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I have a need for my application to send a notification message (to a JMS topic) after the completion of each work use case. I.e, ExecuteTrade, StoreTrade, etc. that is executed within my EJB tier. (I will implement a two phase XA commit across the database and Topic.)
However, in the message to the subscribers, what relavant information is usually (by common practice) included? Given the above example, all information on a given trade? Or just key id's? Id's to which the subscribers can query the EJB tier for necessary information.
Is it common practice to:
(1) Commit work within EJB and then send a short message to the Topic. I.e., <cmd type="ExecuteTrade" id="324"/> This implies that any receivers who would be interested in the trade would a. consume message, then b. query the EJB tier (perhaps through a webservice) to get all details regarding the trade.
or is it better to
(2) Commit work within EJB and then send a *detailed* message to the Topic to which all receivers could then process the contents without further querying of any EJB tier. I.e., <cmd type="ExecuteTrade" id="324"><data parm="1"../><data parm="2"../></cmd>. (I think security concerns would become an issue here with sensitive data.)
In other words, in either scenario are there glaring reasons why I would not implement one or the other? Like anything there are tradeoffs and I am sure there are implementations that examplify both, but for performance reasons, I am leaning towards option #1.
Any insight or pointers to messaging best practices (based upon content. I.e., SOAP-formatted async messages, etc.) would greatly be appreciated.
Pub/Sub Message Contents Common Practice (2 messages)
- Posted by: george craig
- Posted on: December 22 2005 11:26 EST
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- Ah .. Push vs. Pull by george craig on December 23 2005 02:10 EST
- Pub/Sub Message Contents Common Practice by James Strachan on January 03 2006 06:00 EST
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In my research I found integration pattern information on Push vs Pull models.
- Posted by: george craig
- Posted on: December 23 2005 02:10 EST
- in response to george craig
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Its common to include the data you have to hand when you are sending the message to avoid all the consumers having to re-query the database again.
- Posted by: James Strachan
- Posted on: January 03 2006 06:00 EST
- in response to george craig
If you are publishing to some external system, it may not be given access to your database directly so you probably want to include all the information for the trade.
If you send IDs only then each subscriber has to hit your database and do the same query which if you have lots of subscribers is not very scalable.


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- Vango Protex® 70 denier polyester flysheet, 3000mm HH - Highly waterproof, durable and reliable fabric. Exclusive to Vango
- Waterproof PE groundsheet - Robust and hardwearing fabric to stand up to the rigours of the most active campers
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Over the weekend, Minister of Social Development Bathabile Dlamini briefed the media in Tshwane on the progress her department has made. The department's handling of the social grant payments has been a topic of contention since the looming expiry date (31 March) for their contract with Cash Payment Services (CPS).
Dlamini denied media reports that there was a crisis with the payment of grants.
Here are seven things you need to know about the situation:
1. SASSA and CPS deal was ruled constitutionally invalid
In 2014, the Constitutional Court ruled that the tender contract between SASSA and CPS was constitutionally invalid. The minister said five companies bid for the tender, two withdrew and the three remaining lacked capacity.
#SASSA Minister Dlamini says the tender with Cash Paymaster Services had already been awarded @The_DSD @OfficialSASSA
— GCIS Media Liaison (@GCISMedia) March 5, 2017
2. Ministerial advisory committee recommended SASSA build its own payment system
As per the court order in 2014, SASSA advertised the tender for the payment of social grants for five years (ending 2019) but it was never awarded. SC Advocate Wim Trengove advised the department to ask the court to allow for a deviation from normal tender processes to allow CPS to continue until April 2017.
A task team was formed between SASSA Social Development @TreasuryRSA and Reserve Bank to ensure smooth transition happens
— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) March 5, 2017
3. SASSA to work with SA Post Office in future
One of the six options SASSA has is to work with SA Post Office to take over the grants payment system. The minister mentioned working with 2 600 post office outlets.
SASSA worked with SA Post Office before and remains committed to utilize SAPO as a payment vehicle: Min Dlamini
— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) March 5, 2017
Minister Dlamini: SASSA remains committed to utilise South African Post Office's 2600 outlets as part of the… https://t.co/CTCnUB7fnu
— Social Development (@The_DSD) March 5, 2017
4. New payment system is in four phases
The department has confirmed that they have a four-phase plan to implement the social grant payment system and phase two has already begun.
Payment plan phase 1: planning for transition including phase out of current provider 2015-2017:
— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) March 5, 2017
Payment plan phase 2: Transition 2017-2019
— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) March 5, 2017
Payment plan phase 3: Full rollout from 2019
— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) March 5, 2017
5. No one will go unpaid
The minister said that no one will go unpaid.
The most important people are the beneficiaries we will pay them on April 1 but we won't pre-empt government processes: Min Dlamini
— SASSA (@OfficialSASSA) March 5, 2017
On April1 SASSA begins new era in continued development and no one will go unpaid
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6. The system is flawed
She admitted that their system is flawed and that it has been the victim of abuse and theft.
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7. No deal has been signed
On Friday, 3 March the minister said that a deal with CPS had been signed after three days of negotiations. During the Sunday press briefing, she contradicted herself and said no deal has been signed with CPS.
The director-general of the department, Zane Dangor, reportedly resigned.
Watch the minister's disastrous interaction with the media:
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Lasorda to represent Dodgers at Draft
Hall of Famer returns to role of announcing team's first pick
By Ken Gurnick / MLB.com
Logan White took over the Dodgers' Draft in 2002 and he's had Hall of Famer Tom Lasorda announce their first selection ever since, except for last year, when Lasorda had a scheduling conflict and was replaced by Dodgers legends Maury Wills and Don Newcombe.
ROUND 1 PICKSFollow every pick
1 WAS: S. Strasburg
2 SEA: D. Ackley
3 SD: D. Tate
4 PIT: J. Sanchez
5 BAL: M. Hobgood
6 SF: Z. Wheeler
7 ATL: M. Minor
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13 OAK: G. Green
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20 TOR: S. Jenkins
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72 NYM: S. Matz
75 PHI: K. Dugan
MORE COVERAGE Draft falls into place after No. 1
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New tech helps clubs spot talent
Bodley: Nats must be patient
Lasorda will return to the microphone to announce the Dodgers' selection when MLB.com will offer live coverage and analysis of the entire First-Year Player Draft on June 9-11. MLB Network will broadcast the first round, beginning at 6 p.m. ET on June 9, from its Studio 42 in Secaucus, N.J., and those 32 selections also will be simulcast live on MLB.com.
Because of the signing of Orlando Hudson, the Dodgers won't make their first pick until Compensation Round A, selecting with the 36th pick overall.
Beginning with the 33rd pick, up-to-the-minute on-air coverage from the remaining rounds will shift exclusively to MLB.com/Live, where host Vinny Micucci will be joined by MLB.com Draft expert Jonathan Mayo and Major League Scouting Bureau director Frank Marcos.
Once the first night is done, the Draft will continue with Rounds 4-30, via conference call from MLB headquarters in New York, at noon on Wednesday, June 10. Rounds 31-50 will be on Thursday, June 11, starting at 11:30 a.m.
Lasorda will be accompanied by Dodgers amateur scout Brian Stephenson, a third-generation scout and a second-round pick of the Chicago Cubs in 1994. Brian's father, Jerry, is a scout for Boston and a former Dodgers pitcher. Brian's grandfather, Joe, was also a former Major League player and longtime Boston scout who signed All-Stars Rick Burleson, Dwight Evans, Bill Lee and Fred Lynn.
Ken Gurnick is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Members of the City Council are:
Back Row (left to right): Council Member TJ Thomson, Council Member Ben Quintana, Council President Pro Tem Lauren McLean, Council Member Scot LudwigFront Row (left to right): Council President Elaine Clegg, Mayor David H. Bieter, Council Member Maryanne Jordan
Phone: (208) 384-4422
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Contact: BPD Media Relations Office
Boise, Sept. 10, 2012 - Boise Police and officers with Ada County Juvenile Probation conducted an underage drinking party patrol Saturday night. The patrols are part of an ongoing education and enforcement effort to reduce the tragic consequences that often come with underage drinking. Underage alcohol consumption is often linked to the four leading causes of death for people under 25; homicide, suicide, car crashes, other accidents (see below).
Neighbor complaints: Neighbor complaints are again on the rise about loud parties involving underage drinnkers, particularly in the neighborhood south of University Drive. This area has had heavy foot traffic for the last two to three weeks. Much of the behavior of this foot traffic at night, say neighbors, has been loud and disorderly.
Four Officers, 36 Citations: Four BPD officers were assigned to the party patrol. All report staying very busy dealing with intoxicated party-goers and very large groups of people traveling from party to party. Overall, officers issued 36 misdemeanor citations for alcohol related crimes:
Of note: The highest BAC was a 19 year old female who was a .23 BAC.
For more information on why officers make it a priority to keep teens safe by enforcing Idaho's underage drinking laws, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKCFefMX700
DANGERS OF TEEN DRINKING from www dontserveteens.gov
Teens don't just drink. They drink to excess.
More than 8 percent of eighth graders, 16 percent of sophomores, and 24 percent of seniors report recent binge drinking (5+ drinks on the same occasion).
Statistics show that the majority of current teen drinkers got drunk in the previous month. That includes 50 percent of the high school sophomores who drink and 65 percent of the high school seniors who drink.
Underage drinking is linked to injury and risky behavior.
According to the U.S. Surgeon General, about 5,000 kids under 21 die every year as a result of underage drinking - from crashes, homicides, and suicides. Teens that drink also are at risk for a long list of other injuries and potential life-long alcohol abuse. Reducing underage drinking can reduce drinking-related harm.
Brain Development and Alcohol Abuse: Research indicates that the human brain continues to develop into a person's early 20s, and that exposure of the developing brain to alcohol may have long-lasting effects on intellectual capabilities and may increase the likelihood of alcohol addiction.
The age when drinking starts affects future drinking problems. For each year that the start of drinking is delayed, the risk of later alcohol dependence is reduced by 14 percent.
Drinking & Driving: Car crashes are the leading cause of death among people ages 15 to 20. About 1,900 people under 21 die every year from car crashes involving underage drinking. Young people are more susceptible to alcohol-induced impairment of their driving skills. Drinking drivers aged 16 to 20 are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal crash as drinking drivers who are 21 or older.
Suicide: Alcohol use interacts with conditions like depression and stress, and contributes to an estimated 300 teen suicides a year. High school students who drink are twice as likely to have seriously considered attempting suicide, as compared to nondrinkers. High school students who binge drink are four times as likely to have attempted suicide, as compared to nondrinkers.
Sexual Behavior: Current teen drinkers are more than twice as likely to have had sexual intercourse within the past three months than teens who don't drink. Higher drinking levels increase the likelihood of sexual activity. Adolescents who drink are more likely to engage in risky sexual activities, like having sex with someone they don't know or failing to use birth control.
Other Risks: Teens who drink alcohol are more likely than nondrinkers to smoke marijuana, use inhalants, or carry a weapon. Binge drinking substantially increases the likelihood of these activities.
Academic Performance: A government study published in 2007 shows a relationship between binge drinking and grades. Approximately two-thirds of students with "mostly A's" are non-drinkers, while nearly half of the students with "mostly D's and F's" report binge drinking. It is not clear, however, whether academic failure leads to drinking, or vice versa.
What can citizens do to help?
Boise Police join Mothers Against Drunk Drivers in urging parents to talk to their kids about making smart choices and highlighting the dangers of drinking alcohol while under 21.
A MADD survey has found parents have a greater influence than many parents might think over the choices their children make. Boise Police encourage parents to take advantage of a helpful web site provided by MADD:http://www.madd.org/underage-drinking/the-power-of-parents/ to help identify ways parents and concerned adults can keep kids safe from the dangers of alcohol.
Call Crime Stoppers:
Boise Police encourage citizens who know of places who serve alcohol to minors, or of places who may be serving already intoxicated patrons to contact Crime Stoppers. Boise Police will follow up on citizen tips. You can contact Crime Stoppers at 343-COPS, or log onto www.343cops.com, or text CRIMES or 274637, subject: Tip236.
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Summerfest World Record Attempt Webpage Outline
We want to break a GUINNESS WORLD RECORD ™ and hope that you will be able to help us! During Orem Summerfest on June 11 and 12, we will be attempting to break the 24 hour swimming relay record! What does that mean? Well, we want to get the most participants to swim one length of a pool in a 24 hour period. The current record is 3,941 people and was set on January 23-24, 2009 in Tshwane, South Africa.
In order to do this, we need to have a swimmer complete one length in an average of 20 seconds. That's pretty fast! We need to recruit over 4,000 confident swimmers who have always dreamt of breaking a world record and seeing their efforts recognized in one of the most read books in the world!
It sounds simple, but we need your help. Getting that many good swimmers willing to participate and show up when expected is going to be tough. If you want to help us do this, we need you to sign up…and get your friends to sign up!
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|28 Sep 1993
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|15 Apr 1992
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|15 Apr 1992
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|Patent Citations (15), Referenced by (15), Classifications (19), Legal Events (7)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates to covered reservoirs as are used in, e.g., clinical analyzers to provide liquids needed, for example, reference liquids.
Reference liquids are used in many clinical analyzers to conduct potentiometric tests using twin ion-selective electrodes. One of those electrodes is contacted with the patient sample having an ion of unknown concentration, and the other electrode is contacted with the reference liquid having a known concentration of ions. Most preferably, such ions are highly concentrated to the point of near saturation, for the reason that the junction potential between the reference liquid and the sample needs to be dominated by the reference liquid concentration, which means the latter must be highly concentrated. The reference liquid is stored in a reservoir that has to be replenished. See, e.g., U.S. Pat. No. 4,740,274 for further details on the reference liquid.
For years the most common reservoir for such a reference liquid has been a glass or plastic vial that is capped with a rubber seal that is machine-opened and closed. Before the vial is replenished, it has to be removed and cleaned to maintain an accurate concentration of the ions. Such a procedure has been a problem because it is time-consuming, labor intensive, and if not done properly, introduces errors due to the concentration of the liquid being altered.
There has therefore been a long-standing need for a disposable, single-use reservoir which, although preventing evaporation, readily allows access to the liquid by an aspirator. "Single-use" as used here means used until the liquid contents of the reservoir have been exhausted without replenishment.
The most obvious solution to the need was to form the reservoir as a simple plastic body with an aperture at the top sized to seal on the aspirator when it is inserted. In that fashion, the aspirator acts as a stopper when it is kept in the reservoir aperture when no reference liquid is being dispensed in the analyzer. However, it was soon discovered that this design was unsatisfactory because insertion of the aspirator into its sealing position created severe pumping action in the reservoir due to flexing of the top of the reservoir that interfered with pressure sensing that is otherwise necessary with such aspirators.
The next step was to enlarge slightly the aperture for the aspirator, so that a complete seal, and hence pumping, did not occur due to the "leak" created. The aperture could not be made too large, however, as evaporation then is too substantial. However, this was found to be a failure in that the "leak" portion of the aperture created a sufficient capillary path for liquid when it sloshed, as to cause unacceptable crusting of the high salts contents of the liquid at that "leak" portion.
Next, a flat cover, apertured for the aspirator, was designed to fit over and close off the top of the reservoir. However, this sealed to the top of the reservoir along a flat surface. The flat cover attempted to achieve controlled venting by a long diffusion path between the cover and reservoir. However, economical manufacturing tolerances would not allow the gap to be controlled tightly enough to prevent excessive evaporation in worst case conditions.
Thus, for many months, attempts have been made to create an acceptable disposable alternative for the permanent glass reference liquid reservoir heretofore used, all without success.
I have designed a disposable reservoir with a cover that finally solves the problems noted above.
More specifically, there is provided a covered reservoir for providing liquid to a pipette through an opening, the reservoir comprising a body for holding the liquid in bulk, the body terminating in a upper, generally flat rim extending out over a portion the body and an aperture left open by the rim; a cover having an aperture therein for accessing the liquid with a pipette and a contact surface for contacting the rim; a seal disposed between the cover and the body to restrict evaporation; and means for biasing the cover against the seal and the body. The cover further includes a) a generally planar recess adjacent to the cover contact surface of a size and shape effective to receive the seal between the cover and the rim without clamping it, b) a shoulder depending from the recess and surrounding the aperture and around which the seal is mounted, the shoulder having an outside diameter sufficient to friction fit it with the annular ring seal, and c) raising means joining the shoulder to the recess and surrounding the shoulder, for raising the annular ring seal from the recess into a frusto-conical position sufficient to cause said rim at the rim aperture to press into the annular ring seal when the cover contacts the rim.
Accordingly, it is an advantageous feature of the invention that a cover is provided for a disposable reservoir for pipette access, that seals against the reservoir body in a manner that reduces evaporation while at the same time preventing "pumping" and salt formation due to liquid contact.
Another advantageous feature of the invention is that the parts of the cover are readily removable for cleaning.
Other advantageous features will become apparent with reference to the following detailed description, when read in light of the attached drawings.
FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a reservoir constructed in accordance with the invention, the phantom lines illustrating the cover in its open position;
FIG. 2 is a plan view of the reservoir;
FIG. 3 is a section view taken generally along the line III--III of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an enlarged fragmentary section view of the portion of FIG. 3 marked as "IV;" and
FIG. 5 is an elevational view similar to that of FIG. 1 but showing the cover raised to its open position, and the cover being removed in phantom.
The following description relates to the invention in its preferred embodiment, wherein a saturated salt solution is contained in a disposable reservoir container, using a cover removably held on a retainer that is bi-stably and pivotally mounted onto the frame holding the container with a spring that tends to bias the cover closed. In addition, the invention is useful regardless of the liquid held in the reservoir, whether it is disposable or not, and regardless of how the cover is retained on the reservoir, so long as it has the seal features of the invention.
A covered reservoir constructed in accordance with the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 1-3. Generally it comprises a reservoir body 10, a cover 50, a cover retainer 90 and a seal 120, FIG. 3. The reservoir body 10 is preferably disposable, and sits in a housing or holder 12 shaped as a bowl, the bowl preferably having a shape that complements the shape of the reservoir body 10, as shown most clearly in FIG. 3. Thus, bowl 12 has a closed bottom wall 14 and an upper lip 16 extending preferably around its circumference, and can optionally include fastening flanges (not shown) for securing the lip and bowl to a clinical analyzer. Guide fingers 18 project upwardly from lip 16, with a guiding surface 20 sloped to center the cover when it is lowered, as explained below.
Reservoir 10 comprises body wall 30 that terminates in an upper lip 32 shaped to rest on lip 16, and a generally flat rim 34 that is sealed to the lip 32 and extends out over body wall 30 except for an access aperture 36 shaped to receive a center portion of the cover 50 of the reservoir and an aspirator tip "T" inserted therein. Exterior surface 38 of rim 34 comprises the contact surface for contact with the cover, as explained hereinafter.
To help retain cover 50, pivot lugs 40 are preferably included, FIG. 2, as part of the molded shape of bowl 12 at the back side. Specifically, FIG. 3, lugs 40 each include aperture 42 through which a pivot pin 44 extends, and ears 46 and 47 extending horizontally from lugs 40. Ears 46 act as supports for the bi-stable camming of the retainer, described below, and ear 47 is the anchor for a spring 48 that biases retainer 90 closed when the latter is properly pivoted.
Apertures 42 are larger than the diameter of pin 44, to allow the pin to raise and lower with the pivoting action of retainer 90.
Most preferably, spring 48 is a tension spring with a spring constant sufficient to provide no more than about 60 g (1/8 pounds) of spring force downwardly on retainer 90 at end 94, FIG. 3, as shown by force "F." Any spring force significantly greater than that will tend to cause splashing of the liquid, which in turn can cause loss of liquid or crusting of the cover. Also, it would cause a "snap" that can startle the operator working inside the analyzer.
Cover 50 comprises preferably a fairly rigid disk the outer circumference of which is a generally flat flange 52 having a bottom contact surface 54 for contacting rim 34. The disk is preferably symmetric about a center axis 56. Inside of and adjacent to flange 52, closer to axis 56, is a generally planar annular recess portion 58, the depth d of the recess measured from surface 54 to surface 59 of portion 58, FIG. 4, being more than the thickness of seal 120, described below. Still further in towards axis 56 is a shoulder 60 that extends out of the plane of flange 52 and recess portion 58, preferably in both directions, which shoulder in turn surrounds an access and aperture 70 on axis 56, into which tip T is inserted, FIG. 3.
Shoulder 60 comprises a lower portion 72 and an upper portion 80. Lower portion 72 an outside diameter that cooperates with seal 120 to friction fit the seal around the shoulder, FIG. 4, and is integrally joined to surface 59 of recessed portion 58 by a frusto-conical surface 74 that extends entirely around axis 56. Surface 74 is shaped to space or raise seal 120 off surface 59. To that end, the height of surface 74, measured along axis 56, is generally equal to depth "d."
Additionally, lower portion 72 includes means for inducing condensed vapor to flow back into reservoir body 10, rather than to evaporate out aperture 70. Specifically, FIG. 3, a flange 76 extends out from lower portion 72 towards axis 56, to form a seat for pipette tip T. Where flange 76 joins portion 72, its bottom surface is sloped downwardly at 78 to provide a run-off surface for condensation.
Upper portion 80 of shoulder 60 includes a raised boss 82 used to help seat retainer 90, discussed below at the correct height, and an engaging flange 84 designed to slip through slot 98 of retainer 90, FIG. 2, thus holding cover 50 within the retainer.
Conventional rigid plastics are preferably used to mold cover 50. To provide sufficient rigidity, the thickness of recessed portion 58, FIG. 3, can be, for example, about 1.5 mm.
To removably hold the cover 50 onto reservoir body 10, a retainer 90 is hingedly mounted on pin 44 at retainer end 92, FIG. 3. Opposite end 94 is a handle portion, bent upward at portion 96 to form an L-shape for easier grasping. Portion 96 is slotted at 98, as best shown in FIG. 2, slot 98 being narrowed at 100 on portion 102 of retainer 90 that sits on boss 82, so as to lock in engaging flange 84 when cover 50 is slid to the rear of retainer 90.
End 92 of retainer 90 provides the bi-stable positioning of retainer 90, in cooperation with ears 46 and spring 48. Specifically, end 92 is provided with two camming surfaces 106 and 108, FIG. 1, that contact ears 46 alternately, as end 92 is pivoted on pin 44 about its pivot point 110 between surfaces 106 and 108.
Seal 120, FIGS. 3 and 4, is preferably an annular seal of flexible material, such as rubber or synthetic plastics. Whatever the material, it is preferably at least as elastic and flexible as a silicone rubber having a 30 Shore A Durometer value. The inside diameter 122, FIG. 4, is such as provides a friction fit of the seal over shoulder 60 and specifically causes it to rest at edge 124 of surface 74 The thickness "d1 " of the seal is sufficiently less than dimension "d," that is, by amount "g," such that when cover 50 closes into contact with reservoir body 10, the contact is via flange 52 on surface 38, and outside diameter 126 of seal 120 is not clamped between surface 59 and surface 38. (For example, "d1 " can be about 0.8 mm and recess depth "d" can be about 1.3 mm.) Because of the rigidity of the plastic of flange 52 and recessed portion 58, this ensures that the force of pipette tip T contacting shoulder 60 is absorbed by cover flange 52, thus minimizing or eliminating any pumping action, due to the rigidity of the cover. Comparatively, if seal 120 had a thickness "d1 " that equals or exceeds gap "d," then the contact force of tip T would be transmitted at seal 120, the moment arm of flange of 52 would be ineffective to absorb that shock, and "pumping" would likely occur.
The softness and/or flexibility of seal 120, as well as its raised frusto-conical position on the edge 124 of surface 74, FIG. 4, ensure that, upon closure of cover 50 onto reservoir body 10, aperture edge 36 of rim 34, pushes into seal 120, around the entire circumference of shoulder 60, thus sealing off what would otherwise be an evaporation path out between surfaces 38 and 59.
The reservoir cover's use and functions will be readily apparent from the previous description. Briefly, cover 50 is removed and replaced, arrow 200, FIG. 5, by sliding shoulder 60 and flange 84 out and in through slot 98, respectively, FIG. 3. Once in place in retainer 90, the retainer is pivoted, FIG. 1, arrow 220, by grasping handle portion 94. This causes end portion 92 to pivot about point 110, raising retainer 90 slightly, until the point 110 passes behind vertical line 230 of pivot pin 44. At this point, spring 48, FIG. 3, is effective to pull the retainer and cover shut, with surface 106, FIG. 1, resting or almost resting on ear 46 and seal 120 closing off aperture 36, FIG. 4. Guide fingers 18, FIGS. 1 and 2, are effective to properly guide and center cover 50 as it closes onto reservoir body 10. The spring action of spring 48, FIG. 3, acts through moment arm "M," FIG. 1, to deliver closure force F, FIGS. 1 and 3, on handle portion 94 (discussed above).
Although it is true that aperture 70 becomes a leak path when tip T is removed, this path occurs only temporarily, during dispensing of the liquid, and thus is not as much of a leakage compared to any path between surfaces 38 and 59 that is unblocked by seal 120.
The invention disclosed herein may be practiced in the absence of any element which is not specifically disclosed herein.
The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications can be effected within the spirit and scope of the invention.
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TORONTO Accused drug dealer and extortionist Sandro Lisi abandoned his appeal Wednesday of a conviction for threatening to kill his girlfriend.
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It was during these proceedings that court documents revealed Lisi was aspiring to work for the City of Toronto with the endorsement of his close friend Mayor Rob Ford.
Judge Jane Kelly ordered the two court documents released in October.
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Here's a few from my wedding on August 3rd
In the gazebo where we were married
With our bridesmaids and groomsmen. Yeah I had 6 and he had 3. I had my bridesmaids hold fans instead of bouquets.
Kissing under the flower ball I made.. I used flowers from Michaels and spent way too much on it. You can kind of see how my dress criss-crosses in the back. I love it!
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Neill Borowski, who as The Press' executive editor and content director has put an emphasis on local news, watchdog reporting and digital journalism, is leaving this week to be executive editor of Gannett Co. Inc.'s Central New York Media.
Borowski will lead the reporters, editors, digital producers and photographers whose work appears in the mobile, tablet, web and print editions of three daily newspapers: the Press & Sun-Bulletin of Binghamton, The Ithaca Journal and the Star-Gazette of Elmira.
Peter M. Brophy, lead local content producer/days, will serve as The Press' interim executive editor, said publisher James W. Hopson. The Press is in the midst of a sale by longtime parent company Abarta Inc. to a yet unannounced buyer. The new owner will name an executive editor.
Borowski, who joined The Press four years ago, emphasized local news on the front page and started several features that told the stories of the people of the Atlantic City area. He also pushed for digital innovation, including new products such as www.AtlanticCityInsiders.com, a digital tourism portal.
"I've spent nearly 40 years in the news business and Atlantic City has been the newsiest and best place to live. However, several opportunities surfaced after the sale was announced in January. This was one I couldn't ignore," Borowski said.
Hopson said "Neill Borowski has been an outstanding editor, and has made our news operation stronger in many ways in his time here. We wish him well in his new job. We are fortunate to have someone of Peter Brophy's talent and experience to step in when Neill moves to his new assignment."


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- Environment Wins in Democratic Landslide
WASHINGTON, DC, November 8, 2006 (ENS) - Democrats upset Republicans
across the country Tuesday to win control of the House of
Representatives for the first time since 1994 - spelling an end to
the terms of some of the legislators most disliked by
The Democrats could also win control of the U.S. Senate, but that
outcome hinges on close races in Montana and Virginia.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California will move into the
Speaker's seat, becoming the first woman Speaker of the House in U.S.
history. Her environmental views match those of conservationists,
particularly on climate and energy issues.
Pelosi supports legislation to control global warming introduced by
Democrats earlier this year. The measure would establish a market-
based emissions trading system for the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
Nancy Pelosi of California will become the first woman Speaker of the
House in U.S. history. (Photo courtesy Office of the Congresswoman)
"The Safe Climate Act will harness free market forces to ensure that
our nation takes the steps necessary to prevent dangerous,
irreversible warming of our planet," Pelosi said in July.
Her position is opposite to that of the Bush administration and the
Republican Congressional leaders who have attempted to deny and
suppress evidence of climate change.
Pelosi opposes drilling for oil in the pristine Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. "We should not sacrifice the Arctic coastal plain,
one of America's last truly wild places, for the sake of a small
amount of oil," she said.
"Democrats are stepping forward with new ideas and new solutions,"
Pelosi said. "We can't drill our way to energy independence but we
can grow our way to energy independence. America's farmers are ready
to grow energy crops that will end our dependence on oil from
unstable regions."
"Today, the American people voted for change, and they voted for
Democrats to take our country in a new direction. And that is exactly
what we intend to do," Pelosi said.
In California's 11th Congressional District, Congressman Richard
Pombo, who had used his position as chair of the House Resources
Committee to weaken the Endangered Species Act, was defeated by Jerry
McNerney, a wind engineering and renewable energy professional.
Heavy spending on anti-Pombo commercials by out-of-state
environmental groups helped tip the balance against the seven-term
incumbent Pombo.
California voters elected Democrat Jerry McNerney to replace
Congressman Richard Pombo. (Photo courtesy McNerney campaign)
As McNerney outpaced Pombo, the Sierra Club declared
victory. "Pombo's defeat is not just a victory for the people of
California's 11th-district, said Sierra Club Executive Director Carl
Pope. "This is a moment to be savored by anyone who loves Yosemite
National Park or the California coast or Giant Sequoia National
Monument, places Pombo worked to mine, drill, or log."
"On the issue of energy policy in particular, America is extremely
fortunate to be replacing someone who's energy priorities were
dictated by Big Oil with a man who is an expert on renewable wind
power and who has the vision to help our nation develop smart new
energy technologies and jobs," said Pope.
The League of Conservation Voters used a radio ad to inform voters
about "the $120,000 Pombo has taken from Big Oil, his ties to
disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff, his use of a taxpayer money to rent
an RV for a family vacation, and the fact that dirty air and water
are not a concern of his."
Calling him the "leading opponent of animal welfare in Congress," the
Humane Society Legislative Fund launched a campaign to help defeat
Pombo. The group cited Pombo's support of commercial whaling, horse
slaughter, bear baiting on public lands and the use of leghold traps
on National Wildlife Refuges.
But California voters rejected the costliest ballot initiative
campaign in state history, defeating Proposition 87 that would have
taxed state oil production to fund alternative energy research to the
tune of $4 billon.
Oil field in California's Kern County. California is the third-
largest on-shore oil producing state. (Photo courtesy BLM)
Oil companies spent close to $100 million to kill Proposition 87,
saying they already pay too much in California's high corporate
income tax and other taxes.
Other conservation initiatives were approved by voters, including a
$17 million Arizona bond for recreational opportunities, open spaces
and parks.
In Alaska, a $3.95 million bond to protect water quality and to
preserve and enhance open space and natural areas failed by a narrow
Michigan turned down the shooting of mourning doves, authorized by a
bill narrowly passed by the legislature and signed into law by
Governor Jennifer Granholm last year. The new law permitted the
shooting of mourning doves in Michigan for the first time since 1905.
The Committee to Keep Doves Protected successfully campaigned to
overturn the bill and to restore Michigan's 100 year tradition of
protecting the mourning dove, Michigan's official bird of peace.
California voters appeared likely to approve Proposition 1E, which
proposes $4.1 billion in debt financing for levee repair and flood
control programs to shore up the state's deteriorating levee system
in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Early this morning the measure
had 63 percent support.
Proposition 84, a measure seeking $5.4 billion for California flood
control, water and natural resource projects, had won 52 percent of
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican who won an easy
reelection victory, had campaigned in favor of the measures.
Elsewhere across the country, Democrats took the majority of the 36
states that elected governors, and Democrats now hold 28 governors'
New York voters chose Democratic Attorney General Eliot Spitzer to
replace departing Republican Governor George Pataki, whose
environmental advances included the preservation of millions of acres
of open space and parklands.
Massachusetts elected Deval Patrick as its first black governor to
succeed incumbent Republican Governor Mitt Romney, who did not run
for a second term. Patrick becomes only the second black governor
ever elected from any state.
Wilderness on New Mexico's Otero Mesa is threatened by oil and gas
exploration. (Photo by Raymond Watt courtesy New Mexico Wilderness
Democrats were reelected in Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New
Hampshire, Oklahoma, Wyoming, New Mexico and Tennessee, while
Republicans were returned to office in Georgia, Nebraska, Connecticut
and Vermont.
In Colorado, Democrat Bill Ritter defeated GOP Congressman Bob
Beauprez to claim the governor's mansion.
Arkansas chose a Democrat, attorney general Mike Beebe, over
Republican Asa Hutchinson, who served as one of the prosecutors
during the Senate impeachment trial of Arkansas native son President
Bill Clinton in 1998.
Republicans for Environmental Protection, REP, said the Republican
Party must learn from its Tuesday election losses by focusing on
solving national problems that concern citizens instead of catering
to special interest agendas.
REP President Martha Marks said, "It's too bad that the wayward
actions of party leaders tarnished Republicans as a whole and cost
some of our most conscientious, responsive, and pro-environment
Republican lawmakers their jobs."
"Exit polls Tuesday night showed that citizens were very upset about
ethical lapses in Congress," said Marks. "The corrosive effects of
catering to narrow, parochial agendas not only caused scandals, but
it resulted in our party failing to lead on the urgent energy and
climate challenges facing our nation."
"True conservatism does not condone greed, arrogance or waste. It
requires us to be prudent, exercise restraint, and act in the long-
term interest of both present and future generations," said REP
Government Affairs Director David Jenkins. "That legitimate brand of
conservatism would have prevailed at the polls. It is too bad that so
many of our party leaders are strangers to it."
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Discussion in 'Dancers Anonymous' started by cornutt, Jan 23, 2008.
As much as I know that it's deliberately difficult in order to protect me, trying to use a credit/debit card to make an international purchase is a right PITA.
Why on earth would a cat go into her special-made, warm kitty condo with its own heat source, when she can sit under my window and sound like a (very loud) baby pterodactyl?
Went for my class after 8 days of being away and was excited and in a great mood...however my instructor was not...and got to hear about all the drama that went on at comp and the different personalities, and ended up feeling so down....I am a Pisces and I tend to absorb other people's negative energies a LOT....I have been working on trying to change that and I am better, but not always...this sucks because I have a showcase coming up and I could have used the time during my lesson to just practice for that..
She is the therapist!
No thanks; I'd rather acquire a successful one.
Oh my.
yea...that's enough....official moderator note...you can beat each other up via pm...
Training new guy tonight...talking non stop all night with no break to sit down because I have to go so freaking slow. Officially tired.
And, why on earth would my kitties, who wrangle over the two small cat beds I had near the wood stove, turn their collective noses up at the HUGE (like for a big dog) fluffy, soft pillow bed I bought, so they all could lay by the warmth of the stove? Furry little ingrates....
Sucky exam today.
Nah, he'll just have to beat himself. I prefer ignore (it's handy- try it).
unfortunately a mod doesn't have that luxury....I really don't care what you opt for as long as you both opt out of this particular interaction...thanks
an actual whine...yes, that's right...mark the moment...I overdid it again...I am terribly stupid...I worked out too hard, but this time I was doing new things that my body is not accustomed to...so I have come close to entirely ruining myself, all of which is made barely tolerble because I think I am also now experiencing the first wave of the diabolical stomach virus that dh had this weekend....this does not bode well for going to hot yoga....which I need and am probably still stupid enough to try to do even though I could have a pretty bad consequence for trying...and worse, I don't want to miss work the next few days because I am goingto see "the adorable one" next week....and hell will freeze before I miss that ...I will drive and barf if neccessary to get however many days fever free that fate will allow....I am an idiot...I guess that at least I should have itdone and gone by the weekend ....right?
No problem- I just felt kind of blindsided. Over it now.
Minor whine: Ear infection.
ug...verdict is in...no hot yoga...off to bed I go....dh's virus....grand....
Not enough practice for my showcase and now working....so hoping 2 more sessions next week before the actual showcase will be enough....on the plus side...lots of friends coming to cheer me on, so excited about that!
I hate cameras. Traditionally, my kind don't show up on film or in mirrors (and it's for the best), but I had to for our upcoming It's A Dance! It's For Charity! Mostly Just Drunk Rich People! event. Don't look into the camera. Don't look into the c- gosh darnit!. I sound like the local trailer park landlord recounting That Thar Tornady What Come Through An' Tuck Mah Dawg Up. So long as they got BOTH chins in focus, we're good, I guess. Ugh. Barf.
...and plonk!
Dude I'm training has never used a mop before. The whole concept of a squeeze bucket and mop is quite literally foreign to him.
Of all the things I thought I'd have to teach...
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At the end of a tumultuous week for the Marcellus girls cross country team, Rachel Garn gave everyone a reason to put the focus back on the runners themselves.
Garn made her way to first place in the girls division at Saturday's Bill Coughlin Invitational in Rome, also helping the Mustangs to a fifth-place team finish in a 14-team field.
No one in the field got close to Garn, who pulled away in the early stages and kept stretching out that lead until crossing the line in 18 minutes, 42.46 seconds, more than a minute ahead of Cooperstown's Kristin Ratliff (19:45.05) at the line.
Behind Garn, Eliza Bell got to 12th place in 20:52.68, while Emily Townsend finished 23rd in 21:32.58. Dominique Weeks was 35th (21:59.43) as Brianna Szczech (23:34.62) Tori Stopen (24:52.74), Shannon Twombly (26:28.05) and Hannah Burns (27:39.68) followed.
Finishing in sixth in the boys race at Rome, Marcellus had Pat McGuane get to ninth place in 17:03.37, with Alex Stopen 13th in 17:24.02. Alex Zamojski had a 29th-place time of 18:04.34, with Steve Larison 33rd (18:22.14), followed by Kevin Pierce (19:00.11), Matt Strempel (19:05.11) and Michael Brown (19:09.96).
As they do each October, a large contingent of area cross country teams go to New York City, perhaps to take in the sights during the long Columbus Day weekend, but also to compete against the best in the Northeast at the Manhattan Invitational.
The race, held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, covers just 4,000 meters, or 2.5 miles, shorter than the 5,000-meter (3.1 mile) distance faced most weeks, but something that West Genesee and Jordan-Elbridge tried to adjust to.
Laura Leff paced the Wildcats in the girls varsity E race, where she made her way to sixth place in 15 minutes, 28.8 seconds, not that far behind Haddonfield's Briana Gess, who won in 14:28.9. Elise Dunshee, in 16:58.3, was just ahead of Maria Matkowski (16:59.1), with Alicia Sakran (17:32.8) and Rachel Flynn (18:01.1) further back.
WG's boys were in the Varsity F division, where Will Randall finished 11th in 13:28.8 and David Leff (13:29.5) got to 12th place. Nate Conroy made his way to 21st place in 13:38 flat, with Jack Erhard (13:49.7) getting to 30th place. Matt Romano finished 52nd in 14:07.3, with Sean Beney 78th in 14:29.8.
For Jordan-Elbridge, the best finish came in the girls Varsity A race, where Abby Gugel made her way to 16th place in 15:53.9. Miranda Malvaso got to a time of 18:03.9, while Antonia Malvaso finished in 18:28.3. Emily Kuehnle (19:11.8) and Lauren Hubbs (20:02.0) followed.
Jordan-Elbridge, up in the boys Varsity D division, had Nate Hollis lead the way as he took 53rd place in 14:25.4. Hunter Brunell had a time of 14:38.6, two spots ahead of Nick Parkolap (14:39.3), with Dylan Whittico (14:59.9) and Austin Milton (15:03.1) close to each other, too, and Jacob Patterson (15:41.1) also in the race.
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USD/JPY (a 4-hour chart)
General Overview
USDJPY failed to break above the strong resistance level 98.60. There was a good bounce down, through which however important support level 97.65 was breached opening the way to a mark 97.00.
Trend Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-Sen are crossed in a descending "dead cross". Kijun-sen is moving in a horizontal direction parallel to the cloud, and the Tenkan-Sen continues to decline. The price is in the cloud. The Cloud is neutral.
Bollinger Bands follow the price up. The indicator shows a high volatility.
MACD left a positive area.
Trading recommendations
Currently, the USD / JPY is testing the 97.65 level. In the case of a failed retest, there will be a rebound with a further continuation of the bearish trend. There nearest target is the same level 97.00, which being broken down can cause a good falling with reaching such targets as: 96.75 and 96.35.
Break of 97.00 support will pave the way for the next potential targets: 96.75.


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A federal court judge ruled that officials at a California high school had a legal right to send home students wearing shirts showing the American flag on Cinco de Mayo because there was a reasonable fear that the images could lead to violence.
Chief U.S. District Judge James Ware of San Francisco ruled last week that it was not a violation of the freedom of speech for students at Live Oak High School in Morgan Hill to be ordered to turn their shirts with the American flag inside out or go home on May 5, 2010, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.Two students were sent home.
Ware cited past clashes between Mexican-American and Anglo students over clothing on the holiday, which is a celebration of Mexican heritage and in Mexico commemorates a Mexican army victory over the French in 1862. (It is not Mexican Independence Day.)
Students wearing the shirts had sued the Morgan Hill Unified School District on the grounds that their right to free expression had been violated as well as on discrimination because students wearing Mexican flag colors were not censored. Ware rejected both issues.
The Supreme Court in 1969, ruling that students could legally wear black armbands to class to protest the Vietnam War, said schools can bar student expression when there is a threat that there will be disruptions to actual learning.
But the judge noted that federal court rulings since then have said that some student expression could put those students in jeopardy and that school officials could take action if they feared in advanced that trouble could result. Several courts, for example, have approved bans on Confederate flags in schools with racial tension
Ware also rejected the students' claim of discrimination. The judge wrote that while the students wearing the shirts with American flags had told a school official that they knew they might be in danger but wanted to keep the shirts on anyway, there was no evidence that youths who wore clothing with Mexican flag colors were in danger.
"All students whose safety was in jeopardy were treated equally," the judge wrote.
Bill Becker, a lawyer for the students, was quoted by the Chronicle as saying, "The court found that the rights of students promoting their Mexican heritage trumped the rights of students expressing their patriotism." He said he would appeal.
Live Oak High School has about 1,300 students, 20 percent of them English-language learners and 18 percent of students come from low-income families.
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In a Jan. 18 story about a police corruption investigation, The Associated Press misidentified a police officer federal court documents say was recorded. The officer is Jeffrey Walker, not Charles Ramsey.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Seven officers have been pulled from narcotics trafficking investigations _ including one who already is in custody _ as part of an ongoing corruption probe involving the department's Internal Affairs unit, the FBI and federal prosecutors, the city's police commissioner said.
Commissioner Charles Ramsey confirmed the investigation at a news conference on another matter Friday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Ramsey's comments marked the first time the city has publicly acknowledged the investigation, which the U.S. attorney's office has continued to refuse to confirm or deny. The city's internal affairs office and corruption task force have been working with the FBI and federal prosecutors on the grand jury investigation, Ramsey said.
Four narcotics officers, and two others who work closely with them, have been reassigned to desk duty and been made to surrender their weapons, according to a department spokeswoman. The Associated Press is not identifying those officers because they've not been criminally charged.
The seventh officer, Jeffrey Walker, has been in custody since his arrest by federal authorities in May.
A federal magistrate has ordered Walker remain jailed until he can stand trial on charges he used his position as a police officer to take personal property, money and marijuana from others.
Federal court records show Walker was recorded bragging about how easy it was to rob drug dealers. His defense attorney, Thomas Fitzpatrick, could not be reached by phone on Saturday and didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
Walker conceded that federal prosecutors had enough probable cause to charge him with a crime, and waived a preliminary hearing on the matter in May, court records show.
City police have dismissed charges in hundreds of drug-related arrests since the other officers were transferred from narcotics duty in December 2012 and has also been sued about 40 times in federal court, in connection with alleged misconduct by the officers in question, the newspaper reported. Some of the lawsuits allege the officers framed people with bogus evidence and testimony.
Public defender Bradley Bridge, whose office represented many of the defendants in those cases, applauded the investigation.
"That these officers have now been taken off the street is significant,'' Bridge said. "Substantial questions have arisen regarding the propriety of their actions while making arrests. Until those questions have been answered satisfactorily, the most prudent course is to prevent them from making more questionable arrests.''
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- Officer Charged in Loan-Sharking Scheme
- Police Chief Resigns After Conviction
- Chief Accused of Indecently Assaulting Teen


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HOUSTON — Mike Perrin was 18 seconds into his first speech Wednesday as interim athletic director at the University of Texas when he reminded listeners that he played football for Darrell Royal.
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The challenges of the move to mobile application primacy are especially complex for those companies looking to manage, monitor and optimize the performance of native mobile and mobile Web applications.
Old-school tools for application performance management and optimization can break down when faced with the complex infrastructure of mobile apps. Many of these legacy tools have a hard time handling the unique deployment and device delivery requirements of mobile apps, which often require deployment to multiple device types and need to be delivered from different app stores or enterprise app deployment systems.
Add to this the difficulty of being able to analyze and understand mobile app performance once the application connection moves outside company networks and travels over external and carrier networks. These realities of the mobile app infrastructure mean that traditional monitoring and end-user experience management tools often have gaps in what they can detect.
The issues around mobile application performance management and optimization have been front and center in my recent research for Aberdeen Group. In July, I gathered and analyzed responses to a survey entitled "The Challenge of Application Performance in a Mobile Application World." In this survey, the No. 1 pressure that companies said was driving their application performance strategy is the increased importance of mobile application access (at 69% of responses).
From the responses that companies across the business spectrum provided, it's clear that, while many organizations are currently behind when it comes to managing and understanding mobile application performance and user experience, many of these companies are planning to address these shortcomings in the very near future. For example, while only 30% of companies have implemented a mobile application performance infrastructure or strategy, an additional 54% plan to do so in the next year.
It's easy to understand the urgency behind these moves to understand and improve mobile application performance. One can make a convincing argument that, for many businesses, the performance of mobile apps is more important than traditional apps. Think of the road warrior at a remote site, trying to pull vital contract data necessary to complete a big sale. If she runs into poor performance or an app that doesn't work at all, that sale may never happen. And on the consumer side, some users are increasingly replacing Web-based applications and sites with mobile apps.
One interesting finding from my research (and the full report, "First Class Mobile Application Performance Management") centered around the ways that organizations are trying to understand mobile app performance even when they don't have tools designed to fully track performance in real time and in depth. For example, the top two methods that businesses use to evaluate mobile application performance are user ratings on app stores and social trend analysis. However, those methods were at the bottom of traditional application performance measurement, where standard metrics such as response times and service-level agreement achievements were tops.
This shows that companies are using whatever information they can get to find out if users are having issues with their mobile apps. But the problem with these methods is that you really want to be able to find application performance problems before negative posts are made to app stores and Twitter.
There's no doubt in my mind that we're moving to a world where mobile apps dominate. And, in time, more and more tools and mobile application performance management products will be released. But how companies make the transition from managing traditional applications to mobile applications will be key to whether or not users and customers are happy to interact with them or if they decide to dump those companies as not ready for the mobile world.


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Primolut-N is sometimes prescribed to help in inducing a period and withdrawal bleeding after taking Primolut-N usually occurs after 2-3 days of taking the last pill dose. If pregnancy is suspected, you should consider visiting your doctor/gynecologist at the earliest for thorough examination (to confirm pregnancy related changes/signs in body) and blood/serum HCG level test (to confirm/rule out pregnancy accurately). If pregnancy gets ruled out, further evaluation would be done to look for underlying cause for your absent periods. Treatment as appropriate (based on examination findings and investigation results) would be started to help you get your periods and regulate them.
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i had the same situation,but how long i will take the primulot N?how many days?when i should stop taking it?
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Looking Back
60 Years Ago
Items taken from the Tribune of June 20, 1952
More than 2,000 farmers, some of them coming from distances of more than 100 miles, witnessed demonstrations of an estimated $200,000 worth of modern hay making machinery. This "Hay Day", first of its kind at the West Central station, was sponsored jointly by the University of Minnesota and "The Farmer" magazine, with the cooperation of the implement dealers in the area who made the machinery available for the day.
The Morris Deanery of the Diocese of St. Cloud will commemorate the centennary of the diocese with a Field Mass in the East Side Park, Morris, on June 23. His Excellency, the Most Rev. Peter W. Bartholome, Coadjutor Bishop of St. Cloud, will pontificate at the Field Mass. The general chairman for the program is the Rt. Rev. Monsignor John Fearon of Morris, with the assistance of the pastors of the Deanery-from Chokio, Browns Valley, Collis, Dumont, Wheaton, Tintah, Herman and Donnelly. The music for the Mass will be sung by the Young People's Choir of Assumption parish under the direction of Sister Jeanette and Sister Cecelia, O.S.F.
Dalton E. "Bob" Nelson has joined the staff of the Morris Sun and Tribune and heads the advertising department of these newspapers. He has had considerable and varied experience in the advertising, public relations and newspaper fields. Mr. Nelson built radio station KNOX in Grand Forks, N.D. in 1946-47. During 1949-50 he published the McIntosh (Minn.) Times.
Six young people were confirmed by Rev. Raymond Mattock in the Pepperton Methodist Church on May 25. Confirmed were Patricia Ernst, Richard Laager, Diana Laager, Lois Blomgren, Joel Busch and Rita Blomgren.
40 Years Ago
Items taken from the Sun of June 20, 1972
Kids, hundreds of them, were certainly kingpins for the day in Morris when the annual Fireman's Day was sponsored by the Morris Fire Department and one of the big thrills for the youngsters was rides around the city on fire trucks. Groups of kids toured the city aboard a fire truck between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m., courtesy of the local firemen. Treats and a free movie program at the Morris Theatre added up to quite a day for the kids. Grownups were not entirely forgotten by the firemen either for in the evening the department sponsored a dance at the 9-F Sportsmen's Center.
Robin Dunnum of Morris is one of approximately 250 high school musicians from five states who are spending this week at the Dorian Music Camp on the campus of Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. In addition to practice sessions in the massed groups, the students will have an opportunity for private lessons and section rehearsals, to study conducting, music theory and music literature and to participate in a string seminar or jazz ensemble.
Morris city voters will trek to the polls today for a special election involving the two questions of Sunday liquor in Morris and the subsidization of taxi service in this city. Voters will ballot on the question of the city granting licenses to hotels, restaurants and clubs for the sale of liquor on Sunday, and on the matter of the city subsidizing taxi service in an amount not to exceed $2,500 per year.
Cadet Raymond M. Farwell, Alberta, is one of 63 National Guardsmen and Army Reservists who have started the junior cadet phase of the Minnesota Military Academy during annual field training at Camp Ripley. Junior cadets will advance to the intermediate phase consisting of 12 intensive weekend training sessions during the year, and will return to Camp Ripley as senior cadets for annual field training in 1973.
Minnesota Highway Patrol teams which will enforce the state's new highway noise limit law have undergone training in the use of the noise measuring devices they will employ. Enforcement will begin this month at locations throughout the state. Under a 1971 law, it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle whose gross weight is 6,000 pounds or more or a motorcycle which scores more than 90 decibels of sound on the "A" scale at speeds above 35 miles per hour.
Ten students from this area were graduated on May 25 from the Willmar Area Vocational-Technical Institute. They were William Van Kempen, David Pedersen, Wayne Stoneburg, Dave Wulf, Donald Raasch, Michael Hadler, Barb Mattheis, David Schulz, James Root and Gene Struck.
Richard Felstul, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merle Felstul of this city, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps in a ceremony conducted in Fridley, in the garden at the home of his sister, Mrs. Gerald Tollefson. Attending the commissioning ceremony from here were Mr. and Mrs. Felstul and Becky and Mr. and Mrs. Cal Mattheis and Mark. Lt. Felstul, who was graduated Thursday evening from the University of Minnesota, will report for duty in the flight program of the Marine Corps at Pensacola, Fla. on July 14. He and his wife, the former Debbie Mattheis, are currently visiting at the homes of their parents until he reports for duty.
20 Years Ago
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The MAHS softball Tigers received their third place trophy and the Sportsmanship banner at the conclusion of their state experience. Tigers head coach Mary Holmberg and assistant coach George Graff were proud of the Tigers win. Team players are Jean Tate, Erin Ersted, Sara Kiser, Jenny Henrichs, Jaime Caba, Jenny Brandt, Jill Carlsen, Krista Mohr, Kelly Fults, Michelle Ersted, Lisa Paulson, Renee Weiler and Tiff Lesmeister.
Charles Glasrud, a Morris attorney, was recently presented the Advocacy Achievement Award by Legal Services of Northwest Minnesota (LSNM). Glasrud, a member of the 260-attorney LSNM Judicare Panel, was recognized "for outstanding legal work making a difference to the disadvantaged." LSNM selects one attorney from the Sixteenth District Bar Association area each year to receive the award. That district covers six counties in west central Minnesota.
The Morris Area Academic Challenge program made a return visit to Houston, Texas for elite-level competition to climax the '92 season. The four MAHS competitors are Nathan Kieffer, Camille Holmgren, Karl Holmgren and Jon Bock. Morris scored an average of 240 points in three preliminary matches but didn't qualify for the championship round.
Jessica Larson and Kelly Larson, both of Morris, were amongst the 370 UMM seniors receiving degrees at commencement exercises last Friday.
The Veterans' Memorial was installed last Wednesday, at the corner of College Ave. and E. 7th St., next to Summit Cemetery. The American Legion Post 29 has been a major contributor to the project with an $8000 donation, but more donations are needed to complete the project. An avenue of flags will be installed later. The memorial will also be dedicated later this summer. Contributions of money for the project or casket size flags may be left at the Chamber of Commerce office.