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TORONTO – Late in the third quarter Friday night, some jostling between John Salmons and Paul George turned into a shoving match.
The dust-up brought the cheering crowd at the Air Canada Centre to its feet and earned both players matching technical fouls.
But even more, said Salmons, it showed that the Toronto Raptors won't be pushed around.
Terrence Ross led the way with 24 points as the short-handed Raptors defeated the Indiana Pacers 102-94.
"We're not going to back down from anybody, we're not going to quit, we're going to be there, we're going to fight," Salmons said.
"Our leader (Kyle Lowry) hasn't been playing the last two games, but we're still fighting. ... We're definitely not going to back down, we're going to continue to fight."
Jonas Valanciunas added 22 points and nine rebounds, while DeMar DeRozan scored 20 points and added nine assists for the Raptors, who earned their fifth win in six starts despite missing starters Lowry and Amir Johnson.
"We feel like we can beat anybody when we step out there on the court," DeRozan said. "They're a top team in the east, and that's a team that we're fighting to be in their position. Tonight was a big game at this time of the season."
Greivis Vasquez and Nando De Colo each had 10 points, while Patrick Patterson, who started in place of Johnson in only his third game since missing 11 with an elbow injury, had seven rebounds.
Paul George had 26 points to lead the Pacers and David West added 21.
"This is a playoff team," George said of Toronto. "Down the stretch they just got a lot of bounces that created second shots for them. If you give a playoff team another look or an opportunity they are going to knock you down."
There was a postseason vibe to the Eastern Conference matchup between two teams that could potentially meet in the second round of the playoffs.
The Pacers had led the East all season until a recent slide had them fall below the Miami Heat. The playoff-bound Raptors are third in the conference.
"We're a scrappy team, a scrappy grind-it-out team, so if one player goes down, we have other players that can come in, help us off the bench, give us that same spark," Ross said. "That's how we've been winning games."
It was a back-and-forth matchup for the first half before the Raptors cobbled together an 11-point lead in the third quarter, but it was short-lived as Indiana outscored Toronto 22-11 to send the game into the fourth tied 75-75.
The Pacers went on a quick 7-0 run midway through the quarter to take a three-point lead, but the Raptors responded with a run. And when Valanciunas grabbed his own rebound and finished with a hook shot, it put Toronto up 96-94 with three minutes to play.
Valanciunas scored the next basket to make it a four-point lead, and the Raptors held fast on the defensive end the rest of the way.
When DeRozan stepped to the line to make two free throws with 13 seconds left, the crowd chanted "M-V-P!"
It was the second straight game without Lowry, who has a bruised kneecap, and Johnson — although Johnson did play three minutes in Wednesday's 107-103 win over Houston before leaving the game.
Lowry hollered at teammates and gave instructions from the bench.
"I'd rather see Kyle in uniform than in street clothes and coaching. I told Kyle this all the time, that when he becomes a coach, I cannot wait to come watch his teams play," Raptors coach Dwane Casey said, laughing. "I'm going to be that heckler in the stands 'Boo coach!'"
The Raptors have six games to go in their quest for the Atlantic Division title, and their hope for a favorable opponent in the postseason. They're also on pace for their best regular-season record. Their most wins in a season is 47, set in 2000-01 and 2006-07.
Indiana was the Raptors' last opponent with a plus-.500 record. And of their remaining opponents, they play Milwaukee — the league's worst team — twice, and Philadelphia (second worst) once.
"(The division title) is important, (but) it's not worth jeopardizing someone's health," Casey said. "We've got players who are nicked up, banged up, we've got to make sure they're healthy and we can't run them into the ground at the sake of trying to win now."
The Pacers have been struggling, losing three straight and five of six before a win over Detroit on Wednesday.
Still, Casey wasn't about to take anything away from the Raptors' win.
"It's a win. It's a W. Whatever the deal is (with the Pacers), they've won 53 games, that's the way I look at it," Casey said. "It's a quality win."
Ross shot 4-for-4 for 10 points in an opening quarter that had 10 lead changes and neither team led by more than four. The Pacers took a 28-27 advantage into the second.
The back and forth continued into the second before the Raptors took control with a 15-5 run, capped by a Valanciunas layup, to send Toronto into the dressing room with a 54-46 halftime lead.
A three-point play by Valanciunas gave the Raptors their biggest lead of the game — 11 points — midway through the third, but Indiana tightened up on defense and it was all tied up with 12 minutes to play.
NOTES: The Raptors are at Milwaukee on Saturday then get a three-day break before hosting Philadelphia on Wednesday.


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Kalanchoe species' toxicity is primarily due to a group of bufadienolide compounds, including bryotoxins, bryophyllins, and bersalgenins.1,5 Bufadienolides are cardiac glycosides that are similar to digitalis compounds. Inhibition of the cellular membrane sodium-potassium pump (Na+,K+-ATPase enzyme system) produces the cardiotoxic effects. In the heart, this system pumps sodium out of the cell in exchange for potassium. When the pump is inhibited, intracellular sodium concentrations begin to increase, and potassium concentrations decrease. The increased intracellular sodium can be exchanged through the sodium-calcium exchanger for calcium, which improves contractility. Because of this effect, these glycosides (e.g. digoxin) can be used pharmacologically as positive inotropes to increase myocardial contractility. However, these changes in ion flux can cause a progressive decrease in electrical conductivity through the heart, resulting in irregular heart activity and, eventually, termination of cardiac activity. In toxic doses, cardiac glycosides increase sympathetic discharge to the heart and automatic rhythmicity, thereby potentiating ventricular arrhythmias.


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DALLAS (AP) — Exxon Mobil Corp. expects production to decline by about 1 percent this year due to weaker output of natural gas, then rise in the next few years as new projects start up.
The oil and gas giant expects annual production to rise by 2 percent to 3 percent per year through 2017. It plans to spend $190 billion on exploration and development over the next five years.
The company gave the forecast Wednesday at its annual meeting with analysts in New York.
Exxon Mobil's production fell 6 percent last year, but the company still earned $44.9 billion, barely missing its own 2008 record, thanks to higher refining margins.
Analysts have raised concern about Exxon's falling production and the higher costs of extracting hard-to-reach oil and gas.
CEO Rex Tillerson said that 2012 production fell short of the company's expectations because of "operational performance issues" at some facilities, lower prices and lower spending in Iraq.
Tillerson said output would rise after 2013 as Exxon starts production at 22 major projects over the next three years, including expanding the Kearl oil sands operation in Alberta, Canada, and exploration in the Russian Arctic. He said most of the increase will come from oil production.
Most of the new projects are tilted toward oil rather than gas. Natural gas prices in North America have been low for several years as drilling techniques allow companies to extract gas that was once beyond their reach. Exxon has been the biggest U.S. producer of natural gas since buying XTO Energy in 2010.
Tillerson said that advances in exploration and drilling technology have reduced costs and made once-untenable operations attractive. As an example, he cited a liquefied natural gas project scheduled to begin production in 2014.
"Papua New Guinea has been around a long time," he said. "It is now going to be an extraordinarily profitable development, but it wasn't that way 10 years ago."
Tillerson also said that the company is studying options for shipping Canadian crude oil to Gulf Coast refineries if the U.S. doesn't approve the Keystone XL pipeline.
Environmental groups have pressured the Obama administration to block the pipeline, which they argue would add to climate change by encouraging burning of thick tar-sands oil. A State Department report this week — based on the assumption that the oil will be used no matter what — said that other shipping options such as rail, truck or barge would be worse for the environment than the pipeline.
Exxon Mobil predicted that global energy demand will grow 35 percent by 2040 with oil and gas accounting for more than coal, nuclear or other sources.
Shares of Irving, Texas-based Exxon Mobil fell 31 cents to $89.30 in afternoon trading. They began the day up 3.5 percent in 2013.


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1. Re: Exadata - Huge Pagesuser1779355 Oct 3, 2012 12:35 PM (in response to user1862659)Do you need huge pages configured if you have sga_target greater than 16 gb. Did you or can you have huge sga_target configured without using huge pages
2. Re: Exadata - Huge PagesMarc Fielding Oct 3, 2012 1:53 PM (in response to user1779355)Hello user1779355,
Without hugepages, there is memory overhead to store the additional page table entries, and this overhead increases as you add larger SGA and more concurrent sessions. So do you have to enable hugepages for >16G SGA? No, but you just need to make sure you have enough free memory to hold the larger page tables.
You can find the current size of the page tables by running "grep PageTables /proc/meminfo"
3. Re: Exadata - Huge Pagesuser1862659 Oct 3, 2012 3:38 PM (in response to user1779355)Hi,
having a SGA greater than 16GB can be a problem if there is not enough huge pages configured. In my situation I have several instances running on the same Exadata node so all of them compete for huge pages. If there are not enough huge pages processes will start to consume 4KB and 2MB page sizes which is too bad as points a Metalink note 361468.1. It is only an advice, the idea is SGA have enough large pages to avoid. From this ML note:
"Database started successfully and the performance is slow: The SGA of the specific database could not find available HugePages and therefore the SGA is handled by regular pages, which leads to slow performance. Make sure that the HugePages are many enough to cover all your database SGAs".
I think today having big SGA is very common so, perhaps, Exadata should be configured by default with enough large pages configured for each database node. Keep in mind that you must sum the ASM SGA too. In my case all worked fine until, suddenly, a little increment in SGA( + 2GB) in one of the instances triggered a global lost of performance in the node.
Edited by: user1862659 on 03-oct-2012 8:07
4. Re: Exadata - Huge Pagesuser1862659 Oct 3, 2012 3:57 PM (in response to Marc Fielding)Hi Marc,
I am not an O.S. expert but I think large pages should be configured with large SGAs due to table pages size. Conventional pages are 4KB so for large SGAs table pages will be huge and swapping will be more probable. On the other side with huge pages the probability of swapping is lower.
My post is only an advice, not a must. After reading the ML supplied by Oracle Support I read the advice for enabling enough large pages with SGA´s greater than 8GB and, in my case, I can ensure this is right since tuesday. I must clarify, I have several database instances with more than 15GB, but in other Exadata I performed tests with 50GB of SGA and 40GB for pga with default huge pages configuration without issues. It is the sessions concurrency and several big instances on the same node which triggered this problem.
5. Re: Exadata - Huge PagesMarc Fielding Oct 3, 2012 4:36 PM (in response to user1862659)Hello user1862659,
The question user1779355 asked was "do you need huge pages for a >16G SGA". And the answer it no, you do not have to use hugepages provided you have enough memory available.
"Should you use huge pages" is an entirely different question. And to that question I agree with you: not only will hugepages save you memory, but it will reduce performance overhead.
(And to take a stab at the related question "hot do I use hugepages", there's a great MOS document (361468.1) with a script to give you the value to use.
6. Re: Exadata - Huge Pagestychos Oct 4, 2012 5:10 PM (in response to Marc Fielding)Hi Marc,
The thing I don't like about MOS document (361468.1) is the fact you need to reboot after the huge pages setting has been changed. On the X2-2 compute nodes there is a 96 GB of RAM available and the oracle user has a standard limit of around 75 GB set.
For now I have configured 56 GB for huge pages on all my db nodes leaving some memory for normal pages.
Rumour has it you shouldn't use all available memory (75 GB for oracle) for huge pages.
7. Re: Exadata - Huge PagesMarc Fielding Oct 4, 2012 5:51 PM (in response to tychos)Hello Tychos,
This is an interesting point and thanks for bringing it up. The perceived need for reboots to change HugePage values is the most frequent argument against hugepages I run into. In reality, decreasing the number of hugepages does not require a reboot, and increasing it only sometimes require a reboot. So I recommend that clients try increasing the value and see if they can do so online. Running a script to attempt to claim hugepages in a loop over a 10-minute period can also be effective.
I recently ran into this issue on an Exadata X2-8 environment, which runs the Oracle UEK1 kernel. The machine had been running for some time and with fragmented memory, so I wasn't sure I could increase the hugepages. I modified /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages, and the command waited for about 45 seconds. But it did complete and get me the hugepages, suggesting that there might be some work going on in the background to help get the memory required. I didn't have a change to investigate further though.
Looking to the future, I expect the eventual resolution will be transparent hugepages; they are in the latest UEK2 kernel, but even the very latest Exadata kernel is still UEK1 (2.6.32-400).
And to your other point, I wouldn't use all available memory for hugepages, as PGA, OS memory, etc don't use hugepages and must use what's left.
8. Re: Exadata - Huge Pagestychos Oct 4, 2012 9:58 PM (in response to Marc Fielding)Hi Marc,
The perceived need for reboots to change HugePage values is the most frequent argument against hugepages I run into.Maybe ACS should set the value during delivery to end the discussion.
Thanks for the info as from second hand I got told a customer setting huge pages near the 75GB limit suffered from memory leaks and instable compute nodes.
The advice was to set the value to 56 GB (but not higher) if you only run database instances on the compute nodes and if you need to run other applications decrease the setting according to the memory consumption of the app.
9. Re: Exadata - Huge PagesMarc Fielding Oct 4, 2012 10:30 PM (in response to tychos)I remember discussing hugepages with ACS people in early Exadata days when hugepages were not set at all, and their issue is that they only give you a default "dbm" database. The SGA isn't sized to customer requirements and it has no data. So it would be possible to size hugepages for the default database, but there's no single value that would work for every client.
As for setting hugepages too high, this is one parameter that can be particularly dangerous to set excessively high, since hugepage memory is not swappable, so everything that doesn't use hugepages (effectively, everything but your SGA) must fit in the remaining memory, including PGA and the operating itself. So if you wouldn't size your SGA to 95% of system memory, you definitely shouldn't set hugepages to this value either. The tricky thing with hugepages is that the parameter itself is in 2m increments, so it might not be immediately obvious that you've overcommitted your available memory.
10. Re: Exadata - Huge Pagesuser1779355 Oct 17, 2012 1:38 PM (in response to Marc Fielding)another point is Oracle doc 1067520.1 is recommending , for Data Warehouse systems, it is recommended to start with SGA_TARGET=8G and PGA_AGGREGRATE_TARGET = 16G with PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS=32, PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS=128. And to go upto sga_target=16GB. So, increasing sga_target > 16GB will it decrease the smart scans. What do you suggest?
11. Re: Exadata - Huge PagesDan.Norris-Oracle Oct 17, 2012 1:44 PM (in response to user1779355)Are you worried that you'll have smart scans replaced with memory scans? Is that a bad thing?


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Is it the case that proposition "x" must either be "p" or "-P"?
Do you believe this for only SOME propositions? If so, how can this assertion be a basic law of logic?
Do you believe this for ALL propositions? If so, wouldn't just one example of a proposition that is both true and false prove the case is only true for SOME propositions? Thus, if the example is shown, how can the assertion be a basic law of logic?
I'm hoping for your opinion and some serious, light-hearted discussion on the matter.
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Well. To begin. This wasn't exactly the serious, light-hearted kind of response I was looking for. It borders on the Appeal to Authority Fallacy. But... whatever.
Actually, I have taken many logic and math courses up to and including Symbolic Logic, Analytical Geometry and Calc III. I passed them all with ringing bells and whistles. What I've found is that they are all beautifully complex and quite utilitarian.
However, since I consider myself to be a Pragmatic Utilitarian Soli Fallibalist, I have found that progressive thought often stalls on utility alone. All of my studies seem to send up red flags begging me to return to the basic principles from which such complex ideas form.
So, if you'd like to continue the discussion, I would be willing. But if you're just another one of those absolutist that pop up out here, spouting off simply to attempt a power postition, then I'd suggest we quit.
A proposition is by definition something which is either true or false (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition)
In other words.... anything that can be both at the same time can't (by definition) be called proposition.
At least not in classical logic.
I do not know how they deal with propositions in fuzzy logic because there you assign probability values for it being true or false so theoretically you might have "overlapping" conclusions.
I do very much appreciate the definitions of words. They help us all better focus on communicating our symbologies. But the definition of a proposition (by your link) is fundamentally simply a declarative statement. Yes, it also includes the properties of being either true or false.
I will be direct. I am seriously questioning the added properties "of being either true or false" being applied to the definition. In fact, I'm at the point where the definition is wrong because of these added properties.
Yes, Classic (Formal) logic codifies true or false upon propositions and that is why I have posted out here for your awesome comments. I like that you call Informal Logic "fuzzy". That is hilarious... :)
I mentioned that if one proposition could be shown that is both true and false, then the concept of Non-Contradiction could not be a basic tenent of logic because it would only be true for some propositions. I am sure I have at least one proposition that fits this criteria.
Can you think of just one proposition that is both true and false?
We have to distinguish between formal logic, which is mainly a special branch of mathematics, and rhetorical logic, before we can meaningfully go further with this. If we are talking about formal logic in purely mathematical symbols, then the statement that x is either p or -p, i.e. either p or not p, is fundamental, because no proof could ever get started without it. Notice that this is not the same as either "true" or "false." The correct thinking is either "p" or "not p." It either is itself or is not itself. There may be some Kurt Gödel shenanigans that could give us a contradictory statement in formal logic for this proposition. I am not logician enough or versed enough in principia logic to know for sure.
In rhetoric, the idea that x can be both p and -p would be called a paradox. Inductive logic would lead me to say that probably all such paradoxes rest upon faults in language, overt or covert equivocations that allow one to say that the same statement is contradictorily true. Paradoxes can reveal interesting problems in language, but are not often really problems in logic, since the paradox can usually be resolved by changing the terms.
This is actually a very interesting question. Yes, if you take a BASIC logic course you will learn that every proposition is true or false. This is the classic logic. If you would take an ADVANCED logic course, you might learn that there are other logical systems. In "intuitionistic logic" statements are no longer true or false. This kind of logic was advocated by the dutch mathematician LEJ Brouwer.
To Brouwer, the statement "P or not P" is only valid if you have a proof of P, or you have a proof of "not P". Consequently, he also had to reject proofs by contradiction, because otherwise
you could deduce "P or not P". Without proofs of contradiction, you can proof much less, but the things
you can prove are, in a way, more meaningful. Intuitionistic Logic never gained popularity and is still fairly obscure.
Using a proof by contradiction, this is how you deduce "P or not P":
Suppose that "P or not P" is false
Suppose that P is true,
Then "P or not P" is true.
But we assumed it was false, so we have a contradiction.
Therefore, "not P" is true.
But then "P or not P" is true.
This again is a contradiction, because we assumed that "P or not P" is false.
So our assumption that "P or not P" is false, is wrong.
Therefore, "P or not P" is true (this is were we use the proof by contradiction).
BTW, in logic, whether intuitionistic or not, statements cannot both be true and false.
Or rather, if a statement is true and false at the same time than you have a contradiction
and ANYTHING follows.
Wow! I like your attention to detail and very much appreciate the link on Intuitionistic Logic. The preservation of justificaton is exactly the utilitarian concepts for which I want to observe.
However, Intuitionistic Logic seems to continue to assume the law of excluded middle. (Even though it claims it is not by stating with different terminology) "...a statement is 'only true' if there is a constructive proof that it is true, and 'only false' if there is a constructive proof that it is false." Intuitionistic Logic rejects statements which cannot be proven true, and rejects statements which cannot be proven false. But it does not include statements which can be proven to be both true AND false. This is why I posted and we're having this lovely discussion.
As you said, there are a lot of other logical systems out there. What I'm finding is that none of them actually reject the law of excluded middle. I'm certain that I can produce at least one proposition which is proven to be both true and false. Can you think of one?
BTW, thanks for posting the deductive proof of "P or not P". It's a wonderful example of why I posted. But, isn't it simply a tautology, assuming the law of excluded middle, BECAUSE it does not take into account "P and not P"?
If you prove that a proposition is true and false at the same time, then you have
a contradiction and anything follows. In particular, every proposition is true and false
at the same time. If you prove that a proposition is true and false using certain
assumptions, then one of those assumptions must be false. Which proposition is true AND false?
Within a certain framework of logic with certain fixed rules of deduction, "P or not P"
is not assumed to be true, but can be easily proven. That was the proof I gave.
So it is not entirely tautological.
I think it might be fair to say that anything will follow if a proposition is proven to be both true and false. But follow as what, is my question. With the lack of properties available to properly conclude a proposition, it's often concluded as (-P) which I think can be an improper perspective. My thinking goes something like this:
I proposition can be (P), (-P), (P and -P) or (-P and --P)
I threw in the last one because I am convinced I can argue its validity without reducing it to (P and -P) It's where propositions about gods would fall due to the lack of any recognizable properties for determination of T or F. I say that (--P) does not reduce to (P) because not not something does not guarantee its opposite. [It would only be so if we conform to the traditional excluded middle concept]
I guess a better way for me to explain where I'm coming from is: Contradictions exist. And as an existing contradiction they should be recognized as non-contradiction. Yes, this is a contradiction. But recognizing that contradictions do exist means we can properly categorize them rather than putting them by default in the (-P) conclusion. [Thus continuing this age-old argument over whether or not one can prove a negative]
I don't think I really have a problem with being able to prove everything. In fact, it might actually help. Any proposition would be concluded as either (T), (F), (T and F), or (-T and -F).
I do appreciate your awesome response to this. It's been bugging me for years. LOL
REVISION - Shucks... I knew I should not have included the (-P and --P) portion yet. I should have stuck to my guns and waited until I could thoroughly cover the topic. My deepest apologies that this post causes confusion. I see several mistakes.
I wrote "I proposition can be (P), (-P), (P and -P) or (-P and --P)." I should have written "Any proposition's conclusion should include the possibility of (P), (-P), (P and -P), or (-P and --P)
I wrote "...because not not something does not guarantee its opposite." I should have written "...because not not something does not guarantee the something."
I now realize this also creates more confusion if I continue without discussing how the dash (-) and the "not" are used. Equating the (P) to (T), the (-P) to (F) and so on directly without clarifying the association better was an oversight on my part. Unfortunately, I don't have time to continue right now. I will proceed with it tomorrow.
I have received some great feedback on this topic from another link. In order to not have to update both, I invited them to come here to continue. So, I'll update where we're at.
I claim there is at least one proposition which is both true and false at the same time. Here is the one I presented: "The cup on my desk is at rest."
Some are trying to convince me that the conclusion of this proposition is not inherently a contradiction. I will paraphrase since it was reiterated in several ways. They say the cup is at rest relative to the wall (or whatever "at rest" object around it); and separately, the cup is in motion relative to the sun. They say this alleviates my contention because the proposition implies a relative distinction. Furthermore, they claim: in order for a proposition to be truly contradictory, the entities involved must contain specific properties that display provable opposable characteristics.
Again, I am paraphrasing. So, I welcome any response where I may have erred. Also, I wanted to make sure, if the others do come to this link, they know I was not avoiding their position.
I contend that it is the same cup and it is displaying properties in contradiction of both "at rest" and "in motion" at the same time. All other properties contained within that proposition remain the same. My argument is that the very mental effort of ONLY attributing (P or -P) to propositions creates a tautology such that we are forced to have to ONLY conclude either (P) or (-P).
This is similar to when someone argues: The Bible says God exists. Therefore God exists because the Bible says so. In our example: A declarative, provable statement must only conclude as either (P) or (-P). Therefore, the conclusion must be either (P) or (-P) for declarative, provable statements.
Is anyone prepared to make the argument that the presented proposition is not a declarative, provable statement? [I hope not because I've met some extreme skeptics who'll argue over everything and that can be exhausting.]
So, what appears to be happening when someone objects to a valid contradicting proposition is: They must force it into either a (P) or (-P) position. To do that they demolish the proposition into its perceived contradictory parts and rationalize those parts as separate non-contradictory concepts so as to conclude either (P) or (-P). In fact, they rewrite the proposition in order to fit it into the 'excluded middle' box. The more correct conclusion is to make allowances for (P and -P).
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Looks like the Ducks and the NCAA are arguing about the severity of violations revolving around Lyles and the impermissible contact he made with recruits. Seems like the argument leans more in the Ducks favor due to the fact that:
One of the more significant takeaways from the released documents is that the NCAA's enforcement staff made "no finding of lack of institutional control and no finding of unethical conduct.
Sounds to me like it's going to be fall before punishment is assessed. Oregon is proposing 2 years probation and 3 years of scholarship loss. Hard to tell what the NCAA is going to do here in response.


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How Anti-virus works
Anyone who has a PC has used, or at least heard of anti-virus. The war on viruses has gotten hot and heavy in the last two years or so. Anti-virus manufacturers have really got to be on their toes if they want to keep us protected. There is a lot more than scanning emails and downloads anymore to keep the nasties out. Today I'd like to take a moment to help explain what anti-virus actually does when it's scanning you system, and what it's looking for.
First off, we'll start with the basics. Anti-virus scans your email and downloads—but what is it looking for? There are two main types of scanning "Specific" and "Generic".
Your first line of defense are all those virus definitions, signatures, and updates that your anti-virus software is always downloading. They provide identifiable characteristics, or finger prints, for malicious code. This is what is meant by "Specific" scanning—your anti virus program takes all these updates and stores them in an internal database. The anti-virus then matches them against any new files being introduced to your system via email or file download for known threats.
Using virus definitions is great for known viruses, but new viruses are growing exponentially every year and it is possible to not have a definition in time to properly diagnose a dangerous line of code. Heuristic and sandboxing are "Generic" scanning methods. They are not perfected yet and can bring up some strange issues including system slowdown and incorrect diagnoses. Generic scanning is really in its infant stage and is used more in larger networks where a server can do all the scanning (not individual PCs). Antivirus companies use Generic scanning to construct new virus signatures and I feel that these methods will be more widely used by single users in the future.
Heuristic is a type of generic scanning that looks through the lines of code, not for exact matches to virus definitions, but for suspicious code. The anti-virus makes intelligent assumptions based on the scrutinized code. Basically this means that the anti-virus can try to determine whether or not a file has a virus in it by looking at how the file or program is constructed and acts. This isn't a perfect system, however, and can bring up some strange results. This is why some programs tell you to turn off your anti-virus before installing. This type of scanning isn't a perfected science, but on the bright side it is better to be safe then sorry.
Sandboxing is where an antivirus program will take suspicious code and run it in a Virtual Machine (secure from the rest of the system) in order to see exactly how the code works and what its purpose is.
Well that's a quick overview of how anti-virus works to protect our systems form infection. Hopefully, with the introduction of new technologies and methods, the threat of infection will be a remote and it might just discourage the writers of these malicious codes. As usual, I emphasize that anyone who has a PC should have anti-virus software installed to keep their system virus free.
Stay safe out there,
~ Chad


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1120 Main Ave., www.thebackspacetheatre.org
Beasts of the Southern Wild. HHHH A settlement off the New Orleans coast lives like a Third World country. Which, it turns out, aint so bad. (See review this page.) Rated PG-13.
Gaslight Cinema
(102 Fifth St. Next to the railroad depot, 247-8133)
Les Misérables. (No Ebert rating) Nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread seems fair, right? Victor Hugos novel did well and the Broadway show did OK, too; its not a stretch to think that this movie might make a few dollars as well. Not rated.
Lincoln. HHHH Daniel Day-Lewis delivers a spot-on performance as the Great Emancipator in Spielbergian splendor. Rated PG-13.
Durango Stadium 9
(Next to Durango Mall, 247-9799)
Django Unchained. (No Ebert rating) Tarantinos latest bloodbath has Jamie Foxx as an ex-slave who returns to the plantation owned by Leo DiCaprio to free his wife from bondage. If only this had actually happened. Rated R.
Parental Guidance. (No Ebert rating) Billy Crystal and Bette Midler are grandparents who have their own ideas about how to raise their ultra-modern grandkids when they get baby-sitting duty. This sounds just awful. Rated PG.
Jack Reacher. (No Ebert rating.) A military sniper who shot five random victims says he didnt do it and Tom Cruise says so, too. So look out, crooks. Rated PG-13.
This is 40. (No Ebert rating.) They made a sequel to Knocked Up and this is it. If you dont know what Knocked Up was, so much the better. Rated R.
The Guilt Trip. (No Ebert rating) Seth Rogan is an inventor who for some reason takes his mom (Barbra Streisand) with him on a road trip to hawk the thing nationwide. Imagine a few thousand miles in a car with Barbra Streisand and you get the gist of this one. Rated PG-13.
Monsters, Inc. 3D. (No Ebert rating) Its like Monsters, Inc., but in 3-D. Also in 2-D for some reason.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. (In standard format and digital 3-D with surcharge; no Ebert rating.) In which we meet Bilbo, Gandalf and Gollum; kind of like a Before They Were Rock Stars for the Lord of the Rings crowd. Rated PG-13.
Rise of the Guardians. HHH Another one of those animated things. This ones about an evil spirit launching some cataclysm on Earth and then there are these Guardians who protect all the children. Wouldnt have been my first choice, but whatever. Rated PG.
Skyfall. HHHH This time, its up to Bond to save MI6 itself from extinction. Never ends for the poor guy, right? Rated PG-13.
Wreck-It Ralph. HHH Ralph (voiced by John C. Reilly) is a video-game doormat who goes on a spree across the arcade wreaking havoc. Rated PG.
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Manchester to hire 5 more officersBy TED SIEFER
New Hampshire Union Leader
January 22. 2014 12:10AM
MANCHESTER - The police department will be hiring five additional officers in the coming weeks, a fraction of the number the city's police chief says are needed to deal with rising crime.
Mayor Ted Gatsas announced the plan at Tuesday's meeting of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, following a presentation in which Police Chief David Mara outlined his request for additional officers.
Mara said, based on a recent workload assessment, that he believed the force needed 26 more officers in the patrol division and four more in the street crime unit, which consists of plainclothes officers who deal with quality of life issues.
At a projected cost of $84,000 per officer, for salary and benefits, funding the chief's maximum request would cost approximately $2.4 million.
The presentation marked the first time that Mara made his staffing request explicit since new numbers confirmed that crime has surged over the past year, increasing 24 percent in 2013 over the previous year, led by a 46 percent jump in robberies.
Gatsas and most of the aldermen at Tuesday's meeting were more concerned about how to pay for a smaller number of additional officers immediately than in dealing with Mara's maximum request, which likely could only be addressed through the budget process for the next fiscal year.
Gatsas' plan to fund the hiring of five additional officers, which he worked out with Mara, would involve leaving two supervisor positions vacant and suspending promotions during the current fiscal year. Those officers would most likely be experienced members of police forces in other communities. Mara plans to hire four other officers, but they are in training at the state police academy, and won't be ready to be sworn in for several months at least.
Alderman-At-Large Dan O'Neil said he wanted to see more officers as soon as possible. "I support more officers on the street, but I don't want to get into this feel-good thing where we're thinking we're getting more officers but it doesn't happen," he said.
In a detailed PowerPoint presentation, Mara told the aldermen that the strain caused by rising crime was being felt by his officers and the public. "Our officers are not getting what they want, and our residents are not getting what they want," Mara said, adding, "The stress on the officers, their workload, leads to fatigue and burnout."
He noted that someone calling about a low-level crime, such as car break-in, could face a wait of up to two hours.
Mara pointed out that calls for service increased 6 percent from 2012 to 2013, and 12 percent over the past decade.
Mara said the rise in crime is driven largely by drug addiction, and he noted that the city faces additional challenges.The number of registered sex offenders in the city, 517, rose 10 percent in 2013 from the previous year, Mara said. And there are more than 2,600 people on parole or probation from state or federal prison living in the city. Supervising these populations places an additional strain on the time of officers, Mara said.The additional officers would be placed in the patrol division, the largest and most visible in the city, with the goal of adding another vehicle patrol.
In an interview after the meeting, Mara acknowledged the aldermen didn't address his maximum request for officers, but he said he would do the best with what he was given.
"We're going to keep advocating for more police, but we also have to understand the budgetary constraints," he said. "But as the chief of police, my job is to inform aldermen and the public what the needs are."
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State Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-I-60, recently announced the appointment of Hamburg resident Ric Dimpfl as his fire, EMS and emergency services liaison for the Southtowns portion of the 60th New York State Senate District.
"Ric is the ideal person to fill this volunteer role for me by serving as my liaison to all of the volunteer fire companies and other emergency response organizations based in the Southtowns," Grisanti said. "Ric knows the area and will work closely with me and my staff in my district office in Buffalo to make sure an ongoing dialogue continues so I can better understand the needs of the many dedicated men and women who volunteer their time and skills to provide our community with quality public safety."
Dimpfl served as the fire, EMS and emergency services liaison for Assemblyman Kevin Smardz and Assemblyman Jack Quinn III. He currently presides as the chairman of the board for the Southtowns Haz-Mat team and also fills the role of emergency coordinator for the Village of Hamburg. A member of the Town of Hamburg Emergency Management Team, he is a longtime member and past officer of the Hamburg Volunteer Fire Department and serves as president of marketing and sales for the Firefighter Newspaper.
Grisanti and his staff will interact with Dimpfl on a wide variety of topics that impact local volunteer firefighters and other first responders, including feedback on proposed legislation, state funding for each department, and future events that can help bring awareness to the work they do that often goes unnoticed.
"I am encouraged by Ric's enthusiasm and vast knowledge, and his contacts throughout the Southtowns will be utilized whenever someone has a question or a concern," Grisanti said. "It is my hope to work closely with all of these outstanding citizens in the hopes of improving their already stellar work in providing the public with peace of mind knowing they are always ready, willing and able to act anytime there is a request for emergency service."


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In answer to John F's request, here's a recipe that worked out spectacularly well for me. I can't take credit for it because it's not my own, and I can't give proper credit because I don't remember where I got it. Somewhere in the Internet though, I'd searched lots of recipes and decided this one would likely get the closest to what is, for me, the highlight of any dim sum brunch. And indeed, it did.
Crystal Shrimp Dumplings (Haar Gao)
Adapted from Essentials of Asian Cuisine by Corinne Trang
Dumpling Wrappers
1 cup wheat starch*
½ cup rice flour
2 tbsp tapioca starch**
1 cup boiling water
1 tbsp vegetable oil
In a small bowl, sift together wheat starch, rice flour and tapioca starch. Make a well in the centre and pour in boiling water and vegetable oil while stirring with a wooden spoon or a rubber spatula. Knead hot dough for 3 to 5 minutes or until the ingredients are well combined, and dough is smooth and slightly elastic. If dough becomes too dry, add 1 or 2 tablespoons of boiling water.
On a lightly floured surface, divide the dough into 4 equally sized balls and roll each round until it is between 1/8 to 1/16 inch thick. Use a 3-inch circular cookie cutter to stamp out 3-inch rounds.
1 large egg white
1 tbsp Chinese light soy sauce
1 tbsp Shaoxing wine***
1 tsp granulated sugar
1 tsp tapioca starch
½ tsp sesame oil
2 tsp kosher salt
½ tsp ground white pepper
8 oz black or blue tiger shrimp, shelled, deveined and finely chopped
2 tbsp minced pork fatback
¼ cup minced bamboo shoots
6 Napa cabbage or iceberg lettuce leaves
In a medium bowl, whisk together egg white, soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, and sugar until egg white loosens and sugar dissolves completely. Whisk in tapioca starch, then sesame oil, and salt and pepper. Add shrimp, pork fatback, bamboo shoots and mix thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate for about two hours to allow flavours to develop.
With each wrapper, make pleats**** on half of one side and pinch from opposite ends towards the centre to form a pouch. Place 1 ½ teaspoons of filling inside the pouch. Pinch the centre of the unpleated half and bring towards the centre of the pleated half. Fold dumpling sides in front of pleated side to secure filling.
Fill a wok with 2 or 3 inches of water and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, line a bamboo steamer with two Napa cabbage or iceberg lettuce leaves. Place dumplings on leaves about ¼-inch apart. Place bamboo steamer in the wok, cover securely, and steam until dumplings become translucent and filling turns pink, about 3 to 5 minutes. Serve immediately.
Makes about 40 dumplings.
Jenise's asterisks:
* Not the same as AP flour--much finer, and very bleached. Haven't compared it to cake flour, but I do woner. Available in Asian stores
** Also available in Asian stores.
*** I use a Scotch for a substitute--learned this from a Chinese friend's old country popo (grandmother).
**** Pleats are a little hard to do. What I do is use the pointy end of a bamboo stick (you know, the little kabob kind you use for satays etc) to lift the dough up from the board, then I press each little tunnel to the side--voila, pleats!


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(CNN) -- Turkish officials are investigating reports of a hijacking following distress signals from a Turkish-owned freighter in the Gulf of Aden, a Turkish Foreign Ministry official said Thursday.
The ship, the Neslihan, first sent a call for help Wednesday from a location near Aden, Yemen, an official at the Turkish Maritime Agency said.
The region near Somalia is notorious for piracy; NATO earlier this month sent seven warships to try to boost maritime security there.
NATO is helping with the investigation into the possible hijacking, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.
Both the Turkish Maritime Agency and the company that owns the vessel said there is at least one Turkish military ship in the area, but they could not say if it would be involved with any possible rescue negotiations or operations.
The ship's Istanbul-based owner, Ya-Sa Shipping Industry and Trading, has not been able to contact the freighter, company spokesman Fehmi Ulgener said.
He said Ya-Sa is waiting to hear the hijackers' demands. The company expressed concern for the safety of the 20 crew members, who are all Turkish, Ulgener said.
The vessel is carrying 77,000 tons of iron ore from Canada to China, he said. It carries a Marshall Islands flag.
More than 60 ships have been attacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden this year alone, compared with about half that number in 2007, according to a report released earlier this month by Chatham House, a London-based institute that analyzes international affairs.
The report found that ransoms already paid this year, totaling $18 million to $30 million, are helping to finance the war in Somalia.
Combined Maritime Forces, a U.S.-led naval coalition involving several nations, said there were five attempts to hijack ships off the coast of Somalia in just one day earlier this week.
Somali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein said October 19 that NATO had a free hand to fight piracy as it saw fit.
"They have our full consent to fight against the pirates," he minister said at a news conference. "NATO can carry out any acts including military actions in our waters against the pirates," he added.
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Cooking class explosion hurts 5 at Chicago school
CHICAGO (AP) — Five Chicago high school students were injured — one seriously — after an explosion and fire during a cooking class, officials said Wednesday.
Students at Northside College Prep High School were heating hot chocolate in a biology lab when gas ignited and caused "a flash" explosion about 10:30 a.m., said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.
Four students were taken to hospitals, including one who had burns to the face, neck and arms, Langford said. Two were transported in stable condition and a fourth was in good condition. A fifth student declined treatment.
Chicago Public School officials said in a statement that an investigation was underway and said the "small fire" occurred on a single-burner stove during "a routine cooking instruction."
Langford said the students were being supervised when the gas ignited and the heat from the flames caused sprinklers to turn on.
"The fire was doused immediately," he said.
The school, which has about 1,000 students, was briefly evacuated before students were allowed to return to class.
Swedish Covenant Hospital spokesman Nick Przybyciel said two students there were in stable condition.


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STOCKTON - After waiting nearly four weeks for her narrow victory to be confirmed, Gloria Allen said Monday she is excited to have won a second term representing the southwest portion of Stockton Unified.
STOCKTON - After waiting nearly four weeks for her narrow victory to be confirmed, Gloria Allen said Monday she is excited to have won a second term representing the southwest portion of Stockton Unified.
Allen's 35-vote victory became official Monday when Registrar of Voters Austin Erdman certified the Nov. 6 election results after he and his staff spent the weekend counting provisional ballots.
The 68-year-old Allen defeated Monica Hernandez, 26, by a 2,478 to 2,443 margin (50.1 percent to 49.3 percent).
Hernandez said last week she would ask for a recount if the vote was close enough. But after speaking with Erdman, who has told her the deficit very likely is too large to overcome, Hernandez sounded doubtful Monday about seeking a recount.
Allen said her goal as she begins her second term will be "to have a working board so we can get busy at achieving some of the district's goals." She acknowledged she has had a frayed relationship since early this year with fellow board members Sara Cazares (the president) and David Varela.
Allen, the vice president, has been angry at the two since April. It was in April that Varela publicly accused Allen of unethical dealings during the process that resulted in the hiring of Superintendent Steve Lowder. Cazares, who was never publicly critical of Allen, voted against Lowder's hiring, as did Varela and Jose Morales.
Of Varela and Cazares, Allen said, "I'm a big girl. I can work with anybody. But don't step on my toes again."
Cazares and Varela did not return phone calls Monday.
Hernandez said she was pleased with her first foray into politics.
"I'm proud of the work I did," she said. "My main concern is our children and to better their education. That's the priority in this situation, not me or Gloria. I came in because I wanted kids' education to be the priority. Better luck next time, maybe."
Three seats on Stockton Unified's seven-member board were at stake in this year's election. Allen was the lone incumbent to be re-elected. The other two races were barely in doubt after the initial day of counting four weeks ago.
In Area 3, in east Stockton, Kathy Garcia handily defeated the incumbent, Morales, with 56 percent of the vote. In a tighter race in Area 4 in midtown Stockton, Colleen Keenan ousted incumbent Angel Jimenez by winning 51.2 percent of the vote.
In an unrelated race that was close on Nov. 6 but became more one-sided as provisional ballots were counted, Stockton Unified educator Claudia Moreno officially defeated retired Delta psychology instructor Elizabeth Blanchard for a seat on the board at San Joaquin Delta College.
Moreno won by more than 4,600 votes, capturing 51.2 percent of the vote.
Contact reporter Roger Phillips at (209) 546-8299 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/phillipsblog.


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After several years of pain and penitence, South Carolina bankers say it's fun to be working in their business again.
The government has some fresh numbers to back up the upbeat banter.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. last week reported that Palmetto State-based banks collectively earned $50 million in the first quarter of 2013, more than double what they earned in the same period a year ago and up from zilch in 2011.
It reflects an industry that's regaining its strength, though still very much on the mend.
Not long ago bankers were spending much of their time dealing with the excesses of the last real estate bubble. Now they say they're back beating the bushes and courting new business to generate profits. While $50 million looks good on paper, it pales in comparison to years past. But it's nothing to sneeze at, either.
First-quarter earnings for South Carolina banks topped out along with the housing market in 2006, when FDIC-insured lenders statewide cleared about $149 million between January and March.
The wheels began to come off that same year, just as the subprime lending crisis began to heat up and demand for real estate began to soften. Profits quickly evaporated, sending the industry into full retrenchment mode.
That's evident from looking back over the past decade. At this point 10 years ago, South Carolina was flush with slightly more than 100 banks employing slightly more than 10,200 workers, according to the FDIC. Combined, they hauled in $113 million during the opening quarter of that year.
The business began to turn for the worse by mid-2007, and the bleeding quickly accelerated from there. The industry's losses totaled $347 million from 2008-11 in South Carolina.
Banks were sold, some by choice, others out of desperation. Still others failed under the weight of too many soured loans.
As of March 31, just 71 FDIC-insured lenders were still headquartered in the state. And that number will slip by at least one this year after Columbia-based SCBT Corp. and the parent of Charleston's First Federal seal their planned merger.
More consolidation is almost guaranteed.
While lending in the first quarter remained flat and margins were thin, most of the figures in the new FDIC state summary provided more evidence that most banks are on their way to recovering from the lost years.
For example, while the number of independent lenders is falling, the head count is edging higher again. The industry employed about 9,430 full-time workers in South Carolina from January to March, or about 400 more than a year ago, the FDIC said.
Also, the ratio of banks that are in the red is on the decline. Money-losers represented 14 percent of the statewide pool in the first quarter, down from 18 percent in 2012.
Finally, defaulted loans and other profit-draining holdings now represent 3.35 percent of total assets, compared to more than 5 percent a year ago.
Banks have issues to deal with down the road, namely how they will react to the inevitable rise in interest rates and the slowing demand for mortgages. But in the here and now, they can point to a decent first quarter, with plenty of room for improvement.
It certainly was more fun than 2007. And 2008. And ... etc.
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As Wal-Mart Stores Inc. prepares to anoint the fifth chief executive in its history, the world's largest retailer is grappling with challenges founder Sam Walton never faced.
Wal-Mart's board has identified international chief Doug McMillon, 46, and Bill Simon, 53, who runs the U.S. operations, as leading candidates to succeed Chief Executive Officer Mike Duke, according to a person familiar with the situation. While Duke, 63, isn't expected to step down immediately, Wal-Mart may name his successor in the coming months, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.
Wal-Mart is trying to goose slowing sales gains in the U.S. as such rivals as Amazon.com Inc. and the dollar stores lure its customers. Overseas, the company is struggling to ignite growth in China and other emerging markets even as it probes allegations of bribery in Mexico and possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The next CEO will face "tough decisions globally," said David Strasser, a New York-based analyst for Janney Montgomery Scott LLC. "They have to pick and choose. China has been a big struggle. What do you do? Double down? Back out?"
In the U.S. "they're dealing with a more competitive landscape and a consumer who is struggling," he said.
Since Sam Walton stepped down in 1988, the company has looked inside for its CEO. Duke and his predecessors -- Lee Scott and David Glass -- all were insiders with years of experience at the company before taking over the top job. Duke was named CEO of the world's largest retailer in November 2008 and didn't formally take the reins until Feb. 1, 2009.
Succession Timing
"There are rumors and speculation about our company all the time and we just don't comment on them," David Tovar, a Wal-Mart spokesman, said in a telephone interview. He declined to comment on succession timing.
McMillon, who has been at Wal-Mart since starting as a summer worker in 1984, is close to the Walton family, three other people said. Simon joined Wal-Mart in 2006, after working in the food and beverages industry.
"Bill Simon has proven he's done a really good job running the U.S. business; he righted the ship," Strasser said. "It's been tough with the low-end consumer. He could've been better driving sales but it's on a good trajectory."
Still, Simon lacks international experience, and Wal-Mart considers that a "growth area," he said.
McMillon's standing with the Waltons combined with his international experience could give him an edge with the board, said Jay Lorsch, a professor at Harvard Business School, which is based in Boston.
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The excitement builds as our very own Mountaineers get to play New York at Yankee Stadium in the Pinstripe Bowl on December 29.
"We are thrilled; that's always like a backyard brawl game," says Susie Haddad of Parkersburg. "It will be exciting...their games are always exciting though, they are so fun to watch win or lose, but I think their going to kick some booty."
According to Glen Fowlar of Grantsville, "I think we're going to win."
"I'm pretty excited, they had a rough spell there during the mid part of the season but I'm glad they get to go," says David Orr of Sistersville.
Dottie Miracle of Vienna says, "I think it's wonderful that they're going to New York."
"I think we're all disappointed that we didn't go to a better bowl but that's 'cause we lost five in a row, but I'm happy they're playing," says Eric Fitzer of Vienna.
"I'm excited about it and I was hoping we could go to California but we're going to New York instead, so that's pretty cool," says Bond's Drugs sales associate Frank Quaranta.
"I'm exited, we're actually talking about going; I'm trying to talk my husband into actually staying for New Year's Eve," says Bond's sales rep Cynthia Barton.
The mountaineers versus Syracuse in New York; will local fans go?
"I definitely would if I could, I don't think we're going to be able to go but we certainly are going to be watching," Haddad says.
"No, we won't go to see it, we'll watch it on TV," Fowlar says.
"Of course, yes, I would," says Orr.
"Probably, probably I would," says Miracle.
"Probably not, I can't afford to go see it," says Quaranta.
"Yes, I will pay to go see it," says Barton. "We actually looked up tickets last night. I have a feeling my husband's probably already bought the tickets."


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Malkin fuels rally, Penguins top Lightning 4-3
PITTSBURGH -- Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin scored less than 2 minutes apart in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied past the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Monday night.
Chris Kunitz added his 12th of the season for Pittsburgh and James Neal scored an empty-net goal in the final minute as the Penguins sent the struggling Lightning to their fifth straight loss.
Malkin, making his return after missing four games due to a concussion, tied it 5:38 into the third period on a pretty breakaway. Crosby put Pittsburgh in front moments later with a slap shot from the slot that zipped past Anders Lindback and into the net.
Tampa Bay's Steven Stamkos scored twice to push his league-leading total to 17, but it wasn't enough to stop the Lightning's slide.


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During the Summer, many of us living in the colder climates of the world hold festivals and day-long festivities within our cities. The carnival-like atmosphere helps to bond the members of the community with local businesses, entertainers, food vendors, and political representatives. This year ZENMED chose to participate in a number of these festivals to spread the word about our products and give away samples of some of our favourites. We love talking to different people, making recommendations, offering solutions, and sometimes just lending an ear. It was a great bonding experience with our customer base and we can't wait to do it again next year!
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Then as the days and Summer season begin to dwindle we start complaining about how our skin is becoming temperamental. Pimples, flare-ups, new wrinkles, freckles… all tell-tale signs that our skin has been damaged over the season. But luckily, with some patience and consistency, this is all reversible.
Since we all put away our glycolic peels for the Summer (like we are supposed to), we should now be looking towards a month or two of massive hydration and supplementation for our skin before we start up treatment again (remember that this can only be done at night). The body sleeps to rejuvenate and recharge itself. Your skin will enjoy 8 hours (lets hope!) of uninterrupted time to penetrate the antioxidants, medicinal actives, and peptides you applied before sleep. Many studies also show that the body naturally heats up at night, allowing the pores to open freely and absorb actives deeper than normal and making treatments more successful. Having nourished skin when you wake up in the morning gives your face its strength to fight off the environmental stressors during the day.
We have another month or so to enjoy the sunshine, but let's stop the damage now. Try a few of our top-selling night time treatments for instant nourishment and visible improvement. Top sellers for this time of year are our Anti-Redness Mask, AVT Cream, Refining Scrub, and Gentle Cleansing Cream. Just a few minutes at night to wake-up to clearer, glowing, hydrated skin. Also try taking taking an omega-3 supplement to help with hydration. Flax oil can easily be implemented into Summer salads and smoothies.
So if you have more festival visits to make, remember the sunblock, a hat, an aerosol water bottle, hand lotion, and lip balm. Try using an oil underneath your moisturizer the night before. This will create a natural barrier to the elements for the following day; 100% organic argan oil is the most recommended. And please send us any festival participation recommendations in your area, perhaps we can see you next year!