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- "Las Venturas Airport is a major international hub, serving the whole of Eastern San Andreas. Over 100 countries fly direct to LVA. It's great for tourism - fly them in, rob them blind, kick them out."
- ―GTA San Andreas Website
The Las Venturas Airport is an international airport located in Las Venturas, right in the city centre, west of the Strip, featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
It is based on the real-life McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada. The player can purchase Juank Air flights to and from Los Santos International Airport and Easter Bay International Airport, but no flights actually take off or land without the player purchasing a plane ticket from the ticket machine. There are two Shamals, a Leviathan and several Dodos parked at the airport, along with an AT-400 in the hangar to the south. In the south-east corner, there is a closed freight gate and the "Las Venturas Flight School", which is not the same Flight School that the player attends. The sign above the entrance says "Welcome to Las Venturas / Bone County Airport". Also in here is the marker for the Las Venturas Checkpoint Races in where the player can access six different aircraft checkpoint races, provided they have completed Driving School and the mission Verdant Meadows. The airport is located south of Redsands West, north of the LVA Freight Depot, east of Blackfield and west of The High Roller.
The Las Venturas Airport has two runways but no taxiways. The main terminal lies to the east of the airport grounds with multiple gates in sight. The east runway is just slightly longer than the west runway; therefore the east runway is used in the cutscene where the user purchases a flight to either Los Santos International Airport or Easter Bay Airport in San Fierro. The Las Venturas Airport also holds the only flyable AT-400 in the game.
The security gate to enter the runway area can be tricky to find, especially at night, for those unfamiliar with the area, due to it being marked as a parking entrance. It is located immediately to the north of the terminal building off the east-side access road that runs past the main entrance to the terminal.
Mission Appearances
The LVA is featured in the following missions:
- Dam & Blast - CJ steals a Nevada parked on the runway and flies it to the Sherman Dam.
- Freefall - CJ, on Salvatore Leone's order, must steal a Dodo in one of the hangars, use it to hijack a Shamal in mid-flight and safely land it on the runway.
- Saint Mark's Bistro - CJ takes Leone's Shamal from the airport, flies to Liberty City with it, and then safely lands it on the runway. During the mission, there is unique dialogue between CJ and the airport air-traffic control tower.
- AT-400 - Inside the large hangar. Due to its high door, it could only be entered from the platform. Does not always spawn however.
- Dodo (5) - Two are parked together at the north end of the runways. Two more are facing opposite directions south of the Shamals. The fifth is at the very end of the runway, near the hospital.
- Leviathan - Parked near the two Shamals, replacing one of the Dodos, it will spawn by continuously destroying the Dodo to the west.
- Shamal (2) - Parked together at the west of the runway.
- Tug - Many found driving in the traffic in the nearby area, and in a freight depot inside the airport.
- Rocket Launcher
- Tear Gas - Between two ramps where the Shamals are located
- Sawn-Off Shotgun - Atop a building just south of the airport terminal and east of the hangar with the AT-400
- Two Body Armor pickups.
- Three Horseshoes.
- The real numbering of the two runways are 18L/36R and 18R/36L.
- In the mission Saint Mark's Bistro, the air-traffic controller clears Flight CJ101 to land at Runway 3. There are only two runways at the airport, so there couldn't possibly be a third runway. In addition to this, both runways are marked 69.
- If the player flies a Hydra towards the giant hangar containing the AT-400 and fires missiles at its door, the missile will go straight through it like it wasn't there.
- Near the entrance, there is a shipping area where Tugs and Baggages are seen indefinitely driving around a hangar.
- In the beta version of GTA San Andreas, there were four Airtrains parked around the airport. These weren't ordinary usable planes, but indestructible props similar to the ones seen in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and GTA III airports. The beta airport map can be seen in one of the race maps.

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George Makana Clark
George Makana Clark was raised in Rhodesia. He is the author of the novel The Raw Man and the story collection The Small Bees' Honey. His work has appeared in The Granta Book of the African Short Story, The O. Henry Prize Stories and Tin House, among other publications. He teaches fiction writing and African literature at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.


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Sigbert Marzynski (SM, Lugt undescribed) [later Marcy, 1892-1969]; his wife, Dr. Toni G. Marcy [1912-2008], Los Angeles; gift of the Marcy family 1991 to the National Gallery of Art.
Associated NamesMarcy, Toni G., Dr.
Marzynski, Sigbert
Exhibition History
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- Lovis Corinth, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993-1994, no. 69, as Interior.
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- With, Christopher B. Lovis Corinth: Master Prints and Drawings from the Marcy Family and the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1993-1994: no. 69.


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A regional speed management framework to help prevent death and serious injury on Waikato roads is the focus of a new Waikato regional transport committee project.
A regional speed management framework to help prevent death and serious injury on Waikato roads is the focus of a new Waikato regional transport committee project.
An information day is being held for people to find out more about a multi-agency project to mitigate flooding at Kirikiri near Thames.
The efforts of farmers to improve the health of the Piako River have been deservedly recognised at an awards ceremony in Wellington last night, says Waikato Regional Council chairperson Paula Southgate.
Waikato Regional Council's maritime services team says a recent mishap on the west coast is a reminder for boaties of the need for extreme care when crossing the region's coastal bars.
Hamilton's largest ever Have A Go Day is being held next week to promote a range of disabled-friendly products and services, and will include a local celebrity mobility scooter race in the CBD.
A top student from Te Aroha has won this year's $6000 Roger Harris (Waihou Valley Scheme) Scholarship.
An online tool to help people see the impacts of projected sea level rise scenarios on coastal properties is being worked on by Waikato Regional Council.
The exercise scenario is a tricky one. An imaginary fishing vessel will run aground in bad weather off the Coromandel coast in the early hours of the morning and lose 2000 litres of diesel into the ocean. Another 2000 litres remains on board.
A desire to contribute to good outcomes for Māori and the environment is common amongst this year's five winners of the Waikato Regional Council and Waikato-Tainui Dame Te Atairangikaahu Scholarships.
More than 1000 stakeholders and members of the public have now been involved in workshops and an online survey related to the project aimed at restoring and protecting the Waikato and Waipa rivers.
Anew report outlines how there will be extensive benefits as well as costs from work to restore and protect the health of the Waikato and Waipa rivers under the Healthy Rivers: Plan for Change/Wai Ora: He Rautaki Whakapaipai project.
More than 200 children from schools across the Waikato region have attended this year's Enviroschools event held at the Mystery Creek Event Centre near Hamilton this week.
Waikato Regional Council's support for the local economy was underlined tonight with chairperson Paula Southgate handing out the emerging business award at the 2015 Westpac Waikato Business Excellence Awards in Hamilton.
More than 300 people have turned out for workshops in recent weeks on how to better restore and protect the Waikato and Waipa rivers.


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For the nearly 400 students and guests who attended Thursday's convocation at Stillman College, the start of 2013's spring semester began with a simple message. Learn how to tell time.
TUSCALOOSA | For the nearly 400 students and guests who attended Thursday's convocation at Stillman College, the start of 2013's spring semester began with a simple message.
Learn how to tell time.
The lesson appeared to have two meanings, as Stillman President Ernest McNealey used it in its most obvious form to gently chide those who arrived late for the 11 a.m. ceremony.
But it was Sylvester Hester, a local automotive industry executive and the spring convocation keynote speaker, who gave the message a deeper meaning.
"The first thing you need to do is learn how to tell time," Hester said, noting that he did not mean to merely understand the clock.
Instead, his intention was to understand time in the biblical sense, and he referred to the book of Ecclesiastes to explain.
"There's a time and a season for everything under the sun," Hester said. "Young people, I sat where you sit (now) just a few years ago and I did not know how to tell time properly."
Hester, who serves as president of Key Logistics Solutions and vice president of Global Automotive Alliance, shared a story of how he spent the first years of his college education partying, hanging out and, in general, failing to take the education side of things seriously.
The fallacy of this approach was made evident, he said, four years after becoming the first of his family to enroll in college. He said he came home to a surprise graduation party thrown by his parents even though he hadn't yet graduated.
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As your baby's birth approaches, it is normal to be both anxious and excited. Knowing what to expect can help to calm your nerves. Read about the signs of approaching labor and the stages of labor and delivery .
A spicy meal, a long walk, house cleaning, jumping jacks… There seems to be no end to the advice for coaxing your little one to come out into the world. While these superstitions add comic relief to your pregnancy, they will not start labor. Every baby is different and every pregnancy is different. But that does not mean you have to just sit and wait. As your body prepares for birth, there are many signs that you can watch for. The better you understand these signs, as well as the stages of labor that will follow, the more confident and relaxed you can feel going into the delivery room.
Signs of Labor
Stages of Labor
Signs of Labor
Your due date is your doctor's best estimate, but is by no means a guarantee of the date of your delivery. It is perfectly normal for your labor to begin 2 weeks before or 2 weeks after that date. You may or may not notice any of the early signs of labor. When they occur, how long they last, and how they feel can also vary greatly among women. The signs that labor is coming include the following:
Dropping or Lightening
When the baby drops or "lightens," he or she moves lower into your pelvis. This move decreases the pressure on your lungs and stomach. You may find it easier to breathe. If you had heartburn it may occur less often. This move also increases the pressure on your bladder. You may need to urinate more often. This may happen many days or weeks before any contractions.
During a pelvic exam, your doctor can describe how far your baby has dropped using "stations." The term "-3 station" means that the baby's head is not yet in the pelvis. "0 station" means that the head is at the middle of the pelvis. This is also called engaged. When the head is beginning to emerge from the birth canal, the term "+3 station" is used. "+3 occurs" during delivery and is also called crowning.
Effacement is the thinning of your cervix in preparation for delivery. The cervix is the opening to the uterus (also called the womb) where the baby is carried during pregnancy. You cannot feel effacement, but your doctor will measure it during a pelvic exam. Effacement is reported as a percentage. If you are "50% effaced," your cervix has thinned to half of its original thickness. When you reach "100% effaced," the cervix is completely thinned out and ready for a vaginal delivery (when full dilation has been achieved).
The cervix must open, or dilate, to allow the baby to pass through and be born. Measured in centimeters (cm) from 0 to 10, dilation tells you how far the cervix has opened. Dilation may begin slowly, without apparent contractions, in the days or weeks before birth. Once active labor begins, the cervix dilates to 10 cm. You will not feel dilation, but your doctor will measure it. If the baby is preterm and smaller than a full-term baby, then delivery can occur prior to 10 cm dilation.
Show, Bloody Show, or Loss of Mucus Plug
During pregnancy, a thick plug of mucus fills the cervical opening. This plug is here to keep bacteria out of the uterus. As the cervix thins and opens, this plug may fall out. When it falls out, you may notice stringy mucus or a thick discharge that is brown, pink, or reddish. Labor usually begins within 72 hours of this "show."
Water Breaking or Rupturing of Membranes
During pregnancy, your baby is cushioned and protected by a fluid-filled sac called the amniotic sac. This sac can break before labor begins. You may feel water running out of you or your underwear may be constantly wet. The flow can be dripping (if you are standing up) or gushing (if you are lying down). If you think your water has broken, call your doctor right away.
Braxton Hicks Contractions (False Labor)
These are contractions that occur toward the end of pregnancy. As your due date approaches, they may become stronger and more painful. Your doctor may ask you to time your contractions to determine if these contractions are the start of labor. Time from the beginning of one to the beginning of the next. There are a few ways to tell Braxton Hicks (false labor) contractions from contractions of early labor:
- True labor contractions come at regular intervals and get closer and closer together
- Braxton Hicks contractions are irregular and do not get closer together
Change with movement
- True labor contractions continue no matter what you do, including walking
- Braxton Hicks contractions may stop when you walk or change positions
Stages of Labor and Delivery
When true labor contractions begin, you have entered the first stage of labor. While there is great variation in each woman's experience, labor and delivery progress through 3 stages.
Stage 1: Early and Active Labor
During stage one, your cervix dilates and effaces to prepare for the passage of the baby. By the end of this stage, the cervix is effaced and dilated so that the baby can pass into the birth canal (vagina). This stage is divided into 2 phases. In phase 1, called early labor or the latent phase, the cervix is dilated from 0 to 3 cm. You may have mild to moderate contractions every 5 to 20 minutes. You may be uncomfortable, with a backache, feeling of fullness, or menstrual-like pain. Phase 1 is the longest section of labor. It may last from hours to days for first-time moms. Women who have already had a baby average 8 hours in this phase.
Once your cervix is 3 or 4 cm dilated, you move into phase 2, called active labor. The contractions are stronger and occur more often. It is important to time your contractions. Most doctors ask you to come to the hospital when contractions last more than 60 seconds, occur 5 minutes apart, and persist for at least 1 hour. Toward the end of this phase, your cervix dilates from 7 to 10 cm. These last few inches of cervical opening, sometimes called transition, occur fairly quickly, but can be quite difficult. Contractions are stronger and more frequent, putting pressure on your lower back and rectum. You may feel anxious, exhausted, and irritable. You may feel the urge to push, but your doctor may ask you to wait. Pushing too soon may cause your cervix to tear or swell.
Stage 1 is the longest stage of labor and delivery. You may request pain medication during this time. You should discuss the options and your preferences for pain control during your pregnancy. Some women also use relaxation techniques to ease discomfort.
Stage 2: Your Baby's Birth
This stage can take a few minutes or a few hours. It tends to take longer for first time moms and women who have epidurals for pain control. During this stage, your doctor will encourage you to push, and at times, to stop pushing. First, the baby will crown. This means that the widest part of the baby's head appears in the vaginal opening. As the head is pushed through, the vagina and perineum are stretched, which may cause a burning sensation. Once the head is out, the baby's mouth and nose will be suctioned with a syringe to clear out mucus. Shortly after, the rest of the baby's body is delivered and you may hear your baby's first cry. The umbilical cord, which connects the baby to the placenta, is clamped and cut.
Stage 3: Delivery of the Placenta
This stage can take up to half an hour but usually takes only a few minutes. You may continue to have mild contractions. In addition, your doctor will massage your lower abdomen to help the uterus contract, and you may need to push one more time. The placenta comes out with a small burst of blood.
While you are resting and greeting your baby, your doctor will examine your vagina. If necessary, stitches may be put in. You may also be given medications to encourage uterine contractions and minimize bleeding.
Postpartum Care
You and your baby will be closely monitored while you are in the hospital. Take advantage of this time to get some rest, ask any questions, and prepare yourself for the next big challenge—motherhood.
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Mefloquine Prophylaxis in HIV-1 Individuals: a Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial
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In Zambia prompt treatment of malaria cases is the mainstay of malaria control; antimalarial chemoprophylaxis is not currently recommended for general use so that the use of placebo as a comparator in this study is justified. We will analyse safety and efficacy of mefloquine, malaria and AIDS related parameters at predefined time points, and verify if this intervention could produce a slower decrease in CD4 counts compared to passive case management of malaria.
This is a randomized placebo controlled trial. Malaria chemoprophylaxis with mefloquine in asymptomatic HIV-infected adults living in a malaria endemic region of Luanshya, Zambia will be compared to a placebo control group and followed up for 18 months.
Specific designed studies taking into account possible confounding parameters (and interactions) are needed to measure the impact of malaria control in an HIV endemic environment. In particular, the question should be answered if malaria control has an impact on the disease progression of HIV. The possible impact of these interventions on morbidity and mortality taking into account these parameters might have a major public health impact. This might be on the use of antiretroviral drugs, the incidence of clinical (eventually severe) malaria and spread of antimalarial resistance through immune compromised HIV patients (with and without antimalarial treatment).
Studies of alternative strategies that contribute (next to antiretrovirals) to the control and prevention of HIV pandemic are equally important and urgently needed. The need to design these strategies is critical given the high incidence of malaria and HIV in countries in Sub Saharan Africa such as Zambia and its serious impact on survival and the socio-economic situation. Moreover, a cost-benefit analysis might show that some alternative strategies have a major impact on the field with less technical, financial and social constraints than the strategies recommended so far.
All HIVP patients will be treated for opportunistic infections (OI) and receive antiretroviral drugs following the National guidelines on Management and Care of Patients with HIV/AIDS (also if this occurs after the study period). At the time they need cotrimoxazole prevention or/and receive antiretrovirals they would have reached a study endpoint and will be excluded from the trial though the follow up will continue.
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Estimated Enrollment :
|300 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|Mefloquine Malaria Prophylaxis in HIV-1 Infected Individuals and Its Influence on the Evolution Towards AIDS: a Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial
|Study Start Date :
|October 2005
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|December 2007
|Actual Study Completion Date :
|May 2011
|Placebo Comparator: Placebo, tablet
Drug: placebo
tablet, once weekly
|Experimental: mefloquine, tablet
Drug: mefloquine
tablet, once weekly
- Rate of decline of CD4 counts between different time points [ Time Frame: months 0, 6, 12 and 18 ]
- Proportion of patients entering the AIDS stage (WHO stage 3,4) [ Time Frame: during 18 months ]
- Mean difference in log plasma viral load at different time points, [ Time Frame: during 18 months ]
- Rate of decline of humoral immunity between different time points. [ Time Frame: during 18 months ]
- Proportion of patients with parasitaemia at the end of the intervention. [ Time Frame: during 18 months ]
- All cause disease incidence and prevalence (including malaria, TB) [ Time Frame: during 18 months ]
- Proportion of patients with Adverse event during monitoring [ Time Frame: during 18 months ]
- Prevalence of anaemia at different time points [ Time Frame: during 18 months ]
- Incidence of severe anaemia [ Time Frame: during 18 months ]
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 50 Years (Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Permanent residents of the Luanshya district
- Males and non pregnant adults between 18 and 50 years old.
- Having a CD4 cell count of least 350 perµL at enrolment
- HIV sero-status determined at the VCT of the health center.
- No obvious underlying disease at time of enrolment
- Signed informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
- HIV stage III or IV following the WHO classification (see attached documents regarding policy in Zambia)
- Evidence of underlying chronic diseases (cardiac, renal, hepatic, malnutrition, TB).
- Intent to move out of the study catchment area during the study period
- History of allergy to MQ (or related drugs) or sulfa drugs
- Chorionic gonadotrophic hormone in urine or obvious pregnancy
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00373048
|Tropical Disease Research Center
|Ndola, Cupperbelt, Zambia
|Study Director:
|Umberto D'Alessandro, MD,MSc, PHD
|Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp
|Responsible Party:
|Professor Umberto D'Alessandro, Institute of Tropical Medicine
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
Mefloquine HIV zambia
|First Posted:
|September 7, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|May 24, 2011
|Last Verified:
|May 2011
HIV-1 malaria Clinical Trial
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Antiprotozoal Agents
Antiparasitic Agents
Anti-Infective Agents


text: This restaurant and bar's behavior changes with the position of the sun. During the day it's a family-friendly grill featuring traditional Mexican fare that's easy on the wallet. As the sun sets it transforms into a perch where locals swarm to catch a "shifter" PBR for a dollar. Night falls, and inside the volume rises a notch as the Cantina becomes Squaw Valley's place for dancing, and nightlife. Cornice Cantina welcomes reservations and is available for hosting private parties as well.


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Updated: 01/04/2013 07:05:57 PM PST
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- Bob Ladouceur made life-altering impression on his players at De La Salle
- Jim Harbaugh, John Madden, others react to Bob Ladouceur stepping down
- Major milestones in Bob Ladouceur's 34-year coaching career at De La Salle
- Bob Ladouceur's career record at De La Salle
- Bob Ladouceur steps down as De La Salle's head coach, ends historic era
When Bob Ladouceur took over the football program at De La Salle High School in 1979, he was a wide-eyed 24-year-old who had zero experience as a varsity football coach. When he stepped down from that position Friday, his résumé included 399 victories, more than any other high school coach in state history, a 151-game winning streak and five state championships.
So we know this much about him: He's pretty good at learning on the job.
His teams won 28 North Coast Section titles, produced 20 unbeaten seasons and never had a losing record. His last team finished 15-0 and was ranked No. 1 in the nation by ESPN. But those close to him say the numbers are only a reflection of what made him special, both as a coach and a teacher.
"In football, you know him for being meticulous, a motivator and running the veer offense," Steve Coccimiglio said. "But what I noticed is just as a pure educator at a Catholic school, Bob has done some of his best work (teaching) religion class. I've seen him have close relationships with young students who don't play any sports."
Coccimiglio, now at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, was De La Salle's basketball coach from 1981 to 1986, during which time he came to admire his football counterpart.
"Right from the start, he set the tone with discipline, humility and respect," he said. "His accomplishments were with individual students, and winning was a byproduct. All coaches have
motivating techniques. Bob's are very direct and very honest."
It was no accident that Ladouceur's teams were at their best in pressure situations. He was uncompromising about football fundamentals and physical conditioning.
"We were demanding. We were hard," Ladouceur, 58, said at Friday's retirement announcement. "Playing for us is difficult. But the end result is the kids emerge stronger and more confident. Whatever endeavor they get into, they know they can put their nose to the grindstone and succeed. That's the ultimate goal of this program."
Nor was it a surprise that his players rose to the most demanding challenges. He hardened his teams by playing top-flight opponents, the tougher the better. He said one of the highlights of his career was traveling to face highly ranked teams, particularly in Southern California. "I always knew we could compete with them and beat them," he said. "It kind of validated what we were doing."
In many cases, other rosters were filled with bigger, stronger players, but none was better coached or prepared. The winning key for Ladouceur was getting the most from each player and getting them all to play as a team.
He benefited immeasurably from the savvy of longtime assistant Terry Eidson, whose defensive scheming complemented a lightning-quick, precision offense that opponents came to dread. No Northern California team defeated De La Salle in the last 21 years.
Success bred success, which attracted more talented players to the private school. Some would go on to play in college and the NFL. Some never played beyond high school. What they shared was a respect for the game.
There were no showboats on Ladouceur's teams, and no boasting after victories. Even after four successive state titles, the De La Salle campus is devoid of signs or banners relishing in the team's accomplishments.
Some have marveled that the state's winningest coach never was tempted by the allure of the college game. He said there was a reason why.
"Even when I was a college kid, I wanted to work with kids. There's a special innocence to kids and a thirst to become somebody.
"Age 14 to 18 is the most dramatic change in people's lives. Adolescence is incredible -- not just physically, but emotionally, spiritually and academically. I think kids need good people around them to help them, to guide them and listen to them."
Some will also wonder why the coach is stepping down now, just one victory short of the 400 milestone. Coccimiglio is not among them.
"I think he likes that as a message to show how little numbers mean to him," Coccimiglio said.
What mattered were the kids. Ask anyone who played for him.
Contact Tom Barnidge at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sega Toys is coming out with the Uchiage Hanabi, essentially a limited-function projector that shows fake fireworks on your ceilings or walls, complete with sound.
You'll be able to create your own "shows" with 55 different explosions which you can then take anywhere, as the device is designed to be portable—it takes AAA batteries for power and looks fairly diminutive. It'll retail for around $US160 when it's released, but that release isn't until August 1st. Releasing a fireworks machine, virtual or no, four weeks after both July 4th and Canada Day is like investing in pumpkins in mid-winter. [Sega via OhGizmo]


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GarethB needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
3 winners were selected from 51 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
Logo for gyms in large homes.
Must be dynamic and energetic, and prestigious.
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Desired Color Scheme:
Must work on both a dark and light background
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Inspirit is a company who design gyms for health clubs. Their logo is a yellow sun on a blue and yellow background, with the company name in the foreground.
A new business area is being considered - gyms in large homes.
New logo should have some (subtle) connection to the current, but must be dynamic and energetic, and prestigious.
Target market is affluent and design conscious
Your submission could include one or some of the words (inspirations / inspire / vision ) or you could come up with something that has a similar feeling. So Inspired Visions could be an example, or Inspirations Home another, with a graphic incorporated or attached. The logo should be distinctive and original.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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In building a mobile enterprise, CIOs are looking for trouble
Building the mobile enterprise is a tornado of conflicting demands and obscure interdependencies. Luckily, CIOs are programmed to sniff out trouble.
This week at the Gartner Catalyst conference on the "intersection of mobility, cloud and information technologies" in sunny San Diego, a subversive thought crossed my Boston, jet-lagged brain. What if CIOs and their IT teams just said, "The hell with building the mobile enterprise!"
I was in a session on the consumerization of IT. A Gartner analyst was laying out all the sneaky and scary ways employees (like me) get around enterprise data controls. His advice in a nutshell: If users are going to bring their consumer-grade, endlessly upgraded personal devices into the enterprise for work purposes, it's better for everyone if IT builds the infrastructure and administers policies to minimize risk. But importantly, IT must build the mobile enterprise in a way that won't tick employees off or, God forbid, assert total command of technology (as in ante-Apple days of yore). I wondered why someone would care to take on such a task.
As the Gartner sessions and some terrific case studies made clear, it turns out to be unbelievably difficult to strike a balance between building user-centric, open mobile enterprise systems and risking getting fired for exposing sensitive corporate data. "Mobility is a crosscutting function" requiring thoughtful input from every function in IT and from all corners of the company, Gartner's Paul DeBeasi explained. Building a mobile enterprise means sorting through a maelstrom of competing demands, in which any action by one group has implications (sometime very serious implications) for the other groups in the enterprise -- and potentially market-moving consequences for the company.
What if CIOs and their IT teams just said, 'The hell with building the mobile enterprise!'
Linda Tucci
It's hard to craft mobile computing policies that strike a balance between safety and suppleness. It is technically hard and often very costly to build the infrastructure for a mobile enterprise that will enable each and every user. And -- just to add insult to all that hard industry -- in the drive to get their jobs done, employees like me will try to circumvent these carefully laid plans, because (as Gartner put it in the nicest way possible) when it comes to users, it really is "all about me."
I wonder how many CIOs and their IT departments are tempted to just say, "Screw it." If users get around IT, if they flout industry regulations or jeopardize the market value of their company by causing a data breach, it's their jobs, their necks on the line. The official IT policy and supporting infrastructure forbids those behaviors, so it isn't IT's problem, is it? At least, that's what I was thinking in the session on the consumerization of IT. But when I ventured out to talk to other attendees, I found that nothing seemed further from their minds. To be sure, they were there because they had big problems to solve, but they were jazzed about that!
More from Catalyst
Gartner: When architecting a mobility solution, expect tradeoffs
I'll be writing about some of these challenges in the weeks to come. But as I was talking to these IT professionals, I was reminded of a recent study from Berkeley's Haas School of Business that looks at the success factors -- the personal traits -- unique to highly successful CIOs. Among the traits shared by the CIOs interviewed by the study's authors (James Moffat Spitze, executive director of the Fisher Information Technology Center at Haas, and Judith J. Lee) were the same personal attributes that contribute to success in many jobs: These CIOs were industrious and self-reliant. They possessed a trusting and trustworthy manner and had developed emotional intelligence. They enjoyed an extensive network of friends, mentors and protégés.
The study -- The Renaissance CIO Project: The Invisible Factors of Extraordinary Success --also pinpointed three factors among these CIOs that were "unique to their role" as CIOs: They were lifelong learners; they had conceived and implemented a customer-focused, game-changing project in their industries; and they were able to build and motivate cross-functional teams and therefore marshal the collective intelligence (authors' italics) of an enterprise.
"They wanted to see all of the dots, not just those within their traditional domain. Far more importantly, they wanted to be proactively involved in developing the means to connect those dots, to see the potential interconnections, the existing disconnections, and thus, the inherent opportunities -- where others might see obstacles."
The enterprise is in the midst of a "mobility tornado," as one Catalyst session put it. It's a good thing that CIOs are programmed to look for trouble.


text: When it comes to best-selling covers, the weeklies win with fatalities and flesh, reports the New York Post. Aside from special issues, like "Sexiest Man Alive," People magazine's best-selling issue in 2007 dealt with the apparent suicide attempt of Owen Wilson. So far, their best selling issue of 2008 was the memoriam to Heath Ledger. Star's best-seller? "Best and Worst Beach Bodies." (Meanwhile, over at Us, editor Janice Min is "breaking news" with revelations about Hilary Clinton's wardrobe and Barack Obama's love of hot sauce, The New Yorker points out.) What does it mean that the American public craves information about corpses and corpulence? [New York Post, The New Yorker]


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- FeatureJust what is persistent binding anyway?
- FeatureSANMelody Tunes Up SMB Storage
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SANMelody V 1.4.0 is DataCore's new storage networking software. It's ideal for smaller shops, but may not work in larger companies.
- Darryl Brooks, SANology Inc.
|Product snapshot
In less-picturesque terms, SANMelody V 1.4.0 is the latest "storage server" software from DataCore Software, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Intended for SMBs and enterprise departments, it provisions and manages storage connected to general-purpose systems running Windows, Linux, Unix, NetWare and Mac OS.
SANMelody is essentially a storage virtualization product and as such, enters a competitive space with players such as FalconStor Software, Hewlett-Packard Co. and StorAge. It's a hotly contested arena because the product that serves up your volumes will also serve as the foundation for all other storage management solutions that operate on a presumption of access to physical storage.
I downloaded SANMelody from DataCore's Web site and installed it on a SAN-attached Windows 2000 Server as a storage server. Client application hosts consisted of a second Win2K box and a wireless laptop running XP Professional. Supported operating systems include Windows 2000, XP and 2003 32-bit editions. However, client application hosts can be Windows, Unix, NetWare, Linux or MacOS. Minimum hardware requirements for the storage server are:
- 300MHz processor
- 512MB of memory
- 100MB of disk space for binaries and configuration data
- Fibre Channel (FC) or iSCSI interface to a scalable storage solution (if the storage is located inside the server chassis, only an Ethernet port is required)
- A second communication interface for presentation to your application servers
Installation was straightforward, with prompts familiar to typical Windows installation activities. During installation, SANMelody installed Emulex, LSI and QLogic FC drivers as well as an iSCSI driver. To have application hosts connect to your storage server over iSCSI, you'll need either an iSCSI adapter and its associated driver, or simply a software iSCSI driver that uses a generic NIC without a TCP offload engine as an interface to your IP SAN. Except for Mac OS and NetWare, iSCSI drivers for supported client operating systems can be found on Cisco's Web site.
But a SANMelody storage server should always use an iSCSI adapter with an offload engine because it will be the target of iSCSI requests initiated from multiple application hosts; it will also enhance the scalability of the storage server.
If you plan to use FC as an application host connect and you've already standardized on HBAs other than those listed here, have DataCore and your switch vendor certify your HBAs before purchasing SANMelody. Although this is software, you must go through the certification process as if your HBA will be talking to a storage array port. In addition, you will also need to purchase the associated FC manager snap-in that provides basic configuration and troubleshooting data for the FC HBAs in the storage server.
Four services were created during installation, three of which are started automatically. These three services handle the monitoring of application host channels, LUN presentation and the synchronization of configuration data with other storage servers in a region.
The Windows server used for this review was configured with 512MB of memory and is a multipurpose server, dedicated to a storage server. With other processes running, page swapping occurred when starting the storage server. But when I stopped those processes, SANMelody executed without invoking swapping.
It's also important to note that buffer cache used to hold frequently referenced data is reserved from the physical memory in the storage server in a cyclical fashion. Therefore, it behooves you to consider the size and performance of that memory as part of the configuration assessment. Make sure that applications on the storage server won't be starved for memory.
|SANMelody with Asynchronous IP Mirroring (AIM)
Usability and interface
SANMelody integrates with the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) as a storage snap-in, so it has a familiar interface. Its MMC integration is well designed; the hierarchical order of the snap-ins appear in the logical order an administrator will work with the product during configuration. It also provides an easy way to visualize the dependencies of the various elements within the product.
SANMelody's storage server has a client/server relationship between application host HBAs and the disk resources that the storage server has access to.
Once discovered by the storage server, the raw capacity of a disk drive (unformatted) is sliced up and provisioned to an application host as a volume or LUN. Afterwards, the application host is free to use the disk as if it were direct-attached storage, regardless of the disk's physical location.
SANMelody's disk resource management features are comprehensive and all actions can be performed within the MMC interface. This not only minimized the time for initial configuration, it also streamlined the tasks associated with provisioning LUNs to application hosts.
Ideally, the application hosts should be up and connected to the SAN before they are defined as clients to the storage server. This is because SANMelody's "extended disk services" in the storage server automatically discover FC and iSCSI channels (addresses) and associate them with mapped volumes during provisioning. However, with a few additional clicks, extended disk services will discover those same channels after SANMelody is started.
But SANMelody lacks network management and error logging. It has a trace console that shows per port activity and lets you initiate a trace on demand on individual storage servers. However, it doesn't have the ability to aggregate those events to a centrally managed console.
This is important because there's a performance limit on the number of hosts you can map to a single HBA in the storage server, and a capacity limit on the number of HBAs you can fit into the storage server's enclosure. Therefore, an increase in SAN hosts will signal an increase in storage servers that must be managed across the enterprise. This will increase the administrative burden for larger organizations if monitoring and troubleshooting has to be done locally.
Security between application hosts assigned to different storage servers is implied, with the assumption that some form of fabric and host security exists. This absolutely must be the case when taking LUN masking out of the management realm of the storage array. Although SANMelody can't do anything about the security in the SAN without an API from the switch manufacturer, it would be beneficial if it could ensure that latest security patches from Microsoft are available during installation.
DataCore's server remained operational continuously during a week of testing. No problems arose during the installation and testing, however, I pretended to have a problem unmapping a drive and looking for Mac OS iSCSI drivers, and sent an e-mail to DataCore requesting help. I received a response in 20 minutes with the answers I expected.
SANMelody's storage servers scale at the adapter level, which can provide an excellent return on investment considering the cost of general-purpose servers and their abundance of I/O slots. With offload engines on each adapter, scalability is only limited by the number of slots and the size of the channel connecting your backend storage. This is where an overprovisioned 4Gb or 10Gb SAN interface can serve multiple 1Gb and 2Gb interfaces, as long as the system's data bus speeds are sufficient.
Based on my experience with the product during testing, I wasn't surprised to see that SANMelody scored some impressive numbers on the Storage Performance Council (SPC) test. Albeit, running on an optimal configuration, SANMelody registered close to 20,000 I/Os per second and was able to sustain data rates over 160MB/sec using 2Gb HBAs on the front end and 1Gb HBAs directly connected to JBODs on the back-end.
The test was conducted to show the raw performance of SANMelody under ideal conditions. Although the test didn't have a SAN between the application hosts and the storage server, or between the storage server and its storage, the latency added by including fabrics between these points likely would have been miniscule.
In addition to its base features, DataCore offers optional modules such as an FC emulator that presents disks to FC SAN application hosts. Other options include auto failover (or high availability), snapshots, auto provisioning (AP) and asynchronous IP mirroring. Snapshots offer typical features available with similar products. However, AP and asynchronous IP mirroring deserve a bit more attention. With AP, you can allocate LUNs to application hosts that represent the addressable limit of the operating system without actually reserving the physical storage. This is implemented using networked managed volumes (NMV).
NMVs are defined using pools. A pool is created and then physical, unformatted disks are assigned to the pool. NMVs are then provisioned from this dynamically growing pool of storage without downtime to the application server. This is how AP lets you present a "defined" 2TB LUN (NMV) to the application host, and then have the storage server request additional storage from the managed pool in definable chunks as the amount of data the application actually stores grows to 2TB. Should the pool run out of raw capacity before the LUN reaches 2TB, SANMelody will stop serving storage after issuing warnings.
Asynchronous IP Mirroring (AIM) works by defining relationships between destination and source volumes using managers at each location. Buffering--necessary in long distance storage links--is implemented using a volume on both the destination and source storage servers and can be sized to accommodate lengthy outages. However, during normal operations, the speed of the disk drive could hamper performance for the most demanding applications because the speed of the network is faster than the burst rate of a single disk drive.
SANMelody's base pricing is structured on categories A to D, which are determined by the number of disk drives, front-end ports and CPUs that are addressable by the storage server. Base prices range from approximately $1,200 to $8,000, depending on the category of your server, with each option averaging out to be about 50% of the base price.
DataCore's SANMelody does a good job of lassoing raw capacity and presenting it to application hosts in easily managed volumes. The range of supported client operating systems sufficiently covers most IT organizations, which is a requisite for products like SANMelody to compete with array ports.
The lack of support for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and for safeguards for cache protection may limit the deployment of this product to smaller organizations. Certainly, larger data centers located in areas of recurring power outages aren't likely to risk exposing themselves to the potential loss of productivity or data.
Overall, SANMelody is a good in-band software provisioning tool. It has a rich set of features, including support for FC and iSCSI, as well as auto provisioning and long-distance IP mirroring. Although it supports larger disk arrays, it also supports general-purpose operating systems and scalable, modular storage from most vendors.


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Andrew Jeffrey Wright: Our taste is varied so we like to see art kids doing comedy and trained comedians doing comedy and musicians doing comedy and dancers doing comedy and novice comedians with new ideas. It is inclusive of sketch, stand-up, videos, dancing, short plays, stories, improv and music and probably more. It's hosted by Rose Luardo and myself.
AJW: It started two and a half years ago because the now-art world famous Jayson Musson wanted to shoot a comedy video for a grad school project at The Barbary. The owner, John Redden, suggested Jayson start an actual comedy night. Jayson wasn't sure he wanted to. Jayson asked if I was interested, I was, and I asked Rose if she was interested, and then her, Jayson and I hosted the first Comedy Dreamz. He never hosted again. Rose and I never stopped.
AJW: The venue is important to us because it helps bring in a lot of people who don't normally go to comedy shows and helps expand the scene. Which is a good thing. Then after the comedy ends we have a dance party until 2am.
AJW: We are looking into New York venues right now and plan on doing the show in New York six times a year as well. Six in Philly and six in New York.
The next Comedy Dreamz is TONIGHT, December 18th at The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave.). Doors are at 9pm; comedy is 10-11:30pm; dance party is 11:31-2am. Admission is $5.


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Arvest Bank in Springfield, Mo. is happy to announce that their branch on National Avenue has officially received the Gold LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. After opening only a year ago and being the only bank branch in the area to receive this certification, Arvest is very excited to be recognized for their commitment to the community in this way. The following is the official release:
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., (September 21, 2011)—The Arvest Bank branch on National Avenue in Springfield, Mo. received the official certificate announcing its Gold certification by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Rating System from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
During a reception at the branch Wednesday, September 21, Melissa Cox, representing the USGBC, presented Arvest Architectural Manager Kelly Sutterfield, Arvest Bank Springfield President Rodney Shepard and National branch Manager Marcy Dollens with the Gold certificate.
"A little more than a year ago this branch celebrated its grand opening with a month-long celebration that focused on our commitment to the community through our partnership with local non-profit service organizations. Now we get to celebrate another aspect of our commitment to the betterment of the communities we serve: our commitment to being good stewards of our natural resources," said Marcy Dollens.
According to the USGBC website, there are six LEED certified buildings in Springfield. The Arvest Bank branch on National Avenue is the first bank branch in Springfield to achieve LEED certification.
The LEED rating system was designed by the USGBC to encourage and facilitate the development of more sustainable buildings throughout the United States. In order to receive official LEED certification, the building must meet certain prerequisites outlined by the rating system. After construction is completed, an official application is then submitted to the USGBC for approval.
The branch celebrated its grand opening on August 27, 2010, by partnering with four local charities for donations. Those charities were Habitat for Humanity in Springfield, the Humane Society of Southwest Missouri, Young Life Greater Springfield, and The Discovery Center. Each charity took part in events and activities during the grand opening month that allowed them to spread the word about their organization and encourage the community to become involved in their efforts.
(By clicking on external links, please be aware you will be leaving the Arvest website.)
Congratulations, Arvest.
Submitted questions will be answered by an Arvest banker and may appear on the Arvest Blog.
All Arvest banks are Equal Housing Lenders and Member FDIC.
Investment products and services are provided by Arvest Investments, Inc., doing business as Arvest Asset Management, member FINRA/SIPC, an SEC registered investment adviser and a subsidiary of Arvest Bank. Trust services are provided by Arvest Bank. Insurance products are made available through Arvest Insurance, Inc., which is registered as an insurance agency. Insurance products are marketed through Arvest Insurance, Inc., but are underwritten by insurance companies.
Securities and Insurance Products: Not Insured by FDIC or any Federal Government Agency, May Lose Value, Not a Deposit of or Guaranteed by a Bank or any Bank Affiliate.


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Holley's 1967 C/10 Shop Truck Featured on Jay Leno's Garage| 08/28/2014
What's cooler than seeing Holley's restomod C/10 shop truck rip through some twisty mountain roads? Normally, "nothing" would be the answer. But, what if Jay Leno were driving it? Holley CEO Tom Tomlinson was invited to bring the truck along with him on the latest episode of Jay Leno's Garage to do just that.
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Holley Shop Truck Tour| 03/01/2013
Host of Chuck's Garage Chuck Hanson talks with Holley President and CEO Tom Tomlinson about our 67 Chevrolet Shop Truck
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The Holley Shop Truck is finished| 10/20/2010
Holley's project '67 pickup is on the Hot Rod Power Tour. The truck was completed the end of May by SoCal Speed Shop. You can see posts from Holley's CEO Tom Tomlinson on the Holley Facebook page and watch a video of the truck as it leaves SoCal Speed Shop and was shipped over to Holley in Bowling Green, Kentucky Looks like we have at least one ride for the Hot Rod Power Tour!
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1967 Chevy Pickup Project: Custom Shop Truck - FINISHED VEHICLE| 10/10/2010
We decided to shoot the truck on Garvin Lane here in Bowling Green, KY.
Just outside of Beech Bend Raceway, this road was lined with trees and offered a great location to showcase the truck.
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1967 Chevy Pickup Project: Custom Shop Truck - WHEELS AND TIRES| 09/26/2010
One of the features that makes the Holley Shop Truck such a hit everywhere it goes are the custom wheels we had developed by Mike Curtis of Curtis Speed Wheels.
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1967 Chevy Pickup Project: Custom Shop Truck - BODY AND PAINT| 09/23/2010
To give our 67 Chevy a shop truck appearance, we decided to add a logo to the doors. Here's a mock–up of the logo and how it may appear.
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1967 Chevy Pickup Project: Custom Shop Truck - THE INTERIOR| 09/15/2010
The Holley Shop Truck was an interesting vehicle before So–Cal Speed Shop commenced the build. The truck had a radio,passenger sun–visor,and passenger side–view mirror delete from the factory!
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1967 Chevy Pickup Project: Custom Shop Truck - THE ENGINE| 08/24/2010
Our new EFI system will be used on this engine to provide improved power and performance from the LS3 engine. The EFI System is a simple plug–in style unit that makes upgrading from a carburetor as simple as ever.
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1967 Chevy Pickup Project: Custom Shop Truck| 08/01/2010
This factory fresh pickup displays a vintage shop truck vibe featuring a factory paint scheme and hand lettered truck door signage with old–timey Holley logos. Of course a killer stance is a must along with a set of custom designed large diameter 6–lug wheels that will knock your socks off.
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Holley's Project 67 Chevy Pickup Nearing Completion| 05/24/2010
Holley's project 67 Chevy pickup is almost complete. It features an LS3 engine with a Tremec TKO five-speed manual transmission. The truck is being built at SoCal Speed Shop in California and has many details that are too numerous to mention.
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Friday, March 4, 2011
Programs for Teachers
Newberry Teachers' Consortium
Students love, and arguably deserve, having their own lifetimes placed in historical context. And while some call such attempts to place the current moment in historical context mere journalism, scholars have already done quite sophisticatedwork on events such as the election of 2000, 9/11, Katrina, the financial crisis, and the Tea Party. In this seminar, participants will explore some of this work, and some of these contemporary issues, as well as try to figure out how these issues fit into an already over-burdened curriculum.
Seminar led by Robert Johnston, University of Illinois at Chicago


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Stadium seating is not something that you normally think of as being associated with pushchairs, but let us introduce the upgraded Mountain Buggy +one.
Rather than designing a brand new pushchair, Mountain Buggy has gone back to the drawing board with some of their popular three wheelers to create something even better. We're taking a closer look in our Mountain Buggy +one Review, a pushchair that is capable of carrying one or two children.Written by: pushchairexpert
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"I have found the Mountain Buggy + One to be a great pram. I love, love, love the colour, have found it's smooth to use, well suited to my needs with two children and allows me to enjoy taking my boys on outdoor excursions."
Read the full review hereWritten by: Adele Staples - Auckland, New Zealand
"It really is the perfect pram for my two kids and as always, Mountain Buggy have exceeded all expectations of an inline double. It will make a brilliant single seat pram for my son when my daughter no longer wants to sit in it. I love the overall aesthetics of the pram, it is sleek, streamline and stylish and doesn't bear the clunky look of many double prams. The storage, versatility and general maneuverability of the pram are what really sold me on it. I love that I can fit anywhere that a single pram can without losing the under seat basket. Whether you have two children already, are expecting your second or preparing for your first, the +one is a must."
Read the full review hereWritten by: Samantha Scott - Sydney, Australia
"We went on a walk around Arthur's Seat, a famous landmark here in Edinburgh. The stroller had zero problems handling the terrain, and I can't praise the hood design enough, perfect for when the wind picked up to shield the boys.
... Edinburgh zoo is built on a hill here so it is quite the work out with a pram. The +one was a dream at the zoo, easy to manoeuvre, and one thing I'm really loving about it, is whether it has two children in or one it feels the same to push. I'm used to feeling a real change in weight and steering when using other doubles with two children in...with the zoo being on an incline, I have to say the brake on this pram is excellent, of course I would never leave the pram unattended on a hill, but it is great to know with the brake on you can take your hand off for whatever reason and not worry it will go running down the hill. I spent the day with friends at the zoo and both were thoroughly impressed with the pram too, and how both children were positioned in it. They both actually napped at the same tine, always a bonus!"Written by: Claire Stewart - Edinburgh, Scotland
"Sheridan is loving how easy the pram is to push and manoeuvre around the shops, and how big the storage underneath is. It makes being heavily pregnant with a toddler doing the shopping that little bit easier. We took it out for a test drive today and found it so much smoother than our previous pram. It seems very big, but its so easy to control and steer. I love the look of the carrycot plus, can't wait for the next bub to arrive so we can try it out."Written by: Marcus Carter - Melbourne, Australia
"Pushing the stroller was quite comfortable in spite of the weight of our daughters... almost 25kg haha!...we could manage quite well to push the buggy... very light and quick. In fact, my partner got inspired even to run. Andrea and Jana have enjoyed the excursion a lot, and even more being pushed instead of walking :)"Written by: Noemi Ruiz - Spain


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Rail Exec Turned Bank Reformer Hosoya Dies
Resona Holdings Chairman Eiji Hosoya, who brought about changes to Japan's often-staid banking industry by using his experience to help with the privatization of the sprawling national rail network, passed away at his home on Sunday.
The 67-year-old successfully turned around the lender after the government under the Koizumi administration in 2003 lured him in to run the then troubled bank, which was saddled with hefty bad loans.
As a senior executive at East Japan Railway, Mr. Hosoya previously made a name for himself by transforming struggling railways into several private rail companies including the profitable East Japan Railway Co.
Nearly a decade ago, hobbled by bad loans, Resona was taken over by the government with a ¥1.96 trillion bailout, putting two-thirds of its voting rights under state control. The bank also had the onerous task of repaying ¥3.12 trillion in government funds.
Switching from longtime rail executive to a different track: finance, his first six months at the bank were the most challenging, Mr. Hosoya once said.
"Since I came from an outside industry, it was difficult to measure how aggressively I should gear up for reform and figure out up to which point I would face resistance," the chairman said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal two years ago, saying he could make tough decisions more easily, as he didn't have connections to the banking industry.
Mr. Hosoya's reforms were fresh to Japan's financial world: he extended operating hours at all of Resona's branches, keeping some open until 7 p.m., at a time when other banks were in the practice of shutting down their branches at 3 p.m.
He sent his employees to hotels and department stores to learn how they can serve their customers. "Japanese banks tend to provide services in a bureaucratic way, so it took about three years to change this culture," he said. Mr. Hosoya also worked to promoted women. The number of female senior managers at the bank is around 90, up from seven when he first took over.
His efforts weren't just limited to the corporate culture but also to the bank's financial condition. Resona-—now Japan's No. 4 bank by revenue--has shrunk its government debt to ¥870 billion from more than ¥3 trillion.
Using Wells Fargo of the U.S., which has a strong domestic network and boosts profitability via cross sales, as a business model, Resona targets regional midsize firms and individual customers.


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Producer Andy Barnett is putting the show together to support local school arts programs, many of which are in jeopardy due to years of overall school funding reductions. "There has been amazing support in past years," said Barnett. "This year we need more help than ever," he said.
The Bandwagon takes to the airwaves in the middle of a KMUD sponsored National Community Radio Conference. Barnett will conduct a workshop on live radio variety show production as part of the conference. Barnett and his on-air partner and real-life wife, Beth Wells, produced forty Bandwagon benefit broadcasts in the nineties, raising more than $30,000 for local non-profits.
First Hour (push the Play button to listen now, or download for listening later.)
Second Hour (push the Play button to listen now, or download for listening later.)


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Welcome to the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Law (PPL) at Binghamton University
The study of the law should be introduced as part of a liberal education, to train
and enrich the mind . . . I am convinced that, like history, economics and metaphysics
- and perhaps even to a greater degree than these - the law could be advantageously
studied with a view to the general development of the mind.
- Justice Louis Brandeis
Law's influence on our lives is pervasive. It limits and protects us, from before our birth until after we are long dead. Law shapes our lives in every respect: economic, personal, professional and political. To study law seriously, in all its facets, leads far beyond the narrow confines of legal cases to perennial questions of law's origins, operation and justification. Its study respects no disciplinary boundaries; law must be viewed from many different vantage points. Philosophy, Politics and Law (PPL) is an interdisciplinary BA program designed for both liberal arts and students interested in law school. Though many enter law school, other majors go on to graduate school or pursue professional careers in teaching, business, or government. Courses for the major, selected for their content, include classes in philosophy, political science and history, along with selected cognate courses from other areas. Students are thus able to tailor the major to suit their own interests and needs.
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text: On Wed, 17 Sep 2008, alireza ghahremanian wrote: > Is it possible to access the sampling subsystem of a dvb card > as like skystar 2 or any other ? I'm not sure I understand your question. The way a SkyStar 2 card works can be described, in the case of radio -- assuming the same radio which I tune with it is that which you want to demodulate -- is sort of like this... Baseband analogue audio is sampled at 48kHz, 16bit, and then compressed into a stream, usually MPEG 1/2 Layer II, but sometimes Dolby AC3 or similar. From this, an ES (Elementary Stream) is created. This Elementary Stream is then multiplexed into an MPEG Transport Stream with other services. The resulting datastream is then modulated onto a RF carrier, using something like QPSK or whatever is appropriate to the delivery system, sent to a satellite (SkyStar) and effectively bounced back. Error correction and whatnot is added at this point. Your hardware tunes into the RF signal, and itself demodulates the QPSK modulation and recovers the Transport Stream, or at least part of it. The Linux-DVB API gives you access to this demodulated signal. Then, an application can work with this TS, extract the payload from it (the Layer II or equivalent audio), and decode that into a PCM stream. OF course, I could be wrong... > I want to make a software radio and i want to do demodulation > and decoding in software? The demodulation is performed by the hardware in your SkyStar card. The demultiplexing and decoding are already handled either by all-in-one programs, or you could chain together building-block tools that already exist, in order to listen to radio... I use separate, existing utilities to control the frontend (tune to a transponder); I'm delivered some part of a transport stream which I can either play, with, for example, `mplayer', or I can hand it to `ts_es_audio_demux' (if that's not part of the DVB libdvb package, then it's a hack based on the existing routines to extract ESen from a TS in that package); that's either an mp2 or ac3 stream which I can pass directly to, for example, `mpg123' or in a slightly different fashion, to `ac3dec' The demodulation is performed in the hardware. You can, of course, re-invent the wheel if you like and perform the demultiplexing and decoding to PCM in software, if that is what you are asking. The sampling is done at the broadcaster/uplink end, and the corresponding samples are the PCM output, if I understand what you are asking. Sorry if I do not understand your question correctly. barry bouwsma


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About FERC Office of the Executive Director
The Chief Human Capital Officer (CHCO) is the primary human capital advisor to the Executive Director, and is the technical expert on all human capital matters relating to the operations of the Commission. The CHCO is responsible for establishing policies to govern the development, management, administration, and coordination of the Commissions overall human capital and human resources programs.
Major areas of responsibilities are:
- Provide administrative oversight and coordinate the activities of subordinate organizations; develops and communicates a vision for the attainment of goals and objectives as a cohesive, focused organizational entity; serve as a catalyst for innovation and creativity in analyzing and solving complex problems; fosters an environment conducive to teamwork and empowerment of supervisors and employees; and promotes and encourages diversity in subordinate organizations and throughout the Commission.
- Oversees the development of short- and long-range plans to meet organizational objectives; establish or revises program goals, institutes major modifications in organizational or functional structure; and approves key appointments or promotions to ensure the most efficient organization.
- Encourages personal and professional development among subordinates and provide opportunities for individuals to accomplish their goals in relation to the Commission; and utilizes special emphasis and employment programs to attain diversity among the staff; and is proactive in reaching affirmative action goals.
- Provides staff support and guidance to the Executive Director and other senior Commission leaders in the development and implementation of the Commission human resources programs; payroll, application and integration services and systems; and safety and security programs; and in the development of proper organizational and management structures.
- Administer a full-range operational human resources program consisting of position management and classification, recruitment and placement, pay administration, labor management relations, performance management, employee development and training, employee records, benefits and processing services, and data management related to human resources matters.
- Leads the Commission Human Capital Accountability Team and integrates the Commissions human capital program into the strategic planning process.
- Provides the interface between the Commission and other Federal agencies on all human resources matters. Collaborates with the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in determining the interest and needs of the Commission in terms of the Commissions policies and procedures and promotes the Commissions requirements where divergence is indicated.
- Provides an organizational analysis capability to Commission management in the development/improvement of the organization and management structure, coordinating the clearance and approval of changes through the Commission, as necessary.
- Serves as a trusted advisor to the Commissions Executive Resources Board and Performance Review Boards. Responsibilities are both programmatic and operational. Conducts all activities required for both Executive Resource, as well as political appointees, including Non-Career Senior Executive Service and Schedule C positions.
- Provides a safe and secure working environment where Commission employees can be most productive.
- Establishes and utilizes business reengineering processes to gain greater effectiveness and efficiencies with the deployment of administrative and financial operations.
The organization led by the Chief Human Capital Officer consists of the following Divisions and Staffs:


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Rule #1 - Be Patient - Rule #2 - Don't ask when, if you don't contribute - Rule #3 - You have coding skills - LinuxMCE's small brother is available: http://www.agocontrol.com
Hey I'm new to LinuxMCE, starting to get my core working, but I need Orbiters.Has anyone got BlackBerry's working as Orbiters? If so which models? (which OS's) and how did you do it? I'd love to use my Storm2 as a touch screen Orbiter.Thanks,


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Grains and oilseeds closed higher Tuesday on heavy volume in the last minute of the session. Both the flat price as well as the spreads had very large ranges during the last 60 sections of the day. This may be associated with the Goldman Roll, but could also be some major orders pressing the market during the most important time of the day which is the closing settlement. I have included 1-minute charts of November soybeans and the July-November spread below.
November Soybeans
July –November Spread
Tomorrow's report will be the major focus of the market. How much will acres and yield change tomorrow? The latest Reuters poll has bean acres up 700,000 from the March 31st report and corn acres down 1.5 million. We don't forecast a major yield change based on the current crop ratings but we will say any drops in production for corn could also be met with a drop in the feed estimate. The USDA was using a feed number in May that we believe was a "compensating" number for having such excess supply. There is no reason to believe we will see such a jump in feeding next year unless we see a sharp decline in price to bring in profitability. So for these reasons we want to remain well hedged with a combination of insurance, sales, and options. The idea is to leave enough upside open to benefit from any market rallies as we have seen in the last five years, but hold enough protection to recieve a decent return on investment should the market break. There are too many unknowns to "know" where we end up this year. If you would like a second opinion at your marketing plan please contact us for a complementary risk review.
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MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1.26 is a new release of MySQL Cluster,
incorporating new features in the
NDB storage engine and fixing
recently discovered bugs in previous MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1
Obtaining MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1. The latest MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1 binaries for supported platforms can be obtained from http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/cluster/. Source code for the latest MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1 release can be obtained from the same location. You can also access the MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1 development source tree at https://code.launchpad.net/~mysql/mysql-server/mysql-cluster-7.1.
This release also incorporates all bugfixes and changes made in previous MySQL Cluster releases, as well as all bugfixes and feature changes which were added in mainline MySQL 5.1 through MySQL 5.1.67 (see Changes in MySQL 5.1.67 (2012-12-21)).
Functionality Added or Changed
Added several new columns to the
transporters table and
counters for the
table of the
information database. The information provided may help in
troublehsooting of transport overloads and problems with send
buffer memory allocation. For more information, see the
descriptions of these tables.
(Bug #15935206)
To provide information which can help in assessing the current
state of arbitration in a MySQL Cluster as well as in diagnosing
and correcting arbitration problems, 3 new
been added to the
information database.
(Bug #13336549)
When an
NDB table grew to contain
approximately one million rows or more per partition, it became
possible to insert rows having duplicate primary or unique keys
into it. In addition, primary key lookups began to fail, even
when matching rows could be found in the table by other means.
This issue was introduced in MySQL Cluster NDB 7.0.36, MySQL Cluster NDB 7.1.26, and MySQL Cluster NDB 7.2.9. Signs that you may have been affected include the following:
Rows left over that should have been deleted
Rows unchanged that should have been updated
Rows with duplicate unique keys due to inserts or updates (which should have been rejected) that failed to find an existing row and thus (wrongly) inserted a new one
This issue does not affect simple scans, so you can see all rows
in a given
table using
and similar queries
that do not depend on a primary or unique key.
Upgrading to or downgrading from an affected release can be troublesome if there are rows with duplicate primary or unique keys in the table; such rows should be merged, but the best means of doing so is application dependent.
In addition, since the key operations themselves are faulty, a merge can be difficult to achieve without taking the MySQL Cluster offline, and it may be necessary to dump, purge, process, and reload the data. Depending on the circumstances, you may want or need to process the dump with an external application, or merely to reload the dump while ignoring duplicates if the result is acceptable.
Another possibility is to copy the data into another table
without the original table' unique key constraints or
primary key (recall that
TABLE t2 SELECT * FROM t1 does not by default copy
t1's primary or unique key definitions
t2). Following this, you can remove the
duplicates from the copy, then add back the unique constraints
and primary key definitions. Once the copy is in the desired
state, you can either drop the original table and rename the
copy, or make a new dump (which can be loaded later) from the
(Bug #16023068, Bug #67928)
The management client command
BackupStatus failed with an error when used with data
nodes having multiple LQH worker threads
(ndbmtd data nodes). The issue did not effect
form of this command.
(Bug #15908907)
node_id REPORT
The multi-threaded job scheduler could be suspended prematurely when there were insufficient free job buffers to allow the threads to continue. The general rule in the job thread is that any queued messages should be sent before the thread is allowed to suspend itself, which guarantees that no other threads or API clients are kept waiting for operations which have already completed. However, the number of messages in the queue was specified incorrectly, leading to increased latency in delivering signals, sluggish response, or otherwise suboptimal performance. (Bug #15908684)
The setting for the
API node configuration parameter was ignored, and the default
value used instead.
(Bug #15855588)
Node failure during the dropping of a table could lead to the node hanging when attempting to restart.
When this happened, the
internal dictionary (
DBDICT) lock taken by
the drop table operation was held indefinitely, and the logical
global schema lock taken by the SQL the drop table operation
from which the drop operation originated was held until the
NDB internal operation timed out. To aid in
debugging such occurrences, a new dump code,
1228 (or
DUMP DictDumpLockQueue),
which dumps the contents of the
DICT lock
queue, has been added in the ndb_mgm client.
(Bug #14787522)
Job buffers act as the internal queues for work requests (signals) between block threads in ndbmtd and could be exhausted if too many signals are sent to a block thread.
Performing pushed joins in the
DBSPJ kernel
block can execute multiple branches of the query tree in
parallel, which means that the number of signals being sent can
increase as more branches are executed. If
DBSPJ execution cannot be completed before
the job buffers are filled, the data node can fail.
This problem could be identified by multiple instances of the message sleeploop 10!! in the cluster out log, possibly followed by job buffer full. If the job buffers overflowed more gradually, there could also be failures due to error 1205 (Lock wait timeout exceeded), shutdowns initiated by the watchdog timer, or other timeout related errors. These were due to the slowdown caused by the 'sleeploop'.
Normally up to a 1:4 fanout ratio between consumed and produced signals is permitted. However, since there can be a potentially unlimited number of rows returned from the scan (and multiple scans of this type executing in parallel), any ratio greater 1:1 in such cases makes it possible to overflow the job buffers.
The fix for this issue defers any lookup child which otherwise would have been executed in parallel with another is deferred, to resume when its parallel child completes one of its own requests. This restricts the fanout ratio for bushy scan-lookup joins to 1:1. (Bug #14709490)
References: See also: Bug #14648712.
During an online upgrade, certain SQL statements could cause the server to hang, resulting in the error Got error 4012 'Request ndbd time-out, maybe due to high load or communication problems' from NDBCLUSTER. (Bug #14702377)
The recently added LCP fragment scan watchdog occasionally reported problems with LCP fragment scans having very high table id, fragment id, and row count values.
This was due to the watchdog not accounting for the time spent draining the backup buffer used to buffer rows before writing to the fragment checkpoint file.
Now, in the final stage of an LCP fragment scan, the watchdog switches from monitoring rows scanned to monitoring the buffer size in bytes. The buffer size should decrease as data is written to the file, after which the file should be promptly closed. (Bug #14680057)
Under certain rare circumstances, MySQL Cluster data nodes could
crash in conjunction with a configuration change on the data
nodes from a single-threaded to a multi-threaded transaction
coordinator (using the
configuration parameter for ndbmtd). The
problem occurred when a mysqld that had been
started prior to the change was shut down following the rolling
restart of the data nodes required to effect the configuration
(Bug #14609774)


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It All Began In Poland, 1939 – 1989
The fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago today is rightly being celebrated in Germany as a momentous historical event that led to a huge increase in human freedom around the world. The wall was indeed the most visible physical symbol of an inhumane system that divided Germany and Europe, holding captive hundreds of millions of people.
At a seminar in Wroclaw, Poland hosted by the Polish Adam Smith Center last month, I was reminded that the Poles correctly view their country as playing a central role in the 20th century drama of totalitarian aggression and eventual liberation. As the title of a book I was given suggests—It All Began In Poland—the country's invasion by Nazi Germany, which sparked World War II, and the invasion and partial occupation by the Soviet Union almost immediately thereafter signaled what was in store for much of Europe. Similarly, the peaceful revolution of freedom that culminated in the collapse of communism was symbolized and pushed forward early on by Poland's heroic Solidarity movement.
People from all parts of the former Soviet empire deserve recognition and admiration for their efforts and sacrifices in promoting freedom. As we reflect on this momentous day, let's remember the special role the Poles played in making the world a better place.