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Morlando Blur. Mustin Keebler. Jelusty Gobbler. Comedic gold.
Approaching it with the faux gravitas that he reserves for the biggest news of the day (or the stories that the media make into the biggest news of the day), Stephen Colbert kicked off "The Colbert Report" Thursday night with a solemn report about "yet another international dispute that erupted in senseless violence."
Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber throwing down at an Ibiza hot spot, that is.
U.S. & World
Piecing together the juiciest bits from multiple reports and telling it in a way to achieve peak absurdity, he recounted the tense conflict, starting with the gone-viral photo of Bieber and Miranda Kerr at the 2012 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show ("she was either canoodling with or babysitting him") and ending with Pope Francis' loosely translated plea for peace "in the troubled foam pits of Ibiza."
Of course, at this point, it's no matter whether all went down as it has been reported so far--the important thing is that Bloom vs. Bieber became headline news for mainstream broadcast and cable (ABC, CNN, etc.) outlets, all of which set themselves up for merciless mockery by giving it air time.
So Colbert took the liberty of telling the tale in a style befitting the subject matter.
"Now as a journalist it's my job to report on atrocities like this, but to be clear I do not condone this type of violence because," he continued, proceeding to quote a Fox 411 report, "'Bloom...missed' Bieber's face."
Watch now and let Colbert explain it all. It's wonderful.


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Jockeying for power among Libya's well-armed and fractious new leadership may intensify after the death of Muammar Qaddafi, an anxious and, for many, joyous moment in a country hungry for stability and impatient to swap the bullet for the ballot box.
The interim government will be determined to ensure that lingering pro-Qaddafi forces are prevented from launching any rearguard guerrilla insurgency from the countryside that could destabilize the North African OPEC member and its oil industry.
Qaddafi's death is expected to allow Libya to start earning money again by selling its oil on world markets as a more benign security environment allows oilfield staff to get back to work.
But perhaps the most important test for the interim National Transitional Council will be to manage the enormous expectations of Libya's 6 million people, now freed definitively from the fear that Qaddafi could ever ramose his long strongman rule.
"There is now this massive expectation. Up to now they've had an excuse that they are running a war. They don't have that now...Everything now has got to happen," John Hamilton, a Libya expert at Cross Border Information, told Reuters.
"That's a hard task. They have to deliver for the people ... On the other hand, this may renew the honeymoon they enjoyed when Tripoli fell, if they can put a decent government together in a short time."
The news of Qaddafi's capture and killing came minutes after reports that his home town Sirte had fallen amid raids by NATO warplanes, extinguishing the last significant resistance by loyalist forces.
Huge task ahead
The capture of Sirte and the death of Qaddafi means Libya's ruling NTC should now begin the task of forging a new democratic system which it had said it would get under way after the city, built as a showpiece for Qaddafi's rule, had fallen.
An announcement that the country has achieved "liberation" is expected on Saturday, setting in motion a transition to democratic elections.
Some fear instability may linger and unsettle that process.
"Qaddafi is now a martyr and thus can become the rallying point for irredentist or tribal violence – perhaps not in the immediate future but in the medium-to-long term," said George Joffe, a north Africa expert at Cambridge University.
"The fact that NATO can be blamed for his death is worrying, in terms of regional support, and may undermine the legitimacy of the National Transitional Council."
But the interim NTC authorities are also faced with a possibly more critical task, namely getting under control a clutch of anti-Qaddafi armed militias competing, so far peacefully, for ample share of funding and political representation in a post-Qaddafi Libya.
Libya expert Alex Warren, of Frontier MEA, a Middle East and North Africa research and advisory firm, said the death of Qaddafi "is clearly a momentous event and far more than just a symbolic one."
But he added, of the NTC militias: "These groups need to be either carefully disbanded or integrated into the armed forces ... Questions remain about who these militias answer to, how they manage their relationships with each other and what their demands are."
Under rules drawn up by revolutionary forces who overthrew Qaddafi in September, the fall of
Sirte will lead to an official declaration that Libya is liberated, which will set in motion a process towards democratic elections.
On declaring liberation, the NTC will move its headquarters from Benghazi to Tripoli and form a transitional government within 30 days. A 200-member national conference is to be elected within 240 days, and this will appoint a prime minister a month later who will nominate his government.
The national conference is to be given deadlines to oversee the drafting of a new constitution and the holding of elections for a parliament.
Some worry that the politicking involved in forming a new government in the coming days may strain to the limit the alliance of convenience between provincial forces that constituted the armed opposition to Qaddafi.
Now he is gone, the glue that held the alliance together may fade.
Warren said it was not clear whether the current NTC chairman Mustafa Abdel Jalil, widely seen as the most widely supported politician in the NTC, would step down or not.
"In the current absence of any other organized political institutions, it is vital that there is leadership to oversee crucial elements of the transition, including the licensing of political parties, the organization of elections, and the disbanding or reintegration of militias," he said.
In recent weeks Tripoli has seen an apparent competition for the title of top militia in the capital, where the many armed groups now exercising authority in the city portrayed themselves as the sole legitimate security force.
U.S. Republican Senator John McCain called on the NTC during a visit to Libya last month to move quickly to get the armed groups under their control.
"This is an end of one era but the fight over the new government has started already," said Ali Abdullatif Ahmida, a Libyan political scientist at the University of New England.
"It all depends on how the NTC leadership heals the country and reconciles people ... or takes revenge and settles scores. That may be a dangerous road."

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Fifteen extra minutes.
That's what Kate Abra Frederick asked her employer for: a half-hour, rather than a 15-minute break, so she could zip over to the day-care center less than a two-minute drive from her office to breast-feed her new baby boy.
The 42-year-old New Hampshire woman, who was terminated from her job last August for not returning to work after her maternity leave, says she stayed home because her employers would not agree to what she calls a reasonable request to accommodate her desire to breast-feed her child during the workday.
"I felt like a volcano was erupting and heading straight for me and I was locked in," she said of the drawn-out communications she had with her employer over her breast-feeding rights. Frederick had worked as a child support officer with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services in Conway. "If I went back to work and did what I needed to do for my health and [my son]'s health, I would have been insubordinating."
Now on unemployment benefits while fighting a legal battle, Frederick's case, filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, highlights a reality for many working mothers across the country: Despite doctors widely recommending breast-feeding for children's and mothers' lifelong health, following through for many women proves frustrating and sometimes impossible.
The Affordable Care Act and state laws require most employers to accommodate women who wish to breast-feed by allowing them to pump milk during the workday to later bottle-feed their children. But Frederick's son Devon, like many babies, would not take a bottle at first; to breast-feed him, she would have to physically be with him.
That means she fell into a legal black hole in terms of protection: Employers aren't required to let their employees breast-feed children during work hours — they just have to make it possible for mothers to pump their milk.
Jake Marcus, a Philadelphia lawyer and national breast-feeding advocate, calls that legal distinction between pumping and feeding "absurd."
"Just the specter of having children in the workplace scares people," she said.
Most mothers who wish to breast-feed and not just pump have to find time during the day to run to a day-care center or pick up their child at regular intervals, Marcus said — making the task nearly impossible for women without the privilege of flexible work schedules.
"There are enormous risks from not breast-feeding," said Dr. Melissa Bartick, chair of the Massachusetts Breastfeeding Coalition. Stopping breast-feeding earlier puts children at risk for many chronic diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and even leukemia, she said.
Breast-feeding can also help reduce the mother's risks of breast and ovarian cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart attack, she said.
Bartick has also done research showing long-term cost savings from breast-feeding: her 2010 study in the journal Pediatrics showed overall savings to the health care system of $13 billion a year and 911 preventible deaths, mostly among infants, if 90 percent of American mothers could breast-feed their children exclusively for six months.
Though 77 percent of American infants begin breast-feeding, only 16 percent remain exclusively breast-fed at 6 months — the World Health Organization's recommendation, according to a 2013 report from the Centers for Disease Control.
But it's difficult for most Americans to breast-feed exclusively, and the organization Best for Babes, which promotes breast-feeding, reports most women don't meet their own goals due to a combination of cultural pressures, workplace trouble, and simply the struggle of juggling life and motherhood.
"Breast-feeding still isn't normal yet in the United States and until it's accepted as normal, it's going to be an uphill battle," Bartick said of workplace protections for breast-feeding mothers.
Frederick needed to breast-feed: She developed gestational diabetes while pregnant, and her lactation consultant, midwife, and nurses all told her that breast-feeding would be best for her and Devon's health. She also deals with ongoing issues of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, putting her at risk for post-partum depression —
In her EEOC complaint, Frederick's communications with her employer are detailed.
The department's director of human resources, Mark Bussiere, wrote Frederick in one e-mail last August: "DHHS is in compliance with the law" allowing her to "express milk" — a legal phrase which is almost always interpreted to mean pumping rather than feeding, Marcus said.
The specific request denied, he wrote, was Frederick's appeal to leave her office on an extended break, time she offered to make up by staying later.
Frederick said that during her time at the department, leaving the office grounds was a casual, everyday occurrence among employees, many of whom walked up and down the short stretch of rural road, got coffee, or smoked off the office grounds on breaks.
Bussiere, reached by phone, said he isn't aware if employees regularly leave the office grounds on breaks, but that supervisors may "speak to them in some manner" if they do.
"We don't have any security or ability to enforce this, it's just a matter of practice," he said.
He then said he could not speak further on the matter because of the pending complaint.
Marcus said the department's reaction to Frederick's request is a common one, and likely not illegal.
"The employer can often dictate what the employee does on a break," she said. "For many women, before you're pregnant, you can take lunch and no one checks which Blimpie's you go to, but now they're leaving for the same amount of time to feed the child . . . and the employer can decide what you do on your breaks."
A little over a month after the e-mail correspondence, Frederick received a letter dismissing her.
For Marcus, Frederick's case is unsurprising and fits with what she sees regularly. She told of a woman who worked in a prison being allowed to step outside prison grounds to administer insulin shots for her gestational diabetes yet having to fight to leave the grounds to pump breast milk.
In the end, Marcus thinks the answer for women like Frederick lies in new laws.
"If you follow the common sense train, it leads back to a legislature, and not a court," she said.
Frederick is still breast-feeding 14-month-old Devon and awaiting her first mediation meeting between the EEOC and her former employer — the department responsible for promoting World Breastfeeding Week across the state.
On a sunny morning, she and members of her breast-feeding support group from the local hospital sat outside in a North Conway park, breast-feeding slings and cloths slung over their shoulders, babies held to their chests, while older children played on a jungle gym nearby.
"It should be normal, all of us sitting out in the park here," said Heather Towle, the lactation consultant who leads the support group. "Breast-feeding is so normal, but it's the hardest thing for women to do, after having the actual baby."
For Frederick, breast-feeding has changed her life. It's a part of her identity, haunting each failed job interview of the past year.
"When I filed at the EEOC, I did not feel empowered," she said. "I felt like I was . . . getting up for the first time, after having been beaten to the ground."
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Advanced Operating Systems
CRICOS Provider
Number: 00098G
Project: A Simple Operating System
These pages outline what you will be expected to implement for the project. While some minor details may change during session, this has been a successful format for a number of years. It is a good idea to start thinking early and try to understand the full assignment and ask any questions you have about structure and problems early.
The aim of the assignment is to implement a simple operating
system (SOS) server on top of the L4 microkernel. The SOS
server is expected to provide a specified system call interface to
its clients. (Specified in
About half the marks for the project are obtained for timely and complete demonstration of intermediate milestones (M0–M7). These milestones will be demonstrated in the lab each week. When demonstrating your solution you should be able to
The remaining marks will be determined by our assessment of your overall project and documentation. The assessment involves:
Advanced Components (aka Stuff for Masochists)
The following features, if demonstrated and submitted together with your Milestone 8, will give bonus marks. (2 marks each, -1 per week late.)
Kernel Bugs
In addition, there are bonus marks for finding kernel bugs (not library bugs!) Specifically, the first student who reproducibly proves a previously unknown bug in the L4 kernel will receive two bonus marks.
A student who provides a working patch to a kernel bug (irrespective whether the bug was found by them or someone else) will receive a further two bonus marks.
No late penalty applies for kernel bonus marks, although the claim must be made no later than the conclusion of the exam.
Notes on Bonus Marks
Some students are tempted to write some tricky or obscure code for these projects. Other students run into problems by trying to do too much.
I can only reiterate that the debugging environment you have on the Slug is extremely spartan. You will not do yourself a favour by writing obscure or particularly tricky code. You'll most likely end up getting hoplessly tangled up in your own code. Don't do this.
Write your code as clearly, obviously and straightforward as possible. This is the best safeguard against obscure bugs. I believe that the project is challenging enough as it is, there is no need to make it harder.
Furthermore, when doing the final project marking I will obviously not look with much sympathy upon code I find difficult to understand.
The same applies for implementing features beyond the project specifications. You are welcome to do this, but, in your own interest, you are strongly advised to implement the required features first. First make it work, then go for the extras! Most of the (very few) students who have failed the course to date have ignored this rule — at their peril!
Demonstration and Submission of Milestones
Your are to show that your project passes the milestone requirements by demonstrating its operation to the demonstrator during the allocated time during the week the milestone is due.
In addition, you are to submit your source
code using the
You should submit all your changes, including makefiles etc. This means that you should create a tar file which includes any directories containing changed code. eg:
Only one member of the group needs to submit.
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Thumb sucking in young children is a very normal response to anxiety and stress. Still, this behavior should decrease by ages 2-4 and stop by age five. Many children are slow to break the habit which can lead to anxiety for parents. Is it worth the stress to break the thumb sucking habit? Yes, because long-term thumb sucking can cause problems with chewing, speech, and facial appearance.
The longer and harder a child sucks his thumb the more harm is done to the teeth and jaws. Regular, strong thumb sucking makes front teeth move and can even reshape the jaw bone. Upper front teeth flare out and tip upward while lower front teeth move back and inward. But, how can something as small as a child's thumb or finger actually move bone?
Children's jaws are rich in blood supply and fairly low in mineral content like calcium. This makes jaws of children under age eight especially soft and flexible. As a result, prolonged thumb or finger sucking easily deforms the bone around the upper and lower front teeth. The deformity produces a hole or gap when teeth are brought together, known as an open bite.
If a child stops thumb sucking before loss of baby front teeth and arrival of adult front teeth, most or all of the damage may disappear. The repair may be slow, and it may take up to six months for the changes to occur. However, if the habit persists, there may be lasting damage. Flared upper teeth, delayed arrival of front teeth, and open bites are all common problems. This can result in chewing difficulties, speech abnormalities, and an unattractive smile.
Some parents try home remedies to break the habit. Common methods include:
Children can easily overcome these measures. Thumb sucking is also a deep-rooted behavior and may need more than these remedies offer. The child's desire to stop will determine the success of any intervention.
One answer to thumb sucking is a simple device called a "crib." The crib is placed on the child's upper teeth by an orthodontist, dentist, or pediatric dentist. It usually stops the habit the first day of use.
The crib's technical name is a "fixed palatal crib." It is a type of brace that sits full-time on the upper teeth and roof of the mouth. The crib consists of half circle of wires connected to supporting bands or rings. The half-circle of flared wires fit behind the child's upper front teeth. It is barely visible in normal view. The bands are fastened to the baby molars.
The first step for parents is to make an appointment for their child with an orthodontist or dentist.
First Visit
At the first visit, the dentist will ask about the child's thumb sucking habits and examine the child for problems with tooth position and bite. If the teeth and jaws show change from long-term thumb sucking, the dentist may recommend a crib to stop the habit.
Second Visit
A second appointment is then arranged. Dental records such as clay impressions, facial and dental photographs, and jaw ]]>x-rays]]> are taken.
Crib Placement
The dentist begins crib construction at the third visit. The crib is cemented at the fourth appointment.
The child experiences soreness of upper back teeth for a few hours. You may also notice altered speech for 1-2 days. It will be necessary to avoid chewing gum, hard and sticky candy, popcorn, peanuts, and other brace-destroying foods. Thorough tooth brushing after each meal is stressed to prevent food and plaque build-up, gum infections, and cavities.
Parents should know that a child with a newly placed crib may initially have trouble sleeping. The device is not painful, but it takes away a comfort that may have helped her to fall asleep. Be sure to offer lots of tender loving care, words of support, and praise to provide a smooth transition.
After crib placement, the patient is checked in 2-4 weeks, and then seen every 1-2 months until the appliance is removed. These visits are short, and not painful. In cases where hard or sticky foods have loosened the bands, re-cementation may be necessary. Avoidance of the offending foods should eliminate this problem.
Once the crib is cemented, there is nothing to adjust and no moving or removable parts. It is one of the simplest, yet most effective dental devices. Why is the crib so effective in stopping thumb sucking? It takes away the habit's pleasure. Crib wires prevent the thumb or finger from touching the gums behind the front teeth and on the roof of the mouth, turning a pleasant experience into an unpleasant one. With no satisfaction, the child has no incentive to continue.
As a rule, the front tooth position is better within two weeks after crib placement. It takes 4-6 months for an open bite to close and the front teeth to straighten. The brace is left on 9-12 months, plenty of time for the habit to fade away.
What is a good age to begin crib treatment? The ideal time is when upper front baby teeth become loose, before the adult teeth have pushed out. This usually occurs just before or after age six. Prompt thumb removal allows adult teeth to have a much better positioning. Dental health is certainly important to a child's well-being, as is parental peace of mind. For the thumb sucking patient, the orthodontic crib provides the answer to both.
Sucking on a thumb, finger, or blanket may be noted in preteens, teenagers, and even adults. The initial orthodontic treatment is the same for all, placement of a crib to break the habit. For teens and adults, counseling may be suggested to deal with any underlying psychological problems. For the thumb-sucking patient, the orthodontic crib provides a solution. Talk to your child's dentist to learn more about this device.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
American Dental Association
Canadian Family Physician
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Gawlik JA, Oh NW, Mathieu GP. Modifications of the palatal crib habit breaker appliance to prevent palatal soft tissue embedment." ASCD Journal Dentistry Children. 1995; 62:409-11.
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Maguire JA. The evaluation and treatment of pediatric oral habits. Dent Clin North Am. 2000 Jul;44(3):659-69.
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Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Airing Concerns
This story appears in the March 1997 issue of Business Start-Ups magazine. Subscribe »
Proposed EPA rules on air quality standards have some small businesses gasping for breath.
Chemicals and soot aren't the only air pollutants of concern
in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) hotly
contested rule-making on ozone and particulate matter levels in the
atmosphere. Political rhetoric quickly reached suffocating levels
in Washington as soon as the EPA issued its proposed rule in
Trade associations and lobbying groups nationwide immediately sent out broadsides condemning the EPA and noting the likely apocalyptic impact on small business of reducing the ozone standard from .12 parts ozone per million parts air (ppm) measured over one hour to .08 ppm measured over eight hours, and of reducing the size of particulate matter (PM) that would be regulated from 10 microns or smaller to 2.5 microns.
But more than a few small-business hands in Washington were quick to point out that the new standards would affect only a few small-business sectors: service stations/convenience stores, restaurants, trucking companies and some construction businesses. It is big business that is much more likely to be hurt, particularly by the PM standard, which could require the Fortune 500 crowd to spend substantial sums on new controls for factory combustion sources.
The majority of small businesses, if impacted at all, will be hurt indirectly. Mary Bernhard, manager of environment policy for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, says cities that will become ozone nonattainment areas as a result of the new standards will have to consider transportation reduction measures that could significantly impact local economic development. This might translate into shopping centers not being built, the end of free parking at shopping malls, and bans on drive-thru service at local restaurants.
EPA Administrator Carol M. Browner has gone out of her way to emphasize that she is open to public comments from small business on the new standards. She seems to be laying the groundwork so she could retreat on the ozone standard if politics so dictated. "They potentially left themselves some wiggle room," agrees Bernhard.
In The Zone
Browner's rationale for the new standards is better respiratory protection for the 133 million American adults and 40 million children in metropolitan areas that, for the first time, would be covered by one or both of these standards. Ozone and its main component, smog, is formed by the release of volatile organic chemicals, particularly sulfur from gasoline and smokestacks during the summer. Particulate matter, better known as soot, is produced by combustion from sources such as power plants and large incinerators.
The changes could have been worse. The EPA has also proposed changing the way it measures ozone exceedences. Now, if ozone levels are over .12 ppm for any one-hour period during the day, it counts as an exceedence. Readings for the .08 ppm standard, however, would be taken over an eight-hour day, then averaged.
Clark notes another conciliatory intention: The EPA may adopt a new implementation policy to go with the new standard. That new policy might divide ozone nonattainment areas into subcategories, such as ones whose ozone levels are caused by drifting ozone from nearby cities. The EPA has already tried to bend current policy to help cities like Muskegon, Michigan, which owes its nonattainment status to its location downwind of Chicago and Milwaukee.
Whatever levels the EPA chooses in June, they will not go into effect for five or six years. States would have to submit plans for PM in 2002 and for ozone in 2000. Compliance deadlines would come sometime later.
Despite an outpouring of opposition from businesses, cities and states, it's important to remember key Clinton political constituencies pressed for even tougher standards. The American Lung Association (ALA) has pushed for a .07 ppm, and environmental groups supported that position. "We hope to persuade the EPA that there is more than enough science to justify a tighter standard," says Paul Billings of the ALA.
The political equation could become important in July if Browner decides to issue a final rule based on her November proposal and if business groups contest it. Industry could ask legislators to cancel any final ozone and PM standards under a provision of the Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) Congress passed last year. The Republican majority in the House is very thin, however, so it seems doubtful the House would override the EPA on a key environmental rule.
The question then becomes whether business groups can take the EPA to court under a second provision of SBREFA, which allows for "judicial review" of a final rule if--and this is a big if--the agency performed the kind of full-blown economic-impact analysis called for by the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980.
The EPA's Clark says no Regulatory Flexibility analysis is needed since ozone and PM standards won't force small business to do anything. Only states, cities and counties are directly affected. He concedes, however, that when the EPA proposes an "implementation" rule--laying out different policies local governments can choose from--the agency may well have to do a Regulatory Flexibility analysis.
Violent Opposition
OSHA guidelines spark debate from retailers.
he public comment period closed in early December on guidelines proposed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding nighttime violence in retail establishments. Though these are only guidelines, and voluntary ones at that, the convenience store and franchise industry associations have complained vociferously. The groups believe OSHA inspectors might interpret the guidelines to require two clerks to be on duty during nighttime hours in certain suspect downtown locations.
Marc Katz of the National Association of Convenience Stores says he thinks OSHA has heard his group's concerns. "We think we've gotten our point across," he says. "But what [OSHA] says and what it does--well, we'll have to see."
Final guidelines are due out later this year. They were proposed in mid-1996 because of the number of employees hurt or killed at businesses during nighttime hours.
SBA Update
The unparalleled changes in telecommunications law that took place in 1996 mean new opportunities for business. To help entrepreneurs take advantage of these changes, the SBA's Office of Advocacy has begun the SBA Telecommunications Roundtable.
Open to any small business, the meetings are attended by associations and businesses involved in the telephone, cable, broadcasting, satellite and wireless industries. Members discuss industry issues and share information.
The first meeting, held last July, focused on the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) "market entry barriers proceeding," which is designed to eliminate regulatory barriers hampering small businesses from competing in telecommunications markets. Subsequent meetings discussed issues such as how small businesses can make their voices heard by the FCC.
"It is more important than ever for smaller telecommunications firms to play an active role in FCC matters," says Chief Counsel for Advocacy Jere Glover, who led the meetings. "[We] hope this round table empowers small telecommunications companies to enter and compete in the new markets."
Meetings generally take place in Washington, DC. For information, contact David Zesiger at the Office of Advocacy, 409 Third St. S.W., 7th Fl., Washington, DC 20416, or via e-mail at email@example.com. To be placed on a fax list to receive notice of upcoming meetings, fax your name, business address, and telephone and fax numbers to Zesiger at (202) 205-6928. --Philip Lader
Contact Sources
American Lung Association, 1726 M St. N.W., #902, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 785-3355;
National Association of Convenience Stores, 1605 King St., Alexandria, VA 22314-2792, (703) 684-3600;
Small Business Administration, 409 Third St. S.W., 7th Fl., Washington, DC 20416, firstname.lastname@example.com;
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1615 H St. N.W., Washington, DC 20062, (202) 463-5533;
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, (http://www.epa.gov/airlinks).
Stephen Barlas is a freelance business reporter who writes monthly Washington columns for 15 magazines.


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Designed by Raymond Loewy (of PRR S-1 fame), International Harvester began producing Metro Vans in 1938. These mass-produced step vans were used for milk, bread and other multi stop deliveries throughout the U.S.
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During the Great Depression President Franklin D. Roosevelt developed New Deal programs to return the country to work through relief projects. The most popular of these was the Works Progress Administration because it provided work for so many Americans. Large numbers were put to work building bridges, roads, public buildings, public parks and airports with nominal salaries subsidized by the federal government. In addition, tens of thousands of artists were funded to create murals and sculpture for public buildings, write plays and music and perform their work for an arts-hungry public. Between 1935 and 1942, the University Museum co-sponsored(with institutions such as the Fairmount Park Commission and the Pennsylvania Commission for the Fine Arts) at least eight Works Progress Administration projects as part of the State-wide Museum Assistance Program. Employee salaries for the WPA/University Museum projects were paid by the WPA; equipment, space, supplies, technical aid, and specimens were provided by the University Museum.


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Successful 2013 Season Comes to an End for Los Angeles Karting Championship
Class champions crowned in front of record-high turnout of drivers and families
A year of huge numbers for the LAKC ended with 203 total entries, its highest turnout in 10 years (Photo: Joe Stalker - LAKC)
The 2013 Los Angeles Karting Championship season came to an end with the final race of the year, taking place during the weekend of October 27 at CalSpeed Karting Complex. The series crowned its 2013 champions in front of a record setting crowd at the circuit located outside of the Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, California, welcoming its largest turnout in over 10 years with 203 entries taking to the track. Following a canceled round one in February due to high winds, the LAKC's eight race season ran from March to October and played host to some of the best kart racing in the state of California.
"Our 2013 season was great," commented LAKC President Chris LaTorre, "Our classes have grown and we are looking forward to another fantastic season in 2014. I can not say enough about the LAKC staff, and our incredible drivers and teams. They made 2013 our best season yet."
Billy Musgrave ended 2013 the way he had started – and ran most of the season – as the best. The junior Musgrave finished 2013 with yet another perfect race day in the 2 Wild Karting.com Semi-Pro S2 class. After beating Kolton Griffin out for the pole position in qualifying Musgrave led every lap of the prefinal. Behind Musgrave, Griffin fell from second early on after Clinton Schoombee stole the spot at the start. Schoombee would ride second until the final lap which saw Augie Lerch take the runner-up position. In the main event, it was the same song as Musgrave led from green to checker as he picked up a nine-second victory over Lerch, who ran second the entire race. Behind Lerch for the first half of the race was Colorado driver Christian Schureman in the third position. Schureman would fend off challenges from Griffin for several laps before ultimately losing the third spot and settling for fourth in his first LAKC race. With the final race of the weekend going all Musgrave's way, it was his seventh perfect race day of eight in 2013. Musgrave walked away with the S2 championship while Chandler Campbell and Emmanuel Benedotto rounding out the championship podium.
Looking to match son Billy's perfect weekend, Willy Musgrave was dominant in the MRC S4 Master class. Musgrave would be beat out by seven hundredths of a second in qualifying for the pole by Rob Logan. A terrific jump off the flag saw Musgrave take the lead and not look back, while Logan held strong in second place. Musgrave led the way the entire main event as he balanced racing with the younger lighter S2 drivers ahead of him, while holding off Logan and the rest of the S4 field. Logan would hang tough on Musgrave's back bumper the entire race, never letting Musgrave to pull away. As the checkers flew, it was Musgrave winning the final S4 main event of the year with Logan right behind for second place and Jason Chott five seconds back in third. The Musgrave family would leave with two championships as Willy ran away with the 2013 S4 Masters title. Keeping Musgrave honest throughout the season was second place finish Erik Jackson, with Jason Chott sitting third on the podium.
In the Buddy Rice Karting TaG Senior category, a season long point battle came down to the last round between Alejandro Fernandez and Carlee Taylor, who went back and forth all season. Taylor scored the last main event of the season, but it was Fernandez leaving with the championship only 19 points ahead of Taylor. She beat out Fernandez out for the pole position to begin the final round of action. After qualifying, Taylor led every lap of the prefinal while Fernandez retired after less than one lap. Fernandez stormed from the back of the grid to second place by lap nine, but it wasn't enough as Taylor scored the victory. Breanna Miscione would complete the podium in third. With Fernandez being crowned the champion, Taylor and John Wallace III stood alongside on the championship podium.
Erik Jackson pulled double duty at the final weekend and was untouchable in TaG Masters. Jackson beat Peter Mokran out for the pole and then proceeded to beat Mokran for the prefinal win. Jackson would go on to lead every lap in the main event, with Michael Middleton on his bumper the entire time. Jackson beat Middleton across the line by six tenths of a second. Behind Jackson and Middleton was Roy Steele finishing P3.
Ryan Schartau capped off his 2013 KPV-1 class championship – presented by Flemming Racing Engines – with a perfect weekend at the final round. Schartau went to work in qualifying beating out Trey Brown for the pole position by a little more than a tenth of a second. Schartau came back in the prefinal and final, winning both over Jonathan Shone. Dante Yu capped off the podium with a third place finish. Wins at rounds two and five in April and July would bolster Yu to a second place finish in the championship fight, while round six race winner Trey Brown finished 2013 in the third position.
In the Hyper Racing Engines PRD Junior 1 class, Johnny Dressler and Justin Hodge shared the spotlight at the final race of the year. After winning the pole in qualifying, Justin Hodge led the opening five laps of the prefinal before Johnny Dressler took over the top spot. Myles Farhan drove from his third place starting spot to lead the opening two laps. Dressler would then return to the lead, which he would hold for the rest of the race. Pole winner Justin Hodge finished the race in second, with Farhan in third. With the podium finish, Farhan would seal the championship ahead of final race winner Dressler and Justin Hodge in third in final point standings.
Kasey Gillis edged out the competition in the Honda Performance Development Honda Kid Karts category for the season championship, but it was Jaden Goetz earning the final round victory. Gillis started the last race of the season off by earning the pole position in qualifying ahead of Skyler Geczi and Jalen Mack. The prefinal had plenty of exciting racing with Mack jumping from the third spot to the lead in the first two laps. Gillis would return back to the point on lap three, only to see Goetz joining the mix. When the checkered flag waved, Goetz took the win. Goetz would lead all but the opening lap in the main event, as he picked up victory ahead of Gillis with Skyler Geczi finishing third, the same as his final point standings position.
Dominic Gorden ended 2013 on a high-note as he won the final race of the year and earned the point championship in the Pure Karting Comer Kid Karts class. Rylee Martinez posted the fast lap in qualifying ahead of Cameron Easton and Chance Gibson. Martinez led most of the laps in the prefinal, until Gorden took over with two laps to go, holding on for the win. The main event was all Gorden as he pulled away and nearly cracked the overall top-five. Behind Gorden was pole winner Rylee Martinez and Dylan Johnson in second and third. With Gorden taking the championship, it was Chance Gibson behind him in second, and Cole Keith Cotham in third place.
Ron Rossetti has been at the front all season in the PhilGieblerRacing.com PRD Grand Masters class, and this weekend was no different as he racked up another podium finish to end 2013. Behind Rossetti in the final points tally was John Bush, and Paul Bonilla. At the final round of the season, Bonilla stuck his neck out first as he edged out Sean Brazeau by three tenths in qualifying. Bonilla led the opening two laps of the prefinal before being forced to retire on lap three. Steve Hansen took over the lead and held it for the remainder of the race for the win. After having to start from dead last due to his DNF in the prefinal, Bonilla put on a show as he drove from last to first in less than 10 laps. Taking the lead from Hansen on lap 10, Bonilla led the final six circuits to cross the line first. Unfortunately for Bonilla, a post race disqualification would hand the win Hansen, with Bush in second and Rossetti landing in third place to cap off the championship run.
Despite not making the final race of the season, Elric Navatel conquered the Valley Trophy Rotax Senior Pilot class. In Navatel's absence, Nicolas Esguerra swept the weekend in Rotax Senior Pilot. Steven Novikoff and Mark Kempkey finished behind Esguerra on the podium. Karlee Polon swept the final weekend in the Mike Manning Karting PRD Senior Pilot category, which allowed her to edge out Stephen Wetterau by nine points for the championship. Polon was the top dog from qualifying to the main event. Behind Polon, a terrific fight for second was being waged between Connor Funk, Wetterau and Logan Calvin. Wetterau and Calvin battled early, before Funk moved up to engage Wetterau. Funk would get around Wetterau on lap nine for second but would ultimately be scored in fourth after contact was made on the track with Wetterau.
TaG Cadet presented by OTK Kart USA was another close championship fight that saw Jagger Jones outlast Joseph Daniele by 13 points for the championship. Behind Jones and Daniele in the final point tally was Myles Farhan. Jones showed why he was deserving of the championship Sunday as he swept the weekend from qualifying to the main event. After getting around Jonathan Shone on the opening circuit, Jones led every single lap and capped off 2013 Shone finished in second behind Jones with Daniele rounding out the podium.
Heading into the weekend, Andrew Murowatz knew that the Empire Karts KPV-2 championship trophy was all but in his trailer heading home. So Sunday, Murowatz qualified his KPV 2 entry – earning him enough points for the championship – and then spent the prefinal and main event racing his PRD 2 machine, in preparation for 2014. With Murowatz pulling out of KPV 2 action, Bryce Murphy drove to the win in the prefinal. The main event however was all Jonathan Eshom, as he led all 15 laps to pick up the final win of 2013 and finish the year second place in the standings while Murphy was third in the final points tally.
Christian Brooks made it a clean sweep in the Mack Motorsports PRD Junior 2 class. Brooks took the pole position over Dylan Cartier by two tenths of a second, from there he went on to lead every lap of the prefinal and the main. Willy Axton finished just over a second behind Brooks in second, with Jacob Drew in toe for third place. Finishing in ninth place on Sunday was class champion Nick Ramirez. Finishing the year in the standings behind Ramirez was Skylar Estrada and Nathan Seegrist.
With a fifth place finish in the final race of the season, Eric Molinatti locked up the championship in the PRD Senior class presented by RLV. Ahead of Molinatti was Derek Zimmermann, who swept the final round in front of Brandon Reed and championship contender Lloyd Mack. Molinatti was crowned the champion with Mack, who won rounds two, four and five, in second. In third place it was Alejandro Fernandez, who saw victory at rounds six and seven.
Like many of the other champions of 2013, Ryan Schartau walked away from the final event of the season with a main event win, and the championship. Schartau spent the entire season atop the Pitts Performance Junior 1 category. Tanner Hudspeth got things started in qualifying as he beat Schartau in qualifying by a tenth of a second. Schartau led every lap of the prefinal and then swapped the lead twice with Joseph Daniele in the main event. Schartau and Daniele battled the entire race with Schartau edging out Daniele by an incredibly close four thousandths of a second. Trey Brown finished the final race of the year in third.
In the two other shifterkart categories in LAKC, Kevin Gilroy took it all home in the Acceleration Karting S4 Magnum class, while John Baldasare left with the trophy in the TM Racing USA Open Shifter division. Alex King finished fourth in the final race of the year and was crowned the champion of the Open 125 Shifter class. After sweeping the day, Gilroy was crowned the S4 Magnum champion.
What will go down as one of the best seasons for the Los Angeles Karting Championship in many years, President Chris LaTorre and his team are already preparing for an even better 2014. LAKC has set the 2014 schedule:
February 9
March 16
April 27
May 18
June 29
July 27
August 17
September 21
October 19
For more information on the LAKC, including off-season updates and scheduling information be sure to visit them online at www.lakc.org and 'Like' them on Facebook at Los Angles Karting Championship.
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ThreadScope Tour
From HaskellWiki
A guided tour of ThreadScope
In this tutorial, we'll be working through concrete examples on using ThreadScope to debug the performance of parallel programs.
We aim to keep each module in the tutorial self-contained, so you can either follow the progression suggested or jump to just the sections we need.
This tutorial is written with the following software versions in mind.
- ThreadScope 0.2.1
- GHC 7.4. (earlier versions work, but lack more advanced features like spark events)
Getting started
- Installation: install ThreadScope and run a sample trace
- Hello world: run ThreadScope on a small test program
Basic skills
- Initial statistics: collect some simple statistics
- Profile: examine the profile for a real program
- Profile 2: examine the profile for an improved program
- Zoom: zoom in to see performance behaviour at a finer resolution
- Bookmark: place a temporary marker in the eventlog
- Consolidate: tease out the sequential parts of code
Digging into a program with spark events
- Spark overview
- GHC RTS flags: a subset of flags relevant to ThreadScope
- Spark lifecycle: Lifecycle of a spark
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- Downloads: examples used in this tutorial
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he will be phasing out the Obama Administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy with an expiration date of March 5, 2018.
Under Trump's new Dreamer program, nearly 22,000 unauthorized immigrants in New Jersey who were brought to the U.S. as children would lose their protected status and face deportation, NJ.com says.
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Opponents of a new law said their rights are being trampled after Harrisburg City Council voted to ban protesters in the driveway or entrance of health clinics.
Planned Parenthood requested the 20-foot buffer zone law to ensure the safety of patients and employees.
Opponents said the new law in unnecessary.
While a demonstration was small and peaceful on Wednesday, police have been called to the Planned Parenthood Second Street facility a few times since the clinic began offering drug-induced abortions last year.
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Bioinformatics for Principal Investigators Updated
The aim of this workshop is to provide principal investigators with an introduction to the challenges of working with biological data and to the best practices, and tools, needed to perform bioinformatics research effectively and reproducibly.
On day 1, we will cover the importance of experimental design, discuss the challenges associated with (i) the analysis of high-throughput sequencing data (utilising RNA-seq as a working example) and (ii) the application of machine learning algorithms, as well as issues relating to reusability and reproducibility.
On day 2, we will put into practice concepts from day 1, running a RNA-seq data analysis pipeline, going from raw reads through differential expression analysis and the interpretation of downstream analysis results. Challenges encountered at each step of the analytical pipeline will be discussed. Please note that day 2 is optional.
The training room is located on the first floor and there is currently no wheelchair or level access available to this level.
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- Principal Investigators from the University of Cambridge, Affiliated Institutions and other external Institutions, who are using or planning to use bioinformatics in their research
- Please be aware that these courses are only free for registered University of Cambridge students. All other participants will be charged a registration fee in some form. Registration fees and further details regarding the charging policy are available here.
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|Mon 16 Sep 2019 09:30 - 17:30
|09:30 - 17:30
|Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
|Nicholas Luscombe, Simon Andrews, Dr Irina Mohorianu, Dr A.J. Enright, Dr Florian Markowetz, Andrew Smith
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|Bioinformatics Training Room, Craik-Marshall Building, Downing Site
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After this course you should be able to:
- Define the opportunities and challenges of bioinformatics use in research
- Identify your team needs in terms of bioinformatics skills needed to process biological data effectively
- Implement reproducible and reusable methods in biomedical research
- Evaluate RNA-seq analysis pipelines (day 2)
During this course you will learn about:
- How experimental design and quality assessment affect downstream analysis
- Challenges associated with the analysis of high-throughput data and the usage of popular machine learning algorithms
- Best practices for working with data reproducibly
- How to analyse RNA-seq data (day 2)
Presentations, demonstrations
|Day 1
|9:30 - 10:15
|Using bioinformatics in research - what to do and what not to do
|Nicholas Luscombe, Francis Crick Institute
|10:15 - 10:30
|Tea/Coffee Break
|10:30 - 11:30
|Using bioinformatics in research - the importance of planning
|Simon Andrews, Babraham Institute
|11:30 - 12:30
|Challenges of working with RNA-seq data
|Anton Enright, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Cambridge
|12:30 - 13:30
|Lunch (not provided)
|13:30 - 14:30
|Challenges of Machine learning
|Irina Mohorianu, Stem Cell Institute, Univ. of Cambridge
|14:30 - 15:30
|Reproducibility in bioinformatics research
|Florian Markowetz, CRUK
|15:30 - 15:45
|Tea/Coffee Break
|15:45 - 16:15
|ELIXIR: The European Research Infrastructure for Life-Science Data
|Andrew Smith, ELIXIR Hub
|16:15 - 17:30
|Panel discussion: How to get started
|Day 2
|9:30 - 10:30
|RNA-seq data - QC and alignment
|Anton Enright, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Cambridge
|10:30 - 10:45
|Tea/Coffee Break
|10:45 - 12:30
|RNA-seq data - DE analysis
|Anton Enright, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Cambridge
|12:30 - 13:30
|Lunch (not provided)
|13:30 - 15:30
|Downstream analysis
|Anton Enright, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Cambridge
|15:30 - 15:45
|Tea/Coffee Break
|15:45 - 17:00
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|Anton Enright, Dept. of Pathology, Univ. of Cambridge
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Complications from an unfriendly divorce.
Unwanted extra pounds, and a hunger for more sweets.
An appetite for gambling or alcohol or pornography.
A feeling of depression or unhappiness with life.
The challenges facing people are many and varied, but there's a program that's helped many people through a variety of "life's hurts, habits and hang-ups."
Morenci's Church of the Nazarene began offering the Celebrate Recovery program this week, with open meetings continuing every Monday 6:30 p.m.
It's a 12-step recovery program, said leader Jane Ream, but unlike Alcoholics Anonymous, it covers a variety of challenges and it's based on scripture from the Bible.
Ream joined Morenci's Nazarene church about a year ago as the administrative pastor. She Jodi Owens, wife of the church pastor, Dennis Owens, were both trained in leading Celebrate Recovery sessions. The program originated at California's Saddleback Church in the 1990s.
"I have a few friends who lead the program in other locations and I felt very strongly that it was something Morenci needed," Ream said.
She sees the current economic conditions as an especially good time for the program to begin here.
"We're dealing with difficult economic times and people are struggling, not only with their jobs and their homes," she said, "but when they feel helpless and defeated, they often turn to alcohol or drugs."
Addictions and compulsive behaviors tend to increase and she believes Celebrate Recovery can help.
After the first three weeks of the open meetings, those who have formed a bond will begin meeting together on another night, then a new group will form.
"My goal is to have groups that deal with specific addictions and compulsions," Ream said.
Three lay leaders have been trained to work with men's groups and two are in training for women. Eventually, Ream expects them to take over leadership. She would also like to see the development of teen recovery groups in the future.
Saddleback pastor Rick Warren describes the program as based on the words of Jesus rather than on psychological theory.
Rather than wallowing in the past, he said, the program leads participants to start making wise choices for the future, to take personal responsibility, and to make a spiritual commitment.
Ream wants people to view the program as giving people a place to work on behaviors that are troubling them.
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Shimoga: The touring West Indies A snatched a 47-run first innings lead that they stretched to 75 against India A on the third and penultimate day of the match here Friday.
The Windies, who lead the three-match series 1-0, dismissed the Indians for 359, a total that was made possible by Uday Kaul (64, 172b, 5×4, 1×6) who held the lower order together after the hosts began the day on 191 for three.
In their second innings, the West Indies were 28 for no loss and with just a day's play remaining on the morrow, a draw appears the most likely outcome.
The two overnight not out batsmen, Vasudevan Jagadeesh (86, 198b, 8×4) and Abhishek Nayar (89, 88b, 9×4, 2×6) stretched their fourth wicket partnership to 99 before getting separated.
Jagadeesh became the first of seamer Miguel Cummins' three victims. Nayar was dismissed not long after as he was trapped in front by left-arm spinner Nikita Miller.
Thereafter, Kaul held fort to guide India to relative safety with the experienced Mohd Kaif chipping in with 26.
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West Indies 'A' 406 all out and 28 for no loss in 14 overs vs India 'A' (1st innings) 359 all out in 131.1 overs (Vasudevan Jagadeesh 86, Cheteshwar Pujara 25, Abhishek Nayar 89, Mohd Kaif 26, Uday Kaul 64, Veerasammy Permaul 2 for 88, Miguel Cummins 3 for 58, Nikita Miller 2 for 90, Assad Fudadin 2 for 23).Published 04 Oct 2013, 18:26 IST


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Of the hundreds of people on whom Gordon Bean field-tested his new effect, Temptation, a particularly notable spectator was one Greg Simko, C.E.O. of the U.S. Playing Card Co. One evening, Mr. Simko was at The Magic Castle to discuss a custom deck being made for the film Shade, and when asked to perform an effect for him, Gordon brought out the Ace, Two and Three of Spades. The routine's first phase sent the Three visibly from Gordon's right hand to his left hand, and Mr. Simko smiled. He had seen a lot of amazing sleight-of-hand and assumed this was more of the same. Next, the Ace jumped the other way, and Mr. Simko leaned forward. Finally, the Two jumped down to his own hand and Mr. Simko knew the only possible explanation. "You're using some of those special cards we printed for you." Gordon smiled and motioned for him to pick up the cards. Mr. Simko examined them with an expert's precision. "But they are ordinary Bicycles," said Mr. Simko. "The finest cards made," agreed Gordon with a smile. I wouldn't use anything else."
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The global enterprise search market was worth USD 1,777.5 million in 2012 and is expected to reach USD 3,993.7 million by 2019, growing at a CAGR of 12.2% from 2013 to 2019. North America was the largest region for enterprise search market in 2012. Growth in this region is primarily driven by availability of technologies and presence of key industry player in the region.
The enterprise search market is driven by various factors including need to make search more relevant, availability of technologies and need for relevant information. However, multiplicity of repositories and problem of ambiguity are some of the factors inhibiting the growth of this market.
Among all end-users, banking and financial services segment was the largest and accounted for 34. 9% of the market share in 2012. It is expected to maintain leading position throughout the forecast period. Government and commercial is the second largest end-user segment and is expected to witness strong growth during the forecast period. Increased use of intranet and communication within the organization has been driving the market.
Geographically North America was the largest segment and accounted for 34.2% in 2012 owing to technological advancement and key industry players. Europe is expected to be fastest growing geography among all the geographies.
Enterprise Search Market by End user
- Government and commercial offices
- Banking and financial services
- Retail
- Healthcare
- Others (aerospace and defense, media and entertainment, construction)
Enterprise Search Market by Geography
- North America
- Europe
- Asia-Pacific
- Rest of the World
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Let $G(n,p)$ denote the Erdős–Rényi model of random graph. For a given function $p = p(n)$ we say that $G \in G(n,p)$ asymptotically almost surely has property $\mathcal{P}$ if $$\mbox{Pr}[G \mbox{ has property } \mathcal{P}] \to 1 $$ as $n \to \infty$.
The property $\mathcal{P}$ I am interested in is the following:
For every vertex $v$ there exist vertices $x, y$ such that $N(x) \cap N(y) = v$. (Here $N(x)$ denote the set of neighbors of $x$.)
Note that this is not a monotone graph property. For random graphs it is fairly clear that $\mathcal{P}$ does not hold once $$p \ge \left( \frac{2 \log n + C \log \log n }{n} \right)^{1/2} ,$$ for some large enough constant $C>0$ for example, because at that point, every pair $x,y$ has large neighborhood intersection $N(x) \cap N(y)$.
On the other hand, the property also does not hold for small $p$. In particular if $$p \le \frac{\log n - \omega}{n}$$ where $\omega \to \infty$, then $G(n,p)$ has isolated vertices $v$.
My guess is that $\mathcal{P}$ a.a.s. holds for most of the way between the thresholds for the monotone properties "minimum-degree-$2$", at about $$p = \frac{\log n + \log \log n }{n}, $$ and "for every pair $x, y$, $N(x) \cap N(y) \neq 0$" given above.
I am more interested in the upper threshold. So the question I would most like to hear the answer to is:
What is the largest function $p = > p(n)$ such that $G \in > G(n,p)$ a.a.s. has property $\mathcal{P}$?
I am also interested in how sharp this upper threshold is, and in particular whether the threshold is sharp in the sense of Friedgut and Kalai.
Finally, we could call this property $\mathcal{P}_2$ since it is about intersecting pairs of neighborhoods, and say that a graph has property $\mathcal{P}_k$ if for every $v$ there exist $x_1, x_2, \dots, x_k$ such that $$\bigcap_i N(x_i) = v,$$ and I'm also interested in this more general setting.


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It's not that I forget birthdays. More that I remember them at the last-minute and, more often than not, procrastinate when it comes to posting the gift. So I do a lot of gift buying online and my latest online gift saviour is The Cheese Shed who specialise in West Country cheese.
My husband and I honeymooned in that part of England and we ate a lot of local cheese while we were there, some of which is among the best cheese I have ever tasted, so I had high hopes for these cheesy gifts. I was not disappointed.
The Cheese Shed offer 16 different gift boxes to choose from starting at £25, with names such as Nothin' But The Blues and Some Like It Raw. The Big Softy below is making me dribble on my keyboard…
If you want to spend a bit more you can upgrade to one of the four hampers, a cheese subscription or gift vouchers. You receive an email when your gift is delivered, which I think is a nice touch to stop any worries.
If you haven't got a sweet tooth or don't like cake (what? It could be possible!) then look at the beautiful cakes of cheese that The Cheese Shed create. They are wedding cakes but would be stunning at any party, and are better value than most wedding cakes at £67 for one that feeds 20-25 people.
If you have specific cheese tastes or like trying out different combinations you can have a go at creating your own cheese cake masterpiece using the interactive cakebuilder. I warn you though – I have just spent almost an hour building different cake variations.
Would you prefer cheese, chocolates or flowers in the post?


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