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New research from Richard Davidson's team at the U of Wisconsin has identified gene expression changes in meditation. After eight hours of mindfulness practice, the meditators showed a range of genetic and molecular differences, including altered levels of gene-regulating machinery and reduced levels of pro-inflammatory genes, which in turn correlated with faster physical recovery from a stressful situation.
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Gene Expression Changes With Meditation
Dec. 8, 2013 — With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body.
A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spain, and France reports the first evidence of specific molecular changes in the body following a period of mindfulness meditation.
The study investigated the effects of a day of intensive mindfulness practice in a group of experienced meditators, compared to a group of untrained control subjects who engaged in quiet non-meditative activities. After eight hours of mindfulness practice, the meditators showed a range of genetic and molecular differences, including altered levels of gene-regulating machinery and reduced levels of pro-inflammatory genes, which in turn correlated with faster physical recovery from a stressful situation.
"To the best of our knowledge, this is the first paper that shows rapid alterations in gene expression within subjects associated with mindfulness meditation practice," says study author Richard J. Davidson, founder of the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds and the William James and Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
"Most interestingly, the changes were observed in genes that are the current targets of anti-inflammatory and analgesic drugs," says Perla Kaliman, first author of the article and a researcher at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Barcelona, Spain (IIBB-CSIC-IDIBAPS), where the molecular analyses were conducted.
The study was published in the journal Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Mindfulness-based trainings have shown beneficial effects on inflammatory disorders in prior clinical studies and are endorsed by the American Heart Association as a preventative intervention. The new results provide a possible biological mechanism for therapeutic effects.
The results show a down-regulation of genes that have been implicated in inflammation. The affected genes include the pro-inflammatory genes RIPK2 and COX2 as well as several histone deacetylase (HDAC) genes, which regulate the activity of other genes epigenetically by removing a type of chemical tag. What's more, the extent to which some of those genes were downregulated was associated with faster cortisol recovery to a social stress test involving an impromptu speech and tasks requiring mental calculations performed in front of an audience and video camera.
Perhaps surprisingly, the researchers say, there was no difference in the tested genes between the two groups of people at the start of the study. The observed effects were seen only in the meditators following mindfulness practice. In addition, several other DNA-modifying genes showed no differences between groups, suggesting that the mindfulness practice specifically affected certain regulatory pathways.
However, it is important to note that the study was not designed to distinguish any effects of long-term meditation training from those of a single day of practice. Instead, the key result is that meditators experienced genetic changes following mindfulness practice that were not seen in the non-meditating group after other quiet activities -- an outcome providing proof of principle that mindfulness practice can lead to epigenetic alterations of the genome.
Previous studies in rodents and in people have shown dynamic epigenetic responses to physical stimuli such as stress, diet, or exercise within just a few hours.
"Our genes are quite dynamic in their expression and these results suggest that the calmness of our mind can actually have a potential influence on their expression," Davidson says.
"The regulation of HDACs and inflammatory pathways may represent some of the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic potential of mindfulness-based interventions," Kaliman says. "Our findings set the foundation for future studies to further assess meditation strategies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory conditions."
Study funding came from National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (grant number P01-AT004952) and grants from the Fetzer Institute, the John Templeton Foundation, and an anonymous donor to Davidson. The study was conducted at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the UW-Madison Waisman Center.
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Rapid changes in histone deacetylases and inflammatory gene expression in expert meditatorsPerla Kaliman, Marıa Jesus Alvarez-Lopez, Marta Cosın-Tomas, Melissa A. Rosenkranz, Antoine Lutz, Richard J. Davidson
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Kaliman, P, Alvarez-Lopez, MJ, Cosın-Tomas, M, Rosenkranz, MA, Lutz, A, Davidson, RJ. (2014). Rapid changes in histone deacetylases and inflammatory gene expression in expert meditators. Psychoneuroendocrinology; 40, 96—107. DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.11.004
SummaryBackground: A growing body of research shows that mindfulness meditation can alter neural, behavioral and biochemical processes. However, the mechanisms responsible for such clinically relevant effects remain elusive.
Methods: Here we explored the impact of a day of intensive practice of mindfulness meditation in experienced subjects (n = 19) on the expression of circadian, chromatin modulatory and inflammatory genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). In parallel, we analyzed a control group of subjects with no meditation experience who engaged in leisure activities in the same environment (n = 21). PBMC from all participants were obtained before (t1) and after (t2) the intervention (t2 t1 = 8 h) and gene expression was analyzed using custom pathway focused quantitative-real time PCR assays. Both groups were also presented with the Trier Social Stress Test (TSST).
Results: Core clock gene expression at baseline (t1) was similar between groups and their rhythmicity was not influenced in meditators by the intensive day of practice. Similarly, we found that all the epigenetic regulatory enzymes and inflammatory genes analyzed exhibited similar basal expression levels in the two groups. In contrast, after the brief intervention we detected reduced expression of histone deacetylase genes (HDAC 2, 3 and 9), alterations in global modification of histones (H4ac; H3K4me3) and decreased expression of pro-inflammatory genes (RIPK2 and COX2) in meditators compared with controls. We found that the expression of RIPK2 and HDAC2 genes was associated with a faster cortisol recovery to the TSST in both groups.
Conclusions: The regulation of HDACs and inflammatory pathways may represent some of the mechanisms underlying the therapeutic potential of mindfulness-based interventions. Our findings set the foundation for future studies to further assess meditation strategies for the treatment of chronic inflammatory conditions.


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I have been fortunate to be selected this year to speak at the PASS Summit 2012 in Seattle. This presentation will go mainly over 3 new features: The Change Data Capture and DQS controls as well as deploying SSIS projects/packages to the SSISDB catalog. Throughout the presentation, there will be usage of 10-20 more new features all depending on the demo and questions. 75% of this presentation is demos, so come along for the ride. I love presentations that show how to use SQL Server.
Pre-conference Session – Monday
After arriving on Sunday afternoon, I will go to Rod Colledge's session on BI Dashboards with Dashboard Designer and PerformancePoint. This will satisfy the first goal of the conference; to take back what I learn and create 2 sets of dashboards for a project at work.
Monday night, I am going to the networking dinner Steve Jones and Andy Warren are hosting. I did this last year and it was a great way to sit with 4-6 SQL Server geeks and enjoy a dinner and conversation.
Community Involvement – Tuesday
Tuesday morning, I will be attending 2 round table discussions with Virtual Chapter leaders and SQLSaturday leaders/volunteers. I am the chair of the Data Architecture VC and have helped with the past 3 SQLSaturday's in Baton Rouge and spoke at the first 3.
House of Bricks is hosting a SQL Server on VMware boot camp which I have decided to attend to help understand the configurations for the VMs we run at Turner Industries in Baton Rouge.
Tuesday night I am going to float between the Welcome Reception, SQLServerCentral.com/Redgate casino night and a speaker reception.
Main Conference – Wednesday
I am going to start out the morning at the Community Area booth which has been expanded this year in size. It will be great to say hi to Karla and other PASS workers and sign people up for Virtual Chapters and PASS.
The first session I am attending is Sean Boon's Building Compelling Power View reports Lunch will be sitting at the Virtual Chapter tables talking Data Architecture. The afternoon starts with Stacia Misner's SSAS Storage followed by my SSIS 2012 presentation and ends with SQL Server and SharePoint: best Frienenies which should be a fun session.
Wednesday evening will be talking with vendors at their reception for attendees which was a hit last year.
Thursday Sessions
The morning starts again at the Community area early in the morning. The first session (10:15) is Carlos Bossy talking Data Modeling Best Practices for Enterprise Tabular Models which should help me with Data Mart designs for PowerView reports which is another goal for work. During Lunch, I will be Live Blogging and Tweeting from the Woman In Technology Luncheon which should be fun.
The afternoon starts with Running Reporting Services in SharePoint Integration Mode which Turner just had a consultant (SparkHound) install with SQL Server 2012 and SharePoint 2010. I really wanted to see Deeper Tabular Models with Wayne Snyder (who is a cool dude), but I think the SSRS is more valuable for work. I can always watch the recorded session when I get the DVDs.
The afternoon ends with Dive into the Query Optimizer and Monitoring Analysis Services which are both part of my daily checklist at work. Thursday evening, Microsoft is sponsoring a trip to Seattle's Music Experience museum for 2-3 hours. The last couple of years it was at a GameWorks, which was pretty cool. I am expecting a good networking evening this night.
Friday Sessions and Homebound
I am leaving around 3:30PM Friday to spending time with family and friends on Saturday, so I will only be at 2 sessions plus lunch. I am getting married in January, so I need to get back to Baton Rouge, plus we (LSU) plays Miss St. at home that Saturday.
The first session (8AM) will be Power(view)ful Tabular semantic Model Development with Mark Davis, then Tim Mitchell learning me on ETL Gone Bad: Handling Errors and Data Anomalies in SSIS. These are 2 great speakers and consultants.
Lunch will have me sitting at a Birds of a Feather table on Data Warehouse Modeling and SSIS ETL.
WOW!!! That is a lot
That seems like a big schedule, but I am not evening doing everything that is available. The first year I attend PASS (07 in Denver), we spent time at the Microsoft First-Aid room working with replication developers on a problem in SQL Server 2005. The following year, I spent time in the Virtual Lab learning SQL Server 2008 new features. There is also visiting with vendors and collecting swag. The exhibition hall is sold out. Then, there are lightening talks which help speakers get a start with presenting as well as Microsoft Chalk Talks. There are pre-conference sessions on Monday and Tuesday.
The PASS Summit is full of stuff to do during the day and at night. I know a lot of people like #SQLKaraoke and Photo walks plus a #SQLRun on Tuesday morning. It is fun watching the SQL Kilt day and Thursday is wear your SQLSaturday shirt day.
Lastly, meeting and saying hi to friends like John Sterret (That is the back of his head above), Scott Shaw, Carlos Bossy, Patrick LeBlanc, Devin Knight, Erin Welker, Grant Fritchey, Thomas LaRock, Louis Davidson, Sean and Jen McCown, Wesley Brown, Kevin Boles and the list goes on and on. The SQL Community is the best group of technology geeks that love to share the #SQLLove.
Hope to see you there, and please come say hi and introduce yourself to me.
God Bless
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I haven't been able to blog for a while, but finally I got out of the house and was taken to see Loserville at the Garrick Theatre in London. I had experienced a few musicals before, Wicked, Flashdance and Guys and Dolls, but nothing ever jumped out at me. Loserville changed my opinion of musicals; firstly Loserville has a rock band, not an orchestra, so everything is more pop rock and you feel like the band are part of the show. Secondly, the cast are so vibrant and exciting on stage that at times you don't where to look just in case you miss something happening.
The cast are young, vibrant and full of energy, something other musicals are lacking. Aaron Sidwell is great as the geek Michael Dork who is tormented by the jock Eddie played by Stewart Clarke. Stewart is a rising star of the future and looks like he wouldn't be out of place playing Gaston in Beauty in the Beast. Eliza Hope Bennett is wonderful as the aspiring astronaut Holly, who bucks the trend and dresses down to become a nerd in an attempt to excel in her career. The other geeks played by Daniel Buckley, Richard Lowe and Lil' Chris are awesome which was reflected in the cheers they got at the end. Lil' Chris as Francis stood out to me for delivering his cheesy pick up lines.
The props and set design are taken to another level by Francis O'Connor. The walls reminded me of Tron. The choreography by Nick Winston with cards provide for quick scene changes and keep the pace going throughout.
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Dear Editor: We are reading and hearing that schools throughout Pennsylvania are having to furlough staff and cut programs due to a lack of funds. This problem is due to the "pension fund crisis." How did this crisis occur? Who is to blame? The answer is because of poor decisions by our politicians in Harrisburg. Let me explain.
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During the "moratorium" SCHOOL DISTRICTS as well as the state did not contribute to this pension fund. (This was decided by the politicians, not the school districts.)Only the teachers were required to continue contributions. Now that the moratorium is over, the districts are paying extra while the current governor has decreased the amount of funding for education. In 2001 Act 9 the legislators' pension payout increase was twice as much as the school employees'. These increases were a surprise to the school employees who had not lobbied for an increase. Now Corbett is attempting to punish school employees for a problem they did not create. Thank you, politicians of Pennsylvania.


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In this new A-Z Challenge, my theme is A SENSE OF PLACE where I will be:
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- Featuring places connected with my own family history.
- Highlighting places with happy memories.
- Shining the spotlight on place names that appeal
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|The tower from North Pier
My mother's Danson family came from nearby Poulton-le-Fylde, a much older settlement which is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1085-86. The Dansons are at the core of my family history activities, traced back to 1736.
BILSTON, Wolverhampton, was the birthplace in 1912 of my father John Weston. In the previous year's census, the family were living at Lunt Lane, Lunt Gardens, but this rural sounding place name was a bit belied by learning that this was the area of the sewerage works.
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was built in 1779,
Many of the developments celebrated by the industrial heritage sites of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums started in Broseley or were connected to the town.
|The imposing Massachusetts State House in Boston
Boston played a key role in American history. In 1630, colonists from England, led by John Winthrop, the first governor, founded the town, which quickly became the political, commercial, financial, religious and educational centre of New England. In the 1770's the American Revolution erupted in Boston, and in the Civil War 90 years later, Boston was the base for anti-slavery activities. The 19th century saw large influxes of Irish and Italian immigrants. Assassinated President John F. Kennedy was born in Boston.
BAVARIA Bavaria in southern Germany is one of our favourite holiday destinations and in many ways it is very similar to neighbouring Austria - lakes and mountains, chalets, imposing monments, impressive architecture, and with pride in its environment, culture and costume - but it has a different history. Once a separate dukedom and then monarchy, it became part of the newly formed German empire in 1871 The highlights of our visits have included the city of Munich, charming rural villages, Regensburg, the best preserved medieval town in Europe and the over-the-top royal palaces built by King Ludwig II - the most famous Neuschwanstein - the model for the Disneyland castle. The distinctive blue and white flag is often proudly displayed, as in this wall mural.


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It's a new start for the Pilgrim tennis team in 2013. Only one player returns from last year, and Chad Tvenstrup is taking over as head coach. Most of the players in uniform are picking up a racket for the first time.
But on the bright side for the Pats, the new start has also been an exciting start.
"Two words – enthusiastic and inexperienced," Tvenstrup said. "I have one returning player. The rest of the girls are new to the game of tennis. But I love working with these girls. It's great. They're here every day. They try hard. That's the positive thing."
It may be a struggle in terms of wins and losses – Pilgrim went 4-10 last year even with a big group of seniors – but the positive attitude should set the stage for improvement. That was the focus as the Pats took the court for their season opener last week.
"We've been working hard on the basics, and they're having some fun," Tvenstrup said. "We want to get better. That's our goal. We're not going to get frustrated because every match, we're playing girls who are much more experienced than we are. We're not looking at the match scores. We want to be able to compete, get better, get our serves in, hit some good shots – and move on from there."
Tvenstrup is the head hockey coach at Pilgrim and is taking on tennis to help keep the program alive. Graduating eight players from an already small team is no easy thing to recover from, and Pilgrim wouldn't have been the first Warwick tennis team to disband. Warwick Vets went one season without boys' tennis because of extremely low numbers.
Instead, the Pats have welcomed in 10 new players and they should be able to field a full lineup throughout the season, once everyone has the required number of practices under their belt.
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For everybody in the lineup, the positive attitude hasn't wavered yet. It's just an uphill battle on the court.
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Over two years ago now, I ran across the name of a book about the Fenner Family, The Fenner Forebears. Privately published in 1987 by Ruth Leslie Barrett, now deceased, the book is currently out of print. So on a whim, I called the New Bern Historical Society in New Bern, North Carolina, where I knew the family had lived at one time, to see if the organization might have a reference copy. A helpful person who answered the historical society's phone quickly referred me to the Kellenberger Room of the New Bern-Craven County Public Library. I chose to call rather than use the research room's online resources, since I wanted to ask a researcher some specific questions about Richard John Fenner and his wife, Anne Coddington Fenner. Richard and Anne Fenner, early New Bern residents, are likely my Irish-immigrant ancestors. Although the book was not available, Victor T. Jones, Jr., the research department head, gave me the legal description (Lot 89 of the Town of New Bern) for the old Fenner House.
I told a friend of mine who lived in New Bern at the time about the house, and she offered to take a photo and send it to me. At the time the photo was taken, the owners, who are Fenner family descendants, were in the process of restoring the house. The town of New Bern, with three separate historical districts that contain some beautifully restored properties, takes preservation of historical structures seriously. And it shows throughout this beautiful old town.
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The Fenner House, located at 217 Hancock Street, is within an easy walk of downtown shops and sightseeing adventures that include historic cemeteries, Tryon Palace, the Territorial House of North Carolina, Its lovely gardens, and a waterfront with comfortable benches for people watching and restaurants that overlook the water. One can only imagine how New Bern looked in the mid 1700s when the Fenner family occupied this colonial residence. Missing its original small front porch, the remodeled/restored structure now resembles a New England salt box styled structure. According to various historical accounts, Richard John Fenner may have been appointed to a position in the North Carolina territorial government, a position he occupied until his death in 1756.
During the past two years, I continued to search for a copy of Mrs. Barrett's book so that I might learn more about my maternal third grandmother, Rachel Fenner, who married William Neatherlin in Wilkes County, Georgia. My search finally paid off when John T. Leslie, a distant cousin contacted me by email and told me he owns a copy of the book. It seems that John T. (as his family calls him) and I are descended through two of the three sons born to Richard and Anne Fenner. Later, we talked by phone, and John T. generously offered to scan and email digital copies of the book's pages, which he has now done. And sometime soon, we plan to meet and further discuss our Fenner connections.
What a way to start off the New Year.....meeting a new cousin and getting to read a much-searched-for family history book!


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Advocacy Organizations and National Intermediaries
Advocacy Organizations and Financial Intermediaries for CDFIs.
Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) is a national membership organization of CDFIs. It is the leading network of private financial intermediaries identifying and investing in opportunities to benefit low-income and low-wealth people in the U.S. OFN's membership includes community development credit unions, community development venture capital funds, and micro-enterprise lenders. OFN offers a national CDFI coverage map
National Community Investment Fund (NCIF) is a nonprofit supporting Community Development Banking Institutions. NCIF fulfills its mission through two primary business lines: "Equities with Exits" investments and the CDBI Exchange Network. NCIF acts as a patient investor with individual community development banks. In addition, NCIF selectively makes seed fund loans, extends debt to banks, and provides secondary capital to low-income credit unions. NCIF offers an annual Development Banking Conference to bring together CEOs, CFOs, and other interested parties in the Community Development Banking Institutions field. NCIF Social Performance Metrics provides key information about the community development mission of banks.
Aeris: Aeris is the company behind CARS (CDFI Assessment and Rating System), a comprehensive, third-party assessment of a CDFI's social impact, financial strength, and financial performance. CARS can be an important tool for investors in CDFIs. The site also contains information for CDFIs interested in participating in the ratings system.
CDFI Coalition - The CDFI Coalition advocates on behalf of the CDFI industry and educates the public about community development finance. The CDFI Coalition is a primary source of information and knowledge about the CDFI field for the general public, the media, public officials, private sector lenders, as well as CDFIs.
Community Development Bankers Association (CDBA) is a national trade association focused on the specialized needs of CD banks. CDBA promotes growth of the industry though: (1) identification of best practices in the industry the sharing of information about CD banking, and (2) providing training and educational opportunities for lawmakers, regulators, investors, and government agencies about the issues facing the CD banking industry.
CapNexus is a searchable online database that matches money and borrowers to community development finance opportunities. CapNexus listing and matching service allows loan originators, interested buyers, and financing partners to effectively meet.
Community Reinvestment Fund (CRF) is a non-profit organization which provides a secondary market for community development loans originated by CDFIs. CRF also provides loan servicing and portfolio management services, as well as lender training and technical assistance to community-based lenders.
Social Investment Forum: The Social Investment Forum (SIF) is the US membership association for professionals, firms, institutions and organizations engaged in socially responsible and sustainable investing. SIF and its members advance investment practices that consider environmental, social and corporate governance criteria to generate long-term competitive financial returns and positive societal impact. SIF's members include investment management and advisory firms, mutual fund companies, research firms, financial planners and advisors, broker-dealers, banks, credit unions, community development organizations, non-profit associations, and pension funds, foundations and other asset owners. SIF members practice SRI through methods such as portfolio selection analysis, shareholder advocacy and community investing.
B Corporation: B Corps are certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. The B-Impact Assessment Tool allows companies to assess their performance to best practices on employee, community, and environmental impact.
The Global Alliance for Banking on Values is an independent network of banks and banking cooperatives with a shared mission to use finance to deliver sustainable economic, social, and environmental development.
GIIRS (Global Impact Investment Ratings System) is a comprehensive and transparent system for assessing the social and environmental impact of companies and funds through a ratings and analytic approach.
Low Income Credit Unions
National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) is an independent federal agency that supervises and insures over 6,500 federal credit unions and insures more than 4,000 state-chartered credit unions. Over 800 of these entities have been designated as "low-income" credit unions in that they serve primarily low-income members in distressed and financially underserved areas. NCUA manages a Revolving Loan Fund and provides technical assistance grants to low-income designated credit unions. Low income credit unions can receive capital treatment for secondary capital loans. NCUA's Credit Union Data Research a Credit Union feature allows for a search of all low-income credit unions.
National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions (NFCDCU) helps community development credit unions (CDCUs) provide affordable loans, secure savings, basic financial education and other vital services to low-income and minority consumers. NFCDCU serves as an intermediary for banks and thrifts interested in making deposits in CDCUs.
Microenterprise CDFIs
MicroTracker: This searchable database, maintained by The Aspen Institute's FIELD Program, provides information on almost 700 U.S. microenterprise programs in the United States, along with graphic profiles that provide key facts on organizations' products, services and scale as reported in the U.S. Microenterprise Census.
Association for Enterprise Opportunity (AEO) is a member organization which is dedicated to the promotion of microenterprise in the U.S. AEO provides its members with a forum, information, and a voice to promote microenterprise for people and communities with limited access to economic resources. AEO maintains a variety of resources for microenterprise practitioners on their Web site.
Aspen Institute's FIELD Program FIELD identifies, develops, and disseminates best practices and educates funders, policy makers, and others about microenterprise in the U.S. as an anti-poverty strategy.
Venture Capital CDFIs
Community Development Venture Capital Association (CDVCA) promotes the use of venture capital to create jobs, entrepreneurial capacity, and wealth. CDVCA accomplishes these goals through training programs, publications, networking opportunities, and direct consulting services. CDVCA's Web site contains a description of and links to community development venture capital funds throughout the country.


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Developing And Implementing Greenhouse Gas Reductions Programs Through Smart Growth
August 13, 2013
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The EPA's 2011 guidebook "Smart Growth: A Guide to Developing and Implementing Greenhouse Gas Reductions Programs" has been added to the Resource Center best practices database.
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Livability Literature Review: A Synthesis Of Current Practice
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The National Association of Regional Councils' review of literature about livability has been added to the Research Center's best practices database.
Federal Policy Update: Smart Growth & Economic Success
December 11, 2012
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Smart Growth & Economic Success The EPA's Smart Growth Program has released a new report, Smart Growth and Economic Success, on the economic advantages of smart growth development. As this report shows, smart growth development -- compact, walkable, and diverse -- is attractive to developers, investors, local governments, and communities because it offers new opportunities for economic growth that is also environmentally sustainable: Compact: Using land and resources more efficiently and redeveloping old or neglected areas while retaining existing infrastructure can create economic advantages for real estate developers and investors, businesses, and local governments. Compact development can generate more revenue per acre because it uses land more efficiently. It can reduce the costs of land and infrastructure for individual projects and the costs of providing fire and police protection, utilities,…
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Smart Growth America and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Sustainable Communities will hold an informational webinar on Friday, Sept. 21, from 1:00-2:30 PM EDT. The webinar will provide a comprehensive look at the free technical assistance available to communities, including the programs, processes, and application timelines that each grant recipient offers.
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The federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities has launched of the Sustainable Community Case Study database. This online resource provides access to research and reports on communities that are working with HUD, DOT, EPA, and other Federal agencies to invest in transportation, affordable housing, and environmental protection.
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The Office of Grants and Deparment will host an EPA Grants Award Process Webinar on Feb. 23 at 2pm EST. The webinar will cover grants management topics, including how to find and apply for grant opportunities; FFATA reporting requirements; and preparing a proper budget detail. In addition, we will be hosting a Q&A session during the second half of the webinar. More information is available here.
Partnership for Sustainable Communities: A Year of Progress
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Last year, the Obama administration launched a first-of-its-kind effort to break down the walls between agencies that had, in the past, inhibited cooperative efforts to accomplish shared goals.The Partnership for Sustainable Communities, which brought together Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency, began in June 2009 with the goal of targeting resources to help communities strengthen their economies by developing more sustainably, removing regulatory and policy barriers to make it easier for state and local governments to access federal resources, and aligning the agencies' policies and priorities.
The other day, the Partnership for Sustainable Communities released "Partnership for Sustainable Communities: A Year of Progress for American Communities," which looks at the progress the partnership has made in its first year.
The other day, the Partnership for Sustainable Communities released "Partnership for Sustainable Communities: A Year of Progress for American Communities," which looks at the progress the partnership has made in its first year.
Making Sense Of The Partnership For Sustainable Communities
July 28, 2010
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[Editor's Note: Reconnecting America is an active participant in the sustainable communities movement and a strong supporter of the new federal Partnership for Sustainable Communities. When we learned of the Initiative for Sustainable Communities and States we asked them to tell us little about their work. Here's what they had to say.]
Putting Smart Growth To Work in Rural Communities
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10 Smart Growth Principles Mix land uses. Take advantage of compact design. Create a range of housing opportunities and choices. Create walkable communities. Foster distinctive, attractive communities with a strong sense of place. Preserve open space, farmland, natural beauty, and critical environmental areas. Strengthen and direct development toward existing communities. Provide a variety of transportation options. Make development decisions predictable, fair, and cost-effective. Encourage community and stakeholder collaboration in development decisions. Smart growth is not just for metropolitan regions seeking to stem suburban sprawl. Smart growth can help create vibrant, walkable Main Streets in rural communities, while preserving historic buildings and community character, according to a new reported funded by by the U.S. Environmental Protection…


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Let's delve into the SQL used in the applications of a major DB2 system.
Taking Advantage of Relational Technology
During reviews of various client systems, analyzing the SQL used is very helpful for understanding how sophisticated the shop and system are at leveraging relational technology. When the shop and system are well designed, the tables, indexes and application properly utilize object designs through effective object reuse and consistent design patterns. All of these application components are exposed when the application access methods are designed and formulated into SQL. Usually if a system is designed properly the SQL contains good access paths. SQL with good access paths use the following:
- SQL Joins
- SQL Sub queries
- Table expressions
- CASE expressions
- Limited fetch
The more work done within in the DB2 relational technology engine, usually the faster the data can be turned into information for application reports, web pages, etc. At a recent client there were zero table expressions, limited fetches and very few of any of the other SQL options to leverage DB2 and relational technology. Rewriting one of the applications with an SQL Join and a SQL Table expression dramatically reduced processing elapsed time and CPU requirements taking the application processing from hours to only a few minutes.
Use SQL Joins
Analysis of another client's system showed that the application programmers were not using SQL Joins in any of their applications. Most of the application data processing focused on retrieving one row at a time and often from only one table.
The basis of relational technology is set processing or processing a large number of rows through a single SQL statement. Application programmers need to understand and leverage relational technology so that the application programs process more data with each interaction with the database. Often when SQL is used to process single database rows, the application program can be rewritten with SQL Joins of tables using indexes and proper WHERE clauses and dramatically cut the CPU and elapsed processing time. Using any of the several of SQL Join methods also optimizes I/O and CPU usage of the application by pushing the work from the program into the DB2 engine.
Experience with several past clients has shown significant elapsed time process improvement and tremendous CPU savings by rewriting application with SQL Joins. For example, an application designed with poor SQL was rewritten with SQL Joins and went from 12 hours of execution time to only 5 minutes.
Experience has shown that applications that yield the biggest improvements are those that are executed often and open cursors to access a large number of rows. Once these applications are identified, an applications team can redesign these programs to use more efficient relational technology and SQL join set processing.
It is important to drive processing to the SQL engine as much as possible. Review applications in your company for:
- Lack of SQL Joins
- SQL Sub queries
- Table expressions
- CASE expressions
- Limited fetch
Dave Beulke is an internationally recognized DB2 consultant, DB2 trainer and education instructor. Dave helps his clients improve their strategic direction, dramatically improve DB2 performance and reduce their CPU demand saving millions in their systems, databases and application areas within their mainframe, UNIX and Windows environments.


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The Chester Go Club meets every Wednesday from 8pm in The Olde Custom House, Watergate Street
The Olde Custom House is about 20 minutes walk from the railway station. If arriving by car, turn into Whitefriars from the ring road, the A5268 (zoom in once on the map to see these). There are usually parking spaces available in Weaver Street or in the car park at the junction of Whitefriars and Cuppin Street. There is an alley linking Weaver Street and Watergate Street at The Olde Custom House.
We welcome players of all strengths from absolute beginner to experienced dan level. As we are a small club, very occasionally none of us will be there so it is best to make contact if you are planning to visit, to make sure there will be someone there to meet you!
Note it is a pub so children are not allowed and some steps may make access difficult for the less able.
In April 2009 we hosted the British Go Congress in Chester, with the British Lightning at the Olde Custom House and the Open at the Westminster Hotel near the station.
There is usually each year in February a tournament nearby, The Cheshire, held in Frodsham, organised by club members.
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The High Bar w/ Warren Etheredge & Brian McDonald from The High Bar on Vimeo.
"Invisible Ink is a powerful tool for anyone who wants to become a better screenwriter. With elegance and precision, Brian McDonald uses his deep understanding of story and character to pass on essential truths about dramatic writing. Ignore him at your peril." —Jim Taylor (Academy Award?- winning screenwriter of Sideways and Election)
Thursday, June 02, 2011
The High Bar - An Interview with Me
26 comments:
- Christine said...
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- Christine said...
Always love listening to you talk, Brian! ;o) You always leave me with something interesting to think about - thanks!!!
- imyjimmy said...
This is a gold mine. I've been tweeting about it all morning! You said a lot of things one can think about for a very long time.
- Joon Kim said...
I was going to just have this playing in the background while I worked, but I couldn't take my eyes away!
- Brian McD said...
Thanks, guys.
- ERIK said...
I know, Joon! Brian is so handsome, isn't he?
Kidding aside, great interview man. I've pimped it out as much as I can.
Glad to see you're getting some exposure, even if it's as a "teacher"/"author" and not as a "screenwriter"/"director".
- James said...
Great interview! I'd love to see more like this.
Two of my favorite quotes from this:
"It took nine writers to write Armageddon and one writer to write Of Mice and Men." Wow. I love this.
Also, "Everyone is planning to fail and no one is trying to win." It's a scary thing to think about, and a challenge to live against.
I like how it's clear you've thought about what you say before you say it. You can back up all of the arguments that you make here. Thank you for sharing this and for speaking up for storytelling.
- Jett said...
Hey Brian,
Terrific interview. I've got some thoughts about why storytelling in Hollywood has gone down the crapper. I'm wondering if with such a disintegration of common morays and what seems to be an all out assault on morality, Hollywood is not merely uncomfortable in telling stories with a point/moral but seems more invested in making sure their stuff *doesn't*.
If you are trying to tell something with a moral, you are making a judgment...which means some people are going to be excuded/offended if they disagree or fall outside the moral.
If you make a movie about a man who is torn about leaving his wife and kids etc... but decides to stick it out with them (moral, you should live up to your promises and responsibilities) there are going to be howls from the folks who think if you are unhappy, you should move on etc...
So rather than tell any story with any sort of morality to it we are getting nihilistic pieces of crap.
I'm still trying to formulate my thoughts on this without feeling like I'm babbling. Please forgive the ramble.
It was a great interview and you've got a little "Tom Hanks" in your voice. Looking forward to meeting you at Tr!ckster this summer.
- Brian McD said...
Thanks for the nice comments everybody.
- Brian McD said...
Hey Jett,
Glad you dug the interview. It's anyone's guess what happened to Hollywood. I do think that you have hit on something. They do want to get as many butts in seats as they can so they make things as middle of the road as they can.
But my feeling is that making stories by committee is not the best way. The process itself is designed (intentionally or not) to remove any personal voice. Very strong writers do have a way of getting some of their voice through.
The other thing is that many of the people working in the movies don't love movies. They don't know the history, or care to learn it. They are business people. Marketers.
I spoke with a frustrated studio executive once who quit his job out of frustration because he was the only executive there who had even seen the film Casablanca.
The process is a machine. I think that it is a bad idea to rewrite every script as a matter of course. One could argue that no script is perfect, but is the process of automatic, and sometimes endless, rewrites producing many classics?
What would happen if a writer turned in a screenplay that was the exact quality of Casablanca, Sunset Blvd, The Apartment, Paper Moon, The Godfather, Raiders of the Lost Ark, It's a Wonderful Life or any number of classics? It would be rewritten, that's what would happen.
I am not saying that there are not many screenplays that need work; I am just saying that if the rewrites were applied on a case-by-case basis they might yield better results. But that would take real assessment and not many people have those skills.
I think that movies could learn something from theater. They could have a workshop period with actors to see what works and what does and doesn't work and let the writer make changes based on that process. This will never happen, but it would be cool.
See you at Tr!ckster.
- Paul Chadwick said...
...a who quit his job out of frustration because he was the only executive there who had even seen the film Casablanca.
- Brian McD said...
Hey Paul,
Yeah, one would hope that people working in film would care about film, but many of them do not. And those that do find it hard to work within that system.
- Michael Barquero said...
This was awesome! Just finished your book (Invisible Ink) and really loved watching this after.
If you're ever down in the bay area you have to come talk to us at CCA. All the best at Tr!ckster!!!
- Lea said...
Thanks Brian and Warren--it was great seeing two of my favorite teachers chatting about the idea of story.
- Brian McD said...
Thanks, Lea.
- Brian McD said...
Thanks everyone for listening to me drone on. Glad you all dug it.
- Jonathan Moore said...
Brian, I have to say I love your blog and your book Invisible Ink. You are a true scholar of storytelling. With that being said, I have to be very honest with you and have some very serious misgivings with part of this interview.
Honestly, I think this is a very ignorant view to say that games should never and can never have stories.
The first issue is this:
The last thing you said was you do not play games and do not like games. Bingo. How can you make such bold claims about games when you do not even enjoy them or play them?
That is like an art historian critiquing a piece of art without understanding the past context and what was happening in contemporaries. Not to mention not even liking art.
It's like M. Night Shyamalan critiquing your book without ever having read it.
Secondly, yes, games are in a strange place and do not know what they are. However, to say that there is no means for storytelling with interactivity is errant I believe. By saying this, you are limiting creative possibilities.
That is like telling an artist, "Oh painting is dead. Photography is dead. Don't bother, you cant tell story or have a point with it."
"Seeing is different than being told."
What does a story have? It has a point, a moral, an armature. Many games have the same thing. Some are just as much a morality play as Everyman, or Faust. Not all are as good at storytelling yet, but that is because people like you (who are good storytellers) do not trust them. I think this is a grave mistake.
I honestly believe you will be proven wrong. If you have the openness to see that, is another matter.
- Brian McD said...
Hello Jonathan,
First I'd like to thank you for your kind words. Thanks for following the blog. I hope you continue to do so.
I want to address your comment, but I'm realizing that is almost impossible to defend one's position without looking or sounding defensive. I hope I do not come off that way.
A couple of things you should know – one is that I am not afraid to be proven wrong. I do not come from that place. Learning is all about being wrong. You can't learn anything without being wrong. So if someone finds a way to do combine stories and games I will be the first person in line to hail her/his genius.
It is important to note that I spent most of my childhood feeling like a moron. My undiagnosed dyslexia made school hard for me. I still have a hard time with my handwriting and with spelling. I'm so used to misspelling things that when spell check says I have no spelling errors I don't trust it. I think IT must be wrong. I'm serious.
These facts about myself are still embarrassing to talk about, but my job as both a teacher and storyteller is to be as honest emotionally as I can stand to be. The reason I am sharing this now is to stress the point that being wrong and I are old friends. I only know what I know now from making mistakes.
But there is another trait (a coping mechanism to survive school) I have developed. I learned not to say anything unless I was sure before I spoke. If I made a strong statement about craft I have probably thought about it for years and looked at it from every angle. Your perception that I am not open to new ideas is not true. What you are seeing is the result much contemplation.
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- Brian McD said...
...Someone recently paid me a complement by saying that I was 'talented'. It was nice of him to say, but talent is just what hard work looks like from the other side.
When it comes to stories and storytelling it is a safe bet that if I am awake I am thinking about it. The hours I have spent thinking about this subject are incalculable. It is openness that got me this far.
You 'nailed' me because I don't play games, but you seem to be making a huge leap here. It is difficult to make it through childhood without having played some games. Games have just held little interest for me, so I tend to forget the rules relatively quickly after the game is done.
This is not to say that I have not thought about games and their relationship to story. For years when people would excitedly tell me that a new video game had a great story I would be excited to see it. But then upon seeing it the game would have elements of story, but was never a true story.
Stories are one of the few subjects in life where people feel like their familiarity with them equals expertise about them. I have seen, and been inside, countless buildings in my life but would never argue with a builder about how to best construct one.
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- Brian McD said...
...As for games being stories, I'm sure why people feel a need to blend them. It seems purely emotional. Over the years I have had this talk with many, many people – gamers and gamer designers mostly, but not with master storytellers. Just because something feels like a story doesn't mean that's what it is. I was on the Star Tours ride at Disneyland and I sure felt like I was flying, but just because I felt like it doesn't make it so.
There are people who believe that Obama is a Marxist, a fascist, and a socialist. As has been pointed out by others words do, in fact, have definitions. You can't just make things go together because it feels true. Games ARE a thing. And stories ARE a thing. They have definitions. I did not make up these definitions.
In fact I was involved in an exploration of the idea of blending stories and games with the computer science department at the University of Washington. These computer scientist and game designers could not find a way to blend these things. They spent a ton of time telling me that it could be done, but to this day have not done it.
So my assertion that stories and games cannot coexist is not, as you claim, the same as M. Night Shyamalan critiquing my book without ever having read it. It is as if he critiqued my book after several readings and much thought. And being in a book club where all they talked about was my book.
I was paid to study combining stories and games. It was my job.
But in all of the arguments and discussions not one person has ever made an argument refuting the logic of my argument. They 'feel' like I am wrong. Prove it. A scientist would say the same thing. If you don't believe in black holes all you have to do is come up with the math that disproves it. That's all you have to do.
I am just looking at the thousands of years of civilization, which has a rich history of games and stories, but not the blending of the two.
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- Brian McD said...
...Here's the thing the word story really does come from the word history. It is from the Middle English storie, and storie is from the Anglo-French estoire, estorie, from the Latin word historia.
Embedded in the origin of the word is the idea that a story is not something happening in the present moment. An event is not a story as it happens – it is only a story when it is finished and people recount the event. Games happen in real time. Once a story becomes interactive is ceases to be a story and becomes a game.
Listen, I have no dog in this fight. I don't care if stories and games coexist. I just don't see how they can because they seem to be contradictory experiences.
I'm just not sure why people feel like these things need to coexist. What is gained?
Don't agree? Show me the logic that disproves it. That's all anyone has to do. But the fact that it feels like I'm wrong is not an argument.
I am not sure I am the one who is not open here.
- domnellly said...
Hey Brian, i like your stuff too. Just wanna say, you should try to play uncharted and uncharted 2. I think they are actually doing a really good job at integrating story into games. I think its worth looking at.
- Brian McD said...
Thanks, if someone I know has it, I'm sure I'll see it.
Thanks for reading my stuff.
- imyjimmy said...
I've watched my roommate play Uncharted. I don't really remember what happened, so I guess the story in it is marginally forgettable?
All I can remember is that the guy seems to get into a lot of near-death situations while looking for lost treasure. And you as the player must keep him/you alive to get to the treasure.
That being said, video games now have a lot of the elements of story. You empathize with the main character. You feel adrenaline when he/she is in a bad spot, etc etc. But does it make it a story?
This goes back to the fundamental question of, what is a story? And what is a game?
- Joon Kim said...
The Uncharted games are fun diversions, but the actual gameplay is not the story. You could cut together the cut scenes from the game and end up with something that is merely a mediocre riff off of Indiana Jones.
Putting in clever dialogue and exposition during the actual gameplay doesn't make for a story.
As Brian says, most games try too hard to look and sound like movies instead of being their own thing.
What do video games add to the storytelling craft? At the moment, nothing significant. Unless you really want to get post-modern with the whole topic until it becomes almost meaningless, the interactivity of games separates it from narrative storytelling.
It's not a dig on video games. It's just something else.
What really doesn't help this debate is that most movies feel more like video games these days.


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A fragmented lot of 8 letters from U.S soldiers during 1918 to early 1919. First three letter are courtship letters from Howard Courtis to Alice Jones. Three letters from sons to a Mrs Allen in Connecticut. Two from brother Ralph Forcehel fighting in France to sister Anna in Chicago. read more
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Fourteen letters mostly from Corporal Ward B Scripture of the 328th Infantry to his Mother in Mils, Maine from January 1918 to May 1919. He was stationed in France and England in 1919, talks about life there, trying to get home and his plans. read more
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Lot of world war one letters from Private Lewis Driscoll of the 1st Recuit Company. Talks of his fiancee Hazel, his sister, his aunts and uncles and other people in Dubuque. Lot contains many photographs of shipped served on and collegues served with. Later contains many censored letters of 72nd Artillary Company, an American Expeditary Force somewhere in France. read more
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A single ww1 letter from Alf Smith of the Royal Engineers stationed in Peking and Hong Kong in 1914 to his Mother. Talks of various topics. read more
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One 3 page letter from a father in the 1383-16th Army in August 1918 to his son Russel also a soldier. Mentions many members of the family also in different regiments of the army. read more
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A letter from S(Sean or Sam).B. Adams of USA army Section 60/510 pai B.C.M from a dugout near Paris in Febrary 1918 to his Aunty Everett P. Hops Woburn living in Woburn, Massachusetts. read more


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The eTrex Vista® C is Garmin's exciting, new,
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The following commentary does not necessarily reflect the views of AgWeb or Farm Journal Media. The opinions expressed below are the author's own.
As a farm machinery mechanic and writer, Dan brings a hands-on approach that only a pro can muster. Along with his In the Shop blog, Dan writes a column by the same name as well as the Shop Series for Farm Journal magazine. Always providing practical information, he is a master at tackling technical topics and making them easy for all of our readers to understand. He and his wife, Becky, live near Bouton, Iowa.
Many of you are done or close to done with planting. Even though you're racing around trying to get spraying and other spring chores done, a couple hours spent prepping your planter for storage will save you time and money next spring.
First, if at all possible, don't leave your planter sitting outside while you wait to see if you'll need to replant. If it has to sit outside until you have time to clear room in the machine shed, be sure to coat every inch of every roller chain on the planter heavily with foaming chain lube. Use a wrench to turn the drill shafts and coat the top, bottom and sides of all those chains. That will help prevent corrosion from dew and spring rains until you can get it into the shed.
Next, clean out all the seed boxes, seed hoppers and anyplace seed spilled, lodged or is hiding. If you don't find it and clean it out, mice or rats will find it this winter, and when they get done munching on all the seeds you provided them, they'll gnaw on wiring harnesses for dessert. If there is no grain or crop residue on or inside the planter, they'll go someplace else to do their winter dining.
Write down now, while it's fresh in your mind, all the small things you told yourself you'd fix "after planting is finished." Even if you don't actually fix them before storage, the list will help you remember what needs to be fixed next winter, or spring, or whenever you finally get around to working on the planter.
The final thing to do before unhooking from the planter, even if only temporarily, is to make a chart, take a picture, or somehow mark every hydraulic hose and electrical connector, so you can hook them into the right connections sometime down the road. Make two diagrams. Take two pictures. Mark the hoses in two places, 'cause if you're anything like me, you'll lose the single copy and be left to poke and guess at which connectors go into which holes on the tractor.
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ESPN had an interesting post when it examined the starting rotations of the NL East teams. They still have Johan Santana listed as No. 1, which is puzzling.
What I found most interesting is that every team's No. 3 starter would qualify as the Mets' No. 1.
Edwin Jackson is reportedly on his way to Washington, where he's the projected third starter behind Stephen Strasburg and Gio Gonzalez. The Braves' No. 3 is Tommy Hanson. Miami's third starter is Ricky Nolasco and Philadelphia's is Cole Hamels.
The Mets' projected rotation is Santana, R.A. Dickey, Jon Niese, Mike Pelfrey and Dillon Gee.
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Best Met Fringe: Marion Cotillard
I'm not a fringe fan. That's partly feng shui and, well, look at Jessica Biel. We'll get to her in a minute. If there's one person who can do a fringe though, it's Marion Cotillard.
The difference?
Hers is super choppy and short. With hers you can still see all of her face. That face! I suppose that face works with whatever hair you give it.
LOVE that they didn't go heavy on her makeup or accessories. Don't love the sheer skirt but I do love the detail and precision of that grid, with the embellishment up top, making it almost palatable, especially since it's not clashing against anything else.
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A Cubmobile is a Cub Scout powered, wooden race car. It is comparable to Soap Box Races.
Cub Scouts and adults build Cubmobiles out of wood. Races are popular as Pack, District and Council events. Instead of racing carved Pinewood Derby cars, Cub Scouts get to steer and push the Cubmobile.
Cubmobile - Cubmobiles race downhill against each other. A ramp may be required to start the cars from if no hill is avaliable
Pushmobile - A team of three Cub Scouts pushes the Cubmobile with one Scout steering.
- Always wear a helmet.
- A Cubmobile should have a seat belt.
- Scouts should wear closed toed shoes.
- The track should be a smooth-surfaced street with a gradual slope that is neither too long nor too steep. The suggested track length is about 150 feet, plus additional stopping space.
- The lanes can be marked with chalk.
- Cubmobiles start from a standstill, running down the ramp and the slope to the finish line. No pushing or pumping with the feet is allowed.
- Pushmobiles start from a standstill, down the track to the finish line. Pushing is allowed by a team of 2-3 Scouts.
Related achievements, electives or other awards
Bear Elective 7: Things That Go - a. With an adult's help, make a scooter or a Cubmobile. Know the safety rules.


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Degree Progam: MIT/WHOI Joint Program
In 1968 the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) entered into an agreement to conduct a cooperative academic program leading to graduate degrees in oceanography and in oceanographic engineering. Joint degrees are single documents awarded by both institutions.
Fellowship Progam: Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Program
Scientists and students gather for a ten-week research and study program in Woods Hole each summer to explore specific topics in the general area of geophysical fluid dynamics. Up to ten competitive fellowships are available for graduate students.
Postdoctoral Studies
Fellowship Appointments
Eighteen-month Postdoctoral Scholar awards are offered to recipients of new or recent doctorates in the fields of chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, mathematics, meteorology, physics, and biology as well as oceanography.
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Postdoctoral Investigator positions are available at the Institution. Investigators normally will be required to conduct research and studies in areas directly relevant to existing grants or contracts.
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The aim of these 6-month-long fellowships is to introduce undergraduate students to nearshore field research and to scientific studies by conducting research projects with Dr. Britt Raubenheimer.
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Walnut/Advanced Topics
From Erights
Advanced Topics
Some of the items in this potpourri of topics are not difficult to understand or use, they are simply used less often than the main features of the language.
E Properties File
E installations include the props.txt properties file, chock full of information that is occasionally useful. You can access it through the interp object. In this example, we get the home directory for the E installation, which can be useful if you wish to store data in a known location to be shared by multiple E programs:
pragma.syntax("0.9") def ehomePath := (interp.getProps()) ["e.home"]
The properties are stored in a map which can be accessed in the usual manner. For a complete listing of the information in the props.txt file, open yours up and take a look.
Build your Own uriGetter
So you think it would be cool to access your own data using the syntax of the style <getter:description>. No sweat: just implement an object with the single method get(description), and assign it to a variable with the name xxx__uriGetter:
# E sample def myDir := <file:/home/usr/me/myDir> def myDir__uriGetter { to get(objectPath) { return myDir[objectPath] } } def myFile := <myDir:theFileOfMyDreams.txt>
EAction and the trouble with listener callbacks
the entropy random number generator
Instead of using
def x := blah; if (blah != null) {...},
instead use
if (blah =~ x:notNull) {...}
for java calls to objects using deflectors on eventlistener interfaces, the calls are converted into sends
having multiple constructors and inheritance at the same time
Rights amplification
how to wait on a device like a socket
building your own quasiparsers
weak pointers
operators for twine like split and rjoin
twine versus string, run versus substring, etc.
Note that the revoker system presented earlier only works if the facetized object and the revokable user are not collaborating; if they are collaborating, use membranes.
S-expression/XML quasi-parser
Build Your Own Guards
# E template
def simple_guard { to coerce(specimen, optEjector) :near { if (specimen fits criteria) { return specimen } else { throw.eject(optEjector, "Specimen didnt fit criteria") } } }
First, here is a simple guard that matches integer strings and converts them to integers:
def asInt { to coerce(specimen, optEjector) :int { try { return __makeInt(specimen :String) } catch ex { throw.eject(optEjector, ex) } } }
You can use it like this:
def str := "5 + 7 = 12" def `@{a:asInt} + @{b:asInt} = @{c:asInt}` := str require(a + b == c)
Now for a more complicated example...
Here is the emaker that makes a pair of VOC claim check guards, a proveAuth (i.e., a claimCheck), and a checkAuth (i.e., a checkedClaim):
# E sample
def makeVOCPair(brandName :String) :near { var myTempContents := def none {} def brand { to __printOn(out :TextWriter) :void { out.print(brandName) } } def ProveAuth { to __printOn(out :TextWriter) :void { out.print(`<$brandName prover>`) } to getBrand() :near { return brand } to coerce(specimen, optEjector) :near { def sealedBox { to getBrand() :near { return brand } to offerContent() :void { myTempContents := specimen } } return sealedBox } } def CheckAuth { to __printOn(out :TextWriter) :void { out.print(`<$brandName checker template>`) } to getBrand() :near { return brand } match [`get`, authList :any[]] { def checker { to __printOn(out :TextWriter) :void { out.print(`<$brandName checker>`) } to getBrand() :near { return brand } to coerce(specimenBox, optEjector) :any { myTempContents := null if (specimenBox.__respondsTo("offerContent", 0)) { # XXX Using __respondsTo/2 here is a kludge specimenBox.offerContent() } else { myTempContents := specimenBox } for auth in authList { if (auth == myTempContents) { return auth } } myTempContents := none throw.eject(optEjector, `Unmatched $brandName authorization`) } } } match [`__respondsTo`, [`get`, _]] { true } match [`__respondsTo`, [_, _]] { false } match [`__getAllegedType`, []] { null.__getAllegedType() } } return [ProveAuth, CheckAuth] }
Now here is an example of the pair of VOC guards in use:
? def [ProveAuth, CheckAuth] := <elib:sealing.makeVOCPair>("voc") # value: [<voc prover>, <voc checker template>] ? def f1 := <file:~/.bashrc> # value: <file:c:/Documents and Settings/millerm1/.bashrc> ? def f2 := <file:~/Desktop> # value: <file:c:/Documents and Settings/millerm1/Desktop/> ? def foo(f :CheckAuth[f1,f2]) :void { > println(f.getPath()) > } # value: <foo> ? foo(f1) # stdout: c:/Documents and Settings/millerm1/.bashrc # ? def f3 := <file:~> # value: <file:c:/Documents and Settings/millerm1/> ? foo(f3) # problem: Unmatched voc authorization ? foo(f1 :ProveAuth) # stdout: c:/Documents and Settings/millerm1/.bashrc # ? foo(f3 :ProveAuth) # problem: Unmatched voc authorization ? def bar(f) :void { > println(f.getPath()) > } # value: <bar> ? bar(f1) # stdout: c:/Documents and Settings/millerm1/.bashrc # ? bar(f1 :ProveAuth) # problem: <NoSuchMethodException: <a sealedBox>.getPath/0>
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Oct. 20, 2011) – The ETSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics kicked off its 2011-12 men's and women's basketball season by hosting the fourth annual Bluenanza Tipoff Celebration event on Thursday night inside the ETSU/MSHA Athletic Center.
Over 1,200 fans entered the Dome to see the teams hold a 10-minute scrimmage, three-point contest, and slam dunk contest.
On the women's side Natalie Pickwell (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Tarita Gordon (Wichita, Kan.) went head-to-head in the 3-point contest, while Marcus Dubose (Hartsville, S.C.) and Rashawn Rembert (Tampa, Fla.) competed for the men. When it was all said and done, Pickwell was the champion on the women's side, while Dubose won the overall 3-point title after knocking down 17 threes in the championship round.
Freshman guard Brianna Bogard (Georgetown, Texas) was named MVP of the women's scrimmage as she led the Blue team with nine points in the, 25-21, win over Gold. On the men's side, Adam Sollazzo (Tampa, Fla.) captured MVP honors after netting 11 points in the Blue victory, 32-29.
In the dunk contest, Sollazzo, Lester Wilson (Knoxville, Tenn.), Jarvis Jones (Memphis, Tenn.), and John Walton (Memphis, Tenn.) all treated the Buccaneer faithful to their top highlights. Eventually, Sollazzo beat Wilson to win the crown.
The event, which was presented by Johnson City Honda, began with a free dinner to BASA basketball season ticket holders and students.
The men's basketball team will now gear up for its first exhibition game as ETSU hosts Tusculum on Saturday, Oct. 29. Tip is set for 4 p.m. The women's team opens their exhibition slate with Carson-Newman on Nov. 3.
To purchase season tickets for the upcoming men's and women's basketball season, contact the ETSU ticket office at 423-439-ETSU (3878).
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Injuries are no excuse for the Angels' disappointing season. At least that's what the numbers say.
According to the Website mangameslost.com, which tracks all games missed for any reason, Angels players had collectively missed the fewest games of any team in baseball this season through Aug. 18.
On the opposite end of the spectrum, Dodgers players have missed the most games of any team except the San Diego Padres, with the Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees rounding out the top five.
Of course, the Angels' total of 649 games missed doesn't account for the caliber of players sidelined.
Five different starting position players and three starting pitchers have spent time on the disabled list, including Albert Pujols, who the Angels declared out for the rest of the season on Monday.
Ace Jered Weaver's absence for 45 games after fracturing his elbow April 7 likely had more of an impact than would have any other pitcher on the team's roster. Erik Aybar, Howie Kendrick, Alberto Callaspo and Pujols have accounted for just 75 missed games between them after Wednesday's game against the Cleveland Indians.
The Yankees, by comparison, began the season with three reigning All-Stars on the disabled list, while Hanley Ramirez, one of the Dodgers' two best offensive players along with rookie Yasiel Puig, has played in less than half of the team's 125 games this season.
Pujols battled injury during the 99 games he played this season, but his eventual 61 missed games to end this year can certainly be considered less important based on the Angels' standing when he went out. After Pujols played his final game on July 26, the Angels were 12 games out of first place in the American League West with little hope of factoring into the postseason picture.
Trout, Kendrick still out
The current big names out of the Angels' lineup are Mike Trout and Howie Kendrick.
Tuesday night marked the second consecutive contest Trout missed with a tight right hamstring. The American League MVP candidate hopes to return today, but he said Monday he hoped to return Tuesday.
"For me, you know, I don't want to be out there thinking about it," Trout said. "It feels a lot better. I'm just going to keep icing it, keep taking care of it and hopefully I can get out there (today)."
Kendrick, who is eligible to come off the disabled list today, isn't ready to be back in the lineup. The second baseman is running on his hyperextended left knee and swinging a bat, but isn't ready to take the field.
"He's running but he's not able to open up the carburetor yet," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. "We don't have a timetable. He's taking ground balls and he's swinging, so he's in baseball activities. But he's got to get out there, run and feel comfortable running before he plays."
Angels outfielder J.B. Shuck ranks first in hits (92) among all A.L. rookies a season after Trout ended the season as the A.L. rookie hits leader. The last team with A.L. Rookie hits leaders in back-to-back seasons was the 1981-82 Minnesota Twins. … Mark Trumbo hit his 29th home run of the season Monday, tying the Angels' first baseman for the sixth-best total in the majors. His next home run would make him the first Angel with back-to-back 30-home run seasons wince Vladimir Guerrero in 2004-06.


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Live Music
Nate Sangsland @ Peddlers Pavilion in Seacrest Beach
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What: Nate Sangsland @ Peddlers Pavilion in Seacrest Beach
When: Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Time: 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Peddlers Pavilion Concerts in Seacrest Beach take place in July from 6-10pm. Relax to live music in a family friendly atmosphere after a day on the beach! Enjoy shopping, dining, entertainment, cold beer & wine, and kid activities. Concerts are open to all and admission is free.
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