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PORTLAND, Ore. - Two homes and a garage were damaged overnight when a fire broke out in southeast Portland and one of two families that got out safely said a good emergency plan helped save them all.
"We have younger kids, we have a fifth grader, and so they always go through fire safety," said Christina Grelle. "Didn't think we'd ever have to use it."
The fire happened at a home in the 7200 block of Southeast 34th Avenue, just a few blocks south of Reed College.
First, a detached garage went up in flames. The fire then spread to two homes and by that time, firefighters had called two alarms to get more crews to the scene.
"My daughter said she heard a big boom," said Dean Dibblee, who lives in one of the homes that was burned. "We started putting water with a hose on it, but that was useless."
"I walked down here because I saw all the trucks and then there was a lot of smoke pouring out from the attic," said neighbor Rossana Wong. "You could see fire erupting and then they put that out."
The garage is a total loss and the Grelle family isn't sure of the full scope of damage to their home. Dibblee's home appeared to have damage only on the outside.
Fire investigators are looking into what happened.

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The Fort Hays State softball team closed out their regular season with a home sweep of Lincoln Friday at Tiger Stadium. The Tiger took game one 8-1 then won the second game 9-0 in five innings. They also honored their lone senior, Maddie Holub, who picks up the victory in the circle in game one and is now 72-28 in her career. The Tigers end the regular season 41-9 and 21-5 in the MIAA. The Blue Tigers end their season 14-23-1 and 6-18 in the conference.
Game 1; Fort Hays State 8, Lincoln 1
The Tigers score six in the sixth inning to blow open a one-run game. Jenna Land drew a bases loaded walk to drive in the first run in the big frame. Bianca Adame then doubled to left center driving in two. Adame scored on a wild pitch. Courtney Dobson doubled to left center driving in a run. Maddie Holub knocked in the final run with a single.
Fort Hays State scored two in the first on a Danie Brinkmann double. The Blue Tigers scored their only run in the third on a bases loaded walk.
Holub (24-1) picks up the win, allowing an unearned run on three hits, striking out 10 and walking one.
Game 2: Fort Hays State 9, Lincoln 0 (5 innings)
The Tigers scored two in the first on a Maddie Holub groundout and Danie Brinkmann sacrifice fly. They added four in the fourth highlighted by a Tori Beltz three-run homer. Amanda Vaupel added a three-run homer in the fifth to end the game by run-rule.
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McGinn Proposes Light Rail Vote in Two Years
Standing outside the Columbia City light rail station this morning, mayoral candidate Mike McGinn announced an ambitious, if less than fully formed, plan to expand light rail within two years to neighborhoods on the west side of Seattle, including Ballard, Queen Anne, and West Seattle. McGinn's plan would require a Seattle-only vote for a local increase in sales or car-tab taxes.
"During the course of this campaign, I've talked a lot about what I'm against," McGinn said, referring to the proposed $4.2 billion deep-bore tunnel on the waterfront. "I'm here to tell you what I'm for. ... Within two years of taking office, I commit to bringing a plan before the voters of Seattle to bring expanded light rail service to neighborhoods."
McGinn didn't present a cost estimate or specific proposed routes, but said his plan would be a stripped-down proposal using "existing right-of-way" (i.e., streets) that would be built and operated by existing transit agencies like Sound Transit and Metro. Asked how—given that the tax would be Seattle-only, and would thus violate subarea equity rules requiring transit dollars to be evenly distributed throughout the region—his proposal would not require creating a separate agency a la the monorail, McGinn responded: "Much like Sound Transit contracts with Metro to operate light rail, we would work with Metro and Sound Transit to design, build, operate, and maintain the system."
"The monorail had it right in a number of ways," he added. "It served Seattle neighborhoods, it was separate from traffic. Where it fell apart was it didn't have adequate funding and it didn't integrate with other transit systems."
However, it's far from clear that Metro, which is facing its own funding shortfall, and Sound Transit, whose long-range plan already includes lines to Ballard and West Seattle, would be interested in cooperating with and contributing resources to a separate, Seattle-only transit system.
McGinn's press conference was one of a relative handful of times the candidate has appeared in Southeast Seattle. A gaffe yesterday—in which he identified the location of the Columbia City station as "Edmunds and Empire Way" (it's been Edmunds and Martin Luther King Jr. Way since 1983) has prompted some to question McGinn's familiarity with neighborhoods south of the Ship Canal.
Asked how else he planned to reach out to Southeast Seattle voters, other than holding press conferences there, McGinn responded, "You just haven't been following me. I was down here at the Columbia City parade—I've been coming down to Southeast Seattle as mich as I can. I've had breakfast at the wonderful Silver Fork diner on Rainier Avenue just the other day."


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There is a strong need for the use of lighter materials in cars, like aluminum, and a recent agreement between Alcoa and Chemetall will contribute to a wider spread use of this light metal.
On Friday, Alcoa announced that its "Alcoa 951" pre-treatment bonding technology – an enabler for adhesive bonding of automotive structures — has been licensed to Chemetall in an exclusive global distribution agreement.
The Alcoa technology is considered as the new pre-treatment bonding standard for aluminum sheet, extrusion and casting suppliers across the automotive industry.
Chemetall is a global supplier of surface treatments to the automotive industry.
The use of aluminum in cars is expected to nearly double by 2025 according to automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and today is already the second-most-used material to produce cars.
As OEMs work to continue to make cars more fuel efficient, many are expanding aluminum use from heat exchangers, wheels, drive shafts, engine blocks, hoods and deck lids to developing aluminum intensive vehicles (AIVs) by converting the body in white, or body structure, to aluminum.
As OEMs use aluminum body structures to improve fuel efficiency, new joining and assembly methods are required.
"Alcoa 951" is a patented, non-chrome approach for enhancing bond durability and enabling more cost-effective, mass production of AIVs.
Alcoa said that in customer trials, "Alcoa 951" has been proven to be up to nine times more durable than titanium zirconium applications used in the automotive industry in the past.
These results led OEMs to specify "Alcoa 951" and request Alcoa to license it to other suppliers in the industry, hence the agreement with Chemetall.
"Alcoa 951" technology is being incorporated into the $300 million automotive expansion underway at Alcoa's Davenport (Iowa) Works facility, scheduled for completion by the end of 2013.
"'Alcoa 951' is a perfect example of Alcoa Technology Advantage at work to create value for our customers," said Kay Meggers, Alcoa executive vice president and group president of Alcoa Global Rolled Products. "The use of this technology is helping to enable greater use of aluminum throughout the industry and helping make mass-produced aluminum-intensive vehicles possible. This ultimately saves significant fuel for consumers who say fuel efficiency is a top factor in their purchase decision."
Alcoa said that "Alcoa 951" employs an organic, environmentally-friendly system tailored for both the aluminum substrate and the structural adhesives used for joining. The pre-treatment delivers far superior bond durability compared to conversion coating systems such as the titanium zirconium often used in the past. In fact, customer trials show its durability is up to nine times stronger than titanium zirconium.
The surface treatment is applied through an immersion or spray application in which the organic components bond with oxides present on the metal surface. The molecular structure chemically binds aluminum oxide with one end, and adhesive with the other. This creates a strong link at the molecular level resulting in lasting, durable joints for automotive structures.
The minimal level of treatment on the surface makes it essentially "transparent" to downstream steps in the automotive manufacturing process such as forming, resistance spot welding and painting.
Other commercially available conversion coatings, which generally contain heavy metals and are measurably thicker, lead to potential environmental concerns and diminished performance in other steps in the manufacturing process.
Per Alcoa, the attractiveness of "Alcoa 951" lies in its repeatability and its simplicity. It does not incorporate exotic components that threaten the ability to implement the product on a large scale, and it brings the type of benign environmental impact that addresses the need for the "cradle-to-cradle" life cycle required for aluminum.
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Hard Drives not showing up at installation after Hackintosh attempt
I tried a hackintosh attempt today on a friends Acer 4738 laptop. It didn't work and at the end I had to format the hard drives using the Mac Lion Installers Disk utility as Windows wasn't booting up and a Clean Installation of 7 was the only way out.
So using Disk Utility, I formatted with the MSDos file system and then when I tried installing Windows from a DVD the drives wouldn't show up. So I reformatted the hard drive with NTFS file system using Hirens Bootable Disk , still the drives aren't showing up at the installation.
Note - Hard drives show up in BIOS and also on the hirens bootable disk. Also tried toggling between AHCI abd Sata mode, didnt help.
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Where did you get Win7? If you burned the DVD yourself I'd confirm the ISO and burn another DVD or write to flash stick using the tool using the official ISO and tool in this tutorial to Clean Reinstall - Factory OEM Windows 7.
If that fails then wipe the HD using Diskpart Clean Command from the Win7 DVD Command Line accessing DISKPART At PC Startup. Then create and format your install partition during install, or let the installer do it for you.
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Thanks for the help, it worked! I did the Diskpart "Clean" command since the complete HDD was formatted already using the Hirens BootCD, there was nothing to loose.
Thanks again!
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|22 Apr 2012
7 x64
More then likely the drive was set to GUID as the partition Map from trying to install OS X.
Even though Windows 7 is supposed to work OK with GUID partitionmap I have found that it really doesn't.
Not sure on drives above the 2TB mark but on all drives I have ever moved from a Mac to a PC that was formatted with the GUID partition mapping, either internal or external, Windows always has a problem reading them.
You must first partition and format the drive in a OS X environment MSDOS with a Master Boot Record partition mapping.
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Research Topics
M R Gunnar
Affiliation: University of Minnesota
Country: USA
Detail Information
- Child maltreatment and the developing HPA axisAmanda R Tarullo
Institute of Child Development, 51 East River Road, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Horm Behav 50:632-9. 2006..Post-institutionalized children may provide a model to separate early adverse care histories from current adversity...
- Social behavior correlates of cortisol activity in child care: gender differences and time-of-day effectsK Tout
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Child Dev 69:1247-62. 1998..The methodological and theoretical implications of these findings for the study of the development of hormone-behavior relations are discussed...
- Salivary cortisol levels in children adopted from romanian orphanagesM R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 55455, USA
Dev Psychopathol 13:611-28. 2001....
- Social regulation of the cortisol levels in early human developmentMegan R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 51 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 27:199-220. 2002..Finally, the few studies of cortisol activity under conditions of neglectful and abusive care of young children are considered, noting that these often have yielded evidence of reduced rather than increased cortisol levels...
- Low cortisol and a flattening of expected daytime rhythm: potential indices of risk in human developmentM R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Dev Psychopathol 13:515-38. 2001..Lastly, we note that evidence of low cortisol under adverse early life conditions in humans adds to the importance of understanding the implications of hypocortisolism for health and development...
- Foster children's diurnal production of cortisol: an exploratory studyMary Dozier
Department of Psychology, University of Delaware, USA
Child Maltreat 11:189-97. 2006..These differences suggest that conditions associated with foster care interfere with children's ability to regulate neuroendocrine functioning...
- Bringing basic research on early experience and stress neurobiology to bear on preventive interventions for neglected and maltreated childrenMegan R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Dev Psychopathol 18:651-77. 2006..Finally, we discuss several considerations that should facilitate a more complete integration of basic research on early experience and stress neurobiology into preventive intervention strategies...
- Cultural socialization in families with internationally adopted childrenRichard M Lee
Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus, MN 55455, USA
J Fam Psychol 20:571-80. 2006..Individual variations in cultural socialization also are discussed in terms of child development and shifting adoption attitudes and practices...
- Behavior problems in postinstitutionalized internationally adopted childrenMegan R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, 51 East River Road, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Dev Psychopathol 19:129-48. 2007..Finally, children adopted from Russia/Eastern Europe appeared at greater risk of developing behavior problems in several domains compared to children adopted from other areas of the world...
- Effects of therapeutic interventions for foster children on behavioral problems, caregiver attachment, and stress regulatory neural systemsPhilip A Fisher
Oregon Social Learning Center, 10 Shelton McMurphey Blvd, Eugene, OR 97401 4928, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1094:215-25. 2006..The interventions under investigation have produced evidence that it is possible to impact many areas that have been negatively affected by early stress, including HPA axis activity, behavior, and attachment to caregivers...
- The International Adoption Project: population-based surveillance of Minnesota parents who adopted children internationallyWendy L Hellerstedt
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Matern Child Health J 12:162-71. 2008..To conduct the first population-based surveillance in the United States of parents who adopted children from countries outside of the United States...
- Effects of a therapeutic intervention for foster preschoolers on diurnal cortisol activityPhilip A Fisher
Oregon Social Learning Center, 10 Shelton McMurphey Boulevard, Eugene, OR 97401, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 32:892-905. 2007..In sum, improvements in caregiving following early adversity appear to have the potential to reverse or prevent disruptions in HPA axis functioning...
- Early care experiences and HPA axis regulation in children: a mechanism for later trauma vulnerabilityMegan R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Prog Brain Res 167:137-49. 2008..What awaits study is whether periods of atypical cortisol levels and altered HPA function early in life, even if transient, impact brain development in ways that heighten vulnerability to PTSD in response to traumas experienced later...
- Salivary cortisol levels in children of low-income women with high depressive symptomatologyLia C H Fernald
University of California, Berkeley, 50 University Hall, MC 7360, Berkeley, CA94720 7360, USA
Dev Psychopathol 20:423-36. 2008..These results suggest that among very low-income families, high maternal depressive symptoms are associated with hypoactivity of the HPA system in children, particularly boys...
- Early deprivation and home basal cortisol levels: a study of internationally adopted childrenDarlene A Kertes
Institute of Child Development, 51 East River Road, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Dev Psychopathol 20:473-91. 2008..A structural equation model revealed that preadoption Deprived Care predicted Growth Delay at adoption and Growth Delay predicted higher morning cortisol levels and a larger diurnal cortisol decrease...
- It's not that bad: error introduced by oral stimulants in salivary cortisol researchNicole M Talge
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Dev Psychobiol 47:369-76. 2005..When used sparingly, oral stimulants can be employed without compromising the quality of salivary cortisol data...
- Developmental changes in baseline cortisol activity in early childhood: relations with napping and effortful controlSarah E Watamura
Department of Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Dev Psychobiol 45:125-33. 2004..These results suggest that circadian regulation of the HPA axis continues to mature into the third year in humans, and that its maturation corresponds to aspects of behavioral development...
- Effects of prenatal betamethasone exposure on regulation of stress physiology in healthy premature infantsElysia Poggi Davis
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, University of California Irvine, City Tower, 333 City Boulevard West, Orange, CA 92868, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 29:1028-36. 2004..These findings suggest that antenatal corticosteroids suppress infants' HPA response to a stressor typically encountered in a neonatal intensive care situation...
- Rising cortisol at childcare: relations with nap, rest, and temperamentSarah E Watamura
Department in Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
Dev Psychobiol 40:33-42. 2002..Factors other than daytime rest periods seem likely to account for the rise in cortisol across the childcare day, possibly factors involving the interactional demands of group settings during this developmental period...
- The anterior attention network: associations with temperament and neuroendocrine activity in 6-year-old childrenElysia Poggi Davis
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 0345, USA
Dev Psychobiol 40:43-56. 2002..However, these data also illustrate the multifaceted nature of effortful control and the need for care when attempting to understand the neural systems involved in the effortful regulation of behavior...
- Individual differences in children's cortisol response to the beginning of a new school yearJacqueline Bruce
Institute of Child Development, 51 East River Road, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455, USA
Psychoneuroendocrinology 27:635-50. 2002..In contrast, shyness, which negatively contributes to Surgency, was positively correlated with evening change scores on the fifth day of school...
- Maternal panic disorder: infant temperament, neurophysiology, and parenting behaviorsSusan L Warren
George Washington University, Washington, DC 20037, USA
J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 42:814-25. 2003..To determine whether 4- and 14-month-old infants of mothers with panic disorder (PD) would be more likely to show differences in temperament, neurophysiology (salivary cortisol and sleep), and relationships with their mothers than controls...
- Morning-to-afternoon increases in cortisol concentrations for infants and toddlers at child care: age differences and behavioral correlatesSarah E Watamura
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 55455, USA
Child Dev 74:1006-20. 2003..Controlling age, teacher-reported social fearfulness predicted higher afternoon cortisol and larger cortisol increases across the day at child care. This phenomenon may indicate context-specific activation of the HPA axis early in life...
- Integrating neuroscience and psychological approaches in the study of early experiencesMegan R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1008:238-47. 2003..In addition, however, anomalous findings and the challenge they pose in translating the basic neuroscience findings to human development are also discussed...
- Adult attachment, parent emotion, and observed parenting behavior: mediator and moderator modelsEmma K Adam
School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
Child Dev 75:110-22. 2004....
- Evening activities as a potential confound in research on the adrenocortical system in childrenDarlene A Kertes
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Child Dev 75:193-204. 2004..These results show that in studies with children, nights on which participants engage in sport activities should be avoided when collecting ambulatory measures of salivary cortisol concentrations...
- Peer rejection, temperament, and cortisol activity in preschoolersMegan R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 51 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Dev Psychobiol 43:346-58. 2003..In these contexts, both direct and indirect pathways between temperament and cortisol need to be examined...
- Tympanic membrane temperature and emotional dispositions in preschool-aged children: a methodological studyMegan R Gunnar
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Child Dev 75:497-504. 2004..TM asymmetry may be a phenotypic marker of vulnerability to negative emotionality, but measures obtained on one occasion may not reliably index the phenotype...
- Transition to child care: associations with infant-mother attachment, infant negative emotion, and cortisol elevationsLieselotte Ahnert
Educational and Developmental Psychology, Free University of Berlin, Germany
Child Dev 75:639-50. 2004..Attachments remained secure or became secure if mothers spent more days adapting their children to child care...
- Comparing observational software with paper and pencil for time-sampled data: a field test of Interval Manager (INTMAN)Jon Tapp
Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Peabody Box 74, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203, USA
Behav Res Methods 38:165-9. 2006..Overall, the computer-assisted program was a more efficient and accurate data collection system for time-sampled data than the traditional method...
- Integrating biological measures into the design and evaluation of preventive interventionsDante Cicchetti
Dev Psychopathol 20:737-43. 2008


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WATCH NOW: Free Webinar: H. J. Baker's Tiger University has sponsored a webinar on The Agronomics & Economics of Fall Applied Sulphur.
Mike Adams moderated the discussion with Wes Haun and Drew Taylor, both with H.J. Baker, as they discussed research on the merits of fall applied sulphur. Wes Haun is a Research Agronomist with a Masters of Science in Plant Soil Science from the University of Tennessee. Drew Taylor, director of Tiger-Sul product management, has over two decades experience in the industry with a degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. They discussed how adequate plant sulphur nutrition and its unique interaction with other nutrients can improve crop yields. Advanced application technology and shifts in storage and blending practices are leading the way toward getting the most from the agronomic and economic value of fall applied sulphur.
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e_arizon_benito(at)yahoo(dot)com (Enrique Arizn) writes: >> But in the last ten years, I have never once heard mention of >> Ingres in a commercial context. I was aware of it via "University >> Ingres" and because of knowing a little history, both of which came >> from academia, not from the commercial world. >> >> Consider: >> - Monster.com shows 13 jobs mentioning Ingres; >> - PostgreSQL gets you 55 hits. > > Curious, my first post was in part motivated because I also use Job > Searching engines to calculate the success of a product and I found > Ingres was much more used in comercial deployments than > Postgresql. In Jobserve.com: > > - Postgresql related jobs: 5 vacancies > - Ingres related jobs: 55 vacancies > - SAPDB/MaxDB related jobs: 0 vacancies > > Jobserve.com concentrates in European countries, and mainly around > "London financial World", so it looks in Europe Ingres in much more > widely used while the opposite is true with Postgresql in the USA. > >> Back to the Ingres question, it is _possible_ that the Ingres code >> base may be usable / maintainable / improvable. It is by no means >> guaranteed that this is so. > > I think you are completly wrong in this point. Hmm? What could conceivably have been wrong about what I wrote? I didn't say that the code base was unmaintainable; I intentionally waffled about the matter, so I _couldn't_ be wrong. - It's _possible_ that the Ingres code may prove to be fairly easy to maintain and enhance; - It's also possible that after a dozen years of past optimizations and people hacking on it, it is almost impossible to do so. The latter was the case for Adabas-D, when it got "open sourced," so there certainly is precedent. And the "tough learning curve" property has been true for numerous software packages that have been released in "open source" form. I think it took about a year before people were able to do builds of Mozilla, and even then, it was _seriously_ feature deficient because "open sourcing" it required stripping a lot of stuff out, and there was a hefty learning curve. I would find it surprising for a "mature" software product like Ingres to NOT be a challenge to would-be newcomers. > One of the great things of Ingres with respect to its near/far > future is that is a core element in more than 100 CA applications, > where it comes blunded. So it makes lots of sense for CA not to drop > it and continue to improve it so they don't get dependent on a > Oracle 48.000$ licence/CPU that obiosly will more than double the > final cost of many CA products. CA has nearly doubled the number of > Ingres developers since it was first planned to opensource it > (that's at least what CA proclaims) and they are working to port > many of its products, right now tied to Oracle databases, to > Ingres. That will means for CA dramatically reducing cost, and an > instant grow of its client base. If it wasreally such a great product, then why didn't they start porting their Oracle-based products to use Ingres a year ago when they could have gotten the benefit of charging hefty licensing fees for Ingres as well? And the"dramatically reducing cost" and "instant grow of client base" are both illusions. 1. CA doesn't save money by porting their applications to run on Ingres; it _costs_ them money to do so. 2. CA doesn't instantly grow its client base, unless there is some magical reason to imagine that new customers will suddenly want to start buying products from CA because these products have been ported to run on Ingres. > When I go to the Ingres website it gives me the impression is a > project really alive, and of course I downloaded the Ingres > documentation and found it better documented and up to date than the > Postgresql one. A thing I really liked is that they constantly > compare Ingres to Oracle and DB2 in the docs, emphasizing the points > where Ingres is not yet as mature as their rivals (XML support for > example). This is not a tipical behavior of a company that drop away > a product in the opensource just because they make no more profit. CA are pretty good at marketing, so I haven't the slightest bit of trouble believing that they would be able to successfully give this impression. SAP AG did very similar things with SAP-DB, and that did not prevent reality from being quite different from impressions. -- "cbbrowne","@","ntlug.org" http://cbbrowne.com/info/x.html "I'm sorry, Mr. Kipling, but you just don't know how to use the English Language." -- Editor of the San Francisco Examiner, informing Rudyard Kipling, who had one article published in the newspaper, that he needn't bother submitting a second, 1889
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We're all hiding behind Gorilla Glass
Performed identity in the age of the digital archive
Time was, I visited your home or apartment, and just by strolling around, scanning bookshelves, CD racks, record crates, etc., I learned so much about you.
Those untidy teetering piles on your bedside or coffee table, the glass cabinets where the VHS tapes arrayed themselves like the spines of so many faux books, they spoke to me. They told me if you were more into cheap, pulpy romance or esoteric exegesis; they taught me to expect free-form jazz over dinner, a funkadelic dessert, or Philip Glass over port. Those glass-fronted cases told me whether I should suggest an after-dinner flick or resort to a reading — or perhaps a few rounds of blackjack.
They told me these things openly. The books boasted from their dust jackets, the records invited a flip through tattered, glossy sleeves. The movies and CDs collaborated on a personal media history.
Time was, this tour ranked first on my agenda whenever I visited a new home. Of course, conversation flowed or went staccato, shutter-stopped, as I embarked on my survey; I had to let you know I didn't intend to consume you as passive subject. Your bookshelves and CD racks weren't cold metal slabs in a surgical theater — they were springboards, stages where the various actors of you strutted and engaged, each ready to spark anew a conversational tangent, a segue. But they were there, inviting me to sit back and consume or stroll up to stage center for our dialogue.
And all the while I knew that these were all more or less conscious performances, the products of careful consideration. Like the work of a home stager in reverse, they curated an identity you were comfortable with sharing. The Foucaults and Derridas in the front room might lay like a dental patient's lead sheet over a body of harlequin romance or paranormal thrillers — but there they were nonethless, inviting questions or cries of, "Oh, I love this one too!"
Time is, today, these masks are cracked, the books have flapped, broken, thready spines and all, away.
To be replaced, surely, but by what? Light-sheened facades of Gorilla Glass; touchscreens offering at best programmatically haptic feedback, marked only by the oily, barely visible whorls of your fingerprints; mute, impassively sleek surfaces betraying nothing at first glance beyond a promise of a wealth of content — and the assurance that this is a wall, a locked gate.
Now I must ask your permission to dive into your music collection, your "e-ink," your games. You've got to lend me the key or unlock the experience for me. And that's only if I work up the nerve to ask, for the treasure trove of data behind that glass represents far more than collections of media. Between calls and texts sent and received, the permanently open email accounts, and open-access social networks, you're risking a lot by letting me past that lock screen. We've centralized our lives in these little coffins and putting them in another's hands is a suicide dive, an act of tremendous trust.
Less and less does the self occupy a room or rooms, spaces Google might map; the deictic self has shrunk to slip with ease into a pocket. And what it shows is no longer a personal aesthetic, but a brand relationship, an identity founded upon relation not to the rich history of human creativity but to the international tech industry.
Don't get me wrong — I love my personal electronic devices as much as the next digital native or emigre. But we can never afford to forget what we lose when we gain. And it might just behoove us to find other ways to externalize ourselves safely.
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Carrie Shores can walk Zorba on Main Street. The 31-year-old architect and her dog won't get busted on their daily stroll past century-old buildings. Repeal of a 1983 municipal ordinance banning canines on Main Street, imposed to keep a motorcycle gang and its Dobermans, Rottweilers, and German shepherds from terrorizing pedestrians, speaks volumes about the ongoing transformation of this mid-coast city into an artsy, upscale hub. Once dubbed "Rockland by the Smell" for the stink produced by a fish rendering plant, this is no longer the tough fishing port where 20 years ago barroom brawls occurred daily. "It was a wild town. You'd go to get the court news, there were women beating up women," says Emmet Meara , a columnist for the Bangor Daily News . But "Shore Village," as Rockland was known historically, hasn't lost its salty soul. The city still has a working waterfront, where fishing trawlers have been replaced by sloops, cruisers, lobster yachts, and other pleasure craft.
DoAbbie Burgess, the eldest daughter of Matinicus Rock Lighthouse keeper Sam Burgess, helped her father tend the lamps on the treacherous pile of granite 25 miles from Rockland. A photo of Burgess, who lighted the whale oil lamps and performed other duties from 1856 to 1875, is on display at the Maine Lighthouse Museum (1 Park Drive, 207-594-3301, mainelighthousemuseum.com ). Captain Kenneth Black, a former commander of the US Coast Guard Station in Rockland, amassed the collection, which includes a surf boat, fog bell, buoy lanterns, Fresnel lenses, and other lighthouse-related artifacts.
A few blocks away, another Maine woman, Lucy C. Farnsworth, distinguished herself by putting Rockland on the art world's radar. The reclusive spinster and second daughter and heir of lime baron William A. Farnsworth was considered an eccentric miser. But the canny 97-year-old, who hid thousands of dollars behind picture frames and under stair treads, astonished locals in 1935 by leaving her entire $1.3 million estate to the city to build a library and art museum in her father's memory. The Wyeth family have further enriched the Farnsworth Art Museum (16 Museum St., 207-596-6457, farnsworthmuseum.org ) with works by N.C., Andrew, and Jamie Wyeth.
PlayRide to Vinalhaven island on the Maine State Ferry Service's Governor Curtis or Captain Charles Philbrook (517A Main St., 800-491-4883, maine.gov ). Before catching the ferry, get fresh almond croissants or turkey focaccia sandwiches to go from Atlantic Baking Co. (351 Main St., 207-596-0505, atlanticbakingco.com ).
Motorheads should head 2 miles south to the Owls Head Transportation Museum (Route 73, 207-594-4418, ohtm.org ). Check out the 1903 Mercedes Simplex Tourer, 1912 Woods Electric Brougham, and other treasures.
In the evening, sit back and enjoy movies or listen to wry stand-up Paula Poundstone, urban folk artist Eliza Gilkyson, and other live performers at the elegant Strand Theatre (Main Street, 207-594-0070, rocklandstrand.com ).
PartySample a Bar Harbor Real Ale or other Maine brews at the WaterWorks Pub (7 Lindsey St., 207-596-2753 ), a former eight-bay garage. Raise a glass at other watering holes like The Black Bull Tavern (420 Main St., 207-593-9060, blackbulltavern.com ), and Portside Lounge in the Navigator Motor Inn (520 Main St., 207-594-2131, navigatorinn.com ).
In Maine, it's not uncommon for working folks to be in bed by 8 p.m. and up well before dawn. Still, Time Out Pub (275 Main St., 207-593-9336, northatlanticbluesfestival.com ), home of the town's annual North Atlantic Blues Festival, offers some after-dark action. Guitar Shorty, Smokin' Joe Kubek, Monster Mike Welch, and Toni Lynn Washington are among those who play Monday nights.
RestSamoset Resort in Rockport (220 Warrenton St., 800-341-1650, 207-594-2511, samosetresort.com , rooms $137-$179 without breakfast), with its sweeping view of Penobscot Bay and the Camden hills, is the best off-season option for families with children. The rambling complex features an indoor pool and extensive fitness facilities.
For singles and couples, Rockland offers many bed-and-breakfasts within easy walking distance of Main Street. The Berry Manor Inn (81 Talbot Ave., 800-774-5692, 207-596-7696, berrymanorinn.com, doubles $115-$175) prides itself on its homemade pies.
At the LimeRock Inn (96 Limerock St., 800-546-3762, 207-594-2257, limerockinn.com, doubles $110-$145), a turreted Victorian with a wraparound verandah, the rooms have working fireplaces.
FuelStarting at 5 a.m. daily, fishermen, tradesmen, and other locals can be found at The Brass Compass Cafe (305 Main St., 207-596-5960, brasscompasscafe.com , full breakfasts $4.75-$8.99).
Get a mid morning recharge over a double espresso with whipped cream ($2.50) at Rock City Books & Coffee (328 Main St., 207-594-4123, rockcitycoffee.com/secondread.htm).
A visit to Rockland would be incomplete without a grilled hot dog and onions from Wasses Hot Dogs (2 North Main St., 207-594-7472, midcoastmaine.net , hot dogs $1.90-$2).
"We do not serve the food of cowards" is the motto of Cafe Miranda (15 Oak St., 207-594-2034, cafemiranda.com, entrees $15-$26), serving an eclectic dinner menu ranging from pierogies to house-smoked haddock cakes with chorizo. Wine and microbrews are served.
SpendAt the southern end of Main Street, get coffee and a snowflake cookie from The Pastry Garden (313 Main St., 207-594-3663, pastry-garden.com ).
For hipsters with deep pockets, Black Parrot (328 Main St., 207-593-9370, blackparrotonline.com ) is a must. Check out the Lisa Nading fuchsia suede wedges ($180), black silk tie camisole ($88), and other funky, but pricey stuff.
At Archipelago (386 Main St., 207-596-0701, thearchipelago.net ), try on a pair of Cranberry Isles ( jeweler Lisa Hall's seaglass earrings ) , and other Maine-made jewlery and clothing.
Eye the oars, dinghies, and other marine-related items at Hamilton Marine (20 Park Drive, 207-594-8181, hamiltonmarine.com ), a leading marine hardware store.


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HUNDREDS of soldiers are set for an emotional homecoming in Bury after completing their last tour of Afghanistan.
Servicemen and women from the 1st Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers flew out to Helmand Province in April to start their final stint in the country, where they have been operating since 2001.
Their six-month tour of duty will end shortly and soldiers are to take part in a homecoming parade on Tuesday, November 19 through Bury, which has a long, proud link with the regiment.
Earlier, they will take part in a similar procession through Rochdale town centre before marching through Bury in the afternoon.
It will be the first time the regiment has held a homecoming parade in Bury since November, 2009, when hundreds of wellwishers lined the streets.
Colonel Mike Glover, the area regimental secretary for Lancashire, said plans for the parade were in full swing.
Since the conflict began in 2001, 445 British servicemen and women have died in Afghanistan, including seven members of the regiment.
Col Glover added: "I am sure the loved ones of the soldiers who are coming home will be relieved that their time in Afghanistan has come to an end and they have returned home safely.
"They have given tremendous service and this is an opportunity for people to welcome home their husbands, sons and brothers and to acknowledge their efforts.
"We are looking forward to it and hope people will join us."
Guests on the day will include Bury Mayor, Cllr Sharon Briggs, who told last week's Full Council meeting: "The parade will start at 2.30pm from Wellington Road.
"This will be a wonderful occasion when the people of Bury can show their appreciation to the regiment."
Road closures and traffic restrictions will be in place around the town centre on the day.


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Robert Moses Beach Planting Sponsored by Senator Phil Boyle
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Babylon, NY 11702
Robert Moses Beach Grass Planting
Sadly, Hurricane Sandy left behind a devastating impact on our local beaches. Acres upon acres of our beaches are now threatened due to the erosion from the storm. That is why I am organizing this important beach planting event as summer nears.
The beach bayberry and beach plum plants will help stabilize and rebuild some of the sand dunes destroyed from Hurricane Sandy. In turn, the restored sand dunes will help provide a natural protection from future coastal storms.
Now its our turn to take action to restore some of what was lost last October. Please join me and your fellow Long Islanders at our first annual beach planting event on Saturday morning, May 4.
Your efforts will be vital to repairing our beaches and protecting our environment and way of life.
Location: Robert Moses State Park Office (Just West of the Robert Moses Tower).
Date: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Time: 10:00AM - 1:00PM


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Getting hitched in Vegas
When Peaches Geldof decided to spring a surprise wedding on her family, there was only one place to go. So what are the odds on her marriage lasting? Tim Walker and Chris Green study the form.
Elvis Presley & Priscilla Ann Wagner
May 1967, Aladdin Hotel
The King was 32 when he married Priscilla, just 21. The long-planned nuptials were held in the suite of the casino owner Milton Prell, a close friend of Elvis's manager. Elvis wore a silk tuxedo and cowboy boots during the morning ceremony, in front of a small gathering of family and friends. At the reception, the couple reportedly danced to "Love Me Tender".
What happened next?
The couple's marriage lasted six years, ending in divorce in 1973. Priscilla gave birth to a daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, who would later indulge in several high-profile marriages of her own, first to Michael Jackson, then Nicolas Cage. Elvis blamed his hectic lifestyle for the break-up of the marriage. He said: "I was travelling too much. I was gone too much."
Richard Gere & Cindy Crawford
December 1991, The Little Church of the West
The year after picking up Julia Roberts on Hollywood Boulevard in Pretty Woman, Richard Gere married the supermodel Cindy Crawford on the Vegas Strip. At the time, they were the most glamorous couple in the world, though they were soon having to take out full-page newspaper adverts defending their marriage.
What happened next?
Gere and Crawford were divorced in 1995. Gere remarried in 2002. He and his wife, the actress Carey Lowell, have a son named Homer James Jigme Gere. In 1998, Crawford married a businessman, Rande Gerber. They have two children.
Britney Spears & Jason Alexander
January 2004, The Little White Wedding Chapel
Spears was 23 and had already sold more than 54 million albums when she got hitched to Alexander, a childhood friend whom she had been dating for a few months. Acting on a whim, the pair took a limousine from their hotel to the chapel and requested that someone marry them. After a trip to the marriage bureau for a licence, the ceremony took place at 5.30am. The pop singer wore jeans and a baseball cap.
What happened next?
The next morning, the couple regretted their decision and arranged for an annulment. The marriage lasted 55 hours, making it one of the shortest-lived celebrity unions.
Frank Sinatra & Mia Farrow
July 1966, The Sands Hotel
Sinatra married his third wife, Mia Farrow, at the Sands Hotel on the Strip – home of the Rat Pack – in the same year that he recorded his famous live album Sinatra at the Sands. Ol' Blue Eyes was 50, Farrow 21. The couple had met filming Von Ryan's Express.
What happened next?
Farrow agreed to appear in Sinatra's 1968 film vehicle, The Detective, shortly after their wedding, but when it became clear that filming would overrun on her most famous picture, Roman Polanski's Rosemary's Baby, she broke the agreement. Sinatra turned up on Polanski's set to serve his wife with divorce papers in front of the assembled cast and crew. The Sands Hotel was demolished in 1996. Sinatra died in 1998, aged 82.
Pamela Anderson & Rick Salomon
October 2007, The Little White Wedding Chapel
Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon had two things in common: they had both been married before; and they were both the stars of home-made pornographic videos – with former squeezes Tommy Lee and Paris Hilton – that were "leaked" on to the internet. Anderson was performing as an assistant in a Vegas magic show, but slipped away during a break to marry Salomon, following their whirlwind romance. "I paid off a poker debt with sexual favours and I fell in love," said the blushing bride at the time. "It's so romantic."
What happened next?
Anderson rushed back to appear in that afternoon's magic show. The wedding was annulled two months later, with both parties citing fraud.
Noel Gallagher & Meg Mathews
June 1997, The Little Church of the West
The Oasis songwriter and guitarist was at the height of his powers when he married Mathews, a model and cousin of the footballer Matt Le Tissier. The pair met in 1994, with Mathews providing the inspiration for many of Gallagher's songs, most notably "Wonderwall".
The ceremony's soundtrack included "Yesterday" by Gallagher's heroes the Beatles, and a performance by an Elvis impersonator. Noel's tempestuous brother and bandmate Liam did not attend.
What happened next?
The couple's relationship lasted for four years, with a divorce settlement agreed in January 2001, eight months after Mathews gave birth to a daughter, Anais. The split was not a happy one; Mathews revealed Gallagher had admitted to having a fling with his publicist, Sara MacDonald. The musician denied the accusation, saying that he had never been unfaithful to his wife and had made up the story to get the divorce over with quickly. He later married MacDonald.
Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
January 1958, The El Rancho hotel and casino
Newman's marriage to the actress became one of the most successful unions in Hollywood history. The couple met five years earlier, on Broadway, while Newman was still married to Jackie Witte, whom he divorced in 1957. As a wedding gift, the actor presented his bride with a silver cup engraved with: "So you wound up with Apollo. If he's sometimes hard to swallow, use this."
What happened next?
Newman's film career went into overdrive, with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Although Woodward was undoubtedly less of a superstar, the couple remained inseparable, and celebrated their golden wedding this year. Newman, asked if he had trouble staying faithful, famously replied: "Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?"
Andre Agassi & Steffi Graf
October 2001, at the couple's home
Romance had been blossoming between the two tennis stars since 1999, when they shared a dance after both winning the French Open. The union was sealed at a tiny and secretive ceremony witnessed only by their mothers. Graf was expecting Agassi's child at the time, and the pair reportedly did not want to have a baby out of wedlock.
What happened next?
The couple, now both retired from tennis, live in Vegas with their two children, Jaden Gil and Jaz Elle. In 2006 they launched a range of designer furniture, including a chair in the shape of a tennis ball priced at $1,500 (£750). Their property company, Agassi Graf Development, has ditched plans to build a hotel at the ski resort of Tamarack in Idaho.
Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton
May 2000, The Little Church of the West
Jolie and Thornton, with five marriages already behind them (Thornton four, and Jolie one – to Jonny Lee Miller), were married in blue jeans at a 20-minute ceremony.
The couple, who met on the set of the film Pushing Tin, demonstrated their commitment to one another by wearing vials of their beloved's blood around their necks. Jolie also had "Billy Bob" tattooed on her upper arm.
What happened next?
They divorced in 2003, with Jolie taking custody of their adopted Cambodian son, Maddox. She said: "Over-night, we totally changed. I think one day we had just nothing in common."
Thornton has since said that marriage "doesn't work" for him.
Peaches Geldof & Max Drummey
August 2008, The Little White Wedding Chapel
Peaches Geldof, 19, wed Max Drummey, 23, the drummer for a US indie band, Chester French. "They held hands and looked eye-to-eye, with him wearing sunglasses," said the minister. The chapel is near the Little Church of the West, where Peaches' parents, Bob Geldof and Paula Yates, wed in 1986.
What happened next?
Peaches flew home to face her father, who had been told of the wedding by phone only minutes before it happened.
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States of Undress by Natasha LawApril 25, 2014
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Natasha Law's semi-nude paintings depict intimate vignettes of women getting dressed and undressed, pulling off and putting on items of clothing in vibrant color. The female body is abstracted into bold swathes of pigment, her subject's clean silhouettes almost resembling cutouts. Law was born in 1970 and lives in London. She has exhibited worldwide.


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With this design, an excellent and rare case of a new object made from fusing two classic household objects - fruit holder and colander - Achille Castiglioni won the "Young Creator of the Year" award from the Conseil National des Arts Culinaires de Paris in 1995. Castiglioni was 77 years of age at the time.
Fruit bowl/colander in steel mirror polished. Foot in aluminium, anthracite.
Item code: AC04 B
Color: anthracite
Diameter (cm): 24.90
Height (cm): 20.50
Content (cl): 150.00
Born in Milan in 1918, he started work as an architect and designer with his brothers Livio and Pier Giacomo in 1938. One of the great masters of Italian design, he was a founding member of ADI in the fifties. The long list of awards he has received include eight Compassi d'Oro. His activity as a designer is an unmistakable blend of simplicity, irony and fun and its shows his close interest in the way objects are used, in the potential offered by technology and in the use of new materials. He dies in 2002.


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Oracle Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange @ OpenWorld will provide partners with a program-specific keynote and new deep dive sessions, further enabling partners to grow and succeed with Oracle.
At At the event, Oracle executives will provide insight into Oracles strategic priorities for the current year and how to further differentiate and expand their business with Oracles extensive application-to-disk technology portfolio.
With With over 30 partner-focused educational sessions throughout the week, partners will have exclusive access to Oracles top experts, as well as customers and fellow partners.
The The conference will also help partners take advantage of OPN enablement resources, including the ability to complete onsite OPN Specialized testing.
Oracle Oracle PartnerNetwork Exchange @ OpenWorld will kick off on Sunday, September 30th with a keynote dedicated to partners, featuring leading Oracle executives, including Judson Althoff, Oracles Senior Vice President of Worldwide Alliances & Channels and Embedded Sales.
Following Following the keynote, regional Oracle Alliances and Channels team members will meet with partners from around the world to discuss opportunities and challenges unique to each region: Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Japan, Latin America, and North America.
The The Oracle PartnerNetwork Lounge will be available to partners throughout the week. The lounge will include meeting spaces, demo kiosks, OPN information stations, and a special area for blogging/video blogging in the OPN Video Blogging Room, as well as opportunities to network with colleagues, customers, prospects, and other industry professionals.
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MUCC: Court Ruling is Attack on Shooting Range Rights
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 26, 2012
Contact: Kent Wood - (517) 346-6462 LANSING, MI -- Michigan citizens have the statutory right to operate a shooting range without fear of nuisance lawsuits. That right was granted under protections established in 1989 with the passage of the Sport Shooting Ranges Act. But a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling attempts to deny those rights to Michigan's citizens. Because of this, Michigan United Conservation Clubs has stepped in to ensure the Michigan Supreme Court rights this wrong.
MUCC has filed an Amicus Curiae brief with the Michigan Supreme Court in the case of Township of Addison v. Jerry Kline Barnhart. The brief supports defendant Jerry Barnhart's application for leave to appeal the Supreme Court from a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling that denies the majority of sporting shooting ranges across Michigan the protections granted under the Sport Shooting Range Act (SSRA) (Public Act 269 of 1989).
The case at hand stems from earlier disputes between the two parties that were thrown out in Oakland County's lower courts. The Michigan Court of Appeals inexplicably overruled these courts, and turned the case into a broad mandate against shooting ranges by declaring that any evidence to show that a range was being used for "business or commercial purposes" nullified SSRA protection for those ranges.
In fact, the act makes no mention of disallowing protections for any type of shooting range, whether public, private, nonprofit, or commercially run. Instead, the SSRA expressly includes ranges run by proprietorships, partnerships, and corporations – all of which are types of commercial business entities.
The Court of Appeals' unprecedented narrowing of the SSRA would also leave in its wake shooting ranges that have been the staples of sportsmen's clubs and conservation organizations for generations. Most clubs routinely charge fees for range use and instructional classes and sell ammunition and equipment, both to cover range costs and as a way of raising revenue for the club. In fact, most clubs and ranges would not be able to continue operating without generating revenue from the range.
All of these are types of business and commercial activity that have always been acceptable ways to run a club and shooting range that were suddenly put at risk by the Court of Appeals.
"What we have is a poorly-constructed decision by a court that's at best unfamiliar with shooting ranges or, at worst, blatantly anti-gun. The decision by the Michigan Court of Appeals flies directly in the face of what the SSRA was designed to do – protect all compliant Michigan sport shooting ranges from the bevy of junk lawsuits and burdensome ordinances against them that have followed from the expansion and development in areas around shooting ranges," said MUCC's Executive Director Erin McDonough. "MUCC was one of the driving forces behind the adoption of the SSRA back in 1989, and worked for the broader protections sought in the 1994 amendments because local governments and the people developing around ranges were using lawsuits and new ordinances to harass and shut down sport shooting ranges that had been established for decades.
"Recreational shooting is an incredibly popular and family-oriented recreational activity both statewide and nationally, with more than 21 million Americans taking part in some type of shooting activity each year," McDonough said. "Not only do shooting sports put hundreds of millions of dollars into our economy, but in an increasingly busy world, it is another way to get kids and families outdoors. MUCC hopes the Michigan Supreme Court will look at this case and consider not only the poor legal precedent the Court of Appeals decision sets, but also the harm done to the future of our sport shooting tradition in the state of Michigan."
McDonough also noted that MUCC has close to 125 member clubs that maintain shooting ranges, many of whom charge membership and shooting fees, provide instruction and safety classes for fees, and sell ammunition and equipment. Nearly all of them would be denied the protections of the SSRA under the appeals court's ruling.
The SSRA, originally adopted in 1989, was based on the Right to Farm Act for the purpose of preserving and protecting the existence of all shooting ranges from lawsuits and local ordinances brought on as urban sprawl moved new development into rural areas. The act specified that the shooting ranges covered by the act must have been in existence at the time of the amendment in 1994, and must comply with generally accepted operation practices. No other requirements are asked of the ranges in order to be protected by the act.
Michigan United Conservation Clubs is largest statewide conservation organization in the nation. Through over 42,000 members and 250 affiliated clubs, MUCC works to accomplish its mission of Uniting Citizens to Conserve and Enhance Michigan's Natural Resources and Protect OUR Outdoor Heritage.
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DV Analyzer: What Does It Analyze?
DV Analyzer reads through metadata within every frame of a DV video file to report on events, information, and errors. DV Analyzer information events include frames that contain jumps in recording date and time, jumps in the timecode with the DV stream, or repetition of this information (a duplicated frame). DV Analyzer also notes a list of errors such as video error concealment, audio errors, and structural inconsistencies.
Frame Information
The number of the frame within the video, starting from zero
Absolute Time
Starting from 00:00:00.000. Absolute time represents the time from the beginning of the media file.
DV Timecode
This is the timecode as documented within that frame. This information is typically written by the camera and is typically what will appear on the front of a DV deck during playback. Often this information will survive from the ingest of the source tape, through an edit, to an output; however, if the content is recompressed through rendering or a transcoding, this information is easily lost.
Timecode Info
This could contain 'Repeating' if the DV Timecode is the same as the previous frame or 'Non-sequential' if it doesn't follow the previous frame. This is disabled when the timecode equals '00:00:00;00′. Timecode Info is more likely to appear in DV that has been ingested from DV tape, then edited.
Rec. Date / Time
This is the date and time as set on the recording device. A DV camera will normally document this information in every DV frame written to tape.
Rec. Date / Time Info
Similar to 'Timecode Info', this field states in the 'Rec. Date / Time' is 'Repeating' or 'Non-sequential' from the 'Rec. Date / Time' value of the previous frame. This happens when the recording is stopped and restarted, thus non-sequential recording date/time can be used to separate shots from an ingested DV tape.
Arb bits
Every block of video data with a single contains an 'arbitrary bit', a 4 bit value. If there is inconsistency in the arbitrary bits, the most popular one for the frame is expressed as a hexadecimal character. Typically arbitrary bit values follow a pattern of 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,A,B, then repeat (for both NTSC and PAL).
Arb bits info
Similar to 'Timecode Info' this value shows when the 'Arbitrary Bit' is 'Repeating' or 'Non-sequential' from the 'Arbitrary Bit' of the previous frame. A non-sequential arbitrary bit value may indicate a missing frame, an edit, or an error.
Rec. Start
Contains an 'S' if the camera has noted that this frame is the first frame of a recording.
Rec. End
Contains an 'E' if the camera has noted that this frame is the last frame of a recording.
Error Detection
Video error concealment
DV tapes contain parity data to enable the deck to determine if data was read correctly. When video data can not be read correctly, the deck may conceal the missing information using a number of strategies. The type of concealment is documented in the output DV stream as a STA 'STAtus of compressed macro block' value. The STA values are noted by DVAnalyzer as a hexadecimal character
- STA = 'A': This block of video data is replaced by the corresponding video data of the previous frame (very common)
- STA = 'C': This block of video data is replaced by the corresponding video data of the next frame
- STA = 'E': Unspecified concealment
- STA = 'F': Error. This typically is represented as grey blocks on the frame.
There can be up to 1,350 STA errors per NTSC frame (1,500 in PAL). If a NTSC frame notes '1,350 STA errors', then the entire frame failed to read correctly. The higher the total number of STA errors per frame, the more noticeable the concealment may be. In many case, video error concealment may not be easily detected by visual inspection.
Audio Errors
If the DV deck fails to read audio data, it may export error codes that can be detected. They are played as dropouts, since there is no audio error concealment. Since audio data is scrambled when written to tape the audio errors will often appear to be interspersed across the duration of a frame of video.
Each frame of NTSC DV contains 90 blocks of audio data (108 in PAL). In NTSC it takes 10 passes of the deck's head across the tape to read the data for an entire frame (12 in PAL). Each head pass reads one DIF sequence (Dseq). Often when audio fails to be read properly, it fails for the entire pass.
DVAnalyzer will provide the total number of audio block read errors (1 to 90 or 108) and detail how many occurred within each head pass (DIF sequence). If the audio errors mostly occur on odd numbered (or all even numbered) DIF sequences then the deck (or the original recording device) may have one dirty or damaged head.
Timecode Inconsistency
DV contains many timecode values per frame (this helps enable the timecode to be viewable while the tape is shuttled). This notes when the timecodes within a frame are inconsistant. This error does not affect video or audio quality but may be indicative of other problems.
DIF incoherency
This may note structural problems with the frame such as unexpected, irregular information.
DIF incoherency means that the frame may be failing to follow basic structural expectations of DV and can cause unpredictable behaviors during playback or encoding with various hardware and software applications.
Arbitrary bit Inconsistency
This is noted when the arbitrary bits within a frame are not consistent. As noted this information is 'arbitrary', but can indicate issues with the frame, such as when data from two different frames is mixed into a single frame (from recording over recordings or glitchy playout).
Stts Fluctuation
This is noted for frames that are assigned a presentation time that is longer or shorter than the other frames (normally all DV frames are presented for same amount of time). Occasionally this is indicative or audio/video sync issues and may present a stutter during playback.


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People in Wiltshire are being urged to only make journeys if they are essential as freezing weather is expected to cause widespread ice through the night and tomorrow.
Freezing temperatures coupled with possible further snow flurries, mean roads and pavements could be hazardous.
Wiltshire Council is continuing to salt the primary routes and teams will carry on monitoring the situation .
Pedestrians and motorists are urged to take care if they decide to travel. Streetscene teams have been clearing some footways and town and parish councils have activated their local snow plans using salt and equipment Wiltshire Council has provided There is disruption to many services and more details can be found on the front page of Wiltshire Council's website - www.wiltshire.gov.uk.
Wiltshire Council's twitter account @wiltshirewinter will be giving up-to-date information on the conditions and affected areas.
With the weather expected to remain below freezing for some time, people are being urged to continue keeping an eye on vulnerable neighbours and friends to check they are alright.


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Stay hydrated
Hydration is extremely important to ride safely. Dehydration limits your ability to think clearly and make wise decisions. It is critical to make wise decisions while riding a dirt bike to avoid crashes and injuries.
Staying hydrated is more difficult than one would believe, especially when riding in desert climates and exerting high levels of energy. To aid riders, we recommend purchasing a water pack (hydration system) that enables them to take sips while riding.
Ride in attack position
Riding in attack position utilizes the performance technology built into the design of the motorcycle. Essentially, your motorcycle will handle bumps, turns, and bad terrain much better and give the rider more control.
Attack position key points: Use a standing posture with your chin 15 to 24 inches over the handle bar, keep your elbows up, and knees over pegs slightly squeezing the motorcycle.
Wear the proper protective gear
Dress for the crash! If you ride long enough, you can be certain that you will crash. We recommend purchasing the best gear available. Wear all the protection that is manufactured for dirt bikers. Examples: helmets (CA law), goggles, boots, gloves, body armor unit, roost protector, knee guards, elbow guards, hip and tail bone padding, neck collars, riding pants and jerseys.
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Winston-Salem, N.C. - The game was tied 7-7 at the intermission, making for a quiet Wake Forest locker room except for Chris Givens telling his teammates their efforts were unacceptable, and that they needed to play better. The Demon Deacons answered Givens' call to action, as they outscored Maryland 24-3 in the second half to cruise to a strong 31-10 victory over the Terrapins to become bowl-eligible.
Givens certainly backed his words up, catching eight passes for 191 yards and a touchdown, while being sick.
"We went out as an offense as a whole, and just executed and just did the necessary things it took for us to win this game," Givens said. "Watching film on them all week I thought I did a pretty good job of breaking them down, knowing their strengths and their weaknesses, so really I just went out there and executed and did me."
It was more than just Givens, as the Deacs shutout the Terps in all four of their red-zone appearances. That marked the first red-zone shutout by Wake since its 30-0 win over Florida State in 2006.
"Other than our defense on that last possession in the first half, we played pretty well all night," Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe said. "All in all, it's a big win for us."
Givens was not the only one calling players out for Wake Forest. Tuesday senior outside linebacker Kyle Wilber said earlier this season the Deacs had a players only meeting, where the seniors showed the younger players their bowl rings.
Redshirt freshman cornerback Merrill Noel, who recorded four tackles, broke up two passes and forced a fumble said all he thinks about every Saturday is sending the seniors out with a bang.
This win is more than a bang.
"We had a goal in mind," Wilber said. "We wanted to go bowling. Coach told us it's not fun watching games in December, so now we're going to play in one."
Wilber added that Wake finally played four good quarters of football, which really only applies to the defense, as the Demon Deacons sputtered early offensively.
"Defensively we played very, very well in the first half, and in parts of the second half we gave up some big plays that hurt us," Maryland head coach Randy Edsall said.
Wake Forest struggled significantly against the ACC's worst defense, allowing three sacks, rushing for only 40 yards and scoring a meek seven points before the intermission.
"It was a different team [in] the second half," Price said. "First half we came out and we were just flat, and we had just one guy hurting us every play. We were just killing ourselves. In the second half we came out ready to play, and knew we were a lot better than the way we were showing in the first half. We were successful after that."
Along with Givens, Price and Brandon Pendergrass led the way in the second half.
Price finished with his best performance of the season, completing an impressive 20-32 passes for 320 yards and three touchdowns without an interception. Pendergrass carried 26 times for 125 yards and a touchdown, which was his second 100-plus-yard rushing performance in a row.


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I attended a progressive political meeting at home, and after discussing election strategies with our candidate, we viewed the FEMA setup in our county seat's library; I viewed some local tornado damage from the tornadoes that struck the Grove, Oklahoma area. Yesterday, I drove up to nearby Joplin, MO to view the carnage of the monster tornado that struck. John featured this tornado in his post, "The scariest tornado video you'll never see." Since I grew up in the nearby relatively small town of Grove, Oklahoma, I spent a lot of time in Joplin going to movies and their mall when I was attending Grove High School in the 1980's.
Situated in the far southwestern corner of Missouri, Joplin has a lot of ties to Oklahoma and it is evident by visiting the web site for the Joplin Pride Center where you can follow their links in order to give via Oklahoma Equality to help the local LGBT community recover from the tornado. Please give.
The following are two videos I shot to try to convey the massive amount of destruction. Nothing compares to actually being there on the ground and surveying it with one's own eyes.
The first video is filmed across from the Home Depot where many people lost their lives, and towards the end of the video you will notice the temporary tent that has been erected for the reopened business.
This second video is about a mile southwest of the first one and off in the distance you can see the shattered St. John's hospital.
Some of the best coverage I've read regarding this particular tornado has come from the U.K.'s Daily Mail.
I interviewed Rusty Hooper, "Mama Violet," who performs at the Pla Mor Lounge which was not destroyed. She said that as far as she knew that no one in the gay community lost their lives which is a miracle, but she does know fifteen to twenty LGBT persons or families that lost their homes. The MCC church was one of the thousands of buildings destroyed. When asked the best way the gay community can help, "Mama Violet" has temporarily converted her living room into a "disaster relief hub," but asked for others to please give via the link because the monies are effectively being disbursed between the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) and the Joplin Pride Center.
"Mama Violet" said she is the oldest performing drag queen in Joplin. She spoke with absolute conviction when she said there are a lot of LGBT members of faith in the community and that, although "Some of us lost our homes, we are so thankful no one had lost their lives." She recounted that Saint Mary's Catholic Church had been totally destroyed in the tornado, and the only thing left standing was the cross. Her voice broke when she said that, "No matter what anyone says about our LGBT community, that cross serves as a beacon to so many of us." She also recounted how Joplin High School was being renamed "HOPE High School." The sign had been demolished except for the letters "OP" and someone has since rebuilt the sign to read "HOPE" and the name is going to stick.


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