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A symposium titled "Décor and Dance" will be presented from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, in 10 East Pyne.
Participants will explore the ways in which décor interacts with art forms that move through time, particularly music and dance.
Daniel Albright, the Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature at Harvard University, will deliver a keynote speech titled "Elephants and Swans: The Idea of Space in Dance." Simon Morrison, associate professor of music at Princeton, will moderate a panel discussion of the role of décor in dance. Panelists include Zack Brown, an award-winning designer of sets and costumes for the American Ballet Theatre, Hamburg Ballet and numerous opera productions; Tomie Hahn and Curtis Bahn, performance artists who have worked with composer Pauline Oliveros and others; and choreographer Rebecca Lazier, lecturer in theater and dance at Princeton. Graduate student presenters will consider historical and contemporary examples of décor and dance in a variety of media.
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Saenchai vs. Diesellek Aoodonmuang At Yokkao Extreme 2013, January 26
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Yokkao is holding their now annual Yokkao Extreme event on January 26 in Milan, Italy, and it's headlined by Andy Souwer vs. Dzhabar Askerov. So far, that was the only fight we knew, but today they announced a new one.
Saenchai PKSaenchaiMuayThaiGym (far right) will fight Diesellek Aoodonmuang (far left) in an awesome match-up. Many fans had asked Yokkao to match two Thais up or match Saenchai with a Thai, as we rarely get to see Thai vs. Thai in HD and with multiple camera angles. Yokkao listened to the fans here and as a result, we have an awesome fight. Another great thing about this fight is that it will be five rounds.
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I bought a book about 15 years ago, "The Master's Guide To Building a Bamboo Flyrod" By Everett Garrison, and Hoagy Carmichael. (meadow run press, 1994 ed.)
It was originally published in 1977, when some of these old timers like Pinky Gillium, Everett Garrison, and RL Winston, were still alive. I guess Hoagy is now also passed on to "better waters". This book isn't as big on History but more a document which shows the difficulty involved in building a bamboo flyrod, complete with mathematical tables, and painstacking information on tapers, etc. It was soon after I purchased this book that I decided it would be better to just save my money and buy a bamboo flyrod, then to make one...( take the normal 100 hrs it takes, and double or triple it and you're looking at what it would take for me to build one! )
Before this book there was a book in the Michigan State Library called Master Rods and Rodmakers" or something to that effect which I borrowed quite a bit and would read about these guys who in the twenties, thirties, forties and fifties were bringing the craft into the light. I inherited a bamboo rod from my grandfather, still useable, which I heard he purchased at a garage sale for 5$. I did some research on it in the above named book and found that it was a circa 1927-29 Goodwin Granger 8 ft rod with extra 8 and a half foot tip. there were many stories told to me over the years of this rod and the piscetorial divinations it conjured. I subsequently stuck a Martin reel with an "autoretrieve" and managed to rip the guide eye almost completely off the rod, and decided to stop there and place it in my collectibles. It will someday go in a case in my fantasy flyshop which I hope you will all visit..
I agree with you, this is a very good read. My wife found it at the local library here in Mount Vernon a few months back and checked it out for me to read. Black does an excellent job of recounting the history of bamboo rod making in the US.
Interestingly, all the great fiberglass, graphite, and boron fly rod makers and designers have also just wanted to make enough to stay in business while making a modest living too. All we have to do is take a look at folks like Meiser, Burkheimer, Noburo or the high end fly rod companies to see this in operation in graphite in our time. Just like the top bamboo guys, the best in graphite face a lot of compitition from mass produced rods built with cheap labor along with pressure to increase their output.
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Casting a Spell: The Bamboo Fly Rod and the American Pursuit of Perfection, by George Black. 235 pages; Random House; 2006
This book is a fascinating, if somewhat somber, history of the great, or good, men who turned the split bamboo fly rod into an iconic totem of American sport. It is in no way a how-to-do-it manual. Rather, it's an accounting of the waxing, waning, serial resignation, reorganization, branding, deaths, and reemergence of individuals, families, companies and crews, of which the reconstituting of the Winston bamboo shop into Sweetgrass Rods is just the latest iteration. The lesson seems to be that it's practically impossible to do better than eake out a modest living as a bamboo rod builder; still less to do it for a lifetime. Strangely, these very different men didn't seem to worship at the alter of bamboo rods, theirs or their peers; but all were determined to keep improving their craft (never call it an art).
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cool thanks every1...wicked excited to set it up20 gallon- platies, dalmation mollies, cory cats, red belly x ray tetras,gourami, african dwarf frog
Ditto what mommy just said. I wouldn't add more fish yet, either. Make sure you aren't going to have an ammonia spike first. Next week should be fine to add a few more.
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Yeah sorry I didn't notice he said he was going to add the fish right away. I just recommended the dr tims one and only and ammonia combination because I used it on two separate instances and my tank and pond were cycled in 3-4 days. Dr Tim's website also specifies the use of pure ammonia with the one and only, I can't speak for other bacteria boosters. I was just speaking from experience.
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One would only add ammonia if starting over from scratch and wishing to do a fishless cycle. Fish would only then be added after the cycle is complete.
Since you are adding fish right away by simply transferring them to the larger tank, just transfer your current filter with its cycled media to your larger tank, and dechlorinate any new water you put into that tank. You should be fine with your current stock.
Adding new stock will require additional filtration.
An easy way to cycle the new, additional filter would be to scoop up some of the gravel from your already cycled older tank and put it into a NEW 100% nylon sock or stocking cut down to size, tie off the end, and place that between the new filter media in your new filter. This will help the new filter media cycle faster while your existing filter maintains the cycle from its current media.
Once the new bacteria colony is thriving in the new filter, you can remove the nylon sock and return the cycled gravel to the tank's substrate.
Adding Seachem's Stability according to the directions for its seven-day regimen will also help grow the new bacteria a little faster.
Test your water with the API freshwater master test kit so you know where you are, parameters-wise.
Here's another tip: You can grow an even larger colony of beneficial bacteria by removing the carbon from the filter and replacing it with additional biomedia. Carbon is only needed for removing medications or other toxic chemicals from the tank. If you aren't using any meds and there are no other toxic chemicals, you really don't need the carbon. The additional biomax will provide more surface for growing the bacteria you need.
Of course, the new bacteria will need to be fed, which means adding new stock gradually to the tank. If you maintain your current stock, you will only maintain enough bacteria to feed off its waste. Any additional bacteria would simply starve. That's why they're saying that if you don't plan to add anymore fish, your current filter transferred over by itself will be fine.
Your larger tank should be easier to maintain. Please post pictures when it's established and stocked.
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0Originally Posted by mermaidwannabeWhen I go fishing I just throw sharp rocks in the water and wait for the dead fish to float to the top... Kingfisher
Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes that reason is you are stupid and make bad decisions.
I think my fish is adjusting well to the four gallon, He's laying on his side attempting to go to sleep on the bottom of the gravel.
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Well, once again I'm probably gonna tick some people off here. Look, your fish are used to the water in the 20. Do them a favor, put at least half the water from the 20 in the new tank and fill the rest of the way with Dechlorinated water. It will put them under less stress as the water will feel more natural to them. It'll also mitigate any Ph swing you might get. I disagree that merely transfering the filter will instantly cycle the tank and stock it with all it needs. There will be a lag there and the aged water from the 20 will help smooth things out for your fish.
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I have to ask: How does adding dirty used water feel more natural? In an in house tank to tank transfer I don't see any benefit whatsoever to using old water.
You do them a bigger favor with fresh water than with old dirty water & Also you don't bring a bunch of LFS water into the tank when you bring them home 'because they are used to it', Know what I mean?
... It's like saying "Only pack dirty clothes when you go on vacation"
Testing the pH to see if it's the same is easily done and simply acclimate if required.
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Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.
Not what I meant.If he's doing regular water changes the tank water won't be that dirty, more like it's seasoned 850. If the fish were doing fine in it it obviously is fine also. Tossing them into totally fresh water, with differing chemical compounds than what they're coming from WILL cause stress, how much is determined by the water parameters in both the tap and the tank.
Then there's the fact that completely new water will start a mini-cycle all over again, more stress. Or, is the OP gonna keep both running and do a 'Fishless-Cycle'? By using some of the water from the 20, all the Bacteria that eat Nitrites won't die off( The old water containing some), while the new water cycles and the other BB that eat Ammonia start to colonize. This would make the mini-cycle smaller and shorter in duration. Not to mention that, all the beneficial Bacteria in the Sponge and filter would starve to death before Nitrites appear in totally new water.
Man.... I don't even know where to start
Water doesn't cycle.
If the water won't be that dirty [And it shouldn't be in a well maintained tank] why are you so worried about the stress from all the clean water?
There is no such thing as 'seasoned water' btw, Only water that gets dirtier. Though I did previously mention acclimation if the parameters are different.
Mini cycles are always possible but the tank will have the exact same bioload and the bacteria will not die off before the stock produce enough ammonia [processed to Trites] via respiration and waste because we are not waiting for the BB to grow - It is already there.
Gas mileage isn't everything OIIIIIIIO
Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
Why pretend there are no stupid questions? Actually, There are many stupid questions: "Should I drink this bleach?" Is just one example.
Having said that, Just because it's a stupid question doesn't mean that it shouldn't be asked. It's better to know.
A warm beer is better than a cold beer. Because nothing is better than a cold beer, and a warm beer is better than nothing.


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Remember what Jack Nicholson said he was going to do to Tom Cruise's skull at the end of "A Few Good Men"? That's what I got for Bill Parcels.
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It's 85°F and partly cloudy right now at Tranquility Bay. This week there are expected to be 88°F to 90°F daytime temperatures, with some rain and a thunderstorm sometime tomorrow. Warm summer rain can be pleasant, but this may not be the best week for water-sports and fishing, winds may get up as high as 20mph during the day on friday.
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(Nov. 2, 2006)--The entire UTSA 1604 Campus lost power from 3:15 to 6:45 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28 because of a damaged power conduit.
Contractors working on the Thermal Energy Plant/Parking Garage project hit a power conduit creating high-voltage electrical surges that overwhelmed equipment.
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A fuse was blown and an electrical short caused a CPS Energy breaker to shut down. The construction project is adjacent to the Multidisciplinary Studies and Science buildings on the 1604 Campus.
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Presentation to honor Martin Luther King Jr.
In celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Binghamton University will host a presentation titled, "Realizing the Dream! One Community at a Time," at 7:30 p.m. Monday, January 20, in Watters Theater on campus.
"Realizing the Dream! One Community at a Time" is a nationally acclaimed stage presentation created by and featuring the American husband and wife artistic team of the Nanas Morrow: Nana Kwasi Scott Douglas Morrow, traditional chief, and Nanahemaa Brenda Berg-Morrow, queen mother, of Sekyere Kwamang Traditional area, Asante Nation, Ghana, West Africa. The Nanas Morrow were given the honorary titles by the Royal Family of Skeyere Kwamang in 1997.
Having dedicated their lives to realizing Martin Luther King Jr's vision of the beloved community, the Nanas Morrow presentation uses the performing arts to break barriers, build bridges and create community between people of different cultures and races.
"Realizing the Dream! One Community at a Time" includes portions of the Nanas Morrow documentary "Of One Blood: Returning Home to Africa," which chronicles Brenda Berg-Morrow's royal performance and the historic ceremony installing the Morrows into the ancient tradition of Asante chieftancy. The documentary has won multiple awards including the Best Documentary award at the 1999 Black International Cinema Festival.
"Realizing the Dream" also includes a performance of an elegant Asante ceremonial dance performed by Berg-Morrow. The presentation concludes with a benediction by Nanas Morrow offering the audience peace and blessings, and utilizing dance movement from various traditional cultures of the Africa diaspora as well as the spoken word.
Tickets, $2 for the general public and free for students, can be purchased or reserved in advance by calling the Binghamton University Multicultural Resource Center at 607-777-4472. They can also be purchased at the door.
"Realizing the Dream! One Community at a Time" is sponsored by the Multicultural Resource Center and the Binghamton University Convocations Committee. The presentation is made possible in part by the Josephine and Randolph Stewart African Heritage Fund. For more information, contact the center at 607-777-4472.


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OXFORD – Two suspects identified early in the investigation of a Lafayette County homicide were arrested Friday by the U.S. Marshals Service Gulf Coast Task Force.
Xavier Benson, 21, was reported missing Sunday, June 9, and his body was found Tuesday, June 11 in the West Spring Hill community between Oxford and Batesville. An autopsy showed he was killed by a single bullet wound, probably from a handgun, in the upper torso.
Marshals took Anthony Darrel Smith, 29, of Abbeville, and Alison Raynetta Alexander, 29, of Champaign, Ill., into custody in Jackson on Friday without incident, Investigator Alan Wilburn of the Lafayette County Sheriff's Department said. Both suspects were returned to the Lafayette County Detention Center.
"Anthony Smith is charged with murder and felon in possession of a firearm; bond was set at $1 million," Wilburn said. Alexander, he added, was charged with murder, and her bond was set at $500,000.
A third suspect, Robert Smith, 46, who was identified by law enforcement as Anthony Smith's uncle, is charged with accessory after the fact. His bond was set at $10,000.
Because of the ongoing investigation involving the Sheriff's Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigations and other agencies, officials are being conservative in the information they release.
Lafayette County Coroner Rocky Kennedy said MBI investigators recovered evidence at a nearby house of a shooting, though ballistic tests to see whether they tie to Benson's death might be weeks or months away.
Kennedy said it appeared Benson died where his body was found.
"None of the signs point to his being killed somewhere else and brought there. The area we found him was relatively undisturbed," Kennedy said.
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I don't remember if I posted this or not, but in one of the extremely rare occasions when I buy something off eBay, I got Thi-Sen from Clone Wars and I love this figure!
He's very big and Hasbro did a nice job with him.
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I'm selling my loose collection of Burger King toys. These are from a few years ago, and have been opened, but stored and kept clean.
Prequels: AOTC Clone, Queen Amidala, General Greivous, Emperor Palpatine, Anakin/Darth Vader.
OT: Han/Carbonite, Leia, C-3PO, R2-D2, Chewbacca, Obi Wan Kenobi, Boba Fett, Wampa, Jabba the Hutt, Stormtrooper.
I want to sell off this as one lot, at a cheap price. 15 items: $10.
was out in torrance/hawthorne area in the outer rim and did some runs. Torrance TRU had 3 TF animated Rodimus Minors. I've never seen that guy on the pegs - so it was crazy to see 3.
Found the target vintage 9 packs on clearance for $35 and $25 at different stores. Pm for more info. Did not see any cobra shock troopers, & sorry Commtech, didn't see any white Kevin Flynn discs. Mostly saw Sam's.
Oh ya, found the CW Cad Bane/Ig-86 2pks marked down to $10 and $7.50, but did not see the senate commando pack. Lookin for that one clearanced. Plmk.
Found an "exclusive" Transformers Dragstrip (in cool black packaging) at West Covina Marshalls for $9.99. It was the first time I had seen one. I know there are 3 more in this series. Has anyone else seen these?
Happy New Year folks! Haven't posted in a while, but I finally found something worthy of reporting. I managed to grab a set of the TRU Battle over Endor packs today out in Porter Ranch. They were the last ones there. Very nice sets I might add.
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By Michaela Gibson Morris/NEMS Daily Journal
Years ago, my wife wrote about how upset she was after we'd missed a family trip.
It was going to be a relaxing vacation in San Diego, but a stomach bug ravaged the house. It went through three of us in time to make our flight, but the fourth and youngest member of the Morris clan was still a prisoner to his gastrointestinal tract.
There were no long-term consequences from missing the trip. No one died. No one missed a meal (although that's metaphorically speaking because quite a few meals were missed at the Morris manse during that most uncomfortable week).
Still, we mourned the lost chance to meet with far-flung family at a beautiful location.
My wife, Michaela, worked through her grief in a column, and someone replied with a gift that keeps on giving.
An anonymous caller said Michaela should be ashamed for whining when so many couldn't feed their babies.
The call wouldn't have bothered us if there hadn't been some truth to it. Missing a trip to San Diego is a high-class problem.
It was in February, too – back when the month wasn't known for 65-degree highs. Sun. Surf. Sea World. The trip would've been sweet.
But missing a chance to visit seldom-seen family members is something many can understand. My in-laws have staked out different corners of the country, so it takes real effort to get everyone in the same place.
We Morrises remember that caller, partly because we know things are pretty good for us. Our kids are healthy; we have good relationships with our parents; and barring the occasional stomach bug, we don't miss meals.
It's hard to complain when there are people focused solely on finding food for their babies.
But we do complain because this life, as sweet as it is, has its stresses.
On Friday morning, Michaela was worried about a story she had to write that day. But she wasn't just stressing over a deadline. She also was stressing over her stress: "Why should I feel like this when there are people with real problems, you know?"
That's when I had an insight that I hope doesn't come off as self-serving. Then again, take it however you want.
Meeting deadlines as they come around is how we pay the bills. To carry it further, that's how we feed our babies. If we start missing deadlines, sooner or later, feeding them, taking care of them, seeing to their welfare would become an immediate and scary situation.
The stress is real because it's about survival, and that's THE human problem. It becomes a high-class problem only when we lack compassion for others.
Today's goal is to temporarily relieve the useless stress caused by shame at being stressed, though I doubt the feeling will ever completely disappear because this life isn't always easy, but it is so good.
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Exams this week. Feh.
Looked a bit at the new control center, but have yet to get it to compile and run without segfaulting.
Exams this week. Feh.
Looked a bit at the new control center, but have yet to get it to compile and run without segfaulting.
Emily posted her summer stories.
My toe hurts.
I sprinted into a wall.
That'll teach me to "nice" the racquetball process to a lower priority than the common_sense process.
Hiked through Racoon Creek Park today, the leaves were beautiful. Of course, the weather is a bit on the cold side -- 38 degrees F.
A young tree had fallen across the creek. It was very tempting to try to slide down it -- just to make it to the other side. Two things argued against this course of action, however:
1) the water was colder than a witch's tit
2) the tree looked barely thick enough to support my weight
So I decided that there would be no fool-hardy tree crossing for me.
Ben was of a different mindset. He took off his clothes (Emily, apparently, didn't mind) and went three quarters of the way across before falling to the ice water.
Crazy Californian Apple employees.
Senior year isn't supposed to be this hectic.
Anyway, I'm on my way out to go clothes shopping. I hate clothes shopping. But I need a suit for upcoming interviews. Lockheed Martin is flying me out to DC, so it would probably make a bad impression if I showed up in jeans and a Copyleft GNOME tshirt.
I applied to HelixCode, but they're looking to hire in the near future -- no we'll-hire-you-for-next-May practices like larger companies. Which means if I really want to work there I'll have to ignore the job offers from everyone else and sit on my haunches until next semester.
I've done a lot of thinking lately about where I want to work and what I want to do, and hacking on GNOME full time comes out near the top of the list. So I suppose I should start proving my worth by sending patches. :)
In other news, the first round of exams were this week. Social psych wasn't too bad, and I kicked ass in poetry. (Lots of "fluffy" courses this semester, I'm finishing up a minor in English Studies.)
I've played racquetball every day this week instead of every-other-day, and it has had a remarkably negative impact on the quality of my game. I wish I could insert a chart here, but basically my energy level is monotonically decreasing.
And I'm incredibly jealous: I missed the Great Race (10k) here last weekend because I was visiting my sister for her birthday, and Melissa ran it in 55 minutes. (It's been a goal of mine for practically forever to get my sedentary butt through a 10k in under an hour.)
Well, I think that's enough senseless rambling for one day.
For a few months now people have been sporadically mentioning to me that I should really go read these books. So last night I suspended all real work for six hours to read the first Harry Potter.
And I'd have more to write in this diary entry, but I'm going to go read the second.
Ok, things have been crazy this last week.
I ran the Regent Square 5k on Saturday but it sucked. I was completely unprepared and hadn't run any for the past three weeks (hey, I was on vacation). So I guess I should be lucky that I didn't cramp or injure myself embarassingly.
Andrew Gnome builds are progressing nicely. Our hope is to create a complete Gnome environment for andrew here at Carnegie Mellon, maintained by the computer club. Which basically means that we're adding a GNU environment (rebuilding EVERYTHING) for the Solaris boxes. But it will be way cool when it's done, and lots of good karma for the cclub's membership drive.
This morning I went to church for the first time since Easter. The church (the "Ecumenical Church of Light") was definitely non-mainstream sect of Christianity. Anyway, I think it's probably healthy for an atheist such as myself to go to strange churches every now and then. It helps me remember the strengths of religion (which are all too easy to forget) -- the self-empowerment that church-goers receive from being told that they belong and are wanted and are inherently "good", the enhanced social safety net.
School starts tomorrow (woohoo!).
Returned to Pittsburgh. USAir cancelled my flight back, then put me on a non-stop that arrived sooner than the original schedule was due. Go figure.
The beach was fun, lots of good reading done. Finished Henry Miller's Sexus and finally got around to Lolita (Nabokov).
So many incredibly cool announcements the past month! Gnome 2.0 on all Solaris machines, Sun assigning 50 engineers to work on Gnome. Mozilla relicensed to the GPL. Man this is a cool world to live in.
Hm, I wonder what it would be like to work at Sun? That could be slick, a job at Sun hacking Gnome. Well, next semester is resume fun time so I'll see if I get any bites.
Another anatomy test coming up. Just when I thought I could get in a few minutes for Sophomore again, hmf.
Been really busy; the past week has disappeared out from underneath me. Went to Jersey to visit my mother. Spent most of my time there shopping or ssh'd back to Pittsburgh via modem-based AOL connection. Very painful.
Andrew Gnome builds are progressing nicely. Very nicely, in fact. Won't everyone be pleasantly surprised to find out that their favorite desktop environment is now depoted to every campus computer? :)
Most of the hard AFS work was done by John Bucy, I just had to screw around with smake a bit. No, not skeleton make -- shadow make, another obscure Andrew environment utility with inadequate documentation. I've heard rumors of the existance of psmake, smake rewritten in perl.
Flying to Norfolk tomorrow to begin Outer Banks vacation with father & co.
Just drove like a maniac to get back to Pittsburgh from Fairfax, VA. Visited my dad there for the weekend and unpacked all of my books that had been lying in boxes for going on 5 months now. Also had an epiphany: "home" -- a concept which has been sadly uncertain the past few years -- seems to be the place that houses my books, which are the largest John-nostalgia containers around.
Time for a 30-minute essay writing session. This is quality work, folks; you can tell by the hastily misspelled words and information-in-a-list style of writing. PSMT had better appreciate me.
Bought the new Matchbox 20 cd, played mercilessly on repeat for four hours on the road. The first half is much better than the second half, but the whole CD is sadly a step down from their first.
Henry Miller kicks ass. From the first book in the Rosy Crucifixion trilogy:
"As for Kronski, the moment he laid eyes on her he dropped his leer and banter. Even more impressive was his silence. Usually, when I presented him to a female, he became garrulous and made a sort of fluttering noise with his invisible wings."
He makes me laugh.
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Javier Bardem in No Country for Old Men is one scary mother-fucker.
Gone is the Javier of the past, the playful, sexy Hispanic hunk; and in his place is the psychopathic, single minded killer with a pneumatic air gun that he uses to plug holes into doors, cars and people's heads.
Forget your Jason Voorhees, your Michael Myers, your man-eating-great-white-sharks; Anton Chigurh is the new face of terror; an unstoppable killing machine with almost no sense of what is right and wrong (well, ok, in his mind, I am sure that his actions make sense).
Of course, while watching the film, It dawned on me that the problem with Anton was his hair cut! The poor guy has one of those Dorthy Hamill wedge cuts, I mean that might piss anyone off and set them on the road to sociopathic madness.
Would that I ever ran into him, I'd lead him to the closest hair salon and have them work their magic on him. Once he looked into a mirror and saw a less drastic style on his head, he'd drop the air gun, smile, and be on his merry way.
Yup, this ain't no country for bad haircuts!
No Country for Bad Haircuts
3 comments:
- ARBOGAST said...
I imagine Anton going into his barber and demanding "Gimme a Richard Hatch!"
- April 2, 2008 at 9:55 PM
- Pax Romano said...
Hah! Brilliant, I love the mental image.
- April 3, 2008 at 5:48 PM
- Absinthe said...
I think he used the haircut as a defensive weapon - people always thought "someone with a silly haircut like that couldn't possible kill me" and then they were dead. But yes he was one scary SOB.
- June 27, 2008 at 9:32 AM
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Been traveling for work, and unable to respond on the forum... Drove East (from Buffalo) to Mass. on Monday and saw a few flocks of birds; a flock just past Carrier Circle in Syracuse, a flock at mm 260 or so, and a flock near the Little Falls exit. Saw a larger flock of birds off 95 in Maine today.
Retranger - I was up in your neck of the woods (kind of) a couple of weeks ago, there was a huge flock of birds in front of the Bill Boards near a Plattsburgh exit on 87.
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The carrot at the end of a stick approach...
Yes, greed, the great motivator. Since they are teens a substantial "kitty" is in order; I'll soon talk to my banker. Especially now that money is a language they have learned to speak.
Ethicasy aside, the result may color this approach to the point of acceptability.
While I haven't taught many teens, I have spent a bit of time with a 6-7 year old and found out a thing or two that may be of use.
I found my son had a hard time with a redington I bought him because it was too slow and noodley, not stiff enough. He prefered my St Croix Imperial immediately. The line made a huge difference as well, he had great difficulty feeling the rod load with a WF line, a bone fish line shooting head style was better. The best in his opinion was a 175gr quick decent, he could feel the rod load easily and improved his casting considerably. It also happens to be an excellent line for our main target species Striped bass. I would think it would make a good salmon line as well. The bonefish line with a shooting head style taper from scientific anglers was a preffered floating line for him, although he found only the WF line any good for roll casts.
As far as the orvis rods, they sound wonderful. Although I would wait on giving them high end gear till they prove their interest over the long haul as it is quite an investment.
My son showed little interest in spending the nessary time to learn to cast properly, wanted to go fish instead. Only to get frustrated with a little wind and inability to get the line out there.
I set up a little casting contest for him like this. I placed a few hoops around 3 feet in diameter at the following distances 20,30 and 40 feet away and staggered of center. I placed a small amount of money in each, greater amounts the further away 25 cents, 50 cents and $1 . When he arrived home from school one day he saw Dad with his fly rods out and ready with no fly, and the hoops with the cash laid out. He had no problem getting interested in casting now!
Within a few minutes he landed the end of the leader in the first hoop, within another 5-10 minutes he had the second hit. He spent the next 50 minutes working on his technique trying to win that dollar, he ended up handing me the rod unsuccessful. That night we both sat down an watched Chico Rodrigous fly casting video.
The 40 footer being next to impossible to hit without the proper technique used forced him to develop the correct technique to win his prize.
The next day he spent another 50-60 minutes trying to land it in the 40 footer for the dollar still unsuccessful. He had improved his technique considerably although he couldn't shoot it straight yet. We watched the video again.
The third day after a half an hour or so he was shooting that line beautifully and was consistantly hitting his target and won his dollar prize. Now he *likes* to go out and practice in the back yard and shoot at hoops 40-50 feet away. The best part is I don't even have to put a dollar in them!
Hope this helps, good luck Dad.
I am not familiar with the rods that you chose so I can not tell you whether they would be favorable to teaching flycasting but remember that 13 and 14 y.o's are rather old and very physically capable in the whole scheme of things.
I have a taught younger kids how to cast and I have found that not necssarily a slower rod is better but I have noticed that 7 and 8 weights are easier for newbies to cast because they can 'feel' that line in the air and 'feel' what is going on with that line a little easier.
Hope that helps...
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Because the Skagit is a very large river and because the fishery is predominately adrominous (sp), I believe a slightly longer rod is in order. Specifically, I ordered a pair of Orvis TLS 107 (10 ft.#7 wts.) for the Spring Steelhead fishery. Reasonings run from easier mending on large waters to being a candidate for single handed spey casting in the future, while retaining the necessary backbone to deal with the larger fish.
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Shares of chip maker Microsemi (MSCC) are down 89 cents, or 3.4%, at $25.40, after Wells Fargo's David Wong this morning cut his rating on the shares to Market Perform from Outperform after the stock reached his $25 to $30 "valuation range," even though he still sees many "positive aspects to Microsemi's business."
The stock is fully valued, given it "is now trading at approximately 27x our FY14 GAAP EPS estimate of $0.95," writes Wong.
"Even if we backed out amortization charges, Microsemi stock price would still be 15x our adjusted FY14 estimated EPS of $1.73 (EPS estimate including stock compensation charges but excluding amortization)."
The company has done a good job of getting its "system on a chip" (SOC) parts into numerous markets, including, especially, communications, he notes. But it's possible the defense industry could prove an impediment to growth:
We think that Microsemi's focus on investing R&D on communications products (28% of June 2013 quarter revenue) should help drive future growth for this segment. Towards the end of the June 2013 quarter, Microsemi announced a new U.S. government contract to develop a complex SoC solution, which is expected to generate $75 million in revenue over the next two years. Similar to other semiconductor companies, the industrial end market continues to show signs of a recovery in 2013. Microsemi's industrial business achieved 13% sequential growth in the June quarter. Microsemi has been very active in acquisitions over the past several years. We have been impressed by the way Microsemi has built out its product and technology base in a systematic way through what we consider to be well chosen acquisitions […] We think Microsemi's Defense & Security segment (31% of June 2013 quarter revenue) could be a headwind to overall growth in a broad-based chip recovery. In addition to the possibility that this more stable segment might rebound less than commercial end markets in a cyclical recovery, we wonder if sequestration actions might be a damper on defense-related demand in the near term. Microsemi's GAAP profitability remains poor. The company has reported GAAP net losses in three of the last 6 quarters, and in the June 2013 quarter GAAP operating margin was just 10.6%.


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MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) - An MRI is able to produce pictures that show changes in bone marrow, tendons, ligaments, cartilage, tumors in organs and hemorrhage.The patient is placed in an electromagnetic (not x-ray) tunnel which causes the molecules in the body to give off energy signals that are converted to images on a computer screen.
Nuclear Medicine - Our state-of-the art Nuclear Medicine equipment is used to diagnosis or treat disease, assess tissue function, metabolism or blood flow by injection of radioactive pharmaceutical agents into the patient. These agents attach to organs and body parts, and can be detected by a camera which records their appearance and function. SPECT imaging provides computerized cross-sectional images that also enhance diagnoses, especially in the heart and bone.
Ultrasound - The Ultrasound has diagnostic procedures accomplished by sending high frequency sound waves into the patient. These waves produce a signal that is displayed on a screen. Internal organs, fetus in the mother's womb, and Doppler blood flow studies of arteries and veins are routine ultrasound procedures.
Bone Mineral Densitometry - Use to determine bone density and if a patient needs medical intervention to prevent further bone loss. All people can experience bone loss. Women particularly are vulernable to bone loss and should consider a bone mineral density exam to determine if their risk for fracture.
Pain Management - Our radiologists are skilled in several procedures which can assist in pain management, including the following: Epidural Flood; Nerve Root Injections; Sympathetic Nerve Block; Facet Joint Blocks; PICC Line Insertion; and Lumbar Puncture.
Stereotactic Breast Biopsy - Ultrasound helps guide the biopsy needle to the precise area that needs to be examined. This exam is performed by a radiologist.
Interventional Radiography - Invasive procedures commonly called angiography which is the technique of injecting a contrast medium into the patient's blood vessels and using special filming to acquire images rapidly while the contrast is in the blood vessels. Needle biopsy, cyst drainage and percutaneous procedures are also a part of this category.
Training - Students in the radiologic technology program of local community college-based programs receive part of their clinical training in Spencer Hospital's Diagnostic Imaging Department.
Women's Health - Spencer Hospital's Diagnostic Imaging Department features a Women's Health Suite. Female patients have access to the Women's Health Resource Library as well as a comfortable, private area when undergoing exams such as mammography, ultrasound and bone density. These diagnostic areas also have an entrance for male patients who need to access these services and may prefer not to visit the Women's Health Center.


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Decorative calls are usually not of interest to me but this one caught my attention. Since seeing one of Vic Deibel II of Kanati Calls calls in T&TH I have been drawn to his work.


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Do you believe in ghosts? I don't really but, maybe they're real. What do you think?
Ghosts?Posted on Oct 26, 2009
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Do you believe in ghosts? I don't really but, maybe they're real. What do you think?
With all the ghost stories out there I think it's a possibility. I guess we don't know for sure but I'd like to hope. If we somehow found solid proof, that would be great, just so people know there is an afterlife and one can remain themselves and even stay on earth after their body dies. I'm not sure its a fate everyone would hope for but it would sure satisfy me.
Yes. I do believe in ghosts. Not the spooky weird Halloween white sheet variety, more the spirits and souls variety..... They're everywhere... Watching.... Us... For better or worse. :) I think it's a good thing... And yes, call me crazy, but I believe they can help us in our current "living" life... I believe in past lives too.. .And I have past life memories... They're kinda scary though :s
Psycho rant over :)
yes ofcouse the house im in now we have had some pretty weird and highly unexplainable stuff happen that just shouldn't be humanly possible.just one example would be we are restoring the house we are in its a very old house 1902 there was a house in place before it back in the mid 1800's a hammer was on a shelf i go to get materials for work i hear a loud thud turn around hammer is on the ground now you think oh it just fell off shelf but how can it fall off shelf 15ft away from were i set it??? im very supernatural person when i see a 100+ year old run down place i dont think ew tear it down its more like ooh! looks creepy lets investigate.
i always wanted to stay the night in a creepy old cemetery in hopes of seeing something, paranormal
ive seen and heard lots of things that make me curious. what are they, where are they from, what is there purpose. In my experiance the ghosts ive seen and heard have been mostly pleasant. They seem to be warm and overtly sexual. Ive been kissed had my hair and face touched. I think to see and hear these spirits, you have to be in a higher state of consciusness takes alot of practice but its not impossible. Maybe they are the living having out of body experiances. Thats one possibilty. Ive been visisted by people i know are dead and people i know are alive. I was never sure on the subject but now i know ive seen what people call "ghosts".
No, but yes!
Haha, I really don't know what I believe.
But today, my whole Spanish class was just talking about ghost stories, it was great!
I believe in ghosts. I've seen tons of them and my dreams come true. And my friend calls me an energy vampire (I have yet to look that up on wikipedia...).
Not to mention that my room is haunted. @zanderstarloveshayley I should be a Wiccan, haha...but I'd feel weird just claiming to be one. I think Wiccans are awesome. Your religion (is it religion? I have no idea what you'd like me to call it) is really fascinating.
Yes, I believe in them. Ghosts are the view of a death person wich is not in peace and when it shows, even when they are all creepy, is because they need our help to go to Heaven. How we can help them? Praying for them.
I know they're real! I'm Wiccun and I'm surrounded by the dead everyday day of my life. The thing is if you're not very open to the other side you'll never see anything. You may think I sound crazy, but I been seeing and dealing with spirits and ghosts type things for as long as I've been alive. My earliest memory of them goes back to when I was about 5 and I'm 20 now.
i do...
had a paranormal experience before..and the ghost really left me cryin cause of fright..and to think i was sick at that time.. :|
I believe in ghosts too...I don´t believe in the typical white ghost or a transparent figure but I believe in things that move, without beeing touched...or voices that can´t be real...
I don´t know how to describe, because my english is not soo good^^ but I hope you know what I want to say^^
i normally don't, but sometimes when i see tv programmes where they somehow prove the existence, i get a bit scared


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Presentation to highlight Binghamton University's Conole recording collection
A presentation highlighting some of the world's finest vocal recordings will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, November 17, in room 170 of the Fine Arts building on the Binghamton University campus. The event is free and open to the public.
The presentation, titled "Voices within Voices," will focus on a selection of recordings from the University's Frances R. Conole Archives, which is devoted to the preservation of 20th century vocal art as recorded over the last 90 years. All categories of vocal art will be covered, ranging from basses to the highest coloratura.
Tom McDonald from the Binghamton Bel Canto Society will lead the discussion. For more information, contact McDonald at 607-724-8250.


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Alessi is a family owned Italian design company, founded in 1921. Giovanni Alessi, a talented sheet metal worker, produced items by hand for the table and home out of copper, brass and nickel-silver. He was later joined by his son Carlo who was responsible for many of the designs produced in the 1930s and early 1940s. In the mid 1940s Alessi began to work with outside designers. The current Alessi catalog is the result of a collaboration with over 500 designers from all over the world.
"A true work of design must be able to move people, to convey feelings, to trigger memories, to surprise, to go against the grain. From this point of view, design intended to conjure up images in people's minds, which makes them a bit happier, still has tremendous potential." --Alberto Alessi
Emma Silvestris, born in Salerno in 1962, currently lives and works in Bari. Having obtained a Bachelor of Arts, specialising in foreign literature and history of art, she subsequently worked as a teacher and researcher. Since 1990 she has been working in the field of design, taking part in the activities of the Special Studio in Bari. An eclectic and versatile designer, her projects combine soft, feminine lines, the precision and elegance of geometry and the use of ancient symbols.
Born in Bergamo, Italy, Laura Polinoro graduated in Drama Art and Music Studies in Bologna. Her first job was in the field of contemporary dance as art director and costume and set designer. Later she undertook research at the Domus Academy in Milan. From 1990 to 1998 she was in charge of the Centro Studi Alessi, where she operated as meta-project designer and art director, coordinating workshops both in-house and in association with various universities and design institutes the world over. She was also involved in publishing and communications activities. Items which entered production in that period are identified with the acronym "CSA". Since 2004 products overseen by Ms. Polinoro have been identified with the letters "LPWK".View other products by LPWK


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MySQL Newsletter August 2011
Articles in this newsletter:
- DevZone Article: MySQL 5.6 Early Access Features - InnoDB and Replication!
- Event: Oracle Showcases MySQL at Innovation Nation & GOSCON 2011 - Washington, DC (August 23)
- Event: OTN Developer Day: MySQL - Washington, DC (August 24)
- Event: MySQL Community Reception at Oracle OpenWorld - San Francisco, CA (October 4)
- Blog: MySQL 5.6 Feedback
- Demo: MySQL Enterprise Edition
- Live Webinar: What's New in MySQL 5.6 - Part 1: Overview (August 18)
- Live Webinar: MySQL Essentials for ISVs & OEMs, Part 1: Faster Development and Better Applications with MySQL Workbench (August 23)
New Product Releases
Hints & Tips
- Developer Interview: Globalizing MySQL - Interview with Alexander "Bar" Barkov
- PlanetMySQL Blog Posts
- PlanetMySQL Blog: InnoDB Full-Text Search Tutorial
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Difference between InnoDB FTS and MyISAM FTS
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Binlog Group Commit Experiments
- PlanetMySQL Blog: About InnoDB: Shortened warm-up times with a preloaded InnoDB buffer pool
- PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL 5.6 Replication - New Early Access Features
- PlanetMySQL Blog: How to Easily See Who's Connected to Your MySQL Server
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Inserting Data into MySQL with Perl
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Scaling Web Databases, Part 3: SQL & NoSQL Data Access
- PlanetMySQL Blog: Improvements for PHP application portability in PHP.next
- Seminar: Oracle Enterprise-Ready Open Source Software Seminar - Hong Kong & Beijing (August 18 & 30)
- Live Webinar: MySQL Cluster: Scaling Web Databases with Auto-Partitioning and SQL/NoSQL Access - APAC (August 26)
- Live Webinar: Building High Performance and High Traffic PHP Applications with MySQL - The Fundamentals - French (August 30)
- Seminar: High Availability Solutions for MySQL - Paris, France (September 7)
- Live Webinar: MySQL Replication Essentials - German (September 29)
DevZone Article: MySQL 5.6 Early Access Features - InnoDB and Replication!
Rob Young
MySQL 5.5 has been widely acknowledged to be the best release in the history of MySQL. And, in April 2011, we raised the bar again with Development Milestone Release (DMR) and Early Access features of MySQL 5.6. At OSCON 2011, we are delivering more early access features for InnoDB and Replication. These features are focused on better scalability, performance and flexibility. We look forward to community testing and feedback.
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Event: Oracle Showcases MySQL at Innovation Nation & GOSCON 2011 - Washington, DC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
GOSCON, the Government Open Source Conference, and Innovation Nation Forum are co-located this year and will provide a special one-day program featuring cloud, data center consolidation, cyber security, and open source. The MySQL team will showcase the latest product developments and demos running on a Sun Ray at the Exhibition Hall, and we look forward to meeting you there!
Learn More about GOSCON/Innovation Nation »
Event: OTN Developer Day: MySQL - Washington, DC
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
The MySQL Developer Day is a one-stop shop for you to learn all the essential MySQL skills. In this free, one-day seminar, we will cover everything you need to know to successfully design, develop, and manage your MySQL databases. You'll also learn the guidelines and best practices in performance tuning and scalability. Space is limited so RSVP now!
Event: MySQL Community Reception at Oracle OpenWorld - San Francisco, CA
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Come celebrate the growth of the MySQL community with Oracle's MySQL team! Whether you are attending the MySQL Track at Oracle OpenWorld, a member of local MySQL user groups, a MySQL user in the San Francisco Bay Area, or simply interested in MySQL technology, you're all invited to Oracle's MySQL Community Reception. Don't forget to register for Oracle OpenWorld and enjoy 40+ MySQL sessions!
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Blog: MySQL 5.6 Feedback
Keith Larson
The MySQL Community Team would like your feedback about MySQL 5.6! What are you excited to see and test? What have you tested and benchmarked? Did you previously see the advantages of going to MySQL 5.5 and now eager to try 5.6?
Demo: MySQL Enterprise Edition
In only 3 minutes, this demo helps you understand how Oracle's MySQL Enterprise Edition reduces the risk, cost and time required in developing, deploying and managing business-critical MySQL applications.
Live Webinar: What's New in MySQL 5.6 - Part 1: Overview
Thursday, August 18, 2011 - 9:00AM PT
MySQL 5.6 builds on Oracle's investment in MySQL by adding improvements to Performance, InnoDB, Replication, Instrumentation and flexibility with NoSQL (Not Only SQL) access. In the first session of this 5-part Webinar series, we'll cover the highlights of those enhancements to help you begin the development and testing efforts around the new features and improvements that are now available in the latest MySQL 5.6 Development Milestone Release and Early Access Features.
Live Webinar: MySQL Essentials for ISVs & OEMs, Part 1: Faster Development and Better Applications with MySQL Workbench
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 - 9:00AM PT
MySQL Workbench is a visual database modeling and design tool, a SQL editor, and an administrative tool. MySQL Workbench can help you create and validate your schema for your new MySQL databases, optimize existing physical MySQL databases with reverse/forward engineering and change management functions, resulting in faster development and time-to-market, better product quality and performance, and easier as-needed administration.
New Product Releases
New Release of MySQL Community Server 5.5.15 (GA)
MySQL 5.5.15 is a new version of the 5.5 production release of the world's most popular open source database. MySQL 5.5.15 is recommended for use on production systems.
MySQL 5.5 includes several high-impact enhancements to improve the performance and scalability of the MySQL Database, taking advantage of the latest multi-CPU and multi-core hardware and operating systems. In addition, with release 5.5, InnoDB is now the default storage engine for the MySQL Database, delivering ACID transactions, referential integrity and crash recovery by default.
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New Release of MySQL Installer 126.96.36.199 (GA)
MySQL Installer 5.5.15 GA has been released.
MySQL Installer is the all-in-one installation solution for all your MySQL software needs. It comes with the latest MySQL Server and related components (MySQL Workbench, Connectors, and documentation) and includes wizards to help with the installation and configuration.
Learn More »
Hints & Tips
Developer Interview: Globalizing MySQL - Interview with Alexander "Bar" Barkov
We interviewed Alexander "Bar" Barkov to discuss the recent improvements in MySQL globalization that enable MySQL users around the world to use the database system more easily and naturally.
Read the Interview »
PlanetMySQL Blog Posts
The following blog posts are from PlanetMySQL. PlanetMySQL is an aggregation of blogs and news from MySQL developers, users and employees. It is an excellent source of all things about MySQL, including technical tips and best practices.
PlanetMySQL Blog: InnoDB Full-Text Search Tutorial
John Russell
The InnoDB full-text search capability is an exciting feature. The full-text search itself is generally useful to have in an RDBMS. If an application is using all InnoDB tables except for one that is used for full-text searches, now that last table can be switched to InnoDB. If putting the full-text data in a MyISAM table led to scalability problems, duplication, or a less-than-ideal schema design, now those issues can be addressed.
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PlanetMySQL Blog: Difference between InnoDB FTS and MyISAM FTS
Jimmy Yang
With the latest MySQL 5.6 feature preview, InnoDB now has its own Fulltext Search (FTS) support. People might wonder how different is this FTS comparing with that of MyISAM. From the usage standpoint, they seem very similar with no apparent difference. However, in the underlying FTS engine, the difference is huge, since two are built on different storage engines with totally different design.
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PlanetMySQL Blog: Binlog Group Commit Experiments
Mats Kindahl
It was a while ago since I talked about binary log group commit. Since then, Kristian has released a version of binary log group commit that seems to work well. However, for a few reasons that will be outlined below, we decided to do experiments ourselves using the approach that I have described earlier.
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PlanetMySQL Blog: About InnoDB: Shortened warm-up times with a preloaded InnoDB buffer pool
Simon Mudd
This comment is in regard to this InnoDB blog post. The page talks about a new feature which allows you to save on shutdown an InnoDB buffer pool and to load this on startup, ensuring that once loaded the database will perform with this "hot" cache. That sounds interesting as I have seen on numerous occasions that if the buffer pool is not warm then the performance can be a magnitude worse.
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PlanetMySQL Blog: MySQL 5.6 Replication - New Early Access Features
Mat Keep
At OSCON 2011, Oracle delivered more early access features for MySQL 5.6 replication. These features are focused on better integration, performance and data integrity, built on the significant replication enhancements announced as part of the MySQL 5.6.2 Development Milestone Release back in April.
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PlanetMySQL Blog: How to Easily See Who's Connected to Your MySQL Server
Shlomo Priymak
If you have servers which have multiple application servers connected to them, you often need to see things like who's connected, how many connections they have, and which users.
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PlanetMySQL Blog: Inserting Data into MySQL with Perl
Tony Darnell
In the two previous posts, we looked at simply connecting to a MySQL database via Python and Perl. In this post, we will use an insert statement to input data into a MySQL table via Perl, and use a select statement to view the same data to confirm our results.
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PlanetMySQL Blog: Scaling Web Databases, Part 3: SQL & NoSQL Data Access
Mat Keep
Supporting successful services on the web means scaling your back-end databases across multiple dimensions. This blog focuses on scaling access methods to your data using SQL and/or NoSQL interfaces.
Read the PlanetMySQL BlogPost »
PlanetMySQL Blog: Improvements for PHP application portability in PHP.next
Johannes Schlüter
I was writing about PHP.next before, and many things have improved there meanwhile. Most notably we have a committed version number: the next PHP release will be called PHP 5.4. The topic I want to talk about today is "Improved application portability" which covers multiple small changes which aim at making it simpler for developers to write applications working on any PHP setup.
Read the PlanetMySQL BlogPost »
Seminar: Oracle Enterprise-Ready Open Source Software Seminar - Hong Kong & Beijing
Join us at this executive seminar where you will learn how Oracle can offer you a Complete Open Source Technology Stack. Oracle continues its long track record of contributions to the open source community and we are pleased to share its latest technology on Oracle Linux, MySQL, and Oracle VM.
Register for the Seminar in Hong Kong on August 18 »
Register for the Chinese Seminar in Beijing, China on August 30 »
Live Webinar: MySQL Cluster: Scaling Web Databases with Auto-Partitioning and SQL/NoSQL Access - APAC
Friday, August 26, 2011 - 13:00 Singapore Time
MySQL Cluster has been deployed to support some of the most demanding transactional services in the web and telecoms domains. This webinar will discuss best practices in scaling services on-demand for high volumes of reads and writes, and provide insight on the range of NoSQL and SQL access methods available to developers.
Live Webinar: Building High Performance and High Traffic PHP Applications with MySQL - The Fundamentals - French
Tuesday, August 30, 2011 - 10:00 CET
In this webinar we will walk through the fundamentals of creating dynamic web content using MySQL and PHP. We will also discuss many of the building blocks and key considerations when you architect your PHP applications, including the frameworks, APIs, security features, and asynchronous queries.
Register for this French Webinar »
Seminar: High Availability Solutions for MySQL - Paris, France
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
During this free French seminar, we will review various options and technologies at your disposal to implement highly available and highly scalable MySQL infrastructures, as well as best practices in terms of architectures.
Register for this French Seminar »
Live Webinar: MySQL Replication Essentials - German
Thursday, September 29, 2011 - 15:00 CET
In this webinar we'll share the technical and business reasons for deploying MySQL Replication and give an overview of how to deploy a master/slave configuration. You'll learn the fundamentals on how to install, configure, and manage a replicated environment.
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More free MySQL webinars are scheduled and added between each Newsletter edition, so visit our website frequently for the most updated information.
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10 February 2013
Hotel Clarks Avadh, Lucknow, India
AUDIENCE: 50 to maximum 75 selected Physicians to be trained in Diabetic Foot Care.
MISSION: Diabetic Foot amputation prevention through better diabetic foot care and education.
- Dennis Janisse, C. Ped. Assist. Prof. Dept. PM&R, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA / Adjunct Faculty, University of Pittsburgh
- Karl-Heinz Schott, Adjunct Professional Fellow School of Health and Human Sciences Southern Cross University CPed CM interest in sensomotoric neurological foot issues education
- A K SRIVASTAVA, Head, Department of Anatomy, Lucknow Medical College
- LK SHANKHDHAR, Director, L.K.Diabetes Centre, Lucknow
- KSHITIJ SHANKHDHAR, Head, Diabetic Foot Clinic, L.K.Diabetes Centre, Lucknow
- SMITA SHANKHDHAR, Head, Diabetes Education Unit, L.K.Diabetes Centre, Lucknow
Lectures, Workshops, Hands on training in various aspects of Diabetic Foot Care, with special emphasis on clinical podiatry care as well as Pedorthics.


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Nobel goes to former Princeton researcher for discovery made here
Posted October 8, 2008; 09:23 a.m.
Osamu Shimomura, who today was named a winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry, will receive the award for a discovery he made while working at Princeton.
Shimomura was a researcher in the Department of Biology from 1960 to 1982. In 1962, he first isolated green fluorescent protein (GFP) in the jellyfish, Aequorea victoria. Since then, this protein has become one of the most important tools used in contemporary bioscience.
Shimomura is a professor emeritus at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass., and Boston University Medical School. He shares the award with Martin Chalfie of Columbia University and Roger Tsien of the University of California-San Diego, who made a series of important developments that have led to GFP's use as a tagging tool in bioscience.
The Marine Biological Laboratory will host a press conference at 11 a.m. today for interested members of the news media. For more details, contact the lab's communications department at (508) 289-7423.
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By Patsy R. Brumfield/NEMS Daily Journal
OXFORD – Christopher Gary Hughes of Tupelo, once a highly decorated state trooper, faces prison time after he admitted he kicked and stomped a woman in the Lee County Jail.
The incident occurred more than five years ago, and a federal indictment against Hughes came just days before the five-year deadline to act.
Monday, 41-year-old Hughes admitted he beat the woman – Carol Wampler-George – while she waited on a blood-alcohol test at the jail.
He was not charged with the beating, but rather with depriving the woman of her constitutional rights to be protected against extensive force and illegal search and seizure "under the color of law," which means as a working law enforcement authority.
Senior U.S. District Judge Neal B. Biggers Jr. will not sentence Hughes until completion of a report to guide his decisions.
Biggers asked Hughes if he did those things the government said he did.
"Yes sir," answered Hughes, standing between his defense counsel, Tony Farese of Ashland and Jason Herring of Tupelo.
While Biggers will make the sentence decision, the government recommended 33-41 months in federal custody.
It's not clear if the former law enforcement officer will get any special treatment because of the potential for harm to him in prison.
Hughes also agreed to turn in his law enforcement certification.
A federal grand jury indicted Hughes on Oct. 12. He remains free on the same bond as when he was first arrested.
Hughes was set for trial March 11 and faced up to 10 years in prison if convicted.
In an unusual move, Biggers demanded the government's attorney, Robert Coleman, read part of the plea called a supplement, which in recent years in this court district has been sealed from public view.
Coleman read that Hughes hopes for leniency by accepting responsibility for the crime, will take a polygraph and will cooperate with any other law enforcement investigations or grand juries to which he is called.
In exchange for his plea, the government agreed not to pursue charges against him for two 2012 incidents against the public, listing those victims by their initials as "JAH" and "HRS."
Last week, attorneys for John A. Hawn, a Saltillo carpenter, filed a federal civil lawsuit against Hughes and unnamed supervisors within the Mississippi Highway Patrol.
Hawn's initials as J.A.H. and a woman named Heather Seawright is listed as one of six others Hughes is alleged to have beaten during arrests or at the Lee County Jail.
In court Monday, in his black suit, dress shirt and tie, Hughes appeared different from months ago when he sported a short-sleeved MHP uniform, showing well developed biceps.
The civil suit claims his supervisors knew of Hughes' "propensity for violence" and looked the other way. An MHP spokesman in Jackson has yet to respond to Daily Journal questions about the suit.