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Another Mid-South Farm and Gin Show has come and gone, leaving some memorable moments for those who attended what has become the South's largest indoor farm show.
One of those came in the final "Gin Show" appearance by Billy Dunavant Jr., who is retiring as CEO of Dunavant Enterprises Inc. later this year. Dunavant has given the Gin Show's cotton outlook, often to standing-room-only crowds, for the last 26 years.
Before giving a slightly upbeat analysis of this year's prospects for cotton prices, Dunavant told the audience he wanted to tell them a story at the end of his speech. The story, which can't be reprinted here, broke up the audience and made light of what could have been an emotional moment for Dunavant. (Gin Show officials asked Dunavant if he would come back again, and Dunavant, who says he's not completely retiring from DEI, said he would consider it.)
The second came during a speech by Joe Jobe, executive director of the National BioDiesel Board, and a resident of Jefferson City, Mo., who spoke on bio-based energy's potential during a Gin Show Update Session.
Obviously unaware of the strong feelings many cotton and rice farmers have for Iowa's senior senator, Jobe noted that Charles Grassley recently drove the first John Deere combine equipped with a B2 biodiesel-burning engine off the assembly line at Deere's Waterloo, Iowa, plant. An audible murmur moved through the audience, and one person was overheard to say, "I wish he had driven it off in the river."
The third came during a special Asian soybean rust seminar that included presentations by USDA Agricultural Research Service, grain company, chemical manufacturing, United Soybean Board, university and Extension Service representatives.
Monte Miles, the Agricultural Research Service's top expert on Asian soybean rust, flashed a slide of a soybean field in Brazil that had been defoliated by soybean rust. A lady in the back of the audience gasped and said, "Oh my God." Miles, who said he had spent most of the last month in Paraguay looking at soybean rust, thanked farmers for their contributions to soybean research and promotion funds that help pay his salary.
The final memorable moment was one that most Gin Show participants weren't aware of.
Richard Brock, president of Milwaukee-based Brock Associates, spoke on "Grain Market Outlook/Marketing Strategies" to a better-than-average crowd at the Saturday morning Ag Update session.
Brock later told a reporter that just moments before he went to the podium to speak he received an e-mail on his Blackberry hand-held communications device that informed him one of his best friends had died.
"I wasn't sure I could make it to the podium," he said. "But I managed to get through the speech somehow. It helped that I knew 25 percent of the people in the audience and felt what I was saying was important to them."
Brock's comments will be reported in greater detail in the next issue of Delta Farm Press.
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When it comes to auto repair, things never seem to go my way.
I've owned plenty of cars in my life ranging from a Ford Pinto and a Nissan Sentra to a Toyota van and a VW bug.
The cars have all been different, but there's a common theme that links them together: Every time I've had a mechanical problem — no matter how small and insignificant it might seem — it has mushroomed into a major, costly affair.
And it's about to happen again.
The heater and air conditioning on my 2003 Honda Civic abruptly stopped working the other day, so now I'm faced with the prospect of getting it fixed.
Sounds simple, right? Take it to an auto repair shop, have them look it over and let them do their thing. End of story. Should be routine. Should be easy. But I know it won't be.
I know this because I already got a hint of what's to come. When I asked a mechanic at a nearby Arco station what the problem might be, he said it could be a number of things. The blower may have stopped working, he said, or else it could be the motor that drives the heater and air conditioning.
He also went over to a metal cabinet full of odds and ends and retrieved a small device that looked like a coil or spring mounted on a small platform. It reminded me of a mousetrap. He held it up and said it could also be that. Exactly what "that" is I can't tell you.
He also made it clear that he was going to charge me a hefty sum to diagnose the problem.
This is where auto repair shops seem to have me over a barrel. I know virtually nothing about the mechanics of a car. I admit that. Problem is, these places also seem to know that, much as a cheetah knows to separate the weakest impala from the herd before attacking.
Now I understand that a certain amount of labor is involved when you have to move other things out of the way to get to the part you need to fix or replace. I get that. But why is it that every time something seemingly simple goes wrong with my car it turns into a costly repair job that forces me to sell my home and move into a discarded refrigerator box?
The point is, I'm scared. Because I know word has gotten around. These repair shops are inter-connected like a highly orchestrated network of fraternity brothers. Wherever I take my car, they will know. They'll know that I've been asking questions. Naive questions. And when they see me drive up they'll be rubbing their hands together and high-fiving each other.
They know a patsy when they see one.
BUT WAIT! I have been offered a last-minute reprieve. I just took my car to my local mechanic and he says he can fix it for $110! Go figure.
Well, as Roseanne Roseannadanna from "Saturday Night Live" used to say … never mind.

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Rural Households: Challenges and Opportunities
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We all know if you back out of the BS option pricing model you can derive and solve what the options is "implying" as its volatility.
However, what is the formula used to derive Implied Volatility (IV) (can anyone direct me to the equation)?
Is there a closed form equation?
Or is it solved numerically?


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Skip to comments.Smart Girls Eat Fish
Posted on 06/22/2008 10:18:31 PM PDT by neverdem
Girls who eat more omega-3 fatty acids outsmart those who eat higher amounts of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research. As a result of this and other studies, government dietary recommendations--especially those aimed at pregnant women--should emphasize fish over soy and corn oils, which are respectively high in these fatty acids, says Joseph Hibbeln, a psychiatrist and lipid biochemist at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in Bethesda, Maryland. "We don't want the brain to be deficient in its critical nutrients during development." The omega-3 advantage was first hinted at in studies of distribution of body fat. Earlier this year, William Lassek, an epidemiologist at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, and anthropologist Steven Gaulin of the University of California, Santa Barbara, reported that women who accumulated more fat on their hips than on their waists--and who, therefore, had low waist-hip ratios like many movie stars--had higher cognitive test scores, as did their children. They proposed that because the fat on the hips and thighs contains more omega-3s than belly fat does, these women were storing omega-3s critical for fetal and infant brain development--and boosting their own brainpower as they grew up. They also predicted that women who ate more omega-3s would perform better on cognitive tests than those who ate more omega-6s.
To test this hypothesis, Lassek and Gaulin analyzed data on about 4000 girls and boys between the ages of 6 and 16. The children had participated in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Study, part of a U.S. project to assess the health and nutritional status of kids and adults. After the researchers controlled for the parents' income and education and for the children's age, race, number of siblings, and blood lead levels, they found that girls who ate more omega-3 scored significantly better on four cognitive tests, including an IQ test.
Although genetics and parental education influence intelligence far more, the dietary effect explained about 1% of the difference in test scores between girls, about the same amount as exposure to lead, says Lassek. Boys also perform a bit better on cognitive tests if they eat more omega-3s than other fatty acids, but the effect is "twice as great in girls as in boys," says Lassek. That disparity suggests that evolution has favored girls who stow omega-3 fats on their lower bodies. The team, which presented its findings earlier this month at the Human Behavior and Evolution Society meeting in Kyoto, Japan, also found that omega-6 fatty acids interfere with cognition, because girls who ate more of these oils didn't perform as well.
Other researchers who have studied omega-3s are not surprised to see the link between omega-3s and intelligence: "Deficiency in omega-3 intake in modern diets is associated with an increased risk of violence, major depression, suicide, and bipolar disorder," says Hibbeln, so seeing a connection to another aspect of brain function makes sense, particularly because neurons use fatty acids to build axons. Most important, he says, is the omega-6 finding. "The big change in the Western diet of the past 100 years is a massive increase in the dietary intake of omega-6 fatty acids," he says. Hibbeln has advised the U.S. government to revise its recent advisory warning that pregnant women reduce their consumption of fish during pregnancy because of mercury toxicity; he says the dangers can be avoided easily by limiting consumption of certain fish.
It's a link to an unrelated abstract, but it's food for thought. How many other proteins are multitasking like pVHL? Most of them seem to be named for the first function that experimenters discover, e.g. alcohol dehydrogenase, aldehyde dehydrogenase, etc.
Ummmm. Tuna Tacos! ;-)
I think something like 30 percent of a human adults brain is DHA - Docohexanoic acid. One of the main Omega 3's in coldwater fish.
There is also a sizeable content of DHA in human breast milk.
<...advised the U.S. government to revise its recent advisory warning that pregnant women reduce their consumption of fish during pregnancy because of mercury toxicity...>
And people wonder why we have a surge in autism? Could it be because of the huge uptick in mercury, not only in fish, but in the environment in general? The Chinese power industry, which burns coal for electrical generation, puts millions of tons of mercury into the air each year (their facilities do not have air scrubbers).
We limit our intake of fish in this family to twice a week. I don't like fish much except for anchovies, shrimp and oysters on my pizza!! (No one else will eat it.)
Brain food.
oy vey!
Looks like salmon and herring have the best ratios, followed by sole and crab. ...and a few others.
Thanks for the link.
We eat a lot of salmon, halibut, shrimp, clams and oysters. I've never eaten shark or sailfish; must be doing OK.
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Tuna tacos ....personally I prefer fresh oysters. Much better for pearl diving, and the payoff for finding a pearl can be quite beneficial.
I got a 20 foot pole and still won't touch it, don't feel like being banned tonight.
"Deficiency in omega-3 intake in modern diets is associated with an increased risk of violence, major depression, suicide, and bipolar disorder,"
A study in a British prison showed that when they gave omega-3 supplements to prisoners the incidence of violence declined by over 30%.
The worst thing about the American diet is its move from predominantly omega-3 based oils (from grass-fed meat and fish) to omega-6 based oils (vegetable oils). The switch to a heavy grain based diet in general has caused many health problems in our society, not to mention the social issues arising from lack of omega-3 oils for the brain.
The worst thing about the American diet is its move from predominantly omega-3 based oils (from grass-fed meat and fish) to omega-6 based oils (vegetable oils). The switch to a heavy grain based diet in general has caused many health problems in our society, not to mention the social issues arising from lack of omega-3 oils for the brain.
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Potash and Phosphate Month-in-Review: Fertilizers still in Demand despite Losses
Last week, the Third International Agronomy Congress on Agriculture Diversification, in New Delhi, was held (November 26-30). The meeting highlighted one of the crucial issues surrounding the future of food production. Rising populations and rapidly changing dietary habits in developing countries are driving an increase in the demand for grains. This demand has buoyed prices for such commodities as soybeans, corn and cereals, which should help to sustain demand for mineral fertilizers worldwide. One of the clear messages from the summit was that the three main soil nutrients, Nitrogen, Phosphorus and Potassium (derived from Nitrogen, Phosphate and Potash respectively) have specific functions or roles to play and that all three are necessary to achieve nourishment equilibrium. India is already one of the world's fastest growing markets for mineral fertilizers and the government has encouraged this through special incentives for farmers.
In 2012, the Indian government has been more active in facilitating nitrogen sales, bypassing potash; this policy has contributed to lower quarterly profits for the potash majors, which announced their Q3 sales results in November. India's hesitation and focus on nitrogen was coupled with tougher Chinese buyers, who have become more insistent in refusing the market prices set by the major potash marketing organizations such as CANPOTEX. The market has misread China's reluctance to sign import contracts as diminishing demand for potash; however, the Chinese government itself has weakened that argument by investing in Uralkali, purchasing a two-year bond, a move that if anything suggests an overall confidence in potash. There is no backing away from the trend toward adopting a more scientific approach to agriculture. Such an approach is needed to confront the enormous population challenges and food production increases. If organic fertilizers had once been encouraged in developing countries because of their lower cost, their low productivity no longer makes these viable. In the medium and long term, meanwhile, the emerging potash plays should benefit from the 'cartel' pricing battle, especially those that will overcome the costs associated with the high capex costs need to get a mine from exploration to production.
The newly emerging potash and phosphate plays such as Potash Minerals (ASX: POK), Aguia Resources Limited (ASX: AGR), Allana Potash Corp (TSX. AAA and OTCQX. AAA), IC Potash (TSX: ICP), U3O8 Corp (TSX: UWE) will have opportunities thanks to changing developing market economics. Having already noted the demand from India and China, one of the real 'sleeper' markets has been Brazil, which has plans to significantly increase agricultural production. Brazil is also seeing one of the fastest (if not the fastest) rises of middle income levels in the world, which will inevitably alter diet patterns toward richer foods. Aguia announced that its project in Brazil is progressing on schedule and its share price showed a significant gain in percentage terms (25.93%), positioning itself as the best performer for the period under evaluation. Typically, the potash majors extract their product from hard-rock deposits (such has been the case for Potash Corp in Saskatchewan or Uralkali in Belarus/Russia); however, Allana Potash Corp (TO: AAA) uses a solution mining approach in an area unfamiliar to most investors.
Shares of Allana Potash suffered a 10% loss over the course of the month in both the Toronto and Frankfurt exchanges; the loss is not indicative of any company performance issues as its project is proceeding on target and on schedule toward a production date of 2014. The management team of the Company believes the salar properties in the Danakil are of the type that can offer the lowest-cost production costs to extract potash, encouraged by the fact that similar types of projects, such as Intrepid Potash in Utah, have been very successful. Any initial uncertainty owing to a leadership succession in Ethiopia has faded as the new prime minister has continued to lead the country in the investment and business friendly direction adopted by former president Meles Zenawi.
The markets during month of November have also been very volatile in view of the US presidential election, 'fiscal cliffs' and continued European economic woes; as if these concerns were not enough, continued uncertainty in the Middle East has caused high volatility in oil and commodity prices. The overall valuations for the Potash and Phosphate sponsors showed a drop of 11.34% from the beginning to the end of November (November 1 – November 30). The valuations suffered from the lower, year over year, Q3 sales results reported by such potash majors as Potash Corp, K&S and Agrium; however, the prices of soybeans, corn and wheat – all mineral fertilizer intensive crops-rose in November, which should translate to higher prices. The month of December has started out in a promising way as China has published favorable economic statistics, indicating that its economy has grown in the past seven months. This should help sustain or even boost current commodity prices.
Aguia (ASX: AGR). Aguia announced that its project in Brazil is progressing on schedule and took in a 12.5% gain. In general the share prices of potash juniors remained very stable in the week from November 5 to November 9 reflected in an overall share price change for our sponsors was -3.39%. To add perspective, the Dow Jones index dropped about 4% over the past three week period and Agrium, which announced its earnings in this period, suffered a 9.55% loss for the week. Potash Corporation started to recover after its – expected – lower sales announcement, yet it too lost about 2.2%. Two North American plays, both slated for solution mining and high Sulfate of Potash (SOP – higher value than the more common muriate of potash MOP), Potash Minerals and IC Potash saw similar share price variations over November recording losses of 12.33% and 5.19% respectively.
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These shares suffered from general market volatility as both projects are proceeding on schedule. U3O8, saw a big loss in Frankfurt trading and Toronto trading (-39.39% and -41.18% respectively), not surprising given the continuing fears in European markets and uncertainties in regions where U3O8 is active, such as Argentina, which is undergoing another period of politically driven economic uncertainty. Montero Mining & Exploration (TSX.V: MON) is a new addition to this Potash & Phosphate report, is running four phosphate exploration projects in South Africa, along with rare earth (REE) projects in South Africa, Tanzania and Canada. The company's share price dropped by 8.57% in November; given the mix of interests and the volatility in the rare earth market, the loss, though minimal, is not surprising.
Overall, the potash market for the juniors as reflected by our sponsors remains stable, driven by continued demand but shaken by forces eager to change the sales dynamics. These changes will affect the majors but ultimately benefit the emerging plays that are independent of such price setting mechanisms as CANPOTEX.


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2 Stories 1 Glory Bring People (and Bands) Together For Worthy Cause [PHOTOS]
You know it's a special occasion when rock, rap, country bands and more come together to put on a show. But a special occasion it was on Saturday night when band such as The Front, Dang Ol' Boys and more shared the stage for a concert benefitting women stricken with cervical cancer. The benefit concert, held at Lai Thai, was called 2 stories 1 glory and if this show was any proof, Casper is all about coming together to help raise money and awareness for important causes.


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News of Mark Mastrov's interest in buying the NBA's Sacramento Kings came down after 4 p.m. last Friday afternoon. Because, well, of course it did.
Leaving the office early? Sure, just this once to run a couple of errands before heading home. Going out that night? Sure, just this once, to eat out at a restaurant and pretend that I'm part of an actual married couple.
But of course this news had to come to my attention just as I was finishing up some fine Kansas City barbecue at Oklahoma Joe's. The Sacramento Bee reached out to both Pam Kufahl and me for some background on Mastrov. Pam wins the prize of returning the call first and thus was referenced in this article from the Bee on the Kings' ownership situation. The Bee also took some information from our story two years ago about Mastrov's bid to own the Golden State Warriors, a bid that came up short.
Although Mastrov declined to comment to us (the "I want to own the Kings" email somehow did not make it to my inbox), he did tell the Bee and CBS Sports that he has spoken to the Maloof brothers, who own the Kings, about selling the team to him and his group and that he intends to keep the team in Sacramento.
The attention this story produced is not all bad, even if it came on a Friday night. We tweeted out this blog post about Mastrov and his ties to Steve Nash, an NBA guard and partner in Steve Nash Fitness World, a post which has much more life now than it did when it was published three years ago. Oddly enough, Mastrov's increased dialogue with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson means he now has ties to two former Phoenix Suns point guards, for what it's worth.
The attention has also produced some interesting coverage of Mastrov. In a rundown of other potential buyers of the Kings, Deadspin profiled Mastrov and linked this item from CelebrityNetWorth.com, which says Mastrov's net worth is $350 million. The Deadspin writer also asked, "Is he Russian?" before answering himself, "No, I don't think so." (For the record, Mastrov is half-Russian, half-Italian, but born and raised in northern California.)
This profile and other mentions of Mastrov the past few days refer to him as the founder of 24 Hour Fitness, which is true. Except that for the average public, the news reports make it appear he is still with the company. Mastrov cut ties with 24 Hour five years ago and now runs New Evolution Ventures, which operates Crunch, UFC Gym (which just acquired LA Boxing) and Madonna's Hard Candy Fitness, among other brands.
If it seems this news is personal, it is. Not only do I know Mastrov, but I also know that the Kings were my Kansas City Kings as a youth, and their move to Sacramento crushed 11-year-old Stu, right as the Magic-Bird-Jordan NBA was taking flight. Now Mastrov and others are trying to prevent them from moving to Seattle, which is where my brother lives and where they lost their SuperSonics to Oklahoma City five years ago.
It would be cool to see a fitness industry leader own an NBA team. It also would be sad to see a great NBA town like Seattle remain without an NBA team. I'm torn. I don't know what to think. I'll have to chew on a rib and ponder this some more. But fair warning: I'm planning to go out again this Friday night. No interruptions, please.


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Pygmy Killer Whales, Feresa attenuata
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Description & Behavior
Pygmy killer whales, Feresa attenuata (Gray, 1874), are very similar in appearance to melon-headed whales and to juvenile false killer whales. From a distance it is very difficult to tell these three apart. The shape of the head, the dorsal fin and the flippers of pygmy killer whales are different from the other two. The head of Feresa attenuata is rounded and lacks a beak. They have an underslung jaw and white lips, and usually a white patch on the tip of the lower jaw. The skull is asymmetrical and the right jaw is smaller and usually has one less tooth than the left jaw. The teeth are large and conical. There are usually 8-11 pairs of teeth in the upper jaw and 11-13 pairs of teeth in the lower jaw.
Pygmy killer whales have a sub-triangular, long based, high dorsal fin with a tip that points backward. The dorsal fin is located near the center of the body and lacks rigidity, often inclining to the side. The flippers of pygmy killer whales are moderate in length and have rounded tips.
The body of Feresa attenuata is slender, though the midsection forward is slightly more robust than the midsection back. Pygmy killer whales are not whale-sized at all; rather, they are average-sized dolphins and part of the Family Delphinidae. An adult ranges in length from 2.1-2.6 m and weighs between 110-170 kg. The coloring is dark gray to black with some paler markings on the underside, as well as some white on the belly. Feresa attenuata has a groove on the skin of its belly that extends from up front to their umbilicus (navel) to their anus. In both males and females this groove contains the umbilicus, the anus and the genitals.
Longevity in this species is poorly understood.
Pygmy killer whales are described as aggressive animals that have been seen snapping their jaws, beating their flippers and flukes on the surface of the water, and growling. In captivity they elicit fear reactions from other cetaceans. They will charge, bite, and snap their jaws at other cetaceans as well as their trainers. They will often kill all other cetaceans that are in the tank with them. Though aggressive toward other animals pygmy killer whales are shy of vessels.
At the water's surface, pygmy killer whales are quite acrobatic. They are often seen leaping, spy hopping, tail slapping, and occasionally bowriding. Social groups of this species are usually made up of approximately 25 individuals. In areas where they are more frequently sighted, such at the Hawai'ian Islands, herds contain up to 50 individuals and on rare occasions a few hundred.
World Range & Habitat
Pygmy killer whales are found around Japan, Hawaii and in the warmer eastern areas of the North Pacific Ocean. It is also found in the West Indian area and around tropical western Africa in the Atlantic Ocean as well as in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Feresa attenuata is primarily a species of tropical waters, though it has been spotted in cooler waters off the west coast of Southern Africa and Peru. It prefers sub-tropical and tropical waters usually in deep water in the open oceans and is rarely found in closed water. Pygmy killer whales are believed to be non-migratory, but little is known about their migratory habits.
Feeding Behavior (Ecology)
The diet of Feresa attenuata includes squids, octopus, and large fishes, e.g., tunas and dolphinfishes. Pygmy killer whales are also known to occasionally attack groups of small cetaceans, for instance other dolphins.
Little is known about the predators of pygmy killer whales. Their large size and aggressiveness makes them invulnerable to many predators, but perhaps not to large sharks or larger cetaceans, such as orca (killer whales).
Life History
There is no information on mating in pygmy killer whales.
Little is known about the reproduction of Feresa attenuata. It is believed that males are sexually mature when they are greater than 2.16 m in length and females when they are greater than 2.21 m in length. The summer months are probably when most of the calves are born. Generally one calf is born.
Conservation Status & Comments
Feresa attenuata is listed in Appendix II of the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Those listed in Appendix II, as stated on the CITES web site, are "species which although not necessarily threatened with extinction may become so unless trade is subject to strict regulation." As well as non-threatened species that must be subject to regulation in order to control threatened species.
"A few individuals are known to be taken in drives and in driftnets in various regions, most notably Japan and Sri Lanka. Reports on the small cetacean fisheries of St. Vincent and Lamelera suggest that pygmy killer whales form a very small proportion of the catch, and that catches probably have little impact on the populations in those areas. In Sri Lanka, there is additional mortality of this and other species due to harpooning of dolphins for use as bait on long-lines for sharks, billfish, and other oceanic fishes." - Convention on Migratory species (CMS)
"Although they comprise less than 2% of all cetaceans in monitored by-catches in gillnet fisheries in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka and in villages on the south-west coast of Sri Lanka, this may amount to 300-900 of the 15,000-45,000 dolphins estimated to die each year in such fisheries. The numbers of animals killed incidentally in net fisheries, such as those in Sri Lanka, may be much higher than is so far documented because monitoring of these widespread activities is incomplete. In the long term, such takes may have a significant impact on stocks resident in areas where pygmy killer whales (and other small cetaceans) and extensive gillnetting operations overlap. Small incidental catches are known in fisheries in other areas, e.g. the Philippines." - Convention on Migratory species (CMS)
"There are also reports on the presence of hydrocarbon residues, including DDT, Dieldrin and PCBs in various tissues of three pygmy killer whales from the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of Florida." - Convention on Migratory species (CMS)
References & Further Research
CMS: Feresa attenuata, Pygmy killer whales
Jefferson, T.A., S. Leatherwood, and M.A. Webber, FAO species identification guide, Marine mammals of the world, Rome, FAO. 1993. 320 p. 587 figs.
Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS)
Ross G. J. B., Leatherwood S. (1994) Pygmy killer whales - Feresa attenuata. In: Handbook of Marine Mammals (Ridgway SH, Harrison SR eds.) Vol. 5: The first book of dolphins. Academic Pres, London, pp. 387-404.
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MACON, Ga. (Dec. 28, 2009) - Senior guard Siarre Evans (Griffin, Ga.) wasn't at full strength last week, but that didn't stop the Griffin, Ga. native from receiving Atlantic Sun Player of the Week honors, which was announced Monday by the league office.
Evans, who was nursing a sore knee, helped guide the Lady Bucs to a 77-72 win over Jacksonville last Monday night inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center. The Preseason A-Sun Player of the Year recorded her sixth straight double-double - finishing with 23 points and 11 rebounds in the five-point win over the Dolphins. Evans and the Lady Bucs secured the win with clutch free throw shooting, as the 5-11 guard went a perfect 10-for-10 at the charity stripe, becoming only the fourth player in school history to make at least 10 consecutive free throws in a game.
During her streak of six straight double-doubles, Evans is averaging 20.0 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 2.2 steals. In addition to her strong effort against Jacksonville, Evans also moved past Regina Blair for fourth all-time on the ETSU rebounding charts (Evans with 860).
This marks the first weekly award for the Sport Management major on the year and the fifth of her career.
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Jenelle Evans' trainwreck of an insanely brief marriage to Courtland Rogers is shaping up to be even more of a disaster than we thought. If the disastrous duo -- who, in a matter of only a few weeks, have dealt with a seven-week pregnancy, numerous alleged cheating incidents, and six assault charges -- thought they could call it quits and get a divorce in a snap, it seems they were gravely mistaken ...
Jenelle's divorce lawyer, Dustin R. T. Sullivan, spoke exclusively with Hollywood Life and says the reality star might be facing an uphill battle to officially becoming Courtland's ex-wife. Yup, this is a divorce destined to draaaaag on. I know Jenelle has always looked up to Ke$ha, but it sounds like her life is starting to more so resemble another celeb's: Kim Kardashian!
All right, so the details are a bit different. While Kim's divorce is dragging on and on because Kris has accused her of fraud (and marrying him only for publicity) and wants an annulment -- which she refuses to give him -- Jenelle and Courtland may have issues divorcing 1-2-3, thanks to the state of North Carolina's laws.
"NC requires a one-year separation period before she's even eligible to be divorced," Sullivan explains. And yup, the waiting period was put in place to prevent quickie divorces!
More from The Stir: 'Teen Mom' Jenelle Evans' Middle-School Shenanigans Are a Warning for All Moms
Since Jenelle filed charges on January 23, she and Courtland are technically separated, so Sullivan says their separation will likely be over at the end of January 2014. And if the MTV star has tweeted that she may want an annulment, Sullivan isn't so sure that's a realistic possibility. He says:
It's an option; it's extremely difficult to get an annulment in North Carolina. I've instructed her to just hold off on any of that [divorce or annulment filings] until she gets the criminal charges worked through.
Wow. Well, clearly, there are lots of moving parts here that make the situation very different from Kim's, but there's still a common thread, and that's how waaaay too freakin' lightly both reality stars took getting hitched.
Poor, screwy Britney Spears always gets such a bad rap for what she did by marrying childhood friend Jason Alexander one night in Vegas, but how are either one of these cases really any different? The actions of all three stars showed a complete disrespect for what marriage really is. What it should be based on. And how seriously it should be taken.
But, as we can see, it seems the universe has had its way of catching up with each of them. Hopefully, these difficult divorces following taken way-too-lightly weddings serve as a lesson to not just the couples involved but onlookers, as well.
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Comic sketches with athletes and feats of endurance from celebrities during a night of television dedicated to Sport Relief on the BBC has raised a record £50m.
The figure was announced at the end of the charity marathon at 1.30am.
Comic Miranda Hart battled Tim Henman in a tennis game that ended when she was 'knocked out' by her on-screen mother Patricia Hodge, while a one-off special of sitcom Outnumbered featured Frank Lampard and Christine Bleakley in an encounter with the Brockman family.
England footballers Rob Green, Glen Johnson, Theo Walcott and current captain Scott Parker took on Saturday Kitchen presenter and celebrity chef James Martin in a special edition of the BBC1 show's Omelette Challenge, with defender Johnson emerging as the winner - despite a few broken shells.
And fashion-mad duo Edina and Patsy also made a return to the small screen with a one-off special of Absolutely Fabulous, with Kate Moss, Stella McCartney, Linford Christie and Colin Jackson all putting in cameos in the sitcom.
Comedian Frank Skinner overcame a lifelong phobia of water by swimming 25 metres to raise money for Sport Relief. Skinner underwent eight weeks of physical and psychological training in order to finish the swim, which he completed despite what he described as "one of my little panics".
Other appearances included the stars of ITV comedy Benidorm on a special edition of Britain's Got Talent and performances from boyband JLS, Snow Patrol and LMFAO.
Host Fearne Cotton said: "What an amazing, stunning total. We always hope to beat the previous amount, but to do it so spectacularly is just incredible. Huge thanks to the British public who, once again, have shown enormous generosity to help those in need."
The total sum was confirmed as £50,447,197 which was £21 million more than the amount raised last year.
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Wall Street Calling Telcos' Bluff On Stopping Investment If Net Neutrality Put Into Law
from the give-it-up deptWhile we're still worried that any "net neutrality" rules put in place by the government will contain so many loopholes for the telcos as to make them do more harm than good, it's nice to see that more and more people are calling the telcos on their bogus claim that net neutrality rules would mean that telcos would cut back on investment. Lots of us have debunked that claim before, but the telcos have tried to make the case that this is a big deal for Wall Street people. Eh... perhaps not so much. Broadband Reports notes that even the Wall Street analysts who are against net neutrality rules don't believe it will impact investment:
Net neutrality/reclassification opponent Thomas Seitz (Height Analytics and previously Barclay) today joined the parade of top analysts doubting the claims that Net Neutrality rules would produce a serious cutback in broadband investment. Washington is inundated with claims NN will clobber investment, but the carrier CFO are telling Wall Street it won't be a determining factor. Seitz joins John Hodulik of UBS (voted #1 telco analyst), Craig Moffett (voted #1 cable analyst) and Michael Rollins of Citigroup as well as several others who haven't gone on the record.As we've seen over and over and over again, telcos invest when there's competition in the market. When competition goes away, that's when they cut back. If the focus is really on encouraging investment in network infrastructure, then the focus should be on encouraging more competition in the marketplace -- which is exactly what the telcos don't want. They like their monopoly rents. They like not having to invest as much in infrastructure. It's great that more and more people are calling them on this bogus claim.
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An eerie stillness settled over the early TV ratings reports this morning: ABC's Sunday-night dramas were both down from the previous week, while dependable CBS performers The Good Wife and The Mentalist hit series lows. Did the combined one-two punch of a topsy-turvy MLB playoff game and the NFL's most storied rivalry completely swallow the night's scripted and unscripted programming? Yes—game two of the American League National Championship and the Cowboys-Redskins game both outpaced all network competition in terms of total viewers and 18-49 ratings—but that's only the half of it. The other half is the moaning, groaning mob that shuffled into work Monday morning having spent the previous night with the latest Walking Dead premiere, an unstoppable 16.1 million strong according to an AMC press release.
That 16.1 million—10.4 million of which sit squarely in the lucrative, not-quite-as-decayed-as-others 18-49 demographic—sets a new viewership record for the series that sets a new viewership record whenever it comes back from an extended time away. For some added perspective, since this trend doesn't seem to be reversing itself anytime soon: That premiere audience is almost as large as the combined audience for NBC's entire Comedy Night Gone Wrong this past Thursday. Which raises the question: Will all of the characters on Welcome To The Family just turn up dead next week? Tune in (in numbers that don't stand a prayer of matching The Walking Dead's) next week.
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OMAK A city Public Works Department official says downtown motorists should prepare for traffic delays or find alternate travel routes.
According to Director Todd McDaniel, reconstruction work on the city's sewer system is nearing the intersection of Main Street and Central Avenue.
"We expect one lane, flagger-controlled traffic for east and west traffic across the bridge," McDaniel said Friday.
Construction at the intersection will affect traffic and motorists should expect delays, he said, noting east-west bridge traffic will be hardest hit.
McDaniel suggests motorists try alternate routes around the construction area.
"The project will continue east of this intersection on Central Avenue to the Okanogan River bridge," he said.
Construction will then be in the alley from Central Avenue to Bartlett Street.
The delays are expected to last for two weeks beginning Sunday.
Motorists can continue to access the downtown area with less inconvenience via Riverside Drive from the north.
North-south traffic can also skirt the construction area by using U.S. Highway 97, Ash Street or Jasmine Avenue.
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High winds and cold temperatures couldn't stop the Lipscomb University Men's and Women's Track and Field teams Saturday. The Bison's and Lady Bison's battled the conditions and posted several all-time personal records at Tennessee State's Boston Moon Invite in Nashville.
The men's and women's 3000m highlighted the day for both the men and the women. In the women's race Carolyn Latham led the way with a third place finish in 10:29.97, a 42-second all-time personal best and just five seconds from the Lipscomb school record for 3000m. Caitlin Anderson finished seventh with a personal best by less than a second and Julie Alley ran within three seconds of her all-time personal record, finishing 16th in 11:31.22.
In the men's race Jared Carlson dropped 14 seconds off his 3000m personal best (set earlier this season) in finishing 10th in 9:15.20. Teammate David Wolfe finished within two seconds of his all-time personal best with a nearly identical time of 9:15.16, out-leaning Jared at the line for ninth.
Other performances for the Bison's and Lady Bison's were: Clint Carter, 800m, eigtth in 1:57.53, season best time Jonathan Williams, 800m, 19th in 2:01.81, season best time Andrew Shankles, 1500m, 28th in 4:18.91 Jordan Wilson, 1500m, 30th in 4:19.81 Paul Wright, 1500m, 31st in 4:21.25, personal best Jeff Hoover, 1500m, 32nd in 4:21.52 Shannon Shoemake, 1500m, sixth in 5:07.84 Michael Knox, 400m, 10th in 52.34, personal best Cree Nix, 100m, eighth in 12.69, season best Tylar Peoples, 100m, 16th in 11.25, season best Paige Griffin, 800m, 15th in 2:29.27 Paloma Floden, 800m, 22nd in 2:34.98 Anna Day, 800m, 30th in 2:43.36 Tylar Peoples, 200m, 11th in 22.85, season best Michael Knox, 200m, 17th in 23.45, personal best Lauren Floyd, 400 Hurdles, eighth in 1:13.01 Danielle Graham, Long Jump, 16th with 15-00.5 Danielle Graham, Triple Jump, ninth with 33-6.75 Hannah Joiner, Shot Put, 17th with 32-7.75 Hannah Joiner, Javelin, 17thwith 73-4 Austin Ray, Javelin, 11th with 123-7 Tim Cotton, Javelin, 15th with 106-0
"I was happy with our performances on the day," said head coach Bill Taylor. "The conditions were very cold and extremely windy. It was not an environment in which people should be setting season best and personal best marks, yet we had a bunch despite the weather.
"The big PR's in the men's and women's 3000m were very encouraging, especially since they were run during the coldest temperatures and highest winds of the day. I think this was a good meet to see people tough it out and race well despite the obstacles."
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During the first week of October, students and staff at Lewiston-Porter Middle School enjoyed excitement and activities in preparation for the annual homecoming football game.
Spirit Week is a longstanding tradition that many students look forward to each year in schools across the country. As an expression of school spirit, students at L-PMS participated in different activities each day, which included: hat day, jersey day, clash color day, class color day, and green and white day.
This year, the student council decided to add a green and white twist to the fun. For class color day, each grade level was assigned an "awareness color" connected to a cause that had meaning to the students of L-PMS. Sixth grade was assigned purple for animal abuse awareness. Seventh grade was assigned orange for hunger awareness, and eighth grade was assigned red for drug and alcohol abuse awareness.
During Spirit Week, the students spent time during their advisory periods learning about and discussing each of the causes represented by the colors assigned. Students were then given the option to raise money for the causes by wearing their class color and/or donating money to the cause. The class to raise the most money would be declared the winners and would have the right to choose which cause would receive the combined monies raised.
The middle school students stepped up to the plate and eagerly and actively participated in this new spin on class color day. They saw the value and meaning of showing school spirit through an act of good will and selflessness. In total, the students of Lewiston-Porter Middle School raised a total of $400. This money was raised by the combined effort of the students, the student council, as well as a $50 donation by the Builders Club.
The sixth-graders were announced as the winners of this friendly competition at the pep rally on the final day of Spirit Week. The excitement was palpable as the students cheered in excitement and pride over their accomplishment. What an excellent way to show and feel school spirit and pride. They were all winners as they came together to create positive change as a unified student body.
The sixth-grade class, supported by their fellow upperclass mates, chose to donate the $400 raised to the SPCA of Niagara. The decision was an easy one, as all grade levels were eager to bring awareness to this very important cause.


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Some work projects taken over by the New Deal began before the Roosevelt Administration came into office and even before the Great Depression. In this case, a sidewalk construction project in Deerfield has its roots in the nineteenth century. The article describes how a group of local volunteers created and maintained the sidewalk as a social event. The August "Sidewalk Dinner Day" was not at all unusual in its time, By the 1930s, however, public employment financed by taxes was replacing such "volunteerism". The FERA in the headline refers to the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. The FERA, which gave federal grants to states, was the main unemployment relief program of the early New Deal. It was replaced in 1935 by the more famous WPA.
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A childs personality with all its complexities is basically set by age five. Christian mommies and daddies plant that seed of an allmighty very early. Please recognize that and move on and embrace your freedom from this mindless nonsense and cherish this incredible feat of nature that is your existence. There is nothing there to get you if you are bad and no matter how hard you ask favors from a deity with your inner voice no magic will happen. However you can look at that tree you walk past everyday and never noticed and be astonished at its beauty. Do you ever look at the world we inhabit? I mean really look at it. Do you have a houseplant? Is it an accessory that you use or do you cherish the force that it is it's life. Do you help it flourish and thrive or do you just toss it if it wilts. That ignored tree will grant you more wishes than any deity. All that god dribble is a manufactured social necessity for the stupid. The stupid take a piss behind that tree.
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In most dictionaries, the word "marriage" is defined as being between a man and a woman. Note how many of us disagree with this. The reason he's talking about dictionaries being important is
"There is good reason that dictionaries list the following synonyms for the word agnostic"
Though he may be over focusing. A more adequate metaphor between being agnostic and cars is indeed knowing it is within the realm of possibility that you will die in a car crash, and I suppose preparing for it. I prefer the title agnostic atheist simply as an intellectual precaution: I'm pretty sure there is no magic, but not 100% sure. Since I don't have any information about said magic, I'll just live my live assuming there isn't- or driving a care knowing that I very likely won't crash.
Excellent points, Kenneth. So glad dictionaries aren't like the bible, and do evolve and adjust as language and societal interpretion progresses. I agree, and hopefully we will reach a point soon where the definition of marriage can be corrected. But that does not mean that every word in the dictionary is incorrect. Or the major majority of the listed synonyms.
Because no one knows everything, there is a level of agnosticism, no matter how slight, in everything that cannot be proven empirically as factual. If you and I look at an actual tree, I doubt that you would say you can't know for sure that is a tree.
The point being, if there is absolutely no credible evidence observable that something exists, claiming that a possible 0.0000000000000000001^trillionth power chance it could, is meaningless and non effecting babble of pure imagination. So what, it's the same as worrying about dragons. Demanding that god could maybe exist is irrelevant affection at this time.
And just an open door for the Devil's manipulation. ;-)
IE: see religion.
Like I said, an intellectual precaution. I've made that argument plenty of times, but I've had plenty of people going "Well, there's always a slight chance". I just use it as a pre-emptive way of blocking off that particular argument that I've chewed through so many times. You've made a good point though, that can be stretched pretty far. It's the basis of the Pascal's Wager, in a way.
I don't want to misuse the term, but I think it's... "Igtheism"? That's basically what I'm reaching for.
I don't find the "slight chance" argument intelligent. Very easy to block by simple logic.
Pascal's Wager was debunked logically long ago. By his reasoning, one must hedge his bet and serve whichever god threatens the worst punishment. Further, you must parlay and serve any and all gods that threaten eternal punishment, in case you pick the wrong one.
I mean that the basic reasoning behind my argument for agnostic atheism is the same logic used by Pascal's wager. "There is a nonzero chance, so why not". Still, I like the fact that it's a very free grab. I don't live my life any differently and get to pass an argument about assuming what I don't have evidence for. All upsides, yay.
I feel as though I can find a better reason to support that, though. I'll reflect on it when I'm less exhausted.
Zero sum game theory? I agree, I consider it benighted thinking to assume anything that cannot be evidenced. That assumptive belief is why con artists are successful. IE: see bible and god invisible god claim religions.
Con artists depend on the premise of agnostic belief. You can't know, but it's possible the scam could be true, because it is impossible for you to know that it's not possible.
"Demanding that god could maybe exist is irrelevant affection at this time."
This is not an agnostic nor an agnostic atheist position.
It isn't about pointedly accommodating a vastly improbable possibility, it's about a lack of absolute certainty, period. It's how science works as well, …agnostic right to the core.
The claim that it is impossible to know whether or not god could exist is stating that it is possible that he/she/it could exist. If you felt it wasn't possible, you would not say it can't be known.
Science does not work by saying they don't know. Science did not make cars and planes work or send sattellites to Mars because they don't know.
The way science works is by the scientific method. Hypothesis derives from provable empirical knowledge, not stating you don't know. If it passes case testing, it then advances to anti-thesis and synthesis.
Refined w/ requisite of factually supportable evidence. Subjected to peer review and contesting. Then postulate can be added and advanced to acceptable theory.
Ok, I'll ask again. Why don't you believe god exists? Do you think it is possible for god to exist? Why?
"Science does not work by saying they don't know."
I give up.
"I give up."
Actually, you never started. You didn't claim a position, nor support one.
You didn't answer the first question: if you aren't a gnostic atheist, see:
Then how are you not an agnostic atheist?
You didn't ask that question.
Still waiting for the proof of your claim.
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With this mod, you can stay still on a ladder while chatting in MP! That's right, you stay sneaking even while chatting! Stay sneaking while opening a chest!
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Notice that I have got some data in my worksheet that contains duplicated values and simply by selecting Conditional Formatting->Highlight Cells Rules->Duplicate Values… Excel will highlight (shown here in red) which rows are duplicated. It seem such a simple thing but when you're working on a data integration project and the data that is being sent is of, well, let's say dubious quality features like this are worth their weight in gold. I tweeted about this and it happened to catch a few people's attention so I figured it might be worth blogging too. Note that I am using Excel 2013 but I happen to know that the feature exists in Excel 2010 and possibly in earlier versions too.
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Archive for February, 2013
MISSION TO MARS IN STORES!Friday, February 8th, 2013
First look at Buzz Aldrin's Space Program ManagerFriday, February 8th, 2013
Next Destination: space.
Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager first look
"We are going to the moon, we shall go to the planets, we shall travel to the stars just as today we go from Liverpool to New York, easily, rapidly, surely, and the oceans of space will be crossed like the seas of the moon".
Jules Verne, From the Earth to the Moon, Ch. XIX (1865)
Epsom, 7 February 2013 – Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager is the ultimate game of space exploration. Releasing on PC, Mac and iPad in June this year, this exciting title will take players on a journey of exploration and space conquest from the dawn of human spaceflight to modern space exploration vehicles and on to the future.
To ensure the accuracy and authenticity of the game it is being developed in consultation with Dr. Buzz Aldrin, former U.S. Air Force combat pilot (66 missions in Korea) and NASA astronaut, who took part in the first Moon landing mission and became the second human being to walk on the Moon.
"Working with Buzz Aldrin in this project is a fascinating journey", said Ignacio Liverotti, Lead Developer at Polar Motion, developer of the game. "As a fan of space exploration, it's a dream to be able to work on such an exciting title and having Dr. Aldrin as a consultant".
In Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager players are in charge of carefully managing the agency's budget by opening programs, spending R&D funds on improving the hardware, recruiting personnel and astronauts and launching space missions. Road to the Moon is the first chapter in a series of three engaging games that will take players on a fantastic journey.
"We have been branching out to new platforms and settings recently", said Iain McNeil, Development Director of the Slitherine Group. "Games such as Commander the Great War and Battle Academy on iPad prove we can expand our audience by widening our range of titles. Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager is certainly a great example on how we can attract new players, but stick to our roots of intelligent gameplay and in-depth, well researched content".
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Bridgewater State is committed to providing faculty and students with opportunities to integrate meaningful teaching and learning experiences with community service. Service-learning opportunities are incorporated into designated classes as well as individual course assignments so that students can apply what they learn in the classroom in addressing real-life problems in the community. Students reflect on their service-learning experiences and how it teaches civic responsibility, cooperative team work and problem solving skills.
Service-learning is supported and promoted through the activities of the Service Learning Faculty Associates and an advisory board of faculty and staff. The faculty associates also coordinate efforts with the director of the Community Service Center and its staff, as well as provide teaching resources and information to all faculty.
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However, I just came across a free alternative called PL_FPDF, which is a PL/SQL port of the PHP-based FPDF. The latest version of PL_PDF seems to have been released about a year ago, and I can't believe I haven't seen or heard about it before now... !
UPDATE, MARCH 2011: Also check out this alternative PDF generation package by Anton Scheffer. It seems simpler and more robust than the PL_FPDF package, but may lack certain features. Be sure to evaluate both!
PL_FPDF is just a single package, so installation is a snap. Note that it uses the ORDImage data type to place images in PDF documents, so if you are running Oracle XE (which doesn't include the ORDImage data type), you need to comment out the few procedures that deal with this data type (and obviously you will not be able to include images in your PDF documents...).
After a few hours of experimentation, I was able to produce a semi-complex PDF document that tests a number of features in PL_FPDF. My test script is included below for your convenience. Note that the default assumption is that output goes to the web browser via the HTP package, but it should be trivial to add a procedure that saves the resulting BLOB to a database table instead.
Note: Since PL_FPDF is based on FPDF, I found the online documentation for FPDF (see link above) very useful in order to find out how the API for PL_FPDF works.
create or replace procedure test_pl_fpdf as l_text varchar2(32000) := 'First, reduce actual complexity by eliminating unnecessary features and then hiding what you can''t eliminate. Secondly, reduce perceived complexity by minimizing visual noise and reusing elements. And finally, use the blank state to help orient users. Minimizing complexity in the user interface will help people learn your application more quickly, use it more effectively and be happier all the while. As jazz musician Charles Mingus said, "Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that''s creativity."'; begin -- create document in portrait mode, use measurements in millimeters (mm), and use the A4 page format pl_fpdf.FPDF('P','mm','A4'); pl_fpdf.openpdf; -- display full page, two facing pages pl_fpdf.setdisplaymode ('fullpage', 'two'); -- a procedure that will be called at the end of each page -- pl_fpdf.setfooterproc('demo.test_pdf_footer'); pl_fpdf.AddPage(); -- set up some headers pl_fpdf.SetFillColor(255,128,128); pl_fpdf.SetFont('Arial','B',14); --this header will be filled with the background color pl_fpdf.cell(40,7,'TABLESPACE', 1, 0, 'L', pfill => 1); pl_fpdf.cell(40,7,'CONTENTS', 1); pl_fpdf.cell(40,7,'INITIAL EXTENT', 1, 1); pl_fpdf.SetFont('Arial','',14); for l_rec in (select tablespace_name, contents, initial_extent from dba_tablespaces order by 1) loop pl_fpdf.settextcolor(0,0,0); pl_fpdf.cell(40,7,l_rec.tablespace_name,'B'); pl_fpdf.cell(40,7,l_rec.contents,'B'); -- some conditional formatting if l_rec.initial_extent > 66000 then pl_fpdf.settextcolor(255,0,0); else pl_fpdf.settextcolor(0,0,0); end if; pl_fpdf.cell(40,7,l_rec.initial_extent,'B', 1, 'R'); end loop; -- a page that shows how to position chunks of text (with automatic line breaks) on the page pl_fpdf.AddPage(); pl_fpdf.SetFont('Arial','B',16); pl_fpdf.setxy (100, 20); pl_fpdf.Cell(10,10,'Cool Quote 1:'); pl_fpdf.setxy (100, 50); pl_fpdf.SetFont('Times','',12); pl_fpdf.multicell(100,0,l_text); pl_fpdf.SetFont('Arial','B',16); pl_fpdf.setxy (10, 130); pl_fpdf.Cell(10,10,'Cool Quote 2:'); pl_fpdf.setxy (10, 150); pl_fpdf.SetFont('Times','',12); pl_fpdf.multicell(100,0,l_text); -- a page that demonstrates some simple drawing with lines and rectangles pl_fpdf.AddPage(); pl_fpdf.SetFont('Arial','B',14); pl_fpdf.Cell(0,0,'And now, some beautiful line art...',0,1,'C'); pl_fpdf.line (10,10, 50, 50); pl_fpdf.rect (50,50, 50, 50); pl_fpdf.setdrawcolor(0,255,0); pl_fpdf.line (150,150, 50, 50); pl_fpdf.setdrawcolor(0,0,0); -- a simple table of employees, without headings pl_fpdf.AddPage(); for l_rec in (select empno, ename from emp order by ename) loop pl_fpdf.cell(40,7,l_rec.empno, 'B'); pl_fpdf.cell(40,7, l_rec.ename, 'B', 1); end loop; pl_fpdf.SetFont('Arial','B',48); pl_fpdf.settextcolor(0,0,255); pl_fpdf.setxy (100, 250); pl_fpdf.cell(80,10,'THE END', palign => 'C'); pl_fpdf.Output(); end test_pl_fpdf;
Conclusion: While PL/PDF is more advanced in terms of features, PL_FPDF might be for you if you just need some simple PDF reports in your application.