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All calls were responded to within the City of Hood River Oct. 15-20.
Assaults, harassment, menacing and domestic violence:
Oct. 16 — Wasco Avenue — Officer took report of harassment and solution of controlled substances.
Oct. 18 — May Street — A juvenile was arrested on the charge of assault IV with a dangerous weapon and lodged at the NORCOR Juvenile Detention Center.
Oct. 19 — Hope Avenue — Three brothers (two adults and one juvenile) were arrested for assault IV felony, menacing and attempted assault II after the three were involved in a domestic altercation involving the destruction of a door and knives being used.
Controlled substance violations (non-DUII):
Oct. 17 — 18th Street at Cascade Avenue — Two Hood River juveniles were cited for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.
Disorderly conduct, mischief, criminal trespass and vandalism:
Oct. 16 — Sherman Avenue, 800 block — Male reported someone had busted out the back window of his vehicle.
Identity theft or bank/credit card fraud:
Oct. 16 — 12th Street, 1800 block — Officer took report of the passing of two fraudulent checks at a local business.
Motor vehicle crashes, offenses and impounds:
Oct. 15 — I-84 at milepost 63 — A resident of The Dalles was arrested for giving false information to a police officer and failure to carry and present. It was later discovered that the suspect also had an outstanding warrant out of Clark County.
Oct. 15 — 12th Street, 1700 block — Officer responded to a motor vehicle accident in the parking lot of a local store. Information was exchanged and a juvenile driver was cited for driving without a license and no proof of insurance.
Oct. 16 — Oak Street at Ninth Street — Officer took report of a two-car non-injury motor vehicle crash.
Oct. 16 — Cascade Avenue at Oak Street — Officer took report of a non-injury motor vehicle crash.
Oct. 20 — E. Marina Drive, 1100 block — Officer responded to a hit-and-run call. The other party arrived shortly afterwards.
Outstanding warrants, parole, probation or terms violations:
Oct. 16 — Industrial — A Hood River male was arrested for a violation of a restraining order and lodged at NORCOR. A female was cited and released for telephonic harassment.
Theft, burglary or robbery:
Oct. 16 — Third Street at Cascade Avenue — A Hood River male reported the window of his vehicle was broken and several items were stolen from within his vehicle.
Oct. 16 — State Street, 300 block — Hood River female reported items had been taken from her vehicle while parked.
Oct. 17 — Fourth Street, 100 block — Officer took report of the theft of a purse which occurred Sept. 14.
Oct. 19 — Cascade Avenue, 1800 block — A cell phone valued at $650 was reported stolen from a local store.
Oct. 20 — Westcliff Drive, 4000 block — Officer took report of theft and damage to a motor vehicle in the parking lot of a local hotel.
Oct. 20 — State Street, 200 block — The theft of several bikes was reported.
Oct. 16 — I-84 at milepost 63 — A hound mix dog ran across the freeway from north to south and struck the driver side rear near the tire. The dog's owner soon arrived to retrieve the animal.
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Yep, we're stitching some circles again! A lot of beginners find this shape a bit challenging, so if your circles are a bit wobbly, don't worry because you'll be in good company! It took me about 3 years to quilt circles confidently, mostly because I avoided them like the plague. If you actually jump into it and stitch circles more often, I'm sure you will master them much faster than I did!
Just a quick reminder - the piecing instructions for this block and the quilting design are included in the Building Blocks Quilt Pattern. Find this massive 100+ page pattern right here at LeahDay.com
NEW! This block design is now available in a quilting stencil from Quilting Creations International. Use the stencil to easily mark the design on plain fabric, your block, or another fun quilt you're working on! Click here to find the 8 inch stencil compatible with the Building Blocks Quilt.
Now for the video!
I think I could have won an award with how confusingly I described not stitching in the ditch before you begin quilting this block! Basically just stitch the perimeter, then start quilting the straight lines around the circles and knock out the circles at the same time. Some of these lines will hit the ditches, we don't want to stitch straight across the whole block to start as we have with the other blocks.
Four Patch Block too!
In this situation we're ignoring the piecing lines as we cover them with a beautiful quilting design. Sometimes I intentionally ignore the piecing design of a block, sometimes I intentionally focus on it and carefully stitch around every element.
These are all little design decisions that you can play with infinitely within every quilt you create. The trick is learning what you like and what you don't like - developing an opinion.
So often I'm asked "How should I quilt this? Is it okay if I use x, y, z design?" and the answer I always give is "Yes, I think that design looks great, but how do YOU feel about it?"
Developing an opinion on your quilting design is as simple as learning what you like to eat. You taste something new to try it and you either think instantly "Yay!" or "Bleh!" - that's your gut reaction talking, and your body usually tells you pretty clearly how you feel.
The same can be true for quilting - stitch something out and ask yourself if you like it. Look for the "Yay!" and the "Bleh!" in your reaction - sometimes it's worth it to stitch something you think you will hate just to know for sure if you hate it or not!
So start developing those opinions! We've quilted 10 blocks together now - which are your favorites? Which were your least favorite? Whatever you like or LOVE - stitch more of it!
Just 10 blocks in and already I can see and hear the difference from the quilters posting in our BBQA Facebook Group.
Many members started the year filled with fear about free motion, especially fearful of being judged for imperfect stitches, wobbly lines, or an inability to stitch in the ditch.
Wonderfully, amazingly, this group has developed into an international cheering squad and everyone is gaining confidence and accepting mistakes, and finding that space to be less critical and judgmental of themselves.
The fact is we can make any task feel hard and awful by being mean and hurtful to ourselves.
Or we can make this fun and enjoyable by accepting our mistakes and imperfection as part of the learning process! Don't pick up your seam ripper - just keep on stitching!
Let's go quilt,
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#110 Stuff White People Like
The Atlantic has an interesting commentary on the popular blog site, Stuff White People Like (also now a New York Times bestselling book). The website features mini-essays by Christian Lander, a PhD dropout now famous for skewering the tastes and mores of 'White People'—alternately called 'bourgeois bohemians' and… READ MORE >
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Funny as Hell
There's a segment of the Tonight Show called "Jaywalking," where Jay Leno asks regular Joes ("Joe Sixpacks"?) simple questions about history, politics, geography, etc. Considering the answers he gets, you'd think Burbank a social experiment gone wrong. Bill Maher, host of Politically Incorrect, adopts the… READ MORE >
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A movie mocking Hollywood liberals is overdue, but a movie mocking Michael Moore is outdated. David Zucker, director of zany comedies like Airplane and Naked Gun, sets his satirical sights on a ripe target: the self-satisfaction of bleeding-heart Hollywood liberals (the kind who decry world poverty while collecting multi-million dollar paychecks).… READ MORE >
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HARTLEPOOL United have again reduced admission prices, with admission for their final game of the season pegged back to £5.
After an increased crowd helped Pools to victory over Morecambe on Easter Monday to secure survival, the club has again knocked admission prices back.
All tickets for the Exter game will cost just £5 in all areas of the ground, bought either from the ticket office in advance or on the turnstiles on the day of the game.
"The reaction we got to the Pack The Park offer for the Morecambe game was brilliant," explained Chief Executive Russ Green.
"But to be honest, the support we've had all year has been different class both at Victoria Park and away from home – particularly with all the Thunderbirds at Plymouth Argyle last week!
"It's because of that we want to do something to say thank you so our supporters for that backing throughout the campaign and hopefully we can get another good crowd at The Vic on Saturday.''


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Today's Meditation
Read Luke 24:13-32
While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
- Luke 24:15-16 (NRSV)
Our family was enjoying a vacation at a theme park. Suddenly my wife and I noticed that our small son was missing. Greatly alarmed, we began searching for him. Someone told us to check the maze created by a series of hedges. We climbed a platform that allowed us to see its entire layout. With great relief and joy, we saw our son — lost within the maze and frightened. From our vantage point we could see him, but our son's focus was on finding the way out. He was so afraid that he couldn't recognize us or even see us. But soon we were together again, and we could comfort him.
This experience brought to mind the Bible passage that tells how after his resurrection, Jesus walked with two of the disciples who failed to recognize him. They heard his voice and saw his face, yet their vision was clouded and they failed to discern who he was.
Sometimes we find ourselves in similar circumstances. Faced with challenges, we become disillusioned and uncertain. Then Christ appears, offering guidance and hope to us. Even in the depths of our distress, Christ continues to walk by our side, hold our hand, and guide us until we find the way out.
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Thought for the Day: When we feel lost, God is present to guide us.
Prayer: Loving God, draw near to us when we become disoriented. Show us the path you want us to take. Amen.
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The George Abel and Mathilde Schwab Dreyfous Lecture is dedicated to the study of civil liberties and human rights. It was established in 1965 to honor George Abel Dreyfous, the founder of the Louisiana Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union and a Southern pioneer and leader in the field of civil liberties. In 2003, the title of the lecture series was changed to honor both Mr. Dreyfous and his wife, Mathilde Schwab Dreyfous, a tireless community volunteer and activist who worked closely with her husband towards an end to segregation and discrimination against African-Americans.
George Abel and Mathilde Schwab Dreyfous Lecture on Civil Liberties and Human Rights
George Abel Dreyfous
Tulane Law School's lecture series on civil liberties was established in 1965, initially in the memory of George Abel Dreyfous. Founder of the Louisiana Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union, Mr. Dreyfous was a Southern pioneer and leader in the field of civil liberties.
Mr. Dreyfous received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University and his LLB from Harvard Law School. He served in the Army in World War I and in the Navy in World War II. He died in 1961.
Mr. Dreyfous represented the third generation of his family to practice law in New Orleans. His career was one marked by success in his chosen profession and was enriched by humanitarian service. He was concerned with the right of every citizen to enjoy the protection of the Bill of Rights and to receive fair and equal treatment from the government. He did not hesitate to represent a client because of the unpopularity of the person or cause. He was imbued with a sense of justice and the relevance of civil liberties to justice in a democratic form of government.
In the hope that some of the spirit and sense of professional responsibility of George Abel Dreyfous may be shared with students of the law, his family made a generous gift to Tulane Law School in his honor which makes these lectures possible.
Visit the George Abel Dreyfous website for more information about Mr. Dreyfous.
Mathilde Mendelsohn Schwab Dreyfous
Mathilde Dreyfous was born in Baton Rouge and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. She moved to New Orleans after marrying George Dreyfous in 1947. Ms. Dreyfous was a tireless community volunteer and activist who worked closely with her husband in encouraging an end to segregation and discrimination against African-Americans. She participated fully with George Dreyfous in his work forming the Louisiana Affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union in 1956 and in the activities of that affiliate for the ensuing five years.
Among her many associations, Ms. Dreyfous was very involved in the New Orleans League of Women Voters, where she served as membership chair from 1948-1950, research chair and second vice president of the Louisiana League and President of the New Orleans League from 1952-1955. She was also the first Louisianan to serve on the National Board of the League. Ms. Dreyfous gave generously of her time and considerable abilities to many other groups, including the Traveler's Aid, the Charter Advisory Committee of the City of New Orleans, the Citizen's Advisory Committee on Housing Improvement and Slum Prevention, the Committee of Relations with Participating Organizations of the United Fund, and the Urban League.
In light of her own substantial commitment to civil liberties and her enormous contributions to the community, in 2003 the title of the lectureship series was changed to honor both George and Mathilde Dreyfous.
View the Mathilde Dreyfous Biography (PDF) for more information about Ms. Dreyfous, or visit the Dreyfous Family Biographies website.
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When I first got into network security and asked around about ways to get started I always recieved the same answear"go out get some books and read". so thats exactly what I did, I have spent more then 700 dollers in the past year on books ranging from A+ cert study guide to programming with DirectX8.1 to steal this computer book 2, more then half are security books, and its those that I refer to when I say that I read many a times that the idea of a lone hacker sitting in his parents basment taking out the internet which controls basically everything now adays is not possible and ludicris.But after reading this artical http://techfocus.org/modules/news/ar...p?storyid=2692
I think that many of you will now find the scary thought of that kid sitting in his basment planning on taking out the world as we know it very plausible, and very real is the idea that in our lifetime we may see this happen. The CAIDA has said that it would take only 15 minutes to do it. Scary stuff, when you think about it.


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VALHALLA, N.Y. -- Westchester Medical Center recently unveiled a new main concourse designed to welcome patients and visitors, as well as serve as an extension of the hospital's caregiving environment in Valhalla and beyond.
The new concourse was specially designed to connect Westchester Medical Center with the 280,000-square-foot Ambulatory Care Pavilion, which is currently under construction on WMC's Valhalla campus. The eight-story Ambulatory Care Pavilion is the largest healthcare construction project in Westchester County since the construction of Westchester Medical Center's main tower in 1977, and is slated for completion in 2018.
The newly opened addition more than doubles the size of the main lobby and offers a soothing environment for all guests who visit the hospital. The 13,200-square-foot concourse contains stainless steel accents, tri-colored terrazzo floors, curated art, energy efficient lighting and coordinated colors and textures. Warming lamps and an outdoor waterfall wall also greet visitors as they approach the hospital's valet station. Once inside, guests can browse a new boutique-style gift shop, enjoy a meal at the renovated Au Bon Pain Bakery and Café or relax in the 1,800-square-foot Caregiver Center.
Designed as a private retreat for families of patients, the Caregiver Center provides access to advocacy services, emotional and spiritual support and relaxation therapies such as yoga and Reiki. The center also contains on-site amenities such as computers, showers, charging stations and refreshments.
WMC is the region's Level I trauma center, therefore approximately 50 percent of patients admitted are in an emergency situation. That's why during these times of crisis, the new main concourse and Caregiver Center are designed to provide the highest quality care to not only patients, but their loved ones as well.


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The International Grains Council (IGC) estimates that 2004/05 wheat marketing year production will be 22.1 billion bushels compared to 20.3 billion bushels in the 2003/04 marketing year. Average production over the last five years has been 21.1 billion bushels.
Higher production is projected in Europe, the Former Soviet Union and India. Lower production is projected in the U.S., Australia and China.
World wheat use during the 2004/05 marketing year is projected to be 22.1 billion bushels compared to 21.6 during the 2004/04 marketing year. During the last five years, wheat use has averaged 21.7 billion bushels.
Higher use is expected to be the result of improved economic conditions in Asian countries and relatively high corn prices. High corn prices should result in more wheat used for feed.
During the 2004/05 marketing year, the IGC projects wheat exports to remain about the same as during the 2003/04 marketing year. Higher Chinese wheat imports (92 million bushels in 2004/04 compared to 257 million bushels in 2004/05) are expected to be offset by lower wheat imports by European, North African and some Asian countries.
Stock projections
The IGC projects wheat stocks to increase in India, Russia and to decline in China. Higher ending stocks are also projected in the five major exporting countries (Argentina, Australia, Canada, European-15, and the U.S.).
The first USDA projection of 2004/05 wheat and feed grain production and use will be released on May 12.
The above scenario supports higher and more volatile price expectations for next year. Marketing year 2003/04 wheat prices are projected to average $3.35 per bushel. This is compared to the U.S. average June 2003 price of $3.07 and the mid-March 2004 average price of $3.71.
The average monthly June 2003 wheat price in Oklahoma was $2.82 and the mid-March 2004 average Oklahoma prices was $3.59.
From a production stand point; there is a long time until harvest. Current U.S. crop conditions imply yields about the same or higher than last year. Since there are 4 percent less planted acres, total U.S. wheat production is projected to be less.
Key time periods
Three key production time periods will impact wheat prices. First is the U.S. winter wheat harvest that begins in late May and goes through July. The second is the foreign wheat harvest that begins in earnest in late August and goes through October. The third is the Southern Hemisphere harvest that starts in October and goes through late December to early January.
Given tight world wheat stocks, all of these harvests have the potential to cause dramatic changes in wheat prices. The 2004/05 wheat price trend will depend on the size of the crops relative to current expectations.
Note that world 2004/05 wheat production is projected to be about one billion bushels or about 4.7 percent higher than last year and above the five year average of 21.1 billion bushels. World wheat consumption is projected to be 400 million bushels or about 1.8 percent higher than the five-year average.
Production and timing are important when anticipating price trends and developing marketing strategies. Given expected price volatility, this may be a good year to spread price risk over most of the marketing year. This may be accomplished by forward contracting (hedging if you don't mind the potential margin calls) one-fourth now, one-fourth at harvest and the remainder in October and December/January.
This is also the year to hold 200 to 300 bushels in storage just in case something happens to the 2005 wheat crop and the market goes wild.


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Two ACS journal covers feature energy and manufacturing research from You group
Research articles on energy and manufacturing topics from the research group directed by Prof. Fengqi You, Roxanne E. and Michael J. Zak Professor at the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, were recently featured on the covers of two American Chemical Society (ACS) journals.
The first article, titled "Comparative Techno-Economic and Environmental Analysis of Ethylene and Propylene Manufacturing from Wet Shale Gas and Naphtha" (DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00354), was featured on the cover of May 2017 issue of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. As shale gas is reshaping the US chemical and manufacturing industries, the article systematically studies the economic and environmental implications of producing building-block chemicals from the emerging and traditional manufacturing routes. This invited contribution is part of the journal's "2017 Class of Influential Researchers" program.
The other article focuses on energy systems design with pollution trading and forest plantations (DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b02928). It was selected to feature on the cover of March 2017 issue of ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, a high-impact journal published by ACS on sustainability and green chemistry.


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Like Aaz said. It will take some time. But since you asked here, I just updated yours myself from 205 to 701.
Will the titles like "of the nexus" and such remain?
Damn Aaz, over 11,000 posts now.
Yeah, guess my TRUE POWER is revealed now, just like in your typical shounen manga.
Hmm, doesn't seem to work for me. Oh well.
Like we've said, the change is not automatic, and it will take time to service every single user. I just updated yours myself.
Berserk isn't really "dark fantasy" either. It's plain fantasy
Miura has been very protective of Berserk
Out of curiosity, did the decision came after a heated argument or did it came as something natural? Was it discussed for a long time?
We never have heated arguments, and it was decided very quickly.
Hey, on the topic on post, I was wondering how many members we have posting? Whats the forums member count? Active and Non Active?


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Key Earnings Announcements This Week:
Monday, Nov 19, 2011
Before: AERL, ITRN, LOW, NM, NJR, LG, TSN
During: ECTY, URBN
After: A, AMCN, CRMT, BOBE, BRCD, CHRM, CO, CCIH, CRESY, EFUT, FNBN, JACK, KKD, NUAN, PWRD, QIHU, SCVL
Tuesday, Nov 20, 2011
Before: AMWD, BBY, BWS, CPB, CHS, CHOP, CGA, CNTF, IMOS, CTRN, CRRC, DAKT, DLIA, DSX, DSW, EV, FRED, HNZ, HPQ, HRL, IEC, NRGY, JKS, KIRK, NTIC, PDCO, RAVN, SCHS, LEDS, SHP, SIG, TAOM, TECD, VAL
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After: ANFI, CERE, STV, CCM, NED, FENG, PLNR, CRM, SQM, TLYS, ZLC
Wednesday, Nov 21, 2011
Before: DE, DCI, EDAP, GLOG, TNP
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Note: All economic numbers and earnings reports are in line with those compiled by Briefing.com. Occasionally changes will occur that are made after the posting of this column and some companies have not confirmed their time, so always double check when taking positions overnight during earnings season! (?) = Not yet confirmed at the time the list was compiled.


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I'm really looking forward to listening to Moby's latest effort, Destroyed. In fact, I like the guy more every time I read something about him.
It's hard to encapsulate what he does, since as a multi-instrumentalist with electronic roots, he's switched styles so many times over the years.
Obligatory Moby facts:
– He's the great-grandson of Herman Melville, hence the chosen stage name.
– The deluxe version of the new album comes with a book of his photographs
– Until recently, he discretely waited tables at a small restaurant just because he liked to
– Didn't use to lock his doors until he discovered a youth under the influence wandered into his living room. He gave the young man a sweatshirt and ten dollars for breakfast.
Check out Destroyed and our other new releases at Davenport Public Library. Fresh albums are starting to pick back up again with the warm weather.


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chuckles is the winner of this contest. Congratulations!
Sorry Matt, I'm just too hard up ... right now.
Quote from: Chris Berry on April 15, 2003, 01:37 PMchuckles is the winner of this contest. Congratulations!Are you kidding me? Jim? Geez... He'll probably just wind up shipping the figures straight up to Morgbug! Perhaps you could just give 'em to me instead. Last thing we need are more good figures falling into the hands of a Celtics fan... If not, a half-hearted congrats to the man full of laughs - chuckles. Way to go Jim. Now you better hurry up with that $20 bribe you promised me!
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Guadalupe "Lupe" Garcia, 44, passed away July 15, 2013, in Hood River, Ore. He was born July 11, 1969, in Tlacuitapa, Jalisco, Mexico, to Augustin and Teresa Garcia.
A viewing and funeral Mass were held Thursday at Anderson's Tribute Center and St. Mary's Catholic Church.
A praying of the rosary was held Friday at Anderson's, followed by a graveside service at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
Lupe was born in Mexico but lived most of his life in the Hood River area. He attended Pine Grove Elementary, Wy'east Middle School and Hood River Valley High School. He loved to listen to '80s music; he enjoyed his daily walks to Windmaster for his smokes and coffee.
He is survived by his father, Augustin Garcia, of Hood River; brothers Juan Garcia, of Leon, Guanajato, Mexico, and Israel Garcia, of Hood River; sister Linda Garcia, of Hood River; his beloved niece, Katrina Garcia-Chubb, of Goldendale, Wash.; and numerous other family and many friends that will miss him dearly.
He was preceded in death by his mother, Teresa.
Arrangements are under the direction of Anderson's Tribute Center (Funerals, Receptions, Cremations), 1401 Belmont Ave., Hood River, OR 97031; 541-386-1000. Please visit www.andersonstributecenter.com to leave a note of condolence for family.
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EclipseLink 2.4.0 Development Plans
This page is a working document for what is being planned and developed for EclipseLink 2.4.0, which is part of the Juno coordinated release shipping in June of 2012.
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- Tycho/Maven Migration Incorporate the use of Tycho to generate OSGi bundles using a manifest-first methodology. This will remove the need for BND, but will rely heavily upon developers properly maintaining the manifest files.
- Enhanced Schema Provisioning: Schema upgrade to handle application version upgrades. Upon request the Schmea will be extended to add additional tables, columns, indexes.
- MetadataSource support for PU Properties: During the bootstrap of a JPA persistence unit the Metadatasource will provide additional PU properties that can come from an external source to customize the PU properties used in the EntityManagerFactory creation.
- JPA 2.1: Provide early access to some of the JPA 2.1 defined features. This will dependend on the progress the expert group makes.
- Gemini JPA: With the Gemini JPA 1.0 release scheduled to come out this summer the current solution available (which we have deprecated) need to be fully transitioned to leverage the Gemini solutions. This will involve updates or migration of examples but may also involve a coordinated Gemini release if feature work is included.
- ER 356812: Database Change Event Cache Invalidation
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- ER 312146: Enhanced JPQL
- ER 362899: Support NoSQL Databases
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- 339909 - DBWS should support optional argument queries
- 329435 - DBWS does not handle %ROWTYPE mix of PL/SQL types and JDBC Advanced types
- DBWS Generation of JAX-RS Web Services.
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If you hope to send your teenager to college, this College Search Workshop is for you, Nov. 12
October 22, 2012
Presenters: Erica Johnson, Director of Admissions
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If you are the parent/guardian of a high school student, it's not too early to be thinking about colleges and the college application process. This introductory program will discuss the who, what, when, where and how of this exciting process. Topics will include researching different types of two- and four-year colleges, campus visits, applications, essays, and financial aid, including the details of our tuition exchange, tuition remission, and tuition reimbursement benefits.
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|Winter Term 2018 Music Theory and Analysis 2 - 1665 - MUTH 202
Prerequisites/Notes: MUTH 201 Corequisites: MUTH 212, 222
Catalog Description : A comprehensive introduction to the structural principles and compositional techniques of art music from the 18th and 19th centuries. Emphasis on diatonic harmony and elementary counterpoint through written exercises, model composition, and analysis. Introduction to the basic formal procedures associated with tonal music. Taken in sequence, MUTH 201 and 202 are the first two courses in the five-term music theory core. Placement determined by the Music Theory Placement Exam. Corequisites: MUTH 212 and 222.
Attributes: Fine Arts Div GER (01cr), Foundation/Gateway Course


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16. The term "Jubilee" speaks of joy; not
just an inner joy but a jubilation which is manifested outwardly, for the
coming of God is also an outward, visible, audible and tangible event, as
Saint John makes clear (cf. 1 Jn 1:1). It is thus appropriate that
every sign of joy at this coming should have its own outward expression.
This will demonstrate that the Church rejoices in salvation. She
invites everyone to rejoice, and she tries to create conditions to ensure
that the power of salvation may be shared by all. Hence the Year 2000 will
be celebrated as the Great Jubilee.
With regard to its content, this Great Jubilee will be, in a certain sense, like
any other. But at the same time it will be different, greater than any other. For the
Church respects the measurements of time: hours, days, years, centuries. She thus goes
forward with every individual, helping everyone to realize how each of these
measurements of time is imbued with the presence of God and with his saving activity.
In this spirit the Church rejoices, gives thanks and asks forgiveness, presenting her
petitions to the Lord of history and of human consciences.
Among the most fervent petitions which the
Church makes to the Lord during this important time, as the eve of the new
millennium approaches, is that unity among all Christians of the various
confessions will increase until they reach full communion. I pray that the
Jubilee will be a promising opportunity for fruitful cooperation in the many
areas which unite us; these are unquestionably more numerous than those
which divide us. It would thus be quite helpful if, with due respect for the
programmes of the individual Churches and Communities, ecumenical agreements
could be reached with regard to the preparation and celebration of the
Jubilee. In this way the Jubilee will bear witness even more forcefully
before the world that the disciples of Christ are fully resolved to reach
full unity as soon as possible in the certainty that "nothing is
impossible with God".
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20th January 2014
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Book club library 2013
We have some marvellous books lined up for Mumsnet book club in 2013. Everyone's welcome to join in. Sign up for our book club newsletter for details of guest authors and book giveaways, and follow @Mumsnetbookclub on Twitter for the latest literary news. Here's what we've read so far this year.
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
Longlisted for the Man Booker prize, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a beautifully told allegorical tale about loss.
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Table of Contents
- What is DataShop?
- Getting Data In
- Accessing DataShop
- Project / Dataset Administration
- Citing DataShop and Datasets
- Glossary
- Reports
- Filtering Data
- Export: Getting Data Out
- Using Other Tools
- Advanced
- Examples
- Contact Us
What is DataShop?
The Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center (PSLC) DataShop is a data repository and web application for learning science researchers. It provides secure data storage as well as an array of analysis and visualization tools available through a web-based interface.
DataShop is funded by a National Science Foundation grant (SBE-0836012) to LearnLab, the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center. Previously it was funded by NSF award number SBE-0354420.
Starting Points
- If you're not familiar with the project or web application, see our FAQ.
- For the latest project news, visit our home page.
- Browse our documentation using the table of contents to the left.
- Watch our tutorial videos on YouTube.
- Download the DataShop Cheat Sheet (PDF).
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TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - A trip to the doctor can now be a visit with a group of friends.
Shirley Tibbits never felt entirely comfortable with doctor's visits. She says she would draw back and not say what was on her mind to the doctors.
But now, after 55 years of living with Type 1 diabetes, she's thriving on a new approach called shared medical appointments.
Renee Johnson, APN, CDE with Cotton-O'Neil Diabetes Center in Topeka says shared medical appointments are office visits attended with other patients with the same disease. She started offering shared appointments to her patients in December.
Johnson says they start much like a typical appointment. A patient goes to an exam room for a physical assessment and medication review, then, about six to ten of them come together for a group discussion with the medical provider, followed by time with a diabetes educator, then a special guest, such as a dietician, a trainer or therapist.
Johnson says the sessions are informal and laid back with open conversation and question and answer throughout. She says they also include one-on-one time with a medical provider, which means individual attention plus opportunity to bring up anything they're not comfortable discussing with the group.
Studies show the approach is successful. Patients utilizing shared appointments have a 30 percent decrease in emergency room use, 20 percent drop in hospital admissions, and reduced obesity, blood pressure, cholesterol and A1C levels.
Johnson says the success comes from everyone going through the same thing. She says the group gives them confidence in managing their disease and is also a source of support that comes from the dynamic of a group setting.
Shirley hasn't missed a group appointment since they started. She says her levels have improved and she says she feels more accountable now.
Plus, she says she's found that, instead of thinking she faced the world alone with diabetes, that she has friends facing the same problems which has given her a boost.
Patients attend a mix of group and individual appointments, depending on their situation. The group sessions take about 90 minutes and Johnson says most insurance covers it like a regular appointment.
Besides Johnson, Dr. Susan Brian offers shared appointments at Cotton-O'Neil Diabetes Center and Dr. Alan Wynne is just starting them, too.


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A Bed for The Thorsen House
Make a Greene & Greene-style bed with simplified construction.
By Darrell Peart
Pages 40-47
Recently I joined a group whose primary goal is to restore the Thorsen House, one of the "Ultimate Bungalows" designed by Charles and Henry Greene. In fact, I am on the board of directors of the Friends of the Thorsen House. Our purpose is to raise funds for a seismic retrofit to the house (it sits atop the Hayward fault), but there are several smaller projects going on, too.
The original furniture resides in the Huntington Museum in San Marino, Calif. One of our goals is to eventually reproduce all the original furniture and populate the house with related pieces. The Greenes never designed a bed for the house. Because it is a fraternity house (and has been for nearly 70 years) there are a lot of beds in the house now, but none in the Greene & Greene style. So I volunteered to design and build a twin XL bed.
While this was a tremendous thrill and honor, it was also intimidating. I never would have dreamed that I would design and build a piece of furniture for one of Greene & Greene's Ultimate Bungalows.
I decided to use khaya (an African mahogany) to fit in with the house and existing furniture. And I kept things simple enough for the fraternity brothers to replicate – so they could in turn furnish the other bedrooms.
The Thorsen furniture is, for the most part, more restrained than designs from the other Ultimate Bungalows. This does not mean the designs are unsophisticated – they have more than their share of complexity and subtle finessing. I attempted to keep my design outwardly simple yet throw in a bit of finessing as well.
There was no original bedroom furniture for the house, so I based my design in part on the Thorsen House plant stand (available in the book "Shop Drawings for Greene & Greene Furniture"). I started by borrowing the stand's scroll pattern to use as a cut out in the center panel. Using a common centerline I radiated the pattern's arches outwardly to telegraph to the upper rail. I also spaced the spindles to radiate out from the center. I set the height of this first bed so the mattress would be level in height to the original plant stand. This is lower than the standard height of a bed. You might add 3″ or 4″ to the length of the legs to bring it to typical height (and the plans can be modified to fit any size mattress).
Web site: Find out more about the Friends of the Thorsen House.
Panel Pattern: Download a full-size pattern of the center panel in PDF format: Thorsen Bed Pattern
Online: Visit the author's web site to see photos of his work, read his blog or purchase his book, "Greene & Greene: Design Elements for the Workshop."
In Our Store: "Thorsen House Side Table," an adaptation of the Thorsen House plant stand.
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Rutland Kids Make a Difference for Bats
Second graders donate bat boxes
Rutland Kids Make a Difference for Bats
Second graders donate bat boxes
A group of second graders have been studying bats with their teacher Nicole Joyce for all of October.
Joyce says she got interested in bringing bat conservation to her classroom after hearing about the devastating effects of white nose syndrome on bat populations.
As part of their studies the students built six bat boxes just in time for Bat Awareness Week and Halloween. The boxes give bats a safe place to roost and will be given to Vermont Fish and Wildlife and Rutland Parks and Recreation to hang where they are most needed.
For more information on bats in our region, check out the following links:
What You Should Know About Bat Houses
Bat Conservation International


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The Edition 2016 received 450 great proposals from 21 countries. Out of these, 94 projects were selected to actually participate in the competition and enter our quarries to implement their project ideas.
After 6 months of hard work participants submitted their final reports to be evaluated simultaneously by their national and international juries. What an incredible task for jury members to review all these outstanding research projects to hand out their awards.
In our new brochure we wanted to showcase these inspirational projects who made it to the international level. All of these projects are fascinating – their initiators even more so. Take a look at them, and you will see the huge value of getting involved and making nature the biggest winner.
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Get ready for an afternoon of rockin' blues and some surprises when Eight Days of Blues take the stage at the Wayne County Fair on Monday, Aug. 6 from 7 to 10 p.m.
– Get ready for an afternoon of rockin' blues and some surprises when Eight Days of Blues take the stage at the Wayne County Fair on Monday, Aug. 6 from 7 to 10 p.m.
The six-piece Eight Days of Blues is a rockin' blues band for people of all ages – from those who grew up in the '60s and '70s to little kids who dance to the tunes. Originality, innovative dynamics, and a love for the blues create the band's raw energy. The band will perform both original tunes and classic blues in their own rockin' style with an R&B and jazzy edge.
Fronted by Lance Casper of Montague, New Jersey, the band features Scranton resident Julian Sparacino on alto saxophone and flute and Joe Bartos of Moscow on bass and back-up vocals. Other band members hail from Sussex County, New Jersey. They include lead guitarist, vocalist and song-writer Lance Casper, drummer Don Sandberg, guitarist and vocalist Kevin Hadley and keyboardist Mary Jasch.
Bartos started playing bass at 14 and has played in cover and classic rock bands in the Scranton metropolitan area since then. "I'm just an everyday working guy trying to have fun, get rid of stress from the week and meet new people," he says.
Sparacino is also a pianist and composer. He is a lifetime jazz, blues and rock player who has performed with numerous blues greats including Muddy Waters.
Eight Days of Blues has their own style and doesn't cover anyone. "We take songs done by blues greats and work them into our style and sound," Casper says. "Expect to give your ears and feet a treat."
So instead of sitting home, take a drive to the Wayne County Fair and have some toe-tapping fun. The Small Stage is located at the south end of the fairgrounds.
Eight Days of Blues will perform on the Small Stage at the Wayne County Fairgrounds, 270 Miller Drive (Rte. 191), Honesdale, PA 18431. Rain or shine.
Free Admission. www.waynecountyfair.com.
Eight Days of Blues: www.eightdaysofblues.com.


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Subject: FW: Almost 13 years ago at Yankee Stadium
Don't know if you have ever seen this but it is well worth the time!!Opening World Series Pitch – Almost 13 Years Ago.Most people are not aware that a secret service guy dressed as an umpire the night President Bush threw out the first pitch during the 2001 World Series at Yankee Stadium. Great story. None of the newspaper guys ever picked up on the "stranger" in the umpire's uniform.Remember this was just after 9/11...................This is the U.S.A. at one of its best moments....Watch this ..... it's great ..


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Each semester we develop and host professional development programs with local alumni and corporate partners – click here to see some of our career ready events.
Read about many of our Career Ready initiatives in our Barney Update newsletters. Click on the links below to learn more about our alumni, students, faculty and events!
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BUFFALO - They won't admit it, but this had to be the Flyers' worst fear before the series: They would throw all kinds of shots at Ryan Miller, but wouldn't be able to turn on the red light behind the battle-tested Buffalo goalie.
Miller was sensational Wednesday, making 32 saves - including a highlight-film stop on his buddy, Danny Briere, in the final period - as the Sabres edged the Flyers, 1-0, and evened the series at two games apiece.
Twice in this series, a Flyers goaltender has played well enough to win most games. On both occasions, either Sergei Bobrovsky or Brian Boucher has been outplayed by Miller, who led the United States to a silver medal in last year's Vancouver Olympics.
It marked the first time in franchise history that the Flyers had dropped a pair of 1-0 decisions in a playoff series.
And now, the Flyers have this scary thought: They can dominate - like they did in the latter stages of Wednesday's third period - and still not advance to the conference semifinals.
Game 5 is Friday at the Wells Fargo Center.
Boucher, who was excellent again, kept a positive outlook.
"I don't think we should be frustrated," he said. "It was a pretty hard-fought game and nobody ever said this series was going to be easy. It's 2-2 and we have two home games if we need it. We feel pretty good. We won here in Game 3, so we want to win a Game 5 and we'll deal with that after."
But they may have to win Game 5 without injured forward Jeff Carter, and no one knows if Mike Richards will be suspended for elbowing Patrick Kaleta.
Look for Chris Pronger to return in Game 5, and that might be the push the Flyers need.
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30 June 2014
Notes on Teaching First-Year Composition as a Film & Media Course
It appears that next year I won't be teaching any first-year composition classes at UNH, which will put on hold an experiment I began this past term with FYC. (I'm teaching Literary Analysis this fall and probably a survey course in the spring.) I'll record here some thoughts on that experiment, both for my own future use and in case they are of use or interest to anyone else...
Labels: film, first-year composition, pedagogy, teaching, UNH
27 June 2014
Guy Davenport on Writing and Reading
|Guy Davenport, illustration from Apples & Pears
I've just begun reading Andre Furlani's Guy Davenport: Postmodern and After, a magnificent book (so far), and went to track down one of the items cited there, a 2002 interview by B. Renner for the website Elimae. Alas, the site seems to have died, but god bless the Wayback Machine: here it is, cached.
The interview is not as meaty as some others, for instance Davenport's Paris Review interview, but it's always interesting, and I was particularly struck by this:
DAVENPORT: At Duke I took Prof Blackburn's Creative Writing course (Bill Styron and Mac Hyman were in the class) and got the wrong impression that writing is an effusion of genius and talent. Also, that writing fiction is Expression of significant and deep inner emotion. It took me years to shake off all this. Writing is making a construct, and what's in the story is what's important. And style: in what words and phrases the story is told. (William Blackburn, the full name. His guiding us all toward autobiographical, confessional, "emotional" writing is -- in reaction -- why I write about concrete objectivities that are fairly remote from my own experiences. I like to imagine how other people feel in a world different from my own.)Also:
ELIMAE: Almost none of your stories take place in the U.S. or involve American characters. Is there a particular reason for this? Are Americans and the U.S. less noteworthy than other peoples and places, especially Europeans and Europe, or is it as simple as a matter of going to subject matter that hasn't already been done to death by other American writers?And then there's a Davenport desert island list!
DAVENPORT: A clever critic might note that they are all set in the USA. "Tatlin!" is a fable about totalitarian governments strangling creativity, not always blatantly and openly. At the time I was lecturing on Hermann Broch's The Death of Virgil, the classic study in our time of Government and The Poet. Vladimir Tatlin's genius suffocated by Stalin seemed to me to be paradigmatic and timely. I learned from Kafka's Amerika that you don't have to have a realistic knowledge of a place, and from Nabokov that "realism" is simply a fashionable mode.
We are still immigrants. Culture imports and exports. There was a great anxiety that European culture would be obliterated twice in the 20th century. I became interested in "Europe" through Whistler's etchings.
ELIMAE: Here's my version of the "desert island" question: if you could select any six books (besides your own) originally written in your lifetime, and be the author of those books, which six would they be?Finally, I also found an interesting mention of Davenport in this interview with John Jeremiah Sullivan, whose whole response about the connection of writing and reading is great, but here's the Davenport part:
DAVENPORT: Your 6 books question is diabolical! I couldn't have written any of 'em.
Eudora Welty, The Golden Apples
P. Fitzgerald, The Blue Flower
Michel Tournier, Les Meteores
Isak Dinesen, Anecdotes of Destiny
Mann, Doktor Faustus
Beckett, Molloy
That said, how do you get to be a better reader? I asked Guy Davenport this question one time, because talking to him could really make a person despair; he just knew so much, he'd read so much in many languages, but not in a pedantic or scholastic way, in a really passionate way. He gave me what I thought was very solid advice, which was: first of all, start reading and don't stop. The other thing is to follow your interest. He said there ought to be a phrase, "falling into interest," to go with falling in love.
Follow your interest; follow the writers who energize you, not the ones who exert a sense of obligation on you. The books that do the one or the other will change, as time gone on. The landscape shifts. Don't adhere to systems unless that feels good.
Labels: Guy Davenport, interviews, Quotes, reading, Writing
25 June 2014
The Narrative Arcade: On Vikram Chandra's "Artha"
Vikram Chandra's collection of interconnected stories, Love and Longing in Bombay, is a book I had thought of writing about in some detail, but I'm afraid time is not on my side with that, and a number of other writing projects need attention. One story I managed to make some notes on is "Artha", and here are those notes, in case some thoughts on the story are useful to someone else...
In thinking about Love and Longing in Bombay, I'm going to start by grasping some tiny pieces within the wholes, and see what I can do with them.
First, a single story, and a single page of that story, and not the words but the blank space.
The story: "Artha". The page: 165 of the 1998 Back Bay Books paperback edition.
The two blank spaces between narrators and their narratives.
Labels: India, narrative, queer, short stories, Vikram Chandra
18 June 2014
We Are Living in a First-Draft World
The late David Markson did not have a computer. In March 2004, Laura Sims told him that there were things written about him on blogs. He replied:
NO, I've no idea what a Blog is. BLOG?Sims sent him print-outs:
Hey, thank you for all that blog stuff but forgive me if after a nine-minute glance I have torn it all up. I bless your furry little heart, but please don't send any more. In spite of the lost conveniences, I am all the more glad I don't have a computer.From the wonderful little book Fare Forward: Letters from David Markson, edited by Laura Sims.
They make a statement about my background, there's an error in it. They quote from a book, and they leave out a key line. They repudiate a statement of fact I've made, without checking, ergo announcing I'm a fake when the statement is 100% correct. Etc., etc., etc. Gawd.
I have just taken the sheets out of the trash basket & torn them into even smaller pieces.
Labels: blogs, David Markson, letters, Quotes
09 June 2014
The Church of Science Fiction
Back in January, having imbibed too many book reviews and flame wars, I spouted on Twitter: "Most critical writing could be summed up as, 'My god is an awesome god! Your god sucks.'" That especially seems to be the case with so much writing about science fiction, which is less rigorously analytical than it is theological.
Let's look at two examples.
Adam Roberts's new Guardian essay on science fiction and politics reminded me of a provocative essay in the current issue of Science Fiction Studies, "Fascism and Science Fiction" (JSTOR) by Aaron Santesso.
Here, I'm not going to wrestle with their arguments so much as speculate (perhaps irresponsibly, erroneously, ridiculously) on what itch such arguments scratch, because though I am skeptical of the overall thrust of both pieces, I don't find either to be especially bothersome. As I read each, I realized that I didn't understand the desires and assumptions that motivated them, because they are the desires and assumptions of a religious denomination I don't adhere to. I've explored and dabbled with various sects of the church of science fiction since childhood, and a part of me still very much wants to be a believer, but I just can't make the proper leaps of faith. Call me Doubting Matthew.
Labels: books, critics, religion, science fiction
03 June 2014
Interfictions Online: The Indiegogo Campaign
Interfictions Online is doing some crowdfunding so that they can continue to pay contributors and not charge readers. Not only am I in favor of paying contributors and keeping material free for readers, I'm also a fan of Interfictions in all its various incarnations, since many of my friends and writers I admire have appeared there, are editors there, etc. And I'm not entirely selfless in passing on the appeal: I had a story in the first Interfictions anthology, and I've got a story coming out in a future issue of Interfictions Online.
You don't have to be selfless, either, though, because there are various items offered to people who give money, including a great set of new e-book anthologies.
Labels: crowdfunding, Interfictions, Online fiction
02 June 2014
The Memory Garden by Mary Rickert
I reviewed Mary Rickert's novel The Memory Garden for the Los Angeles Review of Books.I loved the book, but it was a difficult review to write because it's just about impossible to say anything about this novel without ruining a significant effect of the last quarter of it. I'm not a fan of spoiler warnings, and generally think such things give way too much emphasis to plot, but in this case I think it is a book that needs some sort of warning before you read anything about it, because the effect of the last quarter is just so powerful and so much more than merely about the plot. So I said that in the review. Which in and of itself is almost saying too much.
Here's a better review of The Memory Garden: Go read this book!
Labels: Cheney publications, M. Rickert, novels, reviews
01 June 2014
Jay Lake (1964-2014)
|© 2009 Mari Kurisato
We knew this day was coming, but that doesn't really make it easier.
After years of struggling with cancer, Jay Lake has died.
Jay leaves a legacy of family, of friendships, of writing, and of science. He had his genome sequenced, and he submitted himself to grueling experimental trials. He could have gone more quietly into this good night; he chose instead to try to help the people of a future that has been denied to him. One of his greatest legacies may be to have helped, in some small or large way, to move us closer to a cure for cancer.
In place of eulogy, here's something I wrote when Jay could read it.
Farewell, friend.
Labels: cancer, Jay Lake, Obituaries
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Sulfur Isotopes in Subduction Systems and the Global Sulfur Cycle
DOEI Funded Research: 2010
Background and Aims of the StudySulfur is one of the six most abundant elements in the Earth (~2 wt. %) with four stable isotopes. 34S/32S ratios (expressed as δ34S relative to a meteorite standard) show a fractionation of ~150 ‰ in nature. Isotopic fractionation is due to (i) kinetic effects during bacterial reduction of sulfate, and (ii) chemical exchange between sulfate (SO42-) and sulfide (S2-) species and between different sulfides.
Sulfur is an essential ingredient of life and its isotopes are used as tracers in marine geochemistry, in the investigation of secular changes of seawater chemistry and the composition of the atmosphere, but also in ore geology, in diamond research and in coal and oil geology. The surface sulfur cycle has been investigated in detail for many decades [e.g., Canfield, 2004; Seal, 2006]. Studies have revealed feedback mechanisms between oxygenation of the atmosphere and the deep seawater and the biogenic and chemical fixation of sulfur in sediments and altered igneous rocks of the oceanic crust. The deep cycle of sulfur between crust and mantle is controlled by subduction of oceanic lithosphere (mantle input) and by volcanic eruptions and degassing along plate margins and intra-plate volcanoes (mantle output; Figure 1). The budget and cycling of sulfur among the surface reservoirs, such as the oceans, is strongly influenced by mantle input and output rates via subduction and volcanism [e.g., Canfield, 2004].
Primitive undergassed basalts, as well as sulfide inclusions in mantle xenoliths and in eclogite-type diamonds display a relatively large variation in δ34S (Seal, 2006) providing evidence for significant mantle heterogeneities in S isotopes. It has been speculated that recycling of sedimentary sulfur in subduction zones is in part responsible for these variations. However, all models on the deep mantle sulfur cycle presented so far include the compositions of un-metamorphosed seafloor sediments to estimate the input into the mantle. They simply ignore any processes operating during subduction. Despite the unique geochemical importance of sulfur, surprisingly little is known on the behavior of sulfur and sulfur isotopes during high-pressure metamorphism and subduction zone devolatilization. The proposed study aims to close this gap (Figure 1), and investigate the S isotope composition of sulfides and sulfate components in natural high-pressure rock samples. Studies of sulfur isotopes on non-volcanic subduction-related material are very rare, and no data on any HPM rocks have been published to date. Hence, models on the global sulfur cycle and on secular changes in the surface sulfur budget are afflicted with a complete lack of knowledge on the efficiency and isotopic effects of subduction (Figure 2).


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Always good for a laugh...Blob Mckenzie wrote:The inbreds are angry at Bountiful...... mighty mad mongoloids at Camp DArcy.
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread ... d&t=130962
Some poster named Stay Golden had to lay down the law. I'm sue there is no fabrication or outright lies in this trainwrek of a thread at the Mongoloid Farm.
I've been to a couple Flames games. The group I work with sponsors a bunch of Northern Kids to go to the Tim Horton's camp at Kananaskis every year, and one of the events we take them to is a Flames game. Everytime I go it's hilarious. We always sit up in the Super-Bleeders, and it's a Gongshow everytime.
The first year I went (2 years ago) a couple drunks spilled their beer all over some of the kids we were with. These are 12-15 year old Aboriginal kids, just having a good time in a building that holds more people than they've ever seen in their lives. Anyways, these idiots spill their drinks on them, and when the kids are like "dude, wtf" the drunks decide to get in their face. A couple of our staff members (we're all military) politely told these idiots to smarten up or they'd get a close-up of the ice over the railings. They were then escorted out of the building before the shootout.
This past year, there was a group of people smoking pot in the next section over. Literally passing pipes and joints around. Being from BC, I couldn't help but laugh. But I guess that's what you can expect when you put people behind the media section and deny them a view of the scoreboard...


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Trent Farmer of the West Village taking an electronic music production class on Monday night at Dubspot on W. 14th St.
A Ph.D.J. on two turntables, and mouse, at new academy
By Brooke Edwards
Dan Giove fondly recalls time spent thumbing through the latest and rarest electronica at the East Villages Dubspot Records while chatting with the stores owner, Makoto. That was before Dubspot succumbed to the fate of many music stores in the post-MP3, CD-burning era and shut its doors in early 2002.
But now, with Makotos blessing, the Dubspot legacy is being reinvented. Only now they dont sell you the records; they teach you what to do with them.
Dubspot subtitled DS14 for short is the name of the D.J. academy Giove recently opened at 348 W. 14th St. in the heart of the citys new club mecca, the Meatpacking District. Offering beginner-to-advanced classes in D.J.ing, V.J.ing (video jockeying) and music production, Dubspot plans to fill what Giove saw as a void for those looking to hone their skills in the industry.
I had done some D.J.ing myself and was actually looking for somewhere to take classes in music production, Giove said. I took a few classes, but didnt get much out of them. Giove decided to create his own school where he could be not only the president, but also a student.
Then came the fun part, Giove said. I got to look around at all of these big-name D.J.s and say, Who do I want to learn from?
Thats when Giove hooked up with longtime friend J.P. Solis, resident D.J. at Chelsea super-club Crobar. Aside from his regular nightclub gig, Solis has built quite a résumé for himself, opening with D.J. AM for the Black Eyed Peas and D.J.ing parties for the likes of MTV, Esquire magazine and President Bill and Senator Hillary Clinton. Solis had been toying with the idea of holding D.J. workshops to pass on his skills. Joining forces with Giove was the perfect solution.
Along with Solis, Giove added to his team house-music D.J. and producer Dustin Cooke; 5th Platoons hip-hop D.J.s and producers Neil Armstrong and D.J. Daddy Dog; and resident Crobar V.J., Chris Biggins.
Then the work began.
First, we did lots of research and interviews with people who took classes at other schools and werent happy with the results, Giove said. From that research, the group began to develop the Dubspot courses.
Weve been meeting once a week for the last five months to build a curriculum, Giove said.
All of the planning came together as Dubspot recently held its first beginner D.J. class. The class was full, and surprisingly, for this still male-dominated field two-thirds of the students were female.
The interior of Dubspot manages to be both intimate and impressive. With what Giove proudly describes the cobblestone entryway leading to cherry hardwood floors, exposed brick walls and a view of 14th St. as a backdrop, and the fact that Dubspot features some of the latest and most sought-after equipment in the business.
The workstation of each student/aspiring D.J. includes a 17-inch iMac, Serrato Scratch Live software, Technic 1210 turntables, Pioneer CDJ 1000 CD players, a Rane 56 mixer and Sonys top-of-the-line studio headphones.
Todays D.J.s are as slick on the computer mouse as the two turntables. A signature technique of D.J.ing, scratching which traditionally involves the D.J. manually flipping a record backwards or back and forth while its playing on the turntable can be done without the actual record here, thanks to the special software; as is seen increasingly with working D.J.s, the music is digital.
Using the software (which retails for $525), the D.J. academy students transfer digital tracks to a special time-coding control record that comes with the program, and can then manipulate the music file via the control record.
For those looking to create their own tracks, Giove designed turntables that slide out to reveal AKAIs complete music production machine. He included the latest MIDI controller and virtually every big-name software program in the field, including the latest versions of Ableton Live, Reason and Logic Pro.
In the up-and-coming area of V.J.ing the art of projecting video images and films in nightclubs Dubspot features Pioneer DVJ X1s and software such as Arkaos.
Beyond teaching the technical aspects of the industry, Dubspot also plans to show its students how to program, how to read a crowd and how to promote oneself in the field. Intermediate students will leave class with a 20-to-60-minute demo of their own mix, while advanced students who impress Giove and Solis may land an opener spot at Crobar.
Dubspot is the second major D.J. school to recognize the potential New York City holds for catering to aspiring D.J.s. Scratch DJ Academy located at 434 Sixth Ave. in the Village opened in 2002 and has been packing classes ever since.
Giove said Dubspot plans to stand out from its primary competitor by offering experienced teachers rather than guest spots by big-name D.J.s and smaller class sizes. While Giove said Scratch may have 30 to 60 students per class with some students sharing a D.J. rig, Dubspot limits its classes to six students, each with his or her own workstation. Also, Dubspot is the first to offer courses in V.J.ing.
A spokesperson said Scratch DJ Academy was not aware that a new school had opened in the city and declined to comment.
The opening of Dubspot raises concern for more than just its competition. The idea of attending a D.J. school is also controversial among practicing D.J.s and promoters.
For there to be a D.J. school is kind of deflating the practice, said D.J. Jose NYC. D.J. Jose has played several venues in New York, including the Red Revolution events and a regular stint at the Bruckner Bar in the Bronx.
They are diluting the art form by killing the undergroundedness that makes it edgy, he said.
Instead, most D.J.s pride themselves on being self-taught.
D.J. Jose NYC said, I learned on my own and by playing with what was even at the time a dated Numark dual CD player, Gemini mixer and EFX.
D.J. Jose NYC also does not believe that going to school will help a D.J. get ahead in the business.
Getting a certificate for learning how to scratch might give you a boost of morale, but in all reality, it doesnt make you a pro, he said.
Ive actually never hired a D.J. who attended an academy, said Justine Delaney, a D.J. and promoter known for pulling off the now-infamous MotherF---ker events and for booking D.J.s to one of Brooklyns biggest clubs, Studio B.
All D.J.s I know or worked with have never been to school for D.J.ing, including myself, Delaney said.
There is also concern that D.J. schools will add to an already oversaturated market.
Currently in New York nightlife, everyone claims to be a D.J., Delaney said. It seems to be in vogue, so its necessary to weed out the actual D.J.s with vision from the imposters.
Dubspots Silos said thats the point.
Everyone is a D.J., he said. If you have iTunes and you decide what songs to play in what order, then you are a D.J. But that doesnt mean you know how to mix or how to tell a story with your music. And thats where we come in.
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BEIJING (AP) — No buildings constructed after a powerful earthquake struck southwest China in 2008 collapsed fully during last week's quake in the same province, which means they withstood a major test, an official said Thursday.
Poor designs and shoddy construction were blamed for the collapse of many schools during the Sichuan earthquake five years ago which left nearly 90,000 people dead or missing. To assuage public anger, central and local government officials in Sichuan province promised then not to cut corners in the reconstruction and to enforce higher safety codes.
On Thursday, an official from Sichuan government's Housing and Urban-Rural Development Department said the new construction had withstood last week's earthquake, which was smaller in magnitude and killed 196 people and left 21 people missing.
"We've noticed that some buildings cracked and some walls of the buildings collapsed," but this is "normal," Qiu Jia told a news conference. "It's impossible for buildings to remain undamaged at all in major earthquakes."
But a preliminary survey showed that none of the buildings built after 2008 — including schools and hospitals — collapsed, he said.
"This says that the new projects have withstood the major earthquake test and provided safety to people," he said.
About 1,500 people are still hospitalized following the earthquake, according to figures provided by Zhao Miao, Sichuan's vice governor. He said Saturday's earthquake affected more than 2 million people in more than 100 counties in 10 cities and caused "great economic losses and ecological damage."
Saturday's earthquake was measured by Chinese authorities at magnitude 7.0 and by the U.S. Geological Survey at 6.6, capable of causing severe damage and yet substantially smaller than the 2008 quake, measured at 8.0 by Chinese authorities and 7.9 by the USGS.
Quakes Thursday in Sichuan's Yibin city, about 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the center of Saturday's quake, injured 61 people and damaged or destroyed more than 29,000 homes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.