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IN HER Marin Voice column, " Behind Marin's top test scores," Lisa Canin argues against an educational system that focuses on faulty testing and accountability at the expense of "authentic" learning. While Canin makes a series of valid points related to schools and socialization (i.e. drugs and alcohol) she misses one of the main reasons our scores are so high.
In her critique of large-scale accountability tools, Canin argues that these tests are not valid indicators of what students know and that these tests "don't reflect what educators do." This statement is simply not true. The tests do reflect what teachers do, as I have learned from personal experience both as a parent of two boys who went K-12 though schooling in Marin, and as a former school board member in the Ross Valley Elementary School District.
Here's how I found out what actually happens in schools and how I learned, in real time and up close, how Marin's teachers and administrators view teaching and learning.
I placed a box at my home's door that my kids used when returning from school. In this box, I collected everything that came back from school — everything. In this way I was able to see, over time, what teachers were assigning, and indirectly what our schools value. Taken together these artifacts reflect the "curriculum" of the teachers, the school, and the district.
If you have school-aged kids I implore you to start collecting. When you have collected a few boxes, sort it out into piles. Make one pile for the rare gems — poems and drawings, stories and projects. Keep those.
In the other pile put the rest. What you will find is specifically how the culture of testing distorts the nature of teaching and learning, and how the rhetoric we hear in Marin about "authentic, individualized learning" is just that — rhetoric.
Put simply, 90 percent of the work in my sons' boxes is curricular "crap."
There are endless pages of workbooks, skill packs, test prep booklets and bubble-in exercises (all activities that mimic the test formats and question types found on standardized tests). These activities start in kindergarten and continue through 11th grade.
It is a stretch to label this work as "authentic" or "innovative." But it is what teachers are doing in school. And, it is one major reason why we do so well — we teach to the test and we practice a lot!
Rather than attack the tests, we need to tackle the real issue — the nature of the curriculum in Marin's schools.
But Canin never ventures anywhere near a discussion of curriculum. Reading her column leaves one with the impression that there is a vibrant culture of innovative, authentic, individualized learning occurring in Marin's schools, but we have failed to celebrate it.
I spent three years on the Ross Valley board, asking for someone to show me these great innovations, not just tell me about them. And, I'm still waiting for such a presentation.
And, as I look again through my boxes I can't say that we've experienced such education either.
We need to start a conversation about what our kids are actually doing in school. Teachers and administrators have made conscious decisions to purchase and assign the work that appeared in my box by the door.
Why? What do they hope to gain?
What are they afraid of?
And, what have we lost in the effort?
It's easy to bash the tests. It's another thing to talk soberly and objectively about curriculum.
And judging from Canin's column, that's not something we are interested in doing.
Richard D. McCallum San Anselmo is a lecturer and research specialist in the Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley. He is also a former Ross Valley School District trustee.


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Mark Twain once wrote, "The difference between the almost-right word and the right word is really a large matter ---- it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning."
After 18 years as County Supervisor, I've observed a similar difference when allocating taxpayer money. That is to say, the difference between an almost-good budget and a good budget is a big deal ---- it can be the difference between money in the bank and negative cash flow. You can help make the distinction.
Two things are needed in order to have a credible government budget: managerial excellence and political transparency.
In the county of San Diego's 2012-13 budget, we have zeroed in on both. Overall, we plan to tighten our belts, reduce our budget by more than $90 million, and continue to advance a culture that reduces red tape.
When I observe other government organizations, I am grateful to be a part of one of the most accomplished. The financial and managerial dimensions of the county's budget process exceed industry standards. The Wall Street credit rating agencies, as well as the local taxpayer watchdog groups, both recognize this through consistent AAA credit ratings and regular awards. The 2012 San Diego County Taxpayers Association Golden Watchdog award was given to acknowledge the county's outstanding Capital Program, which will "save taxpayers approximately $1.46 billion over the next 30 years." But it doesn't come without hard work. We're saving money, cutting budgets, and our employees are doing more with less.
When I first became a county supervisor, the county was in a much different place. The word "bankruptcy" was being tossed around, but thankfully, we chose not to go there. As chairman of the Board in 1997, I urged my colleagues to sell the county's solid waste system. It was a risky move and a tough decision, but it proved a good option because the proceeds from the sale enabled us to avoid insolvency. Many governments such as the state of California are in similar situations today.
According to Gov. Jerry Brown, the state is facing an estimated $15.7 billion budget deficit next year. How the state navigates its uncertain future will directly affect the county of San Diego, because over 25 percent of the county's general fund financing comes from the state.
Gov. Brown's solution is more government, and his plan requires a sizable tax increase. If it doesn't pass, he plans on taking $5.5 billion from the public school system to help balance the budget. That's a bad plan. When the county needed money in 1997, we took a calculated risk and sold trash; Gov. Brown's plan will add taxes and jeopardize the future of our education system.
The governor is out of touch. Over time, governments have a tendency to grow and add unnecessary bureaucracy. We don't want this to happen at the county.
One of my highest priorities as an elected official is to identify my constituents' concerns. Good government begins with good ideas, and many constituents have good ideas for improving government. I represent a district of over 600,000 people, and it can be difficult to communicate with everyone, but I want to use this budget cycle as an opportunity to have an open, honest, and transparent dialogue with those I represent.
Please feel free to review the county's proposed budget by visiting www.billhorn.com/budget and provide written comments to the entire Board of Supervisors by emailing email@example.com. Or share your thoughts with me directly at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I have this friend who stays over sometimes, after a show or a good drunk. Last night he was here for both. He's funny, smart, but somewhat weird. Usually the weird doesn't bother me, but -
When he arrived last night, he picked up my cat and started rubbing his belly. But then his hand drifted lower and he was kinda rubbing my cat's crotch. I stared, sort of stunned for a minute, and he said, "Oh, does it bother you if I jerk your cat off?"
I said yesss, and he stopped, so I chalked it up to a joke. But this morning, when he went into the bathroom, he took my cat. I didn't say anything, but later he mentioned what a good "poop-buddy" my cat was, and stated that cats love to watch him poop.
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Effective Transmission From Female to Male and Vice Versa
"Contracting HIV from any single episode of genital intercourse in heterosexuals is low". I copied and pasted that from another site and wanted some clarification on it.
My question is specific to the male and then the female: If a female is HIV positive and she has unprotected sex (well lubricated) with a male partner who is HIV negative and the male's penis has no cuts, lesions, etc., what is the chance of him contracting the virus through his uretha?
And then vice-versa, an infected male with the female, if he does or does not ejaculate inside her?
From my understanding, it seems to be a lot easier for an infected male to pass it onto a female then an infected female onto a male? Thanks. I appreciate your knowledge with this question.
Transmission does appear to be more efficient from men to women than the other way around. In general, there will be 3 transmissions out of 1000 episodes of intercourse. There are no separate estimates for people with visually intact mucosal surfaces, but that does not preclude the possibility of microscopic breaks; HIV is definitely more efficiently transmitted in both directions in the presence of ulcerative genital lesions. People should never be complacent about the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, when skin and mucosal surfaces look normal.
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Hello. I had a breast biopsy one month ago for suspicious tiny calcifications getting larger. They are benign but I have sharp stabbing pains from the 2 clips left in. I saw a surgeon today and he said bleeding is causing the pain. He examined me but did no other test. He said he would take one clip out. I said that both should come out. He said he did not know if he could get both of them out. I need advise!
Breast Biopsy Clip Pain & Bleeding, Advise On What To Do Next?
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Breast pain and markers
The markers could be removed by using needle localization, much like the technique used for removing a suspicious area of breast calcifications. However, it is somewhat more involved than putting them in and the clip may not really be the cause of the pain. You might go through this procedure without relieving your pain, or make the pain worse. One month is not a long time...I would recommend waiting longer before doing something invasive.
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Admission to the nursing program is competitive. Students must have completed all prerequisite courses and must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.8 and a minimum prerequisite GPA of 2.8 with a required "C" or higher in all prerequisite courses. Meeting these requirements does not guarantee admission into the program. Forty-eight (48) students are admitted each fall semester (August). The number and quality of the applicants determine competitiveness of the applicant pool.
The George Fox University School of Nursing Application will be open between January 7 and April 14, 2017 . Applications are available to download online during that time, and no late applications will be considered.
Yes, for the science and math (human anatomy and physiology, chemistry, microbiology, pathophysiology, and college algebra) courses they cannot have been taken over five years prior to the year you are applying to the nursing program.
Yes, but it's important to check out our Transfer Equivalency System, which explains what courses at other colleges and universities meet our prerequisite requirements. For a full evaluation, please complete the prerequisite evaluation request form. For courses not listed, please contact the admissions office.
Absolutely, George Fox University offers all of the prerequisite classes.
Your GPA is one of the criteria considered in admission.
Having your CNA license is not necessary for the George Fox program, but volunteer experience in a medical setting prior to nursing school can be helpful.
Yes, for further questions please contact Student Financial Services.
Students in the nursing program spend between 800-1000 hours in clinical learning.
Maybe part-time. It is rare for someone to work while attending the nursing program. The program is demanding and will require much of your time and energy.
Take a look at our curriculum plan to see what your class schedule may look like.
At George Fox, you will not only receive the training to address patients' physical needs, you will learn the importance that psychosocial and spiritual aspects play in overall health as well. And, in addition to the sciences, you will take classes in math, history, communication, physical education, religion, and psychology — all within a Christian college environment where faith is integrated with learning.
Our bachelor of science in nursing major will prepare you for a career of service to humanity. Our nursing graduates are equipped to pursue graduate education and fulfill the need for nurses in advanced practice, higher education, management and research.
The program has been granted full accreditation from the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and approved by the Oregon State Board of Nursing. Upon completion of the nursing program, you will be eligible to take the NCLEX-RN state-licensing exam.
George Fox University is a liberal arts university.
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Hunter says he used poisoned arrows for years
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Authorities say one of four South Carolina men who used poison arrows to hunt deer, elk and bears told them he has been using the illegal equipment in Colorado for at least 20 years.
George Plummer and Joseph Nevling, both of Timmonsville, Michael Courtney, of Florence, and James Cole, of Sumter, all pleaded guilty Tuesday to a variety of wildlife charges, including illegal taking of wildlife and illegal use of toxins in hunting. They were arrested Saturday.
According to the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel, authorities said Plummer admitted using toxic arrows for years.
All four were ordered to pay several thousands of dollars in fines and court costs. The men also agreed not to hunt in Colorado over the next four years.


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- On the very day it was leaked that Scott McClellan's book reveals the country went to war based on known lies, the sweetest, shiniest, dimple-faced, airbrushed Bay Area Murdoch girl began a broadcast by announcing: "Another American has given his life for his country today."
I was once that girl. Today I know that soldier was one of thousands who bravely believed in what the president said — and died believing a lie the press helped promote.
What if this anchorwoman — and hundreds of others like her, all of whom I imagine to be nice people — read instead: "Another American has died in Iraq today. He was a beloved brother and child, and he was number 4,084."
Then perhaps follow that with the number of wounded Iraqi veterans: 30,329.
In an attempt at truly unbiased journalism, they could end with the number of Iraqis who have lost their lives: 1,217,892.


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An Oklahoma woman says that because of ObamaCare, her husband lost his health insurance — and almost his life. He has also racked up more than $100,000 in hospital bills since his coverage was cancelled.
Due to Affordable Care Act provisions, Laura Hubbs' employer informed her and her co-workers that it could no longer afford to pay premiums for spouses. The premiums for individual coverage for Laura's husband Lenny were too high for the couple to afford. Lenny was now uninsured.
Mr. Hubbs was recently released from the hospital after an ordeal that cost him part of one of his lungs, more than $100,000 in hospital bills and almost his life. Doctors had diagnosed Lenny with pneumonia and told him his lungs were filling with blood.
Without coverage, Lenny and his wife believe they did not receive proper care at two different hospitals; he sat at one hospital for nine days where Laura says the doctors did nothing. The couple ultimately demanded that Lenny be transferred to a different hospital where half of one of his lungs was removed. Doctors told him the removal was necessary due to the time his lung had been filled with blood.
So, while Barack Obama trots out examples of how ObamaCare is helping millions of Americans, and Harry Reid tells us that every "horror story" we hear about ObamaCare is a lie, real-life people like Lenny Hubbs continue to come forward with real-life stories of the devastating effect ObamaCare has already had on their lives. Thankfully, Lenny still has a life to live.


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WASHINGTON (May. 25)
President Reagan left Wednesday for Helsinki en route to Moscow, for his fourth summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, with a pledge to continue pressing for improvements in the human rights policies of the Soviet Union.
Reagan said that since his first meeting with Gorbachev in 1985, he has sought to achieve a working relationship in order to make progress on human rights, as well as arms control, regional issues and bilateral exchanges.
"We have many differences, deep differences, moral differences, but we're still fellow human beings; we can still work together to keep the peace," the president said to some 1,500 persons who gathered on the White House lawn to bid him farewell.
Reagan will be in Helsinki until he goes to Moscow on Sunday for the five-day summit. American Jewish organizations, such as the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews and the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, as well as groups from other countries are in the Finnish capital to press the cause of Soviet Jewry while Reagan is there.
Rozanne Ridgway, assistant secretary of state for European and Canadian affairs, said at briefing on the summit Tuesday that while Reagan is not expected to attend any events sponsored by these groups, she would do so and so may Secretary of State George Shultz.
She did not say exactly which events they would be, but she noted that the NCSJ has various activities scheduled and that the Israeli Embassy in Helsinki plans a reception for human rights groups.
The NCSJ plans to conduct hearings Thursday on Soviet compliance with the human rights provisions of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act. It also will participate in the Friday night services at the Helsinki synagogue on May 27 and will hold a silent vigil in the center of the city the next day.
The UCSJ, together with the SSSJ and the London-based Women's Campaign for Soviet Jewry, will conduct prayer vigils, hold a mock trial of "glasnost" (Gorbachev's policy of openness) and march on the Soviet Embassy.
In his departure statement, Reagan said that some "concrete steps" have been taken by the Soviet Union to improve the human rights situation.
"Levels of emigration have risen, some political and religious prisoners have been released, and a number of divided families have been reunited," Reagan said.
He also noted a Soviet "pledge that some restrictions on the right to worship have been removed."
But the president stressed, "I will press to see that the positive trends I mentioned continue and the reforms are made permanent.
"We certainly welcome the recent signs of Soviet progress toward greater freedom of religion, greater freedom of speech, greater freedom of movement," he said.
"There have been indications that this progress may be written into Soviet law and regulations so that it can be a more permanent part of Soviet life. We will be doing all we can to encourage just that."
At her briefing, Ridgway said that there was no formal agenda yet for the Reagan-Gorbachev talks.
But she said that she was sure that the first-item would be human rights, as it was at Geneva, Reykjavik and Washington, the site of the three previous summits. She also said the issue would come up throughout the talks.
"When the president and the general secretary meet, the first subject the president raises is human rights," Ridgway said.
"And I can just tell you that I have every reason to believe that's going to be the same this time. And indeed, the last time it was also the first subject that the general secretary spoke about."
In his remarks Wednesday, the president mentioned only briefly the hope that the Soviets would support his administration's Middle East peace initiative.
It calls for an international conference that would set the stage for negotiations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. The Soviets have proposed that the conference be involved in negotiating a settlement.
"We'll urge the Soviets to help move the Middle East peace process closer to a just and lasting solution," Reagan said.


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LOS ANGELES — Former President George H.W. Bush plans to endorse Mitt Romney, further urging the Republican Party to coalesce around the former Massachusetts governor's presidential campaign.
Romney spokeswoman Gail Gitcho says the two will meet Thursday in Houston. They plan to appear together and speak to reporters.
Formal backing from the 41st president shows the Republican Party is uniting behind Romney while pressure builds on challengers Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich to leave the race.
The elder Bush has offered encouraging words to Romney throughout the primary season but had yet to officially offer his support. Former first lady Barbara Bush has formally backed Romney. She recorded automated telephone calls for him during the primary in Ohio.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a son of the president, endorsed Romney last week.


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Joan Rivers hasn't exactly followed Judi Dench and Meryl Streep's example of growing old gracefully (and naturally), but that's why she's in this gallery.
How many 78-year-olds do you know who swear and talk about sex like it's going out of fashion?
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The battle followed a review, which was called in May after Leo Burnett, the previous firm handling Nintendo's £13 million adverting account, announced its resignation. The agency took care of the account for seven years, handling the launch of Wii. It was reappointed in July 2006.
The Nintendo account has become much more lucrative in recent times, since the format holder increased its media spend from £5 million to £13 million last year in support of the Wii launch.


text: So I have had my 3000 for a few months now and really dig it! However coming from a 2500 getting those seamless chops is a little more difficult because there is no visuals/auto-chop, just numbers. Anyone have any Formulas/Methods they use to get those seamless chops? I can always just chop in Slice-x (FL) and then assign to each pad but I would really like to know how to do it on the machine. I will eventually learn with time but it would be dope if anyone had any tips/tricks for the 3000. Peace


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Kim Hellige receives 2014 Gene Schultz Award
Fri, 14 Feb 2014 21:07:09 GMT —
At Thursday's Partners in Progress Banquet, Kim Hellige was announced as the recipient of the 2014 Gene Schultz Community Service Award.
The award is given each year to an individual who not only volunteers and dedicates their time towards making Ottumwa a better place, but is also passionate about the Ottumwa community. Hellige is the Programs Community Director for the Ottumwa School District, President of the Wapello County Trails Council and is heavily involved with the Blue Zones project.
While not an Ottumwa native, Hellige has resided in the City of Bridges all of her adult life and is fortunate for how the community has given back to her.
"One of my favorite quotes is from Margaret Mead and it's, 'never doubt that a small group of committed citizens can change the world. It's the only thing, in fact, that ever has'," Hellige said. "And that quote, I think, has always driven me to get involved with things and to do things. I'm blessed by all the opportunities Ottumwa has given me."
Hellige said she was in "shock" when she heard she would be receiving the award, and attributes everything she's done to the group-effort of the committees she serves on.
"I just feel really fortunate that I've had the opportunity to give back to the community and to be involved in some things that I hope have made a difference, like trails, which I've been pretty passionate about," she said. "So it's a huge honor to be included in a group of people who have made a difference in Ottumwa and I'm just really humbled by that."
Hellige was selected out of eight nominees for the Gene Schultz Award this year.


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Obama criticizes GOP obstruction of D.C. appellate court nominee
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama is criticizing Senate Republicans for blocking his federal appeals court nominee who has been waiting two and a half years for a vote.
Obama said he's "deeply disappointed" after the Republicans held up a confirmation vote for Caitlin Halligan to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Wednesday. The Republicans say she's too liberal and cite her work on lawsuits against gun makers as solicitor general for New York.
Obama says the blocking of Halligan from getting an up-or-down vote "continues the Republican pattern of obstruction." He said delays in confirming his nominees are taking a heavy toll on the D.C. circuit, often considered the nation's second-highest court since it hears so many appeals of federal government actions.


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Gemma McCluskie: Head found in Regent's Canal belongs to EastEnders actress from Bethnal Green
PUBLISHED: 15:01 12 September 2012 | UPDATED: 16:17 12 September 2012
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A head pulled out of Regent's Canal has been identified as that of EastEnders actress Gemma McCluskie.
The head belonging to the 29-year-old actress, who lived in Bethnal Green, was found near Kingsland Road on Sunday.
The grisly discovery was made by a boater at Kings Land Basin cleaning the river, according to police.
It is believed someone became suspicious after hair was seen sticking out of a hole in a recycling bag. It comes months after other body parts belonging to Ms McCluskie were also found in Regent's Canal.
The identity of the head was established today within the last few minutes, using dental tests, according to a coroners officer.
Ms McCluskie's torso was recovered from Regent's Canal on March 6 after being spotted floating near Broadway Market by a member of the public.
Searches by police mariner divers then led to the recovery of an arm in the canal on March 19 followed by the discovery of her remaining body parts over the following days.
Ms McCluskie went missing from her home in Pelter Street, which she shared with her ill mother Pauline and brother Tony on March 1.
Her brother Tony McCluskie, aged, 35, is due to stand trial at the Old Bailey in November accused of her murder.


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Hi Sandy and Hello All:
When we arrived back in NYC we got really lucky. We were fully prepared for the "Freestyle" way of doing things and as such, didn't really have hurrying in mind. We were sitting in one of the lounges (can't remember which one) when a crew member walked by and was sort of grabbing people as she walked asking "are you ready to disembark?" We said "sure" and she took us below and we exited the ship I think on deck 5 right at street level. That was really cool and we just went inside, grabbed our bags which were miraculously right up front and headed for the cab. We did have to queue but I believe we waited maybe 10 minutes. However, I will point out that this was nearly two years ago and the popularity of the NYC port has really grown since that time. We were the only ship in port when we departed and when we arrived.
I guess if you're really up for adventure you could just walk back to Penn if it's a nice day. I don't think it's really that far. We were willing to wait since we did bring back more than we brought and I wouldn't have felt like schlepping all of that stuff through the streets of NYC!
Also, speaking of schlepping, do yourselves a favor and think about using the laundry services on board. I think they discount starting on Thursday (on a 7 day, don't know about 10 or 11 day) and take LESS! We brought so much stuff that just hung in the closet and although the storage is spacious for a cabin, it's still small compared to what you're used to in a hotel. We swore next time we'd take half the stuff and buy whatever we need in ports and such. After all when you think about it it's a great way to bring back a souvenir that you can actually use!
I seem to have deviated from the "parking" thread here...sorry.
Have a great holiday everyone!
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This product is made of the finest combed jersey which feels soothing against your skin. Shoulder-to-shoulder taping guarantees long life and a good fit. Diesel Mechanic V-Neck T-Shirt is available in 10 different color options. Heather Grey: 80% Cotton/20% Polyester. Remaining Colors: 100% Peruvian Cotton.
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This is following 10 minor landslides along the stretch on Sunday night due to unusually heavy rainfall.
Motorists from Bahau will have to go through Tampin to get to Seremban and vice-versa.
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Rahat is a prankster magician who's been featured on G4 and tosh.0. Judging by Rahat's YouTube videos, he prefers working in drive thru lines rather than magic clubs, where he gets big reactions from cashiers and burger flippers. I guess David Blaine doesn't drive thru Burger King that often. Here are 6 drive thru magic pranks:
Floating Money
The perfect way to ensure superstitious McDonalds employees will not take your cash.
Fire Wallet
Spontaneous wallet combustion.
Smokey Burger
That burger is s-s-s-smokin' (but, y'know, not really).
Static Shock
Watch out for… tiny lightnings!
Drive Thru Smokey Coffee
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Welcoming clients,taking their hats,coats & mittens off & hanging them,securing their lunches,reading their communication books, offering them tea, toileting them,carrying out various activities ,assisting clients with lunch,writing in the communication book,wearing warm clothing, helping them to depart with all their staff, documenting electronically and reporting.
Learned that it is important to give clients endependence of making their own choices.
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25 years later, a new Asia album
There's finally a name and release date for a brand new studio album by the four original members of Asia. The new disc will be called "Phoenix" and it's set for stores in April, the band announced on its website today.
Phoenix (yeah, yeah, we get it -- the band rises from the ashes) is the first album by the group's original lineup since "Alpha" back in 1983. Geoff Downes, John Wetton, Steve Howe and Carl Palmer did record and release a live album and DVD -- "Fantasia" -- last year after their reunion tour.
The album might catch some fans by surprise. Last spring, drummer Carl Palmer told Stuck in the 80s that "the world is not waiting for an Asia album -- we all know that." However, when singer/bassist John Wetton had to take an unexpected break from touring to undergo heart surgery in the fall, the band used the time to write the new tunes.
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Wacombe, the bushman
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- 28.6 × 24.6 cm diameter
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- incised (vertically) l.c.: Thancoupie
incised on base c.: *
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- 1995.586
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- National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased with the assistance of the Commonwealth Government, through The Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body, 1995
© Tapich Gloria Fletcher/Licensed by VISCOPY, Australia
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Vizard Foundation
- Gallery location
- Not on display
- Physical description
- Large pod-shaped pot incised with lines and infilled with oxides. The lines are not decoration but are associated with the Thanaquith story of Wacombe, the bushman. (refer submission for details)


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I heard that it was.
this guys comment in the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOP55cb_C8 said that he has used both brands. He thought that the NAD had more of it's sound stage open.
do you all agree or disagree with him?
Needs more artifacts in that video. Also, random comparison using a video with 2k views and 2/3s red bar probably isn't the best source. So what's the point of this thread? Is brand A better than brand B? It depends on what you define as 'better'. Both NAD and McIntosh make a large range of products so do you have a specific product to compare in each line?
The Mac would have more long term value.
I am curious why you would ask this question? From the examples you offer, only one person posted a comment on youtube saying it was because he owned both brands and now has the NAD.
If that is the case, then Parasound is better than NAD. Why? Because I now own Parasound when I use to have NAD and I say it is.
See how ridiculous some anonymous youtube comment is. See how ridiculous my comment is.
Very subjective, can you afford Mcintosh? If not, I would say the NAD is better for you.
This type of question always need context :
Price point
Goal of use
Better for who
Better in what
Do you already own it
Now NAD has a bigger price-range than McIntosh making the question even weirder imho.
I heard a Mcintosh amp before. I forget the model number. It sounded okay, but it was to bright. I didn't have more examples to give psycholis. I found it interesting that somebody would challenge the quality of Mcintosh. That is why I brought this subject up. A lot of people like both brands. I have heard that Mcintosh is overpriced for what you get.
psycholis would the master series be the closest match to it? I have only heard the bee series.
drmark just because something cost more doesn't mean that it sounds better. Arcam stuff I looked at was more expensive then NAD. I preferred the NAD. I did hear parasound once and liked it. I hear that some of the halo power amps have had some issues though messing up for some people.
McIntosh is very similar to Bose. A company with marginal to horrible, overpriced products that are highly regarded by the uninformed.
While I understand that price alone does not make anything better, clearly he has not taken the time to listen or hunt out a MC dealer. If he can't afford it, the NAD is better "for him."
McIntosh has roughly the same position as Leica has in the camera body market.
It is a "boutique" product, which delivers good quality at extraordinary prices with some special "quirks" of its own.
Others may provide the same listening experience at much lower pricing levels but without the aura and image of "owning a McIntosh".
i want one someday...
Thread title: NAD is better then McIntosh?
First off, when we say that one product is better than another without qualification, then we must be addressing the gestalt or whole entire shape or image of the product. That covers many dimensions of performance, including sound quality, reliability, human engineering, appearance, relevant features, etc.
However, based on the rest of the thread, it appears that only sound quality is actually being talked about.
Why would anyone believe that either of them was so technically defective as to impart a characteristic coloration to the music they process?
arny I know I need to have some models to compare it to. I just found it strange that the guy on youtube would be so bold to put mcintosh down since it's well liked. have you got to hear a lot of models from both? Do you like one or the other better or both sound pretty good to you?
good points gurkey and riffmeister. People buy bose a lot, but it doesn't always sound the best. for what you get the prices are high. people say that so many other brands are better then bose at cheaper prices. Is it kind of like the women who spend a lot on a Louis Vuitton purse for the name instead of a purse that's just as good cheaper?
drmark the only time that I heard the amp was when it was playing through 5,500 dollar magnepan speakers. I feel like you are discriminating against me for not being able to afford the amp. Affording a amp has nothing to do with how it sounds. If I hear a cheap or expensive amp I may still like it.
drmark the guy on youtube could afford both, but he preferred the nad so you can't say it's because people can't afford it. his own comment.
I just got this same NAD too, and after years of using McIntosh, and if my electrostatic Martin Logan's and my blue point special evo III needle don't lie, this is a better amplifier in the sense that it's sound is more stage open. not to mention the price compared to a Mcintosh!!!
is a Lexus better than a Bentley?
If you are looking for value, or fuel efficiency or reliability, surely Lexus is better. If you want a Bentley in your garage, surely the Lexus can't begin to compete...
Also what product do you mean? Mcintosh makes amps, speakers, receivers, cd players, and even wall clocks. If only looking at amps, there are integrated, pre, power as well are AV pre amps.
I own a mcintosh power amp, and i won't buy NAD power amps. Because I like bentleys in my garage.
I also won't buy anything based on a youtube video.
are you using mcintosh speakers with the amp akhter? Lexus is nice, but I hear they have had some recalls over the years. toyota prius up to 2011 had a recall recently because of water pump issues and something else. I like your kirby icon maxweber. What amp would you say is as good or better then mcintosh maxweber?
what are you using for your pre amp with your mcintosh power amp akhter?
I've heard both at a stereo shop in town through a pair of Klipsch RF-7 IIs and couldn't tell you the difference. If it matters to you, the Mac amps look amazing. Was a Nad M3 and a McIntosh MA6300. Both were very much out of my range, but the guy was happy to let me sample them. Also included was a Marantz PM15S2.
what did you think about the marantz?
Ever hear of people who say strange things just to get people's attention?
have you got to hear a lot of models from both?
Do you like one or the other better or both sound pretty good to you?
They both sound pretty good to me. I think I heard my first McIntosh system in 1960 or so...
Lets see if I can go that far down memory lane. C19 preamp and a couple of MC75 power amps?
Marantz 7 preamp and dual model 9s?
I've heard a number of pretty cool systems over the years....
I have a NAD reciever I use in a secondary system and a Mcintosh mc252 driving my main speakers in my theater system. Obviously, I like both brands because I own both. I did hook the 252 up to the pre outs on the NAD once to compare them. To me, the 252 was the clear winner. More dynamic, clearer mids and highs. It has twice the rated power as the Nad and costs a lot more so it's not a fair fight. I know the McIntosh is looked at by some as being overpriced but the build quality can not be questioned. I know someone who has a 50+ year old Mac and it sounds and works as good as ever. To me, comparing McIntosh to Bose is a little far fetched.
Please explain why you think this.
While McIntosh is expensive the specs and materials are top notch.
I also do not see complaints about reliability on the various forums.
I don't have any 'high end' components but if I were to ever go that direction McIntosh would be at the top of my wish list (assuming money was no object) if for no other reason than I like the way it looks.
If there are factors that really do make McIntosh another Bose I would like to know.
gbartman do you mean that mctintosh is the same quality as older reliable solid state amps?
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The first- and second-generation Toyota Celica was to my generation of freshly-minted California drivers (I got my license in 1982) what the early Ford Mustang was to those born a decade earlier: fairly inexpensive and sensible, but still sporty enough to make you feel cool. I drove a '69 Corona four-door, possibly the uncoolest car a teenager could own at the time, which was to the Celica in 1982 as the six-cylinder Fairlane sedan was to the Mustang in 1972. These days, of course, all the rear-wheel-drive Celicas are considered worth having… unless they're in rough condition, in which case they are worth little more than scrap value. Here's an unrusty-but-still-battered '78, done up in painfully-late-70s Crisis of Confidence Mustard Yellow, sitting in a Denver self-serve yard. (Read More…)
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As America's favorite pastime grapples with a cheating scandal involving its biggest stars, I can't help but imagine motorsports devotees are looking on with jaded amusement. Cheating, along with exorbitant costs and tobacco sponsorships, is part and parcel of the fabric of motorsports, no matter the geographic location or formula. But few have cheated like Toyota. Who else has been accused of, or caught red-handed, at cheating in NASCAR, CART, Formula 1, and WRC? In each instance, Toyota's machinations were always subtle and ingenious, nothing like Smokey Yunick's 7/8th scale Chevelle or any of the famous "bending the rules" yarns. Take for example, the car you see above.
Group A cars were required to be fitted with a specific turbo restrictor that served to limit engine output. Toyota was able to engineer a special bypass valve that could not only defeat the restrictor without creating any evidence of tampering, but was designed to conceal itself when FIA technicians dismantled the turbocharger for inspection. Max Mosley himself called it "…the most sophisticated and ingenious device either I or the FIA's technical experts have seen for a long-time." By bypassing the restrictor, Toyota could get as much as 25 percent more airflow into the turbocharger, allowing the GT-Four to put down as much as 350 horsepower in a field where cars were limited to 300 horsepower. According to Toyota's own specs, my friend Rob's GT-Four puts down about 255 horsepower, but it sure feels like there might be a bypass valve in there somewhere.
During my last trip to California, I found this '80 Celica coupe and this '81 Celica liftback side-by-side at an Oakland self-service yard. A few rows away was another Celica. Apparently the old 22R-powered Celicas aren't worth enough to keep on the street. (Read More…)
We saw a fairly solid junked '80 Celica coupe yesterday, and a good example of its liftback sibling was located in the same California self-service wrecking yard. It's like a history lesson in Sporty Malaise Era Commuter Cars With Truck Engines! (Read More…)
The Malaise Era Celica sold very well in the United States as a fuel-efficient-yet-reasonably-sporty commuter vehicle. They were very reliable (by the not-very-high standards of the time), cheap, and easy to repair. Even so, nearly all of them are gone now, save for a few survivors that hung on long enough to stay out of the junkyards until the second decade of the 21st century. Here's an '80 that I found at a Northern California self-serve yard last week. (Read More…)
As is typical for races at MSR Houston, the mechanical carnage has been quite extreme. We saw sheared axles, blown head gaskets, thrown rods, and a Jetta with its engine dragging on the pavement (the last one is a first in my experience). Still, some cars haven't broken, and the battle for the win on laps has been cutthroat; meanwhile, the battle for the Index of Effluency— LeMons racing's top prize, which goes to the team that accomplishes the most with the worst car— seems to have settled into your classic Tercel-versus-Camaro-versus-W110 slugfest. (Read More…)
Remember window louvers? They were sort of terrible, yet it's still interesting to see them on a quasi-sporty Malaise Era car. This Celica ST's louvers will soon be ground up and digested by The Crusher. (Read More…)
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The New Informix
Informix around the world - part 2
In March, I found myself in "Dear ole Blighty" - yes - England. I was on a visit with Informix customers and partners in London/Leeds sharing the Informix roadmap. Stability, availability and OLTP performance stood out as "core" for operations. No surprise there. To give you an idea of the data rates/volumes that some of these customers need to deal with, how about 2500 transactions per minute online (a transaction could range from a few SQL statements to several hundred) or 12,000 transactions per minute from retail shops during peak season. Disaster recovery was key to some of these customers and they readily took advantage of the Remote Standalone Secondary (RSS) capability to provide geographically dispersed DR. Understanding and knowing that Informix will continue to invest in these strengths as part of the roadmap was very important to these customers. Further, as most of these customers are trying to design better analytics and insights and become more "customer-focused" as opposed to being purely "transaction-focused", they highly appreciated the Informix Warehouse Accelerator and the technology behind it.
Rajesh Nair
Informix Product Manager
The case for in-memory vs columnar databases for warehouse performance
If you are looking to understand , read more about or trying to decide on choosing a warehouse technology that is right for you, this article on DBTA by Roger Gaskell should make an interesting read:
Informix Growth Warehouse Edition - making extreme performance a reality mid-market customers
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Today, we announced the Informix Growth Warehouse Edition along with some pricing updates on the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition. The announcements can be found here:
Built around the same Informix Warehouse Accelerator technology available with the The Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition, the Informix Growth Warehouse offering brings the same performance and capabilities to the mid-market. The Growth Warehouse can be put on a machine that has upto 16 cores and 48 GB of RAM allowing customers the potential to accelerate data mart sizes up to 250 GB or sometimes a little more, depending on the compression obtained.
Informix 11.70xC3 and warehouse accelerator enhancements
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A few weeks ago we delivered Informix 11.70xC3. Along with some other enhancements, there are three things I want to bring to your attention around the Informix Warehouse Accelerator component of the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition:
1) A Smart Mart Tool that can be used to generate data mart definitions from workload analysis
2) Multi-cultural support (IWA support for different locales)
3) the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Time-Limited Version for Evaluation (not really a 11.70xC3 enhancement )
The Smart Mart tool can significantly help reduce the efforts to designing a data mart for deployment with the Informix Warehouse Accelerator. This is really valuable when you are unfamiliar with the database schema or there are a large number of tables. The first step to generating a data mart definition is workload analysis. Workload analysis consists of "Query Probing" where information is gathered about the query workload. Based on the analysis of the probing data and database schema, the probing data can be converted into a data mart definition(probe2mart stored procedure). This definition is in the form of relation tables and can be used to generate the data mart definition as xml (genmartdef() ). This xml file can be imported using the ISAO studio administration interface.
The Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition time-limited evaluation now allows you to conveniently try out and experience the extreme performance gains at your convenience. The download can be found here
Q & A from the Informix Warehouse Webcast conducted by InformationWeek
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Fred Ho and Lester Knutsen talked about the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition on a very well attended web cast organized by InformationWeek. There were a lot of questions that Fred has documented as Q&A at this blog which can be found here
My dear Watson - What is ..... FAQ ?
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Ok well, I tried. Over the last week we seemed to have skipped Spring altogether in the "Heartland of America" and taken a short cut to summer PLUS, more to the point of the blog, I have been on some calls with our business partners and a couple of customers over our new offering - the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition. As a result, I have compiled a set of "generally asked" questions that I thought are worthwhile sharing with you. Here they are:
Entitlements and Pricing
Q. How does this new Informix warehouse offering announcement impact existing entitlements and contracts?
The IBM Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition is a new edition in the Informix family. It has no impact on existing entitlements and contracts. This edition is not a replacement offering for any existing offerings or editions.
Q. What does this new edition offer those who have the Informix Ultimate Edition?
The Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition offers additional value over the Informix Ultimate Edition. This new offering is composed of 3 key software components: a) Accelerator-ready Informix Ultimate Edition, b) Informix Warehouse Accelerator and c) Informix Compression. This edition offers customers significant performance improvements and allows customers to optimize performance in a mixed workload environment. The Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition is available as a trade-up to existing Ultimate Edition customers.
Q. I have a warehouse currently on Informix Ultimate. How do I obtain this new edition? Is this available on all platforms?
Customers on Ultimate Edition have a trade-up option to obtain Ultimate Warehouse Edition for their current PVU entitlements. This Edition is available on the following platforms: Sun Sol 64 bit, AIX 64 bit, Linux 64 bit, HP-UX 64 bit, however please note that the Informix Warehouse Accelerator needs to run on Intel Linux 64-bit.
Q. If I have Growth Edition, can I trade-up to Ultimate Warehouse Edition?
Customers on Growth Edition would need to trade-up to Ultimate Edition. If customers have extreme performance requirements for their warehouse that are not met by Informix Ultimate Edition, customers can trade-up to the Ultimate Warehouse Edition.
Product Positioning and Usage
Q. Why is this a new edition and not a new feature option?
Based on our new strategy around pricing and packaging (announced May 2010), which was based on feedback from our user and partner community, we have moved away from adding new feature options to the Ultimate editions for the server. Further, the warehouse offering really is a combination of Accelerator-ready Informix Ultimate(which is required for the Informix Accelerator to work), the Informix Warehouse Accelerator itself and the set of tools to configure and deploy.
Q. What is the sweet spot for this offering?
This is targeted towards the Informix install base. Additionally, the following is defined as the sweet spot for Informix Ultimate Warehouse:
a) Up to 5 TB data mart requiring acceleration
b) Data warehouses with Star Schema design
c) Requirement to support mixed
OLTP/OLAP workloads and high concurrency on the same system
Q. I currently have Informix Ultimate Edition on one of the supported platforms other than Linux. What does a trade-up provide me with?
The trade-up gives customers additional value at a nominal price. For the price of the trade-up, customers get entitlements to an accelerator-ready version of Informix Ultimate and Informix storage optimization feature that they can immediately deploy to their existing environment plus entitlements to the Informix Warehouse Accelerator. The warehouse accelerator needs additional processing power as well as memory and customers would typically need to purchase additional cores to deploy the accelerator component.
Q. What BI tools does this offering support?
Popular vendor tools such as IBM Cognos, Microstrategy, Business Objects all work with Informix and have been deployed by several Informix customers.
Q. Will SAP/Peoplesoft work with this offering?
Customers have to ensure that the versions of SAP and Peoplesoft in question have been
certified with Informix 11.70xC2. Secondly, customers will need to be given access to the schema and data maintained by SAP/PeopleSoft in order to define the data mart for acceleration with the Informix Warehouse Accelerator component.
Q. Will these new editions be eligible for sub-capacity licensing?
Yes. All for-purchase
Informix software is eligible for sub-capacity licensing.
Q. What metric is the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition available on?
Processor Value Unit (PVU)
Q. How are my PVU entitlements counted for when I install the different components on different systems?
Customer has to acquire PVUs to cover processor cores for all systems on which the resources managed by the program reside. For instance, if the customer plans to deploy the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition on an HP itanium system, they may do so, and would deploy the Informix Warehouse Accelerator on a Linux-Intel system. The customer then configures the required data marts from the warehouse for deployment with Informix Warehouse Accelerator. Those data marts reside on IWA for processing. If the HP system is 4 cores and the Linux Intel system is 12 cores, the customer acquires PVU entitlements for 16 cores.
Q. What if I still have questions?
There is an e-mail alias where you may send questions and get answers from the most appropriate IBM resources: email@example.com#informix
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Speed is the name of the game! - Introducing the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition
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This is the sign hanging on data warehouses today: "Wanted: Technology for Extreme Performance ".
Introducing the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition for our Informix customers - you can read the official announcements here:
US announcement
So what's all the excitement about ? The IBM Informix Ultimate Warehouse offering is all about bringing extreme performance enhancements to Informix warehouse workloads using breakthrough warehouse acceleration technology. Yup I know that is a mouthful. But hold your questions right there!
First let me delve into the packaged contents of this offering before we get into the details. The offering is basically a brand new edition that consists of :
Here is how it all works in a nutshell :
Your warehouse continues to be managed by #Informix and your BI queries continue to run against Informix. When a query is run against a data mart that is configured for acceleration, the Informix optimizer ships off that query to the accelerator and returns the results from the accelerator back to the BI application. The following graphic attempts to illustrate this:
The Informix Ultimate Edition is supported on 64-bit versions of the following OSes: AIX, Sol, HP-UX and Linux:
The IWA component is supported on the following platforms:
To learn more about the Informix Ultimate Warehouse Edition visit the Informix Warehouse page or attend the various Discover Informix and IIUG events coming your way or look for other blogs from various Informix experts. Don't forget to register for and attend the IIUG Conference in May 2011.
To leave with a final thought, here's my favorite one for your warehousing environment : Take "NO" for an answer !!!!
Informix v11.70 Press Release and what customers are saying!
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Check out the press release and some great quotes from some of our customers and partners.
Informix Innovator-C: Bring out the Innovator in you , no purchase required!
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Yesterday I posted an entry summarizing the new packaging and editions of Informix. One thing I forgot to mention was the version - all these announced editions are Informix 11.5xc7.
Today I want to talk about one of the new editions : Innovator-C. Innovator-C is a no-charge edition that you can use to develop, test and deploy production applications! If you wish to distribute Innovator-C with your applications, you will need to acquire a distribution license by contacting IBM sales. You can obtain optional Support for your Innovator-C by purchasing IBM Elite level Selected Support.
There are a couple of things I want to talk about. First, I want to throw some light on the details of the Innovator-C edition especially its resource allocations and usage as I have received a number of inquiries on this already. Innovator-C is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions across all 11.50xc7 platforms . This download location will list your platform of choice. This edition supports 1 socket or 4 cores and 2 GB of memory per install. This means that you may install this on any size machine - the Informix engine is going to utilize at the most 4 cores and 2 GB memory. The CPU usage is capped by the engine via its CPU Virtual Processors (VPs). Let me expand on that a little using some an example. Let's say you install Innovator-C on your favorite platform and configure the engine to use 2 CPU VPs. The Informix engine is going to use 2 CPU VPs. If you configure anything more than 4 CPU VPs, the engine is going to put a message in its log and automatically scale back the CPU VPs to 4.
The second thing that I want to talk about and what is often a common inquiry is how this compares to no-charge offerings from other vendors especially Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server.
When you look at the resource allocations and functionality, you will see that Informix clearly differentiates itself from both Oracle and SQL Server no-charge editions. Oracle offers Oracle Express Edition and Microsoft offers SQL Server Express. Both SQL Server and Oracle Express editions put a size limit on your database - no more than 4 GB. Both Oracle and SQL Server Express also limit memory to 1 GB.
In terms of supported platforms Informix Innovator-C offers the widest range - supporting 32 and 4-bit versions across Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows and Mac OS. SQL Server Express of course is Windows only and Oracle Express runs on 32-bit Linux and Windows only. Hey you never know which platform the next innovation is going to come from!
In terms of functionality, the Informix Innovator-C again differentiates itself from Oracle and SQL Server Express editions in the areas of high availability and replication.
Oracle Express does not come with high availability. SQL Server Express can only be used as a "witness" in a database mirroring setup. The witness establishes a quorum between two SQL Server editions known as a primary and a secondary. The primary and secondary in a failover setup CANNOT be a SQL Server Express edition. This means that you cannot setup a failover node for SQL Server Express.
With Informix Innovator-C you can set up high availability with Informix High Availability Data Replication (HDR) with a primary and a secondary. Additionally, the secondary is also read/write enabled which means the secondary can be used to balance read or write workloads.
In terms of data replication, SQL Server Express can only be used as a subscriber in their Publisher-Subscriber replication model. SQL Server Express cannot be a distributor or publisher. Multi-master or peer to peer replication is not supported. Oracle Express supports basic replication using materialized views (what used to called snapshots earlier). Materialized views are used to replicate data from a master to a non-master site. Basic replication allows you to either create a read-only snapshot that can receive changes from a master or create an updateable materialized view that can be used to update only those tables that were part of the snapshot from the master.
Informix Innovator-C allows update anywhere (peer to peer ) replication with another Innovator-C node with no restrictions enabling you to scale your application workloads.
To top it off, you can also obtain technical support for a very competitive subscription pricing. IBM Informix is the database software voted number #1 in customer satisfaction - that speaks volumes to the quality of the Informix support organization. Now I already knew that :-), but it's great to hear it from our customers!!
So, are you:
Rajesh Nair
IBM Informix Product Manager
We are Informix again! Names, prices and packaging - New Announcements
As an existing "fan" of Informix, all of us heard it at the International Informix User Group Conference, (IIUG) we asked about it, we speculated and finally it's here. Informix, yes - not "Informix Dynamic Server" - has a new name, new look, new pricing and packaging. Before I delve into the specifics here , a pointer to the announcement and the web pages:
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Editorial: The many shades of green
Not too long ago, it seems all you had to do was label something "green" and you were golden. Customers loved you and, if you were really savvy, government grants came your way.
Today, we've all gotten smarter. Energy efficiency is good for business and the planet, but discussions on how to do it have become more informed. We're learning that every benefit has a trade-off, whether that's compact fluorescent bulbs vs. mercury disposal, solar vs. long ROI, or shale gas vs. unresolved environmental-impact claims.
We're also beginning to see where the best investments in research and development are paying off and which paths to the future actually may be dead ends. This should allow private enterprise and government to direct their limited resources in the right direction — and for government at some point to withdraw entirely as new industries stand on their own.
Take alternative fuels for vehicles. Cars and trucks on the road today still run predominantly on petroleum derivatives, but an increasing number are hybrid battery/gasoline or battery-only. These cleaner technologies come with their own set of problems. Chief among them is the fact that the power to recharge electric cars still has to be generated, the same way as the power for your lights, heat and the machines that make modern life and commerce possible.
But hydrogen fuel cells and compressed natural gas don't have that issue, and they are coming into their own. As a story in today's Business Journal makes plain, the fuel-cell industry is close to cutting the subsidy-development cord. When a major corporation like Wal-Mart decides to invest in fuel-cell powered equipment, for example, other businesses should take notice.
That is particularly true in Pennsylvania, where the state has made a commitment to bringing this technology to market. The state Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Community and Economic Development have partnered on a project to develop a hydrogen-fueled fleet of buses, vans and cars in conjunction with Penn State. Meanwhile, Act 13, best known for assessing shale well "impact" fees, includes a program to encourage businesses to purchase or convert vehicles that run on CNG.
Today it's forklifts and buses, but in a few years, it could be your car or truck — safe, affordable, emission-free.
"Green" isn't over. It has evolved from being a novelty to just another part of the daily conversation on how to do business right. And that's called progress.


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Shia's Latest Fisticuffs Reportedly Have Friends Worried
Here's hoping that getting punched in the head has knocked some sense into Shia LaBeouf. In the wake of having his noodle walloped, on video, by a portly, shirtless gentleman on the sidewalk outside a bar in Vancouver, B.C., the trouble-prone actor is facing a potential intervention from his friends.
The Chicago Sun-Times claims Shia's pals are "hoping to persuade" him to start anger management counseling so he can get a handle of his seemingly lightning-fast fuse.
A crew member on the star's currently filming flick "The Company You Keep" says last weekend's scuffle began when the beefy, punch-throwing bar patron took several potshots at LaBeouf and his manhood, "which is something Shia should have just ignored. But unfortunately, he let the guy get under his thin skin, and he followed him out into the street, where the man knocked him down before Shia's friends broke things up and helped cool it down."
Continues the insider, "These things can happen when Shia's been drinking. He can turn nasty so fast. ... He's like Sean Penn. One moment he can be totally charming, and then he'll lose it and go off on someone, especially when it's a nut in a bar who is looking for a fight."
According to the source, Shia has recently tossed tantrums around his inner circle, apparently "even" while sober. And, like so many bad things in the world, part of the blame for LaBeouf's behavior is laid at the feet of "Transformers" schlockmeister Michael Bay.
"I think it stems largely from him seeing how Michael Bay treats everyone like s--- ," posits the source. "Shia's totally copied his demeanor in so many situations. He even comes up with the same insults as Michael when he's putting someone down."
LaBeouf, who also got into a tussle in February outside a bar in Sherman Oaks, Calif., and had a heated exchange with Marilyn Manson at a Los Angeles bar in August, would be wise to take the advice of his buddy, who was heard on the brawl video urging him, "Better lay low right now."
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Re: [midatlanticretro] What do *you* still use that's "vintage"? was: TRS80 Model 100 is it still used
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- My Panosonic KX-P1092i keeps working as lexmarks and other ink jets
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Quoting Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster@...>:
> Bill Degnan wrote:
> > OK...some people use their Model 100's today. I have seen one person in
> > the past few years who used a Model 100 to connect to the Internet, yes
> > there will always be someone doing something...
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> > In day-to-day life, I still use the same Casio fx-910 calculator I had in
> > highschool or college (it's from the 80's). It's a solar cell and I have
> > never changed the batteries (I don't even think there are batteries).
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> > I have a Commodore C128 hooked up to my home PC via ethernet cable.
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> > I have a Williams Pong arcade cabinet set up in my office conference room
> > that we use somewhat frequently.
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> > Other than that I only use vintage stuff for hobby-related activities.
> Indeed. I use an HP-200LX and an HP-28S on a daily basis. I use the
> HP-28S extensively in my professional work (As some of you may know, I'm
> a programmer), and it has a manufacture date of 1988.
> I use them because I can't seem to find more modern replacements which
> function as well as or are as durable as the older equipment I use. I
> know for a fact that there are many programmers who zealously guard
> their HP-16C Programmer's Calculators, which date from 1982.
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Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, Rick Santelli and Jim Cramer owe much of their 15 minutes of fame to Saul Alinsky, a Chicago Marxist who died in 1972.
Mr. Alinsky is considered to be the father of "community organizing" as the path to social revolution. A year before his death he published a book, "Rules for Radicals," which distilled what he had learned from his experiences, his reading of Marx and Lenin, and from his associations with crime boss Al Capone and labor leader John Lewis.
Rule 11 is: "Pick a target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don't try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame."
In other words, engage in character assassination. Your opponent is not someone with whom you disagree. He or she is an enemy who must be destroyed.
Democrats have been following Mr. Alinsky's rules. Mr. Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. "Joe the Plumber," came to our attention when candidate Barack Obama approached him in his yard in suburban Toledo and gave an impolitic answer to a question Mr. Wurzelbacher asked. The fault was Mr. Obama's, but it was Mr. Wurzelbacher who was calumnized. His divorce was hashed over in the newspapers and Obama supporters in the Ohio state government improperly searched and made public his tax records.
Rick Santelli is a CNBC reporter whose criticism of President Obama's mortgage bailout plan sparked the various "tea parties" that have been springing up around the nation. This prompted a personal attack from White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs.
Jim Cramer hosts CNBC's popular "Mad Money" show. He is a Democrat who supported Barack Obama. But his criticism of how the president has been handling the economic crisis also earned him a personal attack from Mr. Gibbs.
Democrats are in power now in large part because of how successful they and their allies in the news media were in demonizing President George W. Bush. But with Mr. Bush headed back to the ranch, a new villain had to be found. The White House chose radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh because Mr. Limbaugh is unpopular with people who do not listen to his program.
"Presidents throughout history have kept lists of political foes," said former Bush strategist Karl Rove. "But the Obama White House is the first I am aware of to pick targets based on polls."
White House adviser David Axelrod acknowledged in an interview with The New York Times that he'd authorized the attacks on Mr. Limbaugh. The ostensible reason was Mr. Limbaugh's expressed desire that President Obama "fail." Listeners to his program know Mr. Limbaugh meant he hopes the president's efforts to take over large segments of the economy fail, but Mr. Axelrod's minions spun it as if Mr. Limbaugh were hoping America would fail.
This was the pot calling the kettle black. In a 2006 Fox News poll, 51 percent of Democrats surveyed said they didn't want President Bush to succeed. Democratic strategist and CNN "news analyst" James Carville has been among the loudest critics of Mr. Limbaugh's remark. But in a television interview on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 (before the attacks on the World Trade Center), Mr. Carville said of President Bush: "I certainly hope he doesn't succeed."
The assault on President Bush worked in part because he made a lot of mistakes, in larger part because Mr. Bush didn't fight back.
None of this applies to Mr. Limbaugh. To describe him as "only" a radio talk-show host is like saying Babe Ruth was only a baseball player. But Mr. Limbaugh makes no claim to be a leader of the Republican Party.
Mr. Limbaugh's already impressive audience has ballooned since the attacks on him began. But, said Obama supporter Camille Paglia, the attacks on Rush have "made the White House look like an oafish bunch of drunken frat boys."
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A final team cheer before the walk begins. From left to right: Anne Brosseau, Chantal Murphy, Heather Ednie, Robbie Pillo, Jean Vavrek, Dawn Nelley and Joan Tomiuk
Almost 2,200 men and women shared a high-spirited sense of community. "What an incredible experience," said Robbie Pillo. "The support we received throughout — from the crew, the volunteers and the organizers — was unbelievable."
"What really struck me was the outpouring of support from people on the street — complete strangers encouraging us," added Joan Tomiuk. "This event is not just about the fight against women's cancers, but about living and bringing the community closer together."
Even plagued with blisters and tender feet, everyone agreed it was well worth their efforts. In fact, the team members are already gearing up for next year's event. The CIM Walkers were led by team captain Anne Brosseau and included Heather Ednie, Chantal Murphy, Dawn Nelley, Robbie Pillo, Joan Tomiuk and Jean Vavrek. Thanks to the support of friends, family, CIM members and industry, the team raised close to $16,000.
The Women in Mining network of Toronto participated in the Toronto event on September 12 and 13, continuing the minerals industry's demonstration of its commitment to a healthy society. Together, we truly do make a difference.
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I am writing in response to a Sept. 6 article about the citizen group in Mt. Pleasant seeking a change in the city's form of government.
I am writing in response to a Sept. 6 article about the citizen group in Mt. Pleasant seeking a change in the city�s form of government.
One of the issues cited by this group is that the mayor is elected by the commissioners and not by the people. All of the commissioners are elected by the people with the knowledge that one of them will be the mayor. So, the mayor is elected by the people.
Also at issue is the �power� of the city manager. The mayor and commissioners make all of the policy for the city, and the city manager carries out this policy.
This group of citizens had no problem with this form of government for decades. While the city manager and commissioners they preferred were in �power,� along with the head of the planning commission, the city�s infrastructure was allowed to deteriorate to the point of crisis.
The only visible effort to address the sewer situation benefited them and their friends at the expense of the citizens and taxpayers of Mt. Pleasant.
Signers of the petition have been led to believe that the change will result in lower utility bills and a �progressive� government. Yet when asked about their plans for the city and the budget, this citizen�s group said they would continue to run the city as it has been run and use the same budget currently in place.
There are many who are opposed to a change in government, and this was voiced at the meeting � but not reported. With the change in the commission after the last election, we are finally seeing some progress in moving Mt. Pleasant forward and revitalizing downtown. Change is inevitable. You can either steer it forward, as the majority of this commission is trying to do, or let it overtake you as has been done in the past at taxpayer expense.
The people wanting change of the Mt. Pleasant city government are driven by sour grapes, not the best interest of the town.
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'Wolverine And The X-Men' Pilot To Premiere at San Diego Comic Con
According to Marvel.com, the 90 minute pilot for the upcoming Wolverine And The X-Men animated series will premiere at this Summer's San Diego Comic-Con. The site also has a new clip from the show.
Wolverine And The X-Men and the upcoming Iron Man: Armoured Adventures are set to premiere on Nicktoons in Early 2009. Wolverine will premiere on the BBC in the UK in August 2008.


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