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Encounters: An application, an interview, fingers crossed10/04/17News
Angelica Rosario paused outside the glass door at Subway. She smoothed her black, pin-striped pants and entered the shop, wallpapered in bright yellow. A store manager was making sandwiches and asked Angelica to give her a moment. Angelica sat down and looked around anxiously.
In the previous five months, she'd tried to find work as an administrative assistant, a receptionist, a fast-food cashier, a hostess, a telemarketer, a saleswoman. She'd applied for 74 jobs, gone on dozens of interviews. At least twice, she'd been hired and then lost it before she even started, after the background check. Where once she'd earned $50,000 a year as a loan processor, now she couldn't get a job at McDonald's....
After Irma, a man on a mission09/13/17 Human Interest
At the Jamison building at Town Shores of Gulfport, Doug Earle rose from a 15-minute nap Tuesday and headed down to the first floor to check on an elderly neighbor. As the last board member to stay behind during Hurricane Irma, Earle felt a responsibility to take care of everyone. With no power for days and temperatures in the high 80s, he knew that some were struggling in sweltering apartments....
Born exposed to drugs, what chance did he have? One mom risked finding out05/11/17Health
The boy was only two days old when his mother slipped out of the hospital. Hours later, he shuddered and convulsed, his body going into withdrawal from the opioids he had grown used to in her womb.
A couple from Georgia arrived. They had supported the baby's biological mother financially during her pregnancy. But they didn't know about the drugs. They watched him scream and wail for three hours. Then they left, too....
In 24 years together, they avoided fights about politics. Then Donald Trump became president02/10/17 Human Interest
For years, Steve and Chazzy Foy avoided talk of politics. It wasn't that important to them. And they had a vague awareness that, in their 24 years together, they had grown apart politically.
Little reminders came, like the time Steve's voter registration card arrived and Chazzy realized he'd registered Republican. But he had a rule: He never discussed his vote.
They lived in harmony in their three-bedroom home off Lake Tarpon, cheering on the same sports teams, seeing their shared favorite bands play, doting on their grandkids. ...
Florida's mental hospitals are still violent and deadly (w/video)09/29/16News
Inside Room 420 at Florida State Hospital, two roommates clashed in the dark.
Anyone who paid attention to their recent behavior, who compared their size and age, could see they should not have been together in the same bedroom.
Ruben J. Quinones, a 60-year-old who weighed less than the average woman, had spent most of his life in a mental hospital. He was severely schizophrenic, sometimes ate from the trash and walked with a limp. Within the span of a few months, he had been the victim of two documented incidents of aggression. ...
Lealman woman featured in food addiction story is on the road to recovery09/01/16 Human Interest
LEALMAN — In July, the Tampa Bay Times ran a story about a woman struggling with food addiction. Cheryl Dixon, 44, shared how she sometimes ate 14 times a day and struggled to stop herself from topping 300 pounds.
The day the story was published, Cheryl read it and saw what others saw. She felt sick.
"The article gave me a mirror to look at, where I saw how bad I got," Cheryl says. "I was in complete disgust, and it made me want to change my life."...
She's not at the Olympics — yet — but this 6-year-old swimmer is learning what excellence takes (w/video)08/17/16 Human Interest
ST. PETERSBURG — She's sitting on the pool deck, chin between her knees, gazing at her feet. She peeks at the swim heats written on her arm in black Sharpie. Time for her favorite, the butterfly.
Her father is volunteer head timer. He tries to stand there nonchalantly amid the throng of onlookers, but he is tense. Forty years ago, this was him. Now it's her.
Brinkleigh Bo Hansen, 6, dives into the North Shore Pool just as the whistle goes off, but she hits the water belly first, and there goes her momentum....
At almost 300 pounds, a Lealman woman battles food addiction07/24/16 Human Interest
LEALMAN — From a faded green recliner in her tiny mobile home, Cheryl Dixon punched a number into her phone. Behind her, kitchen cabinets burst with Hamburger Helper and ramen noodles, bags of doughnuts and Cocoa Diamonds cereal.
"I'm Cheryl from St. Pete," she said. "Can I share?"
In the past year, for the first time in her life, she had reached almost 300 pounds. She was 44 and already diagnosed with diabetes. Her doctor warned that if she didn't change her eating habits, she would likely die....
DCF to hire new executive to oversee mental hospitals06/01/16News
Florida will hire a top-level administrator to find ways to curb violence and improve medical care at state mental hospitals.
The new position will oversee Florida's three remaining state-run mental facilities, including the flagship Florida State Hospital with nearly 1,000 patients.
Department of Children and Families officials on Tuesday said the change will put one person in charge of monitoring and improving patient care, and will allow DCF to standardize policies at the hospitals it oversees....
Lake Okeechobee flood control creates environmental disaster03/19/16Water
ON THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER — The rains poured down in late January. Twelve inches in all, 11 inches more than normal.
Clewiston and Belle Glade flooded, as did thousands of acres of sugarcane and vegetable fields. Lake Okeechobee reached 15 feet, then 16, threatening to break free of an aging dike.
The Army Corps of Engineers, which regulates lake levels, knew it had to do something drastic to protect Clewiston and other small towns to the south....
Nowhere to go: A judge and family members try to keep a mentally ill man from dying behind bars03/03/16Health
Robert Valdez is 71 years old and mentally ill. He's never had much trouble with the law — until he set a neighbor's shed on fire in 2014. Something was going on inside his head.
It had been years since he had seen a psychiatrist for his condition. Were his medications still working?
No one seemed to know, and Florida's criminal justice system was not set up to figure out what was wrong. It was designed to get him to court, mete out his punishment, to bring his case to a close. If that meant prison, so be it....
Advocates launch social media campaign to boost mental health funding01/12/16Politics
Several mental health advocacy organizations have begun a campaign to pressure state lawmakers to restore cuts to Florida's mental health programs, including the $100 million from hospitals that was the focus of an investigation by the Tampa Bay Times and Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Read the full investigation: Insane. Invisible. In Danger.
In the end, it wasn't Anthony Barsotti's demons that killed him11/05/15News
GAINESVILLE — Anthony Barsotti looks on the verge of death. His skin is ashen, his face gaunt. His mouth gapes as he stares at the ceiling, sporadically sucking in breaths.
Three hours earlier, Anthony was a physically healthy 23-year-old living in the state's care at a Gainesville mental hospital.
Then he took a swing at another mental patient and a hospital orderly launched him head-first into a concrete wall. Workers at North Florida Evaluation and Treatment Center have a good chance to save his life this night in July 2010....
Insane. Invisible. In danger: Hospital abuse shrouded in secrecy11/02/15News
Luis Santana died at a state-funded mental hospital at age 42.
Officials at the Department of Children and Families say they investigated his death in July 2011, but they won't say more.
They don't have to. Under Florida law, DCF can withhold information about people who die in its care, so long as the agency decides no employees were to blame.
So, state officials won't tell you that in the hours before Santana died, his caretakers at South Florida State Hospital suspected he was having a psychotic episode. They won't say they gave him five powerful drugs to calm him down, then left him alone in the bathtub....
Insane. Invisible. In danger: A special investigation into Florida's dangerous mental hospitals10/30/15News
Many nights, Tonya Cook made her rounds alone.
She walked the halls of one of Florida's most dangerous mental hospitals clutching her clipboard to her chest, trying not to think too much about the patients in her care.
All of them were men. Many were schizophrenic, violent. One had chopped up a diabetic amputee and scattered him in parts through the woods of Dixie County.
One night in 2012, she walked the ward again, a single orderly watching over 27 men. Her nearest co-workers were upstairs, out of sight. They didn't see what a security camera captured — a patient holding a radio antennae fashioned to a jagged point....


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WELLMAN—The city of Wellman has warned residents not to give tap water to infants.
According to the city's Web site, on July 3 two samples showed nitrite levels at 1.27 and 1.24 mg/L, which is above the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 1.0 mg/L.
A water line burst last Thursday, causing the system to bypass the reverse osmosis part of the water treatment system, which reduces nitrites in the drinking water. Repairs are being made, but until further testing is done residents are encouraged to use bottled water, especially for infants zero to six months in age.
If the tap water is given to infants, this could cause serious health issues for infants, the Web site said. Water, juice, and formula for children under 6 months of age shouldn't use tap water until the nitrite levels are considered to be safe.
Adults and children above the age of 6 months can be given tap water, but if there are specific health concerns, including pregnancy, consulting a physician is recommended.

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Ricky Trickartt, a UK-based graphic artist has created a nice retro-style TV Set for iPhone using Post-It notes and a piece of £ 3.95 to buy a piece of rectangular magnifier lenses. The iPhone TV Set has a good old fashioned TV design, where at the side it has a slot for iPhone. According to the designer himself, he didn't have a firm idea on this Paper iPhone TV Set at all. A lightning struck idea I guess, but Ricky Trickartt has taken his whole week crafting the idea and finally the Paper iPhone TV Set has born!
I'm not sure where I came up with the idea of making a little TV set to slot an iPhone into, but the thought came into my mind to use a magnifying glass lens to give it a nice curved CRT-like look to the screen. I copped this ramshackle bargain off eBay (complete with vital safety instructions) to make it out of.
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IT services provider FDM is recruiting 1000 graduates for its training scheme in 2011.
IT services provider FDM is recruiting 1000 graduates for its training scheme in 2011.
The FDM Academy provides postgraduate training for aspiring IT consultants. This year it plans to double its graduate uptake to 1000, five times the number of graduates IBM plan to recruit in the UK.
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NEW YORK RED BULLS vs PHILADELPHIA UNION
RED BULL ARENA, Harrison, N.J.
April 16, 2014 (WEEK 7, MLS Game #53)
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It's a key match for a pair of Eastern Conference teams with real aspirations at midweek as the New York Red Bulls play host to Philadelphia Union at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls have opened defense of the Supporters' Shield winless in their first six matches, dropping a 1-0 decision at D.C. United last weekend. Union have reached three consecutive draws, their latest a last-gasp 2-2 draw with the Chicago Fire at PPL Park last Saturday.
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Peter Manikowski; AR2 (opposite): Craig Lowry; 4th: Jorge Gonzalez
MLS Career: 183 games; FC/gm: 26.7; Y/gm: 3.4; R: 52; pens: 65
SUSPENDED: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NY: Armando … PHI: Fabinho
DISABLED LIST: none
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
ALL-TIME (10 meetings): Red Bulls 6 wins, 14 goals … Union 3 wins, 10 goals … Ties 1
AT NEW YORK (5 meetings): Red Bulls 4 wins, 7 goals … Union 0 wins, 2 goals … Ties 1
RETURN MATCHES: 7/16: Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls, 7 p.m. ET; 9/13: Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls, 3 p.m. ET
3/30: NY 2, PHI 1 (McCarty 55; Henry 81 – Casey 63)
6/23: PHI 3, NY 0 (Casey 7, 64; Hoppenot 88)
• When the teams played to a scoreless draw at Red Bull Arena, it was the first point ever taken in Harrison by Union. The Red Bulls are 4-0-1 in home games vs. Philadelphia, having outscored Union 7-2, and also won a U.S. Open Cup game there in 2010.
• The Red Bulls had won their last two visits to Chester before Union took a 3-0 victory there last June 23.
• Coaches record: John Hackworth vs. NY: P5 W1 L3 D1 … Mike Petke vs. PHI: P3 W1 L1 D1
The New York Red Bulls saw their season-opening winless streak extended to six games, their run of four consecutive draws ended in a 1-0 loss to D.C. United on Saturday afternoon at RFK Stadium. The Red Bulls sit in ninth place in the Eastern Conference with 4 points from 6 matches on the season.
• The game's lone goal came in just the fourth minute. A Fabian Espindola corner kick found center back Bobby Boswell at the near side of the box, and he played a glancing header to the far post where Davy Arnaud was there to finish, his diving header eluding the grasp of New York 'keeper Luis Robles.
• United goalkeeper Andrew Dykstra made four saves in recording a second consecutive clean sheet, also saved when the woodwork kept out Peguy Luyindula's first-time blast in the 73rd minute.
• Red Bulls boss Mike Petke made three changes to the team that reached a 2-2 result with the Montréal Impact at Olympic Stadium. Jamison Olave came into the back four for Armando, Dax McCarty started in midfield for Bobby Convey, and Thierry Henry came in up top in place of Bradley Wright-Phillips.
• NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-4-2): Luis Robles - Kosuke Kimura, Jamison Olave, Ibrahim Sekagya, Roy Miller (Connor Lade 84) - Lloyd Sam, Dax McCarty, Eric Alexander (Ruben Bover 90), Jonny Steele (Bradley Wright-Phillips 66) - Peguy Luyindula, Thierry Henry.
• The Red Bulls have opened the season winless in their first six matches. It's the third-worst start by a Supporters' Shield holder after posting the league's best record the year before; the record is the LA Galaxy's 0-4-4 start in 2003.
• "Now, it's starting to creep in a little bit," Red Bulls head coach Mike Petke said. "It's still far from pushing the panic button, far from anything like that. But now it's getting to the point – especially after a game like this, a game in Chicago, a second half with Chivas [USA], where we just couldn't finish them off – that [we're] going, 'What the hell is going on here?' But overall, we're a good team and we have good players and we showed that."
• The Red Bulls were shut out for the first time this season at D.C. United, after scoring six goals in their first five games. The Red Bulls were last shut out in a scoreless draw vs. Philadelphia last Aug. 17 (14 games).
• "It's a minor travesty that the result we had to show for it was a loss," said midfielder Dax McCarty. "Sometimes the soccer gods are smiling on you and you get lucky bounces here and there, and sometimes they aren't. We can't blame anyone but ourselves. The score should've been, realistically, 4- or 5-1 and that's being generous."
• Said Thierry Henry: "I'm very critical usually, but if we carry on playing like we played in the second half, hopefully we can get on a good run because there's nothing to say about how we played. After the [first] 30 minutes, I thought we passed the ball well, we created chances, sometimes we were a bit unlucky, sometimes we weren't unlucky. But we had the ball and I don't think we deserved to lose."
• Henry was partnered with Peguy Luyindula in attack, as Bradley Wright-Phillips came off the substitutes' bench for the second time in the last three games.
• "If I have 11 guys who are my best players and are playing in practice and showing me, I'm going to find a spot to put them in. Doesn't matter if they're not naturally a left midfielder or right midfielder or forward," Petke said. "Going into this game, I felt that Peguy and Thierry, Dax and Eric down the middle were my best players going into that game, and that's why I fit them in like that."
• While Henry returned to the lineup for his fourth start in six matches, the Red Bulls were again missing Tim Cahill, who missed a second consecutive match through injury.
• "It was good to have Henry back, obviously. He's our leader. He's the guy with the most talent on the team," Petke said. "And it's going to be good to have Tim back; he's a hard worker. When Tim gets back—we're still unsure if it will be Wednesday—but with Tim coming back, it's even more experience and fresher legs."
• The Red Bulls-Union match is the first midweek game of the MLS season, the first time this year teams will play league contests on short rest.
• "It's about getting their bodies back recovered before Wednesday. It's going to be a tough game Wednesday, but fortunately we're at home," Petke said. "We're getting back [Saturday] so we can get them rest tomorrow and then it's about maintaining their bodies – a lot of light stuff for the next few days."
Philadelphia Union played to their third consecutive draw, hitting for a late equalizer for a 2-2 tie with Real Salt Lake on Saturday afternoon at PPL Park. Union are in a tie for fourth place in the Eastern Conference with 7 points from 6 games.
• RSL took the lead after just six minutes, after Union center back Austin Berry took down Olmes Garcia at the edge of the penalty area and referee Alan Kelly pointed to the spot. Union goalkeeper Zac MacMath stopped Alvaro Saborío's penalty kick -- but Luke Mulholland beat everyone to the rebound and slotted home inside the left post.
• Union pulled level 10 minutes after the second-half restart when Andrew Wenger opened his Union scoring account, racing on to a perfect, chipped long ball over the top from Vincent Nogueira, then controlling it with his chest before beating RSL goalkeeper Jeff Attinella.
• But RSL nosed back in front in the 85th minute. After the Union lines weren't completely cleared from a corner, hard work by Sebastian Velasquez got the ball to Javier Morales, and his brilliant cut-back found Kyle Beckerman to pound a shot home from the heart of the area.
• Yet Union had one final answer on the stroke of full-time, when Maurice Edu snapped home a header from a Cristián Maidana corner kick to provide the equalizing goal.
• Union manager John Hackworth made three changes to the team that played to a 2-2 with the Chicago Fire at Toyota Park. Sheanon Williams and Austin Berry came into the back four for Aaron Wheeler and Fabinho, and Andrew Wenger started up top in place of Conor Casey.
• PHILADELPHIA UNION (4-2-3-1): Zac MacMath - Sheanon Williams, Amobi Okugo, Austin Berry, Raymon Gaddis - Maurice Edu, Brian Carroll (Cristian Maidana 76) - Sebastien Le Toux (Conor Casey 74), Vincent Nogueira, Leo Fernandes - Andrew Wenger (Antoine Hoppenot 86).
• Union have drawn three consecutive games for the first time in club history, as their winless run was stretched to four matches.
• "I think we've shown that we are capable of being a good team in this league. We've shown we can play. We can beat the best teams. We've also shown that we have to be able to play 90 minutes," said Union midfielde Maurice Edu. "We had a lapse today where we dropped off a little bit and they got a goal. We showed a lot of heart and character to get back in the game and now we've got to go that extra step. We've put ourselves in good positions to win games and now we've got to go out and actually do it."
• Andrew Wenger scored on his Union debut Saturday, after he was acquired in a trade with Montréal the week before. Wenger was the No. 1 overall selection in the 2012 MLS SuperDraft out of Duke Univ.
• "You score a goal on your debut in front of your new home crowd and I think that's fantastic. He shows some good qualities of how hard he works, that he can hold the ball up, get in the box and make a good run," said Hackworth. "That ball from Nogueira was sublime to give it to Andrew. It was a great run by Andrew to finish, but there was some good build up on that play. … He has a new lease. I think he knows that we believe in him. It's going to be really important for him to be here and play the way he just did."
• Edu's goal marked the first time in his MLS career he had scored in consecutive games. Edu scored April 5 vs. Chicago, his first MLS goal since 2008.
• Austin Berry returned to central defense for the first time after a three-match absence due to injury, replacing Aaron Wheeler. Berry was forced out of the March 15 game vs. New England before the hour mark.
• "It was tough. Austin is a good player and a great kid. I know that he is going to learn from this experience," said Hackworth. "He's probably going to take it hard, but he can look back on a couple of plays and know he could do better."
• For a second consecutive week, Zac MacMath recorded a penalty kick save – the first two in his MLS career. Overall, 5 of 8 penalty kicks against him have been scored; there was a miss by D.C. United's Dwayne De Rosario on Aug. 19, 2012 (hit crossbar).
• "Zac was really good, he kept us in the game a lot. It's really unfortunate that our guys don't react better on that penalty kick," said Hackworth. "Zac was pretty good. He was good off his line, he cleared the balls and made some really good saves. I'm a little disappointed that he had to make that many."


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New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) If you are wary of buying overpriced shaving products, there are going to be more options now with global brand Dorco entering the Indian market through home grown LetsShave.
Besides a range of products including a six-blade razor with trimmer, the collaboration would also be offering a Dollar Shave Club that claims a membership of over two million people in the US.
"India's first shaving club will provide a holistic experience to its members and ensure that they have a smooth silky shave, the best its members have ever had," a company statement said.
According to Sidharth Shankar Oberoi, founder and CEO, LetsShave, "The Indian shaving market is estimated at around Rs 1500 crore with a growth of roughly 10 percent per annum."
The company's website www.letsshave.com is already live. They would be selling their products through ecommerce websites.
Dorco is a well known US based brand in the shaving razor, razor blade, kitchen knives and stationery cutters category.
"Indian men's grooming products market is expected to grow at a rate of 20 percent per annum till 2020, where shaving products will control the largest market share in terms of revenue," Oberoi added.


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Wayne, N.J. Cardinal Components Inc. now has surface-mount TCXOs and VC-TCXOs in 2.5-mm high, leadless packages. They can be specified with sine-wave or square-wave output, with or without a voltage-control option. The CT4 and CT6 series have a standard stability vs. temperature specification of plus/minus2.5 ppm over a range of -30degrees to 75degreesC. The oscillators can also be supplied with even tighter stability of plus/minus1.5 ppm over -20degrees to 70degreesC. Different supply-voltage levels are also available, with 3 V or 5 V standard.
Pricing per 1,000 is approximately $6.50 each. Delivery lead times are running eight to nine weeks.
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The United States' relationship with Mexico fractured slightly after the initial National Security Agency spying reveal, so this latest one surely won't help. Turns out the NSA has full access to the President's email account.
That pesky Edward Snowden released more documents to Der Spiegel showing hackers from the NSA's "Tailored Access Operations" department were able to infiltrate and "gain first-ever access to President Felipe Calderon's public email account," at some point during the 2010 summer. From there, NSA agents participating in the operation, internally dubbed "Flatliquid," were able to examine "diplomatic, economic and leadership communications which continue to provide insight into Mexico's political system and internal stability," according to Der Spiegel. The NSA called it a "lucrative source," of information.
But another operation, "Whitetamale," carried out by the same division in 2009, helped U.S. agents craft how to maneuver with the Mexican counterparts. They gained access to high-ranking officials in Mexico's Public Security Secretariat, the division that leads investigations into the drug cartels, that helped U.S. officials craft how to maneuver and negotiate with their Mexican counterparts:
This hacking operation allowed the NSA not only to obtain information on several drug cartels, but also to gain access to "diplomatic talking-points." In the space of a single year, according to the internal documents, this operation produced 260 classified reports that allowed US politicians to conduct successful talks on political issues and to plan international investments.
Knowing U.S. officials hacked the emails of high-ranking Mexican officials likely won't sit well with current Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto. Previously, Snowden revealed the NSA was intercepting Nieto communications while he was on the campaign trail in 2012. The Mexican president's response was limited to asking President Obama to investigate any improper NSA spying. That was it. He didn't cancel any meetings or anything. Mexico's response to this scandal, so far, has been comparatively measured:
In response to an inquiry from SPIEGEL concerning the latest revelations, Mexico's Foreign Ministry replied with an email condemning any form of espionage on Mexican citizens, saying such surveillance violates international law. "That is all the government has to say on the matter," stated a spokesperson for Peña Nieto.
Whether or not the NSA can still access Nieto's email could change that.
This article is from the archive of our partner The Wire.


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i reieved stolen checks unknowingly from some who i trusted and now i am being questioned and was wondering what are the possible outcomes from this?"
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Receiving stolen property starts as a first degree misdemeanor, punishable by 6 months of jail. It's not clear from your question whether you wrote any checks. Everything you say to the police will be used against you ...., but if you literally did not know checks were stolen, then whose name was on them ? If they weren't yours why would you accept them and still possess them ? These are questions you will be asked so if you're not ready to answer them spend time with a lawyer and get the whole story before you talk to them. Call me directly if you want 216.952.1990
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The goal of the conference is to provide a chance for members of the community to discuss the project with community leaders | October 1, 2007
The goal of the conference is to provide a chance for members of the community to discuss the project with community leaders. Following an opening presentation, participants will break into working groups to discuss such topics as the social impact of streetcars on Over-The-Rhine, economic impact, environmental issues and funding.
The conference is sponsored by the Urban Transit Network (UTN), which was founded this summer by a group of Xavier students. UTN is dedicated to improving Cincinnati through transit-oriented development and is working to build a coalition in support of the streetcar initiative.
"We need to keep this project on the public agenda and get it done according to what the public wants," says Xavier junior and UTN co-founder David Ben. "This will help Cincinnati as a whole. It will help draw companies to the city."
In addition to the economic impact, UTN also believes the streetcar system will also help create a livelier downtown social scene. Cincinnati is not alone in pursuing streetcars as a means of urban transportation and development. At least a dozen cities in the United States already have a system operating or under construction, and a handful more are being planned. Portland, Ore., tends to be the model city for modern streetcars, but other metropolitan areas, including a successful system in Kenosha, Wis., and a planned system in Columbus, demonstrate the desire nationwide for efficient urban transportation and center-city revitalization.
"This will put more people on the street, and the side effect of that is a safer city," said Ben.
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Georgia had done a decent job of limiting damage through the first six games of the season.
But that form didn't hold on Sunday as Baylor exploded for a 19-12 win against the Bulldogs at Foley Field.
The loss was reminiscent of last season when Georgia routinely allowed opponents to fatten their numbers as No. 16-ranked Baylor blistered Georgia pitching for 21 hits an capitalized on three errors, all in the third inning, to score five unearned runs.
"It's a tough one but a good learning lesson," Georgia coach David Perno said. "We talked about it this morning, you've got to get outs on bunts. Their two bunts started it and you can't give a good team six outs. We dodged it yesterday (Saturday). We didn't play good defense but we got away with it. We didn't dodge it today."
Although Georgia lost, it created some momentum for later this week as it outscored Baylor 12-4 in the final 41/2 innings. Levi Hyams highlighted the day for Georgia (2-5) with two RBIs and a career-high five hits, including a double. Chase Davidson had three hits and two RBIs, including a double. Kyle Farmer and Jonathan Hester each also had two RBIs as Georgia finished with 18 hits.
"We had to show some pride," Hyams said. "Personally, I didn't want to happen what happened last year, to just roll over. That's a very poor attitude. We had to maintain energy and keep hacking away because you never know what might happen later on."
Baylor's third inning ultimately provided the difference in the game, both on the scoreboard and with momentum. Baylor tagged the Bulldogs with five hits in the inning. But Georgia compounded its predicament with three errors, three walks and a wild pitch and went into comeback mode for the rest of the game. The inning started as Georgia catcher Joey Delmonico failed to cleanly field a leadoff bunt by Steve DelPorto. Baylor's next batter, Brooks Pinckard, also bunted and Georgia first baseman Jonathan Hester's wild throw gave Baylor runners at second and third with no outs without a ball leaving the infield. A one-out, two-RBI single by Max Muncy gave Baylor a 4-0 lead. Then shortstop Kyle Farmer fumbled what could have been a double-play grounder to get out of the inning with just two runs on the board. Baylor scored seven more times in the inning and chased Georgia starter Craig Gullickson.
"Our strong point has always been our defense and we threw a couple of balls away and couldn't find the handle on a couple of others and that just broke the game wide open," Hyams said. "You can't give good teams more outs because they'll capitalize on them. We've got to clean it up because our defense has always been our rock."
Pinckard and Logan Vick each had three hits and three RBIs for Baylor. Wes Mercurio had a pinch-hit 3-run home run also for the Bears.
Gullickson (0-1) took the loss in his first start for Georgia. He pitched 21/3 innings, allowing six hits and nine runs (three earned) with two walks and two strikeouts. Baylor's Trent Blank (1-0) picked up the win, pitching five innings and allowing four hits and two runs (two earned) with no walks and three strikeouts.
Georgia trailed 15-0 after 4 innings but chipped away at the lead in the second half of the game. Davidson had an RBI single and a 2-RBI double. Hyams had an RBI single and an RBI double and Farmer had a 2-RBI double.
"It was big going into this next week, to not lay down," Davidson said. "We came back and scored a bunch of runs. Now we know that we have the bats that can do it. With these new bats, we were wondering if we weren't going to score as many runs but now we found out that yes, we can score a bunch of runs."
NOTEWORTHY: Conor Welton collected his first hit for Georgia with a seventh-inning single. ... Georgia used eight pitchers in the game and Baylor used five. ... The only Georgia starters who remained in the game for the duration were Hyams at second base and Farmer at shortstop. ... Infielder Kevin Ruiz made his second appearance of the season as a pitcher. He gave up one run on two hits in 11/3 innings.
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Reconstruction, Re-enactment, Re-reporting
curated by: Domenico Quaranta
Galerija Škuc
Stari trg 21, Ljubljana, Slovenia
25 March - 17 April 2009
Presentation of the book: 25 March 2009 at 19:00
Exhibition opening: 25 March 2009 at 20:00
Featured artists: Lucas Bambozzi, Vaginal Davis, Janez Janša, Janez Janša, Janez Janša, Eva and Franco Mattes (aka 0100101110101101.ORG), SilentCell Network (Mare Bulc, Janez Janša, Bojana Kunst, Igor Štromajer)
Galerija Škuc is proud to announce "RE:akt! Reconstruction, Re-enactment, Re-reporting", the exhibition of the works realized in the last three years within the platform "RE:akt!" produced by the Slovenian cultural institution Aksioma.
During recent years the term re-enactment and the practices it refers to have enjoyed increasing success in the artistic context. On one hand, the success of re-enactment appears to be connected to a parallel, vigorous return to performance art, both as a genre practiced by the new generations, and as an artistic practice with its own historicization. On the other hand the term re-enactment accompanies two phenomena that at least at first glance have very little in common: re-staging artistic performances of the past, and revisiting, in performance form, "real" events - be they linked to history or current affairs, past or present.
"RE:akt! Reconstruction, Re-enactment, Re-reporting" tries both to research on the complexity of this concept and to get rid of it, approaching re-enactment not merely as "live action role-playing" or "living history" but rather as a strategy for cultural critique, analysis and artistic expression. "RE:akt!" - meaning not only "to act again" but also "to respond to / to react upon" and "Regarding: act!"- confronts current ideological and intellectual canons, power structures, policies, and distribution channels by re-enacting selected historical and culturally relevant events. Through processes of analysis, deconstruction, re-enactment and re-reporting, the intermedia research and presentation project "RE:akt!" examines media's roles in manipulating perceptions and creating postmodern historical myths and contemporary mythology.
Thus, "RE:akt! Reconstruction, Re-enactment, Re-reporting", curated by the Italian art critic and curator Domenico Quaranta, will collect ten different approaches to the concept of enaction: from Ich Lubbe Berlin! (2005, SilentCell Network), a take on the 1933 burning of the Reichstag building in Berlin, which explores the contemporary meaning of symbols such as the Reichstag itself, and of concepts such as "communism" and "terrorism"; to Das KAPITAL (2006, Janez Janša), a performance which re-stages the 1968 occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact forces with the languages of popular street artists; from C'était un rendez-vous (déja vu) (Janez Janša in collaboration with Quentin Drouet), a project that plays with the paradigmatic history of a well known artwork, the film C'était un rendez-vous by Claude Lelouch, from "cinema verité" to "media fiction"; to VD as VB (2007), a series of actions in which Vaginal Davis, the "grande dame" of the queer underground in Los Angeles, dialogues with Vanessa Beecroft's performances. In Mount Triglav on Mount Triglav (2007), the three artists Janez Janša, Janez Janša and Janez Janša re-stage a well known performance of the OHO group from the late Sixties, recently appropriated by the IRWIN group for their Like to Like Series (2004), performing it on the Mount Triglav itself, and then translating it into a monumental golden sculpture; while in Slovene National Theatre (2007), Janez Janša translates an infamous fact of recent racism against Gypsies - known in Slovenia as "the Ambrus case" - into a piece of theatre, re-invoicing it as it was featured by the mass media. In their Synthetic Performances (2007), Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG reenact on the virtual platform of Second Life a series of historical performances that are all but virtual, raising issues such as body, violence, sex and pain, thus exploring the meaning of these very issues in a virtual world. In SS-XXX | Die Frau Helga (2007), Janez Janša (in collaboration with Dejan Dragosavac Ruta) again adds details and proofs of evidence to an "urban legend" recently circulated on the Net and mainstream media, concerning the presumed creation of a cyber-sex doll by the Nazis. Thus, performance and reenactment are far from being the only strategies adopted in "RE:akt!", which also involves strategies such as documentation, remix, re-invoicement, reconstruction and remediation (such as in the project The Day São Paulo Stopped 2009 by Brazilian artist Lucas Bambozzi), and media such as photographic print, video, media installation and even architecture (such as in the project Il porto dell'amore, by Janez Janša (in collaboration with Bor Pungerčič), an homage to Fiume as an example of pirate utopia).
On Wednesday, March 25, Škuc will host the presentation of the book RE:akt! Reconstruction, Re-enactment, Re-reporting featuring the co-editors Janez Janša, artist and director of Aksioma and the italian theoretician Antonio Caronia. The book was published on March 2009 by FPeditions and includes contributions by Rod Dickinson, Jennifer Allen, Jan Verwoert, Antonio Caronia and Domenico Quaranta. More: www.reakt.org/book
On Saturday, March 28, SS-XXX | Die Frau Helga (2007), by Janez Janša will be presented in a solo show at the Fabio Paris Art Gallery in Brescia, Italy. More: www.fabioparisartgallery.com.
On May 22, the exhibition will travel to MMSU - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka (Croatia).
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The programme of Galerija Škuc is supported by the Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia and the City Council Ljubljana-Cultural department.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's speech at the U.N. General Assembly "cynical" and "full of hypocrisy."
"As expected this was a cynical speech that was full of hypocrisy," Netanyahu said in statements released by his office Wednesday. "Rouhani spoke of human rights even as Iranian forces are participating in the large-scale slaughter of innocent civilians in Syria," Netanyahu said. "Rouhani condemned terrorism even as the Iranian regime is using terrorism in dozens of countries around the world."
While the new Iranian president spoke of a nuclear program for civilian purposes the International Atomic Energy Agency issued a report that determines Iran's nuclear program has military dimensions, Netanyahu said.
"... any rational person understands that Iran, one of the most oil-rich nations, is not investing capital in ballistic missiles and underground nuclear facilities in order to produce electricity," he said.
Netanyahu said the Iranian leader's speech "... lacked both any practical proposal to stop Iran's military nuclear program and any commitment to fulfill U.N. Security Council decisions. This is exactly Iran's strategy -- to talk and play for time in order to advance its ability to achieve nuclear weapons. Rouhani knows this well."
In the release, Netanyahu also defended his decision to order Israeli U.N. Ambassador Ron Prosor and Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz to boycott the Iranian president's speech.
"I could not allow the Israeli delegation to be part of a cynical public relations ploy by a regime that denies the Holocaust and calls for our destruction," he said.
On Sunday, just days before Rouhani's trip to New York, he attended a military parade in Tehran where signs posted on a convoy of trucks carrying long-range rockets and missiles, called for Israel's destruction.
The signs written in Persian said, "Israel must stop existing," Haaretz said.


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This company was happy to take my money for the items but have failed to deliver, 1 out of 3 items were correct with 1 item not even being sent.
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I can't believe this company does so well as the staff are useless at replying to emails and just seem non interested.
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Lawd, lawd we got a live one tonight in Philip lolol.
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Lawd, lawd we got a live one tonight in Philip lolol.
His mouth is dry and he's getting treatment...... lol
Rob said it alllllllllllllllllll in his PI...yall just don't know when to keep your mouth SHUT
He's at least entertaining
Best first Episode in a long time.
With Federal Agents like Philip who needs Al Qaeda?
Can I just reinstate the fact that I love BOSTON ROB!! So glad he's on this season. I was jumping up and down when he told Christina to give him the Idol. I actually thought she was going to give it for a few seconds.
Did anyone else love the way Jeff said, "Really?" after Phillip said he had nothing left to say?
And why oh why do so many of Rob's teammates seem so agog about being on a team with him? The woman who said losing would be like letting Rob down? Puh-leeze! Haven't they seen him play before? He's not going to care a whit about the rest of them so long as whatever play he's asked to make or decides to make furthers his game. I may not like Rob, but I don't blame him for that--I blame the idiots on his team for acting like they have no idea that he will do that.
The yellow team is clearly the weaker team too. Russell really lucked out on that draw. He may have a number of people on his team smart enough to know that he needs to go, but he may survive longer simply because his team may not be going to tribal council as much as Rob's at first.
Oh, and I hate the whole "what if" moment thing. I hope they don't keep that up all season long, because all it does is eat up time.


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A beginner?s guide to attaining wealth and prosperity through the practical uses of feng shui.
Feng shui, the Chinese aesthetic practice of arranging your environment to maximize the flow of energy, has entered the mainstream of American culture, with more and more Americans realizing every day that feng shui is no New Age fad, but a proven and practical way to improve your life.
This compact yet thorough guide to using feng shui to create prosperity and abundance… (more)
Publisher: TarcherPerigee (September 24, 2009)
Format: EPUB
Page count: 272 pages
File size: 609 KB
Protection: DRM
Language: English


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Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Native Americans had a baby boom from 500 to 1300 AD
In what may hold lessons for modern society, scientists have sketched out one of the greatest baby booms in North American history, a centuries-long "growth blip" among south-western Native Americans between 500 and 1300 A.D. It was a time when the early features of civilization, including farming and food storage, had matured to a level where birth rates likely exceeded the highest in the world today, said the researchers. Maize, which we know as corn, was grown in the region as early as 2000 B.C. At first, populations were slow to respond, probably because of low productivity, said Kohler, but by 400 B.C. the crop provided 80 percent of the region's calories. Crude birth rates were by then on the rise, mounting steadily until about 500 A.D. Around 900 A.D., populations remained high but birth rates began to fluctuate. The mid-1100s A.D. saw one of the largest known droughts in the southwest. The region likely hit its carrying capacity. "They didn't slow down. Birth rates were expanding right up to the depopulation. Why not limit growth? Maybe groups needed to be big to protect their villages and fields," said Kohler. It was a trap, however. The northern southwest had as many as 40,000 people in the mid-1200s, but within 30 years it was empty, leaving a mystery...more
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From Hong Kong's Muku Labs comes the Muku Shuttr, the world's slimmest remote camera control for the iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy S4/S3, Note 2 and LG Nexus 4. Unlike similar products on the market, the Muku Shuttr runs on its own via Bluetooth without the need for any third-party apps. The device seems utterly obvious given any smartphone user's experience with trying to take a selfie only to be limited by the length of their arm. In addition, Shuttr connects to your keychain for easy portability while a small suction stand helps prop up your smartphone for easy angling.
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Pamela D Martin
Affiliation: Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Country: USA
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- Self-efficacy as a predictor of weight change in African-American womenPamela D Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 4124, USA
Obes Res 12:646-51. 2004..The purpose of this study was to determine whether self-efficacy for weight loss was predictive of weight change in a sample of African-American women...
- A primary care weight management intervention for low-income African-American womenPamela Davis Martin
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808 4124, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:1412-20. 2006..To determine whether a tailored weight management program, addressing the needs of obese, low-income African-American women, would produce greater weight loss than standard medical care...
- Weight loss maintenance following a primary care intervention for low-income minority womenPamela D Martin
Family Medicine Residency, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:2462-7. 2008..Women demonstrated weight regain at the 18-month follow-up assessment, suggesting that more intensive follow-up in the primary care setting may be needed to obtain successful long-term weight loss maintenance...
- Mediators of weight loss in a family-based intervention presented over the internetMarney A White
Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, USA
Obes Res 12:1050-9. 2004..It was hypothesized that variables such as program adherence, dietary self-efficacy, psychological factors, and family environment factors would mediate the effect of the experimental condition on weight loss...
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The French edition of Vogue was first issued on June 15, 1920.[1] More information about French Vogue in the 1920s is available in Mary E. Davis's book Classic Chic: Music, Fashion, and Modernism (University of California Press, 2006, ISBN 0520245423). Michel de Brunhoff was the magazine's editor-in-chief from 1929 until 1954.
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Running Heartbeat clusters in CRM configuration mode is the recommended approach as of Heartbeat release 2 (per the Linux-HA development team).
Advantages. Advantages of using CRM configuration mode, as opposed to R1 compatible configuration, include:
Cluster configuration is distributed cluster-wide and automatically, by the Cluster Resource Manager. It need not be propagated manually.
CRM mode supports both node-level and resource-level monitoring, and configurable responses to both node and resource failure. It is still advisable to also monitor cluster resources using an external monitoring system.
CRM clusters support any number of resource groups, as opposed to Heartbeat R1-style clusters which only support two.
CRM clusters support a powerful (if complex) constraints framework. This enables you to ensure correct resource startup and shutdown order, resource co-location (forcing resources to always run on the same physical node), and to set preferred nodes for particular resources.
Another advantage, namely the fact that CRM clusters support up to 255 nodes in a single cluster, is somewhat irrelevant for setups involving DRBD (DRBD itself being limited to two nodes).
Disadvantages. Configuring Heartbeat in CRM mode also has some disadvantages in comparison to using R1-compatible configuration. In particular,
Heartbeat CRM clusters are comparatively complex to configure and administer;
Extending Heartbeat's functionality with custom OCF resource agents is non-trivial.
This disadvantage is somewhat mitigated by the fact that you do have the option of using custom (or legacy) R1-style resource agents in CRM clusters.
In CRM clusters, Heartbeat keeps part of configuration in the following configuration files:
/etc/ha.d/ha.cf, as described in the section called "The
ha.cffile". You must include the following line in this configuration file to enable CRM mode:
crm yes
/etc/ha.d/authkeys. The contents of this file are the same as for R1 style clusters. See the section called "The
authkeysfile" for details.
The remainder of the cluster configuration is maintained in the Cluster Information Base (CIB), covered in detail in the following section. Contrary to the two relevant configuration files, the CIB need not be manually distributed among cluster nodes; the Heartbeat services take care of that automatically.
The Cluster Information Base
(CIB) is kept in one XML file,
/var/lib/heartbeat/crm/cib.xml. It is,
however, not recommended to edit the contents of this file
directly, except in the case of creating a new cluster
configuration from scratch. Instead, Heartbeat comes with
both command-line applications and a GUI to modify the CIB.
The CIB actually contains both the cluster
configuration (which is persistent and
is kept in the
cib.xml file), and
information about the current cluster
status (which is volatile). Status
information, too, may be queried either using Heartbeat
command-line tools, and the Heartbeat GUI.
After creating a new Heartbeat CRM cluster — that is,
creating the
ha.cf and
authkeys files, distributing them among
cluster nodes, starting Heartbeat services, and waiting for
nodes to establish intra-cluster communications — a
new, empty CIB is created automatically. Its contents will
be similar to this:
<cib> <configuration> <crm_config> <cluster_property_set id="cib-bootstrap-options"> <attributes/> </cluster_property_set> </crm_config> <nodes> <node uname="alice" type="normal" id="f11899c3-ed6e-4e63-abae-b9af90c62283"/> <node uname="bob" type="normal" id="663bae4d-44a0-407f-ac14-389150407159"/> </nodes> <resources/> <constraints/> </configuration> </cib>
The exact format and contents of this file are
documented at length on
the Linux-HA web site, but for practical purposes
it is important to understand that this cluster has two
nodes named
alice and
bob, and
that neither any resources nor any resource constraints have
been configured at this point.
This section explains how to enable a DRBD-backed service in a Heartbeat CRM cluster. The examples used in this section mimic, in functionality, those described in the section called "Heartbeat resources", dealing with R1-style Heartbeat clusters.
The complexity of the configuration steps described in this section may seem overwhelming to some, particularly those having previously dealt only with R1-style Heartbeat configurations. While the configuration of Heartbeat CRM clusters is indeed complex (and sometimes not very user-friendly), the CRM's advantages may outweigh those of R1-style clusters. Which approach to follow is entirely up to the administrator's discretion.
Even though you are using Heartbeat in CRM mode, you
may still utilize R1-compatible resource agents such as
drbddisk. This resource agent provides no
secondary node monitoring, and ensures only resource
promotion and demotion.
In order to enable a DRBD-backed configuration
for a MySQL database in a Heartbeat CRM cluster with
drbddisk, you would use a configuration like
<group ordered="true" collocated="true" id="rg_mysql"> <primitive class="heartbeat" type="drbddisk" provider="heartbeat" id="drbddisk_mysql"> <meta_attributes> <attributes> <nvpair name="target_role" value="started"/> </attributes> </meta_attributes> <instance_attributes> <attributes> <nvpair name="1" value="mysql"/> </attributes> </instance_attributes> </primitive> <primitive class="ocf" type="Filesystem" provider="heartbeat" id="fs_mysql"> <instance_attributes> <attributes> <nvpair name="device" value="/dev/drbd0"/> <nvpair name="directory" value="/var/lib/mysql"/> <nvpair name="type" value="ext3"/> </attributes> </instance_attributes> </primitive> <primitive class="ocf" type="IPaddr2" provider="heartbeat" id="ip_mysql"> <instance_attributes> <attributes> <nvpair name="ip" value="192.168.42.1"/> <nvpair name="cidr_netmask" value="24"/> <nvpair name="nic" value="eth0"/> </attributes> </instance_attributes> </primitive> <primitive class="lsb" type="mysqld" provider="heartbeat" id="mysqld"/> </group>
Assuming you created this configuration in a temporary
file named
/tmp/hb_mysql.xml, you would
add this resource group to the cluster configuration using
the following command (on any cluster node):
cibadmin -o resources -C -x
After this, Heartbeat will automatically propagate the newly-configured resource group to all cluster nodes.
drbd resource agent is a
"pure-bred" OCF RA which provides
Master/Slave capability, allowing Heartbeat to start and
monitor the DRBD resource on multiple nodes and promoting
and demoting as needed. You must, however, understand that
drbd RA disconnects and detaches all DRBD
resources it manages on Heartbeat shutdown, and also upon
enabling standby mode for a node.
In order to enable a DRBD-backed configuration for a
MySQL database in a Heartbeat CRM cluster with the
drbd OCF resource agent, you must create both
the necessary resources, and Heartbeat constraints to
ensure your service only starts on a previously promoted
DRBD resource. It is recommended that you start with the
constraints, such as shown in this example:
<constraints> <rsc_order id="mysql_after_drbd" from="rg_mysql" action="start" to="ms_drbd_mysql" to_action="promote" type="after"/> <rsc_colocation id="mysql_on_drbd" to="ms_drbd_mysql" to_role="master" from="rg_mysql" score="INFINITY"/> </constraints>
Assuming you put these settings in a file named
/tmp/constraints.xml, here is how you
would enable them:
cibadmin -U -x /tmp/constraints.xml
Subsequently, you would create your relevant resources:
<resources> <master_slave id="ms_drbd_mysql"> <meta_attributes id="ms_drbd_mysql-meta_attributes"> <attributes> <nvpair name="notify" value="yes"/> <nvpair name="globally_unique" value="false"/> </attributes> </meta_attributes> <primitive id="drbd_mysql" class="ocf" provider="heartbeat" type="drbd"> <instance_attributes id="ms_drbd_mysql-instance_attributes"> <attributes> <nvpair name="drbd_resource" value="mysql"/> </attributes> </instance_attributes> <operations id="ms_drbd_mysql-operations"> <op id="ms_drbd_mysql-monitor-master" name="monitor" interval="29s" timeout="10s" role="Master"/> <op id="ms_drbd_mysql-monitor-slave" name="monitor" interval="30s" timeout="10s" role="Slave"/> </operations> </primitive> </master_slave> <group id="rg_mysql"> <primitive class="ocf" type="Filesystem" provider="heartbeat" id="fs_mysql"> <instance_attributes id="fs_mysql-instance_attributes"> <attributes> <nvpair name="device" value="/dev/drbd0"/> <nvpair name="directory" value="/var/lib/mysql"/> <nvpair name="type" value="ext3"/> </attributes> </instance_attributes> </primitive> <primitive class="ocf" type="IPaddr2" provider="heartbeat" id="ip_mysql"> <instance_attributes id="ip_mysql-instance_attributes"> <attributes> <nvpair name="ip" value="10.9.42.1"/> <nvpair name="nic" value="eth0"/> </attributes> </instance_attributes> </primitive> <primitive class="lsb" type="mysqld" provider="heartbeat" id="mysqld"/> </group> </resources>
Assuming you put these settings in a file named
/tmp/resources.xml, here is how you
would enable them:
cibadmin -U -x /tmp/resources.xml
After this, your configuration should be enabled. Heartbeat now selects a node on which it promotes the DRBD resource, and then starts the DRBD-backed resource group on that same node.
A Heartbeat CRM cluster node may assume control of cluster resources in the following ways:
Manual takeover of a single cluster resource. This is the approach normally taken if one simply wishes to test resource migration, or move a resource to the local node as a means of manual load balancing. This operation is performed using the following command:
crm_resource -r
resource-M -H `uname -n`
Manual takeover of all cluster resources. This procedure involves switching the peer node to standby mode (where
hostnameis the peer node's host name):
crm_standby -U
hostname-v on
A Heartbeat CRM cluster node may be forced to give up one or all of its resources in several ways.
Giving up a single cluster resource. A node gives up control of a single resource when issued the following command (note that the considerations outlined in the previous section apply here, too):
crm_resource -r
If you want to migrate to a specific host, use this variant:
crm_resource -r
resource-M -H
However, the latter syntax is usually of little relevance to CRM clusters using DRBD, DRBD being limited to two nodes (so the two variants are, essentially, identical in meaning).
Switching a cluster node to standby mode. This is the approach normally taken if one simply wishes to test resource migration, or perform some other activity that does not require the node to leave the cluster. This operation is performed using the following command:
crm_standby -U `uname -n` -v on
Shutting down the local cluster manager instance. This approach is suited for local maintenance operations such as software updates which require that the node be temporarily removed from the cluster, but which do not necessitate a system reboot. The procedure is the same as for Heartbeat R1 style clusters.
Shutting down the local node. For hardware maintenance or other interventions that require a system shutdown or reboot, use a simple graceful shutdown command, just as previously outlined for Heartbeat R1 style clusters.


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UPDATE: 10:23 p.m. From Reuters and the Associated Press: U.S. SUPREME COURT REJECTS STAY OF EXECUTION FOR GEORGIA DEATH ROW INMATE IN HIGH-PROFILE CASE
From Huffington Post: "DENIED"
UPDATE: DemocracyNow.org is streaming live coverage outside the prison where Troy Davis is held. Click HERE.
Amnesty International, USAToday and others are reporting that the execution has been "delayed" but not "stayed":
Huffington Post is updating every few minutes via Twitter and other sources.
UPDATE: 7:41 p.m. EST
From the Associated Press: Troy Davis, the condemned inmate who convinced hundreds of thousands of people but not the justice system of his innocence, filed an eleventh-hour plea Wednesday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop Georgia authorities from executing him for the murder of an off-duty police officer.
His execution had been set to begin at 7 p.m., but as the hour arrived, Georgia prison officials were still waiting for the high court's decision.
UPDATE: At 8:39 p.m. still no news of SCOTUS decision, but many reports that the police presence outside the prison in Georgia has grown dramatically in the last few minutes. Still watching live coverage on DemocracyNow.org.
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Great Moon Buffet ~ Maplewood & West St Paul, MN
Cuisine: Chinese
Restaurant Features: Lunch Buffet, Dinner Buffet, On-Site Parking
Locations: Maplewood & West St Paul, MN
Addresses & Maps:
Maplewood– 2950 White Bear Ave Maplewood, MN 55109 (651) 704-9801
West St Paul– 1200 South Robert St. West St. Paul, MN 55118 (651) 554-0558
Hours: Sun-Thur 11am-9pm Fri-Sat 11am-10pm
Atmosphere: Both the Maplewood and West St Paul locations are located within strip malls. Each restaurant has a large, open space for the dining areas. Silk Kimonos adorn the walls and here and there you will see silk plants as well. Rectangular-shaped wooden tables are placed close together throughout the space, easy to accommodate larger groups.
There are four large buffet islands, with additional tables for dessert and also a separate stir-fry section at the West St Paul location. Each buffet island has about 10-12 food items.
The West St Paul location also has a custom stir-fry area. Similar to Khan's, choose your frozen sliced meats, Vegetables and sauces and the chef will cook it up in front of you on the Mongolian BBQ.
Menu: Appetizers include Egg Rolls, Cream Cheese Wonton, Cheesey Potatoes, Sweet Biscuits, Sesame Cakes, Pork Sausages, Egg Foo Young, Roast Duck, BBQ Ribs, and Steamed Dumplings.
Soups include Hot & Sour and Wonton. There is also Lo Mein, Fried Rice, White Rice, Rice Noodle and String Beans.
Chicken dishes include Black Pepper Chicken, Roast Chicken, Sesame Chicken, Moo Goo Gai Pan, Chicken with Broccoli, Chicken Chow Suey, General Tao's Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Chicken Wings, Chicken Sticks, and Chicken with Cashew.
Pork dishes include Mopo ToFu, Hunan Pork, Butter Potato, Double Cooked Pork, Hunan Triple Delight, Pork with Mushrooms, and Boneless Ribs.
Beef dishes include Beef with Broccoli, Mongolian Beef, Beef with Mushrooms, Peppered Beef, and Beef Ribs.
Seafood (most items served at dinner only) items include Mussels, Fried Codfish, Salmon, Popcorn Shrimp, Butterfly Shrimp, Salted Shrimp, Coconut Shrimp, Shrimp with Lobster Sauce.
Desserts include Soft-Serve Ice Cream, Cake, Fresh Fruit
Price guide: Lunch Buffet $8-9 Dinner Buffet $11-12
What I Ate: My visit was at lunch time with a group of colleagues, but I still wanted to try a selection of foods. I had Cream Cheese Wontons, Boneless BBQ Ribs, Steamed Dumpling, General Tao's Chicken, Sweet & Sour Chicken, Fried Rice, and a Rice Noodle dish with veggies. The cream cheese wontons were the biggest I have ever had! They were stuffed full of a cream-cheese mixture that was slightly sweet. The steamed dumplings were very good, with a flavorful pork/onion mixture. The meats that I tried were okay, but I would not say these use high quality meat. The Sweet and Sour as well as the General Tao's Chicken was kind of fatty and gristly and the batter was soggy.
I wasn't quite satisfied with what I actually ate from my first plate, so I opted to wait in line for my own custom stir-fry. I chose beef, broccoli, pineapple, onions, pepper and mushrooms with noodles and several scoops of all the different cooking sauces. There is only one cook making stir-fry and he only cooks one dish at a time, so I had to wait at least 10 minutes for my plate. I was only able to get a few good bites in before it was time to head back to work, but I was very happy with my stir-fry dish.
Service: At Great Moon you must pay for your meal before you enter the dining room but from that point forward, there are many servers ava
ilable to take drink orders, clear plates, etc.
Overall Impression: Huge buffet with many options, but I would say food is just slightly better than mediocre in taste and quality. Make-it-yourself Stir-Fry option at West St Paul is a big bonus.
21 Responses to "Great Moon Buffet ~ Maplewood & West St Paul, MN"
pay 70 for the family to dine in at west st paul great moon. i felt scam and false advertise. if they told me before seating or paying ahead that you could only get crab leg once, i would of not dine in. they wouldn't let me get second on crab legs and you only get 3. i asked they why can't i get second they said "crab legs are expensive so one plate per customer only and you can't get second". i was like…why the heck did you guys even bring out then. its a fucken buffet. i didn't pay dinner for the family for this crap and worst…the guy that was serving them recognize me only and couldn't remember anybody else. i was like wtf…the fucken table 5 feet from have 3 people and have more than 9 serving of crab leg…i was like wtf…you blind…drinks wasn't refill…just left the place finishing two plate and didn't bother tipping and usually i do. worst experience ever and last time i will come here. food was plain too….waste 70 dollar for this lame meal
My 2nd time there and it's just fantastic. Food was never over salted and everything was edible. I loved the shrimp, the noodles, the clams, the mussels and everything else. The service was a bit short on the English but that's fine because this isn't about language, it's about FOOD! I also loved the Salad Bar and the cocktail shrimps. Delicious. The only thing missing is Oysters. I would love to have that there even if it means jacking the price up a notch. I can't travel so far to Blaine to grab them from M******.
Very disappointed !!!! My friends went there and got food poison. I just got back and feeling very ill. Heard that they don't cook the food well. Whatever get drops down on the floor, it gets put right back! Very disgusted and very disappointed.
If you love sushi, the Great Moon Buffet has a HUGE sushi bar with the most delightful selection I have ever tasted. Highly recommend!!
I used to love this restaurant so this was very disappointing… Ever since Hibachi buffet moved in to West St. Paul we had been going there and loved it however, the other night we decided to support the smaller establishment as we had done in the past. We got there about 5:45 on a Tuesday night and had a 7:00 appt to make, no big deal. My 8 year old daughter decided she really wanted the mongolian grill and went up for some plain noodles, chicken and a mild sauce. I let her know she would be there for a while and kept her company most of the time. When it was her turn, 20 mins later she followed a huge plate of jalapenos (and a few other things) and the chef did not clean the stove. She attempted to eat her plate after the long wait and it was very, very spicy. In an attempt to not waste food she ate it (slowly) anyway leaving herself no time for dessert – we had to run! So I asked the waitress for a small to go cup and filled it half full of ice cream – BIG MISTAKE! I was ambushed as though I were stealing from them! Keep in mind we paid in full upon our entrance. I tried to explain to the waitress that my little girl did not get her dessert and we had to make an appt. They were having none of it, we were treated very rudely they were loudly demanding $2 for the small cup of ice cream and embarrassed us – I set it on the table and we left, daughter in tears. OK, I get it – you can't take things to go at a buffet and I guess I was just foolish enough to think i could grab that ice cream to go – I mean it could have been a cone right? wouldn't they let us walk out with a cone? I don't know but how rude. And, big surprise that ice cream was going to be tossed. I said we won't be back and we will not! Oh did I mention I never got a refill?
There's a guy that works at this buffet, his name is Sabastian or Charlie I think. He was serving the crab legs that evening at the end of one of the buffet tables, when everyone lined up for the crab legs, he served them but a few other people had come to him on his right side where there was no line formed and he served them, later when I had done the same thing, he told me to get to the back of the line on the left, then the same people had come to his right side again and he served them. I will tell you this, I feel this was racially motivated because I am a colored person and everyone who had white skin got served with a smile whether they were on the left or right of him, anyone who was a person of color had to be in the specific left side of the line. I still go there and see him working there. I observed him once on a different day to see if I was just over thinking this whole thing, I wasn't! He refilled drinks for all the white people and did refill drinks for any other tables where there were people of color. This person is an asian male with glasses. Very low, very humiliating behavior for this restaurant and very racist.
Captain absolutely loves this place! Lots of variety to eat., and one can eat to their heart's content!
I like the food too, especially the salad bar. Lots of toppings for the varities of lettuce they serve. Not just iceberg, but Ceasar, and Mixed greens.
VERY noisey is my only gripe. Price is okay. I would hope that their lunch prices wouldn't have gone up( now they're $8-10) so much though. $6.99 seems more appropriate., and that should INCLUDE the drink. Lots of kiddos and heavy eaters. Noise. The place is usually pretty clean, lots of windows, music is ok too, not too loud.
Our family ate at the West St. Paul buffet last Dec. and we are looking forward to eating there again during our next visit up from Florida during the holidays. I have eaten Chinese food over most of the U.S., the UK and Europe and I must say this is about the best I have eaten. Of course you can do better at a custom order restaurant, but you will definitely enjoy their food as long as you remember it is, after all, a buffet.
i love great moon buffett and i brought my friends to it and they loved it
Great Moon Buffet is the worst Chinese buffet I've ever been to. Asian food in Minnesota sucks.
I love great moon! Especially now that they have an awesome SUSHI BAR!!!!! I loved it before, but now I LLLOOOVEEEE IT!
OMG! I love their sushi and their food is the effen bomb!
My family has enjoyed the Maplewood resturant for many years. But since going to the one in St Paul we prefer this one. We come from Wyoming-North Branch area just to eat there. With me being dietbetic the freshness of the BBQ (and the few minute wait) is worth the drive. And the price is just right for all that they serve. Anyone would be foolish not to try it.
Hi. You should try Mongo's in Maple Grove. It's closer to you and it's super healthy with a lot of choices. About the same price.
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great moon is one of my favorite restaurants, the service is great and so is the food although i perfer the one in maplewood sin ce tnhey now hav a new sushi bar and the service is better and the food taste better, and they also serve crab legs every friday night.
Old Country Buffet has been renamed to the Slop Hole. They have the worst food in town. All though the one in Roseville is quite good. But I would still go to Great Moon Buffet, at least there I know what I am eating.
dont hate on this asian food buffet! i think great moon tastes better than old country buffet! because of the variety =)
I love great moon me and the fam eat there 2x a week. When we walk in they no that we are the family that want the circle booth in the back.
I only not like because not only do i work there i have to clean u mess up. i never have problem until u come so please stay away!!!!!
I used to go to this place in Maplewood when I worked right next to it. I never really liked it and considered it to be the Asian version of Old Country Buffet, being that the quality of food is not that great, but I always like the variety of buffets.
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Powerline Networking Tutorial & Speed Test Using the Linksys PLK300
When I recently picked up our new Sony LCD 52" Bravia TV (link to Amazon) not only was the picture improvement tremendous, but there is an Internet connection for the television that allows access to Yahoo! Widgets, YouTube, and other basic Internet connectivity. While I was disappointed in the fact that it did not include a built-in Wireless via 802.11G or RangeMax N -- I was forced to confront a growing issue in my home Entertainment system -- the need for several wired connections.
Previously, with my Sony Playstation 3and Nintendo Wii the problem was not so bad -- since both support wireless Internet connectivity. But take the new Sony 52" LCD, and in the Sony Blu-Ray player and the emerging connectivity for Sony ES receivers and you have a major need for connectivity.
The way I looked at it was that I had a couple of options:
1. I could mess with the wiring in my house (which has CAT-5E run through it) and install some wiring between the room where my Verizon FiOS connection terminates and my family room, add in a new switch and hook all the wired devices up.
2. I could install a wireless bridge to extend the wireless network into the Entertainment system and hook up the various components to the wireless bridge.
3. I could dive into the world of Powerline networking, where just by using a simple outlet, I could with the newer technology reach speeds up to 200Mbps -- of course, under the right conditions.
After thinking hard about #2, I ran into a number of articles suggesting that the Sony KDL-52Z5100 television experienced numerous issues with various types of bridges. The recommendation from a few folks on Amazon.com seemed to be to use the Powerline equipment and folks seemed to have pretty good luck with the Linksys PLK300 Powerline AV Ethernet Adapter Kit.
After continuing to research the Powerline option, and due to a great deal on Amazon.com, I settled on the Linksys by Cisco PLK300 as the Powerline AV Kit of choice. For about $140, the cheapest around I got both a single port Powerline AV Adapter and a four-port Powerline AV Adapter, which was exactly needed. Throw in my Amazon Prime Free Trial and 2-day shipping free and I was sold.
If you're interested, I published a video on the setup and the performance of the video on YouTube, here it is. Feel free to keep on reading if you don't have the chance to watch as I'll cover several of the same topics.
Upon the Linksys by Cisco PLK3000 unit showing up at my house, everything I expected was inside. Two Powerline AV adapters, two power cords, and two RJ-45 Ethernet cables. I was ready to go.
The first step was to plug in the first adapater that would be connected to my gigabit switch in my office where the Verizon FiOS router terminates. No issues there, I plugged it directly into the wall (as recommended) and the switch.
I then went to plug in the device in my Home Entertainment Center. What I quickly realized that the 3-foot power cord that is provided is going to be too short for most people. It was for me, so I needed to come up with an alternate placement of the devices. Once I figured out where the next best place was for placement, I plugged it in and the good news was that I had instant connectivity.
I did not have to push any buttons, do any configurations, just plug and play and the adapter was working and providing direct connectivity to my PlayStation 3 device. In this case, Linksys gets high marks for the PLK300 (which is a bundle of the PLE300 and the PLK300) for easy of setup and first use.
Now was time for a real test -- how would the the Powerline AV Network perform? How close would I get to the 200Mbps?
At this point, I booted my Sony Playstation 3 up into the Ubuntu Linux mode so that I could establish network connectivity and test out a file copy of a large file (200MB or so) between my Network Attached Storage Device (D-Link DNS-323, which is awesome!) and the PS3 to see what kind of performance I would get. I started the copying and the results were less than impressive -- 2.1MBps, which roughly translates to 17Mbps, far short of the 200Mbps potential...of course based on the conditions of the wiring, distance, and electrical interference.
After reading the reviews, I was expecting to get somewhere between 30Mbps and 70Mbps, so only achieving 17Mbps was very disappointing. My home is relatively new constructions, so the age of the wiring is likely the least limiting here. Still, when comparing with wireless to the same location, I was actually receiving almost double as the Wireless G connection. In that regards, I was happy that I was able to achieve better rates.
Satisfied with the overall improvement, but not the overall performance, I decided to see if there were any advanced settings I could possibly reach knowing that forcing devices to 100-Full vs. Auto-detect can make big differences in certain conditions. I also wanted to check to see if there were any firmware of other upgrades available that could possibly filter out noise or give performance enhancements.
To make a long story short here, Linksys does not support these devices very well. Meaning, there's no utility that works (there is a Utility for the 200 series that is not compatible) and there have been no firmware upgrades since November of 2008 that are post on the site. There is also no advanced way to connect to the devices to tweak the settings which overall is a pretty big bummer.
Let with no options in terms of configuration, my only choices were to move the devices between power outlets to see what kind of differences they could make. Really, I approached it two ways:
1. Trying out through a power strip with cleaner power. It worked fine (although not recommended by Linksys, but the performance drops to roughly half of what it was previous. Generally, not a desired outcome.
2. I went ahead and tried out a plethora of different outlets between the two rooms. Not much to report here other than the end result is that my top end file movement speed was at roughly 2.1MBps, which appears to be the top end available.
In the end, the overall review on the Linksys PLK300 Powerline AV Network is really a mediocre one. Linksys gets extremely high marks for plug-and-play with a successful ease of setup. However, in terms of performance, advanced configuration, and overall support it's pretty poor. There for, that leaves me in the middle of the review. The good news is that it works just good enough for me to keep it, although I briefly concerned it when I saw the surprisingly low performance.
If you need to establish connectivity between a non-wireless device or a hard to reach wireless location -- the PLK300 is a great solution -- as long as you do not have to worry about speed.


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CRYSTAL BEACH – The Bolivar Peninsula will soon be the home of a facility that aims to help injured veterans better adjust to civilian life.
The Lone Star Foundation on Saturday broke ground on its first multipurpose beach retreat that will offer counseling and other services to veterans and their families.
"We're looking for an opportunity to create a spot where folks can come to heal," said Denise Grant, the program director for the Lone Survivor Foundation.
The half-acre retreat in the Surfside subdivision in Crystal Beach will include a house and a conference center with enough room to sleep 32 people. Room will be provided for foundation staff, and the two structures will be connected via walkways. The retreat will also feature a fire pit, outdoor decking, privacy fencing and landscaping.
The retreat will provide a serene location where veterans suffering from combat stress, chronic pain, military sexual assault and concussions can relax with their families and learn how to deal with the aftereffects of war.
Marcus Luttrell, the Lone Survivor Foundation founder and chairman, said involving the family is key to helping veterans.
"You can help the veterans get back into a discombobulated family, and he'll just digress back to where he was," Luttrell said.
Luttrell was a Navy SEAL and part of a four-member team sent in 2005 to capture a Taliban leader in Afghanistan. The mission went awry, and the team soon sound themselves in a gunbattle with Taliban fighters. Only Luttrell survived. After retiring from the Navy, Luttrell chronicled the events of his team in the best-selling book "Lone Survivor," which was later made into a movie starring Mark Wahlberg.
Plans for the Bolivar retreat began in 2011, when the Byrom family, which owns Brint Construction, a peninsula-based construction company, met Luttrell and learned about the Lone Survivor Foundation. Wanting to do something to help veterans, the family decided it would put their construction skills to good use.
In 2013, the family contacted the foundation, and plans were underway for the facility that broke ground Saturday.
Luttrell and foundation and community leaders symbolically broke ground by shoveling dirt around four pilings on the cleared ground. Small boxes holding encouraging notes from attendees were placed in the ground near the base of the pilings to be covered with soil. Afterward, attendees were encouraged to add more dirt themselves.
The retreat is scheduled to be completed late this year. Fundraising is still continuing. As part of that effort, Terry Jung, the foundation's executive director, announced that the foundation would be creating a "legacy wall" at the retreat. Bricks honoring a late veteran, a living veteran or a current soldier can be purchased for the wall.
Jung praised the Bolivar Peninsula community for embracing the project. Last month's Texas Frog Fest raised money for the project, and donations have shown just how important the project is to the community.
"This has become a community project," he said. "It is wonderful to see a uniting the way it has occurred here. It's not only us building a facility to help veterans, it's a community coming together."