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Readers, this campaign season we've borne witness to many things. The rebirth of the word "trollop" and Ann Coulter endorsing Hillary...Geraldine Ferrarro fell victim to racism, and now Bill Clinton telling us Obama used their vast race card conspiracy against him too; he's got memos to prove it. We've learned about Obama's brother in China and Hillary's brothers from Retardville. We've watched Hillary throw back shots like a drunk sorority girl and promise to totally obliterate Iran like a drunk frat guy. We've seen Barack Obama reference Faulkner, Marx and Jay-Z like some consciousness-raising enlightened hip-hop dude who gets laid way too often for you to trust him entirely. But readers, for six weeks we have been stuck in this state, a state so authentically lowbrow it gets away with calling its homeless shelters overnight cafes, and somehow we have yet to see a presidential candidate eat a fucking cheesesteak. So Megan and I are off to do that now (oh, yum) and vote, but not before gracing you with this morning's riveting IM exchange.
MOE: Looks like we're not the only ones who find this anti-climactic.
After the docs droned on awhile about the nuances of the candidates' health care plans, they asked for questions, and it was clear no reporters had any. I suspect nobody cared much about the stale back-and-forth on who's plan does what, and had learned that if you ask a real question about the campaign, you don't get anything like a remotely candid response.
So after a pause, the campaign took a caller who asked if Hillary had any more muffin-tops. Wolfson quickly cut that off and took a caller who identified himself as Steve from the Reading media, and asked something about "moose-knuckles."
MEGAN: Wait, are they talking about actual muffin tops? Because I could use one of those. I'm a little hungry.
MOE: I just filled my proverbial muffin top with delicious egg sandwich from a truck that is tastier than its New York counterpart (sorry, deli guys).
MEGAN: Do you think it's the eggs?
MOE: Hm! I think it's the cheese actually. It's just a slice above or some pun like that here. Okay, so ...uh...here we are. We haven't really witnessed a lot in the way of ambiance yet but we're about to go to Pat's and Geno's and my polling place and that will be fun because I just looooove leaving the house during the day not knowing where my Wi-fi signal's coming from.
MEGAN: I know, it kind of makes a blogger nervous!
MEGAN: But I've decided to pretend like it won't freak me out, and I can get some more Philly flavor, although I got plenty of that yesterday while driving around getting lost going to our interviews.
MOE: Today is a really special day because Bill Clinton said something completely false and inflammatory and Hillary said something completely obvious but inflammatory sounding and Obama said something about "fuck you I'm eating my waffle" about something and ethanol subsidies are still a terrible idea and none of the candidates are ready to say anything about that and —- oooh oooooh — there is some media speculation as to the likelihood of an Obama-Cinton dream ticket but basically no one is really dreaming about that.
MEGAN: I think people that don't actually like confrontation are still dreaming about it actually.
MEGAN: But, you know, fuck those people. And, um, where can I get a waffle? I haven't had a waffle in a year at least.
MEGAN: Sometimes, I think I might want to consider eating breakfast.
MOE: Oh and then there's that story in the Times about John McCain. You see, he is a man of great principle, but he is also a man of immense loyalty. Why do their attempts to undermine him always kind of make him look better? And curious.... is that you chatting me on G-chat whilst simultaneously chatting me on AIM? Because I'm one of those Luddites who likes to stick with a window. But I'm checking it now...
MEGAN: My question is why the FUCK did they drop that story on the day of the Pennsylvania primaries? Talk about dropping something into a black hole.
MOE: Because it's not...that...interesting? Well actually, fuck if I know. It did manage to employ the word "flotilla" and the developer's name is something rather akin to Dustin Diamond, which is funny.
MEGAN: I mean, he made the guy like $20 million on one transaction that he weighed in on. He got him extra water rights.
MEGAN: For someone that holds himself above all that, it's sketch to me.
MEGAN: OMG, a poll shows that 15% of people actually believe that Obama is Muslim. And 8 percent will admit they don't want to vote for a black person. What the fuck is wrong with people?
MEGAN: Also, those people will be screwed if McCain does get Condi to agree to be a running mate. And we'll get another 4 years (at least) of White House lesbian rumors if they win.
MEGAN: Oh, fuck, keep reading. Apparently, people in Scranton heckled his (white) campaign staff on. St. Pat's with racial slurs. I'll bet they ended in -lover. I've been called that. It's so fucked up.
MOE: I think the problem with the McCain thing is that I'm just not that impressed with $20 million made on a real estate deal through the boom years. I mean, it's just not that big a deal to me. And why does anyone think Condi is a good idea for a running mate, beyond the fact that she is prettier and younger and not as pale as the old guy? Really, she should run for third wife actually.
MEGAN: Well, except for the lesbian rumors. I actually hope he does pick her. They'll be the foreign policy ticket in an election that's becoming increasingly about domestic affairs.
MEGAN: And you rarely win races on foreign policy.
MOE: Oh a very depressing thing: the Journal ousted its managing editor, my friend Marcus Brauchli. Marcus is a hilarious and awesome guy, and this is especially distressing coming on the heels of what I thought was such an awesome development i.e. the addition of Thomas Frank to the payroll. So I emailed Marcus asking if maybe he'd like to switch places and revive The Baffler.
MEGAN: If it was a real comic book, that would be fucking cool.
MOE: Another weighty endorsement: Nixon's daughter is supporting Obama. But is Julie Nixon Eisenhower registered as a Dem? Because if not she will not be able to have the same kind of impact as all those Kennedys....
MEGAN: No kidding, if she can't vote for him, what does it matter?
MOE: Sorry, you know, I am letting the ennui get the better of me. Under normal circumstances I might get riled up somehow about Bill Clinton accusing the Obama campaign of "playing the race card" against him. Are these "memos" that prove the Obama campaign was going to use Bill Clinton's whiteness against Hillary all along going to be on TheSmokingGun later you think?
MOE: Related: who's showing early signs of dementia? Because it sounds sort of like Clinton is, but it could easily be me.
MEGAN: No, there's a memo but it's basically a round-up of racially-charged stuff the Clinton's said. I don't know how that's playing the race card.


text: Brexit: Impact on public sector procurement law Share this 12 DEC 2017 By: Louise Huson Dr Sharon Fitzgerald Dr Frank Roth Bob Martens Following the UK's vote to leave the European Union, we consider the potential implications for procurement law in the UK to be minimal in the near term. Post Article 50 negotiations, for reciprocity reasons, and to avoid any risk of losing its legitimacy in international trade, the UK will seek to have equivalent legislation in place. Key issues The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and a number of EU Directives regulate public sector and utility purchasing procedures, requiring transparency of contract opportunities, and equal treatment of those bidding for them. These rules have force in the UK through implementing legislation enacted for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and separate implementing legislation in Scotland. The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will have the effect of retaining the legislation on the statute books post-Brexit, until a decision is made to retain, amend or repeal them. Potential impact A broad discretion for contracting authorities to make direct contract awards could certainly speed up the procurement process, but requiring contractors to compete in an impartial process can generate better value for money and more innovative approaches to the final project. Equally, to repeal national procurement laws will leave tenderers without the ability to challenge public and utility procurement decisions, if they feel they have been treated unfairly in the process - potentially leading to reduced investor confidence in the UK government contracting market. But it is issues beyond Europe that are likely to have the greatest impact on the post-Brexit approach to regulating procurement activities. Whether we take a 'hard' or 'soft' Brexit route, EU procurement law is based on the World Trade Organisation's plurilateral Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). In the absence of multiple bilateral trade agreements (with individual EU states and other major trading nations), the UK is likely to become an autonomous member of the WTO (rather than through its EU block membership) and sign up to the GPA. If a state is party to the GPA, its procuring entities (in specified sectors listed in the GPA 'coverage schedules') must treat suppliers from states who are also signatories to the Treaty, no less favourably than domestic suppliers, and suppliers of any other signatory to the GPA. This includes following transparent and impartial procurement procedures, as set out in the GPA. Though more comprehensive in certain areas, the EU procurement rules are required to incorporate those set out in the GPA. As an individual GPA signatory, procurement rules developed in the UK will be subject to the same requirement. From a continental Europe perspective, depending on the post Brexit route chosen, the UK may not in future be able to follow updates and amendments to the existing EU procurement Directives. This will make life more complicated for clients with pan-European government contracting businesses, because assumptions on how a tender should run in the UK may not hold true, since the EU would no longer be the single reference point for national procurement laws. Further considerations Significant change to the UK procurement rule, risks compromising current well established procurement practice and investor confidence. EU procurement rules are tried and tested (and very recently reviewed prior to publication of the 2014 Directives (2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU). Developing countries working up procurement legislation for the first time will very often adopt EU procurement principles within their own bespoke framework, and organisations such as the World Bank will not finance projects within those countries unless transparent and impartial processes are in place. The UK response, earlier this year, to the EU International Procurement Instrument - that UK contracting authorities should treat suppliers from outside the EU and GPA countries in the same way as EU and GPA suppliers - indicates that post-Brexit the UK will seek equivalence, rather than difference, in its procurement policy and legislation. Actions Procurement law will not be subject to any Brexit specific amendments until after the UK formally leaves the EU. In the period leading up to that time, public sector purchasers and businesses involved in government contracting might: Identify those areas of procurement procedures which do not work well. The government's Mystery Shopper service provides a route for suppliers to raise concerns about public procurement practices. Identify those areas which do work well. Were there to be any change to procurement law going forward, UK common law would require that it be based on an implied duty to treat bidders for public contracts fairly and equally. Equally, the statutory duty to advertise on Contracts Finder is premised on the need for transparency to maintain a vibrant supply chain. Which of the current rules support those principles? Could the less regulated approach included in the Utilities procurement rules, or the 'light touch regime' deriving from the 2014 EU procurement directives, provide adequate regulation? Where the public sector procurement rules are currently more prescriptive, to what extent do they enhance the procurement procedure? Should procurement legislation be subject to review post-Brexit, these are the type of issues which would be open to discussion in any consultation supporting the review. For a more detailed analysis of the issues, please contact the authors or your usual DLA Piper contact.

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Midstate school districts challenged with new technology policies
As local school districts prepare to roll out new technology policies, they are also preparing for the challenges and issues that will come with it.
Internet access is something that Carlisle Area and Cumberland Valley school districts will face. Amy Lena, a curriculum, instruction and technology coordinator for Cumberland Valley, said pamphlets were sent to homes with information on inexpensive Internet services available in the area.
Stephanie Douglas, director of technology at Carlisle Area School District, said the district is encouraging students to visit kiosks throughout the borough for Internet use. Those include Internet cafes, establishments with Wi-Fi and the Bosler Memorial Library. She also said the library will be open before and after school on select days for students to access the Internet with their devices.
"We're trying to create that level playing field with our students," Douglas said.
Douglas said she doesn't know if it will be a huge issue, but she said there are probably students out there that don't have Internet access for any number of reasons. That could include parents not wanting Internet in the household, or cost restraints. She said homework could be assigned to be completed on devices provided to students. In the event that students can't find Internet access, she said alternative assignments would be assigned.
"Because we're relying on online content, that could be a challenge that we have," she said in regard to ensuring students have Internet access. "Hopefully, the number of those kids is minimal."
Providing enough staff time for teachers to get acquainted with the devices is another challenge Douglas said her district has faced.
Kent Smith, superintendent at Susquenita School District, said his district has been successful in preparing teachers. He said representatives from Apple have come to the district to provide professional development. The district has also provided professional development days in the summer so teachers can get acquainted with the MacBook.
Smith said the district has a technology coach, along with the IT team, to help teachers and students with issues as they come up.
Distractions or tools?
When it comes to working with students, it wouldn't be a stretch to imagine how the devices could become a distraction in the classroom. Applications can lead students away from education and into Facebook or other social media.
Lena, however, is not concerned about devices distracting students.
Lena said a policy in place at Cumberland Valley High School regarding cellphones has her convinced that students will be responsible with the devices. Students are able to use their cellphones while in the hallways and at lunch with teacher approval. Lena said discipline has gone down as a result of the policy.
"I think that has helped, but it is still concerning, because we've never allowed that in the middle school," she said.
Lena said strategies are being given to the teachers, such as instruction for students to place their devices with the screen down on the corner of their desk. While she said some teachers are concerned that students will be distracted, Lena said most feel that the good outweighs the bad.
Smith said Susquenita School District is taking an open approach with their devices, but students will know what they can and cannot do with their devices in the classroom.
"We are leaving the devices pretty open to our students," he said. "We're doing so because we don't want to restrict the use of these tools when we give them to the students. We have established consequences for those that violate policy."
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Smith formerly worked at Conneaut School District, where he said a similar 1-to-1 policy was being formed at the time of his departure. From that experience, Smith said he was able to learn from his former district's mistakes when helping to create the policy at Susquenita.
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Note: There was another John Edmonds living in Fayette County in 1850, the son of Nathan and Eleanor Edmonds. He was a little older, having been born in about 1835. Although apparently missing from the 1860 census, he shows up again in 1870 and later, having married Manerva Kilgore in 1866. Edmonds researchers have often easily gotten the two John Edmonds confused.
Given that our John Edmonds "disappeared" in the 1860s, one must consider the possibility that he was a Civil War casualty.
There was a John Edmonds who enlisted in Company A, 26th Alabama Infantry (O'Neal's) October 3, 1861, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. Tuscumbia, Colbert County, is a few counties away from Fayette County where John Edmonds lived. However, histories of the 26th Alabama Infantry indicate that "men were recruited from Fayette, Marion, Tuscaloosa, Walker, and Winston counties." This seems like our John Edmonds, but we can't be sure yet, especially since the other John Edmonds was also from the area. [Extensive Civil War records can be found at fold3.com, formerly footnote.com.]
The 26th Alabama Infantry fought in the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) and suffered losses of 7 killed, 58 wounded, and 65 missing. John Edmonds' Confederate records show him captured at Gettysburg and a Prisoner of War at Point Lookout, Maryland. They also mention that he "joined the U.S. Service".
Now it's time to look in the Union Civil War records. Found: John A Edmonds who enlisted January 29, 1864 at Point Lookout, Maryland, in the Company D, 1st Regiment US Volunteer Infantry. These Union records show that John A Edmonds born in Wilkes County, Georgia, was 22 years old at the time, and was a farmer. This fits our John A Edmonds exactly. He is also listed as 5' 10" tall, light complexion, hazel eyes, and sandy hair.
The 1st US Volunteer Infantry was made up almost entirely of captured Confederate soldiers who were given the opportunity to enlist for the Union in order to get out of Prisoner of War camps. These soldiers were dubbed "Galvanized Yankees". However, they weren't sent to fight against the South -- they couldn't be trusted for that. Instead, they were sent to guard forts in the Dakota Territory.
John A Edmonds' records show that he was promoted from Private to Corporal on July 1, 1864. On September 11, 1865, he was listed as "deserted" from Fort Rice, Dakota Territory.
John A Edmonds wasn't alone in his desertion.
Many deserted—as men chose home or the gold fields over another winter of death at Fort Rice. Eleven percent of the command had died the previous winter, and all who survived still suffered from scurvy's lingering effects.Desertion might not have been such a bad choice. John A Edmonds and other Galvanized Yankees weren't exactly welcome back in their home states in the South. Likewise, they didn't have much in the way of ties to the North. The West may have looked like a good opportunity to start a new life.
Like volunteer troops elsewhere, the First U.S. Volunteers believed that they had earned the right to go home—especially since their former prison comrades had been released in the spring. The ex-prisoners of war had requested through channels to be mustered out when news of Appomattox reached the Upper Missouri, only to be turned down by the War Department.
[Prologue Magazine; Winter 2005, Vol. 37, No. 4; Trading Gray for Blue
Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri for the Union; http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2005/winter/galvanized.html]
I would love to find John A Edmonds in records in California or elsewhere in the West after 1865. These findings may not take me to John Edmonds' eventual rest, but they do add a few more exciting years on to his history.


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From: Inward letters - Surnames, Hill, Reference Number MS-Papers-0032-0340 (25 digitised items). Correspondents:A St Hill, Porangahu, 1874 (1 letter); Bessie A Hill (to Miss McLean), undated letter; Edward Hill, Audit Office, 1862 (1 letter); T B Hill (to H Chamberlin), Aotea near Raglan, 1874 (1 letter); Henry P Hill, Wellington & Napier, 1853-1860 (6 letters); John D Hill, Alexandra, 1869-1876 (9 letters); Kenrick Hill, Napier & Clifton Station, 1864 & 1873 (2 letters); William Hill (to Lieut Col St John), SS Rangatira, 1870s (1 letter); Mr Hill, Clifton, 1875 requesting an appointment in NZ Constabulary
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British singer-songwriter Bobby Long has been writing his keenly-crafted songs since taking up the guitar at age 16. After relocating from his native Wessex, he became a fixture at open-mic nights around London while attending university there. Among his companions on the circuit were fellow musicians Marcus Foster and Robert Pattinson, the former with whom he co-wrote a song that the latter would sing in the popular tween movie "Twilight." Long's intensely personal songs resonate with audiences (not surprisingly, he credits Bob Dylan, Elliott Smith and Leonard Cohen as key influences), expanding his fan base exponentially during the massive six-month 2009 Dangerous Summer tour that comprised some 100 shows in cities across the U.S. and Canada.
Of his first recordings, the 10-song Dirty Pond Songs CD was recorded in his London bedroom and featured chart topping singles such as "Left to Lie." Eventually climbing to no.8 on the Folk charts, his initial efforts were met with great international success. And in 2010, Long took to the studio to put together his first studio album "A winter Tale," which was released at the start of February. Working with Grammy award winner Liam Watson, the album marks the beginnings of a promising career.
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"The 17th Annual Fordham IP Conference held in Cambridge on 15th and 16th April boasted an impressive list participants and speakers this year. According to its website, Fordham seeks to provide "a comprehensive review and analysis of today's cutting-edge issues in intellectual property law" and the 2009 programme succeeded in delivering just that.
Speakers came from a wide range of backgrounds, producing a diverse and highly informed take on a number of topics, all with a distinctly IP flavour. The majority of seminars were split into groups relating specifically to Trade mark, patent or copyright Issues. Speakers included prominent members of the judiciary, such as Lord Hoffmann and Lord Justice Jacob from the UK and the Hon. Randall R. Rader from the US. Panel members also included general counsel from industry, including Google, Time Warner PRS, News Corp and Microsoft, to name but a few. Merpel was overjoyed to hear that they even let the academics in to stir things up! This list is not exhaustive: the full list of attendees can be found here.
Topics up for discussion ranged from multilateral and bilateral relations, the role of the Judiciary in shaping IP policy, Web 2.0 exceptions and limitations, comparative damages in copyright, acquisition of evidence in patent cases, right of publicity/ privacy for trade mark (on day one) to enforcement and counterfeiting, patent law developments in Japan and US v China in WTO on day two, ending with a particularly lively talk chaired by Dr Tilman Luder (Head of the Copyright Unit for the European Commission) on the Information Society Directive, DRM, DMCA, Private Copy Levies, Secondary Liability.
The General Council Roundtable also made for interesting listening, the topics of 'the perception problem', 'IP theft' and the 'IP Crisis' being high on the agenda. This session also produced the 'most quoted quote of a quote' of the Conference, that being news aggregators are "parasites or tech tapeworms in the intestines of the Internet". In the same session there was an out-and-out attack on the newsworthiness of blogs, and (as I'm sure Tufty is keen to note) blogging culture was (almost) blamed for the entire decline of the news industry and the 'death of journalism'. But fear not, Tufty! I'm sure those responsible didn't mean such fine blogs as the IPKat ...
In light of the recent decision in Pirate Bay is it worth observing that the diverse background of speakers and participants alike produced equally diverse views on the way to tackle copyright infringement effectively. These views ranged from a 'do-nothing approach', to 'do-something-but-recognise-what-is-being-done-already', to 'for-God's-sake-lets-stop-them-from-doing-that-any-get them-to-do-this!' approach.
Overall, Hugh Hansen (left) and Fordham have produced another fine Conference facilitating an opportunity for the meeting of IP minds from across the profession. As Adam Smith (1723-1790) once said: "People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices" (Thanks to Trevor Callaghan, Senior Product Counsel at Google for the quote). Well, I can happily report there was no conspiracy at Fordham, just plenty of shared ideas and a whole heap of merriment!
(Further thanks to Scott the Photographer for his wonderful pictures of the event)".
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Our 2012 Spring Show schedule is now complete after three fantastic shows for Ring Ranch. It was three long weeks of showing for us but very rewarding. Our boys and girls did exceptionally well earning some 30 top place ribbons, Breeders Best Three 1st Place Banner and 4 Championship Honors. We were especially delighted to see our two white Paheko boys LeeRoy and Desi take 1st and 2nd place in the very competitive White Male Class and then earn Champion and Reserve Champion honors at the Canadian National Futurity on the April 13-15 weekend in Red Deer Alberta.
Mr. Mike Safley, Senior AOBA Judge, was one of the judges and his comments for LeeRoy were "This male earned top honors in the white class today for his true to type huacaya look, his incredible density, fineness and well organized crimp structure which we found consistent across the blanket, into the belly, up his neck, into his topknot, down his legs and into his tail." "If I owned this male's herdsire, I would breed him to every female on the farm."
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At the October 16th Alpaca Showcase in Lloydminster, the highlight of the show was definitely the presentation of the Allen Clark Memorial Cup to our Paheko for his 1st Place finish in the Get of Sire class. This was Paheko's second back to back consecutive win in this class and the presentation of this coveted award. Complete show results are available on our News and Show Results Page.
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Asian flavorings inspire this cold veal and potato salad plate. Shredded veal is the base and is topped by potato salad that contains water chestnuts and cilantro in a lovely presentation.
1 qt. chicken stock
3 cups soy sauce
1 1⁄2 cups sugar
1⁄2 cup sake
2 yellow onions, diced large
6 green onions, chopped
4 stalks lemongrass, trimmed and chopped
1 carrot, diced large
1 stalk celery, diced large
1 head garlic, crushed
2-in. piece of ginger, crushed
6 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 whole cloves
4 large potatoes, cooked, peeled, diced
6 strips veal bacon, cooked and diced
4 eggs, hard-cooked, diced
1 cup mayonnaise
2⁄3 cup water chestnuts, finely diced
1 small onion, finely diced
2 tbsp. cilantro, minced
1 tbsp. dry Chinese mustard
6-8 lb. veal chuck
1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
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- In a separate bowl, combine potatoes, bacon, eggs, mayonnaise, water chestnuts, onion, cilantro and dry mustard. Mix well and refrigerate.
- Cut veal into 6-8 pieces and season. In a hotel pan over high heat, heat oil and sear veal on all sides until brown. Add chicken stock mixture (step 1) to pan and cover tightly with foil. Transfer pan to a 325° F. oven and roast 2 hours until veal is tender.
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By looking at The Japanese Relocation Camps of World War II: When Fear Was Stronger than Justice, students learn how fear led the U.S. government to take unjust actions during World War II which might not have occurred under other circumstances. Students who want to know more will find that the Internet offers a variety of interesting materials.
Manzanar National Historic Site
Minidoka Internment National Monument
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Report to the President: Japanese-American Internment Sites Preservation
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The University has implemented the Small Value Purchase Order Program (SVPO), which is available to selected departments. The SVPO is intended to reduce the amount of staff time committed to both the issuance of small value purchase orders and the associated invoice payment process. Normally, small transactions require little involvement of the Purchasing Department to negotiate or expedite the purchase.
The SVPO is a purchase order and check combined into one form which is completed and authorized at the department level. Designated departments are allowed to issue the SVPO to vendors for certain supplies and materials transactions not in excess of $300. Generally, University departments that have a high volume of small transactions with local vendors are allowed to participate in this program. The Director of Purchasing and the Controller will determine the eligibility of a department to participate.
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Scientific name: Elaphe flavolineata (Schlegel, 1837)
Classification: REPTILIA SERPENTES COLUBRIDAE
Common name: Black Copper Rat Snake
Place collected: Asia: South Eastern Asia: Malaysia: Johore: Kluang
Collector: Pippet, J R
Date collected: 1960/11/25
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It's definitely got me interested to check out the artist's other works, though. Same with Kikuya Megane, whose Nyan Dra comics are also quite lovely.
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IIRC, Yot-chan said a couple of times that the TV series ending was Yoshino's idea and not Kawamori's idea. While there was no outspoken resolution (due to Alto's fail self-awareness), wasn't Yoshino the one who said episode 24 scene was about Alto's feelings for Sheryl?
If we take the TV series as his vision... the balance tips at one side.
I have to wonder what kind of ending did Kawamori want:
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Edit: FORGET THAT. I read that as AxS.
...You know that the girls will have to tour and Alto would probably want to remain behind in his open sky. It gets lonely.
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Well, I wonder if people in Japan will still want to have a proper conclusion to the series and will nag Kawamori for an OVA. ^^
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I think the manga it is different ..., the manga is some sweet romance ending for people who want that kind of happy ending...
If we don't like the movie ending... We should forget it and consider the manga as the true ending...
Kawamori want everyone to be happy with their own choice of ending
In movie, novel, and manga (tv is not count)
Execept he will make an OVA... Maybe all ending will be same after all
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Wouldn't make a difference for the continuity either, as at the end of the TV-series the main characters have completed their roles in the events of Frontier. Who ends up with who is trivial assuming future Macross shows will star a new cast anyway.
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Frontiers last episodes set up a brilliant inversion of the DYRL finale. I find it quite grating that shippers often ignore that, so they can complain about Kawamori not letting their girl win Alto's heart. As if it's a random harem comedy. Ah well, rant mode off...
Anyway Macross has always been about three things: Valkyries, romance, and conflict resolution through music/songs. All three are needed to make it a true Macross show.
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Resolution IS part of any good storytelling.
Would it be good storytelling if the plot was about the war and the series depicted what started it, how it executed it and then we see the ending credits before we know the outcome? No. Of course not. That's shoddy storytelling. It's obvious of why Kawamori wasn't pleased with Yoshino for leaving the triangle like that, when for him, Macross is a love story first.
The problem in the TV series was that there was NOT a resolution, not even OT3 as the phrase Alto said (you are both my wings) were not meant in a romantic sense.
It's like it ended with Frontier and the Vajyra staring at each others, still no certainty if there's ceasefire or they are at war. Had the focus be the battles (but it's not), would you think that's a proper ending?
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This section covers some tuning considerations that are specific to Oracle databases.
Oracle Index Considerations
Oracle provides some additional indexing options that are worth consideration:
- Function-based indexes Normally a predicate such as WHERE UPPER(MOVIE_TITLE) LIKE 'BIG%' precludes the use of an index. However, Oracle allows an index to be created on a function, such as UPPER(MOVIE_TITLE), which then is usable for queries that reference the function. There are several prerequisites for the use of this option, so you may need some help from your Oracle DBA before you can use it. The syntax for a function-based index simply uses the function specification instead of the column name in the ON clause of the CREATE INDEX statement:
- Bit-map indexes Oracle bit-map indexes are designed to handle columns where the cardinality is low (that is, where there are relatively few data values among many rows). A bit-map index contains records that have one bit for every row in the indexed table and one index record for every possible data value in the indexed column. A bit is "on" (a binary 1) if the corresponding row in the table contains the value that the index record represents, and "off" (a binary 0) if not. For example, if the MOVIE table contained 5000 rows and you built a bit-map index on the MPAA_RATING_CODE column, the index would contain records that were 5000 bits (roughly 625 bytes) in size, and there would be 6 such records (one for each value of MPAA_RATING_CODE). The first index record would represent the first MPAA_RATING_CODE value ("G") and bits in that record would be "on" when the corresponding row in the MOVIE table had a rating of "G". The DBMS can use matrix algebra to quickly find desired data rows, particularly when the search predicates reference multiple columns that have bit-map indexes. A bit-map index is created using the normal CREATE INDEX syntax with the keyword BITMAP used instead of the keyword UNIQUE:
- Index organized tables It's a good practice to create an index on the primary key of every table. However, for tables with only a few columns, such as reference tables and small intersection tables, this always seems wasteful because most or all of the data in the table is repeated in the index. Oracle provides a nice solution that allows the entire table to be stored in the index. Essentially, an index organized table (IOT) is a primary key index and a table rolled into a single structure. While you can create additional indexes on an IOT, in those cases you might be better off using a conventional table. Here is an example that creates a reference table for media formats as an IOT:
{mospagebreak title=Using EXPLAIN PLAN}
In Oracle, the SQL EXPLAIN PLAN statement analyzes an SQL statement and posts analysis results to a special plan table. The plan table must be created exactly as specified by Oracle, so it is best to use the script they provide for this purpose, which can be found under the Oracle Home directory as /RDBMS/ADMIN/ catplan.sql. After running the EXPLAIN PLAN statement, you must then retrieve the results from the plan table using a SELECT statement. Fortunately, Oracle's Enterprise Manager has a GUI version available that makes query tuning a lot easier.
Here is an example of an EXPLAIN PLAN statement:
- STATEMENT_ID is any character string that the statement author wishes to use to identify the explain results. This feature allows multiple explains to be run with the STATEMENT_ID as the identifier that keeps the information about each execution plan separate in the plan table.
- The statement to be explained follows the FOR keyword and can be any valid SQL statement.
- When the EXPLAIN PLAN statement is run, the SQL statement is not actually executed. Instead of a result set containing rows of data, only the message "Explained." is returned to the user. This indicates that the explain plan information has been successfully written to the plan table.
Following is the statement commonly used to retrieve and display the execution plan. It is a complex SQL statement, but the only thing that has to be changed when it is run is the STATEMENT_ID. The CONNECT BY clause is an Oracle proprietary SQL extension that joins a recursive relationship in a table through all iterations (from child to parent to grandparent, and so forth). This SQL was included here to illustrate one method of viewing explain plan results. As mentioned before, there is also a GUI tool in Oracle's Enterprise Manager.
SELECT rtrim(substr(LPAD(' ',2*(LEVEL-1))||operation,1,30))||' '
||rtrim(options)||' '||rtrim(object_name)|| ' '
||'(cost= '||cost||', cardinality='||cardinality||')'
"Query Plan"
FROM plan_table
START WITH id = 0
AND upper(statement_id) = upper('STMT_1')
CONNECT BY PRIOR id = parent_id
AND upper(statement_id) = upper('STMT_1');
Query Plan
SELECT STATEMENT (cost= 10, cardinality=5)
SORT ORDER BY (cost= 10, cardinality=5)
HASH JOIN (cost= 9, cardinality=5)
MERGE JOIN (cost= 5, cardinality=5)
(cost= 2, cardinality=6)
(cost= 1, cardinality=6)
SORT JOIN (cost= 3, cardinality=5)
(cost= 2, cardinality=5)
(cost= 1, cardinality=5)
(cost= 3, cardinality=16)
10 rows selected.
Here are some key points regarding the query plan that appears in the result set:
- The indentation shows the order of execution, with the innermost steps being performed first.
- The cost values show a relative cost. The numbers have no meaning beyond their relative differences. For example, a cost of 10 represents a step that uses twice the resources of a step that has a cost of 5.
- The cardinality values show the estimated number of rows that are processed by the step.
- "TABLE ACCESS FULL" indicates a full table scan where all rows in the table are read sequentially.
- "INDEX RANGE SCAN" indicates the scan of a portion of the rows in an index.
- "TABLE ACCESS BY INDEX" indicates access to a table using the index shown.
- The sorts and joins should be self evident by the step names.
{mospagebreak title=Microsoft SQL Server Considerations}
This section covers some tuning considerations that are specific to Microsoft SQL Server databases.
SQL Server Query Performance Considerations
Here are some considerations for running queries in Microsoft SQL Server databases:
- Access via stored procedures. Placing frequently used SQL queries in stored procedures can yield significant performance gains. In fact, in older versions of Microsoft SQL Server, it was essential to do so in order to achieve reasonable performance because there was no SQL cache to hold recently used SQL statements. In SQL Server 2005, the SQL cache allows the DBMS to recognize a statement similar to one that has already been run and to bypass statement preparation and optimization steps when the statement is reused from the cache. Nonetheless, any statement that is accessed through a stored procedure is precompiled and optimized, so it will always perform well (even if it is not found in the cache at the time it is run). This is one reason why seasoned developers strive to do most or all of their SQL Server database access using stored procedures.
- Avoid nulls in unique indexes. Unlike most other SQL implementations, unique indexes in SQL Server do not handle null column values well. You can define a unique index that includes a column that is allowed to be null, but the second index entry that contains a null is considered a duplicate of the first, and therefore results in a duplicate key error. Most other SQL implementations avoid this issue by not indexing null values.
- Consider clustered indexes. A clustered index causes the table rows to be physically ordered by the indexed column(s). This can help considerably in search and join operations, but it's at the expense of table maintenance, particularly when new rows force existing rows to be moved to maintain their sequence.
{mospagebreak title=Displaying Execution Plans Using SQL Query Analyzer}
Microsoft provides a facility for explaining query execution plans just as Oracle and DB2 do. In Microsoft SQL Server 2000, the SQL Query Analyzer tool has a button labeled "Display Estimated Execution Plan" that graphically displays how the SQL statement will be executed. This feature is also accessible from the Query menu item as the option Show Execution Plan. These items may have different names in other versions of Microsoft SQL Server. In SQL Server 2005, there does not appear to be a tool called SQL Query Analyzer, and it is not clear what the tool will be called when the product is formally released.
In the Query Analyzer tool, the default mode is Object Browser. To display an execution plan, click the Display Estimated Execution Plan icon or press CTRL-L. The execution plan is displayed graphically as shown in Figure 11-1. Each step is shown as an icon and the number near the icon shows the percentage of the total query cost that applies to that step. You can place your cursor pointer over any icon to see a pop-up window showing more detailed information for that step.
Figure 11-1. SQL Query Analyzer output
DB2 UDB Considerations
Like Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server, DB2 also provides a utility to display query execution plans. IBM provides a script called EXPLAIN.DDL that creates the tables needed to hold the output of the explain facility. Once the explain tables are created, the explain facility can be used to create execution plans for queries, and the plans can then be displayed using either Visual Explain in the Control Center or by querying the explain tables using SQL.
Tuning DML Statements
DML (Data Manipulation Language) statements generally produce fewer performance problems than query statements. However, there can be issues.
For INSERT statements, there are two main considerations:
- Ensuring adequate free space for new rows Tablespaces that are short on space present problems as the DBMS searches for free space to hold rows being inserted. Moreover, inserts do not usually put rows into the table in primary key sequence because there usually isn't free space in exactly the right places. Therefore, reorganizing the table, which is essentially a process of unloading the rows to a flat file, re-creating the table, and then reloading the table can improve both insert and query performance.
- Index maintenance Every time a row is inserted into a table, a corresponding entry must be inserted into every index built on the table (although null values are usually not indexed). The more indexes, the more overhead every insert will require. Index free space can usually be tuned just as table free space can.
UPDATE statements have the following considerations:
- Index maintenance If columns that are indexed are updated, the corresponding index entries must also be updated. In general, updating primary key values has particularly bad performance implications, so much so that some RDBMSs prohibit them.
- Row expansion When columns are updated in such a way that the row grows significantly in size, the row may no longer fit in its original location, and there may not be free space around the row for it to expand in place (other rows might be right up against the one just updated). When this occurs, the row must either be moved to another location in the data file where it will fit or be split with the expanded part of the row placed in a new location, connected to the original location by a pointer. Both of these situations are not only expensive when they occur but are also detrimental to the performance of subsequent queries that touch those rows. Table reorganizations can resolve the issue, but it's better to prevent the problem by designing the application so that rows tend not to grow in size after they are inserted.
DELETE statements are the least likely to present performance issues. However, a table that participates as a parent in a relationship that is defined with the ON DELETE CASCADE option can perform poorly if there are many child rows to delete. Moreover, index maintenance also comes into play here because index entries must be removed for any deleted rows.
{mospagebreak title=Quiz}
Choose the correct responses to each of the multiple-choice questions. Note that there may be more than one correct response to each question.
- Performance requirements
a. Should be set after the SQL statements are tuned
b. Provide a way to identify statements that need tuning
c. Are best when they contain complex criteria
d. Provide a way to know when to stop tweaking a query
e. Are developed just to make the auditors happy
- Disk reads and writes can be minimized by
a. Allocating buffers of sufficient size
b. Placing all the database files on one disk drive
c. Putting the entire database in memory
d. Adding indexes for all the important table columns
e. Spreading files across all available disk drives
- The computer system can be tuned by
a. Collecting database statistics
b. Applying available security patches
c. Selecting fast and reliable hardware
d. Following the DBMS tuning recommendations
e. Consulting a tuning guide for the operating system
- Efficient table design includes
a. Using VARCHAR for all variable-length character columns
b. Using the smallest possible numeric data type that holds the data values
c. Using triggers whenever possible
d. Using identical data types for primary keys and their matching foreign keys
e. Using identical data types for all primary key columns
- A query execution plan
a. Describes how the DBMS will execute a query
b. Is stored in the SQL cache
c. Is created using the explain plan feature of the RDBMS
d. Requires a plan table to hold the explain results
e. Requires the use of a stored procedure
- The query optimizer
a. Creates a query execution plan in the plan table
b. Determines the best way to execute an SQL statement
c. May use statistics gathered from the database
d. May use rules applied to the way the statement was written
e. Can be cost-based or rule-based
- In order to design proper queries, the developer should
a. Know the characteristics of the data in the database
b. Match data types in predicates
c. Use hints as much as possible
d. Avoid unnecessary tables and columns
e. Maximize the number of rows in each result set
- Table scans can be avoided by
a. Including a WHERE clause that references an indexed column
b. Using GROUP BY instead of DISTINCT
c. Making sure that statistics are up to date
d. Making at least one predicate references the leading column of an index
e. Avoiding unnecessary columns
- An index cannot be used when
a. The WHERE clause references the second column of an index
b. A LIKE clause references a comparison string that contains a wildcard (except in the first position of the string)
c. The NOT operator is used in a predicate
d. An SQL function is included in a column comparison (except when they match a function-based index)
e. The NOT EQUAL operator is used in a predicate
- Considerations for using indexes include
a. Placing indexes on all frequently updated columns
b. Placing indexes on foreign key columns
c. Avoiding overlapping indexes
d. Creating indexes on columns that have only a few possible values
e. Avoiding unique indexes
- Tuning considerations for MySQL include
a. Function-based indexes
b. Hash indexes
c. Clustering indexes
d. Storage engine options
e. Bit-map indexes
- Tuning considerations for Oracle include
a. Function-based indexes
b. Hash indexes
c. Clustering indexes
d. Storage engine options
e. Bit-map indexes
- Tuning considerations for Microsoft SQL Server include
a. Function-based indexes
b. Hash indexes
c. Clustering indexes
d. Storage engine options
e. Bit-map indexes
- An explain plan in Oracle
a. Requires the use of a plan table
b. Contains a PLAN_ID to uniquely identify it
c. Can be viewed using Enterprise Manager
d. Can be viewed with SQL by selecting it from the plan table
e. Is created using the CREATE PLAN statement
- An execution plan in Microsoft SQL Server
a. Requires the use of a plan table
b. Can be displayed using an option in SQL Query Analyzer
c. Displays the execution plan in a text format
d. Displays the execution plan in a graphical format
e. Can be viewed with SQL by selecting it from the plan table
- When tuning INSERT statements, one should consider
a. Index maintenance
b. Row expansion
c. The CASCADE option
d. Adequate free space
e. Query rewrites
- When tuning UPDATE statements, one should consider
a. Index maintenance
b. Row expansion
c. The CASCADE option
d. Adequate free space
e. Query rewrites
- When tuning DELETE statements, one should consider
a. Index maintenance
b. Row expansion
c. The CASCADE option
d. Adequate free space
e. Query rewrites
- Data types should match
a. For all primary key columns
b. Between primary key and corresponding secondary key columns
c. Between primary key and corresponding foreign key columns
d. Between column values and literal values compared in predicates
e. For all function-based indexes
- The most likely cause of query performance problems is
a. A poorly tuned operating system
b. A poorly written SQL statement
c. Trigger overhead
d. Index maintenance overhead
e. Row expansion


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After a friend's wedding reception, hopeless romantic James Hoyt (Scott Speedman) proposes to his chain-smoking girlfriend Kristen McKay (Liv Tyler). Unfortunately she is just not ready for marriage and shuts him down hard, which turns the elaborate romantic weekend James has planned at his parents' isolated summer cabin a real Olympics of Awkwardness. Soon they have bigger fish to fry, however, as a mysterious girl keeps knocking at their door, at 4 am, asking for "Tamara." Later the knocks become loud bangs, the chimney gets blocked off, and someone not only cuts the phone line, but sneaks in and steals Kristen's recharging cell. As the creepiness and hostilities escalate, James and Kristen find themselves fighting for their lives against a trio of implacable killers whose motivations are as inscrutable as the faces behind their creepy, old-fashioned Halloween masks...
The Strangers (2008) does exactly what I believe it sets out to do--to unsettle the viewer, ramp up the tension, and send you home determined to buy new deadbolts for all the doors in your house--and does so very efficiently, with very little extra narrative fat. After a Laroquette-ish opening voiceover and a flash-forward "discovery" scene, we're thrown right into Kristen and James's uncomfortable arrival at the cottage, and from there things just get more tense. Tyler is a gifted actress, and brings her talents fully to bear on the role of Kristen, both in her sad, emotionally-troubled opening scenes and in her terrified, fighting for her life scenes at the end. Hoyt is fine as the shell-shocked beau suddenly called upon to protect the woman he loves. It's a testament to their skill as actors and the skill of director Bryan Bertino (working from his own script) that, despite being largely a 2-character piece, the flick kept my interest and never felt boring.
The trio of Killers are extremely creepy and menacing, at times seeming almost supernatural in their machinations and ability to walk in and out of the house at will, despite James and Kristen's best battening-down efforts. (In fact I was wondering for a while whether they were some kind of supernatural beings, but the ending has little in it to support that idea.) Their nightmare-fuel masks and the sing-song voice of Dollface, the only one who talks (Gemma Ward, I think) are sure to produce shivers. And Bertino's decision never to show their faces--even when they unmask themselves to James and Kristen--hammers home the idea of them as something more than run-of-the-mill psychopaths. They're almost symbols of all senseless violence and murder. When Kristen asks Dollface the usual question--"Why are you doing this to us?"--the killer's answer is chilling: "Because you were home."
A very creepy and well-made home invasion flick, The Strangers is not the feel-good flick of the year (though its ending is happier than it could have been, in a way), but it's definitely a tension-filled ride. 2.75 thumbs.
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The Lady Bison softball team bounced back from their loss to Ball State to defeat Bowling Green 10-9 in the Chattanooga Challenge Friday afternoon.
The Falcons got on the board early and often but the Lady Bisons answered back every time.
Going into the bottom of the sixth inning the Lady Bisons were down 7-5 when senior transfer Sara Simons, from Kearny, Missouri, hit a two-run homer over the centerfield wall to tie the game.
Abby Keese, Kellie Sirus, and Heather Collins would step across the plate before the close of the inning to give the Lady Bisons a 10-7 lead.
Bowling Green would add two runs in the top of the seventh inning to no avail.
Sophomore Alaina Jacobson would take the start for the Lady Bisons, pitching 5 innings, and fanning 5 batters. Kim Jacobson would close the game, pitching two innings of relief to take the win.
"Sara Simons had a big two run home run in the sixth that really helped us," said head coach Kristin Peck. "She is a great competitor. She is as perceptive of a player as anybody that I've coached. It was good to see her break through and come through for us with a big hit like that."
"It was good to see us go on a big run like that because it gave our girls a lot of confidence to win against an impressive Bowling Green team."
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