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Manual Database Install and Upgrade
Manual Installation of OxS Database
The standard, web-based OxS installation process is recommended for most users as the default method for installing OxS.
The following guide is intended for users with a custom installation of OxS or users that require fine control over the installation of their OxS database:
- It describes a process for logging all SQL statements executed during an OxS installation.
- The log may be used to examine the installation process in detail and/or modify SQL statements for a custom, manual install of the OxS database.
- A similar process can be used to log all SQL statements for an OxS upgrade.
This guide assumes the following:
- MySQL as the database server
- Access to MySQL server configuration settings
- Access to MySQL server logs
The provided examples assume a *NIX environment and access to a command-line terminal.
Enable Database Logging
1) Enable the binary log by adding the following to your MySQL server configuration file (e.g. /etc/my.cnf):
[mysqld] log-bin=/var/log/mysqld-bin
The above binary log file base path is just an example and may need to be modified depending on your server setup.
2) Restart the MySQL server.
Your MySQL server log directory (e.g. /var/log) should now contain two files:
mysqld-bin.index mysqld-bin.000001
Create Test Instance of OxS
Create a test instance of OxS to log all SQL statements generated by the OxS installer.
Please see the documentation relevant to your application for detailed installation instructions:
- OJS: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs_documentation
- OCS: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs_documentation
- OHS: http://pkp.sfu.ca/harvester_documentation
Setup your OxS test instance and prepare it for either a web-based or command-line installation.
Use the same installation settings that will be used for your production instance of OxS and complete the install.
Retrieve Database Statements
The OxS installation will have been logged by your MySQL server and all SQL statements should have been written to your binary log.
The logged SQL statements can be viewed using the MySQL command line tool, mysqlbinlog.
For example, to view all SQL statements logged by your MySQL server:
$ mysqlbinlog --short-form mysqld-bin.000001
To view all SQL statements for a given database (e.g. ojs_test):
$ mysqlbinlog --short-form --database=ojs_test mysqld-bin.000001
To write out all SQL statements for a given database (e.g. ojs_test) to another file for editing:
$ mysqlbinlog --short-form --database=ojs_test mysqld-bin.000001 > ~/ojs_db_statements.sql
The above command will write out all SQL statements for the named database to the file ojs_db_statements.sql in your home directory.
Please note that you will need read file permission access to the MySQL binary log files (e.g. mysqld-bin.000001) in order to retrieve the SQL statements. The above may need to be run as sudo, e.g.
$ sudo mysqlbinlog --short-form --database=ojs_test mysqld-bin.000001 > ~/ojs_db_statements.sql
Execute Database Statements
The saved file containing your SQL statements (e.g. ojs_db_statements.sql) can be viewed and edited using a standard text editor.
You can execute all SQL statements in the file via the following:
$ mysql -u ojs -p < ~/ojs_db_statements.sql
The above assumes database user 'ojs' and may need to be modified depending on your server setup.
Disable Database Logging
Once the manual installation is complete, disable binary logging on your MySQL database server.
1) Remove the following from your MySQL server configuration file (e.g. /etc/my.cnf):
The above binary log file base path is just an example and may need to be modified depending on your server setup.
2) Restart the MySQL server.
Executing Database Statements Fails
When you try to execute your saved SQL statements, e.g.
$ mysql -u ojs -p < ~/ojs_db_statements.sql
You get the following error:
ERROR 1227 (42000) at line 6: Access denied; you need the SUPER privilege for this operation
To resolve this issue, you can either, a) Remove the SQL statement that requires SUPER privileges, OR b) Temporarily grant SUPER privileges to your ojs database user.
a) Open your saved SQL statements file in a text editor and delete the following line at the top of the file:
SET @@session.pseudo_thread_id=999999999/*!*/;
b) Login as the root MySQL database user:
$ mysql -u root -p
Then grant the ojs database user SUPER privileges, e.g.
mysql> GRANT SUPER ON *.* TO ojs@'localhost';
After you have successfully executed your saved SQL statements, you can revoke SUPER privileges from your ojs database user, e.g.
mysql> REVOKE SUPER ON *.* FROM ojs@'localhost';


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Yahoo director on hot seat to leave board
The flap over a bogus college degree on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's official biography has claimed its first casualty - the director who led the committee that hired him four months ago.business Updated: May 09, 2012 16:25 IST
The flap over a bogus college degree on Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson's official biography has claimed its first casualty - the director who led the committee that hired him four months ago.
Patti Hart will surrender her Yahoo board seat at the company's still-unscheduled annual meeting. She framed her decision as a commitment to focus on her job as CEO of gambling-machine maker International Game Technology, while allowing Yahoo's board to deal with the fallout from the recent revelations about Thompson's inaccurate academic credentials.
"It has been my privilege to serve Yahoo stockholders and I remain confident in the company's future," Hart said in a statement distributed Tuesday by IGT.
Yahoo Inc. thanked Hart for serving on its board since June 2010 and wished her luck.
Pleasantries aside, Yahoo's own board probably wanted Hart to leave down, said Gene Grabowski, an executive vice president at Levick Strategic Communications, which works with companies facing crises.
"In a crisis, sometimes there are circumstances where you have to make a sacrifice to the gods. This appears to be one of them," Grabowski said of Hart's departure from the board.
Hart, 56, becomes the sixth Yahoo director to depart the board since the company hired Thompson to engineer a turnaround. The exodus will leave Yahoo with nine directors.
IGT Chairman Philip Satre said IGT's board urged Hart to leave Yahoo in order for her to avoid being distracted.
The turmoil swirling around Yahoo is likely to escalate. A dissident shareholder who is seeking to shake up the board even more is demanding access to internal records about Thompson's hiring. And Yahoo's board is conducting its own investigation into why no one flagged an inaccuracy that has been appearing in Thompson's bio for years.
At various times, published summaries of Thompson's academic background have included a computer science degree from Stonehill College that he never received. Thompson graduated from Stonehill, a Catholic school near Boston, in 1979 with a bachelor's in accounting, an accomplishment that Yahoo correctly listed in his bio.
Those earlier inaccuracies have raised questions about whether Thompson deliberately allowed the misinformation to perpetuate and why Hart didn't insist on a more thorough background check before Yahoo hired him.
After Thompson joined Yahoo, the non-existent degree appeared on his bio on Yahoo's website and in documents filed April 27 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
"It's pretty clear that there was information that slipped through Yahoo's fingertips and someone has to be held accountable," said Gayle Mattson, an executive vice president for executive search firm DHR International.
Hart's plans to leave Yahoo's board were first reported by All Things D, a technology blog affiliated with The Wall Street Journal.
Several experts on corporate ethics and governance have predicted Thompson is likely to lose his job because of the uproar over the fabricated college degree.
An activist hedge fund trying to gain four seats on Yahoo's board already had been calling for the company to jettison Thompson and Hart. Hart laid out her exit strategy after the hedge fund, Third Point LLC, launched its attempt to review Yahoo's internal records so it can learn more about the Thompson's hiring.
In a memo sent Monday to Yahoo's employees, Thompson apologized for the distractions caused by the furor over his inaccurate bio. But he didn't offer an explanation on who was responsible for the deception. He also promised to cooperate with the investigation by Yahoo's board.
After announcing its plans for the inquiry last week, Yahoo provided more details on Tuesday about who will oversee the investigation. The probe will be handled by a committee of three directors who joined the company's board after Thompson's hiring.
Alfred Amoroso, a veteran high-tech executive, will lead the committee, which also will include John Hayes, American Express Co.'s chief marketing officer, and Thomas
McInerney, former chief financial officer for IAC/InterActiveCorp. Los Angeles lawyer Terry Bird will serve as the special committee's independent counsel.
The investigation will review whether Thompson ever lied about his academic credentials, as well as Yahoo's own internal controls.
Besides skewering Hart for shoddy research into Thompson's background, Third Point blasted her for an inaccuracy about her own academic history.
Hart's bio had claimed she held a bachelor's degree in marketing and economics. After being confronted by Third Point, Yahoo clarified that Hart graduated from Illinois State University with a bachelor's degree in business administration with specialties in marketing and economics.
IGT also said Hart holds a bachelor's degree in marketing and economic in a recent SEC filing.
"After a thorough review, the IGT board of directors has found no material inconsistencies in Patti Hart's academic credentials," Satre said.
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Asus thinks we're insignificant.
So as you may know, I was a big fan of the new ASUS ROG Swift PG278Q. For those who aren't familiar with it, it's this 27" 1440p 120Hz+ beast with Displayport and GSYNC and etc. It is absolutely beautiful, as you can see:
Now the problem is two-fold. One is that it's a TN display. I consider that a tradeoff. You get lower image quality, for a faster and more fluid panel. And it's a native 8-bit panel, instead of the traditional 6-bit TN's. This one fact I can try to overlook. However...the main issue, is that the monitor is being released with a heavy Matte panel. So you go from an IPS or PLS glossy display currently, with rich vibrant colours, to a matte TN display.
That's a complete no-go for me. So I posed a question to Asus. The first thing they replied with is general marketing BS:
"Based on the feedback of ownser of IPS/PLS and TN panels we have produced the majority of users have not had negative feedback about the Polarizer used ( and generally are not even aware of it ). "
Now...you'd think that he's saying people like us have barely even noticed the matte polarizer used. But he doesn't mention users of Glossy displays. He only mentions IPS/PLS/TN users. They may have surveyed only people who have Matte displays. Either way I still don't buy it.
He then goes on to compare the difference between Matte and Glossy displays with PWM lighting preference, as you can see here:
"All in all this something specific to users and does not have a consistently present level of feedback across the majority of users. This similar to how many users are not bothered by PWM flicker but there are some users very sensitive to it. As a whole feedback on the current type of AG Polarizers has been solid with minimal negative feedback."
When I mentioned that the screen being both TN and having a Matte Anti-Glare filter will discourage many people who have purchased the various current gen 1440p overclockable displays from moving over. He replied:
" From a volume perspective that quantity of user transitioning form those other monitors is very small and not representative of the majority of the market."
That response seems odd to me as currently, those users (us), happen to be the majority of the $500+ 1440p gaming monitor market. Which is who they are obviously targeting with this monitor. Your average joe blow doesn't spend $800 on a monitor. And people who do spend $800 on a monitor, often have a lot of money invested in their computers. We are enthusiasts. And we care about things like glossy displays.
So at this point I make a recommendation to at least do a limited run of Glossy displays that would be available only through a limited number of channels. He gives me a rather odd response regarding it:
"As to your recommendation of running concurrent models this is complicated as it requires double the investment in the initial design and development and validation. As such it is not a realistic approach. As of now the SWIFT will come with AG Polarizer that i feel confident the majority of users / gamers will be satisfied with. "
I have no idea how they run their business and how they handle development. But we've been dealing with monitors in the same housing, using both glossy and matte ag coatings with no issue. That should be the only difference in the builds. However, they don't seem to see it that way.
So in conclusion...as excited as I was for this display...I am going to have to pass. From what I understand, Nvidia will be designing a displayport gsync board for our LG panels. So there should be an option to upgrade our displays in the future. I had been ready to proclaim the ROG Swift monitor the new king of gaming displays. But due to its price point, and rather severe reduction in image quality due to the use of a TN panel, and a heavy Anti-Glare coating, it will have to remain a "Don't Buy" in my books so long as plans for a GSYNC board for our monitors don't get scrapped.
Thank you, Asus, for making a Niche product (due to the price) while ignoring what the majority of people who have been buying these types of displays at this price point want.
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Yes, it certainly seems odd to have a niche product without the niche features, as I see many people requesting glossy of matte. Hopefully the type they use is a kind of in the middle, such as we've seen on some of the IPS monitors as of late. I'm holding my judgement on this one, for now.
As far as the TN, I can understand. Its definitely a gaming monitor, and I can easily tell the testufo tests apart between 120Hz catleap, 120hz average TN, and 120Hz 10% Lightboost. Already, hearing an 8-bit display interests me, but again. I'll want to wait to see independent results.
In the end though, I lovey catleap, and am standing by for that gsync board!What's cookin, good lookin?
Didn't know about the matte/AG...definitely a point against this otherwise-tempting display. I'm sure someone out there will attempt to remove the coating somewhere down the line though
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I think you're too used to your cheep-o korean lcd's. There's already a market of users who buy high refresh rate monitors with backlight strobes and I think most gsync boards are going to cater to them.
If you want another hack then get the DIY Gsync unit and figure out how to make it run on your Koreak PLS or another display. Do your own board. Look at the cool T221/T220 adapter Cithrix had made or the 12.85" 2560x1700 settup DrinkTea is working on.
Overclocking the PLS panels was a neat trick in 2013, but 1440p is *so* last year. What's the next neat thing? What are you working on?
The matte coating is a little disappointing, yes, but it's also removable if you have the know-how and the dexterity.
Don't moan that "Asus thinks we are insignificant".
Your comment about cheapo Korean LCD's has no merit. As you're probably aware, the Catleap monitors use the same LG LCD used in Apple's Cinema Display. There is no better 1440p panel out there. Asus isn't addressing the issue of 4K any better than someone like Seiki Digital is. They have a 60Hz 4K panel out, but it requires 2 cables, which means your video cards treat it as a multi-monitor setup, meaning lower performance as a result. And of course their 4K display doesn't have GSYNC.
So what Asus is offering at the moment is the same 1440p resolution that is so Q1 2012. Finally. They give the advantage of GSYNC, but at the loss of IPS image quality due to a TN panel. And further reduced due to the AG coating. Considering Nvidia has plans to produce GSYNC boards for the LG IPS's, I don't see Asus bringing anything revolutionary to the table, with the exception of putting out the product a few months sooner than others. And even then, it's Nvidia's GSYNC board that makes the monitor worthwhile. Not anything Asus has done.
As is my argument...their efforts have been detrimental to the cause of pushing forward graphics quality. Removal of the AG coating would also void your warranty on the product. So essentially you're comparing Glossy IPS (or PLS, I suppose) to Matte TN. Same resolution. Same general refresh rate. But a $500 premium for GSYNC inclusion, compared to current monitor prices.
While the monitor is a step forward from their 1080p offerings, it's still not ideal. As for your question of what the next neat thing is, and what I'm working on, I'm left slightly confused. I'm not a monitor manufacturer. But as consumers, I feel that it's important for our voices to be heard. If it weren't for these cheapo monitors you speak of, 1440p would be an unknown resolution for gaming. 120Hz would be confined to only TN (and only recently VA). 30fps to 60fps caps on gaming would be considered normal. 1080p would still be the standard.
But alas...we are the enthusiast class. We are the ones who pay for the high end niche products. The 1600W PSU, the 5GHz+ CPU's, The $2000 water cooling setups, the $1000/card GTX Titan's. And...the $800 monitors. So yes. I think that we should have a say in this. In this case, I am speaking with my wallet. This monitor by Asus is a step in the right direction. But it is still hard to recommend at $800. And having blind loyalty to any company or product, will only limit innovation and the rate at which the products we want are released. So I find your comment to be offensive, but even moreso I find it to be counterproductive to all of our goals, including your own.
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So are you saying NVidia will be producing a G synch board that will, work on our catleaps, if so how did you hear of this, and any idea when its available with the likely estimated costs, it would be fantactic if this did happen
It's possible that I may have misunderstood the statement. But if what I was told is accurate, and Asus's statement about why they went with a TN display instead of an IPS display is accurate, then it seems the 2 parts fit. As or when such a thing would be available, I don't know. I also don't know if there are plans to sell those boards as part of a DIY kit or just to be used by manufacturers. Worst case scenario...if these boards are made and are not available as part of a DIY kit, we can do a community project to get the IPS monitors made. Based on preliminary details, I could have IPS GSYNC 1440p 120Hz "A Grade" units ready for retail for $599.
p.s. GSYNC Board that works with our panel doesn't necessarily mean GSYNC board that fits in our monitors. Modifications or possibly new housing may be required.
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"Worst case scenario...if these boards are made and are not available as part of
a DIY kit, we can do a community project to get the IPS monitors made. Based on
preliminary details, I could have IPS GSYNC 1440p 120Hz "A Grade" units ready
for retail for $599"
Hi thanks for the reply
If you did get these make again, and you could deliver to the UK, Id definitely be interested, here is hoping
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LOS ANGELES (RNN) – Members of a California animal rescue went the extra mile in rescuing puppies caught in a desperate situation last month.
Annie Hart, the executive director of the Bill Foundation Dog Rescue, a nonprofit animal rescue group, told the story of the night she and her cohorts chased a city bus to rescue four puppies from a homeless man on Dogster.com.
"This was our action movie rescue," Hart said.
Hart detailed the call she received from fellow animal advocate Samantha Haas - a homeless man getting on bus carrying four small animals in a Tupperware container. Hart said she, her husband and their dog followed the bus until she came in contact with the man.
Hart told the Huffington Post that Haas had seen the man close the lid on the puppies – their survival depended on an immediate rescue.
"I don't know who I am looking for, I just know what Sam told me. There was a homeless man, with a cart of sorts, and in the cart was a large plastic Tupperware tub with a lid. Inside it were four puppies," Hart wrote July 18 on Dogster.com.
After eventually using money to coax the homeless man to give up the dogs, Hart and her companions saved the small, malnourished puppies from harm.
"It is sort of ridiculous that it worked out. The young man could have said no; we could have given up; the bus driver could not have stopped - and this list goes on. These are all the 'what ifs' that haunt our lives," said Hart.
The puppies have been named the "Xavier family" – Luke, Logan, Raven and Elliot – after the heroes from the popular X-Men franchise.
"These cuties had a superhero rescue that felt so much like a Hollywood script, I felt they deserved to be named after some iconic superheroes," Hart said.
The runt of the litter, Luke, is in poor shape. Hart said veterinarians determined Thursday he has a liver shunt - a life threatening illness that hinders his body from filtering out toxins. He will be given the proper medicines to kickstart his health, and surgery will wait until he is a healthy size.
"The others are doing great and couldn't be healthier," Hart said.
Any procedures Luke will need will also be expensive, and donations would need to come from those who want to see he and his siblings have a chance at long and healthy lives.
The puppies have been featured on their own live stream webcam, available on UStream. The Bill Foundation also has been giving updates on rescues through its Facebook page and keeps fans, or villagers as Hart calls them, updated on the dogs on its YouTube page.
She said the webcam has been used to showcase many puppies that have come into the rescue and created a great awareness for rescued dogs.
"Our greatest goal is that more rescues will follow by running puppy cams, and ultimately even more awareness is raised to help the rescue community fight pet over-population," Hart said.
The puppies will be cared for by a foster parent and remain at the Bill Foundation until they are available for adoption at 12 weeks old. Hart said they have received a handful of adoption requests and hope to have many more in the next few weeks.
Hart has been with the Bill Foundation since 2012. She told the Huffington Post that rescuing animals saved her life.
"I still have fibromyalgia and a severe sleep disorder and must be careful how much I work," she told HuffPo. "I have some bad days when getting out of bed is not an option, but I also have really good days. Knowing that I have countless dogs depending on me means I need to take care of myself - if not for my own sake, for theirs."
The Bill Foundation Dog Rescue was founded 13 years ago by Jo and Peter Forman and has rescued more than 2,200 dogs. The dog rescue works with many others in Southern California, including the Los Angeles City shelter system.
"There is a lot of incredible advocacy happening out there and often they just need someone to take notice of it." Hart said. "There is no greater joy for me than assisting the community as whole to rise up and effect change everywhere."
Just a few weeks after the wild rescue, Hart said this is the craziest she's ever been a part of.
"This was certainly the most adrenaline-filled rescue to date," Hart said. "I had no idea I was capable of this kind of quick thinking and insane tactics, but apparently all the action movies my husband has made me watch over the years have taught me a thing or two."
For more information on how donations can be made to rescue dogs like the Xavier family, go to the Bill Foundation Dog Rescue website.
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Was there a widespread work slow-down Friday in the U.S.? NBC Sports reports it set a live streaming record, as more than 2.1 million users live streamed today's U.S.-Canada men's hockey semifinal, "believed to be the largest TV Everywhere authenticated audience in U.S. history."
The game, which Team Canada won, 1-0, drew 2,122,447 unique users. That topped previous record-holder, Super Bowl XLVI in February 2012 (2.105 million users).
The women's gold medal game on NBC, meanwhile, was the most-watched hockey telecast, on traditional TV.
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Camille and Camellia
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Wandering Sisters Camille and Camellia
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Ancestors: Peony and Peoni
Camille and Camellia are two sisters who are first encountered in front of Konohana. Camille is the older sister and unlike Camellia she does not believe in the Gods so it is up to Amaterasu to restore her belief. Camellia often points out Amaterasu's Divine Markings but Camille dismisses it as her imagination. If you manage to restore Camille's faith you will earn Praise and a Stray Bead.
When you first meet them in Kamiki Village you need to Bloom flowers in front of Camille and then headbutt her to make her believe it is not a dream. Doing this will reward you with 10 Praise.
They will then move to Sei'an City's Commoner's Quarters, this time getting Camille to believe is quite harder. You will first need to make a tree sprout in front of her by dotting the ground with your Celestial Brush and follow it up with Deluge after the tree has disappeared. Wetting them with Waterspout will not work so you must have learned the Secret Brush Technique. This will earn you 50 Praise and talking to the sisters again will net you a Stray Bead.
After this you will have restored Camille's faith in the gods and she will note that she can see Amaterasu's red markings however they are faint. After this Camille states that they are trying to find the land of their ancestors.
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- Camille and Camellia's ancestors are Peony and Peoni as they can be found in the exact same spot after Amaterasu goes through the Spirit Gate. They are also the ones that planted Konohana that century ago.
- Their Japanese names are "Sazanka" (Camille) and "Tsubaki" (Camellia) which are both types of Camellia plant.
- Camille and Camellia's ancestors were named after Peony's, Peony being traditionally identified with China. This hints that this is the land of their ancestors.
- Tackling Camellia will net Amaterasu Praise.
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Ruby Mining
- This article is about the mineral or gem. For other uses, see Category:Ruby.
A ruby is a pink to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum (aluminium oxide). The red color is caused mainly by the presence of the element chromium. Its name comes from ruber, Latin for red. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapphires. The ruby is considered one of the four precious stones, together with the sapphire, the emerald, and the diamond.
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The Mogok Valley in Upper Myanmar (Burma) was for centuries the world's main source for rubies. That region has produced some of the finest rubies ever mined, but in recent years very few good rubies have been found there. The very best color in Myanmar rubies is sometimes described as "pigeon's blood." In central Myanmar, the area of Mong Hsu began producing rubies during the 1990s and rapidly became the world's main ruby mining area. The most recently found ruby deposit in Myanmar is in Namya (Namyazeik) located in the northern state of Kachin.
Rubies have historically been mined in Thailand, the Pailin and Samlout District of Cambodia, Burma, India, Afghanistan and in Pakistan. In Sri Lanka, lighter shades of rubies (often "pink sapphires") are more commonly found. After the Second World War ruby deposits were found in Tanzania, Madagascar, Vietnam, Nepal, Tajikistan, and Pakistan.
A few rubies have been found in the U.S. states of Montana, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wyoming. While searching for aluminous schists in Wyoming, geologist Dan Hausel noted an association of vermiculite with ruby and sapphire and located six previously undocumented deposits.
More recently, large ruby deposits have been found under the receding ice shelf of Greenland.
In 2002 rubies were found in the Waseges River area of Kenya. There are reports of a large deposit of rubies found in 2009 in Mozambique, in Nanhumbir in the Cabo Delgado district of Montepuez.
Spinel, another red gemstone, is sometimes found along with rubies in the same gem gravel or marble. Red spinel may be mistaken for ruby by those lacking experience with gems. However, the finest red spinels can have a value approaching that of the average ruby.
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Does it cost me anything to have a booth? There is no fee to have a booth, we just want you there. However, your unit is responsible for your own supplies, set up and clean up. It is highly recommended that you download and read the Scout Show Participation Guide.
Will I have a pre-assigned booth location? Yes, when you come to set up you will be given a booth number and location.
When is set up? Set up begins Friday, April 26, 2019, at noon and goes until 7:30 pm and again on Saturday, April 27, 2019, from 7:00 am until 9:30 am. You may bring a vehicle into the building on both days. Drop your supplies off at your assigned booth, remove your vehicle, and come back in to set up. Last car in on Saturday will be at 8:30 am and must be out by 9:00 am.
All Scouting units that have a booth will receive a 2019 Scout Show Participation ribbon.
Again this year, Program Preview will be held at 11:00 am during the Scout Show. Signs will indicate the location.
How does the Camp Card relate to Scout Show? The Camp Card is now a stand-alone fundraiser that we encourage you to participate in. You will register for the sale separately from Scout Show after the first of the year. We will not be reconciling camp card accounts at Scout Show. A Camp Card will be your admittance to the Scout Show and your unit will earn an additional $1.00 per Camp Card sold for registering and manning a 2019 Scout Show booth.
The Camp Card will admit your entire family to the Scout Show. All Scouts (yes, Girl Scouts too) that are in uniform are admitted free. All other adults, family members (over age 7) and visitors must show a Camp Card or purchase one at the ticket window inside the main entrance.


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MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - As of last week, 10 states had pending Legislation to legalize medical marijuana, Alabama was one of them. On Wednesday, the Alabama House Health Committee voted 12 to 2 in opposition of the bill thus thwarting it's progression to the house for a full vote.
This is a good thing as we Alabamians already have our hands full dealing with another issue on a slippery slope, immigration, and don't need to start falling all over ourselves on this one as well.
The bill introduced, HB 2/The Alabama Medical Marijuana Patients Rights Act would have "authorized the medical use of marijuana only for certain qualifying patients who have been diagnosed by a physician as having a serious medical condition."
Why would this have been slippery? Number one, according to the Office of National Drug Control Policy there is no such thing as "medical" marijuana under Federal law. Marijuana continues to be a Schedule I substance meaning that it has no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.
Number two, the U.S. Department of Justice guidance explicitly states that marijuana remains illegal under Federal law. Enforcing Federal law against significant traffickers in illegal drugs including marijuana remains a core Department of Justice priority.
Do we need a number three – it's illegal! and we haven't even mentioned all of the issues Alabama would have had trying to enforce compliance to very specific growing, distribution and prescribing standards. Who's going to fund and staff that control and compliance agency?
To be clear, while we have empathy for anyone sick and in pain, legislating an illegal drug is not something we are going to support and as it stands now, neither is Alabama.
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I've seen my fair share of pink film's, but one name within the genre that has always escaped me is Mamoru Watanabe, director of some 200 films, most of them pinku's. Needless to say, I was excited to hear of Cinema Epoch's release of Watanabe's Slave Widow (1967).
Following the sudden death of her husband, Mitsuko Fuji is left a widow. She learns that her husband business finances were in ruins and he was heavily indebted to Mr. Kito, nicknamed within the corporate world as "The Devil." Mr. Kito puts his son, Kasuhiko, in charge of Mr. Fuji's company and while inspecting the Fuji home makes advances Mitsuko, forcing himself upon her. Mitsuko gives in to becoming Mr. Kito's mistress, the only way to keep her home, the only way to avoid her husbands debts.
The further wrinkle to the story is that Kasuhiko becomes enamored with the widow Fuji. He recognizes that she is not the usual trollop his father has dalliances with. Couple that sympathy and lust with the fact that Kasuhiko is being forced to marry the snobby daughter of a wealthy business friend of his father, and you have all the makings of a good drama.
The DVD is labeled as part of Cinema Epoch's "Grindhouse Sexsploitation Collection," which may be a tad misleading. The terms grindhouse and sexsploitation usually conjure a much more dirty and cheap image than you will find in Slave Widow. Really, though it is an erotic film, the sex scenes are of the subdued variety, skin is tastefully displayed, and the tone and direction is more Crazed Fruit than Angel Guts or Tokyo Deep Throat. Here you definitely have the more straightforward, serious drama, aiming above the gutter variety of the Japanese pink film.
I was highly impressed with Slave Widow. It is a good erotic-drama-tragedy and though it was clearly low budget and the storytelling simple, the impression I was left with was that Mamoru Watanabe was economical in these aspects as opposed to just plain cheap.
Viewers will easily predict the films final outcome. Mitsuko is entranced by a lake that lies near her home. She tells Kasuhiko the local folk tale about a princess who went to drown herself in the lake rather than enter into an arraigned marriage. Rather than die the princess "merged" and became one with the water. See, even reading that, you probably have an idea of the finale, but it is effective due to the precise poetry of Watanabe's handling of this obvious metaphor, including a great opening credit sequence of flexing flesh in blackness, accompanied by the sound of a woman sensually breathing, which fades into shots of the lake water with wind rippling its surface.
While the plot mechanics were a bit conventional- the son falling in love with his overbearing father's mistress, "The Devil" claiming that Mitsuko enjoyed the physical affections because there was something sinful and vampireish within her- I appreciated the subtle touches. For instance, there is a great moment between Kasuhiko and his finance at club, calamitous bebop filling the soundtrack suddenly goes dead silent so the finance can dryly say, "I cannot wait until we get married." It is those kind of moments and the controlled, formal direction and pitch perfect performances that viewers will find rewarding.
The DVD: Cinema Epoch
Anamorphic Widescreen. Black & White. The films age and low budget definitely shows. Cinema Epoch deals with very fringe films and if you have any of their other releases the quality here should be expected. The print shows some wear and tear, dirt and lines, and at least one scene exhibits some yellowed damage on the corner of the frame.
Mono. Japanese with burned-in English subtitles. Considering the films age, the mono track is fine. Some distortions are present but not to a severe or annoying degree. The subs are a problem, typical of older films with on the print subs, there are some legibility issues where the white subs fade into the background.
While I really enjoyed the film and recommend fans of classic Japanese cinema check it out, the basic presentation and lack of any extras, let alone significant ones, is a bummer. A bio, maybe some Watanabe trailers, I'm sure Chris D. Or Jasper Sharp would be open to dish out a couple of paragraphs for some liner notes, all seem like reasonable options. But, it remains that Watanabe is a film maker who has a large body of work not well represented on DVD, so I am grateful for the release of anything, even if it is piecemeal.


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Linux is seeing massive install bases around the world. Millions of PC computers - not including the millions of embedded systems like routers, and phones.
OSS, and free software already does a great job in reducing the amount of waste generated by computer use. Being able to make use of old hardware, and the ability efficiently virtualise computers resulting in less hardware being used. Web hosts can run thousands of websites off one computer - now other servers are taking virtualisation of computers for other tasks too.
However there is much more that could be done for saving energy with OSS, free software such as Linux, Debian, and Ubuntu.
Distributions need to focus on turning on the power saving features. If Debian, and Ubuntu make this easy, then lots of power can be saved in the world. Debian should put something about power consumption, and reducing resource use into its social contract.
Is concentrating on power savings worth while? If a 10% difference could be made in power saving, then over one million machines it would save a massive amount of energy - and reduce green house gasses.
Monitors need to be put in suspend mode when not being used. Monitors are the most power hungry parts of a computer system. The more common LCD monitors do not use as much power as CRT ones, so this is an advancement. I still find monitors that stay on when not being used. For an X server, check out the manual of xset for dpms power saving features.
Hard drives need to be set so that they go to sleep when they're not being used. The 'hdparm' program can be used to put hard drives to sleep. Not only does this save power, but makes hard drives last longer. The longer a hard drive lasts, the less it needs to be replaced - saving production energy costs. There's also less noise because your hard drive will be turned off.
Suspend to disk needs to work. This is so people can easily put their computers to 'sleep'. So that people can have their system power up quickly with all of their applications where they left them. Mostly this works, but it needs more testing, and fixes from some poorly behaving drivers. If people can put their computers to sleep easily, then they will turn them off when not in use.
Daily tasks should run at off peak power times. Debian uses 6am as a time to run daily tasks. Many tasks that can be put into off peak times should be put there.
Power saving measures should all be turned on by default.
Using 'thin' client machines without hard drives uses less power over all. It also means that less hardware is used - resulting in less production energy used. Also older machines can be used for the terminals, resulting in reuse of computer parts. The linux terminal server project makes setting up thin clients with linux easy. Operating systems could do more to make this kind of usage easier still. Rather than concentrating on making their installers easier to use for single machine use.
More thought needs to be put into saving power with changes to operating systems. During the design, and implementation of features.
The design of software should take into consideration the power use of it. If your software can with one hours work reduce it's power usage by 10%, then you've possibly saved millions of dollars a year in power costs. If you can reduce the resource usage of your program with a little work, then you may only use one server instead of two. Over a couple of years that can add up significantly. Does your web application need a dedicated server at the moment?
Reviews of Operating systems need to take 'Green' factors into account. Are power saving features used? How well are they used? Is there good support for older machines? The media has a part to play in supporting those that aim to reduce energy use, and reduce the use of computer parts. A "ten things Ubuntu could do to reduce energy use" article could be quite popular. What about an article on the bad ram linux patch(which allows linux to use defective ram)?
Good reviews on power saving features can allow people to make more informed choices about how much power their purchases will use. How much energy has been used in producing this equipment?
Just as free software, and OSS people shout from the hills about reliability, security, and performance - we need to shout about power saving benefits. Reduction of two servers down to one, can save on air conditioning bills, office space, and a power bill reduction.
A mailing list should be joined by groups in each distribution aiming to implement power saving changes to their operating systems. If there is already a group out there, it needs to be more heavily publicised. It should be run by a paid member, or members of some of the biggest distributions. Power saving should be a much higher priority than it currently is. Start a discussion amongst your groups on how to reduce power usage.
Other widely used open source projects need to talk about how their projects are affecting power, and resource usage too. For example take the python programming language. Recently the python project has managed to reduce memory usage. This will result in being able to run more python programs on one machine. However further steps could be taken to make running web programs on the main cheap virtual hosts less resource hungry. This is starting to happen, but more could be done. However many web applications seem to need a dedicated server to run acceptably(plone). Pygame(game software for python) has been modified so that instead of using a 'busy loop' by default, it uses a less accurate, but less cpu using operating system sleep.
If you make your program use less power, then those with laptops are more likely to use your programs - over the competitors program that uses more power. Make your lower power usage a feature.
I think people using Open Source Software, and free software should be interested in power saving, reduction in hardware use, and reuse of old computer parts. We just need to talk about power saving more, and make sure we factor it in with our designs.
Some links to readings about saving power.
- Ecology HOWTO - power saving techniques with linux.
- Linux terminal server project.
- Gentu power management guide
If you have any other relevant links on power saving, please leave them in the comments section of this page. Cheers!
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G4953, Revised June 1998
Double-cropping soybeans after winter wheat has grown in popularity and feasibility in much of Missouri. This cropping system has several advantages. A crop, growing on the land all year, provides control of soil erosion. Spreading annual fixed costs such as land, taxes and machinery over two crops instead of one may increase gross returns per acre with relatively low increases in production costs. Thus profits per acre may be increased.
A successful wheat-soybean double crop depends on management and weather conditions. Establishing an adequate soybean stand and effective weed control are critical. In northern Missouri, there are few days left in the season after wheat harvest for planting soybeans, and that's a constraint. So knowing the conditions to which double cropping is best adapted will provide for a successful second crop. It will also permit farmers to avoid high-risk years.
A successful double-crop system begins with proper management of winter wheat. A good, fully tillered and adequately fertilized wheat stand usually suppresses weeds until harvest. The smaller the weeds in the wheat, the more easily they can be controlled in the soybeans. Where weeds are a problem in wheat, several herbicides are available to control broad-leaved weeds and grasses. In selecting a herbicide, consider the type of weed problem and the potential residual effect of the chemical on the soybeans.
An ideal wheat variety in a double-crop system consistently produces high yields of high-quality grain, yet matures early enough to permit timely establishment of soybeans. In Missouri, high yield and quality are usually associated with good winter hardiness and early maturity. However, avoid very early flowering varieties because of the danger of frost damage in the spring. When selecting a variety for high yield, consider performance results from several locations and years.
Fertilizing for both crops at once is more practical than trying to make an additional application after wheat harvest. Time will be saved at a critical period. Also, if the soybeans will not be tilled, the fertilizer will already be in the soil. The higher fertility level may also benefit the wheat. If the soybean double crop cannot be planted, the extra phosphorus and potassium applied will remain in the soil to benefit subsequent crops.
Base the amount of fertilizer to be supplied on the soil fertility status and the crop yield expectations of both crops. Determine the soil fertility status with a reliable soil test, and base expected crop yield on past experience. Most Missouri soils require the application of both phosphorus and potassium to provide for the two crops in this system (Table 1).
Table 1
Fertilizer application rates for double-crop wheat-soybeans as determined by crop yield and soil test values
Planting date
Wheat is a cool-season crop that grows at temperatures as low as 37 degrees Fahrenheit, although best growth is between 70 and 77 degrees Fahrenheit. It can be planted from early September to mid-November. But it is preferable to plant it in late September or early October in northern Missouri and by mid-October in southern Missouri.
If a variety is susceptible to the Hessian fly, delay planting until after the fly-free date. The fly-free date ranges from Sept. 28 at the Iowa line to Oct. 17 at the Arkansas line (Figure 1).
Figure 1
Fly-free dates for Missouri.
The best wheat yields often result from plantings made just after the fly-free date. Very early planting subjects the wheat to attack by insects and certain diseases. Late planting results in less tillering, more chance of winter injury and a lower yield. To compensate for the reduced tillering associated with late planting, increase the seeding rate. The planting date has little effect on when wheat matures unless emergence is delayed until spring.
Seeding rates
For wheat planted at the recommended time, a seeding rate of 1-1/2 is normally adequate. This amount may be adjusted up or down depending on the date of seeding and on seed size. If seed is excessively large, more will be needed to obtain the same plant population. Because wheat tillers well under favorable environmental conditions, higher than recommended seeding rates seldom result in yield increases, unless planting is delayed until late in the fall.
Wheat is most often planted into a prepared seedbed, although no-till is becoming more popular. Drilling into rows gives higher yields than broadcasting followed by incorporation. Tillage practices that leave some plant residue on the surface help retard erosion and reduce surface crusting, although these practices may increase insect and disease survival. Use a no-till system if you can achieve good weed control and seed placement in the soil. With no-till, you must uniformly plant the proper number of seeds about 1 inch deep and cover them well.
The yield of full-season soybean varieties decreases slightly more than 1 bushel per week as planting is delayed from early to late June. In July, yields decrease 3 to 5 bushels per week. Decreases are greater in the north than in the south. Thus, it is important to harvest the wheat and plant the soybeans as early as possible, especially in northern areas.
If you have grain drying facilities, consider harvesting the wheat at 19 to 22 percent moisture and drying it. Besides permitting earlier planting of the double crop, early harvest results in less field loss from shattering and lodging. Do not dry wheat at temperatures above 110 degrees Fahrenheit if it is to be used for seed or above 140 degrees Fahrenheit if it is to be milled.
Windrowing wheat is another alternative that permits early soybean planting. Wheat can be windrowed at moisture up to 40 percent. In general, drying occurs more rapidly with windrowed wheat than standing wheat. Some homemade attachments move the windrows to allow planting immediately after cutting. However, unless they have other uses on the farm, a windrower and pick-up attachment for the combine may be too costly to be offset by gains due to earlier planting.
Straw management
Wheat straw can act as a surface mulch to conserve moisture, impede runoff and prevent surface crusting. No-till practices are valuable in situations where moisture for germination is limited, as is normally the case at wheat harvest, and especially when planting is delayed after the wheat has been removed from the field. However, residues can complicate planting and interfere with herbicides. These problems can be overcome with proper equipment and straw management.
In a no-till system, small grain residue should not be bunched or windrowed unless it is to be baled and removed. Planters cannot penetrate such residue and still place seed at the proper depth. A simple way to manage wheat straw in a no-till system is to cut the wheat at normal height, shred the straw with a shredder attachment on the combine, and distribute it evenly on the field. If this cannot be done, then one or two passes with a rotary chopper, set at 6 to 12 inches high, will shred and spread the straw.
Shade provided by standing stubble stimulates elongation of soybean stems and causes a higher first pod height. This makes soybean harvest easier and reduces harvest losses. If the stubble is too high, plants will be spindly and susceptible to lodging.
With no-till systems, burning the wheat straw to eliminate residue seldom produces yields greater than those achieved by chopping and spreading the straw.
In many years, the final decision to double crop soybeans should be made only after wheat harvest. Ask these questions: Is there enough moisture to germinate the soybeans? Is there enough of the season left for a reasonable crop to mature before first frost? Can other problems such as weeds be controlled? Avoiding problems greatly improves the long-term profitability of double cropping.
The planting decision
In double cropping, rapid germination and emergence of a uniform stand of soybeans are keys to success. Soil moisture is the critical environmental factor determining whether a good stand is obtained. If the soil is too dry for prompt emergence, many seeds may die, or emergence may be so late that the remaining season is too short for the crop to complete growth. If the top 2 inches of soil are dry, and if soybeans will not germinate and emerge without more water, wait. If rainfall is not sufficient for stand establishment by the latest safe date to plant, abandon double cropping for that year. The low probability of rainfall during late June and July (Table 2) precludes double-crop soybeans in some years, particularly in central and northern Missouri.
Table 2
Probability of rainfall during one-week periods in June and July in Missouri
The need to conserve moisture through practices such as no-till is obvious. More important, however, is that following these practices eliminates the major source of failures in double cropping before most variable costs associated with soybeans are incurred.
If adequate moisture is available immediately below the 2-inch depth, an alternative is to use furrow openers or similar devices to move the dry topsoil. Plant into the moist soil. However, do not plant deep to moisture without moving the dry topsoil.
The last safe date to plant soybeans is determined by the amount of remaining growing season at a location. At least 90 frost-free days are needed for double-crop soybeans to reach physiological maturity. Subtracting 90 days from the average date of the first killing frost in the fall gives the last average safe date for emergence of double-crop soybeans (Figure 2).
Figure 2
Average first occurrences of 28 degrees Fahrenheit in the fall.
Freezing affects a crop differently depending on its growth stage. When freezing occurs before physiological maturity, yield and quality are reduced. Physiological maturity coincides with maximum dry weight accumulation in the seeds and occurs when seed moisture is still 50 to 60 percent. A visible indicator is yellowing of the pod walls. After the beans have reached physiological maturity, moderate freezing does not affect yield or industrial quality.
There is ample growing season in southeast Missouri for double cropping because of the relatively early wheat harvest (by June 20 to 25, 75 percent is harvested) and the late fall frosts. But farther north, the interval between wheat harvest and fall frost narrows to just over 100 days. So while double cropping soybeans after wheat should be possible in much of Missouri, it is more difficult in the north.
Choosing a variety
Desirable soybean varieties for double cropping use as much of the season as possible, yet they mature soon enough to avoid losses due to frost. Generally, they are medium-season varieties for the normal planting time in an area. These varieties should produce adequate vegetative growth to form the closed canopy needed to shade out weeds.
Varieties maturing too early are short, have pods closer to the soil surface, are more difficult to harvest, and are lower yielding. Late varieties may have favorable growth, but will still be green at the time of the first killing freeze. Because of their low height and short flowering period, determinate semidwarf varieties should not be used for double cropping.
Research data have shown that when double cropping wheat-soybeans, a late Maturity Group 2 variety is well adapted to northern Missouri, a late Maturity Group 3 to the central part of the state, and a Maturity Group 4 to southwest Missouri. Varieties of maturity Maturity Group 5 can be grown in the Delta Region.
After reaching maturity, soybeans require about two weeks of field drying time. For example, in northern Missouri, wheat should be seeded by the end of October. But double-crop beans are not likely to be harvested by that date. So wheat planted after harvest of double-crop soybeans would not gain sufficient winter hardiness. Therefore, in central and northern Missouri the full-season soybean-wheat double crop sequence can be followed every second year.
An alternative is to overseed wheat from an airplane or a high-clearance implement just before soybean leaf-drop. Then the falling leaves form a mulch over the seeds. Except on light soils that dry out quickly, good wheat establishment has been obtained with this practice.
Row width
When soybeans are planted late in the normal growing season, there is less time for vegetative growth to take place. Less branching occurs in double-crop beans; therefore, canopy development seldom fills the space between wide rows. Research in Missouri shows that drilled or narrow rows (less than 20 inches) can result in a 15 to 20 percent increase in yield over wider rows.
Doubling back with a row planter to split 30-inch middles is a useful way to get narrow rows. In a no-till system, being a little off center doesn't make much difference because there is no cultivation.
Seeding rates
In full-season soybeans, plant population can vary widely without affecting yield. However, in double cropped soybeans, an above-average plant population may increase yield. Also, higher seeding rates are recommended (Table 3) where soybeans are planted in no-till fields and there is difficulty in controlling depth or getting good slot closure. A rate of seven to eight seeds per foot is suggested for 20-inch rows. This normally requires 80 to 100 pounds of seed per acre. Table 3 shows that as row width decreases, the number of plants per foot of row should also decrease for better plant distribution.
Table 3
Suggested plant populations and seeding rates for no-till, double-crop soybeans planted at various row widths
Pest control
Most often in no-till, double-crop soybean production, herbicides are required to control existing weeds and those emerging later. Herbicides such as paraquat or Roundup can be used to control existing vegetation after wheat harvest. Paraquat can be used on small annual weeds. Roundup can be used on most small weeds but would be preferable to paraquat on large or perennial weeds. It is sometimes difficult getting herbicides to penetrate through heavy straw residue to the small weeds underneath. It may be useful to mount a spray bar under the combine to spray this small vegetation before spreading the straw.
Grass and broadleaf herbicides are often needed to control weeds that emerge after planting. Appropriate herbicides can be selected for either preemergence or postemergence application. Heavy straw cover may reduce the amount of preemergence chemical that reaches the soil surface, although a rain after planting often washes enough of the chemical off the straw to provide effective weed control. Using the high end of the range of recommended application rates may result in more herbicide reaching the soil surface. When using the no-till system, most preemergence products can be applied with the herbicide used to control weeds existing at the time of planting.
A broad range of postemergence herbicide options now exist, including several that, when used with appropriate soybean varieties, control most species of weeds. A major advantage of postemergence chemicals is that they are applied after one has had a chance to assess the soybean stand and the types and numbers of weeds present. If the stand is poor or if only certain weeds are a problem, then money won't be spent on unnecessary herbicides. Problems associated with relying entirely on postemergence chemicals include competition of weeds for moisture until they are suppressed or killed and the inability to control weeds if they are too large at the time of treatment.
First, determine your weed problems and existing conditions, then read herbicide labels for the proper use and application recommendations.
Double-crop soybeans often escape pests that cause problems in full-season beans. However, severe pest damage can be more serious to double-crop beans because plant foliage is minimal and all available leaf area is needed for good production. So what may be minor damage on large, full-season beans may be serious damage on double-crop beans, requiring treatment earlier. Be aware that because expected double-crop yields are lower, serious consideration should be given to potential productivity and the economics of the double-crop beans before initiating expensive treatments.
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2011 Salary & Job Satisfaction Survey: Food Processors are Bringing Home the Bacon
Our fifth annual Salary & Job Satisfaction Survey finds salaries at 2009 levels and that's an improvement.
Since we began our annual Salary & Job Satisfaction Survey five years ago, it sometimes seems we've gotten stuck in an endless loop of hand-wringing based on the entropic economy, food safety disasters and pervasive food and beverage doom and gloom. So this year, it's a pleasure to open the window to a ray of hope. Things are looking up. Well, a little bit.
The biggest observation: In nearly every category — job title, age, gender, food category, education -- salaries are up over last year and within a hair of where they were in 2009. The average salary is $99,666. That's up 6.6 percent over last year's $93,537. Which was a 6.3 percent drop from 2009's $99,877 – which, by the way, was the only drop we've seen in the five years of this project.
Women gained more ground in salaries (up nearly $14,000, or 20 percent) than men (up less than $5,000, or 5 percent), but still are way behind men ($85,290 to $106,567).
In age: Those under 29 years old and 30-39 showed growth in salaries, but not back to 2009 levels. The 40-49 and 50-64 age groups grew even beyond what they made in 2009; those over 65 did not.
In job titles: It's no surprise Corporate Management remains on top ($135,651). Marketing & Sales, which took a big hit last year, was back over $100,000. Purchasing also gained ground after being the biggest loser last year.
It's also no surprise there's quite a bit of griping. Such as the comment from this 50-64-year-old man in a Wisconsin dairy products plant:
"Very poor coworker attitudes, cooperation has really declined. No one seems satisfied with extra work (reduced workforce) and lack of pay raises." And he's in Corporate Management.
And while the negatives make for the best quotes, positive comments far outnumbered negative ones. This from a 65-year-old California man in packaging: "Interesting/challenging projects, sense of accomplishment, good working environment, great co-workers, very gratifying being in a small company yet having worldwide acknowledgement."
Perhaps the best balance comes from this 50-64-year-old at a Virginia meat/poultry/seafood company: "Work is challenging, but demands are reasonable. Compensation is reflective of the company's overall profitability, with individual efforts reasonably recognized."
Who's who
Before we get to the "meat" of money and moans, let's take a closer look at who answered our Salary & Job Satisfaction Survey. There were 1,002 of you in all. Most of the respondents have been in the food & beverage industry for a good chunk of their working lives – an average of 19 years. Only 14 percent have been at it for fewer than five years, and 8.5 percent apparently plan to go out feet first, having been at the job for more than 36 years.
But there is some shuffling between companies. One-third of respondents have been at their present job for only five years or fewer. Another third are in the 6-14 year zone, with a fifth having dug in for the 15-25 year hitch. Just over 12 percent have been at their current company for a quarter century or longer.
While only 4 percent are over 65 and still clocking in every day, 7 percent are at the other end of the spectrum occupying the Millennial category of sub-29. The bulk of processors contributing to this year's survey are 50-64 – 44 percent of you.
You're well-educated. Less than 20 percent do not have at least a four-year college degree. Of that 80 percent with a college diploma, more than a third have gone on to graduate school or a post-graduate certification program. Four in 10 report living in an urban area, and more than three-quarters identify themselves as Caucasian.
While 55 percent work 41-50 hours per week – whether you consider that good or bad – 88 percent are not paid for overtime, and half are "on call" 24/7. Another 11 percent are on call only at certain times of the year.
Nearly 19 percent – the biggest demographic -- work at huge companies of more than 5,000 employees, with another 16 percent right behind in the 1,000-4,999 company size. Forty-three percent supervise one to 10 other people.
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hearing loss
Hearing loss caused by loud sounds is permanent. However, this type of hearing loss can be prevented by protecting the ears from loud sounds. People who work in jobs that expose them to loud sounds must wear hearing protectors. Examples include construction workers who work around loud machinery for many hours each day. But anyone exposed to loud sounds for longer than the permissible exposure time should wear hearing protectors. Many home and yard chores and even recreational activities are loud enough to cause hearing loss if people are exposed to them for too much time. You can see examples in the Figure 1.2.
how hearing protectors work
You can see two different types of hearing protectors in the Figure 1.3. Earplugs are simple hearing protectors that just muffle sounds by partially blocking all sound waves from entering the ears. This type of hearing protector is suitable for lower noise levels, such as the noise of a lawnmower or snowmobile. Electronic ear protectors work differently. They identify high-amplitude sound waves and send sound waves through them in the opposite direction. This causes destructive interference with the waves, which reduces their amplitude to zero or nearly zero. This changes even the loudest sounds to just a soft hiss. Sounds that people need to hear, such as the voices of co-workers, are not interfered with in this way and may be amplified instead so they can be heard more clearly. This type of hearing protector is recommended for higher noise levels and situations where its important to be able to hear lower-decibel sounds.
the ear and hearing
The ear is a complex organ that senses sound energy so we can hear. Hearing is the ability to sense sound energy and perceive sound. All of the structures of the ear that are involved in hearing must work well for a person to have normal hearing. Damage to any of the structures, through illness or injury, may cause hearing loss. Total hearing loss is called deafness.
loud sounds
The most common cause of hearing loss is exposure to loud sounds. Loud sounds can damage hair cells inside the ears. Hair cells change sound waves to electrical signals that the brain can interpret as sounds. Louder sounds, which have greater intensity than softer sounds, can damage hair cells more quickly than softer sounds. You can see the relationship between sound intensity, exposure time, and hearing loss in the following Figure 1.1. The intensity of sounds is measured in decibels (dB). Q: What is the maximum amount of time you should be exposed to a sound as intense as 100 dB? What might make a sound this intense? A: You should be exposed to a 100-dB sound for no longer than 15 minutes. An example of a sound this intense is the sound of a car horn.
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The cloud offers senior executives the business control they demand, according to international research from Cisco and Intel, meaning IT departments need to "become more collaborative and innovative as result".
The rising adoption of cloud services is "fundamentally changing" how businesses consume IT, according to the Cisco Consulting Services report, in conjunction with Intel.
The report found that in a majority of organisations, control of IT planning and purchasing is increasingly being shifted to lines of business (LOBs), such as HR, sales and R&D. Their rising influence "represents a marked departure from the traditional 'top-down' approach, forcing IT departments to adapt", Cisco says.
"The Impact of Cloud on IT Consumption Models" report – based on a global survey of over 4,000 IT decision makers – found that while 43 percent of funding currently comes from LOBs, 59 percent of respondents predict this will rise.
As a proportion, the cloud represents almost a quarter of total IT spend (23 percent), with that figure expected to rise to 27 percent by 2016.
Given that 70 percent of respondents believe IT planning will increasingly involve stakeholders from LOBs, and 59 percent believe purchasing authority will also eventually reside with LOBs, the role of the IT department looks set to change.
While they may once have planned, purchased and implemented entire projects, 70 percent of UK respondents believe that in the future, IT departments will serve as "brokers" of services.
The research identified two key drivers for this push for greater control among LOBs, including the popularity of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) schemes - 82 percent of respondents expect to be able to use an increasing number and variety of devices.
Another main driver was IT as a service - with 72 percent increasingly expecting to access IT through a "self-service" model, supporting the general trend towards delivery of IT as a service.
The principle of a self-service approach is that LOBs will always have a number of different options for their IT services, meaning IT departments effectively have to compete with third-party suppliers, outsourcers and vendors in order to "win" these internal customers.
Evidence of IT departments losing out to competition is already apparent, with almost half (49 percent) of UK respondents having seen an increase in "rogue purchasing" by LOBs over the past two years – higher than both the European and North American averages.
Jo Laking, UK & Ireland cloud leader at Cisco, said: "This year looks to be the year that LOBs overtake IT departments in terms of spending. Almost every conceivable business function can now be delivered from the cloud as a service, empowering departments to seize control of their own spending instead of waiting for a nod from IT."


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Dear Diary's 2013 Tour du Vengeance
Officiating that even closely approximated what could plausibly described as normal, a breeze from a passing mosquito on a rim-balancing rock, a half-court prayer by the last guys you'd expect to get one of those answered…pick any two things that should or could have happened this year and that's the difference between the 1 seed in the Big Ten Tourney and the 5th.
As I lay in the middle of the B1G's final season standings, trying to will my defense out of entropy, I could see the faces of the weasels that did this to me and the hair cream aficionados responsible. When fortune smiles on something as violent and ugly as revenge, it seems proof like no other, that not only does God exist, you're doing His will.
Michigan shouldn't by all rights be taking the long way through the Big Ten Tournament. But fortune has seen fit to at least make that path go right through those whose ledgers with us are most in the red: Penn State yesterday, Wisconsin today, and pending survival there, almost certainly Indiana. That's our worst loss and then the only two teams who finished with winning records against us. In Indiana's case that won't change unless we meet in the NCAAs.
Can Wisconsin beat us again? I mean it's basketball: weird things happen even without the increased chaos of fewer possessions. Like for example sometimes the stripes inexplicably side with the harbingers of Rigelian swamp ball:
I felt paranoid watching all of this. It was a temporary window into the world of a 9/11 truther, seeing what looked like an insane conspiracy by Big Ten refs to keep Bo Ryan in their ears, screaming unprintable things about their mothers. A full half-dozen of the calls they made seemed literally impossible, from the two mentioned above to another breakaway layup that Burke missed because a dude hit him on the head and the charge Burke took on Berggren late that went the other way for a critical three-point play. Am I sane? I thought we got a fair whistle at Indiana. I did think that.
At this point a clunky start and a million defensive breakdowns by the freshmen and THJ wouldn't even be filed as weird things. Another weird thing would be an an outfit as attuned to profit margins as this Big Ten allowing a Rigelian sympathizer any kind of access to a whistle. If you need more than "it wouldn't fit the Kill Bill narrative" for reasons to be optimistic, Wisconsin in their own building needed probably the worst complete ref job in the conference's history and an impossible half-court buzzer shot to fall to beat us the first time. Those are thoughts. Here are diaries:
History lessons. Remember the funny Year in Review (with pics) things that saveferris used to write? Here he goes back to 1989, a time when the Simpsons was that new cartoon your mom didn't want you to watch, lest you turn into a spiky-haired scamp child who tells people to not have a cow, man. Most hilarious thing in the world in 1989 according to 1989 me: a nose tackle named Teeter. Teeter you all! Bad memories: the Tigers, kicking it to Rocket Ismail, and Phil Collins. Good memories: Berenson was just beginning to turn the hockey program around. Yzerman scored 155 points for the Wings, who won the Norris Division. The Pistons were at the peak of the Bad Boys period. Bo's last squad (and one of his best) with that backfield of Tony Boles, Leroy Hoard, Jarrod Bunch and Burnie Legette. And Glenn Rice, obvs.
Speaking of Bunch, he just popped up on the blog this week after someone noticed he was in the latest Tarantino film…
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Response from Jarrod himself:
I'm glad you liked the Django, it was the best time I had filming a movie, make sure to get the directors cut when the dvd comes out... a lot of scenes that I'm in are left in. I shot for 6 weeks in New Orleans.
I've been acting, and in the entertainment industry since I retired from the NFL in 1995.... Besides http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0120349/ please visit my personal website to see what I'm up to, or visitwww.Jarrodbunch.com and follow me on.... twitter #jarrodbunch. GO BLUE!
If that's not long ago enough for you, k.o.k.law's personal reminiscences went back to beating Indiana to end the 1986 basketball season. Or if you're a more present person here's the AP's treatment of Michigan hoops this year by LSAClassof2000, who forgot the cat.
The mean doesn't mean anything: A two-parter by Paps does a blind resume test with 18 schools on the bubble. It's a lot of fun to see if you can guess who's who, and to laugh at your brain when you discover things like you kind of respect Boise State now. Part II does the same with the 1-3 seeds. Pop quiz hotshot: if a team's non-conference strength of schedule is 154th and their overall SOS is 5th, which conference are they in? In the comments jshclhn beat me to the standard complaint about how Gonzaga's helped by crappy SOS math: playing nine teams in the Top 25 and two in the bottom 250 may have the same mean difficulty as playing Okie State and a bunch of 100-150 ranked teams, but those schedules should produce vastly different record expectations.
You care again. Guess what I saw last weekend? If you guessed puck movement you win at life.
This is but one small part of hockey's excellent weekend against Northern Michigan. Relive each goal with MGoBlueline. This is another one of those things where I want to give the guy diarist of the week again but I just gave it to him last week. Don't miss: Lynch totally TreyBurke'd a guy.
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The inevitable "If the Big Ten were [characters from favorite cartoon]" for the Simpsons has arrived. We are Burns.
Notice anything strange? No Cletus. Try this with most conferences and you end up parsing between various yokel family members and offspring. Even the Pac would have a big Cletus battle between Oregon State and Utah. Big Ten: Nobody's Cletus.
Not necessarily complaining but ever notice whenever someone does these things Michigan's character is always whatever sets up Michigan State as our bitch? See: South Park (by me), Family Guy (by nocoastbias). Game of Thrones Houses (by Silly Goose). Seinfeld episodes (by Grateful Blue). European Union (by guy on fox boards). I remember a discussion on BHGP (can't find it after much searching) where they tried this with Muppets and Michigan ended up being Bunsen Honeydew just so they could get to the obvious Beaker/Sparty No! joke. Michigan: It's what's better than Michigan State.
A plausible explanation was put forth by bdsisme on the Crean-Meyer spat after the Indiana game. Check further down for an IU fan's take. Another IU grad told me the bad blood started with a kind of reverse-Ron English thing (or a Dennis Green-Detroit Lions thing), when Meyer decided to ditch what would have been a presumably ornamental interview for Crean's staff.
left: not a catch / right: runner not down, not reviewable. –NFL
Interesting discussion question posed by TheGhostofYost: if you could change a rule in major sports which would it be? His are mostly hoops things and not terrible ideas—they did already move the 3-point line back a foot just a few years ago.
He also suggests making holding in football a 5-yard penalty but since they only call it one time out of 10 that would only encourage the most violated rule to be violated further. I say make it loss of down at the spot of the ball when the foul occurred—so if you hold a guy and get caught the effect is as if the defender you held just made the tackle. Then call all of them.
This is all after the first rule I'd change, which is "intent to blow" in hockey, which refs consistently use to call off good goals based on their recollections of their own incompetence. Blow the whistle as you would, but if video review shows a loose puck went into the net before the players could react to the whistle it's a goal. National championships and playoff series have turned on this stupid rule. Hockey overtimes instead of shootouts are a personal mission for me. Do 4-on-4 for five minutes, then 3-on-3 for 15-minute periods until someone scores.
Also I am preemptively stating for the record that the NFL needs to change whichever stupid rule they're planning to duke the Lions with this year.
Apparently there's been some question over the correct height of 2014 receiver recruit George Campbell. Answer: whatever Mason Cole is minus what looks like 4 inches.
That's from a tweet where Campbell calls Cole his brother and then adds every Michigan-centric hashtag he can think of. Pro-tip: if you include the UMHS slogan the girls will think you're pre-med.
Video from Michigan's pro day was posted by guy who used to be Thorin. Here's Denard wearing a running back number and doing receiver things:
Of course he's smiling the whole time. Click in for the other guys.
Kobe Bryant used Jalen as a verb to describe getting a foot under a guy when he goes up for a jumpshot. You gotta appreciate that Jalen thinks people will take the bad stuff you admit to and like you for being honest. I'm sure the internet sees it this way.
ETC. I finally got the story on the ski team's ridiculous run this year, right after the Daily published something too. Coaches will be interested in Dan Gonzales's new book, which expands on his old book, which expands on Al Borges's book. Speaking of Borges's book, everyone cheer on Heiko, who is now about half-way through that impenetrable document and pushing toward the finish line with might and main. Jordan Kovacs is a nice guy. Bolivia is actually a terrible place to go, so play nice.
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Disease-gene associations mined from literature
Chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor 2
Synonyms: CXCR2, CXCR2p, hCXCR2, C9J1J7_HUMAN, C9J2F9_HUMAN ...
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