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> One key facility would be the /sharing/ of data;
> between instances of applications (persistence can be
> viewed as a specific case of this: sharing between
> subsequent incarnations/runs), but also between different
> applications.
No one ever disputed that (well at least, I didn't dispute it), but is this simply not the consequence of persistance? I mean - flat files offer this facility as well.
Now, I am very well aware that RDBMSes are much more powerful than flat files, but in my current view - I regard both primarily as a persistence from my OO biased perspective. Why do I usually choose RDBMS over flat file? Because of this great features you and other have mentioned. Do I treat then RDBMS as a flat file? Most certainly not - I have a isolation layer which decouples my OO code from my RDBMS code. Behind that layer I can fully leverage the power of RDBMS. From the client side I'm not aware of RDBMS existence.
When analysing or debugging the data I most certainly use the query editor and write ad hoc queries to find out what interests me.
I worked on a legacy app which used proprietary flat files for persistence. It was a nightmare when I had to analyze what's in there.
So no, I don't think I'm fully underestimating the power of the dark side :-) Sorry just couldn't resist - no harm meant there, I meant the power of the RDBMSes. I am open to the possibility that RDBMSes can be ever more used than I am currently using them, and are much more appropriate for some stuff I currently do in OO. But to accept this notion I would need more specific details on your preferred approaches.
> Why not? Simply serializing/deserializing all objects
> (like smalltalk did - the "system image")
> to a file on secure media gives you perfect persistence.
> That you want more shows that you already are
> aware of some desiderata beyond just that.
Well to me, most of these other features are rather "persistence related".
>> Given the fact the DBMS can serve more apps (but actually even one can >> mean trouble if SQL code is spread around the app code), and given the >> fact that one app might want to switch DBMSes I think it would be >> smart to decouple both as much as possible, which to me means no >> client code in DBMS, and very localized DBMS specific statements in >> client code. Now
As can be seen from my other posts, I write my domain logic (the core business data and behavior) in OO and use RDBMS for persistence. The data is hence in the database only because it must persist. Moving the behavior to the DBMS would mean moving client code (the non DBMS code which somehow directly or indirectly uses the database) to the database.
I was working on a financial application once, where a lot of such logic was implemented in the SQL database. There was number of large stored procedures which performed complex financial calculations. The code looked horribly - with lot of verbose, bulky IF THEN ELSE blocks, etc. it reminded me more of my BASIC days than of the professional code.
In addition, the app was being distributed to different clients. Between any two clients some subset of the calculation algorithm varied to some degree, with most of the logic being the same.
This was being resolve by simply switching the stored procedures code -
for each client we had the SPs scripted. The structure being used
(tables) was the same.
So if we wanted to work on an app for another clients, we would execute appropriate scripts which would then regenerate SPs and then we would have the appropriate code. Needless to say, there was fair amount of duplication (or rather n-plication) with slight variations in some places.
To summarize - there are two problems:
1. Complex ifological sequential logic
2. Code reuse which supports variations on appropriate places
Now, I have fairly good idea how to resolve these in OO, but have no idea how do you deal with such issues in DBMSes. Simply, when it comes down to the behavioral, sequential code, and as far as I know it has to come down to it sooner or later, I regard OO as a better choice.
Disclaimer: I can agree that the example just presented was simply bad implementation (it most certainly was).
>> I'm interested with what part you DBMS guys (no irony, or offense >> meant) disagree and how do you envision it?
Well I'm obviously on the OO side, but would like to hear some specifics from the cdt guys, to expand my horizons, learn something new, shift my way of thinking etc.
Do you think OOLs are inferior to RDBMSes in all aspects, and if so are they redundant? If yes, of what parts (with respect to languages) should a typicall application consist? Do you apply such approaches in your apps and how does it works for you?
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I'm finding it extraordinarily difficult to judge industry-accepted word count expectations for unpublished fantasy authors.
I think it's fairly standard for a new fantasy author to want to throw out a Game of Thrones length debut (some even think they can get a Storm of Swords length book published), but it's clear that many agents and editors would more or less ignore a submission that is far too long. This I completely understand. There must be a large population of overeager aspiring fantasy authors who think that there 250,000 word first-in-a-trilogy debut is a polished masterpiece. We get it into our heads that each character needs just so much development, the fantasy world needs so much texture and depth to be believable, and a complex story must invite multiple subplots. The truth is probably that hacking off a hundred thousand words or more will make the novel better and not worse, but what really gets me is the "or more" part.
Just how much is enough? What should the manuscript be wittled down to exactly?
In an ideal world, enough would be enough for the author to feel that it was at the just right length–edited but still complete. However, that's not how it's going to work. If you submit something that is far too long you won't have much chance of getting a second glance. Now I think anywhere above 150,000 words is in the obviously far-too-long category, but based on the research I've done, I can't really find out the specifics about what is acceptable and expected. I'd link to a website that offers solid advice, but I have seen so many different opinions that it's maddening.
Some have said that 80,000 is standard word count for new writers. Some say that fantasy is different, that 120-130,000 is acceptable, nay, required for new novelists. Others say that 100,000 is right on the money. I have no idea what to believe, and my range of 'no idea' goes from 80,000 words to 130,000 words. That's 50,000 words of uncertainty!
My guess is that 100,000 words is playing it safe, but I wonder if that's enough for a strong world-building fantasy novel.
Does anyone have any solid information on this? Opinions? Concerns?

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by M. Doug McGuff, M.D.
BMX is probably one of the most demanding and complicated sports in existence. As a result, it is very difficult to set up a proper training program. As we shall see later, training for one element of the sport can result in harming another element of your performance (training for the endurance to make it through 16 motos per day can also rob you of the power you need for a good gate start). Let us take a look at the general characteristics that can define any sport, and see how hard it is to chategorize BMX.
Most sports divide themselves cleanly into one type of sport or another. Examples of power sports include powerlifting, sprinting (200 meter dash and shorter), high jump, long jump, gymnastics, and velodrome sprint racing (pursuit). Examples of endurance sports are road cycling, running distances longer than the 440 yard. Extreme examples are marathon runners, cross country skiing, 24 hour cycling events, and eco-challenge races.
Other sports have some mixture of power and endurance demands. Being a running back in football is a good example. You have to have the strength and explosive power to move the ball against 300 pound linemen, yet have the endurance for repeated bouts of exertion over 4 quarters of play. Other good examples are hard to find. Rugby might qualify, Tennis has a mixture of power and endurance, but the power aspect is not that pronounced.
BMX is a good example of a mixed-type sport. For the most part, it is a power sport. The race is a sprint, generally lasting between 30 and 45 seconds, depending on the track. Pulling for jumps, pumping turns, rhythm and backside are all power-based activities. Those that succeed at BMX are generally naturally muscular. At most levels of competition, BMX would qualify as almost a pure power sport. Endurance is rarely a factor, as there are long bouts of recovery between events. If you qualify first moto at a local or regional race, you will wait one to several hours, then race your 30 second main and your done. As a rider becomes more advanced and races at a national level, his power will obviously become even more important, but endurance may also become a factor. If a rider is entered in his class, open, and cruiser and does not qualify until the second or third round, and then has quarters and semis, the moto count can rack up. Further, the rest afforded between bouts of activity gets much shorter. At the pro level, the problem is more complex. Power is obviously even more important, but endurance also becomes a necessity. A pro running class and open may have 32 or more races in a single weekend!
Initially, the solution to this problem seems simple enough: simply add some endurance training as you progress in your BMX career. There is a problem with this that most progressing BMX riders are not even aware of, until they find out the hard way. Conditioning for power and endurance are mutually exclusive activities. It is an either-or proposition; you cannot have it both ways. Think of your physical conditioning as a spectrum that runs from power on one end and endurance on another.
For any significant improvement in endurance you make, you will suffer a concomittant decrease in your power. So let's say that you are running out of steam by the time the mains roll around, and you decide to work on your endurance by going on one to two hour road rides a couple times a week. In doing this, you have trained your intermediate muscle fibers who were behaving more like fast twitch fibers to now behave like slow twitch fibers. Now, your power out of the gate is shot, and you don't have to worry about running out of steam in the mains because you didn't even get into your quarter-finals. This is why almost no NFL team does steady-state endurance work. There is a way around this delimma that they do use, and which will we discuss later. Right now, we need to make it clear to you why this delimma exists in the first place.
Our muscles
are made up of thousands of individual fibers that contract when a nerve
from our nervous system sends them a signal to do so. We have several
different types of muscle fibers, but for simplicity's sake, we will focus
on 3 general categories: slow twitch, intermediate twitch and fast twitch.
The names don't just refer to how quickly these fibers contract. Slow
twitch fibers have slow contraction velocity, fatigue slowly, and recover
quickly. Slow twitch fibers are arranged in relatively small groups (motor
units) that are activated by a single nerve. Therefore a nerve going to
a slow twitch motor unit will produce a small amount of force. Fast twitch
fibers have fast contraction velocity, fatigue quickly and recover slowly.
Fast twitch fibers are arranged in larger groupings (motor units). Therefore
a nerve going to a fast-twitch motor unit will produce a higher degree
of force. Intermediate fibers fall somewhere between these two extremes.
Slow and Fast twitch fibers are fixed in their characteristics, so they
cannot alter their behaviour based on training. Intermediate twitch fibers
can take either more fast or slow-twitch characteristics depending on
specific demands. Your own mixture of fiber type is determined by your
genetics and cannot be altered. Someone who is 70% fast twitch, 10 slow
twitch and 20% intermediate will do very well at BMX. Someone who has
10% fast, 70% slow and 20% intermediate will never do well at BMX racing
and will thus gravitate to some other activity. Many who still love riding
may gravitate toward freestyle or dirt jumping. This is why so many talented
dirt jumpers started in BMX racing and moved on. It is no fun to have
good riding skills and never win a race. This is also why dirt jumpers
never bother to enter the big downhill BMX events like the triple crown
of 2000 or The X-games in 2001. While they definitely have the skills,
they just don't have the genetic gifts to get out of the gate with the
likes of John Purse, Jamie Staff, or Christophe Leveque. With a bigger
assist from the downhill aspect, and a bigger emphasis on skills, you
do see riders who probably have a slower twitch profile doing better.
The Foster brothers are notable examples of riders who are probably a
little low on the fast twitch scale, who do less well on a standard track
than they do in downhill venues. Riders who have extemely high degrees
of fast twitch may also have trouble. They can kill it on the gate and
first straight. But, because fast twitch fatigues quickly and recovers
slowly they may have trouble as the day progresses. Also, because fast
twitch motor units are arranged in large groups, they produce movement
that is less fine-tuned. As such, finesse and riding skills are more difficult
to express. An example of a rider with very high fast twitch profile might
be Steve Veltman who has a reputation for extreme power, but who is also
known to get squirelly and crash a little more than his
There is another important factor still to consider. Even though this factor cannot be influenced by training, it is important for you to know that it exists. This factor is called neurological efficiency. Neurological efficiency is simply the percentage of a muscle's total mass that you can voluntarily contract at one time. Someone with high neurological efficiency might be able to contract 90% of his muscle's fibers simultaneously. Someone with average neurological efficiency can contract only 40% of their muscle at one time. Having a high neurological efficiency can offset a disadvantage one might have in their fiber type mix. That is, someone with 70% slow twitch may still be able to explode out of the gate quite impressively if they have a neurological efficiency of 90%. In fact many of the world's best athletes have this combination of slow twitch predominance with high neurological efficiency. They have the ability for great power and explosiveness, combined with amazing endurance...they just don't get tired. You may wonder why nature would want anyone to have 40% neurological efficiency. The answer is...self preservation. If you contract 90% or more of a muscle at once, the forces that are produced may be so high that the tendon pulls off the bone or the muscle tears. We all have inhibitory neural pathways that keep us from contracting all of our muscles at once, except in dire emergencies. Under extreme stress, these inhibitory pathways can be shut off allowing up to 100% of a muscle to contract at once. This is where the stories about 70 year old women lifting fallen cars of their husbands come from. In my experience, high neurological efficiency is usually present in someone that leans more toward a slow twitch predominance. A combination of high neurological efficiency with fast twitch will produce an amazing sprint athlete, but also a very injury prone athlete. It can also wreak havoc on equipment. I have seen Greg Hill snap a chromoly crank spindle, and Terry Tennette has been rumored to have pulled a rear hub casing off its flanges. These guys probably have a high percentage of fast twitch fibers combined with high neurological efficiency. The forces involved with activating a high percentage of a predominantly fast twitch muscle are dangerously high. This rare combination is necessary to be an olympic calibre sprinter, but is also why you see so many of these athletes tearing hamstrings, and rupturing tendons during competition. Most successful BMX athletes are either predominantly fast twitch with average neurological efficiency or average fiber type mix with high neurological efficiency. You cannot control your neurological efficiency, but you can, to a limited degree, affect whether your intermediate fibers behave more like fast or slow twitch. Most importantly, no matter your fiber type mix, you can increase the strength of all your muscle fibers. Muscles are the motor of your BMX bike, the more powerful they are, the faster you will go. All you can do is train as efficiently as possible. Your genetics cannot be altered, but they will determine whether your training takes you to a higher level or the highest levels. Let us now consider the skills involved in BMX.
Single Skill-vs-Multi
Many sports are single skill activities; there is only one physical skill that is required to compete. Archery is a single skill sport. Sharpshooting is single skill. Bowling, the Javelin, Shotput, Pole-vaulting, and Long jump are all single skill sports. In addition to being single-skilled, the venue is also standardized. It is always a regulation sized target. The dimensions of the bowling lane and size of the pins never change. The playing field dimensions, weight of the implement, and other factors never change. These are single-skilled, standardized sports.
Many other sports are multi-skilled. Football is a good example: not only are there multiple positions, each position requires multiple skills. A player may need to know how to run the ball, block for his teammate, catch passes, throw passes, and tackle. Baseball is a multiskill sport for all positions. Most multi-skilled sports are still very standardized. You use a regulation size ball with a regulation weight, you play on a field of standardized dimensions. The hoop or goal post is always a standardized height and size.
The most complicated sports are multi-skilled and non-standardized. BMX is probably the most exteme example of this kind of activity. There are numerous skills involved in a non-standardized playing environment. More importantly, the skills are not confined to one general category. When it comes to skills, there are narrowly and widely focused skills. Narrow focused skills require shutting out all extranious stimuli and executing a very specific, ritualized task. Diving, sharpshooting, powerlifting, and skateboarding are all narrow focus skills. The gate start is a classic example of a narrow focus skill. It is also a single skill. The cadence is always standardized. For each rider, there is a ritual in terms of actions taken before, during and after execution of the skill. The rider must focus on specific cues in performing the skill while blocking out all extraneous information. Other sport skills are widely focused, meaning you have to have a broad awareness that takes in an ever-changing environment. Basketball is a good example. A basketball player has to use his peripheral vision and his hearing (and sometimes just a gut feeling) to know where all the other players are and how the game is unfolding. Widely focused skills don't just require good reaction-time; they require anticipation. Once the gate drops in BMX, the emphasis quickly changes to wide focus skills. You need to know where you are on the track, where the lines are, and what this means relative to your position and the position of the riders around you.
The most complicated sports are multi-skilled and non-standardized and involve switching quickly between narrow and wide focus. BMX qualifies as one of these sports that exist on the highest level of complexity. If chess is a complex game, imagine playing it in three dimensions and you would be approaching the complexity of BMX. In the midst of a race, you have to have the broad focus of a NASCAR driver, yet as you approach a big set of doubles, you have to switch to the narrow focus of an archer. If the race is really tight, or you are going through a tough rhythm section, you have to operate with a broad and narrow focus simultaneously. This degree of difficulty is found in very few sports. This is what makes BMX one of the toughest sports to be good at; no wonder there are so many dirt jumpers.
The key to handling the complexities of the sport is not only to be highly conditioned, but to have highly refined skills. Your skills have to be refined in a very specific way. Possessing refined narrow focus skills of starts, jumping, rhythm, turns etc is a good first step. Later, you have to apply these narrow focus skills in a broad focus context of racing or simulated racing. Skill conditioning requires an entirely different approach than physical conditioning and should never be intentionally combined. In our next chapter we will talk about the specifics of physical conditioning and skill conditioning, and how our approach to each will differ.
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Wal-Mart Takes Its Case to Eureka Voters--And Loses
Voters in Eureka have handed a setback to the Bentonville, Arkansas-based denizens of gray big boxes. In a late August election, Eureka voters rejected rezoning to allow a Wal-Mart near the waterfront. The election polarized the city, but officials pledged that economic development efforts would continue with or without Wal-Mart.
The loss in the Humboldt County seat was a rare defeat for Wal-Mart — but probably not surprising considering that it occurred in an independent-minded North Coast town of 28,000 people just south of Humboldt State University.
"Eureka is unique," voter Laura Reneau told the Associated Press. "Why put something as common as Wal-Mart on our coastline?"
Another factor in the election was the number of empty retail stores in existing commercial districts — including about two dozen vacancies at the 11-year-old Bayshore Mall and more than a few vacant buildings downtown. Wal-Mart opponents said the big box would only increase vacancies.
Wal-Mart proposed a store for 37 acres known as the Balloon Track, an abandoned railroad switching yard about 150 feet from the ocean. The city in 1997 amended its general plan to designate the property for general industrial uses, according to Kevin Hamblin, the city's community development director. The property, which Union Pacific still owns, is zoned for public utility use.
In fall of 1998, the California Coastal Commission rejected Wal-Mart's proposal to designate the site for retail use. Bypassing the City Council, Wal-Mart then convinced local supporters to launch a petition drive to qualify a rezoning initiative for the Eureka ballot.
What was a divisive issue in town only got worse during the campaign regarding Measure J, on which Wal-Mart spent more than $250,000, or nearly $20 per registered voter. Some Humboldt County supervisors came out against Wal-Mart's plan, and the Eureka City Council eventually voted 3-1 for a resolution against Wal-Mart. Mayor Nancy Fleming, a Wal-Mart proponent, became a lightening rod in town. An aggressive telemarketing campaign by Wal-Mart backfired and ended with Wal-Mart reportedly firing the telemarketing firm.
In the late-August special election that had a 47 percent voter turnout, 61 percent of voters rejected Measure J. It may have been the first such electoral defeat in California for Wal-Mart, said Al Norman, a Massachusetts activist who recently wrote the book Slam-Dunking Wal-Mart — Hometown America Fights Back. Wal-Mart narrowly won a similar election in the Sonoma County city of Windsor two years ago, said Norman, who advised opponents in both Windsor and Eureka.
"What was unusual about Eureka was that this vote was done at the insistence of Wal-Mart," Norman said. Also setting Eureka apart was Wal-Mart's inability to convince local elected and civic leaders, who are usually Wal-Mart's biggest cheerleaders, he said. "There were a fair number of leaders who were willing to say this makes no sense."
In fact, a committee appointed by the Board of Supervisors came to that conclusion about one month before the election. The Humboldt County Ad Hoc Committee on Big Box Development released a report that echoed many arguments of Wal-Mart detractors. The report said Wal-Mart would essentially suck sales and jobs from existing stores in the region.
"A new big box retail store would have negative fiscal impacts on surrounding municipal entities, not increase jobs or the quality of jobs, significantly harm and potentially bankrupt existing businesses and reduce the overall quality of life throughout the county," the report stated.
Outright defeats of big boxes are rare, and Wal-Mart representatives (who did not return calls from CP&DR) have not stated whether they are giving up on Eureka. Elsewhere, local opposition forced Home Depot to change sites in Santa Rosa and Santa Maria, but Home Depot eventually built stores in both towns, according to Norman. San Francisco residents and merchants continue to battle Home Depot. Activists in an unincorporated part of Auburn thus far have successfully fought off Home Depot, Wal-Mart and Target.
Interestingly, Wal-Mart would not be Eureka's first big box. Costco has been in town since 1993, and Kmart opened there about a decade ago, Hamblin said.
People have talked of using Eureka's Balloon Track for port-related industrial activity. However, a study found an abundance of coastal-dependent industrial property already available, and there are concerns about the extent of pollution at the old railroad yard, Hamblin said. Plus, Eureka's isolated location and poor transportation connections — one north-south freeway, railroad tracks susceptible to bad weather and slides — argue against a major port, he said.
But Hamblin's boss, Eureka City Manager Harvey Rose contended Eureka's deep-water port is a major economic asset. The city is lobbying federal officials to receive a "foreign trade zone" designation, which would reduce or eliminate tariffs on raw materials imported to the zone.
The city now has a cut-flower producer that receives bulbs from New Zealand and The Netherlands. Also, an ice cream manufacturer that makes products for many different labels imports dried milk solids from New Zealand, Rose said. City officials believe the foreign trade zone would boost those businesses and attract other manufacturers.
The city also will host the second Eureka International Trade, Investment and Tourism Conference on October 22. Representatives of Mexico, South Korea and New Zealand are on the agenda.
While Eureka suffers from a remote location, its port is one day closer to Japan than is Long Beach's port, California's busiest, Rose said. Furthermore, truck drivers face no traffic congestion on the North Coast, as they do when traveling to and from urban ports, he boasted.
Rose said Wal-Mart would have increased Eureka's sales tax base, but the city will move on.
"In economic development, you don't typically go out and recruit retail. You recruit industry, and retail comes along when the numbers are right," Rose said.
National retailers evidently see the right numbers. Walgreens, Office Depot and Office Max are all coming to town, and Target is reportedly looking for sites.
Kevin Hamblin, Eureka Community Development Department, (707) 441-4160.
Harvey Rose, Eureka city manager, (707) 441-4100.
Al Norman, Sprawl-Busters, (413) 772-6289.


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Many thanks to Margaret for this well detailed outline of her no-knead baking techniques.
Perhaps the best thing about the no-knead method is that it makes quality home bread baking possible for so many more people who would otherwise not have the time or inclination to bother or venture past the bread machine. Margaret notches up "easy" to another level.
In her words…
About the no-knead bread, I'm on something between loaf 30 and loaf 40. What fun! My latest experiments, which are geared toward simplicity, are:
- When the dough has risen (after the first 18 hours or so), I wet the dough scraper (so it doesn't stick to the dough) and turn the dough within the bowl to rest (without dumping it out, and without using any flour).
- Then, I shape the rested dough, again wetting the dough scraper, by folding the dough inside the bowl.
- I then wet my hands and scoop the dough into them, quickly rounding the dough. (Speed is important here. You have to get rid of the dough before it thinks about sticking to you.)
- Then I place it to rise onto a piece of parchment paper about 12 to 16-inches square. I gather the edges of the parchment and lower the whole thing into a bowl that is slightly smaller than the pot I'm baking it in. Optionally, I would think the new Reynolds Release Foil (non-stick aluminum foil) might work in place of the parchment.
- I may or may not dust the top of the dough with wheat bran.
- When it's ready to go into the oven, I snip 3 slashes into the top of the dough with my kitchen scissors, if I remember.
- Then I again gather the edges of the parchment, lift it from the bowl, lower the dough into the preheated cooking pot and put the cover on. It doesn't matter if the top squashes the edges of the parchment.
Alternatively, if you have a baking stone, you can leave the parchment flat in step 4, then put the dough onto the stone on the flat parchment, and COVER it with an inverted pre-heated pot (assuming the handles of the pot allow it to sit flat on the stone).
This works no matter how dry or soupy your dough is. I keep mine pretty wet.
None of this is particularly original. I've gleaned the bits from other generous experimenters and simplifiers. The advantages are not having to use or clean up the additional flour, not worrying as much about burning yourself or deflating the dough when it's "dumped" into the pot, and very little cleanup since the pot stays clean and the kitchen isn't dusted with flour.
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A morbid thought raced through my mind during the rolling stage today: What if some Yankee-hating sharpshooter says, "I have had eeenuff of zees American swine winning all of the time!" and he assasinates Lance with no regard of what happens to himself? The organizers couldn't possible cover ever part of the 2000+ miles.
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Anna Nicole Smith went from a Texas teen mom to a stripper to the much younger wife of an octogenarian billionaire to a model/reality star to dead due to a lethal combination of prescription pills, all before the age of 40. It's the kind of life that makes her an ideal subject for a Lifetime movie, that soapy subgenre of made for television features in which tragedies and traumas, real and fictionalized, are enacted with low production values and highly histrionic acting. Lifetime does have a classier mode of operation when it comes to its original features -- see last year's all-African American remake of "Steel Magnolias," or May's Allison Anders-directed June Carter Cash biopic "Ring of Fire" -- but "Anna Nicole," which airs Saturday, June 29 at 8pm, is not of that more serious, sometimes to its own detriment, ilk. No, it's gleefully lurid from its opening montage, which flashes from Smith (played by Agnes Bruckner) on red carpets and at photo shoots to her pale corpse on a stainless steel table, as in voiceover she murmurs, "I'll be buried as international celebrity and balls to the wall party girl Anna Nicole Smith, but I was born Vickie Lynn Hogan."
Lindsay Lohan attracted attention and derision for her role in Lifetime's insufficiently campy "Liz & Dick," but the surprising name attached to "Anna Nicole" is director Mary Harron, of "American Psycho," and she shows no concern with being stiltedly respectful with Smith's story. Smith's, after all, is a Hollywood disaster story turned up to 11, and the film runs through the wild beats of its protagonist's life with an appreciative but not overly sympathetic air.
Smith wanted to be Marilyn Monroe, and like Monroe passed away on pills at a sadly young age, but her story doesn't lend itself at all to the romanticized sense of tragedy so often applied to the screen icon. Smith didn't long to be taken seriously, she longed for attention, at least per the movie, which likens her relationship to the camera to a moth and a flame -- she was helplessly drawn to it even as it threatened to consumer her, and tended to attract as many scornful gazes as admiring ones. "Anna Nicole" sometimes realizes Smith's glamorous persona externally, with Bruckner as a heavily made up Anna advising a not-yet-transformed Vickie -- a device that, like the film as a whole, almost plays like a spoof of the similar one that tends to be applied to fictional analyses of Monroe (see "Norma Jean & Marilyn"), Smith seeming less prone to self-examination.
"Anna Nicole" could also serve as an entertainingly tawdry B-side to Harron's "The Notorious Bettie Page" -- while the 2005 film showed the 1950s pin-up as being so cheerfully free of inhibitions her bondage shoots seemed somehow immune to exploitation, Smith reaches for champagne and her prescription bottle whenever she needs to get comfortable enough to command the spotlight, though this usually leads to her dancing on a tabletop and flashing her assets.
Her rise to fame and subsequent downward spiral of indulgence, shame and regret is most surreally realized in a sequence toward the end when a doped up, pregnant Smith sits by a pool, letting her neighbor's daughter paint her face like a clown. While Bruckner gamely dons prothetic breasts to mimic Smith's famously (and surgically enhanced) voluptuous figure, she still bears little resemblance to Smith, but plays out her journey -- from awkward first-time exotic dancer to near grotesque thrusting her cleavage in the face of her dying husband J. Howard Marshall (Martin Landau) and reality show lead chomping on junk food and arguing with producers -- with abandon. "Good or bad -- I am noticed!" she shrieks when confronting her mother in a rehab therapy session, hurling kleenex and curling sulkily into the sofa.
Of her fellow cast members, Virginia Madsen has the most fun in shoulder pads and a helmet-like hairstyle as Smith's undermining parent Virgie Arthur, who in an early sequence locks her weeping teenage daughter in her room in a stated effort to stop her from going out, meeting a boy and getting pregnant at too young an age. (The movie follows this scene up with a direct cut to Smith leaving her first husband and their shared trailer with her baby.) A deadpan Adam Goldberg plays the nebbishy Howard K. Stern, while Landau actually finds some poignancy and a zesty late life energy in Marshall, who's charmed by Smith's unfaked goofy vibrancy and who sighs to his disapproving son E. Pierce (Cary Elwes) that "one thing I wish I'd learned earlier in life is not to worry what people think about you or start judging them for what they do."
"Anna Nicole" isn't going to win awards, but as showbiz rise and fall tales go, it does interestingly manage to follow the tried and true basic template while absolving its subject of the artificial sheen of victimization these portraits tends to be given. Smith ends her own story by baldly saying that while she wanted to point a finger at the doctors who wrote her prescriptions, at Stern for helping make "The Anna Nicole Show" happen, at her mother, it's the "mirror's where I've got to begin" in assigning blame. Smith's may not be a pretty story, but the movie allows it to be hers, rather than try to strip away her agency to make her just another martyr to the fame game.


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Holgorsen feels good about kicking specialists
MORGANTOWN - There's plenty of competition for almost every spot during the West Virginia spring football practices that began with a warm afternoon workout on Sunday.
It was apparent, though, during the brief window that the first of the 15 practices was open to the media that there is very little competition in one area - kicking specialists.
There is one real kicker in camp. There is one punter. There is one long-snapper and there is one holder.
And only three players combine to hold down those four positions. There aren't even any real backups for special teams coach Joe DeForest to sift through.
"We've got guys that are going to get a lot of individual attention from coach DeForest,'' head coach Dana Holgorsen said. "We'll see where we end up with that.''
It won't be this way forever, of course. Between walk-ons and scholarship recruits who will arrive in the summer, there will be competition for most of the jobs.
But for the spring, it's pretty much up to Josh Lambert, Mike Molinari and John DePalma to work on their own.
At Sunday's first practice, Lambert handled almost all the kicking during the field goal-PAT session. And judging by his kicks on the first day, he might be up to the task of replacing four-year starter Tyler Bitancurt. Lambert, a 6-foot-1, 199-pound freshman who redshirted last fall, got ahold of nearly every kick he tried Sunday.
"Yeah,'' he said walking off the field. "I was hitting them pretty good.''
Lambert's holder for his kicks was Molinari, who is the incumbent in that job. Molinari was the only other player who attempted kicks Sunday when he and Lambert traded places for two kicks.
Molinari is also the heir apparent as the punter. He has some experience there, sharing the job on and off with Bitancurt and Corey Smith the last two years.
DePalma is also an incumbent as the long snapper.
"We'll improve with DePalma. He looks like a whole different guy,'' Holgorsen said of his snapper prior to the spring. "He just needed to mature. He's doing a good job. And Michael Molinari is one of our workout sensations. He's motivated to try and win the punter duty.''
The competition at punter, though, is expected to crank up in fall camp when junior college transfer Nick O'Toole arrives. West Virginia found and signed O'Toole out of Fullerton College in California just before the signing period began last month.
"Coach DeForest did a great job of identifying Nick O'Toole,'' Holgorsen said on signing day of the 6-foot-3, 220-pound O'Toole, who averaged 41.8 yards per punt in his only season at Fullerton. "His upside is unbelievable. He's a large kid that has game experience.''
Until O'Toole and anyone else capable of challenging for the kicking jobs shows up this summer, though, the only competition this spring will be in impressing the coaches. But Holgorsen seems OK with that because there are plenty of other special teams things to work on in the spring.
"It's not just about the kicker, punter, snapper and returner. It is about 50 other guys that need to learn how to take care of some technique stuff when it comes to special teams,'' Holgorsen said. "We'll hit the ground running with that when it comes to the first practice in spring from a special teams standpoint.''
As for the kickers and snappers Holgorsen has now and expects this summer, he feels like he's in a good place.
"We're in a good position because that gives us a scholarship punter [O'Toole], a scholarship kicker in Josh Lambert and a long snapper in John DePalma that we are very comfortable with,'' Holgorsen said. "We feel good about them because they're young and able to help us for years to come.''
BRIEFLY: Finding returners to replace Tavon Austin is another task facing the special teams this spring. On Sunday, receiver Jordan Thompson and running backs Andrew Buie and Dustin Garrison were among those fielding punts.
"We obviously need returners. Everyone that has returned for us over the last couple of years is gone,'' Holgorsen said. "So we'll try and develop a couple of those guys in the spring, and then we have some guys coming in [this summer] that are obviously going to get a chance to do that as well.''
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Schuylkill to accept payments by credit card
POTTSVILLE - Schuylkill County residents will soon be able to make county-related payments by credit card through the county website.
The county commissioners approved a contract with M&T Bank during a work session Wednesday for an Internet merchant account.
"The purpose of this is to allow for proficiency and efficiency of public access to the courthouse," County Administrator Mark Scarbinsky said Wednesday.
Scarbinsky said the contract cost has yet to be determined, as it is a subscription service based on usage. He said a price will be determined after the service becomes available.
The deal provides the tool for the Schuylkill County Management Information Services to interface credit card requests with the web pages, Ed Ryan, head of the MIS Bureau, said Wednesday.
Ryan said the service will allow residents to access county records for a fee and eventually make other payments online. Records should be available by June while other payments, such as delinquent taxes, will be available by the end of the year after legalities are worked out, Ryan said.
Energy grant
The county will receive a $48,284.34 grant from the Northeastern Pennsylvania Alliance for energy efficiency lighting upgrades and retrofits at the Human Services Building, the county communications center and adult probation building. The commissioners approved submitting a cash match.
Retirement board
During the county retirement board meeting, attorney Bob Frycklund's service as per diem assistant county solicitor was extended to June 30. Frycklund, Lehighton, will not receive any benefits and will not earn more than $28,784.
Next week
The county retirement board will meet next Wednesday immediately following the commissioners' public meeting at 10 a.m. The monthly prison board meeting will be held at 11 a.m. All meetings will be held in the commissioners' board room.
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Miss Hannah Winter, who died at Lincroft about a month ago, left a will in which she ordered that all her debts be paid first from her estate, and that a headstone to cost $100 be erected over her grave. To her sister, Catharine Winter, she left five cane-seated walnut chairs and whatever other furniture her sister might have in her possession at the time of Miss Winters death. To another sister, Rachel Lufburrow, she left $1,000 in cash; to her brother, Andrew Winter, she left $500; and to another brother, William B. winter, she also left $500. One thousand dollars was left to be divided equally among the eight children of Miss Winters brother, Thomas S. Winter, who died some years ago. These children are Jennie Quackenbush, Mary Wall, Emma Winter, Andrew Winter, Charles Winter, Irene Winter, Arthur Winter and Elizabeth Winter. They will get $125 each. All the rest of the estate was left to Miss Winters nephew, William A. Winter. The will was made March 18th, 1895 with Daniel H. Applegate and James E. Degnan as witnesses. The executors of the will are Miss Winters brother, William E. Winter, and her nephew, William A. Winter.
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From the December 2, 2011 edition of Need to Know Rochester, an interview with Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard as he marks his first year in office.
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Possum Magic – A Garry Ginivan Attraction
Wed, 21 Aug 2013 - 6:00pm - Sold Out!
Thu, 22 Aug 2013 - 10:30am (Schools) - Sold Out!
Thu, 22 Aug 2013 - 12:30pm (Schools) - Sold Out!
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Grandma Poss made bush magic. She made Wombats blue and Kookaburra's pink, Dingo's smile and Emu's Shrink, but the best magic of all was the "POSSUM MAGIC", that made Baby Hush invisible.
First published in 1983 Possum Magic was an instant success with children and parents alike. In 1990 the musical stage adaptation had its world premiere, which was SOLD OUT before it opened. Since then Possum Magic – The Musical is now firmly established as the most successful musical for children and families EVER.
There have been three extensive national tours, funded by Playing Australia and countless shorter seasons across the nation. 2013 will mark the 30th Anniversary of publication and over 20 years on stage. Possum Magic – 2013 – will be the Final Farwell Tour and with the support of the publishers, it is bound to be the highlight of children's theatre for the year.
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Thank you for purchasing your tickets and we look forward to seeing you at the Ipswich Civic Centre for the upcoming performance of " Possum Magic 2013 " This promises to be another fantastic performance at the Ipswich Civic Centre.
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- Performance is being held on Wednesday 21st August 2013
- The performance will be held in the George Hogg Auditorium (Main Level of the Civic Centre) starting at 6:00pm
- Stars Cafe Bar will be open on the Terrace from 4:30pm to the show start time (Main level)
- Doors to each performance will open 30 minutes prior to show start time.
- Please be advised that late arrivals will have to wait outside the auditorium for an appropriate break in the performance to be seated.
- Please note that whilst there is EFTPOS services for purchases at the Stars Café Bar there is NO "Cash Out" facilities in the Venue.
Just so you can be prepared for how the performance is scheduled to unfold I have included a brief run sheet for you below:
- Performance Duration is scheduled for 55 Minutes (please note approx. times only)
- Doors Open – 30 Minutes Prior to each performance
- Act 1 6:00pm – 6:55pm
- No Minute Interval
- Please note food and drinks purchased from the Stars Cafe Bar can be taken into the show however we do ask that you switch any glassware to the plastic ware provided at the doors.
- Merchandise may be available for purchase on the night however not all touring Merchandise teams have EFTpos so please bring cash to allow for these purchases.
- Please note that use of Personal Cameras, Professional Photography, Flash Photography or Videoing is not allowed inside the Auditorium.
This show is presented in the Raised Seating Plan - each of your tickets is marked with either Stalls, Raised Stalls or Gallery, if you have a Stalls or Raised Stalls ticket then you will be ushered through the doors on the main level and if you have a Gallery ticket you will be ushered through the door on the upper level. Please note that a lift is now available to make your way around the venue a little easier.
If you have pre purchased your tickets within 7 days of the performance and not received them in the mail then please see the Box Office on the night for collection of tickets, unless a show is marked Sold Out on the Website there will be tickets available at the door for purchase.
Stars Café Bar:
The Stars Café Bar will be open from 4:30pm and we will have a Special Menu available with all of the options being priced at a very reasonable range as well as Hot and Cold Beverages' available.
Light Meal Options
- Chicken Nuggets and Chips $5.50
- Hot Chips $4.50
- Sausage Roll $3.50
- Fish & Chips $9.50
- Vegetarian Filo, & Chips $9.50
- Soft Drinks / Juice /Bottled Water $3.50
(EFTPOS facilities are available - No cash out) Stars Café Bar will not be open Post Show.
There is full on street parking available on Limestone, Nicholas and South Streets Ipswich and after hours off-street parking is available at 45 Roderick Street, Ipswich (Council car park) and in Foote Lane (Council Car Park). There is also a drop off zone located just outside the entrance of the Civic Centre on Nicholas Street.
Getting Here:
For more information to help you in "Getting Here" then please see our website: http://www.ipswichciviccentre.com.au/your-visit/getting-here/
Special Needs:
If you have any special requirements for your seating or require a hearing loop please ensure you liaise with the Box Office staff upon arrival and we would be more than happy to assist.
On The Night:
If you need assistance or have ticketing enquiries on the night of a show the Box Office is open from 1 hour prior to the show until 15 minutes after the commencement of the show, if you need to call the Ipswich Civic Centre on the night of a performance then please call (07) 3810 7751.


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Sept 30, 2004 -- Merck & Co announced today that it was pulling its popular arthritis and pain drug Vioxx (rofecoxib) from the worldwide market after a clinical trial showed that the drug carried an increased risk for heart attacks and strokes.
The increased cardiovascular risk was discovered during a trial to evaluate the effect of Vioxx in preventing recurrence of colorectal polyps. After 18 months of treatment, the patients taking Vioxx were found to be at greater risk for heart attack and stroke compared with those taking a placebo. The trial is being stopped.
Vioxx is a COX-2 selective nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID). Other COX-2 selective NSAIDs on the market at this time are Celebrex (celecoxib) and Bextra (valdecoxib) NOTE: April 7, 2005, Pfizer agreed to suspend sales and marketing of Bextra in the U.S., pending further discussions with the with the FDA. For more information, please read the FDA press release. . Vioxx is also related to the nonselective NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen and naproxen.
Comment: The FDA today stated: "The risk that an individual patient will suffer a heart attack or stroke related to Vioxx is very small. We encourage people taking Vioxx to contact their physician to discuss discontinuing use of Vioxx and alternative treatments. Any decision about which drug product to take to treat your symptoms should be made in consultation with your physician based on an assessment of your specific treatment needs."


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I'm happy to say that I survived week three. Not only did I survive, but I have an increased confidence and excitement; two things that were quickly retreating from my life.
You might remember that I injured my quad last week, and was hard core bummin'. The good news is by Friday I was able to work out carefully, and I got in a lot of good workouts throughout the week. I was on my skates all day yesterday, the day of practice, and feeling pretty good about my balance and overall improved one-ness with them.
But something was still holding me back. I felt like I didn't want to go to practice. I was a hair away from skipping, and justifying it with the idea that I can be on my skates all week at home and improve my confidence and balance. I can go skate this weekend!
All that is bullshit. Nothing, NOTHING is going to be the same as going and practicing at the practice space. With other women. On those shitty floors. I made myself go.
How can you be excited about something and really want to do it, but still have to make yourself go? Fear? Nerves? Just plain old crazy?
Well, we know I'm crazy, so we will shove that to the side for now.
There are two conclusions I came to. I was afraid, and I was nervous. These two things left me completely unable to relax, to enjoy doing what I have been wanting to do for close to two years.
I was afraid of that shitty floor. That glorious, wonderful, shitty floor. I was afraid of getting tripped up in a crack and falling. I was afraid of the dip around one of the turns that I fall into every time, causing me to accelerate faster than I felt comfortable. I was completely focused on the floor. Not on my body. How the skates feel on my feet, and how it feels to just skate. To get lower, to lean into the turns. These are the things I should have been focusing on.
So I made the conscious decision to go out there and just skate. To not give a shit about the floor, or what anyone thought of me. To relax and let myself fall. To let myself feel what it feels like to skate on that floor. And you know what? It worked. When I focused on everything but the floor and I was golden. Not a great skater by any means, but I was comfortable. When I focused on the floor, I fell. So I got back up, and I kept going.
Okay, so you have the general nerves associated with doing something new and different. It occurred to me on the way to practice, though, that I was nervous around the other skaters. I cannot even begin to tell you how absolutely ridiculous it is to be nervous around these women. First of all, the other new skaters are just that. New skaters. We are all in the same boat, and even those skaters who are more seasoned, or better, or whatever, have their own shit going on. Everyone who is there has been new to derby at some point. Even the league skaters. It is easy to be intimidated by the league skaters. They are so.good. They make it look like it is effortless. But they are there to teach us. "When I started, I couldn't even stand up on skates," they say. "In a few months, you will be skating like this too. Now get your butt LOWER!" And we do, because we want to be just like them when we grow up.
I realized that I wasn't really talking to anyone unless I had to. What is THAT about? I'm an outgoing person. If I want to, I can take charge of a room. Own it. Command it.
While I don't want to own or command anything but myself and my performance while skating or playing, I really did underestimate how important it was to tap into that part of myself and go in feeling friendly and confident. So, I talked. I struck up conversations with other skaters, new and from the league. And it felt good to connect. To feel like regardless of my ability, I belonged there. Because I do belong there.
Sometimes we need to just surrender to our fears and nerves and say, "Either I'm going to do this, or I'm not, and I am willing to accept the outcome of the choices I have made." I know I made the right choice last night to keep going. To shut up and skate. I went. I skated. I fell. I conquered – my fears, my derby future, and myself.


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Union Tournament-Consolation Semifinals...
Union pounded Crystal City 60-39 behind 25 points from Nick Ziegler. Tanner Bunch added 11 and Brian Borgmann 10.
St. Clair had a seesaw battle with Northwest with the Lions coming out on top 52-49 in overtime. The Bulldogs were led by Reno Jones with 15 and Damon Arnold with 13. Jarrid Hamilton paced Northwest with 17 points and Clayton Meyer chipped in 14.
Hermann Tournament...
Championship Semifinals...
Montgomery County 83 Hermann 74
St. James 51 New Haven 48
Consolation Semifinals...
Warrenton 51 Chamois 30
Owensville 47 Wright City 37
Lindbergh Tournament Championship...
Sierra Pryor scored 25 points leading Sullivan to a 51-37 win over Pacific. Pryor was named to the All Tournament Team along with teammates Taylor Lucas and Aley Lucas. Pacific's Kate Cookson and Kya Hill made the team as well.
Borgia defeated Trinity 77-26. Janie Arand scored 17 for Borgia with Molly Arand and Emilly Grahl scoring 16 apiece.
St. James 63 Dexter 53
Pacific won a tri-match by beating Owensville 47-36 and St. James 65-15.
Union beat Rockwood Summit 37-36. The teams were tied at 36 at the end of the match so they went to the dual meet tie breaking criteria and Union won on the 9th criteria, the most near-falls
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By Craig Macrae
Tonight on HBO Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen star in Hemingway & Gellhorn, which premiered at Cannes to mixed reviews, but one thing's for certain - Kidman showcases her provocative sex kitten side!
During an interview with ET Canada on the French Riviera, Kidman talks sex scenes: "It's this passionate, crazy sexual relationship and I think that is why I didn't fight Phil. I said, 'well tell me how this is going to play in the story Phil and what do you want to shoot.' And he [said] 'well, I want the walls to be falling and I want the ceiling to fall.' I went, 'Okay, I get it. These are the kind of people that will make love no matter what is happening around them - that is how chemically attracted they are."
Walls falling… passionate love making… is this Twilight: Breaking Dawn? (Sorry just had to bring that up)
The film's backdrop is the '30s Spanish Civil War – and what could be better than a film about love and war right?
Spoiler Alert! [ if you scroll below this point, if you don't know the story]
Owen explains: "In terms of showing these two people and the kind of passion... the coming together against that kind of backdrop, you know. To fall in love on the front line of the Spanish Civil War is a pretty extraordinary thing."
Kidman plays Martha Gellhorn, a war correspondent that falls in love with Ernest Hemingway, played by Clive. Their tumultuous relationship began when Gellhorn was just beginning her career and in the end she chooses her job over their love!
"As I started to research Gellhorn, I realized what an amazing person she was," reveals Kidman. "I knew nothing about her, which I think a lot of people don't know anything about her, which is one of the reasons I really wanted this to get made."


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Born James Thomas Denton, Jr. in Nashville, TN on Jan. 20, 1963, he would use the nickname "Jamie" for much of his life, until reverting to the more formal "James" as a successful actor. Denton was raised by parents J.T. and Mary Jean in the town of Goodlettsville, TN, graduating from the local high school prior to attending the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. There on a basketball scholarship, Denton was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, majored in television/journalism, and graduated with a degree in advertising. Although his father had been involved in community theater, Denton did not try his hand at acting until the age of 23, when he was cast as George Gibbs in a lo... Continue Bio >>
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I have to go out for the afternoon now, so I will attempt to answer.
The UKBA will determine the application on the basis of the evidence as at the date of submission. So, this means that if you have not yet reached the requisite time required to be eligible for ILR as at the date of submission then they will reject the application.
This is regardless of the fact that you may reach the time required whilst they are considering the application.
The reality is that one of the first things that they check with the application is whether you have the required leave to remain in order to be eligible . So, they would simply reject the application immediately and retain the application fee.
You must wait until you reach the required leave to remain to be eligible to make the application then apply, not before.
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in a network. Most packages range from $395 to $995 for a single user. The majority of the retrieval packages run under the Windows interface; a smaller number are available on the Macintosh operating system.
Text retrieval tools offer users several different ways to find the file or document they are looking for. They can search by keyword, which automatically retrieves exact matches. This is the simplest form of indexing and retrieving files. However, keywords searches require someone to define the relevant terms and assign them to the file. Incorrect keywords or the occasional keyword with dual meanings can reduce the accuracy of these kinds of searches.
The Boolean system, which was designed to overcome the shortcomings of keyword searches, relies on indexes that identify every word in a document. Users have the advantage of running queries on a large group of documents using the Boolean system. However, users often find Boolean searches can either retrieve too many or too few documents.
Another search technique involves statistical systems, which rely on algorithms to determine a document's relevance according to the frequency with which a keyword appears in the document. Taking statistical searches one step further, concept-based searching - sometimes referred to as natural-language searching - allows users to create hierarchies for search terms. For example, the concept term "computer" might retrieve all documents that refer to PCs, mainframes and workstations. When used in combination with statistics, concept searches can be extremely useful.
For scanned documents stored in imaging systems, full-text retrieval engines with "fuzzy searching" capabilities work best at overcoming problems created by OCR when it converts document images into text. Despite advancements in the technology, OCR is still finicky and can misspell words. According to Excalibur Technologies - a developer of text retrieval software - fuzzy searching can speed up searches by enabling people to find information even if documents are misfiled or if words in an index are misspelled.
Fuzzy searching is based on adaptive pattern technology, a form of intelligent software that allows users to index and retrieve documents based on repeating patterns in data. In essence, the technology allows people to ask a computer, "Have you seen anything that resembles this?" The object of a fuzzy search doesn't have to be words. It can also search for pictures, a video clip, a fingerprint or any other type of digital data, according to Excalibur.
Market revenues for the text retrieval industry are expected to hit $552 million in 1995, according to Delphi Consulting Group, a document management firm. Government represents almost one third of that market, but most of that share belongs to the federal sector. State and local government has only a five percent segment of the market, according to Delphi, but if the education and library market is included, then the non-federal government share rises to 11 percent.
According to Shegda, common text retrieval applications range from litigation support in the legal field to customer service, such as correspondence tracking, to technical document management. In the government sector, text retrieval has helped agencies deal with the administrative burdens of regulatory compliance and corporate filings, such as the Uniform Commercial Code. The technology has also been useful in the field of legislative support.
The San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District is typical of government agencies that need and use text retrieval. It also represents where state and local governments are headed with the leading-edge technology.
The District is a water wholesaler, providing supplemental water to what Robert Tincher calls its "retail market": the cities of San Bernardino Valley, Calif.. Tincher, who is water resource manager for the District, said the agency serves more than 600,000 people and operates on a $20 million annual budget. Running the entire operation


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Recently someone told me that Zimbra whas the best Open Sorce Groupware so I decided to install it on a Ubunto 8.04 Server, and it's working fine. Now I have a few questions.
On Zimbra server configuration I need to kow how can it be setup for all deleted messeges (because security is an importen't issue on the company!!) go to another eMail address or a subfolder from were useres can't delete them? only Administrator can delete useres deleted messeges.
Since I'm going to use IMAP to acess the eMails. and SMTP to send them I would like sen't eMail by SMTP go to the IMAP sen't eMails Folder (and they don't go there!!).
I'm not planing to use the web interface for user acess, but a cliente to IMAP a client to task's and a client to messenger, IMAP is simple and it works, what i don't understand is how can I setup for Ex (Pidgin for IM messenger), and Tasks and calender on Evolution.
I tried to install Zimbra Desktop on Ubunto 8.10, and after instalation it dosen't create shortcuts, and if i go into the instalacion folder and try to run it it dosen't open nor says anytyng.


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