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The Irish Get Ready To Celebrate
Irish dignitaryDeputy Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy, TD, is coming to Iowa next week to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Emmetsburg will once again host a weekend of activities celebrating the community's Irish heritage.
Emmetsburg's visiting Irish Dignitary will fly in to the Des Moines airport on Tuesday, March 12. Marcella will visit the Iowa State Capitol and be a guest at the Iowa Legislature on Wednesday, March 13, before traveling to Emmetsburg.
Marcella is a former member of Offaly County Council, serving from 1999 to 2009. She was elected to Dail Eireann in February 2011 where she is now a member of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and Gaeltacht. She was also selected as a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Defence.
She is the Chairperson of the Fine Gael Internal Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence, the Birr Theatre and Arts Centre and the OFFline Film Festival. Marcella is also a member of Film Offaly and the board of Management of Gallen CS, Ferbane.
Previously, Marcella served as the Chairperson of the Fine Gael Council of Local Representatives from 2006 to 2009 as well as being Chairperson of the Midlands Regional Authority in 2006. She also served as a member of the Fine Gael Executive Council from 2004 to 2009.
Marcella and husband Seamus have two children, Evan, 22 and Rebecca, 18. As busy as she is, Marcella enjoys going to the theatre and her favorite playwright is Martin McDonagh. She enjoys playing trivial pursuit with her family and The West Wing is her favorite television program.
Emmetsburg residents will have several opportunities to meet and visit with Marcella Corcoran-Kennedy and make her feel welcome in the community.


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Tony Hawk became the world's most famous skateboarder by "going big" and performing maneuvers no one else had even thought of. But when it came to his new home, the avowed "electronics nut" decided that less is more. Hawk in front of his home theater system.
It's easy to figure out which house on a quiet street in Encinitas, California, belongs to the extreme-sports legend and videogame icon - the mound of skateboards and backpacks by the front door is a dead giveaway. And when Hawk answers the door at 8 a.m., bleary-eyed and barefoot, his tall, wiry frame wrapped in wrinkled jeans and a T-shirt, it's just as easy to tell he's a hard-core gear guy.
Although he's just rolled out of bed (thanks to our pounding on his door), Hawk politely escorts us over to his den, where we find a gorgeous 61-inch Sony plasma HDTV floating above a busy equipment rack. He apologizes as he clears away his kids' toys, saying that he had been expecting us - just not so early. Then the still-drowsy Hawk launches into a detailed explication of his system - until I interrupt to tell him it's okay to grab a cup of coffee first. "All right," he says, "I think I'll go take a shower."
Early AdopterUnlike some of his young-celebrity peers, who've just discovered gadgets and stockpile them as a symbol of living large, Hawk is a long-time technophile. "Since I was a kid, I had to have the calculator watch and all that sort of stuff," he confirms after returning with a wet mop of hair and dressed in a fresh T-shirt and jeans.
"As I became successful, I could afford fancier toys, so I went crazy with technology," he says. "But it got to be a little too much. The system in my previous house was much more elaborate and complicated. This one, though, has everything I use regularly, it's less flashy, and it takes up less room. I mean, you can spend whatever you want on equipment, but how often do you really use it?"


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SUNY Canton Centennial Campaign Draws to a Close
College adds Courtyard Clock to Honor Campaign Co-Chairs
The largest and most comprehensive fundraising campaign in SUNY Canton's 100-year history was successfully concluded at the recent Scholarship Luncheon celebration.
"We've reached a high-water mark in the history of the College," said SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy. "Every donation from $2 to $2 million has helped us reach this point and has made a difference in the lives of our students."
The SUNY Canton Centennial Campaign was launched in 2003 with the goal of raising $10 million by 2010. Campaign Co-Chairs Ronald L. (class of '59) and Blanche K. (honorary alumna, class of '06) Woodcock announced the campaign's ended after raising a grand total of just over $11.3 million. The College's previous campaign raised about $1 million.
"Much of our fundraising efforts will be used for scholarships," Ronald said. "When people give to SUNY Canton, they give to help students get the best education possible in order to start a career. Education is a worthy investment because it supports students and their families while benefitting the North Country as a whole."
Ronald Woodcock received a scholarship in 1957 while he was enrolled in the College's Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning program, which has since become the Air Conditioning Engineering Technology program. Recognizing the importance of scholarships, and seeing the benefit to the students at the Scholarship Luncheon, he and his wife endowed their own scholarship to help students in the engineering technology fields. Their leadership and generosity have led the College to name the Alumni House and a wing of conference suites in their honor.
"We had a series of key donations that helped us reach our goal ahead of schedule," Blanche noted. "The $1 million donation made by Professor Emeritus Richard W. Miller, and the two donations totaling $3 million from Ronald's classmate Joel Canino (class of '59) really set the campaign in motion."
The late Professor Emeritus Herman W. Kalberer also helped the campaign's early momentum with an $803,000 estate gift. The College's Foundation also received substantial gifts, each of about $1 million, from the estate of the late Alumna Elaine Claxton Pidgeon (class of '39), and from an anonymous donor.
"The SUNY Canton Foundation helps ensure that each donor's life and legacy is remembered and cherished for all times," Blanche said. "In a very real way, our deceased benefactors will live forever through our memories and their scholarships."
Bernard Creighton Regan (class of '65) donated the funding to create a flag station at the college's entrance on State Route 68, in addition to financing four scholarships for students from Massena Central High School. John L. Halford (class of '49) and his wife Nelta, provide similar scholarships for college students from Governeur.
The six-year fundraising project was punctuated by several influential College events that brought sponsors and donors in touch with the college. "With the help of Marti King MacArthur (class of '74 and '78), the Centennial Gala and Auction raised more than $40,000," Blanche recalled.
Ron said, "Another highlight was Dr. Michael and Barbara Maresca's challenge to raise more $100,000 for SUNY Canton Nursing students. He matched the total donations, creating more opportunities for students to enter into the high-demand field of nursing."
In honor of the Woodcock's dedication to SUNY Canton and their inspirational leadership during the Centennial Campaign, the College's Alumni and Foundation Boards of Directors procured a decorative courtyard clock to adorn Roselle Academic Plaza. As a surprise, the Woodcocks were asked to unveil the clock and a ceremonial plaque denoting their continued commitment to SUNY Canton.
While the majority of the donations from the campaign will be used to broaden student access to a SUNY Canton Education, a small portion of the endowment will be used for campus beautification projects and faculty and staff development awards.
"We want to thank all of the donors to the SUNY Canton Centennial Campaign," said Vice President for Advancement David M. Gerlach. "Whether their gifts were large or small, each individual has helped make a difference in the lives of our students."
The College Foundation awarded almost $420,000 in scholarships, and will be awarding almost $45,000 in faculty, staff, and enhancement awards this year.
About SUNY Canton
SUNY Canton offers a wide variety of career-driven bachelor's, associate, and certificate programs. Most of SUNY Canton's new four-year programs are designed so students can take them on-campus, online, or both. SUNY Canton OnLine features more than 100 courses online each semester. The College's athletic teams belong to the NAIA's Sunrise Conference, enabling students to compete in their respective sports for four years. Construction is now underway for the College's new Convocation, Athletic, and Recreation Center.
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Glenn Reynolds comments: "Let 'em get their own blogs."
Since I have comments and they don't, you'll have to talk about the controversy here. Unless you want to do it Glenn's way and write on your own blog.
I take it some people like the feeling of a back-and-forth dialogue and the sense you get that this is a place where you can go. Glenn's idea is that the whole internet is that place, but I think a comments section works in a different way. Is it really true that somebody is always ruining it? Is the community so fragile? I know a lot of good commentators have left in a huff... or wandered off silently. Sometimes they come back, and there's always a chance for someone new (and nice) to crawl out of the woodwork — like, recently, "blogging cockroach."
A good commenter isn't just a would-be blogger. He's not just mooching off someone else's hard-won traffic. A commenter may find inventive ways to play off the material in the post. Or, like a cockroach, the commenter may thrive in the background and want only the occasional crumb of attention.
And a blogger who thinks it's worth it to host a comments section — as I do — gets creative stimulation knowing a discussion will flow from the post. I love starting something.
Here are some extra questions to show how much I care:
1. Who are the commenters here that you enjoy? Would you like them better if they set up shop on an individual blog or is there some way that they operate well specifically as commenters?
2. Who would you most like to see expand into blog writing?
3. Why do you comment instead of writing over on your own blog? You could link to these posts and write about the subjects raised here. Why don't you?
4. If I closed down the comments, would you shift into blogging? Would you miss the place that is the comments, or would this blog seem much the same?
And let me say — I've said it before — for me, blogging is not a "hobby."
IN THE COMMENTS: Revenant answers question #3:
I tried blogging and it seemed weird. Comments sections feel like a conversation. Blogging feels like shouting in a large, empty room... which of course it pretty much is, until you get some readers. Plus, there's the pressure of having to come up with something to write about every day.


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We're no strangers to motor vehicle departments restricting certain words from personalized license plates. Typically, genitalia, other sex themes, and things related to fecal matter and racism (same thing, really) are verboten. But what about words like PITA, SCOTCH, and RAIN?
Granted, putting SCOTCH on a license plate could be construed as an endorsement of drinking and driving. But only if you were a tight-assed/unimaginative DMV administrator in a city full of people who want to put things like RAPEME, UMYBTCH, PUSYLQR, and COKEMAN on their tags. Such is the case in our nation's capital, where the DMV release a list of forbidden words they've been compiling for years.
The guidelines the District of Columbia's DMV uses to limit vanity plate slogans is actually pretty simple. D.C.'s mayor and city council have called dibs on all numbers between 1 and 1,250. Other than that, everything that isn't deemed "confusing or offensive to the general public" can be used. That means nothing about sex, sexually related body parts, drugs or drug use, religion, race, government institutions or officials, or any kind of abbreviations which would get those points across will be approved for use on a license plate.
Add to that the fact that the D.C. DMV has put the kibosh on things like DCRUGBY, H2OPROF, and PNCHBGY, and it begins to seem a bit more arbitrary. Peruse the list below and you'll see what I mean. The city has been keeping track for so long, the list now numbers in the thousands. Is this the most comprehensive list of DMV-outlawed words in existence?
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I think the store owners should have every right in the world to put metal shutters up on their buildings because of what has been going on lately. They deserve to protect their assets, and the heck with those who say it doesn't look like Royal Oak is a safe city. Metal shutters will keep it safe.
- Royal Oak Why doesn't the U.S. Postal Service stick to mailing letters and packages? Why does it advertise on television? That is expensive. It also sends out fliers advertising its products. It sells all kinds of stuff in the post offices. Why doesn't it just concentrate on mail and stop raising the postage rates constantly. There is no excuse for them to be raising the prices all the time. Just stick to delivering the mail.
- Hazel Park Heads up, people: Democracy has become an idiot-ocracy. When you buy a UAW-made car, you are supporting the Democratic Party. Is that what you intend to do?
-- Madison Heights Regarding the Sound Off caller who said Catholics should have voted their faith instead of voting for the Democrats: The Republicans believe in taking away from the poor and the middle class. I did not know that the Catholic faith believed that in doing that.
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Summit High School: Presented on posterboard, the pursuit of passions
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When Summit High sophomore Nick Christiansen talks about the gaming computer he built, his voice quickens with excitement. His explanation hardly pauses for breath while maneuvering around complicated technical vocabulary. Onlookers pause and look at pictures of the inside of Christiansen's machine as he describes how he built it from scratch.
Christiansen's computer was part of the Summit High School "Personal Passions Project Showcase" that took place Thursday. The project is a requirement of the Middle Years Program, a component of the International Baccalaureate program adopted by the school district. The purpose of the program is to develop personal skills within a global context.
Students start thinking about the required project near the end of freshman year. Though an international focus is encouraged, the topic is nearly unrestricted and up to each individual to decide.
"Whatever you want to learn, it's all up to you," said Chris Hall, media specialist at Summit High. She and other educators circulated the common area where the students had set up presentation tables, asking questions and listening to explanations on a diverse set of topics.
Sophomore Morgan Courtney took the international focus to heart and started up a correspondence with a high school student from France. The two spent months writing letters back and forth in a cultural exchange.
"I've always wanted to go there," Courtney said of her choice to learn more about France. She said certain things from her correspondence with her French pen pal had surprised her, such as learning the many difference between American and French school systems.
Classmate Sierra Wilson chose to combine her two passions – animals and art. She started a "Portraits 4 Pets" business, rendering photographs of beloved pets into intricate pencil drawings. The fees she collected she then turned around and donated to Animal Rescue of the Rockies, a nonprofit organization that rescues animals from overcrowded shelters and places them in homes.
When deciding what to do for her project, "I thought, why not help the animals I love?" Wilson said. Though technically the deadline is over, she plans to continue her project.
Sharing the same table was Haley Woodford, giving away samples of desserts that she had made from scratch. Her project compiled her recipes into a single book, which she plans to expand.
"I picked it because I want to own a bakery when I'm older, so it's meaningful," Woodford said.
Those attending the showcase circulated around the table, pointing at pictures, sampling food and asking questions.
"I was impressed with the maturity of the students," said J. Kent McHose, a member of the Summit School District Board of Education. "For some kids it is a hobby and for others it reflects the way their career is heading. … It's a way early on where they get to apply their talents toward their career further on."
The second project showcase will take place March 7.
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Our mission
Cornell College offers an innovative and rigorous learning community where faculty and staff collaborate with students to develop the intellectual curiosity, creativity, and moral courage necessary for a lifetime of learning and engaged citizenship.
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A liberal education that celebrates discovery and embraces the integration and application of knowledge.
Intellectual, moral, and personal growth.
Civic and social responsibility.
The dignity and worth of each individual in a diverse community.
Educational priorities and outcomes
The mission and core values guide learning at Cornell College. The College recognizes that meaningful education occurs in multiple formats and venues, and encompasses a wide variety of disciplines and learning objectives. As an intentional learning community, the college has chosen to emphasize the following educational priorities and outcomes for all students.
In order to achieve these outcomes, the educational priorities are embedded in curricular, co-curricular, independent, and collaborative contexts across the campus. Faculty and staff provide opportunities for learning in a supportive environment where students ultimately take responsibility for their own education.
Knowledge—Integrate and apply knowledge from a focused area of study as well as a broad general education which includes disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
Inquiry—Respond to the complexities of contemporary and enduring problems using information literacy tools, research skills, creative thinking, and analysis.
Reasoning—Evaluate evidence; interpret data; and use logical, mathematical, and statistical problem-solving tools.
Communication—Speak and write clearly, listen and read actively, and engage with others in productive dialogue.
Intercultural literacy—Connect with diverse ideas and with people whose experiences differ from their own and that may be separated from them by time, space, or culture.
Ethical behavior—Recognize personal, academic, and professional standards and act with integrity.
Citizenship—Collaborate with others and contribute in their communities and the larger world.
Vocation—Discover and prepare for the range of opportunities and challenges that await them beyond their college experience.
Well-being—Respect the ways physical, emotional, spiritual, and intellectual well-being may contribute to a balanced life.


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SANTA MONICA, CA - February 5, 2013 - In just over a year, the novel concept of bringing toys to life has made Skylanders one of the most beloved and successful children's video game franchises of all time1, establishing a new category in family entertainment. Today, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI), revealed Skylanders SWAP Force, the next installment in the popular franchise, which will be featured at Toy Fair 2013, February 10-13 at the Javits Center in New York City, in booth 3061.
SWAP Force builds upon the success of the franchise's signature gameplay with an all-new innovative play pattern -- swapability -- that gives kids more choice than ever before by letting them swap the top and bottom halves of the toys to create their own characters. The game lets Portal Masters reconfigure 16 SWAP Force characters into more than 250 unique combinations. Kids can mix and match characters' powers and moves, and then bring them to life in the game. Fans of the franchise also can play Skylanders SWAP Force with their entire collection of characters from both Skylanders Spyro's Adventure® and Skylanders GiantsTM, now with the added capability of jumping.
"With Skylanders, we didn't just create a beloved new franchise, we actually created an entirely new category that brings the world of physical toys and video games together like never before. And now with Skylanders SWAP Force, we are pushing the genre we created forward with another big innovation: customization," said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, Inc. "The idea that kids can customize their own characters in the physical world, and have their unique combinations recognized in the virtual world, is an idea as big as the concept of bringing toys to life itself."
In Skylanders SWAP Force, Portal Masters embark on an all-new adventure in the mysterious Cloudbreak Islands, home to a mystical volcano that erupts every hundred years to replenish the magic in Skylands. During an epic battle, a brave group of Skylanders were caught in the volcano's eruption, which blasted them apart and sent them to earth. But, the magic of the volcano gave these heroes a remarkable new power -- the ability to swap halves - turning them into a special team known as the SWAP Force. Meanwhile, Kaos is back with a new evil plan. And now, Portal Masters everywhere must reassemble the SWAP Force -- in their original form or in new combinations -- and send them back to Cloudbreak to save Skylands!
Skylanders SWAP Force features 16 new SWAP Force characters, along with 32 core Skylanders characters (16 completely new Skylanders and 16 new versions of fan favorite characters from previous games) and eight newLightCore™ characters. Skylanders SWAP Force also delivers high-resolution graphics that bring the game's detailed characters and rich environments to life, immersing players in the gameplay like never before.
"Skylanders Giants was named to our 2012 Holiday Hot Toy List for good reason - it extended the franchise's breakthrough gameplay and its performance at retail has been incredible. We're continually impressed by the originality that Activision delivers in bringing toys to life," said Jerry Storch, Chairman and CEO, Toys"R"Us, Inc. "The innovation of allowing kids to customize their toys in the real world and then send them into the Skylanders SWAP Force game is sure to raise the bar for the franchise."


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Paul Joseph Watson
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
The latest establishment media smear attempt against Rand Paul, in which they falsely reported for over a week that the Kentucky Senatorial candidate had "abducted" and "force drugged" a woman while in college, has completely failed again, with the very latest Rasmussen poll showing that Paul has retained a healthy lead over Democratic opponent Jack Conway.
The latest Rasmussen survey, conducted on Tuesday in the immediate aftermath of the "kidnap" hoax, confirms that Paul maintains a nine point lead over Conway in the race for the Kentucky Senate seat, a result "almost identical to those found in three surveys conducted in July and June," proving that both the kidnap smear and the hyped civil rights argument had absolutely no effect at all on Paul's popularity in the state.
"The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows Paul picking up 49% support, while Conway earns the vote from 40%. Four percent (4%) prefer another candidate, and seven percent (7%) are undecided," states the report.
In addition, when "leaners" are added to equation, people who are initially undecided but then lean towards a particular candidate when follow-up questions are asked, Paul extends his lead to ten points, attracting 51% of the vote to Conway's 41%. Leaners become more important as the election gets nearer.
10 per cent more voters are "certain" to vote for Paul (73%) than for Conway (63%), emphasizing the fact that despite the manufactured controversies surrounding Paul, his support has in fact hardened.
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When a completely discredited establishment media attacks Rand Paul, his supporters only see that as a sign that he is on the right track. This fundamentally underscores how much power the corporate media has lost in attempting to sway elections with bias and propaganda. Since hardly anyone trusts them anymore, their attacks are completely inept and sometimes even help the candidate being targeted.
Paul has been assaulted with at least one overblown, mischaracterized, or outright invented smear in each month since he trounced establishment Republican candidate Trey Grayson in the Kentucky primary back in May.
The establishment is desperate to discredit Paul by any means possible because he represents a true threat to the status quo and has become the most prominent Tea Party candidate in the run up to the October midterms.
Paul's campaign victory speech, in which he stated, "I have a message from the Tea Party, we're here to take our country back," sent shockwaves through the Washington elite, and ever since they have been clamoring to tear down his reputation, with smear after smear repeated ad infinitum.
In the case of the "kidnap" hoax, the establishment media and the phony left-wing George Soros-funded outfits continued to claim that Paul had abducted and drugged a woman even days after the woman herself admitted that the whole thing was nothing more than a harmless college prank that had been "blown out of proportion" by the media.
Since Paul is developing a teflon-coated immunity to establishment smear attacks, one wonders what they will come up with next. As we asked in our last article on the issue, will the media start claiming that Rand Paul was the gunman behind the grassy knoll who shot JFK? Will they blame Paul for convincing LeBron James to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers? Did Rand Paul blow up the BP oil well? Do claims made by anonymous pals from college initiations from nearly 30 years ago indicate that Paul is actually a space alien from the planet pop tart?
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Your guess is as good as ours, but we're sure to see more lies, slander, and smears thrown at Paul between now and October. The good news however is that none of them so far have had any impact whatsoever on his comfortable lead over establishment Democrat Conway, so we invite the establishment media to concoct more twaddle, safe in the knowledge that its effect is at best sterile and in some ways even counterproductive.
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The Family Tree
I was up at the courthouse recently gathering information for a story when it dawned on me I had never physically researched public records that weren't already on the web. There were shelves and shelves of books and binders available for reference. I didn't really know where to start.
After I was done looking through pages of birth records, I started feeling a little nostalgic of my own family history. I've always had an interest in genealogy. It stems from my grandma being quite the storyteller. Every time I would go to visit, she would have a tale or bit of information on somebody from our family. The kicker was, at a young age, I generally had no clue who she was talking about because the majority of our family had passed away before I was even born. Maybe that's why I had such a strong interest in our family history in the first place.
I would smile and nod as if I knew whom she was talking about. It took me years to piece together who was who in our family. Fortunately, I was helped out by a large amount of old-time photographs and albums she had accumulated through the generations. Usually she could point to just about anybody she was talking about in a photograph. All of the photos were clearly identified with names and dates on the backs for easy reference. I love collecting these old photographs. So much so that the majority of the photography in our house is black and white and at least two generations old. Even our wedding photos were intentionally taken to look rustic.
My grandma has since moved off her farm and into an assisted living facility. When she cleaned out her house, she had certain items she wanted to give to each of her family members. In my box I found folders of tattered family history and years of stories typed up on a typewriter. Someone at a family reunion had gathered years of events and put them in chronological order. Every year following, pages were added to the book. There were scraps of paper stuck inside with photos and newspaper clippings falling out everywhere. A gentle breeze could most likely destroy this book but it is one of my favorite things ever received from my grandma.
I decided I wanted to do something with all of her old photographs so she could still enjoy them. I scanned in numerous photos in hopes to preserve them if anything ever happened to the original prints. I made a framed family tree for my grandma spanning over as many generations as I could find pictures for. It's one of the few things that hangs on her wall at her new home.
The tree included six generations of families with a headshot, name and birthday of each person. Only nine photos were missing out of the 86 people included. I even added a shadow of a tree and the caption "Our Family" in the background. Both sides of my family loved them and ended up digging up more photos when they learned what I was doing. I have a feeling I'll be adding on to these trees for a long time. The only problem will be finding a printer big enough to print them.
Hopefully these will withstand the hands of time better than the sad looking binder in my possession and preserve a small portion of the past for future generations. It didn't take much effort on my part to organize our family history but there are numerous sources one can utilize to start looking into one's ancestry. Searching public records and talking to family members are great places to start. Even Iowa Lakes Community College offers a course designed to provide information on how to begin your genealogy quest. You never know what you may dig up.


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Heavily marketed as a safer, healthful alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes are under fire from California health officials who have declared "vaping" a public health threat, hoping to head off the type of deceptive manipulation that tobacco companies succeeded with for decades, according to researchers.
Social scientists have long argued documentary films are powerful tools for social change.
But a University of Iowa (UI) sociologist and his co-researchers are the first to use the Internet and social media to systematically show how a documentary film reshaped public perception and ultimately led to municipal bans on hydraulic fracking.
Do police treat religious-based protest events differently than secular ones? Drawing on data from more than 15,000 protest events in the United States (1960 to 1995) and using quantitative methods, we find that law enforcement agents were less likely to show up at protests when general religious actors, actions, or organizations were present. Rather than reflecting privileged legitimacy, we find that this protective effect is explained by religious protesters' use of less threatening tactics at events.
Recent scholarship highlights the importance of public discourse for the mobilization and impact of social movements, but it neglects how cultural products may shift discourse and thereby influence mobilization and political outcomes. This study investigates how activism against hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") utilized cultural artifacts to influence public perceptions and effect change. A systematic analysis of Internet search data, social media postings, and newspaper articles allows us to identify how the documentary Gasland reshaped public discourse.
The article discusses alternative wedding ceremonies staged in urban spaces as a statement of protest among immigrant couples that cannot marry in rabbinical courts, because they are not recognized as Jews. These public weddings are organized and sponsored by the Fishka association of young Israeli adults of Russian origin.
Durkheim's model of suicide famously includes four types: anomic, egoistic, altruistic, and fatalistic suicides; however, sociology has primarily focused on anomic and egoistic suicides and neglected suicides predicated on too much integration or regulation. This article addresses this gap. We begin by elaborating Durkheim's concepts of integration and regulation using insights from contemporary social psychology, the sociology of emotions, and cultural sociology.
To comply with ideals of multiculturalism and diversity, postsecondary institutions incorporate Latino students into distinct campus cultures. These cultures influence how students interact with one another, the university community at large, and communities outside of campus, ultimately shaping how students inhabit Latino politics. Drawing on data from 20 months of ethnographic fieldwork with six student organizations and 60 in-depth interviews, I compare Latino student organizations in a liberal arts college, a research university, and a regional public university.
What should activist-scholars teach in the social problems classroom? In this conversation, I challenge the assertion that advancing a sociology of social problems is an overly academic enterprise of little use to students and other publics. I introduce the potential of a pedagogical framework for promoting social problems literacy: a set of skills that promotes critical, sociological understandings of social problems toward aims of supporting civic engagement and activism.
Social movement researchers argue that tactical innovation occurs as a response to changes external to movements, such as police repression and shifts in political authority, or is due to internal movement processes, such as the characteristics of movement organizations and actors. In this study, we locate the roots of tactical innovation in the multiplicity of movement claims articulated at protest events.
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Every once in a while, I love having dessert for breakfast. The result = "Hostess Cupcake" Pancakes.
One of my favorite recipes on the site are the Red Velvet Crepes -- this recipe is a follow up to the "dessert for breakfast" series. I can't deny the fact that this recipe is likely a pre-cursor to diabetes, but man-o-man, is it ever good.
"Hostess Cupcake" Pancakes (serves 5)
Chocolate Pancakes
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp butter, melted
- 1 cup, all-purpose flour
- 1/3 cup, cocoa0powder
- ¼ cup, sugar
- ½ tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. salt
Chocolate Sauce
- 300 g. heavy cream (about 1 ½ cups)
- 300 g. semi-sweet chocolate (about 1 1/3 cups)
- 50 g. sugar (about ¼ cup)
Icings (for swirls)
- ¼ cup icing / powdered sugar
- 1 tsp milk
For the chocolate pancakes:
In a medium bowl, add the wet ingredients: milk, eggs, melted butter. Whisk until combined.
In a separate bowl, sift: flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda. Add sugar and salt. Slowly whisk wet ingredients into the dry mixture, and whisk until you get rid of most of the lumps.
Heat a non-stick skillet, or griddle over medium-low heat. Lightly grease with an oil mister, and when the skillet is hot, pour ¼ cup of batter per pancake. Once the batter sets around the edges, flip over. Cook until the batter is baked all the way through.
For the chocolate sauce:
Chop chocolate and place in a heat-proof bowl. In a small saucepan, heat sugar and heavy cream until it comes to a rolling boil (remove from stove as soon as it begins to boil).
Pour the cream and sugar mixture over the chocolate, and stir to combined. Avoid using a whisk (like I have done in my picture) because it incorporates air bubbles. At first, the chocolate will look split, or curdled, but it will combine as the ingredients begin to homogenize)
Pour over pancakes while warm. The sauce will set over time, but you can re-heat it in the microwave again as needed.
For the icing (optional):
Combine all of the ingredients in a small bowl, and whisk until combined. Place icing in a piping bag, piping triangle, or zip lock bag (with the tip trimmed), and pipe patters on top of your pancakes. This is a fun little activity to get the kids involved.


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Max and Eli Sussman's S'mores with Maple-Bourbon Marshmallows
Marshmallows are one of the most rewarding confections to make at home. The process is easy once you get over the fear of cooking sugar, and the transformation of syrup to pillowy treat is incredible to watch every time.
Throw in some bourbon and maple syrup as Max and Eli Sussman suggest in This is a Cookbook, and you've got an even better adult-style treat. The brothers take their marshmallows one step further by incorporating them into a year-round take on s'mores (with ganache instead of Hershey's).
These are no girl-scout dessert. They're boozy, sweet, and just look at the sheer size.
Why I picked this recipe: I love making marshmallows and equally love s'mores. This was a must-make in my book.
What worked: I'd never made marshmallows sans corn syrup and the maple syrup substitute here worked surprisingly well. The flavor of the bourbon and maple was subtle but delightful in the final 'mallows, and the presentation really couldn't be beat.
What didn't: The marshmallows are a teensy bit on the soft-side, but that's par for the course when you're stirring in extra booze at the end. In addition, the recipe doesn't specify a speed for beating the marshmallows; I had the best luck beating on the highest speed of my stand mixer.
Suggested tweaks: You could certainly play with flavoring the ganache (make it doubly-boozy with extra bourbon!) and switch up boozy additions at will. I'd also like to try going totally DIY with homemade graham crackers.
Reprinted with permission from This is a Cookbook by Max and Eli Sussman. Copyright 2012. Published by Olive Press, a division of Weldon Owen, Inc. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
- Yield:makes 9 s'mores
- Active time: 45 minutes
- Total time:5 hours
- Vegetable oil cooking spray (not olive oil)
- Powdered sugar, for dusting
- 2 tablespoons unflavored gelatin
- 1/4 cup bourbon, plus 3 tablespoons
- 3/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate (60% cacao), chopped
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 9 graham crackers, snapped in half
Line the bottom of a 9-inch square baking dish with parchment paper or foil. Coat lightly with cooking spray and dust generously with powdered sugar. Pour 1/2 cup warm water into a small bowl. Sprinkle the gelatin over and stir to dissolve.
In a saucepan over medium-high heat, combine the 1/4 cup bourbon, the maple syrup, and the granulated sugar. Bring to a boil and cook and cook, stirring often, until the mixture registers 240 degrees on a candy or deep-frying thermometer.
Pour into the bowl of a stand mixer, if you have one. Add the dissolved gelatin and the remaining 3 tablespoons bourbon. Using the paddle attachment, beat until stiff peaks form when you lift the beaters out 10 to 12 minutes. If you don't have a stand mixer, use a handheld mixer, but be sure to pour the hot syrup into a heatproof bowl for mixing, and be prepared for a little arm fatigue, as the beating time is substantial. Using a rubber spatula, scrape into the prepared dish and spread in an even layer to the edges of the pan. Let cool at room temperature until firm, about 4 hours.
Tip the marshmallow out of the pan and remove the lining. Trim 3/4 inch off each edge, then cut into 9 squares. Sift a scoop of powdered sugar in a bowl, add the marshmallows, and toss to coat.
Put the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, warm the cream until just barely boiling. Meanwhile, arrange 9 of the graham cracker halves, top side down, on a baking sheet and place a marshmallow on top of each. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Drizzle some of this melted chocolate mixture over each marshmallow, close the s'mores with another graham cracker half, and serve.
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Feb. 19, 2012
NOTRE DAME, Ind. – The University of Notre Dame women's lacrosse team ushered in the Christine Halfpenny era in grand fashion, knocking off Stanford, 17-14, Sunday at Arlotta Stadium.
"It always feels good when your team takes what it worked on in practice and applies it to the game and you get a win," said first year head coach Christine Halfpenny. "It definitely feels good to be 1-0 at Notre Dame."
The Irish (1-0) used a 12-goal first half outpouring to take the lead into the locker room and never looked back, handing the Cardinal (0-3) their third consecutive defeat to begin the year.
"Overall we are really excited in our performance in the first half," stated Halfpenny. "We came out strong and we accomplished our goal of winning the first 10 minutes of the game. The win definitely builds confidence. Stanford made adjustments in the second half and we stayed poised and composed."
Sophomore Lindsay Powell led all scorers with five goals in the contest for the Irish, while junior Jaimie Morrison chipped in four goals, senior Megan Sullivan added three, juniors Jenny Granger and McKenzie Brown added two and senior Maggie Tamasitis recorded one. Tamasitis finished with a seven-point opener for the Irish, assisting on six Irish tallies to go along with her one goal.
Anna Boeri and Anna Kim led the way for Stanford, posting three goals apiece. Emilie Boeri added two goals, while Hannah Farr, Emily Newstrom, Catherine Swanson, Kyle Fraser, Rachel Ozer and Rachel Hinds each added one. A. Boeri chipped in one assist to lead the Cardinal with a four-point afternoon.
Junior Ellie Hilling turned in a solid start in cage for Notre Dame, finishing the match with 10 saves to go along with the 14 goals against, while Stanford netminder Lyndsey Munoz concluded the day with 17 saves and 17 goals against.
Notre Dame never trailed in the matchup, jumping out to a 2-0 lead on the Cardinal. Granger opened the scoring, gathering in a pass from Tamasitis in front of the cage at 26:40, before M. Sullivan moved the lead to two at 23:48, scoring on a free position shot.
Stanford got on the board at 23:01 as A. Boeri reached the back of the net, however Notre Dame responded 32 seconds later as Tamasitis scored unassisted to again build a two-goal cushion.
After Kim scored for Stanford on a free position shot to close the score to 3-2, the Irish turned in four consecutive goals to hold a 7-2 advantage. In that run, the Irish used a pair of goals from Powell along with one each from Morrison and M. Sullivan. Newstrom ended the Irish rally with a marker at 18:30, but the Irish again countered with a pair of their own as Powell scored her third of the contest at 13:14 with Brown getting on the score sheet 29 seconds later to advance the score to 9-3.
Kim got back into the goal column with her second of the game at 12:01 for the Cardinal but Brown posted her second goal of the half at 10:58 to keep the margin at six. Morrison then claimed her second tally of the game for the Irish, scoring at 8:54 off yet another feed from Tamasitis.
Stanford ended the half with momentum, scoring three of the final four goals to cut the margin to 12-7 at the break. C. Swanson and E. Boeri registered back-to-back tallies to cut the lead to 11-6 before Granger picked up a feed from Tamasitis to end the run. Stanford then scored the final marker of the first stanza as E. Boeri beat Hilling for her second of the half with 3:40 left on the clock.
The second half saw the Irish and Cardinal trade goals through the first four scores. Morrison got the scoring going for the Irish with a free position goal at 27:36 to claim a hat trick of her own, before Farr responded for Stanford 24 seconds later with a free position goal as well. After M. Sullivan found the back of the net for the Irish at 22:12, A. Boeri took a pass from Maria Fortino to make the score 14-9.
The Cardinal then cut the lead to just three as Fraser recorded a free position goal at 17:24 before Hinds notched her first of the game at 12:40 forcing the Irish to take a timeout to slow down the play.
The strategy worked, as at the 8:36 mark Powell earned her fourth goal of the contest on an unassisted tally. Stanford continued to claw back into the game, scoring three of the next four goals to cut the margin to two, but Morrison secured the victory emphatically with her fourth goal of the game off an assist by Tamasitis with one second left on the clock.
The win marks the ninth straight year that Notre Dame has begun the season with a victory. The Irish return to competition next Saturday when they square off against Duquesne at noon (ET) in hopes of beginning the 2012 campaign 2-0.
** With her five assists in the first half of play, senior attacker Maggie Tamasitis set a new Irish program record for most assists in one half. The previous record was four, which she accomplished April 16, 2011 in the first half against Connecticut. Her six total assists also tie the program mark for most helpers in a game and is the second time of her career she accomplished the feat (Connecticut, 2011).
** Tamasitis also moved into second on the scoring streaks list, having now tallied at least one point in 38 consecutive contests, dating back to Feb. 23, 2010.
** With her two-goal output, junior midfielder McKenzie Brown has already matched her goal total from her prior two years with the team.
** Megan Sullivan matched a career best with her four-point game against Stanford. She last recorded four points in a contest on March 27, 2010 against Louisville.
** Jaimie Morrison's four goals mark a career best in a single game for the junior attacker. Her previous high was two against Loyola on May 7, 2011.
** Lindsay Powell scored her first career goal with the Irish, ending the match with a team- and game-best five goals.


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Hoop Physio – neck, sternum & rotator cuff rehabilitation of sports injury
Happy New Year! Here's what I've been up to, most of the last couple of years, since crash-landing on the parkour gym tumble-track in June 2013, folding in half at the neck and faceplanting into my own torso – technically I shouldn't still be here, let alone walking around, blogging, breathing etc… thanks to yoga for life for the extra bendy spine.
Issues have been many, varied and changeable – pain, stability, vomiting, swallowing, speech slurring, pain, holding head up, walking in a straight line, sitting upright, pain, clumsiness, dropping things, pain, pins and needles, pain, insomnia, boredom, muscle atrophy, nerve signal, sudden eye deterioration (possible vertebral artery insufficiency – having another MRI to investigate neck scarring, discs and positioning in the next fortnight)… strength, dizziness, vertigo, more pain…
I'm about halfway back together now, following sternum surgery and physiotherapy, fixed braces for a year which helped by aligning my bite and reduced neck muscle aggravation by stopping me grinding my teeth, lens replacement and vitrectomy in both eyes just before Christmas, and a very recent gym referral.
Last year I started messing around with my hula hoops, and developed a separate set of exercises that addressed a lot of my issues with muscle tone, flexibility, nerve signal, stability and grip. A few people got interested in trying them out as well, so I've just finished making this video tutorial and session run-through to share.
Sitting at the computer editing and rendering the finished version was harder than filming it, pain-wise, but I hope it's worth it – someone else might need the physio inspiration, you never know.
New Year's Resolution for 2016 – keep doing more of this stuff, and maybe change my career… 🙂


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Just after 3:00 p.m. Monday, a Palestinian was shot by Israeli forces near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron after he allegedly attempted to stab an Israeli soldier.
The Israeli army radio initially reported that the Palestinian man had been shot dead, but his condition has not yet been confirmed.
On Monday morning, a Palestinian man, identified as Raed Saket Abdul-Rahim Jaradat, 22, was shot and killed after allegedly stabbing a 19 year old Israeli.
Jaradat was killed near the Beit Einun junction to the north of Hebron. The Israeli is in a serious condition after being wounded in the neck.
The Times of Israel reports that the injured Israeli is a soldier.
The incident took place the day after Dania Irsheid, 17, was shot and killed in Hebron. The Israel Police Foreign Press Spokesperson stated that Irsheid had attempted to stab a border policeman.
At least eight other Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces Sunday, including a 13 year old who was shot and injured during clashes in the village of Hizma, near Ramallah.
At least seven more were injured in a raid following a suspected knife attack near the village of Sa'ir, in the Hebron governorate.
A suspected stabbing attack also took place near the Ariel settlement Sunday. The suspect fled the scene, and was detained several hours later.
At least 58 Palestinians have now been killed since the beginning of the month. Nine Israelis have been killed in the same period.
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Food & Drink
Five Fido-friendly getaways
By Jessica DuLong, Special to CNN • Published 21st March 2012
Hotels have reached new heights of "hos-pet-ality," offering perks like gourmet treats, designer dog beds, scratching posts, chew toys and pet massage. But that level of pampering isn't essential to a great getaway for you or your pooch. Pick the right place to stay, select a few outdoor-table restaurants, choose some dog-friendly outings and there's no reason Fido has to spend your next trip at the kennel.
Whether you're looking for over-the-top pup pampering or just can't envision a family vacation without including your clan's four-legged friend, we've got destination ideas for you.
Outer Banks, North Carolina
Let your Fido-friendly trip begin with a run on the sandy beaches of Corolla, home of wild ponies descended from Spanish Mustangs. Then head south to Nags Head to splurge on treats at
Salty Paws
, makers of all-natural, human-grade biscuits baked daily, where even pups on special diets can indulge on diabetic, low-fat and allergy-friendly varieties. Next it's time to get your own treat fix at
Fatboyz Ice Cream and Grill
. Eat your burger followed by homemade ice cream at an outdoor table where your dog can join you.
Settle in for the night at the "coastal casual"
Sandbar Bed & Breakfast
, just 200 yards from the beach, where well-behaved, flea-treated dogs more than six months old are welcome in the Mermaid Room, a large guestroom with a private entrance. The Mermaid Room starts at $199/night, and the inn charges a $15 per-night pet fee.
Tackle Jockey's Ridge in the Outer Banks.
Courtesy Visit NC/Bill Russ
After a continental breakfast, explore
Jockey's Ridge State Park
-- site of the tallest natural sand dunes on the East Coast -- which, in addition to hiking, ecology tours and hang-gliding, features a 400-foot-long boardwalk with a spectacular view of the towering dune ridgeline.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Though you can't bring Sparky onto the casino floor, there are plenty of dog-friendly locales in Vegas, from the high-end shops along the strip that will welcome your pocket poodle to restaurants like
Sammy's L.A. Pastrami & Burgers
, lauded not only for their homemade lemonade, crispy fries, and "mean" Philly cheesesteak, but also for the water and snacks they provide to four-footed patrons.
Kick-start your day at
It's a Grind Coffee House
, which welcomes your pooch inside and is right across from a dog park. Then venture to
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
, less than 30 minutes from the strip, with its unique Mojave Desert geologic features, plants and animals. The 13-mile scenic drive and more than 30 miles of hiking trails are Fido-friendly, but due to extreme temperatures, make sure to bring plenty of water.
If you can't resist the glitz and the promise of the slots, drop off your pooch at
PetSmart's Doggie Day Camp
. Your pup will enjoy hours of play with other carefully screened and vaccinated dogs while you rake in the gambling loot. Then reunite for a relaxing evening at the
Westin Las Vegas Hotel, Casino and Spa
where a pet bed, food bowl and mat are provided, as well as an official "Dog in Room" sign. Rooms start at $99, and the hotel charges a per-pet, per-stay fee of $35, plus a refundable deposit of $150.
Half Moon Bay, California
Moss Beach Distillery's Seal Cove Patio invites dogs to cozy up by the fire pit and dine on grilled hot dogs.
Moss Beach Distillery/Melissa Vega
Dog-friendly activities abound in Half Moon Bay. You're welcome to bring your pup on a
Coastal Elegance Tours
hike along the bay or to the lighthouse. And
Half Moon Bay Kayak Company
provides canine life jackets and double and triple kayaks so water-loving dogs can accompany their human companions on nature and wildlife paddles.
Dine at
Pasta Moon
, where pooches chomp on homemade dog treats while two-footers sup on farm-fresh California-Italian cuisine. Then grab a nightcap in a comfy chair beside a fire pit and take in the ocean sunset at the
Moss Beach Distillery's Seal Cove Patio
, which features a doggie menu of grilled hot dogs, mini burger patties and skirt steak. Ask the hostess to take your pooch's photo for the annual contest and you might just win a prize.
Many local hotels are pet friendly, but the
Half Moon Bay Inn
offers special accommodations for four-legged guests, including a dog bed, feeding dish and treats, as well as waste bags. Rooms start at $130, and the inn charges per-stay fees of $25 for one pet or $35 for two.
Lake Placid, New York
Combining luxury with rustic Adirondack comfort,
Lake Placid Lodge
's dog-friendly cabins feature lake and mountain views and large, wood-burning fireplaces where your pup is sure to enjoy lounging in a lodge-provided pet bed while snacking on homemade treats. The grounds include pet-friendly lakes and trails, and if staff is available you're welcome to leave your pooch at the front desk while you enjoy dinner in the main lodge. Cabins start at $500, and the lodge charges $75 per night for one dog, or $250 per night for two.
While you're out on the town, pick up some goodies at
Jake Placid Doghouse
, which offers premium treats, organic foods and unique toys and apparel. Then stop by the
Bluesberry Bakery
for some human treats like a spinach and feta croissant or the chocolate torte. Spot is welcome to join you at the outdoor table. To work off those snacks, head to Mirror Lake for a 2.7-mile walk around the lake, and if the weather's right, take a dip at the dog-friendly sandy beach.
Boston, Massachusetts
Freedom Trail
offers a perfect way for your dog to participate in your family's sightseeing adventures. Boston's "indoor/outdoor history museum" consists of a 2.5-mile, red-brick walking trail leading you to 16 sites significant to the history of the American Revolution. Take this self-guided tour at your own pace, and plan to take a pit stop in one of the
Boston Common
's leash-free areas for dogs.
Another Freedom Trail site,
Faneuil Hall Marketplace
, offers dog-friendly patio dining at a number of restaurants, weather permitting. And for accommodations, consider the
Boston Harbor Hotel
, which provides dog beds, food dishes and pet-walking services, as well as offering a $75
Luxe Pups Package
including a wash, cut, blow dry and "pet-i-cure" as well as a doggie gift bag. Rooms start at $285, with no additional pet fees.
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New world class Bangalore plant opens
Saft, the world's leading designer and manufacturer of high-tech industrial batteries, has inaugurated a new world-class factory in Bidadi, Bangalore with its partner, Amalgamations, to meet the growing needs of India's energy and power sectors.
The new 75,000 sq.ft factory, which will be operated by the AMCO Saft India Limited joint venture, will produce state-of-the-art, nickel-based, rechargeable batteries, effectively doubling Saft's local production capacity for industrial battery systems. This additional capacity will enable Saft to address the growing demand for energy storage to support mega power plants and photovoltaic (PV) renewable energy schemes, as well as meeting the back-up power needs of defense and oil and gas industry customers.


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Homeowners still fighting for disaster assistance after last June's floods say the province should be trying to get people back in their homes before putting money toward fixing the Kananaskis golf course.
On Friday, the Alberta government announced $18 million to rebuild the flood-damaged 36-hole facility in Kananaskis Country.
The controversial move has been praised as good for the province's tourism and recreation industry, and panned by environmentalists due to its potential for future flooding and a taxpayers' group as a waste of money.
Nearby homeowners are now weighing in.
Jen Smith, an Exshaw resident whose family hasn't qualified for disaster relief, said she was furious when she saw the province dedicated $18 million toward a golf course when there are so many people still out of their homes.
"Why can't we get people in their houses first?" she said, noting $18 million could make most of the ongoing problems go away. "It's appalling, really."
Some of the homeowners on a Facebook group called Albertans Left Behind, which has nearly 250 members, had similar concerns about the province's decision to fund the golf course.
"People should be back in their homes before non-essential services get huge government funding," wrote Exshaw homeowner Sue Arlidge, who couldn't be reached for further comment, but has previously raised concerns about the homeowner compensation program.
Provincial officials said they recognize people are still facing challenges, but it's important to move forward with economic activities in the province.
"The government was committed at the very beginning to focus on the people, reconstruction, the environment and the economy," said Tim Chamberlin, spokesman for Alberta Tourism, Parks and Recreation. "We continue to invest in all of these areas to make sure people do recover from this event."
Municipal affairs spokeswoman Jennifer Renner added that they are still processing disaster assistance claims for homeowners.
"So far, we've put through almost 8,000 applications to completion," she said, noting some are still waiting on insurance assessments and others are in the appeal stage.
Renner said the money that's going to the Kananaskis golf course is reimbursable through the federal government's disaster assistance program.
"It's not that we're spending money on inessential services," she said. "The Kananaskis golf course is part of our heritage as Albertans and a part of what makes us a tourist destination, so it's difficult to say what's worth spending money on, but this disaster has been so widespread, it's going to affect everything."
However, the decision is also controversial among those who were denied funding under the program.
Romeo Bruni, who has started a petition to help a Canmore family that has been shut out of disaster funding, said it simply makes no sense.
"It's ridiculous to be directing money toward golf courses when there's people stranded," said Bruni, referring to his cousins — Frank and Ruth DiPoce, an Ontario couple who didn't qualify for funding because their home was considered a secondary residence.
Bruni said the government's decision is based on a legal technicality, despite the fact the DiPoce's son lived in the home as his primary residence for a decade.
The petition, which stands at nearly 800 names, calls on the government to make it right.


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The 'Love Your Heart Diet' can help lenghten your life
ADVICE about what to eat for your heart can be confusing.
Most of us know that hamburgers and fries aren't great, or that too much beer won't do you, or your heart, any good.
But did you know that vegies actually improve your heart health because they fight bad cholesterol, or that cocoa and red wine get a big tick?
Or that going vegetarian may dramatically increase your chances of seeing your 100th birthday?
Here's how to stay out of the cardiologist's office.
Eat up to 15 different plant foods a day
For good health five servings of vegetables and two servings of fruit a day are minimal.
But Australian health and longevity specialist Dr John Tickell recommends nibbling on 15.
Fruit and vegetables are the best sources of antioxidants that fight free radicals (caused by pollution, junk food or stress) that attack the linings of blood vessels and increase LDL (bad) cholesterol.
Avoid trans-fats
There's another type of fat, besides saturated fat, that can increase your risk of heart trouble.
It's called trans fat and because it raises levels of LDL cholesterol, the Heart Foundation recommends you avoid it.
So if you regularly buy bakery products or fast foods such as meat pies or deep-fried foods, it's time to switch to healthy foods like fresh fruit and vegetables, lean meats and fish or wholegrain products.
Trans fats are also present in some margarines so check the label before you buy.
Go for omega-3s
According to the CSIRO, the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids that protect the heart and have benefits for blood clotting and blood vessel function are fish and fish oils.
Aim for at least three servings a week.
The polyunsaturated fats found in fish are also found in flaxseed oil, pumpkin seeds and grapeseed oil.
Other good fats are monounsaturated fats such as those found in almonds, walnuts and olive oil.
Include them in salads and use the oil for cooking.
Drink up
The Copenhagen Heart Study, which followed 13,000 Danes for 12 years, found those who drank two to three standard (100ml) glasses of wine had 50% less heart disease and cancer.
The study was published in the British Medical Journal in 1995. However, cardiologist Dr Ross Walker cautions: "You do not get double the benefit from double the dose!"
A fantastic, non-alcoholic, antioxidant-rich addition to your diet, is tea. First-picked, oolong tea, from a health food store or Chinese grocer, is reputed to have the highest levels of heart-healthy antioxidants.
But any tea is good. Let it steep for three minutes for maximum benefits.
Eat your beans
All the dried pea and bean family - baked beans, lentils, split peas, chick peas, soy beans are high in soluble fibre which is known to improve blood cholesterol levels and diabetes control, according to the Victor Chang Research Institute.
Legumes can be added to soups and stews and salads, or a favourite, chickpeas, used to make a delicious hummous.
Consider becoming a vegetarian or going Mediterranean
Vegetarians have 30% less heart disease than meat eaters, says Dr Walker. But if you must eat meat, the evidence points to a Mediterranean diet - rich in extra virgin olive oil, pasta and rice, fruits and vegetables, legumes and nuts - as being the best for both heart health and preventing cancer, he says.
Eat small amounts of dark chocolate
A 2000 study by the University of California, suggested that polyphenols - which occur naturally in cocoa - may help to maintain cardiovascular health.
They may also relax blood vessels, making blood flow more efficient and reducing the strain on the heart and reduce the formation of blood clots.
What's more, the main fat in chocolate, stearic acid, has been shown to exert a neutral effect on blood cholesterol. The researchers said positive effects were noticed after eating a chocolate bar weighing 35g.
Don't Forget About Love
There is now some evidence that love may affect heart health.
A University of Texas study showed that rabbits who were shown love and affection were able to avoid clogged arteries despite being fed a high cholesterol diet.
In other American research, people lacking in social and community support were more than three times more likely to die compared to others which strong social connections.
This study involved 7000 men and women in California.
Another research project by the VA San Diego Healthcare System concluded that women with heart disease and small social circles die at twice the rate as those who have more friends.


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In 1993 Elder Boyd K. Packer, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, told teachers in the Church Educational System that, along with a brief overview of the subject to be studied, they should give an overview of the plan of salvation at the beginning of every school year:
"A brief overview of the 'plan of happiness' (which is my choice, my favorite title, in talking of the plan), if given at the very beginning and revisited occasionally, will be of immense value to your students.
"I have an assignment for you. … You are assigned to prepare a brief synopsis or overview of the plan of happiness—the plan of salvation. Design it as a framework on which your students can organize the truths you will share with them.
"At first you may think that a simple assignment. I assure you, it is not. Brevity and simplicity are remarkably difficult to achieve. At first you will be tempted to include too much. The plan in its fulness encompasses every gospel truth. …
"This may be the most difficult, and surely the most rewarding, assignment of your teaching career.
"Your overview of the plan of happiness should be but a sweeping glance across the unfolded scroll of scriptural truths. Your students can thereafter locate themselves in respect to the plan. …
"I will give you the barest outline of the plan as a beginning, but you must assemble your framework yourself.
"The essential components of the great plan of happiness, of redemption, of salvation, are these:
"Premortal existence
Spiritual creation
War in heaven
Physical creation
The Fall and mortality
Principles and ordinances of the gospel of Jesus Christ (first principles: faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, baptism, …)
The Atonement
Life beyond the grave
Spirit world
(The Great Plan of Happiness [address to religious educators at a symposium on the Doctrine and Covenants/Church history, Brigham Young University, 10 Aug. 1993], 2–3; or Charge to Religious Educators, 3rd ed. [1994], 113–14).
The following information is included to help you further understand that great plan of happiness and develop your overview. You may be tempted to teach more about the plan of salvation than the brief overview Elder Packer recommended. Please resist, keeping in mind that many of the details of the plan will be discussed in the course of your study of the New Testament. As you teach these during the school year, consider referring back to your plan of salvation overview.
The Plan of Salvation Is Like a Three-Act Play
In a 1995 fireside address to young adults, President Boyd K. Packer, Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve, said:
"The course of our mortal life, from birth to death, conforms to eternal law and follows a plan described in the revelations as the great plan of happiness. The one idea, the one truth I would inject into your minds, is this: There are three parts to the plan. You are in the second or the middle part, the one in which you will be tested by temptation, by trials, perhaps by tragedy. Understand that and you will be better able to make sense of life and to resist the disease of doubt and despair and depression.
"The plan of redemption, with its three divisions, might be likened to a grand three-act play. Act 1 is entitled 'Premortal Life.' The scriptures describe it as our first estate (see Jude 1:6; Abraham 3:26, 28). Act 2, from birth to the time of resurrection, is the 'Second Estate.' And act 3 is called 'Life After Death' or 'Eternal Life.'
"In mortality, we are like actors who enter a theater just as the curtain goes up on the second act. We have missed act 1. The production has many plots and subplots that interweave, making it difficult to figure out who relates to whom and what relates to what, who are the heroes and who are the villains. It is further complicated because we are not just spectators; we are members of the cast, on stage, in the middle of it all!" (The Play and the Plan [address to young adults, 7 May 1995], 1–2).
Premortal Existence
Before our mortal birth we lived with our Heavenly Father (see Job 38:4–7; Jeremiah 1:5; Abraham 3:21–23). Heavenly Father is a glorified, perfected, celestial being with a body of flesh and bones (see D&C 130:22). The Prophet Joseph Smith taught: "God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 345).
Heavenly Father is the father of our spirit bodies (see Numbers 16:22; Acts 17:29; Hebrews 12:9; Moses 3:5). He possesses a fulness of all godly attributes and joy, and He desires that His children become like Him (see Matthew 5:48; 2 Nephi 9:18; Moses 1:39).
Spiritual Creation
Abraham saw that all of Heavenly Father's children were "intelligences" or spirits that were organized before the world was (see Abraham 3:18–23). President Packer taught: "The spirits of men and women are eternal (see D&C 93:29–31; see also Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith … , 158, 208). All are sons and daughters of God and lived in a premortal life as His spirit children (see Numbers 16:22; Hebrews 12:9; D&C 76:24). The spirit of each individual is in the likeness of the person in mortality, male and female (see D&C 77:2; 132:63; Moses 6:9–10; Abraham 4:27). All are in the image of heavenly parents" (The Play and the Plan, 3).
In "The Family: A Proclamation to the World," the First Presidency stated: "All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose" (Ensign, Nov. 1995, 102; see also D&C 29:31–32; Moses 3:5; Old Testament Student Manual: Genesis–2 Samuel [religion 301, 2003], p. 32).
All beings are subject to divine law, obedience to which brings blessings. Disobedience results in suffering and damnation.
Each person has the divine gift of agency to choose good or evil. A person may worship how, where, or what he or she may, but only by learning and obeying celestial laws can he or she be exalted.
Each person can choose and act for him- or herself only as he or she gains knowledge of good and evil and is influenced by one or the other" ("Basic Doctrine," Charge to Religious Educators, 3rd ed. [1994], 85).
The proper exercise of our moral agency is essential to becoming like God (see 2 Nephi 2:14–16). There are, however, some consequences to granting us the opportunity to choose. As essential as agency is to our growth, it was inevitable that we would not always choose correctly. As the Apostle Paul wrote, "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23). This consequence was anticipated and provided for in the plan the Father presented to His children in a premortal council.
The Grand Council and the War in Heaven
After our Heavenly Father provided us with spirit bodies in that premortal world, we were more like Him, but we still lacked many essential attributes. He is an exalted and perfected being with a glorified physical body; we were not. The Father called His children together in a grand council in heaven and presented His plan for helping us become like Him (see Moses 4:1–4; Abraham 3:22–27).
President Packer said:
"In the council of the Gods, the plan of the Eternal Father was sustained (see Alma 34:9; see also Teachings [of the Prophet Joseph Smith], 349–50). The plan provided for the creation of an earth whereupon his children would receive physical bodies and would be tested according to his commandments (see Moses 6:3–10, 22, 59; Abraham 3:24–25; 4:26–27). Each spirit in premortal life was provided opportunities for learning and obedience. Each was given agency (see Alma 13:3–5).
"A grand council in heaven was convened (see Teachings, 349–50, 357). The divine plan required one to be sent as a savior and redeemer to fulfill the plan of the Father. The Firstborn of the Eternal Father, Jehovah, willingly volunteered and was chosen (see Moses 4:1–2; Abraham 3:19, 22–27).
"Most sustained this choice. Others rebelled, and there was a war in heaven. Satan and those who followed him in rebellion against the Father's plan were cast out and denied mortality (see Revelation 12:7–13; D&C 29:36; 76:28; Moses 4:3).
"Those who kept the first estate (you are among them) were to be added upon with a physical body and were permitted to live upon the earth in this planned second estate (see Abraham 3:26). Each was appointed the times and the bounds of his or her habitation (see Deuteronomy 32:8; Acts 17:26). Some were foreordained to be prophets (see Alma 13:7–9; Abraham 3:23; see also Teachings, 365)" (The Play and the Plan, 3; see also Bible Dictionary, ("War in Heaven," p. 788).
Physical Creation
The physical creation of the heavens, the earth, and all things thereon was another essential step in helping us become like our Father in Heaven (see Moses 1:33–39; Abraham 3:24–26). When God created the earth it was "very good" (Moses 2:31) and a place of beauty and abundance (see Genesis 1–2; Moses 2; 3:7–25; Abraham 4–5; see also D&C 59:16–20; Old Testament Student Manual: Genesis–2 Samuel, pp. 27–36).
President Packer taught: "An earth was then organized (see Abraham 5:4). Adam and Eve, in a paradisiacal state, were the first man and first woman (see Moses 1:34; 3:7; 4:26; 6:3–10, 22, 59). They were married eternally and were given commandments (see Moses 3:23–25). They were in a state of innocence and knew no sin (see 2 Nephi 2:23)" (The Play and the Plan, 3).
The Fall and Mortality
The Fall of Adam and Eve was the next step in the great plan of happiness. The Fall brought about the conditions of mortality, including spiritual and physical death (see 2 Nephi 2:19–25; Alma 42:1–10). Mortal life on earth is essential to becoming like God. It provides us with the opportunity to gain a physical body and to be able to continue to grow and learn by having the freedom to choose to follow the counsel of God or the enticements of Satan (see Alma 42:1–12; D&C 29:36–43; Moses 5:9–12). It is by the choices we make that we "prove" ourselves (see Abraham 3:25; see also Old Testament Student Manual: Genesis–2 Samuel, pp. 39–43).
Referring to his metaphor of existence as a three-act play (see p. 279), President Packer gave the following counsel about our mortal condition:
"As part of the eternal plan, the memory of our premortal life, act 1, is covered with a veil. Since we enter mortality at the beginning of act 2 with no recollection of act 1, it is little wonder that it is difficult to understand what is going on.
"That loss of memory gives us a clean start. It is ideal for the test; it secures our individual agency and leaves us free to make choices. Many choices must be made on faith alone. Even so, we carry with us some whispered knowledge of our premortal life and our status as offspring of immortal parents.
"You were born in innocence, for 'every spirit of man was innocent in the beginning' (D&C 93:38), and you have an inborn sense of right and wrong, for the scriptures tell us in the Book of Mormon that we 'are instructed sufficiently that [we] know good from evil' (2 Nephi 2:5). …
"If you expect to find only ease and peace and bliss during act 2, you surely will be frustrated. You will understand little of what is going on and why things are permitted to be as they are.
"Remember this! The line 'And they all lived happily ever after' is never written into the second act. That line belongs in the third act, when the mysteries are solved and everything is put right. …
"Until you have a broad perspective of the eternal nature of this great drama, you won't make much sense out of the inequities in life. Some are born with so little and others with so much. Some are born in poverty, with handicaps, with pain, with suffering. Some experience premature death, even innocent children. There are the brutal, unforgiving forces of nature and the brutality of man to man. We have seen a lot of that recently.
"Do not suppose that God willfully causes that which, for his own purposes, he permits. When you know the plan and purpose of it all, even these things will manifest a loving Father in Heaven.
"There exists something of a script for this great play, the drama of the ages. …
"That script, as you should already know, is the scriptures—the revelations. Read them. Study them. …
"The scriptures speak the truth. From them you can learn enough about all three acts to get your bearings and get direction in your life. They reveal that 'ye were also in the beginning with the Father; that which is Spirit, even the Spirit of truth;
"'And truth is knowledge of things as they are, and as they were, and as they are to come' (D&C 93:23–24).
"Act 1, act 2, and act 3" (The Play and the Plan, 2).
The Mission of the Church and the Principles and Ordinances of the Gospel
The Fall of Adam and Eve was not a mistake or a surprise. Had they not chosen to become mortal, neither they nor the rest of Heavenly Father's children could progress to become like God (see 2 Nephi 2:22–25). The Fall was a necessary part of the plan, but there are some negative consequences from which we need to be saved (see the commentary for Genesis 3:19in Old Testament Student Manual: Genesis–2 Samuel, p. 42).
The gospel of Jesus Christ provides the way for all mankind to be saved in the presence of God and to become like Him if they will (see 2 Nephi 31:10–21; Mosiah 3:19; Alma 7:14–16; 3 Nephi 27:13–22; Moses 5:9; Articles of Faith 1:4; see also the commentary for Genesis 4:1in Old Testament Student Manual: Genesis–2 Samuel, pp. 51–52). If we refuse to follow the plan and do not accept the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we cannot be redeemed from our sins and perfected (see Mosiah 2:36–39; 4:1–12; Alma 11:40–41; D&C 29:43–44).
In every dispensation, prophets have been sent to teach the gospel to God's children on earth. The Church of Jesus Christ has been established in these latter days to invite all to come unto Christ by proclaiming the gospel to the world, perfecting the Saints, and redeeming the dead (see Amos 3:7; Ephesians 4:11–15; D&C 1:4–23; 138; Articles of Faith 1:5–6).
The Atonement
Because of the Fall of Adam we will all die (physical death), we are all cut off from the presence of God and cannot get back to Him on our own (spiritual death), and we all live in a world of toil, sin, and sorrow. The Atonement of Jesus Christ provides for the resurrection of all mankind, with immortal physical bodies, thus overcoming physical death. The Atonement ensures too that all mankind will be redeemed from the Fall and brought back into the presence of God in their resurrected state for the Judgment, thus overcoming the first spiritual death (see 2 Nephi 9:15, 21–22; Helaman 14:16–18; Bible Dictionary, ("Atonement," p. 617; ("death," p. 655). Through the Atonement, if we repent we can also be cleansed from personal sins and changed from our fallen condition to become like God our Father (see 2 Nephi 2:5–10; 9:4–14, 19–27; Alma 7:11–13; 12:32–34; 34:8–16; 42:11–28; D&C 19:16–19; Articles of Faith 1:3; see also "The Grand Council and the War in Heaven," p. 280).
No ordinary man could have brought about the Resurrection and atoned for the sins of all mankind. Only one who had power over death and the power of a sinless life could have done so. It required the sacrifice of a God (see John 10:17–18; Alma 34:9–14; D&C 45:4).
Life beyond the Grave
The Spirit World
Physical death is the separation of the body and the spirit. At death the spirits of all of Heavenly Father's children go to a spirit world to await the Resurrection. In the spirit world there is a separation between those who accepted the gospel and kept the commandments and those who did not. As President Packer explained, "It is happiness, a paradise, for the righteous. It is misery for the wicked (see 2 Nephi 9:10–16; Alma 40:7–14). In either state, we continue to learn and are accountable for our actions (see D&C 138:10–22)" (The Play and the Plan, 3). For more information about the spirit world, see Doctrine and Covenants 138—President Joseph F. Smith's account of the remarkable vision given to him of the work that goes on there.
When the Father presented His plan and proposed the creation of an earth, His purpose was to "prove" His children to see if they would keep His commandments (see Abraham 3:25). Through the Prophet Joseph it was revealed that we will be judged not only on the basis of what we do but also on what we desire in our hearts (see Alma 41:3–6; D&C 137:9).
The Judgment and the Resurrection are closely intertwined, and part of our final judgment will take place as we are resurrected. All will come forth in the Resurrection with perfect bodies, but they will differ in glory. All will be raised with a body appropriate to the kingdom they will inherit, be that celestial, terrestrial, or telestial. Sons of perdition will be resurrected but will not be given any degree of glory; they will be cast into outer darkness (see 1 Corinthians 15:35, 39–42; D&C 88:28–32).
President Packer said:
"After all have been dealt with equally, a judgment will be rendered (see Mosiah 3:18; see also Teachings, 218–19). Each will be resurrected in his or her own order (see 1 Corinthians 15:21–23). The glory one receives, however, will depend on obedience to the laws and ordinances of our Father's plan (see 1 Corinthians 15:40–42).
"Those who have become pure through repentance will obtain eternal life and return to the presence of God. They will be exalted as 'heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ' (Romans 8:17; see also D&C 76:94–95; 84:35; 132:19–20; see also Teachings, 374).
"Provision is made in the plan for those who live in mortality without knowing of the plan: 'Where there is no law given there is no punishment; and where there is no punishment there is no condemnation … because of the atonement; for they are delivered by the power of him' (2 Nephi 9:25).
"Without that sacred work of the redemption of the dead, the plan would be incomplete and would really be unfair. The ordinances of the temple—the endowments, the sealing in eternal marriage—are worth all the preparation required. Do not do anything that may make you unworthy to receive them or act 3 of this eternal drama will be less than you are now free to make it" (The Play and the Plan, 3–4).
Everyone who has ever lived on this earth, righteous or not, will be resurrected with an immortal physical body. This is a gift because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ (see 1 Corinthians 15:19–22; 2 Nephi 9:6–15, 19–22). Not all are resurrected at the same time, "but every man in his own order" (1 Corinthians 15:23; see also Mosiah 15:20–26; Alma 40:1–2; D&C 76:15–17).


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Indians happy to receive extra Draft pick for Ubaldo
GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- The Indians were never going to offer Ubaldo Jimenez the kind of contract he reportedly has in place with the Orioles. Barring a total collapse of the pitcher's market, Cleveland was always going to happily accept the Draft-pick compensation.
If Jimenez passes a physical and indeed signs the reported four-year pact worth $50 million with Baltimore, the Tribe will net a compensatory pick between the first and second round of the First-Year Player Draft. As things currently stand, that would give the Indians four picks before the end of the second round.
"Any opportunity we have to acquire talent is an important opportunity for us organizationally," Indians general manager Chris Antonetti said. "Our long-term success will be predicated based upon how successful we are at acquiring and developing our own talent.
"The model that we need to follow is the one where we add and supplement through free agency, but not build teams through free agency. So having those additional Draft picks, we're excited about that opportunity and excited about that opportunity to add a lot of talent into the system."
The Orioles would forfeit the 17th overall pick in the first round by completing their deal with Jimenez, helping the Indians slide from 22nd to 21st in the Draft's opening round. Right now, Cleveland's pick in Compensation Round A falls in at No. 30 overall, but that will change if free agents Kendrys Morales, Nelson Cruz or Ervin Santana sign prior to the Draft.
The Indians will also have a selection in the Competitive Balance Round, which comes before the second round. Cleveland currently has the 37th and 62nd overall picks before the third round begins, though that could change.
Antonetti said acquiring as many picks as possible helps a team in Cleveland's position.
"When you're dealing with amateur talent in the baseball Draft, it's not a perfect science," Antonetti said. "There's a lot of different things that can happen from the time a player is drafted from high school and college throughout his professional career. There's a really high attrition rate, so the more picks you have, and the higher those picks are, the more you stack the deck in your favor."


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A guest post today, by Brian Ledbetter, a co-worker at Agilex:
On a customer's database, we ran across a table that would not migrate. It was admittedly a log table, containing long chunks of HTTP header data, but whenever we tried importing it into our 11gR2 database, we ended up getting:
IMP-00058: ORACLE error 1461 encountered
ORA-01461: can bind a LONG value only for insert into a LONG column
After looking at the table structure, the first thing we noticed was that there was a VARCHAR2(4000) column in the table. Considering that this column was already the maximum size (in bytes) for a CHAR-based data type, it became the focus of our attention.
Looking online for solutions, we found references [1] suggesting that Oracle was implicitly converting this column to a VARCHAR2(4000 CHAR) type, creating a column that can contain up to 4 bytes per character.[2] Because this overflows the 4000 byte limit on column length, Oracle then attempted to implicitly convert the datatype to a LONG VARCHAR2, which is apparently deprecated in 11gR2.[3] (We're not sure why Oracle is still trying to make this conversion, if that's the case.)
Anyway, we tried precreating the table with a CLOB datatype, and that didn't work either, so as a workaround, we created a copy of the table with the data trimmed to 1000 characters (leaving plenty of room after UTF8 conversion):
create tabname_migtmp as select col1, col2, substr(col3,1,1000) col3 from tabname;
We then used exp/imp to copy tabname_migtmp over to the 11gR2 server, and inserted the data from it into the final location.
insert into tabname select * from tabname_migtmp;
drop table tabname_migtmp;
[1] http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=1038043
[2] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5230346/char-semantics-and-ora-01461
[3] http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=2230351
See Also: Technote 444171.1, https://supporthtml.oracle.com/ep/faces/secure/km/DocumentDisplay.jspx?id=444171.1
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Google joined a handful of other companies by announcing that it is delivering mobile banner ads.
Companies that use Google's AdWords to advertise online now have the option of displaying a banner ad on cell phones instead of simple text. Google includes a text line under each banner identifying it as an advertisement. Clicking on the ad opens a mobile Web page for the advertisement.
A number of other companies already display banner ads on mobile Web pages. Yahoo, AdMob and Third Screen, which is now owned by AOL, are among companies that display banner ads for advertisers. Microsoft displays banner ads on some of its mobile Web pages, such as MSNBC and other MSN mobile Web pages.
While many other companies are already supporting mobile banner ads, mobile Internet usage is still relatively low, so Google probably hasn't missed an opportunity, said Greg Sterling, an analyst following mobile search and advertising as part of a joint venture between Sterling Market Research and Opus Research. "It's not like consumer behavior is established and they're late to the game," he said.
In addition, advertisers are still mostly experimenting with mobile advertising, so few are wedded to any particular ad network, he said.
Google could actually have an advantage over competitors in the mobile banner-ad market because of the way the search giant charges advertisers. All mobile banner ads from Google are priced on a per-click basis. Other advertising platforms often charge based on impressions, or how many times someone views the page with the advertisement, and in mobile, those rates are often quite high, Sterling said.
With Google, advertisers can test out mobile advertising with less risk because they only pay for what users click on, he said. That could attract some advertisers who are uncertain about the effectiveness of mobile advertising.
Google and other Internet companies are increasingly interested in targeting mobile users because they believe the mobile market represents a new opportunity for earning advertising revenue. So far, no company has emerged as a clear leader in mobile advertising.


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