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CALGARY - The City of Calgary and the Calgary Airport Authority (YYC) have finalized a lease agreement that will see work start on the Airport Trail tunnel by the end of the month.
The City and the Authority signed the agreement Thursday, June 16. The agreement sets out the terms and conditions for The City to integrate the tunnel project into the Airport Development Program in order to extend Airport Trail from Barlow Trail to 36 Street NE under the new airport runway and provide an east-west connector and future LRT right of way for commuters and travelers.
The Airport Trail tunnel project will be constructed in three stages with the cost of stage one already approved by Council. Stage one consists of:
The estimated cost of stage one is $280 million which is within the $294.8 million funding envelope approved by Council in February. The Airport Authority will contribute approximately 60 acres of land, valued at an estimated $50 million, for the Airport Trail extension and future interchanges, at no cost to the City of Calgary.
The additional stages of the project will be addressed as funding sources are identified and secured and subject to Council approval of the necessary budgets.
These upgrades are not anticipated to be required for another 20 - 30 years. This is an additional cost to The City of an estimated $66 million in 2011 dollars and will be shared 50/50 by The City and YYC.
The tunnel is an essential part of the northeast road network and another good connection to the airport and the rest of the city that will move people, goods and services, locally, regionally, and globally.
As well, the tunnel is the most viable way to provide future LRT to the airport terminal from the northeast LRT line.
The City and the Authority had been in discussions for several months to reach an agreement on the construction of the tunnel on land YYC leases from the federal government.
Visuals of the northeast area transportation network are available on The City of Calgary's website.
Construction of the tunnel will start in the next few weeks and be open to traffic in conjunction with completion of the new runway in 2014.
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The Patient Care Alliance sued the City of Los Angeles today to block the ban of marijuana dispensaries within the city limits, scheduled for September 6. Last month, the L.A. City Council voted unanimously to shut down storefront clinics that sell medical marijuana as well as allowing collectives no more than three patients or caregivers to grow their own. David checks in with KPCC's reporters about what chance the lawsuit has and what's most likely to happen next.
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Gold demand falls on weakness in China, IndiaAugust 16, 2012: 1:07 PM ET
Global demand for gold sank in the second quarter as buyers in China and India slowed their purchases of the precious metal, according to a report Thursday.
The World Gold Council said gold demand fell 7% in the second quarter from the same quarter last year.
The drop in demand came as gold prices averaged $1,609.49 in the quarter, up 7% from the average price in the same quarter last year.
Gold prices have risen sharply since the financial crisis struck in 2008 as investors flocked to the metal for safety. But the rally has lost momentum this year, with prices falling in 5 of the past 7 months.
Related: What's an Olympic gold medal worth?
In the second quarter, investors were unimpressed with the trend in gold prices, which never rose or fell more than $100 per ounce, according to the council.
"The lack of a clear price trend generated a mixed response among gold consumers, particularly in the investment arena," the report reads. "While some investors used this pause in the price to add to their investments, others chose to liquidate and realize profits."
Overall, the decline in demand was most pronounced in China and India, which together accounted for nearly half of global demand for gold jewelry, bars and coins.
Chinese investors were turned off by the tepid price action in the gold market, while consumers in China were less willing to splurge on jewelry as the economy there slows.
In India, gold prices in rupee terms rose to a record high as the currency weakened against the U.S. dollar, weighing on consumer demand. In addition, gold prices were driven higher by import duties imposed by the Indian government, said Ross Strachan, a commodities economist at Capital Economics in London.
But the rupee has since regained some of its value against the dollar and the duties have been withdrawn, so gold demand in India could rebound in the second half of the year, Strachan said.
Related: Why Warren Buffett may be wrong on gold
Despite the overall decline in gold demand in the quarter, there was record buying of gold by global central banks, particularly those in developing countries.
Gold purchases by the official sector, mainly central banks, more than doubled in the quarter, according to the World Gold Council. This was the largest amount of gold purchased by global central banks since the second quarter of 2009, when the sector became a net buyer for the first time.
Central bank demand has been "an important structural change in gold market," said Strachan. In the second quarter, he said central banks took advantage of dips in gold prices price to bolster their reserves.
Looking ahead, Strachan said gold prices could rebound later in the year if conditions in the euro area take a turn for the worse. Specifically, he said the likelihood that one or more country exits the currency union would lead to "extremely strong investment demand" for gold.


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Business Management Degree
Focus options include:
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- Entrepreneurship
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- Hospitality: Food and Beverage Management
- Hospitality: Hotel and Event Management
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Business Management Degree
OSBCTC's Business Management degree offers a well-rounded program to graduates looking to begin a career in business or for promotion opportunities that can advance their careers. As associate degree can also be a major step towards completing a bachelor's degree. Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of management principles, business-oriented technology and interpersonal skills, with course work that covers the fundamentals of business, management, critical thinking, project planning and implementation, business software, and communication.
With an associate degree in business management, graduates qualify for entry-level and administrative roles in private, public and nonprofit organizations. Many find employment as management trainees or managers in the sales or retail industry. Others work as project assistants, office managers and technology-oriented support specialists.
And to help students go deeper in a particular area of interest, we've developed various focus areas that are part of the Business Management degree. These focus areas offer career-oriented courses that will help you build the skills and industry background information that will be useful in specialty fields.
Like any educational pursuit, the students experience will be dependent on your individual goals. OSBCTC's focus areas will help broaden and define the students' skill base so they are more successful in career pursuits.
OSBCTC's Business Management focus areas include:
Advertising (focus)
The advertising industry is a global, multi billion-dollar business that, at its most basic level, serves as a conduit between makers and consumers. It's a dynamic, fast-changing business with many, many different ways to try to reach a consumer. There is both a creative side to the business and a financial and sales side and this focus area introduce you to both.
The courses for this focus are Advertising and Promotion; Salesmanship; Interactive Advertisement; and Digital Photography.
Cyber Security (focus)
Expertise in computer security is in high demand. This focus area prepares students to defend and protect information, technology and computer systems. Students will prepare for careers dealing with networking and system administration fundamentals, with the primary focus being defensive strategies to securing networks and systems.
The courses for this focus area are Security Foundations; Networking Foundations; System Administration; and Network Defense.
Data Science (focus)
Data scientists are vital to a variety of organizations as they are part computer scientist, mathematician, and trend spotter. The increasing popularity of this profession is a reflection of how entities think about big data. These professionals help increase revenue and discover business insights to boost production.
Data scientists conduct independent research and analyze information from various internal and external sources. Data is the foundation from which business and organizations can tell a compelling story to drive action. Practical foundation level training enables immediate and effective participation in big data and other analytics projects.
The courses for this focus area are Basic Statistics; Programming Foundations; Statistical Programming; and Data Wrangling and Visualization.
Digital and Social Media (focus)
Digital marketing is one of the fastest-growing careers and is quickly becoming an essential part of marketing in virtually every business. Today, billions of people all over the world are getting their information via social media platforms. Marketing professionals, small business owners, and corporate leaders all need the digital tools and skills to be successful in today's economy.
The courses for this focus are Electronic Commerce: The Strategic Perspective;
Social Media Marketing; Consumer Behavior; and Writing for Interactive Media.
Entrepreneurship (focus)
Many people dream of owning their own business, which is why over 10% of people in this country are self-employed– and that number is expected to grow. More and more workers are looking for the flexibility and freedom that being their own boss can provide. This focus area will help students hone the necessary fundamental skills and tactics needed to be successful in getting a business started and real-world entrepreneurial pursuits.
The courses for this focus are Entrepreneurship; Quantitative Reasoning; Customer Service; and Business Ethics.
Finance (focus)
The fast-paced global economy has changed the way finance works on a fundamental level. As day-to-day financial tasks become more complex and interconnected—from transactions to investing—it pays to have a comprehensive finance skill set. In fact, it has become a requirement for success in just about any organization and even day-to-day life!
The courses for this focus are Financial Management; Managerial Accounting; Securities and Investment; and Financial Accounting 2.
Healthcare Management (focus)
The healthcare industry continues to be one of the fastest-growing parts our economy. Almost everyone needs care at some point in their life. Our Healthcare Management focus can begin to prepare you to play an important role in areas such as healthcare policy, managed care, insurance, information systems or finance in settings such as hospitals, clinics, private practices, and more. This focus will help you advance your commitment to serving others with the knowledge and ability to be effective in a variety of positions.
The courses for this focus are Introduction to Health Care Systems; Law and Ethics; Healthcare Management; and Healthcare Finance.
Hospitality: Food and Beverage Management (focus)
Be prepared for the many possibilities beyond the kitchen with this focus, which will give you an understanding of the operation of both the front and the back of the house. You'll be prepared for positions including management trainee, kitchen manager, catering manager, or assistant pastry, banquet, or sous-chef with restaurants, hotels, resorts, and caterers.
The courses for this focus are Fundamentals of Food Service Industry; Fundamentals of Food Safety; Food Service Management; and Food and Beverage Operations.
Hospitality: Hotel and Event Management (focus)
The hospitality is a multi-billion-dollar industry in the US and refers to a wide array of businesses, including hotels and event planning, cruises and even some professional athletics. Some sports teams, for instance, look for individuals with a hospitality management degree to make travel and living arrangements for their athletes.
Planning events requires many different skills from managing the catering staff to the marketing and sales of your space. This focus area will give a broad introduction to the various roles involved in hotel and event management.
The courses for this focus area are Introduction to Quality Improvement; Food and Beverage Operations; Hotel and Convention Management; and Event Management.
Human Resources (focus)
The success of any business or organization is dependent on the employees who work there. Therefore, the human resources department plays an essential role in developing organizational strategy as well as handling the employee-centered activities – including the role of unions in the workplace! This focus can help strengthen your skills in HR or prepare you to interact with employees directly to help them resolve problems, understand their benefits, or adjudicate disputes between employees.
The courses for this focus are Business Law; Training Concepts; Compensation Management; and Employee Benefits.
Labor Studies (focus)
Designed in collaboration with highly respected and seasoned leaders from the labor movement, EGCC's Labor Studies focus prepares students to assume leadership roles in the workplace and in their communities. Whether you are already working as a union organizer or professional, a dedicated advocate or an interested observer, this focus will help you gain the necessary skills and understanding of the workplace to meet the challenges of the new millennium.
The courses for this focus are Introduction to Labor / the American Labor Movement; Collective Bargaining; Law of Labor / Industrial Relations; and Labor and Management Relationship.
Marketing (focus)
Looking ways to persuade and influence people? Pursue our Marketing focus and you can learn all the ways to promote brands—from writing and creating content and ads to planning and managing large-scale events. Students will learn about the many media in which to promote products and services, as well as the way advertising interrelates to marketing.
Courses for this focus are Salesmanship; Advertising; Social Media Marketing; and Customer Service.
Programming and Development (focus)
Programmers, developers, and software engineers design and develop many types of software, including computer games and entertainment applications, mobile applications, business applications, database systems, computer systems, and interactive web sites. Students will get an introduction to these important areas and begin to develop competencies in designing, implementing, integrating, testing and maintaining software systems.
The courses for this focus area are Coding from Scratch; Front End Foundations; Front End Frameworks, and Programming Foundations.
The courses for this focus are Introduction to Information Technology; Introduction to System Administration; Introduction to IT Security; and Leadership and Development Team Building.
Associate of Arts Degree
The Associate of Arts (AA) degree parallels the first two years of a Bachelor of Arts degree at most four-year institutions. As a student in the program, you may progress into baccalaureate programs such as psychology, sociology, English, history, fine arts, communications, or other fields in the arts disciplines.
Criminal Justice Degree
The Associate of Criminal Justice program is your launch pad into the ever-changing and growing field. Designed to arm you with the knowledge and skills necessary for employment in local, state, and federal agencies. It's also structured to support your transfer to a four-year, degree-granting institution. Course topics include Criminal Investigation, Crisis Intervention, and Homeland Security. Peace Office Training or Corrections certification holders are eligible to receive college credit toward this degree- so you're already finished with many of the requirements of this degree!
Teacher Education Degree
The Associate of Arts in Teacher Education degree is your first step in building a foundation for success as a teacher. In this program, you will focus on important topics such as development, learning assessment, special learners, and instructional strategy. It's designed to equip prospective teachers with the knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and skills they require to perform their tasks effectively in the classroom, school, and wider community. It can be a credential on its own or serve as the basis for a 4-year teaching degree where students can focus more on specific teaching areas such as early childhood education.
EGCC also offers the AAS Pre-Kindergarten Care for students who are specifically interested in Early Childhood Education. Students needing a credential for licensing should talk to an EGCC advisor to understand the options and requirements.
Paralegal Degree
The Paralegal Program is designed to prepare students for employment in a law environment in both public and private sectors. The paralegal graduate will be performing legal preparations, such as closings, hearings, trials, and corporate meetings. Other duties include the gathering of relevant facts of cases, identifying appropriate laws and decisions, organizing information, and preparing legal arguments.
Paralegals work in government agencies, law firms, corporations, real estate firms, as well as non-profit organizations. The demand for paralegal professionals is expected to increase by more than 50% over the next ten years, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Students who have completed a bachelor's degree in any area may enroll in the Paralegal Certificate program.
Patient Home Navigator Certificate
Healthcare advocacy is an emerging and exciting career– a sizable portion of the over 500,000 healthcare jobs in the last 5 years were in this area. EGCC's Patient Home Navigator certificate was created in partnership with the Medicare Rights Center and graduates will earn a Medicare Information Certified Specialist (MICS) certificate.
The range of Patient Navigator duties varies and EGCC students will be prepared to work in community or healthcare settings. Upon successful completion, students will understand medical terminology; ICD-9 & 10, CPT codes, and the equivalent; Medicaid claims; UB04's; 1500's; Medicare; Medicaid; and Commercial RA's as well as Microsoft word/excel/office.
Note that depending on the number of credits taken per semester, and the number of any previous credits earned and transferred, 60 credits usually takes a full time student 2 years to complete. Students utilizing the Free College Benefit are not required to attend full time and can take 1 class per term.


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"IVF embryos that were frozen may result in healthier babies," reports The Guardian.
The news is based on a study that combined the results of previously published studies to look at outcomes for the mother and child during pregnancy and just after birth in pregnancies resulting from the transfer of fresh and frozen IVF embryos.
During IVF 'fresh' embryos are usually planted into a woman's womb once an egg has been successfully fertilised with her partner's sperm. Some women choose to have one or more embryos frozen and then stored, for a number of reasons, for implantation at a later date.
The research found that single pregnancies after transfer of frozen and then thawed embryos were associated with lower risks of complications such as small birth weight or premature birth.
There was a small increased risk of caesarean section in the 'frozen' group.
It should be stressed that while both the increased and decreased risks found by the researchers were statistically significant (not likely to be due to chance) the absolute risk differences seen were small in all cases.
While the study is certainly valuable it is unlikely to lead to an automatic change in IVF practice (such as the routine freezing of embryos) as further research is required to assess whether other factors, such as maternal age and smoking status, are contributing towards the differences in pregnancy outcomes seen in this study.
Still, the results of this study should provide reassurance to women who have had their embryos frozen as there have been concerns that this could affect the child's health. This study suggests that this is not the case.
Where did the story come from?
The study was carried out by researchers from the University of Aberdeen and Aberdeen Maternity Hospital. The sources of funding for this study were not disclosed.
The study was published in the peer-reviewed journal Fertility and Sterility.
The study was published in June, but the results of the study have been presented more recently at the British Science Festival by the lead researcher, Dr Abha Maheshwari.
The news was reported accurately by the media..
It is important to remember that this study only looked at the results of successful pregnancies. It cannot be taken as evidence that using either fresh or frozen embryos could increase the chance of having a successful course of IVF treatment.
Women who received fresh or frozen embryos could also be different, and the researchers could not take into account many of the factors that may also explain the differences seen, such as:
- the mother's age
- smoking status
- whether she had had children before
- how long the couple had been infertile
- pre-existing medical conditions
What kind of research was this?
This was a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies that compared outcomes for the mother and child during pregnancy and just after birth in single pregnancies resulting from the transfer of fresh and frozen embryos.
The researchers report that there have been no randomised controlled trials that have compared these two techniques, so only cohort and case-control studies were included.
A systematic review provides the strongest type of evidence, as it combines the results of published studies. However, this systematic review is of observational studies, and therefore has the same limitations as the underlying studies.
A randomised controlled trial would be needed to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness and the acceptability of freezing embryos before implantation.
What did the research involve?
The researchers searched databases of published literature to identify all observational studies (cohort and case-control) that had compared outcomes for the mother and the child during pregnancy and just after birth in pregnancies resulting from the transfer of fresh and frozen embryos. Embryos can be frozen at two different time points and using two different techniques – vitrification (a new method) or slow freezing (an older method). After thawing, frozen embryos can be transferred to women, who may be given additional hormones to prepare the lining of the womb. Studies were included irrespective of the freezing and transfer method used.
The researchers assessed the studies to determine if they were of high quality, and extracted data on the following outcomes:
- antepartum haemorrhage (bleeding during pregnancy)
- hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, including pregnancy-induced hypertension, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
- gestational diabetes
- very preterm birth (defined as delivery before 32 weeks' gestation)
- preterm birth (defined as delivery before 37 weeks)
- small size for gestational age
- low birth weight (birth weight less than 2,500g)
- very low birth weight (birth weight less than 1,500g)
- induction of labour
- elective and emergency caesarean section
- major and minor congenital anomalies (birth defects)
- perinatal mortality (defined as the death of a baby from 22 weeks of pregnancy to seven days after birth)
- admission to the neonatal intensive care unit
What were the basic results?
The researchers found 11 articles that fulfilled their criteria and were included in the review. Ten of the studies were of high quality. The researchers then combined the results of the studies to give information on a number of outcomes. They found that, compared with immediate transfer of fresh embryos, pregnancies after transfer of frozen thawed embryos reduced the risk of:
- Antepartum haemorrhage (relative risk 0.67, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.55 to 0.81), with an absolute decrease in risk of 2%, based on the results of two studies.
- Preterm delivery (relative risk 0.84, 95% CI 0.78 to 0.90), with an absolute decrease in risk of 2%, based on the results of nine studies.
- Having a small for gestational age baby (relative risk 0.45, 95% CI 0.30 to 0.66), with an absolute decrease in risk of 2%, based on the results of two studies.
- Having a low birth weight baby (relative risk 0.69, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.76), with an absolute decrease in risk of 3%, based on the results of nine studies.
- Perinatal mortality (relative risk 0.68, 95% CI 0.48 to 0.96). However, the absolute decrease in risk was less than 1%, based on the results of six studies.
However, pregnancies after transfer of frozen thawed embryos increased the risk of caesarean section (relative risk 1.10, 95% CI 1.05 to 1.15), with an absolute increase in risk of 3%.
There was no difference in the risk of very preterm birth, very low birth weight babies, congenital abnormalities or admission to neonatal intensive care.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers concluded that "although fresh embryo transfer is the norm in IVF, results of this systematic review of observational studies suggest that pregnancies arising from the transfer of frozen thawed IVF embryos seem to have better obstetric and perinatal outcomes".
This systematic review has found that single pregnancies after transfer of frozen thawed embryos were associated with a lower risk of perinatal mortality, small for gestational age babies, preterm birth (defined as before 37 weeks' gestation), low birth weight (defined as less than 2,500g) and antepartum haemorrhage (bleeding during pregnancy). However, the risk of caesarean section was increased. The absolute risk differences seen were small in all cases. The results of this study should provide reassurance to people who have had their embryos frozen, and to cryopreservation programmes.
The study has a number of limitations. Although the study is a systematic review, it is a review of observational studies such as cohort and case-control studies, as no randomised controlled trials have been performed. This means that the freezing of embryos may not be the only cause of the differences seen. It may be that other factors are responsible. The researchers discuss that patients who have had a fresh cycle may be different from those who had frozen replacement cycles, and that they were unable to adjust for the mother's age, smoking status, the number of children a woman had previously had, pre-existing medical conditions and how long the couple had been infertile. All of these factors could account for the differences seen.
Also, studies were included regardless of the method used to freeze or thaw embryos and how the embryos were implanted, and the researchers state that there was inconsistency in the definition of some outcomes.
Although pregnancy rates were not examined in this study, the researchers also discuss the fact that pregnancy rates are generally better with fresh embryos. This study looked at the outcomes for successful pregnancies, the results may be different if the outcomes per cycle of IVF were investigated.
This study should reassure people who have had embryos frozen, but randomised controlled trials are needed to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness and the acceptability of freezing embryos before implantation.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
Women seeking fertility treatment could do better using frozen embryos rather than fresh, suggests study
Daily Mail, 4 September 2012
Frozen embryos increase chance of successful IVF pregnancy
The Independent, 4 September 2012
Call for debate on freezing IVF embryos
BBC News, 4 September 2012
IVF embryos that were frozen may result in healthier babies
The Guardian, 4 September 2012
Links to the science
Maheshwari A, Pandey S, Shetty A, et al.
Obstetric and perinatal outcomes in singleton pregnancies resulting from the transfer of frozen thawed versus fresh embryos generated through in vitro fertilization treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Fertility and Sterility. Published online June 14 2012


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Besides Mel Gibson's uncanny pitching abilities as William Wallace in Braveheart, how does the movie connect to baseball? Actually in a number of ways, as you can see in the new Family Forest® National Treasure.
Isabella, daughter-in-law of Longshanks in Braveheart, was the mother of Edward III, who is the subject of one of the largest family history eBooks Millisecond Publishing has ever released. Recorded history is chock-full of stories about his descendants, and the Family Forest® can lead you generation-by-generation to tens of thousands of them. In The Family Forest® Descendants of King Edward III of England eBook you will be taken directly to a number of well-known people who were somehow involved with baseball.
The first person Adobe Reader locates for you in this book is the Hollywood actress who was known as "the First Lady of Baseball" while she was married to famous baseball player and manager Leo "the Lip" Durocher, Laraine Day.
Next is President William Howard Taft, who became on April 14, 1910 the first U.S. President to pitch a ball to open the baseball season. Then comes Raymond Otis "Ray" or "Ike" Boone, baseball player and scout, and his son Robert Raymond "Bob" Boone, baseball player, coach, manager, and executive.
Other descendants of Edward III are Nelson W. Doubleday, Jr., co-owner with Fred Wilpon of the New York Mets, Neil "Bing" Russell, an actor on Bonanza and owner of the Portland Mavericks Baseball Club, his son, famous Hollywood actor Kurt Russell who was a professional baseball player, and Bing's grandson Matthew Neil "Matt" Franco, first baseman for the Atlanta Braves.
Then there are their cousins George Thomas "Tom" Seaver, famous pitcher for the New York Mets, rocket-scientist Wehner Von Braun who threw the first pitch to open the Atlanta Crackers' 1958 baseball season, actor Paul Giamatti's father Angelo Bartlett Giamatti who became Commissioner of Baseball in 1989, and wrapping up the lineup is President George Walker Bush who owned the Texas Rangers.
Many other Edward III descendants are probably looking forward to Opening Day, as I am. Batter up!


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This short novel describes a teen's experience not fitting in at school. What makes Me and You different is that it's set in Rome, so you get a feel for the modern Italian family. Lorenzo has trouble making friends. Observing other kids at school closely, he sees what they do to fit in--what clothes they wear, how they talk, where they hang out, etc. and he tries to blend in but pretending to be someone he's not goes against his basic being. Nobody hangs out with him at school; he has no friends. But it's driving his overly-doting Mom crazy.
So one day he informs her that he has been invited on a ski week with several of his most popular classmates. It's a bold-faced lie to make her happy and to get her to leave him alone. But then he must improvise a place to stay as well as provide chirruping conversation on his cell to convince his mom that he has gone to Cortina and is having a grand time.He sneaks back into the basement of their house where the former owner's furniture is stored. Apparently, his father bought the house on a reverse mortgage plan, and even though the woman has died, they have never gotten rid of her belongings. Lorenzo has set up a cot and stored enough food and sodas for the week. Also, carefully gathered are piles of books.
The very first day his mother phones and asks how the trip was. He fakes being at the ski lodge, but his mom keeps ordering to put his friend's mother on the line. After making up a weak excuse, he hangs up; a couple of minutes later the phone rings again. It's his older half-sister who seldom contacts him. Lorenzo decides it's a plot to make him confess that he has no friends and was invited nowhere. But instead his sister needs to get something from their father. That night, she bangs on the basement window. She's in trouble and begs to stay. Leonardo rebuffs her and only agrees to give her shelter after she threatens to out his fake-tan and fake-ski-vacation.
The siblings spend a week together. It's a tense, scary time and Leonardo forces himself to take care of someone else for the first time. In the process, he discovers how much he loves his sister. She has addiction issues and needs someone to help her through a difficult period.
It's a beautiful coming-of-age story in which a young man discovers who he really is and how important it is to just be yourself. Another psychological study of siblings that you might enjoy is Ivan Doig's Whistling Season.


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They were hopeful they had dodged a potentially catastrophic fire day without loss of life or major damage.
Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate homes as fires raged in southeast Australia, while some had no choice but to seek shelter in their homes as fires approached. Temperatures soared to more than 45°C.
Fire fighters hope cooler weather sweeping up the Australian east coast late on Tuesday, which saw temperatures fall 20°C in a matter of hours in some coastal towns, would ease the incendiary conditions.
"It's very much a moveable feast with many fires still being identified," said New South Wales (NSW) state fire commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons, warning a respite would not come for some hours and would last only days before searing heat driven by outback winds returned.
The severe fire conditions replicated those of 2009, when "Black Saturday" wildfires in Victoria state killed 173 people and caused $4.4-billion worth of damage.
After a week-long heatwave bushfires are ablaze in five of Australia's six states, with more than 137 fires in the most populous state NSW, and in forests around the capital Canberra.
Around 100 houses, the majority on the island state of Tasmania, have been destroyed by bushfires in recent days, and many people are still missing in fire-ravaged areas.
More than 40 fires raged out of control on Tuesday as thousands of firefighters and more than 60 water-bombing aircraft battled the blazes, some suspected of having been lit by arsonists.
Fire officials declared five areas of southern NSW as catastrophic, meaning if fires ignited they could not be controlled and advised people to evacuate.
"We grabbed the photo albums, suitcases, clothes and jewellery and ended up getting out while we could," said Hallie Fernandez who runs a bed and breakfast motel at Brogo in NSW, where an out-of-control bushfire was burning.
In Australia's biggest city Sydney, where the temperature hit 41.8°C, thousands flocked to the city's iconic beaches, while zookeepers hosed down animals to help them cope with temperatures that tested national records.
The blistering heat also caused a blaze at a nuclear research facility in southern Sydney after cabling overheated in a nearby electricity substation, while thousands of homes in the city's north experienced power outages due to soaring demand.
In the outback city of Broken Hill, the mercury hit 45.1°C, while the country's biggest highway between Sydney and Melbourne was cut by fires that surrounded people in the township of Tarcutta.
Fiercest heatwave in more than 80 years
"The heat has been so intense that tar on the road has been melting and sticking to my shoes," retired Australian journalist Malcolm Brown said from central NSW.
The record heatwave forced the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to extend its extreme temperature limit, adding new pink and purple colours to forecast maps to allow for temperatures of above 54°C.
The bureau is forecasting 54°C in central Australia next Monday.
The heatwave, which began in Western Australia on December 27 and lasted eight days, was the fiercest in more than 80 years in that state and has spread east across the nation, making it the widest-ranging heatwave in more than a decade.
Strong wind gusts had created a "dome of heat" covering much of the island continent, said climate experts.
Australia, the world's driest inhabited continent, is particularly vulnerable to bushfires, fuelled each summer by extreme heat and by what scientists say is creeping climate shift blamed for hotter average temperatures globally.
Authorities warned earlier in the Australian summer that much of the country faced extreme fire conditions this season, after several years of cooler conditions that had aided forest growth, but also created tinder dry fire fuel conditions. – Reuters


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Hey, I'm SuperMonk4Ever AKA Broheed AKA Shut Up Monk AKA Andrew. I have been a part of the Destructoid community since 2008. One of my good friends introduced me to the site where I started out in the forums. Meeting and playing with some new awesome friends, I knew I wanted to make Destructoid my internet home. I even tried to make the community a little better by helping out with Friday Night Fights on the Xbox side! I have made many good memories with a large amount of awesome Dtoiders that I will never forget. From being on a couple podcasts to going to my very first convention at PAX Prime in 2012.
I have stepped away from the community for a while as my personal life took hold of me for a while. I want to have that feeling of community once again and work again on my writing. So, I have come back. To those that haven't met me before, welcome.
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Hi, my name is Alexander Stefas, 33 years old and I am a Diplom Media System Designer / Creative Technologist. I am living and working in Darmstadt / Germany as a freelance actionscript and interactive developer. Besides that I am also interested in electronics, design, bycicles, art and music.
Since April 2010 I am an associate lecturer at the HfG-Offenbach for Processing and Arduino but also for code debugging in general.
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Vaughan Kendells is the sadistic son and heir of Urien Kendells, the Arl of Denerim.
As a child, Vaughan was the pampered but little regarded son of the arl. Urien was distant, and as a result gave the young noble whatever he wanted to keep him occupied.
As a result of this indulgence, as well as a circle of sycophantic friends--such as young lords Jonaley and Braden--Vaughan grew to manhood with no check on his desires, whims or cruel impulses. While he could be charming and pleasant in order to get something he wanted, he was very cruel to those he felt were less: servants, and especially elven servants. Though he played sadistic tricks on human serving girls, he preyed upon elves specifically, seeing them as "rats" and vermin, and delighting in the long-ago destruction of their empire. Other members of the Kendells household attempted to protect the arl's elven servants, but sometimes to little avail.[1]
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A Day for Celebration
Before the City Elf Warden's wedding, Vaughan comes to the Alienage with his lackeys to prey on the elven women. While he is speaking to the Warden, Shianni knocks him out with a bottle. Vaughan later returns with armed guards during the wedding ceremony and kidnaps the brides (including the player character, if female) and the bridesmaids, including Shianni.
When The Warden comes to rescue the women, Vaughan will be found standing over Shianni but tries to talk himself out of a fight by offering a 40 bribe to the player if they leave, with the women being returned to the Alienage the next morning. If the player rejects this deal, they must fight and kill Vaughan and his lackeys, Braden and Jonaley. If the player accepts the deal, Vaughan will send soldiers to the Alienage to arrest both the Warden and Soris regardless.
Rescue the Queen
If Vaughan is alive, he will be met (for a second time if playing as a City Elf who took his deal) in the Arl of Denerim's Estate - Dungeon. Vaughan has been imprisoned by Arl Howe, who officially came to Denerim in the wake of the Battle of Ostagar, which claimed the life of Vaughan's father, Arl Urien, to reinforce the garrison. Unofficially, Howe quickly locked Vaughan in the dungeons of his own palace and usurped his position as Arl of Denerim, announcing that Vaughan had tragically become "one more victim of the elven uprising." He begs for his life, offering in exchange his vote in the Landsmeet or the key to his locked chest, which contains 40. With high enough Coercion it is possible to convince Vaughan to give you the key to his locked chest without releasing him from his cell. Vaughan may then be freed, left in his cell or killed.
If the Warden is a City Elf who previously accepted Vaughan's bribe, Vaughan will recognize them and be insulting and demanding towards them despite the fact that he is asking to be released. The Warden can remind Vaughan that he crossed them the last time they made a deal, but the imprisoned noble will claim that his offer is now genuine considering his current state. As with Wardens of other Origins, a City Elf can demand money or political support, but they can also demand that Vaughan repent for his sins by joining the Chantry. Vaughan can agree to this demand; however, it is not known if he actually does it or goes back on his word again.
The Landsmeet
Vaughan can be seen during the Landsmeet if the Warden releases him from the Estate dungeon where he will vote in support of the Grey Wardens.
- "It's a party, isn't it? Grab a whore and have a good time!"
- (Referring to Shianni): Ooh, I'll enjoy taming her!... (turns to Nesiara, or, alternatively, a female Tabris): ...and see the pretty bride."
- "Ha! If you want to dress up your pets and have tea parties, that's your business, but don't pretend this is a proper wedding. Now we're here for a good time, aren't we boys?" (at the City Elf's wedding).
- "Get back here you knife-eared whore!" (to a female elven Warden)
- "The Warden! I'm with The Warden!" (if restored to his position of power during The Landsmeet)
- (Regarding the destruction of Elvhenan): "We don't allow rats to thrive and call their warrens a city."[2]
- One of the rumours that can be told to the Warden by Bodahn Feddic or the bartender of the Gnawed Noble Tavern is that Arl Urien was not killed at Ostagar, but was instead assassinated on his way there by Antivan Crows who were hired by Vaughan.
- Vaughan is mistakenly referred to as Vaughan Urien in the City Elf Origin by Braden.
- In The World of Thedas, Volume 2, Vaughan's surname is spelled "Kendalls".
- If Vaughan is not in the Landsmeet to support the Warden, he can still be seen in the chamber when the Warden will select their champion, even if he was killed in the past. However this time he will be wearing commoner clothing.
- pcxbox360Vaughan's lockbox will sometimes not be available to open even if you got the key from him, as of version 1.04. The cause appears to be leaving the dungeon before speaking to Vaughan, then going back and talking to him. The only known way to avoid this glitch is to remember not to leave the dungeon before getting the key.
- ↑ Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, pp. 115-116.
- ↑ Dragon Age: The World of Thedas, vol. 2, p. 116.


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23rd Annual Children's Halloween Parade!
Thursday, October 31, 2013
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For 22 years, New York University, in collaboration with Community Board 2 Manhattan, has hosted the annual Children's Parade, growing it to attract over 3,000 costumed kids, parents, students, and local Greenwich Villagers.
Parents and children (ages 3-12) meet at the Washington Square Arch at 3:00 p.m. and start to line up on the street to march around the park. The parade ends at LaGuardia Place at roughly 4:00 p.m. between Washington Square South and West Third Street, where free trick or treat bags, games, and rides await!
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Today I had the pleasure of presenting to a group of faculty/staff from Fairleigh Dickinson University in NJ. I promised them that I would post the slidedeck and resources while at Starbucks soaking up wifi in-between meetings. Unfortunately, I could not get to a Starbucks, but I was able to find a Panera and write the post.
I had originally presented this information at WETech Symposium back in March. Using this blog post, I gathered stories from educators from around NJ regarding how they were using technology in their schools.
The following are the resources and websites that I referred to in the presentation:
- The 2011 Horizon Report – K12 Edition
- Evernote for Schools
- Scratch
- Book Creator for iPad
- Voicethread for iPad
- Glogster and Glogster.edu
- Jing
- Classroom 2.0 Live
- Global Education Conference
- Google On Air


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A total of 10 girls from Mountain United FC's U-16 soccer squad have begun training full-time with Vancouver Whitecaps FC's U-18 Girls Elite program following the conclusion of the inaugural EA SPORTS BC Soccer Premier League last weekend.
The 10 girls who've been welcomed into the Girls Elite program are Alessia Azermadhi, Rebecca Defer, Simmrin Dhaliwal, Margaret Hadley, Reetu Johal, Seina Kashima, Selena Odegard, Priya Sandhu, Ruby Sandhu, and Sessen Stevens.
The Mountain United FC U-16 girls team, based in Burnaby, took home the BCSPL U-16 cup final this past weekend in an exciting shootout victory over South Fraser FC.
The squad has been trained by coach Lee Tregonning since January of this annual year. Tregonning is a former youth player with Cardiff City and Luton Town in the United Kingdom.
"To move one girl on to Whitecaps FC, that would have been a reward, but to move 10 on is a fantastic award and I'm very proud indeed," he said.
Tregonning, originally from Wales, hold his UEFA "B" licence and has watched the girls progress as players over the last 11 months.
"They've definitely grown as players and they're all very like-minded," he said. "They've been training three times every week and their technical aspects have certainly grown due to playing good quality games week in week out."
The coach commented that the players' development has been aided by the step up in class that is brought about by participating in the premier league, something he says the "old metro system" could not offer.
Playing with Whitecaps FC Girls Elite, which started a new season this past September, will see the girls making the step up to train five times each week and play one competitive game on the weekend. It runs from September to July.
Players selected for the full-time program are done so by invitation only, after a series of evaluations. The program is based out of the 'Caps' training centre at Simon Fraser University and the players will study team concepts, tactics, injury prevention and nutrition for athletes amongst other concepts.
For more stories on youth soccer in British Columbia, visit http://beaconnews.ca/vancouver.


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Activist Investors Often Leak Plans to a Favored Few
For a new breed of "activist" investors, tipping other investors is part of the playbook. Susan Pulliam joins MoneyBeat with details. Photo: Bloomberg News.
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storky posted a topic in E85 Truckshttp://cumminsengines.com/cummins-ethos-28l-engine-demonstrates-50 CUMMINS ETHOS 2.8L ENGINE DEMONSTRATES 50 TO 80 PERCENT REDUCTION IN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS COLUMBUS, Indiana (July 14, 2014) – Today, Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) announced the development of an engine and powertrain that reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by as much as 80 percent compared with a baseline gasoline-powered medium-duty truck. . . The Cummins ETHOS 2.8L is designed specifically to use E-85, a clean-burning blend of 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline. To take full advantage of the favorable combustion attributes and potential of E-85, the engine operates at diesel-like cylinder pressures and incorporates advanced spark-ignition technology. It delivers the power (up to 250 hp) and peak torque (up to 450 lb-ft) of gasoline and diesel engines nearly twice its 2.8-liter displacement . . . Using corn-derived E-85, the high thermal efficiency and power-to-weight ratio of this engine results in 50 to 58 percent lower well-to-wheels CO2 emissions compared with the gasoline engine baseline. Using second-generation lignocellulosic-derived E-85, the powertrain's efficiency features deliver an impressive 75 to 80 percent lower well-to-wheels CO2 emissions, depending on the drive cycle. . .


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This month marks the one year anniversary (or blogiversary) for the KEH blog! We have really enjoyed being able to publish this page for you and hope that you have enjoyed reading it. We are also really looking forward to what's in store for this next year!
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I've combined Skunk's post and jardows's page links here so that all of the disassembly instructions are in one place.
Originally posted by Jardows.
Basic disassembly instructions for the Czech VZ52 rifle
Disassembly of the trigger housing on the VZ-52 rifle
Originally posted by Skunk.
Here's what we start with. I use two punches, roughly size 1/8 and 3/32 (or 2.4mm). The 3/32" is used for taking the firing pin retaining pin out and the 1/8" is what I use for depressing the bayonet-button, but a bullet could be used or just about anything, even a pencil if you so desired.
Remove the magazine by pressing the magazine release forward.
Double check that the chamber is empty.
Cock the gun and turn on the safety. Pictured is the safety on. (back = ON, forward = off).
Slide the receiver cover forward until it is off the track and lift until it can extend without going back onto the track. Be careful, the recoil spring is under considerable pressure. Make sure you have a good grip on the cover.
Line up the notch on the bolt carrier and the overhang on the rail. Lift the left side up, over the rail; pull the bolt to the left, freeing the right side from the rail. The bolt is removed now.
The bolt, under the bolt carrier.
Slide the bolt back and lift the front. While lifting the front, push forward. The bolt will slide out from the bolt carrier.
To remove the spring-loaded thingamagig **Ejector, it's the ejector!** (you need to get it out to take the firing pin out), press the ejector forward with a punch/pin/screwdriver/whatever until the broad portion is out of the track as shown.
While still compressing the ejector's spring, turn it 90 degrees or so.
Slowly let the compression off and remove the thingamagig/ejector!. Viola.
To remove the firing pin retaining pin, use a ~3/32" punch and make sure to remove it from THIS side. One side is wider than the other. Keep a finger over the end opposite the firing pin hole. The firing pin spring isn't too strong, but it's still a ~$20 firing pin and a ~$10 dollar spring.
To remove the handguard, keep the bayonet button depressed and slide the retainer forward. Pictured is the retainer under my finger and the button being pressed with the pin.
Pinch the handguard retaining spring buttons in. While doing this, gently wiggle the handguard free. Remove the handguard. You should be able to remove the barreled action by now, but if not, remove the recoil block screw that is shown.
Progress so far.
Remove the "op rod" or whatever you'd like to call it by holding it and pushing backward. After pushed back enough, lift up so as to remove it from the gas system.
In order to remove the trigger assembly, notice this little tab on the trigger guard. The trigger guard must be released so that it can rotate on its pin (or removed completely), allowing the trigger assembly to slide, no longer blocked by this tab.
Pictured is the tab on the back of the trigger assembly. Gently as possible, lift the trigger guard from the notch. I suggest a punch perpendicular used as a bar to push it outward and lift, but you can also just pry it off.
Pull the trigger assembly forward and lift it up/off.
To reassemble, do the exact opposite in most cases. Specific pictures for help on odd bits is contained below.
Make sure this is how the recoil block looks when you reinstall it. For some reason, I got this wrong several times at first. Needless to say, something felt a little "off"
When reinstalling the firing pin, align the line in the bolt with the line in the firing pin. This lines up the notch for the retaining pin on the firing pin with the retaining pin. Be aware that you will be depressing the firing pin while installing the retaining pin!
A major frustration for Vz52 reassembly is reinstalling the recoil spring. Pictured is half of how I do it. It requires two hands, so needless to say, I couldn't really get a picture of it . It involves doing as the picture shows, but then the second hand makes a fist between the bolt carrier and the guide-rod, around the recoil spring. This keeps the spring straight so you can drive the guide-rod through the spring and into the bolt carrier. Quickly return the guide-rod to its hole in the back of the receiver (2nd picture). DO NOT TRY AND ATTACH THE RECEIVER COVER WHILE DOING THIS!Leave the guide-rod and spring as shown. There's enough room at the end of the rod that you can easily pull it out out a fraction and slip the cover over the end (see the third picture to see how it'll look after sliding on). Make sure the cover is attached behind the wide section of the guide-rod.
After getting the cover over the guide rod, slide the cover forward using the grips, depress it so that it goes back onto the rails, and careful let the spring relax. You should end up with what's shown.
Sorry if I butchered part names, I'm VERY new to semis and the Czech '52, and I'm also sorry if something's messed up. I took the pictures last week and just assembled them from memory today, now at college. Needless to say, I can't go pick mine up and double check the steps . Hopefully this is helpful to someone!
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OracleDatabase Parallelism Introduces Limits-Part 3
We all know in our gut that increasing the number of batch process parallel streams has its benefit limits. And in fact, we have a hunch that if we get carried away and spawned perhaps 100 parallel streams the batch process could actually take longer. Why this "diminishing returns" effect occurs is what I want to explore.
In Part 2 of this series I introduced a plot showing batch process duration versus the number of parallel streams. This fairyland best-case-scenario is shown as the blue line in the below plot.
The general relationship between streams, workload, and process duration is:
duration = total workload / parallel streams
But the reality can be much different, as shown by the red line in the above plot. What occurs in reality is for each additional parallel stream, the system effectively receives only a fraction of parallel stream benefit. So when two parallel streams exist, the system may effectively receive only 1.75 streams, not 2. And if three parallel streams exist, the system may effectively receive only 2.31 streams, not 3.
Why this loss in effective processing power? This is a vast topic centered around scalability. I want to limit our exploration by focusing only on increasing the number of batch processing parallel streams.
But if you want to dig into scalability and explore the benefits of say, adding additional CPU cores, then I encourage you to read the Scalability chapter in my book entitled, Forecasting Oracle Performance. There is also an interesting spreadsheet anyone can download for free, full of fascinating scalability related math which, also includes the basis for which you can determine the CPU core scalability for your system. But this is not the focus of today.
There are a surprising number of reasons why we can't just keep adding additional batch process parallel streams and expect the duration to continually improve.
First, remember that our best case scenario is the blue line in the above plot. Even in our best case scenario adding more than ten streams is not likely to produce a significant improvement.
Second, when we parallelize, a serial process must be split into multiple parallel executing processes. There is overhead, that is, time is consumed in splitting the serial process. This becomes especially challenging (and extremely frustrating) when the process was initially designed to run serially. I'm sure there are books written on this subject alone.
Third, when we parallelize, the likelihood of concurrency issues increase. The parallel processes may be referencing rows in the same blocks or tables (sure Oracle has row level locking, but buffers can still be busy...), they may be requesting duplicate full table scans (though Oracle, we hope, will determine the optimal execution plan), and there may be control structures like sequence numbers or status codes that must be maintained. My point here is that when the process is run serially none of this is an issue, that is, there is no chance of a concurrency issue. If we start increasing the number of parallel streams we could push the unique combination of Oracle's configuration, the power of the operating system, and design of the application into manifesting various enqueue, buffer busy, read by other session, or latch free waits. When altering a process that was initially designed to run serially, we have to be very careful about introducing concurrency issues.
Fourth, when we parallelize we could introduce processing dependancies that did not exist before. Perhaps steps A, B, and C must complete before step D can begin. In this scenario, the parallel streams involved in processing steps A, B, and C must somehow know to stop and wait (ouch!) before step D begins. A dependency laden batch process will severely limit the potential advantages gained by introducing parallelization. And it also severely limits the number of parallel streams that will make a real difference in the batch duration.
Fifth, it follows that if we split a process into multiple parallel streams there may be the need to join/merge the results together once again. This is highly application dependent, but it could represent a significant amount of time that simply did not exist when running the process serially. If this join/merge operation must occur, it is also highly likely dependency issues must be controlled.
I'm sure there are other performance inhibitors not listed above, but I think you get the idea... that adding additional parallel streams may be both technically challenging (if not impossible) and will likely force additional code to be run.
Let's interject some numbers. Suppose a serial batch process takes 2 hours to complete. Some initial parallelization strategy designs indicate that running six parallel streams will introduce about 5 minutes of process splitting time, 5 minutes of concurrency contention, 10 minutes of process dependency contention, and 10 minutes to merge the final results. So while we are able to technically run the process in six parallel streams, we have introduced 30 minutes of additional time as a direct result of our parallelization efforts. In our six stream parallelization dream-world, a serial 2 hour process will complete in 20 minutes (120 min / 6 streams). Injecting some reality, which is estimated to be 30 minutes, with six parallel stream actual process duration will be closer to 50 minutes (20 min + 30 min). So instead of the serial process taking 120 minutes, when running as six parallel streams we expect it to run in around 50 minutes, which is less than half the time. Perhaps this is a fantastic result and just what is needed.
But the decisions are just beginning. How confident are we in our parallelization estimates? What is the impact if we are wrong? How much time will take the developers and DBAs to parallelize the process? And of course there is the nagging question of, "Will the system be able to handle the increased workload when we let loose six parallel streams?" The increased workload by increasing parallelization will be the topic of exploration in my next blog entry.
So while increasing parallelization can produce amazing results, it does introduce and intensify factors that we may not have had to deal with when the batch process ran serially.
Thanks for walking with me through this parallelism journey,
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