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West central Minn. school officials preparing to talk to students and review their emergency plans
WILLMAR — Principal Nathan Cox gathered with his staff before school started Monday at Roosevelt Elementary School in Willmar.
"The unthinkable has happened," he told them, and they had a conversation about what to say to children who asked about the school shooting that occurred Friday in Newtown, Conn.
Twenty first-graders and six staff members were murdered Friday morning at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown. The shooter also apparently killed his mother before going to the school.
Cox said he told the staff that they didn't need to "feel the burden of trying to make kids understand how it could happen," because there's no way to understand it.
Cox suggested they talk about how sad the shooting was and reassure students that they are safe in their school. They expected to see some students who had watched television coverage throughout the weekend and some who had no idea what had happened.
"I think it was good to get together," he said. "The staff is in good spirits; it was good to be back with the kids." He asked staffers to watch out for kids who seemed distracted or upset who might need to speak with a counselor or social worker.
By late morning Monday, the day seemed to be going smoothly, he said.
New London-Spicer Superintendent Paul Carlson said he had spread the word to staff about how to talk to students, too.
"It's important that we all try to be calm and reassuring, to make sure children know we care for them and will protect them," he said.
Willmar Superintendent Jerry Kjergaard agreed that there's no way to try to explain the incident to kids. "I don't get it," he said. "There are sick individuals in our society."
Cox, Carlson and Kjergaard said they were not surprised by the stories of heroic teachers hiding children and shielding kids from the gunman's bullets. All of them said they would expect that their own staff members would react in the same way if the situation presented itself.
"It's what we're called to do," Cox said, "to grow and protect these kids any way we can."
Kjergaard said he would like parents to remember that "School is still one of the safest places for a kid to be."
School districts do what they can to ensure that. Minnesota schools must do five lockdown drills, five fire drills and a tornado drill each year. "We review the plan after every one and make the needed changes," Kjergaard said.
Security at Willmar's schools is similar to that at Sandy Hook Elementary, Kjergaard said. Three of the buildings have locked doors with cameras, and approved visitors are buzzed in. The high school has an open door with a monitor sitting inside the door.
Three Willmar police officers work full-time in the schools during the school year. One is stationed at the Senior High, one in the Middle School and one at the Area Learning Center and elementary schools.
New London-Spicer has a full-time Kandiyohi County sheriff's deputy on duty during the school year.
The school resource officers are a good connection between schools and law enforcement, said Willmar Police Chief Dave Wyffels. His department develops and practices response plans for a wide variety of incidents, including a possible school shooting, he said.
It's too soon to know if the investigation in Connecticut will yield recommendations for changes in school security, he said. "We've certainly got an ear tuned to what's going on."
A change in police procedure would not necessarily require a change in a school's emergency plan, he said. If needed, the school resource officers would be able to implement changes to a school's plan within a week, Wyffels said.
Security is important, but a person intent on getting into a school building will find a way to do it, Wyffels said. "The point I want to drive home to people is never get a false sense of security."
Kjergaard said he's not sure how much more security would be appropriate for a school building. "You can't turn a school into a prison," he said.
Carlson agreed that increasing security would be difficult. "Schools are not built to prevent people from coming in," he said, but to be welcoming to the community.
Going too far with security tends to isolate schools from the community and can shut out parents and volunteers, Kjergaard said. "If anybody has any good ideas on where you draw the line, I'm open to ideas."


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MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Badgers (25-6, 12-6) returned to the practice court on Tuesday after taking one day off following their 77-68 loss at Nebraska on Sunday to close out the regular season.
The Badgers practiced for the first time in their new Adidas "Made in March" uniforms that they are scheduled to wear for both the Big Ten tournament and NCAA tournament. The jerseys feature the "Badgers" word across the chest, with Bo Ryan's "Next" mantra on the inside collar.
Jordan Hill said the jerseys were "comfortable" and "not too tight."
A second-place finish in the Big Ten locked up a first-round bye for the Badgers in the first round of this week's Big Ten tournament. The Badgers await the winner of Thursday's game between No. 7 Minnesota and No. 10 Penn State.
Today, Wisconsin prepared for Minnesota.
In order to combat the size of Elliott Eliason and Maurice Walker for the Gophers, the Badgers tested out a lineup featuring Nigel Hayes at the three, Vitto Brown at the four and Frank Kaminsky at the five. This group did not see any time on offense together during the scrimmage portion of practice.
The Badgers scout team shot 12-for-26 (46.2 percent) from the floor during the portion of practice open to the media. Riley Dearring shot a scout team-best 4-for-8.
Wisconsin's rotation players were able to hold the scout team to just 1-for-12 (8.3 percent) shooting beyond the arc.
On the offensive end, the rotation players shot 19-for-30 (63.3 percent) from the field, including 5-for-12 (41.7 percent) from beyond the arc. Traevon Jackson led the way with 9 points on 4-of-6 shooting from the field and a 1-for-3 mark from three-point range.
In six possessions against a 2-3 zone defense, the rotation players shot 4-for-6 from the field with one Sam Dekker turnover.
Duje Dukan and Ben Brust left practice early for class.
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Jess Morden, Labour
3:00pm Tuesday 27th April 2010
3:00pm Tuesday 27th April 2010
Having had the privilege of serving as the MP for the last 5 years, I know just how, during these tough times, Labour policies have helped Newport East.
Over 580 businesses locally have had help to defer their tax, hundreds of young people have been helped into work by the Future Jobs Fund and the car scrappage scheme has helped our steel industry. These are policies the Tories opposed, preferring to let the recession run its course, which would have caused more hardship in our community.
There is a big choice at this election.
A Labour Government committed to stepping in and helping Newport East, or a Tory Government determined to slash public spending and attack services locally.
On the doorstep voters tell me they remember what the Tories were like last time they were in Government, and they don't want them again - they know a vote for any of the minor parties just lets the Tories in.
In Newport East, we know what a disaster the Tories would be. Just look at what's happened on Newport Council where, backed by the Lib Dems, they have voted to close Ladyhill Day Centre, closed Lliswerry Leisure Centre and threatened council jobs.
If elected, I promise to support policies that help our area, including: * Building on our support for families including extended maternity and paternity leave, by guaranteeing tax credits and extending them for parents of 1 & 2 year olds - which the Tories and Lib Dems want to cut for those on modest incomes.
* Restoring the earnings link for pensioners and protecting benefits like pension credit, free bus passes and the winter fuel payments.
* Backing business to create up to 50,000 new jobs in Wales. We will encourage our economy to grow, as we are well placed to focus on green energy jobs, and new employment in the digital economy.
* Giving the Police the resources to do their jobs. There are 186 more police officers in Gwent since Labour came to power and neighbourhood teams in every community.
* Crime is down but we are committed to protect frontline policing unlike the Lib Dems who voted against measures to tackle anti-social behaviour and have promised 'savage cuts'.
* Putting Newport East first by campaigning on issues that matter to you, including the Severn bridge tolls, flood defences and help for local businesses.
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ArtPlace America, a collaborative group targeting art as a revitalizing tool for communities, recently awarded $350,000 to Dell'Arte International for the Mad River Industrial Art Park. Described as "an exceptional example of creative placemaking," the project was among 54 selected from more than 1,200 applications.
"As a pioneer in creating 'theater of place,' Dell'Arte and its partners will bring that vision of creative placemaking to the rebranding and activation of the Mad River Industrial Art Park," according to Dell'Arte. "Through curated arts programming, visual identifiers and the expansion of its own Mad River Festival to this space, Dell'Arte will connect art, industry and artisanal cultural work to promote economic development in ...Blue Lake."
Dell'Arte has always worked to engage its home community, and this is just one more example of that outreach.
"We are very honored to receive this grant from ArtPlace America," said Michael Fields, Dell'Arte's producing artistic director in a news release. "We believe this support is recognition of the vital cultural life in Blue Lake and on the North Coast. We look forward to working with all of the community to realize the tremendous opportunities this support provides."
Plans are underway for events to solicit the community's input later this summer.
Some of the preliminary ideas, according to Dell'Arte spokesperon Meghan Frank, include offering more arts events in the industrial park and highlighting the work of the many artists currently living and working in Blue Lake. That expansion doesn't refer just to theatrical arts, but to all varieties of artistic expression, she said. Dell'Arte already has three working studios in the city's industrial park and extending the annual Mad River Festival to the area is among the possibilities using the recently awarded grant.
According to the announcement, "ArtPlace America is a collaboration of leading national and regional foundations, banks and federal agencies committed to accelerating creative placemaking -- putting art at the heart of a portfolio of strategies designed to revitalize communities."
Other 2013 grant recipients range from support for the Lanesboro Arts Center in Lanesboro, Minn. transforming the entire rural community of Lanesboro (pop. 754) into the Lanesboro Arts Campus to pop up art installations in empty storefronts in Detroit's historic Avenue of Fashion to transforming a boat basin in Philadelphia into a a "river stage," according to the organization's website.
"ArtPlace America recognizes the central role arts and cultural activities can have in the revitalization of American cities," said Rip Rapson, chair of ArtPlace America's Presidents' Council, on the ArtPlace website. "With this grant award ArtPlace America is directing individual project support to scores of creative, high-impact projects throughout the country."


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First post - Release some balloons or something
First post here, as the title says.
37 yr old from Ohio, the cess pool of America. Used to lift fairly regularly but the last 12 years have been non-active, with only coaching my kid's sports as an activity. Therefore I've gone a bit down hill.
Currently 6'2" and 250lbs. I look exactly like some out of shape ex-football player, to paint a picture. I probably should be 225lbs, for a start.
About 6 weeks ago I started to ease back into the gym and re-introduce my body to exercising. Since then my weight has stayed right at 250lbs but I have dropped some fat and added some lean mass. In time I know my gains will taper off and my weight will drop.
My goals are more weight loss oriented, but I do it with higher tempo workouts, supersets, etc. to keep my heart rate going. I'll do some cardio but it pains me in a boring sort of way. As the weather gets a bit nicer I can get on my bike and ride for some cardio.
Anyway, glad to find this place. I'll cruise through the other forums to see whats what.
I screwed up my SN on the first registration, so I made another.
So... hey.
Welcome to the forum. You will learn alot from these guys.
welcome to the board ... glad to have ya around.
Hey what up WonderMonkey and welcome!
I've learned mucho grande already from this place. Always people willing to chime in with an opinion on questions posted.
I welcome u to the forum with a big apocalypse fart :D No balloons here, my little cousin and his 3 yr old girlfriend, chewed up all of them. :D
When my uncle was real little he ate a balloon. When my grandma changed him she say the balloon hanging out of his ass and she freaked out, thinking his innards where coming out. I'm sure it was a tense moment or two until she figured it out.
Loni Anderson had an effect on my childhood as well.
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Another plug for measuring teachers
It might be hard to tell from the media coverage, especially in Florida, but the idea that teachers should be rated based on student test scores is not a right-wing plot. There are independent groups, non-partisan groups, bipartisan groups and yes, even lefty groups who think the notion has merit (like the Brookings Institution, see here; the Center for American Progress, see here; and the Carnegie Corp., see here). The latest example: The bipartisan No Child Left Behind Commission, which issued this policy brief yesterday in furthering its arguments that the federal law should change how it defines a highly qualified teacher. Testing data "should not be the sole determinant in making teacher quality decisions," the commission said, "but they must - along with evaluations conducted by principals and peer review panels - be a substantial part of the equation."
To be sure, measuring teacher quality has its pitfalls, as many supporters readily admit. And who knows? Maybe the test-making and data-crunching tools needed to do it fairly and sensibly aren't in hand yet. But it seems dishonest (doesn't it?) for critics to attempt to dismiss the idea as partisan or ideologically driven. What do you think? If the idea is so lame-brained, why have thoughtful people from the left, the right and the center all moved towards the same conclusion?
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PHP: print directly from php script
Hi all, I didn't want bother you but I'm in trouble... deep in trouble. I "must" create a function, in my php application, to allow continuos print. I mean that it should send to printer "directly" some letters (changing names and addresses ;-) of course). I used javascript function "window.print()" but it wait for a button pressed from the
Can anybody help me ?
Do you mean the client has to have a print function? The one who is browsing? Since you are using Javascript, this runs only client side.
The print function without acknowledge has intentionally been left out of clients to make sure the web designer would not be able to print tons of paper for his fun, therefor a user acknowledge is always needed.
But you are talking about PHP application. Do you mean you have to print on the server side?
Well, I wrote an application: I mean that the server is not "an internet" server: it's in the same room where clients are. In this case server's printer is THE client's printer (that printer is shared through the network).
That doesn't answer the question. Does the client print (Internet Explorer, Mozilla) or does the server print (Apache)? Regardless of where the printer is, regardless to what is is attached.
I have the idea that it is the client which prints, but if it is the client, how could PHP help you. PHP puts together the web page for you, and can do a zillion other things, but always on the server.
Thank you.
Now I can see that my question was wrong. Maybe the right question could be: How can I ask to PHP to print on default printer of the server?
In my case it's ok, because the server's printer is the printer (the only one) that anybody can use.
From network point of view it's always the same printer, but I understand that from php point of view it's not the same.
Is it a Windows platform which runs the server? Then look at the print_open and print_write functions.
For Linux it is more difficult. Almost as difficult as creating a graph or a PDF file. I would recommend to open a temporary file, put the print data in there, and use an exec call to send it to lp.
To get rid of the temporary file, call a cleanup function every time the web page is entered, which deletes all temporary files older than 5 minutes.
Your PHP script will need to create printable pages first, most often in PostScript or PDF format. Libharu is pdf development library that you could use to create a CGI application for the task of creating a printable document. Pslib does the same for PostScript. PostScript is old, but has the advantage that it is for the larger part human-readable.
Your PHP script can either create PS/PDF files directly or call some other custom CGI application via a 'system' call, and then feed that document to the printer with a system call to 'lp' (see http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO...age-HOWTO.html).
Printing will be done on any of the printers that are available to the server.
Does this problem solved?
@Zelrond : Does this problem solved?
I'm also have this problems. I was to created a simple queue app, just for locally (LAN) so the server need to print a receipt (which contains the queue number) directly..
@jlinkels : if you don't mind, would u show us an example of it?
I'm really a newbie on PHP (i used to VB).
Thanx brother, I'll appreciate ur help
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Dr. Wittenberg's research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute, and the PhRMA Foundation. She has served on editorial boards for Quality of Life Research and The Patient, and as a grant reviewer for CDC and private foundations. She holds a master's degree in public policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a doctorate in health policy from Harvard University. She completed her post-doctoral training at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Harvard School of Public Health.


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This was a dark chocolate cake. Unfortunately, I have no idea what kind of filling I used. But it was pretty dang tasty! I covered it with fondant, which was a nightmare, then put buttercream roses that were supposed to look like the sterling roses that my co-worker's husband gets her every year. I sprinkled them with some of that sparkly silver stuff, but I don't think it showed up well in the picture. Please feel free to email me [email protected]@aol.com with WHO WANTS CAKE in the subject line. Thanks.


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Like many of those who jammed the National Mall for this week's historic Million Man March, Mark Brown came in the spirit of atonement and redemption, to hear a message of hope and empowerment.
And like many, the 27-year-old resident of Chicago's south side gave a shrug to some of the anti-Semitic and racist views of the event's sponsor and keynote speaker, Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan.
"I really don't care because it doesn't pertain to me," Brown said of Farrakhan's rhetoric.
The largest civil rights demonstration in American history brought out an estimated 400,000 black men who listened to speakers condemn white racism and implore them to accept responsibility for their lives.
The 12-hour demonstration under a cool Washington fall day was marked by a general tone of forthright, friendly and fellowship among participants.
But on a day designated for reconciliation, strains of anti-Semitism could be seen and heard beneath the surface, pointing to a palpable rift between blacks and Jews.
Nowhere was the division more apparent than when two Jewish protesters – indeed the march's only protesters – stood in the middle of the mall on Sunday and Monday intent on raising a voice of Jewish moral conscience.
"Farrakhan is a racist, sexist, anti-Semitic, homophobic hater," Ronn Torossian, national spokesman for AMCHA – the Coalition for Jewish Concerns, told a crowd gathered around him on the mall on Sunday.
The march, he asserted, "is truly ruining the dream of Martin Luther King."
Despite initial plans to hold a larger demonstration, AMCHA in the end decided to send only two protesters – Torossian, 21, and Moshe Maoz, 22, both from New York – in order to appear less confrontational, according to the group's national president, Rabbi Avi Weiss.
The two said they were met with a barrage of anti-Semitic remarks, verbal threats and even a few flying plastic bottles Sunday and Monday from passerby who, at times, stopped to form a ring around them.
One exchange, which occurred within minutes of their arrival on Sunday, was typical of the hostility they encountered.
"During the slave trade, y'all financed the ships," said a black man who asked not to be identified and claimed no ties to Farrakhan or the Nation of Islam.
"You can say that didn't have nothing to do with you personally, but I always say you are what your forefathers were. And since your forefathers were financing the slave trade, the only reason you're in the position that you're in is through the oppression of my people."
When Torossian and Maoz began chanting "Farrakhan is David Duke," a crowd of about 100 people countered with fist-raising and its own chant of "Farrakhan! Farrakhan!"
When the Jewish protesters said that "Farrakhan has lauded Hitler as a great man," some blacks in the crowd responded with "Hitler was a great man" and "he didn't finish the job."
"It was continuous," Maoz said of their encounters. "It wasn't like it was a few people here and there. It wasn't just one group. It was women to professionals to everybody. That was the thing that bothered me the most; you could really feel the anti-Semitism."
The protesters, who were repeatedly warned to "watch your backs," were not the only Jews threatened.
The Washington Jewish Week last week received a threat from Earl Turner, a national spokesman for the Nation of Islam.
"One hundred police departments could not hold back what would happen to your people" if a counterdemonstration took place, Turner had told a reporter at the newspaper.
The National Park Police ordered the two protesters to leave the mall on Sunday and again on Monday, saying they could not ensure their safety. AMCHA said it plans to challenge the police's action on the grounds of violating their right to free speech.
As hundreds of thousands packed the mall between the Washington Monument and the Capitol, conversations with several march-goers revealed that although most were not there to support Farrakhan or his ideas, many were quick to defend him.
"It took a man like him to spearhead this," said James Lee, a Philadelphia evangelist, asserting that Farrakhan's speeches are often taken out of context and skewed by the media.
"The man has apologized for his shortcomings, and it takes a great man, it takes a leader to step back and look in the mirror and see himself and apologize," Lee said.
A Washington Post poll based on interviews with 1,047 march participants found Farrakhan to have an 87 percent favorable rating.
At the same time, 41 percent said they had a favorable opinion of Jewish people.
Despite his high rating, only 5 percent of those surveyed said they attended the march to show support for Farrakhan. The figure deflates claims made by the Nation of Islam prior to the march that the turnout would reflect support for Farrakhan.
"It's bigger than Farrakhan," said Danny Miller of O'Fallon, III. Miller said he condemns some of Farrakhan's "vile" ideas and downplayed the impact of his rhetoric.
"He's been saying it for years, and I think he likes to hear himself talk or something," Miller said.
Others, however, defended some of Farrakhan's rhetoric.
Grady Radford, a medical student from Vineland, N.J., speaking about Farrakhan's recent reference to Jews as "bloodsuckers", said, "He didn't actually mean to say they were bloodsuckers, but that they were taking from the community and weren't giving anything back, and I think that was fair statement that really should have been maybe worded a little better the first time."
Larry Broussard, a pastor from Arlington, Va., spoke in great length about the spirit of reconciliation and the opportunity to show unity.
"The whole idea of Louis Farrakhan and what he says has nothing to do with the reason why we're here," Broussard said.
But he also implored Jews to look within and ask themselves, "Does he have a point?"
"What we've got to do is turn around and start looking in the mirror and ask why would he call me that? If I'm a Jew, why would he call me a bloodsucker? Am I a bloodsucker? That's the question that needs to be asked.
"It's got nothing to do with what he said because he might be like a million other people that might say the same thing. If I am a bloodsucker, I'm gonna get upset if someone calls me a bloodsucker because the truth hurts."
Broussard added: "But I think we should get back to the point of this, which is the peace, the love and the unity."
But that was not the point for Torossian and Maoz, the Jewish protesters who, from their vantage point on the mall, heard and entirely different message.
"You can't separate the message from the messenger, and we saw that yesterday from people who were passing us by and the screaming anti-Semitic remarks throughout the day." Maoz said. "They were all raising their fists to Louis Farrakhan."


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The quarterback-deficient Chiefs were able to claim Kyle Orton off waivers last Wednesday, but they're probably wise to not play him against the Steelers defense on four days of preparation with a new offense. No need to rush since the AFC West champ will most likely be 7-9 anyway. So it falls to Tyler Palko to once again spend a primetime game not throwing passes further than five yards. What fun!
Anyway, be sure to take a look at the chart above (click to embiggen). The fallout of the Tom Brady injury in 2008 was as tragic as the crippling was beautiful. It gave rise to Josh McDaniels as a viable head coach and, worst of all, sowed the seeds of Tebowmania. It very nearly almost makes me start to maybe think of possibly not enjoying Bernard Pollard taking out Dreamboat quite as much. Except not at all. Nothing ever comes easy, so why should glorious Greatriot knee shredding be any different?


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This picture appears to have been taken during the set-up of the thrashing machine. There are no bags of grain or other evidence of operation. The grass still looks fresh suggesting it has not been trampled by the thrashing traffic.
girls l to r. Donna Price, Mary Billiter, Dorothy Jones; men, l to r. ? , Jim Barker, Dale Riggenbach.
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PCLinuxOS v0.92 Test 3 Screenshots
Since I decided to wait for the final to re-review PCLinuxOS v0.92, I thought I'd pass along these links to the many many screenshots.
Phoronix has a heapin' helpin' of wonderful screenshots showing the progress of PCLOS .92, now at test 3. You can find those HERE.
And of course, you know OSDir isn't gonna let any release go by without putting up his collection as well. His screenshots HERE.
Stay tuned for my review of the final, which a little birdie told me might be as soon as next week. But then again, you know how little birdies are...
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text: Charles R Harris wrote: > I am trying to put together some rule for parsing text strings/files in > fromfile, fromstring so that the two are consistent. Thanks for giving these some attention -- they've needed it for a while! > 1) When the string/file is empty fromfile returns and empty array, split > returns an empty string, I think the behavior of split() is irrelevant here -- fromstring/file is about reading numbers from text -- while split()- is very helpful for that, it's not what it's specifically for. > and fromstring converts the empty string to a > default value. Which should we use? they should NEVER return a number when there isn't one in the source. > 2) When the string/file contains only a single separator > fromfile/fromstring both return a single value, while split returns two > empty strings. Which should we use? neither -- see above. > My preferences would be to return empty arrays whenever the string/file > is empty, but I don't feel strongly about that. yup. > Also, wouldn't a missing value be better interpreted as nan than zero in > the float case? yes, but since I don't think missing values should be returned at all, it doesn't matter. I do think the more interesting case might be a csv or tab-delimited file with a line like: 34, 5, 4.6, , , 45, 32 In this case, I suppose it is clear that this is a row in a table that is supposed to be 7 items long. With floats, it would be pretty rational to put NaNs in there, but without an equivalent for integers, I'd say go with an error. Two other options: 1) a "missing_value" keyword -- the user explicitly says what they want put in for missing values. 2) return a masked array -- also as a keyword option. Masked arrays are supposed to be the numpy way to express missing values. and yes, fromfile( a_file ) should always return the same thing as fromstring( a_file.read() ) Pauli Virtanen wrote: > a) fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",") -> [1,2] > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", strict=True) -> ValueError > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", count=5) -> [1,2] > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", count=5, strict=True) -> ValueError > > b) fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",") -> [1,2] > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", strict=True) -> ValueError > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", default=3) -> [1,2,3,4] > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", count=5) -> [1,2] > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", count=5, strict=True) -> ValueError > > c) fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",") -> [1,2] + SomeWarning > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", count=5) -> [1,2] + SomeWarning > > d) fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",") -> [1,2] + SomeWarning > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", default=3) -> [1,2,3,4] > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", default=3, count=5) -> [1,2,3,4] + SomeWarning > > e) fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",") -> ValueError > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", strict=False) -> [1,2] > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", count=5) -> ValueError > fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", count=5, strict=False) -> [1,2] (c) and (d) are out, as I don't think Warnings are the right thing here (see my earlier rant). I don't like (a) and (b), as I think "strict" (with a better name...) should be True be default. What I want is (b) with a different default, which would be (e) with a "default" (or, maybe "missing"). Those seem to have defined "strict" in two ways: both number of elements, and what to do with non-numerical input, I wonder if those should be merged? Also, I wonder if setting a "missing" should work for any non-numerical entires, or only empty space? I think I'd go with: f) fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",") -> [1,2] fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", count=4) -> ValueError fromstring("1,2,3,4", sep=",", count=5) -> ValueError fromstring("1,2,3,4", sep=",", count=5, strict=False) -> [1,2,3,4] fromstring("1,2, ,4", sep=",", missing=3) -> [1,2,3,4] fromstring("1,2,x,4", sep=",", missing=3) -> ValueError I THINK we can break it down into these distinct questions: (1) What should be returned if there is a non-number between separators and there is no default value specified? a) ValueError b) a default value (2) If a default value was specified: a) the default value b) if it is whitespace: the default else: ValueError (3) What should be returned if EOF is reached before count is reached? (a) a warning (b) just the numbers read so far (c) if strict: an exception else: just the numbers read so far (4) Should any non-numeric text behave the same as EOF when count is not specified? (a) yes (b) no (5) what should "strict" default to? (a) True (b) False (6) Should \n be interpreted as a sep along with the specified sep? (a) yes (b) no [OK, I added that one as my pet desire...) I vote: (1) a (2) b (3) c (4) b (5) a (6) a Does that cover it? > and binary data implied by sep='' would be interpreted in the same > way it would if first converted to comma-separated text. Only with regard to less than count numbers read -- I don't think any of the rest applies -- though I'm still for splitting binary and text file reading anyway. > I'd vote for (e) if the slate was clean, but since it's not: I think the slate is clean enough, given that the current implementation is buggy. While you are digging into this code, we did have a discussion a while back, captured in this ticket: http://projects.scipy.org/numpy/ticket/909 Any chance you could address any of that, too? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer NOAA/OR&R/HAZMAT (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception


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Bestselling author Tony Abbott's epic new middle-grade series the Copernicus Legacy begins with The Forbidden Stone, a thrilling adventure packed with puzzles, intrigue, and action.
Wade, Lily, Darrell, and Becca fly from Texas to Germany for the funeral of an old family friend. But instead of just paying their respects, they wind up on a dangerous, mind-blowing quest to unlock an ancient, guarded secret that could destroy the fate of the world.
Fans of Rick Riordan and Ridley Pearson will love this first book in an exciting series that takes the reader all over the globe in a race to find pieces of a mysterious hidden past--before it's too late.
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In this strong, ambitious start to the Copernicus Legacy series, Abbott (the Secrets of Droon) sends four protagonists on a globe-spanning adventure as they attempt to reclaim lost artifacts before a secret organization realizes its evil agenda. Working through a series of centuries-old puzzles and clues, stepbrothers Wade and Darrell Kaplan and their friends Lily and Becca, accompanied by Wade's astrophysicist father, attempt to unravel the mystery of a device built by the astronomer Copernicus. As their search takes them from Germany to Italy and Guam, they unravel ciphers, translate lost diaries, and both outwit and outrun the fiendish, murderous Teutonic Order. With 12 artifacts to be found over 12 planned installments, a mix of novels and novellas, there's no denying the epic scope of this storyline. Fast-paced and clever, the novel reads like a mashup of the National Treasure films and The Da Vinci Code; it's a thriller that engages the intellect even as it rummages through history for inspiration and journeys to far-flung locales. Ages 8–12. Agent: George Nicholson, Sterling Lord Literistic. (Jan.)
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It all started with an email—an email that Wade and Darrell, stepbrothers and best friends who are as different as possible, were never meant to read. It was a coded email addressed to Wade's father, written by Wade's Uncle Henry shortly before he died under very mysterious circumstances. In The Forbidden Stone, the first book in Tony Abbott's Copernicus Legacy series, Wade and Darrell—along with Wade's father, Darrell's cousin Lily and Lily's friend Becca—travel to Germany to attend Henry's funeral. However, once they arrive, they are drawn into a frantic race to uncover secrets guarded for hundreds of years.
But they are not running this race alone. A dangerous organization will stop at nothing to uncover the mysterious relics first. Wade, Darrell, Lily and Becca must stay one step ahead, solving mysteries, cracking codes and piecing together puzzles, many of which date back more than 500 years. They must travel throughout Europe and then the world, into places well known and forgotten, and follow the path that Nicholas Copernicus set for them, in order to gain the first of 12 artifacts.
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Pressure control valves comprise 90% of the final control elements in Enbridge Pipeline Inc.'s (EPI's) 15,000-kilometer liquid petroleum pipeline network in North America. Responsive and robust line pressure control is essential for avoiding preventable line shutdowns due to pressure excursions and for minimizing periods of excessive throttling. Service conditions for the majority of existing pressure control valves have evolved since their installation. As well, the mechanical performance capability of the existing control valves is largely unknown.
Pressure control systems involve several components that influence overall system performance. These include mechanical performance of the installed valve assembly and actuator, hydraulic behavior of the control valve and surrounding piping, and control system tuning. Experience has shown that engineering, operating, and maintenance personnel often implement modifications without full appreciation of the degree of interaction amongst pressure control valve system components.
Here is a systematic, multistep approach to optimizing the overall performance of existing control valve installations in liquid pipeline service. A control valve installation that has undergone this process is certified.
An engineered approach to control valve optimization is necessary to achieve the best performance for the current service conditions.
EPI operates a lengthy system of batched pipelines in North America that transport a broad range of liquid petroleum products. Ninety percent of its pump stations employ pressure control valves as the final control element. Pressure control valves in mainline service are typically greater than 12 inches. Due to the considerable capital investment associated with each control valve and actuator installation, a strong incentive exists to maintain and optimize their performance. Another unique factor in pipeline engineering arises from pumping energy costs making up a significant portion of operating expenditures. Historically, this has led Enbridge to select oversized control valves.
Responsive and robust line pressure control in pipeline operations is essential for avoiding preventable line shutdowns caused by pressure excursions. Flexibility in pipeline operations requires frequent changes in flow rates and delivery sites. These flexibility requirements, in addition to batch transport of widely differing products, introduce significant performance demands on the entire pressure control system.
Control valve commissioning usually consists of specification of service conditions, control valve sizing (by valve manufacturers), and field tuning of the controller during start-up. Closed-loop performance of the valve will typically have tested out over a restricted operating range during this process.
The performance of control valves has received considerable attention over the past decade. Some of the knowledge garnered from various industries, most notably pulp and paper, resides now in ISA standards. The central theme arising from this document is that good mechanical performance of the control valve is essential to ensure good process control.
Enbridge's experience is that several factors lead to pressure control system performance degradation including:
In reviewing current pressure control system performance capabilities, one must assemble a complete picture of all factors. Enbridge has adopted a systematic approach to analyze and optimize the performance of control valves.
The five main steps in this process are:
A control valve installation that has undergone this process is certified. In projects conducted to date, most effort was directed toward the first three steps of this process.
The first part of this article defines the control valve system and pressure control configuration encountered in liquid pipeline applications. Then, requirements for conducting the control valve field tests and hydraulic simulation analysis will play. The second part of the article provides results from studies conducted over the past two years in Enbridge. They are available online through ISA at www.isa.org/intech/feb2004/pressure.
In liquid petroleum pipeline operations, pressure control valves are most often encountered as:
Electrohydraulic actuators drive control valves in these applications.
Entech defines a control valve system to include the actuator, positioner, drive train, and valve body. Once installed, one cannot alter the mechanical capabilities of this system to any significant degree. But one must ascertain those capabilities to optimize overall control system performance. The main goal of the reengineering and certification program is to ensure the best possible performance of the installed pressure control system using configurable parameters. These parameters include actuator dead band, valve/actuator calibration, PID controller tunings, and the addition of nonlinear compensation in the controller configuration.
As to testing the control valve, the goals are to:
The control valve performance testing procedures adopted in the present study are in line with ANSI/ISA-75.25.02-2000, with differences highlighted in the discussion that follows. The procedures adopted in these investigations provide a consistent and repeatable method that generates performance indices virtually independently of the technician doing the testing. This independence is important due to the large geographical distribution of the control valves, because it allows the efficient use of technicians from different regions to do the same performance testing.
As well, with performance testing one can maintain a historical record on each valve. This record can help to optimize system performance, assist in the early detection of performance degradation, identify problem valves, and provide information for control system adjustments.
Each control valve installation undergoes both off-line testing and online data collection.
These tests verify the control valve's range of motion and dynamic response by driving the actuator and valve assembly using a current source external to Enbridge's programmable logic controller system. This ensures that signal conditioning does not affect the valve dynamic response.
A temporarily installed linear position transducer for sliding stem valves or a rotational transducer for rotary valves measures the valve position. Fisher Controls' FlowScanner software was used to generate the external current source and record the collected data.
Off-line tests take place during a pipeline shutdown with the control valve in its process setting. Specific tests and desired results appear in summary form online at www.isa.org/intech/feb2004/pressure . Dynamic scan and full travel step tests are in addition to the tests outlined in ANSI/ISA-75.25.02-2000.
Testing the valve while the process is not operating allows one to program different sequences for the input signal. However, as discussed in ANSI/ISA-75.25.01-2000, off-line testing disregards process forces, which could introduce additional dynamics to the valve movement. It is worth noting that in contrast to the bench test procedure that the standard describes, control valves tested in this investigation have operated in a pressurized environment for possibly several years.
The most common in-situ corrective action made following analysis of data from these tests is recalibration of the valve to ensure it travels 0-100% open for the full range of the applied 4-20 mA signal. Severe problems with other valve performance measures resulting from the off-line tests require adjustment of settings (e.g., dead band in the actuator), valve/actuator maintenance, or replacement.
A separate period of field data gathering at each site collects dynamic data while the process is operating. The dynamic data serves to determine the installed valve capacity curve, calibrate the dynamic simulation model, and catalogue disturbances in line pressure. Together with information supplied by operations personnel, collected process data also provides a picture of current service conditions.
The sampling rate was 500 milliseconds, with data sets covering an approximately one-week span. Typical data collected includes station suction, case and discharge pressures, controller output, and valve stem position.
Technicians collected additional data from the process data historian system at a sampling rate of twenty seconds to provide information on operating pump units and pressures at upstream and downstream locations.
After collecting and analyzing the field data, hydraulic simulation comes into play to reengineer the control valve system for the current and actual service conditions. A commercial simulation program can handle this chore.
Only a full dynamic analysis of the control valve system, which includes all nonlinear aspects present in the process and equipment, can generate settings that will optimize the installed performance. This type of analysis relies on a dynamic simulation program. Another advantage of employing a simulation modeling approach is that the entire operating envelope is subject to analysis. This envelope includes different numbers of operating pump units, variations in product physical properties, and valve positions. The boundaries of the envelope are the mechanical limitations of the system and required service conditions.
The main results of the simulation analysis are:
Once the linear function and controller tuning parameters have come to light, simulated performance tests take place comparing the existing control valve system configuration against the reengineered configuration.
One then implements optimal settings determined from analysis of the valve performance tests and simulation analysis into the system. This requires coordination with instrumentation, maintenance, and operations personnel. Verification tests of the pressure control system during normal process operation then take place.
An essential part of the certification process is for all personnel involved in the configuration, operation, and maintenance of the process control system to understand the range of interactions present amongst the control system settings. The dynamic simulator provides a useful platform for increasing awareness of these effects.
Maintaining pressure set points is critical for ensuring liquid pipeline stability. Pressure disturbances readily propagate between pump stations, potentially causing interplay between mainline pump station controllers. Tighter process control at individual pump stations or delivery sites reduces the risk of causing line shutdowns when operating close to pressure constraints.
Enbridge has hundreds of pressure control loops within its liquid pipeline network. A systematic program that is able to achieve incremental improvements in the performance of individual pressure control loops will derive significant benefits when applied to the wider system.
The reengineering and certification process laid out here provides such an approach to achieving the broader goal of system stability. To effectively optimize the performance of individual pressure control loops, knowledge of the mechanical and hydraulic characteristics of each system is imperative. The field data gathering and analysis methodology outlined above provide a comprehensive picture of current system capabilities, while accommodating the operational and geographical characteristics of pipeline operations. Simulation analysis allows characterization of process nonlinearity over the entire operating envelope. With this information, engineering staff can develop the most appropriate strategy for performance optimization. CP
Roger Shirt is a member of ISA. He is president of R.W. Shirt Consulting, which specializes in control valve performance optimization for the pipeline industry. He has a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia. Roger has co-authored several papers on control valve optimization, simulation, and process control. Write him at email@example.com .
Larry Neumeister is also a member of ISA, and he is a registered professional engineer (P.Eng). He is a process control optimization specialist with Spartan Controls in Edmonton, Alberta. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering and has twenty-four years of professional experience. Neumeister has taught courses and authored papers on advanced process control and optimization. Write him at firstname.lastname@example.com .
Jack Broyles is a member of ISA too. He is a control valve specialist at Enbridge Pipelines Inc., in Edmonton, Alberta. He is also a member of the ISA Control Valve Standard SP 75 Technical Committee. He has authored papers and presentations at the ISA Expo and the International Pipeline Conference. Write him at email@example.com. This article comes from their ISA EXPO technical paper Reengineering and Certification of In-situ Control Valves. Read the paper online at www.isa.org/intech/feb2004/pressure .
A factory collected dynamic data for a period of two weeks during normal pipeline operations.
Using this data, engineers calculated the control valve capacity (Cv) curve.
In this chart see also the manufacturer's reported Cv curve, which deviates significantly from the actual and observed Cv curve.
In particular, a region exists between 30-50% valve travel area over which the calculated Cv is constant.
That is to say, no change in pressure or flow will occur with a change in valve position over this range.


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Lakewood, CO (December 15, 2014) — The National Ski Patrol announced that five people have been elected to the organization's board of directors for three-year terms that commence January 2015, at the NSP's midwinter board meeting held in Denver.
One of the five, Keith Cassidy, of Arlington, Virginia, is a previous board member, while the other four have been elected for the first time. Also elected were Rick Knight, of Southington, Connecticut, Ken Kramer, of Englewood, Colorado, Chris Pringle, of Rowley, Massachusetts, and Bill Sinykin, of Smithfield, Utah.
"These five people have strong and diverse professional backgrounds that will make them a great asset to the National Ski Patrol," said NSP Board Chair Ed McNamara. "The NSP Nominations Committee compiles a 'List of Needs' each year that helps determine the qualifications each board candidate should have. Of the successful candidates in this election, one has a strong finance background that can help the board with budgeting, and one has experience with IT systems and can help us in our search for new IT solutions.
"We have a Colorado attorney who is well-connected to the state and well-respected for his services that can bring another element, and then we have a division director that has deep knowledge of NSP and working with the various divisions around the country, and finally a returning board member who is a federal attorney who has served as an assistant chair, which helps keep continuity in the board structure."
There are 13 members on the NSP board, representing six of NSP's 10 geographic divisions. Board elections are held annually via electronic ballot from October 15 to December 1. The election process begins in March, when the Nominations Committee develops the "List of Needs" and opens the application period for candidates.
"We look forward to welcoming our new board members in January, and believe that the expertise they each bring will continue to help elevate the NSP as we go into the next years planning process," said NSP Executive Director John McMahon.
About the National Ski Patrol
The National Ski Patrol is a federally chartered nonprofit membership association dedicated to serving the public and the mountain recreation industry. For over 75 years, the NSP has been at the forefront of safety and emergency care education programs. The association's 28,000 members represent 98 percent of the nation's patrollers. For more information, access www. nsp.org.


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TEL AVIV (Sep. 25)
"The best to the IAF" is a time-honored slogan of the vaunted Israel Air Force.
"Hell no, we won't go" is not.
So when 27 Israeli combat pilots sent a letter to the IAF's chief saying they would refuse to carry out air strikes against terrorists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the news was a bombshell for national morale.
"Pilot Mutiny" roared a front-page headline Thursday in the Israeli daily Yediot Achronot.
Only nine of the letter's signatories are on active duty, and they quickly were suspended by the IAF's chief, Maj. Gen. Dan Halutz, pending an investigation. They will not be reinstated unless they recant in public, Halutz said.
Halutz also ordered the grounding of those pilots who signed the letter and who serve as flight instructors.
"These are not the people who should educate the next generation of pilots," Halutz said, according to the Israeli daily Ha'aretz.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told an Israeli television station that he takes a grave view of the pilots' actions.
"I hope all the necessary steps are taken, and quickly," Sharon told Channel Two. "I am not ignoring their statements, but they should have been aired in the proper forums."
He added, "I think that there is no military in world like" Israel's, which "acts like this in terms of investing thought in preventing harm coming to innocents."
Many commentators said that regardless of the validity of the pilots' complaints, their decision to make the letter public — and the fact that two-thirds of the signatories are not even on active duty — showed that the move was primarily political.
Regardless of whether or not court-martial proceedings are initiated, the incident underscores an ongoing debate in Israel on the ethics — and efficacy — of Israel's anti-terrorism policies.
In a letter sent to Halutz on Wednesday, the pilots said they were "opposed to executing attack orders that are illegal and immoral, of the kind the State of Israel carries out in the territories," a reference to targeted strikes against leading terrorists in Palestinian-populated areas of the West Bank and Gaza.
In media photos, several of the pilots insisted on being photographed with their faces obscured, in accordance with military protocol.
"We, who were raised to love the State of Israel and contribute to the Zionist enterprise, refuse to take part in air force assaults on civilian population centers" and "refuse to continue harming innocent civilians," the letter said.
Israel began occasionally using air force planes and helicopters in anti-terror missions in the West Bank and Gaza after Palestinians launched their deadly uprising against Israel in September 2000. The operations include missile strikes against leaders of terrorist groups such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Al-Aksa Brigades.
The use of infantry forces generally is preferred in the West Bank, but in fenced-off Gaza, where ground forces cannot easily enter, the job often goes to the IAF.
For all their precision, the guided missiles fired by Apache and Cobra helicopters and F-15 fighter jets have caused dozens of bystander casualties in the densely populated streets of the coastal strip.
"The norm that we were taught was that we do not go to places where civilians are known to be present," Ze'ev Rotem, a retired IAF navigator who was not part of the petition, told Israel Radio. "That norm has changed. Today, attacks take place on targets where there are civilians, including women and children, knowing there is a good chance they will die."
An Israeli military spokesman responded, "Our forces strike when absolutely necessary and to protect innocent life. All efforts are made to avoid causing non-combatant casualties. The terrorists endanger fellow Palestinians by operating in populated areas."
The IAF's chief said Israel's is the most moral and humane fighting corps and that the refusal to serve is an inappropriate form of protest. Halutz noted that the group of refusenik pilots constitutes only a tiny fraction of Israel's thousands of pilots.
The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee said Thursday it would discuss the pilots' letter next week. Meanwhile, another group of seven pilots wrote a letter rejecting the pilots' refusal to serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The 27 pilots are not Israel's first soldiers since the beginning of the intifada to declare themselves unwilling to serve in Palestinian-populated areas.
In January 2002, a group of 50 Israeli reservists signed a petition declaring their intention to refuse service in Palestinian-populated areas. That list since has grown to more than 500.
At least two-dozen Israelis have been sent to the stockade for refusing to serve in the military during the intifada.
But this week's announcement was the first such action of this generation in the IAF, whose members are considered the elite of Israel's armed forced and are widely revered by Israel's public.
There are some older precedents of refusenik pilots, however.
Abie Natan, a bomber pilot from the 1948 War of Independence, was jailed for 40 days after he flew to Port Said, Egypt, for a private rapprochement following the 1967 Six-Day War. In 1989, Natan got a similar punishment for holding an unauthorized meeting with PLO chief Yasser Arafat.
Natan said his guilt over causing civilian casualties spurred him to seek peace.
During the 1982 Lebanon War, there also were several reported cases of IAF pilots returning to base without having dropped any bombs — a decision to disobey orders to bomb what the pilots thought were crowded areas.
Responding to this week's protest, Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom pointed to the letter's complaint that the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip had "corrupted Israeli society" as proof that the pilots were motivated as much by politics as moral probity.
"They should all clear out with their tails between their legs," fumed Ezer Weizman, former Israeli president and IAF chief, on Israel Army Radio. "It is like a cancer: It will spread if not cut off."


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10 Cool Indie Rock Cover Songs
There's no better test of a song's excellence than its ability to stand up to another artist's interpretation. Musicians have been doing it forever: A hundred years ago, pretty much every performer was covering the same dozen songs. There are tons more great tunes to choose from these days, and many of them come from the '60s and '70s, like those on our list of 10 Cool Indie Rock Cover Songs.
The Black Keys, 'She Said, She Said'
The bluesy garage-rock duo packs plenty of noise in its cover of the Beatles' freak-out, which comes from their revolutionary 'Revolver' album.
Bon Iver, 'Come Talk to Me'
Bon Iver's six-minute cover of Peter Gabriel's 'Come Talk to Me' (the opening cut in 1992's 'Us') is all minimalist beauty.
Lykke Li, 'Silver Springs'
The Swedish chanteuse adds layers of spooky to Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours'-era leftover, one of Stevie Nicks' all-time best.
My Morning Jacket, 'Rocket Man'
Somehow the Kentucky rockers make Elton John's hit about isolation and desperation sound even more desolate. It's all that echo, we think.
Of Montreal, 'Trouble'
How appropriate: Weirdo studio perfectionists Of Montreal cover weirdo studio perfectionist Lindsey Buckingham's 1981 solo debut.
Phoenix, 'Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands'
Bob Dylan's original version of this 'Blonde on Blonde' classic runs 11 minutes. The French band's cover checks in at four and a half, but it's still kinda great.
St. Vincent, 'I Dig a Pony'
It's just Annie Clark and her guitar on this stripped-down, but no less electrifying, cover of this Beatles song from their final album, 'Let It Be.'
The Tallest Man on Earth, 'Graceland'
The Swedish singer-songwriter (born Kristian Matsson) tackles Paul Simon's 1986 South African-influenced classic with just an acoustic guitar.
Tennis, 'Tell Her No'
The Denver duo — whose latest album is produced by the Black Keys' Patrick Carney — takes on the Zombies' terrific 1965 hit.
TV on the Radio, 'Heroes'
David Bowie's art-rock classic from 1977 (part of his heralded Berlin trilogy) sounds like it was tailor-made for the Brooklyn art-rock band.


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You have to listen to this hysterical newscast!
Kate Wilson is a news gal in Australia and has recently made headlines of her own!
Love her accent, but not the hiccups so much! Actually, this is one of the funniest things I have ever heard, and sadly, I'm glad it wasn't me this time! I have had my fair share of the 'froggies,' cough and sneezing attacks while trying to chat on-the-air. Which by the way, thank you for your understanding and loyalty. Hugs to you from me!!


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Neutrogena Body Clear Body Scrub Reviews
Not a great smell...but great resultsA friend had told me to use this product to help my breakouts on my back and chest. I wasn't thrilled about the smell or how much effort I had to put into making the scrub come out of the bottle! I was impressed with the results, and thats what counts. — 9 years, 1 month agoMocaMix | 11 reviews
An Athlete's Best FriendThis body scrub is a must for those that workout. It fights body acne without drying out skin. It also exfoliates giving you an allover fresh glow. The scent doesn't make you cringe and it can be used daily. I can tell the difference when I don't use it, especially where my sports bra sits and holds the dirt in. I would recoment this product to anyone!! — 9 years, 1 month agoCMart305 | 9 reviews
Won't come out of the bottle!!Ok, this can be very annoying to get out of the container. I find that when I'm really in a hurry, I won't use this b/c it's so slow and difficult to dispense. I only have a few spots every now and then to clear up, but even with that I never see a huge improvement. I say this product is only OK. — 9 years, 1 month agoNewWife08 | 29 reviews
This product is greatI've been using this body scrub for about a year now and it has helped TREMENDOUSLY with my back and chest break outs. I exercise frequently, and the repeated sweating used to clog my pores. Using this once a day paired with a light oil free moisturizer post-shower has nearly eradicated my acne problem (it is a bit drying without the moisturizer). I don't have a problem with the smell; I just use ...read morea small squirt of this for chest and back, and then another more moisturizing body wash for the rest of the body. — 9 years, 1 month agoxstina | 11 reviews
It's okay...It works okay on the body, but when it gets the the face it breaks out completely into a big rash. Althought, I don't think it had prevented break outs. And I use it twice a day... — 9 years, 1 month agoKrystleof2 | 4 reviews
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Neutrogena Body Scrub !So.......Your looking for a body wash that helps with blemishes and acne on other parts of your body besides your Face?.......I would definetly say that this body scrub is for you! This bottle of body wash works wonders when you want those blemishes to just calm down and steadily go away ! So yea...maybe it doesn't create loads of bubbles.....but again its not a top notch spa body scrub........eve...read moren though when you get out of the shower it feels like you've just been to one. Coming from experience.....its really actually nice. PLUS its most definetly worth the price........not too cheap...not too expensive......just perfect!!! — 9 years, 1 month agoMMCUTYPIE | 1 reviews
Takes away blemishesI was very surprised at this product. I have a little bit of acne on my back and within a week I noticed a difference. Works great. — 9 years, 1 month agoheychellie | 8 reviews
Does The JobIf all you are looking for is a solution to your body acne and not requiring a "spa experience," then this wash absolutely lives up to its claims. It is not drying, and it clears up blemished surprisingly quickly and prevents oil build up. Not the greatest smell but I can live with that! — 9 years, 1 month agoschweebles | 24 reviews
Feels greatThis feels like you are really getting clean. I use it on a scrubby bath sponge in the shower, it really gets off that outer layer and does clear up bumpy skin in 1-2 days. — 9 years, 1 month agoLisaellyn | 13 reviews
Does what it saysI'll randomly break out on my chest and back due to clothing or sweating and this is my go to body scrub for getting rid of them super fast. There is no real fragrance to it so don't depend on it for making you smell pretty and fresh. It can be difficult to squeeze the stuff out of the bottle so I find it easier if you keep it stored upside down. However, if you have annoying bacne and chest acne ...read morethis really does work nice and also helps with exfoliating away the little bumps on the backs of my arms. Definitely worth a try! — 9 years, 2 months agoshesthecarr | 16 reviews
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In Today's Issue
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Images Show Vitamin B3 Changes in Response to Oxygen Level
Scientists at the Medical Center have obtained the first images of a common molecular signal, vitamin B3, which plays a role in making some bacteria potent and some men impotent.
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Gandhi Institute Presents Cecilia St. King
Cecilia St. King, an award-winning performer, headlines the first annual Peace Concert and Potluck Dinner on Saturday, June 26, sponsored by the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, based at the University.
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Simon School Offers Executive MBA Experience
Learn more about the Executive MBA Program at the Simon School during a half-day Executive MBA Experience on Friday, June 11, from 8:30 a.m. to noon in 201 Schlegel Hall. In addition to getting an overview of the program and tuition benefit options available, attendees will attend a class with current students and have the opportunity to join students and faculty for breakfast and lunch. Register here. If you have questions or would like more information, call 275-3439 or e-mail email@example.com.
A Look Into Native American Culture and Health
The Diversity Task Force, a sub-committee of the Nursing Practice's Professional Development Council, continues its quarterly cultural education series from noon to 1 p.m. today in the Boardroom (AC 2.) Today's session includes a presentation by Sophina Calderon about Native American cultural themes, the Indian Health Service, provider challenges to delivering care, and recommendations for clinical delivery. Continuing Nursing Education contact hours are provided.
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Learn about identity theft from noon to 1 p.m. today in the Northeastern conference room (1-9525) in the Medical Center. The session is conducted by a representative from Advantage Federal Credit Union, as part of the Financial Health Bites series. Guests and brown-bag lunches are welcome.
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What I find baffling is how Conservatives have presented themselves as being strongly opposed to Cap and Trade, yet they have allowed this very atrocious act against the American public to be implemented through the installation of smart meters. If you have a smart meter, you will be a pawn in one of the biggest global scams ever perpetrated against unknowing energy consumers. Also, I find it puzzling that the very entity entangled in the housing debacle, Fannie Mae, is a co-assignee for a patent for this scam as seen on the following website. Sold to the public as being an effective way for the consumer to save money and energy, these meters are simply a means of calculating every single human activity performed inside your own home. No longer is your home a place of sanctity and privacy, it is now open for the whole world to see.
By commoditizing energy and making it tradable at the individual level, we are all subject to social equity objectives set out by the United Nations and the President's Council on Sustainable Development. In other words, being able to spread the wealth around and pick winners and losers can be accomplished by the press of a computer key stroke in some bureaucrat's office in your hometown or even across the globe.
Because there has been slim to no debate regarding how these meters are being utilized, it begs the question of how much our politicians at every level of government are profiting through this scam. We are finding evidence that this is probably the greatest factor driving the implementation of these freedom-robbing devices. Stay tuned to our website as we continue to unfold the layers of this global scam through kickbacks to locally elected officials, royalties to utility companies and officials, and massive profits via public-private partnerships.


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After a failed attempt at celebrating her birthday the night before, ShaDonna decided to try again with an old friend she hadn't seen in a while. I was reuniting with an old friend of my own who had recently moved back to town.
On March 16, 2008, ShaDonna (A.K.A. Jaxx) and I were drawn to the same lounge in DC on U Street, on the same night, at the same time.
As I sat next to my friend "chair dancing" (lamely dancing to music while sitting, instead of on the dance floor), ShaDonna playfully announced that "chair dancing" was not all allowed because it was her birthday. She asked us to dance with her. We did, and ultimately I was glad I celebrated with her! After a few dances, and a casual conversation at the neighboring late-night eats spot later, we were off to discovering one another.
Since that night, we have only seen ShaDonna's friend ONCE, but we have spent almost every day of our lives together. She still endearingly calls me her "birthday gift".
The day before I met Lakisha I made up my mind to free myself to live in all the love and happiness possible. The next day, which was my birthday, I went as far as to step out of my shell and ask two women for a dance at the same time. I noted Lakisha's fun spirit when she was the one willing to dance and celebrate my birthday with me without even knowing me. It was not just her smile and dance moves she used to win my admiration in an instant. Before the night ended, we managed to have a short conversation that added to the list of proof that our meeting was cosmic.
Coincidentally this beautifully radiant, sophisticated, and goal focused woman happened to work in the same office with MY MOTHER for many years. After pausing my heart's beat as I awaited the verdict, I was relieved to learn that Lakisha and MY MOM ACTUALLY GOT ALONG. If you know my mom, you know that she (with no harm meant) is a straight up no chaser kind of woman who people love or hate. With all taken into account, I knew I would love this woman...and I DO!