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GUEST POST: Taking action against Amendment One, two years after its passage
May 07, 2014
Editors' Note: This post was written by Rev. Jasmine Beach-Ferrara (right, with her wife Meghann), executive director for The Campaign for Southern Equality, based in Asheville, N.C., and a minister in the United Church of Christ. Freedom to Marry is proud to partner with The Campaign for Southern Equality - and other state and regional southern LGBT organizations - as part of Southerners for the Freedom to Marry.
May 8, 2014 marks two years to the day since passage of Amendment One, which bans loving, committed same-sex couples from marrying in North Carolina; denies legal rights and respect to same-sex couples who marry in other states; and even outlaws civil unions and domestic partnerships for same-sex couples.
I remember the night that it passed vividly. As a news anchor announced the election results, I knew that we were heading into new territory for the LGBT community in North Carolina, a state I am proud to call home. A time had come when we would face a simple but profound question as LGBT people - what are we each ready to do for equality?
Amendment One has been in effect for two years now. In that time, children have been born to same-sex couples in our state. Couples have traveled to D.C. and returned home, their marriage recognized by the federal government, but still denied by our state. LGBT people have faced cancer diagnosis, deaths in the family - life continues, with all of its joys and sorrows.
Ultimately, this law cannot legislate our ability to love. It cannot govern our fundamental humanity, which I believe to be a gift from God. But Amendment One harms real people each day and it looms like a shadow over our lives, ensuring that, as a LGBT person in North Carolina, you carefully assess what rights you possess or lack in each critical moment in life. I know this because I feel its chilling effects on my own life. My wife and I have been legally married since 2008, but North Carolina treats us as legal strangers. When she gives birth to our first child in July, my home state will not recognize me as a parent to our child. This is discrimination in practice. It cannot be dismissed as anything else.
In the past two years, we've also seen tremendous progress toward LGBT equality in every sphere of life, through court rulings and public opinion polls that show that a majority of Americans support employment protections and marriage equality. We know that Amendment One will be struck down by the courts because it is unconstitutional, but the day where all North Carolinians are equal - no matter who they love - cannot come soon enough.
"It's conversations like these - conversations about speaking up against inequality, about creating a public record of love and family, about refusing to silently submit to an unjust, immoral law - that can make a difference in North Carolina."
That's why the Campaign for Southern Equality has been organizing and mobilizing LGBT people and supporters across the South for the past few years with the WE DO Campaign. And tomorrow, we will mark the second year since Amendment One's passage by taking action again in Raleigh. We will proudly stand with same-sex couples as they take action against the unconstitutional Amendment One by applying for a marriage license or paying $26 to record their out-of-state marriage license at the Wake County Register of Deeds Office. They will be joined by family, friends and clergy who support them every step of the way.
These brave couples from North Carolina will do everything in their power to have their marriages recognized or to be married at last - including creating a public record of their love, commitment, and marriage. We often are asked questions about why we do this work in towns across the South, why we encourage same-sex couples to take this action and seek respect for their marriage licenses when they know they will be denied.
The WE DO Campaign is about targeting discriminatory laws in the moment of their enforcement. By requesting a marriage license or recording a marriage license, these couples are making this discrimination visible: Together, we are putting pressure on systems that persecute by provoking their enforcement. Watch a video featuring one of our recent actions:
As we take this action tomorrow, we're also cheering on the 20 plaintiffs involved in a new legal challenge against Amendment One - a lawsuit that challenges Amendment One and other marriage laws in North Carolina. The case opens a new front in marriage equality litigation because it argues that the religious freedoms of clergy from across traditions are being violated by a state laws that makes it illegal for clergy to marry same-sex couples. We are proud to say that some of the clergy plaintiffs in the lawsuit will stand with the couples tomorrow as well.
It's conversations like these - conversations about speaking up against inequality, about creating a public record of love and family, about refusing to silently submit to an unjust, immoral law - that can make a difference in North Carolina.
We will keep having this conversation - from the courts to the marriage license counter - as we stand up for full LGBT equality under the law, and in all spheres of life.
The Campaign for Southern Equality is proud to partner with Freedom to Marry and more than a dozen other southern LGBT organizations on Southerners for the Freedom to Marry, a coalition dedicated to amplifying the conversation about marriage in 14 Southern states, including North Carolina.

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Where to Get Clam Pizza in NYC
New York magazine gives a rundown on where to get clam pizza in New York City:
- Franny's: 295 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11217 (b/n Prospect and St. Marks; map); 718-230-0221; frannysbrooklyn.com
- Bussaco: 833 Union Street, Brooklyn NY 11217 (near Seventh Avenue; map); 718-857-8828
- Lombardi's: 32 Spring Street, New York NY 10012 (near Mott Street; map); 212-941-7994; firstpizza.com
- Otto: 1 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10003 (corner of 8th Street; map); 212-995-9559; ottopizzeria.com
- Fornino: 187 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211 (at North 7th Street; map); 718-384-6004
- South Brooklyn Pizza: 451 Court Street, Brooklyn NY 11231 (near 4th Place; map); 718-852-6018
I can't vouch for all of these. I like Lombardi's clam pie and Franny's (uh-may-zing). I'm not big on Otto's or Fornino's because they do that annoying still-in-the-shell-while-topping-your-pie thing. (That's Otto's pie above.) Based on what I've had at South Brooklyn, I'd skip the clam pie—when I've had it, their regular pie has had a tough, too-crunchy crust.
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The statue of George Washington Glick represented Kansas in the National Statuary Hall Collection from 1914-2003. In 2003, the statue was replaced by one of Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Marble Given by Kansas in 1914
Replaced in 2003 by statue of Dwight D. Eisenhower
George Washington Glick, born July 4, 1827, was raised on his father's farm near Fremont, Ohio. At age 21 he entered the law offices of Buckland and Hayes (later President Rutherford B. Hayes); he was admitted to the bar two years later and established a moderate law practice, earning a reputation as a hard-working lawyer. Glick moved to Atchison, Kansas, in 1859 and formed a partnership with Alfred P. Otis. He served as a Union soldier in the 2nd Kansas Regiment during the Civil War. He worked for the adoption of the Kansas constitution.
Elected to the state legislature in 1862, Glick served for 14 of the next 18 years and was Speaker pro tempore in 1876. He was well respected and considered "just and expert" by his colleagues. He was elected Governor in 1882 and served until 1885. Legislation enacted during his tenure included the creation of a railroad commission, a "good roads" law, reassessment of tax laws, and the establishment of a livestock sanitary commission. He was later appointed pension agent in Topeka by President Cleveland.
After 15 years of civic service, George Glick was forced to abandon his political career because of a throat infection that nearly destroyed his ability to speak. He continued, however, as an attorney for various railroads. He also managed his farm and served as a charter member and first vice president of the Kansas Historical Society. He died on April 13, 1911.


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Transformational Leadership for Development Programme in SamoaAug 18, 2013
Apia, Samoa - The Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development (MWCSD) together with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will host the first of three successive trainings on the Transformational Leadership Development Programme (TLDP) to address gender equality. The first in the series of training is being conducted from19-22 August 2013 at the St Theresse Retreat and Resort at Tofamamao, Leauvaa.
The TLDP is being used successfully in many parts of the world to address deeply rooted development challenges.
Two exploratory missions attended by a number of senior government officials and community members identified the need for this programme to be made available in Samoa. Since then, the government has adopted this methodology as a key element of its programme to address gender equality issues, as part of its Gender Sector programme for the period 2013-2018.
"While working in Ethiopia, I guided a similar program through six years of iterations that had extraordinary impact at every level and in every sector of society. " UNDP Resident Representative, Ms Nileema Noble, who is introducing the programme to Samoa stated.
"You should know that within UNDP as well, at country office level and at headquarters, these approaches have guided us in how we organize ourselves and manage our work. We intend to use the transformational methodology to build on the strong spiritual and cultural values in Samoa to build an even fairer and more just society", Ms Noble added.
The TLDP will produce Break Through Initiatives (BTIs) or activities that will enable participants to design and achieve greater gender equity and other positive outcomes in organizations and communities throughout Samoa.
With years of collective expertise behind them on these issues, Ms Gulan Kripalani of India, and Mr Allan Henry Henderson of the USA will be facilitating the workshop this week. One of their first tasks is to build from the start of the programme, a cadre of Samoan trainers who can upscale the programmes across the country.
Participants include members of government, parliamentarians, private sector, youth, civil society, faith based organizations as well as the media.
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The group's by-laws include membership explaining that members cannot miss more than three regularly scheduled meetings.
The Stuttgart Advertising and Promotion Commission approved only one item on its agenda Thursday by accepting the group's by-laws, once approved by Stuttgart City Attorney Malcolm Smith.
The group's by-laws include membership explaining that members cannot miss more than three regularly scheduled meetings. Missing three or more consecutive meetings will result in the member being voted off the board. This is unless there are extenuating circumstances such as an extended illness that will require a leave of absence to be submitted. This will last no longer than six months.
Four positions on the board have to be a hotel owner or operator, according to Arkansas law.
"Mitri (Greenhill, Stuttgart City Clerk) has requested this, it just hasn't happened," Chairman Amanda Holsted told the group about Smith reviewing the by-laws.
The only change made to the laws drafted was the 24-hour period of notification before a specially called meeting. The group voted to change that to a 48-hour notice.
The by-laws were approved unanimously.
In other business the group was unable to hear a report from both the Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas Foundation or the Kiwanis Club of Stuttgart. Both the groups received funding for advertisement of events they recently held. The PCCUA Foundation held "Biloxi Blues" while the Kiwanis Club of Stuttgart recently held Cash's White River Hoedown.
"I can't give you a complete report, we don't even have the financials for those yet," Holsted, who requested both items, said.
The Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie was approved for funding also, but its event does not take place until April. A full report will be presented at a later date.
The only new application the commission received was from the Arts Center of the Grand Prairie. The $2,000 request was for the Grand Prairie Festival of Arts and the Arts Center of the Grand Prairie's yearly events.
Charles Law, director of the Arts Center, was not on hand. Before this meeting it was not a rule to be present, but with more explanation needed, the group voted to have all interested parties apply in person.
The next meeting will be held at 4 p.m. March 28 at Stuttgart City Hall, located at Stuttgart City Hall.
For more information contact Holsted at (870) 673-4201.


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Katie McGilvary necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 70 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
Sonoma Student Union Corporation
I am a student at Sonoma state university on the Sonoma Student Union Corporation board as the chair of PR and Marketing. We as a corporation do not currently have a logo to identify ourselves from other organizations and auxiliaries on campus. Our union encompasses and finances campus recreation, sport clubs, intramurals, camps, outdoor recreation, and technical services. We are very involved in the technical aspects of SSU. We are essentially our own company and own our own building on campus and pay for various attributes for student life, while trying to secure revenues for future needs. The students have a small fee every semester from which we use to pay student employees, or buy new equipment for the rec center, etc. The logo will represent our board that makes things possible. There are 8 student members and 8 faculty/ staff members. The students run the show however, we are the committee chairs and act as the board of directors, but not because we have to be, but because student involvement is a must. We the students plan the programs, advise audits, consult budgets and make things happen.
Our audience is anyone what will see what we are doing on campus, works for us, or who would legally or financially be involved with our auxiliary outside of SSU. For example: when we put up posters advertising and event, stationary, business cards, pens, shirts, etc. Currently the our campus is trying to get the students approval to build a new build, which we are beginning to campaign for along with other campus organizations, and frankly know one knows who we are even though the campus wouldn't function without what we do.
We would like a simple graphic/icon that incorporates our name, Sonoma Student Union Corporation, the year we were established, 1971, and a way to represent the 8 students and 8 board members. I would like to stick to two colors do differentiate students and staff. However if you think it needs three I'm not completley against it Obviously it needs to be appropriately targeted for the professional student atmosphere, and not a frat house. It would be nice if the words flowed with the logo, so they are not standing off to the side like the examples I have attached. Other than that have fun, I will bring it to my committee meeting as soon as you guys have something for me present. The students will be voting on the one we choose.
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I've taken an embarrassingly long break from blogging, thanks in part to several big changes in my life. Since I last posted here (in January—egads!) I've bought my first home, given birth to a son (his name is Dean) and begun teaching a health journalism class at CUNY. But now I'm back writing again, at least part-time, so I thought I'd revisit my favorite old PLoS haunt. I also have to give due thanks to fellow PLoS blogger John Rennie—he gave an inspiring talk to my class yesterday and reminded me that, yes, I do like this thing called blogging and I would like to do it again sometime. So: hi, everyone!
A long while back, here on this very site, I wrote about how frustrated I get when people claim that the only way a substance can cause cancer is if it directly breaks DNA or other molecular bonds. In that post I was singling out a column Michael Shermer had written for Scientific American arguing why cell phones can't possibly cause cancer; while I don't necessarily think that cell phones do cause cancer, I nevertheless get red-faced when people invoke non-scientific arguments to make their case.
In my post, I discussed the possibility that cancer can also have epigenetic causes. For instance, something that affects the expression of genes involved in the cell cycle could in theory cause cells to begin to divide uncontrollably. As I wrote,
Cell cycle genes can be disrupted because of a mutation or a DNA break, sure, but problems could also arise when, say, something causes a tumor-suppressor gene like p53 (which protects against cancer) to be downregulated, perhaps from a post-translational modification or a change to chromatin structure. Or maybe something in the environment ramps up the expression of a growth-promoting gene, causing a cell to abnormally proliferate. Environmental influences could also disrupt the DNA repair machinery, as this would allow DNA breaks that arose as a result of some other process to go unfixed.
Now, when I was writing all that, I was basically just speculating based on my (very spotty) understanding of cancer biology. But there is now increasing evidence that this is correct. As I wrote this month in a news story for Nature Medicine (sorry—it's behind a paywall), scientists have recently discovered several new molecules that thwart cancer in animals by manipulating epigenetic processes.
Let me take a step back to explain these findings. For decades, scientists have known that a gene called MYC plays a role in certain cancers. MYC is a transcription factor; it manipulates the activity of key cell cycle genes—it's kind of like a genetic manager that ensures that cells don't start dividing willy-nilly and become tumors. One of the ways MYC manages its underling genes is by adding and removing special stamps (called acetyl-lysine residues) to and from the DNA immediately surrounding them. Other proteins—known as bromodomain proteins—recognize these stamps and subsequently increase or decrease the expression of the surrounding genes. When MYC activity gets ramped up too high for some reason, MYC turns into what I'll call Crazy-MYC. It stops managing its cell cycle genes effectively, putting stamps where they shouldn't be—ultimately causing cells to go haywire and divide when they shouldn't.
As my Nature Medicine piece explains, researchers have now developed several new molecules that prevent cancer in part because they interfere with the ability of bromodomain proteins to read Crazy-MYC's unnecessary stamps. Suddenly, Crazy-MYC's crazy stamping isn't so dangerous anymore; the cell just kind of ignores it. Researchers have tested these molecules in animal models of several different cancers (mostly blood cancers) and have found that they significantly improve survival. (To make things even more complicated, research suggests that these molecules also inhibit the expression of MYC itself and several other cancer-causing genes, but I'm not going to get into that here.)
So how does this relate back to my original point about epigenetics? These molecules don't prevent cancer because they have anything to do with mutations or DNA breaks—they are simply chemicals that influence gene expression. So it makes sense that a chemical or exposure that affects gene expression in the opposite way could perhaps cause cancer. It wouldn't have to mess with DNA directly; it could simply enhance the ability of bromodomain proteins to read acetyl-lysine stamps, or mimic Crazy-MYC's crazy stamping; you get my drift. My point: cancer is about far more than just mutations.
Delmore JE, Issa GC, Lemieux ME, Rahl PB, Shi J, Jacobs HM, Kastritis E, Gilpatrick T, Paranal RM, Qi J, Chesi M, Schinzel AC, McKeown MR, Heffernan TP, Vakoc CR, Bergsagel PL, Ghobrial IM, Richardson PG, Young RA, Hahn WC, Anderson KC, Kung AL, Bradner JE, & Mitsiades CS (2011). BET bromodomain inhibition as a therapeutic strategy to target c-Myc. Cell, 146 (6), 904-17 PMID: 21889194
Zuber J, Shi J, Wang E, Rappaport AR, Herrmann H, Sison EA, Magoon D, Qi J, Blatt K, Wunderlich M, Taylor MJ, Johns C, Chicas A, Mulloy JC, Kogan SC, Brown P, Valent P, Bradner JE, Lowe SW, & Vakoc CR (2011). RNAi screen identifies Brd4 as a therapeutic target in acute myeloid leukaemia. Nature, 478 (7370), 524-8 PMID: 21814200


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From the B.C. Times Colonist:
The place to start answering your query is to tell you a little about the interesting history of the Yukon Gold potato. Despite its name, the development of this hybrid didn't occur in the Far North, it happened in southern Ontario.
In the early 1900s, many Dutch and Belgians immigrated to Canada, with some settling and farming in the Lake Erie area, around towns such as Simcoe, Leamington and Harrow. Many of them grew vegetables, such as potatoes.
In an article written on the University of Guelph website, uoguelph.ca, potato-breeder extraordinaire Gary Johnston writes that in 1953 he took over potato research work at an agriculture station in Harrow. Not long after, local growers began petitioning for the breeding and licensing of a yellow-fleshed potato variety similar to what they had grown in Europe.
Johnston and his research team at the University of Guelph potato-breeding program took up the task. After much contemplation, Johnston decided they should try to create a potato variety with shallow eyes, globular shape and yellow flesh.
After years of experimenting, they finally found their nugget by crossbreeding an early-maturing, North Dakotan white potato variety called Norgleam, with a wild South American yellow-fleshed variety.
Johnston suggested they call the potato Yukon, for the Yukon River and gold-rush country.
His colleague, Charlie Bishop, suggested they add the word "gold" to reflect the colour and appearance of the potato.
The Yukon Gold potato was licensed in 1980 and became the first Canadian-bred potato to be marketed and promoted by name. To succeed as a new variety, Johnston believed the potato would require good publicity, and he got it by doing radio, television and print media interviews.
Getting his potato rolling was Harrowsmith magazine, which published an article called There's Gold in These Hills.
The potato became and still is popular in Canada and the U.S. It is now grown in several locations in North America, including B.C.
The B.C. fresh vegetable growers website, bcfreshvegetables.com, says Yukon Gold potatoes were first grown in Delta in 1987. Because of their colour and texture, they were marketed as "the potato with the butter already in it."
That website says the Yukon Gold variety is what's primarily grown in B.C., but there are other quality yellow-fleshed potato varieties grown in this province and elsewhere.


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Hello everyone! I wanted to pass on a couple of new things that I've found. I posted this in another forum and Janice was kind enough to remind me that this would be a great place to pass on the info.
I'm not sure if we've discussed the "cloud pillow" before, but I found it at Walgreens and figured it was worth a shot. I've only had it for a few days but I love it. The best way I can describe the filling is that it has beads like those U-shaped travel pillows that you can get at the airport. (There is another version that is buckwheat filled, but this is not like that. This one is filled with tiny beads) It has a separate compartment for the area around the head and I really like that I can squish the beads around the sore spots and get support differently each day if needed. I know these won't help everyone, but if you're looking for a new pillow, then it might be worth a shot:
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product ... U=17217160
This other product is one that I have not tried. I have ordered online from Lakeside before and some of their stuff is great and some is cheap, but nothing is expensive so I guess it's to be expected. I thought of all of you when I saw that this could be used for heat or cold and I know many use both. The coverage area looks pretty good and it's cheap. Might be worth trying. Let us know if you decide to get one and how it works for you:
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I hope these help someone!
PS- I've had the pillow a little longer now and I'm still in love. It takes a little getting used to with adjusting it just right since every night is different with my neck & head pain, but it's TOTALLY worth it. It's also great for watching tv on your side. Place a regular, flatter pillow under it, and this one conforms to your head and neck to provide the right support without any pressure on your shoulder. (I have shoulder pain too.) Be sure to use the pillow case that comes with it as this will keep the beads from spreading out too much. I hope at least one person has the good experience with it that I've had.


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Aprilaire #4236 Scale Control Insert
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By Patrick Cant
Race game reviewer
Eau Rouge is considered by many F1 drivers to have the best corner in motor racing. This turn, on the legendary Spa-Francorchamps track in Belgium, is brilliant. It's a swooping, sweeping, downhill-to-uphill left-to-right hander. If you're on your game, you can blast through at 160 mph and up the hill to Les Combes before you begin the plunging, twisting downhill section of the course. And if not, you're into the guardrail and pinwheeling across the landscape.
As such, it has to be right in the game. And Codemasters, I am happy to report, has nailed it in F1 2011 along with the rest of the courses, including the new track in India. It's finely detailed and I can't wait to watch the real race there later this season.
So this is the new F1 2011 game. It has 19 tracks, all the teams, all the drivers, all the bells and whistles. It has online play for up to 16 drivers (with eight more AI cars), plus (as a nice touch) a good split-screen two-player mode.
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Hi there,
I can't believe it has been this long, four countries and some fantastic rides since I last posted here. Shame, shame, shame...
We are now in France, a few kilometers from St Quentin where my Paris-Roubaix Challenge might start. Yes, might! It is the day-before and I haven't decided if I am going to do it because of an issue with my bike sponsorship. Kidding!
Anyhow, I will have more time for a longer post soon.
... and I did find a couple of old, old bakeries.


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October 6, 2006
Wabash's Pre-Law Society had a unique opportunity last night when they were joined for dinner by a group of very successful Wabash alumni who have enjoyed a career in the law. The dinner offered the opportunity for our students to ask questions over a wide range of topics, from law school applications to how to pick a legal speciality. Attending the dinner were:
Greg Castanias '87, Partner at Jones Day, Washington, DC
Jay Fisher '66, Partner at Fisher & Dickinson, P.C., Ada, MI
William I. Garrard '54, Judge, Indiana Court of Appeals
Scott Himsel '85, Partner at Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, IN
E. Squier Neal '66, Senior Staff Counsel, Law Offices of Safeco Property and Casualty
Jon R. Pactor '71, Solo practitioner in Indianapolis, IN
Joe Emmick '92, Dean for College Advancement
The dinner was an idea originating from NAWM Board members Greg Castanias, Scott Himsel, and Jay Fisher. Their concept was to be available, as advisors and mentors, to or young men considering the law profession. By all accounts it was a fruitful evening.
Thanks as well to Jesse James '08, our current president of the Pre-Law Society, for organizing the dinner.
Pictured at top, from right, are Greg Castanias '87 and NAWM president Jay Fisher '66 discussing the legal profession with students right before dinner.
Pictured at the right - Scott Himsel '85 and Jesse James '08


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Supramolecular Chemistry: a ChemComm web themed issueActivity by Joanne Thomson | added on Sep 24, 2010 | United Kingdom
In 2011, to mark the International Year of Chemistry, ChemComm will publish a major web collection of articles on Supramolecular Chemistry.
Supramolecular Chemistry is all about interactions between molecules. How they can recognise each other, assemble and function on a molecular scale. It provides a bottom up approach to nanoscale systems with applications ranging from biology to materials science.
The chemistry presented in this ChemComm web-theme will be from the leaders in this area of chemistry with applications across many areas. Authors will be encouraged to highlight the future challenges in their areas of interest that lie ahead for the next generation of chemists.
All articles be gathered together on the ChemComm website (www.rsc.org/chemcomm) and widely promoted to help inspire young chemists and generate enthusiasm for the future of chemistry.
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Consumer Products needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 214 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
CPMC is a product development and marketing company in Phoenix Arizona. We make cutting edge consumer products for retail as well as online distribution. We specialize in Health and Nutraceutical products.
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Please feel free to experiment with colors!
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by Tom Utescher
If only they'd known how close last Monday's Girls' Inter-Ac track and field dual meet was going to be, host Germantown Academy and visiting Springside Chestnut Hill each might have done things a little differently.
The unorthodox outcome, a 61-61 tie, stemmed partly from a lack of participants in several events. Tesa Pribitkin, a freshman for the GA Patriots, garnered five points for her team by winning the pole vault, but she was the lone contestant, and the four team points for second and third place were never awarded.
In the long jump, the only competitors were victorious GA junior Megan McCloskey and runner-up Julia Reeves, a ninth-grader for SCH. Nobody picked up the one point that could've been won by a third jumper making just a token attempt.
However, in the final weeks of the regular season, dual meet wins are not as much of a priority for track coaches and athletes as preparation for the league championships and other major postseason gatherings. GA, which already had beaten Inter-Ac rivals Agnes Irwin, Baldwin School, Episcopal Academy, and Notre Dame, improved to 4-0-1 in the league, with this week's dual meet with Penn Charter remaining on the schedule.
The SCH Blue Devils came away with a 3-1-1 league record that included wins over Charter, Irwin, and Notre Dame, and a loss to Episcopal.
Ultimately, the Devils' advantage in the running events (where they outscored GA 49-33) was counterbalanced by the Patriots' strength in the field disciplines (advantage GA: 28-12).
Springside Chestnut Hill's freshman speedster, Brooklynn Broadwater, gave the visitors first-place finishes in both hurdling races and in the open 400 meters, as well as anchoring the winning 4 x 400 relay quartet. Sophomore teammate Bridget Lipp led off in the 4 x 4, and also ran the last leg of the Blue Devils' victorious 4 x 100 relay. Individually, she won the 100 meter dash and was second in the 200.
SCH ninth-grader Julia Reeves placed first in the 200 and the triple jump as well as contributing second-place points in two other events, the 100 meters and the long jump. Senior Maddi Hinchey was runner-up in the 1600 meters, and came in third in both the 800 and the high jump. At the other end of the age scale, Blue Devils seventh-grader E.K. Helstrom finished third in the 1600.
McCloskey, GA's ace jumper, not only won the long jump, but also breezed to victory in her specialty, the high jump. On the track she took third in the open 100 meters, and participated in the 4 x 1 relay.
McCloskey's closest competition in the high jump came from her own sister, Kiernan, a senior who also came in second in the triple jump. The elder sibling was third in the 200, and participated in the 4 x 1.
Another Patriots 12th grader, Fran Sweeney, a basketball teammate of Kiernan McCloskey's during the winter, ran in the two relay races for the meet hosts. Sweeney was runner up in both the 100 and 300 hurdles, as well. Yet another Germantown hoopster, junior Margaret Anne Hubbell, emerged victorious from the shot put circle.
On the track, senior Maddie Stambaugh won the 1600 meters and gave GA second-place in the 800 behind junior teammate Kerry Lawlor. In an unusual co-ed 3200 meter race, promising Patriot freshmen Paige Kupsky kept up with the fastest boys for some time, and easily became the first female finisher.
In close meets, a team needs not just the eye-catching performers who win their events, but also those who are steady contributors to the point total. One such performer for GA was sophomore Claudia Mezey, who placed third in the triple jump and the shot put, as well as both hurdling events.
In the middle of the meet, SCH won the 4 x 100 meter relay, with the foursome of freshmen Essence Walden and Singley Risico and sophomores Kyra Jackson and Lipp turning in a time of 52.62 seconds against GA (53.89), which led off with freshman Maggie Hallahan and followed up with Megan McCloskey, Sweeney, and Kiernan McCloskey.
The other relay, the 4 x 400, was the final event of the meet. Going in, the SCH Blue Devils trailed 61-56 in the team scoring and thus had to win the concluding race to avoid a loss overall. The Patriot quartet consisted of Kerry Lawlor, Hallahan, Bridie Lawlor (Kerry's senior sister), and Sweeney.
On the first leg, SCH's Lipp completed her lap with a lead of roughly 15 meters, and another five meters was tacked on by senior Drew Davis during the second circuit. Walden maintained the same spacing in the third leg, then the anchor, Broadwater, wrapped up the win, as the Devils put up a total time of 4:17.20 to Germantown's 4:23.40.
Meet Results
100 Meters
1. SCH Bridget Lipp 13.06
2. SCH Julia Reeves 13.22
3. GA Megan McCloskey 13.36
200 Meters
1. SCH Julia Reeves 27.45
2. SCH Bridget Lipp 27.48
3. GA Kiernan McCloskey 28.36
400 Meters
1. SCH Brooklynn Broadwater 1:04.42
2. GA Maggie Hallahan 1:08.46
3. GA Christine Weeks 1:13.31
800 Meters
1. GA Kerry Lawlor 2:23.47
2. GA Maddie Stambaugh 2:30.73
3. SCH Maddi Hinchey 2:36.50
1600 Meters
1. GA Maddie Stambaugh 5:24.47
2. SCH Maddi Hinchey 5:43.41
3. SCH E.K. Helstrom 5:46.98
3200 Meters
1. GA Paige Kupsky 11:37.34
2. SCH Nicole Novo 12:14.13
3. GA Emily Cannon 13:12.96
100 High Hurdles
1. SCH Brooklynn Broadwater 16.77
2. GA Fran Sweeney 17:49
3. GA Claudia Mezey 18.70
300 Intermediate Hurdles
1. SCH Brooklynn Broadwater 50.12
2. GA Fran Sweeney 53.38
3. GA Claudia Mezey 55.56
High Jump
1. GA Megan McCloskey 5'6"
2. GA Kiernan McCloskey 5'2"
3. SCH Maddi Hinchey 4'10"
Long Jump
1. GA Megan McCloskey 16'1"
2. SCH Julia Reeves 15'6.25"
Pole Vault
1. Tesa Pribitkin 7'6"
Shot Put
1. GA Margaret Anne Hubbell 28'1.5"
2. SCH Kyra Jackson 24'3"
3. GA Claudia Mezey 23'6"
Triple Jump
1. SCH Julia Reeves 34'3.75"
2. GA Kiernan McCloskey 32'3.5"
3. GA Claudia Mezey 28'6.5"


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In 1985, when Hulkamania propelled wrestling to previously unimaginable levels of popularity, NBC Sports exec Dick Ebersol struck a deal with WWF boss Vince McMahon.
Ebersol wanted to bring the wrestling phenomenon to network television and, at the peak of the first wrestling boom, Saturday Night's Main Event was born.
The show was a pay-per-view style grappling event with revolutionary production values and all-star matches -- something fans had never seen before on free TV.
The show debuted on NBC in 1985, filling the slot usually occupied by Saturday Night Live and did such great ratings numbers it became a staple on the network for the rest of the decade.
Based around stars like Hulk Hogan, Roddy Piper, Jesse Ventura and Andre the Giant, SNME brought wrestling out of the limited cable universe and into the mainstream American consciousness.
The show often blew SNL's ratings out of the water and, to this day, boasts the highest wrestling viewership ever in North America.
When the wrestling business went cold in the early '90s, NBC decided to pull the plug on the show.
SNME resurfaced on the Fox network for a few episodes but grappling's popularity was on a down slide. It wound up being axed completely in 1992.
It was the last time wrestling would be seen on one of the big four American networks. That is, until tonight.
For the first time in almost 15 years, the wrestling world is gearing up for Saturday Night's Main Event.
The decision to resurrect the franchise came last fall when WWE moved its programming from Viacom to the NBC-Universal family.
As part of the deal to bring Raw to the USA network, McMahon was promised regular prime-time specials on the main NBC network.
SNME will be the first of those specials, airing live tonight from the Cobo Arena in Detroit.
The headline match is a clash between all of the main event participants in next month's Wrestlemania event. John Cena will team with his 'Mania opponent, Triple H, to face the three men who will fight for the world title at 'Mania, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton and Kurt Angle.
Also on the card, Shawn Michaels and Shane McMahon are set for a street fight and the Boogeyman and Booker T are booked to go one-on-one.
One of the biggest selling points of the show is the return of Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin left WWE over a creative dispute last October but will be back in action tonight.
The Rattlesnake won't be wrestling -- due to career-ending injuries suffered in the ring -- but will take on JBL in a good old fashioned beer drinking contest.
Jim Ross, who was unceremoniously pulled off the air six months ago when WWE bosses decided they wanted a younger and more cosmetic announcing team, will also be back on the air. Ross returns to the broadcast booth, calling the action along with Tazz and Jerry (The King) Lawler.
Anther big match at the event will be a women's tag, with Trish Stratus and Mickie James taking on Victoria and Candace Michelle. This will be a storyline-heavy collision, with James expected to make her long overdue heel turn, setting up a title match with Stratus for Wrestlemania.
A prime-time slot on network TV is a huge opportunity for WWE, which has been struggling to keep ratings steady for a few years. If the company can hit a home run with this event and if the rating comes in strong, it opens up a world of opportunities that haven't been available in over a decade.


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plamenbox necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 139 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
We are a young startup company launching a new music\song \sound website that will offer a meeting platform for talented songwriters, composers, and their audience of music lovers.
Visitors will rate songs, the best will be available for purchase as a gift to a special someone for that special occasion.
The site will be a place for people to meet, listen to songs (and the story behind them), share, comment, and even make money.
Sorry, web site not yet available to post a link.
Broad audience demographics: from teenagers to young professionals in their 20-30s, to older web users who share the love for music, song, fun and the online community. (Think other social media outlets (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and their target demographics).
Clients of the web site will order music works (a love song, for example) to send as a gift to their loved ones, for special occasions.
The main message will be to give the gift of music, a unique, one of a kind gift like no other; a gift to remember and to keep forever.
The logo should be simple and clean. Feel free to be creative. No special requirements for fonts, shapes.
Musical symbols are OK, treble\bass clef, music staff; music note(s) anything that gets across the message of music, sound, song, gift, creativity, love.
The two letters S and D (from SongDelight) may be used (but it is not mandatory) to create the logo.
The main colors of the web site will be red and white (see the attached header where the logo will reside), so please plan accordingly.
The company name could exist as part of the logo (embedded) or on the side\bottom\top as separate text (I also tried to embed the name SongDelight into the music staff (each letter as a musical note) but it turned to be hard to read).
Thank you all for your time and effort!
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Whenever Lipscomb and Belmont meet in an athletic contests emotions run high.
Thursday night at 6:30 when the Bisons make the short trip down the road to Belmont for the soccer edition of the "Battle of the Boulevard" at the Whitten Soccer Complex there will be players with an edge to their emotions. But Bisons' coach Charles Morrow wants to make sure that emotions don't get in the way for the Bisons primary mission _ to win their third straight Atlantic Sun game.
"It always doesn't make for the best game because of the emotions involved," Morrow said. "But the way both teams are playing we expect this to be a good game."
The Bisons are 6-6-0, 2-2-0 in the A-SUn. Belmont is 5-7, 2-2-0 in the conference.
Both teams played in Jacksonville, Fla., this past weekend and both of them won their games with Jacksonville and North Florida. Playing a Thursday night game after playing the previous Friday and Sunday means a short week of preparation.
"Monday is normally an off day but because of the short week we went out and trained a little bit," Morrow said. "Tuesday we were rained out.
"Wednesday we fine-tuned stuff like our set pieces. We want to make sure everyone is on the right page for what to expect in the next game."
In the NCAA Division I men's soccer RPI released Wednesday the Bisons are ranked 93rd. They are one of six Atlantic Sun teams listed in the top 100. Florida Gulf Coast is 21st followed by ETSU (51st), Stetson (68th) and Campbell (77th). Mercer is rated 78th.
The most important thing for the Bisons at the point of the season is to win enough games to qualify for the A-Sun Tournament.
"At this point of the season the margin of error is slim because of the parity but the stakes are also high in terms of wins and losses," Morrow said. "It will be a highly-contested game."
Garrett McLaughlin and Miguel DaSilva each have scored five goals and added one assist this season. But Angel Chairez may be the unsung hero of the Bisons' offense.
"If you ask any of the players to name the top three guys on the team Angel would be in the top two or three," Morrow said. "Angel does a lot of the dirty work. He doesn't get a lot of accolades because the numbers aren't there to support it but with Angel we would be in trouble for sure."
"Anytime we are in trouble and we need somebody that can hold the ball we go to Angel. He is so strong on the ball. He can get out of tight spots. He is a great passer and can spray the ball all over the field."
Belmont leads the series 8-4-2, but the Bisons are 3-0-2 in the last five meetings.
Written by Mark McGee, Senior Publisher/Director of Media Relations.


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You've followed the instructions, everythings working fine. You shutdown your machine and go for a celebratory pint / cup of tea / curry.
Then, when you next start your machine, Oracle doesn't want to know. What's going on ?
To be honest, I don't know. What I do know is that there are some steps you can take to at least attempt to diagnose your problem.
Before I go any further, I'd like to dedicate this post to Wayne.
He found himself in this position. After much head scratching between the two of us, he managed to find and resolve his problem.
Whilst a hardened veteran in computing terms, Wayne was new to both Linux and Oracle. From the mails I've received regarding this post, there seem to be a number of people in a similar position to him. Therefore, this post is written with these interpid souls in mind and I've tried to take time out to explain why we're doing stuff at each step.
It's now quite a while since I posted this and some people have contributed some really useful comments. These include solutions that they found to various problems, which are additional to the ones in this post. So, if you're still having problems, check out the comments as well. MestreLion's tip about sudo chmod -t /var/tmp/.oracle seems to be a particularly good example of this.
One other point worth mentioning is that Oracle 11gXE is now available. Many of the issues in this post are still relevant. However, if you'd like to know how to install the latest XE on Ubuntu or Mint, here are the instructions
So, what should be running ? There are two main components :
- The Oracle Database
- The TNS Listener
Is it plugged in ?
Let's start with the obvious stuff. Can we actually run the shell script that starts everything – the one that's behind the Start Database menu option ?
The file that actually runs is :
At this point we need to go to the shell, so go to the Applications menu and select Accessories then Terminal
Probably the easiest way to do this is to go to the directory in question, and do a bit of checking:
cd /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/config/scripts
First off, we need to check the permissions on the file. We can do this using the ls command ( roughly equivalent to the DIR command in the Windows Command Prompt) :
ls -l startdb.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle dba 958 2006-02-24 05:18 startdb.sh
The output should look like the listing above.
Just to pick out the parts of this listing that are of interest to us :
The permissions ( Read, Write eXecute) are the rwx combinations at the start of the line.
These are split into three groupings.
The owner of the file appears after the permissions and the number 1. In this case, the owner is oracle.
Next to the owner is the group associated with this file – i.e. dba
Looking at the permissions, the owner ( the first 3 letters) should have read, write and execute permissions; the group should have read and execute.
The final grouping of privileges are for all other users on the system i.e. not the user oracle or members of the dba group. In this case they should have read and execute permissions as well.
If you find that the permissions on this file are different then you will need to change them using the chmod command. Because you're not connected as root at this point and are not the file owner, you'll also need to use sudo to get the command to execute successfully :
sudo chmod 755 startdb.sh [sudo] password for user :
Where user is your username
If you now list the file again, it should have the correct permissions :
ls -l startdb.sh -rwxr-xr-x 1 oracle dba 958 2006-02-24 05:18 startdb.sh
Once you've checked that the correct permissions are in place on the file, you can have a go at running it :
. startdb.sh
If it returns an error, then we have a clue and can start to track it down. If it doesn't return anything, then it's probably worked. You can check by going to the Database Home Page from the menu :
Applications / Oracle Database 10g Express Edition / Go To Database Home Page
If it comes up, then we know that we've been able to start successfully and the problem is probably connected with environment variable settings being missing when we try and run from the menu.
If you have started successfully, then stop everything now and keep reading. If not, well, just keep reading.
Sorting out the database
Start Oracle again from the menu and see what is actually happening. So :
Applications / Oracle Database 10g Express Edition / Start Database
Now, let's check the database. First off, we need to check out if it has in fact been started :
Go to Applications / Oracle Database 10g Express Edition / Run SQL Command Line
SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on Mon Apr 5 01:06:36 2010
Copyright (c) 1982, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
SQL> connect sys as sysdba
Enter password:
Connected to an idle instance.
Connected to an idle instance means that the database has not been started.
Incidentally, we're connecting here as the user sys in sysdba mode. This is the only way that you can connect to an Oracle database that isn't up and running. If you connect with a different user or don't specify sysdba mode, then you'll get the error :
ORA-01034: ORACLE not available
If the database is not up, or you can't get the Run SQL Command Line option to work, you need to go back into the shell.
Applications / Accessories / Terminal
Now we're here, we need to check some stuff about your user to make sure that the problems we're having aren't down to some problem with permissions.
At the prompt :
$ echo $ORACLE_HOME /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server $ echo $ORACLE_SID XE $ echo $NLS_LANG ENGLISH_UNITED KINGDOM.AL32UTF8 $
$ORACLE_HOME and
$ORACLE_SID should be set to the same values as above. The
$NLS_LANG should be whatever the character set is that you chose during installation.
If the $ORACLE environment variables are not set (i.e. the command just returns a blank), then your problem is that these are not being set when your user starts a session.
To fix this, you need to edit your
.bashrc file which is in your home directory.
At this point, you'll be pleased to know that you'll be spared the joys of hacking around in vi.
Ubuntu has it's own GUI text editor called gedit, which can be invoked from the command line.
OK, so technically gedit is part of the Gnome desktop rather than Ubuntu itself, but we really don't need to get into that now.
Back up the file first and then edit it
cp .bashrc old_bashrc sudo gedit .bashrc
You need to add lines that look something like this
ORACLE_HOME=/usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server export ORACLE_HOME ORACLE_SID=XE export ORACLE_SID NLS_LANG=`. $ORACLE_HOME/bin/nls_lang.sh` export NLS_LANG PATH=$ORACLE_HOME/bin:$PATH export PATH
Note – you need to set these variables above any other areas of the
.bashrc in which they are referenced.
Another Note – keep the terminal session in which you've edited the
.bashrc file open for the moment.
Once you've saved the changes, you can test the effects by starting a new terminal session and repeating the test for variable settings as described above – i.e.
$ echo $ORACLE_HOME /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server $ echo $ORACLE_SID XE $ echo $NLS_LANG ENGLISH_UNITED KINGDOM.AL32UTF8 $
This time, all of the variable values you've set in the
.bashrc should be returned.
Incidentally, if you find that you've made a mistake with the changes to
.bashrc, you can fix it in the session you've been using to edit the original .bashrc as follows :
cp oldbashrc .bashrc
This will overwrite your changes with the copy of
.bashrc that you made prior to editing it.
The copy of the file will still be there, so you will be OK to try editing again.
Once you've successfully applied these changes, the next thing to do is to make sure that we're a member of the
dba group. At the prompt type :
dba isn't included as one of the group names in the output of this command, then your user is not a member of this group. To rectify this, you need to add your user to the dba group. You can either do this through the Gui System/Administration/ Users and Groups ( as described in my original post) or you can just enter the following command :
sudo adduser username dba
where username is the name of your user on your machine.
Now we're ready to try starting the database again ( Applications / Oracle Database 10g Express Edition / Start Database) and then re-test using the
Run SQL Command Line option ( give it a few seconds before trying to connect as the database might take a bit of time to start up).
TNS Listener
If the database is up and running ( or you've now managed to get it running), then congratulations, you've arrived at the fiddly bit.
The TNS Listener is the program that manages traffic between a client and an Oracle database. It's analagous to a web server such as Apache ( or IIS). Instead of listening for HTTP requests like a web server, it will listen for TNS requests, which are what's used for talking to Oracle.
In our case, the "client" and "server" are all on the same machine. Oracle provides a command line utility –
lsnrctl – for managing the TNS Listener.
Before delving into the innards of the Listener, check to see if it is now up and running.
Applications / Oracle Database 10g Express Edition / Database Home Page
If the Home Page comes up, then everything is working and you can stop reading this and give thanks to the gods of computing. It's working.
Still here ? OK, time to open up terminal again ( Applications / Accessories / Terminal)
At the prompt type :
lsnrctl status
If the Listener is down then you'll get something like this :
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on 05-APR-2010 01:36:56
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=yourmachine)(PORT=1521)))
TNS-12541: TNS:no listener
TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error
TNS-00511: No listener
Linux Error: 111: Connection refused
yourmachine is the name of your machine.
The relevant thing here is ( apart from the fact we have a Linux Error) what HOST= is set to.
Make a note of this value because we may well come back to it in a moment.
The next step is to try starting the listener and see what we get :
lsnrctl start
When Wayne ran this, he got :
LSNRCTL for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production on
Copyright (c) 1991, 2005, Oracle. All rights reserved.
please wait...
TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
NL-00280: error creating log stream
NL-00278: cannot open log file
SNL-00016: snlfohd: error opening file
Linux Error: 13: Permission denied
Listener failed to start. See the error message(s) above..
What the Listener is telling us is that it can't open the file
We need to check the permissions on this file :
cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/log ls -l listener.log -rw-rw-r-- 1 oracle dba 193139 2010-04-05 01:57 listener.log
When Wayne ran this on his system, he got
-rw-r--r-- 1 oracle dba 193139 2010-04-05 01:57 listener.log
For some reason, the dba group did not have write permissions to the file, which was causing the Listener to fail to start.
This was easily solved as follows :
sudo chmod g+w listener.log
Roughly translated, we've given write access to the group associated with the listener.log file ( dba).
This is how Wayne managed to solve his problem.
If you had the same issue, once you've applied Wayne's fix (above) you could try to re-start the listener at this point by running
lsnrctl start
If it works, you'll get something like :
TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
System parameter file is /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin/listener.ora
Log messages written to /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/log/listener.log
Listening on: (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=yourmachine)(PORT=1521)))
Connecting to (DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=yourmachine)(PORT=1521)))
STATUS of the LISTENER
Alias LISTENER
Version TNSLSNR for Linux: Version 10.2.0.1.0 - Production
Start Date 05-APR-2010 02:04:59
Uptime 0 days 0 hr. 0 min. 0 sec
Trace Level off
Security ON: Local OS Authentication
Default Service XE
Listener Parameter File /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/admin/listener.ora
Listener Log File /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server/network/log/listener.log
Listening Endpoints Summary...
Services Summary...
Service "PLSExtProc" has 1 instance(s).
Instance "PLSExtProc", status UNKNOWN, has 1 handler(s) for this service...
The command completed successfully
If this still does not bring you joy, there is still one thing left to check.
Remember that
HOST= line I mentioned earlier ?
HOST is the machine the the listener is looking for the database on. In this case, all the action is happening on the same machine, but the listener still needs to be told that.
Check that the HOST is set correctly :
uname -n
This should return the same value as specified in the
We also need to make sure that there's an entry for this machine in
cat /etc/hosts
You'll get a few lines from here, but the two that should definitely be there are :
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 yourmachine
If either of these checks produce different results on your machine, then we need to edit the
listener.ora file, which is essentially the configuration file for the TNS Listener :
cd $ORACLE_HOME/network/admin sudo gedit listener.ora
We need to make sure the LISTENER entry in this file looks like this :
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
We then need to make sure that the
tnsnames.ora entry for the XE database also has the correct host name specified. The tnsnames.ora file is in the same directory as listener.ora and is essentially the "client" configuration file:
sudo gedit tnsnames.ora
(ADDRESS = (PROTOCOL = TCP)(HOST = localhost)(PORT = 1521))
At this point, it's worth stopping everything, doing a re-boot, and then trying to start everything up again. Fingers crossed everything will now be working.
I've done my best to highlight possible issues with your XE setup and how to resolve them. Obviously, I am painfully aware that I don't know of all the possible issues you may get with this, but hopefully, you'll at least be able to use some of these steps to get a better idea of why it isn't working.


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DoReMi necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 74 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
Living Life As An Exclamation Point!
I am looking for something quirky, maybe with a lighthearted and inspirational undertone. It should be charismatic, metaphors are okay, and I would love to find someone who can channel my Inner Sassy Comic. It should definitely jump up and say, "WOW!"
Short intro is attached, to give you an idea of the flavor.
The book has some funny personal stories, and research from 100s of success coaches, therapists, and focus groups about how to flip teardrops on their head and turn them into exclamation points -- that ANY negative can be turned into a positive. It's filled with transformational exercises.
The primary message of the book is this -- when you know who you are and what you stand for, then you don't make wrong choices. And when faced with a choice, always choose in favor of what gives you an exclamation point (not what gives you a question mark over your head). It's a book about beingness ... and how optimism, as a core way of being, creates opportunities!
It's interesting that I've been searching out some jewelry I can wear at speaking engagements .. did you know that finding exclamation point jewelry is impossible? I can find stars, question marks, and hearts, but no exclamation points. It's a sad commentary on our society. I've literally bought teardrop jewelry, and then taken the pieces to a jeweler to have them re-made into exclamation points!
Anyone interested in optimism as a way of life. Anyone who has faced invalidation and suppression, and wants to attract more positive people into their space. Anyone interested in transformation. Anyone who believes that beingness is more important than doingness.
The book cover should translate easily into a website design.
I visited this website http://www.smashingmagazine.com/200…aperbacks/ and these are the covers that spoke to me:
A Perfect Mess -- the quirkiness, the colors, and the simplicity
A General Theory of Love -- the two chairs tell the entire story
Magical Thinking -- the image is unexpected
Cigarette Century -- it'd be cool to line up exclamation points into an image
Super Capitalism - it'd be cool to transform a teardrop into an exc point
The Trouble With Psychics - unexpected upside down image
I'm not married to any one idea, and am completely open to possibilities! It could be an image of a person, or even of sparkly jewelry.


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Beavan gives up two HRs, Cano plates four in loss
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Robinson Cano's feast on Cactus League pitching continued on Monday.
The Mariners second baseman went 2-for-4 with four RBIs in the 7-6 loss to the White Sox at Peoria Stadium. Cano has hit safely in 12 of 15 Cactus League games this spring and sports a .465 batting average.View Full Game Coverage
PEORIA, Ariz. -- Robinson Cano's feast on Cactus League pitching continued on Monday.
The Mariners second baseman went 2-for-4 with four RBIs in the 7-6 loss to the White Sox at Peoria Stadium. Cano has hit safely in 12 of 15 Cactus League games this spring and sports a .465 batting average.View Full Game Coverage
Cano had a memorable day, but you can argue the action on the mound, and not in the batter's box, might be remembered most when the regular season starts next week.
Enter Mariners starter Blake Beavan and White Sox starter Erik Johnson.
Beavan, who is competing for one of the two final spots in the Seattle rotation, cruised through the first inning, retiring all three batters he faced, but he ran into trouble in the second inning. The White Sox scored five runs in the frame, with three runs coming on a home run by Marcus Semien to jump out to a 5-0 lead.
"In the big picture, results don't matter, but obviously when you are trying to make a team and make an impression, you want good results," Beavan said. "To me, the worst part about today's outing was not making pitches when I was ahead. I think, for the most part, I was happy with everything else."
The Mariners answered with two runs in the bottom of the second against Johnson to cut Chicago's lead to 5-2. Cano drove in Seattle's third run in the fifth inning with a single, and knocked home three more with a double in the seventh inning to cut the White Sox lead to 7-6.
As for Johnson, he was charged with three runs on four hits in six innings and appears to have secured a spot in the White Sox rotation. He struck out four batters during the 94-pitch outing.
"I think today was a good one to end on and another good one to build off of," Johnson said. "If I can put as many zeros on the board for my team, be aggressive in the strike zone early, then good things will happen for me. For me it's about what I'm doing on the mound and keeping my approach the same. No matter what the record or score is, or the team, your approach stays the same."
Beavan needed a strong outing after giving up seven runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings against the Brewers in his previous start. He made just two starts early last season and spent most of the season either in the Minor Leagues or working out of the bullpen during his two stints with the big league club.
"I'm prepared for whatever decision they make," Beavan said. "I feel like I've proven my knee is healthy, and I feel like I've proven for the most part that I'm back to where I was in 2012, and it's a matter of fine-tuning and making a little bit better pitches when I'm ahead in the count. Today, that was the biggest issue."
White Sox slugger Paul Konerko contributed a two-run home run, his first this spring, in the sixth inning to extend Chicago's lead to 7-3 and knock Beavan out of the game. Beavan was charged with seven runs on seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Up next: Staff ace Felix Hernandez is scheduled to make his final Cactus League start before he takes the hill on Monday against the Angels in Anaheim on Opening Day. The 2010 AL Cy Young Award winner, who is 1-0 with a 4.32 ERA in three games this spring, will face the Royals on Tuesday, airing live on MLB.TV and Gameday Audio at 6:05 p.m. PT. He pitched seven innings in a Minor League game in his last outing. Robinson Cano has a hit in 12 of his first 15 Cactus League games.
Jesse Sanchez is a national reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @JesseSanchezMLB.


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The top-seeded Pittsburgh Penguins will try to extend their lead in the Eastern Conference quarterfinals when they visit the New York Islanders for Tuesday's Game 4 clash at Nassau Coliseum.
The Islanders took Game 2 in Pittsburgh on Friday to even the best-of-seven series at 1-1, but the Penguins claimed a 5-4 overtime decision on Sunday to regain the advantage.
Chris Kunitz scored a pair of goals, including the game-winner on a power play 8:44 into overtime to help the Atlantic Division champions outlast New York. However, the eighth-seeded Islanders gave Pittsburgh all it could handle, as they trailed 4-2 heading into the third period before goals from Kyle Okposo and John Tavares sent the game to overtime.
A penalty call gave Pittsburgh an opportunity with the man advantage in overtime, as Brian Strait took down Sidney Crosby in front of the net and was sent to the penalty box for holding. On the ensuing power play, Crosby controlled the puck along the goal line before sliding a pass to Kunitz, whose one-timer got past Isles goaltender Evgeni Nabokov.
"(That felt) really good, definitely to get the win there in overtime," Kunitz said. "In a game that had too many bad plays by us to be able to let them come back and get them in front, we did a good job of getting one in overtime."
Crosby ended with three assists, while Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang and Paul Martin each added two helpers.
Jarome Iginla, Pascal Dupuis and Douglas Murray also lit the lamp for the Penguins, who went 3-for-5 on the power play. Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves.
Okposo had a goal and an assist for the Islanders, who went 0-for-3 with the man advantage. Matt Moulson and Casey Cizikas also scored, while Nabokov stopped 20-of-25 shots in the loss.
Sunday's contest was the first home playoff game for the Islanders since April 18, 2007 against the Buffalo Sabres. With the Game 3 defeat, New York has lost seven straight home playoff games.
"We came out and the crowd was electric," Islanders coach Jack Capuano said. "But the discipline on penalties, when you play an experienced team like that, that was obviously the turning point in the hockey game. Two power-play goals, special teams, they got the edge tonight and that's why they won the game."
The Islanders, who were 10-11-3 as the host during the regular season, last claimed a playoff victory at Nassau Coliseum when they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals on April 28, 2002.
Pittsburgh, which will host Game 5 on Thursday, had identical 18-6-0 records at home and on the road this season.
The Penguins played without James Neal for a second straight game on Sunday and he is questionable for Game 4 with a lower-body injury. Neal finished second on Pittsburgh with 21 goals this season.
Pittsburgh defenseman Brooks Orpik has sat out five in a row dating back to the regular season due to a lower-body injury. He is also questionable for Tuesday.
This is the fourth time the Penguins and Islanders are meeting in the playoffs. The Isles won the previous three series (1975, 1982, 1993) including an upset seven-game victory over the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Pens in the Patrick Division finals in '93, which was the last time the club won a playoff series.


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The People's Bible has now completed its tour of Great Britain.
The public have reproduced an entire King James Bible (and more to spare!) in their own handwriting. More than 43,000 verses were written in total.
The two vans we had touring the England, Wales and Scotland covered 17,428 miles between them.
The town of Hamilton in Scotland saw the most verses written in one day – 680.
Famous faces who wrote a pair of verses included: The Prince of Wales; the Prime Minister, David Cameron; the Archbishop of Canterbury; Timothy West; Aled Jones and Gyles Brandreth.
We would not have achieved such a remarkable feat without the help of all the volunteers and those people who wrote verses on the day. Thank you from us; we hope you enjoyed the experience.
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Money in Politics
CED believes that the success of American democracy depends on an engaged electorate, a transparent campaign finance system, and on fair and impartial courts. Since 2000, CED has conducted extensive research and created policy solutions that address the role of hidden money, foster greater citizen participation in elections, and insulate state courts from political influence.
In recent years, CED has conducted the following activities to address the corrupting influence of Money in Politics:
Through state and national polling, CED surveyed business leaders' perspectives about the role of money in politics and bipartisan reforms for policymakers to enact.
Conducted poll of Chicago business executives about influence and corruption in city policies and politics.
Polled New Mexico business leaders about their perceptions of money in politics and proposals the New Mexico state Legislature may consider to change transparency laws and the campaign finance system.
Members speak at policy forums and to state and national lawmakers about the importance of reform to improve trust in our democratic institutions.
Conducted an analysis of financial activity in the 2014 elections, as well as the 2016 cycle, from January 2015 through July 2016, to gain further insight into the behavior of corporations and business organizations in the wake of Citizens United.
Explored the numerous ways in which government-private sector transactions have reduced economic efficiency at the expense of the public interest.
CED Policy Recommendations
CED has developed recommendations for both policy makers and business leaders to adopt to decrease the impact of Crony Capitalism:
Business leaders must refrain from pursuing crony deals and become spokesmen for the importance of competition on a level playing field.
Business leaders must demand the same disclosure and transparency in our electoral system that they are required to offer in their firms' finances.
Policy makers should implement a matching system for small-dollar contributions for federal elections that will make it possible for our elected policymakers to run without reliance on big-dollar donors.
More states should move from election-based to appointment-based judicial systems, to end the unseemly reliance of prospective judges on contributions from individuals and interests who may later come before the bench.
Create a commission-based appointment process to hold judges accountable. Commissions should be independent and nonpartisan, and responsible for preparing a list of nominees for judicial appointments to be made by a state's governor.
Develop judicial performance evaluation commissions. These independent and nonpartisan entities would be responsible for recommending whether a judge should be retained in office. Recommendations would be made available to the public and the relevant appointing authority.
Additional Resources
- Report by Brennan Center explores small donor public financing as a way to elevate diverse voices in campaigns
- The increasingly dominant role of mega-donors in funding American elections marginalizes the voices of those without access to wealthy donors or independent wealth. But as more than 20 state and local elected officials from all branches of government in 11 states and 6 cities explain in Breaking Down Barriers: The Faces of Public Financing, public financing systems can help elevate diverse voices and eliminate barriers that prevent diverse candidates from successfully running for office.
- News Report: https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/breaking-down-barriers-faces-small-donor-public-financing
- Full Report PDF: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/Faces_of_Public_Financing.pdf
- Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map
- Approximately 95 percent of all cases in the United States are filed in state courts. State court judges decide cases that touch on virtually every aspect of Americans' lives, from school funding to the rights of the accused. Because state courts have a profound impact on the country's legal and policy landscape, choosing state court judges is a consequential decision. And, in recent decades, judicial selection has become increasingly politicized, polarized, and dominated by special interests — particularly but not exclusively in the 39 states that use elections to choose at least some of their judges.
- Brennan Center for Justice, Judicial Selection: An Interactive Map
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Crony Capitalism, Corruption and the Economy in the State of New Mexico
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Dear Iowa City,
I've known you for a long time now, three years as a full-time resident and more than fifteen summers as a visitor. So I'm speaking from experience when I say: You've really outdone yourself this year.
Normally, the Julys you offer are--in a word--intolerable. You're partial to Julys with triple-digit heat indexes. Julys with humidity so thick we're still swimming through it at 11 p.m., Julys with automated phone calls at 1 p.m. warning us to stay inside.
But this year, four consecutive days of temperate weather and nights that require long sleeves—at the end of July, no less!--are an unexpected, welcome gift. With stunts like this, you remind us you're capable of moments of profound humanity and crippling beauty, and that despite your frequently intolerable conditions, hope of improvement still exists. You're like the Middle East of the Midwest, Iowa City.
As a graduate student at your university, I taught the equivalent of freshman composition for three years. When we graded papers, my fellow instructors I used what we called "The Shit Sandwich". It began with a few lines of praise for whatever was currently working in a paper--and being a UNESCO City of Literature and home to so many writers per capita, Iowa City, you know there's always something of value in a piece of prose, and if not, that it's permissible to lie—followed by multiple, lengthy paragraphs about everything that wasn't working and needed to be fixed, and ending with a few lines of lukewarm praise that essentially repeated the opening lines.
Your summers, Iowa City, are usually a Shit Sandwich. They start with a stunning week or two in June, followed by months of physical torture, and ending with a week or two in early September so gorgeous, and so reminiscent of mid-June, that we remember why we put up with you for the other 11 months of the year.
But because I know you, Iowa City, I know what comes next. You can't fool me. This summer is going to be an inverted Shit Sandwich. The oppressive heat that greeted me upon arrival two weeks ago will return, probably very soon. And it will last for a long time. Probably until I leave.
This summer, the bread is in the middle.
I could be upset about this, Iowa City. But I'm not. That's where your brilliance comes in. You know that just a few days of unanticipated, exquisite weather in July are enough to change our minds about you. We will forgive you the rest of the summer this year. We will forgive you mostly everything. Very possibly, some of those hundreds of writers who've come here for summer workshops will decide to move here permanently. Or at least buy summer homes. That would be a good thing, Iowa City. Maybe even strategic. Because you have a lot of inexplicably large and ugly new condo complexes you're going to somehow need to fill.
In conclusion, Iowa City, I offer you my gratitude for these past few days. They've been the highlight of my summer. I won't soon forget them. Yes, I do realize that an inverted Shit Sandwich is still a Shit Sandwich. But this year you've taught me something important: Sometimes the middle is a fine place to be.
I could say a few things about winter, too, but let's not go there right now.
Your faithful friend,


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Is the Classic Men's Necktie Dead?
Is the necktie dead? And is President Obama the one who killed it? The sartorial sleuths on the Off Duty team canvassed fashion and retail experts for answers. John Ortved and WSJ Live's Jason Bellini join Lunch Break with the results. Photo: Getty Images.
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