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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Shannon Eastin earned her stripes by receiving the ultimate officials' compliment: It was almost as if she wasn't there.
Just being there earned her a place in history.
Unflappable among the oversized players and in the spotlight, Eastin became the first woman to officiate an NFL game Thursday night, serving as the line judge for a seven-man crew working the preseason opener between the Green Bay Packers and San Diego Chargers.
"She was confident and in control," Chargers coach Norv Turner said.
Wearing No. 27 on the back of her official's uniform and her hair tucked under the back of her cap, Eastin was dwarfed by the players as she lined up in front of San Diego's sideline and had a camera following nearly every move before the game.
The 42-year-old from Tempe, Ariz., seemed at ease, though, taking a photo with Turner before the game and shaking hands with at least two players before the opening kickoff.
Though she wasn't involved in many calls until late, Eastin remained steady while breaking the NFL's on-field gender barrier, quietly working the kind of game that made the players and coaches forget who was calling it.
"I thought she did a good job of communicating," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. "I was focused on the Packers, but there was communication before the game."
It's no surprise.
Eastin is a referee in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, college football's second-highest level, and a 16-year veteran of officiating. She got her NFL shot as a replacement official, among a group taking the place of the regular refs, who are locked out.
And now, she'll have a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Well, at least her cap will; the one she wore Thursday night is headed to Canton.
Replacement officials are working games for the first time in 11 years and are scheduled to work 16 games this weekend, including six Thursday night.
The crew working the Hall of Fame game last Sunday had some shaky moments and the officials at Thursday's game between Buffalo and Washington were booed after muffing a touchback call. That added to Eastin's pressure of being the first woman to officiate an NFL game — in front of millions of viewers, no less, with the game on national TV.
Eastin is no stranger to breaking barriers, though.
A multiple national judo champion as a child, she started officiating high school games, moved up to colleges and eventually to the MEAC, where she became the first woman to be a crew chief.
Eastin also owns a company called SE Sports Officiating, which trains officials in football and basketball, so she clearly knows a thing or two about blowing a whistle.
Other than her size, Eastin seemed to fit right in, chatting with the other officials, members of the chain crew and a couple of players before the game. Chargers tackle Jeromey Clary and linebacker Antwan Barnes sought her out just before kickoff, shaking her hand and saying a few words before she ran down the sideline for the first time.
Eastin spent most of the first half straddling the line markers and keeping track of the time, without much action on her side of the field.
Things picked up in the second half, when she had to break up a small skirmish between players on a punt, and whipped her flag to the middle of the field for a holding call late in the third quarter.
Eastin heard a few boos early in the fourth quarter from the hometown fans for a pass interference call on San Diego's Corey Lynch — a call she appeared to get right — and later signaled touchdown when Green Bay's Marc Tyler dived in from the 1.
Eastin added a final TD signal on a 1-yard run by San Diego's Curtis Brinkley and was on the spot for a fumble recovery by the Chargers near Green Bay's bench in the closing seconds, though she didn't have to climb into the pile to make the call.
"I think it's exciting for her," Turner said. "It's the first female official ever in the NFL. I got my picture taken with her before the game because it's history and it's reality."
Eastin joins a small group of women to crack the officiating ranks at the highest levels of sports.
Violet Palmer, one of Eastin's inspirations, began officiating NBA games in 1997 and is still in the league.
Bernice Gera became the first woman to work in baseball's minor leagues, serving as an umpire in a New York-Penn League game in 1972.
Pam Postema umpired major league spring training games in 1989 and, thanks to a push by commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, made it up to Triple-A for six seasons. She was fired a few months after Giamatti's death, filed a sex discrimination suit against baseball and settled out of court 5 1/2 years later.
The locked-out NFL Referees Association said earlier Thursday that Eastin should be barred from working any league games because she once participated in the World Series of Poker. Should she be hired permanently, Eastin would be barred from such events in the future as part of the NFL's gambling policy.
Even if she isn't, Eastin proved she has the chops to handle the rigors of the NFL.
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In visual design, an artist often needs to draw from the past in order to define the future. And the natural and social stories of the Adirondacks are some of the most interesting in the country.
A Clarkson University 3-D digital object design class has defied convention and used this philosophy as the basis for their conceptual designs of 21st century Adirondack structures, which will be displayed at the 7444 Gallery in Saranac Lake, N.Y., in November.
The exhibition opens on Friday, November 7, from 7-9 p.m.
Through extensive research on both natural and historical Adirondack issues, each student designed and modeled a unique and innovative 21st century Adirondack structure in 3-D digital software.
"The works of these students speak wonderfully to Clarkson's leadership in sustainability," said Dave Beck, assistant professor of digital art, who teaches the class. "The renderings also reflect the University's long history and North Country traditions."
Lean-tos, libraries, great camps, and bus shelters are just a few of the conceptual designs that will be presented through wireframe models, preliminary sketches, 3-D animations, and photorealistic rendered images.
About Clarkson University's Digital Arts & Sciences Program The Digital Arts & Sciences (http://www.clarkson.edu/digitalarts) is an interdisciplinary major, which spans the boundaries between the sciences and the arts. Students take advantage of programs in digital art, math, computer science, and communication and media. The program's objective is to combine the artistic and scientific skills and interests to develop creative talent, with strong technical foundation. Graduates from this program pursue careers in media such as product design, video games, film, graphic design, animation, Web design, and architecture.
About the 7444 Gallery It is the goal of the 7444 gallery to encourage artists of a local to international scope to find the passage of understanding in their own work and provide them an environment to create, display, and connect their work to an eclectic audience. For more information about the gallery, visit http://www.7444gallery.com/
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http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/swain.jpg Jacob Swain has designed a new public library for Lake Placid. The design takes cues from other structures in the Adirondacks and then adds some modern touches. The library is very open and is designed with the modern user's needs in mind.
http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/boise.jpg Mollie Boise has designed a self-sustaining Adirondack structure based on themes of winter and industry. The structure is also made of recycled boxcars from the trains that were once used in the Adirondacks.
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http://www.clarkson.edu/news/photos/nowak.jpg Spencer Nowak has created a sustainable mountaintop concept home that embodies the simplicity of Adirondack ranger cabins.
Clarkson University launches leaders into the global economy. One in six alumni already leads as a CEO, VP or equivalent senior executive of a company. Located just outside the Adirondack Park in Potsdam, N.Y., Clarkson is a nationally recognized research university for undergraduates with select graduate programs in signature areas of academic excellence directed toward the world's pressing issues. Through 50 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, arts, sciences and health sciences, the entire learning-living community spans boundaries across disciplines, nations and cultures to build powers of observation, challenge the status quo, and connect discovery and engineering innovation with enterprise.


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Alumni from our Master of Arts programs have a similarly diverse range of options upon completion of their graduate program. Many pursue Ph.D. or law degrees, but the majority work in government jobs or in non-governmental organizations, research institutes, or consultant firms.
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2012: Played in all 20 games at longstick midfield ... registered a goal and two assists for three points ... picked up 18 ground balls and had 17 caused turnovers ... netted a score in the victory over No. 1Virginia (4/13) ... had one assist in the regular season win against North Carolina (3/16) and in the comeback victory versus Marist (4/7) ... picked up a season-high three ground balls in the ACC Championship game against North Carolina (4/22) ... registered two caused turnovers in four games, North Carolina (3/16), Georgetown (3/23), Denver (4/27) and Colgate (5/20).
2011: Played in all 20 games and started three at longstick midfield ... registered a goal and an assist for two points ... picked up 21 ground balls and forced 12 turnovers ... tallied first collegiate point in season-opening win over Siena (2/12) ... also had a season-high three ground balls and two caused turnovers against the Saints ... registered first career goal in victory over Presbyterian (4/11) ... had at least one ground ball in 15 contests.
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The East Texas Oil Museum will serve as the first host of the traveling art exhibit, "Black and Gold: The Rise of an American Legacy," April 12-25, featuring the works of national award-winning artist Lee Alban.
The regional tour is sponsored by Good Art Company, a subsidiary of Dream Development of Fredericksburg.
A reception with Alban is set for 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, April 12, at the museum.
The exhibit will feature a collection of oil paintings that capture oil field scenes based on black and white photographs from the early 1930s to the 1940s, some of which are of Kilgore.
Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Sundays from 2 to 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Admission is $5 for children ages 3-11 and $8 for ages 12 and older.
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MIT Sloan professor Andrew Lo at Financial System 2.0 in London
The financial system is evolving and businesses and regulators need to move quickly to keep pace with the speed of change. That was a key lesson at Financial System 2.0, a special event held in London on June 13 as part of the MIT Sloan Finance Forum series.
Some 200 alumni and friends of the School attended the event, which saw MIT Sloan's leading academics meet with experts from across the finance industry to discuss the state of the world's financial markets and how to shape what comes next.
Highlights of the day included:
Professor Stewart Myers' look at management incentives and corporate governance. Myers discussed ways to build a functional balance between shareholder remuneration and good company management, including the idea of levying a transaction cost on shareholder intervention.
Professor Andrew Lo's examination of how financial markets can be harnessed to help cure cancer. Lo explained that a typical cancer drug development program could cost $200 million, with a success rate of 5 percent. However, instead of investing in one program, it might be possible to invest in 150 different ones, with diversification offering investors more than a 99 percent chance of at least two successes and a higher return on investment. The reduced level of risk resulting from diversification would allow managers of a "cancer megafund" to issue approximately $16.7 billion of debt immediately, Lo said.
"Instead of declaring war on cancer, we should put a price on its head," said Lo.
A frank discussion, chaired by Financial Times commentator Gillian Tett, on hedge funds and how they are evolving to respond to the shifting financial landscape.
An overview of MIT Sloan's intensive, one-year Master of Finance program. Launched in 2008, during the financial crisis, the program was developed to put highly-trained graduates to work in the financial sector. MIT Sloan's goal is to create the next generation of global finance leaders, with a deep understanding of the profession's potential contributions to society. Graduation data demonstrates that it is succeeding: although the finance sector has seen a general decline in interest, the number of graduates from MIT Sloan's Master of Finance program continues to grow.
Professor Antoinette Schoar's demonstration of how to apply insights from behavioral finance in order to mitigate credit risk, particularly in emerging markets. Schoar explained that in many emerging market countries, small businesses regularly pay late and go into default. Behavioral economics suggests small businesses and individuals in emerging economies slip into default through lack of attention to the repayment cycle, said Schoar.
Professor Andrei Kirilenko's discussion of market evolutions and high-frequency trading. Kirilenko asked whether high-frequency trading is essentially beneficial or "legalized front-running." He showed that a survey of market participants concluded that high frequency trading had been the cause of the May 2010 "Flash Crash" that saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average dip 9 percent only to rebound a few minutes later.
But Kirilenko shared research showing that high-frequency trading had not caused the crash.
"We should not look at high-frequency trading as being 'good' or 'evil,'" Kirilenko said. "It is more productive to think of it as a trade-off between beneficial and detrimental effects."
Kirilenko also discussed the new MIT Sloan Center for Finance and Policy, which will serve as a hub for financial analysis of public policy issues and a collaborative platform to stimulate cooperation between government, the private sector, and academia.
Professor Robert Merton's demonstration of the role connectedness plays in the global financial markets. Merton warned that there is a need to improve integration between the different parts of government with responsibility for managing fiscal policy and promoting stability.


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Dragon's Dogma: Capcom retracts PC comment
Dragon's Dogma's long-awaited PC version has yet to see the light of day, but Capcom's official Twitter feed assured fans that it's on the way. However, the publisher has been in touch with VG247 to say that the tweet was made in error.
Just minutes after posting the below story, a Capcom rep got in touch to apologise and say that the tweet in question – you can see it below – was made in error and that a PC build of Dragon's Dogma is not currently in development.
Apologies for getting your hopes up folks, but alas we can only report on the cards as they're dealt.
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It's a scant one this, but it should put the minds of the PC-faithful at ease. When a keen gamer asked Capcom where the PC version of Dragon's Dogma was over Twitter, the developer promptly replied:
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What is a Wheel Bearing?
A wheel bearing is a set of steel ball bearings that are held together by a metal ring (called a race) that allows the wheels of a car to spin with as little friction as possible.
What are the symptoms of a bad Wheel Bearing?
A worn wheel bearing can cause a "rumbling" or "growling" noise when the vehicle is traveling at a speed of fifteen miles per hour or greater, especially when the weight of the vehicle leans toward the worn bearing. This is especially noticeable in long, steady turns, like may be experienced on a freeway exit ramp. The sound can mimic that of normal road noise caused by the tires, but it gets gradually louder over time. A vibration may also be felt in the steering wheel or in the floor panels. A severely worn bearing can cause a significant amount of noise. The wheel may have excessive play in it. If the bearing breaks, it can also cause a significant amount of damage to the suspension, cause the vehicle to handle poorly, and even cause a catastrophic malfunction if – in extreme cases - the wheel comes off the car.
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How does a Wheel Bearing work?
A wheel bearing is part of the front and rear wheel hubs In the front, the hub connects the wheel to the steering knuckle of the front suspension. The wheel connects to the hub, and the hub spins smoothly inside the wheel bearing. This allows the weight of the vehicle to rest on the hub as it spins, while maintaining as little surface contact as possible. Minimal surface contact between the wheel hub and the steering knuckle (in the front) or the hub and the axle or knuckle (in the rear) results in minimal friction. The wheel bearing is lubricated with grease in order to further reduce friction. Most vehicles feature sealed wheel bearings that encapsulate the ball bearings and the lubricant in an assembly.
Can I drive with a bad Wheel Bearing?
A vehicle with a wheel bearing that is beginning to wear out can be driven, but as the wear increases, so do the chances of damage occurring to other parts of the suspension. If you suspect that a wheel bearing is beginning to wear, have a technician evaluate the problem as soon as possible. A vehicle with a significantly worn wheel bearing should not be driven. If the wheel bearing fails completely it is possible for the wheel hub and wheel to detach from the vehicle and cause serious damage or injury.
How often do Wheel Bearings need replacement?
Vehicles with traditional, tapered wheel bearings should have the bearings serviced every 25-30k miles. Most vehicles, however, have sealed bearings that do not require maintenance. Sealed bearings can last 100k miles or more and do not have a required maintenance schedule.
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To replace a wheel bearing, a technician will need to lift and support the vehicle, remove the wheel and tire, and remove the brake caliper and rotor. On some vehicles, the wheel hub and bearing are simply unbolted from the steering knuckle and can replaced as a unit. On other vehicles, however, the hub and bearing are pressed together into the knuckle and need to be removed with special tools. In these cases, the hub and new wheel bearing must be pressed into the knuckle on a hydraulic press.
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Within the 2 weeks prior to responding to a nationwide survey, 28 percent of high school seniors were in a vehicle whose driver had been using marijuana or another illicit drug, or had drunk 5 or more alcoholic drinks.
Driving under the influence of marijuana is a dangerous public health concern. NIDA researchers have discovered that breath expelled into a Breathalyzer-style collection device contained measurable amounts of THC for up to 2 hours after participants in a recent clinical trial smoked the drug.
Dr. Marilyn Huestis of NIDA's Intramural Research Program talks about conducting research on drug effects with human subjects, developing tests to help law enforcement identify drugged drivers, and an assay to help identify children whose prenatal exposure to anti-HIV drugs may put them at risk for adverse developmental outcomes.
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The Houston Astros have reassigned 2B Delino DeShields Jr., OFs Jacob Goebbert, Marc Krauss and George Springer and C Chris Wallace to minor league camp. They have also optioned Ps Sam Demel and Rudy Owens to minor league camp.
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The Houston Astros assigned P Paul Clemens and 1B Jonathan Singleton to minor league camp Thursday, March 15. Ps Juan Abreu and Lance Pendleton, OFs Jacob Goebbert and Brandon Barnes, INF Diory Hernandez and Cs Chris Wallace and Rene Garcia were also sent down.
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The Houston Astros reassigned P Paul Clemens, RP Lance Pendleton, P Gabriel Garcia, C Chris Wallace, IF Diory Hernandez, OF Jonathan Singleton, OF Brandon Barnes, OF Jacob Goebbert and P Erick Abreu to minor league camp.
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Obama's labor board nominees advance in Senate
A Senate panel has approved President Obama's new nominees for the National Labor Relations Board, setting them up for confirmation in the full Senate as early as next week.
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted largely along party lines to confirm Democrats Nancy Schiffer and Kent Hirozawa.
The two were nominated last week as part of an agreement in which Republicans agreed to end stalling tactics that blocked some of Obama's appointments.
The nominees would replace two board members who were recess appointments. At least two federal appeals courts have ruled that those appointments were unconstitutional, and GOP lawmakers insisted their nominations for full terms be withdrawn.
A fight over recess appointments to the agency helped set off the Senate showdown earlier this month over filibusters.


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Sister of Boston bombings suspects in NJ court
HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — A sister of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects has appeared in a New Jersey courtroom on marijuana possession and distribution charges.
Bella Tsarnaeva's (tsahr-NEYE'-eh-vuhz) criminal record likely will be cleared.
The Record newspaper reports that Bergen County prosecutors have said they'll admit her into a pretrial intervention program. But the case was adjourned Monday while lawyers continue to work out a plea deal for her boyfriend.
Police responding to a domestic violence call in December searched the couple's Fairview home after officers said they smelled marijuana.
Tsarnaeva's brother Dzhokhar (joh-HAHR') is charged with carrying out the April 15 attacks in Boston with his older brother, who died in a police shootout.
The sister has never been implicated in the Boston attacks.


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Police seek robber of Nashua convenience store
March 08. 2014 8:04PM
NASHUA — Police are looking for a bearded, middle-aged man who held up Lake Street Convenience Store Friday evening.
Police were called to the store at 49 Lake St. around 5 p.m. The store clerk told police a man had approached the counter and demanded money from the cash register, claiming to have a gun.
The robber left the area on foot on Ash Street.
He was described as light-skinned, with a dark goatee or beard, of average height and build, and wearing a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt, dark pants, white socks and sandals.


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Kings start Stanley Cup defense against Bluesby Brian Hunter / NHL.com
KINGS (27-16-5) at BLUES (29-17-2)
Last 10: Los Angeles 5-3-2; St. Louis 7-3-0
Season series: The Los Angeles Kings not only swept the St. Louis Blues out of the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs, they picked up where they left off by taking all three meetings during the 2012-13 regular season. Jeff Carter scored three goals and six different Kings recorded four points.
Big story: The Kings begin their defense of the Stanley Cup against a team that hasn't beaten them in nine meetings, combining the regular season and playoffs, dating back to Feb. 3, 2012. Don't expect this matchup of No. 4 and 5 seeds to be a cakewalk, though. The Blues once again have home ice and come in having won six straight at Scottrade Center. They also have one of the NHL's hottest goaltenders in Brian Elliott, who went 11-2 in April, allowing one goal or less 10 times.
Team Scope:
Kings: This series could have started in Los Angeles, but the Kings lost back-to-back road games in Minnesota and Detroit during the final week of the regular season to slip out of the fourth seed. However, they avoided dropping to sixth and having to face a division winner in Vancouver by edging Pacific Division rival San Jose 3-2 in the regular-season finale. Jonathan Quick, last year's Conn Smythe winner, stopped 23 shots as he looks to rediscover his playoff form.
"We know what we're getting [in St. Louis]," said Anze Kopitar, who led the Kings in scoring this season with 42 points. "They have some big bodies and they play a heavy game. We have some big bodies, and we're pretty familiar. We've played them enough in past seasons."
Blues: A three-game winning streak to end the regular season allowed St. Louis to claim home ice in the first round. The Blues are 15-8-1 in their building, with their only loss in the past month a 2-0 setback to the Blackhawks on April 14. Jaden Schwartz scored a pair of goals and Elliott made 22 saves as they concluded the regular season with a 3-1 victory against a Hawks team resting many of its regulars. While fellow veteran Jaroslav Halak is healthy again and able to play, Elliott's hot streak has made him the undisputed No. 1 heading into the playoffs.
"He's back playing the way he did all of last year," coach Ken Hitchcock told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "He was very good when Jaro got hurt in the playoffs and then he had the inner-ear infection and didn't really play up to par until the last game when he was healthy. I just like his frame of mind. I like his disposition. He's a confident guy right now and we're going to need him."
Who's hot: The Kings won last year by getting contributions up and down the lineup, and Kyle Clifford enters Game 1 with goals in each of his past two games. … Elliott posted a 1.28 goals-against average and .948 save percentage for the Blues in April.
Injury report: Los Angeles forward Mike Richards (illness) played less than 10 minutes in the season finale but is expected to see regular duty in Game 1, but the status of defenseman Matt Greene (undisclosed) is less certain. … St. Louis hopes to activate forward T.J. Oshie (foot) off injured reserve to play in the opener. Defenseman Barret Jackman (ankle) is also likely to suit up, while forward Scott Nichol (lower body) is out indefinitely.


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Finding a Definition of Employee Engagement
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June 2007
Executives are finding that employee engagement doesn't mean the same thing to everyone at every company. The relevant question becomes "What does employee engagement mean to us?" Employee engagement involves the interplay between three factors: cognitive commitment, emotional attachment, and the resulting behavioral outcomes. Employee engagement has a set of assumptions as to what drives employees' attachments to work and company. Common drivers are pride in one's company and an employee's relationship with his/her manager.


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Reilly Dittemore of Canton is trying to make a difference.
Reilly Dittemore of Canton is trying to make a difference. The Central Catholic freshman is collecting blankets for the homeless to be distributed in January.
"I am not sure where I am taking them yet," she said. "I have more than 500 so far. When I get so many, I take them home where I store them for distribution."
Operation Blanket started when Reilly was in the fifth grade, she said. "I remember seeing someone on the street and I told my mom I wanted to start collecting blankets for the homeless, so we started doing it."
To date, the Refuge of Hope and Salvation Army have been the recipients of most of the blankets. This year she also wants to give to the Domestic Violence Shelter and her church, St. Joan of Arc.
"We believe strongly in our students participating in community services." said Noelle Waltenbaugh, Central's Dean of Students. "She is the type of student that makes Central Catholic proud. "
Blankets can be donated at the school.
Charter One treated 70 area disadvantaged children to a shopping trip at the Target store on Dressler Road NW recently. Each child was given $100 to spend.
Children from ACCESS — an Akron emergency homeless shelter serving women and their children — and JRC — a Canton social service agency supporting the needs of families — were treated.
The Charter One Foundation provided grants to ACCESS and JRC to underwrite the $100 gift cards for each child. More than 350 children have benefited from the Charter One program since it began in 2008.
Malone University students studying persuasion recently used their skills to raise funds for six local charities, raising $3,676 in total from 155 donors.
The upper-level class, taught by Jason Moyer, applied principles from Aristotle's Rhetoric and other academic sources to the task of raising money. The six beneficiaries included a local family adopting children, the Palace Theatre, Lighthouse Ministries, The Martin Center, Pregnancy Support Center of Stark County and Set Free Akron-Canton.
Local students participating in the project included Sadie Eicher, Emily Geig and Andrew Haney, of Canal Fulton; Joseph Fisher, Sterling Haynes, Danielle Kappel and Isaiah Smith, of Canton; Kyler King of Uniontown; Kayla Miller and Madison Schuler of Massillon; Erin Montgomery of North Canton; and Tyler Newhart of Alliance.
All the numbers aren't in yet, but Bob Harris, president of A Community Christmas, said the need this year was greater than last.
A Community Christmas makes Christmas possible for thosands in Stark County. Programs under the Community Christmas umbrella include The Giving Tree, Adopt-A-Family, Coats for Christmas, and Mitten Trees.
"Its been overwhelming this year," said Harris. "Our Adopt-a-Family program helped about 473 families this year."
Jake Lebold, chairman of General Distribution, said his group provided for 750 families. "It was phenomenal. We had 980 children."
Children up to age 10 receive toys, stocking stuffers, etc. Teens up to 18 get gift cards and families in General Distribution receive food vouchers.
The men agree that none of it would be possible without the volunteers and community kindness. "Volunteers make all of this happen," said Lebold. "The number of monetary donations and other donations all come together to make Christmas brighter for so many."
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Taj Group has three characterful brands and includes over 96 hotels across India, with an additional portfolio of over 15 international hotels.
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Hackathon 2013
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GNUstep Hackathon ("AlpenSTEP") Weekend
We plan a weekend event to make a step as big as the "Alps" to bring forward GNUstep. Therefore we have choosen a location in Austria (near border to Germany).
The event is intended to start Friday evening and end Sunday afternoon.
Proposed Agenda
evening Arrival
- 09:00-09:30 Start
- 09:30-10:00 Proposals what we want to do and want to achieve during the weekend (Collection of Topics)
- 10:00-12:00 Working Groups or Short Presentations (please request a time slot for short presentations and prepare some 2-3 slides)
- 12:00-13:30 Lunch
- 13:30-16:30 Hiking Tour (depends on Weather)
- 16:30-19:00 Working Groups
- 19:00-24:00 Dinner and After-Dinner-Work
- 09:00-09:30 Start
- 09:30-10:00 Present what we have achieved on Saturday
- 10:00-12:00 Working Groups or Short Presentations
- 12:00-13:30 Lunch
- 13:30-16:30 Working Groups
- 16:30-open Departure
Gasthof zur Mühle, Leutasch, Austria (Train Station "Mittenwald"), http://www.gasthof-zur-muehle.at/
please register your preferred weekends through http://www.doodle.com/bt2cddgwn2hd39f9


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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's prime minister on Tuesday branded an ultraconservative Islamist group implicated in last year's U.S. Embassy attack as a terrorist organization with links to al-Qaida.
Ali Larayedh said in a press conference that the Salafi group Ansar al-Shariah was considered a terrorist organization based on seized documents, confessions and weapons captured. The designation means that membership in the group is now a crime.
"There will be no respite in the struggle against terrorists and against those who take up arms against the citizens and institutions of the state," he said. "We will ensure Tunisians have a future characterized by freedom and well-being."
The group is believed to have helped to orchestrate an attack in September on the U.S. Embassy by protesters angered by a U.S. film mocking Islam; four assailants were killed in the clashes.
The government, led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda Party, has also said members of the group were involved in the assassination of two opposition politicians this year and are cooperating with armed militants fighting the army along the Algerian border.
Larayedh urged members of the group to quit or face prosecution.
As the birthplace of the Arab Spring revolutions and home to a relatively educated population, Tunisia's transition to democracy is being closely watched. The process has stalled following the latest political assassination in July and nearly a third of the members of the elected assembly have withdrawn, calling for a new technocratic government.
Larayedh said the current government would first finish the constitution and the electoral law by October before handing over the running of the election by the end of the year to a new government.
The opposition has rejected this proposal and is holding anti-government demonstrations this week.
"It is time for Ennahda to realize that the change of government is not a choice but a necessity," said opposition leader Nejib Chebbi of the center-right Al-Jomhouri party.


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Allows operator to easily check fuel level before starting work.
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Reduces the risk of injury as well as provides a wide area for foot placement during starting.
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The Master Control Lever™ is an easy to use single lever, operating the choke, starting throttle lock and on-off switch. The operator must pull the throttle trigger before moving the Master Control Lever™ to the choke position.
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Indicates products that are built in the United States from domestic and foreign parts and components.
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The side-access chain tensioner makes it much more convenient for the user to adjust the saw chain with a bar wrench as opposed to the typical location of the guide bar adjustment screw.
Toolless fuel and oil caps with retainers
Simply lift the lever and twist the caps to remove or tighten. There's no need to use a tool to tighten or loosen.
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The Winter/Summer Shutter allows the carburetor to operate at optimum temperature year-round and helps to prevent carburetor icing when working below 50°F (10°C).
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View the features common to many STIHL chainsaws.
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Thomas Connell Lichterman Employee of the Year
2017 Award Winner: Harriet C. Lang
To honor the memory of Tommy Lichterman and in celebration of his dedicated and enthusiastic service to UT Health Science Center, the Lichterman family and many friends have established the Thomas Connell Lichterman Employee of the Year Award.
This Award is presented annually to a non-exempt employee who demonstrates the high standards and positive characteristics exemplified by Tommy.
Many on campus remember Tommy Lichterman and were impressed with his dedication to the University and his position within it. The awardee will represent the commitment to excellence reflected throughout the University and exemplified by Tommy. This coveted recognition is one which all non-exempt employees should aspire to achieve. Presentation of this prestigious award, along with a $1,500 check, will be made at a special event honoring all employees who have demonstrated outstanding service.
- Employees must have a non-exempt title classification.
- Employees must be a full-time UT Health Science Center employee (including employees at St. Francis and Jackson) or a full-time UCH employee.
- Employees must have been employed a minimum of three years prior to nomination.
Evaluation Criteria
- Reliability
- Quality of Work
- Attitude/Disposition


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It's no secret that Boston College lost almost all of its offensive production to graduation. And yet the biggest loss may turn out to be kicker Nate Freese.
This is the first in a series previewing the upcoming Boston College football season. Up next: The defense.
CHESTNUT HILL — It's no secret that Boston College lost almost all of its offensive production to graduation.
Andre Williams was a Heisman finalist, Alex Amidon re-wrote the Eagles' record book at wide receiver, and Chase Rettig was a constant under center for four years. The defense took a hit as well, with playmakers Kevin Pierre-Louis and Kasim Edebali now gone.
And yet the biggest loss may turn out to be Nate Freese.
He was indispensable to a team that had little margin for error, a placekicker who didn't miss a single field-goal attempt all season, consistantly drilled the ball into the end zone on kickoffs, and even handled the punting duties for BC.
Without him, BC's special teams, which became a strength last year with renewed emphasis on their importance, are in a state of uncertainty heading into the 2014 season.
Two weeks into fall camp, and with less than two weeks to go before the season starts against UMass at Gillette Stadium, who will handle what on special teams remains unsettled.
"He's a big loss," second-year BC coach Steve Addazio, who has a background coaching special teams and remains heavily involved in that aspect of the game, said of Freese. "When we got in the red zone last year, we had points. The style of offense we are, we need that. You felt like if you got the ball to that 35-yard line you had points."
Even with Freese's presence a couple of years ago, BC struggled on special teams. He was solid on field goals but couldn't reach the end zone on kickoffs very often, and the return game was inconsistent at best.
That turned around quickly with the arrival of Addazio and his staff.
Beyond Freese, Myles Willis became a weapon returning kicks, averaging better than 23 yards per return, and Spiffy Evans and Manny Asprilla each averaged over 11 yards on punt returns.
Yes, the 2,177 yards Williams gained were massive, and the way the defense was able to get pressure on opposing quarterbacks to the tune of 35 sacks was crucial, but success on special teams was a huge part of why the Eagles went from 2-10 in 2012 to 7-6 in 2013 and a bowl game for the first time in three years.
Senior Alex Howell will handle the punting, but there's a battle between Howell, freshman Mike Knoll, and senior Joey Launceford replace to Freese as the kicker. And none have shown the consistency Freese did in making 70 of 81 career field goal attempts.
"We haven't made any decisions yet," said special teams coach Sean McGowan. "Between Alex, he's doing a lot of things well, Mike Knoll has been doing some good things, Joey Launceford on some specific things has been doing some good stuff. We're just kind of letting it all sort out, and really putting a lot of credence into these next 10 days to nail down who's going to be doing what."
Willis, meanwhile, isn't gone, but the sophomore running back is projected to get the bulk of the carries this year and is currently not part of the kickoff return unit. That could change, according to Addazio, but the plan for now is to try and save Willis for his job with the offense.
If Willis doesn't return kicks, junior defensive back Bryce Jones, freshman running back Sherm Alston, and sophomore running back Tyler Rouse are candidates to fill the role.
Jones, Alston, and freshman wide receiver Thaddeus Smith are among those who might handle punt returns with Evans having left BC and Asprilla a starting defensive back.
"Everything is going to come into place really within the next 10 days," said McGowan. "It's exciting. When we were able to field some kicks last year we were able to flip some field position and really impact us.
"We have a lot of work to do still trying to put the right guys in position to be successful. We've got a lot of battles going on."
Yet despite the uncertainty, the potential exists for special teams to remain strong, to complement rather than hinder an offense that's in transition and a defense that still gives up a lot of points.
The emphasis Addazio places on the kicking and return units — his willingness to use starters like Willis if needed, the best players on the team — leads to that promise.
"This is really important," said Addazio, "and the best players are gonna be in here, and the coaches are in here, and we're all after this thing together. … We put a lot of time into it; a lot on fundamentals, and a lot of time."
Eric Avidon can be reached at 508-626-3809 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @ericavidon.


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"Approaches and Disclosures," Photos by Herman, Orrell and Stankiewicz
By Helen Edelman
April 25, 2011
Approaches and Disclosures, a collection of photographic work by Lee Herman, mentor at the Auburn Unit; Sue Orrell, director of academic support at Central New York Center; and Alan Stankiewicz, mentor at the Central New York Center, will be on view at the Central Arts Gallery, 6333 Route 298, East Syracuse, NY, through June 10. There will be an opening reception for the show on April 26, 5-7 p.m. The public is invited to attend at no charge and refreshments will be served. The photographers' work is represented here, above.
"All three artists approach photography from unique perspectives, which is what prompted the exhibition," Stankiewicz says. "The work ranges in content from urban street life to local landscapes and constructed images of the skies. As a single image or a studied series, each photograph reflects a deep-rooted approach to photography based on personal experience and external influences."
The show is an opportunity for the SUNY Empire State College community to view and celebrate a creative collaboration among colleagues while broadening their own definitions of photography.
For more information, contact Michael Mancini at 315-460-3176 or email@example.com.


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- 1 OSEE Application - How do I...
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- 3 ATS - How do I...
- 4 ATS World and Task Editors - How do I...
- 5 Review - How do I...
- 6 Java Editor - How do I...
- 7 XViewer - Advanced Tree/Table Widget - How do I
- 8 Editors - How do I...
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OSEE Application - How do I...
OSEE has a number of perspectives based on the included applications. All perspectives can be accessed through Window pulldown > Open Perspective. To easily navigate through OSEE developed perspectives, select the OSEE pulldown and select your desired perspective.
Artifact Explorer - How do I...
show more information, like attribute values, on each artifact?
You can show artifact types, versions and even valid attributes next to the name of the artifacts on a branch in Artifact Explorer. Simply use the white pulldown to select items you want to show. If you want to save these selections for future Artifact Explorers, just select "Store Label Settings".
quickly open a new Artifact Explorer?
You can open a new Artifact Explorer using the "Open Artifact Explorer" button on the top right of the Artifact Explorer. It will open the new Explorer to the same branch as the one open.
open the Action associated to the selected branch?
For branches that were created from an ATS Action, the "Open Associated Action" button will open those Actions in ATS. If a branch was created manually by a user, it will show a dialog of the user that created the branch.
open the selected artifact in another branch?
There is an easy way to open the selected artifact on another branch. Select that artifact > right-click > Reveal on Another Branch. This will open another Branch Manager and reveal the artifact on that branch.
quickly search the currently selected branch?
Select the "Open Quick Search View" button. This will open the Quick Search view, set the selected branch to the same as the Artifact Explorer and place your cursor in the Search text box.
ATS - How do I...
configure to automatically add new Actions to a Goal
Goal artifacts are used as an ordered list of Actions, Reviews and Tasks. If you want Actions written against an Actionable Item (AI) or Team Definition to be automatically be added to your Goal: Open an Artifact Explorer > Select to Common Branch > Open "Action Tracking System" > Expand down to find your AI or Team Definition > Open your Goal artifact in the ATS Editor > Select the "Workflow" tab > Expand the "Relations" section > Drag your AI or Team Definition to the "AutoAddActionToGoal" relation. > Save
visit recently opened ATS Actions
Write or open an Action, Review or other ATS object and can't find it? Select "My Recently Visited" in the ATS Navigator to view all ATS objects viewed in the current OSEE session. This list gets cleared after restart.
ATS World and Task Editors - How do I...
filter out completed/cancelled items
Select the pulldown-menu next to the gear and select "Filter Out Completed/Cancelled". You can also use the Ctrl-F hotkey.
only show items assigned to you
Select the pulldown-menu next to the gear and select "Filter My Assignee". You can also use the Ctrl-G hotkey.
open selected ATS items in a new ATS World or Task View
You can easily open selected items in a World or Task View by selecting the World or Task icons in the top right of the editor. You can also right-click > Open With > and select the desired editor for the selected items.
Review - How do I...
show all review defects in readable format
The Defect table of a Peer Review only shows 5 lines by default which makes reading the defects difficult. In addition, the Description and Location columns are too narrow to see all the text. There are a few things you can do to help view this data easier.
- Make any column wider. Select the line between columns in header > drag the columns out to make it wider
- Make the table larger. Select the gray line under the table and drag down to show more rows.
- View the entire table with wrapped columns. Right-click anywhere in the table > select "View Table Report". This shows in an HTML format that wraps all the columns.
Java Editor - How do I...
incrementally search a Java file
Open Java File > Ctrl-F (search) > Select "Incremental" checkbox > Enter text to search. This will highlight the first occurrence of what you type as you type.
XViewer - Advanced Tree/Table Widget - How do I
The XViewer is an advanced and dynamic Tree/Table Viewer that has the filtering and sorting the capabilities of a spreadsheet while providing the users the ability to customize their table to suit their current needs and save/restore these customizations for future use by individual or group.
OSEE has used this widget in many of it's views and editors including: Branch Manager, Results Editor, ATS World Editor, ATS Task Editor, Change Report Viewer, Commit Manager, Merge Manager etc...
There are many advanced features of the XViewer that will help organize and manipulate your view of whatever you're looking at.
email, export to csv and print the contents
Select any item inside the table > right-click > View Table Report. This will open an HTML view of the data. The top left options allow for emailing, printing and exporting to csv. The export to csv will write the file to disk and open whatever application is configure to view comma separated value files, like Excel or Open Office.
Editors - How do I...
restore changes or deleted files from local history
OSEE stores versions of most text files as changes are made. You can access these versions to restore these changes. This includes a file or directory that was deleted. Select the file or folder in the Package Explorer > right-click > Restore from local history.
prevent multiple editors from cluttering up your workbench
OSEE will show the '>>' indicator after 4 to 8 files are opened. You can configure your workbench to automatically close editors automatically. Select Window pulldown menu > Preferences > General > Editors > select "Close editors automatically" > enter number of editors open before auto-close.
Workbench - How do I...
remove old workspaces from startup selection
If you start OSEE with multiple different workspaces, it will remember the last 5. To clear these you can go to Window > Preferences > General > Startup and Shutdown > Workspaces. You can also change the number of workspaces to remember.
learn the basics of the workbench
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MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters have issued tropical storm warnings and watches for parts of the southeastern coast of Florida and Keys ahead of Hurricane Sandy that is pounding Jamaica.
Forecasters at the U.S. National Hurricane Center on Wednesday issued a warning for Ocean Reef to the Sebastian Inlet. Watches are out for north of Sebastian Inlet to Flagler Beach and the Florida Upper Keys.
Forecasters say tropical storm conditions were possible by Friday morning.
The 18th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season was making landfall in Jamaica and forecast to spin into eastern Cuba overnight. It was expected to pass west of the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay and possibly brush Florida.
Sandy is a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph).


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"US-based company Genesi, which builds ARM Cortex-powered appliances that could be compatible with the RISC OS Open Beagleboard work, is said to be in talks with RISC OS companies over a possible port of the OS to its products. It's hoped ROS 5 could be made to run on the lightweight EFIKA MX Open Client, which sports a 800MHz Cortex-A8 processor, 3D graphics hardware, 512M RAM, wifi networking and more. Genesi analyst Matt Sealey said: 'RISC OS is really popular in the UK and the last dedicated RISC OS box - the Iyonix - has been discontinued for six months. We are currently questioning the relevant companies in the UK, including [ROS 5 owners] Castle, about collaboration and marketing efforts, and the support they'd need to make it a reality.'"


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Discover which TV series and movies are filming in Southeastern North Carolina
Discover which TV series and movies are filming in Southeastern North Carolina, plus other timely updates on locally filmed productions. Read the Wilm On Film blog for more at StarNewsOnline.com/filmblog.
'Christmas in Conway'
What: TV movie developed for ABC tells the story of an ailing woman whose husband constructs a Ferris wheel in their backyard for the perfect Christmas present. A Hallmark Hall of Fame production.
Stars: Mary-Louise Parker, Andy Garcia, Mandy Moore
Notes: The movie should premiere sometime in December on ABC.
'Eastbound and Down'
What: Raunchy HBO comedy series about a former Major League Baseball pitcher who returns to his suburban hometown. Produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay.
Stars: Danny McBride, Katy Mixon
Notes: Filming is expected to wrap this week. Lindsay Lohan was in town recently to film a guest spot on the show. The final season premieres at 10:30 p.m. Sept. 29 on HBO.
'Sleepy Hollow'
What: A supernatural cop drama in which Ichabod Crane, a Revolutionary War hero, is mysteriously transported to modern times. A 20th Century Fox Television production.
Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones
Notes: The series premieres at
9 p.m. Sept. 16 on Fox.
'We're the Millers'
What: Racy comedy follows a pot dealer who creates a fake family to smuggle his product across the country. New Line Cinema.
Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Nick Offerman, Molly Quinn, Will Poulter
Notes: The comedy placed No. 2 at the box office last weekend, just behing "Elysium."
'The Conjuring'
What: Directed by James Wan, the movie is based on the story of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren. A Warner Bros. production.
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Lili Taylor, Patrick Wilson, Ron Livingston
Notes: Shot in Wilmington and Pender County in the spring of 2012. Interiors were filmed at EUE/Screen Gems Studios on 23rd Street.
'Under the Dome'
What: A sci-fi CBS TV series based on a best-selling Stephen King novel about a small New England town that's mysteriously shut off from the world under a transparent dome.
Stars: Dean Norris, Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Aisha Hinds
Notes: Filming began Feb. 28 in Southport and wrapped at the end of July. Watch the show at 10 p.m. Mondays through Sept. 16 on CBS.
'river guard'
What: An independent feature described as a father-son redemption story intertwined with a bizarre murder trail in the South.
Stars: Eric Ladin, Stacia Crawford, Brett Cullen, Peter Jason.
Notes: Find extras casting information at Facebook.com/WilmywoodNC
What: A comedy about a woman who discovers her husband is having an affair and decides to go on a road trip with her hard-drinking grandmother.
Stars: Melissa McCarthy (who co-wrote the film with her husband, Ben Falcone, who directed), Kathy Bates, Susan Sarandon, Dan Aykroyd.
Notes: The movie wrapped filming June 25 in Wilmington before moving production to Niagara Falls. It is scheduled for release in theaters July 2, 2014.
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, Fla. (AP) — Facing a lonely weekend in the White House without his family, President Barack Obama arranged a golf outing with some of his buddies.
In Florida.
After a speech Friday in Chicago, Obama flew to West Palm Beach, then was then driven nearly an hour to Palm City and into the gated Floridian Yacht and Golf Club. The exclusive resort will be Obama's home away from home until he returns to Washington on Monday.
Eyebrows might have been raised at the thought of Obama high-tailing it out of Washington, without his family, for some "me time." His wife and daughters are on an annual ski trip out West.
But as history shows, a president vacationing alone isn't that uncommon.
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman regularly vacationed alone. So has Obama.


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[CLJ-1377] java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: More than one matching method found on calling ExecutorService.submit from let instead of using Var. Created: 11/Mar/14 Updated: 12/Mar/14 Resolved: 11/Mar/14
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|Roy Varghese
Example from Joy Of Clojure doesn't work when Executor service pool is used in (let )
|Comment by Alex Miller [ 11/Mar/14 3:47 PM ]
In the let case, the pool will be tagged with the proper type so the ambiguity is detected.
In the def case, the pool will be seen as an object and the compiler is just deferring to reflection at runtime to figure it out. If you turn on warn-on-reflection, you'll see a reflection warning in this case. Reflection is just picking the first one that matches in that case. If you type hinted the def case, you'd see the same error.
I don't think there is a bug here.
|Comment by Roy Varghese [ 11/Mar/14 5:08 PM ]
Actually, I did turn on warn-on-reflection, but didn't see any messages.
I think this creates an element of surprise and uncertainty.
(def A (let [x (java.util.concurrent.Executors/newFixedThreadPool 5)] x))
How would (.submit A ...) behave?
|Comment by Alex Miller [ 11/Mar/14 11:15 PM ]
When I ran the prior example, I saw a reflection warning.
In your new example, I would expect x to be typed as a ThreadExecutorPool, A to be typed as an Object, and .submit to get called reflectively (successfully) and produce a reflection warning. It's effectively no different than the def example in the post.
What are you suggesting is the bug and what should happen? Reflector could throw an error when it finds multiple matches but that would certainly break code that is currently working like the example you gave, so I doubt we would consider such a change at this point. There really is an ambiguity here, so I think a type hint is required to make it work unambiguously in either case.
|Comment by Roy Varghese [ 12/Mar/14 10:49 AM ]
The bug is that type hints are required in one case, and not required in the other case because of implementation details, unless its documented in the language that (def) and (let) hold different types of Vars.
I the example above, I would expect A and x to refer to the same object, and thus contain the type information. Or not. Without reading the implementation, either case seems possible.
Agree, its a breaking change, but that's a different consideration.
|Comment by Roy Varghese [ 12/Mar/14 10:50 AM ]
BTW..trying to fix with hints is what led to
|Comment by Alex Miller [ 12/Mar/14 11:39 AM ]
x is locally bound to an object (there is no Var here) - the type information is on the local binding, inferred from the type of the expression. In the compiled form, the let expression does know the return type of the evaluated let (if there were multiple branches, there might be many possible return types). The def creates a Var that holds the result of evaluating the let. At compilation time, the type of the result of the let is unknown so is assumed to be Object.
So, x is a local binding and A is a Var. Even if they both refer to the same object, they do so in different contexts using different information. The type hinting and binding behavior in let is described on the special forms page http://clojure.org/special_forms. Remember too that Clojure is a dynamic language - while the Var A might hold a ThreadPoolExecutor instance now, it might hold something else later.
|Comment by Alex Miller [ 12/Mar/14 11:55 AM ]
"there is no Var here" == "there is no Var at this point"


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NEW YORK (AP) — Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj will take the stage at the BET Awards.
BET announced Tuesday that India.Arie and Ciara will join the former "American Idol" judges as performers at the June 30 awards show.
Previously announced performers include Chris Brown, Miguel, R. Kelly and Kendrick Lamar.
Rapper-singer Drake leads with 12 nominations, while Lamar and 2 Chainz are up for eight awards each.
Chris Tucker will host the BET Awards live from the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live. Presenters include Paula Patton, LaLa Anthony, Angela Bassett and Gabrielle Union.


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A drug user who has received "about eight community orders" with drug rehab requirements has been given another chance.
Chesterfield magistrates' court heard on Monday how Tracy Smalley, 24, of Chatsworth Road, Chesterfield, was caught with heroin in a Kinder Surprise Egg capsule.
Prosecuting solicitor John Cooper said police searched Smalley's former address and found two wraps of heroin inside the capsule. Smalley pleaded guilty to possessing the class A drug after the raid in December.
Mr Cooper added Smalley has previous convictions and has had "about eight community orders with drug requirements".
Stephen Burdon, defending, said Smalley has co-operated in the past and has struggled due to a sanction against her benefits. Magistrates sentenced Smalley to a 12 month community order with drug rehabilitation and training. She was ordered to pay a £60 victim surcharge.


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Catherine Bybee is the author of Not Quite Dating, and she recently stopped by the virtual offices for a chat. See what she had to say!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Catherine Bybee] I write sexy, sometimes snarky, but always believable, romance. Wife, Mom and Wine Drinker… not always in that order. New York Times Bestselling Author
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Not Quite Dating?
[Catherine Bybee] Working the graveyard shift as a waitress, single mother Jessie Mann has no time to waste on a Texan with big dreams and a skinny wallet. And that's just what she sees when Jack Morrison ambles into the diner where she works. After a childhood of financial instability, Jessie swore she'd do better by her son. But with Christmas just around the corner, saying no to Jack and his cowboy good looks is easier said than done.
As the heir to the Morrison luxury hotel empire, Jack Morrison is tired of women drooling over his wealth. He wants a woman who will love him for him—and he thinks he's found her when he meets Jessie. To be sure, he conceals his true identity and offers to help Jessie find the rich husband she seeks.
But will Jack's matchmaking game backfire and cost him the ultimate Christmas gift?
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Catherine Bybee] *clears throat* Well, I did work the graveyard shift at a Denny's at one point in my life. I met plenty of characters, many like my hero Jack. You can't always judge a person by how they're dressed or the hour in which they may amble into a diner. When I decided to write a holiday romance, I wanted it full of all the things I love about this time of year. Add a slightly desperate but strong willed single mother and a rich hero and booyah.
I wanted to see what one little omission of a personal truth could do to a story. I did that with Not Quite Dating.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe Jessie?
[Catherine Bybee] Honest, trusting, girl-next-door loveable.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If Jessie had a theme song, what would it be?
[Catherine Bybee] Oh, that's hard. I might actually have to listen to the radio for a while to come up with one. Maybe I should ask my readers what Jessie's theme song is.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing Jack won't leave the house without.
[Catherine Bybee] His Stetson.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things will you never find in Jack's bedroom?
[Catherine Bybee] A Hooker
Silk Sheets
A DVD of Porn
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Catherine Bybee] Life. I swear it's much more entertaining than fiction. I can listen to a song and think of a theme for a story. I find my inspiration while people watching in restaurants or while shopping…at a bar. So much fun!
Keep in mind that before I was able to be a full time writer I spent many years working in urban emergency rooms as an ER RN. So I have plenty of material to work with.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Catherine Bybee] Time
Quite and sometimes Pandora Radio playing on my computer
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Catherine Bybee] The last book I couldn't put down was The Hunger Games. I seldom read outside my genre but this book was a must read.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Catherine Bybee] Any one of Kathleen Woodwiss's Historicals. I read them all when I was in High School and from then on I ate up every romance I found.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Catherine Bybee] Travel. I've always wanted to see the world and now I have an even better excuse to do that.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
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Waitress and single mom Jessica "Jessie" Mann is practical to a fault. Even if she had time to date, which she doesn't, she'd be determined to provide her son with a more secure upbringing than the one she had—and that would mean a husband with big bucks. When Jack Morrison—a sexy-as-sin, seemingly broke customer with a cowboy hat and a seductive grin—tries to flirt with her, she shoots him down. She doubts a carefree dreamer like Jack can provide the financial stability she needs. Yet with Christmas just weeks away, and Jessie not wanting to spend it alone, the charming Texan is proving hard to resist.
As the heir to the Morrison luxury hotel empire, Jack is used to being fawned over. But Jack needs someone who will fall in love with him—not his wealth. He's set his sights on Jessie, though her hardened heart just might get in the way…To be sure, he conceals his true identity and offers to help Jessie find the rich husband she seeks. But Jack's daring charade may rob him of the holiday wish he wants most of all…


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President Obama, Year One
The Promise
President Obama, Year One
In The Promise: President Obama, Year One, Jonathan Alter, one of the country's most respected journalists and historians, uses his unique access to the White House to produce the first inside look at Obama's difficult debut.
What happened in 2009 inside the Oval Office? What worked and what failed? What is the president really like on the job and off-hours, using what his best friend called "a Rubik's Cube in his brain?" These questions are answered here for the first time. We see how a surprisingly cunning Obama took effective charge in Washington several weeks before his election, made trillion-dollar decisions on the stimulus and budget before he was inaugurated, engineered colossally unpopular bailouts of the banking and auto sectors, and escalated a treacherous war not long after settling into office.
The Promise is a fast-paced and incisive narrative of a young risk-taking president carving his own path amid sky-high expectations and surging joblessness. Alter reveals that it was Obama alone—"feeling lucky"—who insisted on pushing major health care reform over the objections of his vice president and top advisors, including his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, who admitted that "I begged him not to do this."
Alter takes the reader inside the room as Obama prevents a fistfight involving a congressman, coldly reprimands the military brass for insubordination, crashes the key meeting at the Copenhagen Climate Change conference, and bounces back after a disastrous Massachusetts election to redeem a promise that had eluded presidents since FDR.
In Alter's telling, the real Obama is an authentic, demanding, unsentimental, and sometimes overconfident leader. He adapted to the presidency with ease and put more "points on the board" than he is given credit for, but neglected to use his leverage over the banks and failed to connect well with an angry public. We see the famously calm president cursing leaks, playfully trash-talking his advisors, and joking about even the most taboo subjects, still intent on redeeming more of his promise as the problems mount.
This brilliant blend of journalism and history offers the freshest reporting and most acute perspective on the biggest story of our time. It will shape impressions of the Obama presidency and of the man himself for years to come.
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What is methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)?
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) are a type of staphylococcus or "staph" bacteria that are resistant to many antibiotics. Staph bacteria, like other kinds of bacteria, normally live on your skin and in your nose, usually without causing problems. MRSA is different from other types of staph because it cannot be treated with certain antibiotics such as methicillin.
Staph bacteria only become a problem when they cause infection. For some people, especially those who are weak or ill, these infections can become serious.
MRSA infections are more difficult to treat than ordinary staph infections. This is because the strains of staph known as MRSA do not respond well to many common antibiotics used to kill bacteria. When methicillin and other antibiotics do not kill the bacteria causing an infection, it becomes harder to get rid of the infection.
MRSA bacteria are more likely to develop when antibiotics are used too often or are not used correctly. Given enough time, bacteria can change so that these antibiotics no longer work well. This is why MRSA and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria are sometimes called "super bugs."
What causes an infection?
MRSA, like all staph bacteria, can be spread from one person to another through casual contact or through contaminated objects. It is commonly spread from the hands of someone who has MRSA. This could be anyone in a health care setting or in the community. MRSA is usually not spread through the air like the common cold or flu virus, unless a person has MRSA pneumonia and is coughing.
MRSA that is acquired in a hospital or health care setting is called healthcare-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (HA-MRSA). In most cases, a person who is already sick or who has a weakened immune system becomes infected with HA-MRSA. These infections can occur in wounds or skin, burns, and IV or other sites where tubes enter the body, as well as in the eyes, bones, heart, or blood.
In the past MRSA infected people who had chronic illnesses. But now MRSA has become more common in healthy people. These infections can occur among people who are likely to have cuts or wounds and who have close contact with one another, such as members of sports teams. This type of MRSA is called community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).
What are the symptoms of MRSA?
Symptoms of a MRSA infection depend on where the infection is. If MRSA is causing an infection in a wound, that area of your skin may be red or tender. If you have pneumonia, you may develop a cough.
Community-associated MRSA commonly causes skin infections, such as boils, abscesses, or cellulitis. Often, people think they have been bitten by a spider or insect. Because MRSA infections can become serious in a short amount of time, it is important to see your doctor right away if you notice a boil or other skin problem.
How is an infection diagnosed?
If your doctor thinks that you are infected with MRSA, he or she will send a sample of your infected wound, blood, or urine to a lab. The lab will grow the bacteria and then test to see which kinds of antibiotics kill the bacteria. This test may take several days.
You may also be tested if your doctor suspects that you are a MRSA carrier. A MRSA carrier is a person who has the bacteria on his or her skin but who is not sick. This is done by taking a swab from the inside of the nose.
How is an infection treated?
Depending on how serious your infection is, the doctor may drain your wound, prescribe antibiotic medicine, give you an IV (intravenous) antibiotic, or hospitalize you. You might also be given an ointment to put on your skin or inside your nose and be asked to wash your skin daily with an antibiotic soap called chlorhexidine (Hibiclens) to reduce MRSA bacteria on your skin.
If you have a MRSA infection and need to be in a hospital, you may be isolated in a private room to reduce the chances of spreading the bacteria to others. When your doctors and nurses are caring for you, they may use extra precautions such as wearing gloves and gowns. If you have a MRSA pneumonia, they may also wear masks.
Most cases of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) begin as mild skin infections such as pimples or boils. Your doctor may be able to treat these infections without antibiotics by using a minor surgical procedure that opens and drains the sores.
If your doctor prescribes antibiotic medicine, be sure to take all the medicine even if you begin to feel better right away. If you do not take all the medicine, you may not kill all the bacteria. No matter what your treatment, be sure to call your doctor if your infection does not get better as expected.
How can I prevent getting or spreading MRSA?
As more antibiotic-resistant bacteria develop, hospitals are taking extra care to practice infection control, which includes frequent handwashing and isolation of patients who are infected with MRSA.
You can also take steps to protect yourself from MRSA.
If you have an infection with MRSA, you can keep from spreading the bacteria.
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2010). MRSA infections. Available online: http://www.cdc.gov/mrsa/index.html.
- Kallen AJ, et al. (2010). Health care-associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005–2008. JAMA, 304(6): 641–647.
- Liu C, et al. (2011). Clinical practice guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America for the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in adults and children. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 52(3): 285–292.
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