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Phillips Challenges Students with Questionsby Howard Hewitt • September 2, 2010 Share:
Dean of the College Gary Phillips opened Wabash's school year and the first Chapel Talk with questions. The Dean illustrated how questions are the very essence of the liberal arts.
"Liberal arts living and learning is primarily about questions," Phillips told the large Chapel gathering.
The Sphinx Club sponsors Chapel each Thursday at 11:10 a.m. It is a gathering of the Wabash Community to share ideas, opinion, and thoughts about all things Wabash and beyond. Speakers are frequently faculty, staff, and graduates.
Phillips said the central them in a being a liberally educated man is developing a temperament and set of techniques in formulating questions.
"The liberal arts at Wabash gives you the courage to ask about who you are and the world you want to live in," he suggested. "Who am I? How shall we live?"
He transitioned at mid-speech to the College's new all-freshman, second-semester course, Enduring Questions. He said the class is designed "to help you at the start of your career … to cut your teeth on the tough stuff."
He encouraged students to ask questions without fear but with respect and openness for answers. "It's the question that drives us," Phillips said. The liberal arts should teach us, he said, to "take nothing for granted but grant one another a hearing."
You can also see his speech and Chapel Talks from last year on the Wabash College YouTube page.

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I understand your fear but the studies show that adult-baby sleepsharing fatalities are NOT caused by an unimpaired breastfeeding mom overlying on baby while sleeping on a bed. Sleep research has shown that breastfeeding mothers tend to be very aware of baby while they sleep, and if baby is at the breast he is typically going to be far away from pillows that might obstruct his airway. The risks (ands there are risks) primarily have to do with other factors. Here is some info to start with so you can research this for yourself if you like: https://www.llli.org/faq/cosleep.html
I think moms who want to bedshare generally become more comfortable with bed sharing as baby gets older and bigger.
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Technology giant Apple (AAPL) has unveiled an updated version of its revolutionary iPad tablet PC to much fanfare at a packed event in San Francisco. The device, being called the iPad 2, compatible with the cellular networks of AT&T (T - Free AT&T Stock Report) and Verizon (VZ - Free Verizon Stock Report), appears to be a big improvement over its predecessor: It is thinner and lighter (weighing 1.3 pounds, versus 1.5 pounds); has a dual core processor and higher-quality graphics; has front- and rear-facing cameras that better support video chatting; and comes in both black and white versions.
These enhanced features should be well received by Apple's loyal followers at a time when the company is set to face stepped-up competition from the likes of Motorola Mobility (MMI), Samsung, Research In Motion (RIMM), and Dell (DELL). Motorola's Xoom, in particular, which is powered by Google's (GOOG) Android operating system and has already launched to high praise from the tech press, looks to be a formidable rival to the new iPad 2.
Meanwhile, the product announcement was notable for another reason: The appearance of CEO Steve Jobs, who has been on medical leave from the company. Mr. Jobs, looking a bit frail, did not comment about his health, however, or give any indication as to when he might return to lead Apple. (Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook has taken over the day-to-day operations of the company in Mr. Job's absence.)
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Is there a "True Blood" movie coming in the near future? Apparently theirs rumors that creator Alan Ball and HBO are already in talks to bring the vampire hit that I watch on a weekly basis despite hating myself after to the big screen. I can't wait to see it and then cry about it after.
A new trailer for Simon Rumley's "Red, White & Blue" has popped up on the tubes and after watching it I feel like I need a shower. So I've decided to make a sarcastic comment about the "Iron Man 2" trailer that I had to watch before it rather then relive the trauma I felt. Man that Gwyneth Paltrow really looks like she's hooked on smack or something am I right? I think I'm right.
For those of you lucky enough to be in the London area, and I'm starting to think 75% of our readers are, you've got a one time chance to see Guillermo del Toro introduce and discuss his 1993 film "Cronos". The event is part of the Midnight Movies series and will take place on October 9th.
John Goodman has been added to the cast of Kevin Smith's "Red State". The film is about a bunch of kids fighting a group of crazed conservatives and Jon Goodman is not going to change the fact that I have no desire to see it. Honestly it was either this or I was going to tell you about 75 new "Saw 3D" images so you're welcome.
A man in Kentucky is claiming that too much caffeine actually caused him to unknowingly strangle his spouse. Which explains a lot because after my third cup of coffee in the morning I get enraged at the thought of you people not appreciating my news. I'll kill you!
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The artistic display on this concept features a formation of unique shapes which show the time.
The black stainless steel case has modern lines and the links in the strap have bevelled edges creating a strong robotic look.
The time can be read simply; hours in red, groups of five minutes in orange and single minutes 1-4 in green. The smoked convex lens that covers the LEDs means that when the time isn't displayed the screen will be black.


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My dear friend Katie recently had the decency to move from Dangar Island to the same suburb I live in. We loved visiting them on Dangar, which is in the Hawkesbury river near Sydney and very beautiful, but it really is much more convenient to live around the corner and see each other several times a week.
It was her birthday recently, and she wanted a nice lunch out. Well, actually she wanted dinner but what with her and partner Aneal's three year old, our children, two sets of babysitting arrangements and a desire to drink wine we ended up at lunch at Shaw vineyard's Flint in the Vines in Murrumbateman, about a half hour drive out of Canberra. It's being run by Grant Kells, one of the guys behind the swanky but by some reports over-promising and under-delivering Flint Dining Room and Bar in Canberra, and front of house is run by former Longrain sommelier Jai Dawson.
And don't worry, I am not missing the irony of my first post in forever being a restaurant review, which I never do.
Aneal eats fish occasionally, but not meat or gluten, and Flint's menu seemed pretty flexible. There's a very decent kid's menu and there were well behaved and charming children of all ages enjoying lunch in big family groups.
The wine list is very, very reasonable, particularly if you stick to the Shaw wines. We had some shampoo to start, the Shaw sparkling semillon for $26. I was enjoying the slightly sweet lemon-y and biscuit-y flavours until Owen said "lemon cheesecake!" We had the Isabella Riesling, $33, with mains and it had the same lemon myrtle kind of flavours – must be the house style, hunh?
It's a comfortable but unponcy joint, a dining room with an open fire adjoining the vineyard's cellar door tasting area.
We were planning to take our time, so all had entrees and mains and shared a couple of desserts.
Katie had "Pork Belly and Toasted Hazelnut Terrine, Red onion jam, toasted brioche"
The terrine was just past nicely crumbly and heading towards dry, but as you see it was tasty.
Aneal had Seared Yellow Fin Tuna Green asparagus, baby herb mix, white truffle dressing
I Do Not Approve of white truffle dressing in Canberra in August. For quite a few reasons. Or asparagus, really, but the tuna separated softly to the tooth and was quite delicious.
I had a special, tempura prawns with a something sauce and nori
I don't know what's happened to me, but I'm losing my tolerance for sweetness. I can remember thinking as I tasted it that I should have known from the menu description it would be too sweet; cloying. Lovely bouncy prawns, though.
The final entree was Owy's Quick Fried Spiced Calamari, Blue cheese aioli, lemon.
This is one of those "Masterchef Aaron YumYuk" things. Horrible and wonderful at the same time, although I'm not sure it's on purpose.
For mains, Katie and Owy had the Wood Fired Weekend Roast
It's pretty cheap at $26, but even for that you don't want the beef cooked beyond medium. The yorkshire puddings, on the other hand, were perfect.
Aneal had beautiful Wild Barramundi Meuniere , brown lemon butter, steamed Kipfler potatoes
and I had "Master Stock Braised Pork Belly, Sautéed king scallops, Ginger soy mirin glazed wild mushrooms"
again, too sweet, and again, beautifully cooked lovely fresh seafood.
I'm over sweets, but I was really looking forward to some cheese – but they were out. Sniff. The desserts we shared aren't on the current menu, so I'm struggling to remember how they were described. We had a pannacotta with a chocolate and hazlenut gelato
The other, much less successful, dish was a trio of chocolate desserts:
On the left was a chilli-chocolate mousse, which was fine. In the middle was a chocolate and banana brulee. There is no reason, however, to put banana in a chocolate brulee. Or any other kind of brulee. If I'm going to have a hot banana, I want it flaming in rum, goddamit. The final element was a large, crumbly dry cakey type arrangement that seemed liked it should have been served up by someone wearing a nosering and birkenstocks.
The service was brisk enough, and the waiter responded very well when I replied to his question about how our mains were by holding up a long, curly blonde hair. We'd all thought it was unfortunate but no big deal, but as expected the cost of the dish was removed from the bill. If I was the owner, I would ask that in future he not carry it suspended from his hand, face aghast, all the way back to the passe and shout out "Chef! A hair!" quite so loudly. The other staff were an endearing mix of country girls with painstakingly dishevilled updos.
For a long enjoyable lunch and plenty of wine, the bill came to under $100 a head. If you're going, I'd stick to the seafood and pick up a bottle of the sticky on the way home. It was a very nice lunch, and we all had a lovely time.


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Alec Baldwin Deletes Twitter Account After Calling Reporter "Toxic Little Queen"
The notoriously hot-headed paragon of progressives has left a bad taste in the mouths of fans after calling a U.K. reporter a "toxic little queen."
The kerfuffle started when George Stark wrote a piece published in the Daily Mail claiming that Alec's wife had been tweeting during James Gandolfini's funeral. The published gossip sent Alec over the edge as he set out to ring Starks' neck on Twitter in an avalanche of insults and threats directed at the writer.
Though one might laugh when they imagine Alec seething with impotent rage over his iPhone keyboard, a few tweets have upset his loyal liberal following, including:
"[I'd] put my foot up your fucking ass, George Stark, but I'm sure you'd dig it too much," and "I'm gonna find you, George Stark, you toxic little queen, and I'm gonna fuck...you...up."
Alec has since deleted his Twitter account and the Daily Mail has removed Stark's byline from the post, replacing it with "Daily Mail Staff."


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Progressive .NET Tutorial
August 2nd, 2011 | Published in Events, REST by Ian Robinson
On September 7th I'll be running a half-day tutorial on building RESTful Web services as part of the Skills Matter and London .NET User Group's Progressive .NET Tutorials.
This will be a very hands-on tutorial. Over the course of three and a half hours we'll build a hypermedia-driven service and client in .NET using the new WCF Web APIs. The subject matter hearkens back to a favourite subject of mine, Hydras and Hypermedia, for the application we'll build will be a simple text-based pick-your-path-to-adventure game.
This isn't a tutorial on games design, however. Despite the non-enterprisey subject matter, the tutorial serves to illustrate how machine clients and services can cooperate to achieve a useful application goal. Business application analogies lurk around every corner and surprise you with every encounter.
The tutorial comprises three exercises. With each exercise you'll have to fix a number of broken unit and functional tests. Bit by bit, you'll build a working application:
- Exercise 1: Here we implement the server resources that make up the dungeon – the chambers, tunnels and caves in which our daring client will venture.
- Exercise 2: Next we build a crafty client that can discover a path through the dungeon. By the end of the exercise, the client ought to be able to navigate the dungeon from entrance to exit.
- Exercise 3: Last, we add an element of danger, populating the dungeon with encounters (more resources) that the client must overcome before it achieves its application goal.
Along the way you'll learn about:
- The Atom Syndication Format
- "What if" client-side intelligence
- The client as arbiter of application state
- Hypermedia controls: links, link relations and forms
- DRY URIs
So come and join me for what promises to be an entertaining hack-n-slash workshop. Attendees should be familiar with C# and unit testing, and have some knowledge of HTTP.
Full details and registration for the entire event can be found here.


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Shin, Tacksoo
posted on Friday, March 30, 2012 - 5:50 pm
Suppose that we know the values of population parameter and so can consider informative prior distributions. Then, we set Bayesian priors for all these parameters like,
[I] (a);
[S] (b);
I (c);
S (d);
I with S (e);
model priors:
a ~ N(100, 10);
b ~ N(10, 3);
c ~ N(500, 200);
d ~ N(50, 25);
e ~ N(-18, 15);
Am I on the right track?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 10:11 am
If you know the population parameter values, why are the variances not zero, for example,
a ~ N(100, 0);
Shin, Tacksoo
posted on Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 3:59 pm
Thank you, Linda.
One more question! As recognized, the population parameter values cannot be easily known in real circumstance. So, if one wants to set (weakly??) informative priors based on the past literatures and do following steps:
1) From the meta analysis, one found that the mean and variance of intercept factor were respectively about 100 and 10.
2) then, set the prior like,
a ~ N(100, 10).
Does my story seem good?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Sunday, April 01, 2012 - 10:37 am
To use these priors you would need to be very certain that your study is the same as the studies in the meta analysis.
Shin, Tacksoo
posted on Monday, June 17, 2013 - 3:15 am
Dear Linda,
I got reviewer's comment related to choice of priors. As knew, normal prior is often used for mean (fixed effect) parameter estimates, while inverse-Gamma and inverse-Wishart priors are commonly used for the variance/covariance. Although I set the normal priors for variance/covariance, the reviewer pointed out that the prior distribution of a variance should not be normal.
First, I cannot set normal priors for variances at all? Secondly, if yes, I need to set IW or IG for these parameters. How can I do it when considering above example?
I (c);
S (d);
I with S (e);
model priors:
c ~ N(500, 200);
d ~ N(50, 25);
e ~ N(-18, 15);
model priors:
c ~ IW(S, degree of freedom)
S here is positive definite of matrix, right? What value of S can be this example?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, June 17, 2013 - 8:40 am
You don't want to use a normal prior for variances because the normal prior says that it is possible to get negative variances. In your example you can use a mildly informative inverse-Wishart prior:
See the Muthen-Asparouhov (2012) Psych Methods article for a description of IW priors. Also see:
Muth�n, B. (2010). Bayesian analysis in Mplus: A brief introduction. Technical Report. Version 3.
Both papers are on our website.
posted on Friday, July 05, 2013 - 12:59 pm
Prof. Muthen,
I am slightly confused with the IW prior as to how the mean and variance are calculated for this prior because the first parameter seems like a matrix?
1.) For the IW(S,df) prior, as the first parameter S is a matrix, I understand setting it to 1 (as in the above example for parameters d & e) implies identity matrix; but what does 0 (in above example for parameter e) stand for? So when I set the first parameter 'S' to 1, does it imply the mean is 1 and if I set 'S' to 0 does it imply the mean is 0?
2.)And if I set S to 0, from the formulas in both the papers for variance calculations of IW, as the numerator has 'S', does it mean the variance is 0 as well?
My apologies if I am missing something very obvious here. Please advice.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Saturday, July 06, 2013 - 8:33 am
The IW prior is indeed a bit complex. Two facts are useful here:
a) with increasing df (second argument), the prior is stronger (given more weight relative to data).
b) the mode is the first argument divided by df+p+1, where p is the number of variables.
To answer your questions:
1) Your "e" parameter is a covariance for which zero is a neutral point; hence the zero as first argument for IW. So the mode is zero.
2) Your variance parameters c and d are given first argument 1. You have p=2. The mode will then be 1/(3+2+1).
posted on Saturday, July 06, 2013 - 1:40 pm
Prof. Muthen, Thank you very much for a clear simple explanation;it is becoming more clearer now.
In a similar manner is there a simple way to know/calculate the variance as well?
For my current analysis what I did was to create another separate Mplus script where I inputted different values for IW(S,df) S & df parameters and got in the output the values of Mean and variance for the IW prior. And then I used the proper S and df for my main analysis. Is this work around ok? I am asking this because Mplus output for same S & df gives slightly different Variance values? For eg below for IW(.9,52):
Parameter 30~IW(3.000,52) 0.0789 0.0003 0.0186
Parameter 31~IW(0.900,52) 0.0237 0.0002 0.0155
Parameter 32~IW(4.000,52) 0.1053 0.0006 0.0248
Parameter 33~IW(0.900,52) 0.0237 0.0003 0.0172
Parameter 34~IW(0.900,52) 0.0237 0.0004 0.0198
Parameter 35~IW(5.000,52) 0.1316 0.0010 0.0310
Parameter 36~IW(0.900,52) 0.0237 0.0003 0.0172
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, July 08, 2013 - 6:28 am
The variance of IW priors is discussed in the Appendix of the 2012 Muthen-Asparouhov article in Psych Methods.
You can get estimates of the prior means and variances as you did. They are based on random draws and can therefore vary somewhat.
posted on Monday, July 08, 2013 - 10:20 am
Dear Prof. Muthen,
Thank you so very much !! :o)
M Hamd
posted on Monday, December 09, 2013 - 4:45 pm
Dear professor
We conducted two studies. We want to incorporate the findings study 1 in study 2 by using informed bayesian. In this case, the prior used will be the standardized regression coefficients from the previous study or the unstandardized regression coefficients? If unstandardized, how does that address the issue of a different scale range for one of our variable (i.e., 1-9 likert in study 1, vs 1-7 likert in study 2).
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, December 10, 2013 - 11:17 am
You should use the unstandardized coefficients. Use a different prior for each variable.
Sarah Dermody
posted on Friday, December 12, 2014 - 1:14 pm
I am estimating a LGM of alcohol use across 7 waves of data. At each wave, alcohol use is the average number of drinks consumed per day, which can take on positive non-integer values (e.g., 0, .5, 3.2). As such, I would like to constrain the estimates to positive values (because I believe negative binomial is not an option unless I round to nearest integer). It seems like this would require using Bayesian priors (specifying an inverse-gamma prior?) but I am not sure if there is an alternative way to accomplish this in Mplus.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, December 12, 2014 - 6:32 pm
How about using the censored-normal model with censoring from below at 0?
Andrea Norcini Pala
posted on Saturday, December 10, 2016 - 6:28 am
Can the estimates of a regression analysis be used as model priors of the same regression analysis? Or that would be considered "cheating"?
Specifically, running Monte Carlo simulations I notice that Bayes produces accurate estimates even with small sample size and small effect size. However, the power is low.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Sunday, December 11, 2016 - 12:12 pm
I wouldn't recommend this.
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M-Power Dallas !!!!
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it's Official:MFest VII-May17-19,2013-"The Supershow"- Las Vegas, NV
* This will be Reposted in Several BMW & 6speed Forums *
what: MFest VII - "The Supershow" - 2013
usual events Include but are not limited to or are subject to change:
-Friday Morning meet @ " " Casino parking lot to stage for the Guiness book of world record drive
- Friday afternoon 3-11pm 1/4 drag race @ the Track
- Friday Night - party @ the Hotel
- Saturday morning 0730(Drivers)/08:30 (spectators) meet @ the Track for a Day of HPDE type track -- till 6pm
- Saturday Night - More partying @ the Hotel or when folks break off into there groups a go party the night away everywhere
- Sunday afternoon - 12 noon Pool party till 6pm where we get thanked for coming until next year
where: Las Vegas, NV ---- Hotel to be announced along with Registration Febuary 2013 on mfestforum.com
when: 0900 - Friday -- May, 17-19, 2013
why: To Break the current Guiness Book of World Records for the Longest Caravan of ONE Vehicle Manufacturer on a North American Highway.......and to meet, greet, chill, Race and Party together, in VEGAS, an ENTIRE WEEKEND and yeah put a Face to a Screen name once a Year
who: EVERY BMW OWNER / ENTHUSIAST BREATHING!
A few teaser videos of Past Mfest.....
BMW MFest V "The Ultimatum" April 22-24, 2011 Las Vegas Nevada - YouTube
*For those on the EAST COAST cities Like :
ATLANTA, NEWARK, BALTIMORE, BOSTON, MIAMI/FT.LAUDERDALE, ORLANDO/TAMPA, Virginia Beach, TORONTO to mention a Few.
I understand that driving 3000 miles losses its appeal after 1000 miles but trust me it is worth the trip. Last April 18, 2012 I drove from Killeen, Texas with the Central Texas Mfest crew AFTER a 3-plane/ 32hr flight from Northern Afghanistan so i was Tired and worried that it would NOT meet my expectations and I was wrong!
I landed one day BEFORE we were scheduled to begin the Drive and the excitement kept me awake that whole Night. we were 6 deep from Central Texas, then met up with a few more bmw's up to the Ft.Worth meet spot #2 then another 5 cars there and rolled out of Texas 16 BMWs and 1 Porsche deep. met the El Paso crew, New Mexico crew, Florida crew and Chicago crew in a hotel 1 hr past Alburqueque, NM and we were easy 25-30 BMWs Deep all the way to Las Vegas, NV
anyway, what I'm trying to say is Im using my connections/associations in the auto transporting world to get quotes together from these cities both Open and Enclosed to help those forum members and enthusiast that want to go but do not want to drive that far alone or at all. the realistic Minimum should be 6 cars
Unofficially but i think Technica Motorsports in Atlanta is trying to make there 1st Mfest Appearance with "a couple" of there "shop cars" then another 4-6 members who would rather transport and FLY as aposed to driving. others understand that the drive to Mfest is a BIG part or worthwhile thrill and Fun of it all.
so far:
Boston - $
Newark/NY - $
Baltimore - $
Virginia Beach - $
Atlanta - 10 cars (4 of which maybe from Technica Motorsports) - $700
Tampa/Orlando - $ 750
Miami / Ft.lauderdale - $750
I will update the Price Quotes once I hear back from the Auto transporting companies that insurance checks out for validity. Personally, I enjoyed the Drive there with all the other BMW owners and would transport back home.
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Windows Prefetch files, introduced in Windows XP, are designed to speed up the application startup process. Prefetch files contain the name of the executable, a list of DLLs used by that executable, a count of how many times the executable was has been run, and a timestamp indicating the last time the program was run. Prefetch files are stored in the %SystemRoot%\Prefetch directory.
Both the NTFS timestamps for a Prefetch file and the timestamp embedded in each Prefetch file contain valueable information. The creation date of the file indicates the first time the application was executed. Both the modification date of the file and the embedded timestamp indicate the last time the application was executed. The
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There should never be more than 128 prefetch files [1].
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External Links
- Windows File Analyzer - Parses Prefetch files, thumbnail databases, shortcuts, index.dat files, and the recycle bin


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Business of News: The Monday Morning Quarterback
Since I left the newspaper industry six years ago, rarely a week goes by when I'm not asked by someone: "Do you miss the newspaper business?"
My answer never wavers. "I miss the news. I miss the people. I don't miss the business."
But like anyone who's ever had a failed romance, or a failed project, I've often pondered, "If I could do it over again, what would I do differently?" Here are my answers to that:
- I would spend at least half my time out of the office and in my community. Like many editors and publishers, I think I was caught up in the act of producing the newspaper with regular meetings and routines inside the building. As my work today has taken me into the community, I have discovered so much that we did not report. Or worse, stories we reported on my watch that were shallow or missed the point. I think that if I had known about my community what I now know, that my newspaper would have been seen as one that really knew the people, and not just when the city council met.
- (Related) I'd get "airline flu" almost every time there was a corporate meeting. Especially in my last years in the business when I worked for someone who loved such meetings, I wasted weeks on airlines and in corporate meetings. Most of these meetings involved political posturing and number comparisons. Rarely did any good journalism come from them.
- I would hire differently. For too long, we have labored under the impression that our hires need to have "x" number of years of experience and a degree in journalism. And I certainly hired good people who fit those criteria. But I have learned that so many good journalists can come from different backgrounds, work history, experiences and college degrees. A lot of people can learn how to write for newspapers. But you can't teach people to have the 360-degree views of a history major; the questioning of a philosophy major; the thoughtful processes of an engineer.
- I'd be far more transparent about how we do things. We demand such transparency and openness from government officials, but we do a terrible job of explaining our news gathering and decision making process. We'd use the First Amendment as a bludgeon to demand the spending of every dime, but we'd hide behind the "We're a private business" excuse when it came to our own financials. I would write more columns explaining how we produce a newspaper and how we profit by it.
- I would hold more stories for two reasons. First, to give the reporters enough time to connect the dots. Too many news stories spotlight but don't illuminate. This does little to help most readers and actually damages your credibility with very smart readers. Second, to ensure that stories were fair and gave all versions of a story. The publishing decisions I regret most were not the mistakes we made, but the stories we reported that were shallow or one-sided.
- I would do a better job of understanding how one story can so dramatically affect many lives. I have now seen some clients' lives deeply affected by a story that was journalistically defensible. You know the phrases we trot out whenever we get complaints. They are convenient. But I have seen stories that affected marriages, relationships between parents and children. I'm not saying I would never print any of those, but I would do a more thorough job of examining their effects on people and shape stories with that in mind.
- There would be many different kinds of storytelling. My local paper publishes short profiles of each teenager named to all-county sports teams. The blurbs tell the athlete's favorite food, movie, and professional athlete and so on. I read them all—even for the sports I don't like. It's great storytelling that doesn't involve traditional narratives.
- Meet readers where they live. Having sent six children through school I can tell you that there is more truth about education to be learned talking to the parents waiting in the parking lot to pick up kids than there is in school board meetings. In the parking lot, you'd learn about teacher effectiveness, the shocking number of videos your child watches during class time while leaders say there aren't enough days in the school year. My local paper is making a valiant effort to improve its education coverage by moving off meeting coverage.
- I would not worry at all about what industry peers thought about what I was doing right or wrong. My instincts aren't perfect, but most of the times when I made an unconventional call (and suffered through plenty of second-guessing), the results were spectacular. When I drew in my horns for fear of criticism, the results were disappointingly standard.
As a coda, let me add a few things I did right that I wouldn't change: make it fun; wander around the newsroom; know what goes on in every department in the building; write a weekly column; get to know the names of the spouses and kids of the people I worked with; take chances: and finally, answer my own phone.
Tim Gallagher is president of The 20/20 Network, a public relations and strategic communications firm. He is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning editor and publisher at The Albuquerque Tribune and the Ventura County Star newspapers. Reach him at email@example.com.
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There have been a lot of stories lately about hate-crime hoaxes that gay rights advocates have perpetrated. Just to list a few examples, there was the waitress who falsely claimed that a receipt included a scathing gay insult along with a refusal to tip; there was the radio station that doctored an invitation to make it appear parents refused to let their child socialize with a child from a same-sex parent home; there was the massive hate-crime hoax at Oberlin, which apparently was suddenly overrun by racist, homophobic, antisemites; and, most recently, there was the transgender student at a California high school who falsely alleged a hate crime.
In addition, there's also a trend to paint every long-dead famous person as gay. Lincoln was gay, we're told (he shared a bed with his business partner when they traveled through the backwoods, a common practice at the time); Norman Rockwell was gay, we're told (he painted pictures of little boys); Florence Nightingale was gay, we're told (she never married). There's no proof for any of this, of course. Just supposition and hope.
Given that many gay rights activists don't feel they owe any fealty to the truth, I'm suspicious of the newest uncorroborated story advancing the gay rights agenda. This one, though, isn't a story about hate. It's allegedly a story about love: Grant Rehnberg, a gay young man, claims that, shortly before dying, his 90-year-old Baptist minister grandfather, James, who had been married for 65 years, confessed that his entire life had been a lie, that he was gay, and that a friend from his youth was his true love. Grant has now put together an art installation — and is looking for funding — celebrating his gay grandfather (and shredding the Bible he alleges that James gave him when he was a boy).
There's no doubt that Grant's story could be true. Gay people have for centuries sublimated their desires to live mainstream lives. Just last month, I linked to a post about a gay Mormon man who has made the conscious decision (with his wife's agreement) to live a heterosexual life. He believes that the rewards of that life exceed that transient pleasures of gay sex.
There's also no doubt that Grant's story could be a bald-faced lie. Right now, these lies tend too often to be the stock in trade for gay rights advocates — and that's a shame. When your cohort cries "wolf" once too often, no one will believe you anymore. The coin of your realm has been debased, making everything suspect.
Given the rush of cheap lies and dishonest speculation, why in the world should anyone believe an unverified statement about gay love or gay hate without independent proof and investigation to support those claims? If Grant is telling the truth, his grandfather's life story and decisions are certainly worth examining and understanding. If he's telling a lie, though, he ought to be ashamed of himself for painting a false picture of a dead man. It would therefore be interesting to hear what other friends and family members have to say about James Rehnberg's life and love[s].


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To the editor,
Sixty-six percent of students are stressing over testing. I don't think that there should be as much testing.
I am writing in response to "School Board Asks State to Limit Testing", published on Dec. 25, 2014.
To the editor:
I'm sure the new mural on the pavilion will be nice, but there's one thing that doesn't match it...the condition of the city itself.
To the editor:
What a great asset you have in the fledgling Williston Community Theater. Having attended the first weekend of their third show I was quite pleased with the wonderful production - the kids especially did a great job.
Besides the entertainment value the theater will be giving kids a place to show off their talents in the performing arts as well as learn about other opportunities for career choices out there in the big wide world.
Go Williston!
Ron Clark
I'm writing this letter to ask that everyone vote YES on Amendment 2.
The negative ad campaigns make it sound like if you vote YES it will bring marijuana to our state.
Well guess what…the business of selling marijuana is already here. It's alive and well and being sold by illegal drug dealers.
Many of the people that are using it use it so that they don't have to take the highly addictive pain killers that have killed many many people.
I want to extend a sincere thank you from myself and my family to all of you for your prayers, flowers, cards, and expressions of concern during my recent hospital stay.
By the grace of God, I am at home and becoming stronger each day. Your good wishes remind me daily of the power of prayer and the value of loving and supportive family and friends.
To the editor,
Reading the article about the JROTC lacking funding just gets me pretty annoyed.
I believe the JROTC is a great program in teaching the young adults leadership and trying to mold them into responsible adults.
My son attended the JROTC and enrolled in the military after graduation, along with many high school friends.
And for that we are very grateful to the JROTC. There is a great need for this program to offer the young generation a chance to get an education and have a career to shape their lives.
To the editor:
Here is another resident complaint about the Levy County Road Department.
As the Chief of Police for Williston, I join the Florida Police Chiefs Association in its strong opposition to the currently proposed constitutional amendment that would legalize or decriminalize the sale, possession or use of marijuana.
As the end of the school year winds down I would like to address a problem that probably affects quite a few families.
I know it is probably too late to change things this year, but hopefully it will cause changes in subsequent years.
As EOC's, finals, awards, graduations and banquets dates are being set, I am imploring the elementary, middle and high schools to come together and come up with a schedule where each school has its own date or dates set for the celebrations of their students.
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- julieQ said...
I think your block is so pretty!!
- February 10, 2014 at 7:22 AM
- Cynthia said...
I love your block, it's my favorite color combo!!
- February 10, 2014 at 7:35 AM
- Rebecca Stevens said...
It is very pretty. I think you only went wrong with your last 2 strips. The one at the top of the picture (red bows) should be strip 12 in the counter clockwise rotation and should only go past the red dot. Then the red with words on it (strip 13) finishes the block the entire length. If that makes sense ;-D
- February 10, 2014 at 7:44 AM
- Jennie {Clover and Violet} said...
I think Rebecca is right. Also, the photo you show printed out is of some incomplete blocks...so maybe that is part of the trouble?
- February 10, 2014 at 8:16 AM
- Sinta Renee said...
That is a really cute log cabin block! Log Cabin ala Freda!
- February 10, 2014 at 3:43 PM
- Pinkadot Quilts said...
Love your color combination!
- February 10, 2014 at 4:16 PM
- Missy Shay said...
I was wondering if it would be okay to use a white with red flowers as one of my light colors, I'm glad you posted your block!
- February 10, 2014 at 6:12 PM
- jan said...
Your log Cabin is so sweet! I love those fabrics and color combos.
xo jan
- February 11, 2014 at 12:06 AM
- donna said...
Your block is so pretty. You know after I sent mine off I realized I may not have done it right?
- February 11, 2014 at 7:37 AM
- Kindred Quilts said...
Is it an off centered log cabin block? Regardless, your blocks are darling... LOVE those colors together!
- February 11, 2014 at 6:43 PM
- Mimi Sue said...
Love your block! Great colors. Mimi
- February 13, 2014 at 10:27 PM
- Thimbleanna said...
I love your block Nanette -- not sure what's wrong with it, but I sure do love the way you've arranged the pieces!
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Former CCS teacher indicted for educator/student relationship
According to information from Sgt. Chad Hogan of the Orange County Sheriff's Office (OCSO), on Monday October 1, 2012 the Orange County Sheriff's Office received a call from the Administration at Community Christian School at 3400 MLK Drive in Orange concerning an Improper Relationship between Educator and Student. The alleged incident involved an educator at the school and a high school student.Investigators with OCSO's Criminal Investigations Division obtained information from school district officials and students regarding the allegations. Once the investigation was complete, the case was presented to the Orange County District Attorney's for review and disposition.On Wednesday, December 12, 2012 this case was presented to the Orange County Grand Jury. As a result, Valerie Danielle Sonnier, a 30-year-old Orange resident, was indicted for 2 counts of Improper Relationship between an Educator and Student. Sonnier turned herself in at the Orange County Correctional Facility. Bond has been set at $20,000.


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81 Dead in Syria as Fighting Rages near Capital
[An Nahar] Fighting raged around
...Capital of the last remaining Baathist regime in the world...
on Friday as Internet and phone links in Syria remained cut for a second day and rebels consolidated gains in the east, capturing an oil field near the Iraqi border.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the road from the capital to Damascus airport had reopened, a day after fighting during which a bus carrying airport employees was hit by a shell, killing two people.
And the 27-kilometer (17-mile) road remained perilous. Unknown attackers fired at a U.N. convoy leaving the airport for the second day in a row, a U.N.
front man
said, adding that there were no casualties.
On Thursday, four Austrian soldiers from the U.N. Disengagement Observer Force for the Golan Heights were
when a convoy heading for the airport was attacked.
Air traffic resumed on Friday, and the airport road was reopened after a night of heavy
between rebels and troops in the area, airport sources said.
But warplanes pounded the northeastern town of Irbin amid shelling of orchards in the south of the capital, all opposition strongholds where rebels have rear bases, it added.
At least 16
non-combatants were killed
in an army offensive and
around Damascus on Friday, including near the airport road and in Daraya to the southwest, the Observatory said.
A military source in Damascus said the army had taken control of the western side of the road leading to the airport and a small portion on the east by dawn, allowing travelers to move through.
"But the most difficult part is yet to come. The army wants to take control of the eastern side, where there are thousands of
Death Eaters
and this will take several days," he said, using the regime term for rebel fighters.
The army, meanwhile, withdrew from Omar oil field, one of the last regime positions east of Deir Ezzor city near the Iraqi border, giving rebels control over the country's major fields.
Rebels last week gained a huge stretch of territory east of Deir Ezzor city along the Iraqi border, now the largest outside government control.
The regime has been reducing its territorial ambitions to focus on Damascus, central Syria and Alawite bastions, as it digs in for a long war, according to analysts.
The Observatory, which reported 81 killed nationwide on Friday based on information from activists and medics on the ground, said most phones and Internet networks were down for a second straight day.
Syrian authorities blamed the cut on maintenance work, while Washington accused Damascus of cutting communications on purpose.
...contributed $814,540 to the 2008 Obama campaign...
and Twitter said they have reactivated a voice-tweet program, last used in 2011 when the Internet was shut down in Egypt during its revolution, to allow Syrians affected by the shutdown of the Internet to get messages out.
...back at the fist fight, Jake ducked another roundhouse, then parried with his left, then with his right, finally with his chin...
Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
envoy Lakhdar Brahimi warned alongside Ban that Syria is in danger of becoming a "failed state" as he appealed for new international efforts to reach a political settlement.
He warned that the crisis could see "the state and its institutions withering away, lawlessness spreading, warlordism, banditry, narcotics, arms smuggling and worst of all the ugly face of communal and sectarian strife take hold of Syria."
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**** Now Updated for 4.1 ****
Hello all DKC members. Thank you for coming to this great site to download your add ons. In this pack you will find the offical DKC endursed add ons that we feel every member should have.
Here are a list of the addons included...
Addon Control Panel- This lets you turn add ons on and off while logged into the game. You will find a new add on button under interface in your game menu. (press Esc for game menu)
Atlas Loot- This lets you look at dungeons and raids as well as professions to check the loot you could get or things ppl can make for you.
Atlas Loot Reverse- Shows you where something that is linked drops.
BankItems- This shows all the banks n bags of all the toons on your server. Also shows your total gold. This is a very handy add on for those of us with many alts. *** Not yet updated for 4.1 but seems to be working ***
Deadly Boss Mods- This gives you wearings during boss fights if the boss is about to do something big or if you are standing in something like fire or poison.
Healbot- Lets you quickly heal party members by clicking the Healbot interface instead of switching targets. Non healers or people who dont like healbot feel free to disable it.
Gearscore/Playerscore- While the gearscore number doesnt give you much info now a days, the add on is still very useful. You can quickly see if someone has mixed healing and dps gear, if they are unenchanted or gemed, and you can few their equipped item lvl also.
Omen Threat Meter- This shows a tank who has what % of threat on the boss. Its also useful for anyone like me whos a total dps aggro hog. This can also be disabled if you dont want to use it.
Recount- Shows your dps or healing done as well as other info for a party. Helpful hint, I use a macro /recount toggle that I keep on my hotbar so I can turn the interface on and off when I need to.
Scrap- This addon will sell all grey items you have when you goto a merchant. Next to where you armor repair button is you will find a bag of gold button, click this to sell all grey items. *** Not yet updated to 4.1 but seems to be working ***
Sheep Monitor- This is a great program for letting you know when your CC timer will run out, and it also tells you who broke the CC if it breaks early. *** Not yet updated to 4.1 but seems to be working ***
Titan Panel- Crazzy asked me to include this. It puts a bar at the top of your screen that can track things like coords, gold, repair bills. Can be very useful. If you find it slows you down feel free to disable it.
All of these add ons should be extracted to your C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns
To do so please click the download button, then hit open when the window pops up. Once Winrar opens just it, click and open the dkc guild addon folder then extract all and put C:\Program Files\World of Warcraft\Interface\AddOns in the little box.
Some people dont have their game installed in program files. Check the c: drive to see if the world of warcraft folder is under that.
Make sure you visit this website often or download the mmo minion to get updates for all your add ons.
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Late Summer Colors at the Farmers' Market Hollywood, California
Deep purple plums, dusky red pluots, and luscious green and black figs are just a few of the colorful offerings at Southern California's farmers' markets this season. And there are stripes, too, in the form of green zebra tomatoes, summer melons, heirloom eggplants, and zephyr squash. We feel so blessed to have these beautiful gems at our markets and on our plates!
• 1 Tomatoes of every shape and color
• 2 Tiny eggplants and pretty peppers
• 3 Melons; do you know how to pick a ripe one?
• 4 Dapple dandy pluots and white peaches
• 5 Plump figs and blueberries
• 6 More lovely eggplants!
• 7 Figs; how about a quick little tart?
• 8 A gorgeous display of grapes, kumquats, mulberries, and figs
• 9 Juicy plums and nectarines
• 10 A rainbow of grapes
• 11 Cherry tomatoes, perfect for fresh or grilled skewers
• 12 Long Chinese eggplants
• 13 Multicolored summer squash
• 14 Tender haricots verts and yellow Romano beans
• 15 Summer peaches make way for autumn apples...
What colorful fruits and vegetables are you seeing at your farmers' market these days?
• For more information on the Hollywood farmers' market and other Los Angeles area markets, visit Farmernet.com
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So far, all of our SELECT queries have shown every row in the table. Oftentimes we want only specific rows. The WHERE clause tells the SELECT query to show only the rows that match our criteria. For instance, we may want to see all the information in the musicians table for the musician with player_id having the value 1.
mysql> SELECT * FROM musicians WHERE player_id = 1;
| player_id | name | phone |
| 1 | Roger Waters | 555-1212 |
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Or, how about selecting only the name of the musician with player_id 1.
mysql> SELECT name FROM musicians WHERE player_id = 1;
| name |
| Roger Waters |
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Here's how to grab Thom Yorke's phone number:
mysql> SELECT phone FROM musicians WHERE name = "Thom Yorke";
| phone |
| 555-4545 |
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Maybe we are interested in all instruments with difficulties of 8 or higher:
mysql> SELECT instrument FROM instruments WHERE difficulty >= 8;
| instrument |
| bagpipes |
| oboe |
| harp |
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Or the easiest instruments:
mysql> SELECT instrument FROM instruments WHERE difficulty <= 2;
| instrument |
| keyboards |
| drums |
| conductor |
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
More than one condition can be combined. Here is a SELECT query that returns all the percussion instruments with a difficulty less than or equal to 3:
mysql> SELECT instrument FROM instruments
-> WHERE type = "percussion" AND difficulty <= 3;
| instrument |
| drums |
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Note There are many different ways to use the WHERE clause in the SELECT . See the docs for all the details.
We could go on forever with describing all the different uses of the WHERE clause, but we should instead mention how to sort the output.
{mospagebreak title=The ORDER BY Clause}
The last bit of SQL that we will look at will be how to order the output. The ORDER BY clause allows us to specify on which field the output should be sorted. Let's say we want to show all the musician information, but the output is to be sorted by name.
mysql> SELECT * FROM musicians ORDER BY name; player_id name phone 2 Geddy Lee 555-2323 5 Lenny Kravitz 555-5656 3 Marshall Mathers III 555-3434 6 Mike Diamond 555-6767 1 Roger Waters 555-1212 4 Thom Yorke 555-4545
player_id name
2 Geddy Lee
5 Lenny Kravitz
3 Marshall Mathers III 555-3434
6 Mike Diamond
1 Roger Waters
4 Thom Yorke
How about all the instruments and their difficulty from easiest to hardest.
mysql> SELECT instrument, difficulty FROM instruments ORDER BY difficulty;
| instrument | difficulty |
| drums | 0 |
| conductor | 0 |
| keyboards | 1 |
| bass | 3 |
| timpani | 4 |
| guitar | 4 |
| trumpet | 5 |
| piccolo | 5 |
| vocals | 5 |
| bugle | 6 |
| violin | 7 |
| harp | 8 |
| bagpipes | 9 |
| oboe | 9 |
14 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Let's list all the percussion instruments sorted on the name:
mysql> SELECT instrument FROM instruments
-> WHERE type = "percussion"
-> ORDER BY instrument;
| instrument |
| drums |
| timpani |
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
You may be wondering, "Can I reverse that order?" Yup, using the qualifier DESC .
mysql> SELECT instrument FROM instruments
-> WHERE type = "percussion"
-> ORDER BY instrument DESC;
| instrument |
| timpani |
| drums |
3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
{mospagebreak title=More Complicated SELECTs}
Sometimes we want to select information from our database to satisfy criteria that are a bit more complicated than what we have seen so far. For instance, if we use our database for what it was really created for, finding out what instrument a particular musician plays, it is going to be more complex.
As an example, if we wanted to find out what instruments Lenny Kravitz plays, we would have to first find out what his player_id is by querying the musicians table; then using that player_id , select the inst_id s out of what_they_play ; then for each of those inst_id s, we can then get the instrument name out of the instruments table.
First, get Lenny Kravitz's player_id :
mysql> SELECT player_id FROM musicians WHERE name = "Lenny Kravitz";
| player_id |
| 5 |
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Now, using his player_id of 5, grab the inst_id s out of what_they_play :
mysql> SELECT inst_id FROM what_they_play WHERE player_id = 5;
| inst_id |
| 11 |
| 14 |
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
And the last step is, for each of the inst_id s, 11 and 14, query the instruments table for the instrument :
mysql> SELECT instrument FROM instruments WHERE inst_id = 11;
| instrument |
| guitar |
1 row in set (0.02 sec)
mysql> SELECT instrument FROM instruments WHERE inst_id = 14;
| instrument|
| vocals |
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
Whew, that seems like a lot of work just to find the instruments that Lenny Kravitz plays, especially since this database was created to do just that kind of query. There must be a better way, right? Yes, there is another way.6 These four queries can be done in one query using a table join.
Table Joins
MySQL is a relational database, so we must be able to query information out of our database using information from more than one table. By joining the tables, we can use multiple tables in a single SELECT.
Again, the best way to talk about table joins is with an example. In the complex SELECT in the previous section, we discovered the instruments that Lenny Kravitz plays. We could have stated that request like this: "Give me all the instrument names in the instruments table that match the inst_id s in the what_they_play table for the player_id in the musicians table asso ciated with the musician with the name Lenny Kravitz."
The field instrument in the instruments table can be indicated in SQL with both the table name and the field name as instruments.instrument . Likewise, inst_id in what_they_play is what_they_play.inst_id . These fully qualified names allow us to use player_id in both the musicians table and the what_they_play table, and SQL can keep them separate because we will call them musicians.player_id and what_they_play.player_id .
Given that bit of good news, let's translate the query we stated in English two paragraphs earlier into SQL:
mysql> SELECT instrument FROM instruments,what_they_play,musicians
-> WHERE instruments.inst_id = what_they_play.inst_id AND
-> what_they_play.player_id = musicians.player_id AND
-> musicians.name = "Lenny Kravitz";
| instrument |
| guitar |
| vocals |
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
The big difference in this query is that we have listed more than one table in the FROM part: instruments , what_they_play , and musicians . Then, our WHERE clause has several conditions all AND ed together. Since we are using more than one table and are comparing values in one table with the values in another, we are joining the data together. Hence the term table join.
Let's do one more table join. Here is a query that will show all the musicians that play percussion instruments:
mysql> SELECT what_they_play.player_id FROM what_they_play,instruments
-> WHERE what_they_play.inst_id = instruments.inst_id AND
-> instruments.type = "percussion";
| player_id |
| 6 |
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
As you can see, the SELECT combinations are endless! SQL is quite flexible—we can pull out exactly the information we need in exactly the order we want from the particular tables in which we are interested. We have only explored a few SQL commands—there are so many more to learn. Check out the documentation and Kofler's book for more information.
Using the MySQL command line interface is enjoyable, but it is much more fun to query our database using Perl and DBI .
{mospagebreak title=Introduction to DBI}
DBI is the Database Independent module and was written by Tim Bunce. It is a collection of APIs that allow a programmer to connect to and access a database. As the name implies, the module allows us to write programs to access a database independent of the type of database. We can write a program to query an Oracle database, or a Sybase database, or MySQL, or Postgres, or ODBC, and the list goes on and on. All we need on our computers is the DBI module and the appropriate Database Driver (DBD).
Note Each of the mentioned databases has its own dialect of SQL. Most implement the basic commands such as INSERT and SELECT in a similar way, but when it comes to the details of specific commands, they are sometimes implemented slightly differently from database to database. Keep this in mind if you are creating a Perl script that you want to port from one type of database to another—use the common form of each command even if a database has a nifty feature that you can use that is not supported elsewhere.
We are using MySQL server in this chapter, so we need to install DBI and the MySQL DBD modules.
Installing DBI and the DBD::mysql
The first step to using DBI is to install the appropriate modules. The first module we need is DBI. As this is being written, the latest version of DBI on CPAN is 1.42, but as usual this version may not be the same by the time you read this.
Follow the instructions in Chapter 13 on installing modules to install DBI . When successful, it is time to install the MySQL driver. The name of this module is DBD::mysql .
Connecting to the MySQL Database
Our first Perl program will simply connect to the MySQL database. If it works correctly, we know that DBI and DBD::mysql were installed correctly, and the real fun can then begin. Let's look at an example ( connect.pl ):
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# connect.pl
use strict;
use DBI;
my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:musicians_db", "musicfan", "CrimsonKing");
die "connect failed: " . DBI->errstr() unless $dbh;
print "connect successful!n";
After the shebang, comment, and use strict; , we use the DBI module. Then we see a call to the DBI->connect() method. When we talked about object-oriented programming in Chapter 12, we mentioned that most modules use the method new() as their constructor. DBI , however, uses connect() . This is fine—any method name that we choose can be the constructor, and since to construct a DBI object we must connect to a database, connect() seems a logical choice.
There are three arguments to connect() : the DSN, also known as the data source name, the username of the user, and their password. In this invocation, the data source name is
All data sources will start with DBI , followed by a colon, the term mysql since we are using the MySQL server and DBD::mysql , a colon, and the database to which we are connecting, here musicians_db .
Note Let's say that one day we want to port our database from MySQL to some other database server such as Oracle. In this script, all we need to do is change the text mysql in the data source to oracle . Provided that DBD::oracle is installed on our machine and we don't use any MySQL-specific queries, the script will work perfectly. Talk about portable!
The return value of DBI->connect() is an object that we can use to do things with the data base. We call this the database handler so we name it $dbh . After the call to DBI->connect() , we check the value of $dbh .
die "connect failed: " . DBI->errstr() unless $dbh;
This makes sure $dbh has a true value. If DBI->connect() fails, it returns a false value to $dbh , so we die() , complaining that something went wrong with the database connection. The function DBI->errstr() will report the error of whatever just went wrong, so as a help to the user we will include this information in the string that die() prints.
If all is well, we print a cheerful message and disconnect from the database.
print "connect successful!n";
We use the disconnect() method to disconnect from the database. This is not really necessary since Perl will disconnect us when the script terminates, but it is still a polite thing to do.
Here is what happens if we execute this program:
$ perl connect.pl
connect successful!
Now that we can connect, it is time to execute an SQL query.
Please check back next week for the conclusion to this article.


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Exhibits and more...
AftermodernisM: Works on Paper
The next in the series that began in June focusing on a group of five contemporary artists, continues with an exploration of the drawing skills and innovations of an even greater number of artists, including those whose work was seen in the summer exhibition. Through Feb. 23. Nassau County Museum of Art, Contemporary Gallery, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Land of the Rising Sun: Art of Japan
An original exhibition highlighting Japanese works, from Hofstra University Museum's permanent collections, spanning the 16th through 20th centuries. Works include woodblock prints, hand-painted scrolls, and wood carvings with a focus on artistic traditions of various eras of Japanese culture. Through Feb. 2. Hofstra University's David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Ninth Floor, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672 or www.hofstra.edu/museum.
Off the Wall: Sculpture From the Permanent Collection
An exhibition of the Heckscher' sculptural holdings, providing a broad overview of sculptural practice in America. Representational and abstract works created throughout the 19th and 20th centuries are on view, including portraiture, allegory, nationalistic themes, anecdotal figures from daily life, and decorative work in traditional mediums. Through March 16. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Peter Max
An in-depth exhibit of works by the famed Pop artist that juxtaposes his mostly black-and-white drawings on paper against many of his larger and more color-saturated works, in a variety of media. Through Feb. 23. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
Poor Art Student 10!
A showcase of the work of current art majors at Molloy College. Exhibit includes painting, sculpture, drawings, prints and ceramics. Through Feb. 13. Molloy College, Public Square Art Gallery, 1000 Hempstead Ave., Rockville Centre 323-3196 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
A contextualized history that explains the 1920s' increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Afternoon Movie
See "Entrapment," the romantic crime thriller about an art theft, with Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Friday, Jan. 24, 2:30 p.m.; also "Closed Circuit: They See Your Every Move," the drama involving a high-profile terrorism case, Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
At the Movies
See "Elysium," the dystopian sci fi action action thriller about class struggles, with Jodie Foster and Matt Damon, Friday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m.; also Monday, Jan. 27, 6:45 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
The Honeymooners: America's Most Beloved Televison Show
A look back at the career of iconic comic actor Jackie Gleason and his entourage, with Keith Crocker, Friday, Jan. 24, 12:30 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theater, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
Literary Voices
Barbara Novack, Molloy College's writer-in-residence, reads from her latest book of poetry, hosted by poet Peter V. Dugan, Friday, Jan. 24, 7 p.m. With open mic. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Big Screen Film Festival
See Woody Allen's "Annie Hall," Sunday, Jan. 26, 2 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.
Film Time
See "Frances Ha," a dramedy about a contemporary New York woman in her late twenties trying to sort out her life, Monday, Jan. 27, 1:30 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Art Talk
Examine "Otto Dix, Egon Schiele & Max Pechstein: "The Human Beast," with Professor Thomas Germano, Thursday, Jan. 30, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Matinee
Watch "Laura," Otto Preminger's film noir classic, starring Gene Tierney, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.


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Bar Exam Preparation / IL character and fitness« on: December 18, 2010, 12:49:43 PM »
I have neglected to file my state income taxes for 2007 and 2008 (I filed federal). I plan on filing them soon. I don't think I owe any back taxes and if I do it's less than $200. Does any one have any thoughts about if this will prevent me from passing character and fitness?
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The St. Anthony Messenger magazine has a profile of Canadian actor — and Catholic — Chris Kramer. Canadian TV watchers know him well from his star turn as Morgan Pym on the CityTV series "The Collector," and U.S. audiences, if they've watched closely enough, would remember him last year as Chavez in four episodes of the CBS series "Jericho."
Kramer realized he had let his faith slip away, but was as determined to reconnect with God as he was to succeed as an actor. By all accounts, he's done just that.
He's become affiliated with Family Theater Productions. His most recent project with Family Theater was as assistant director and an on-camera participant in "Rosary Stars," a DVD featuring 21 young adult Catholic celebrities offering reflections on the rosary and its role in their lives.
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Both Dragons Sidoli and Scarlets Davies, who are set to feature in opposition in the opening match of the inaugural Rabo Direct Pro12 double-header at the Millennium Stadium, are at different stages of their rugby careers, but are inextricably linked by a unique piece of silverware.
The first title of the new Millennium, in 2005, saw then Blues second row Sidoli play every minute of the campaign which brought the international holy grail of a Grand Slam to Wales for the first time in 27 years.
Three Slams later, the latter of which gave Davies his first Six Nations winners medal in 2012, and the Scarlets centre is an integral part of the squad which, last weekend, ensured Wales retained their European title in back to back seasons for the first time in 34 yrs.
If it all started with Sidoli and company eight seasons ago, the class of 2013 have more than taken on the mantle and arguably eclipsed the much heralded achievements of Wales' sides of the 70s.
But both players remain hungry for even more silverware and they agree that success at international level only enhances their Regional ambitions.
Sidoli has himself made 96 appearances for the Dragons, he played 42-times for Wales and, after the career highlight in 05 which a 17-year-old Davies watched from the Millennium Stadium stands, last featured at international level in the 62-5 loss to England at Twickenham in 2007.
At 33 he has the edge in experience on the 26-year-old Davies, he knows all about how success at international level can inspire a region and he is looking forward to taking to the Millennium Stadium pitch again for the double-header this weekend.
"The Millennium Stadium is a special place for both the players and the fans and it's a great concept to have these two derby matches here on the same day, the atmosphere will be amazing," said Sidoli.
"We've seen how well this Welsh side has done and enjoyed watching them. It lifts everyone mentally to see Wales do well and the players who have returned to train with the Region have really boosted us and I think we have a role to play in energising them as well.
"It can be draining to achieve success like they have done, certainly in 2005 it was the first time anyone had experienced that kind of success for a long time so we were on the ceiling for a good while afterwards.
"This squad has managed to sustain their success now so the next step is to reflect that in the regional game.
"This will be a big weekend for all four sides, just as we have been a bit of a thorn in the side for the Ospreys in recent times the Scarlets have probably been that for us.
"We know we can be a dangerous side but we have been inconsistent. The challenge for us is to be consistently dangerous and put some performances together to be proud of during the season run in.
"The Millennium Stadium is a great stage to play on and it should inspire some great rugby this weekend, with us all hopefully picking up where the national team has left off.
Davies is set to make his 100th appearance for the Scarlets at the home of Welsh international rugby this weekend and feels he has unfinished business with the side he supported as a child.
"I've grown up supporting the Scarlets and the players there are the ones you train with week in week out, so to get a taste of success with them would be particularly sweet," said the 36-times capped Whitland product.
"I've spoken to the Ospreys players when we've been in camp with Wales, they've won this league more times than anyone and they say that winning silverware with your Region is pretty special.
"Success with the Scarlets is definitely something that is important for me, we have a great squad and winning with Wales just makes you all the more determined to reproduce that with your Region.
"We are all determined to put that right with a good run at the business end of the season to get us into the those play-offs and that means putting a performance together against the Dragons on Saturday.
"It will be strange to come back to the Millennium Stadium so soon after the incredible highs of winning the Championship here, but this is a special place.
"The atmosphere is always amazing and if the fans are anything like they were for the England game we should all be in for a real treat."


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- The human resources department at the company's head office accesses documents in the same way as the regional managers distributed throughout the country.
- The implementation of the Alfresco solution has resulted in significant changes for users: reduced handling of paper documents, information available in real time, secure access to data (from the HR management software package).
Context and challenges
The company Gétaz Miauton was founded in French-speaking Switzerland in 1910. The company offers a wide range of products for the home. Wood, tiles, building and landscaping materials, bathrooms, kitchens and domestic appliances — Gétaz Miauton specialises in everything necessary for construction, renovation and home improvement.
From its origins as a family business, Gétaz Miauton is now part of the CRH Group which employs 2,500 people with a turnover of 1.6 billion Swiss francs.
In 2008, Gétaz Miauton decided to acquire an Electronic Document Management solution to archive and manage all of its human resources documents. Market research was performed to study the offerings available to solve the important problems of document storage. In fact, the company needs to store not only documents relating to current employees, but also some specific documents for employees who have left the company. As well as this archiving problem, the goal was to achieve quick and easy access to all documents, particularly to those that are confidential and stored in cabinets with protected access.
In addition, information had to be accessible from multiple locations. In fact, apart from its headquarters, the company maintains offices in all countries where it is active. The regional managers must be able, in the same way as the human resources department in the head office, to access the documents of the employees they need to manage.
Implemented solution
As part of the market research, several solutions were analysed. Alfresco was one of the evaluated solutions. In principle, it benefits from the fact that it is already installed in one of the Group's entities.
After investigating the various offers, Alfresco was selected. It has the advantage of being easy to implement, which allows rapid deployment. Its flexibility permits the development of other customised functionalities when needed. Finally, although this was not an absolute selection criterion, it allows a reduction of operating costs, thanks to its open-source model. This tangible advantage was a very convincing argument for Gétaz Miauton. 6 to 8 months were required to implement the project.
The current volume of data to be integrated into the Alfresco solution was quite modest. In contrast, there was a significant volume of historical data to be included. The work involved in digitising the documents was particularly onerous so it was performed with Kofax software. Upstream of this digitisation was necessary to classify the documents by determining the different categories into which the documents should be grouped such as training, holidays, absences due to work stoppages, etc.
Currently, access to documents is organised by tabs. One tab dedicated to training, another dedicated to holidays... Access to particular tabs is granted to employees in the human resources department and to regional managers based on the documents they need, which are directly linked to their position.
For example, insofar as they are considered confidential, access to documents related to sick leave is reserved for the human resources department. On the other hand, documents related to everything involved in employee training can be accessed by the human resources department as well as by the regional managers. In addition to the regional managers and the human resources department, all team managers are allowed to access certain documents relating to their team members, such as training documents, employment contracts, employment certificates, agreements on objectives or even breakdowns of absences. All employees also have access to a number of documents related to themselves. The documents are viewed from an Allegro tool, which is called by Alfresco in a way transparent to the user.
For Gétaz Miauton, the next step would be to open up the Alfresco platform to all company employees so that they can access documents related to themselves, such as their payslips and the breakdown of their holidays and absences.
Finally, all documentation relating to newly hired employees is now fully managed using the Alfresco platform.


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OE is great and I want to contribute something back. How?
That of course depends on your skills. But you don't need to be an Überhacker to be welcome in the OE community. This is an absolutely non-complete list of things you might want to consider
- tell others about your positive experience with OE
- donate some money (tax-deductible!) to the e.V.
- try to verify, refute or fix some compile failures or other bugs
- Help out with the documentation. The source is controlled in our git repo
- Help us push patches upstream or participate in our bug days
- add another entry to this list of how to help, yes, that would help us, too ;-)


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9:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "30th Anniversary Celebration" This retrospective is filled with fascinating people and places, history and humor, issues and wildlife. Remarkable videography captures the state's natural beauty and outdoor way of life. For 30 years, the OUTDOOR IDAHO team has been telling Idaho's stories in ways that inspire and inform, helping to connect Idahoans throughout the state.G
10:30 pm
Globe Trekker "Puerto Rico" Zay visits San Juan, the El Yunque National Forest, the Camuy River Caves National Park and the coffee-producing central highlands. He discovers why Puerto Rico is known as the "island of enchantment," boasting sun-kissed beaches, dramatic mountains, a rich colonial history and distinctive music.G
11:30 pm
Dialogue "Firoozeh Dumas: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference" Host Marcia Franklin talks with the Iranian-born humorist. Dumas, who is working on a one-woman show, is the author of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in AmericaG