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Thank yourselves for voting in a bunch of traitors...think before you vote next time... Or move. I can't be to unhappy though, it means more for me.
Sad Day for New Yorkers!!
Once again the consitution is circumvented and millions of law-abiding citizens will be held accountable for the actions of 2 mad men. We will remember how you voted when it is our turn to vote.
No debate! Wonderful. Law biding citezens rights are now more limited while criminals continue to break laws already on the books. The real problem is that mentally disturbed people and criminals are allowed to roam free and do what they wish, while a citizen has to pay for these people by giving up their rights. Why didn't our law makers keep the criminals in jail and the mentally unstable people in an asylum? We have turned the corner where only the tryrannical government has the guns and the people will be made slaves.
Vote Grisanti and Kennedy out.
I hope the constituents of these two remember how they voted come election day and vote them out!!
All is for the best
the government surely knows what is best for us! When they came for the smokers, I said nothing because I didn't smoke. When they came for my health care, I did nothing because I was healthy and didn't use it. When they provide fewer and fewer civic services, while taking ever more of our pay, we do nothing. While they print more money at an insane rate and fail to pass a singles budget in years, we do nothing. When we instal scanners at every travel hub and allow invasive searches of harmless old ladies, while leaving borders wide open...still we shrug and do nothing. When they come for my guns, I will not do nothing.
At what point will the rest of the people in the state realize it's all about what they (anti-gun politicians) want downstate around NYC areas? Not one of the measures in the new bill would have prevented the recent tragedies that have been so widely publicized by the main stream media! Most of the non-NYC areas state senators were strongly against this bill but they were outnumbered by the NYC area lawmakers who think they get to decide what is best for society. I would strongly support any propsals to split the state off from NYC and surrounding areas! Why should the rest of the state have to continue to endure the burden of paying for NYC and being subject to their controlling dictators who think they know what is best when it comes to our own personal safety! They do not understand the needs of "everyone else" in the state and only care about futhering their own political careers.
this is the last time i vote for any gun grabbers. they do not give a dam about the school children. but i bet the gov of new york feels safer because the guards he has will be exempt from the new rules. give the NRA ideas a try. my mags are mine. time to move to another state.
No longer a tough decison.
There's been a tough decision looming over my family. To stay in NY state or leave. The Governor just made it real clear for us. I want no part of this state any longer with it's outright abandonment of concern for it's law abiding citizens. We jump through more hoops that other states just to pursue our given right and now Cuomo want's to make it even harder. What about enforcing laws on criminals that have been on the books for years instead of enacting new restrictions on those that abide by the laws? Good bye New York!
this will do nothing but restrict the law abiding
What planet are these idiots from? Not one thing they voted on will stop anything. 7 round magazines are not even made for most guns. The only thing in there that makes even the slightest bit of sense is to sentence anyone shooting a fireman at the scene of a fire to life in prison for attacking a first responder. All the rest is do nothing fluff that won't do anything to stop crime. When this does not work what will they go for next? The attack on our Rights since January 1st is increasing at breakneck speed. We have Dictators instead of elected servants. The only interests they serve are their own.
Another Freedom GONE
The American population is slipping into communism, one good idea at a time. Law abiding citizens take the hit again....so Andrew can be considered for president, anyone that aspires to be like Obama has to go....Nothing in this legislation will stop a crazy person from comitting violence.
It's a step in the right direction.
The NRA has become a terrorist organization. Regardless of the poorly-informed commentary here, most Americans oppose classroom massacres.
There may be a bonus here!
Maybe all the rednecks, yahoos, survivalists and militia fetishists will clear out of our great state. Addition by subtraction! You people can move to Glenn Beck Land or the Citadel shangri-la and be with the cult. Don't forget the Kool Aid!
Stop attacking the law abiding citizens
How does this protect our school children from those criminals and mentally insane roaming around with their weapons purchased off the streets. Maybe armed guards should be hired to protect our childen instead of picking on the lawabiding citizens!
How is This Better?
The Govna claims he fast-tracked these new regulations to prevent crimes such as Sandy Hook and Webster. Does someone want to explain how any of these new regulations would have prevented either one of these atrocities? This is nothing more than a political power-grab at the expense of the law-abiding public!
... I've been turned into a criminal. Apparently I'm the proud owner of an 'assault weapon'. One gun, one that never killed a living thing yesterday, may go out all on its own and tear up a city today. This unjust law puts morerestrictions on law abiding citizens and none on the criminals. Criminals who use guns do not use legal guns. DUH! That's why they are criminals!!
Time to move out of New York
This law has nothing to do with saving lives and everything to do with putting Cuomo's face on the national news. This law does nothing except making criminals out of law abding citizens. As a police officer, serving this state for 27 years, I'll be a criminal the day I retire if I try to use the same gun I've carried, for 25 years to protect the people of this state, to protect my family.
Cuomo just ended any chance at a presidential run.
hey time to move out of NY
the real question is if youll use that gun to arrest me for not complying with an unjust law... Will you uphold your oath or bow down for your pension.
Keep and Bare Arms
This sounds like an infringement on my right to keep and bare arms.
a well regulated militia...
It's apparent that Albany has never seen "a well regulated militia". I wish someone would organize a parade to pass in front of the capitol in Albany with law abiding citizens shouldering their weapons. The right to keep and bear arms is intended to keep government in check. It's time to show the "elected elite" in Albany who really wields the power here.
Registered Rrepublican Vote Grisanti Out of OFFICE
I am a registered republican along with all my family members. Everyone in this household has the same view, REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER. Vote Senator Grisanti out of office. We are all law abiding citizens. The only issue in this legislation we agree with is mentally ill individuals should not be able to purchase or have access to any weapons.
Tyrants are running the state. My rights are being infringed upon.
Now the tyrants can know where the guns are so that they can confiscate them when the tyrants deem it necessary. Kinda defeats the main purpose of the second ammenment. The government is not supposed to infringe upon this right. Making formarly legal citizens law breakers overnight sounds like an infringement to me!
I will Revolt
I will not disarm, I will not register, I will use my 10 round mags, and I probably will be arrested and become the poster boy for the 2nd amendment. The war starts there.
Thanks for nothing
to the addition by subtraction comment: and the people that remain will have to pay more for the wonderful NYS government. This is not an emergency for Cuomo to abrogate the rights of citizens. Face it folks, we have a tyrannical government and Andrew Cuomo is taking another step to prevent law abiding people from doing something about it.
Nah I will just leave
Rather than sell my "illegal clips" out of state I will just take my tax dollars out of state. Just moving to another state is an immediate pay raise making my current salary.
Too bad Dylan didn't have a "tyrant" nearby to grab the bushwhacker from the madman. He wouldn't have had to die in a teacher aide's arms. Yes. We, the majority, are sick of this nonsense.
Bare Arms
That says it all!
Thank you Governor Cuomo
It's a positive first step.
Go argue with Benjamin Franklin
In 1759 Ben Franklin said: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety". Speaking of the tragedy at Sandy Hook,a news video show officers finding the assault weapon in the shooter's trunk. Question: if the assault weapon was used but the shooter never returned to his vehicle, then how could it have been used? Folks, we all have a duty to know facts. Read "your" Second Amendment". It belongs to you and is the right of last resort.
Resistance to tyranny
The historical reality of the Second Amendment's protection of the right to keep and bear arms has very little to do with hunting, shooting a deer, or target practice. More importantly, it was mainly meant to protect the rights of the people to shoot tyrants, or to remove a corrupt government or politician when the citizens decide our government no longer represents us. Our forefathers wanted the citizens to be armed with the same or at least similar weapons as the government or police.
All options are on the table?
Can someone please tell me how the leaders in the NY Senate and Assembly are allowed to rush through a bill of this magnitude without allowing public hearings or comment sessions? There also was no committee testimony, and the proper legislative procedure was not followed. The bill was passed by the Senate less than three hours after it was formally introduced and probably not even read. Our constitutional rights have been violated by those who swore to protect and uphold them. I feel they are now guilty of treason and should be removed from office. The citizens of this country should carefully consider all options at this point both within NY State and the nation.
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The identification of activating NOTCH1 mutations in T cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) led to clinical testing of γ-secretase inhibitors (GSIs) that prevent NOTCH1 activation. However, responses to these inhibitors have been transient, suggesting that resistance limits their clinical efficacy. Here we modeled T-ALL resistance, identifying GSI-tolerant 'persister' cells that expand in the absence of NOTCH1 signaling. Rare persisters are already present in naive T-ALL populations, and the reversibility of their phenotype suggests an epigenetic mechanism. Relative to GSI-sensitive cells, persister cells activate distinct signaling and transcriptional programs and exhibit chromatin compaction. A knockdown screen identified chromatin regulators essential for persister viability, including BRD4. BRD4 binds enhancers near critical T-ALL genes, including MYC and BCL2. The BRD4 inhibitor JQ1 downregulates expression of these targets and induces growth arrest and apoptosis in persister cells, at doses well tolerated by GSI-sensitive cells. Consistently, the GSI-JQ1 combination was found to be effective against primary human leukemias in vivo. Our findings establish a role for epigenetic heterogeneity in leukemia resistance that may be addressed by incorporating epigenetic modulators in combination therapy.
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Review: Eric Clapton, at Madison Square Garden, Travels a Familiar Road
In many ways, the show was business as usual for Mr. Clapton, whose mature performance style has always suggested a master clinician more than a showman.
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When we moved into our charming, century-old, Providence home, there were several changes that I wanted to make. I made my list in order of urgency, and right after "change the awful paint colors," came "get rid of the scary brown stair protectors."
When I pulled up the stair protectors, I found, to my horror, that the wood underneath had been damaged, and was no longer aesthetically pleasing. It was obvious that the best, and most cost-effective solution, was to invest in a runner to not only cover the damaged wood, but also to add some interest to the stairwell. I decided on a beautiful, colorful and most important, durable, runner from Dash and Albert (I needed three to cover the length of my stairs).
When installing a runner, it is important to first install a non-slip rug pad underneath, to keep your runner in place. Stairs endure plenty of wear and tear- a rug pad will keep the runner from shifting under the heavy foot traffic.When it comes to advanced carpentry projects (which in my mind, this is!), I often turn to the This Old House website, because I appreciate their expertise, and even the most crafty of us sometimes need a helping hand. For step-by-step instructions on installing a stair runner, visit this link.
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Sport Management
The main objective of this program is to provide the advanced knowledge and skills necessary for successful careers in the business of sports. This master's program is the first of its kind offered in Connecticut and one of only a few such programs offered by schools of business across the nation.
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Make your father's day with the ultimate party in one, the Beertender. Ah, a classy way to have great nights in watching sports together. What more can a father ask for?
Got toddler – will travel. Enjoy some mano y mano time at your favorite show, Thomas the Train and favorite 'ole man. Let daddy relive his childhood alongside his best bud for some choo choo action with a roaring crowd of toddlers doing the wave for Thomas and crew. He may need to hit up the Beertender for a few to get him fired up for this event.
Thomas and Friends Live! On Stage: A Circus Comes To Town – Nassau Coliseum
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Louis L Sorenson wrote:(1).....I would like to see a set of links at the top of each page.including the section range (or start range). That way people do not have to go the the complicated TOC to find the correct section. When we were editing the book on the editing site, there was a link section at the top of each page.
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(3).....I would like to get hyperlinks (anchors) created for each section. Many of the sections currently have their code ID set to name="s016.4". That name needs to be changed to the following correct section id - it should be possible to do this programatically.
(4)....Correct some errors. e.g. The section number 1720.3 is missing.
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MySQL Cluster Powers El Chavo from Playful Play, Latin America's Most Popular Facebook Game
By Mat Keep on Jul 17, 2012
Attracting over 3m subscribers in just 6 months and growing by 30,000 new users per day, Playful Play needed a database that was able to keep pace with the massive scalability and high availability demands of the wildly successful La Vecindad de El Chavo Facebook game.
Playful Play selected MySQL Cluster CGE running on a public cloud to power their gaming platform, providing:
- 45% improvement in performance;
- 99.999% uptime;
- 80% reduction in DBA overhead;
- Local language support, 24x7.
As a result, Playful Play has been able to maintain user growth rates and attract new advertisers to the platform, while enhancing agility and reducing cost.
Company Overview
Based out of Monterrey, Mexico, Playful Play has created Latin America's #1 Facebook game based on "El Chavo del 8", the cultural and TV phenomenon that has been running across Latin America for the past four decades. The show is also extremely popular in Spain and the United States.
El Chavo (The Kid) appeals to a broad demographic, having attracted over 3M subscribers in its first 6 months, and adding 30,000 new users per day. The game has also proved popular with advertisers who are keen to integrate social gaming into their marketing strategies in order to raise awareness and build brand loyalty.
Through partnerships with Televisa Home Entertainment and Grupo Chespirito, Playful Play has aggressive plans to grow their business through the development of new social games targeting Latin America, Brazil, the United States and Spain.
The Challenges of Rapid Growth
As a start-up business, fast time to market at the lowest possible case was the leading development priority after Playful Play secured the rights to develop the El Chavo game.
As a result, Playful Play developed the first release of the game on the proven LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP / Perl / Python) stack.
To meet both the scalability and availability requirements of the game, Playful Play initially deployed MySQL in a replicated, multi-master configuration.
The database is core to the game, responsible for managing:
- User profiles and avatars
- Gaming session data;
- In-app (application) purchases;
- Advertising and digital marketing event data.
As La Vecidad de El Chavo spread virally across Facebook, subscriptions rapidly exceeded one million users, leading Playful Play to consider how to best architect their gaming platforms for long-term growth. They had heard about the release of MySQL Cluster 7.2, and so decided to initiate an evaluation to determine if it could meet their requirements.
The Route to Internet-Scale with MySQL Cluster
In addition to growing user volumes, the El Chavo game also added new features that changed the profile of the database. Operations became more write-intensive, with INSERTs and UPDATEs accounting for up to 70% of the database load.
The game's popularity also attracted advertisers, who demanded strict SLAs for both performance (predictable throughput with low latency) as well as uptime.
Through their evaluation, the developers at Playful Play identified that MySQL Cluster was able to meet their needs.
Write Performance with Real-Time Responsiveness
MySQL Cluster's multi-master architecture, coupled with the ability to auto-shard (partition) tables across nodes, enabled Playful Play to meet the performance and scalability demands of the El Chavo game, without changes to their applications.
The ability to store data in memory and persist to disk delivered the sub-millisecond responsiveness and durability demanded by the game's users.
In addition, Playful Play was able to horizontally scale the database across low-cost commodity nodes running in the cloud, reducing their TCO and enhancing agility.
Continuous Availability
The shared-nothing, distributed design of MySQL Cluster coupled with integrated replication and self-healing recovery ensured high availability of the gaming platform, without DevOps intervention.
MySQL Cluster was able to protect against downtime resulting from both failures and planned upgrades. For example, Playful Play has been able to scale the cluster on-line to support growing user volumes, without service interruption.
Data Integrity Supporting Monetization
As the game evolved to support in-app purchases and digital marketing, the ACID-compliance offered by MySQL Cluster afforded the transactional integrity demanded by users and advertisers.
The Value of MySQL Cluster Consulting, Support and Management Tools
Following their successful evaluation, Playful Play deployed MySQL Cluster with their public cloud provider.
Playful Play wanted to ensure they were getting the most out of the deployment, so Oracle's MySQL consulting team reviewed their Architecture and Design. The consultants were able to further optimize the database to deliver even higher levels of performance, and demonstrated how Playful Play could automatically scale the database using MySQL Cluster Manager.
The MySQL Cluster deployment at Playful Play is growing rapidly, and currently comprised of over 25 nodes running Linux on commodity x86 servers, each configured with 24-cores and 64GB of RAM:
- 12 x MySQL Cluster data nodes;
- 12 x MySQL Server SQL nodes;
- 2 x MySQL Cluster management nodes.
Each data and SQL node is co-located to a single physical instance.
Playful Play Deployment Architecture, built for rapid scale
Using the architecture above, MySQL Cluster is currently supporting:
- 3 million subscribers, with 30,000 new additions per day across Latin America, Europe and U.S;
- 10,000 concurrent users;
- 10,000 Transactions Per Second;
- 99.999% uptime.
"The MySQL support service has been essential in helping us for troubleshooting and giving recommendations for the production cluster, Thanks" Carlos Morales – DBA, Playfulplay.com México
Playful Play has deployed MySQL Cluster Carrier-Grade Edition, providing access to technical and consultative support, in addition to the MySQL Enterprise Monitor and MySQL Cluster Manager tools.
MySQL Enterprise Monitor Enables Continuous Service Availability
MySQL Enterprise Monitor enables Playful Play to proactively monitor the entire cluster from a single GUI. DBAs are automatically notified if any environment variables begin to exceed pre-defined thresholds, and presented with the instructions necessary to take corrective action, before users are impacted.
MySQL Cluster Manager is used to automate cluster configuration changes, eliminating the risk of manual errors and significantly enhancing DevOps productivity.
The subscription has delivered terrific value to Playful Play, enabling them to:
- Improve performance by 45% while reducing CPU utilization by 35%, providing significant headroom for continued growth;
- Reduced DBA overhead by 80%, providing substantial cost savings;
- Access to local language support, 24x7.
The Future with MySQL Cluster
Playful Play has aggressive growth plans, seeking to attract over 50M subscribers within 5 years. El Chavo del 8 is continuing to gain widespread popularity in Latin regions around the world, and will be joined by other social networking games currently in development. The next major target is Brazil, presenting a very attractive, emerging market in social gaming.
MySQL Cluster CGE has been selected as the database platform powering this growth.
Playful Play will be presenting their experiences and best practices with MySQL Cluster at the MySQL Connect conference, September 29th and 30th 2012 in San Francisco.
Further Resources
MySQL Cluster at Playful Play On-Demand Webinar (Spanish)
Guide to Scaling Web Databases with MySQL Cluster


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The Red Sox did what any respectable organization would do Thursday afternoon, sending well-wishes to pitcher Clay Buchholz and asking fans to do the same. Not everyone obliged.
@RedSox No— Sam Fritz (@RedSox730) August 14, 2014
@RedSox Happy Birthday, Clay! I'd give you a birthday hug but don't want you on the DL LOL!— Ryan Simmons (@BSimp603) August 14, 2014
@RedSox: Help us wish happy birthday to Clay Buchholz! #RedSox pic.twitter.com/NPk90LPNBc Naw. His ERA is almost his age— Markus Pringle (@_HeavyP) August 14, 2014
@RedSox Happy Birthday Clay! Can you speed it up between pitches now?— Jeff (@JPhish) August 14, 2014
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Jade vine
Historical information
The jade vine was first seen by westerners in 1854 by botanists who were members of the US Wilkes Exploring Expedition. They were exploring the dipterocarp forest of Mount Makiling on Luzon, the largest and most northern island in the Philippines, when they encountered the vine.
Kew's jade vine
Kew has jade vines in the Princess of Wales Conservatory and in the Asia, Australasia and Pacific section of the Palm House's North Wing.
Each stem can exceed a metre in length and display more than 90 flowers. The plant grows wild in the Philippines, scrambling up other tropical rainforest species to reach the light. It is pollinated naturally by bats, which are attracted by the copious amounts of nectar its flowers produce.
Kew's specimen in the Palm House, where there are no bats so it has to be pollinated by hand, set seed and produced fruits in 1995, for the first time in 32 years. Its elongated fruits can grow to the size of melons. Encouraging the plant to set seed is important as destruction of the rainforests means it is now threatened in its native habitat.
Kew's plant generally flowers every two or three years, an event that delights staff and visitors alike. The vine grows very rapidly, and has to be regularly pruned by Kew staff to stop it smothering the plants around it.


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Type: Bug
Status: Closed
Priority: Major
Resolution: Not a bug
Affects Version/s: 1.9
Fix Version/s: None
Component/s: Questions
Environment:Linux plaza 2.4.33, apache 1.3.37, mysql 5.0.45, php 4.4.7
Affected Branches:MOODLE_19_STABLE
After removing a category, so that all courses where moved to the top category, the quiz/question module was broken for those courses who had changed level from a sub category to the top level.
When trying to add a new question(by clicking on question in the admin block in the course) we get the following message:
"This is an unknown context () in print_context_name!"
and are then being redirected to the frontpage.
Making a backup of the course and restoring it to a new course solves the problem.
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Thanks for the report. I can't immediately think what the problem might be. Jamie, any thoughts?
This problem is also occurring when, from the mod/quiz/index page, I click on the course name and on 'edit questions.' Can't believe moodle is not flooded with this issue!
I suspect that people only very rarely delete course categories, which is why no-one else has reported this. I have some thoughts about what might be going on (the question categories are probably still pointing at the deleted category context). Now I just need to work out how to fix it, and find the time to do so.
I should clarify, Tim. I am building a course from scratch and this error message is appearing when I attempt to edit questions in a quiz. I haven't deleted any categories.
I am having this problem now also. New course, create a new quiz, get that error. Just updated to MOODLE_19_WEEKLY today from 1.9+
It would be helpful if you could run some consistency checks on your database, they re documented here http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:Question_bank_consistency_check, and the relevant ones are "Question categories should all belong to a valid context" and "Question categories should belong to the same context as their parent".
Also, it would be useful to find out exactly where that error message is being triggered. If you could go to Admin -> Server -> Debugging, and set Debug messages to DEVELOPER, and turn on Display debug messages. Then along with the error message, you should get a stack trace. It would be helpful if you could copy and paste that here.
Well, I am definitely not seeing this. I have just checked. I updated to the latest 1.9 version, created a new course, added a new quiz, the tried adding a new question to the quiz, and it all worked.
So, why is it not working for some people?
The docs link was to an empty page. But, here is the debug info from my site:
Incorrect context specified
- line 350 of lib/accesslib.php: call to debugging()
- line 746 of question/editlib.php: call to has_capability()
- line 783 of question/editlib.php: call to question_edit_contexts->having_cap()
- line 794 of question/editlib.php: call to question_edit_contexts->have_cap()
- line 808 of question/editlib.php: call to question_edit_contexts->have_one_cap()
- line 837 of question/editlib.php: call to question_edit_contexts->have_one_edit_tab_cap()
- line 618 of question/editlib.php: call to question_edit_contexts->require_one_edit_tab_cap()
- line 88 of mod/quiz/edit.php: call to question_edit_setup()
This is an unknown context () in print_context_name!
Stack trace:
- line 1651 of lib/deprecatedlib.php: call to debugging()
- line 3366 of lib/accesslib.php: call to error()
- line 1892 of lib/questionlib.php: call to print_context_name()
- line 667 of question/editlib.php: call to question_make_default_categories()
- line 88 of mod/quiz/edit.php: call to question_edit_setup()
The problem with the link is that JIRA includes the following comma in the link. Must be a minor bug in JIRA's autolinking.
Anyway, something seems to be wrong with the contexts. Can you look in the mdl_context table, and see whether all the rows have path and depth set properly. Path should look like /1/..., and depth should be a number greater than or equal to 1. Also, every number mentioned in a path should be a valid contextid.
I ran the two queries from above. The ...valid context one returned 9 results. The other returned no results.
I also looked at the table as you suggested and it looked ok, but I am unsure how to easily check id every number in the path is valid... Can you advise?
If you look at the link to the quiz in the course, it will have a URL of the form .../mod/quiz/view.php?id=12345
If you then do
SELECT * FROM mdl_context WHERE contextlevel = 70 and instanceid = 12345
where 12345 is the id from the URL, then that will give you the context of the quiz that is giving problems. Can you just check the few other contexts in its path by hand?
Did as you asked and it returned: /1/437/538/60/708
Contextid 437 does not exist in the database...
Right, so that will be the root of the problem. And actually that means it is a roles system problem. It would be good if Tormod and Madeleine are able to determine whether their problem comes from the same underlying cause.
There is a way to sort out all the context paths if they get screwed up. You write a script that says
require_capability('moodle/site:doanything', get_context_instance(CONTEXT_SYSTEM));
build_context_path(true, true);
echo 'Done';
call it something like fixpaths.php
then go to http://example.com/moodle/fixpaths.php to execute it.
I don't have the tech skills to do the diagnostics but I tried the 'fixpaths' . This resolved to the login page,. I get the same error whether I click on 'questions' or 'edit questions' in quizzes.
Do you have access to any technical support that could perform these checks for you? It is hard for me to do anything about this bug without more information.
Ah, Tim, no. I'm stuck with no money. In fact I looked in detail at three or four other open source learning systems today but they had equivalent levels of major problems as Moodle. So I have reluctantly decided to abandon my project (online education for people with bipolar disorder, their partners and their doctors) because I can't find a system I can operate.
Good luck with this good work and thanks for the assistance.
"I don't have the tech skills to do the diagnostics but I tried the 'fixpaths' . This resolved to the login page,. I get the same error whether I click on 'questions' or 'edit questions' in quizzes.
Hi Madeleine,
I think that the script above has not executed properly because you operated it without logging in.
Would send you to the login page.
So login and try the script again.
Hope you have not given up already.
We too are experiencing a similar bug where we can't create new questions without going back to the course page and then back into quix or question bank. Also we can't create any new questions in a new category we create and have to move them after into the category instead. This is very time consuming so we are not able do training on quizzes at the moment. we move from 1.8 to 1.9.2 and are on a windows server using my sql.
Scott, have you checked your mysql database for corruption? http://docs.moodle.org/en/Administration_FAQ#How_do_I_repair_a_corrupted_Moodle_database.3F.
Also, have you checked your upgrade logs to make sure there were no errors during the upgrade? (They are in $CFG->dataroot/upgradelogs.
From what is said here, and from other instances that have come up in the quiz forum, it seems that this is always an issue with corrupted context paths. It is just that the quiz UI is one of the few places that triggers an error message as the result of broken context paths. The solution is to make a scrip that call the build_context_paths function to force a rebuild of all context paths.
So, not actually a quiz bug.
Hey Tim
I have Moodle 1.9.9 and suddenly
I have the same problem - after I changed some categories and moved some courses to different categories - the quizzes started to behave strange they corrupt when clicking "edit" tab and when clicking on course "questions" - I had this error too..
I tried your fixpaths.php and it fixed everything.
But I don't get it how come it is not a bug?
Is that going to happen me again ? if I'm going to changes course categories again?
After doing this
I'm getting errors in the participants page of a course:
Notice: Undefined index: in /var/www/html/moodle/lib/datalib.php on line 1008 Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/html/moodle/lib/datalib.php on line 1008 Notice: Undefined index: 136 in /var/www/html/moodle/lib/datalib.php on line 1024 Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/html/moodle/lib/datalib.php on line 1024
Incorrect context specified
line 376 of lib/accesslib.php: call to debugging()
line 1025 of lib/datalib.php: call to has_capability()
line 200 of user/index.php: call to get_my_courses()
Notice: Undefined index: 143 in /var/www/html/moodle/lib/datalib.php on line 1024 Notice: Trying to get property of non-object in /var/www/html/moodle/lib/datalib.php on line 1024
Incorrect context specified
line 376 of lib/accesslib.php: call to debugging()
line 1025 of lib/datalib.php: call to has_capability()
line 200 of user/index.php: call to get_my_courses
why? and how can I fix it?
Thank you


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By PAUL L. YOUNGSt. George
Rumor was going around immediately after Jon Huntsman Jr. lifted his hand from the Bible swearing him in as Governor of Utah, that he was going to fire Roger Ball, director of the state committee of consumer services. Mr. Ball has always had the attitude that any time public service utilities that serve the residents of Utah give their top management enormous, gigantic bonuses at the years end, they should show a little bit of common decency and not come right back in after the first of the year asking for another rate increase. This seems to be the common pattern of these utilities, Questar and PacifiCorp.
Case in point, my monthly Questar gas bill for the year 2003 was $47; for 2004, the monthly bill was $67; and the monthly bill for 2005 was $78. For the past three years Questar has taken from me my annual cost of living increase from Social Security. The same goes for all Questar customers who are drawing Social Security, and using Questar's product to heat the house or just the water heater. The $5.50 they plan to return to me is a far cry from the $78 they intend to take from me.
In one of the state's daily newspapers on Jan. 7 in the business section, the writer Dave Anderton writes, "The preconceived fees will amount to about $7 per year per customer." I am filing this article for when the truth is finally revealed, in all probability, my Questar monthly bill will be increased by $7 per month.
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Callahan Injured In Rangers 4-1 Loss To Predators
Jim Cerny
The Rangers lost another game on home ice Tuesday night, and perhaps more importantly they lost another key player to injury. In the midst of dropping a 4-1 decision to the Nashville Predators the Rangers lost the services of team captain Ryan Callahan who suffered a sprained knee in the first period and will miss the next four-to-six weeks of action.
After a dismal weekend in which they lost 4-3 to the Devils in overtime and 4-1 to the Capitals, while also seeing alternate captain Marc Staal felled by a concussion, the Rangers lost for the seventh time in their last eight home games (1-6-1) Tuesday to fall to 5-8-1 at The Garden this season.
Considering their tough weekend and closed door meeting Sunday night, it would be hard to imagine a worse first period for the Rangers then the one they had Tuesday. Despite outshooting Nashville 10-6, the Rangers exited the ice after twenty minutes staring at a 2-0 deficit. If that wasn't bad enough they lost their captain to injury midway through the period.
Callahan, who played with extra jump right from the first drop of the puck Tuesday, looked to continue his physical play by throwing a check along the boards against Nashville defenseman Victor Bartley at the nine-minute mark of the opening period. Callahan succeeded in delivering the check, but his leg got pinned awkwardly between Bartley and the boards, and he ended up limping towards the bench. From there Callahan exited to the dressing room with trainer Jim Ramsay, anf the team announced during the first intermission that Callahan had suffered a sprained knee and would not return the rest of the game.
Being sidelined another four-to-six weeks has to be extremely frustrating for Callahan. He missed all of the pre-season and the season-opener while recovering from off-season shoulder surgery before a broken thumb suffered October 16th against the Capitals shut him down again. Callahan returned on November 4th, and now a month later he is injured again.
Callahan's injury leaves the Rangers without two of the three players who wear letters on their sweater, and two of the team's most important players. Staal suffered a concussion Saturday night against the Devils and is sidelined indefinitely.
The Rangers nearly lost another key player to injury when Ryan McDonagh took a hard, awkward spill into the boards moments before Nashville's game-opening goal at 13:45 of the first period. McDonagh rose gingerly to get back into the play and blocked a shot before Nashville's Nick Spaling scored his fifth goal to put the Predators up 1-0.
Fortunately for the Rangers McDonagh did not miss any shifts, though unfortunately for the home team they fell into a 2-0 hole late in that opening period of play. Rich Clune scored his first goal of the season, finishing with a neat backhand past Henrik Lundqvist after the backchecking Dominic Moore was unable to get his stick on a Matt Hendricks' pass that set up the score at 17:52.
The Blueshirts came out and played a much better second period, and despite being outshot 12-6, they scored the only goal of the period to pull within 2-1 of Nashville. Less than a minute after killing off a Predators power play, the Rangers broke through against Nashville's rookie goaltender Carter Hutton.
Derick Brassard entered the offenisve zone and made a pass to Brad Richards on left wing. Richards did not heistate putting a pass right on the tape of Rick Nash as the Rangers star forward cut to the net from right wing. Nash showed excellent body control and pulled Hutton out of position before slipping his sixth goal of the season into the cage at 6:38, cutting the Rangers deficit in half.
Nashvile was able to reclaim their two-goal advantage, however, just 2:35 into the third period. After Dan Girardi and Mats Zuccarello collided in front of their own net, a loose puck found it's way to the Predators' Hendricks who deposited it past Lundqvist for his second goal of the season, staking Nashville to a 3-1 lead.
Paul Gaustad, who earlier had assisted on two goals, scored one of his own, into the empty net, at 18:54 to close out the scoring.
The Rangers look to snap their three-game slide Thursday night when Brandon Dubinsky and Artem Anisimov lead the Columbus Blue Jackets into The Garden.


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Wilkommen, bienvenue, welcome to the 1970s musical quiz in which we'll test your knowledge of stage and screen sing-alongs. From cartoons to (you guessed it!) "Cabaret," we guarantee you'll end this with a song stuck in your head.
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Question 1 of 30
What 1970 musical took its title from a matter of fact statement?
"I Love My Wife"
It's called "I Love My Wife." They must've binned the title "I Forgot to Take Out the Recycling This Week, but It's Not Like a Big Thing or Whatever."
"I Hate My Job"
"I Feel Sad"
Question 2 of 30
What was "I Love My Wife" about?
a terrible divorce
swapping spouses
How '70s can you get? It's a musical about swingers.
an arranged marriage
Question 3 of 30
Who directed the 1972 film version of "Cabaret"?
Joel Grey
Bob Fosse
Fosse directed and choreographed the original Broadway show as well.
Rob Reiner
Question 4 of 30
Where is "Cabaret" set?
It's set in 1930s Berlin.
Question 5 of 30
Who played Don Quixote in the 1972 film "Man of La Mancha"?
Ben Kingsley
Peter O'Toole
O'Toole dreamed the impossible dream.
Omar Sharif
Question 6 of 30
What still-popular throwback musical premiered in 1971?
"Bye Bye Birdie"
The Broadway production "Grease" premiered in the early 1970s.
Question 7 of 30
Who was NOT involved in the original Broadway run of "Grease"?
Marilu Henner
Stockard Channing
While Channing has earned her Broadway chops, she wasn't associated with the original production.
John Travolta
Question 8 of 30
When did the film version of "Grease" debut?
Sandy and Danny first danced their way through the film in '78.
Question 9 of 30
What 1976 musical film is actually a remake of films made in 1937 and 1954?
"The Singing Nun"
"A Star Is Born"
The Streisand feature was preceded by two other "A Star Is Born" films.
Question 10 of 30
"Jesus Christ Superstar" debuted on Broadway in 1970. Who wrote the music for it?
Elton John
Claude-Michel Schonberg
Andrew Lloyd Webber
It's got Webber's prints all over it.
Question 11 of 30
What event is "Jesus Christ Superstar" centered around?
Jesus' last week
It's about Jesus' last week, not about Jesus fronting a rock band.
Jesus healing the sick
Jesus becoming friends with Mary Magdalene
Question 12 of 30
What was the (English) name of a French musical film that came out in 1970?
"Electric Monkey"
"Donkey Skin"
"Peau d'Ane" was a retelling of a fairy tale.
"Tiger Tears"
Question 13 of 30
The film version of "Hair" came out in 1979. What acclaimed director helmed the film?
Milos Forman
Forman went on to direct "Amadeus," another (kind of?) musical film.
George Lucas
Roman Polanski
Question 14 of 30
The 1977 film adaptation of "A Little Night Music" featured the music and lyrics of what famous composer?
George Gershwin
Richard Rodgers
Stephen Sondheim
It features the music of Stephen Sondheim, including the famous "Send in the Clowns."
Question 15 of 30
What glamorous star got to sing "Send in the Clowns" in the film?
Katharine Hepburn
Elizabeth Taylor
Taylor sung "Send in the Clowns." The film got mixed reviews in general.
Lauren Bacall
Question 16 of 30
What retelling of a classic story made its film debut in 1978?
"The Wiz"
The Sidney Lumet-directed film, "The Wiz," became a cult hit.
"Once Upon a Mattress"
"Beauty and the Beast"
Question 17 of 30
When did "The Wiz" first come to Broadway?
The original Broadway production, which premiered in 1974, was much more critically acclaimed than the film version.
Question 18 of 30
What friendly children's figure had his feature him debut in 1977?
Winnie the Pooh
"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" came out in 1977, including the classic "Winnie the Pooh" theme.
Donald Duck
Question 19 of 30
Pooh isn't the only animal who made it onto the big screen in a splashy musical in the '70s. Who had their first feature film in 1979?
Lady and the Tramp
101 Dalmatians
The Muppets
Kermit, Miss Piggy and the gang starred in 1979's "The Muppet Movie."
Question 20 of 30
Let's move to Broadway. What '70s smash musical was adapted from a 1926 play based on real people and events?
The satirical "Chicago" was based on a play written by a reporter.
"Meet Me in St. Louis"
Question 21 of 30
What actor, who later established himself on a long-running television series, was nominated for a Tony for his "Chicago" performance?
Ron Howard
Jerry Orbach
Jerry Orbach was the original Billy Flynn.
Patrick Stewart
Question 22 of 30
What other huge musical made its Broadway debut in 1975?
"A Chorus Line"
"A Chorus Line" won nine Tonys.
Question 23 of 30
What other big prize did "A Chorus Line" receive in 1976?
the Peabody Award
the Pulitzer Prize
It won the Pulitzer for drama that year.
the Oscar
Question 24 of 30
What kid-friendly musical opened on Broadway in 1977?
"The Little Mermaid"
We all learned that it was a hard-knock life in 1977.
Question 25 of 30
"Ain't Misbehavin'" opened on Broadway in 1978. Who wrote the song the musical revue is named for?
Louis Armstrong
Fats Waller
Waller wrote "Ain't Misbehavin'." The show started as a cabaret before moving to Broadway.
Jelly Roll Morton
Question 26 of 30
Fill in the blank: The 1978 Broadway musical that earned six Tony nominations was "The Best Little ____ in Texas"?
It was about a brothel.
Corner Store
Place of Worship
Question 27 of 30
Who was the subject of the 1979 Tony Award for best musical?
the Three Musketeers
Eva Peron
"Evita," based on actress and politician Eva Peron's life, first opened on the West End but came to Broadway a year later.
Question 28 of 30
Bob Fosse was busy in the '70s. What other Broadway hit did he direct and choreograph in 1972?
"Damn Yankees"
"Mary Poppins"
Fosse received Tonys for his direction and choreography in "Pippin."
Question 29 of 30
What '70s musical involves the character of Jesus introducing intermission?
"Godspell," naturally.
"Jesus Christ Superstar"
"Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"
Question 30 of 30
Who played the desperate baker Mrs. Lovett in the original Broadway cast of "Sweeney Todd" in 1979?
Judi Dench
Angela Lansbury
Lansbury played Mrs. Lovett. The demon barber of Seville was a Stephen Sondheim hit.
Emma Thompson


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Welcome to my breakfast cereal reawakening.
For years, before I discovered an easy formula for fruit smoothies, I sat down every morning to a bowl of cereal. I went through a ton of the stuff. While perusing the newspaper on a Sunday, I could single-handedly polish off half a box of Raisin Bran, pouring in a few more flakes to soak up the milk at the bottom of the bowl, then a little more milk to wet the extra cereal, and so on, until I'd downed a 1200 calorie breakfast.
Growing up, I loved Kix, Cheerios, and Rice Crispies. Raisin Nut Bran, sold in small, expensive boxes, was a luxury reserved for grown-ups, or special occasions like birthdays and chicken pox. Waffles, omelettes, bagels? Who needs 'em. The dinner menu at my fourteenth birthday party was Cocoa Puffs and chocolate cake.
Returning to veganism after several years eating dairy, I remembered how much I hate the taste of soy milk. It's fine for baking and in boldly-spiced chai, but I can't stand soy's beany flavor all over my corn flakes. Original Rice Dream (never vanilla) is the only non-dairy milk understated enough to serve its purpose in a cereal bowl without hijacking the flavor. Forgetting to put a carton in the fridge, I'd often skip breakfast rather than eat cereal with warm milk. When my mornings got busy, I switched to smoothies, which were portable and better for me anyway.
I hadn't bought cereal in over a year, but during a recent spell of stomach flu, Raisin Bran was the only thing that sounded edible. Reading the box, I was disappointed to learn that my old favorite was full of junk. The first three ingredients may be whole wheat, raisins, and wheat bran, but the fourth and fifth are sugar and high fructose corn syrup. Instead, I bought a pricey box of organic cereal, sweetened with brown sugar, and some granola to go on top. The first bowl really hit the spot, and now I'm eating cereal for breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
Those slim boxes of natural cereal do not last long; if I continue to be a sweetener snob, this is going to get expensive. In the spirit of frugality and independence, I decided to make my own müesli. (The umlaut is not strictly necessary, but müesli is Swiss, so we'll use their spelling. Any excuse for an umlaut, really.)
The primary difference between müesli and granola seems to be the size of the chunks: in granola, the oats and things are stuck together in clusters, but in müesli each oat stands alone. Müesli is easily prepared raw, with uncooked oats and fresh fruit. So that they wouldn't turn to mush in milk, I decided to toast my oats and give them a thin coating of maple and brown rice syrup.
This crunchy cereal highlights the subtle flavors of raw nuts and seeds. It's easily adapted to your tastes, so browse the bulk section of your natural foods store for ingredients. I recommend toasting wheat germ and coconut along with the oats, as they give the cereal a light, earthy sweetness.
A few nights ago, I was puttering around the kitchen and had just popped a tray of oats in the oven when my husband called, asking if I wanted to join him and a few coworkers for happy hour. "I can't leave now," I said. "I'm toasting müesli." At that moment, in my Common Ground Country Fair tee-shirt, cotton rag socks, and crocs, I became the world's most stereotypically crunchy vegan.
"Wait, that sounded silly," I revised. "Let me change into my hemp sneakers and I'll be right over."
So here's a recipe for hippies, vegans, birds, the Swiss, and anybody else who loves healthy homemade breakfast cereal.
Mary's Toasted Müesli3 cups rolled oats
1/4 cup toasted wheat germ
1 cup finely shredded coconut
1/4 cup maple syrup
1/4 cup brown rice syrup
3 cups seeds, nuts, and dried fruit of you choice. I used:
1/2 cup large coconut flakes
1/2 cup pepitas
1/2 cup slivered almonds
1/2 cup sunflower seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup dried cranberries
Preheat the oven to 300F.
Combine the oats, wheat germ, and finely shredded coconut in a large bowl.
In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, whisk together the maple syrup and brown rice syrup until consistency is uniform, 2-3 minutes. Pour the syrup into the oat mixture and stir to coat.
Spread the oat mixture onto a baking sheet (clean-up is easier if you line the baking sheet with parchment paper), and place in the center of the oven. Toast for 40 minutes, until golden brown, stopping to stir the oats halfway through. This will fill your kitchen with a wonderful grandmotherly aroma.
Allow the toasted oats to cool for about an hour, then toss in a large bowl with the remaining ingredients.Store in an airtight container. Makes 7-8 cups.


text: Cocina, the award winning restaurant at the 4 star Casa Hotel, has continued its commitment to providing a truly 'Farm to Fork' dining experience with the launch of its new Spring menu. Incorporating the latest seasonal produce from Walton Lodge Farm in Chesterfield, the new menu includes dishes such as 'A Taste of Walton Lodge Pork', comprised of pig cheek, fillet, crispy ear and belly, served with creamed potato and braised red cabbage. Casa is independently owned by entrepreneur, Steve Perez and Walton Lodge Farm, which is just four miles from the hotel, provides the majority of produce for the hotel, including beef, lamb, pork and eggs. Casa uses up to 1000 free range eggs a week and the bacon and sausages served in the hotel are made to their own recipe, using the produce from Walton. Walton Lodge Farm is under an organic conservation program and produces the vegetables used to create award-winning dishes at Casa, including parsnips, leeks, celery, onions, cucumber, courgettes, sprouts, cabbage and lettuce. The farm also produces all of the herbs for the hotel, including purple basil, mint, chives, rosemary and thyme, while Steve Perez hand picks the strawberries for the hotel in the summer. Steve lives at Walton Lodge Farm and established it with Farm Manager, John Brailsford before the hotel opened in November 2010. It was a natural progression for the farm to supply Casa with high quality, better tasting produce. Andy Wilson, the head chef at Casa commented: "We are really proud of Walton Lodge and how it supplies our restaurants, so we shout about it quite a lot. We have received great feedback about the food and it often gets a positive mention on Trip Advisor. I think the main pull for the customers is that they know where the produce comes from, and are confident that what they choose to eat is guaranteed to be of the highest quality. We are also the only hotel and restaurant to do this in the area, so it makes us quite unique." – Ends – For further information on Casa Hotels call 01246 275302 or visit www.casahotels.co.uk For further media information please contact Victoria Civil, PR & Marketing Coordinator on 01246 245 986 or email firstname.lastname@example.com Notes to Editor: Casa Hotel Conveniently located just off Junction 29 of the M1, Casa's flexible facilities and approach to events allows it to cater to the specific needs of organisations looking to hold conferences or corporate events, as well as to those of people looking for a unique venue for a wedding or party. Casa has 11 purpose-built conference rooms capable of seating from 2 people up to 280 people, with all meeting rooms including air conditioning, adjustable lighting (colour co-ordination available in the Barcelona suite), natural daylight, free high speed wireless broadband, conference telephone and breakout areas. Facilities at Casa include: • AA 4* Hotel with 100 luxury bedrooms (including 6 suites, two with balcony hot tubs) • 11 Meeting rooms to cater up to 280 delegates • Banqueting suite for approx 200 seated guests • Gym • 100 cover AA rosette Cocina Restaurant • Selection of bars • Civil ceremony licence • 200 free car parking spaces • Complimentary high speed wireless broadband access throughout the hotel 96 deluxe bedrooms at Casa and each one features: • Air conditioning • Super King size beds • Rainshowers • 32″ Flatscreen televisions • Wi Fi • Floor to ceiling windows • Laptop safes • Mini fridge stocked with fresh milk and water There are six suites at Casa and in addition to the features in the Deluxe Bedrooms they offer: • Dining area / Lounge area • Dressing area • Separate shower cubicle • Double sinks • Jacuzzi bath (with Television) • Super King beds • Balconies (2 with hot tubs)


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Eating in a healthy manner isn't hard at all. To help prevent heart disease, stroke, and perhaps other diseases, you should eat mainly:
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Following a healthy eating plan doesn't mean that you can't indulge every now and then. If what you eat is generally low in fat (especially saturated and trans fat) and sugars and you are getting enough vitamins and minerals, you may indulge in a rich dessert or serving of fried food every once in a while. If, on the other hand, you eat a lot of high-calorie foods, you are likely to get all the calories you need quickly without getting enough vital nutrients.
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National Gallery of Australia drops entry fees for under 16s
14 October 2003
The National Gallery of Australia today announced that it will remove entry fees to paid major temporary exhibitions for visitors under the age of 16 years.
Previously visitors under the age of 16 were required to pay the concessional entry fee for such exhibitions.
This latest move follows the October 1998 introduction of a policy of free entry to the Gallery's permanent collections.
Announcing the decision, National Gallery Director Dr Brian Kennedy said it was aimed at increasing access to visual arts for the young.
'Removing entry fees is the best way of ensuring that price is not a barrier to developing an appreciation of the visual arts', he said.
'You cannot underestimate the importance of giving young visitors access, in their formative years, to fine works of art. The abolition of entry fees for under 16s will help to make it possible for all young visitors to engage with, understand and enjoy their National Collection', Kennedy said.
The Chairman of the Council of the National Gallery of Australia, Mr Harold Mitchell, is equally enthusiastic about the initiative.
'We're delighted to encourage all young people to make visiting the National Gallery of Australia part of their lives', he said. 'The National Gallery, on its 21st anniversary, wishes to pay tribute to young people who, in time to come, will we trust be generous benefactors of the visual arts through the National Collection.'
The changes will come into effect beginning with French Paintings from the Musée Fabre, Montpellier which opens to the public on Friday 7 November 2003.
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The 911 system in Emery County is getting better. With the introduction of the enhanced 911 the phone system will become computerized. The Emery County Sheriff's Office dispatch employees recently underwent extensive training on the new system with Qwest personnel Val Read and Paul Stromberg. The new system is CTI, computer telephone integration.
The new system is completely computer operated. As a phone call comes in it is recorded and saved in the computers data base. The dispatcher will have the capacity to play the call back to the responding deputy so they know exactly the nature of the call before they arrive on the scene. This capability will enable the deputies to be more effective in their response.
Each 911 call that comes into the dispatch must be checked out, even if it is children playing on the phone. The 911 system gets a number of these nonemergency 911 calls. The deputy has to locate each residence where a 911 call has taken place and ensure that everything is OK at that residence. The new system can automatically call back on a 911 call and the dispatch can receive voice verification that everything is alright at that residence, but a deputy will also visit the home. Three way calling is also possible with the new system.
All of the responding organizations can be arranged on a speed dial system and the dispatcher can select which responding parties need to be alerted and they will automatically be dialed. The address of a 911 call will also come up on the computer screen and the dispatcher will be able to automatically give the address to the ambulance and responding deputies. The address will also be shown on a GPS map which will give exact directions to the home where the emergency is located and the course will be plotted for the ambulance driver.
Emery County recently finished readdressing for the entire county so this capability could be added to the 911 system.
Each call will also have a history tab where information can be added about that caller. Information might include health history or drug or criminal problems at the residence; domestic violence calls and other pertinent information that might be useful in a future emergency call from that residence.
The new system is also setup to receive and understand calls from deaf users.
The addressing data base will be kept by Intrado. They are located in Colorado and they are a nationwide addressing data base company. Any corrections to addresses will be supplied by Emery Telcom to Intrado. Any mapping changes will be completed by Sgt. Bliss Mead who is the dispatch supervisor for the sheriff's office. With the new 911 system the Intrado data base must be used.
With the new system the location of 911 calls coming into dispatch can be located on the map. The location of the caller can be pinpointed so assistance can be sent directly to that location. Also the Emery County dispatch center receives calls from stranded motorists and other emergency calls from out of the area. These emergency calls will now be transferred immediately to the closest dispatch center to that caller without losing the connection. The dispatch will not have to give numbers to the caller or call the closest dispatch center to that caller. The calls can be transferred automatically which lessens the chances for dropped calls and lost contact with the people in an emergency.
The cell phone companies are working to be able to forward their call information to the address data base where that information can be retrieved by the 911 system for the mapping purposes. The phones will give GPS coordinates which can be plotted on the map to locate the caller. This process is called Phase II and Verizon, Nextel and Alltel as well as Sprint are working towards this capability. The FCC is also giving grants to help the cell phone companies come into compliance.
There will be two of the new work centers in the dispatch and one in the Emergency Operations Center at the sheriff's office. The new system will have a 30 minute recall where the 911 calls can be replayed immediately. All 911 calls are recorded and stored in a permanent record on the hard drive.
Sgt. Mead said, "We are still working the bugs out of the system, but when everything is up and running it will be a real asset to the county. We have two dispatchers on day shift on Monday through Friday and one on dispatch on night shift. Our dispatchers work three 12 hour shifts and then are off for three days. All of our jailers have previous dispatch experience and can move into dispatch to help at any time. Our current dispatchers are, Maureen Copatch, Devin Seely, Jennifer Jensen-training, John Burdick, AJ O'Neil and myself."
Sheriff Guymon said, "We are really pleased to be able to offer the residents of Emery County this new 911 system. It will further our attempt to respond quickly to an emergency situation. The mapping will be a real asset in locating people in need. The money for the new system has come from a series of grants we were able to apply for and secure. It is our goal to continue to supply our county residents with the updated and modern technology to keep them safe and to serve their needs."


text: Pein,the bluehair girl and Tobi have been seen in some kind of weird big city. It seems to be more technologically advanced than any other setting in the Naruto world and has various tubes winding around the buildings. Is it some kind of hidden village, a stronghold for Akatsuki etc.


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POW, I like your post. One think I really can't aggree on though:
The Oro's scroll being a rinnegan? Really?
The user of the Oro's scroll is supposed to have such a power that he will win the war. How would you win the war for sure with only a rinnegan? When there are so many rinnegans already in the field: the beasts, their jinchurikis, Tobi, madara, Nagato. Most are dead now but they weren't in the time the scroll was supposed to give the power to win the war.
No no no.
Something much more badass is coming up...


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|Posted by Mark Thomson on February 27, 2003 at 21:32:14:
|In response to Re: Faucet run-on
Yes, I have the hose. What you say makes sense. Is there anything that can be done about it?
: Does yours have the spout on a hose that you can pull out? If so, the pressure expands the hose while you are using the faucet and then keeps the water flowing afterwards as it returns to its proper size.
: : I recently replaced my kitchen faucet. Now when the water is shut off, the faucet has "run-on" like the line is draining slightly. Only lasts a second or two. Didn't do this with the old faucet. Any thoughts on potential causes? Both faucets in question are the single handle variety. Thanks, Mark.
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