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Sam James auditioned for "The Voice" for Season 2, but was not selected during his blind audition. Now, he is back and determined to prove himself. You can follow Sam on Twitter@SamJamesMusic.
Excerpts from his blog:
Getting ready for my blind audition: Well, after all the auditions, call backs, emails, phone calls and sleepless nights I am back here in Los Angeles for my blind audition on Season 3 of "The Voice!" Amazing. I honestly didn't think I would be back here so soon. … It is hard not to remember the past as I sit here waiting to head over to the big stage at Universal. Will someone turn around this time? Will I HAVE TO GO HOME FEELING DEFEATED YET AGAIN? I know I have grown as an artist since Season 2, but there are still those questions racing through my head.
I really want to prove to myself, my family and my friends that I can do this ... I can be "The Voice." My whole life has been building up to this moment and I have it in my head that I am NOT going to let those four big red chairs get the best of me this time. Last year I was nervous, but this year I am back with a whole new attitude. I am ready to do this.
Team Adam!!! Unreal! I can't believe this went how I had planned. I am so excited and honored to now be able to say that I AM PART OF TEAM ADAM! It feels so crazy to say that. I was a little bit nervous before I went on, but as soon as I reached the stage I tried to be calm and deliver the song the best I could. It was a good feeling to take a song like "Imagine" and make someone like Adam Levine take notice and turn around for me.
An even better feeling ... going backstage to see my Mom, girlfriend, and best friend there in tears because I finally made a team. I am not going to lie ... I cried a little bit, too. It has been a long journey in this crazy music business and to make such amazing headway with one song means the world to me and my family. They have been with me through everything and gave me the strength to do this for a second time!
Watching the premier: Wow. Unreal. It has been so fun watching everyone's blind auditions. I can't wait until I finally air. Who have been your favorites so far I wonder? I think everyone has been amazing. Season 3 of "The Voice" is sure to be a great success. How about my roomy Collin McLaughlin???? It was a wild world for sure. Keep tuning in and I hope you enjoy the show as much as I do!
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How can you prevent cataracts?
Doctors believe certain actions can slow cataract growth
No studies have proved how to prevent cataracts or slow the progression of cataracts. However, doctors think several strategies may be helpful, including:
- Have regular eye examinations. Eye examinations can help detect cataracts and other eye problems at their earliest stages. Ask your doctor how often you should have an eye examination.
- Quit smoking. Ask your doctor for suggestions about how to stop smoking. Medications, counseling and other strategies are available to help you.
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The state of New Jersey plans to legalize sports wagering as early as January by defying the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992. Governor Chris Christie and other New Jersey lawmakers support this on the theory that it would cut into the profits of the many illegal and offshore sports betting conglomerates in operation, and would help the state's racetracks and casinos. Post hurricane Sandy, Atlantic City is recovering from its worst revenue drop ever; legalizing sports betting could boost tourism to that area, and there are five other states that already operate outside the 1992 betting legislation.
Naturally, because they hate change and all money-making in which they are not involved, the four major sports leagues and the NCAA (so, the five major sports leagues) have filed a motion for an injunction to stop New Jersey's law from taking effect. This is the second part of a two-part hissy fit—the first saw the NCAA relocating minor championships to make a point about gambling, and what can happen when the NCAA throws its weight around. The commissioners of each league were recently questioned for a deposition related to the case, and in each interview, you see a version of the brazen condescension that comes from running a practically omnipotent (except for Bettman) sports and entertainment syndicate.
Here's David Stern, who goes for one part holier-than-thou pretend shock, and one part brute undermining:
"The one thing I'm certain of is New Jersey has no idea what it's doing and doesn't care because all it's interested in is making a buck or two, and they don't care that it's at our potential loss," Stern said when asked how the advent of sports betting in New Jersey would harm the NBA.
"And wholly apart from the fact that a governor, who's a former U.S. Attorney, has chosen to attack a federal law which causes me pause for completely different reasons since I've at times sworn to similar oaths about upholding the law of the United States," Stern continued.
Bud Selig, who's obviously so sympathetic with New Jersey's financial problems, but is also stunned that the state would resort to gambling:
"I know states need money. I really mean that," he said. "I understand all the problems. Federal government needs money, going over a cliff, cities need money. Chris Christie needs money. But gambling is so ... the threat of gambling and to create more threat is to me — I'm stunned. I know that people need sources of revenue, but you can't — this is corruption in my opinion.
"I have to say to you I'm appalled. I'm really appalled."
Roger Goodell, who has a perfectly good explanation for why it's OK in other countries, but not in New Jersey:
In his deposition, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was asked about holding games in England and Canada, countries with legalized sports gambling. The leagues contend allowing New Jersey to sanction sports gambling would damage their integrity.
"Well, we're playing in their country, we're coming to them," Goodell responded. "And we're only there for a short period of time; we're there for two or three days. It's not what we choose, it's not what we believe is in the best interests of sports, but we don't dictate the rules or the laws."
Gary Bettman, who, frankly, doesn't think New Jersey has much of a chance anyway:
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the fact that New Jersey's law exempts the state's colleges and any college games played in the state shows that lawmakers recognize gambling "isn't good for our game." He sounded confident when asked if the NHL had contemplated any changes to its policies should New Jersey's law stand.
"Not to sound flip on this point but it's inconceivable to me how we could lose this lawsuit, so we haven't been doing that," he said.
That is a lot of condescension coming from a few sports commissioners to the governor of a state, but considering which way the money flows, they're probably right to think that they outrank Christie in certain crucial ways. Except Bettman.


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sun tzu wrote:The way I see it, until there's some brain development in the fetus, destroying it isn't more unethical than, say, destroying a sperm cell. As such, I think abortion in the first semester should depend on nothing but the woman's choice.
After that, however, the line between abortion and murder begins to blurr.
TMLutas wrote:sun tzu wrote:The way I see it, until there's some brain development in the fetus, destroying it isn't more unethical than, say, destroying a sperm cell. As such, I think abortion in the first semester should depend on nothing but the woman's choice.
After that, however, the line between abortion and murder begins to blurr.
If you leave a sperm cell alone, it will not grow, will not develop, will never become more than it is. It will die a single celled organism with only half the normal complement of human genes. If you leave a fertilized egg alone and nothing ill befalls it, it will attach to a uterus, grow, divide, and eventually become an autonomous human being that everybody recognizes as having rights.
Being a feritilized egg is a tough gig. It can die in so, so many ways. A flood of inopportune hormones, missed implantation, physical injury, immunological rejection, the list is quite long. But a sperm will always die within a few hours, days, or weeks never developing into something more significant no matter how well you treat it.
I see the ethical and moral difference between the two as being self-evident.
The soul/mind is what controlls your brain: it's where you have your memories, logic, emotions, intellect, personality, and will, and it's where all the information from the senses is processed. The mind very much connects your body to your spirit.
The spirit may be a bit difficult for humanists, atheists, and agnostics in general to understand. The spirit is the REAL you, the part of you that is in direct connection to the spiritual world (and if you're born again, to God), it is your conscience.
It is that which makes you self-aware, and that which makes the ultimate decision between right and wrong.
It is the place of "intuition", as others call it, where you simply "know" or "perceive" things without physical input. It is also the part of you that communicates directly with God (if you're born again)
Concerning intuition, have you ever "known" something was wrong (or right) somewhere with you, your possessions, or your family, without having heard or seen anything? That is your spirit perceiving an event around you.
The mind can look at, say, one man killing another, and can process the information and store it in memory, but it is the spirit that ultimately labels the act as right or wrong. Killing Adolf Hitler would be labeled "right" by most people (unless you're a Neo-Nazi, by which you're given deceitful information and you would then try to justify's Hitler's actions). Killing a 2-year-old girl while she's sleeping would be labeled "wrong" (I hope) by a lot of people as well, even though they may not have any info about the girl (though from that example, some would try to justify the killing if the girl had incurable cancer and was in extreme pain, or, as it was 150 years ago, if the girl was black, your slave, and you didn't want to carry that expense on your farm).
The spirit is formed at the moment of conception, while the body develops for 9 months and then continues maturing for the next 20 years, and the mind begins its functions once the brain is formed.
Wow... a lot of discussion going on here! I have to begin by commending Sun Tzu for hanging in there in this debate, especially considering that I think numerically the odds are against him.
It seems to me that what we're into now is the discussion of souls and how that influences the decision on abortion. I'm sure that if Sun Tzu believed that an embryo had a soul, his opinion on abortion would be different.
However, coming from a view of humans as biological machines, his definition of life, specifically sentient life, is based on the formation of mind, which in his opinion will be a by-product of the brain. (Please correct me if I am misrepresenting you in any way, Sun Tzu... I was an agnostic for years and so I feel like I've been down that line of reasoning before.)
I find Sun Tzu's desire to preserve life a refreshing take on the pro-choice stance because so often pro-choicers are not concerned with the life of the unborn. They choose to ignore it. If all the pro-choicers in the world were like Sun Tzu, I think we'd have a much better world than we do now because society's respect for life would be much elevated.
The experiences which brought me out of agnosticism are very personal and while they serve as concrete evidence for me, I don't think it would be too helpful for others.
StrangeWulf13 wrote:sun tzu wrote:Is that not contradicted by certain coma victims whose mind has been irrevocably destroyed, yet whose bodies still function?
Not to mention plants. Though admittedly, I would be hard-pressed to actually prove plants have no mind.
Well, see, that's the thing... when we say "brain dead", we're going on a definition created by doctor's trying to determine point of death. Yet even that term is being heavily debated by people who feel we're terminating people who could eventually recover and live, even with brain damage. Terri Schiavo is an example, and it's hard to argue whether she was "brain dead" or not. The period at which we should've gotten more evidence was lost when her husband got the family and video cameras banned from her bedside. So we don't know.
NydaLynn wrote:Questions. From where I am sitting it looks like the main points of comprosmise are having some kind of cut-of point. The two main ones are the ability to live outside the womb (assisted or unasisted) and the development of mental thought.
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Non-human living beings, like animals, have a body and, I'd dare say, a mind. They, however, can't tell right from wrong. If a bear is hungry enough and there's no other food available except a human, it would try to eat the human, whether it's Mother Teresa or an axe murderer. Hence, they don't have a spirit or self-aware conscience. It's capable of some amount of reasoning and it does have memory, but it doesn't know Right and Wrong as you know it.
Earl McClaw wrote:NydaLynn wrote:Questions. From where I am sitting it looks like the main points of comprosmise are having some kind of cut-of point. The two main ones are the ability to live outside the womb (assisted or unasisted) and the development of mental thought.
There's a third "cut-off point" that's being subjected to more debate - the "bonding" of a soul or spirit to the unborn. With no way to medically test this (i.e. when/if it occurs), opinions range from "ignore it" to "from the moment of conception".
While it would be very convenient to have a simple benchmark to tell us "this is a person" or "this isn't", there are enough varied opinions that I doubt it will be decided on this forum. And if it comes down to a difference in religous-derived beliefs, it may well be impossible to reach a consensus.
For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9
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Well, Sapphire, that is where Christianity begins to break off from conventional thought.For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Isaiah 55:8-9
It is the belief of the existence of the spiritual world from where we know that there has to be spiritual senses. That is where a person decides to either acknowledge the spiritual world (and everything in it) or reject its existence.
Deckard Canine wrote:Wow -- at this time, the votes have nearly a three-way tie. Guess this is a well-balanced board.
The JAM wrote:Again, it's difficult to explain the spiritual world to those who already assume that it does not exist.
The JAM wrote:I'll concede the point in that we REALLY don't know whether animals have spirit similar to that which humans have, or not.
The JAM wrote:As for the existence of the spiritual world, I have seen cases of demon possession, have actively sensed demonic activity, and several friends (including 2 brothers) have seen angelic activity as well.
maxgoof wrote:1) Say a man owns a female dog. He does not have her spayed. He does not keep her from having contact with other dogs, particularly male dogs. Every time the dog has a litter of pups, he gathers them up and drowns them in the bathtub. Such a man could be charge with animal cruelty and thrown in jail. Does a human fetus deserve less protection than a puppy?
maxgoof wrote:2) Recently, a man who had oral sex with a woman, had to pay child support because the woman took the sperm out of her mouth and impregnated herself with it. The example is extreme, but illustrates the point that even if a man takes precautions to prevent pregnancy, if one occurs, he is responsible, and has no choice, whatsoever, to terminate it. His only choice is abstinence. Women have all the choices, men have only one. Men are not even given a say if the father wants to raise the child himself. Where is the man's choice in all this? Why can he not choose abortion? This is a violation of equal protection under the law.
sapphire wrote: Too many people are too prudish or uncomfortable to behave like mature grown-ups and talk with other people about condoms and spermicides and those ring things (as a guy, that's a mystery to me).
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To find out which rider is pulling all the tricks this year or where to book your
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Decoding the disk; are you smarter than a humanoid? (Credit: NASA/JPL).
If we were to vanish from the cosmic scene tomorrow, what would be our most lasting impact? Would it be our monuments, our terrestrial relics, or our broadcasts of I Love Lucy and the Jerry Springer Show? Thankfully, researchers in the 1970s designed a message in a bottle to be tossed out across the cosmic sea attached to the twin Voyager spacecraft. Launched in 1977, both spacecraft reconnoitered the outer planets before being flung on trajectories that will leave our solar system. Along with the Pioneer 10 and 11 and New Horizons spacecraft bound for Pluto, they stand as the less than half a dozen human made artifacts to do so. Recognizing this, Carl Sagan and his wife Ann Druyan constructed a record containing the sounds of our humble planet. Mozart, Chuck Berry, whale song, greetings in various languages, and 116 images to be digitally reassembled are included in the recording. The translated brainwaves of a human in love (Ann Druyans own) are included in the mix. Other, more subtle clues are included in the construction of the record. For example, the isotope uranium-238 was electroplated onto the records aluminum cover with hopes that the discoverers can use it to discern the approximate length on time that the craft has been in space. Uranium-238 has a half-life of 4.51 billion years, and the record itself was cast in gold-plated copper. A stylus is provided along with engraved instructions on one side of the disk; the idea is that the unit be self contained and ready to play even after eons in space.
But the true value of the whole exercise of sending a message to the stars is that it allows us to look inward and decide what we think of ourselves. Think about it; if YOU where the spokesperson for humanity and only had a limited amount of info to use, what would you send? Beethoven, Metallica, Ice Cubes Greatest Hits? This gets at the essence of what we deem to be mans greatest achievements, and what it means to be human.
Voyager 1 got ejected from the solar plane as the price for a flyby of the moon Titan in 1980 and is now the most distant object ever at over 117 Astronomical Units (A.U.s) from the Sun headed off in the constellation Ophiuchus. Voyager 2 is 95 A.U. distant and is off in direction of the constellation Telescopium. Both will take millions of years to encounter the nearest stars along their trajectories; if any intelligence does come into possession of these disks, it will be a space-faring one.
Curiously, the New Horizons spacecraft carries only a bizarre assortment of earthly nick-knacks, including a Maryland state quarter and the ashes of Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh (Could aliens one day clone Tombaugh? Is there a sci-fi story in there?) It also contains a CD-ROM with about 434,000 names onboard, including that of Astroguyz. This assortment will no doubt prove quizzical to any alien salvagers. Perhaps humanoids are large George Washington-looking heads with one snail-like foot? Hey, Im just sayin…


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Bring your aprons.... Come on down and get messy!!
Our fabulous Messy teacher, Lily Rossiter, a brilliant Bright artist in her own right, is here to bring you a marvellous morning of creative crafting and messy magic- all you need to bring is your imagination, and an apron! Each week we will cover a different theme, and the little ones will work on individual projects as well as working together on one big masterpiece – all of our attendees are artists in the making!
So why make a mess at home- when you can come to The Bright Emporium have all the fun, with none of the tidying up!
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Happy Terrific Tuesday!
I can't believe it's the end of June already! Wow that just flew by. It's Tuesday so that means it my turn to show what I made on the High Hopes Stamps blog! I have been so inspired by my fellow Design Team friends with all their "scene" cards that I decided to try to do one myself. I am sharing with you a stair step card I made using Bob's A Water Ski Dude.
To make this stair step card I followed a tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers. I coloured Bob with my Copics and then fussy cut around the image. I made the waves with a tear away type of ruler I have had for ages and then inked the edges with white pigment ink to make the waves look like they have white caps. Then I got out my trusty Cricut machine that I never use and cut out the palm trees and fish to add to my scene. I altered the sentiment stamp from Sentiment set #4, and masked out the "Surfing" as Bob is water skiing. Using some clear acetate I made 2 of the fish look like they are jumping out of the water behind Bob. I dug through my stash and found the shell and starfish stickers and I think they just completed my little scene!
Copics Used:
Skin: E00, E11, R20
Glasses: C5, glossy accents
Hair: E31, E33, E35, E37
Shorts: R22, R24, R27, R89, Diamond Stickles on stripe
Water ski: G03, G05, G07, Y13, Y15, Y17
Fish: B0000, Diamond Stickles
I wish all my fellow Canadians a Happy Canada Day and to my American Friends Happy 4th of July!
Happy Crafting
From my stash:
MME Cut & Paste "Charm" collection
red star gems
Cricut: Paper Dolls Cartridge
Wavy Tear away ruler
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There and back again… a journey into beer.
Happy New Year Minnesota craft breweries, imbibers and of course to all of the family, friends and others who read and support my blog, TallPour.
I am excited to announce that in 2014 I will be embarking on a lofty beer expedition. With the explosion of new breweries over the past few years, Minnesota has become one of the premier locales in the nation to visit and imbibe high quality craft brew. In 2013 alone, we saw the Twin Cities expand, adding: 612Brew, Bad Weather, Bang, Bent Brewstillery, Enki, Hammerheart, Lake Monster, Northgate, Sociable Cider Werks; as well as greater Minnesota adding: Bent Paddle (Duluth), Junkyard (Moorehead), Hayes Public House (Buffalo), Wenonah (Goodview); with Burning Brothers, Day Block, Fair State, Tin Whiskers, Urban Growler and more all on the horizon in 2014. With this boom in full assault, it behooves someone to venture forth and expose the masses to the influx of these sudsy entrepreneurs. This undertaking promises to be a long and arduous one, full of countless hours – touring, tasting and chatting with brewers. Alas, with great sacrifice comes great reward – I hope to share in these benefits with you.
My goal is to expose as many people as possible to the vast experience that is beer in Minnesota. There is something for everyone and my aim will be beer drinkers of all levels (yes and most importantly the non-beer and/or light domestic beer drinkers). I will visit these bastions of beer progress, write a post on my experience and highlight some of uniqueness of that brewery. This journey will be an interactive one. While it certainly will not be feasible to make an event out of every visit, I would like to challenge my family, friends and readers to join me. I will be creating a facebook page in addition to chronicling my journey on my blog (https://tallpour.wordpress.com/), where you can follow and find out where I will be and join me. As is per usual, I will be updating the Twitters (@TallPour) with random beer geekary and pictures from my visits.
Here's to you joining me for a tall pour on my Beer Trek in 2014.
"It's a dangerous business, going out of your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to"… join me and be apart of the journey!


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The Village of Melano Bastia
The village of Melano Bastia belongs to the municipality of Fabriano, in the province of Ancona, region Marche.
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For the province of Ancona, to whom Melano Bastia belongs, on 2020-05-28 are reported 1,870 cases. In the previos day there were 1,870 cases, thus having a variation of 0 cases, i.e. 0.00% with reference to the number of cases reported in the previous day.
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The village of Melano Bastia is 7,53 kilometers far from the same town of Fabriano to whom it belongs.
To the municipality of Fabriano also belong the localities of Albacina (11,05 km), Albacina - Borgo Tufico (10,46 km), Argignano (5,85 km), Attiggio (4,17 km), Attiggio Via F. Coppi (3,50 km), Bassano (4,91 km), Bastia (10,51 km), Belvedere (12,54 km), Borgo Tufico (9,96 km), Ca' Maiano (4,18 km), Cacciano (9,87 km), Campodiegoli (9,83 km), Campodonico (13,38 km), Cancelli (8,88 km), Cantia (5,99 km), Case Ciaramella (6,61 km), Case Giampeo (6,30 km), Case Lattanzi (3,16 km), Case Mogiani (0,17 km), Case sparse (-- km), Case Stangaletto (6,82 km), Case Tiberi (6,83 km), Castelletta (13,15 km), Ceresola (3,64 km), Ciaramella (6,60 km), Coccore (10,26 km), Collamato (7,24 km), Colle (14,93 km), Colle di Campodonico (13,39 km), Colle Paganello (2,47 km), Collegiglioni (4,11 km), Collegiglioni II (3,01 km), Colmarischio (6,26 km), Cupo (10,46 km), Grotte - Sotto le Noci (14,75 km), La Morentella (12,15 km), La Posta (6,60 km), Le Grotte (14,79 km), Marischio (4,23 km), Melano (7,69 km), Molinaccio (8,88 km), Montefiascone (17,38 km), Moscano (5,63 km), Nebbiano (4,38 km), Paternò (5,86 km), Pecorile (17,34 km), Poggio San Romualdo (13,82 km), Precicchie (16,74 km), Rocchetta (7,10 km), Rocchetta di Fabriano (7,52 km), Rucce (13,65 km), San Donato (7,47 km), San Giovanni (15,45 km), San Michele (6,61 km), San Silvestro (4,60 km), Sant'Elia (17,12 km), Serradica (10,67 km), Trinquelli (4,37 km), Tronchetti (10,19 km), Valgiubbola (11,68 km), Vallemontagnana (6,86 km), Valleremita (6,17 km), Vallina (10,76 km), Varano (6,13 km), Viacce (12,54 km), Vigne (16,05 km).
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Basketball memo holder is a decorative and functional item to keep your memos, phone messages all together. You can place the basketball memo holder on table in your restaurant, use it to give instructions at reception, or hold a photo in any place that isn't large enough for a picture frame.
- Personalized basketball memo holder to hold pictures, messages and more
- Great for home or office, or for a sport theme promotion
- Double as a convenient stress reliever and is perfect for any sport enthusiast's desk
- Height: Approx. 4.7 inch
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- Material: Resin and stainless steel
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HIV Symptom Management Program for African American Mothers
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00065819
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 4, 2003
Last Update Posted : June 24, 2005
- Study Details
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- No Results Posted
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- How to Read a Study Record
|Condition or disease
|HIV Infections
|Behavioral: HIV Symptom Education Program
|Phase 3
Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) poses a growing threat to the health of women in childbearing years and occurs disproportionately among lower socioeconomic populations and minority women. Early identification of HIV infection and advances in antiretroviral therapies have begun to prolong the lives of infected individuals. However, women with HIV appear to have more rapid disease progression and shorter survival after diagnosis than men. Evidence is emerging that women are less likely to use health services, are more likely to present at clinical facilities with advanced disease, and are less likely to receive antiretroviral therapy.
To date, little attention has focused on the prevention and management of symptoms experienced by women with HIV before they develop AIDS. The primary aim of this randomized clinical study was determine the efficacy of an HIV self-care and symptom management intervention designed to help low-income African American mothers with HIV. The study was based on the Maternal HIV Self-Care Symptom Management framework, which postulates that helping mothers to cope with their emotional responses to HIV diagnosis and to reframe their understanding of HIV from an immediate life-threatening illness to a chronic disease decreases emotional distress and improves health.
One hundred and nine African American mothers, including 17 grandmothers who were primary caregivers for children, participated in the trial. Women were randomized to either the intervention or the control group. The intervention focused on the mother's responses to her HIV diagnosis and helped her understand, manage, and prevent selected HIV-related symptoms, using her concern about her child(ren) as a motivator. The intervention used a cognitive reframing educational approach based within a therapeutic relationship with an advanced practice nurse. The nurse provided a culturally sensitive milieu designed to help the woman feel safe in exploring her feelings and expressing her needs. Eight teaching modules provided basic information to improve knowledge about HIV and help the mother identify self-care strategies related to general health promotion. Data were collected using self-report measures assessing emotional distress and health.
Mothers in the intervention group reported fewer feelings of stigma 6 months after the intervention ended than did mothers in the control group. Within the intervention group, there was a reduction in two aspects of affective state (depression/dejection and tension/anxiety) and in stigma. However, most outcomes did not differ significantly. There was no reduction in depressive symptoms, in other aspects of affective state, or in HIV worry. Mothers in the intervention group reported higher physical function scores 6 months after the intervention ended compared to control mothers. Other aspects of health-related quality of life, such as perception of health, health distress, energy/fatigue, and role function, did not improve. Within the intervention group, mothers reported fewer infections from enrollment to 1 month after the intervention ended. In contrast, mothers in the control group reported a decline in physical function and overall role function. There was a high drop-out for mothers in both groups. Analysis of enrollment data comparing the mothers who dropped out and mothers who remained in the study indicated that drop-out mothers had significantly higher scores on emotional distress variables and social conflict and lower perceptions of health, suggesting the need for a more targeted intervention with a stronger focus on mental health.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|HIV Symptom Management With African American Mothers
|Study Start Date :
|September 1996
|Study Completion Date :
|August 1999
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Older Adult
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
- African American
- HIV infected
- Primary caregiver of child(ren) under the age of 9
Exclusion Criteria
- Diagnosis of AIDS
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00065819
|United States, North Carolina
|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
|Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599-7460
|Principal Investigator:
|Margaret S. Miles, RN, PhD
|University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
R01NR004416 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|August 4, 2003 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|June 24, 2005
|Last Verified:
|June 2003
African American
Symptom Management
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases


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It's pretty clear that the term "OLAP" is losing its mojo. In a series of exchanges on Twitter, it was suggested that pivoting is the same as OLAP. I don't agree. Pivot tables were first introduced by Microsoft in Excel over ten years ago (I'm sure someone else used the term prior to that, probably that guy from IBM who invented Business Intelligence in the fifties) J. Other spreadsheet vendors have followed suit. Oracle introduced PIVOT to their non-standard brand of SQL, SQL*Plus, too, but more on that in a minute.
Essentially, a pivot in a spreadsheet is a little more than an a crosstab - transposing columns and rows, with some smarts added in to figure out the unique elements of each identifying "dimension" and performing some rudimentary calculations such as aggregation. It is essentially a linked report, in that changes to the original data are reflected in the pivot table, and this can go both ways.
OLAP, on the other hand, is quite a bit different. It includes:
Multidimensional model at its core: dimensions, hierarchies and attributes
Pivot: the ability to rearrange the display of same without code or script
Drill: at least to drill into detail and drill back up if not across dimensions
Cross-dimensional calculations
Collapsible browsing
Flexible definitions of time
Sparse matrix
Read &WRITE, though many OLAP tools cannot do the later
Query generation, no coding
This is no the clear definition of pivot tables or "analytics," but Oracle's SQL pivot fails on almost every criterion, especially on no code and fast. That isn't to say it isn't a useful feature in a database, but it's not OLAP and it isn't really pivot, either, which I assume is an interactive process. SQL is not, as far as I'm concerned, interactive.
OLAP as a term may be a little old-fashioned, but it is not the same as pivot tables. However, pivot tables do seem to be on a path to provide all or most of OLAP's functionality.
Interestingly, the energetic wars of ROLAP versus MOLAP of the 90's may have subsided, but OLAP has clearly settled into a cold peace between the two. The true MOLAP's, Essbase. Microsoft, TM1 for example, have settled in for the long haul while the ROLAP's of Microstrategy, SAP Business Objects and Oracle BI have their own adherents and are still viable. Not many people actually use OLAP, perhaps fewer than 10% of the workforce in organizations that own OLAP tools, but it would be reckless to say that OLAP is no longer relevant. If anything, its ascendant thanks to the acquisition of BI vendors by enterprise software companies.
One last thing to consider. Predictive analytics are the topic du jour, but before an analyst builds a predictive model, he/she spends a lot of time profiling the data. A great of this work is done on OLAP tools. In addition, the output from OLAP manipulations is not terribly different from applying models - analyzing data to derive some understanding. And lastly, after predictive models are run, there is a continuing need to examine the results. Fertile ground for OLAP.
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by Tom Utescher
Last Sunday on the Schuylkill both Northwest Philly Inter-Ac League crew teams were in action in the fourth of the five annual Manny Flick regattas, and a little sampling of Friends Schools League talent was thrown in courtesy of the fledgling rowing program at Germantown Friends.
After a chilly start, the weather warmed up with bright sunshine. There was a persistent breeze, but nothing like the strong gusts that had whipped up whitecaps on the river the previous weekend.
Once April arrives the Flick regattas split the schedule according to gender, and last Sunday all the girls' races were held in order, followed by the boys' events in the afternoon.
At Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, new girls head coach Julia Rorer (an alumna from 2005) has enjoyed a strong turnout this spring. SCH hasn't traditionally been in the solo boat business, but they had an excellent singles rower last year in Jen Sager (now in the varsity eight at Trinity College), and they have another promising single sculler this spring in freshman Melanie Bender.
She has won each of her two races handily thus far, finishing last Sunday in seven minutes, 9.01 seconds to eclipse the other entries, including the runner-up from Downingtown STEM Academy (it's an acronym for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), who finished in 7:27.12. A number of other top-three finishes followed.
SCH's Samira Baird and Alexa Schwartz were third in their flight of the novice double, and their time of 6:26.37 was fourth-fastest out of two flights in the event. Also turning in a third-place finish in its flight was the Blue Devils' novice four, which had Jill Silverman as coxswain and was propelled by (stroke to bow) Lauren McCormack, Lexi Smilow, Allison Day, and Ellery Crandall. They were timed in 6:26.76, faster than any boat in the other flight in their category.
Germantown Friends first raced a girls novice quad two weekends ago. The Tigers won their debut and they were the fastest foursome again last weekend, both in their own flight, and overall. Rowing out of Bachelors Barge Club (also known as the Orphans' Home for its tradition of accommodating rowers from schools without a formal crew program), GFS rookies Sophie Bartholomew, Becca Genyk, Tessa Curry, and Addie McKenzie clocked in at 6:05.33, while the next best time was 6:28.
In the second flight of the same event, the Penn Charter foursome of Gina Kim, Jay Dunmore, Jessica Newberg, and Jean Gleason were third in 7:13.84. The Quakers also have a new head coach this year, as longtime assistant Ann Marie Kuvik has taken over the helm.
In the first flight of the freshman quad, North Jersey's Montclair High School took first in 6:11, but in the other flight SCH trumped that time with its winning figure of 6:06.67. The line-up here was Aakanksha Sharma, Maddi Bell, Carly Plotkin, and Cara Stapleton.
Next, Charter sent out two JV doubles in different flights. Hannah Kramer and Rachel Gordon went first and wound up third in their flight, in 6:30.06. In the second section, Celina McCall and Isa Djerassi placed second in 6:17.93, the third fastest time in the category.
Both PC and SCH had entries in the lightweight double class. Racing first, Blue Devils Alana Noble and Maddy Canning earned runner-up status in what was clearly the faster of the two flights, crossing the line at 6:03.89. In the next race, Liza Gendler and Sabrina Pogrebivsky of the Quakers were fourth in 6:32.24.
Penn Charter's longtime combo of Heidi Zisselman and Maria Georgiou were seeded in the fast heat of the senior double, where they finished fourth in 5:51.07.
A stomach bug making the rounds at SCH was partly responsible for Coach Rorer crossing out two entries, a JV quad and a varsity double, but the Devils did race a varsity quad, and it was in the second of three flights along with a boat from Penn Charter.
The Blue Devils (Anna Rose Bedrosian, Liz McClafferty, Chelsea Richardson, Karley Kochenour) won the race in 5:37.15, with the Quakers' quartet (Katie O'Malley, Maddie Perlmutter, Claudia Stedman, Tara Malone) coming in third in 5:49.21. The time turned in by the SCH ladies ranked them fifth in the overall field of 15 crews, with Conestoga High School setting the standard at 5:12.05.
Not long after that the boys' racing got underway, but it didn't go particularly well for area freshmen and novices. Things picked up in the JV contests, where Springside Chestnut Hill's Mark Miller and James Meadows easily won their flight of the JV double in 5:17.85, with Penn Charter's Peter Ciarocchi and Chad Coursen taking second in 5:36.47.
In the same flight another PC double finished fourth in 5:56.90, with Jimmy Paolini and Conor Foley at the oars. Miller and Meadows' time also held up as the best result out of all 17 boats, topping the 5:20.16 put up in an earlier flight by victorious St. Joe's Prep.
Like the girls, the SCH boys and first-year head coach Meredith Mariani had to scratch several boats from the original list of entries, doing away with a JV single and a JV quad.
The older brother of Germantown Friends' Becca Genyk, junior Ethan Genyk, competed in a lightweight double along with stroke seater Greg Goldstein. The Tiger tandem placed third in their flight, with their time of 5:40.65 ranking them ahead of one boat in their own race and two in the other flight.
The only other male rower for GFS, senior Andrew Bair, found himself in the speediest of three flights in the varsity single. He was fourth in his section at 5:53.98, a time which was also fourth-fastest out of a total of 15 boats.
There were also three flights in the varsity double, and there were two Charter duos among the 16 twosomes in that class. The top time was turned in by Bonner/Prendergast High School, 5:07.29, while the runner-up in that flight, and second-fastest overall, was the scull staffed by the Quakers' Kevin Kelly and Spencer Grant (5:09.57).
Things didn't move along as quickly in the other two sections, including the third flight, where PC's Ethan Ashley and Stanton Young came in fourth in 6:02.88.
Last up for the locals was the varsity quad, featuring SCH and PC boats both racing in the second of two flights. The quickest overall was the better of the two foursomes sent out by Inter-Ac rival Malvern Prep, which won the first race in 4:34.10. The Friars' "B" boat took top honors in the second flight (4:46.10), where SCH (Jaime MacEachern, Seth Bakes, Graham Ervin, Alec Horter) was fourth in 5:07.96, and Charter (Ed Point, Erich Riedlmeier, Sam Jolinger, Jack Delaney) was fifth in 5:16.62.


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A few weeks back I was contacted by Nature's Path and asked if I would like to sample some of their gluten-free cereals/products. Of course I said that I was interested. I love cereal and feel like I could eat it for every single meal. Not only that, but Nature's Path is going to be giving away a fun gift to one of my lucky readers!! How fun is that? Details on how to enter & win will be explained below.
My package arrived on my doorstep & I was eager to dive right in. I had 4 different cereals to sample:
- Nature's Path Honey'd Cornflakes
- EnviroKidz Peanut Butter Panda Puffs
- Nature's Path Mesa Sunrise
- Nature's Path Whole O's
Normally I like to mix my cereals together, at least 3 different kinds at a time. I have an entire selection of at least 6 cereals at any given time. This doesn't really make my husband happy, in fact, it may even drive him a little crazy. Anyway, I digress. I took a break from my craziness to get a good taste of these individually. My thoughts are below:
Nature's Path Honey'd Cornflakes
I really enjoyed these cornflakes. They had a great crisp & light sweetness to them, but nothing over the top. Great alone or mixed with other cereals. Also would be great to cook with. I used them as topping on a hash brown casserole and they worked wonderfully! Another nice thing about this cereal is that there are only 4 ingredients! 2 thumbs up!
EnviroKidz Peanut Butter Panda Puffs
We all know that I am a kid at heart, right? Well, this cereal is great for kids & adults. These little cereal balls, which look a lot like Kix, are bursting with peanut butter flavor. Great alone, or mixed with another cereal or topped with some banana slices. I also loved these topped with Almond Breeze or Greek yogurt. Another great cereal with only 6 ingredients. A much welcomed change from those mainstream cereals with lists longer than Rapunzel's hair. 2 thumbs up!
Nature's Path Mesa Sunrise
This is one of my favorite gluten-free cereals. This cereal was recommended to me by a friend who had been diagnosed with Celiac before I was and I was looking for a way to fill my cereal void. I love to eat this with fresh fruit cut up on top. This cereal is a blend of corn, flax, buckwheat, quinoa & amaranth. Nice crunch to the flakes & great texture & flavor. 2 thumbs up!
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I was so excited when I saw this product on the market! I was never a huge fan of Cheerios, but I did like to eat them occasionally. Now, tell a girl she can't have something and she wants it even more. I had tried other gluten-free Cheerios in the past and had been very disappointed. This cereal did not disappoint. The Whole O's were crispy & had a great crunch, but were not overly crunchy like some of the others I had tried. They were the closest thing to Cheerios that I have tried since embarking on the gluten-free diet. And, once again, only 5 ingredients in this cereal. Well done, Nature's Path! 2 thumbs up!
If you asked me to pick my favorite out of the 4 cereals here, I couldn't do it. I like them all for different reasons. I like to combine flavors, as I said above, so would eat them all at different times for different reasons. I know, I am weird. 😉
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The Glass House Glass For Hot Rods - Glass Act
You've Chopped The Roof, Now What About The Glass?
There are plenty of magazine articles on how to chop a roof- we've even got one in this issue- yet probably the most important piece of the jigsaw in putting the car back on the road is never mentioned. Glass. Just how do you go about cutting that down? And if it's curved, as most post-'48 windshields are, what's the trick to cutting 'em without breaking 'em?
Though it's rarely mentioned, it's always a good idea to cut the glass and then chop the car to suit, as metal (or fiberglass!) can be moved around, whereas glass is going to be the same shape, just shorter, or in thousands of pieces! It should also be considered that only laminated glass can be cut; toughened glass cannot. If the car you want to chop has toughened glass, and you can't source laminated replacements, your only option (well, apart from the hideously expensive manufacture of a one-off piece) may be to try to use glass from another make or model that's similar in shape and modify the car to accept that.
When I chopped my '49 Chevy for instance, it was before I moved to the U.S., and while replacement glass is available here, it would have been exorbitantly expensive by the time it reached England, and that was if it was still in one piece, so I made a fiberglass template from the one bullet-holed half of the windshield I did have, and then went around to parking lots laying it over windshields! Believe it or not, a section of the windshield from a curved glass VW Bug was almost exactly the same shape, enabling me to make the two halves of the Chevy windshield from two VW versions. The only modification was to the top outside corners of the body aperture, where the glass curved inward slightly more than the original. It saved me a bunch of cash and I had brand-new glass.
Speaking of new glass, while photographing for this article at The Glass House, we asked proprietor Mike Cox whether old glass is perhaps more brittle than new glass. His opinion was that so long as it is in good condition, and the layers haven't started to separate, it should be no more brittle or harder to cut without breaking than new glass. Which is good news if your glass is in good condition and you want it cut down.
Flat laminated glass is relatively easy to cut, but curved glass is infinitely more tricky. We've seen it cut with varying degrees of success in the same manner as flat glass, by scribing it, breaking the glass, then heating and cutting the plastic laminate between the layers of glass, but the risk of breaking the glass when 'snapping' it along the scribelines is high because of the curve. Something to think about if your glass is rare or expensive. Mike prefers to sand the glass down to size on a large belt sander, and though this is time-consuming, the risk of breakage is minimal. On the '51 Chevy windshield half shown here, it took three hours to sand off 3 inches.
Cut It Yourself!I was talking to Brad Masterson, who chopped the Chevy four-door on page 18 of this issue, about cutting down glass, and he told me that a friend of his had just cut his own '57 Chevy windshield using cheap diamond mini-cutting discs from his local discount tool supply house. If you're the do-it-yourself type and want to have a go at cutting your own glass, this could be the way to go. Not wanting to recommend something I hadn't tried myself, I grabbed a set of the aforementioned discs, and scrounged a piece of glass from a local supplier (The Glass Doctor in Temecula, California) and tried them for myself.
I really wanted to cut a windshield but didn't have one at hand, and couldn't scare up a cracked one in time (deadlines are like that!) so bearing in mind the only glass I could get at short notice was household plate glass and not automotive glass, the cutting discs worked very well. There was some chipping, but I'd put this down to the high speed of my nonadjustable cheapo electric mini-grinder, and it was nothing that couldn't be corrected when polishing or beveling the edge of the glass later. However, I would say this method would take as long as sanding the glass down, not to mention it'd be very nerve-racking, but it is an option. Oh, and if you go this route, take as many precautions as you can and then some. You don't want to be breathing fine glass dust, and there'll be a lot of it.


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Initiated in 2000 through support from the Missouri Arts Council, the Visiting Critic and Curator Program (VCCP) is designed to engage Kansas City artists in a dialogue with nationally recognized curators and critics. Hosted on a biennial basis by the Artspace, the VCCP invites submissions through an open call to artists as well as submissions from Kansas City artists and M.F.A. and B.F.A. candidates in their final year.
The VCCP invites a nationally recognized critic or curator –– alternating between critic and curator for each program –– to select a group of Kansas City artists for individual studio visits and discussions in Kansas City. The program opens up a dialogue between a Kansas City artist and a critic or curator from outside of the region and exposes the visiting critic or curator to the dynamic contemporary arts scene in Kansas City. The Artspace organizes a public lecture by the visiting critic or curator as the culmination of the program.
Previous visiting critics and curators include: Michael Pittari, former editor of Art Papers in Atlanta; Amada Cruz, director of the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.; Kathryn Hixon, editor of New Art Examiner, formerly published in Chicago; Anne Pasternak, director of Creative Time in New York; James Elaine, curator of Hammer Projects at the UCLA Hammer Museum in Los Angeles; and Stuart Horodner, director of the Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art.
Apply to for the 2012 Visiting Critic and Curator Program. Applications are due March 17.
The first "Kansas City Flatfile" exhibition was held at the Artspace in 2001 in conjunction with the "Pierogi Flatfiles" exhibition featuring flatfiles from Joe Amrhein's Pierogi Gallery in Brooklyn, N.Y. The "Kansas City Flatfile" has since become a biennial invitational exhibition featuring a wide range of work by emerging and established artists from the Kansas City area.
The exhibtions include two-dimensionsional work in various media including drawing, photography, print, painting and mixed media. All of the work is contained in individual portfolios enclosed in flatfile cabinets. Visitors are invited to browse the files and handle the work, which offeris a unique and personal viewing experience. In addition, the exhibition includes a video file featuring a variety of time-based work which viewers can select and watch at their leisure.
Throughout the exhibitions guest curators from the Kansas City area and surrounding region are invited to curate temporary salon-style presentations from the flatfiles. The "Kansas City Flatfile" exhibitions have a studio-like characteristic for the participating artists and the public and encourage a natural exchange of ideas and practices through a hands-on approach.
The "Kansas City Flatfile" provides an opportunity for a wide range of Kansas City artists to show their work to an equally diverse audience. which often include arts professionals and collectors in the Kansas City area and beyond. Artists are invited to participate in these exhibitions through the Artspace's Kansas City artists mailing list. Submission to the Artspace's Visiting Critic and Curator Program places artists on this list.
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Rain postpones Braves' game in Philadelphia
Contest to be made up in June; Teheran to start Wednesday instead of Hale
PHILADELPHIA -- With rain already falling on Citizens Bank Park and an even worse forecast for later in the night, the Braves' game against the Phillies on Tuesday was postponed.
Instead of playing two games on Wednesday, the game will be made up as part of a four-game series from June 27-29 at Citizens Bank Park, although the specific date has not been announced.
Given an option, Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez would have preferred to play a doubleheader Wednesday.
"I think the way the outlook was, the percentage [chance of rain] goes up and the temperature goes down, I think it would've been bad for the fans as well," Gonzalez said. "I'd tell you what; I would have rather played tomorrow. Just get it out of the way."
The Braves will skip starter David Hale and go with Julio Teheran in Wednesday night's 7:05 ET game against the Phillies -- who will hold their Jackie Robinson salute during that game, with both teams wearing No. 42 jerseys.
The move will keep Hale available out of the bullpen on Wednesday and Thursday and sets him up as the starter on Sunday at Citi Field in New York.
"I think the momentum is as good as your next-day starter," said Gonzalez, one day after the Braves won a thrilling 9-6 decision over the Phillies in which all nine runs were scored on five home runs. "The field's not going to change. "
For the Braves, one of the benefits of the rainout is the status of Craig Kimbrel, who was held out of the last two games with shoulder soreness. Kimbrel -- whose 144 career saves, including a perfect 5-for-5 this season, leaves him 10 from the franchise record of 154 held by John Smoltz -- first felt the soreness on Saturday but did throw on Tuesday before the rain began to fall.
"With Hale down there, we can recharge that bullpen a little bit," Gonzalez said. "[Kimbrel] played a little catch today, nothing major. Hopefully tomorrow he wakes up a little better, or progressively better."
Whether he would have been available on Tuesday, well, that will remain a mystery.
"I can't divulge that information for competition reasons," Gonzalez said with a smile. "We'll never know."


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An array is a special data structure which you will find in every possible programming language including on scripting language e.g. bash. Array stores elements into the contiguous memory location which means if you know the memory location of one element you can access others, but since Java doesn't allow you to access an array element using memory address, you need to use the index. To learn more about array as a data structure in Java read Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis in Java.
Java Program to Loop Over An Array in JavaHere is our sample Java program to demonstrate how to loop through an array in Java. For simplicity, we have chosen an int array but you can use any type of array, both primitive and reference types. This technique will work for all kind of array, except the multi-dimensional array. In order to loop through the two-dimensional array, you need to use nested loops as shown in the example given here.
Though there are several ways to iterate over an array, in this article, I'll show you two of the most common ways, first by using traditional for loop which uses the array index to move forward or backward and the second one using enhanced for loop of Java 5.
There are several differences between looping through an array using for loop and enhanced for loop e.g. first is more flexible, gives more power but also error prone. It gives you an index to track the current element, you can go forward and backward by incrementing or decrementing counter but it also susceptible to one-off error where programmer misses either first or last element of an array.
On the other hand enhanced for loop provides the simplest way to loop through an array. It was originally intended to loop over collection e.g. List, Set or Queue, but you can also use an array with enhanced for loop. It doesn't require the programmer to maintain the counter, instead, it automatically moves from one element to another.
It's best suited for iteration where you want to access each element of array one by one, but it's not as powerful as looping over traditional for loop because you can not jump elements, you cannot traverse backward etc.
Here is a nice slide which highlights the four different ways to loop through an array in Java with pros and cons of each approach:
Here is our Java program which will teach you how to use both simple for loop and enhanced for loop of Java 1.5 to traverse over an array in Java.
package hello; public class ArrayTester{ public static void main(String[] args) { // how to loop over an integer array int[] primes = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17}; // looping using for loop System.out.println("looping over an array using for loop"); for(int i=0; i< primes.length; i++){ System.out.println("current element is: " + primes[i]); } // looping using enhanced for loop of Java 5 System.out.println("looping over an array using enhanced for loop"); for(int number: primes){ System.out.println(number); } } } Output looping over an array using for loop current element is: 2 current element is: 3 current element is: 5 current element is: 7 current element is: 11 current element is: 13 current element is: 17 looping over an array using enhanced for loop 2 3 5 7 11 13 17
You can see both methods works in the same way for simple iteration. Depending upon your situation and algorithm you may need to traverse array from the last element to backward, you may need to jump over element e.g. printing every second elements etc. For such cases, prefer the traditional for loop. It gives you full control of iteration process to the programmer.
Important points1) You can use any loop e.g. for, while, and do-while or enhanced for loop to loop over an array.
2) If you need a counter to hold the current index of the array to implement your algorithm than use the for loop.
3) If your looping depends upon current element then use while and do-while loop.
4) If you just want to iterate or traverse over all elements of an array then use enhanced for loop. It doesn't need any counter and much more readable than traditional loops.
5) Use traditional for loop if you want full control of looping over an array. It allows both forward and backward traversal and jumping over elements by incrementing the counter.
6) You need to use the nested loops i.e. a loop inside another loop to iterate over a multi-dimensional array in Java.
That's all about how to loop through an array in Java an array in Java. As I said, you have multiple ways to loop over an array, depending upon your requirement and situation you can use any of the mentioned approaches. In short, use for loop if you need to hold the counter which points to current index and uses enhanced for loop if you just want to iterate over all elements of an array. Use while and do-while if your looping depends upon the element of array e.g. stop looping when current element is null etc.
Further Learning
Data Structures and Algorithms: Deep Dive Using Java
Algorithms and Data Structures - Part 1 and 2
Data Structures in Java 9 by Heinz Kabutz


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BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - Three nationalized Spanish banks will more than halve their balance sheets in five years, cut jobs and impose losses on their creditor bondholders in return for a euro zone rescue, while a fourth will be sold off, the European Commission said.
The measures, approved by the Commission on Wednesday, are a condition of 40 billion euros ($52 billion) in aid that offers hope for an end to a banking crisis which has pushed Spain to the brink of a sovereign bailout to keep the government afloat.
The plan sets in motion one of the biggest overhauls of any European banking system since the financial crisis began in mid-2007 with the near collapse of German lender IKB.
"Our objective is to restore the viability of banks receiving aid so that they are able to function without public support in the future," said European Union Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia.
The Spanish state took over Bankia (BKIA.MC), Catalunya Banc, Banco de Valencia BVA.MC and Novagalicia Banco - which is also known as NCG Banco - after losses on lending during a decade-long property boom left them dangerously short of capital.
The four banks account for just under a fifth of Spain's banking system. They must transfer 45 billion euros of soured property assets to a "bad bank" as another condition of receiving the aid.
The smallest of the four, Banco de Valencia, will be sold to Caixabank (CABK.MC) for a symbolic one euro and cease to exist as a separate entity, while the other three must cut their balance sheets by more than 60 percent over the next five years.
Shares in Banco de Valencia, which had been suspended on Wednesday morning, dropped by more than 16 percent after they resumed trading, to 0.152 euro per share.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday that Spain's financial sector reform is on track and all deadlines have been met so far, but difficult steps remained while risks for the economy and the country's lenders remain high.
Selling Banco de Valencia under a loss protection scheme will be cheaper than winding it down, the Commission said. Spain has also agreed to sell Novagalicia Banco and Catalunya Banc within 5 years or liquidate them, Almunia said.
The nationalized banks will have to close up to half their branches during the five-year overhaul, resulting in thousands more job losses in a recession which has already pushed unemployment up to 25 percent.
The biggest of the banks, Bankia, said it would lay off 6,000 staff - over a quarter of its workforce - and reduce its branch network by around 39 percent under a plan to return to profitability by 2013.
"Our clients can be totally reassured because we have a viable and solid business in which they can be absolutely sure of their savings," said Chairman Jose Ignacio Goirigolzarri.
Bankia, formed from the merger of seven savings banks in 2010 and taken over in May in Spain's biggest bank rescue, said it would shed 50 billion euros of assets. These include stakes in insurer Mapfre (MAP.MC) and airline International Airlines Group (ICAG.L) plus its business in Miami in the United States.
Public debt holdings would fall to 30 billion euros from 40 billion now, Bankia said, while shareholders will contribute 10.7 billion to the clean-up. Bankia shares fell 4 percent.
Holders of Bankia's hybrid debt would contribute up to 4.8 billion euros to the recapitalization through losses incurred by swapping their holdings for shares, the bank said.
The Commission said the cost to hybrid and subordinated bondholders in the restructuring of all four of the nationalized banks will come to about 10 billion euros.
Many hybrid debt holders are retail customers who say they were conned into buying complex financial instruments that buoyed the banks' capital levels, instead of putting their money into fixed-term savings accounts.
The Spanish government, fearing a political backlash, fought for these losses to be minimized, but Brussels insisted the subordinated bondholders share the pain in order to keep the use of taxpayers' funds to a minimum.
Almunia, a former Spanish government minister, said he would decide on other Spanish banks with capital shortfalls on December 20. Banco Popular POP.MC has carried out a 2.5 billion euro share and rights issue to avoid the need to seek state aid. ($1 = 0.7733 euros)
Additional reporting by Robin Emmott in Brussels and Jesus Aguado in Madrid; editing by Anna Willard and David Stamp


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DIXON, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say the quick-action of a "heroic" school resource officer Wednesday thwarted a school shooting suspect in northern Illinois.
A 19-year-old suspected gunman was shot by a school resource officer Wednesday outside a high school in Dixon, Ill. after the suspect opened fire inside the school building, police said.
The officer confronted the armed man at the Dixon High School near the school gym, where seniors were gathering for a graduation rehearsal, after he had opened fire in the school.
The gunman, a former student at the school, ran out of the building after the school resource officer approached him, and the officer gave chase.
During the chase, the suspect fired several rounds at the school resource officer. The officer then returned fired at the gunman, who suffered non-life threatening injuries, said Dixon Police Chief Steve Howell Jr.
The suspect is in custody and is receiving medical treatment. No students or staff were injured in the incident.
"I could not be more proud of the police officer and the way he responded to the situation," Howell said. "With shots ringing out through the hallways of the school, he charged toward the suspect and confronted him head on. Because of his heroic action, countless lives were saved."
The officer, who was not named, was put on paid administrative leave per city policy after an officer-involved shooting.
The city, about 90 miles west of Chicago and best known as the hometown of former president Ronald Regan, said all city schools were put on lockdown following the shooting.
The ATF said that agents from its Chicago and Rockford, Ill. offices were dispatched to Dixon to help with the investigation.
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Illinois, wrote on Twitter that he was briefed by local law enforcement officials on the incident.
"I extend my deep gratitude to @DixonPolice, & the Officer on-site, for their swift action & for keeping our students & teachers safe," Kinzinger tweeted.
The incident comes three months after a school resource officer came under criticism for acting too slowly in the midst of a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that left 17 dead.
The officer, who resigned in the aftermath of the Feb. 14 shooting, was slammed as a coward by President Trump after video surfaced showing him outside Marjory Stoneman High School during the massacre.
Howell said that students and staff at the school appeared to have acted coolly under stress during the incident. When officers arrived at the school, they found classrooms were barricaded with bookshelves and desks, as students and staff have been trained to do in active shooter situations.
"A lot of things went right today when a great many of them could have gone wrong," Mayor Li Arellano Jr. said.


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I am a teacher trainer. I am starting a company for teaching products that teachers can order online. The products are to help teachers reach all kinds of learners. My company is entirely operated by my family who are all teachers or school counselors. We believe in kids and that all children can learn. Learning should be fun and hands-on. Our products will help teacherrs go beyond worksheets and the textbooks to really reach all students.
Teachers are our primary audience. Also some principals or school district administrators may purchase products from our website. Teachers are dedicated professionals who love children and that's why they do what they do....It's NOT because of the time off in the summer. That is insulting to teachers. Teachers are overworked and underpaid, but they all love children and believe in our future.
I want a logo of jacks (the kind you played with as a kid) and possibly with a rubber ball. I am going for something fun and whimsical, but also professional. I'm open to colors. I like either silver or gold for the jacks and red for the ball?? We are targeting teacher, but not too cutesy.
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Nine all-stars in the field of YA lit contribute stories…an anthology of standalone stories that invite – no, demand – a straight read-through.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)
Tying all the stories together is a shared love and respect not only for the game itself, but also for the lavishly talented (and all-too-often fatally flawed) legends od New York City playground basketball. An outstanding collection that belongs in every high school library.
—School Library Journal (starred review)
Superb stories by writers who know and love the game; and ode to the show.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)


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There's much more to high-school popularity than just being elected prom-king or prom-queen, a recent study from a top economic research organization that is tasked with calling the beginning and end of recessions, has found.
Social skills necessary to developing networks of friends also leads to a substantial difference in long-term income, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER).
By attempting to design an "Econometric model of friendship formation and labor market outcomes," the study found out that a teenager's popularity in high-school is directly and positively related to a subject's income decades later.


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It's pretty easy to understand why the term "merger" makes Southwest Florida's airport managers and tourism promoters nervous.
The last time two major carriers combined, Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport lost its second-largest carrier.
Airport officials found themselves struggling to make up for the 365,000 passengers that discounter AirTran Airways brought through the terminal in 2011.
While cautiously optimistic that the merger announced this week between American Airlines and US Airways could be good for local travelers and the tourism economy -- possibly even opening up service to western destinations, long the Holy Grail for those promoting this region as a destination -- the AirTran experience is coloring local officials' ability to call this deal a win for Southwest Florida.
Still in the back of their minds is the worry that the latest merger could backfire, and that US Airways, which now flies from the regional airport, could leave for good.
"I have some reservation saying this after the Southwest merger with AirTran, but this should be a positive for the airport," said Frederick "Rick" Piccolo, president of Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport.
At least one industry analyst agrees, brushing aside worries about a cut in routes.
"This is going to be huge for Sarasota-Bradenton," said Michael Boyd, chairman of Boyd Group International, a Colorado-based aviation firm. "It will open up service to bigger hubs like Dallas and Miami. Combine that with bringing in a new airline alliance, and this is a very positive move for the airport."
Local concerns
As with Southwest, American Airlines already maintains a strong presence at nearby Tampa International Airport, naturally begging the question of whether the combined entity will maintain its local services.
The carrier has offered flights from Sarasota-Bradenton International on and off since the 1990s.
In 2001, American stopped running those flights from Sarasota to Miami on its American Eagle, saying it had lost $1.6 million on the service.
"My first taste of the fickle airline business was with American, and the news about this merger makes me concerned," said Virginia Haley, president of Visit Sarasota County, the county's tourism bureau.
American returned after a seven-year hiatus in December 2007 when it was offered a $500,000 incentive package from the airport -- prior to the announced sale of American Eagle in November of that year. But the carrier dropped the once-a-day Miami flight again in early 2009, citing a lack of demand coupled with high fuel costs.
The airline has not returned since, but Boyd thinks that might change with the new merger.
"American tried the Miami service in Sarasota before, when that's all they had," Boyd said. "Now they have US Airways Charlotte and Washington, D.C., flights and I bet that is going to grow."
'Desperately needed'
US Airways flies nonstop year-round to Charlotte, N.C., and D.C., from Sarasota-Bradenton International, and serves as a "lifeline" for traffic to Southwest Florida, Haley said.
"That flight to D.C. is how we bring a lot of the meeting and convention business we get to Sarasota," she said.
Tourism and airport officials hopet the US Airways-American merger expands air service to western cities, possibly through American's hub at the Dallas/Fort Worth International.
Flights heading west of Detroit are "desperately needed," Haley said.
Both Sarasota and Manatee counties agreed to match $50,000 each to a grant received by the airport to help with marketing funds to bring more western flights to the region.
That money has been available for two years, Haley said, but no plans have moved forward.
The opportunity to host airlines from three of the major airline alliances -- where certain carriers offer customers incentives to fly their line or another airline they partner with -- could boost the amount of traffic and expanded the number of flights in the future, Piccolo said.
In the past, the Sarasota-Bradenton airport offered flights from two of the three major alliances, Star Alliance, which includes United Airlines and SkyTeam, which includes Delta Airlines. American Airlines is a part of the Oneworld alliance.
Right now, Piccolo, said all airport officials can do is wait to see how the American-US Airways deals hakes out.
"We won't see any immediate changes for several months," Piccolo said.
It's pretty easy to understand why the term "merger" makes Southwest Florida's airport managers and tourism promoters nervous.


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Affine Systems is an online video ad targeting company. We work with big brands and online video ad publishers and networks to make sure our client's online video ad campaigns are only run against the types of video the client wants. The special sauce we have is our computer vision platform that is able to spider our partners' video sites downloading their videos, and actually analyze the content frame by frame to produce ratings (for sexual offensiveness, violence, production quality of the videos), as well as detect people through face recognition and product/logos/other content of interest to our clients. We make this data available to our clients so that they can use it to target their online video ad campaigns.
We are trying to make online video (YouTube, Metacafe, DailyMotion, independent blogs, etc) a safe and effective place for big brands to spend their TV budgets. The goal of this logo is to promote a sense of trust, smart thinking, protection, guidance and success. The the company helps its brand and agency clients navigate the changing world of online video advertising and is trying to build a bridge that will help TV advertisers spend money buying online video. We want to help them make use of all the eyeballs watching video online.
Our target audience is media buyers working at digital and tv buying agencies. They are typically 25-30 years old, creative types that are sophisticated internet users and are looking for new ways to get in front of their audiences. Our goal is to convince them that they should spend money on mid-long tail online video, and that it can be safe, accountable, and effective if our technology is used to target the campaigns. Most of the buyers are in NY, Chicago, San Francisco, LA and we offer them a way to impress their clients with cutting edge technology that gives them access to new media and online video.
The logo attached is our current logo, it is too formal and not hip. We want something more modern and playful, but that still expresses trust, honesty, and technology. Incorporating any elements related to vision / video / understanding would be great.
Our web site is located at http://www.affinesystems.com, please review and try to understand what we're up to.
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And it is just the start of a far more ambitious plan across China.
"China has entered a new stage of scaled development of wind power," said Zhang Guobao, director of the National Energy Bureau, as he celebrated the official start of construction of the country's first 10 GW-plus wind power base in Jiuquan, in the north-west province of Gansu, in August. By the end of 2008, China already had 12.17 GW of installed wind capacity, with more than 11,000 turbines generating almost 15 billion kWh of electricity. But the projects that make up that capacity are small fry compared to China's new vision - in all, the country wants to construct seven 10 GW wind farm power bases in the coming years, taking in Inner Mongolia, Hebei, north-east China, north-west China and eastern coastal areas.
The Jiuquan Wind Farm Base in the Hexi Corridor of Gansu marks the start of that vision, with work to get the first 3.8 GW firmly under way. The bulk of this initial capacity is coming from China's three leading domestic turbine suppliers: Goldwind, Sinovel and Dongfang Steam Turbine Works, all of which were awarded the contracts under a government concession last year, and all of which are supplying 1.5 MW turbines.
This stage, involving some 20 individual projects, will be complete in 2011. The developers, which include State Grid Xin Yuan Company and China Huadian New Energy Development, have a 25-year franchise to build, own and operate the wind farms.
Rival to hydro
By the time the full 10 GW is complete, the CNY 120 billion ($17.6 billion) development will have created around 30 wind farms, and will have the same capacity as the Three Gorges Hydropower Station in central China, the country's largest hydropower plant. The 30 or so projects making up the Jiuquan base will all be in Gobi deserts, occupying no farmlands.
With wind speeds averaging 5.7 m/s, Jiuquan is an ideal location to exploit wind power resources by establishing large-scale grid-connected wind farms, says Wang Yan, an official with the China Wind Energy Association. The local meteorological department claims that Jiuquan has the theoretical potential for 150 GW of wind power. More than 40 GW is deemed fully exploitable, spanning nearly 10,000 square kilometres, which accounts for just 5.15% of the Jiuquan City area. The annual full-load power generation periods in the area can reach 2300 hours.
Rail and road links
In addition, the planned Jiuquan wind farms will be sited along the Lanzhou-Xinjiang and Dunhuang railways as well as National Highway 312, which will make transportation of wind farm equipment relatively easy.
Jiuquan already has six wind farms totalling around 660 MW in operation and a further 650 MW under construction. On the basis of the plans for the 10 GW base, approved by the National Development and Reform Commission, over 5 GW more of wind capacity will be installed by the end of 2011, with over 7 GW more expected to be added before 2015, bringing Jiuquan's total installed capacity to 12.71 GW. But that's not where development in the area is expected to stop. Its total wind capacity is likely to reach 20 GW by 2020, says the Hexi New Energy Sources Plan of Gansu Province.
According to Zhang, the thinking behind creating the 10 GW bases is to balance the relationship between wind power resources, turbine manufacturers, and electric power consumption markets. China hopes to concentrate transmission of electric power, elevate the scaled efficiency of wind farms and promote faster and healthier development of the wind power industry, says Zhang. The ambitious project will create enormous economic and social benefits to Jiuquan, adds Guo Yishou, vice mayor of Jiuquan. Around CNY 17 billion ($2.5 billion) a year will be invested for the next seven years to complete the project, it will create 5000 jobs and help to speed up local economic development in the financial, insurance, catering and entertainment sectors, he says.
A report by Norwest China Reconnaissance & Design Institute, part of HydroChina Corporation, says that with 5.16 GW installed by end 2010, the Jiuquan base could generate 11.87 billion kWh of electricity a year if it operates at 2300 full load hours annually. Sales from the electricity will generate CNY 6.3 billion ($922 million), on the basis of the CNY 0.53/kWh ($0.077/kWh) tariff set. By 2015, with 12.71 GW installed, wind in Jiuquan will supply 29.23 billion kWh of electricity annually, and its wind plants will generate CNY 15.5 billion ($2.3 billion) in sales revenues.
The environmental benefits are huge. When completed, the wind power base will replace the use of 9.72 million tonnes of standard coal, reduce the discharge of 131,815 tonnes of smoke, 109,115 tonnes sulphur dioxide, 112,623 tonnes nitrous oxide and 2930 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, China's authorities say.
With Jiuquan becoming a focus for wind power, there has, unsurprisingly, been an influx of Chinese and foreign investors to the area. Leading Chinese power project developers, such as Longyuan Group, Datang Group, China Power Investment Corporation and China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding Co Ltd are all there, says Yang Kezhong, a Suzhou District senior official, as are more than 20 new energy specialists, including Huaneng International, SNOOC, Goldwind and Guodian.
Industrial parks
Meanwhile, large-scale industrial equipment manufacturing parks are being built. Over the next two to three years a number of industrial parks for the manufacture of wind turbines, turbine blades, wheel hubs, flanges and towers are being completed in the Suzhou District, Yumen City and Guazhou County, all of which are regions under the jurisdiction of Jiuquan. By 2010, Jiuquan will have the capacity to produce 1.5 GW of wind turbines annually, 1000 sets of turbine blades and 1000 sets of towers. Contracts have been signed with a large number of wind turbine equipment manufacturers, including Goldwind, Sinovel, Dongfang and XEMC, for a total investment of CNY 5.8 billion ($849 million).
Progress is most marked in the Suzhou District industrial park. Here, Goldwind has invested CNY 130 million ($19 million) in manufacturing facilities and production has begun. Zhonghang Huiteng Wind Power Equipment Co Ltd, investing CNY 180 million ($26.3 million), will soon be producing turbine blades and Sinovel, spending CNY 500 million ($73.2 million), has completed civil engineering preparation and started constructing its factory. The Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites wind turbine blade facility, costing CNY 400 million ($58.6 million), will go into operation in November.
The Sinoma Science & Technology Co Ltd is also investing in a wind turbine blade facility to the tune of CNY 500 million ($73.2 million). This is expected to come into production shortly. The Jiuquan Steel & Iron Group's flange and wheel hub factory, costing CNY 200 million ($29.3 million), will begin operation in 2010. Meanwhile, in Guazhou and Yumen, around 10 wind power tower factories, with a total capacity for 2500 sets annually, are planned.
Like other areas across China, the main potential bottleneck facing the Jiuquan plans is connecting the wind farms to the power grid. Jiuquan links to the terminal of the Northwest China Power Grid, which can accommodate 30 GW of power capacity. But most of that is already taken up. The existing 110-kilovolt and 330-kilovolt power lines alone cannot meet the demands to transmit electricity from 10 GW of wind capacity, and already some wind farms in Jiuquan that have begun operation are not connected or allowed to operate at full potential. In Yumen City, restrictions in transmitting electric power have become a particular bottleneck for its wind farm operators. Only about 50% of the power generated in local wind farms can access the grid.
The Jiuquan Municipal Development and Reform Committee says that the city has started constructing a new Jinchang-Jiuquan-Guazhou 750 kilovolt transmission and substation project, which was approved by the central government in July 2008. The CNY 11.5 billion ($1.7 billion) transmission line, joining the Northwest China Power Grid and Xinjiang Power Grid, is expected to go into operation at the end of 2010 to send Jiuquan wind power to north and east-central China. Meanwhile, to facilitate transmission efficiency, the city has begun a study into the feasibility of constructing a 1000-kilovolt direct current transmission line. Clearly, any possible improvement to transmission is eagerly awaited.