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I have found Exercitium 5 Cap XXXVIII in LLPSI Pars II confusing in parts. Now I recall from Book 1 of LLPSI about indirect speech and subjunctive tense. Accusative + infinitive and where an 'ut' clause is used then ut + subjunctive. But I'm unclear about some of what follows.
My problem may be partly due to the fact that Orberg uses single quotation marks for a reported event: something which in English is never done. In other words.
John said that he saw the man on the street
would in Orberg's style be
John said that 'he saw the man on the street'.
I don't know whether this is a continental / Scandinavian thing because I've never seen this in English. I guess I find this distracting.
In any case, here's the exercise and the correct answers. I'll give my own view as to what's going on with the choice of tenses and persons but I'd be grateful for any pointers from the learned members of Textkit. I provide (Orberg's) correct answers in square brackets [ ].
1. Augustus: "Urbem marmoream relinq[o]." August dixit '[se] urbem marmoream relinqu[ere].
This seems simple enough. The present infinitive 'relinquere' agrees with the present tense of the original quote.
2. Nero: "Quasi homo tandem habitare coep[i]!" Nero dixit '[se] quasi homin[em] tandem habitare coep[isse]!
Well, ok, but I don't know how I was supposed to guess 'coepi'. Why would I assume Nero would speak in the perfect tense. I would have put 'coepio' and had him speak in the present and I would have had 'coepere' and not 'coepisse'.
Which begs the question: what's the relationship between the second sentence in Orberg's exercise and the first? Do I assume it must be 'coepi' because the next sentence begins 'Nero dixit'?
3. Laocoon: "Tim[eo] Danaos..." Laocoon dixit '[se] Danaos tim[ere]' / 'Dana[os] a [se] tim[eri].
OK...the persent infinitive 'timere' agrees with the tense of 'Timeo'. Also 'Danaos a se timeri'? seems to beg a nominative 'Danai' until I remember that it's reported speech so it's accusative. 'Se' here is presumably ablative and 'timeri' is present infinitive passive.
4. Aeneas: "Patrem meum portabo, nec mihi grave erit hoc onus." Aeneas dixit '[se] patrem [suum] Port[aturum] [esse], nec [sibi] grave [fore] id onus.
This seems OK no problem understanding this.
5. Aeneas: "Filium meum mecum ducam." Aeneas dixit '[se] filium [suum] [se]cum duct[urum] [esse].'
This seems OK.
6. Aeneas: "Ubi est uxor mea? Cur me non sequitur?" Aeneas interrogavit 'ubi [esset] uxor [sua]? cur [se] non sequ[eretur].
This is where I get lost. First off. Why is the reported speech 'ubi esset....' not in the infinitive like all the other examples? Why not: Aeneas interrogavit 'Ubi fuisse uxorem suam? Cur se non secuta esse.'
Instead the entire solution is simply to convert it to imperfect subjunctive. Why?
7. Andromache: "Dic mihi Hector meus ubi est?" Andromache Aeneam oravit ut [sibi] dic[eret] ubi Hector [suus] [esset].
It's 'ut' followed by subjunctive. But that doesn't explain the use of subjunctive in 6. above. There's no 'ut' there - only indirect speech.
8. Andromache: "Ego et Helenus in Epirum abduti sumus; postea vero Helenus Chaonia potitus est et me uxorem duxit." Andromache narravit '[se] et Helen[um] in Epirum abduct[os] [esse]; postea vero Helen[um] Chaonia potit[um] [esse] et [se] uxorem [duxisse].
...no 'ut', no subjunctive, lots of infinitive. Seems to make sense.
9. Aeneas: "Quae pericula mihi vitanda sunt"? Aeneas ab Heleno quaesivit 'quae pericula [sibi] vitanda [essent]?'
- why subjunctive 'essent' and not infinitive 'fuisse'?
The original sentence is not subjunctive and I can't figure out why it becomes subjunctive when it's reported but wihtout the 'ut' clause.
10. Aeneas: "Di immortales! Servate me et socios meos!' Aeneas orat ut di immportales [se] et socios [suos] serv[ent].
Use of 'ut' + subjunctive makes sense....
I'd be grateful for any guidance.


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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Joe Gibbs Racing has hired Carl Edwards to drive a new fourth Sprint Cup car in 2015.
The team also added Daniel Suarez, who will drive a full-time Nationwide Series entry for Gibbs and run a partial schedule in the Truck Series. Suarez becomes the first Mexican driver to race full-time in NASCAR's second tier series.
The ARRIS Group will sponsor Edwards' No. 19 Toyota for 17 races. The company will also support Suarez.
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Denel CEO Mike Kgobe told The Associated Press that South Africa's and Russia's membership of the BRICS economic forum eased the way for two years of negotiations with Russian Helicopters. Tuesday's launch comes as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in South Africa for a summit of emerging market economies that groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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The Peanut Butter Miracle
So, I stopped taking the mega doses of vitamin C out of laziness, and then I was hit with the worst allergy attack of my entire life. I'm not saying they're related, but… That was the chronological turn of events. The last two weeks have been brutal, including a drive from Washington to California where I pulled over not once but three times in order to more effectively gag and choke on post-nasal cloggery. In the last few days it progressed again, this time to full nasal swelling so bad that my Eustachian tubes have blocked entirely which FEELS AWESOME. This is what the bathroom counter of someone without health insurance looks like:
MVP: expired bottle of prescription Flonase I kept around just in case this exact event occurred! Thanks, American health care!
However, this is not why I invited you here today. I invited you here because I am currently super angry at this magazine:
The subscription was a gift from Mike's mom and I'd previously never really looked through Cuisine at Home. I think I thought it was a little too Sandra Lee, if you know what I mean. As often is the case with me, I was wrong. It's one of these magazines where — while the recipes are useful and seem solid — the real gold comes from ideas. Like, just reminding you to cook certain things. What I wasn't expecting was for Mike to lose his mind over this recipe:
He rarely gets on my case to make something other than Swedish meatballs or pie, but it's almost like the editors of Cuisine at Home knew that Mike was on a pb&j bender lately, because I think the people in space could hear his PEANUT BUTTER CAAAAAAKE SAAANDWICHES! shriek. Basically the idea is: make a peanut butter cake in a loaf form, slice it and serve it with peanut butter frosting and jam as the "filling" instead of as frosting. Great! Except I refuse to make their peanut butter frosting as it was just peanut-tinted sugar and butter.
So I'm sitting there, making this recipe and thinking to myself, this will never work. It seemed ill-fated from the start. Part of the recipe advises to cream the peanut butter and sugars together until the sugar dissolves, which after 10 minutes still never happened. And I thought to myself, why would the sugar dissolve? It's not liquid, it's a fat, and it's not warm. It also recommended sugaring the pan instead of flouring it, which is like 14,000 sad faces waiting to happen. I mean, that shit is gonna stick, dawg.
And the batter was so runny! I didn't get a photo of it, but it was not what I expected at all. I was drafting a message of condolence to Mike for what was undoubtedly going to be a lame-ass cake.
Yeah, unpanning that loaf was a goddamn mess.
It even baked in a half-hearted way, taking 10 minutes longer than called for and requiring a tent of foil over the top to keep the surface from burning. And if you haven't already guessed that the cake turned out to be FUCKING EXCELLENT then you've clearly never read Anger Burger before.
No kidding, it was the best peanut-butter flavored baked good I've ever eaten. The texture was incredible, moist and supple and sturdy all at the same time, easily among the best pound-cakes I've ever had. The crust was magical, like the best soft peanut butter cookie you've ever eaten, all chewy from the baked sugar. Warm from the oven, the cake was impossible to keep from eating. And the next day it was even better! Mike and I ate the entire loaf in about 24 hours, which while I am not a calorie-counter, still makes me cringe. That was a cup of peanut butter. And like, two cups of sugar. Yeesh. But this is the truth: I looked at the calendar to see when I could in good conscience bake this again (Friday the 2nd). It was that good.
Peanut Butter Bread Cake
i've made a few adjustments to the recipe, the first of which was to cut the entire thing in half — because, honestly, WTF is up with making two of these loaves at once? that's a lot of goddamn cake. other adjustments are primarily to the instructions, since they were lacking.
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/2 cup whole milk, room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla extract
3/4 cup creamy, all natural peanut butter (with no added palm oil)
2 oz (1/2 stick) butter, room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar
3 eggs, room temperature
butter and large-grain sugar for coating the pan
- Heat oven to 350°. Grease a large loaf pan (about 9×5) with butter and coat with sugar. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, stir together the flour, BS, BP and salt. Set aside.
- Add the vanilla to the milk. Set aside.
- Cream the peanut butter, butter and sugars in the bowl of a stand mixer on medium/high speed for at least five minutes. It will never get pale and fluffy, it will remain dark and creamy. The sugar itself will not "dissolve" but definitely get less granular. When in doubt, go a little longer.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Scrape down the bowl and make sure it's all well-blended.
- Alternate the flour and milk, ending with some flour and scraping the bowl down as you go. The batter will be rather runny. Pour into prepared loaf pan and sprinkle the top with more sugar.
- Bake about 50 minutes, keeping a sharp eye on the cake. If it is getting too brown around the edges, carefully and loosely tent a piece of tin foil over the top and return to oven. Bake 10-20 minutes longer, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for about 15 minutes, and then turn out the cake onto a cooling rack over a surface that you don't mind spraying sugar all over.
To prepare as Cuisine recommends, make dessert sandwiches with the cake. Mike and I were both (he more so) surprised to discover we like the cake better just plain without any jam. It would also make beautiful little teacakes if you have mini-loaf pans, and would make a totally adorable tea-party slice. AND! I toasted a piece on the second day and it was amazing, which makes me think of 100 more possibilities (peanut butter french toast ???!!), so maybe they were onto something with making two loaves after all.June 29th, 2010 | Make It So, Totally Unrelated


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Wouter Peeters' earliest comics exploits were published in the readers' section of Robbedoes magazine, called 'Plant 'n Knol'. From the mid 1980s throuhout the 1980s, he was working as a comic artist on a more professional base. After 'Schpledder', a first book in cooperation with Jan de Ruysser, he began an association as a cartoonist with the newspapers published by De Standaard, including Het Nieuwsblad and its children's supplement De Stipkrant.
His best known creation for this supplement was 'De Ballonvaarder', a series of gags he made with De Ruysser and that was also collected in two books by Van den Bossche in 1988. Bonte collected the entire run of the series in 6 books in 2012. New creations of the early 1990s include 'De Onderkruipers' and 'Pel 'n Ei' with Patrick Van Gompel. He also contributed to the periodical Fresco during this period.


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The close of 2012 and beginning of the New Year contained enough appalling activity, aided and abetted by elected Republicans, to have warranted the suicide of old 2012 and kept 2013's New Year baby desperately scrabbling to stay in the womb. The list is far too lengthy to itemize everything but here are some of the highlights:
- Our Secretary of State's case of Benghazi Flu, concussion and subsequent hospitalization for a "blood clot" situated in some undisclosed location of her carcass.
- The anointing of John Kerry as her probable successor (another "thank you" will be due to Senator McCain very soon).
- Congress voting to postpone the "fiscal cliff 'by raising taxes across the board (surprise, surprise). The bill does not limit spending, provides billions of dollars in tax credits for the likes of Hollywood producers, Puerto Rico, rum companies, NASCAR, electric motorcycle companies and algae growers and ups the national debt by another $4 trillion ("Yea" votes for this pig's breakfast included that of our intrepid fiscal hero and recent Vice Presidential nominee, Paul Ryan). Congress never read the bill. The Senate got the bill 3 minutes before voting on it. The Vacationer in Chief neglected to sign it, in a lather to get back to Hawaii this week…at a taxpayer cost of an additional $3 million. Well, what else are auto-pens for?
- Next fiscal cliff? February 2013.
- No demand for a budget.
- Boehner is back.
- A $60 billion dollar bill for hurricane Sandy…which includes beneficiaries like Alaskan fisheries.
- An all-out attack on the second amendment. It is this item that may be the final nail in our coffin.
The Sandy Hook calamity led to a surprising response from Americans, nationwide. A recent Gallup poll stated that 74% of Americans want gun ownership to remain a right. According to the FBI, requests for background checks in order to qualify for gun ownership hit a new, record high in December, 2012 (2.8 million), up from the previous high in November, 2012 (2 million). The FBI further stated that the number of murders carried out by bladed or blunt weapons far outweigh those committed using firearms. Statistics continue to accumulate proving that gun ownership by law-abiding individuals inhibits crime, yet continue to be ignored by the media and the ruling class.
Hollywood celebutards are ridiculed for their hypocritical, PC stance on gun control when their on-screen presence glorifies irresponsible gun use. Interviews with Sandy Hook residents clearly put the blame where it should be: Not on gun ownership but on the insane. Recent problems in New York City illustrate this. Two people, at last count, have been shoved under moving subway cars during the past week. What should be done about it? Prohibit subway transportation? Yet, Mayor-For-Life Bloomberg claims there's nothing to see here. Why would a lunatic using a gun be different? California just experienced a "boom" in gun ownership and the result was that crime rates dropped.
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Yet, despite America's clearly expressed desire to have gun ownership left alone what do we get? Piers "he's-your-problem-now" Morgan, CNN's noted Constitutional expert by way of England, illegally deriding our Constitution and Napoleonic sports clown, Bob Costas, going off on a characteristically, ill-informed, anti-gun rant during a football game. Gun owners are "outed" in the press, hyper, liberal bleating and a Congress determined to squeeze more citizens' rights out of existence. And this one is the Rosetta Stone of rights.
Senator Diane Feinstein wants yet another bill passed against gun ownership. She has, chillingly, stated that she wants all private gun ownership outlawed. The president said he is "going after guns" in 2013. And the Lyin' King hasn't even been sworn in yet.
If we continue to insist that liberal demands for gun control are merely a "difference of opinion" or are born of "good intentions" we will continue to miss the point. Liberals want power. All of it. If we continue to ignore this fact we are handing it to them. If we allow the second amendment to be circumvented, driven out of existence, we won't need to ask "How will it all end?" It's already over.


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The UC Davis Health System Farmers Market will be held every Thursday through Oct. 30 from 3-7:30 p.m. at the intersection of 45th and Y streets in Parking Lot 12 in Sacramento.
The market is part of a national trend of bringing fresh, locally grown or produced food closer to home. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, there has been a 150 percent increase in the number of farmers markets held throughout the country.
The UC Davis Health System Farmers Market will offer farm-fresh produce, artisan cheeses, grass-fed beef, eggs, baked goods and an assortment of fresh fruits, vegetables and many other specialty items. In addition, music and other entertainment, cooking demonstrations and other activities will be available. UC Davis Health System staff also will provide wellness information and health activities.
BeMoneySmartUSA, a local nonprofit specializing in providing youth with financial, business and career-education programs, is operating the market. A portion of the proceeds from the market supports financial literacy programs for local students.
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TROY, MO (KTVI) - They are breathing a sigh of relief in Troy, Missouri after a potential high school shooting was averted, possibly by just minutes. Deputies say a seventeen year old student at Troy Buchanan High School showed his girlfriend weapons, and told her he had a list of people he was going to kill.
Deputies say Blaine Erb was supposed to pick up his girlfriend at a different school, nearby New Horizons High, at 1pm Wednesday. It was 12:45 when the girl told her school resource officer what was happening.
"According to his girlfriend he showed her three handguns that were loaded and an assault rifle one of the AK 47 type assault rifle," Major Kurt Venneman said. "He had a list and there were specific names on that list at Troy High school."
Deputies immediately alerted that school and two others, telling them to go on lockdown. The schools did, and soon "robo-calls" were going out to parents. Pam Green, with twin daughters inside, received one of the calls, and says she could think of only one thing.
"Columbine," she said. "I'm just gonna be honest with you, Columbine, that's what I thought. Please don't let this be a Columbine. That's what I thought it was. In this small district you wonder like, oh my goodness, is this gonna happen in this small district of Troy? It's really shocking when I heard that."
Police were rushing to the school, searching desperately for the suspect. Students were inside. Teens in back rooms were communicating via social media with those near windows who could see what was happening.
"So we all like pull our phones out and were like on Twitter and stuff," senior Tamara Jones said.
Her twin sister Tia completed her sentence, "And people were saying there's cops out there and they have their guns out and this is serious not a joke. It was really scary."
As this was happening, deputies managed to reach Erb on his cell phone. They told him to turn himself in. He was driving toward the sheriff's office when police pulled him over and grabbed him. All along, Venneman confesses, Columbine was in the back of their minds.
"As law enforcement, we're trained now. We're trained for active shooters. We're trained for these specific type situations to act quickly and I think we did that in this case."
School system officials say Buchanan, New Horizon, and Troy Middle school, which is connected to New Horizon, were locked down for about half an hour Wednesday afternoon. All the while they were doing what they could to keep worried parents up to date.
"We tried to implement as many ways as we could to make sure parents knew their kids were safe and we were doing the best we could," spokesperson April Bryant said.
Deputies expect charges against the teen by Thursday. They are questioning his family and are trying to locate the weapons that were reported by his girlfriend.


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Deerfield celebrates firefighters' new engine
By BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
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Deerfield selectmen and firefighters show off the department's newest fire engine, which cost roughly $500,000 and 18 months to build. (BENJAMIN KLEIN PHOTO)
— After 18 months of waiting and more than $400,000, the Deerfield Fire Department took possession of a new custom fire engine that is expected to remain in service for 30 years.
Fire Chief Mark Tibbits said he is ecstatic to get the new engine, which was built by Valley Fire Equipment in Bradford. He said not only will it make the town safer but also help keep insurance costs down.
"This engine should last upwards of 30 years. It has a poly body, which means it will never rust. For how much these things cost, they need to last a long time," Tibbits said.
Approved through a series of warrant articles, the $434,000 engine has been under construction at Valley since May 2012.
The town officially delivered the engine to the fire department during an event on Tuesday night at the town offices, complete with demonstrations and food.
"I thought we should make a big deal about this, to show the taxpayers where their money went, because we don't do this every day. The Board of Selectmen wanted to make it clear that the town paid for this, that this is their piece of equipment," said Steve Barry, chairman of the Board of Selectmen.
A demonstration of the engine's water pump, which sent water several hundred feet in the air, was a hit with kids, who ran through the cascading water on the field adjacent to the town offices.
"We weren't planning on testing the water pump until Friday," Tibbits said. "But we couldn't help ourselves."
The engine is able to carry five firefighters, 1,000 gallons of water and equipment.
"It will be a multi-purpose engine. It will do everything and be the first or second engine to respond to incidents," Tibbits said.
Barry said that through initial investments of $180,000 authorized by the town, the engine would be paid off in five years.
"That is important, because we will probably have to get a new tanker in a couple years," Barry said.
"This has been a long, hard process that took longer than we thought it would, but I am 100 percent impressed," he said. "It cost $434,000, but it is well worth every dime spent on it."
Not everyone at the unveiling was as happy as selectmen and firefighters.
Resident Katherine Alexander said the cost of the new engine is a concern.
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Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2008 08:38 am
Best small town resturant outside of Springfield
Rather than name a winner in this out-of-town eatery category we thought it would be far more fun to challenge readers to eat their way around central Illinois. In alphabetical order here are nine eateries our readers recommended:
Ariston Café
413 Old Route 66 North, Litchfield, 324-2023
This is a legendary establishment that has an 85-year history and an amazingly diverse menu (Mexican, Italian, steaks … plus Sunday brunch) tucked inside a warm and friendly setting.
Bill's Toasty
111 N. Main St., Taylorville, 824-4022
This is an old- fashioned "grill," where the burgers and fried cheese curds are cooked right in front of you. Open 24 hours a day.
Blue Moon Dining Company
Route 36, Dawson, 364-4546
Readers mentioned an eclectic mix of home- style meals including chicken pot pie and choice steaks. We're assured it is casual and offers delicious food and is certainly off the beaten path.
Gambino's Restaurant
205 S. Walnut, Rochester, 498-8419
Who knew there was a Cajun restaurant in Rochester? Seafood gumbo, crawfish e'touffe, shrimp, fish and gator… "If you close your eyes you'll think you're in New Orleans."
Fat Willy's
109 E. Mulberry, Chatham 483-6969
It isn't exotic, but it sure is popular. If you haven't tried a pizza or the "excellent comfort food" you'd better get yourself to Fat Willy's. Sounds like they know what they're doing.
Jack and Jo's Steakhouse
124 E. Chestnut St., Mason City, 482-3616
If you love a good steak and don't want to settle for a local joint, it sounds like these folks have a good thing going. Housed in a restored 19th-century century building, the steakhouse is a place our readers are certain is worth the trip.
Boar's Nest
1007 N. State Route 29, Athens, 636-8630
This busy spot is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner except on Sunday when they rest. But don't let the long hours fool you —– we're told the food is spectacular and the menu runs the gamut from horseshoes to ribeye steaks and includes nightly dinner specials.
330 N. Springfield, Virden, 965-5323
Nominated by a couple dozen readers, we're told "there is no better pizza south of Chicago than DiCarlo's in Virden, Ill." We've also confirmed they have a full menu of Italian favorites.


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WASHINGTON — U.S. defense officials say Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, has been cleared of allegations of sending potentially inappropriate emails to a civilian woman linked to the sex scandal that ousted David Petraeus as CIA director.
The officials said Tuesday the Defense Department's inspector general found the concerns about the Allen emails to be "unsubstantiated."
Allen had maintained he did nothing wrong.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because an official Pentagon announcement had not been made.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A magistrate has delayed a detention hearing for an Arizona man accused of fighting alongside an al-Qaida group in Syria.
Thirty-year-old Eric Harroun of Phoenix was charged last week in federal court in Alexandria with conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction outside the U.S. Specifically, prosecutors say he joined up with an al-Qaida affiliate and fired rocket-propelled grenades as part of a rebellion against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
A detention hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday. But it was postponed until April 8 after public defender Geremy Kamens said he was in discussions with prosecutors to resolve whether pretrial detention is necessary.
Harroun, nicknamed "Arizona Jones" by friends and family, is an Army veteran who openly bragged on Facebook about his exploits among the Syrian rebels.


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Wheat harvest across Kansas has commenced. The Grain Science and Industry Department at Kansas State University has a new program that will allow interested parties the ability to track harvest and wheat quality as soon as the data is available.
Until recently, wheat harvest data such as protein content, test weight and flour characteristics were made available at the end of harvest by various organizations. As part of its newly developed Quality-Based Commodity Marketing program, K-State Research and Extension, in partnership with the International Grains Program, Kansas Wheat and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association, will work with local grain elevators across Kansas to make the data available as soon as testing occurs.
Participating local elevators will submit wheat samples and the testing will occur at K-State´s Wheat Quality Laboratory and the Kansas Grain Inspection Laboratory. Once the samples have been tested and the data has been entered, GIS mapping technology developed by K-State´s Department of Geography, will allow interested parties to view wheat quality data by region across Kansas on the K-State Grain Science and Industry´s department Web site, www.grains.ksu.edu.
In addition, several wheat producers representing various growing regions across Kansas have agreed to participate in frequent updates as harvest progresses.
"These interviews will provide an on-the-ground perspective from wheat producers during harvest and provide additional interpretation to the data reflected in the survey," said Mark Fowler, associate director of the International Grains Program. Having immediate access to wheat quality data will help grain purchasing agents determine their decisions regarding commodity purchasing and will help many international buying agents in foreign countries.
"We´re excited about the collaboration between the participating organizations as we launch this new initiative to report on the quality of the Kansas wheat harvest in a near real-time format," said Leland McKinney, Extension state leader in grain science. More information is available by contacting McKinney at [email protected].


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Emerging Leaders 2008: Group G
Sponsored by LAMA (Library Administration and Management Association)
Details, documents, and other items related to this project and presented at the ALA annual conference Emerging Leaders poster session will be posted soon.
Development of Core Leadership Competencies for the Profession
"The development of core leadership competencies for the profession is a key objective envisioned in the LAMA strategic plan. The deliverable is the critical first step in refining an d promoting a list of competencies or standards that library educators could consult when planning curricula, and that aspiring and experienced library leaders could master in order to advance their careers, and the profession."
Expected Outcomes
"In defining and identifying the projects, please seek to address the following question - What should the project team accomplish and produce for your unit? The project team will deliver a proposed set of core leadership competencies for the profession. Under the guidance of the LAMA Member Leader, the project team will decide how to define such competencies, and how many to define."
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text: Review : Skullcandy Pipe updated 11:55 am EDT, Wed July 30, 2008 by MacNN Staff It my look like a log, but it delivers great iPod sound. MacNN Rating: Product Manufacturer: Skullcandy, Inc. Price: $69.95 US The Good Good sound Looks cool. Decent price. Includes remote. The Bad Unstable base. Silver finish hard to keep clean. Larger iPods may knock it over. Summer is in full swing in the northern hemisphere and at this time of year you can't step near a beach or pool without seeing or rather hearing, an iPod blaring from some speaker system. Enter Skullcandy. Skullcandy is a leading designer of headphones, mp3 player watches, and audio accessories. Some of the unique products in their lineup include audio enabled snow jackets, helmets, and bags. Skullcandy products are built with the intention of standing up to the most extreme situations imaginable. The Pipe Released in June, Skullcandy's audio bazooka, the Pipe, is a tube shaped portable iPod stereo dock. Available in black, silver, or rust, the Pipe retails for 69.95. Inside the package are a matching remote and a power brick, very similar to an Apple product. The solid, well-built system includes a power cord of ample length, but you can power the Pipe with 4 AA batteries when a wall outlet isn't near. An image of the skull logo, true to the name brand, graces the power brick and both ends of the Pipe itself. The simple controls on the Pipe itself are just volume up and down buttons on the front and a power button on the back. The remote features all the other controls including, the volume, play and pause, shuffle, repeat, plus forward and back buttons, as well as more advanced "menu up" and "select" functions. The nicely designed remote works reliably from within a reasonable distance. The Sound I tested the pipe with a variety of music ranging from rock to pop to country. The Pipe is capable of 5.2 Watts of output and has a frequency response of 100Hz to 20k Hz. For as small as it is, the Pipe certainly has capable volume. I am very impressed with just how loud it can play and still maintain its audio clarity. While I don't have the hearing range of a dog, the Pipe lives up to its frequency response ratings fairly well. Not So Practical From a functional perspective, the Pipe is merely adequate. The silver finish on the model I tested looks great, but is an absolute smudge-magnet. This small visual problem is forgivable, but the fact that the Pipe isn't completely stable is not forgivable and this is the sole reason the Pipe didn't receive a perfect grade. With a full size iPod video perched on top, the small rubber feet that keep the Pipe from falling over are not adequate and the Pipe wobbles. If the iPod rocks back and forth even a little its weight alone is enough to tip the Pipe backwards. The Bottom Line The Pipe sounds great and is a good value for the money, but its footing is in dire need of improvement. On the plus side, it is compatible with the iPhone and all available iPods and charges the player when plugged in. Specs: Output Power: 5.2 Watts Import Sensitivity: 600 MV Frequency Response: 100Hz to 20k Hz Input Impedence: 4k Distortion: 0.7% Remote Control Distance: 6 Meters


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NEW YORK (AP) — Futures are rising a day after the nominee to head the Federal Reserve signaled that the country's accommodative economic policy could go on longer than many had expected.
Dow Jones industrial futures are up 28 points to 15,867. S&P futures have gained 3.5 points to 1,791.30. Nasdaq futures are up 5 points to 3,415.50.
During a confirmation hearing, Janet Yellen said that, "It's important not to remove support, especially when the recovery is fragile."
Many Americans seem to agree that the economy is not in full recovery mode, based on earnings from retailers this week.
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The Labor Department said Thursday that the less volatile four-week average dropped 13,500 to 335,000.
More than 4.7 million Americans collected benefits at the end of last year. The figure has declined almost 1.2 million over the past 12 months. But that number is poised drop by another 1.35 million in upcoming weeks. That's because a special federal program expired last month and is starting to affect recipients.
Applications appear to have stabilized near pre-recession levels, a positive sign for hiring going forward.
The job market had picked up toward the end of last year before losing some momentum in December. A mere 74,000 jobs were created last month, after the economy added an average of 213,500 new jobs in the previous four months.
Here are the states with the biggest changes in applications:
States with the biggest increases:
New York:
Up 28,314, due to more layoffs in transportation and warehousing, construction and education
: Up 18,734, due to layoffs in manufacturing, administrative services, construction, and transportation and warehousing
- South Carolina : Up 9,632, due to layoffs in manufacturing and administrative support services
: Up 6,782, due to layoffs in manufacturing and administrative support services
- Texas : Up 6,638, no reason given
- Michigan : Down 17,635, due to fewer layoffs in manufacturing
New Jersey:
Down 6,882, due to fewer layoffs in educational services and public administration
: Down 5,485, due to bad weather delaying applications for benefits
: Down 5,482, due to fewer layoffs in transportation, manufacturing, and retail
- Iowa : Down 4,212, due to fewer layoffs in manufacturing
States with the biggest decreases:
(The state-level data are for the week ended Jan. 4, one week behind the national figures.)
Many economists blamed the slowdown in hiring on bad weather and statistical quirks, and projected stronger gains in the new year.
"Hiring indicators are almost uniformly quite strong, and we think the underlying trend in payroll growth likely has picked up, despite the fluke slowing in December," said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
The unemployment rate fell last month to 6.7 percent from 7 percent in November. Much that decrease came from 347,000 unemployed workers leaving the workforce. The government counts people as unemployed only if they are looking for work.
The expiration of long-term benefits could lead to further declines in the unemployment rate, perhaps as much as a quarter of percentage point in early 2014. That's because many of the former recipients will give up on job searches, which are required in order to receive benefits.
The program provided up to 47 extra weeks of unemployment benefits, paid for by the federal government. Those benefits offered payments averaging $256 a week to the long-term unemployed who exhausted their state benefits, which usually last for six months.
The Senate failed to advance an extension of benefits on Tuesday after lawmakers devoted a week toward hammering out a deal.
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There are signs that recent hiring has helped to bolster the economy. Consumer confidence and retail spending have picked up in the October-December quarter. Orders to U.S. manufacturers rose in November, a sign that businesses are investing more on factory-made items such as machinery, computers and electrical goods.
The economy remains far from healthy. Income rose at a slower pace than spending last month, so Americans are spending more but saving less. And sales of existing homes have dropped for three straight months, held back by higher prices and mortgage rates.
Still, many economists have become more optimistic about the fourth quarter. Several are projecting a strong annual growth rate of 3 percent or more.


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Friday, February 28, 2014
Pope Francis: Walk with those who suffer failed Marriages
Vatican City, - In his daily homily Pope Francis reflected on the beauty of marriage, emphasizing that when it fails, we should not condemn the couple, but accompany them on a path of healing in the Church.
"When this love fails – because many times it fails – we have to feel the pain of the failure, (we must) accompany those people who have had this failure in their love. Do not condemn. Walk with them," the Pope encouraged in his Feb. 28 daily Mass.
Directing his homily to those present in the chapel of the Vatican's Saint Martha guesthouse, the pontiff began by referring to the attitude of the Pharisees in the day's Gospel, taken from Mark, in which they question Jesus on divorce, trying to make him fall into a trap with the law.
Although the question is important, the Pope warned against falling into the temptation of "special pleading" regarding questions of marriage, and noted that the Pharisees' method is always "casuistry – is this licit or not?"
"It is always the small case. And this is the trap, behind casuistry, behind casuistic thought, there is always a trap: against people, against us, and against God, always," he explained.
Calling attention to Jesus' response, the Pope observed how he referred back to the law prescribed by Moses, saying that he only allowed divorce in certain cases because of the hardness of man's heart.
"But He doesn't stop there," continued the pontiff, "from (the study of the particular case), He goes to the heart of the problem, and here He goes straight to the days of Creation."
"That reference of the Lord is so beautiful," he noted, "'But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh.'"
Explaining how God "did not want man to be alone," but wanted him to have a "companion along the way," the pontiff recalled the moment when Adam meets Eve, saying that this moment "is the beginning of love: (a couple) going together as one flesh."
Repeating that fact that the Lord "always takes casuistic thought and brings it to the beginning of revelation," Pope Francis went on to explain that "this masterpiece of the Lord is not finished there, in the days of Creation, because the Lord has chosen this icon to explain the love that He has for His people."
Drawing attention to how Paul uses the image of marriage to explain the mystery of Christ, the Pope emphasized that "Christ is married, Christ was married, He married the Church, His people," and that just "as the Father had married the People of Israel, Christ married His people."
"This is the love story, this is the history of the masterpiece of Creation – and before this path of love, this icon, casuistry falls and becomes sorrowful."
When this love fails, observed the pontiff, "(we must) accompany those people who have had this failure" and "walk with them" rather than condemning or practicing "casuistry on their situation."
Reflecting on how the Gospel teaches us about "this plan of love, this journey of love in Christian marriage," the Pope highlighted that this "masterpiece" has "never been taken away. Not even original sin has destroyed it."
When we think about this, he continued, we "see how beautiful love is, how beautiful marriage is, how beautiful the family is, how beautiful this journey is, and how much love we too (must have), how close we must be to our brothers and sisters who in life have had the misfortune of a failure in love."
Concluding his homily, Pope Francis returned to Saint Paul, emphasizing the beauty of "the love Christ has for His bride, the Church," stating that "Here too, we must be careful that love should not fail."
"(It is dangerous) to speak about a bachelor-Christ," he said, "Christ married the Church. You can't understand Christ without the Church, and you can't understand the Church without Christ."
Highlighting how this is "the great mystery of the masterpiece of Creation," the Pope prayed that the Lord "give all of us the grace to understand it and also the grace to never fall into these casuistic attitudes of the Pharisees, of the teachers of the law."
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(Reuters) - Aereo, the Internet TV startup backed by the media company run by billionaire Barry Diller, has raised $38 million and will expand to 22 U.S. cities including Chicago, Houston and Miami.
Diller is chairman of IAC, which led the latest investment round along with Highland Capital Partners. This is its biggest funding round to date. It previously raised $20.5 million last February in a round led by IAC.
Aereo was launched last March to New York-area subscribers for $12 per month. It lets subscribers stream live broadcasts of TV channels on phones, tablet computers and other devices using individual antennas. Users can watch the major broadcast networks such as CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, the CW, PBS, Telemundo and other channels.
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Aereo has not disclosed revenue or user numbers.
Before Aereo's launch, broadcasters including Walt Disney Co's ABC, CBS Corp, Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal and News Corp's Fox filed lawsuits accusing it of copyright violations.
In November, broadcasters challenged an earlier decision by a U.S. district court that rejected their request for a preliminary ban against Aereo. Aereo is waiting for a decision in that case, a spokeswoman said in an email.
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Hood River County School District and its board have dealt with two challenging personnel decisions this week, including the retirement and subsequent rehiring of three veteran administrators.
The three administrators - Terri Vann, director of instruction and special programs, Bob Dais, director of human resources, and Ed Drew, Westside Elementary Principal - had submitted letters of resignation with the board, with requests to continue working through the 2011-12 school year.
This retire/rehire practice is allowed by state law but doesn't sit well with some people, because it allows the retiree to collect both a retirement check and a paycheck for the same time period - in this case, the whole school year.
Such requests must be approved by the school board - and these were - but not before each board member had had a chance to weigh in.
During that vote, the retirements were approved, but Bob Danko and Mark Johnson both cast no votes.
Other board members, including Kateri Osbourn Lohr and James Sims, felt that since the practice is allowed by the state it really was not the board's place to disallow it. Jan Veldhuisen Virk voted yes, but found the retire/rehire practice troubling.
Superintendent Charlie Beck said, "I was disappointed with the split vote.
"I got two legal opinions, which I shared, and followed those legal opinions."
"We followed the board policy which indicated open the positions internally, and those persons (Vann, Drew, and Dais) were the only ones who applied.
(In 2011-12, Vann is scheduled to earn net salaries of $102,645; Dais $106,689 and Drew $96,095.)
Beck acknowledged that under district policy, the jobs are advertised only internally.
"It is an important question (of expanding the notice) but it is not part of the policy," he said.
"I absolutely do believe the policy needs to be changed," Beck said.
"We have a policy and procedure that is inadequate to do what is needed. I found it very difficult to follow the policy and procedure in place, and that is what I told the board."
Beck and Dais also commented on the question that arose this week over a $6,760 annual salary increase ($3.25 per hour) being paid to a personnel specialist who works in the District Office.
The employee notified the District this spring that she was misclassified based on the pay scale for Confidential employees, who are non-union, and asked for the increase, according to Beck, adding that the district negotiated with the employee not to pay her an increase retroactively.
"We have to follow the directive, and that is, when faced with evidence that someone is inappropriately placed categorized in our classified group, then it is our duty to do an analysis of that and see if that is accurate," Beck said. "We did that and found that she was inappropriately placed on the salary schedule.
"We have a legal obligation to go back and remedy at the point that the issue happened," Beck said.
Dais noted that the district "is paying someone what they have a right to earn," and the specialist's duties have actually grown as part of budget cutbacks at District Office.
"This person is not being paid more than payroll or accounts payable specialists in our office," Dais said.
Beck acknowledged that. "This is absolutely a difficult time to do it but rather than say 'this is not the right time,' we managed to get an agreement that we are not paying back salaries," he said.
"Our job is to look out for the legal liability of this district," Beck said, noting that district policy as well as the Bureau of Labor and Industries rules dictate that the employee's salary had to be adjusted once it was determined that it was, as Beck put it, "inappropriately classified."
On the administrators' rehire issue, Danko, who represents the Upper Valley, read a statement expressing his disapproval of the retire/rehire practice, often called "double-dipping," and asked that the board vote on it separately from the other items on the consent agenda. (See page A4 for an "Another Voice" opinion piece by Danko..)
"The law that allows this was passed in 2001," Mark Johnson said. "The intent of the law was to provide an easier time for some rural school districts - such as Burns - to attract quality personnel; retired teachers living in the area could be rehired to teach. We don't have the same need here."
Since so much time is spent discussing the retire/rehire issue each time it comes up, the board decided to work with the district's general legal counsel, attorney Jeff Baker, to come up with a policy that all board members can agree with.
The current policy states, in part, that "The district, at its discretion, may decide to extend employment opportunities to retired employees when it is in the best interests of the district and its students. The Superintendent will develop administrative regulations as may be necessary for district employees who retire, begin receiving benefits from the Public Employees Retirement System, and request continued district employment."
The board decided to ask Baker to attend its next meeting, Aug. 24, to work with at least a subcommittee of board members to work on a new, more explicit policy.
All of the board members expressed appreciation for the long careers and extensive contributions of Dais, Vann and Drew, and Johnson and Danko stressed that their no votes were in no way meant to reflect on the retiring administrators personally.
Liz Whitmore will continue as chairman of the Hood River County School District Board of Directors and James Sims will be the new vice chair for the 2011-12 school year, it was decided during the board's organizational meeting Wednesday evening.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid met with Republican Senator Rand Paul in an effort by Democrats to speed Janet Yellen's confirmation as chairman of the Federal Reserve.
The Senate's second-ranking Democrat, Richard Durbin of Illinois, said he helped arrange yesterday's meeting as a way to see if they could reduce the time for debate on Yellen's nomination. Reid said today the Senate will adjourn for a U.S. holiday break the evening of Dec. 21 at the latest after confirmation votes on Yellen and other nominees.
"I know they had a good dialog, and they came away from it feeling very positive," Durbin said today in an interview at the Capitol. "But keep in mind that it isn't just Rand Paul that's a problem when it comes to Janet Yellen."
The Reid-Paul session was an effort to resolve a partisan tug-of-war that has slowed work as senators seek to adjourn for the year.
Democrats who control the chamber wanted to complete work today, though Republicans are using up all available time for debate to protest a Nov. 21 rules change. The shift denied them the ability to block President Barack Obama's picks for executive branch and most judicial posts.
Paul, of Kentucky, said he will debate Yellen's nomination as long as possible -- a maximum of 30 hours of debate under Senate rules -- unless he's promised a vote on legislation requiring a public audit of the Federal Reserve's operations, including setting the benchmark interest rate.
Weekend Vote
Durbin said that even if Reid and Paul reach a deal, another senator could demand that the Senate use all 30 hours of debate time on the nomination, potentially pushing a vote into the weekend.
Adam Jentleson, Reid's spokesman, said Democrats have been told by Republicans that other lawmakers would object to shortening the debate time for Yellen, even if Paul was appeased, removing the incentive to strike a deal.
Still, the meeting could mark a breakthrough between the majority leader and a Republican who has tried to thwart the Democrats' agenda in the chamber.
Paul in March blocked a vote on confirming John Brennan as director of the Central Intelligence Agency until he won a White House pledge against the use of drones to attack Americans. Paul spoke for more than 12 hours.
Reid, a Nevada Democrat, described the meeting with Paul to reporters in Washington today, saying he's "grown to really like" Paul in spite of their political differences.
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HealthHIV Launches "Pozitively Healthy"
June 2013
On May 10, HealthHIV launched Pozitively Healthy, a new, national coalition of people living with HIV, their friends, and allies. The coalition will advocate for access to quality health care and the most impactful HIV prevention, care, and treatment services.
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The Punta Negra Hotel looks out directly onto the sea front. The low level, typically Mediterranean architecture featuring spacious terraces, blends well into the beautiful natural surroundings.
As you cast your eyes over the sandy white beach surrounded by high cliffs, you will undoubtedly be overcome by a wealth of emotions. In the background you can admire the wondrous gulf with the view over the harbour and the historical centre of the charming, colourful Catalan town of Alghero. Beach service.
The Punta Negra Hotel is a three-storey coastal building. The ground floor is divided into two parts. One wing is given over to a spacious lounge, a snack bar a, restaurant, whilst the second wing contains bedrooms. The first and the second floors are devoted entirely to bedrooms, half of which have balconies overlooking the sea, and the other half of which face onto a beautiful pine forest.
The hotel has recently been renovated, and now boasts beautiful, pastel-coloured, light green and pink, stucco walls to match the decorative pink ceramic floor tiles. The same colours have been used to blend in with the tablecloths and furniture. Inside the rooms, the doors and furniture are green, red and natural wood. The curtains and drapery are decorated with traditional Sardinian designs.
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On Being Discovered
Music in a New Found Land: Themes and Developments in the History of American Music
America's art music has not heretofore aroused much enthusiasm among Europeans. Our ragtime was parodied lovingly, if not enviously, by Debussy, Satie, and Stravinsky. And jazz, though harder to make grow, did flower in the fugal finale of Milhaud's La Création du monde, of 1924. It also stimulated, beginning in the 1920s, serious historical studies by Robert Goffin and Hugues Panassié, more recently by André Hodeir. The examination of our Appalachian folklore had been started around 1915 by Cecil Sharp, an Englishman. And our commercial popular music had already, after World War I, replaced the Viennese for worldwide export. George Gershwin had even been successful in both kinds of production, since his Rhapsody in Blue for piano and orchestra and his opera Porgy and Bess had become, by the mid-1950s, as familiar to everybody everywhere as his songs.
But the Gershwin experience remains unique and not clearly a witness for America's art-music tradition. Everywhere our jazz and pop are respected, but not so our symphonic and opera creations, our chamber music and our lieder. How comes it, then, that a European musicologist devotes a whole book to them? The answer is simple; he has fallen in love with us. Not with all of America, perhaps, but certainly, as is clear on every page, with our music. He has felt the energy and the violence behind it and come to penetrate its surfaces, whether these be rough or glassy, arriving through a composer's understanding—for Wilfrid Mellers is also a creative artist—at acceptance (and with joy) of the fact that American music is at its best when least entangled with Europe.
Though his title, Music in a New Found Land, suggests that Professor Mellers (now of York University) has only recently discovered us (perhaps through his two years' tenure as Mellon Professor at the University of Pittsburgh), this is not exactly the case. As early as 1950, in his book Music and Society, he was treating the transatlantic theme as American Music and an Industrial Community. This essay seems to be the fruit of his wartime friendship in England with the late Marc Blitzstein, through whom he had got to know not only the latter's social-consciousness operas but also the music of Aaron Copland and Charles Ives. In fact, it is almost exclusively out of these three composers that a view-point, or aussicht, was erected, somewhat after the Marxian plan, for interpreting the "good" strain in American music as ethical, objective, didactic, and mainly of the theater.
The present book, dedicated to Aaron Copland and to the memory of Marc Blitzstein, enlarges that view to include almost everybody, naturally reducing somewhat the salience of these two, but not removing from the central position Charles Ives, whom he considers "the first authentic American composer and…still the closest America has come to a great composer, parallel to her nineteenth-century literary giants." Blitzstein has even been demoted from this high intellectual company to a place in "sincere" show business, somewhere between Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein.…
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From Bench to Business: Navigating the Labyrinth
Friday, October 12, 12 to 1 pm in Mac Hall 2201
All graduate students and postdocs are invited for a brown bag lunch session with Dr. Jennifer Hooper McCarty, Marketing and Promotions Specialist at CH2M HILL/IDC Architects. You can look forward to an interesting, informal discussion and Q&A about Dr. McCarty's unique career path. Please bring your own lunch.
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Recently, I demonstrated that the order of columns in a composite index greatly determines its usefulness. Microsoft SQL Server can efficiently resolve queries using a composite index if the search criteria includes the first column in the index. If the search criteria omits the first column and includes only subsequent columns, the index is of no use to SQL Server for resolving that query. To see the proof, refer to this post.
The example I used in the prior post included the following query as a basis for the discussion.
SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE Last_Name = 'smith' AND First_Name = 'Jake'
One reader noted the order of the search criteria in the WHERE clause and wondered if it has any impact on the applicability of a composite index. In other words, would the following query still make use of the composite index?
SELECT * FROM Customers WHERE First_Name = 'Jake' AND Last_Name = 'smith'
Great observation! To answer that question, let's once again look at the query execution plan for the first query.
From this execution plan, we can see that the query optimizer found the composite index named ix_Customer_Name to be useful in resolving the query. This is certainly to be expected since the order of search criteria in the WHERE clause exactly matched the order of columns in the composite index.
In the second query, however, the order of columns in the search criteria in the WHERE clause is reversed as compared to the composite index. Let's look at the execution plan so see if that makes any difference to SQL Server.
This query produced the exact same execution plan as the prior query. Why?
Generally speaking, the order of criteria in the WHERE clause is evaluated and optimized by the query optimizer prior to creating an execution plan. This is good. However, I would encourage you to review the query execution plan for each query prior to putting it into production. You may have some unique expressions or circumstances in your scenario that may be the exception to this rule.
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Hollywood's Sunset Strip Goes Up In Miami
One of Miami's most downtrodden intersections has been revamped to look like Hollywood's Sunset Strip during the 1980s glam metal heyday.
And while the area still lacks the energy that possessed the real Sunset Strip of the 1980s, it makes a perfect backdrop for the upcoming Rock of Ages movie, which is being filmed in South Florida.
It also makes a nice backdrop to photograph a South Florida burlesque performer named Isadora Bull.
"It's all about expression," she said. "Burlesque, dance, photography – even glam rock."
We're not sure how long the set will remain in the area of 1400 North Miami Avenue, on the edge of Overtown, which is why he jumped at the chance to do a photo shoot there last week.
But considering they were not filming at the time, we were given free reign of the set by the multitude of security guards who were on-hand protecting it from potential thieves and vandals, but thankfully, not photographers (it is a public area, but that little detail never seems to sway some security guards and police officers from enforcing non-existent laws as we learned in Fort Lauderdale last month).
Tower Records
So we snapped photos in front of the makeshift Tower Records (above), which is really ABC Restaurant Supplies & Equipment and still open for business.
Not that the real Tower Records on Sunset is still open. That closed down in 2006 (below) and will soon be a David Barton Gym (which we've had on Miami Beach for years).
Whiskey a Go Go
We also took pictures in front of the makeshift Whiskey a Go-Go (above), which still exists on the Sunset Strip but hasn't had the notoriety it had back in the 80s when Guns N Roses and Motley Crue performed there. Unlike Tower Records, the Whiskey a Go Go still thrives on the Sunset Strip (below).
And speaking of Motley Crue, check out the video of Isadora Bull performing to Smokin' in the Boy's Room at the end of this article.
"Burlesque performers have a lot in common with the 80s rockers," she explained.
"Styles over comfort, glitter, glitz, big hair, makeup, the performance, the character is key."
Roxy Theater
We also took photos in front of the makeshift Roxy Theater (above), which still exists on the Sunset Strip (below) and is where the Red Hot Chili Peppers debuted in 1989.
And we snapped some photos in front of the makeshift Gazzarri's (above), which is where Van Halen performed in the 1980s before it closed down in 1993 (below) and was demolished in 1995.
The filmmakers also erected an actual telephone booth, something many youngsters might not even recognize. And they erected flashy billboards – which are splattered all over the real Sunset Strip – including one advertising cheap flights to Sin City, aka Las Vegas, which is only an hour away from Los Angeles.
The irony of all this, of course, is that Hollywood filmmakers have long recreated Miami in Los Angeles for films such as Scarface and shows like CSI:Miami. This might be the first time they recreated Los Angeles in Miami.
Rock of Ages, a movie about the 1980s glam rock scene based on the musical of the same name, stars Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Alec Baldwin, Russell Brand and Mary J. Blige.
They will continue to film throughout Miami until the end of August. It is scheduled to be released in the summer of 2012.
Driving through the area: See it while it lasts
Cupcake Burlesque
Meanwhile, if you want to check out Isadora Bull and the rest of her burlesque troupe, called the Cupcake Burlesque, they will be performing at 9 p.m. this Sunday at the Cinema Paradiso, 503 S.E. 6th St., Fort Lauderdale.
The show will be part of the ongoing Le Croix French Film Festival. Call (954) 525-FILM for more information.
Now here's the video that will give you a taste of what to expect this Sunday with more photos from the makeshift Sunset Strip below.
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Once a staple of bad boys like Marlon Brando, James Dean, and George Michael, the leather biker jacket has transgressed to being a women's fashion essential. "The moment I slip one on, it's instant style with a shot of cool," Who What Wear Fashion Director Laurie Trott says. "It balances out the dressed up factor of a cocktail dress and acts as the perfect layering piece between a worn-in t-shirt and an oversized anorak." To shop Trott's favourite leather jackets and more of her top trends for fall, check out her eBay collections today.
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June 07, 2013
The Placer County Board of Supervisors approved a proposed $690.5 million budget Tuesday that will serve as an interim spending plan when the 2013-14 fiscal year begins next month.
The proposed budget is $39.7 million, or 5.4 percent, lower than the final budget for the current fiscal year, but the drop results largely from a new approach for budgeting multi-year infrastructure projects. The proposed operating budget is up $10 million, or 1.9 percent, because of projected increases of $7.9 million, or 2.2 percent, in the General Fund and $3.6 million, or 2.6 percent, in the Public Safety Fund.
Board members took a few moments to reflect on Placer County's fiscal health before voting unanimously to adopt the proposed 2013-14 budget, noting that the county emerged from the recession years in better shape than most counties and is on a solid footing for the future.
"Really, overall, as a county we have come out of this recession in a stronger fiscal position than we went into it," Supervisor Kirk Uhler said, "and I think are very well positioned as things continue to improve, very well positioned to capitalize on that strength from a service-delivery standpoint, from an infrastructure standpoint."
"Hopefully, the economy will continue to improve," Supervisor Jennifer Montgomery said, "and, years into the future, we will be able to build back some of our services and build back some of our staffing to really provide that top-notch level of service that we provide now, but we could provide even better with more dollars and more staff."
In a report to the board, the county budget team pointed to several accomplishments over the past year, including:
"New initiatives such as the multi-year strategy, priority-based budgeting and comprehensive infrastructure plan will allow the county to refine its budget process to accomplish several critical goals," explained County Executive Officer David Boesch. "We will be better positioned to ensure the county allocates its resources for high-priority needs, keeps revenue and costs in balance and measures results so the public knows what they are getting for their taxpayer dollars."
County Finance and Budget Operations Manager Graham Knaus told the board that revenue continues to gradually recover from recession-era lows, but the cost of doing business is rising as well. "Due to the continued steady hand of the Board and the ongoing commitment of departments to deliver the most cost-effective services, Placer County remains prepared and favorably positioned to respond to the slowly growing economy," he said in a report to board members.
Knaus gave much of the credit for the county's fiscal health to long-standing board policies that emphasize:
At Tuesday's meeting, Board Chairman Jim Holmes made it clear he likes the budgeting approach. "I would like to thank you for a comprehensive and easy-to-understand report," he told Knaus.
Board members emphasized they particularly like the new emphasis on making the county budget-development process more transparent so it is easier for the public to provide input.
"Personally, I'm really excited about the changes in our budgeting process that allow better communication with the public," Supervisor Robert M. Weygandt said.
"I do think it's important that any of the budget adjustments we make throughout the year are reflected in documents we provide to the public," added Vice Chairman Jack Duran, suggesting the county may want to provide quarterly updates that allow the public to track mid-year changes.
The county budget team and board members pointed to several encouraging signs, including a $60 million reduction over the last two years in the county's unfunded liability for post-retirement benefits other than pensions. Collectively, they are known as other post-retirement benefits, or OPEB for short, and include medical, dental and vision benefits.
A new actuarial report places the unfunded liability at about $136 million, down from approximately $196 million two years ago. Local governments paid for OPEB obligations out of current revenue on a pay-as-you-go basis until a few years ago, but now recognize them as outstanding liabilities on their balance sheets. In Placer County, the Board of Supervisors has taken several actions over the last few years to reduce the county's unfunded OPEB liability.
Board members will hold additional budget workshops in August and adopt a final budget with updated revenue and expenditure estimates in September.
The 2013-14 proposed budget and other budget documents are posted on the county website and can be seen by clicking on this link: BUDGET.


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SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Two hikers lost for days in the Southern California wilderness won't be charged the $160,000 it took to find them.
The Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/13wreAd ) reports county supervisors made that decision in closed session on Tuesday. Board of Supervisors Chairman Shawn Nelson tells City News Service he thinks there's no legal way to force the hikers to reimburse their rescue costs — even though one is charged with a drug crime.
Nineteen-year-old Nicolas Cendoya and 18-year-old Kyndall Jack were rescued from the Cleveland National Forest last month after spending several days there without food or much water.
Authorities say methamphetamine was later found in Cendoya's car. He's been charged with felony possession and could get up to three years in prison if convicted.
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With your homecoming dance just around the corner, it's time to plan a picture-perfect ensemble inspired by our favorite stars (with hair and makeup to match!). The first formal of the year calls for plenty of polish, but it's a little less formal than prom—so don't be afraid to have fun with your look! Try a sparkly jumpsuit à la Vanessa Hudgens, or put an of-the-moment spin on the little black dress like Ellie Goulding. And if you can't decide between a knee-length frock or a gorgeous gown, do like Lily Collins and opt for a high-low hemline.
Check out these dance floor-ready celebs, and tell us how you'll turn it out for the big soirée of the season in the comments section.
Although a major gown can be a little much for this particular event, an understated, floor-length dress is still totally appropriate. For a look like Emma's, stick with clean lines, a pared-down silhouette, and minimal accessories to avoid getting too fancy.
Kiernan's A-line floral frock could run the risk of looking too saccharine, but its neutral color palette makes it contemporary and cool. Instead of wearing matchy-matchy accessories, the style star chose complementary extras—like her lacy heels and ruby clutch—to keep things interesting.
To pull off a slick tudo like Janelle, go for a jacket that's fitted to the waist—you'll want this menswear-inspired look to have a feminine twist. The high, jeweled neckline gives it a baroque vibe, while tapered trousers and strappy heels make it ladylike.
Don't be afraid to flaunt your quirky side for this fall fête! If spiky stilettos aren't your thing, try trendy creepers or two-toned dress shoes like Ellie's. They're just as dressy, and will rev up a little black frock in a snap.
Take a cue from Vanessa, and go for an unexpected statement with a pretty jumper. A two-legged take on a standard formal dress is refreshingly chic.
A shorter hemline doesn't mean you have to skimp on girly glamour! The candy hue and lacy peplum ups the fancy femininity of Holland's dress.
High-low skirts were all the rage this summer, so why not rock one at homecoming, too? Aside from being flattering and fun, they're also super easy to dance in.
In lu fabrics and rich, dark colors, flirty blooms get a fashionable fall makeover. Selena worked several different flower patterns into her brocade ensemble for a chic, layered look.
Want to rock a cute crop to the big dance? Go for it! (As long as it's A-OK with your school, that is). Opt for a top that's not too form-fitting, and pick a high-waisted skirt to make it totally sophisticated—not scandalous!
When it comes to wow-worthy colors, Rita proves that more is, well, more! From her lips to her feet, her ultra-chic shade of bright red makes a major statement all on its own.
Hailee's prim purse and bright heels bring out the '50s-inspired attitude of her pleated dress. While matching shoes would have worked for this ensemble, we love that she picked a red pair provides chic contrast.