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Haiti Convicts then Frees Jailed U.S. Volunteer
Laura Silsby, the leader of the 10 U.S. volunteers accused of illegally taking dozens of children out of Haiti, was convicted Monday but then freed to return to the United States.
The judge said she had already served her time in prison and was subsequently released. Silsby, the last of the 10 Christian volunteers to be freed, was scheduled to board a flight back to the United States Monday evening, her attorney Chiller Roy told CNN.
In April, the judge dropped the charges of kidnapping minors and criminal association against all 10 volunteers. However, Silsby faced and was convicted Monday of arranging irregular travel.
The team of volunteers, mostly from two Baptist churches in Idaho, traveled to Haiti in January after a massive earthquake devastated Port-au-Prince. The team unsuccessfully tried to transport children to an orphanage they were setting up in the Dominican Republic. They were arrested on Jan. 29 while attempting to take 33 children to the neighboring country without proper documents.
During the trial, the Americans were imprisoned in Port-au-Prince. Eight of the volunteers were released in February, and the ninth in March.
Last week, Silsby testified in court that the team only wanted to help the Haitian children.
"One week after the earthquake I left my family and my home to help children that had been orphaned in the earthquake," she said, according to The Associated Press. "We came here with a heart to help."
The American volunteers maintained that they thought the children they were taking were orphans. But during the trial, reporters and the orphans' charity SOS Children revealed that all the children had at least one living parent. The parents voluntarily gave their children to the Americans because they believed their children could have a better life with the volunteers.
The Jan. 12 earthquake left more than a million people homeless and some 250,000 dead. UNICEF estimates that more than 20,000 children lost their parents in the quake and its aftermath.


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Well, that didn't take long.
According to Michael Irvin, who hasn't been to one Eagles practice or game this preseason, the Eagles have a quarterback controversy.
Apparently, Irvin -- a long time Donovan McNabb hater -- and local radio yakker Howard Eskin are simpatico. Eskin tried to whip up a storm today when he asked the Eagles quarterback about his supposed conversation with offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg when it was fairly clear the occassional inserting of Michael Vick in the last preseason game was disrupting the flow of the offense.
ESKIN: "Marty said he didn't remember your discussion on the sideline. Do you remember it and, if so, have you talked to him about what you apparently told him in the sideline about Vick."
[Mornhinweg, in fact, said he did remember the discussion. "We did have a quick discussion about that," he said Sunday. What he said he didn't see was McNabb waving his hand under his neck, apparently calling for the Mornhinweg to cut out the Vick plays.]
MCNABB: "Well, I remember the conversation. That's kind of talk of everything right now. But I thought the conversation was very productive and very important. It's a communication between quarterback and coordinator that I think we came up with answers and we were able to go out and execute. As far as anything else, I don't remember any of that."
ESKIN: "Did you talk to Marty?"
MCNABB: "Yeah, I talked to Marty."
ESKIN: "Did you figure out how you could make this better?"
MCNABB: "Just play football. That's over. You have to understand with everything that's going on right now everybody is making a big deal out of our whole situation. We communicate every game. We communicate in practice. We communicate here in the building. So it's no different than what we've done in the previous years. Now I know that with everything going on people are searching trying to find something."
McNabb was asked if he would be more comfortable with Vick coming in for successive snaps or for a whole series as opposed to the new quarterback jumping in for a play here and there. McNabb evaded the question, with something like, "Before you can come up with gimmicks, before you can come up with something else, you got to get your base offense going."
UPDATE: The Eagles announced that they released tackle Chris Patrick. They roster now stands at 79. Teams need to be at 75 players by tomorrow at 4 p.m.
Check back for more from today's practice.
Maclin back at practice
After leaving Sunday's practice with an undisclosed injury, rookie wide receiver Jeremy Maclin is back at practice today. Maclin left the field Sunday after catching a pass from quarterback Michael Vick.
Andrews moves up depth chart
Eagles offensive tackle Shawn Andrews is back with the first-team offense today, just three days after returning from a back injury that had prevented him from practicing through training camp and most of the preseason.
He returned to practice Saturday and worked with the scout team, then ran primarily with the second-team offense Sunday. The two-time Pro Bowl guard who has made the move to tackle also said before practice that he has some new music material about to be posted on You Tube.

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A wildly bullish American Petroleum Institute report and reports of refinery issues as well as a blowout had crude oil (NYMEX:CLQ13) go crazy late in the day. The bulls have gripped control as the market has gone out of control. Even weak import-export data out of China is being seen as bullish as it would suggest that China will have to be more accommodative. Oil demand is at its highest level since December 2009 and Americans are starting to fill their gas tanks once again.
Either the API is crazy or maybe I am. Maybe we are both crazy. Myra P. Saefong MarketWatch reports "Oil futures climbed well above $104 a barrel in electronic trading Tuesday evening following news that the American Petroleum Institute reported a 9 million-barrel drop in U.S. crude supplies for the week ended July 5, according to reports." A Platt's survey of analysts showed a forecast for a 3.8 million-barrel decline. 9 million barrels? Are they serious?
Oil rallied also on early reports of a well blowout but calmed a bit after details came in. Reuters reported "An inactive natural gas well in the shallow Gulf of Mexico suffered a blowout on Tuesday as operators were trying to permanently plug the well, causing an oil sheen that briefly rekindled memories of the BP Plc spill three years ago." Houston-based Talos Energy LLC said it was in the process of shutting the inactive Ship Shoal 225 B-2 well when natural gas and condensate began flowing on Monday. "In an abundance of caution, we decided to evacuate the platform and mobilize our spill response team, we notified the U.S. Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and the U.S. Coast Guard, and we shut-in two other producing wells at the platform," said Talos President and Chief Executive Timothy Duncan. Talos, which owns the well through its subsidiary Energy Resources Technology Gulf of Mexico LLC, said the well should be plugged within 24 hours. The leak may have been due to the age of the tubing on the well, the company said."
The Energy Information Administration, in its July update to its' short-term energy outlook, said demand for gasoline is expected to average a 12-year low of 8.844 million barrels a day over the peak spring-summer demand season, down 0.6% from a year earlier. In June, the EIA projected a 0.8% year-on-year drop, in part due to improved vehicle fuel-efficiency standards. August heating oil, which trades as a proxy for diesel fuel, settled 0.56 cent higher, at $2.9857 a gallon.
The Energy Information Administration Short Term Energy Outlook Highlights!
Gasoline: "U.S. gasoline prices are expected to be lower during the second half of 2013, falling to an average of $3.38 a gallon. Increased oil refinery fuel production, particularly as facilities are back on line in the Midwest, and lower crude oil costs will help to ease pump prices."
Crude Oil: "After U.S. crude oil production reached 7 million barrels a day at the end of last year for the first time in two decades, daily oil output is on its way to topping 8 million barrels by mid-2014."
"EIA expects global liquid fuels production to come close to matching liquid fuels consumption in the third quarter of 2013, with estimated global inventory withdrawal averaging 70,000 barrels per day, compared with the average withdrawal of 890,000 barrels per day during the same period over the previous four years."
"The price discount of West Texas Intermediate crude oil to Brent oil, which was more than $23 per barrel in mid-February, fell below $5 per barrel in early July. EIA expects the WTI discount to begin widening again, to $8 per barrel by the end of 2013, as crude oil production in Alberta, Canada recovers following the heavy June flooding and as midcontinent oil production continues to grow."
Natural Gas: "U.S. natural gas spot prices declined from an average of $4.04 per million Btu in May to $3.83 in June, partly in response to gas inventory builds that exceeded market expectations. Natural gas injections into underground storage during June totaled 373 billion cubic feet, which is about 50 billion cubic feet more than the previous five-year average injection for the month. EIA expects natural gas prices will remain below $4 through the end of 2013, as production remains robust and coal regains some of its lost share of the electricity generation market."
Bloomberg News is reporting that "The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries forecast the world will need less of its crude next year, even as global oil demand growth rebounds to its strongest pace since 2010, amid competing supply sources. Demand for OPEC's crude will slip by 300,000 barrels a day next year to 29.6 million a day next year, or about 2.6% less than the 12-member group is pumping now, the organization said in its first set of forecasts for 2014. The need for OPEC's crude will diminish even as global oil demand growth recovers to 1 million barrels a day in 2014, from 800,000 a day this year, amid rising output in the U.S. and Canada.
"The strong growth trend seen in 2013 is expected to continue in 2014" for production from outside OPEC, the organization's Vienna-based secretariat said in its monthly market report today. Dependence on OPEC's crude is slipping as the U.S. and Canada unlock unconventional oil supplies from deep underground shale deposits with new drilling techniques. Brent crude futures have slipped 2.7% this year, trading at about $108 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange today, amid signs of slowing growth in China and uneven recovery in the U.S., the world's biggest oil consumers. World oil consumption will advance by 1 million barrels a day, or 1.2% to 90.7 million next year as emerging nations expand and developed economies continue to recover, the organization said. Demand estimates for 2013 were kept mostly unchanged, with an anticipated growth rate of about 800,000 barrels a day, or 0.9%, to 89.6 million.


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March 29. 2013 8:26PM
Nashua Chamber of Commerce names best of the best
By BENJAMIN C. KLEIN
Union Leader Correspondent
From left, recording artist Tim Kile, Chris Williams, Cathy Duffy Cullity and John Neister engage in a roundtable discussion on crowdsourcing at the 10th annual Eminence Awards on Friday held by the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce.
NASHUA - A year after the Greater Nashua Chamber of Commerce hosted former Sen. Judd Gregg, the chamber kept up its tradition of hosting big names at its annual Eminence Awards as recording artist Tim Kile took part in a roundtable discussion on crowdsourcing.
Kile, one of the first members of rock band Arcade Fire, is recording a solo album in New Hampshire using funding received through crowdsourcing obtained through kickstarter.com.
Crowdsourcing is a rapidly developing method of obtaining money for business ventures, from music to movies to green technology, by getting as many members of the general public as possible to give small amounts of money as opposed to finding a small number of investors to put up large amounts of money.
Kile told the 250 or so people in attendance at the Sky Meadows Country Club that between being signed to Columbia Records and using crowdsourcing for funding his recording ventures, he prefers crowdsourcing by a wide margin.
Joining Kile in the roundtable was Chris Williams of the chamber, Cathy Duffy Cullity, CEO of Girls Inc. of New Hampshire, and John Neister, executive vice president of sales and business development at Healthy Environment Innovations.
After the roundtable, which many in attendance took the opportunity to record on their mobile devices, the chamber handed out its annual Eminence Awards.
Christine Hallock, CEO of Hunt Senior Living, won Business Person of the Year. A 35-year employee of Hunt, Hallock began her career as a nurse in Hanover.
The Nashua Telegraph, a daily newspaper that has been in existence for 180 years, was named Business of the Year. Chris Malloy was honored as Chamber Volunteer of the Year, and Eric Brand was named Volunteer of the Year. For the Small Business of the Year Award, Educational Outfitters and Custom Logo Outfitters took home the gold.
"This is a time when we come together and recognize chamber members for their excellence, " said Nicole Power, programs and marketing director for the chamber, which has more than 600 members.


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The interview details, among many other things, the follow up to the AmigaOne X1000: "The Cyrus development is the future replacement for the Nemo motherboard when the supply of P.A. Semi CPUs finally dries up or the price becomes commercially unviable. The Cyrus board was the original Revision 1.0 prototype and was completed towards the end of last year. Cyrus Plus is the Revision 2.0 board which includes additional PCIe and PCI slots. The Cyrus design is based on the Freescale P5020 CPU which is a dual-core 64-bit PowerPC SoC. It also supports DDR3 RAM and includes an improved Xena/Xorro combination." Crazy powerful hardware for an operating system that doesn't even support any for of SMP. I admire the hardware they've been able to build and sell, but the real issue is, of course, AmigaOS itself - touch-ups, sure, but it's still heavily outdated in almost every aspect and can't really make much use of the powerful hardware it is given.


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Over the last several months, a plethora of articles have been written about Berkshire Hathaway's (BRKA) upcoming and now-completed purchase of Burlington Northern Santa Fe. Berkshire, the large, diversified holding company, led by legendary investor Warren Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger, recently purchased the railroad giant and as a result, now owns more than 32,000 miles of track in the U.S. The company also owns electric utilities, clothing manufacturers, candy and ice cream makers, building materials companies, and many other firms across a wide array of industries. Mr. Buffett, during his 45-year tenure at the helm of Berkshire has also amassed a huge stock portfolio and owns large chunks of public companies, most notably, blue chips Coca-Cola (KO), Wells Fargo (WFC), and American Express (AXP). However, even with all these businesses, Berkshire's previous success and future prospects depend on its immense insurance operations.
Berkshire's most visible and well known insurance business is GEICO. It became a wholly-owned subsidiary in 1996, and at that time, was the sixth largest auto insurer in the U.S. Now, it is in third place, and offers its products and services in 44 of the 51 American jurisdictions. GEICO's market share has increased four-fold over the past 15 years (since Berkshire took full control), and now accounts for more than 8% of the total market. With the backing of Berkshire, it can, in most cases, offer lower rates than its competition, and with an advertising budget of $800 million in 2009 alone (more than twice the amount spent by any other auto insurer), GEICO will likely continue to expand its business at a healthy rate over the next several years.
Mr. Buffett constantly raves about his insurance businesses, particularly GEICO, and not just because of the cute gecko spokesman. When Berkshire sells its vast insurance policies to individuals, businesses, municipalities, and other entities, it receives premiums upfront and pays claims, if necessary, down the road. Thus, this business allows Berkshire, at any one time, to hold huge sums of money, which is referred to as float. Buffett can then invest the float, which has historically led to handsome profits. For comparison purposes, Berkshire's float amounted to $16 million in 1967. At the end of 2009, Mr. Buffett had $62 billion to invest, and the interest and capital gains he earns, is, for the most part, free. Even better, Berkshire's float will continue to increase, as GEICO's, as well as the company's other insurance businesses, expand.
The recent purchase of Burlington Northern has diversified Berkshire's operations further. Over the past few years, the company has acquired electric utilities and several industrial firms, as well. However, Berkshire remains an insurance-heavy company, with those operations accounting for about 30% of total annual revenues (not including investment gains, which can vary greatly from one year to the next). Thus, for those investors intrigued by the Burlington addition, it would be a good idea to familiarize yourself with Berkshire's core insurance operations before making any investment decision. We should also note that Berkshire recently split its B shares (ticker: BRKB) 50-to-1, which makes owning a piece of Mr. Buffett's company easier for most investors.


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If you've worked with databases of any size, chances are you've also had to wrestle with issues associated with deleting large volumes of non-partitioned data. By non-partitioned data, I mean data that isn't partitioned by something like a date field.
Partitioned data is stored as separate sets of data. A good example is monthly sales data. If the data is partitioned by month, you might have 13 separate partitions—one for each of the 12 prior calendar months and one for only current data. When you have partitioned data, getting rid of millions or even billions of rows is a matter of switching and dropping data partitions. No data is physically Ldeleted from the tables as it would be by DELETE statements, but all the space allocated to a table is deallocated and the data on those pages is physically deleted as if you had issued a DELETE FROM SomeTable command. In this case, partition management is a matter of updating the data dictionary tables. In terms of overall data deletion performance, managing partitioned data by dropping and switching partitions is about as fast as removing data can get.
Non-partitioned data lives in either a heap or clustered index. There are no boundaries defined for splitting the data as there are in partitioned tables. Because of this, deletions become significantly more complicated, especially when dealing with millions of rows. Unless you can physically truncate a non-partitioned table, which is a data dictionary modification, deleting rows from tables can potentially generate an extremely large log file. The deletion process might also adversely affect database performance at several different levels. Truncating a table in SQL Server is a matter of deallocating used pages. Because these page deallocations are a logged action, it's possible to roll back a TRUNCATE operation. In other databases, such as Oracle, this isn't the case.
In an ideal world, all data sets would be partitioned and deleting huge amounts of data would be little more than a data dictionary update. Because we don't live in an ideal world, I'll discuss some alternative strategies for purging large amounts of non-partitioned data, particularly as they apply to mission-critical 24 ´ 7 ´ 365 environments.
Goals of Purging
When an organization operates around the clock, you're left with a very small window for database maintenance. The challenge is that the database tables must still be maintained for peak database performance. There are a number of goals to balance when designing a database purge process:
Minimize system impact. The point of purging is to delete unwanted data from the database, but a paramount design consideration is doing this in such a way that it doesn't impair your system while the process is running. Building a purge process that "first does no harm" isn't as easy as it would seem.
It's important to define what "minimizing system impact" means in the context of your design. It might be that your purge process can't consume excessive amounts of CPU, or perhaps it can't cause unnecessary database blocking. Start by defining the things your purge process should not impact, then determine what it will impact.
Delete data as quickly as possible. The counterpart to minimizing system impact is deleting data as quickly as possible. These goals aren't at odds with each other, but you do need to balance them in the design process.
Avoid blowing out the database transaction logs. In mission-critical systems, you should always be running database backups using the full recovery model. This has ramifications that become exceedingly important when trying to purge large volumes of data. You probably won't be able to issue a DELETE FROM SomeTable command, which is a fully logged operation, because doing so can increase the size of the transaction log to the point where it might run out of space. Truncating tables isn't always an option either. There might be current data that you need to retain.
I've had extremely large delete operations blow out at very bad times, resulting in hours of rollback activity. Fortunately, none of those blowouts occurred in mission-critical environments, but it underscores an important issue that you need to keep in mind as you design your database purge process.
Approaches to Purging
Given the purging goals, how do you go about designing the purge process? When I need to purge billions of rows that contain terabytes of data, I often use batched DELETE operations (aka batched deletes). Although there are several different ways to approach batched deletes, I'll discuss and provide code samples for four methods:
1. Truncation followed by a batched delete
2. Batched delete using a sliding window
3. Row-at-a-time batched delete
4. Batched delete using a sliding window with an inner join
The code samples use two tables—a parent table named Table1 and a child table named Table2—that contain a decent amount of test data. I wrote a script to create these tables. It cross-joins sys.tables against itself to seed Table1. After adding an identity column to Table1 and defining that column as the primary key, the script creates Table2, which is the child table for these demonstrations. The script then adds the foreign key constraints from Table2 to Table1. It also adds two indexes to Table1.
If you'd like to test the five methods, you can use this script to generate Table1 and Table2. In my test database, it generated 1.9 million rows. Your execution might generate more or less rows, depending on the number of tables in your database. BatchedDeleteExamples.sql contains the script as well as the code samples for the four methods. (The script creates backup tables so that you can restore Table1 and Table2 between running each method's code.) You can download BatchedDeleteExamples.sql by clicking here.
Method 1
When you need to physically remove all the data from a table, the TRUNCATE command is a very fast means to get rid of the data. As Microsoft mentions on its Data Definition Language (DDL) Statements (Transact-SQL) web page , the TRUNCATE command is classified as a DDL statement. In SQL Server, a TRUNCATE operation does minimal logging to record page deallocations, which is what allows a TRUNCATE operation to be rolled back.
Note, however, that if there are foreign key constraints, you can't truncate a parent table. You could drop the foreign key constraints, truncate the table, and add the constraints back, but that's not always possible in a production system, especially one that needs to run 24 ´ 7 ´ 365. (Most DBAs would be quite upset if you tried to perform this procedure in a running database.) Plus, dropping the foreign key constraints carries the risk that a dropped constraint might not be added back or properly revalidated if there's a failure during the purge process, both of which are generally unacceptable risks in production databases.
When you want the speed of truncation but your tables have foreign key constraints, you can use method 1. With this method, you use a TRUNCATE command to truncate the child table and a batched DELETE operation to delete rows from the parent table in large chunks instead of one row at a time. The net effect is that you quickly get rid of a significant portion of the data, then less quickly get rid of the related rows in the parent table. Listing 1 shows a simple example of how to implement method 1.
Method 2
Method 2 uses a sliding window to batch the DELETE operations. This method gathers all the primary keys to be deleted by querying the source table in a single pass. Those keys are put into a temporary table, which drives the delete process. With this design, the source table is never touched again by the purge process. This can be beneficial when the number of rows to be purged is less or significantly less than the number of rows in the source table. It also removes any need to access the source table again to determine what rows need to be purged. By gathering this data in one pass instead of repeatedly coming back to the source table, you can potentially increase system concurrency.
The temporary table uses a monotonic primary key based on an identity column that is navigated using low and high boundary markers to move between sets of rows to be deleted. As each rowset is deleted from the target table, the window of rows to be deleted is advanced until there are no more rows marked for deletion. Because each DELETE operation is an implicit transaction by itself, there's no need to surround the DELETE command with BEGIN TRANSACTION and END TRANSACTION.
Listing 2 shows a basic implementation of method 2. When you have a very large number of rows to delete, method 2 can work well.
Method 3
In method 3, which Listing 3 shows, the delete operations occur one row at a time. This method tends to offer the highest possible concurrency in a highly active system at the cost of generally poor or very poor overall performance.
Like method 2, method 3 gathers the primary keys of the rows to be deleted and puts them in a temporary table. However, instead of immediately deleting all the rows, the delete process is run continuously so that the deletes occur a row at a time in trickle fashion.
Because commit operations can be resource intensive, you can modify the code so that it commits the delete operations after n number of rows are deleted. This modification can also significantly speed up the process because an entire set of delete operations is committed at one time as opposed to committing one delete operation at a time.
Method 4
In method 4, a sliding window with an inner join is used to batch the DELETE operations. This method is possible because of T-SQL's ability to join tables in a DELETE operation. This is a T-SQL extension, so method 4 won't work in non-SQL Server databases such as Oracle or DB2.
Like method 2, method 4 uses a temporary table of keys to create a sliding window that breaks the DELETE operations into batches. Once again, the purpose of the temporary table is to pre-aggregate the key values to be deleted and avoid repeatedly accessing the source table to gather this information. However, in method 4, the temporary table is joined to the table from which you're deleting rows. Here's what this join operation looks like:
DELETE FROM Table2 FROM #RowsToDelete INNER JOIN Table2 ON #RowsToDelete.PKValue = Table2.RecID
As you can see, the code joins the temporary table with the key values using an inner join based on the key values in the temporary table and in the child table. To see what the rest of the code in the method looks like, see Listing 4.
Method Assessment and Fine-Tuning
The performance of these batched delete processes is easily assessed. I tested the methods on an entry-level dual processor server-class machine with a data set of 1,909,924 rows of parent records and the same number of child records. SQL Server was capped at 1GB and was running on a single 300GB partitioned hard drive. The methods' run times were
- Method 1—2 minutes 22 seconds
- Method 2—1 minute 21 seconds
- Method 3—2 hours 14 minutes
- Method 4—1 minute 23 seconds
So, which method is best? It might seem that the method with the shortest runtime would be best, but the answer really depends on your goals for purge process. Are you trying to achieve high performance, high availability, or both?
Like databases, batched deletes can be fine-tuned to find the "sweet spot," which is the maximum number of rows that can be deleted at one time with one DELETE command without seeing a drop in overall throughput of the purge process. To find the sweet spot for the method you selected, you can use techniques such as:
- Dropping the foreign key constraints. When you're working with parent-child relationships, the delete process involves both the parent and child records. By dropping the child foreign key constraints before running a batched delete, you might be able to realize a significant performance gain because the optimizer doesn't have to run any SEEK operations against the child tables. You can verify this by looking at the execution plans of DELETE operations both with and without foreign key constraints. When you're done, you need to put the constraints back in, check them, and revalidate them to make sure they're trusted constraints. Revalidating constraints can have some potentially serious performance ramifications, particularly with huge data sets that have foreign key constraints. So, you need to investigate those ramifications before you drop any constraints. As noted previously, this method is generally inadvisable in a production system, but it definitely has a place in a developer's toolkit.
- Adjusting the batch size. In any of the methods, you can use a variable batch size and adjust how many DELETE operations are in a batch. If you use a larger batch size, you might find that you can delete two or three times as much data (or even more) in a single pass. You should stop increasing the batch size when you start to see a performance decrease rather than increase. When performance decreases, you have left the DELETE operation's sweet spot.
- Including needed indexes. If a purge process is missing critical indexes, be sure to add them to the appropriate tables. One or more might prove to be crucial. For example, in one purge processes I developed, a single missing index meant the difference between a 24-hour purge and a 2-hour purge.
Data Deletion in the Real World
I've introduced you to four methods for purging large amounts of non-partitioned data. These aren't the only methods you can use. As an exercise, see what creative approaches you can come up. For example, you can see another one of my creative approaches in the web-exclusive sidebar "The Pseudo-Parallel Approach to Purging Non-Partitioned Data." No matter what method you're considering, be sure to test it to make sure that it will meet your goals for the purge process and fine-tune it so that you get the best results possible.
Listing 1: Sample Implementation of Method 1
DECLARE @QuitLoop As Bit, @RowsDeleted As Int SET @QuitLoop = 0 TRUNCATE TABLE Table2 WHILE (@QuitLoop = 0) BEGIN DELETE TOP (10000) FROM Table1 IF (@@ROWCOUNT = 0) SELECT @QuitLoop = 1 END
Listing 2: Sample Implementation of Method 2
DECLARE @LoBound As Int, @HiBound As Int, @BatchSize As Int, @QuitLoop As Int SELECT @LoBound = 1, @HiBound = 5000, @BatchSize = 5000, @QuitLoop = 0 CREATE TABLE #RowsToDelete (RecID Int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED, PKValue Int) INSERT INTO #RowsToDelete (PKValue) SELECT RecID FROM Table1 WHILE (@QuitLoop = 0) BEGIN DELETE FROM Table2 WHERE (RecID IN (SELECT PKValue FROM #RowsToDelete WHERE RecID BETWEEN @LoBound AND @HiBound)) IF (@@ROWCOUNT = 0) SELECT @QuitLoop = 1 SET @LoBound = @HiBound + 1 SET @HiBound = @HiBound + @BatchSize END DROP TABLE #RowsToDelete
Listing 3: Sample Implementation of Method 3
DECLARE @RecID As Int, @PKValue Int, @QuitLoop Int SET @RecID = 1, @QuitLoop = 0 CREATE TABLE #RowsToDelete (RecID Int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED, PKValue Int) INSERT INTO #RowsToDelete (PKValue) SELECT RecID FROM Table1 WHILE (@QuitLoop = 0) BEGIN SELECT @PKValue = PKValue FROM #RowsToDelete WHERE RecID = @RecID DELETE FROM Table2 WHERE RecID = @PKValue IF (@@ROWCOUNT = 0) SELECT @QuitLoop = 1 SET @RecID = @RecID + 1 END DROP TABLE #RowsToDelete
Listing 4: Sample Implementation of Method 4
DECLARE @LoBound As Int, @HiBound As Int, @BatchSize As Int, @QuitLoop As Int SELECT @LoBound = 1, @HiBound = 5000, @BatchSize = 5000, @QuitLoop = 0 CREATE TABLE #RowsToDelete (RecID Int IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED, PKValue Int) INSERT INTO #RowsToDelete (PKValue) SELECT RecID FROM Table1 WHILE (@QuitLoop = 0) BEGIN DELETE FROM Table2 FROM #RowsToDelete INNER JOIN Table2 ON #RowsToDelete.PKValue = Table2.RecID WHERE (#RowsToDelete.RecID BETWEEN @LoBound AND @HiBound) IF (@@ROWCOUNT = 0) SELECT @QuitLoop = 1 SET @LoBound = @HiBound + 1 SET @HiBound = @HiBound + @BatchSize END DROP TABLE #RowsToDelete


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the highest ranking GOP woman in Congress, will give the party's response to President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday.
The Washington state congresswoman chairs the House Republican conference, is a mother with a new baby and two other children, and often speaks out on issues affecting families. She's in her fifth term representing an eastern Washington district. She grew up in a farm family and as a girl worked at the family's orchard and fruit stand in the small town of Kettle Falls.
McMorris Rodgers stands out in a GOP conference dominated by older white men and her address on national television comes as the GOP is seeking to shore up support with female voters, whom Obama won in 2012 with 55 percent.
She said she's looking forward to speaking to "Americans in every corner of the country on Tuesday and to share our Republican vision for a better future — one that trusts the American people and doesn't limit where you finish because of where you started." McMorris Rogers was the first in her family to graduate from college and helped pay her way with jobs at McDonalds and as a motel maid.
The annual response is often awarded to promising politicians, and has included Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis. But it can be tricky to give successfully since it's before a camera instead of the live audience and rapturous applause that the president receives. Some, like GOP Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, whose 2009 address was widely panned, have botched the opportunity.
The State of the Union speech is an annual opportunity for the president to lay out his agenda before a national television audience. Obama is giving the address as he's sagging in public opinion polls and facing potential Democratic Party losses in this year's midterm elections. Republicans are focusing on the troubled roll-out of Obama's health care law but also want to offer voters a positive GOP vision in the months leading up to this fall's voting.
McMorris Rodgers is a protege of House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, whose support helped her win election last year as GOP conference chair, the No. 4 leadership post. McMorris Rogers' gender was a help in her leadership race, which she won over Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., who came from the Southern conservative bloc that increasingly is the face of the party.
McMorris Rodgers' son Cole, 6, has Down syndrome, and she co-founded the Congressional Down Syndrome Caucus six years ago to try to raise awareness of the difficulties that children with the syndrome face.
The party's House and Senate leaders jointly announced her selection on Thursday.
"Cathy McMorris Rodgers is proof that with humility, hard work and dedication, you can overcome any obstacle — a story to which many Americans can relate," Boehner said.


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The Bridgewater State University EarthView, a 20-foot inflatable globe, is now traveling to area schools.
The Need
Geography is a dynamic discipline at the intersection of STEM education and global education. Project EarthView is a joint endeavor of the Department of Geography and the Center for the Advancement of STEM Education at Bridgewater State University.
With the support of the Office of the President and the Division of External Affairs, EarthView has reached tens of thousands of students in Massachusetts, and has traveled to the State House in Boston and several regional and national academic conferences.
The Globe
The EarthView is both a fascinating teaching tool and a delicate work of art. The outside is a hand-painted, large-scale map of the Earth's surface, showing biological communities, rivers, seas, landforms, continents, islands, oceans, and major cities. The inside is a two-story, portable classroom that reveals the positions of continents, islands, and landforms relative to tectonic plate boundaries and ocean spreading centers. All of the detail on the outside of EarthView is visible during sessions inside the globe … though in reverse!
The EarthView Team is grateful to our colleagues at Littleton Middle School for preparing this one-minute video for viewers who have not yet seen EarthView.
The video makes two excellent points: The excitement of an EarthView visit is contagious, and socks are required!
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The goal of the program is not only to teach students about the world, but also to emphasize the need for more geography instruction in primary and secondary schools. "Almost no geography is taught beyond the 7th grade," said Ms. Sokol, who works both with EarthView and with National Geographic's Our Wonderful World program. "This is unacceptable in a world that is becoming increasing globalized, where we must know about the places that make up our world. The EarthView is a great dramatization of a globalized world and we are eager to bring the study of geography to our students using this unique and effective tool."
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3.3 Performance And Leak Pass
This page contains the current list of items that jumped to our attention while looking at performance and leak problems.
- each team investigates its red performance tests and creates bugs with 'performance' keyword where needed
- the team lead prioritizes (see below) bugs that have the performance keyword and looks out for other performance related bugs
- the team lead prioritizes bugs reporting leaks (add the 'performance' keyword so that we find them easily). Here is a bug list with 'leak' in the summary.
- each team starts investigating and fixing their bugs according to assigned priority with the help of the performance team
Fixed items are colored in green
Deferred items are colored in red
The bugs we want to fix get a '3.3' or '3.3 M7' target milestone and the priority using the guidance below. The priority link takes you to the list of the corresponding open 3.3 performance or leak bugs. The ones that are suspected to have high impact are listed below per component.
- performance test degradations, especially when in the fingerprints
- bugs that slow down the user in most common scenarios, e.g. full build on startup
- leaks that happen in common scenarios and grow the memory each time
- bugs that obviously slow down the user
- all other leaks that grow each time the scenario is repeated
- other performance bugs that should be addressed for 3.3
- leaks that are not real leaks but holding on to last instance
Bugs With Possibly High Impact
Equinox Bundles
Core Headless Startup performance decresed for Eclipse 3.3 (bug 180219)
Equinox Framework
[build] full build after starting with a newly installed build (bug 174930)
Platform Debug
RetargetAction should not update upon text selection change (bug 180441)
Platform Resources
URIUtil.toURI(IPath) and toURI(String) very expensive (bug 174148)
ContentTypeMatcher does too much work (bug 182337)
Platform UI
[Commands] Commands takes 81% of the time to open a workbench window (bug 179725)
[EditorMgmt] OpenMultipleEditorTest#testOpenMultipleEditors: running (bug 179578)
[Perspectives] PerspectiveSwitchTest#testPerspectiveSwitch 50% slower than M5 (bug 179581)
JDT Core
4% regression in build performance test #testFullBuildProjectAllWarnings (bug 176808)
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And you can take home your own mini version of Monet's chat.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
And you can take home your own mini version of Monet's chat.
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It's peony season here too..I've been snapping away..ReplyDelete
Their heads are drooping in the rain today.
I can't help but think this man's soul must have been so dear.
I have learned more about him since your posts..and feel his sorrow..
What a talented man.
Carol I would have been drawn to the less formal gardens also.I can appreciate them..but I need a cottage garden for myself.
Love the sketches.Replies
Do you think he was sad? I feel joyousness.Delete
Must look up cottage gardens...ahem
No, Monets was not a 'cottage garden'.Delete
The cottage garden is a distinct style of garden that uses an informal design, traditional materials, dense plantings, and a mixture of ornamental and edible plants. English in origin, the cottage garden depends on grace and charm rather than grandeur and formal structure. Homely and functional gardens connected to working-class cottages go back several centuries, but their reinvention in stylised versions grew in 1870s England, in reaction to the more structured and rigorously maintained English estate gardens that used formal designs and mass plantings of brilliant greenhouse annuals.
Lovely, being taken to Giverny on a summer Sunday!ReplyDelete
I was there last August and loved the visit!ReplyDelete
Thanks for taking us on a tour of Giverny with you. We are studying Monet in the art class I take so I found your posts very interesting.ReplyDelete
I was there quite awhile ago and remember a very blue kitchen with lots of tiles. Hmmm, perhaps I was remembering a different room? Now I have to go find the postcards I bought (instead of taking pictures, ahem).ReplyDeleteReplies
It's blue and yellow. Always has been. The blue kitchen tiles were in the last postDelete
A pleasant trip down memory lane! Been there, done that -- last October. Unfortunately, unlike you, I did not get to take pictures inside the home. I took some great ones outdoors in the gardens, however. Love the chat. Did you by chance get to see the fenced-in yard of chickens? :-)ReplyDelete
Another fabulous post Carol. Love all the photos and info here. I loved seeing what we don't usually see in photos of his garden. Makes it seem more real.. like I am right there. What I wouldn't give to spend some time in that gift shop. :) You made my day! :)ReplyDelete
Oh I keep forgetting to comment on your sketches and color blobs. Fun to see them too.ReplyDelete
Carol, you've surely chosen an especially fine time to visit Giverny. In my life, I've gone through various phases of admiring Monet, and not admiring him quite so much. And still. The chance to see this place that gave inspiration to such masterpieces, and also gave Monet a home as his amazing artist's eyes began to fail him...well, I do envy you this visit.ReplyDelete
Your travel notes have been noted.
Your photographs have enlivened my interest in M. Monet, and I thank you so very much. No need for any gift shop, the images of that garden and the custard yellow of the house are quite enough.
Carol,another really fantastic post today. Besides the beautiful photographs, I especially loved seeing the drawing of Gare Saint Lazare. Monet was so gifted a talent;I am certain he would be amazed--and pleased--to see how he has touched all who are fortunate to enjoy his work and his home.ReplyDelete
Thank you for such a lovely getaway.
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Oh Carol - this is my favorite spot in France. I've painted {discretely...) in the garden more than once....the colors do cry "Giverny and Monet!" I have a photo of the rose trees that I took several years ago with my first digital camera - a Sony Mavica - I don't think I could improve with a fancy camera, at least not as an amateur. I look forward to more Giverny posts!ReplyDelete
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Have you visited Mont St. Michel in Normandy or seen the standing stones atReplyDelete
Carnac, on the Atlantic?
Thanks for Paris Breakfasts. I quite enjoy your photos and bits of news.
Not yet on Mt. St. MichelDelete
So many places await...
I love the carousels in Paris. Many of my photos include a carousel and lately I've been drawing, or trying to draw, the various objects on the carousel, the horses especially. My real favorite is a manually operated carousel in Passy. It is an experience from the last century to watch the children there at Jardin du Ranelagh.
Sigh. I loved that place. The kitchen and the yellow room with the Japanese art, which I really like. The cat. Sigh again. (I bought a postcard of that Hokosai cat print). I loved the chickens. Oh, I loved the whole darned thing! I'm so glad you spent some time there! Sigh again. I'm going to look at my pictures and see if I can't pretend to draw something from them worthy of painting.ReplyDelete


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The former Disney tween queen of Lizzie McGuire fame is all grown up and a new mom to 8-month-old son Luca.
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50 Shades of yay or nay? This is really embarrassing, but I did read 50 Shades of Grey. I had to because all my friends had read it and everyone was talking about it. But I'm not necessarily proud of it.
Comedy or drama? I tend to watch a lot of serious TV shows, like Walking Dead and The Killing, both on AMC. I got hooked on them toward the end of my pregnancy when I didn't feel like doing much.
A typical date night for Mike and me is catching up on Shark Tank on the DVR. We'll try to save up a couple of episodes so we can watch them back-to-back. When Luca goes down, we'll look at each other and say, "Hey, Shark Tank date?"
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This year I organized a Thanksgiving get together with my fellow masters program students, and I think it was my best Thanksgiving abroad yet. Everyone really appreciated the food (recipes here) and the party really had that uniquely Thanksgiving spirit of sharing and appreciating what you have.
While I know I complain a lot about my French life, I thought I'd take this opportunity to list five things about it for which I'd like to say "merci":
1. My classmates
One of the things I was really worried about when moving back here was being once again faced with the sometimes-difficult task of becoming friends with French people. I am so grateful to have met the other people in my program, and in three short months build some truly great friendships. I can't imagine my life in Troyes without them.
2. Troyens
I also was lucky enough to meet some local Troyens and I don't know how I would have gotten by without them. From taking me to the supermarket, to driving me all the way to Lille to collect my things, I have stumbled upon some remarkably generous people here and I couldn't ask for more.
3. Troyen Architecture
Waking up in the morning, and being greeted by gorgeous 16th century timbered houses is an amazing start to every day. I'm so grateful I get to appreciate it's beauty on a regular basis.
Beautiful timbered houses and blue skies on Troyes' main shopping street.
4. Traveling
Although I haven't been able to travel as much so far this year due to my coarse work load, I have loved every trip I've taken and feel so grateful for the abundance of travel opportunities here.
5. Champagne !
Living in Champagne has its perks. I have really enjoyed visiting champagne caves, getting not only to learn how champagne is made but also see the process first hand during les vendages(the grape harvest), and drinking all that bubbly at advantageous prices (even if it is still too expensive to drink quotidiennement).
Happy Thanksgiving! Here's to appreciating all the good things in our lives.


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From the storyboard to the big screen: the complete cycle of an animated film takes shape at the Milano Film Festival 2013.
Using various combinations of digital and handmade techniques, laptops, tablets, paper sketchbooks and pencils, British filmmaker Jessica Ashman and animation director Louis Hudson lead a group of workshop participants in creating an animated film over three days. Watch the film above.
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Louis Hudson is a 2D animation director and co-founder of comedy collective Dice Productions. He has worked with Channel 4, UK Film Council, Warner Entertainment and Oxfam. His latest film, All Consuming Love (Man in a Cat), has won multiple awards on the international film festival circuit.


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Ian Clark's Pop Culture Club: You know the monkeys, but have you met the wizard yet?By IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
March 02. 2013 3:12AM
The Land of Oz is coming back to the big screen.
"Oz the Great and Powerful" hits movie theaters this coming Friday. Directed by Sam Raimi, the film looks to be quite the spectacle to behold. But will it be any good?
The cast is a talented one, but that doesn't always translate to success. James Franco ("127 Hours," which garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor) stars as Oscar Diggs, the man who will become the Wizard of Oz.
The witches also figure prominently in the movie, with Rachel Weisz, Mila Kunis and Michelle Williams taking on those roles. Fans of the original "The Wizard of Oz" will also be pleased to note that there will be the familiar faces of the flying monkeys and munchkins, as well.
The story centers on Franco's Oscar, who is transported to Oz in a hot air balloon during a violent storm, not unlike the way Dorothy finds her way to the strange world in the original film.
Oscar's transformation into the wizard of Oz, as well as the changes of the witches into the ones we know in the 1939 movie, are central plots in the new movie.
Kunis plays Theodora, the sister witch who eventually becomes the Wicked Witch of the West. Williams is Glinda, who we know as the Good Witch of the East in the original movie. That leaves Weisz as Evanora, who can't get out of the way of a falling house in the original film.
While some purists might find it offensive for a new film to add to the Oz mythos, there is actually plenty more to the story than we see in the classic 1939 film. Creator L. Frank Baum wrote two Oz books and also wove other parts of the land into stage productions, so there is a lot more to the tale than seen on screen in "The Wizard of Oz."
Adaptations and re-imaginings of other classics, such as "Alice in Wonderland" (which was made into a 2010 movie by director Tim Burton but was not well-received by critics and did make a lot of money), have been hit-or-miss.
Burton's career has taken a downward with duds like last year's "Dark Shadows." (His early hits included "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure" and "Beetlejuice.") Burton's films feel the same (perhaps because he so often uses Johnny Depp and wife Helena Bonham Carter in lead roles).
Raimi's efforts have a varied and more fluid feel to them, and Raimi has dabbled in numerous genres, usually to solid effect. That's a major reason I think "Oz the Great and Powerful" has a chance to be quite good.
But I can't help but wonder what will happen when you watch the new move with Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" playing?
Ian Clark's Pop Culture Club appears weekly in the New Hampshire Sunday News. Check out his podcast "Nerdherders" on iTunes or at www.3nerds.us, and his books, "Prophecy of Shadows" and "Plains of the Past." His e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Juror Alert:
The New York State Court System DOES NOT ask prospective jurors for financial information such as credit card, bank account or personal information such as the names and ages of your family members. Do not provide this kind of information to anyone claiming to represent the court system. If you receive this type of request, please contact this office at (315) 671-1004.
"the only anchor yet imagined by man by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
- The Constitution of the United States provides that the trial of all crimes, except in case of impeachment, shall be by jury.
- The jury system evolved over 300 years in the Unites States and is specifically expressed in the 5th, 6th, and 7th amendments to the constitution.
- Jury service is a political, as well as, Democratic institution. Any American citizen who is able and is 18 years of age or older has the right and the obligation to serve as a juror.
- It is especially through the jury system that citizens learn self-government by actually participating in the third branch of government–the judiciary.
- In New York State over 500,000 citizens are called annually to serve and Onondaga County contributes over 28,000 to those who are called.
- Each year the third week of November is set aside for Juror Appreciation to demonstrate to the community and all those who serve the importance of their jury service to Democracy.
"All races and religions; that's America to me."
- Earl Robinson
"Our civilization has decided, and very justly decided, that determining the guilt or innocence of men is a thing too important to be trusted to trained men... [w]hen [ our society ] wishes anything done which is really serious, it collects twelve of the ordinary men standing around."
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Included in the week's activities are free breakfast, coffee mugs, pens, calendars, and key chains given to those jurors serving that week. Often, presentations are made highlighting the importance of Jury Service.
According to District Administrative Judge, Hon. James C. Tormey, the objective of Juror Appreciation Week is to show past and prospective jurors that their contributions are greatly appreciated by the Court."Jury service is a vital aspect of our government," said (Tormey). "When you serve as juror, you not only serve your country, but you serve as an integral part of the justice system."
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Blue Jays come up empty in Game 5, lose ALCS to Indians
It was the best opportunity the Blue Jays could have hoped for. With their season on the line, all they had to do was beat a soft-tossing kid left-hander making only the second start of his big-league career.
Two weeks ago, this same kid was trying to get raw minor-leaguers out in instructional league ball. Surely, they could beat Ryan Merritt and send this American League Championship Series back to Cleveland for a thrilling conclusion.
Ah, but such has been the unpredictability of the 2016 Toronto Blue Jays. In the biggest game he might ever pitch in the big leagues, Merritt dominated the Blue Jays just long enough for the Cleveland Indians to build a 3-0 lead. He then turned the game over to Cleveland's lockdown bullpen and it was essentially over.
For the second year in a row, the Blue Jays made it to baseball's final four, but could not take that last step to qualify for the Fall Classic. In 2015, they stretched the Kansas City Royals to a six-game ALCS. This time, they only lasted five games in a series in which their power bats simply melted.
"It was a crazy year," said manager John Gibbons. "Some ups, some downs. One thing you've heard me say: It's a special group. They had another great year and we got to this point again. We weren't able to get over the hump again."
After pounding the Texas Rangers in a three-game ALDS sweep, the Jays scored only eight runs in five games against Cleveland. It's a testament to Toronto's pitching that the Indians scored only 12 runs, yet still won four games out of five. The Blue Jays actually outhit the Indians .202 to .174, but in the home run department — where the Blue Jays are supposed to reign — they lost that battle 6-2 over the course of the series. That was the difference.
"We never really had a big inning," said catcher Russell Martin. "Never able to string some hits together. You can point the finger at us and say we didn't do a good job or you can point the finger at those guys. To get us out, you have to pitch well and they did."
Whatever momentum the Blue Jays had gained in their 5-1 victory on Tuesday disappeared in the early moments of Game 5. With two out in the top of the first, Francisco Lindor singled. Mike Napoli then hammered a double off the top of the scoreboard wall in left. When left fielder Ezequiel Carrera mishandled the ball off the wall, Lindor scored all the way from first on the error.
That seemed to take a lot of the air out of the building, but a bit later, when Carlos Santana belted a solo home run into the right-field seats, the place fell into stunned silence. The same scene was repeated another inning later when Coco Crisp followed suit with another home run to right to make it 3-0.
With the lefty Merritt releasing himself further from anonymity with every strike he threw, the Blue Jays were hardly a threat. Merritt, who was pitching in the Indians' instructional league camp as recently as two weeks ago, had little difficulty keeping the veteran lineup at bay, mixing pitches together at speeds ranging from 86 mph to 67 mph. It seemed a totally baffling experience for a team that used to eat left-handed pitchers for breakfast.
"We only got two at-bats against him, but he wasn't making mistakes," said Martin, who had one of the two singles Merritt yielded. "Even though he didn't have great velocity, he was still commanding the inside part of the plate with the fastball and cutter, changing speeds with the changeup, even using his curveball. He just kept us off-balance. He pitched a simple game and it worked for him."
First time through the order, Merritt was perfect: Nine up, nine down. In the fourth, Josh Donaldson delivered Toronto's first hit with a one-out line drive into left-centre. Merritt calmly induced a double-play ball from Edwin Encarnacion's bat to get out of it. In the fifth, after Troy Tulowitzki hit a long fly ball that Crisp caught at the wall, Martin blooped Toronto's second hit into short centre field.
That was enough for Francona. He lifted Merritt and went to veteran reliever Bryan Shaw. Shaw promptly gave up a single to pinch-hitter Michael Saunders to put two men on, but Shaw bowed his neck and struck out Carrera and Pillar in succession.
In the sixth, Bautista touched Shaw for a one-out single and Francona was not going to let that little bit of smoke turn into a full-blown blaze. He summoned his fire chief, Andrew Miller, who quickly doused the fire with a double-play ball.
Meanwhile, jays starter Marco Estrada hung in through six innings, allowing only five base runners. Unfortunately for him, three of them scored. There were the two homers and the back-to-back first inning hits to go with a harmless third-inning single. He retired the last 10 batters he faced, but the damage had already been done.
In his two starts in the series, both losses, Estrada logged 14 innings and allowed four earned runs. More importantly, his Blue Jays teammates did not score once when he was on the mound.
It is a sad end on so many levels for a team that had such promise.
These Blue Jays didn't even get the chance, in the proud tradition of 21st-century winners in all sports, to jump up and down at the end and remind anyone who would listen that nobody ever believed in them. Well, nobody except those 3.4-million fans who filled the Rogers Centre night after night and made this team the American League leaders in attendance.
Or the millions who sat at home, eyeballs riveted to their TV sets night after night. Or the good folks from the prairies and Maritimes who lavished their hard-earned dollars on summer vacations to Seattle or Anaheim or Chicago or Oakland or Boston or New York just so the Jays could feel at home in enemy territory.
"I'm proud of these guys and I know the organization is proud of them, too," said Gibbons. "Hopefully, the fans are just as proud of them because it's an entertaining group. They put on a good show. They just got beat in this series."
The game is supposed to stab you in the heart sometimes. What fun would it be otherwise? It's supposed to sweep you away, take you somewhere else, make you laugh and cry and high-five some dude you met exactly two beers ago. You watch because you never know when that transcendent moment is going to come, but it will. If you stay long enough and believe hard enough, it will. Probably.
But, as sure as the sun comes up in the morning, this edition of the Blue Jays that had so much unfulfilled promise will fade into history. There is new management in town. Mark Shapiro and Co. have already started to put their own indelible imprint on this ball club and that will only accelerate now that their first season at the helm is complete. With nine free agents about to come off the roster, that alone changes the face of the team.
Shapiro has indicated to Rogers Sportsnet reporters that manager John Gibbons' job is safe.
Shapiro and GM Ross Atkins have an outstanding core group of young, controllable players to build around, players who have already tasted playoff baseball. They also have an ownership group that is revelling in newly found revenue streams that they hope will continue to grow.
To do that, Rogers will have to embrace the old adage "you have to spend money to make money," which has not always been their policy as it pertains to this baseball enterprise.
Jose Bautista opined on Tuesday that Ryan Merritt would be "shaking in his boots" on the mound in Wednesday's game, only the second start of his big-league career.
Instead of shaking in his boots, he gave Bautista and the rest of the Jays the boot right out of the playoffs, tossing 4.1 innings and allowing just two base runners.
"That's why you don't say s–t like that," said Cleveland second baseman Jason Kipnis.
Merritt's accomplishment had Andrew Miller, star of the Indians' bullpen, in awe.
"I try to stay out of the media, but it was impossible to miss," said Miller of Bautista's comments. "Some guys are into it. The TV's on in the clubhouse, we hear stuff.
"Everybody reacts differently. Some people use it as fuel and other people ignore it. And, Ryan Merritt, I assume he didn't pay any attention at all. He went out and did what everybody expected him to do, which is pretty amazing considering he had one major-league start. What a day for him."


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Biology 311
BIOL 311: Human Structure and Function II
Prerequisites: A grade of "C" or better in BIOL 105 or permission of instructor
Credit Hours: (4)
Focuses on the structure of the human body and the physiological mechanisms used to maintain homeostasis. Designed to meet the needs of ESHE students preparing for careers in athletic training, fitness/strength, health education, nutrition and sports administration, as well as recreation students and other non-science majors. The BIOL 310:311 course sequence is not intended for biology, pre-nursing, or sports medicine students or any student intending to apply to medical schools or physician assistant programs.
Note(s): Does not meet the requirements for the Biology major. Credit will not be granted for BIOL 311 after a student has received credit for BIOL 410. Students may not receive credit for both BIOL 310:311 and BIOL 322.
Detailed Description of Content of Course
Biol 310,311 will cover the anatomy and physiology of all major human organ systems. Topics included are as follows:
1. Homeostasis
2. Review of cellular physiology
3. Histology and the integumentary system
4. General osteology
5. The nervous system and special senses
6. The muscular system
7. The cardiovascular system
8. The respiratory system
1. Hematology and hemostasis
2. The gastrointestinal tract
3. Liver and spleen
4. Temperature regulation
5. Body fluids and kidney
6. Reproduction
7. Endocrinology
Detailed Description of Conduct of Course
This course will be conducted in a traditional lecture format with active learning opportunities and maximum student interaction. Laboratory will include some independent assignments.
Goals and Objectives of the Course
1. To fulfill a requirement in the physical and health education sports medicine concentrations in pre-physical therapy and athletic training.
2. Having successfully completed this course, students will have acquired a basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
Assessment Measures
The final grade in this course will be based on lecture examinations, laboratory practical examinations, quizzes and laboratory assignments. These exercises will be used to evaluate the students' basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.
Other Course Information
Review and Approval
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PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico (AP) Brenton Williams scored 17 points, leading five players in double figures, as South Carolina beat Arkansas-Little Rock 74-62 on Sunday in the Hoops for Hope Classic championship game.
Williams was 7 of 7 from the floor.
Lakeem Jackson posted a double-double with 10 points, 15 rebounds. LaShay Page scored 16 points, Mindaugas Kacinas 13 and Eric Smith added 10.
South Carolina led 39-22 at halftime.
In the second half, the Gamecocks continued to dominate. At 13:01, Williams made a 3-pointer to make the game 55-28. The Gamecocks (5-1) shot 56 percent from the field for the game and never trailed.
The Trojans (4-3) shot 40 percent.
Will Neighbour had 19 points and five rebounds for the Trojans.
The Trojans beat SMU 69-56 on Saturday to reach the final.
South Carolina defeated Missouri State 74-67 in OT Saturday.


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It is remarkable. On position after position, when it comes to immigration, the closed-border crowd adopts the completely opposite position compared to what they normally advocate.
They want less spending - except with immigration enforcement. There, they want more spending. They want limited government - except with immigration enforcement. There, they want expansive, muscular government. They want fewer regulations - except with immigration enforcement. There, they want a far-reaching regulatory state. They portray themselves as 'rugged individualists' - except when it comes to immigration. There, they start talking in collectivist terms, of tribal loyalty to the "American tribe". They oppose prohibitions, say on guns and drugs and sex work - but not when it comes to a prohibition on labor. They vocally support freedom of association - but not when it comes to foreign workers associating with American employers.
It's like a blind spot. They can't see how they are taking the 180 degree opposite position, compared to all of their other positions, on this one subject.
And on this particular article - if the police had used some ticky-tack violation in order to justify, say, a questionable search, everyone here would be up in arms about it. But, not with immigration! Here, a ticky-tack violation that is completely immaterial to the case of naturalization itself, is sufficient justification, according to them, to take one's citizenship away.
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I've been using the services at The Monogram shop for 15+ years. Sometimes I purchase products they offer in their retail shop, but most times I find items that I want to personalize and bring them to their store for monogramming. (Most stores won't let you bring in your "from home" or store bought stuff to be monogrammed... they require you to purchase from their inventory.) They've monogrammed my gifts for graduations, newborns, Christmas, birthdays, teacher gifts, etc... They have a limited selection of styles and that can be disappointing because there are some very chic elaborate monograms that I see on-line that are very inspiring. But the flip-side is that their monograms although basic are affordable. I've occasionally forgotten that their hours are limited and found myself pulling up to the store and being frustrated because I forgot their hours of operation... but that's my fault. They offer a very basic service with reliable quality and if they don't think they can fulfill your request they let you know. (this has happened to me a few times.... they know what their equipment can accommodate.) I know that they can personalize things for sports teams, businesses and more. I've been pleased with the service and product I've received. Plus it's unique to have a mother/daughter locally owned business thrive in this world of on-line retail. I've enjoyed watching the grandchildren/children grow up from being newborns napping in the back room, to becoming rambunctious kiddos running happily through the showroom.
pretty much has the most inconvient hours ever. they close at 5, not open on weekends, and more than once I've gone there during the day to find them closed for vacation or such. I get it's a family owned business, but are there no other associates to take walk in sales or for order pick ups? I love monogramming things and they have a great selection for in store purchases, but the location and terrible hours lead me to go somewhere else(usually online). I wish they were in the Barracks area or even the new stonefield. The work the shop does for items I've brought in is great, but can't get past the bad location and hours.
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Candy Factory is an enormously addictive puzzle-action game for the Nintendo Wii and Nintendo DS that lets players step into the fast-paced and colorful world of candy creation. Players take the role of a factory-manager working for Candace or Colin Kane, two hard-working and friendly candy-makers. Join Candie and Colin on their quest to fix up the factory in order to make their way to the Candy Cup Championships.
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From Cap 39 Orberg LLPSI
Orberg explains how Iuno favoured Karthage:
Hanc urbem Iuno magis aliis omnibus dilexisse dicitur, hoc regnum omnium gentium esse volebat.
Juno was said to favour this city more than all others (ablative?), she wished this reign to be over all other peoples. ?
I'm sure I have the gist...but I can't figure out why it's hanc urben and hoc regnum - what's the syntax..?


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CFI Portland offers an opportunity to put your principles into practice by joining other rationalists to work for positive change in society. In addition, the Portland Community sponsors social events for freethinkers as well as intellectual programming, and assists with campus outreach.
CFI Communities provide an ethical alternative to religious and paranormal worldviews. In this time of rising religiosity, anti-intellectualism and political turmoil on ethical issues, it is critical that rationalists and freethinkers join together to protect civil liberties, defend reason, and work toward increasing scientific literacy.


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School dress code proposal tabled
Parents discuss code for 3 hours
School dress code proposal tabled
Parents discuss code for 3 hours
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. —
An intense debate is going on in Franklin County about whether students should be required to follow a dress code at public schools.
The Chambersburg School Board tabled a vote to institute a new dress code.
It took the board almost three hours to make the decision.
The proposed policy would have many requirements, including solid-colored, collared shirts.
T-shirts, hoodies and brand name logos would also be prohibited. It also prohibited open-toed shoes.
Girls would be limited to wearing certain colored dresses.
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Image rights: Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech Gallery © Hugard & Vanoverschelde photography
About Markus Lüpertz
Markus Lüpertz is known for his expressively rendered paintings and sculptures, which often merge abstraction and representation. His career first gained traction in the early 1960s, and he was the head of the Düsseldorf Art Academy, one of Germany's most acclaimed art schools, for 22 years. In his work, Lüpertz combines references to popular culture, biblical and mythological themes and protagonists, and his country's history and culture, including the Nazi era. His series of paintings of military helmets and other wartime symbols caused controversy in the 1970s, initiating a fraught relationship between him and the viewing public. "You cannot understand the artist in his time, you can only love or hate him," Lüpertz has said.
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Representatives from 32 NFL teams were at the South Carolina pro day on March 28, including Jets coach Rex Ryan and members of his defensive staff, Jaguars defensive coordinator Mel Tucker and Steelers GM Kevin Colbert.
South Carolina has a stellar class, and could have three players — DE Melvin Ingram, WR Alshon Jeffery and CB Stephon Gilmore — selected in the first two rounds in April's draft.
Ingram, DE, (6-foot-1 1/2, 265 pounds) — Ingram stayed in school for one more season and is going to make a lot of money because of it. All he did at the pro day was get weighed and measured, and did position drills. If he had entered the draft last year, he would have gone in the fourth or fifth round. Now he's a top-12 pick. In the next two weeks, he has 12 visits scheduled with teams.
Jeffery, WR, (6-2 3/4, 213) — Jeffery, who did not do anything at the NFL Scouting Combine, had a very good pro day. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.48 and 4.49 seconds. He recorded a 36-1/2-inch vertical, a 10-foot-2 broad jump, a 4.17-second short shuttle and a 6.71-second three-cone. His arms measure 33-inches long, but he didn't lift because of a strained right shoulder. He caught the ball well. There had been some questions about his explosiveness, but he did well with all facets of getting open. Tennessee worked him out on Friday; the Giants met with him Monday, represented by receivers coach Kevin M. Gilbride. He'll visit with the Vikings on Tuesday and the Jets on Wednesday. Jeffery likely made himself a potential first-round pick with this workout. He could be selected anywhere from No. 25 to No. 40. He was highly touted, then his stock fell, but now it's way up again. He's like a yo-yo.
Gilmore, CB, (6-5/8, 189) — He was at the combine, and kept all of his times. He was weighed and measured. He will probably be selected between No. 25 and No. 40. He worked out well.
Travian Robertson, DT, (6-4, 300) — He stood on his 40-yard dash times, his broad jump and his bench press from the combine. He recorded a 26-inch vertical and had a good workout. He'll go somewhere in the fourth or fifth round.
Rokevious Watkins, OT, (6-3 5/8, 328) — He ran the 40-yard dash in 5.26 and 5.30 seconds. He recorded a 26-1/2-inch vertical and skipped the broad jump. He ran a 4.76-second short shuttle. His arms measured 34 inches long, and he did 19 strength lifts. He gets good movement, but he has to get stronger; if he does, he can be a solid NFL player.
Jay Wooten, K, (6-2 7/8, 196) — He was not at the combine, but kicked off well at the pro day. He had a 35 1/2-inch vertical. He has a chance to be a seventh-round pick or a priority free agent.
C.C. Whitlock, CB, (5-9 1/2, 181) — Whitlock ran the 40-yard dash in 4.52 and 4.54 seconds. He recorded a 38 1/2-inch vertical, a 9-11 broad jump, a 4.14-second short shuttle, a 6.73-second three cone and did nine bench presses.
Stephen Garcia, QB, (6-2 1/8, 218) — Garcia was dismissed from South Carolina in October for behavioral issues, but he has talent, and someone will likely take a chance on him in the seventh round. He ran the 40-yard dash in 5.04 and 4.98 seconds. He had a 31-inch vertical, a 9-2 broad jump, a 4.36-second short shuttle and a 7.36 three-cone.
Antonio Allen, S, (6-1 1/8, 206) — Allen ran the 40-yard dash in 4.59 and 4.63 seconds. He kept the rest of his numbers from the combine. He had a good pro-day workout.