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Contingency Planning
Figure 1 - A Failure Tolerant Solution designed using Dell Best Practices
Disaster Recovery
For Enterprise users, it is critical that they have a well-defined disaster recovery plan. Such a plan would allow the administrators to restore database service in the least amount of time, and the most complete database content, after a serious and unanticipated production service disruption. The following is an overview of some different backup and recovery methodologies available.
Tape Backup
An inexpensive backup methodology is tape backup. Using third party tools such as LEGATO NetWorker™ software, or Veritas BackupExec ™, regular backups can be made on a tape drive, and the tapes can be stored off-site. If the data gets corrupted, then the tapes can be used to restore the database to any point in time. For a detailed analysis of two different tape backup solutions for a 9i RAC database using LEGATO NetWorker, see the white paper Backing Up and Restoring an Oracle Database.
Synchronous Mirroring
EMC provides applications such as MirrorView™ that provide synchronous mirroring of data between different SANs. The secondary backup SAN would always have a copy of the production data on the primary site. Thus if the primary site were to fail, the secondary system can be brought online very quickly. Such a setup allows the administrators to maintain a hot backup of the database system.
EMC's SnapView™ allows the administrators to capture point in time snapshots of the production data. So in case of a SAN failure due to a failed disk drive, the SAN can be quickly restored to the pre-failure stage with just a simple disk replacement.
For a white paper on creating a remote backup of the SAN, see the white paper Using SnapView and MirrorView for Remote Backup.
Component Failures and their Effects
In spite of all the testing performed, it cannot be realistically expected to assume that a working component in a system will last forever. All components of such complex solutions albeit designed to adhere to strict quality standards can be expected to fail over long periods of time. The following sections detail the expected behavior of such component failures on the Oracle 9i database solution, and how to minimize the effects of such failures.
Server Component Failure
Cluster Interconnect Failures
LAN Connection
External Network Interface Card: If the external interface fails, external users will lose connectivity to that node. The node will not be removed from the cluster, since it will continue responding to other nodes on the private interface. As such the performance of the cluster will be degraded, as the rest of the nodes will take over the users previously being routed to this node. To recover from such a failure, shutdown the node and replace the interface that has failed (or switch off in BIOS if it is an onboard interface, and replace with an interface card). After switching the system on, ensure that it can communicate with all the other nodes on the external network. Once the database on this node is started, this node will join the cluster.
To ensure against external network failures also, Dell recommends using NIC teaming and redundant external switches.
Fiber Channel Switch Fabric
Host Bus Adaptor (HBA): In case of the failure of the HBA on a system, the node will not be able to see the external fiber channel storage system. This will cause the node to be taken out of the cluster. Replace the HBA on this node and using the SAN management tools, reconfigure the HBA to join to the same storage group that it was in previously. Once the node can see the shared storage, restarting the database on the node will cause it to be joined back in the cluster.
To avoid such a failure, Dell Best Practices recommend that database solution be deployed with at least two HBAs in conjunction with EMC's PowerPath software. This allows for creation of redundant pathways to the SAN from the node. Under normal conditions, the multiple pathways will provide I/O load distribution. In event of a single HBA failure, the other pathway would keep the database from shutting down. The system would perform, albeit at lower performance, until the HBA is replaced. To install PowerPath on a functional database, consult the knowledge base articles titled "Migrating an OCFS database to OCFS with PowerPath", and "Migrating an OCFS database to OCFS with PowerPath"
Fiber Channel Switch: A Fiber Channel switch failure means that all the pathways from all the nodes to the SAN are blocked. This causes the database to be shutdown on all the nodes. To recover from such a failure, replace the fiber channel switch and restart the database on all the nodes after ensuring that each node can see the shared storage.
To mitigate the risks of such a failure, database administrators can install PowerPath on the cluster, and using two or more HBAs in each node and two fiber channel switches create at least two separate paths from each node to the SAN. Thus even if one of the switches were to fail, the other path would still keep the database functional, with some performance degradation until the switch is replaced. To install PowerPath on a functional database, consult the knowledge base articles titled "Migrating an OCFS database to OCFS with PowerPath", and "Migrating an OCFS database to OCFS with PowerPath"
Storage Subsystem: In case of a storage subsystem failure, the potential for data loss is very high. Such a failure would cause the entire database to shutdown, as none of the nodes will be able to access the storage.
If the storage system failure is caused due to a component such as a power supply or a storage processor that can easily replaced, then the data loss might not be very high. On replacing the affected component, the storage system can be brought back up easily. But if some of the disks are affected, then the actual data will be lost. Dell Best Practices recommend configuring the storage groups in at least a RAID 5 configuration. This would afford some data protection, but still a backup solution is a requirement to ensure no loss in case of a failure. A tape backup solution can be employed to make regular backups of the SAN. If an enterprise cannot afford to have the database offline even for a very small amount of time, then the SAN can be mirrored with a hot backup.
Introduction to Oracle Clusters
Triple-nine or 99.9% availability in a system means that it is down for about 8 hours and 46 minutes in a single year. Depending on what the system is, the cost to a business enterprise of such a downtime can mean up to 5 million dollars (by Standish Group, 2001). Oracle 9i RAC solutions are oft leveraged for business critical databases where high availability and predictability are crucial; proper planning can help prevent failure from occurring, and optimal failover to occur, preserving the overall system uptime. In this paper the authors have attempted to document the behavior of a database cluster in case of component failure, as well as the best practices to prevent failure and to recover in case the cluster fails.
The Oracle cluster consists of up to 8 Dell servers, a shared storage system (Storage Area Network – SAN, or Dell PowerVault SCSI Storage), Red Hat Linux 2.1 Advanced Server operating system, and the Oracle 9i Database software. If a SAN is used as the storage system, then a fiber channel network, using a Brocade Fiber Channel switch, is used to connect it to the servers. For SCSI storage, a SCSI cable connection between the node and the storage unit suffices.
The Oracle RAC clusters require a private and a public network. The private network uses the gigabit Ethernet cards on the servers, which are connected via a Dell PowerConnect switch. Primary communication between the clustered nodes takes place over the private network. Clients and other application servers access the database over the public network.
Dell works with Oracle to develop the installation routines for this solution. The solution thus installed is a tightly bound configuration and users should be careful installing other software (including drivers and utilities), to ensure that they are compatible with the kernel version and other software already installed.
The solution's component development is an effort carried out by each of the vendors independently. Each of the vendors subjects their component to an extensive test cycle, before Dell integrates it into the Oracle solution. The base operating system is maintained and tested by Red Hat. Dell and EMC develop the hardware and components, including the servers and the storage. The 9i RAC software is developed by Oracle.
Solution Testing by Dell
In addition to developing some of the hardware pieces and the installation routines for the Oracle 9i software, Dell Computer Corporation runs the entire integrated solution through a comprehensive test cycle. To provide test coverage for all the supported platforms, Dell tests many different permutations of the database setups. This testing covers the functioning of the different platforms with the different backend storage systems, to ensure that the entire solution is fully functional. The testing methodologies followed by Dell ensure that interconnects are working properly, and that there are no contentions between the components of the database solution. Extended stress tests are also performed on the solution before it is released to external customers. The stress tests simulate a TPCC benchmark load.
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Still the possibility of trading Sharp and Versteeg as well.
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"The Song of Lunch"
A failed writer and poet (Alan Rickman) meets the woman who is his former lover (Emma Thompson) now happily married to a successful novelist. They meet at a restaurant, an old haunt in Soho, 15 years after their relationship ended. This quiet drama is framed by a poem (The Song of Lunch by Christopher Reid) as the complexities of their former relationship emerge during drinks, food and talk. G
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An astounding deal went down in the energy sector on Wednesday – astoundingly bad, according to Jim Cramer.
On Wednesday, one of the world's largest miners, Freeport McMoRan, made a massive bet on oil and gas to the tune of $9 billion through its acquisition of not one but two companies – Plains Exploration and McMoRan Exploration.
According to a New York Times report, the two transactions will create a natural resources titan worth about $60 billion, including debt, and will formally reunite Freeport with McMoRan, the oil exploration company it spun off in 1994.
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Tulsa gets win, but not satisfied with performance
ght's Tulsa Golden Hurricane's Conference USA contest against the Alabama-Birmingham Blazers at Skelly Field at H.A. Chapman Stadium, it appears on the outside that Tulsa had a fairly easy time — winning 37-20.But for those who either were in attendance or watched on it the CBS College Sports Network, they know what really happened.The good news was that the Golden Hurricane (3-3, 2-0 in C-USA) started very well, scoring on the opening drive as an eight-play drive was capped by Clay Sears' 17-yard touchdown pass from G.J. Kinne. After Kevin Fitzpatrick's extra point. Tulsa had a 7-0 lead with 8:58 left in the first quarter.Later, Fitzpatrick kicked a 30-yard field goal for a 10-0 advantage for the Golden Hurricane at the 1:59 mark.But in between the Tulsa scores, the Golden Hurrican went for it on fourth-and-1 at the UAB 19 and failed to get it. On the final play of the opening period, Kinne was intercepted by UAB's Marvin Burdette to stop that drive, which came on the heels of the first scoring drive for the Blazers (0-6, 0-3). In the second quarter, Tulsa fumbled the ball with UAB's Tyler Peppers making the recovery. Both those turnovers were turned into points which enabled the Blazers (one of three winless teams in the BCS, formerly Division I-A, along with New Mexico and Howard Schnellenberger's Florida Atlantic team) to take a 17-10 lead with 6:20 left before halftime on Ty Long's 20-yard field goal.But Tulsa did end up with the halftime lead at 24-20, then had a strong second half by outscoring UAB 13-0 to get the 17-point win.For Tulsa Coach Bill Blankenship, who formerly coached the Spiro Bulldogs, he was pleased with the victory but not how his team performed from the opening kickoff to the final second."Obviously, we're excited with the win," he said. "We won't ever take those things lightly. Was there some ugliness to it? Absolutely, especially turning the ball over like we did. We gave up some plays over the top (in the passing game, as UAB got a 66-yard and a 45-yard touchdown pass from Bryan Ellis to Jamarcus Nelson for the first two scores for the Blazers), and those are the big things that glare out."


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Christian Bale is set to play Steve Jobs in Sony's upcoming biopic about the late Apple co-founder, screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has confirmed — and he didn't even need to audition to land the part.
"We needed the best actor on the board in a certain age range, and that's Chris Bale," Sorkin said in a recent interview with Bloomberg. (Watch a clip from the interview below/right.) Sorkin added that Bale "didn't have to audition — well, there was a meeting."
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Camellia Show 2018 – Chiswick House
March 25 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Open from 10am to 4pm each day, except for Fridays. Camellia shop open every day
Generously supported by the Chiswick House Friends.
Come and admire the rare and historic Camellias in the Grade 1 listed Conservatory, a gorgeous array of blooms; pink, red, white and striped. Visit the collection of 33 different varieties, many of which are descended from the original planting in 1828. Among them is the unique Middlemist's red, originally brought from China in 1804 by Londoner John Middlemist, a nurseryman from Shepherds Bush.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Feb. 26, 2005) - East Tennessee State senior All-American catcher/pitcher Caleb Moore (Knoxville, Tenn.) led the Bucs to a doubleheader sweep of Xavier, 6-3 and 12-9, Saturday afternoon from Cardinal Park in Johnson City, Tenn. With the wins, the Bucs move to 5-0 on the season while the Musketeers fall to 0-5.
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Xavier got on the board early in game one, as Jay Johnson belted a two-run homer over the left field wall in the bottom of the first.
But the Bucs responded immediately, tying the game with two runs in the bottom of the first. Senior second baseman Nick Crowe (
Xavier broke a 2-2 tie with a run in the top of the fourth. Johnson led off the inning with a single, and moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Andy Zellers. With two outs, Johnson crossed the plate as Brett Smith hit a double to right-center.
The Bucs responded again, scoring four unanswered runs in the final three innings to come away with the victory. In the bottom of the fourth, sophomore third baseman Mike Giroud (
Glafenhein led off the sixth with a single to center, moved to second on a sac bunt by Hargis, then advanced to third on a on a ground out by Crowe. Byrne then came to the plate and hit an RBI single down the right-field line to score Glafenhein.
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Xavier took the early lead again in game two, scoring two runs in the top of the first. With two outs, Johnson singled to left field followed by an infield single by Smith. Drew Roberts then came to the plate and cleared the bases with a double to right field.
The Buccaneer bats came to life in the bottom of the first, scoring nine runs on six hits.
ETSU scored another run in the bottom of the second, running the on a solo home run by
But Xavier never gave up, cutting the Buccaneer lead to just one after scoring two runs in the top of the third, three runs in the top of the fifth and two runs in the top of the sixth.
In the third, Xavier Johnson walked with one out, then scored on a double to center by Roberts. Roberts came home on an RBI single up the middle by Adam Lipski.
Zellers led off the fifth for Xavier with a double down the left-field line. He would then score on a two-out single to left by Roberts. Lipski followed with a two run homer over the right field wall.
In the top of the sixth, Xavier pinch-hitter Sean Brewer hit a one-out double to right-center. Jordan Wolf then hit an infield single and moved to second on a throwing error, scoring pinch-runner Emre Caglayan. Zellers then reached on an error, advancing Wolf to third. Wolf then scored on a sacrifice fly by Johnson to make the score 10-9 in favor of the Bucs.
But ETSU put the game away in the bottom of the sixth as
"Caleb had a phenomenal day," said ETSU head coach Tony Skole following the wins. "People don't realize how difficult it is to do what we ask him to do, and he makes it look routine."
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The Bucs were led at the plate by Moore who went 3-for-4 with six RBIs and two runs scored. Glafenhein and Byrne each had two hits in the win.
Xavier was paced by Roberts, who was 3-for-3 with four RBIs and two runs scored.
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Fedora (previously called Fedora Core) is a yum and RPM-based GNU/Linux distribution, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. It is a complete, general-purpose operating system that contains only free and w:open source software. Fedora is derived from the original Red Hat Linux distribution, and it is intended to replace the consumer distributions of Red Hat Linux aimed towards home users. Help for Fedora comes from the greater community; while Red Hat employs many of the Fedora developers, it does not provide official commercial support and services for the distribution. New releases of Fedora come out every six months.
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2018 Baltic Sea Golf Cruise
Azamara Club Cruises is pleased to again partner with PerryGolf™ for an exceptional golf and sightseeing voyage through the Baltic Sea on board the outstanding Azamara Journey®. Your voyage begins in Copenhagen and concludes in Stockholm after 11 nights, 7 ports of call and 5 rounds. Golf along the way includes Germany's outstanding new Winston Golf Club; Hirsala Golf Club in Helsinki, Finland; The Estonian Golf & Country Club in Tallinn Estonia, part of the prestigious European Tour Properties Network; Gorki Golf Club, the first and currently only championship golf course in northwest Russia; and the magnificent Bro Hoff Slott Stadium Course in Sweden. Sightseeing is equally impressive with all the choices available from Azamara Cruise Global, Connect LocalSM shore excursions offered in each port including Copenhagen, Berlin, Gdansk, Tallinn, Helsinki and Stockholm. In the magical Russian city of St Petersburg, you will have three days and two nights in port to fully admire one of the world's most spectacular cultural treasures.
Departing: 8 August 2018
Duration: 11 Nights
Ship: Azamara Journey
Golf: 5 Rounds
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Berlin, Germany: WINSTON Links
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Golf package, price per person: $2,945
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As we arrive at the federal tax filing deadline (this year on Tuesday, 4/17), it just so happens that Congress and the Administration have been thinking of different ways to raise tax burdens on the rich. Last week I participated in a "Tax Day" event at the Tax Policy Center called "Should the Rich Pay Higher Taxes?" as one of the "four Ds" panel which also included TPC's director Donald Marron, former CBO director and former McCain adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin (now president of American Action Forum), and economist rich guy (and a member of the "Responsible Wealth" coalition) David Levine. The TPC has our handouts and a video of the event posted here.
TPC's Howard Gleckman moderated the event (and blogged about it afterward, here) and at one point asked each of us "who is rich?" I at first didn't know how to answer that; "rich" is a relative concept that depends on one's personal "baseline," of course! But then I circled back to the focus of the event–what the tax burdens of "the rich" should be–and I realized that in that context, all federal income taxpayers should be considered "rich," in that we are all, all combined at least, paying too little in taxes. Revenues as a share of GDP are far lower right now than the 18 percent historical average over the past several decades, which is too little anyway to produce economically sustainable budget deficits now and going forward (let alone enough to cover spending fully). And although a lot of that currently-below-average level is because of the short-term but stubbornly persistent weakness in the economy (a cyclical phenomenon), projections show that even when the economy gets back to "full employment" and even when revenues/GDP recover back to and above the historical average (even under the policy-extended baseline, by the way), revenues are still not going to be enough to keep up with the growth in government spending–even if health reform (already in place and to come) successfully reduces the growth in Medicare spending.
So if "the rich" are defined as those who can afford and ought to be expected to pay higher income taxes, then "the rich" really has to be much more broadly defined than "people like David Levine" (who are multi-millionaires). And if you watch the video of the TPC event, we all pretty much agreed on the premises that: (i) we need more federal revenue; (ii) "the rich" can manage higher tax burdens the best (and should be asked first); and (iii) David definitely qualifies as "rich." We had more differences in opinion over: (i) how much more revenue we need (and implicitly, what the right size of government is); (ii) how that revenue should be raised in terms of base-broadening vs. rate-raising reforms; (iii) what the right basis of taxation is–income or consumption; (iv) if David's wealth comes more from his high productivity and hard work, or more from good luck; and (v) if raising tax rates on people like David will cause them to not work so hard, or if it just means they will not be as "lucky" in terms of their tax burdens.
David is practically begging to make him, and other millionaires like him, pay higher taxes, and feels the best (maybe easiest) way to do so is in the latest legislative version of the "Buffett Rule"–which basically imposes another "alternative minimum tax" to brute-force effective tax rates on the incomes of the rich to be at least 30 percent, without changing (improving) the definition of taxable income. I and Donald agreed that David can afford to face a much larger tax bill, but that it would be better (more economically efficient and better for supply-side incentives) if his burden were raised by paring back the tax subsidies David receives via, for example, itemized deductions and the preferential tax rates on capital gains and dividend income. Doug also agreed that the best way to raise tax burdens on the rich is to reduce tax expenditures rather than raise marginal tax rates, but he did not count the preferential rates on capital income as a tax expenditure (because he advocates consumption as the right basis of taxation), and also probably would not agree with me and Donald on how much revenues/GDP need to rise. And all of us, being economists, agree that in theory and all else constant, higher marginal tax rates can discourage the incentives to increase the supply of productive resources (via working and saving) to the economy.
But if there's one thing that economist and rich guy David made clear in telling of his own personal experience with wealth and taxes, it's that even for really rich people, the economist-labeled "income effects" of taxes–the effects of having more or less after-tax income–are typically far bigger than the economist-labeled "substitution effects" of taxes–the effects of marginal tax rates on relative prices which cause people to substitute away from taxed or higher-taxed activities and into untaxed or lower-taxed ones. I feel that conservatives (like Doug) who want lower marginal tax rates tend to over-sell the empirical significance of those substitution effects, yes, but liberals (even rich ones like David) tend to forget that as long as some substitution effects exist, it's better to raise tax burdens by broadening the tax base (in a progressive manner) than by raising the top marginal tax rate.
So, the TPC event made clear that "yes, the rich should pay higher taxes." But it also highlighted where the challenges to achieving fundamental tax reform will be, in coming to agreement about who exactly is "rich," and how exactly they will be made to pay more in taxes. We have far more work to do regarding federal tax policy than what is currently being debated–in a very narrow sense–about the "Buffett Rule."


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There are tons of websites that allow you to host your pictures. Unfortunately, the links to those files are almost always too long for Twitter.
The Twittimg application makes tweeting and managing your picture files easy as pie.
Every Twitter user, already has a Twittimg account waiting for them. To access the account, all you have to do is log-in with your Twitter username and password.
Twttimg allows its users to upload picture files in the jpg, gif, jpeg and png formats only. TIFF files and bitmap files can't be uploaded to the servers.
Each picture must fall within the 2MB limit. Pictures over 2MB will not upload.
Keeping track of the pictures you've already uploaded is done by clicking on the 'My Photos' section. Under that section, you can see all the pictures you have on the site, as well as their statistics.
All pictures can be viewed by the public. There is no option to make your pictures private. As soon as you upload a picture, it is automatically posted to your Twitter account as a status update. Each picture is also given a designated link so you can share your photographs with others.
Twittimg also allows you to create a caption for your pictures before you upload them. However, in this instance, you can only write up to 140 characters.
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Killy & Oliver's Handmade Tufted Headboard
Killy sent us in the step by step story on this great-looking headboard. She is a regular Apartment Therapy reader and says that she found Charissa's Headboard How-To helpful while planning her own project. Here is the scoop, in her own words: My husband (Oliver) and I recently made a tufted headboard for our bedroom. We live in a small one bedroom (under 400 square feet) apartment in South Harlem (New York City) and most store-bought headboards are too thick and the legs they come with add too much depth…
So, we decided make one that attached directly to the wall. It has dramatically changed the look and feel of the room - we love it!
We had considered creating a more decorative shape for the headboard, but decided to stick with a simple rectangle for our first attempt at upholstery (and it cut costs a bit). We figured tufting would add an element of complexity, as well. We originally thought we would spruce up the room with a patterned fabric, and while the options were endless at the various shops in the garment district, none of them screamed, "this is it," until we happened on rolls of burlap at Mood Fabrics, for $4 a yard. BINGO! Our bedroom already had a beachy feel to it, and burlap would be a fun and affordable alternative to a more traditional fabric headboard. Because the fabric was so well-priced, we were able to spend a little more on the rope-covered buttons for tufting, which we also found at Mood - we got nine for $4 each.
We had local cabinetmaker Roman Kolbusz (rkcustomfurniture{at}yahoo{dot}com) cut a piece of mdf down to size for us and deliver it to our apartment. This is something we would have done ourselves, had we the means to get a big piece of material home without a vehicle (even a $60+ cab ride wouldn't have helped in this situation!) and space for a skill saw and sawhorses in order to cut said material into a 54"x30" rectangle. I cannot, for the life of me, understand why New York City Home Depots do not cut material down. They would make a killing, since most people don't have space to do their own cutting!
Anyway, Roman was kind enough to put cleats on the back of the board, which would make hanging the headboard later a cinch. We marked where the buttons would go and pre-drilled holes prior to beginning the upholstering process. We bought 2" thick foam and two yards of quilt batting from Daytona Trimming. We took the foam and mdf up to our building's shared roof deck in order to spray mount the foam to the board without inhaling intense fumes and/or making our entire apartment a sticky mess. Then we carted the materials back downstairs to our apartment and pulled the batting over the foam and staple-gunned it on. After securing the batting, we stapled on a piece of heavy-starched cotton lining to prevent the fuzzy batting from poking through the open weaves of the burlap.
After stapling on the burlap, and cleaning up the back of the board a bit, we began the tufting process. We used four pieces of upholstery thread, pulled the buttons as tight as we could and secured them to the back of the board by tying them around short wood screws. We mounted it to the wall, and I styled the room a bit for photos. We are so happy with the final result!
Thanks, Killy!
Killy is an interior designer and her husband is a graphic designer/artist who run a small company together - Frisson - and blog about it at The Studiolo. Check out both of their links:
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October 2011 | Issue 11
Australia: At the Forefront of Implementing Basel III Capital Reform
On Sept. 6, the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority released a discussion paper outlining its proposed approach to the accelerated implementation of Basel III in Australia. The proposal, now open for public comment, is focused on strengthening the capital framework for all authorized deposit-taking institutions, including credit unions. The Regulatory Authority intends to implement the Basel III capital requirements beginning Jan. 1, 2013.
Canada: New Regulations for Federal Credit Unions Expected this Year
In July 2010, the Canadian Parliament adopted legislation allowing the establishment of federal credit unions. This past spring, the federal government issued a proposed policy direction for the regulations that will take up issues of demutualization, securities and notice and disclosure on continuance. A draft of the regulations is expected later this year.
The federal government also this spring released the 2012 Federal Review of Financial Institutions Legislation consultative document. As expected, the proposed amendments to the legislative framework governing federal financial institutions are mostly technical in nature and have minimal impact on credit unions. Draft legislation is expected later this year.
The Canadian Credit Union System Clearing Group has been reconstituted under the responsibility of a group clearing joint venture management committee comprised of members of the clearing centrals (Central 1, Credit Union Central Alberta Ltd., Manitoba Central and SaskCentral). Accordingly, Canadian Central has transferred its role as group clearer to Central 1 Credit Union, which will act as the credit union system's connection point to the Canadian Payments Association and assume legal responsibility for settlement of the clearing group's payments items at the Bank of Canada.
Source: Credit Union Central of Canada, www.cucentral.com
European Union: Commission Proposal to Revise Banking Regulation Considers Cooperative Model
The European Commission's proposal for a reviewed Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV), transposing the Basel III standards into European Union (EU) law, introduces a number of significant changes to the regulatory requirements for banks. Increased capital requirements, more stringent rules on the quality of capital, the introduction of a short-term liquidity ratio and a leverage ratio (to be set at the discretion of supervisors) are expected to heavily affect future European bank operations.
While credit unions remain exempt from the CRD IV, it is highly likely that national regulators will use the EU rules as an example when revising prudential requirements for credit unions at national levels. The European Network of Credit Unions is therefore pleased that, according to the commission's draft, capital instruments issued by a financial cooperative can in the future be recognized as core Tier 1 capital if an institution is able to refuse or limit instrument redemption, and if the rights to the reserves and entitlements to the institution's assets are limited in instances of liquidation. The proposal further attaches a 25% multiplying factor for liabilities resulting from deposits that have to be maintained in the context of common task-sharing within cooperative network structures, thereby taking into account cooperatives' model of managing liquidity on a group basis.
Source: European Network of Credit Unions, www.creditunionnetwork.eu
Great Britain: Parliament Considers Legislative Reform Order
A legislative reform order that will amend Great Britain's 1979 Credit Union Act was re-laid before parliament at the end of July. The reform is expected to be in place by early 2012 and will allow credit unions to provide services to community groups, attract investment from local businesses and extend services to new groups, including housing association tenants and employees.
Credit unions will also be able to pay interest on savings, instead of a dividend, making saving more attractive. Subject to a final scrutiny by parliamentary committees, the legislative reforms are expected to be in place by early 2012.
Elsewhere, the results of a feasibility study that will determine if the government makes a £73 million investment in the modernization and expansion of credit union services into the country's post office branches is expected this autumn. This could mean funding for a central services system and could allow a link-up between credit unions and the postal network, serving the needs of customers of both enterprises.
Source: Association of British Credit Unions, Ltd., www.abcul.org
Ireland: CU Strategic Review May Bring Legislative Changes
By Sept. 30, Ireland's Commission on Credit Unions will provide an interim report to the Minister for Finance that will contain recommendations regarding the most effective regulatory structure and a strategy for the future evolution of the country's credit union sector. Established by the Ireland's government, the commission has focused on a strengthened regulatory framework, including more effective governance and regulatory requirements and recommendations for legislative changes. The commission will present its final report by March 31, 2012.
With regard to the particular nature of the credit union sector, the commission will as a priority examine the strategy to underpin its immediate solvency and viability, which has been prepared under the EU/IMF Program of Support for Ireland, and make recommendations to the finance minister regarding any relevant proposals for restructuring as they arise.
Read the commission's terms of reference
Northern Ireland: FSA Setting Out Proposals for Regulatory Rules
Transference of the regulatory responsibilities for Northern Ireland's credit unions from DETI(NI) to the U.K.'s Financial Services Authority (FSA), is in process. The transfer had been recommended by both the Enterprise, Trade and Investment Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly and Her Majesty's Treasury following both bodies' reviews of the role and potential of credit unions in Northern Ireland and the legislative and regulatory framework within which they exist.
The regulatory transfer's next stage is FSA's publication of a consultation paper outlining proposals for the regulatory rules that apply to credit unions following the transfer to FSA regulation. The legislation to affect the regulation transfer and a timeline setting out the transfer process is expected to appear within the FSA consultation paper. The consultation paper's publication date has not yet been determined.
Source: Irish League of Credit Unions, www.creditunion.ie
Kenya: SACCOs Apply for Licensure Under New Regulatory Framework
June 2011 marked the deadline for Kenya's savings and credit cooperative societies (SACCOs) to submit applications for licensure. More than 90% of the 219 SACCOs conducting deposit-taking or quasi-banking business have submitted license applications with the SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA). Prudential regulations introduced last year have been well received by SACCOs based on the number of license applications received. However, remaining challenges include capital adequacy and loan portfolio quality standards, which a number of SACCOs are still struggling to satisfy. SACCOs have until 2014 to fully comply with the new prudential standards set out in the regulations.
Of the 200 license applicants, SASRA has licensed 73 SACCOs, while 52 additional institutions have been issued letters of intent because they meet the minimum licensing requirements as stipulated in the SACCO Societies (deposit-taking SACCO business) regulations. The remaining applications require greater in-depth analysis in order for SASRA to make informed decisions on their ability to satisfy the licensing requirements. WOCCU, under the support of Financial Sector Deepening Kenya, will assist SASRA through technical training and supervising select audit firms in the due-diligence exercise.
Thirteen SACCOs informed SASRA of their inability to comply, hence stopping the quasi-banking business and concentrating only on back-office operations. The remaining six SACCOs that did not apply for a license were directed to cease any and all deposit-taking business.
SASRA is now in the second phase of implementing the new regulatory framework, which entails prudential supervision of the licensed SACCOs. This includes offsite analysis of the prudential reports and onsite inspection of the licensed SACCOs to ensure adherence to the operational and prudential standards. In this regard, SASRA is developing requisite technical capacity through training attachments at the Central Bank of Kenya. In addition, SASRA is exploring technical support from credit union regulatory experts in developing supervisory methodologies. In order to ensure efficiency in prudential reporting by the licensed SACCOs, SASRA is currently testing an electronic submission of reports through an in-house developed application.
June 2011 also marked the first anniversary since the commencement of prudential regulation for SACCOs in Kenya under the SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority.
Source: SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority, www.sasra.go.ke
New Zealand: New Consolidated Financial Market Conduct Regulator Introduced
In early 2011, credit unions were introduced to New Zealand's Financial Markets Authority (FMA) taking over the regulatory function that was previously carried out by the Securities Commission and has now taken on increased surveillance responsibilities. While the FMA's main objective is to promote and facilitate the development of fair, efficient and transparent financial markets, one of its first roles was to require all financial advisers or their employing companies to be registered and act with care, diligence and skill when providing financial advice. Credit unions are regulated by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand as non-bank deposit takers.
New Zealand has a "twin peaks" financial markets regulatory structure. The FMA is one of the peaks, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand is the other peak, and the pair has prudential powers over the banking sector, including finance companies and credit unions. The FMA's role is to enforce securities, financial reporting and company law as they apply to financial services and securities markets. The FMA also regulates securities exchanges, financial advisers and brokers, trustees and issuers.
The Friendly Societies and Credit Union Act 1982, through which credit unions are registered, is undergoing significant reforms, with an outcome expected in early 2012. Several significant regulatory reforms have affected New Zealand credit unions in recent years. The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has introduced regulations that have created a "non-bank-deposit-taker" regime within which the country's credit unions have been captured. The regulations enforced thus far include credit rating requirements, risk management program implementation, capital ratio requirements, related party and quantitative liquidity thresholds.
Source: New Zealand Association of Credit Unions, www.nzacu.org.nz
United States: Consumer Financial Protection Agency Opens Its Doors
On July 21, 2011, a new U.S. federal agency, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau officially opened its doors. The bureau, created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, is tasked with implementing and enforcing federal consumer financial protection laws. Although the CFPB has supervisory authority over financial institutions with respect to consumer protection-related matters, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) remains the independent federal regulator of credit unions.
Rulemaking under the Dodd-Frank Act also continues, with several proposed and final rules recently released. On July 20, 2011, the Federal Reserve Board issued its highly anticipated final rule regulating interchange fees. The rule, effective on Oct. 1, 2011, caps the fee a financial institution may charge for electronic debit transactions in accordance with a specific formula and exempts financial institutions with less than US$10 billion in assets Several other proposed rules implementing the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act were recently released for comment, including a proposed regulation to implement the Truth in Lending Act's ability-to-repay mortgage lending requirements, and a proposed credit risk retention rule requiring mortgage securitizers to retain a 5% economic risk in the aggregate credit risk of the assets collateralizing an issuance of an asset-backed security under certain circumstances.
NCUA is currently accepting public comments regarding its proposed credit union service organizations (CUSOs) regulation, which would expand NCUA's regulatory authority over CUSOs. The proposed regulation would require CUSOs that credit unions lend to or invest in to prepare quarterly financial statements, to obtain an annual audit and to provide an annual report to NCUA and state regulators, as appropriate, all in conformance with GAAP or GAAS. Under the existing rule, credit unions investing in or lending to CUSOs must allow NCUA to have access to all the CUSOs' books and records. Additionally, the rule would subject non-exempt state-chartered credit union CUSOs to the same rules as federal credit union CUSOs, and subsidiary CUSOs would be subject to the same regulations as their parent CUSOs. CUNA has filed a comment letter opposing or suggesting modifications to many of the provisions of the proposed regulation.
Source: Credit Union National Association, www.cuna.org
World News
ICURN Publishes Guiding Principles for Effective CU Supervision
On Sept. 16, the International Credit Union Regulators' Network (ICURN), an independent organization of financial cooperative supervisory authorities for which World Council of Credit Unions acts as secretariat, released the Guiding Principles for the Effective Prudential Supervision of Cooperative Financial Institutions. Taking into account financial cooperatives' unique nature and using the Basel Committee's Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision as a guide, the ICURN document incorporates 21 principles conducive to developing an effective global supervisory system for credit unions, caisses populaires, savings and credit co-operatives, savings and credit associations and other financial cooperatives. ICURN members will convene June 18-20, 2012, for the annual Regulators' Roundtable in Toronto, Canada.
Introducing G-20 High-Level Principles on Financial Consumer Protection Draft
On Aug. 1, the Task Force on Financial Consumer Protection, led by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, published the Draft High-Level Principles on Financial Consumer Protection for public consultation. The principles are designed to assist governments and regulators in the G-20 and other countries to enhance financial consumer protection. Once finalized, these principles will be applicable across all financial service sectors. A final draft will be submitted at the G-20 Finance and Central Bank Governors meeting on Oct. 14, 2011. More info
Basel Committee Issues Proposal on Global Systemically Important Banks
On July 19, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision issued a consultative document entitled Global Systemically Important Banks: Assessment Methodology and the Additional Loss Absorbency Requirement. The assessment methodology is an indicator-based approach that comprises five broad categories: size, interconnectedness, lack of substitutability, global (cross-jurisdictional) activity and complexity. Additional loss absorbency requirements will be met with a progressive Common Equity Tier 1 capital requirement ranging from 1% to 2.5%, depending on a bank's systemic importance. To provide a disincentive for banks facing the highest charge to materially increase their global systemic importance in the future, an additional 1% loss absorbency will be applied in such circumstances. The higher loss absorbency requirements will be introduced in parallel with the Basel III capital conservation and countercyclical buffers, effective Jan. 1, 2019. More info
Financial Stability Board Launches Deposit Insurance Systems Peer Review
On July 1, the Financial Stability Board launched a Peer Review of Deposit Insurance Systems. Using the Core Principles for Effective Deposit Insurance Systems as a benchmark, the peer review will examine existing deposit insurance systems and the planned changes. It will also draw lessons about the effectiveness of system reforms in response to the crisis. Responses that were submitted by Aug. 26 will be analyzed and discussed later this year, and the peer review report will be published in early 2012. Read WOCCU's comment letter on the deposit insurance systems peer review.


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Four area teen-agers and five people total were injured in a Wednesday night crash just west of Hannibal in Marion County.
Four area teen-agers and five people total were injured in a Wednesday night crash just west of Hannibal in Marion County.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol the accident happened at 8:40 p.m. on Highway MM at Veterans Road.
A 2007 Pontiac G6 was reportedly being driven south on Veterans Road by Chelisa A. Deere, 16, of Hannibal. When the Pontiac failed to stop at a stop sign it was struck by an eastbound 1997 Dodge Ram operated by Rickey J. Thomas, 53, of New London.
Both Deere and Thomas were injured in the mishap. Deere, who was wearing a safety device, was left with minor injuries. Thomas' injuries were described as moderate. According to the accident report Thomas was not wearing a safety device. Both Thomas and Deere were taken to Hannibal Regional Hospital by Marion County Ambulance.
Three occupants in the vehicle operated by Deere were also injured - Trenton E. Forster, 14, of Hannibal; Makenzie R. Morris, 15, of Hannibal; and Jacob T. York, 13, of Hannibal. York's injuries were described as moderate while Morris and York were left with minor injuries. According to the incident report Forster and York were not wearing safety devices while Morris was.
Forster and York were taken by private vehicles to Hannibal Regional Hospital. Morris was transported by ambulance to the hospital.


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Saline County patrol unit never really missing
The Saline County patrol that was reported to be missing since May has been located.
It turns out, the vehicle was actually assigned to a detective, and was believed to be missing because the VIN was copied down incorrectly.
This is the reason it was not located in the initial review of the vehicle roster when the vehicle was suspected to be missing, Lt. Scott Courtney said.
The error was discovered during a detailed inventory of vehicles in the sheriff's office in preparation of the leadership transition.


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Faculty to be honored for long years of service
Reception will be held in Mandel Center for the Humanities Thursday
A reception will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Mandel Center for the Humanities Forum honoring members of the faculty who have rendered long years of service to the university.
Hosted by President Fred Lawrence and Provost Steve A.N. Goldstein '78, the reception will be followed by the final faculty meeting of the academic year.
Those to be honored are:
For 35 years of service: Chris Miller, BCHM; Wellington Nyangoni, AAAS; Joan Press, BIO; Ralph Thaxton, POL; Judith Tsipis, Genetic Counseling/BIO
For 40 years: Irv Epstein, CHEM; Mark Hulliung, HIST; Ray Knight, PSYC; John Wardle, PHYS
For 45 years: Robert Greenberg, PHIL; Larry Kirsch, PHYS; Alan Mayer, MATH
For 50 years: Jerry Cohen, AMST; Howard Schnitzer, PHYS
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text: I was wondering about a good tutorial, so thanks for sending. I hope this information helps Diliupg who started this thread too. -----Original Message----- From: Melton Low [mailto:softw.devl at gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 12:54 PM To: Strauch, Rebecca A (DFG) Cc: Kim Branson; wingide-users at wingware.com Subject: Re: [wingide-users] Incremental saving.... wingide-users Digest, Vol 118, Issue 13 Read through the Pro Git book. You only need to read the first 3 chapters to get going. http://git-scm.com/book Good luck, Mel On 26 Feb 2014, at 13:25, Strauch, Rebecca A (DFG) wrote: > I will give that a try. Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kim Branson [mailto:kim at hessianinformatics.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:24 AM > To: Strauch, Rebecca A (DFG) > Cc: wingide-users at wingware.com > Subject: Re: [wingide-users] Incremental saving.... wingide-users > Digest, Vol 118, Issue 13 > > thats what i mean, install git , and run it locally. > -kim > On Feb 26, 2014, at 12:20 PM, Strauch, Rebecca A (DFG) > <rebecca.strauch at alaska.gov> wrote: > >> I doubt my development would ever go into git unless it was a >> local/internal version. Git seems great for larger projects, but >> most likely not worth it for my projects. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: wingide-users-bounces at wingware.com >> [mailto:wingide-users-bounces at wingware.com] On Behalf Of Kim Branson >> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 11:04 AM >> To: wingide-users at wingware.com >> Subject: Re: [wingide-users] Incremental saving.... wingide-users >> Digest, Vol 118, Issue 13 >> >> you can simply create a branch with git, and then correct, or roll >> back from that branch. >> >> When you are ready you can merge your branch back to the main, and >> then push your change sets to the origin. Distributed version >> control is what this is designed for. Mercurial or Git can do this, >> >> -kim >> On Feb 26, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Strauch, Rebecca A (DFG) >> <rebecca.strauch at alaska.gov> wrote: >> >>> I wouldn't mind seeing some type of incremental back-up (in separate >>> folder, that clears out after x hours/days), maybe save a copy when >>> you save or Ctrl-S. However, I do rely on the Ctrl-Z (undo) quite >>> a bit for the rolling back. An incremental backup would be for my >>> major screw ups. Unless this is a single-file event though, I could >>> see it getting complicated and large if trying to do this on a >>> project. The files may end up getting out sync with each other, but >>> it would be an emergency recovery. >>> >>> I have access to a version control system (VCS) in my Division, but >>> find that much of my python (and javascript) development changes so >>> often (I'm a good hack...not good enough to be a hacker) that I hate >>> to "waste" the incremental saves to the VCS. Currently, I just save >>> the incremental versions manually...making sure I have a logical >>> name for the backup when something works. This of course relies on >>> me and is therefore not a 100% perfect solution. >>> >>> So +1 if it can be added in a user friendly way. Just my two cents. >>> Rebecca >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: wingide-users-bounces at wingware.com >>> [mailto:wingide-users-bounces at wingware.com] On Behalf Of Michael >>> Hipp >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 10:38 AM >>> To: wingide-users at wingware.com >>> Subject: Re: [wingide-users] wingide-users Digest, Vol 118, Issue 13 >>> >>> On 2/26/2014 11:12 AM, diliup gabadamudalige wrote: >>>> Hi helpful Wing IDE user/expert/developer, >>>> >>>> I am not quite used to version control systems. The way that I know >>>> is a simple incremental saving system which i'm used to from a long >>>> time ago. I tried to use the version control system but the way I >>>> understood it is mainly for a lot of people editing the same file. >>>> Can any one out there please help me with a simple step by step >>>> guide as to how I can use this method do to incremental saving on >>>> the python project that i'm doing using wing IDE pro.. >>>> The project has three files and each one need to be saved >>>> occasionally when ever i do a serious edit. There is no one else >>>> involved in editing. It's only me. I am not very good with command >>>> line stuff. Any help would be appreciated. I watched some videos on >>>> version control systems but couldn't figure out how it was done on >>>> Wing IDE. Please pardon my ignorance and help. >>>> >>> >>> Some will disagree but I don't think VCS is the right tool for what >>> you're wanting to do. The rule for VCS is "commit only when you have >>> something worthy to commit", not IMHO just when you just want to >>> save a checkpoint in a file's life. >>> >>> What I do is keep my development projects in DropBox* or similar >>> cloud sync service. I edit my merry way. If I need to go back to an >>> earlier version, DropBox will have it available (for a while). This >>> sort of assumes that needing that old version is more rare than >>> routine. (If routine, I'd be curious to know what you're doing.) >>> >>> I do all this along with git, but only commit when I've made a >>> change that is finished and tested. >>> >>> I miss the versioned file system we had on VAX/VMS back in the day. >>> >>> Michael >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Wing IDE users list >>> http://wingware.com/lists/wingide >>> _________________________________________________ >>> Wing IDE users list >>> http://wingware.com/lists/wingide >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Wing IDE users list >> http://wingware.com/lists/wingide > > _________________________________________________ > Wing IDE users list > http://wingware.com/lists/wingide


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Guergis had a history in the clubs with hometown playboy: acquaintance
Thank-you TMZ, a big shout out to my peeps at National Enquirer, what nonsense! Sorry for the animated response, but WTF cares if a young Helena Guergis frequented clubs and had a colorful boyfriend. Maybe more of an oddity, if a young person didn't go out to bars and let loose.
This isn't a story, it's character assassination, and it's really disappointing to boot. I can't stand Helena Guergis, a lightweight if there ever was one, but how have you managed to actually make me FEEL SORRY for her? Piling on was so yesterday, now we're reduced to digesting ancient history revolving around nothingness. Newsflash, if you were in any club in the 90's, there was probably somebody doing blow in a can!!! If anyone is shocked by these facts, it's more a statement on a sheltered life, than a revelation.
I look forward to tomorrow's story, detailing the events that lead to Guergis losing her virginity in a Barrie park.
Ahhh, I feel better now.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - What are considered Top 5 Unis in Istanbul? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What are considered Top 5 Unis in Istanbul? Goto page Previous 1, 2 Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Turkey View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message Solar StrengthJoined: 12 Jul 2005Posts: 557Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 5:53 pm Post subject: I interviewed for Bilkent about 10 years ago. They were really focused on grammar in the interview and how I would present it in my lessons. But the salary was like only $900 a month. Friendly, but they sounded very grammar focused and the salary was just too low. Back to top ListenerJoined: 17 Jun 2005Posts: 140Location: Istanbul Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2010 4:04 am Post subject: atoklas wrote: which begs the question-- what does a full time phd-graduated foreign lecturer in a faculty at a private uni make? i'm guessing around 5-6,000 lira net, although i never got that far in the interview process can anyone confirm or deny? Now this is a good question, and there are a few different things to be considered. I don't know what foreigners make, but i am assuming that the Turks make about 3-4K net straight time. However they also get overtime pay, and at least at my uni we are understaffed (which is good because it helps keep this part timer on the payroll) so they do get more on an hourly rate. I am assuming the hourly rate is about the same as mine, a bit above 40tl/hr. (In a side note: to anyone who has an undergrad degree and tefl qualifications and is a dual citizen, any private Uni should be paying you about 40tl/lesson part time, that IS the going rate, don't let anyone cheat you! This includes working in a prep program too!) Now, of course the foreign rate should be higher, but this can give you an idea that it won't be any less than 3-4 k, at least. I have been told that the teaching load for this pay is 16 hours, by the way. Which for those of you at language schools sounds like a dream, but I can assure you that in a degree program it's quite a load.... Back to top canaduckJoined: 02 Feb 2009Posts: 26Location: Canada Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 3:35 pm Post subject: Atoklas- I am sure you must be tired of hearing this, but THANK YOU SO MUCH! Your post was very educational. Back to top HunterComJoined: 06 Jul 2010Posts: 18 Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:37 pm Post subject: All top 5 unis in Turkey do not pay livable rates of pay with the exception of Bilkent but their pay is only just enough to live on if you are single and are frugal. Back to top canaduckJoined: 02 Feb 2009Posts: 26Location: Canada Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 5:50 pm Post subject: Really, HunterCon? I assumed they were a considerable amount more than what a teacher would get paid at a language center? Back to top HunterComJoined: 06 Jul 2010Posts: 18 Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2010 7:02 pm Post subject: Of course not they are state unis-4 of them anyway and pay pretty much Turkish salaries. Bilkent pays more but it is no better than a lang mill. Back to top canaduckJoined: 02 Feb 2009Posts: 26Location: Canada Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:02 am Post subject: Refreshing to know...so why do people bust their nerves dealing with prep school brats? My apologies for screwing up your nick initially, HunterCom. Back to top HunterComJoined: 06 Jul 2010Posts: 18 Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 8:23 am Post subject: The prep schools we are talking about are in private pathetic attempts at unis and pay better and you do not have to work weekends and evenings. Back to top Tiger BeerJoined: 08 Feb 2003Posts: 778Location: Hong Kong Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:05 am Post subject: atoklas wrote: which begs the question-- what does a full time phd-graduated foreign lecturer in a faculty at a private uni make? i'm guessing around 5-6,000 lira net, although i never got that far in the interview process can anyone confirm or deny? That's what I'm curious about as well. From the sounds of it, Turkey might be best with a MA and quite indifferent about presentations/publications. Curious if they encourage and pay for research and presenting at conferences and such. Or if they pretty much just want the teacher to stay in the classroom. Back to top Eagle EyesJoined: 26 Apr 2012Posts: 121Location: Istanbul Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 2:41 pm Post subject: I consider myself very lucky in pay...I have an MA degree and am earning CA$3,000/Month teaching English at a university in Istanbul and yes I got the job in a face-to-face interview! 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Researchers Develop New Models for Speeding Up HIV Testing
Researchers have developed new quantitative management models that could save the lives of thousands of early infants in Africa by improving the efficiency of laboratory test procedures now used to diagnose whether children were born with the deadly HIV virus.
Tens of thousands of children currently die each year of AIDS and 150,000 are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the latest UNAIDS data. So early diagnosis of HIV among infants born to HIV-infected mothers is deemed critical because roughly 50 percent of untreated infected infants die before the age of two years.
The researchers -- Jónas Oddur Jónasson of the MIT Sloan School of Management, Sarang Deo of the Indian School of Business and Jérémie Gallien of the London School of Business -- reviewed data from 35,000 time-stamped lab samples in Mozambique, which showed that there are indeed significant delays in getting test results to and from diagnostic labs spread across the country -- and those delays of sometimes weeks and even months often lead to delays in critical early-stage treatments.
"Time is key when it comes to diagnosing and treating HIV in infants," said MIT's Jónasson. "Operational delays can be a matter of life and death for children."
In their new paper "Improving HIV Early Infant Diagnosis Supply Chain in Sub-Saharan Africa: Models and Application to Mozambique," the authors unveil two management models that they developed to improve the efficiency of laboratory testing for HIV in infants.
The first entailed making minor modifications to the current Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) networks in place in Mozambique. Leveraging the extensive dataset they show that simply reassigning some of the 400 health clinics to the handful of testing laboratories would decrease the average sample turnaround time (TAT) by 11 percent and increase the number of infected infants starting treatment by about 4 percent compared to the current system. These results were achieved without costly additional lab capacity.
Taking their modeling a step further, the researchers then turned their attention to whether relocating the existing testing machinery between labs, for example to a single centralized lab, would work better. Consolidation of diagnostic laboratories has been a much-debated issue within the health-care field for a number of years now in Africa.
The authors found that consolidating all diagnostic capacity in one centralized lab is the optimal configuration and would indeed decrease average TATs by an estimated 22 percent and increase the number of infected infants initiating treatment by 7 percent.
This somewhat counter-intuitive finding stems from the fact that, currently, many regional labs don't proceed with tests until they have enough samples to economically justify the use of valuable chemicals and other resources to conduct tests.
"In the end, we found that relatively cheap operational improvement can significantly shorten turnaround times and get infants on treatment who otherwise would not have survived," said Jónasson. "That's what it's all about: using operations management to improve global health."
The authors say their findings are applicable to other African nations dealing with AIDS and HIV infections, not just Mozambique.


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O'Donnell Square memorial for Scunny
A number of Federal Hill, Fells Point and Canton businesses came together to pay for the rental and decoration of this USF2000 racing car to participate in the Grand Prix of Baltimore in honor of McCusker. The car and its driver, Canton resident Patryk Tararuj, were both on display in the square for the celebration honoring the late Nacho Mama's and Mama's On The Half Shell owner.
Sloane Brown, for The Baltimore Sun
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shu man it's been a long time! i saw you browsing the forum the other day, how've you been? i live in rancho san diego now, which is close to where you work :-p. i'm gunna pay you a visit soon, text me and let me know which days you can accept visitors! i work 9-5 everyday at uni, just to let you know! peace
i just clicked on ur name so ... hello hehe
Dear Sasuke,
I'm all heart & soul dedicated to the cause and LF.It's my duty to help the forum if it is to be launched.It's tru I had a long experience with forums especially LF since year 2004 and I would be more than happy to contribute to the team of the LF forum especially if they are going to be a professional team that will work day and night for the better of the cause.when the IDEA is ready to get into action,I'm ready to her from the new team of the forum and see how can I help accordingly.
You might need to ask Peter Pan,Wissam LF and the rest of the old school who have long experience and deep dedication.If everything is cleared to these guys from the bigining then Mr Najm might have a team that will take the LF forum to the 1st rank amongst all others.However I hold my doubts regarding MR NAJM and the LF media team coz I m not sure if they take this subject seriously.
take care
thanks... this is so nice from you, tc
Serenity Now!
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Water firm Severn Trent will be helping to mark Volunteers' Week, which begins today (June 1).
It is an annual celebration of all those fantastic people who work in the local community for free and one year on from the launch of the Water Champions scheme, Severn Trent Water celebrates the work of its volunteers.
Thanks to the Water Champions, across the Midlands almost 5,000 pupils and adults at 30 schools and community centres are now benefiting from water efficient gardens. More than 450 volunteers from Severn Trent Water and its contract partners – including Laing O'Rourke, Amey, NMCNomenca and MWH – have collectively worked almost more than 4,500 hours to create a fun and stimulating outdoor environment, to help people learn about the water cycle and water efficiency.
To bring the gardens to life, volunteers speak to local businesses to source materials. They work with schools and community organisations to understand what they need and how they can make a difference. Following their great teamwork, 30 gardens are now established and many more are planned for the future.
Severn Trent Water's communications assistant and Water Champion, Sheena Clement, explains what it's like to be a volunteer: "It was brilliant being a Water Champion volunteer; especially seeing the kids' faces light up as they enjoyed their new outdoor classroom for the first time. We also helped them to learn how to use water wisely while they played. It's great to know what we've done will make a lasting difference for generations to come."
Severn Trent Water's community and volunteering manager, Leanne Town, adds: "This week we'd like to say a big thank you to all our Water Champions volunteers and local suppliers who've supported us along the way. Through their hard work and commitment, so many schools and community centres across the Midlands are benefitting from outdoor learning areas and new gardens.
"We're keen to keep the Water Champions scheme going for many years to come, it is great to give something back to local communities in our region. We're looking for more schools to register their interest in our programme – it's simple, to find out more visit stwater.co.uk/waterchampions."
The Water Champions volunteers have also pulled together tips which can be used in any garden. To find out more visit stwater.co.uk/your-water-champions-garden


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my son was 7.10 at birth, weighted 11.1 at 2 months and then at his 4 month check up this week was only 12.7.
So that means he has gained 22 oz in 2 months. Should I be concerned by this amount of weight gain?
Also in that time he has become much more quick to seem like he is done nursing, come on and off a lot, bite, pull back, etc. i don't think I have any problems with supply tho as there is always milk there when he is "done". I did have OALD and I think I have regulated some, perhaps he's just too used to milk coming fast and isn't good at working hard for it? Thoughts on what I shoudl do?


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The race director of the BAA Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray of North Andover, ran his 42nd Boston Marathon on Patriots Day, April 21, after everyone else had finished. He ended his journey about four hours later, and it all benefited the Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation.
McGillivray ran as a part of Team MR8 to benefit the foundation, which was formed by the parents of the 8-year-old boy killed at the Boston Marathon bombings last year. His group raised more than $45,000, and is still accepting donations. To donate, visit the link set up at First Giving: http://www.firstgiving.com/fundraiser/charityteams/team-mr8-boston-marathon-2014.
McGillivray, president of DMSE Sports, was joined on his evening Boston Marathon run by Sean Ryan of Green Bay, Doug Kaplan of Chicago and others, including Josh Nemzer of the BAA, who ran 16 miles with them. Bob McGillivray, Ron Kramer and Bob Myette supported the team along the course.
"The 2014 Boston Marathon was one for the ages, it was simply epic," McGillivray said. "When we ran the course, it was dark and quiet unlike earlier when I went through the course on the scooter the first time with about a million-plus spectators on hand. There seemed to be about only 10 spectators along the entire course the second time through. Although I was tired when I started, it ended up being one of the easiest runs I�ve had in years. Now, I�ll start training for the Ironman."
McGillivray is referring to his plan to return to Kona, Hawaii in October to participate in the Ironman Triathlon World Championships for the ninth time, but for the first time in 25 years.
McGillivray learned he had coronary heart disease last fall, and has spoken out about getting healthy and going in for heart tests, even if you think you are healthy and in shape. He has lost 27 pounds, dropped his cholesterol level by over 70 points and has been following a very, very strict and healthy diet, which he credits as having given him his health back and now feels he is in his best shape in 15 years.
McGillivray gained national prominence with his 1978 cross country run that took 80 days and raised almost $150,000 for the Jimmy Fund � the first money any runner ever raised for a cancer charity, according to Runner�s World. He has completed a number of similar feats of endurance since his groundbreaking cross country trek, including a second cross country run in 2004 from San Francisco to Boston as part of TREK USA, a relay team event that raised more than $300,000 for five children�s charities. He has now logged more than 150,000 miles, eight Hawaii Ironman Triathlons and now has finished 131 marathons, including this year�s aforementioned Boston Marathon.
McGillivray is a pioneer in what is now one of the most important aspects of the endurance sports industry � combining athletics with philanthropy.
Nearly every DMSE Sports event combines fitness and fundraising, giving back to the Jimmy Fund and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Children�s Hospital, Lazarus House and many other charities and non-profit organizations in New England and across the country. He, along with all the events he has directed have helped raised $100 million for charity over the years since starting DMSE Sports in 1981. The firm is now a leader in sports event management, specializing in creating, marketing and producing mass participatory athletic events throughout the US and abroad. In addition to the BAA Boston Marathon, DMSE manages more than 25 major road races per year, including the TD Beach to Beacon in Maine, the New Balance Falmouth Road Race on Cape Cod, the Finish at the 50 at Patriot Place, Run for the Dream in Williamsburg, Va., the Bellin Run in Green Bay, Wis., the Feaster Five Thanksgiving Day Road Race and the Across the Bay 10K in Annapolis, Md., among others.
For more information on these runs and many more, visit www.dmsesports.com.
North Andover's Dave McGillivray continues to run for fitness, charity
The race director of the BAA Boston Marathon, Dave McGillivray of North Andover, ran his 42nd Boston Marathon on Patriots Day, April 21, after everyone else had finished. He ended his journey about four hours later, and it all benefited the Martin W. Richard Charitable Foundation.


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STATE COLLEGE, Pa., July 14, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rex Energy Corporation (Nasdaq:REXX) announced today that it intends to offer $250 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2022 (the "Senior Notes") in a private placement, subject to market conditions. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Senior Notes to repay all of the borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes.
Rex Energy will make the offering pursuant to certain exemptions from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). The initial purchasers of the Senior Notes will offer the Senior Notes only to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, or outside the United States to certain persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Senior Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under such laws or applicable exemptions from such registration requirements.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Senior Notes, nor shall there be any sale of the Senior Notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, sale or solicitation would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.
About Rex Energy Corporation
Rex Energy is headquartered in State College, Pennsylvania and is an independent oil and gas exploration and production company operating in the Appalachian and Illinois Basins within the United States.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical information, statements made in this release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are indicated by words such as "expected", "expects", "anticipates", "intends" and similar words. These statements are based on assumptions and estimates that management believes are reasonable based on currently available information; however, management's assumptions and the company's future performance are subject to a wide range of business risks and uncertainties, and there is no assurance that these goals and projections can or will be met. All forward-looking statements in this release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Any forward-looking statements in this release are made as of the date hereof and we do not undertake any obligation to update any projections or forward-looking statements, except as may be required by law. Investors are also directed to other risks discussed in documents filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CONTACT: For more information, please visit our website or contact: www.rexenergy.com Mark Aydin Manager, Investor Relations (814) 278-7249 firstname.lastname@example.com
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Totale Apatia formed in 1997 near Brescia (ITALY) when the Italian punk rock was in excellent health . after all these years there's still a desire to play and have fun . 5 albums released and more than 350 concerts behind . The band , along his career , has supported bands such as : Marky Ramone , The Exploited, Agnostic Front, Skatalites, NOFX, Flogging Molly, Far From Finished, Ten Foot Pole, Argies, Vice Squad, Los Fastidios, Klasse Kriminale, Punkreas, Derozer and many others... The new Album " generazione di fenomeni " will be released on 4th December . 4th December – LATTEPIU – Brescia (Italy) "release party".
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Being caught up in the everyday tasks of life and football can be overwhelming at times. Working from 7 to 5 everyday at a physically taxing job and having one off day, there is always something to do and little time to do it (sound familiar?). I am a very organized person and the type of guy that likes to have my to do list and get things done. But I have soon come to realize that the so called to do list is a never ending document! If I just focus on getting things done or just getting by, then often my priorities get skewed and I miss out on opportunities to serve others and become more involved. With December coming and rookie issues like taxes and financial advice taking most of my off time along with football, I had to take a step back to focus on what is most important. As I have mentioned before I want to continue to progress in my giving back to my community and get involved in service to others. I had the opportunity to visit the St. Louis Children's hospital along with Rampage and cheerleaders Autumn and Hannah. There were also groups from all over St. Louis and some also brought their mascots like: Fredbird, Louie the Bear, Ronald McDonald, and Santa. Even though it's hard to compete with Rampage for fan favorite with the kids, it is always fun to see their reaction to him. Some kids love him and some aren't too sure about him. But between the trio we had we were able to make the kids smile and had a blast. I hope to have brought some holiday cheer to kids that are in a tough situation. Everyone wants to do the big charitable acts and make the big plays, but we often miss the small opportunities that are right in front of us.
We are traveling to Arizona to face the Cardinals this week. Since making my first tackle against the Colts I have been able to improve and make more of an impact every week, making some more tackles and knockdowns. We have to continue to fight and improve each week as we come together as a team. Until next time!
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Police Arrest Robbery Suspect In 12 Minutes
ROSEVILLE (AP) - It didn't take long for police to catch up with a bank robbery suspect in Roseville. In fact, it took just 12 minutes.
Surveillance video from the North American Bank Co. shows a suspect holding up an employee about 11 a.m. Tuesday. The man got away with an undisclosed amount of money. Police say officers responding to the bank robbery spotted a man fitting the description of the suspect slamming the trunk of a car parked about 600 feet away.
Dash cam video shows officers, with weapons drawn, closing in on the suspect in what likely seems to be record time.
Police say the man was wearing a bullet proof vest and confessed to the robbery.


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|Fellow Portland artist, Anna Joyce, was featured last week on Etsy's "Quite Your Day Job" series. She has invested a lot of time and energy into her creative passion, and it's paying off.
My favorite blog posts on Etsy are the "Quit Your Day Job" features. I love reading about "real" people who overcome obstacles to get to the place where they are today. And the advice shared by the featured sellers is always so relevant, especially for Etsy shopowners just starting out.
One thing that I've learned from being a retailer is that passion is only part of the equation to a successful business. Any product idea can sound brilliant to an audience of one. If the goal is to reach the masses, then a whole lot of hard work and patience is in order.
Many shopowners underestimate how marketing is key to their business, especially when that business is exclusively online. Before opening my Etsy shop, I ran an online retail store for two years. It was a crash course on SEO, conversion rates, and email marketing. In the beginning, it took a lot of work to build up our customer base and create a more seamless shopping experience. But, within a year, our online shop was bringing in 25% of our monthly gross sales (the other 75% was sales from our brick and mortar shop).
Marketing, in my opinion, is the most difficult aspect of running a small business. It demands a lot of time and, in most cases, a bit of monetary investment. I realize that most Etsy shopowners do not have a large marketing budget, if any at all. The reason I opened up an Etsy shop in the first place was its hassle-free setup and low maintenance cost. Promoting your Etsy shop, however, doesn't have to break the bank. Here are some practical marketing tools that can help bring customers to your shop.
1. List new products in your shop at least twice a week. Every time you list or relist a product, the item is moved to the top of Etsy's search queue.
2. Connect with Etsy sellers/buyers through treasuries, forums, and teams.
3. Advertise on creative blogs. Sponsorship rates differ from site to site, but many blogs just charge $30 - $45/month.
4. Start your own blog! (More on this in an upcoming post.)
5. Keep your brand consistent. From your shop header to your business card to your packaging, customers should know what your collection is about and how it's unique from all the other great shops out there. Read more on how to create a brand identity here.
6. Subscribe to Etsy newsletters to follow current trends and opportunities. Go here to sign up.
7. Tag your products with search friendly keywords.
8. Use social networking sites like facebook and twitter to promote new products and follow other like-minded artists. Try to connect with fans on a regular basis.
9. Run promotional events from time to time. Everyone loves a good sale. Share special events and collaborations with bloggers that promote such activities.
10. Know where your customers are coming from. Follow traffic to your shop using Google Analytics or StatCounter.
11. Consider wholesale accounts. I have found that jewelry and art collections sell much quicker in brick and mortar shops than online. Before you contact a retailer, make sure you do some research and know that it's a good fit. See my post on how to contact shops here.
12. Superb customer service is gold. When your customers are happy, they will come back. And they will let others know!
This list should keep a few of you busy for awhile. Remember, promoting your shop takes time. But stay at it, and you will eventually see a return on your marketing efforts.


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Today, Governor Rick Scott announced the appointment of Jose "Tony" A. Giraud, of Pensacola, to the Santa Rosa County Court.
Giraud, 46, has served as an Assistant State Attorney in Pensacola since 1998. Previously, he served in the U.S. Army from 1986 – 1990. He received bachelor's degree from Florida International University and a law degree from Florida State University College of Law.
"Tony's years of service with the Office of the State Attorney in Pensacola demonstrates that he is dedicated to helping Florida families," Governor Scott said. "I am confident that Tony will make a great addition to the bench and will serve Santa Rosa County with the fairness and integrity that he has displayed his entire career."
Giraud will fill the vacancy created by the appointment of Judge Ross L. Bilbrey to the First Judicial Circuit.


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Nestled in a peaceful wooded setting, Timber Trails features one and two bedroom "flat" style apartments and two bedroom town homes with a full basement and private clothes care center. We are conveniently located in the Anderson Township/Cherry Grove area, seconds from I-275. Our central location provides you with access to a wide array of shopping, dining, and entertainment venues. Enjoy the privacy from your balcony/patio or come relax by our sparkling pool. All of our pricing includes water, trash, sewage, cable and internet.
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the staff is second to none. they respond immediately to all requests. the grounds are immaculately maintaine Read Mored. it is safe and quiet.
November 18, 2014
We're blushing! Thank you so much for your kind words. It warms our hearts when we know our residents are happy. Thanks for sharing, Linda!
Super friendly staff. Very nice apartments and townhouses. Maintenance staff takes care of issues quickly. A g Read Morereat place to live.
November 11, 2014
Thank you, Janice!
The neighborhood is awful. Our car was broken into numerous times and we never felt safe. Our neighbors were v Read Moreery loud at all hours of the night and even after multiple complaints week after week the staff never did anything to fix this issue. Also, when we first moved in the basement had not been cleaned or painted and there were animal feces everywhere along with a very explicit drawing on the wall. Living there was not an enjoyable experience.
January 15, 2014
Timber Trails is generally a very quiet community. The process between warning a noisy neighbor and eviction is lengthy. Just because you were unaware of any actions we took, doesn't mean we were ignoring the situation. We apologize for not keeping you in the loop. If you moved in with a dirty, unpainted basement, we apologize. We typically make sure apartments are painted throughout, cleaned and serviced prior to move in. I apologize if the work on your home slipped through the cracks.
The neighbors were loud and dirty. The complex next to mine had many offenders there that I did not know about Read More. The pool was not heated.
January 15, 2014
We're sorry your time at Timber Trails did not meet your expectations. Regrettably we cannot control the residents in the neighboring community nor can we choose the residents they allow to rent. We do, however, work closely with the police department to keep disturbances in check. You are right, our pool is not heated as that's an atypical amenity in this market.
The community is beautifully maintained, friendly, and very professional. I have never loved a place as much Read Moreas I do my little apartment.
January 15, 2014
Thank you for the review and the 5-star rating, Kathleen! We are so happy you love your apartment. We love having you as a resident!
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8:00 pm
Make Me "Stay Awake" Michael Mosely learns that a new wave of drugs promises to unshackle sleep from nature. He goes on a journey to experience what it is like to put aside the conventional eight hours of sleep and keep awake for as long as possible. He meets the world record breaker, who can go up to 12 days without sleep; dips into the world of sleep endurance competition, and in Canada meets a man who claims that a recent pharmaceutical invention allows him to function and work a 20-hour day.G
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NOVA "Mind of a Rampage Killer" NOVA correspondent Miles O'Brien investigates new theories about why some people become destructive rampage killers. O'Brien also explores what science can reveal about a brain at risk for violence and whether there is a way to recognize dangerous minds in time to stop violence.G
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Everyday Edisons "A Hot and Steamy Clean" Sponges, dishcloths and soapy rags dipped into a bucket or sink over and over may not be the most hygienic way to clean your kitchen. That's why prolific inventor, Eric Huber, decided to do something about it. His idea was a device that contains water from the tap that after putting in the microwave can hold the temperature to the point of steaming while you wipe off surfaces. D
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Everyday Edisons "I Can Finally Grasp It!" We've all heard that "a friend in need, is a friend indeed," but for inventor, Mark Stark, it was no question that his friend needed a helping hand. Born without his left hand, Mark's friend, Dave Vogt never knew what his friend was working on in his shop and garage for months and months until one day, he presented Dave with an artificial hand that would change his life. A heart-warming story of compassion and friendship, this episode brings to light a need, an idea, a prototype and, of course, a challenge to our Everyday Edisons team. D
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Pioneers In Aviation: The Race to the Moon "The Early Years" This three-part documentary captures significant aviation events, from the Wright Brothers' first flight at Kitty Hawk to the culmination of the Apollo moon landing and profiles four aviation pioneers - William Boeing, Donald Douglas, Dutch Kindelberger and James McDonnell. They are young men as they design and construct planes for America's effort in World War I, begin flying the mail in the 1920s, and develop the first passenger airlines.G