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As former legislators, we are proud to lend our full support to Millie Hamner for State Representative. Over the past two years, Millie has stepped up to the challenge of representing the needs, interests and values of Summit County at the state Capitol and she has done an outstanding job. Millie has worked tirelessly to bring common sense solutions to our communities most pressing and issues. Her legislative accomplishments are a testament to her ability to forge positive and productive relationships with the people that are critical to solving complex problems and finding good solutions. Millie has championed issues important to our mountain communities such as finding short-term solutions for I-70 congestion and ensuring continued funding for the Forest Restoration Program which supports communities in taking proactive steps to protect forests and increase public safety. She also successfully revised the Colorado Basic Literacy Act by carrying the K-3 Literacy Bill which will assure that more of Colorado's third graders achieve literacy goals, succeed in school, and are ready to get a good 21st century job. Millie Hamner has worked hard for us and will continue to do so. Please join us in voting for Millie Hamner for House District 61! Sincerely, Dan Gibbs, BreckenridgeChristine Scanlan, Summit Cove

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'As the Buffalo Sabres' top prospects, the three players were destined to make it to the NHL. Their talent is obvious, their resumes strong. But as first-year pros, it didn't seem likely the trio would make it to the big time before the new year.'
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It was only 40 years old when it collapsed Aug. 1, but the I-35W Mississippi River Bridge in Minnesota had been deemed "structurally deficient" since 1997. Experts speculate the steel arch truss bridge collapsed because of weather extremes, vulnerable design, and/or metal fatigue.
The bridge had been retrofitted with the nation's first anti-icing system and other safety-enhancing technologies, and was scheduled for reconstruction in 2020. Although the University of Minnesota had concluded that the bridge's 52 trusses probably wouldn't crack, the Minnesota DOT (Mn/DOT) had San Francisco-based engineering design firm URS Corp. study the truss welds for potential cracking. When inspections earlier this year didn't find cracks, the agency postponed further inspections until after completion of scheduled paving work.
Charged with caring for 13,000 bridges, the department allocated maintenance funds to needier structures—a cost-benefit analysis familiar to all PUBLIC WORKS readers. Mn/DOT lost the gamble. Luckily, scheduled repairs had shut the bridge down from eight to four lanes, minimizing the number of deaths (13) on a bridge that otherwise carried 140,000 vehicles daily.
To date, MN/DOT stands to receive $250 million in federal emergency funds. On Oct. 8, it awarded a $234 million design-build contract to Flatiron-Manson, a joint venture of Flatiron Constructors Inc., Longmont, Colo., and Manson Construction Co., Seattle, as builder; and Figg Bridge Engineers Inc., Tallahassee, Fla., as designer, to rebuild the new 10-lane bridge with concrete. Other bidders learned the winning proposal was neither the lowest-cost nor fastest-completion, sparking national debate over the merits of design-build for public construction.
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: Emergency relief is an inefficient way to care for our infrastructure. Despite legislation introduced in both houses of Congress appropriating 20% more for bridge maintenance, the well will most likely remain dry.
It's doubtful the Bush administration will allow a gas-tax increase to boost funding for highway projects. And as popularity of hybrid vehicles rises, gas consumption may decline, taking revenues with it.
Meanwhile, transportation managers may be expected to scrutinize bridges even more closely. After a bridge connecting Ohio and West Virginia collapsed in 1967, killing 24, Congress established national bridge inspection standards, requiring inspections at least every other year.
Since then, federal response to bridge failures has been to intensify those requirements. After the 1983 collapse of the I-95 bridge over Connecticut's Mianus River, Congress required states to report "fracture-critical" bridges. And since fatal bridge collapses in Connecticut and New York in the late 1980s, states must now report scour (soil erosion that occurs underwater) levels.
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- 102,040: Number deemed "structurally deficient in 1997
- 75,378: Number of bridges deemed structurally deficient today (a 26% decrease)
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OK, here comes my second scratch build jet pack. The first was an ESB Boba pack built from everything I could find in my garage. This time for the stubby pack I'm keeping the different building materials down to a minimum.
I've used WOF's Boba pack plans as a base for the stubby pack. Being that this is my second build, my goal is symmetry and even lighter weight than the first pack.
I didn't post the main body construction because this "WIP" post was an after thought. I will post construction pics of the side "side tanks" and center cone/missile. I have many more photos to post in the days to come and will be asking for advice from all you veteran builders out there.


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So who here dips or chews? how did you get started? what do you like?
I dip Copenhagen straight and grizzly straight. I started when when i was about 16 did it all the time during high school with wintergreen and been trying to quit but college is stressful and it helps..
I know this is a weird topic but hey im bored lol
As of 2013 I have quit dipping one of the hardest habits to quit!!
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Discussion in 'The Trash Can' started by sk8ingcoach, Feb 5, 2013.
What would be your favorite step sequences or choreographed sequences by a singles skater ??
My favorites would be
Carolina Kostner - All for the past 3 seasons
Takahiko Kozuka - 2010-2011 LP
Rachael flatt - 2010-2011 Sp
Mao Asada - 2012-2013 Sp
Akiko Suzuki - All for the past 2 seasons
Yuzuru Hanyu - 2011-2012 Lp
Patrick Chan - 2010-2011 Lp
Fantastic !
Yagudin's race car SP. The footwork was inventive, and Alexei looked sexy as heck doing them
MK's Tosca SLF at Nationals.
Well, fresh from watching the Lambiel videos on another thread....I would say Lambiel's La Traviata and William Tell both. And of course, Alexei's Winter, MITIM and I loved the racing one too. Shows how to take a theme and work it.
I loooooooooooooove Carolina's "L'Après-midi d'un faune" spiral & step sequence, imo one of the best sequences that has been done under COP: http://youtu.be/3Gb2g0IDKSw?t=3m30s
Pre-COP: http://youtu.be/HuwrdXlFVRc?t=1m14s This impressed me because she had so much speed throughout the whole sequence and it just flowed beautifully.
I usually like all of Mao's step sequences but there was one that included lots of twizzles in all different directions (I think it might have even been an exhibition program). I can't seem to find the video but I really, really liked that one.
Stéphane's "Tell" - even though not my favorite program of his, this was an amazing step sequence and he sold it 150%: http://youtu.be/pwnqYkMRSyg?t=3m4s
Javier's drunk pirate. Maybe not the most difficult or appealing to the eye but you could see that this guy is something special: http://youtu.be/1p_NF-57EV8?t=1m39s
Patrick - he is a master of the blade and his steps are just incredible. I like how he always moves in unexpected directions: http://youtu.be/gzZWPjliHiA?t=1m57s
Daisuke http://youtu.be/pWCYD9OC6Eg?t=2m22s and
Current step sequences look pretty much the same to me. I find it hard to get excited about them.
My favorite is pre-CoP, from my favorite Yagudin short program: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og59QN4L_ko
Takahashi's Rachmaninoff 2 LP
B&S's Lady Caliph SP
Irina's 2006 SP
Michelle Kwan - Tosca LP
Yuka Sato- all of them
Yagudin's Gladiator, Winter, Nutrocker
Candeloro - d'Artagnan
Lambiel & Takahashi - almost anything!
Under the 6.0 system.
I honestly only remember Yagudin's footwork.
Under COP. The ones that come to mind.
Buttle - SP 2006 Olympics.
Lambiel - LP 2007 Worlds
Chan - SP 2009 Worlds
Takahashi - SP 2010 Olympics
Yuna Kim - SP 2010 Olympics
Chan - SP 2011 Worlds - he skated most of his step sequence backwards and it was amazing to see such blade control.
Asada - SP 2012-2013 season.
Kostner - LP 2012-2013 season.
Michelle Kwan's Aranjuez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq06Pd5EXe8 (from 3:12)
Maybe not the most difficult footwoork but so expressive!
Robin Cousins. 1980 Olympics SP to Railway Children.
With the crazy crowd, and that we couldn't hear the music ! It was amazing. So great memories about that. Almost 10 years ago...OMG !
wish we could've seen what she would've done with her footwork had she competed under ijs longer
Also, Yagudin's footwork was
Footwork nowadays is amazing and difficult but....a lot of times it doesn't fit with the music.
How can people not mention Kurt Browning or Scott Hamilton!
In COP. Chan. Takahashi, Mao, Kozuka, Abbot.
A lot of Barna's are tremendous. I simply looove the one from his 89 & 91 SP. Difficult yet perfectly timed to the music and executed with great speed. He was ahead of his time.
I always remember the commentators saying that Yuka Sato was ahead of her time turning in both directions and covering lots of ice pre-COP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaVpADchwOY
Carolina Kostner 2005 SP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mHrWWWdp-g
But as cheesy at it was Candeloro doing d'Artagnan with fencing was always entertaining http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDb3fuvslfc
I have to agree. I discussed this with a friend recently, and my feeling was that current programs (and step sequences) are often better constructed than 6.0 ones, but because there are very clear requirements that one must check off to get good scores, they tend to be more similar and thus, less memorable. I mainly notice IJS step sequences because of good execution or poor execution, not for actual content, excitement or wow factor.
Say what you will for Yagudin doing level 0 and Candeloro's D'Artagnan being cheesy, those step sequences stood out and fit within the programs and the music. Covering the entire ice with every change of edge and direction known to man just doesn't have the same effect.
Though Lambiel had some pretty ones. But I got the sense that Lambiel was just being Lambiel and kind of bending the system to his will, rather than the other way around. I've also liked some of Takahashi's - NOT Swan Lake, which I always found disjointed, but in his programs last year, and La Strada had fun circular steps, IIRC.
Petr Barna's name in this thread made me think about this other step sequ. from 1992 Olympics.
A beautiful one : David Liu 1992 Olympics SP
And one of my favorite, even if I don't really like this skater, I have a big respect for this line :
Irina Slutskaya 2002 SP
That was spectacular! Especially David Liu's! I remember being blown away at the first time I saw this performance. He had quite a talent!
That was lovely - thanks!
Navka and Kostomarov's non-touching midline steps were to die for. I also loved Virtue and Moir's original second step sequence in Carmen.
2008 Daisuke Takahashi SP
I made a mistake I think because even though they both (circular and straight) express the music very well, they are not outstanding (Barna's 1990-1992 SP). The overall program is delightfull though. Here it is :
The 3/3 is huuuge !
This is his straight line for 89 SP Euro, the one from worlds is even better but I couldn't find it on YT, for me it's his best SP, I could watch it all day long :
The one from his 84 SP also includes difficult turns on both sides, no video available too.
It's not the real topic here but Anissina Peizerat 3rd 2001 OD was very strong and skated very well, very quickstep feeling and included a wonderful straight line, reminding of ice dancing from the old days. Too bad it was too late. It's a general feeling that FP/M that years were better on that portion but I strongly disagree, maybe at euro (and still, for me Drobiazko Vanagas should have won it) but that's it. Looking back on the judging for the OD at 2001 worlds I realise how wrong the judging was. I'd had the french easily in 1st, the lituanians 2nd with the canadians 3rd (close call here with the seconds) and Chait Sakhnovski 4th. The Italians skated tentative and let's be real, she does all the work. L/A were very close to ugliness during their whole program (plus the end is so strange).
This adult figure skater's. Werk it!
I'm with ya!
That was very special. Thanks for posting!
Thanks also to Nours (and to floskate) re the trip down memory lane with Petr Barna Petr was very lovely and charming in person too. I remember fondly his sweet smile and wonderful sense of humor. I wonder how Petr is doing these days? It would be nice if manleywoman could interview him for her podcast.
Takahashi's techno swan
Kostner's The Doors program - 2007 SP. I don't necessarily like the whole program, but the steps are great.
Lambiel's flamenco program - 2008 LP. This whole program is amazing
Yagudin before I really followed figure skating, must have been 2000? 2001?
2006 Matt Savoie's free skate circular steps:
This program is full of tension and shadows mixed with light. The circular steps provide a bright and tender spot in the middle of darkness.
2013 Wesley Campbell's free skate (Ave Maria) has the best choreographic step sequence I have ever seen since the rule for choreo steps was implemented. Long, smooth edges seamlessly matched to the music, sweeping the entirely surface and back. This is what choreo steps SHOULD look like. (Kudos to Sheryl Franks!)
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This is one of the best books describing a programming language I have ever read.While not intended as an introducton to Objective-C, given a decent background in programming languages and the ways of the OO world, it is a concise, dense, and immensely informative overview of Objective-C. The OO world in general and Objective-C in particular relies heavily on idioms (sometimes called "design patterns") and this work does a good job of introducing some of the most important parts of the dialect. It also covers the OpenStep dialect where that differs significantly.The discussion of metaclasses deserves special mention because previous "explanations" I've read usually generated more heat than light. Even in this compact form, the discussion of this nettlesome topic is as straightforward and lucid as I've seen.In general, there is a great paucity of works which can serve to introduce a new programming language to journeyman programmers who do not need binary addition explained yet again. We have quite enough "Dummies" books - we need more " for the Already Clueful".I hope O'Reilly will continue developing books in this vein. I know they must be very hard to write as the amount of information distilled into this one is remarkable. The writing skill and natural abilities for pedagogy required for a project like this are equally daunting. But I look forward to further efforts like this one. The author has set a high bar.Even if you aren't particularly drawn to learning Objective-C, read this to see how explaining a programming language ought to be done.
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what to do?
titan is 5 months old
he can be very defiant, especially for our pet sitter.
with her, he is a totally different dog. he jumps on her back when she sits, he bites and pulls on the leash, and he has recently jumped up and nipped her. he gets on the counter and is just a little hellion.
he doesn't do any of this with us.
when he doesn't get his way, ie were going somewhere and he pulls, I stop so he knows pulling isn't going to get him anywhere, he screams, cries, bucks at the leash, throws a total hissy fit. he screams like hes being beaten.
he can be testy at times with my SO. he will act up and show his puppy self sometimes with me, but he mainly just throws these fits with me.
im wondering if his attitude is "normal puppy behavior", trying to see what he can get away with.
he stayed at the vet for a day, and even they said he was a "handful"
he has been taught no jump, off, but seems not to want to listen to new people and sometimes us.
when we are in the training zone, he has great focus and wants to do and please.
sometimes I feel like he might require a little more correction than others.
we just finished a beginner puppy class (he received his AKC STAR puppy) and I signed us up for the advanced puppy.
we also train with a sch trainer and have 2 more private sessions before we have the option of joining the club which I plan on doing and we will train on weekends there.
we train during the week, go on walks, play fetch, we play with his flirt pole, and he has elk antlers to chew.
is this normal behavior? when do i/ can i start correcting this behavior. sometimes i feel verbal corrections are not enough. can one tell that about a puppy at this stage.
hes a good puppy, hes just a bit of a sour patch kid at times.
i feel like i am missing something here with him.
he is extremely stubborn at times. how does one go about dealing with a stubborn pup, without breaking confidence?
how do i stop the tantrums? i pay him no attention until he stops and then praise when he does, but my neighbors have come out of their houses thinking im beating him when im not. i plan no speaking with my sch trainer about this, but i want to know what others do.
hes my first working line, drivy pup and i DONT want to do him wrong. but i want a well behaved dog as well
I would be correcting him, but then again,with his mega e, not sure if a collar corrrection is the way to go?
As for his antics with others and not so much with YOU, they are probably just to darn easy on him and he KNOWS who can get away with stuff and who he can't..
I'd say at this age, he is going to be a bratty boy, and is pushing buttons but thats just my opinion
Do you have a choice in which pet sitter to use? I'd want to look for someone that my pup didn't see as such a push-over, so he doesn't keep repeating this kind of behavior. He shouldn't be doing it at all, not just not doing it for you. I think that would help quite a bit, even with eliminating some of the immature hissy fits.
Does he know what a firm "NO" means? We've heard about setting up a pup to fail, I agree that isn't right. On the other hand I bet you tip toe some because you know under what conditions he will act up. Just saying, when you do expect him to act up, be ready to take some action. A few FIRM corrections go a long way to avoiding an out of control dog.
That is the case even if it's you correcting the dog while he acts up with the sitter. Some times just stuffing his favorite chew toy in a dog's mouth isn't enough.
I'm glad you're going to be joining the club. What this sounds like to me is a PIA drivey puppy. They can be a handful but they are great dogs to work. (and will be a great dog overall with time and maturity - it's the getting there that taxes one's patience).
At 5 mos you can probably discontinue the pet sitter which, it sounds like, comes mid day. I think this is probably counterproductive for your training and your pup. For other management, have your reward handy. My current young PIA is incredibly food motivated. Compliance comes enthusiastically with the reward in hand. I'll admit it doesn't last forever but it does work for her. If other people in your household will not handle the dog the same way you do, they will not get the same results...
Anyway, I have recently been reminded (by current PIA) that once you feel like you cannot go on much longer, the pup will suddenly "get it." I'm hoping that, as in the past, I get a week or two to celebrate before being presented with another "training opportunity."
Good luck. What a great puppy! (still glad it's at your house - one is enough for this one.)
Depends on the situation for the firm no. Sometimes it works, when he's really focused on something, like wanting to go for a ride when we go to the parking lot and he pulls and I stop or go the other way and he screams and cries, a firm NO isn't on his radar.
We trained today for about 10 mins and it was raining which he threw a fit in Sunday at sch training, wouldn't listen, would only sitz, platz, and heir. He refused to fuss and tried to get away, and cries, screamed etc. I even had cooked steak as treats.
Today he did the same, but after a bit, got used to it and we did a short run through of commands. He tried to throw a fit on the way to the parking lot but not as bad as usual. I told him no pull and when he stopped he was treated and I threw a "puppy party" this seemed to help.
I'm going to continue randomly taking him out to the parking lot, and training him there and treating and throwing puppy parties for him. Once he gets something, he's golden.
As for the pet sitter, I had planned on keeping her until April because he's normally crated 10-11 hours and I don't want him having an accident. She also feeds him. I pre blend his food and she just puts it in a bowl and gets him
In his chair. She claims he's been doing better since Monday but she's said that before.
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Mommy Confessions
I have to admit this.
I freak out a little bit when my child gets sick.
And no - no - it's totally not what you think! It's not because I'm worried about her fragile little being falling to pieces under a fever. Are you kidding? She'll outlast us all, trust me!
It's because ... and I hesitate to confess this ...
She's got a cold right now. I'm thinking to myself, tonight, as I got her to sleep. She laid on top of me. Must have said 'I love you, Mommy,' about a dozen times.
I love you, too, sweetie. [Please don't get mommy sick! Please don't get mommy sick!]
See, she has my husband's immune system. Or she may as well have it.
Me? Not so much. I have my mother's immune system. Allergies and all. When I get sick I'm down for the count for way longer than a human being should be down.
So I'm overloading on the Vitamin C. Hyping up the OJ, and trying to wash my hands about 900 MORE times a day.
Think it'll work? Think I'll be protected? You do?
Eh, I'm not so sure.
Is there truly a way to protect a parent from the coughing, congestion, phlegm, puking, snotty tissues and clingy-ness that is a four-year-old who needs them?
I think not.
And I'll also confess ... I wouldn't change that for the world.
Except - ehem - for the fact that I usually get sick afterward. OOPS.
7 comments:
- Lisa @ Two Bears Farm said...
I always catch everything too. Hope it misses you this time around.
- February 23, 2011 at 8:04 AM
- Kristin said...
Oooh, catching The Sickness sucks! I hope it skips you this time around!
- February 23, 2011 at 8:36 AM
- Daffy said...
Circle Circle
Dot Dot
Now you have the cootie shot!!
- February 23, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- Shell said...
It's SO HARD when we're sick- b/c it's not like we actually get to rest, so I don't blame you!
- February 23, 2011 at 2:04 PM
- The No Wonder Mom said...
I feel ya on this one! It's too hard to be sick as a mom. We don't get to take care of ourselves or have a day off to get better. I do exactly the same thing (i.e. washing my hands religiously, sucking down Airborne, etc.). Good luck to you!
- February 23, 2011 at 6:04 PM
- Ms.Wasteland said...
I do the same thing. And I freak out when my speech kiddos are sick. Today I told one little boy if he didn't stop coughing on me I was going to take him back to his classroom. I make them use hand sanitizer, too.
- February 23, 2011 at 6:40 PM
- @NYCPatty said...
Hope she's feeling better & your immune system is holding up!
Yesterday I changed my seat from a lady hacking her lungs out. She gave me a dirty look but I don't care, I don't want to get sick. Her cough probably was helped by the fact that she smelled like an ashtray!
- February 24, 2011 at 12:44 PM


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if not, ill give it a shot.
Be warned - I am a major player of Regnum Online the mmo. I've been playing it for about 2 years and rarely go without logging in at least once a day. You can also look at good alternatives to Regnum such ase Aion online and Aika Online.
One of the major changes done was that the blessing is no longer required to deal damage. Originally there was a blessing for which you had to pay 20 cents per day (or 2.60€ for 21 days) that strongly increased your damage. Basically without blessing the game was unplayable. This was changed so that you deal the same damage with and without blessing. The blessing now is only needed for quick full recovery (only works outside combat so no PVP advantage) and some other helpful skills not needed for PVP.
The other major change done was that there is an NPC where players can buy cash currency for ingame money, basically making any cash shop item available to any player, even if they don't pay a single cent. Of course it still requires grinding ingame money.
What's everyone rolling? League or empire?
I am in league
What are marks of fate used for?
I played allods for many years, And we allways talked about the merge (if) it would happen.
I think the move that this game just made will be really essential for the players.
I am from EU P2p (Empire) Side. and now im downloading the game again
to check out the new PAtch along with the population.
If anyone want my help (Newbies) You can pm me
Akeso - Empire
guild - Ascendancy
Good luck to everyone
I hate the new stat system. Luck is impossible to get now. Every item have same stats which is totally bad. Now my melee healer without luck stat is so weak that I have issues in killing monsters on the same level as me.
Oh Guza. Just let Allods rest in peace.
main prob is the slow Leveling,yes very slow and solo
Don't get me wrong, Allods was one of my favorite MMORPG's of the decade. There is just so much wrong with it, that I have trouble remembering why.
I still remember when I was given a press account and I caused chaos for a day... that was fun (:
Are you guys on the f2p server or p2p server?
Their download client is very odd. Anyway I am downloading it been looking to play again. Wonder why Gpotato didn't want it any more.
Edit: My Malwarebytes is detecting it is malware. Odd.
Last edited by MegaToxic; 03-24-2014 at 03:14 AM.
Maybe they use some hack shield. Those usually scan your computer and basically function just like a virus and are detected as such. Need to add those in the list of allowed exceptions.
Was just looking for f2p mmo to try , now.... Why when npcs are talking they talk in english , but when my char talks he talks in russian ? Also completed tutorial area and now it's downloading I suppose but is there no way to download without being in the game ? (like launcher which only downloaded the 1gb)
When I played they simple didn't synchronize everything so there were a lot of Russian voice overs. That's normal.


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Preventing Central Line Infections
In the hospital, you may have a small, soft tube placed in a vein in your arm, neck, or chest. This is a central line (also called a venous catheter). It's often used when medications or nutrition need to be given over a period of weeks or months. Having a central line means that you won't need an IV (intravenous) line. But central lines can cause certain problems. One such problem is infection. This occurs when germs get into the catheter site or in your bloodstream. A bloodstream infection can make you very ill and can even be fatal. This sheet tells you more about central line infections, what hospitals are doing to prevent them, and how they are treated if they do occur.
Types of Central Lines
Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line): This line is placed in a large vein in the arm, near the bend in the elbow. It's then threaded through the vein until the tip sits in the large vein just above the heart. It can also extend into the heart. A PICC line has a low risk of infection.
Subclavian line: This line is placed through the skin directly into the subclavian vein, which runs behind the collarbone. A subclavian line has a lower risk of infection than a jugular or femoral line.
Internal jugular line: This line is placed into the internal jugular vein (a large vein in the neck).
Femoral line: This line is placed in a large vein in the groin. A femoral line has a higher risk of infection but a lower risk of complications than other types of central lines.
Tunneled catheter: This catheter is tunneled through the soft tissue under the skin before it enters a vein. It also has a small cuff that helps hold the catheter in place. Both the tunnel and the cuff help prevent infection.
Port: This is a small device that is placed under the skin on the arm or chest. The port is connected to a catheter that runs through a large vein near the heart. Infections can develop inside the catheter or around the port.
What Causes Central Line Infections?
A central line is needed for your treatment. But a central line can also act as a pathway for germs into your body. Often, the germs that cause a central line infection come from your own skin.
What Are the Risk Factors for a Central Line Infection?
Anyone who has a central line can get an infection. The risk is higher if you:
Are in the intensive care unit.
Have a weakened immune system or serious illness.
Are receiving bone marrow or chemotherapy.
Have the line in for an extended time.
Have a central line in your neck or groin.
What Are the Symptoms of a Central Line Infection?
Redness, pain, or swelling at or near the catheter site
Pain or tenderness along the path of the catheter
Drainage from the skin around the catheter
Sudden fever and chills
How Are Central Line Infections Treated?
Treatment depends on the type of catheter, how severe the infection is, and your overall health. Your doctor will prescribe antibiotics to fight the infection. The line may also need to be removed. In some cases, the line is flushed with high doses of antibiotics. This may kill the germs causing the infection so that the line doesn't have to be removed.
Preventing Central Line Infections: What Hospitals Are Doing
Hospitals have a plan to reduce line infections. The plan includes these five steps:
Handwashing: Hospital staff wash their hands before and after touching the line. They use soap and water or an alcohol-based hand cleaner containing at least 60 percent alcohol.
Sterile clothing and drapes: The healthcare worker who places the line wears sterile clothing. This includes a long-sleeved gown, mask, gloves, and hair covering. The patient is fully covered with a sterile drape (a large, sterile sheet) except for the spot where the line is placed.
Sterile skin: Before the line is placed, the patient's skin is cleaned with an antiseptic solution.
Vein choice: Whenever possible, the line is placed in a vein that has a lower risk of infection. Some hospitals use lines coated with an antiseptic to reduce the chance of infection. The site where the line enters the body is covered with a sterile dressing.
Checking for infection: The line is checked every day for infection. It is removed as soon as it is no longer needed.
Preventing Central Line Infections: What Patients Can Do
Ask lots of questions. Find out why you need the line and where it will be placed. Learn what steps the hospital is taking to reduce the danger of infection.
Wash your own hands often. Use soap and water or an alcohol-based hand gel containing at least 60 percent alcohol.
Be sure doctors and nurses clean their hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand cleaner before and after checking your line. Don't be afraid to remind them.
Try not to touch your line or dressing.
How Family and Friends Can Help
In the hospital:
Wash your hands well before and after visiting the patient.
Be sure doctors and nurses wash their hands before and after checking the patient's line. They should use soap and water or an alcohol-based hand cleaner. Don't be afraid to speak up if you don't see proper handwashing.
Try not to touch the line or dressing.
At home:
Learn sterile dressing technique if you will be caring for the line at home. The doctor or nurse can show you how.
Tips for Good Handwashing
Use warm water and plenty of soap. Work up a good lather.
Clean the whole hand, under your nails, between your fingers, and up the wrists.
Wash for at least
15seconds. Don't just wipe. Scrub well.
Rinse, letting the water run down your fingers, not up your wrists.
Dry your hands well. Use a paper towel to turn off the faucet and open the door.
Using Alcohol-Based Hand Gels
Alcohol-based hand gels are also a good choice for cleaning your hands. Use them when you don't have access to soap and water or your hands aren't visibly dirty. Follow these steps:
Spread about a tablespoon of gel in the palm of one hand.
Rub your hands together briskly, cleaning the backs of your hands, the palms, between your fingers, and up the wrists.
Rub until the gel is gone and your hands are completely dry.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor right away if you have a central line and develop any of the following:
Redness, swelling, warmth, or pain at the catheter site
Drainage, pus, or bleeding from the catheter site
Swelling under the skin at the catheter site
Fever of
100.4° For higher, or shaking chills
Shortness of breath or chest pain


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Composition recommended texts
Approved Textbooks for English 1A and 1B
This page lists texts that the Composition Committee reviewed and deemed appropriate for composition courses. This list is not a mandate. Faculty may still choose their own texts, but the following is meant to illustrate what are good choices. These texts are used widely in first-year writing courses across the country.
Effective Fall 2010
*Selections in alphabetical order by title
English 1A
The Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing, 5th edition, by John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson. Pearson, 2008.
List price: $92.00
The Fifth Edition of the Allyn & Bacon Guide provides a strong process-based rhetoric, instructs students on incorporating research into a variety of writing projects, and focuses on critical thinking, reading, and writing. The text organizes chapters into both brief and major "projects" which explain a genre-based approach to composition for students. The included readings are from across the curriculum and deal with a variety of sociological concerns. Included also are student essays and extensive revision models. The book's strength is how it is organized into both thematic units and the aforementioned "projects" units. Each new unit builds and informs the previous unit: this sort of cohesive approach would be attractive to many composition instructors.
Between Worlds: A Reader, Rhetoric, and Handbook, 6th edition, by Susan Bachmann and Melinda Barth. Pearson, 2009.
List price: $77.33 ($58.73 on Amazon)
Description from publisher: "This immediately engaging composition resource features a thematically-organized collection of readings, a modes-based rhetoric, and a concise handbook. Between Worlds opens with more than 75 multi-genre readings reflecting the human condition of being "in between"—generations, cultures, genders, perceptions, points of view. A research chapter with information on using and documenting sources emphasizes the importance of reading, critical thinking, and analysis in all writing." This text contains a preface chapter about critical reading and a six-chapter rhetorical section (including one chapter on the modes), a four-chapter handbook section, plus five chapters of readings arranged thematically. The readings range from popular culture to relationships to public controversies.
The Call to Write, brief 4th edition, by John Trimbur. Cengage (Houghton Mifflin), 2007.
List price: $81.99 ($73:46 on Amazon)
"…The Call to Write takes as its starting point the view that writing is much more than a school subject. Writing is an activity individuals and groups rely on to communicate with other, organize their social lives, get work done, entertain themselves, and voice their needs and aspirations." (Trimbur xxxiv)
In his section, "Distinctive Features…" Trimbur lays out the practical value and range of goals his text focuses upon.
*Emphasis on rhetorical situations or social contexts, including speeches, news stories, government reports, op-ed pieces, posters, graffiti, ads, flyers, academic articles, literary essays and student work (Part 2, "Writing Projects")
*Genre-based writing assignments use the notion of genre as the basis for guided writing assignments (Part 2)
*Integration of reading and writing works to help students see that reading in college
involves understanding how academic writing formulates issues to
investigate by considering what others have written. (Part 1, "Writing and Reading")
*A focus on visual design, both with regard to text presentation as well as graphics (Part 5, Presenting Your Work")
*An emphasis on ethics and the writer's responsibilities (Part 4, "Writers at Work")
*An emphasis on collaborative learning (Part 4)
It is exhaustive in breadth of sample writing contexts and thorough in its coverage of purpose, audience, voice and genre. The author has included a healthy selection of textual samples running from missives to formal arguments. Instructors would have appropriate models to rely upon, whether teaching 1A's autobiographical retrospectives or the formal research project in 1B. Sections also focus on the writing process, from fieldwork to evaluation of appropriate sources through peer commentary models and presentations. Chapters 13 and 14 cover plagiarism, MLA and APA citation formats, print publications and provide a thorough treatment of print, electronic and "nontraditional" sources (films, TV and radio programs, speeches, etc.).
The Curious Writer, 2nd edition, by Bruce Ballenger. Pearson, 2008.
List price: $45.00
The strength of this text is its emphasis on writing (and reading & seeing) as inquiry: it stresses discovery, questioning, and social context rather than hollow formulas for writing. That being said, it also includes chapters on personal essays, reviews, proposals, arguments, ethnographic essays, research papers, and more. It is very well written, & it's attractively designed despite its bulk in its longer version. (It's about 650 pages in the long version, which can accommodate a full-year writing sequence; the concise version is about 450 pages.) The longer version contains about 50 readings and a 75-page handbook; the concise version has about half the readings and no handbook. The concise version was well received by TAs who used it in 2009-2010.
Patterns for College Writing with 2009 MLA Update: A Rhetorical Reader and Guide.
Laurie G. Kirszner. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2006
List price $56.95
Description from publisher: "Patterns also has the most comprehensive coverage of the writing process in a rhetorical reader with a five-chapter mini-rhetoric; the clearest explanations of the patterns of development; and the most thorough support for students of any rhetorical reader. With loads of exciting new readings and updated coverage of working with sources, Patterns for College Writing helps students as no other book does. There's a reason it is the best-selling reader in the country." Many SJSU faculty have used this text for English 1A and find its readings provoke good discussions with students. The portions devoted to writing instruction are clear, accessible, and fairly thorough, organized around the stages of the writing process and writing the modes. Readings cover a broad range of perspectives, from Malcolm X to Stanley Fish to George Orwell. Newer readings bring in discussion of such popular trends as "friending" on Facebook.
Writing & Community Action, by Thomas Deans. Pearson, 2002.
List price: $60.40
This text is organized around the idea of literacies: academic literacies; community literacies; personal literacies. The text supports a class that takes a traditional "learning academic literacies" approach to English 1A and supports the more common "personal voice" approach to English 1A. But, it is really designed to support instructors who want either a service-learning focus to the whole course or to a single unit. The book features a nice chapter on academic discourse communities, as well as writing about literature and writing research (if instructors want to add brief forays into those areas in English 1A). The introductory chapter is about the writing process with a selection of oft-assigned readings such as Anne LaMott's "Shitty First Drafts." The second chapter is structured around the perennial "Literacy Narrative" assignment, again replete with frequently assigned readings included. For those instructors who wish to try out or continue teaching service-learning writing, there is a fulsome chapter on the ethics of writing about, for, or with the local community. The other outstanding feature of this book is that Deans publishes successful student essays as models alongside the assignments in the book.
Writing Now, Lee Odell and Susan M. Katz. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010.
List price: $73.95 ($53.83 on Amazon)
From the Preface:
"Writing isn't magic, but then magic isn't magic either. Magicians know their craft, and writers must also know their craft." --Donald Murray
The authors suggest we replace the word "writing" with "composing." Students need to analyze visual and verbal information in many different rhetorical settings: essays for composition class, research for biology class, their memoir for discussion on Oprah (my idea), etc.
The authors say the writing courses must help students do the following:
--Understand the rhetorical context, addressing the needs of different audiences.
--Read critically
--Work through the processes of developing ideas and revising a draft
--Communicate through a variety of genres, such as memoirs, reports, proposals, etc.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Writing Assignments: Memoirs, profiles, reports, position papers, evaluations,
Part 2: Strategies for Design and Research: Reading & Writing about Visual Images,
Designing Pages and Screens, Conducting Field Research, Documenting Sources: MLA
& APA style
Part 3: Strategies for Special Writing Situations: Writing for essays exams, portfolios,
the Community, online, and oral presentations.
This book is glitzy and modern and could very well represent college textbooks of the
future. The readings are good and the rhetorical support is very thorough. You could use
just Part 1 for the entire semester. The research and documentation section is complete
enough to eliminate the need for a handbook, (although grammar and sentence level
support would not be represented).
English 1B
Compose, Design, Advocate, Anne Frances Wysocki, Dennis A. Lynch. Pearson, 2006.
List Price: $69.33
Wysocki and Lynch's Compose, Design, Advocate is a genre-based rhetoric with a strong focus on written, oral, and visual modes of composition. The text provides detailed instruction on the rhetorical design of essays, analyzing multimodal visual media, and forging a dialogue between the design, production, and performativity of a composition. Compose, Design, Advocate contains a strong advocacy focus, and encourages students to produce rhetorically purposeful and researched documents for a variety of communication contexts. The text might work best in a technologically-driven course that analyzes visual media and the visual rhetoric of document design.
Critical Thinking, Thoughtful Writing, 4th edition, by John Chaffee. Pearson, 2008.
List price: $81.99
A rhetoric with readings, this textbook emphasizes the direct correlation between thinking skills and composing skills. Its premise is that students who have developed higher-order thinking skills will be able to better articulate their ideas through writing and/or other multimedia texts. Thus, each chapter focuses on a particular critical thinking skill (i.e evaluating perspectives, problem solving, or developing reasoned arguments) with strategies, activities, writing exercises, and readings to supplement the chapter's critical thinking skill.
In Chapter 1, students are introduced to a thinking-writing model. The graphically pleasing model includes five elements: the rhetorical situation, the writing process, core abilities, collaboration, and communicating. The core abilities emphasized are thinking critically, thinking creatively, and writing thoughtfully. The last four chapters of the book walk students through analysis and construction of meaningful arguments. Overall, this book is a good fit for the 1B classroom. The step-by-step approach to the writing process and the emphasis on developing students' abilities to think critically in order to write persuasively are the book's highest appeals.
Everything's an Argument, 5th edition, by Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruskiewicz. Bedford /St. Martin's, 2010.
With readings $64.95, Brief Edition, 41.95
The title says it all. The book offers extensive coverage of pathos/ethos/logos and focused chapters on several types of argument, including arguments of fact, of definition, and of cause (and one on arguing through humor). The text also features chapters on proposals, evaluations, rhetorical style, fallacies, use of sources, documentation, and more. The book comes in a "brief edition" without reading and a longer version with seven chapters of argumentative readings, on stereotypes, friendship, bilingualism, food & water, religion, campus diversity, and work. Both editions are visually "hip" and solidly academic.
Public Literacy, 2nd edition by Elizabeth Ervin. Pearson, 2003.
List price: $31.60
This is a perfect text for supporting service learning assignments in English 1B classes. Ervin starts the book with an extended discussion of the public and "public spheres." These opening chapters should serve well as a framework for writing assignments designed to reach a public audience (as is the case for many service learning assignments in composition classes); these chapters could also easily support assignments written for a teacher about students' service learning experiences as they relate to notions of the public. The middle section of the book focuses on typical genres used in service-learning projects: letters, media kits, grant proposals, petitions. Ervin also has a short chapter on research, which covers primary and secondary research as well as assessing credibility of sources. However, this would need to be supplemented with a handbook, because the online information is out of date (note the 2003 publication date). The book ends with an interesting chapter on careers in public literacy. While these could serve as models for biographies students might write of public servants (either local or national/global), they also can be used to help our 1B students consider the importance of writing across careers. Chapter 10: "Public Literacy, Community Service, and Activism" is out of place. It is a strong chapter full of key definitions for service-learning work, but it comes far too late in the book. Instructors might want to assign it in the first few weeks of class to help familiarize students with the nuances among service learning, activism, community service, volunteerism, and public literacy. Because most service-learning classes draw many class texts from the community, the brevity of this book works well – one can work through the entire book along with other sets of readings.
A Sequence for Academic Writing, Laurence Behrens & Leonard Rosen. Pearson, 2010.
List price: $54.67
*Thanks to Peter Gambrill for the annotation
The textbook is split into two main sections, the first labeled "Structures" and the second labeled "Strategies." The chapters in the first sections are organized around different modes of writing, though they are cleverly titled to avoid suggesting the rigid structures of current-traditional rhetoric: Critical Reading and Critique, Explanatory Synthesis, Argument Synthesis, Analysis. The authors of A Sequence seem to have taken the criticisms of the process theorists to heart, for within each chapter they mostly avoid rigid structures or outlines, favoring instead open-ended suggestions for organizing different types of writing. In the second main section of the textbook, the authors lean even more heavily on process pedagogy, the centerpiece being Chapter 6-Writing as a Process. They go far beyond the simplistic process outlined by most current-traditional methods, summed up by Tobin as "think, then write"(5). Here there are short sections titled "The Myth of Inspiration" and "The Myth of Talent"; the authors attempt to get the student to think about the process of writing as one of intellectual and personal discovery, not just a means to a finished product. Behrens and Rosen are not focusing on collaborative learning or writing per se, but they do seem to believe in the power of writing instruction to unlock doors to the professional and academic communities. Their intentions as belied in the introduction also explain how they set about to write and structure the textbook. It is a sprawling set of instructions, meant to encompass every imaginable writing assignment a student might face in college. It may be intimidating for the students—and the instructor(!)—to use such an open-ended text to learn writing, but it includes enough detail and examples to accomplish what the authors set out to do. A Sequence supports a Writing Across the Curriculum or Writing in the Disciplines approach to second semester composition instruction.
They Say, I Say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing. Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. Norton, 2009.
List Price: $ 20.63 ($16.20 on Amazon)
Publisher description: "The book that demystifies academic writing, teaching students to frame their arguments in the larger context of what else has been said about their topic– and providing templates to help them make the key rhetorical moves. The best-selling new composition book published in this century, in use at more than 1,000 schools, They Say / I Say has essentially defined academic writing, identifying its key rhetorical moves, the most important of which is to summarize what others have said ("they say") to set up one's own argument ("I say"). The book also provides templates to help students make these key moves in their own writing. The Second Edition includes a new chapter on reading that shows students how to read for the larger conversation and two new chapters on the moves that matter in the sciences and social sciences." Students seemed to find it quite accessible and even sort of hip, with a lively, humorous style. Very thorough coverage of how to join the public discourse, incorporating other people's ideas and words. No handbook or discussion of research.
Writing Arguments: A Rhetoric with Readings 8th ed., John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, and June Johnson. Pearson, 2010.
List price: $76.00, ($39.99 on Amazon)
The authors preface the text by accentuating an exploratory rather than a debate-driven focus for teaching and learning about formal argument. The 8th edition features six parts:
(1) framing argument as inquiry;
(2) anatomy of argument, including consideration of audience, counterargument and evidence;
(3) analysis of argument;
(4) further analysis of claims, including an extended section on visual arguments; and
(5) use, citation, and documentation of a variety of sources. These are followed by a rather brief appendix featuring fallacies, as well as a further one focused on small-group strategies. Part 6 provides 235 pages of argumentative essays and visual representations of controversial issues. This expansive section ranges from Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" to Al Gore's "Nobel Lecture." Most of these are brief enough to allow for concentration on anywhere from1 to three arguments per class meeting, giving the instructor great flexibility in shaping the course according to students' aptitudes and interests.
Each of the text's 17 chapters also provides samples of both visual and paragraphed arguments appropriate for class discussion. These also feature a multitude of concisely formatted informational and process-oriented highlights, ranging from a helpful of genres to various graphs to examples of idea mapping in support of causal speculation. The book's range and depth of discussion, along with its student-centered chapter breakdowns are most suitable to an introduction to formal argument. The text's cost, balanced against the extent of material available, makes it a reasonable value. My major quibble is with the relatively short section that covers but a few of the many logical and psychological fallacies students may encounter or commit.


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looks green to me. but i'm color blind so, don't listen to me.
looks green to me. but i'm color blind so, don't listen to me.
It does kind of look like a dark olive drab now that I look at it. I'll probably just leave it at that though because it's better than the Tonka and Spongebob vests I had before.
now they look kinda OD. and your camo patterns look kinda blurred or something.
fuck, i think im gonna actually do a reskin tomorrow or something
you INSPIRED me
x-cam GO
or a-tacs
sly mother
Do KA2, that would be awesome
the CADPAT in Operation Northstar looks like absolute shit though.
KA2 would be more awesome though.
flail tail johsong
taepo, make ifap some custom camo
something that will follow all of our camo rules.
1. can't be gaycu
2. must have a funny russian name like "berezekra" or "floraeuka" and end in an "a"
3. no multicam
4. cannot resemble m81 in any way because m81 is noob camo
5. no cod camo
taepo, make me a blastoise arma custom camoflauge
aka a-tacs, cadpat, flora and desert marpat
i bet that'd look like shit lmao
someone should make arma 2 splitter camo
like i said once i get this shit started, i can start doing personal skins for errybody
Mah first battle with mah squirtle bois
looks like pajamas lmao
Now all i need is for someone to like reskin some armor or something to make it look like a giant blastoise and his shoulder cannons fire shots
fuck yes guys i FINALLY did it
someone hug me please
thanks yo, it's all thanks to taep and fox <3
so uh, i guess i can get started on some skins..
I'm not 100% sure if I can change helmet models and shit quite yet, I'm looking into that right now but basically let me know what you want like this:
x's Personal Skin
Model: [Base Model, I.E. Russia > Men > Officer, stick to using the vanilla models too, I don't want to go and ask for permission to use any custom models]
Texture: [What camo and etc, keep it somewhat realistic, not purple camo or something too silly]
Weapons:[What primary, how many of what kind of magazines, grenades, rucksacks, etc]
PM me though, so it's easier for me to keep track
i asked fox about it and he said
Without even breaking stride, Ryan Bills flips open and lights the Zippo lighter in one smooth movement.
With a single flick of their wrist, Ryan Bills smoothly lights their Cigarette with their Zippo lighter. Damn they're cool.
You hear a quiet click, as Ryan Bills shuts off the Zippo lighter without even looking what they're doing. Wow.
some stuff I'm working on:
trying to get the same basic setup as the gent on the left. Paraclete HPC & AWSIN SF vest


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Scott McClellan, former press secretary of President Bush is now being bashed by the right wing press for disloyalty because he revealed his thoughts and experiences serving in an administration that lied to the American people. Is one disloyal for bashing a former employer? Scott McClellan was a member of the government of the United States of America, not a men's club in which what happens in the locker room should be kept secret. He was privy to important information about the his nation and thus was honor bound to reveal what he had learned being in that position. An individual who enters the armed forces of the United States of America takes a solemn oath to uphold the Constitution and place its interests before any others, including orders from his superiors. We believe a similar obligation must be upheld by any member of the United
States government.
It is ironic the Rush Limbaughs or New York Post reporters who wallowed in the slime and fillth associated with the Bill Clinton impeachment have now become supporters of silence. Have we forgotten demands that every single piece of evidence connected with actions of President Clinton had to be revealed? However, now the clone of silence is demanded and McClellan is being crucified for daring to reveal what happened in a corrupt and lying administration that betrayed the American people. No member of the American government owes "loyalty" to those who betray the Constitution and the people of this nation.
The ironic aspect of this situation is the revelations of Scott McClellan are already known, he is merely confirming what anyone following the lies and distortions of the Bush administration has been aware of for years. Exactly what is "new" regarding the revelations of the former press secretary? The difference is evidence is now being presented by an insider who, of course, according to the right wing media, never really was on the inside. Rush and Ann Coulter and the others who prefer believing in lies have been disloyal to the American people for years. Just imagine what they would be saying if we had the revelations of a former press secretary to Bill Clinton!
The tragedy of this entire episode is Mr. McClellan will now have his reputation dragged through the mud of slander by those who enjoy tearing to pieces anyone who is disloyal to truth. There is nothing new about what George Bush did in lying than the reactions of the right wing media which has blocked out the truth from their minds and the American people.


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Although there are still three months to go until the end of the semester, it is extremely important to start determining what your plans are going to be for the summer. After finals are done, many students are in desperate need of a period of relaxation where they can regain their momentum to pursue other obligations. While it is important to rest after having put in your best effort to complete final exams and papers, it is also a great time to start working in a job that reflects your interests so you can make the most of your time!


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Mutually recursive modules
From HaskellWiki
Mutually recursive modules are modules that import each other. This way it is not possible to find a sequence to compile them one after another. This is a typical problem of languages with a strong module system, in contrast to languages like C, where all parts of a program are merged textually by the preprocessor before compiling them.
Simple example:
module A where import B module B where import A
If possible, mutually recursive modules should be avoided, since they complicate module dependencies. Once you have mutually recursive modules in a package, you will no longer be able to put modules of an import cycle into different packages, because mutually recursive packages are not supported.
1 Compiler support
The Haskell 98 report says, that Haskell 98 allows mutually recursive modules, but not all compilers support them completely or even in a simple way.
GHC supports mutually recursive modules in a limited way and requires additional information. You must break the data dependency cycles manually by creating .hiboot files. Up to version 6.10 it is not possible to create mutually recursive class definitions across modules, e.g.
module A where import B class B t => A t where ... module B where import A class B t where f :: A t => t -> t
1.2 Hugs
Hugs until September 2006 does not support mutual recursive modules.
Support by
.hi-boot files.
1.6 HHC/Freja
Support for mutual recursion within modules that are in one file.
1.7 PacSoft/Programmatica
2 Resolve mutual recursion
There are some ways to avoid mutually recursive imports, which we will describe below.
2.1 Use type parameters
If you have the definitions
module A where import B data A = A B module B where import A data B = B A
you can break the cycle by adding a type parameter to one of these data declarations. By thinking about that possibility you might find that you want to generalize one of the data structures anyway. This yields:
module A where data A b = A b module B where import A data B = B (A B)
This way you only generalize the data structure.All functions that use
2.2 Global type definitions
Some packages use to define all data types and classes in one module of the package. These types are then imported by all other modules of the package. This may however conflict with the use of qualified names, since in this style clashes of unqualified type identifiers in the type definition module are more likely.
3 See also
- Haskell Cafe on mutually recursive modules


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I was just reading the instructions that came with the swarm catching pheremone I just recieved. One of the "Other" uses is:"To lure and stabilize bees when they are first placed in a greenhouse for pollination. Bees initially become disoriented, lost and may die. Swarm Catch will help them return to the hive and stabilize the unit."
Can you imagine some of the exotic honeys that would come from a greenhouse, if done right? NOT that I am the one to try, since I am new to having bees.
Jim, I think your underestimating the amount of plants it takes to make honey. You would need one hell of a big greenhouse to attempt to produce honey. Bees in a greenhouse are for pollination purposes, and would most likely need to be feed.
honeybees orient to their necter source and the hive by it's relationship to the sun. now how they gonna do that in a greenhouse with a shade on it? {snip!} just my 2 centsmark
Ok two questions from reading this post,1) What the heck are mason bees and does anybody have a picture they could post?2) And where can you get a starter colony of bumble bees?
Sweet! Thanks for the sites! I don't know it sounds to me that honey bees are better polinators though..........
Hey what are you doing in the adult forums anyway :twisted:


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This young girl came to St Mungo's in 1995 with her father because she had sprouted wings. Her father was forced to carry her around like a balloon because of this.


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World Toilet Day, held on 19 November each year, serves to point out that nearly half the world's population doesn't have access to proper sanitation. It's not the world's most glamorous issue, but it is an important one - globally, more people die from disease caused by poor sanitation than from any other cause.
There are several toilets of note in Museum Victoria collections. We're not shy about poo at MV, since the Spotwood Pumping Station at Scienceworks was once responsible for moving all of Melbourne's sewage out of the city. One particular toilet at the Pumping Station was installed in 1939 for the exclusive use of Lucey Alford, the first female scientist to work there. Her job was to determine if corrosion in the concrete pipes was caused by bacteria and her research was important to the proper functioning of the system.
Toilet - Fowler Ware, MMBW Spotswood Sewerage Pumping Station, circa 1939 (HT 2486)Source: Museum Victoria
Before Spotswood Pumping Station and sewage treatment at Werribee were established in the 1890s, sewage disposal was a much dirtier job. The stink of cesspits and open sewers earned our city the moniker of 'Smellbourne' in the mid-1800s. Typhoid outbreaks killed hundreds of residents. With no internal plumbing, Melburnians used chamber pots or the 'dunny' at the back of the yard, which was emptied by nightsoil collectors. (You can still see many of these old dunnies from the laneways that run behind older houses in the inner city.) 'Nightsoil' - the coy term for human waste - was dumped in pits or depots in the outskirts of the young city, including the area that would become Carlton Gardens.
A fragment of a simple whiteware chamber pot from the Little Lon archaeological assemblage. (LL 068610)
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'Dunny' toilet and chicken coop in a suburban backyard, Glenroy, 1960 (MM 110571)Image: John CuffSource: Museum Victoria
So today as you 'spend a penny', as my grandmother would say, spare a thought for those who don't have the convenience and hygiene of clean, safe, indoor toilets.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A 7-0 Northwestern run early in the second half allowed the top-ranked Wildcats to subdue Vanderbilt, 15-8, in their American Lacrosse Conference opener Sunday in Nashville. Senior attacker Amanda Macaluso sparked the 'Cats with career-bests of five points and three goals on the afternoon.
Junior Alyssa Leonard also set a career high with four goals and four points, while senior Taylor Thornton dominated the midfield all afternoon with five draw controls, four ground balls and a career-high five caused turnovers.
With the win, Northwestern improved to 3-1 on the year heading into its 2013 home-opener, set for 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6 against Boston College. NU head coach Kelly Amonte Hiller will be going for career win No. 200 after raising her all-time mark to 199-31 Sunday against Vanderbilt.
Freshman Christina Esposito chipped in the first two goals of her Wildcats career while senior Erin Fitzgerald also came up with a two-goal performance.
Macaluso opened the game's scoring 59 seconds into the contest when she worked her way from right to left across the fan, finishing with a southpaw shot past Vandy GK Chelsea Pasfield. After the Commodores answered on their first possession, Macaluso set up Leonard for a quickstick goal at the 26:44 mark.
Leonard made it back-to-back scores with a sidearm lefty shot from straightaway just over one minute later, a goal that was followed up by an Erin Fitzgerald solo effort that put the visitors in front, 4-1.
Pasfield helped keep the Commodores' deficit at three with five saves in the first 20 minutes, and Vanderbilt received a goal from Abby Wheeler at the 9:57 mark to cut NU's lead to two. Only 37 seconds later, however, Ali Cassera worked her way into the fan and scored her sixth goal of the season to set the count at 5-2 in the Wildcats' favor.
The waning minutes of the first half saw both teams struggle to maintain possession, but NU added to its lead with two goals in the final 60 seconds of the stanza. An offsides violation against Vanderbilt set up a Northwestern free position attempt, where Cassera fed Kelly Rich to make it 6-3 NU. Off the ensuing draw, Leonard bounced home her third goal of the game, and Bridget Bianco turned away a final Vandy 8-meter attempt to preserve a 7-3 Wildcats advantage at the break.
Once the second half began, Macaluso countered a Vanderbilt goal with her second tally of the day, and the Wildcats made it a five-goal game with Christina Esposito's 8-meter goal in a man-up situation. It was Esposito's first career goal for the Wildcats.
Northwestern broke the game open from there, piecing together a 5-0 run that included a goal and an assist from Macaluso as well as an unassisted left-handed goal by Fitzgerald that made it 12-4 Northwestern with 19 minutes to play.
Northwestern's defense continued to give the Commodores fits throughout the second half, suffocating Vandy on the ride and allowing only just three shots through the first 24 minutes of the period. On offense, Kat DeRonda created her own scoring opportunity for a goal while Esposito notched her second off the 8-meter arc, while freshman Nancy Dunbar later set up Leonard's fourth goal for her first career assist and the final NU score of the day.
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Agricultural policies: The European Union drops out
… As revealed by results from the SGPA (Global Support to Agricultural Production) indicator for the world's four major agricultural powerhouses (Brazil, China, United States and European Union)*
PARIS, November 19, 2012/PRNewswire/ — Between 2005 and 2010, the per capita global support to agricultural production (SGPA)1 has significantly increased in China, Brazil and the United States––by 130, 60 and 40 percent respectively––while it barely maintained its 20052 level in the European Union.
In spite of statements on maintaining the current CAP budget, these results thus are showing that Europe has, since 2005, been taking a direction that is in conflict with that taken by other world's major powers, which invest massively to safeguard the food security of their people.
In absolute terms, the 2010 SGPA indicator ranks the United States first with $163 billion, followed by China with $154 billion, the European Union with $101 billion and Brazil with $38 billion. Expressed as a percentage of the agricultural production value, the United States again ranked first, with agricultural support representing 48 percent, against 24 percent for the European Union and for Brazil, and 20 percent for China.
But numbers aside, a policy analysis indicates similarities between Brazil and the United States, which implement policies to support competitiveness and domestic demand stimulus. This is the reason why farmers in these countries benefit from regulatory tools through:
- In Brazil, direct market interventions, reserve policies and incentives to develop biofuels (42 percent of the Brazilian SGPA);
- In the United States, direct payments, countercyclical payments supplemented by insurance mechanisms and a sizeable system of domestic food aid.
As far as China is concerned, the government is conducting a policy of interventionism and safeguarding agricultural production that includes guaranteed minimal prices ($258/ton for wheat and $291/ton for rice in 2010), direct income support, social protection programs as well as tax relief…
Conversely, only the European Union turns its support system decoupled from production, in addition to greening criteria, into the cornerstone of its agricultural policy.
The verdict is final: Both the lower support and its unsuitability are causing the European Union to drop out, a situation all the more troubling that it would be worsened by the planned CAP reform.
momagri is drawing the attention of all European political leaders. It is not an issue of asking for more subsidies, but of adopting European price regulation mechanisms. This is the case of counter-cyclical systems, as advocated by momagri in its "Another CAP is possible" strategy.
The SGPA, an indicator providing transparency to agricultural policies and contributing to global agricultural governance
The SGPA indicator maps out all public, budgetary, extra-budgetary support to all agricultural activities within a nomenclature broken down in ten categories, from direct support coupled to production to support of a strategic nature.
Consequently, the SGPA results for the 2005 to 2010 years show a CAP significantly dropping out, compared to the Brazilian, Chinese and American agricultural policies.
Chart 1: Per capita SGPA comparison: EU, USA, Brazil, China, 2005-2010, in national currencies.
Chart 2: SGPA comparison: EU, USA, Brazil, China, 2005-2010, in $billions.
Chart 3: SGPA comparison of national agricultural production, EU, USA, Brazil, China, 2005-2010, in %.
- In national currencies.
- At constant euros, global support to agricultural production declined by 3 percent in the EU.
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