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Topic: Float Truncating Question
I can't find any Ruby methods that will truncate a float to, say, the hundredth position and round up if necessary. Does anything exist or do I need to write this one myself?
Edit: I can write this easily, I just wanted to keep things clean and use a built in method if one exists.
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The United States has appropriated over $16 billion since fiscal year 2002 for development efforts in Afghanistan, implemented by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Department of Defense (DOD). USAID, through its assistance program, and DOD, through its Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP), have implemented development projects focusing on similar initiatives, such as improving Afghanistan's road, water, and other infrastructure sectors. This line of effort is an integral part of the U.S. integrated civilian-military campaign plan focused on countering insurgents in Afghanistan and requires extensive interagency coordination and information sharing. There is a potential for duplication of agencies' efforts.
Agencies involved in the implementation of development projects in Afghanistanprincipally USAID and DODhave not adopted a centralized data system that tracks all U.S. government-funded Afghan development efforts and is accessible by all relevant agencies. GAO has made recommendations for such action and agencies have concurred with those recommendations. Without a centralized data system to improve visibility of individual development projects, the U.S. government may not be able to fully leverage available resources and risks duplicating efforts and wasting taxpayer dollars, as a result of fragmented or overlapping efforts.
Maintaining an accessible data system that promotes interagency information sharing is particularly important in an environment such as Afghanistan, where several agencies are involved in similar development efforts that are dispersed throughout the country. In a review of U.S.-funded road projects in Afghanistan, GAO reported in July 2008 that, despite CERP guidance requiring DOD to provide CERP-funded project information to a USAID-maintained database, DOD had not done so. As a result, a comprehensive database of all U.S.-funded road projects in Afghanistan did not exist. Moreover, DOD officials said that because of missing documentation and frequent staff rotation, they did not know where some CERP-funded roads were built. GAO recommended that information on DOD's CERP-funded road projects be included in a USAID-maintained database, and DOD concurred.
However, in a May 2009 report that reviewed DOD's coordination of CERP-funded projects in Afghanistan with USAID, GAO found that, while the two agencies had mechanisms in place to facilitate coordination, they lacked a common database accessible to all parties involved in development efforts in Afghanistan. GAO noted that DOD used a classified databaseCombined Information Data Network Exchangeto track CERP-funded projects, while USAID used a database called GeoBase to track its development projects. GAO further noted that in early 2009, USAID officials were granted access to the unclassified portion of DOD's database, but DOD officials did not have access to USAID's GeoBase database at the time.
Subsequently, in late 2009 USAID initiated a new database system, known as Afghan Info, to replace GeoBase. According to USAID, Afghan Info is intended to provide a comprehensive and transparent interagency picture of how project implementers use foreign assistance resources to support U.S. objectives in Afghanistan. USAID officials said they would like the Afghan Info system designated as the official system for data on U.S. assistance activities in Afghanistan, subject to Ambassador-level approval. However, GAO's review of U.S. development efforts in Afghanistan's water sector completed in November 2010 found that a centralized database that contains information on all U.S.-funded development projects, including information on water sector projects, still did not exist. Each agency continues to maintain its own project tracking system that identifies agency-specific information on water projects in Afghanistan.
A USAID official responsible for developing the Afghan Info database noted that Afghan Info did not include data from any other agency, aside from unclassified quarterly CERP data that DOD began providing to USAID in February 2010. This official also did not know whether the system was being used to coordinate water sector development in Afghanistan. Moreover, senior DOD officials told GAO they were not familiar with the Afghan Info system or the data it contained. For its CERP-related data, DOD continues to use the Combined Information Data Network Exchange, which was not intended as a platform for interagency coordination. Agency officials have acknowledged that having access to project data from other agencies would contribute to better project planning, eliminate potential overlap, and allow agencies to leverage each other's resources more effectively.
To enhance interagency coordination and to help ensure there is no overlap or duplication and to increase accountability for use of agency funds, USAID, in consultation with DOD and other relevant U.S. agencies, should consider designating Afghan Info or some other database as the centralized U.S. government database for U.S. development efforts in Afghanistan. This database should, among other things, ensure that the information in the database (1) captures all agency development efforts and (2) is accessible to all U.S. government agencies involved in U.S.-funded development projects in Afghanistan.
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On January 30, 2012, Kerry Weber published an essay on popular literary pilgrimage sites. Here we offer a slideshow tour of the homes of select Catholic authors.
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Thank you for this celebratory article about Corita, whom I was honored to meet at least twice when she exhibited her work at Marylhurst College. This week, while attending a cancer symposium at the South Waterfront campus of Oregon Health Sciences University, I admired dozens of her heart-ful serigraphs on the 3rd floor of the Paul Kirk building.
How appropriate as the calendar approaches Valentine's Day!
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Rainy Day and Dentist Appointment
This is what I wore today. It's a very rainy day plus I had to leave work early to go to a dentist appointment. I had to leave at 2:30 (tooth-hurty). I know, I'm a dork, but I really did have to leave at that time. It's a funny coincidence.
I wore an outfit that would be really comforting whilst sitting in the dentist chair for an hour and a half. This tee is flowy and soft and feels like I'm wearing a nightie. This is also something I would wear if I were traveling. Definitely airport attire.
I took these pictures after my appointment. I thought my face would be lopsided, but since he only had to deaden the lower right side I was still able to smile. The only real evidence that I was at the dentist is my bedhead. The back of my hair is a bit of a rats nest from lying in the dentist chair for so long.
Wow, I'm making no sense so I'm going to stop typing now.
Tee: 291 Venice
Jeans: 7 for all mankind (brownish maroon)
Cardigan: Anthropologie
Scarf and boots: Gap
Bag: Paul and Joe Sister via Gilt
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- LyddieGal said...
Comfort and style is the only way to go to the dentist. or on a plane.
love the leopard scarf.
Chic on the Cheap
- February 7, 2012 at 6:32 PM
- The Suburb Experiment said...
You look waaaay cuter than I do after a dentist appointment. I have running mascara, weird-red-stretched-out-looking mouth, AND the bedhead. :)
The Suburb Experiment
- February 7, 2012 at 8:51 PM
- silvergirl said...
I am loving the big warm cozy scarf
the colors are fabulous
hope you are not in any pain now
The dentist is the worst! I rather go to the gyno
- February 7, 2012 at 9:26 PM
- Bonnie said...
I happen to like the bedhead look on you, my dear. I wish that you would have taken a video of you flashing the guy who was talking to himself, though.
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- February 8, 2012 at 8:17 AM
- Gracey at Fashion for Giants said...
Ugh. I hate the dentist. And I actually like mine as a person.
And you're dressed perfectly for traveling or dentistry. Very nice.
- February 8, 2012 at 12:15 PM
- Audrey said...
That bag is fabulous, Tracy! You look too stylish to be sitting in a dentists' chair! xo www.casualglamorous.com
- February 8, 2012 at 1:12 PM
- Cathy said...
Adorable!!! Love the T w/ that scarf!!!!
- February 8, 2012 at 2:23 PM
- Ashley said...
You look cute and chic today. But that's always a given.
2:30. Tooth hurty. My grandma always used to say that. And then she finished it up with "Chinese tooth ache time," which is probably pretty racist, but she's from a different era, you know, so it's okay. Kind of.
You look good for just being at the dentist. If it were me, I'd be mean muggin' like crazy.
- February 8, 2012 at 3:31 PM
- Ashley said...
Did you really flash someone?
- February 8, 2012 at 3:31 PM
- Tinfoil Tiaras said...
Tooth hurty- heehee that made me giggle! Blech though I hate the dentist but I love your sassy get-up! I am lusting over those plum pants and how you make a drapey t-shirt look sexy!
- February 8, 2012 at 7:50 PM
- dina vanessa mercado said...
so you really need to look so beautiful and fabulous when going to the dentist eh? love love love you and the outfit so much!!!
great blog!!! following you now.. hope you could visit my blog too.. kisses!!!
- February 8, 2012 at 9:53 PM
- Shybiker said...
Comfy clothes are the best.
I like reading what you write because I like hearing you think. You never go on too long, in my view.
- February 9, 2012 at 5:32 AM
- Kim (A Very Sweet Blog) said...
You looked great AFTER seeing the dentist. I had some dental work done towards the end of last year and looked like hell afterwards. LOL Love your outfit.
- February 9, 2012 at 6:50 AM


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Nobuyuki Idei, the former chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Corp., said in an interview that in order to remain competitive, the Japanese electronics industry must further consolidate. There are many problems for the country's electronics manufacturers at the moment, but during the times of the global economic crisis revolutionary decisions should be made.
"In the past, Japan was criticized for being an over-banked country; now it is over-electronics," Mr. Idei said in an interview with the Financial Times.
In fact, the consolidation of the electronics industry in the country has been happening for several years now: Panasonic recently agreed to take over Sanyo Electric, Toshiba Corp. partly acquired semiconductor manufacturing fabs from Sony Corp. and is about to buyout Fujitsu Limited's hard disk drive business. In addition, many companies do collaborate with each other by forming manufacturing joint-ventures to build commodity components enjoying the highest possible volume of scale benefits.
Perhaps, the former head of Sony envisions more dramatic consolidations in this industry, when large Japan-based electronics conglomerates, some of which are hundred of years old, will merge?
Mr. Idei also pointed out that the industry should not just focus on producing "standalone cars and televisions", but must mix products with other services in order to stand out. Sony does this with its PlayStation business and will also benefit from the rising popularity of Blu-ray disc technology by getting licensing fees. However, Sony and other large Japanese companies failed to create globally accepted a service like iTunes, which sells music tracks as well as Apple iPod portable digital media players.
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"I am excited to be back at Ridley. It's my alma mater. I feel like I can give back to the community, and I am committed to the district's vision, mission, and goals," Ciallella said.
Ciallella knew she wanted to complete her Ed.D. and decided Neumann was the best fit for her. "Completing my Ed.D. has been a personal goal of mine since undergrad. I admired many of my college professors and knew I would only be better at my job if I continued my studies," said Ciallella.
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Ciallella also spoke highly of the support she received while completing her doctorate. "While I was at Neumann I went through a pretty tough time in my life and I had some unforeseen personal challenges. Fr. Lowe and Dr. Conn were so supportive and I was able to complete the program and defend my dissertation," she said.
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Bright Sheng and Anthony Newman premieres at La Jolla SummerfestPosted by Christian Hertzog in Chamber Music, Concert review, Contemporary Classical, Criticism, Post Modern, Review, Twentieth Century Composer, tags: Anthony Newman, appropriation, Bright Sheng, Northern Lights, pastiche, Sonata Populare, Summerfest
Older readers may recall with fondness Edgar Bergen, a very popular American entertainer who poured his comic routines through ventriloquist dummies named Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd. Edgar so loved the performing arts, that he created an annual celebration to showcase classical music, dance, opera, and theater, which continues and thrives to this very day: the Bergen Festival.
Okay, that's not really what the Bergen Festival is, but after hearing a modern composer with a strong Chinese musical identity—Bright Sheng—prop up Scandinavian folk tunes on his knee, and manipulate them to entertain the public, the spirit of Charlie McCarthy—a bourgeois puppet in top hat and tails, monocle in place, spouting low vaudeville patois—was in the air…
More about the American premiere of Bright Sheng's Northern Lights and the world premiere of Anthony Newman's Sonata Populare here.
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Trade Deficit Drags on Recovery
Overall, the deficit is a significant tax on aggregate demand and jobs creation, just as a government deficit increases demand for U.S.-made products and boosts employment. In the coming months, higher oil prices and stronger inventory build should push up the trade deficit again and drag on economic recovery.
Persistently high trade deficits and continuing low real estate values are the most significant reasons why the current economic recovery is slowest since the Great Depression, and why the Congress and President face so much difficulty stabilizing federal finances without risking a second, deeper recession.
Consumer spending has expanded, though haltingly, and the annual federal deficit increased from $161 billion before the financial crisis to more than $1 trillion over the last five years, injecting enormous additional demand into the system. However, too many consumer dollars go abroad for Middle East oil and Chinese goods that do not return to buy U.S. exports.
Businesses, consequently, are pessimistic about future demand for U.S.-made goods and services. And bearing higher taxes, more burdensome regulations, and increased benefits costs mandated by Obamacare, they are reluctant to hire in the United States and seek opportunities abroad.
Those barriers frustrated the virtuous cycle of temporary tax cuts and additional government spending, new hiring, and additional household spending that the first-term Obama stimulus sought to beget.
Now, the Fiscal Cliff deal will raise combined federal and state tax rates for many small businesses on expansion and reinvestment to maintain existing facilities to more than 50% -- even more in California and New York.
Prior to the Fiscal Cliff tax increases, economists predicted growth of about 2% for 2013. However, these new taxes on small business investment and innovation strike at the heart of this once vibrant American jobs-creating machine. Look for growth in the range of 1.5% and a tougher jobs market at least through mid-year.
Growth below 2% is difficult to sustain. Any disruption could set off a cycle of layoffs, falling consumer spending and ultimately a recession that pushes unemployment into double digits.
Should tax increases be necessary to reach a political compromise to further reduce the budget deficit, Congress should heed President Obama's recommendation to close loopholes like the carried interest provision -- which permits Wall Street traders and executives throughout the economy to pay lower tax rates than ordinary wage earners. That would do the least damage to aggregate demand, and actually improve economic incentives for productive investments in the United States and stimulate growth.


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While working on our WordPress to Facebook Plugin we discovered that from the 14th March 2011, we will not be able to add a page using the Facebook App and FBML, Facebook is moving to a more standard language.
So what does that mean for Facebook template page developers.
We can now create and add a Minisite in ten steps, it will require a minimal amout of editing, if you want to use a product like Artisteer to create a static html Minsite.
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One thing that has not changed is the width, Facebook allow us 520px of real estate, we do not want ugly scrollbars so we create a set of html template pages at 520px wide!
If you are using Artisteer set the width to 520px wide, in this example we have a simple three page site that we created with our WordPress to Facebook Plugin.
Here is the announcement from Facebook that introduces the Iframes, so here are the steps we took in getting our sample fan page live!
Step 1
We copied our html folder and renamed the files from html to php, we also renamed our home page to welcome!
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We opened up each of out three pages and made the following changes, added a line with the absolute stylesheet.css url of where we will be uploading our folder to, as we only have a 520px window and links we added the "target="_blank" so links open in a new window!
Then we changed the page names from html to php in the menu to match the renamed pages, that was quite easy, remember we made the same changes to all three page files.
Step 3
We use our favourite ftp client to upload the folder, in our example we have a folder off the root with a couple of sub folders.
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Now we need to let Facebook know about out minisite pages, we do this not at our page with an app but over on the developers page.
We go to http://www.facebook.com/developers apps and Set Up a New App, this screen is already setup but the process is the same.
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On the About tab we give our Minisite a name and description, we do not get worried about the Application as we do not need special code or anything like that.
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Here we add our Website URL finished with the forward slash or we get an error on saving.
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We have two sections to fill in here, Canvas Page is not required but we added our page name, canvas URL is the absolute URL of our websites folder where we uploaded the pages to.
Set the Canvas Type to IFrame and the Iframe Size to auto-resize.
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Just two more setting in this section notice we add our home page file name in the tab URL, we save the settings, and we will be presented with a app box.
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From the App box we select Application Profile Page, that was an easy step!
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We now assign our template or minisite to one of our pages.
When we visit our page we have a new menu option with our minisite.
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The sky is the limit for 13 area Civil Air Patrol cadets following a promotional award ceremony held Thursday evening.
According to 1st Lt. Todd Hanson, it takes quite of bit of hard work for the cadets of the Civil Air Patrol to earn a rank promotion.
"Our ranks, rules, regulations and dress code follow the United States Air Force because we are a civilian auxiliary and other than the fact that we are volunteers everything we do is based on those principles," said Hanson. "They start out as a cadet airman and can work themselves all the way up to become a cadet colonel."
Among the highlights of the evening was the dedication of the Billy Mitchell award, which was presented to cadet 2nd Lt. Colin Cleland, 19, of Westfield. The award, and the other cadet promotions, were made by Lt. Col. George Fillgrove, New York Wing director of Aerospace Education and constituent of New York state Senator Catharine Young, R-Olean.
"I want to extend my deepest congratulations to all of you for your achievements," said Fillgrove. "I take great pride in coming here on Thursday nights to teach Aerospace education to you because I appreciate the commitment that you make coming here. At a time when you face a lot of peer pressure in the schools and from friends, to make a commitment to conduct yourself in such a disciplined manner, to strive the achieve the goals that you are doing, such as the Mitchell award and the other promotions that you've earned tonight – it's no small feat.
"These cadets are in training to take their place as future leaders in this country," continued Fillgrove. "They will go through the cadet program to strive to achieve rank before going into the military, they can vie for scholarships or even placement at the air force academy; as long as they continue to strive to achieve what they are doing."
The award Cleland received is named in honor of General Billy Mitchell. As one of the milestones of the cadet program, the award is earned upon completion of the first eight achievements of the program. The cadet must also pass an exam on the topics of leadership and aerospace.
"This award is probably the most important award of the cadet program," said Fillgrove. "It is a transition award from cadet enlisted person to a cadet officer. It is also the award that is important for 2nd Lt. Colin Cleland's future because he wants to join the Air Force. With this award alone he can go into the Air Force with advanced rank."
Cleland, who was ecstatic upon acceptance of the award, is excited to see what the future holds for him now that he has accomplished one of his goals.
"It's a really big deal for me and I've been waiting two years to get this," said Cleland. "I'm going into the Air Force and getting this award grants me out of basic training the rank of E3. I'm hoping to make a career out of it, but we'll see how the first four years go. I'd recommend this program to anyone interested in flying in general, entering the military, or even for those who are looking to get to know people from out of state and across the country because you're able to do that in this program. You also get the chance to go through our version of basic training for a week, which is strict, but also a blast for everybody. You even get a chance to fly a Cessna plane."
Cleland's parents were present to support their son as he received the award.
"We're extremely proud," said Cleland's mother, Vicky. "From the very first night we came here to sign up, Colin's immediate goal was that he was going for the Billy Mitchell award, and he did. He sets his goal and he goes for it. That's why we're very proud of him."
"I think it's a great program because it allows all these kids from different schools to come together to associate with one another – so it broadens their horizons tremendously," added Cleland's father, Douglas.
The following cadets, who are from Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties, received promotions: Bethany Bartlett, cadet airman first class; Colin Cleland, cadet 2nd Lt.; Alex Disbro, cadet senior airman; Tyler Felt, cadet senior master sergeant; Seth Gibson, cadet airman first class; Clay Hanson, cadet chief master sergeant; Logan Hickman, cadet airman first class; Tristan Kum, cadet airman first class; Ann-Marie Mercer, cadet senior airman; Brandon Powell, cadet chief master sergeant; Andrew Rodriguez, cadet airman first class; Hosanna Snell, cadet technical sergeant; and Dalton Trask, cadet senior airman.
Each cadet received their ranks and a certificate as well as a dogtag engraved with the following, "Integrity, service and excellence in all that we do."
In addition to her promotion, Snell was recognized for receiving Honor Cadet at the New York Wing encampment. She was also named Airman of the Year at the program's annual banquet in October.
The Civil Air Patrol also recognized a new addition to the program, Cooper Stuart, of Falconer.
The Civil Air Patrol meets every Thursday from 6-9 p.m. at the Chautauqua County Airport. For more information visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com.


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Sorry about no post yesterday. If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know that I was swamped yesterday. I had an amazing opportunity to work with Celebrity Makeup Artist AJ Crimson to prep clients for the Soul Train Awards, eek! I'll make sure and do a complete post on my experience later. Needless to say, it was an extremely busy day and I didn't get a chance to get a post up - no worries, because I'm back with another tutorial! One day I happened to come upon an old blog post while searching for a post for one of my readers. I saw the look and thought, hmmm I liked that one! I decided to do a tutorial for it :)
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I love this! Purple is my favorite. :)
- November 11, 2010 at 11:56 AM
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My eyes are green so this post was helpful!
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I LOVE "Beautiful Iris"! Thanks for teaching me how to incorporate more color w/ it =)
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love this! =)
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This is gorgeous! It's fun yet sophisticated. I think I'm going to try it tonight.
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jason Dufner wants American players to have more input in choosing the Ryder Cup captain.
Paul McGinley was chosen this week as Europe's Ryder Cup captain for the 2014 tournament after vocal support from players, including top-ranked Rory McIlroy. Dufner said he thinks the American golfers should have a say as well.
The PGA of America chooses the Ryder Cup captain. While Dufner said he supported the choice of Tom Watson for 2014, he said many players would like to be more involved in the process since they are "familiar with a lot of the guys that could be up for a nomination."
The 11th-ranked Dufner, playing in this week's Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, said Europe is "going to come together" because of the role players had in choosing McGinley.
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What they loved: I didn't really have a theme in mind for my wedding before I found my dress. When I put it on I realized the words that came to mind were everything I wanted my wedding to capture. It was beautiful, classically elegant, soft and romantic. I loved how the dress caught the light and how it moved. It photographed beautifully! I was really caught between a gown that was form fitting and one with a princess feel. This dress gave me both! It captured everything I was looking for in my perfect wedding dress.
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In short: A great club race and for a good cause. Nice goody bag!Date of review: September 5, 2014
In short: Great to have it back in the race calendar againIn full: Great marshals and its always nice to have your name called out as you cross the line. I'm sure they will take on board the few tweaks that are needed for next year with regard to signage/marshal placing.Date of review: February 23, 2014
In short: A lovely Sunday morning run though the grounds of Cornbury, although I didn't see any deerDate of review: September 30, 2012
In short: Great organisation and a scenic race too.In full: Despite the great low key feel to it, this race was very well organised and attracts some quality runners as well as plenty in fancy dress too. Even when the village hall's toilets were overwhelmed by the volume of runners using them, the organisers rapidly opened up the toilets in the pub. Fantastic support, not just in the main square that you run through 3 times, but also out on the course Date of review: December 28, 2011
In short: One of my all time favourite races- helped by a PBIn full: Excellent marshals who encouraged us round. Lots of them seemed to be from the local clubs which always helps. Plenty of drinks stations in the right places. Great organisation too, from the race pack to the website to the day itself. The traffic controls are a godsend and made me feel much safer on crossing the roads. Please extend my thanks to the turkeys and geese at Peachcroft farm who cheered us on too (just don't mention Christmas to them!).Date of review: October 16, 2011
In short: Great race for a PB and a full goody bagIn full: Well organised with friendly marshals, good support and one of the best commentators at a race I've heard. The worst bit is the narrow start but at least its chip timed so even that isn't too much of an issue.Date of review: May 11, 2011
In short: Should be fast as its so flat but the hot weather conspired against me this yearDate of review: April 14, 2011
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In short: Very friendly with every runner announced and cheered over the line.In full: Good mix of club and fun runners. Lovely scenery, well oraginised and good marshals. Please sort the weather out for next year!Date of review: October 4, 2010
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Mattal1958 wrote:The one discouraging/sad thing was, where was Julian? Shouldn't Julian have been there? Paul wrote the bloody song "Hey Jude" for the kid!
So there were talks about the whole Grammy thing, being involved or being part of that. It was all a bit mad and trying to get information out of that scenario was like blood from a stone. Who's playing what, everybody was keeping schtum about who's doing this, that, and the other. And I live in Europe anyway, not that I can't get on a plane, but it was like if I'm going to be involved in any way, shape or form then I need to come out there for rehearsals. Like I said, blood from a stone.
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Continuing on the [IBM Storage Launch of February 9], John Sing has offered to write the following guest post about the [announcement] of IBM Scale Out Network Attached Storage [IBM SONAS]. John and I have known each other for a while, traveled the world to work with clients and speak at conferences. He is an Executive IT Consultant on the SONAS team.
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Guest Post written by John Sing, IBM San Jose, California
What is IBM SONAS? It's many things, so let's start with this list:
IBM SONAS makes automated tiered storage achievable and realistic at petabyte levels:
- Integrated global policy engine file placement, physical management, replication, deletion, archival
- Integrated high performance parallel scan engine capable of identifying files at over 10 million files per minute per node
- Integrated parallel data movement engine to physically relocate the data within tiered storage
And we're just scratching the surface. IBM has plans to deploy additional protocols, storage hardware options, and software features.
However, the real question of interest should be, "who really needs that much storage capacity and throughput horsepower?"
The answer may surprise you. IMHO, the answer is: almost any modern enterprise that intends to stay competitive. Hmmm…… Consider this: the reason that IT exists today is no longer to simply save cost (that may have been true 10 years ago). Everyone is reducing cost… but how much competitive advantage is purchased through "let's cut our IT budget by 10% this year"?
Notice that in today's world, there are (many) bright people out there, changing our world every day through New Intelligence Competitive Advantage analytics-based IT applications such as real time GPS traffic data, real time energy monitoring and redirection, real time video feed with analytics, text analytics, entity analytics, real time stream computing, image recognition applications, HDTV video on demand, etc. Think of how GPS industry, cell phone / Twitter / Facebook, iPhone and iPad applications, as examples, are creating whole new industries and markets almost overnight.
Then start asking yourself, "What's behind these Competitive Advantage IT applications – as they are the ones that are driving all my storage growth? Why do they need so much storage? What do those applications mean for my storage requirements?"
( Read more about Analytics, pages 14-48 of [New Intelligence for a Smarter Planet - Driving Business Innovation with IBM Analytic Solutions] )
To be "real-time", long-held IT paradigms are being broken every day. Things like "data proximity": we can no longer can extract terabytes of data from production databases and load them to a data warehouse – where's the "real-time" in that? Instead, today's modern analytics-based applications demand:
- Multiple processes and servers (sometimes numbering in the 100s) simultaneously ….
- Running against hundreds of terabytes of data of live production data, streaming in from expanding number of smarter sensors, input devices, users
- Producing digital image-intensive results that must be programatically sent to an ever increasing number of mobile devices in geographically dispersed storage
- Requiring parallel performance levels, that used to be the domain only of High Performance Computing (HPC)
This is a major paradigm shift in storage – and that is the solution and storage capabilities that IBM SONAS is designed to address. And of course, you should be able to save significant cost through the SONAS global virtual file server consolidation and virtualization as well.
Certainly, this topic warrants more discussion. If you found it interesting, contact me, your local IBM Business Partner or IBM Storage rep to discuss Competitive Advantage IT applications and SONAS further.
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The Wiimote was on show working with the PS3 at this years Binary 2.0 conference. Of course it was being done so with the aid of Linux!
U need attention?? get it somewhere els, u're not welcome here lonely child.. now others can enjoy this news
No one cares about Star Wars episode 1-3, that's a fact. Your avatar should be ashamed of itself lol!
The Ps3 seems to be full of loopholes, it will be damaging in the end.
Tell me where u find all this news '' that no one cares about the ps3 and bla bla bla'' u know how big fan base sony has?? sucka ps2 have a solid 111 million loyal consumers, so lets just say 50% minimum 50% of them is planin 2 have a PS3 that'll be about 56 millions, how do u compare that to 8 million (360 fan base)?? the org. xbox had a fan base of 24 millions. and I don't think 360 is goin any higher than that, so PS3's fan Base is like a reserved fan base overall we are known as the most loyal consumers (havent u read that articale) This is my last massage on this page for now, cus its a waist of my time arguin with kids when I already know that the ps3 is gonna take over and leave the competitors behind, it happens everytime...
yet here he is, posting multiple times on a PS3 article. It's always been that way. Ironically, it's the 360 section that no one seems to care about.


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text: When talking baseball, the discussion often starts and ends with the American League East, winners of nine of the last 18 World Series. Throw in what some call the greatest rivalry in sports, and the AL East is an incredibly dynamic division. On one hand the division is filled with enough talent to fill an All-Star fantasy roster. On the other hand, the fans of the division can be very prideful, to a fault. So if you're in a league with a Red Sox or Yankee fan, know that those players are likely to go way to early. With that in mind, here's the AL East preview. (more…)


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Bell Hospital announces acquisition intent by LifePoint
ISHPEMING – Bell Hospital's board has signed a letter of intent for LifePoint to acquire the Ishpeming hospital.
According to a statement released by the hospital's board of directors this morning, the potential acquisition will provide additional resources for the hospital to strengthen its operations and enhance services. The board engaged an independent adviser in October to help Bell find a strategic partner, Bell board chairman Robert Dellangelo said.
"We considered a variety of companies across the U.S. and ultimately chose LifePoint because it shared our commitment to Ishpeming and the Upper Peninsula," DellAngelo said in the release. "Providing quality health care to patients is the top priority at Bell Hospital. This proposed acquisition will provide the additional financial, operational and clinical support we need to expand and enhance the services we provide, and navigate the changing healthcare environment."
The letter of intent is a nonbinding agreement that authorizes Bell and LifePoint to move forward with the necessary steps to pursue the proposed acquisition. According to the statement, the two parties will enter a due diligence and negotiation process, which is projected to take 60 to 90 days. After this period a definitive agreement will be reached. The proposed transaction will then be subject to review and approval by the attorney general of Michigan.
"LifePoint is excited at the prospect of partnering with the dedicated board, management team, clinical staff and employees at Bell Hospital," LifePoint Chairman and Chief Executive Officer William Carpenter III said. "LifePoint shares Bell Hospital's commitment to providing quality health care services close to home. Working together, we see many opportunities to enhance health care delivery in Ishpeming. We look forward to exploring this proposed partnership with Bell in the weeks to come."
According to Bell, becoming a part of LifePoint will give it support to improve quality care, continue to recruit and retain needed physicians and invest in state-of-the-art equipment and facility upgrades. LifePoint will also become a local taxpayer, providing a new tax revenue to support the local economy, and proceeds from the transaction will retire Bell's financial obligations and fund a small, locally-governed charitable foundation.
"LifePoint has shown a dedication to improving care in our community and being a collaborative partner in our efforts to maintain and enhance health care services locally at Bell Hospital," said Floyd Bounds, Bell Hospital CEO. "Bell Hospital is delighted to engage in the next steps of this potential LifePoint partnership."
LifePoint operates 57 hospital campuses in 20 states. In September, Duke LifePoint Healthcare, the joint venture partnership between LifePoint and Duke University Health System, acquired Marquette General Health System in Marquette. Portage Health of Hancock signed a letter of intent with LifePoint last week.
Adelle Whitefoot can be reached at 906-486-4401.


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by Anton Shilov
Advanced Micro Devices' graphics business unit, previously known as ATI, announced on Thursday that it had shipped 25 million of graphics processing units (GPUs) that support DirectX 11 application programming interface (API). Unfortunately, even advanced product line did not help the company to keep its sales in-line with the previous quarter.
Approximately a year after the introduction of the ATI Radeon HD 5800-series graphics cards, the first to support DirectX 11 API in the industry, AMD said that it had sold 25 million of graphics cards in different price ranges supporting the DX11 technology. Shipments of the Radeon HD 5000 family of GPUs have been limited by undersupplies of TSMC, who has had major issues with its 40nm process technologies. Without constraints of contract maker of semiconductors, shipments of the DirectX 11-supporting products would have been higher.
But even with limitations in terms of shipments, the ATI Radeon HD 5000-series of products allowed the company to regain market share from Nvidia Corp., partly because the latter failed to deliver its code-named Fermi products on time. According to Mercury Research, for the first time in years ATI shipped more discrete graphics products than Nvidia in Q2 2010.
Nonetheless, overall softness of the well-developed consumer markets significantly reduced AMD's graphics revenues in the third quarter. Graphics segment revenue decreased 11% sequentially to $390 million, but increased 33% year-over-year. Operating income was $1 million, compared with $33 million in Q2 2010 and $2 million in Q3 2009. The sequential decrease was driven by decreased mobile GPU unit shipments and decreased average selling price (ASP). The year-over-year increase was driven by an increase in GPU unit shipments and ASP.
AMD on Thursday announced revenue for the third quarter of 2010 of $1.62 billion, a net loss of $118 million, or $0.17 per share, and operating income of $128 million. The company reported non-GAAP net income of $108 million, or $0.15 per share, and non-GAAP operating income of $144 million.


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2005-10-27 / Princeton News
Sign-ups for youth basketball
The Princeton Recreation youth basketball program for boys and girls in grades 3-8 starts January 7 and runs for 10 weeks. Travel teams in the Wachusett League are for 5-6 grade and 7-8 grade levels. Forms are available at the library and the light department. Contact Kevin Heman at (978) 464-0416 for more information. Sign-up deadline for the travel teams is November 9; deadline for the recreation department program is December 1.


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Area Police Reports
Eran J. Sonney, 23, of Girard, Pa., was charged with a broken windshield and speeding. Police on Wednesday observed a vehicle at a high rate of speed and a broken windshield. Upon further investigation, police found marijuana and a marijuana bong in plain view. Multiple bags of marijuana, ecstasy and Psilocybin mushrooms were in possession by the passenger, Phillip D. Trohoske. He was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and seventh-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance. Trohoske was arraigned in Village of Westfield Court and bail was set at $15,000 cash, $30,000 property. Further charges are pending.
LAKEWOOD – Brandon B. Butler, 25, of Cherry Lane, was charged with third-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance and third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance. Police on Wednesday arrested Butler on an active warrant from City of Jamestown Court based on information supplied by the Southern Tier Regional Drug Task Force. It is alleged that over the course of the last three months, Butler had sold quantities of heroin to agents in Jamestown. He was turned over to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office, arraigned in city court and remanded to Chautauqua County Jail without bail pending further court action. Additional charges are pending.
Justin A. Caruso, 26, of Fairdale Avenue, Lakewood, was charged was issuing a bad check. Caruso was issued an appearance ticket after it was reported that he issued a check with insufficient funds to a business in the town of Ellicott. He will appear in court at a later date.


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Egypt has threatened legal action if its current water 'rights' are not upheld.returns to the river to flow on downstream. But they are not prepared to allow countries to take water out of the river for consumptive uses like agriculture. Egypt's biggest concern is Ethiopia, whose Lake Tana is the source of the largest of the river's two main tributaries, the Blue Nile, and whose own 80 million inhabitants have heavy unmet water needs, especially for irrigation.
The Nile River delta is eroding — in some places by 10 meters a year.maintained the fertility of Egyptian fields and prevented the river's delta from being washed away by the waves of the Mediterranean. But now the silt stays behind the dam, gradually accumulating. Egyptian soils are kept fertile with artificial fertilizer (manufactured using energy generated by the dam's turbines), while the delta, which contains two-thirds of Egypt's farmland, is eroding — in some places by tens of meters per year. Once-thriving farming villages like Borg-el Borellos now lie submerged out to sea.
If a proposed canal is built, at least a quarter of the huge Sudd wetland would be lost.Pakistan, known as a Bucketwheel, was dismantled and dragged by truck, train, steamer and camel to southern Sudan, where it began cutting the Jonglei canal. Egypt, the sponsor of the project, said that by reducing evaporation in the Sudd, it would deliver an extra 5 cubic kilometers of water downstream — water that it agreed to share with Sudan.
Lake Nasser, Egypt's water bank, is the biggest source of water loss on the river.wetland, according to a study last year by Erwin Lamberts of the University of Twente in the Netherlands. Some water would continue to flow into the swamps in the wet season, and rains would maintain other areas. But at least a quarter of the Sudd and much of its floodplains would be lost. (The wetland is also threatened by oil prospecting. The French company Total is expected to resume drilling in the Sudd this month.)
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Hey, What is the Difference between puts and print ?
NEVER use puts in a rails app it sends output to the console which is fine in ruby but not on a website. print is fine as far as I know
The difference between puts and print has to do with how ruby formats it.
Puts has a newline (\n) at the end so one puts followed by another puts will but on different lines, print does not have a new line at the end.
There is a difference, it's small but it's there, it's like saying "" and '' have no difference but they have a VERY significant difference especially if your using #{} to print out variales.
Thank you all for your reply:-)
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