's career achievements were clearly discounted by the voters for playing in the Steroid Era during his first time on the Hall of Fame ballot. He received just 41.7 percent of the vote despite hitting .297/.408./.540 with 449 home runs.
"I can't change people's opinions on how they see my career," Bagwell said. "I'm OK with that. Whatever. People are going to think what they want to think, and if they don't think anybody was good in this era, that's fine. I'm one of the first players that have come up (for election) in that era. I'm OK with that. It's not going to change my life."
Meanwhile, Blyleven has no problem with hitters from the Steroid Era getting little support from the voters. In fact, he sounds like a man who would prefer they not join him in Cooperstown.
"The writers have kind of made their point," Blyleven said. "Guys cheated. They cheated themselves and their teammates. The game of baseball is to be played clean. I think we went through a Steroid Era and I think it's up to the writers to decide when and who should go in through that era."
Mark McGwire, who admitted to using steroids last winter, received just 19.8 percent of the vote, and Rafael Palmeiro, who was suspended for 10 games in 2005 for testing positive for steroids, got just 11.0 percent.
Athletics manager Bob Geren watched with interest last fall as the Giants, the team across the bay from Oakland, made a run to their first World Series title since moving to San Francisco in 1958.
"I couldn't help but be interested in the World Series, especially because of the two teams that were there," Geren said, referring to the Giants, who the Athletics play twice a year in interleague series, and the Rangers, a fellow AL West club.
Geren admits he couldn't help but wonder if his Athletics might be able to follow suit in 2011. The Athletics are similar to the Giants in that they are built around talented, young starting rotations.
Right-hander Trevor Cahill and left-hander Brett Anderson front a rotation that also includes lefties Gio Gonzalez and Dallas Braden. Many scouts feel that foursome could wind up being equal to the Giants' quartet of Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain, Jonathan Sanchez, and Madison Bumgarner.
The Athletics played the Giants last season in May then again a month later. The Giants called up catcher Buster Posey and signed veteran left fielder Pat Burrell as a free agent between the two series.
"It's just goes to show you that if you have good pitching, adding a couple of good bats can make you a championship club," Geren said. "You saw that happen with the Giants."
The Athletics have tried to follow the same formula this winter by trading for outfielders David DeJesus and Josh Willingham and signing free agent designated hitter Hideki Matsui. The Athletics were 11th in the AL and 23rd in the majors in runs scored last season, averaging 4.09 a game, which somewhat mitigated the fact that they led the league in runs allowed with a 3.86 mark.
The Red Sox' coaching staff is becoming a popular place for teams to find their next managers.
Brad Mills made his major-league managerial debut with the Astros last season after six years as the Red Sox' bench coach. John Farrell will get his first crack at managing this year with the Blue Jays following four seasons as the Red Sox' pitching coach. Furthermore, bench coach DeMarlo Hale interviewed for the Mets' manager vacancy this offseason, though he lost out to Terry Collins.
Mills believes working for Red Sox manager Terry Francona in the high-pressured crucible of baseball in Boston is the perfect laboratory for future skippers.
"Well, No. 1, it's got to be Terry," Mills said. "He does such a good job of including his coaching staff and including the bench coach and pitching coach in every decision of how he goes about things, and he communicates so well with the coaches. The second thing is, what an environment to go to work in every day and see the pressure that the manager is under, and because Terry is so open with the rest of his coaches, you are able to kind of get a sense of what he's going through. And then of course, add to that, the type of player that it takes to play to do well there, and you see that and how you work with players. So all of those things added together really make it a good place to learn."


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Just north of Southampton, in the quiet village of Toothill, stands one of the finest observatories in Hampshire. It houses a 14" Meade and numerous smaller telescopes.
Owned and run by Solent Amateur Astronomers, it's doors open regularly to the public, when every one is most welcome - see schedule of open nights.
We also have a comprehensive programme of talks at Oasis Academy, Lordshill to which the public are also invited.
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INVOCATION: Thou Infinite, Mighty Presence,
Thou All- Pervading Principle of Life! We give praise
and thanks for Thy Wondrous Activity through all
outer presence. Out of Thy Mighty Essence comes
all that is, and oh! that humanity might under-
stand, Thou art ever and forever Self-sustained. Thou
Mighty, Active Principle of Life, surge forth in the
outer activity of mankind and manifest Thy Supreme
Justice now in all places.
Mighty Presence of Light— God in Action! govern
the minds of mankind, holding them to Truth and
Justice, and see that Thy Messengers are placed
in all official positions. Let naught of the outer
interfere, that none of humanity may accept any
thought of deception.
Mighty Presence of God in Action, surge forth
in the minds of all, expressing Thy Conquering
Life, in all Its Activities everywhere manifest, is
God in Action; and it is only through lack of the
understanding of applied thought and feeling that
mankind is constantly interrupting the pure flow
of that Perfect Essence of Life which would, without
interference, naturally express Its Perfection every-
The natural tendency of Life is Love, Peace,
Beauty, Harmony, and Opulence, for Life cares
not who uses It, but is constantly surging to pour
more of Its Perfection into manifestation, always
with that lifting process which is ever inherent within
"I AM" is the Activity of "That Life."
How strange it is that students with sincere in-
terest do not seem to get the True Meaning of those
two words.
When you say and feel "I AM," you release the
spring of Eternal, Everlasting Life to flow on Its
way unmolested. In other words, you open wide
the door to Its natural flow. When you say "I AM
not," you shut the door in the face of this Mighty
"I AM" is the Full Activity of God.
Having placed before you so often the Truth of
God in Action , I wish you to understand Its first
expression in individualization. The first expression
of every individual, everywhere in the Universe, either
in spoken word, silent thought or feeling, is "I AM,"
recognizing Its Own Conquering Divinity.
The student, endeavoring to understand and apply
these mighty, yet simple Laws, must stand guard
more strictly over his thought and expression— in
word or otherwise; for every time you say "I AM
not," "I cannot," "I have not," you are, whether
knowingly or unknowingly, throttling that "Great
Presence" within you. This is just as tangible as
if you placed your hands about the throat of an
outer form, only with the outer form, your thought
governing the hand, you can release it at any time;
but when you make a declaration using the words
"I AM not," you set in motion Mighty, Limitless
Energy that continues to act, unless it is recalled
and the imperfection consumed and transmuted.
This shows you the enormous power you have
to qualify this Mighty Energy of God, and I tell
you Beloved Students, dynamite is less dangerous,
for that would but liberate you from the body; while
these thoughts sent forth ignorantly and ungovemed
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TORONTO (AP) — Former UFC welterweight champion Georges St. Pierre tore ligaments in his left knee in training and will need surgery.
St. Pierre made the announcement on Twitter, saying: "Tore my left ACL in training. Surgery in a few days. Rehab, pain, hard work, no shortcuts - I'll soon be back at 100%. Thanks for the support."
The 32-year-old Montreal fighter remained in training after vacating the title in December and plans to return to MMA at some time. He had reconstructive surgery on his other knee in December 2011 after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament during a wrestling drill.


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Betting Public Picking LSU Over Notre Game in The Sugar Bowl
Team Page: Notre Game :: LSU
57% of Bets Placed on LSU -8 | Matchup | CFB Picks
Notre Dame couldn't have asked for a worse place to play as it tries to end an NCAA record-tying bowl losing streak. LSU, meanwhile, gets a chance to end its season with a victory right down the road.
The 11th-ranked Irish look to avoid their ninth straight defeat in a bowl game when they meet No. 4 LSU in the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans on Jan. 3.
Oddsmakers have made LSU -8 point spread favorites
(College Football Odds) for today's game, the over/under has been set at 56.5 total points (View CFB Sports Books).
Last season's Sugar Bowl was moved to Atlanta after Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the Louisiana Superdome. This year, the game has returned to New Orleans with a local feel to it.
LSU (10-2) will make a short trip from its campus in Baton Rouge, and should have plenty of support.
``I think everybody close to the program is certainly glad to see us playing in New Orleans,'' Tigers coach Les Miles said. ``We really enjoy that city. It's a wonderful place and we can hardly wait to get there.''
Notre Dame may not feel the same way.
The Irish (10-2) expect to face a raucous crowd as they try to snap an eight-game bowl losing streak - tying the NCAA record set by South Carolina (1945-1988) and matched by West Virginia (1987-98).
``I know LSU home games are known for being a loud crowd,'' Notre Dame safety Tom Zbikowski said. ``It's definitely going to be like another home game for them playing in their home state. But Notre Dame travels pretty well so hopefully we'll come prepared. We've played in hostile environments before, so we should be ready.''
Notre Dame's last bowl victory was 24-21 against Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, 1994.
``We want to win a bowl game and we want to stop answering questions about Notre Dame not being able to win bowl games,'' Zbikowski said.
The Irish began the season ranked No. 2 and were hoping to make a trip to the BCS national championship game in Glendale, Ariz. They opened with consecutive victories over Georgia Tech and Penn State, but were routed 47-21 by Michigan at home in their third game.
Notre Dame went on to win eight straight following that loss and had slim hopes of reaching the title game heading into its season finale at Southern California on Nov. 25. A 44-24 defeat to the Trojans, though, ended any thoughts of a national championship.
Senior Brady Quinn did his part against USC, completing 22 of 45 passes for 274 yards and three touchdowns with no interceptions in his final regular-season game. The Heisman Trophy finalist hit on 63.4 percent of his passes this season for 3,278 yards and 35 touchdowns, throwing just five interceptions.
He has won the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given to the nation's top senior quarterback, and the Maxwell Award as college football's top player, beating out Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith of Ohio State. Quinn finished third in the Heisman voting behind Arkansas running back Darren McFadden.
``I think what makes him special, that really separates him from a lot of other players, is he has that special something that only those rare quarterbacks have,'' Irish coach Charlie Weis said. ``I can't really explain what that special something is, but he's got it.
``I can't imagine any player in this country being more important to his team than Brady Quinn is to ours. Maybe that exists. I just can't imagine it.''
To send Quinn out a winner and end the losing streak in bowls, Notre Dame will have to defeat an LSU team that moved into BCS consideration by winning its last six contests, including a 31-26 victory at SEC West-champion Arkansas in its regular-season finale on Nov. 24.
The Tigers' two defeats this season came on the road to teams that were then ranked in the top 5 - Auburn on Sept. 16 and Florida on Oct. 7.
``Our team is looking forward to this game,'' Miles said. ``You want to celebrate a great season with a quality opponent in a bowl game and Notre Dame offers just that. Anyway you cut it, Notre Dame is a great team.''
LSU is led on offense by junior quarterback JaMarcus Russell, who set career highs this season with 2,797 passing yards and 26 TDs as the Tigers finished 10th in the country in scoring with 33.1 points per game. The team's strength, however, is its defense.
The Tigers were second in the nation in total defense, giving up 238.8 yards per game, and fourth in the country with 12.5 points allowed per contest. Notre Dame averaged 398.0 yards of offense and 32.4 points a game.
``When you're playing a team the caliber of LSU, the first thing that comes to mind is making sure that our players are ready for the speed of the game,'' Weis said. ``Obviously they play with great passion and great emotion, but the speed of the game is the No. 1 thing that we're going to have to be ready for. If not, you're going to be in for a long night.''
West Virginia upset SEC champion Georgia 38-35 at the Georgia Dome in last season's Sugar Bowl, but after a $185 million renovation to the Superdome, the game is returning home.
``If we could have written this script, we couldn't have written it any better,'' Sugar Bowl CEO Paul Hoolahan said. ``These two teams in New Orleans is just what the doctor ordered. This is an absolute panacea for what's happened here, where we need to go and what has to happen in the future.''
Notre Dame is 5-4 all-time against LSU, but the Tigers have played a part in the Irish's bowl skid with a 27-9 victory in the 1997 Independence Bowl in Shreveport, La.
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I just started back into quilting lately. The last time was prior to when rotary cutters were well known and 505. /So you can see it's been awhile.
I love this site as I get a lot of tips. The best two tips I have tried were the June Tailor Shape Cut mat . This is the best thing since carmel fudge ice cream. My cuts are accurate, quick and they are not all cattywampus. It was well worth the money!
The second was to starch, starch, starch, then starch again. I had always iron my seams, but I couldn't believe the difference starch made. It was easier to sqaure up my seams, sew seams and the blocks look wonderful!
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Your technicolor text is making me even more scared
Your technicolor text is making me even more scared
I am against the teaching of evolution in schools. I am also against widespread
literacy and the refrigeration of food.
it is...Originally posted by abrege
Your technicolor text is making me even more scared
hmm...let's see, i have quite a bit of homework, didn't turn the tv on, didn't really browse websites, sporadically on forums, couldn't really read about it or hear about it.'keep your ears shut and you wont hear anything' ... read this somewhere.
People panic too much. Everyone sees afew people running so they all decide to follow. Oh well, the club wasn't supposed to be open that night for some reason.
Anyways, pepper spray hurts like hell, you guys should try it sometime. The way I saw it at the time was "Why use it if I dont know what kind of pain it gives my victim? " so I tried it, its a crazy feeling and burns like hell and it causes inflamation on the skin that it came in contact with.
And about Korea... I don't think that we have to talk about every incident that humanity faces on this world do we? It's not like anybody cares so much that they must dwell on the unfortunate things that happen anyways, people die and the world keeps spinning... just the way it should be. Forget the past, you wont find peace there.
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91st annual West End Fair opening tomrrow
The 91st annual West End Fair along Route 209 in Gilbert, Monroe County, begins its week-long run tomorrow.
Gates open at 10 a.m. Sunday with a special reduced rate. The fair will open at noon on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Wednesday is Senior Citizens Day when seniors age 65 and older will be admitted at a reduced admission price. Gate opens at 10 a.m.
Children's Day is Thursday and there will be games at the livestock arena beginning at 2 p.m.
A highlight of Sunday's opening day will be the spectacular fireworks display at 9:30 p.m.
Also at 11 a.m. Sunday, quarter midget racing will be held in the main arena by the West End Quarter Midget Racing Club.
The Panther Valley Ecumenical Network will stage its annual vesper service on the main stage at 6:30 p.m.
Performing on the main stage tomorrow will be country singer Nicole Donatone, with shows at noon, 2, and 4 p.m.
Donatone, who made the album "If You Knew," has opened for such stars as Willie Nelson, Connie Smith, John Michael Montgomery, Tracy Byrd, Sammy Kershaw, Restless Heart, and Randy Travis and recently performed at the AT&T Pavilion Pre Show before the Keith Urban and Jake Owen Concert in Philadelphia.
Also Sunday, Melody's Dance Studio will be performing in the band shell at 3 p.m., and Olympik Karate Center will give a demonstration in the band shell at 7 p.m.
On Monday, there will be a championship Double Figure 8 Race in the main arena starting at 7:30 p.m. There is a special admission price for this attraction.
Free entertainment Monday includes The Cramer Brothers, a veteran band from Monroe County's West End, giving performances at 6, 7:30, and 9 p.m.
Also Monday, John Hamby and the Southern Comfort Band will be on the main stage at 1, 3 and 4:30 p.m.
At 5:30 p.m., the Pleasant Valley High School Band will give a preview concert at 5:30 p.m.
There will be three demolition derbies at the fair. They will be held on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights.
On Tuesday, the big car and minivans will collide. Wednesday night will have compacts, pickups, and lawn mowers ramming each other. It will be big cars, compacts, and a rollover competition in the Wednesday night motor mayhem.
Free attractions all week include The Marvelous Mutts, Comedy Safari, John Cassidy's comedy and magic show, Rowdy Rooster Puppet Show, and Cutting Edge Wood Carver.
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"Voice of an Angel" singer Charlotte Church and her rugby player boyfriend Gavin Henson welcomed their second child, it was announced on her Web site Sunday.
"He was born just after midnight at her and Gavin's home with Gavin in attendance at the birth," it says in the posting.
No name has been announced, but, reads the blog, "we can confirm that he weighed in at 7 lb., 5 oz., and that mum and baby are both doing just fine."
"Here we go again!!!" Church, 22, and Henson, 26, said last June, when they announced her pregnancy.
The couple's , Ruby Megan Henson, was born in September 2007.
The Wales-born singer was first discovered on a British talent show – initially as a classical singer – before she made a name for herself in pop.


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COLUMBIA – Lois "Dode" Hoskins Eleazer, 89, died Wednesday, July 16, 2014. A family burial was held at Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens. A celebration of her life will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at Forest Lake Presbyterian Church in Columbia, where she was a long-time active member.
Mrs. Eleazer was born the daughter of the late Leander and Grace Hoskins in Hamilton, Ohio on November 26, 1924. She met her husband, Ralph, at Toddy's in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1946, and they were married later that year in Columbia, South Carolina. Mrs. Eleazer received her BS in Nursing and MAT in Health Education at the University of South Carolina. Her care for others was evidenced by her career in teaching at Fairwold Center and the South Carolina State Hospital, as well as counseling AIDS and tuberculosis patients for the Richland County Health Department. She loved her family and was generous with her gifts and love for others. She was a lifelong learner who loved to travel. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her.
Lois was predeceased by her husband, Ralph Eleazer, Jr. and her brother, Leroy Hoskins. She is survived by her son, Larry Eleazer (Julia); daughter, Barbara Eleazer (Louie Fields); grandchildren, Chris Eleazer, Jessica Eleazer, and Jake Fields; great-grandchildren, Caroline Eleazer, Markham Eleazer, and Landon Eleazer; and family and friends in Ohio.
The family wishes to thank the caregivers from Home Instead, NHC Parklane, and Daisy Williams.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Forest Lake Presbyterian Church, 6500 N. Trenholm Rd., Columbia SC 29206 or the Salvation Army.


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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — It was a delicious day at UNCW for the 4th Annual Feast Down East Regional Conference.
The conference focuses on getting local goods from farm to table.
"We are bringing farmers, buyers and community planners together to help build a local, healthy, strong food economy," Feast Down East Director Jane Steigerwald said.
This year's conference allowed extra time for participants to network. Steigerwald says Feast Down East also helps increase access to healthy local foods by providing support and guidance to farmers.
Smells ad sounds of chefs cooking filled the Burney Center.
"It gives us an opportunity to do what we like to do; not so much the paperwork end of being a chef, but just kind of creating something from scratch," UNCW Executive Chef Ryan Andress said.
With educational workshops and even a cooking competition, participants got some tasty local treats.
"I came to sit on the panel with the farmers and different chefs in the area, then somehow got roped into doing a cooking competition with extremely limited ingredients," Cameron Art Museum Executive Chef Jessica Cabo said.
And even though she did not win Ccabo says she had a good time.
"I mean, it's fun. It's stressful. And after this I have to go back to work," she said.
She says what Feast Down East does is simply inspiring.
"It's absolutely important to eat local, support your local farmers because you get the best, freshest, most wholesome nutritious ingredients around and just support local business," she said.
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Hi All,
I have defined a custom global role approval workflow which has code to check the approver, escalation parties of the role and trigger Mandatory access call's for the role.
The workflow has lot of code, with many script and extension nodes. It worked fine for a while, but when i keep adding more custom code, workflow is getting corrupted.
I guess its the length issue of erxml of the workflow. When i tried to copy erxml of the workflow to a notepad, only half of the code is copied.
Do you think its related to length issue of erxml? Is there any limit on erxml length ?
Please help me out if you have any pointers.
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Re: Global Workflow erxml is corrupted2012-11-14T08:14:50ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.This is known and IIRC there has been fixes in this area - also ensure you are using the latest Oracle Java - but the way to get a definitive answer is to raise a PMR.
My advice is anyhow to break down your big workflow into more manageable operations - it is not good practice to build these big workflows.
You can call other operations from your workflow - this makes it possible to reuse code efficiently. The overhead is limited, but not negligible - so always code with performance in mind.
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The African Queen (Horizon; United Artists) is the name of a leaky, 30-ft. steam launch that wheezes along a remote little river in German East Africa, delivering mail and supplies. When World War I begins to creep into the jungle, Skipper Humphrey Bogart noses his boat into a quiet backwater, intending to sit out the fighting with a case or two of Gordon's gin. But he takes on an unwelcome passenger, Katharine Hepburn, a prissy, "skinny old maid" who has other ideas. Determined to strike a blow for King, country and her dead missionary brother, Hepburn browbeats Bogart into running the...
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Companion column: Displays may have unacceptable environmental or health consequences
There is a common phrase that says "no good deed goes unpunished."
This is how many of us feel as we try to help out charities, nonprofits and small businesses in our community, but we are now threatened with a lawsuit, or settlement fee, charging that fireworks pollute the bay.
In 2001, the Big Bay Boom July 4th Fireworks Show was created to attract people to the San Diego Unified Port District's tideland businesses such as hotels, restaurants and shops. We also saw a charity, the San Diego Armed Services YMCA that was in need of financial aid. As the beneficiary of the net proceeds from the Big Bay Boom, over the past nine years the Armed Forces Y has received more than $270,000. The money has significantly helped it support more than 40 free social programs for our young enlisted families in the San Diego area and our wounded warriors at San Diego Naval Medical Center.
Most us who live, work and play on San Diego Bay work hard to keep our waters clean and to support programs that will enhance the bay. In 2004, I started the Clean Marina Program to provide a new standard for marina operators that would help protect our waters. Today the Clean Marina Program is the fastest growing program of its type in the United States with over 80 California marinas certified to uphold these stringent new standards.
I was honored by receiving the Boat- U.S. Foundation's 2007 Environmental Leadership Award and the San Diego Oceans Foundation's Dr. Roger Revelle Perpetual Award "in recognition for significant contributions made in man's ability to coexist with the marine environment and helping to resolve ocean issues and to encourage stewardship of ocean resources."
SeaWorld was sued three years ago over its daily summer fireworks shows. SeaWorld, which held a permit from the Regional Water Quality Control Board, agreed to a tedious monitoring program that tests for over 60 elements in the Mission Bay waters after each of its fireworks shows. That report is due to the water quality board in August of this year.
The preliminary indications of the SeaWorld data show that the key metals were either burned up in the air or not detected in the Mission Bay waters above a reference level. The chemical perchlorate (an explosive also found in air bags) showed slight elevated levels immediately after each show but attenuated rapidly. Other fireworks materials such as cardboard, paper and wires are mitigated with best management practices before and after the show. It is important to understand that 99.9 percent of the material is consumed as part of the fireworks display. As the SeaWorld data indicates, these other materials do no damage to water quality.
On April 5, the water quality board sent the port district (landlord for the tenants on San Diego Bay) a letter stating that based on the threat to water quality and for administrative reasons, they would not issue individual firework permits but would issue a general permit for fireworks displays over the water in 2011. This letter also asked that we implement certain best management practices for fireworks shows on San Diego Bay. The port district will assist in this area with the use of a "skimmer" to gather debris on the water and the collection of any paper and cardboard. The fireworks companies will do their part with extensive best management practices on the barges and other locations where fireworks are launched. If appropriate, we will modify our practices to ensure the maximum protections of water quality.
Still, Coast Law Group, a private group of lawyers, and San Diego Coastkeeper are threatening to sue and provide a requirement to purchase their "education piece" for fireworks shows. Both would carry, in their words, a "settlement," which translates to a payment to them in some form. We will work collaboratively with any government entity that has jurisdiction on this issue to comply with the law and to protect the water quality of San Diego Bay.
One of the most American traditions is the way we celebrate our country's Independence Day. Even our national anthem has the words "the rocket's red glare and the bombs bursting in air" to remind us how we had to gain our freedoms. We believe we can both protect water quality and respect this nation's most special day. We will fight for both under the symbol of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Mobile content management startup Averail has raised $6 million in its first round of funding and exited stealth mode, the company announced Tuesday morning.
Averail co-founder and head of marketing John Drewry told us the company wants to make management of files across Android, iOS, and Windows Phone devices work better in the enterprise. He said consumers are seeing more solutions for managing files than the enterprise.
"Organizations keep documents in many places," Drewry said. "Employees are struggling with mobile collaboration, and we want to help solve that problem."
I pointed out to Drewry that cloud-based file management providers like Box and Egnyte were already taking on this challenge with gusto. Each of those companies provides a variety of solutions to help companies share and store documents securely for enterprise users, including across mobile devices. But Drewry said there were still pieces missing.
"We don't think a one-size-fits-all solution works for all companies," Drewry said. "Box and Egnyte are tackling a part of the problem, but the cloud is not where all your content is."
Menlo Park, Calif.-based Averail's $6 million in funding comes from Foundation Capital and Storm Ventures. Paul Holland, General Partner at Foundation Capital, and Tae Hea Nahm, Managing Director at Storm Ventures, will join Averail's board.
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Hey there Packers fan.. thanks for reading. Even though your Packers beat MY Steelers in the Super Bowl :)
If you wanted to be my BR fan... well then.. I think I could put the whole Super Bowl issue behind us ;)
This is a stupid article. The pre-season has NOTHING to do with the team. The defense is not agressive, not a lot of blitz's. Terrible article Green Bay is one of the best teams in the league. My bad, the best.
Chad. You've got good content in your articles but your grammer and punctuation are 8th grade level, if that, making it borderline painful to read. You're an author! You use written words to communicate!
Yes, the Green Bay Packers are approaching this year the same way they ever have, with signing undrafted free agents and their draft pick, re-signing a few of their own free agents and letting go a few to make a little cap space. (the same way they ever have?, undrafted free agents and their draft pick?, letting go a few?)
You're not allowed to throw third challenge flag if one of your previous ones fails. (to throw third challenge flag?)
In the past, some have even gone so far saying Mike McCarthy should be a candidate for coach of the year award. (even gone so far saying?)
C'mon! Step it up! You're writing about the World Champion Green Bay Packers and they and we deserve better!
Dude, WTF?
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Review: Windows Phone gets it right with 8.1 update
If you have a Windows phone or are thinking of getting one, the new features in this update should be pleasing. But it still doesn't have as many apps as iPhones and Android phones, although it's closing the gap.
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Microsoft made a preview version of Windows Phone 8.1 available for software developers this week. New phone models will ship with the operating system next month, while existing phones will get free updates over the next few months.
Microsoft's new Windows system for smartphones addresses many of the shortcomings in previous versions.
Before, voice search lacked the natural language interactions of Apple's Siri and Google Now. The updated Windows Phone system has Cortana, which combines Siri's personality with Google Now's knack for anticipating what you need before you even ask.
Meanwhile, Windows Phone's lack of a central hub for checking notifications from Facebook and other services has been addressed with a new Action Center.
Beyond that, the new Windows Phone 8.1 has tools to simplify connecting to Wi-Fi hot spots, save battery life and block nonemergency calls overnight.
The new system still doesn't address one of my major frustrations: There aren't as many apps for Windows smartphones compared with iPhones and Android phones. The Windows store is getting better and has many popular apps such as Facebook and Netflix. But now and then, you'll encounter something that only your iPhone and Android friends have. That includes apps for my bank and JetBlue.
If you have a Windows phone or are thinking of getting one, the new features should please you.
Action Center
You get notifications from various apps by pulling the Action Center down from the top of the screen like a window shade. It's similar to what iPhones and Android phones offer.
The Action Center also has four buttons at the top for frequently used settings and tools, such as airplane mode, similar to Apple's Control Center. But Windows lets you choose the four options you need most, while the iPhone picks for you.
Quiet hours
You can ask the phone to block calls, texts and notifications during certain hours, or turn the feature on when you're at a movie or concert.
Instead of shutting down your phone, however, you can set exceptions — such as calls from family members or emergencies, as defined by someone trying again within 3 minutes.
The iPhone has a similar feature. Android doesn't, though Samsung includes one in its phones.
Wi-Fi hot spots
Windows Phone surpasses both iOS and Android in letting you automatically connect to known Wi-Fi hot spots. You can have it accept hot spots' terms of service automatically, so you aren't interrupted with prompts.
I haven't gotten this to work yet, though. It'll take time and more users for Microsoft to build a database of known hot spots.
This feature, called Wi-Fi Sense, also lets you share your home Wi-Fi connection with friends without having to give them your password. When they visit, their phones will connect to your home router automatically as long as they are on your contact list. Unfortunately, it doesn't work if your friend has an iPhone or Android phone, or even a Windows laptop or tablet.
Conserving power
A battery-saver tool will monitor which apps use the most power and prevent some of them from running in the background when your charge is low.
Sony, Samsung and other phone makers are starting to add such tools, but there's nothing universal for Android or iPhones.
Keyboard swipes
Instead of tapping on keys one by one to type, you can slide from key to key, without lifting your finger between characters. Many Android phones have this. I'm still a tapper myself, but some people find sliding to be faster.
One Windows
There are essentially two classes of Windows: Windows Phone for smartphones and the regular Windows for tablets, laptops and desktops.
The two are starting to merge, but true unification hasn't arrived yet. For instance, you can customize the phone's People app so it tracks news feeds from your favorite social networks, but when you go to People on a tablet, you need to set that up again, even though Microsoft's OneDrive storage service promises to sync all your devices.
In that sense, Windows Phone remains a work in progress.
It incorporates plenty of great ideas, which I'm sure will work seamlessly one day. Likewise, as usage grows beyond the 3 percent worldwide market share it had last year, more apps will follow.
There's no need to abandon your iPhone or Android phone yet, but Windows Phone is worth watching as it develops.
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A new poster for "Captain America" starring Chris Evans as the Star-Spangled Avenger. Marvel Studios already has a hit on their hands with "Thor", and "X-Men: First Class" is proving to have staying power. That just leaves "Captain America: The First Avenger", which if it hits, and hits big, will pave the way for even more Marvel Comics characters come to life on the big-screen, and that is good news for any comic book geek, past or present.
"Captain America: The First Avenger" will focus on the early days of the Marvel Universe when Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers to participate in an experimental program that turns him into the Super Soldier known as Captain America. As Captain America, Rogers joins forces with Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) and Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) to wage war on the evil HYDRA organization, led by the villainous Red Skull (Hugo Weaving.)
Starring Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Stanley Tucci, Tommy Lee Jones, Hayley Atwell, Richard Armitage, Sebastian Stan, Dominic Cooper, Natalie Dormer, Neal McDonough, Toby Jones, JJ Feild and directed by Joe Johnston.
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If you use a 14 day rail pass from leg2 -> leg 11, there will be a saving of ¥26,650 over individual tickets, so I'd certainly recommend this route.
Regarding your stops, unless there is something particular to see in Okayama, you may prefer to spend more time in Tottori or elsewhere on your journey. Otherwise it looks like a great trip!
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The MX-5 SuperCup takes this popular, fast and reliable sports car and with sensible performance modifications, creates a superb platform for competitive racing that is suitable for both experienced and novice drivers. These Mk3 cars, although modern, are not complicated and can be run from home (as many of our drivers do), or there are several specialist race preparers who offer race support as well as 'Arrive and Drive' packages.
The MX-5 SuperCup season is contested over 8 different meetings at the UKs top circuits, including world famous venues such as Silverstone, Brands Hatch and Oulton Park, with the final rounds set to be held on the Donington Park National circuit in October. Race weekends are all triple header meetings, with a 20 minute qualifying session and three 20 minute races at all events, giving drivers a lot of competitive track time.
There are always battles throughout the field meaning that the winner is rarely decided before the final lap and the winning margin is often only tenths of a second! Multiple race winners throughout the season is the norm and in the last 4 seasons, the championship remained undecided until the final racing meeting, two of which going down to the final race of the season! While certainly competitive on track, the SuperCup prides itself on having drivers and teams who are always willing to lend a helping hand to their fellow competitors and who enjoy the atmosphere back in the paddock as much as the on track action.
No other UK championship offers such close and competitive racing between identical modern production sports cars, this cost effectively! Former champions and race winners in the MX-5 Mk3 championship have gone on to successfully compete in series such as the British GT Championship, Ginetta GT4 Supercup and the Renault UK Clio Cup, showing that the MX-5 SuperCup attracts and creates some of Britain's best driving talent, including the likes of former BTCC race winner Paul O'Neill.
2016 saw the biggest year yet for the championship and it's only set to continue growing, as it becomes one of the most exciting and well supported race series in the country of recent seasons. It does well to attract many new fans and drivers along the way, so there really is no better time to join the BRSCC Mazda MX-5 SuperCup!
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|May 6th/7th
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|July 15th/16th
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|August 5th/6th
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I'm not sure I'll be buying into this idea that the D800 shows diffraction significantly earlier than other cameras.
Diffraction is not a wall. All lenses are affected by diffraction at all F stops. However they also suffer from spherical aberration. Wide open, spherical aberration has a much greater effect, hence stopping down will initially increase sharpness because spherical aberration is reduced. At some point spherical aberration is less than the diffraction effect and stopping down more will reduce resolution. Usually max sharpness is 1-2 stops below max aperture (more for really fast lenses).
With smaller spacing between sensels, the point at which diffraction starts to reduce sharpness comes in earlier, but resolution is higher to start with. You would have to stop down a lot more than F11 before the lens resolution was so low that the sensor made no difference.
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- November 12, 2015
- Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office has registered two prospective northeast Kansas voters and is asking a judge to dismiss their federal lawsuit against the state's proof-of-citizenship requirement.
- Blizzard warning issued for northwest Kansas
- November 11, 2015
- A winter storm system packing snow and high winds is expected to hit sections of northwest Kansas.
- Man convicted in Jewish site killings is sentenced to death
- November 11, 2015
- A judge followed a jury's recommendation and sentenced an avowed anti-Semite to death Tuesday for the fatal shootings of three people at Kansas Jewish sites.
- Kansas Supreme Court justices asked to recuse themselves
- November 11, 2015
- Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt is asking all Kansas Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from a lawsuit involving the court system's budget.
- Kansas again faces possible loss of all federal arts funding
- November 11, 2015
- The leader of a statewide advocacy group warned Tuesday that Kansas is likely to lose its federal arts dollars again early next year because the state isn't providing enough funding for arts programs under Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's administration.
- Wichita bishop to make case for sainthood for Kapaun
- November 9, 2015
- The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Wichita is preparing to make the case that an Army chaplain from Kansas who died in a North Korean prisoner of war camp deserves to be granted sainthood.
- Kansas ranks low in providing summer meals to children
- November 9, 2015
- Advocates of providing summer meals to children in low-income areas say Kansas must find ways to provide more meals during the summer.
- Kansas battles pay-related turnover among prison staff
- November 9, 2015
- Employee turnover at Kansas prisons has increased over the past five years, and the state's corrections secretary and legislators agree that officers' pay must rise if the state hopes to end a problem that's now seen as a threat to public safety.
- Property taxes on the rise around Kansas
- November 8, 2015
- Patrons of most Kansas school districts will see property taxes rise this year amid an ongoing legal battle over whether public schools are underfunded, preliminary state data shows.
- Kansas City Connection: Farm-fresh flavor; Floyd's 'Dark Side'
- November 8, 2015
- One of my favorite places in Kansas City for a nice lunch, dinner or cocktail is The Farmhouse, a farm-to-table, "tip-to-tail" restaurant that offers a delicious variety of entrees and sandwiches using fresh meats and vegetables from regional providers.
- Kansas official seeks to save funds to treat drug offenders
- November 4, 2015
- With potential budget problems looming in Kansas, a state official urged legislators Tuesday to protect funding for substance-abuse treatment that keeps hundreds of drug offenders out of prison.
- Kansas raises rents on agencies in state office buildings
- November 4, 2015
- Kansas has recently raised the rent by more than 25 percent for agencies housed in state office buildings.
- 4 living ex-presidents join Eisenhower Memorial Commission
- November 4, 2015
- The four, living ex-U.S. presidents are all now on a committee working to commemorate President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
- Kansas prisons full; official outlines $27M expansion option
- November 3, 2015
- Kansas' top corrections official Monday outlined a proposal for a $27 million expansion of the state's maximum-security prison outside El Dorado to deal with the state's increasing inmate population.


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Schoolchildren should call teachers by their first name, say academics
PUPILS should address teachers by their first names, leading academics have said.
They claim the terms "Sir" or "Miss" are out of date and discriminate against women.
However traditionalists claim the terms are a mark of respect and necessary to instill respect in youngsters.
Prominent academics have argued that pupils should address teachers by their first names to ensure children were not exposed "to the prejudices of the previous generation".
Jennifer Coates, emeritus professor of English language and linguistics at Roehampton University, disagreed with the use of "Sir" for men and "Miss" for all female teachers - irrespective of marital status.
She called it "a depressing example of how women are given low status and men, no matter how young or new in the job they are, are given high status".
She added: "'Sir' is a knight, but 'miss' is ridiculous, it doesn't match 'sir' at all."
Education historian Jacob Middleton told the Times Educational Supplement (TES) the different titles, widely used in schools as opposed to terms including "ma'am", embodied the "massive status disparity and sexism of former years".
Professor Sara Mills, a discourse researcher at Sheffield Hallam University, said pupils could instead refer to their teachers by their first names.
She said: "Sometimes teachers find that they can control students more when they try to stress the similarities between them, rather than trying to keep as distant as possible."
However, other educationalists defended the terms, insisting they represented a simple old-fashioned mark of respect.
Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education and a former headteacher, said it was a matter for individual schools, but added: "You need to show respect to your teachers.
"I don't think it's disrespectful to say 'Miss' to a female teacher. That's just political correctness."
Debbie Coslett, chief executive of the Brook Learning Trust in south-east England, agreed, saying there was not a problem with pupils using "Sir" and "Miss".
"My response is always that my name isn't Miss; it's Mrs Coslett.
"But if I'm in a school where students don't know me and they call me Miss, I'm fine with that. They're showing respect by giving me a title."


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Most of the time, a NAS or Network Attached Storage is just an offline data storage destination for our home network where we can share our file through the computers connected in the network. However, story tells differently using Verbatim's MediaShare NAS.
Beside it can be used as an offline data storage on the network. You can actually access your files via the internet remotely, and even your cell phone can browse the files store in the system!
This puppy is just like a media server with built in social networking capability. You can upload your files to your own server, browse it anywhere you are, playback video stored on the 1TB space within your browser and it can coexist with Facebook and Flickr using its built-in feature that will sync-up the files by uploading any new media files to those sites.
All you have to do is hook up the power cord, ethernet port and setup the login key. If you think the 1TB space is too limited, you can expand it by hooking up an eSATA-enabled HDD (through a case) and you can have unlimited data space.
Currently, Verbatim MediaShare NAS selling for $184.99 with Free Super Saver Shipping deal. In case you want one, you can find more details at Amazon's page (including all the image illustrations).
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Oftentimes the PC port of a popular console game is basically a shoddy console port with bad controls, poor UI support and a lot of technical glitches that takes away from the overall play experience. Well, Remedy Entertainment, creators and developers of games like Max Payne 1 and 2 as well as Alan Wake, revealed in a recent interview that the port of Alan Wake on PC is no cheap cash-in and that the reason it took so long to port was because they were aiming to make it a legitimate experience for PC gamers.
The interview comes courtesy of our friends across the pond, Electronic Theatre, where Remedy's Oskari Häkkinen commented saying...
"This isn't just a cash-in, doing Alan Wake for PC."..."If you look at our heritage at Remedy from Death Rally to Max Payne to Max Payne 2 and on the announcement of Alan Wake, we've always wanted to do Alan Wake for PC."
Well that's good news for PC games, with Alan Wake currently being available and all for purchase. A few things that Remedy took the time to add (or upgrade, rather) were the graphics, texture fidelity, visual effects and some of the play mechanics and UI. It's nice that they took such things into consideration, giving paying customers a reason to feel proud to own a specific port of the game.
Häkkinen went on to say that...
"Alan Wake was developed on PC so putting it out on the PC in theory could have been done in a matter of days. But we literally wanted to get it right and we wanted to work hard on some of the features..."
Well, it's nice to know that Alan Wake on PC wasn't a cheap cash-in. It says a lot about the integrity of Remedy Entertainment. It's too bad we can say the same about a lot of other big studios out there.
You can pick up a digital copy of Alan Wake right now on Steam for only $29.99 (for a limited time). You can check out the rest of the interview over at Electronic Theatre.
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Where did the last year go?!!! Shot show is here already. 2016 is here already! I will admit I am very excited and nervous for the year ahead. I have had some big doors opened up to me and now I have to buck up and go for it. It will be a whirlwind and… Read more »
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Benton City, WA 110 degrees. At least it was a dry 110? To have this kind of heat in June in the NW is very unusual. Not as many people turned out for the match this year because of it, but the match still went on. We shot at the famous, or shall I say… Read more »
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My new chassis is here! My new chassis is here! Rumors of the Orias rifle chassis have been circulating long before ShotShow this year. MEGA Arms displayed a model in their booth with a projection of April being the release date. Well really they are only a couple of months off. Not bad for the… Read more »
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Marble Falls, TX Julianna Crowder, founder of A Girl and A Gun Club (AGAG) ran her 3rd annual national training conference this year at a new location in Marble Falls, TX. Last year Julianna asked me if I would run a long range clinic at this conference. Almost 300 women from around the country had… Read more »
Well I made it to Nashville. I have never been here and my only regret is that I did not allow more days to spend here. I went to get my Media badge and then met some of the crew from ESS for dinner at a great place called 404. Awesome food and classic cocktails…. Read more »
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Goodbye 2014 and helloooooooooo 2015! I am a few days in to 2015 which means I am late with this post. But I had to sit back and think about 2014 and all of the events and even non-events that happened. I had a couple of things I'd like to forget but mostly I am… Read more »
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I had a humbling day last week. You know me, this blog is also my diary so you get to listen to my mishaps as well as my successes. Ever have hindsight about what you wish you would have said in an interview or conversation? When you walk away and think of all the smart… Read more »
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Conyers, GA – November 2014 Where to begin? There were devils, apes and skeletons, $250,000 in sponsored prizes, cameras, news crews, double parking on the lawn, squirrel doing a keg stand and cheeks hurting from chilly weather and from too much laughter. (See Photo Gallery at bottom) And like Vegas, what happens at the Ladies… Read more »
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Driving home last month from our trip to the Midwest we went through Colorado to visit some family members. We could not drive through without stopping at Mile High Shooting in Erie, CO. I met one of the owners, Randy Pennington at Shot Show in his booth last year. Frank Gill of Snipershide.com was sitting… Read more »
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You want to take your over 18 year old child hunting or shooting. Hand him ("Transfer") a gun to use and you are both felons. You want to take your best buddy to go shooting and teach safe gun handling. Hand him ("Transfer") your gun and you both are felons. You are in your home… Read more »


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The Diary: Avoca has taste for all things festive
Avoca hosted a fun Christmas press party on Tuesday where guests tried to out-do each other customising their own gingerbread characters!
Up to 90 guests, including TV3's Sybil Mulcahy and Deric Hartigan with FM104's Sean Munsanje and RTÉ's Louise Hegarty were invited to a festive evening of treats at Avoca's Suffolk Street store.
Spotted enjoying the event were the British ambassador, Dominck Chilcot, and his wife, Jane, Julie Dwyer from the US Embassy, photographer Emily Quinn, writer Katy McGuinness and Maoliosa Connell, marketing manager with Avoca.
The edible treats were wolfed down, especially the falafel canapés served with caramelised onion humus, Baba Ghanoush and Tzatziki, coconut-crusted seabass served with nam jim dipping sauce.
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Gannett CEO Craig Dubow has a 20 percent approval rating among employees, making him the 21st-most-disliked CEO in America, according to Glassdoor.com. Layoffs are never a good way to get in good with the front-line troops, especially when you're being paid like three million dollars.
But if you think that's bad, be glad you're not LexisNexis CEO Andy Prozes, who's currently running an 8 percent approval rating with his employees.
Apparently a great guy to be at the top of your food chain is General Mills' Ken Powell. 96 percent of employees love the guy.


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Hello, Been meaning to join this forum for a while but just now got around to it due to a problem I'm having. I was given an assignment to design a program that accepts five daily temperature readings and display the highest, lowest, and average temperatures. I'm supposed to use a For loop to take the five readings. I'm having trouble in figuring out how to use the data entered by the user to preform calculations on them. As in getting them from the user and storing them to use. So far this is the code I've gotten
I was thinking I was going to use max() and min() and for the mean just use sum and then / by 5 but I can't use the numbers entered by the user in any way. I'm sure this is a very easy problem but I've been stuck on it for a while. Maybe I'm just playing it to close to the vest but if anyone could help, I'd be very thankful. :)Code:
<script type="text/javascript">
// Program name: tempStats
// Purpose: TempStats, five daily temps.
// display high, low, and mean using "forloop"
// Author: Bran
// Date last mod: 11-12-'12
// Declare Var and Con
var ES = "";
var BR = "<br/>";
var index;
var PA = "<PA/>";
var temp;
var numTemp;
document.write("Welcome to Temperature Stats" + BR);
// Asking for Input from user
document.write("Enter the number of Temperatures to analyze" + BR);
numTemps = prompt ("Enter the number of temperatures to analyze:", ES);
numTemps = parseFloat (numTemps)
// forloop
for (index = 1; index <= numTemps; index++) {
temp = prompt
("Enter the degrees for temperature # " + index,ES);
temp =parseFloat


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Review for Breast Cancer Prevention Fund, Snohomish, WA, USA
This organization accomplished more in 5-years than most non-profits do in decades. Enrollments at the Washington State department of health breast cancer screening program surged from 17% of the eligible population of women to 38% during this time, more than doubling the number of women screened! This organization was responsible for most if not all of this increase. We are talking about thousands of women who received mammograms because of this groups outreach programs. Unfortunately, those who object to philanthropists utilizing their own personal resources to further charitable causes, resulted in inaccurate press. Another example of misrepresentation by the media destroying a good cause. There are no winners here but the 25,000 uninsured women screened annually because of this group are certainly the losers. Here's to Hu.
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Byron Maxwell and Seahawks' secondary shut down the Saints
Byron Maxwell, filling in with Brandon Browner and Walter Thurmond out, more than held his own, and the Seahawks shut down Drew Brees and the Saints in a 34-7 victory Monday night.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Seahawks pass defense by the numbers
92 Passing yards by Drew Brees through three quarters. Brees cracked the 100-yard mark early in the fourth quarter.
20 Yards on longest pass completion of the game by Brees, on the first play of the fourth quarter when the game was out of reach.
2010 The last time Brees passed for less than 200 yards. He had surpassed that mark for 43 games.
Cornerback Byron Maxwell had just started putting on his shoes when a few reporters gathered around his locker.
Maxwell has generally been able to get dressed and leave without much interruption, but he has been thrust into the spotlight this week with cornerbacks Brandon Browner and Walter Thurmond out (Thurmond is suspended four games, while Browner is appealing a one-year suspension).
A visitor at Maxwell's locker quickly alerted him to the cameras behind him.
"But I didn't play too good, bro," Maxwell said. "I dropped a pick. What do you mean? I didn't really do nothing."
Maxwell will have to get used to the added attention, especially if he and the rest of the secondary play like they did in Seattle's 34-7 win against New Orleans.
Seattle's secondary notched another victim on Monday night, when it held New Orleans to fewer than 200 passing yards for the first time in 44 games. The Seahawks also held Drew Brees to his fewest passing yards (147) since 2006.
The Seahawks knew coming in they had to stop New Orleans' explosive plays. They thought that if they could make the Saints crawl instead of sprint, they could corral their offense.
New Orleans' longest pass play went for 20 yards and the longest run went for 12.
"That offense is very impatient," safety Earl Thomas said. "They want to take chunks. When you make them be patient, it's tough on them."
There was no avoiding the question dangling over the Seahawks' defense this week. Would a secondary without Browner and Thurmond hold up?
True, the Seahawks went 3-0 last season while Browner was suspended and Thurmond was out with an injury. But the Seahawks didn't play quarterbacks of Brees' caliber or offenses as explosive as New Orleans'.
Maxwell had played heavily earlier this season, so he was a known commodity. But the bigger question was how the Seahawks would fare when they needed to play five or six defensive backs. Would their depth hold up with Jeremy Lane or DeShawn Shead on the field?
"We have a very sound defense, even with our corners that they made all this hoopla about," cornerback Richard Sherman said. "We don't hear anything about it now."
Maxwell started opposite Sherman and more than held his own. He nearly picked off a couple of passes, including one in the end zone that he probably should have caught.
"I'm happy for him," Thomas said, "but that's what we expected."
Added Sherman: "Maxwell is a starter. He made all the plays back there. He could start for 32 teams in this league. He's that caliber of player."
The only glaring flaw in Maxwell's performance? His reluctance to talk after the game.
"Max, cut it out!" Thomas shouted across the locker room. "Let them boys know who you are."
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This tea brings back memories of the scent of my Grandmother. She was an immigrant to the US, and simply put, so steeped in the atar of roses (from the Valley of Roses her home country) that her pores simply exuded the fragrance. So how could I not cherish this exotic infusion?
The tea is not only scented, but has a forward flavor of pinkness, and is smooth as velvety petals. Such a delight!


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Frank Robinson Signed Game Model Bat w/ "586 HRs" insc
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This 16x20 photo is personally hand-signed by Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson. Steiner Sports is the Official Memorabilia Partner of Frank Robinson.
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A police chase ended this afternoon with a crash at the corner of Wrightsboro and Hickman Roads that knocked out power and caused traffic jams along the busy roadway.
Hundreds of plastic bottles were scattered about the road after the driver of a green Honda Accord smashed the into a flat-bed truck carrying soda, water and juice, according to Richmond County Sheriffs Lt. Scott Gay.
No names have been released but authorities said the driver of the Honda Accord and the driver of the truck were both taken to the Medical College of Georgia Hospital for minor injuries.
A passenger in the Honda Accord was also transported to the hospital.
A deputy began to pursue the car because it matched the description of a vehicle believed to have been used by a man in a theft from the Family Dollar on Broad Street earlier today, Lt. Steven Strickland said.
The driver ran through the intersection of Hickman Road and Wrightsboro Road and collided with the front of the truck, he said. The truck caught fire and traveled down the hill, finally stopping in the yard of a home at 2063 Wrightsboro Road.
The accident also caused a power pole to break, which prompted about 900 homes and businesses in the area to lose power, according to a Georgia Power spokeswoman.
So far, power has been restored to about half of the homes.
Lt. Strickland said the driver of the suspects vehicle ran from deputies after the accident but was caught a short distance away. A passenger in the car had to be cut from the vehicle.
Charges are pending against the driver of the Honda Accord, Lt. Strickland said.


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So sorry you are here but if you have been reading for four years then you know that there are a lot of great people here who have been in similar situations and genuinely care.
He says there was nothing he could do about her coming to town for a meeting at work and he didn't tell me on purpose so I wouldn't be upset
Doesn't explain why he met her at Starbuck's. What was his response to WHY he CHOSE to go and meet her?
You don't have to make a decision to stay or go at this point. The financial component plus children are usually the reasons many BS spouses choose to stay and try R.
Regardless, you cannot allow yourself to be disrespected. If you are disabled you would get alimony and child support and perhaps disability from the state. Just something to ponder.
I hope I am wrong but my instinct tells me that it has not been NC for four years.
Define your boundaries. Make WH call OW with you listening or on speaker and finally get the whole truth. Then you can make a plan on how best to proceed.
Strength and hugs...
I am sorry for your financial and health situation, but until you meet with an attorney, you really don't know that you are stuck. There are laws, and rules, and rulings in place to protect kids, and spouses, especially those with disability.
Start stashing some funds as well. Take an extra 10-20 out every time you go to the store. This adds up. Gives you a nest egg.
Do you know what you want? Would you stay if finances weren't a consideration? Is he being remorseful? Did he do anything to change himself when he cheated 4 years ago? (I don't really expect you to answer these here, but they are things you should try to look at as an outsider, so that you can gain some perspective).
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Zhaopin.com Best Employer Survey: Chinese College Graduates Find Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou Less Appealing than Before
Dec 13, 2013, 10:03 ET from Zhaopin.com
BEIJING, Dec. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Zhaopin.com China Best Employer Award 2013 (best.zhaopin.com), co-organized by Zhaopin.com, China's largest recruitment site, and Peking University's Corporate Social Responsibility and Employer Brand Communication Research Center, successfully came to a conclusion in Sanya, Hainan province's capital, also known as China's Deer City. Zhaopin.com CEO Evan Guo said in his speech at this "Academy Awards" of China's human resource industry, that he believes that 2014, with the number of graduates spilling out of China's colleges and universities during the year expected to reach 7.27 million, will be an even more difficult year for job seekers than 2013, a year that had already been considered the most difficult year for employment so far.
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During 2013, Zhaopin.com joined hands with CCTV in organizing a public-benefit event, Graduates Seeking Employment 2013, with the aim of building China's largest public platform for the job prospects of university graduates and with the goal of improving social awareness of the plight of college students, in the hope of helping more graduates find suitable positions. "Although the event was purely for the public good, during it we were rewarded for our faith and accomplished the lofty mission of helping thousands of graduates step into society," Guo said. In the summer of 2013, the "Graduates Seeking Employment" platform ran announcements for 117,389 jobs seeking Chinese college graduates, and one in 100 graduates on average found a job via the platform. In 2014, Zhaopin.com looks forward to working with more companies to offer jobs in an even more difficult employment environment, and expects China Best Employers to play a leading role in the effort.
In China, college students are known as the "favored." They not only shoulder the hope of the nation, but also are of extraordinary importance to the country's human resources sector. Today, as China's HR market shifts to a seller's market and the population ages, the group of college graduates mainly consisting of the post-90s becomes the vital workforce. Compared to the post-70s and the post-80s, the post-90s generation brings a different perspective to the best employers, and these perspectives will provide important reference points for leveraging the experience of these employers in building leading brands. These factors were the key data points in determining the winner of Zhaopin.com's China Best Employer Award 2013.
The Zhaopin.com "China Best Employer" report showed that Chinese undergraduates now no longer consider the salary and benefits package as one of the primary factors when looking at all the data points in a prospective employer's profile. The survey data revealed that "Organizational Management" with 20.6 percent of votes overtook "Salary and Benefits Package" for the first time as the top criterion. This demonstrated that under the growing pressure from the increasingly competitive job market, the undergraduates considered self-improvement as a priority rather than exclusively focusing on material conditions, in a move to be more competitive in the future job market. These findings sound a warning to any employer who is still consider offering competitive salary and benefits packages as the solution to attract top talent rather than improving the quality of their organization.
The report also signaled that there were significant changes in what different types of companies considered their priorities, with one of the obvious trends being that young undergraduates are trying to compete based on their family background. According to the 2013 survey findings, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are falling in attractiveness, with the number of undergraduates willing to work at an SOE declining by over 8 percent from the 2012 results, although undergraduates are more willing to work in state-owned and foreign-funded companies. Foreign-funded companies are becoming more popular among Chinese undergraduates.
Another interesting finding is that under the growing stress of both life and work, undergraduates now no longer prefer to work exclusively in the most developed cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Less than 40 percent of undergraduates surveyed expressed their willingness to work in these three cities, much lower than the percentage in previous Zhaopin.com "China Best Employer" reports. Chinese companies need to pay attention to the high housing prices, long work hours, traffic congestion and air pollution in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou that are forcing more than just undergraduates to want to avoid and get away from these cities.
These findings revealed the obvious changes in criteria that undergraduates apply to the decision making process as they choose what they consider to be the best place to work. The focus on non-material factors among young and sensible undergraduates when considering job opportunities shows the positive trend in the human resources sector across China and in Zhaopin.com's brand building achievements. Zhaopin.com "2013 Top Employers Gaining Most Attention from Undergraduates" survey is expected to offer more successful brand building cases.
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Miniature Cedar Oval Deck for your Miniature Garden or Fairy Garden.
Authentic real wood cedar that will age gracefully and weather well in the miniature garden.
Made in the USA and they smell great! Lol!
- real cedar
- will age gracefully as cedar does
- handmade
- 7 3/4" by 5 1/2"
- made in the USA
*This is a scaled miniature product and intended for adult use only.
- Item #: SR212-2