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I'm planning my first tour, and will bike the camino de Santiago from Roncesvalles to Santiago. I really know nothing about bikes or mechanics and want to learn as much as I can, for obvious reasons. How much or how little do I need to learn? Ideally I'd like to take a course in bike maintenance but can't find any in English in Montreal (most are in French). It appears that I may have to resort to reading or video, which of course isn't hands-on. If anyoney can offer any suggestions it would be much appreciated.


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I am looking for an efficient way to compress a numpy array.
I have an array like:
dtype=[(name, (np.str_,8), (job, (np.str_,8), (income, np.uint32)] (my favourite example).
if I'm doing something like this:
my_array.compress(my_array['income'] > 10000) I'm getting a new array with only incomes > 10000, and it's quite quick.
But if I would like to filter jobs in list: it doesn't work!
my__array.compress(m_y_array['job'] in ['this', 'that'])
ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()
So I have to do something like this:
np.array([x for x in my_array if x['job'] in ['this', 'that'])
This is both ugly and inefficient!
Do you have an idea to make it efficient?

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The circuit of emergency light presented here is unique in the sense that it is automatic, com-pact, reliable, low-cost, and easy to assemble for anyone. The circuit consists of four sections, namely, battery charging section, inverter section, changeover section, and low battery voltage indication section. In the battery charging section, 230V AC mains is converted to 9V AC using step-down transformer X1. The diodes D1 and D2 from a full-wave rectifier, and capacitor C1 filters the rectified voltage.
The output of filter is about 12V DC, which is connected to the collector of transistor T1 provides a fixed bias of 8.2V. Thus, transistor T1 works as a regulator and provides a constant voltage for charging the lead-acid battery. LED1 indicates the charging of battery. The inverter section comprises transformer X2, transistor T2, capacitor C2 and resistor R3. Transformer X2 is ferrite core type. Its winding details are shown in Fig. 2.
While core details are shown in Fig. 3. Resistor R3 pro-vides DC bias to the base of transistor T2, while capacitor C2 couples the positive AC feed-back from winding L1 to the base of transistor T2 to sustain the oscillations. The AC power developed across primary winding L2 is transferred to secondary winding L3, which ultimately lights up the fluorescent tubes.
The changeover section uses diodes D3 and D4 as an automatic switch. In the presence of AC mains supply, diode D3 keeps transistor T2 in its cut-off state, while diode D4 provides DC path for charging of the battery. But, in the absence of AC mains supply, diode D4 is reverse biased and acts as an 'off' switch, inhibiting the conduction of diode D3, which allows normal functioning of transistor T2. The inverter can be switched 'off',when not required, by using 'on/off' switch S1.
Low battery voltage indicator circuit comprises transistor T3, senser diode D6, LED 2, variable resistor VR1, and resistors R4 through R6. The low battery indication can be adjusted from 4.7V to 5V by using variable resistor VR1. When the battery voltage is above 4.7V, zener diode D6 comes out of conduction, keeping transistor T3 at cut-off level. At the same time,LED2 gives the indication of low battery voltage.
The whole circuit can be assembled in a cabinet of emergency light suitably.
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Grilled Coconut Shrimp with Pineapple Salsa
Total Time
Prep 8 hrs
Cook 8 mins
Nice Tropical flavorful twist on grilled shrimp. Not too difficult to prepare and very tasty. Marinate overnight for best flavor (That is the reason the recipe says 8 hours prep time, meaning overnight)
Ingredients Nutrition
For the pineapple salsa
- 1 1⁄2 cups canned crushed pineapple or 1 1⁄2 cups fresh crushed pineapple, drained
- 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- salt
For the grilled shrimp
- 1⁄2 cup light coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated gingerroot
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 20 large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- fresh ground black pepper
- 3 cups cooked rice
- 1⁄2 cup cilantro, sprigs
- 4 metal skewers or 4 bamboo skewers, soaked in water
- For the pineapple salsa: Place the pineapple, jalapeño pepper and red pepper in a bowl and toss to combine.
- Season to taste with lime juice and salt.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- (This can be made in advance and stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days).
- For the grilled shrimp: Combine the coconut milk, lime juice, soy sauce, ginger and brown sugar in a shallow bowl.
- Add the shrimp, toss to coat the shrimp evenly and refrigerate for at least 1 hour or overnight.
- Preheat the grill to medium.
- Remove the shrimp from the coconut mixture.
- Season with salt and pepper and place 5 shrimp on each skewer.
- Place the skewers on the grill and cook until the shrimp are just done, about 3 to 4 minutes per side.
- To serve, spoon some Basmati Rice on each plate, remove the shrimp from the skewer and top with the salsa.
- Garnish with cilantro and serve.
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Great recipe!!!! Awesome and very easy to make. Next time I will make more of the sauce so I can put it over rice. Came out juicy and sweet, but not overly sweet. There is no way I am not making this again.
LOVE this marinade. I used regular coconut milk and soy sauce. Made a second batch to serve over rice. Marinated tofu and shrimp for about 2 hours. The flavor didn't really come through with the shrimp so I recommend letting them soak overnight if you can.
I thought this was a good basis for a recipe. I added chopped cilantro along with one deseeded tomato (instead of red bell pepper) to the salsa, also used a little less pineapple than asked for, this salsa was perfect. For the shrimp I omitted the soy sauce and just added some extra salt. This worked out great, will probably make again!


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Dominic Ponsford [1]
Known affectionately as The Staggers, left-of-centre weekly the New Statesman has acquired a reputation for "staggering on" as is it were.
The last change of ownership came in April 2008, just before Jason Cowley's recruitment as editor. Mike Danson's Progressive Media bought out Geoffrey Robertson MP – a year before it would take over Press Gazette from Wilmington Media.
At the time the NS was losing circulation fast (down 12.7 per cent year on year)after some gains under previous editor John Kampfner. And former Granta and Observer Sport Monthly editor Cowley says it was a similar story online.
"Our web presence has been transformed over the past two years. We no longer consider ourselves to be just a magazine but a rolling daily operation and very actively involved in the political blogosphere."
The model he says he has tried to emulate on the NS is that of US monthly The Atlantic. While online competition has dealt a deathblow to many well-established political magazines – Atlantic Monthly has thrived in the online age thanks largely to the establishment of a lively news website underpinned by a network of blogs.
Cowley says: "The market we are looking at is not the newspapers: we don't have aspirations to compete with them. We are more like The Atlantic.
"It was losing huge amounts of money. They decided the way to rescue that great title was to invest in online journalism. They transformed themselves as a business.
"So we are more like the American model – a political magazine with news and comment – but also investing in longer reads, better written and better edited, and high quality cultural criticism. It's an area the newspapers are retreating from"
Cowley has also "broadened the political range" of the title to a "centre-left liberalism. The NS is now much more plural and sceptical and, I hope, less predictable.'
On print sales, ABC figures show the NS as stable – with some growth.
"When I arrived and then during my first year, circulation was in freefall… in 2011 we had the first paid-for circulation rise for many years – around 820 copies. Kindle subscriptions and digital sales bring paid-for circulation up to around 20,000, which is not as good as I would wish but which offers a platform on which to build."
Digital sales aren't counted in the official ABC which totals 23,909 – of which 4,948 are newsstand and 12,501 are paid-for print subscribers. In January 2012, the NS had an additional 2300 Kindle subscribers.
"We are not spending money on newsstand promotion …instead we have invested in the online operation," Cowley says.
According to data from Google Analytics – Newstatesman.com had 800,000 unique browsers in the first quarter of 2012, against 200,000 in the last quarter of 2009. And, in June 2012, the NS says it exceeded 1m unique users in one month for the first time. 'We were delighted,'Cowley says. 'That was quite a milestone, and the web team should be congratulated for their work.'
Cowley credits former deputy editor and web editor Jon Bernstein with helping to transform the NS's online performance. Last month he was promoted to digital director for Progressive Media International.
The main innovations have been the launch of The Staggers rolling political blog and the recruitment of a network of guest bloggers such as David Allen Green (AKA Jack of Kent), Laurie Penny and Steven Baxter.
The magazine has also made a splash with some headline-grabbing stories and, for the present, all content is available for free online – albeit in a staged release after it has first appeared in print.
These have included: Hugh Grant's undercover recording of former News of the World [2] journalist Paul McMullan, the publication of a newly discovered poem by Ted Hughes, the Archbishop of Canterbury's attack on the Coalition Government, Christopher Hitchens' final interview (conducted by Richard Dawkins) and David Miliband's essay on "Reassurance" Labour.
Cowley says that the NS is happy with the free-to-air model for the present.
"While we are growing the website numbers as we are, I'm quite happy to keep the magazine content open, but at some point in the future when we feel the business model is right we might paywall some of it – particularly the longer reads and essays, which are popular in the US. Although I note The Atlantic don't do it."
On the business side, Cowley doesn't go into detail but says that overall the magazine is in much better shape today than it was four years ago."We are broadly breaking even now,'he says.
"The business was in poor shape when Mike Danson bought the NS [from the Labour MP Geoffrey Robinson] – there had been a period of investment which had brought a transient uplift in the magazine's circulation but once the investment was withdrawn, everything went into freefall.
"We've controlled costs very carefully since then, we are a small team, and we've had some significant journalistic successes. Plus, the business of the business is improving. In the party conference season last year, we had 39 sponsored fringe events which brought in very good revenues. This year, we will have 45 events."
The editorial team comprises 18 full-time staff staff – including five dedicated online journalists.
While the NS shares The Guardian's free to air content policy, Cowley is critical of that title's business model.
"The Guardian is boasting about its traffic figures – but I could get 4 million users a day if we were losing £30m or £40m a year and had 650 journalists. I would have thought a publication such as The Guardian needs to find a sustainable model."
Unbothered by the "Staggers" nickname, Cowley notes that the NS has been known as that since at least 1931 to his knowledge, if not longer.
"That we are still here after 99 years when so many other weekly and monthly publications have closed speaks for itself."


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You can't just tell people Hicky, then no one will believe. If you ACTUALLY die now people will think you are faking it. However, how would you go about it?
i would say no it isn't... but then again i actually wanted to kill myself...
but i also have a plan to fake my death, well, actually i would just disappear and wait it out until i am declared dead. i am in europe the perfect place to do it. and i know where to go and spend my life. i would be happy and when i save enough money i can return to the states with a new identity and see my old friends.
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Sonic Boom for your Buck: ARIS
Last week I talked about how crucial speaker placement is and how it will largely affect overall sound performance, sound stage and imaging. The same rules apply for portable or tabletop speakers as well; however this poses a bit of a design challenge. With placing stereo speakers, we're using placement and separation of each speaker more »
The Evolving Future of Aperion
Change, death and taxes are the certainties of life. We instinctively fear or suffer the anticipation of all three. How nice it would be to live in a world where the things we were certain of supported feelings of excitement, hope and joy. I believe that's why religious institutions, in all their varied flavors, exist… more »
Guide to Downloading Music Part: Which Format is Best?
Getting into downloading music can be intimidating with all of the different formats that are out there, which is why we've put together this handy guide to help familiarize you with some of the options. We'll take you through the best format to download digital music as well as the pros and cons of each. more »
How to setup your home theater speakers
Speaker Placement, Imaging and Soundstage (2 Channel) Today we're going to quickly talk about home theater speaker set up and listening. It's important to realize that other than your speakers, the most important thing determining musical quality is where you place your speakers, and your seating position in relation to those speakers. Sadly, with little more »


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In a previous post we reviewed why performing compensation analytics can provide value to an organization. In this next post on compensation analytics, we'll look at how it is used to review salary ranges.
At many companies, the assumed answer to the question, "Do our compensation ranges need adjustment?" is usually, "Yes." Compensation ranges are often adjusted every year to match industry trends and economic ups and downs. But, is it really smart planning to assume that you need to adjust your salary ranges every year – no matter what? I suggest that a key to long-term success is stepping back and having a conversation as a company about, "Do we need to move our salary ranges this year?"
Typically, moving salary ranges occurs in response to changes in the external market and doesn't always take into account internal goals, like improving employee longevity or performance. Many companies will simply move their ranges if the market moves.
What if the market hasn't moved? Or, even if the market has shifted, it doesn't always do so at exactly two to three percent a year, as compensation changes often do. PayScale's salary data collection shows that, in a year with a lot of market volatility, some positions' base salaries will decline, others will stay flat, and, meanwhile, other positions may increase dramatically. For example, PayScale has seen pay for many jobs in the healthcare sector grow at a rate of eight to 12 percent increases year over year, even in our recent recession.
One of the dangers of doing the same thing every year, namely handing out two to three percent salary increases across the board, is that it sends a message that that is how we think the market is moving. But, in reality, the market salary ranges may be moving more or less than that across positions.
If you're taking the time to pay attention to market activity and customize your ranges to it, how do you know when it is a good time to take action? Markets change daily, even hourly. When is it smart to actually adjust your salary ranges in response to these shifts?
I recommend that you look for trends that are long-lasting. Most any HR professional has, at one time or another, responded too quickly to market trends when adjusting whole salary ranges, not just an individual's compensation. And, they've seen that the effects were ultimately negative. Think about how quickly everyone responded to dramatic increases in software developer salaries immediately prior to Y2K. Just a few short years later, the dot.com bust had many companies overpaying for developers because they responded strongly to the market in late 1999.
Also, you have to consider the message you're sending employees when you move a range, particularly in a pay-for-performance culture. If you have employees at the bottom of the salary range and you move the range up, you're going to need to raise the pay for workers at the bottom of that pay band. What does that say to those low performing workers and your top performers about how you reward your employees? Giving a raise to poor performers may not be in line with the compensation philosophy you've set out of rewarding top performers to encourage them to stay at your company. Top performers won't want you spending precious funds to move low-performers up to the minimum. This situation is just one example of why it's important to move carefully, and analyze compensation data when adjusting ranges.
Another factor to keep in mind is that moving salary ranges is completely different from moving individual pay. One of the hardest things to watch during the recent recession was institutions enacting across-the-board salary freezes to save funds. The problem with making any compensation changes over an entire department or company is that you're almost certainly not staying up-to-date with the market. Even though times have been tough over the last year or so, the positions PayScale watched grow over the last year would not have been wise to freeze pay on. You'd risk losing the talent you have and that talent is going to be the hardest to replace because it's, by definition, in high demand.
As you analyze your salary ranges and consider changing them, you also must decide how you want to balance internal pay equity and external pay equity.
The central questions regarding equity break down to the following:
When it comes to aligning with the market or aligning within a group of employees, such as managers or line workers, there's no right or wrong answer. You may value keeping your marketing manager and your IT manager in the same pay grade, though the market dictates that their base salaries have a wide gap between them. See the example salaries below.
Factors affecting this decision can include where you are in your organization's life cycle, your location, the health of your industry and many other influences.
Each year, as you analyze compensation data and adjust your ranges, think about the message you're sending to current and potential employees and what the data about your compensation plan is telling you. Are you aligning enough with your stated compensation philosophy? Would it be smarter to move people's salaries within a range rather than moving the entire range? Regards and best wishes,
Stacey CarrollDirector of Customer Service and EducationPayScale, Inc.
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Oct 23, 2009
The Butler men's soccer match against Horizon League foe
Detroit, scheduled to be played at the Butler Bowl on Saturday
(Oct. 24) at 4 p.m. (ET), has been postponed. No make-up date
has been scheduled.
Both schools agreed to postpone the match, because of an illness issue affecting the Detroit squad. The two teams will seek a make-up date in the near future.
Butler currently boasts a four-match winning streak and a seven-match unbeaten streak. The Bulldogs are 10-1-1 on the season and 3-0-1 in the Horizon League.


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Globe Trot: Most terrorists thwarted with 'traditional investigations'
NATIONAL SECURITY: With President Barack Obama scheduled today to end in some way the National Security Agency's sweeping collection of phone data, here's a graphic on the number of terrorists actually thwarted by NSA surveillance—17. Obama claimed "at least 50 threats" had been averted when Edward Snowden first brought the extent of NSA surveillance to light.
An extensive report examining 225 terrorists charged with an act of terrorism since 9/11 finds "traditional investigative methods" were behind 60 percent of cases—including by implication methods used at Guantanamo and other facilities shunned by the Obama administration.
In a now-familiar pattern (Iraq timetable, Afghanistan troop levels, Syria intervention, Iran), Obama into Thursday evening was "still wrestling"—after a 6-month formal review process—with what to do and say in his speech today.
ISRAEL'S most persistent strong man, Ariel Sharon, died on Jan. 11, snatched from the limelight (and an assured victory) by a massive stroke on the eve of his reelection as prime minister in 2006. He had been in a coma ever since, largely forgotten despite his outsized role as a soldier, minister of defense, and political leader in modern Israel's formation. Elliott Abrams to my view offers the most insightful perspective on Sharon, "a Jew whose job it was to protect the Jewish state." Thomas Friedman, who first interviewed Sharon as a 16-year-old Minnesota high-school student, and went on to become the best-known New York Times Mideast bureau chief, is not to be missed—capturing the evolution of Sharon, the "founding father" of settlements, who later abandoned them and handed Gaza to the Palestinians. Sharon's legacy of seizing the offensive is rarely seen today.
MALI: A bomb scare at a Christian school has reignited fears of a resurgent jihad led by Tuareg rebels, in an area French troops regained a year ago.
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: A UN official is warning of genocide in Central African Republic without international intervention: "It has all the elements that we have seen elsewhere, in places like Rwanda and Bosnia."
A UN official also warns about the "level of hatred" in Central African Republic "between Muslims and Christians." That's a common misleading understanding of the conflict (we've seen the same thing in Nigeria and elsewhere), as Islamist rebels seized power in March 2012 and have been responsible for launching attacks on Christians there.
ISLAM: Alleged "Islamophobia" has been a controversial term, with the Organization of Islamic States long working in international forums to ban speech and activities deemed "anti-Muslim." Mark Durie spoke today on the topic at the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C. Watch a video of the event here.
EGYPT: With voter turnout exceptionally low, Egypt is awaiting official results on a referendum to approve a new draft constitution, which is expected to pass. The draft constitution gives important concessions to Christians—and had the support of Coptic Pope Tawadros, shown voting on the front page of The Wall Street Journal—but keeps Islamic law as the supreme law of the land, which has a way of generally ending progress toward religious freedom.
SOUTHEAST ASIA: Barbed wire traps, metal spears, and a wild boar hunt set the stage for sharing the gospel in the jungle.
NORTH KOREA: A professor with a degree in tuba, an American University senior with an apparently bottomless travel budget, and a Canadian who won an auction to play horse with retired NBA star Dennis Rodman are the triumvirate behind Rodman's controversial tête-à-têtes with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
Correction: Several readers were good to correct me on the religious makeup of Trinidad, mentioned in Wednesday's column. According to the 2012 U.S. International Religious Freedom report, of 1.3 million people, the country is 21.6 percent Roman Catholic, 26.2 percent Protestant … and 18.2 percent Hindu—not majority Hindu as I reported. Of Hindus as an "unreached people group" in Trinidad and Tobago, fewer than 2 percent have become Christians—that's where I got confused, through no fault of the still-recommended Operation World prayer guide.


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My USB adapter that I use with my G330 headset has stopped working. One second it worked and the next, it was not recognized. I have tried all of the USB ports and they did not work. I unpluged the adapter and found that the headset worked, but now that I want to use the microphone, I need help making my computer recognize it.
Hi Dwarf-Fett,
We can try to update the drivers in your PC for your Logitech Gaming Headset G330. Please follow the steps below to try to fixz this issue.
However, if updating the drivers don't solve your issue, there's a chance that the issue is related to the hardware of your USB adapter. To identify if this is the case, try to use your headset with a different PC.
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Frontier Food was established in October 2000 by Mr. Tan Song Heng. Mr. Tan's passion towards confectionery started since young. He has been in the industry for more than 30 years and had gained his valuable experience by working his way up.
With his vision and entrepreneur traits, Mr. Tan started Frontier Food Industries Sdn Bhd as the manufacturing arm and later formed Frontier Food Marketing Sdn Bhd as the marketing arm.


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If you were asked what were some of the most influential music groups of the last 50 years, The Beatles would definitely be at the top of the list. Their song discography is most likely one of the most eclectic in music history. Rain- A Tribute to The Beatles is a musical delight for the ears but does not fare as well on the eyes.
The four guys that make up Rain look and sound just like the Beatles. All of the harmonies, authentic instruments and costumes that you remember are in this show. My personnel favorites are the Sgt. Pepper replicas.
There is plenty of good music to listen to and the vocal stylings of the four guys make it a true treat on the ears.
Band members Steve Landes (John), Joey Curatolo (Paul), Joe Bithorn (George) and Ralph Castelli (Ringo) plus Chris Smallwood (Keyboards) start at the top of the Beatles song catalogue with "I Want To Hold Your Hand" and progress all the way to the end with "Let It Be." The musicianship and vocal prowess that the four guys have is something the original Beatles would be proud of.
Highlights included Landes's rendition of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and Curatolo's rendering of the acoustic classic "Yesterday." The group rocked Wolf Trap with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," "Twist and Shout," and "I Saw Her Standing There."
As the show progresses you see how times had changed through video montages projected on two big video screens on either side of the stage. The classic commercials including one of The Flintstones doing a cigarette commercial, shows you how different things were back in the 60's. Video footage is also shown of Vietnam and how the change in culture reflected the Beatles Music.
I said this show is a musical delight for the ears and not for the eyes. I say this because I found the lighting to be something out of a Las Vegas floorshow. There are lots of cheesy studio lights and other effects that, as far as I'm concerned, take away from the show. By putting this kind of production behind the four performers I actually found it disrespectful to The Beatles since the lighting wasn't authentic to the classy presentation that they would have performed.
Having said that, if you go to see Rain- A Tribute to The Beatles, you will have a good time. There is plenty of good music to listen to and the vocal stylings of the four guys make it a true treat on the ears.
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Do we not have an immigration policy in place? The problem, it would seem, is that it is not being enforced and people are looking for a way to circumvent it. This immigration mess should have been dealt with long ago. Our borders are a big joke. There should be a sign there saying, "Just walk in. Everybody welcome. Apply for assistance at the nearest State Welfare Office" because that is what is happening. Nobody want to offend anybody, so anything goes.
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Obama is helping out intelligent, thinking, freedom-loving voters because he is very consistent--consistently wrong. Every single policy he embraces is dangerous to this country and its future, and this one is right in there among the worst. We're spending trillions we don't have trying to structure and change the other side of the planet by invading small third-world nations and killing their peasants in unconstitutional, unaffordable, unwinnable "wars" . . . yet we fail to control or stop the unfettered invasion of our own homeland. It's astounding, and dismal to the extreme. I used to wonder how Germany went so wrong so fast under the Hitler regime, but now it's easy to see how this can happen. All you need is a fast-talking, evidently charismatic person at the helm promising to give everyone everything they ever wanted with no price to pay, and you can rapidly begin that slide into oblivion. It's happening, and we can't get this guy out of Washington fast enough. Let's see if Americans are smart enough to do it.
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Hate to admit it but Obama has pulled off the political move of this election
cycle, and yes, under the President's absolute pardon power provided by the
Constitution, he does have all the Constitutional authority he needs to do this
and more in this area of the law. Technically, he could just pardon all the
illegal immigrants in America except that really would create a purely political
backlash. See also the President's foreign relations power.
The statutes of limitations would protect bank robbers, child abusers, and crooked politicians but not someone brought here as a small child who has done no wrongful or illegal act.
JFK family member & adviser Theodore Sorenson said publicly about 1959 that we would see these millions of Hispanics stream across our border and do nothing about it, and no President or Congress has until now.
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Seems to not only contradict what you say, but also what he did this week.
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In message <c0e3f26e.0404060401.72095fe7_at_posting.google.com>, Tony <andrewst_at_onetel.net.uk> writes
>Jerry Gitomer <jgitomer_at_erols.com> wrote in message
>> On Mon, 05 Apr 2004 11:19:56 -0500, Dawn M. Wolthuis wrote:
>> [snip]
>> > What I have seen with RDBMS's is that the size constraint is placed on
>> > everything while more important constraints
>> > related to the allowable values are not as often applied, especially
>> > when it is a "yellow flag" type of data value for an attribute rather
>> > than obviously not permitted. I'll put this in a separate thread at some
>> > point (but have several other questions prior to that one).
>> >
>> I prefer that the "more important constraints" be handled by the
>> application programs rather than incorporated into the RDBMS. This is
>> because the application programs are specified and written by developers
>> and analysts who are working with the users and have first hand knowledge
>> of the business rules while the database is cared for by the DBAs who are
>> concerned with the efficiency and effectiveness of the database in meeting
>> the needs of many different applications.
>I was agreeing with your post right up to this bit. Yes, the database
>is cared for by DBAs, but the constraints are specified by analysts
>and written by database designers (who may or may not also be the
>DBAs). The very fact that the database meets the needs of many
>applications is the reason for handling "more important constraints"
>(especially) in the DBMS. Otherwise the DBMS is just a glorified file
>system, not a Database Management System.
This is where I think both the Relational, and Dawn's/my Pick model, both fall down.
All RDBMSs I know use the data metadata to PREscribe how data is stored in the data store. Pick/MV uses the metadata to DEscribe the data in the data store. Both are flawed, in that Pick does not enforce integrity at the DBMS level, while Relational enforces arbitrary constraints that do not necessarily have any connection with reality.
What we need, is a layered model of the DBMS. The data store should not (as in Pick) give a damn about the data it is given. It just stores it. The integrity layer should be separate - it sits *above* the data store and makes sure that invalid data cannot be passed through. Pick pushes this up into the application layer, where it can easily be inappropriately bypassed. Relational pushes this down into the data store layer, where the DBMS rejects valid data because it doesn't know how to store it.
Actually, SQL's trigger layer is probably a very good approximation to this. Take the Pick "metadata DEscribes the data" approach and then have a trigger that says "for fields x, y, and z, actually it PREscribes the data".
That way, I can define NAME as 30 characters long (DEscribe) but I can define POSTCODE as 2A?N2N2A (PREscribe). (UK postcodes are two letters, two or three numbers, two letters - dead easy to understand and/or guess if you know the system).
So if an app tries to store a name that's 40 characters long the
datastore will accept it (maybe flag a warning), but a 9-character
postcode, or one with three consecutive letters, will be rejected with
an "invalid data" message.
>It is true that current SQL products don't allow you to enforce all
>constraints declaratively, and that's a great pity. In an ideal RDBMS
>the user should be able (theoretically) to fire DML statements
>directly at the database and be sure of violating no integrity or
>security rules; the application is then just a way of making that task
>(much) easier. With current SQL products the best you can do is
>protect your tables behind stored procedures that encapsulate the
>rules that can't be done declaratively; still, that keeps the
>user-interfacing application(s) free of responsibility for enforcing
>business rules.
Yup. Although wasn't SQL originally intended to be a user-level DML? And ENGLISH (or ACCESS) is Pick's user-level DML - a "read-only" DML because when they tried to add update capabilities the complexity spiralled out of control.
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29/07/12, 18 2.79'S:163 11.54'W, Palmerston
9.15am: 29/7/2012 :On Mooring at Palmerston Atol
Greeted by Bob on radio and Simon in his dinghy guided us to our mooring, Palmerston is a beautiful site - thick with Palm trees and surrounded by aqua blue water and coral reef protruding from lagoon. Our past 24 hours before arriving at Palmerston consisted of Motoring/Motor Sailing/ wind changes from W - NW to S - SE - a weather system with approx 25 kts wind at 3am and slight rain, we are both well and it is a welcome relief to be stopped. There is approx 6 moorings, a catamaran is on one and SV Stolen Kiss should arrive around 6pm this evening, being Sunday we cannot go ashore but tomorrow we will see officials and explore the Island.
Love to all Lea & John xo
28/07/12, 17 35.70'S:160 52.87'W, Bora Bora - Vava`u Tonga - Day 4
7:12 am 28/7/2012 : Motored for the past 24 hours lost all wind, seas approx 1/2m slow swell on the beam. SV Stolen Kiss approx 20 miles behind us. On the look out for Whales today - Stolen Kiss had a pod with them for a while yesterday. Red Sky and crew all well.
27/07/12, 17 27.75'S:158 36.03'W, Bora Bora - Vava`u Tonga - Day 3
All good , motoring for past 3 hrs , no wind , 1.5- 2M swell , sea calm . Expect to pass through a front in the next 24 hours then wind should return.
26/07/12, 17 12.23'S:156 24.81'W, Bora Bora - Vava`u Tonga - Day 2
A little tired but all well onboard - a few systems throughout early morning - SV Stolen Kiss off our Port
25/07/12, 16 56.23'S:153 40.24'W, Bora Bora - Vava`u Tonga - Day 1
All good , sloopy conditions 3-4 M swell - 1M sea COG 235 / SOG 6.5 KTS
23/07/12, French Polynesia
We have been exploring Bora Bora for the past two weeks, weather has been windy and rainy at times, but some magical days in between. We left for Tonga last Tuesday but auto pilot issue caused us to return, so we have been lucky enough to enjoy another week. SV Condesa departed last Tuesday and are heading in another direction - Somoa, Au revoir friends see you Vanuatu/New Caledonia. Our other sailing friends should be all in Tonga when we arrive.
A weather window is open for tomorrow so we intend to leave and head to Tonga 7-10 passage, Palmerston Atoll and Nui Atoll are two possible stops to break up the trip, we will just see how the wind blows and it will dictate our journey.
Lea and John xo
29/06/12, Moorea
Our friends Johno and his son Steve on the cat "TAKA OA" climbed the mountain above the anchorage whilst we were there and took some awesome shots of this breathtaking location ,, I have added them to the photo gallery for you to enjoy. Thanks to Johno and Steve for making the climb and sharing the pics !


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ModNation Racers is headed to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation portable on May 25, Sony announced today. The game will feature the Play, Create and Share movement, made popular by Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet. Look for ModNation Racers to feature up to four-player split-screen go-kart-style racing.
Some of your favorite PlayStation characters are headed to the game, as well. Both Ratchet and Clank will make an appearance, along with Nathan Drake and Kratos. Of course, these characters are available for those who pre-order the game. If you pre-order the game from GameStop, you'll land Kratos and his Kart of Chaos. Amazon pre-orders will give you Ratchet or Clank, while Best Buy is offering Nathan Drake and his Jungle Jeep.
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Posted By Jim On 09/30/2005 @ 4:24 pm In Debt | 9 Comments
There are many debt reduction strategies out there but the idea is that you should be using your extra money to pay off the debt. I know there are people out there who are making the mistake of opening an FNBO Direct [3] account, putting in extra money, and not paying off more than the minimum payment on a credit card bill. They want to believe they're getting that 4% interest and the fact that their credit card is only increasing isn't something that they consider. So let's do something very simple, let's figure out where your next dollar should go: savings or bills?
First step is the list all of your debt, its associated rate, and order them in descending order by rate (these are imaginary):
|Best Buy Credit Card
|MBNA Credit Card
|2nd Mortgage
|Car Loans
|Student Loans
|Discover Card
Now list all of your accounts (savings, checking, etc):
|Emigrant Direct Savings
|6-mo CD
|Bank of America Savings
|Bank of America Checking
Now order the whole table together, coloring the assets in green and the debts in red.
|Best Buy Credit Card
|MBNA Credit Card
|2nd Mortgage
|Car Loans
|Emigrant Direct Savings
|6-mo CD
|Student Loans
|Bank of America Savings
|Bank of America Checking
|Discover Card
If you have any red accounts above a green account and that green account isn't your emergency savings or otherwise earmarked for something important, you should take all the money from the green account and pay off the highest red account on your list. You should also do this from the bottom up. So in the case above, I'd liquidate the Bank of America Savings account and put it entirely towards the Best Buy Credit Card. (I assume checking is merely for day to day needs and doesn't hold a sizeable amount)
Why this strategy? Because the debt is growing at a faster rate than the asset, so it would make more sense to put that asset towards slowing down the growth of your debt. Putting money in a savings account while keeping a larger interest debt account is like taking one-step forward and five steps back.
If you want to take it to the next level, you should adjust the rates to reflect what they are after tax benefits (or disadvantages). For example, the mortgage interest rates are actually a little lower because you can deduct them from your income and receive a rebate of some kind. However, that also lowers all your interest-bearing accounts as well because you need to report those at earnings and they will be taxed.
This all seems like common sense but sometimes people just don't list every account they have and don't realize they're saving money at 4% but paying a debt at 20%.
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More than 30,000 people attended the funeral Wednesday for fellow lone soldier Max Steinberg, who was laid to rest on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. The overwhelming support for the 24-year-old Californian native followed online drives urging Israelis to attend his funeral.
US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed "profound gratitude" Wednesday to the Israelis who spontaneously lined Jerusalem's streets for Steinberg's funeral procession. "That's a remarkable statement - we're very grateful," he said.
Most of those who attended the funeral were people who did not know Steinberg, but had answered the call to pay their respects to him. Some people turned out draped in the Israeli flag.
Among them was 29-year-old Eli Stern, from Lod, who wanted to show his appreciation for Steinberg's sacrifice.
"I came to support the family after hearing on the social networks that most of his family were not in the country. I do not know him, but I felt I had to be here, for his parents who come from abroad to feel all the people standing behind them, and that Max did not fall for nothing."
David Halvas, 27, said he had a friend in Los Angeles who knows the family, but could not get to the funeral.
"I was obliged to be here in his place," he said. "I was also at (Texan native) Sean Carmeli's funeral two days ago in Haifa. It is a show of respect for those who sacrificed their all for us."
Police estimate that more than 20,000 people also attended Monday's funeral for Sgt. Carmeli, a Golani fighter killed in Gaza this week.
Friends and family paid tribute Wednesday to Dimitri Levitas.
"He was an angel, friendly and without ego," said his friend Haggai Michaeli. Dmitri, he said, was an officer and a soldier who succeeded in everything he did.
On Tuesday, Israel buried 13 IDF fighters who fell in Protective Edge's ground operation. Among them was Sergeant Tal Yifrach, 21, a fighter from the Egoz unit, who was buried in Rishon Lezion.
Later, his wife Michal delivered an emotional eulogy.
"My baby, my funny one, love of my life and the perfect father. How can I write a eulogy when you're the one who always helps me find the right words? At every eulogy and funeral everyone turned to you to write the words."
Sergeant Ben Vanunu, 19, a Golani fighter killed in Saja'iyya, was laid to rest at Ashdod cemetery. Six Golani soldiers carried his coffin to its final resting place.
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Did you see that?
Did you see that?
Nope, read it on the ticker. Still had my heart rate up.
I watched that all morning here. Transfixed.
How Markov had the audacity to act like he did ANYTHING!!!! He just won a bike race. Everyone will forget the stage winner except his parents. Stayed covered and probably just spun 220 watts all day, did his little trackboy thing in the last 1km and caught the KING OF MEN.
Heil Tony Martin.
Martin likely would have survived to the line if Cancellara had not put in his final dig to close the gap. Odd thing though was that Cancellara was not leading out an RS teammate and didnt really have much chance of winning for himself with a line of the other teams sprinters in his draft, seems like it was a bit of a spoiler move.
Amazing performance by Martin. I have seen other races where a breakaway is caught on the line, but never a solo breakaway.
what a heartbreaker to be caught out of gas at the last 20 meters. 20 meters... may be less.
can anyone educate me on a couple:
1. at the last stretch, martin's cadence is dropping rapidly. if he had switched to a lower gear, could he have maintained the speed? or are the legs so tired that they can't spin fast even on the granny gear?
2. he held the same 9 seconds lead at 5km until under 1km. typically at other chase i have seen, that time dropped at a steady pace, like 1 sec for every 100m for example. wonder if the peloton simply held back from 5km to 1km to deliver a cruel blow to martin. could they have overtaken martin, say, at 3km if they tried?
2. At that point one of the teams probably could have taken the lead and dragged the peloton up to Martin, but then they would have blown themselves for a final sprint lead out. So they let him him dangle while the sprint teams get organized for the final charge. I do think in this case they under-estimated Martin a bit but for the top guys in the stage it didn't matter.
I see you're more a fan of the practical. There's nothing more boring than tactical bike racing, spinning with a heart rate of 140, using just enough bike handling to make sure everyone else gets the wind besides you. It's easy to find the watts late when you haven't done anything all day. In fact, I don't recall Markov's name ever coming up yesterday, ever. It was a tactical, boring, professional win of a bike race that had exactly one interesting participant. But you're a research lawyer, or an actuary, or a budget analyst, so the tedious, calculated precision with which Markov won really spoke to you.
And history will easily forget this win, too. This stage will always be "Do you remember when Martin road 100 miles by himself until "they" caught him on the line?"
He didn't organize any leadout. He followed Cancellara's wheel because he was as fresh as a daisy.
Yesterday was just a NASCAR race where the losers caught the faster car that ran out of gas.
Todays stage 7 a late break got away. The Vueta is a climbers tour, and the big time sprinters have not turned up and nor have their entourage. The peloton is not working in the way we are used to seeing in the Tour de France.
Also did anyone watch the 'world ports classic' day 1, the breakway took a short cut gainning 3 minutes and ended up winning. No race radios, confusion in the bunch, quiet funny.
Seems to me that the participating Vuelta teams did not bring along the top-tier flat stage sprinters this year. Cav, Greipel, Goss, Sagan, Kittel are all sitting out from the Vuelta. Without a top-tier sprinter, few of the teams are as commited to a race day strategy that sacrifices most of the teammates in support of a mediocre sprinter that has low odds of a win. The sprinters and leadout trains also just seem much less organized than the well-drilled final 5km efforts that were displayed at Giro and TDF.
Perish any man who suspects that these men either did or suffered anything unseemly.
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Stealing hair? It seems like an odd sort of crime, but when you consider the price many women pay for extensions, it's not so difficult to see the value in a well-maintained head of hair. Hair theft may be a growing problem in the Venezuelan coastal city of Maracaibo, capital of the state of Zulia, where a number of women have been attacked by people who have made off with a handful of their hair.
As disturbing as it was to learn that a man was pushed onto the subway tracks in New York City earlier this week, it was also disturbing to see the image of the victim standing on the tracks just before he was hit by the oncoming train. A freelance photographer who happened to be on the scene at the time and snapped the photo, which was then run on the cover of yesterday's issue of the New York Post behind the word "DOOMED." That photographer spoke with Matt Lauer about the incident and the photo on the Today show.
Falling or being pushed onto a subway platform is probably among the bigger fears of any New Yorker who uses public transportation (which is a lot of them). In the case of a 58-year-old man, that nightmare became a reality, which was captured, in part, on camera. A subway surveillance camera caught an altercation between the assailant and the victim, and a photographer on the scene captured an image of the man standing on the tracks just before the train hit him.
This doesn't seem like it's going to end well. All three had criminal records prior to this week's events, but I'm not sure anyone knew it would come to this. How and why it did will likely come out later, but in the mean time, it's a cat and mouse game with three twenty-somethings, bound by blood and felonies
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Newbreak church congregation embraces Pastor Eric's jeans and flip-flops' style of worship
At first glance, nothing about Eric Rountree's appearance gives a clue to his calling.
With his shaved head, tattoos, ear piercings and long beard, the 34-year-old doesn't have the conventional look of a church pastor.
At second glance, however, one may notice that the Old English lettering of his tattoos spells out "Jesus Saves." Also peeking out under his black T-shirt is the Greek symbol for Christ. His bass guitar and electric guitar hang on a wall of his office that faces a shelf containing his collection of crosses, while numerous family photos featuring his four children adorn another wall.
Pastor Eric's El Cajon church is part of Newbreak, a network of churches in the county that embraces a "jeans and flip-flops" attitude, and his own appearance is a testament to the church's welcoming and inclusive atmosphere.
"Being a Christ follower doesn't mean you reject everything that is you," he said. The fact that he likes skateboarding, tattoos and piercings is just part of who he is.
He sees his role, and the church's, as helping people and building connections.
"Our motto is real, relaxed and relevant," he said, admitting that he often preaches in flip-flops at the Sunday morning service.
Pastor Eric arrived in San Diego nearly 20 years ago when his father became pastor of the Central Assembly of God Church in El Cajon. The younger Rountree served as youth and music leader over the years until his father retired six years ago. He and his wife, Jennifer, were in their 20s at the time and considered doing missionary work in Romania since they figured a new incoming church pastor would want to bring in his own team for the children's ministry and other roles they had filled under his father.
They were pleasantly surprised when the congregation asked Eric Rountree to stay.
"Everybody knew him, and he was very well-liked. He's wise and genuine," said Randy Adams, who was on the church board of directors at the time.
"We were crazy, crazy young. … We took it as a sign that this is what we should do," Pastor Eric said. "We tried to make a difference."
It was a challenging task for the young couple. The congregation of the struggling church was shrinking, and many of those who stayed were not able to financially support the church.
"A few of us (in the congregation) were single-handedly keeping it going," he said.
He and a handful of families took turns paying the mortgage and other bills. He didn't draw a salary for several years and supported his family by working in construction off and on for about four years.
There were people who told him his congregation might grow if he'd shave his beard or cover his tattoos, but a fellow pastor who became his mentor encouraged him to stay true to himself.
"Pastor Mike (Quinn) said 'No, you are what God wants you to be,' " Pastor Eric said.
He had met Quinn, Newbreak's lead pastor, at a monthly breakfast gathering of ministers.
"He knew my dad, and he took me under his wing."
The faltering economy and housing market crash hit the community hard a couple of years ago, and Pastor Eric was among those who became unemployed after losing his construction job. When the average attendance at his Sunday service dropped to about 40 people, Pastor Eric became worried that the church wouldn't survive and he turned to Quinn for advice. Quinn suggested that his Tierrasanta-based church "adopt" the El Cajon church and offered resources and staffing to bolster the program and put Pastor Eric on the Newbreak payroll.


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It was on October 11th, 1991, in Washington, when Anita Hill testified before a senate panel, about her claims that then Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her.
Thomas denied the claims, denouncing the hearings as a "high-tech lynching."
Thomas was eventually confirmed anyway.
Surprisingly (or maybe not-so-much), despite the fact that this was a story ripe with enough drama and intrigue to support several feature films (scripted or documentary), there've actually been very, very few movies (short or feature-length) made based on the case.
The only one that I'm immediately aware of was made 8 years later, in 1999 - a made-for-tv movie titled, Strange Justice, based on the investigative book of the same name on the Hill/Thomas case, written by Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson, that would air on the Showtime network.
The film starred Delroy Lindo as Clarence Thomas, and Regina Taylor as Anita Hill, with Ernest Dickerson directing. Mandy Patinkin, Paul Winfield and Louis Gossett Jr. co-starred.
With a cast and director of that caliber, as well as the substance of the story, it should've made for must-see cable TV, right?
The fact that it's not even on DVD, maybe says something about how much interest there is/was in seeing it. It's obviously not on Netflix; the only copy I found was on VHS on Amazon.com, being sold second-hand.
And unfortunately, I can't say that I remember seeing it when it aired on Showtime way back when, so I can't comment on its merits. I will note that it was nominated and did win a couple of awards - a Peabody and a Satellite award for Best Motion Picture Made For Television (both of those wins in the year 2000).
I couldn't even find a trailer for it anywhere.
Skip ahead to this year, to the films selected for the 2013 Sundance Film Festival's Out-Of-Competition Premieres and Documentary Premieres categories, and my discovering that a feature-length documentary on Anita Hill specifically, was one of the titles that will screen as a Doc Premiere.
Titled simply Anita, the film comes from Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, writer and producer Freida Mock.
Here's how it's described:
Anita Hill, an African-American woman, charges Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment in explosive Senate hearings in 1991 – bringing sexual politics into the national consciousness and fueling 20 years of international debate on the issues.
The film follows "the life and times" of Anita Hill, with, of course, the above sexual harassment charge and its aftermath, in focus.
Given Mock's stellar resume, I'd say that this should be a solid piece of documentary filmmaking, and I'm certainly interested in seeing it.
Announced today, Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired U.S. rights to Anita.
"We are excited to be working with the talented Freida Mock in bringing Anita's powerful, life-changing story to not only the people who lived through the circus of the hearings but also to a new generation. Anita's impact on the course of history over the last 20 plus years shouldn't be forgotten and this film celebrates her legacy," said Peter Goldwyn, Senior Vice President of Samuel Goldwyn Films.
The film will hit theaters this fall, although no exact date given.
No clips or trailer for it yet - at least, nothing I could find. But the below poster art came in an email announcement earlier this year:


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LEAGUE CHALLENGE: Butler will face its fourth game in eight days and the foe of its last setback when it hosts Cleveland State on Saturday, Feb. 16. The game between two of the top three teams in the Horizon League is slated for 2 p.m. (ET) at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The "Top 10"-ranked and league-leading Bulldogs (23-2, 12-2 HL) posted their third win in six days with an 89-73 decision over Youngstown State on Thursday (Feb. 14). The victory was Butler's seventh straight and 15th in the past 16 outings. The one loss in that stretch came at Cleveland State, 56-52, on Jan. 17. The Vikings (17-10, 10-5 HL) defeated Valparaiso, 71-58, on Thursday to maintain sole possession of third place in the league standings.
Butler has won 10 straight home games, dating back to last season.
POLL CLIMBING: Butler climbed to No. 9 in the Associated Press poll and to No. 10 in the ESPN/USA Today poll, released on Monday (Feb. 11). Both rankings are Butler's highest this season, and the A.P. ranking is Butler's highest ever! Butler reached No. 10 in the A.P. and No. 9 in the ESPN/USA Today polls last year. The Bulldogs have been ranked in the A.P. poll for 13 straight weeks and in both polls for 12 consecutive weeks. Last year, Butler became the first team in Horizon League history to be ranked in the "Top 25" for more than five weeks.
Butler has been nationally ranked in basketball (Top 25) for 29 weeks since November 27, 2006.
ADDITIONAL POLLING: The Bulldogs are ranked first in The CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Top 25 (Feb. 4). Drake, Butler's opponent in the ESPNU BracketBusters, is ranked second in the poll.
20-SOMETHING: Butler has posted its tenth 20-win season in the past 12 years. The win over Youngstown State boosted the Bulldogs into a tie for the fifth-highest season win total (23) in school history.
BEST MARK: At 23-2, the Bulldogs share the best 25-game record in school history with last year's team.
TOP DOG: Head coach Brad Stevens is the first coach in Butler men's basketball history to own an 23-2 career record. Stevens' former boss, Todd Lickliter was 22-3 through 25 games, while Harlan O. "Pat" Page (1920-22) was 21-4 through his first 24 contests. Hall of Fame coach Paul D. "Tony" Hinkle started 20-5.
HOME WORK: The Bulldogs improved to 9-0 at home this season with their victory over Youngstown State. Butler has won 32 of its last 34 games in Hinkle Fieldhouse, and the Bulldogs own a 105-14 (.882) mark at home since the start of the 1999-2000 season.
HOT NIGHT: Butler turned up the heat in Hinkle Fieldhouse with a blistering shooting performance against Youngstown State on Thursday. The Bulldogs hit eight of their first 12 shots in the game and went on to connect of 18 of 26 (.692) attempts in the first half, while building a 50-34 lead. The 50 points were the most in one half by the Bulldogs this season. Butler wound up shooting a season-best .623 (33-53) for the game, while scoring a season-high 89 points.
LONG RANGERS: The Bulldogs returned to a familiar weapon to dispatch visiting Youngstown State. Butler connected on 13 three-point field goals in the victory, including eight in the high-scoring first half. The 13 three-pointers were the most by the Bulldogs since the Great Alaska Shootout, Nov. 21-24, when Butler cashed 17 threes against Michigan, 14 against Virginia Tech and 16 against Texas Tech. The Bulldogs hit 13 of 20 (.650) long-range shots against Youngstown State.
Butler is 18-0 when hitting eight or more three-pointers in a game.
GREEN PARTY: Senior Mike Green led the Bulldogs in scoring for the second straight game with 17 points in just 23 minutes against Youngstown State. Green played just seven minutes in the second half, after helping Butler build a 24-point lead early in the period. He also led all players in assists with six and he tied for Butler's rebounding lead with five. Green has averaged 16.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists during Butler's current seven-game winning streak.
Mike Green has scored in double-figures in 16 consecutive games.
BENCH MARK: Butler's non-starters have scored 78 points in the past two games. The Bulldogs picked up 41 bench points in their win at Milwaukee on Tuesday (Feb. 12) and then added another 37 in the victory over Youngstown State.
LEAGUE HONOR: Senior A. J. Graves, who led the Bulldogs to back-to-back road wins at Valparaiso and Green Bay was named Horizon League Player of the Week (Feb. 11). Graves led all scorers with 20 points and added eight rebounds and four assists in Butler's nationally-televised win at Valparaiso. He then topped all scorers with 16 points in the Bulldog's win at Green Bay.
WATCH LISTS: Senior Mike Green is one of 16 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award, presented annually to the nation's top collegiate point-guard. Green also is one of 30 finalists for the Naismith Trophy, given to the nation's outstanding collegiate player. Senior guard A. J. Graves is one of 10 finalists for the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, a tribute to college seniors based on classroom, community, character and competition.
Butler is leading the Horizon League in scoring margin (+10.6), team scoring defense (59.5), free throw shooting (.756), turnover margin (+3.96), fewest turnovers (10.4), and assist/turnover ratio (1.25). The Bulldogs rank second in three-point field goals (9.16).
Butler ranks third in the NCAA Division I in fewest turnovers per game (10.4). The Bulldogs are 12th in free throw shooting (.756), 14th in scoring defense (.595) and 16th in three-point field goals (9.16).
A. J. Graves stands sixth on Butler's all-time scoring list with 1,689 career points. He's the 39th player in Horizon League history to reach the 1,500-point plateau and the current active league-leader in career scoring.
A. J. Graves is second on Butler's all-time list for three-point field goals with 281, 33 behind all-time leader Bruce Horan (2002-06). He's currently fourth in the league in three-pointers (2.92).
A. J. Graves has 93 double-figures scoring performances in 121 career games. He stands 11th in the Horizon League in scoring (13.8).
A. J. Graves has moved into eighth place on Butler's all-time assist chart with 294 career assists. He's 11 assists behind assistant coach Brandon Miller, 2000-03, in seventh place.
A. J. Graves, who had three steals at Milwaukee, ranks fourth in the Horizon League in thefts (1.60). He leads the league in minutes played (35.44).
Mike Green ranks fourth in the Horizon League in scoring (15.5). He's scored 1,527 points during his collegiate career (641 at Towson and 884 at Butler).
Mike Green leads the Horizon League in assists (5.00) and in assist/turnover ratio (1.87). He's fifth in steals (1.52), ninth in rebounding (6.3) and 10th in free throw shooting (.774). Green leads the league in free throws made (144).
Mike Green stands 10th on Butler's all-time list for free throws made (340).
Mike Green was in Butler's starting lineup for the 61st consecutive game against Youngstown State.
Pete Campbell has moved into 12th place on Butler's all-time list for three-point field goals (149).
Pete Campbell ranks second in the Horizon League lead in three-point field goals (3.09) and eighth in three-point field goal percentage (.444). He's hit at least one three-pointer in 25 consecutive games, dating back to last season.
Matt Howard leads the Horizon League in offensive rebounds (2.60) and in field goal percentage (.602). He ranks fourth in blocked shots (1.20), seventh in free throw shooting (.798), 13th in rebounding (5.6) and 14th in scoring (13.1).
Matt Howard leads all freshmen in the Horizon League in scoring, rebounding, blocked shots, field goal shooting and free throw shooting. He's the only player, regardless of class, to rank in the "Top 15" in all five categories.
Matt Howard currently owns the fifth-highest single season scoring total (327 pts) ever by a Butler freshman.
Sophomore Avery scored a career-high 11 points in a career-best 17 minutes against Youngstown State.
Butler had a season-high 20 assists on 33 field goals against Youngstown State. The 33 field goals also were a season-high for the Bulldogs.


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I don't think the logos are similar (Uniqa). Good work man!
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Trivial since I'm feeling pretty good since I started Plaquenil. However, I think I've picked up a cold--no big deal--but I'm confused about whether I should behave as I would have last year and take Emergen-C, drink Echinacea tea, etc.
Also, I was under the impression that we shouldn't get the flu shot, but my doctors all recommend it, including my rheumatologist. In fact, I had the shot when I was at his office. Did I do the wrong thing?
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As far as I know you did the right thing and I don't believe that any of the other things you are taking should cause you any problems either.
People like us don't need and certainly don't want the added pain and suffering of the flu if we can help it.
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I already posted your answer, get the shot. So you are golden. :-) They recommend it the Sjogrens Foundation that is......
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I never got the flu shot until last year and every year I would get bronchitis. Last year I never got sick. This year when I went to the doctor, I was already sick and, therefore, they won't give me the shot.
I fully recommend it.
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Thanks! Now I feel better about it!
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Hi there,
Absolutely not don't take any Emergen-C or Echinacea. You don't want to cause your disease to flare up. All your doing is working against the Plaquenil. The last thing you want to do is take something that strengthens your immune system. If your just on Plaquenil, you shouldn't have any trouble getting over colds. It does slightly dampen the immune system but not enough to where you are high risk. I have heard terrible stories about people that have taken those kinds of things and have gotten sick. It will really be no benefit for you. You can however just drink orange juice or the standard dose of vitamin C.
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Do what your doctor feels is right for you!! We all respond differently and our doctor knows our full history.
I do not take the flu shot because I got it two years in a row and got violently ill from it. When I don't take it, I get a winter cold but nothing near what I got when I had the flu shot. I am on methotrexate and they recommend the flu shot but it seems contradictory to what the methotrexate is doing to suppress the immune system. I do make sure I have a lot of vitamin C intake in the winter months.
I also have to wonder how much immunizations are responsible for the increase in autoimmune diseases. The governement says no, but I started having symptoms of Lupus after getting my second Hep B shot for nursing school and have many co-workers that are being diagnosed with autoimmune conditions such as Lupus, MS, and Sjogren's. Makes you wonder why so many people in healthcare are being diagnosed.
Of course, I don't mean to scare anyone, and it is just my personal thoughts and beliefs on the increase in autoimmune conditions but immunizations are working against our already stressed out immune system.
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When I first joined another Sjogren's list back in 1997, one of the folks ended up being hospitalized because of Echinacea. It can kick up your immune system, which actually makes Sjogren's worse. It took a week for her to get things straightened out. I would agree with AllisonC79 that you should avoid it.
On the flu shot, the SSF says to consult with your doctor. Mine said no since it has the swine flu as part of the regular shot, and I had a very severe reaction to swine flu vaccine in the 1970's. Your doctor has the best idea for your overall health. If he said to get it, then that was the right thing to do.
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Thanks, everyone. I did take the Emergen-C, but only a few times, and I did stay away from the Echinacea since I vaguely remembered hearing something negative about it. However, I still have this misery, and I've finally concluded it has become ANOTHER sinus infection--a condition I battled almost continually for years but one that I haven't had to deal with since a surgery (about 2 years ago) correcting a blockage in my sinus passage. Now I'm doing the saline rinse and saline nasal spray, taking Claritin (which I hate), and crossing my fingers that it goes away without antibiotics. I guess, since sinus infections are a part of the Sjogren's, I need to forget about completely leaving them behind.
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Turkish Airlines launches nonstop flights between Istanbul and Turin, its 7th destination in Italy...
Turkish Airlines will add its 7th Italian destination, Turin, on August 2, 2011. The airline will fly three times weekly from its hub in Istanbul, Ataturk Airport, departing on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday and operating according to the attached schedule. This new flight connects Istanbul with an important Italian business and cultural center, and joins Rome, Milan, Venice, Bologna, Genoa and Naples as a Turkish Airlines' network city.
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Reduced roundtrip airfares from Istanbul to Turin, starting from 200 Euros including taxes and fees, will be on sale for travels beginning before 31st December 2011.
Still more new destinations...
On 12th September 2011 Turkish Airlines will inaugurate Istanbul- Dammam (Saudi Arabia)-Istanbul flights. The flights to Dammam will also be operated three times per week.
And on 21st July 2011, Turkish Airlines launched three weekly flights between Istanbul Ataturk Airport and Islamabad, Pakistan. The Islamabad services operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.
Turkish Airlines currently flies to 186 destinations, including 145 international and 41 domestic, and with the addition of Turin, the airline will serve 187 destinations worldwide. Turkish Airlines is Europe's fastest growing carrier and its Istanbul hub is rapidly becoming a key global connecting point for international travelers.
Turkish Airlines is a member of Star Alliance, which offers 21,200 daily flights to 1,185 airports in 185 countries. For further information on Turkish Airlines, please visit www.turkishairlines.com, call +90 212 444 0849 Call Center, or contact any TK sales office.
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Lottery expansion could still be a big winner for Corbett
HARRISBURG - Efforts by Gov. Tom Corbett's administration to privatize the management of the Pennsylvania Lottery is on the back burner, but the idea of expanding lottery games to include keno remains very much in the picture.
Revenue Secretary Dan Meuser and top lottery officials testified last week before the Senate Finance Committee on how keno is part of a developing strategy to increase lottery revenue to meet growing demand for the senior citizen benefits it underwrites. The catalyst for action, as with the spike in public pension costs, is the aging of the post World War II baby boomer generation.
Lottery programs will face a shortfall without a revenue infusion as more baby boomers retire, said Sen. Michael Brubaker, R-Lititz, the panel chairman.
The ultimate goal is to get more people, especially young adults in their 20s and 30s, to play lottery games a little more often, state Revenue Secretary Dan Meuser said.
Keno is seen as attractive to that demographic, Meuser said. Keno is similar to the lottery's Match 6 lotto game, but is drawn more frequently.
"The lottery believes keno proposes significant opportunity to attract new, non-traditional retailers like restaurants and bars into the lottery network, but how taverns and players may embrace keno has yet to be determined, as does the competitive impact tavern small games of chance may have on keno's appeal to retailers and players," he said. "Given that caveat, the lottery believes keno could generate somewhere between $40 million and $180 million in additional profit each year, as it is phased in over a number of years."
The idea is to have keno at 1,000 retailers during the first year with about half that number being retailers who are already part of the Lottery network, Meuser said.
Keno will be debated as taverns apply for small games licenses under the law enacted last November and a legislative agency conducts a study on how to make the casino industry more competitive, potentially by adding online gambling.
All this activity led Sen. Matt Smith, D-Mount Lebanon, to raise the prospect of a "gaming creep mentality" under way in Pennsylvania.
Keno will do better if lawmakers allow the lottery to operate with a lower profit margin, Meuser said.
Popular games that have a higher payout percentage deliver a lower profit margin.
Robert Swift is Harrisburg bureau chief for Times-Shamrock Communications. He may be reached at email@example.com.
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The Carolina Blues were all smiles last weekend after capturing the first place trophy for the "One Day Shoot-out" sanctioned by the AAU girl's fast-pitch softball organization, in Concord, N.C.
The Blues are Mint Hill-Indian Trail-Matthews girls who play girls fast-pitch tournament travel ball in the 16U age bracket.
They won four out of five games played and won the tournament championship by defeating the Stanly County Fireballs 4-3. The Fireballs had beaten the Blues, their only loss, earlier in the day, 5-1.
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Obama and Boehner Set Golf Date"The president should engage himself. ... I'm willing. I'm ready. It's time to have the conversation. It's time to play large ball, not small ball," Boehner said Wednesday. Earlier that day, most Members of the House Republican Conference met with Obama at the White House to discuss the country's debt and budget.
The Obama administration has said Aug. 2 is the deadline for raising the debt ceiling, otherwise the country will default on its financial obligations.
It was unclear where the two will play golf or if others will join them. Obama frequently golfs at Andrews Air Force Base on weekends during the warmer months of the year.
Boehner is also an avid golfer — he tied for 43rd place in Golf Digest's ranking of Washington's top 150 golfers, while Obama tied for 108th place.
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'We'll Keep Running': Thousands Complete Final Mile Of Boston Marathon
It was cold and rainy today in Boston. Still, thousands of runners laced up their shoes and headed to Kenmore Square.
That's the site of the final mile marker for the Boston Marathon. On April 15, when two bombs exploded near the finish line, thousands of runners could not finish the most illustrious road race in the world.
Today, thousands tried to remedy that with a one-mile run that covered the final stretch of the Boston Marathon. J. Alain Ferry, who organized the One Run, told New England Cable News, it was their chance to "to run that final mile, stolen from us."
That means athletes joined spectators, runners, the injured and those who didn't have the opportunity to finish in a do-over of the final mile of the Boston Marathon.
Kyle Shade, 26, crossed the finish line carrying the Chinese flag. He told us the before the race began, race organizers were asking for a volunteer to run with the flag in honor of Lu Lingzi, one of the three spectators who were killed in the blasts.
"I walked up and volunteered to help show that she is just as part of Boston as anyone else," Shade said.
He said people were moved by today's run. But it wasn't all sadness. He said that as he got closer to Copley Square, the street got louder. Spectators — "probably more spectators than runners" — shouted their support and they banged on their cow bells.
"It was a mixed emotion," Shade said, "some sadness and a lot of relief. I think it brought a lot of closure to a lot of people."
Shade did get to finish the Boston Marathon on April 15. He finished at 3:36:51, a good 30 minutes before the first blast. But he wanted to be there today to support others and find some closure himself.
He said the run also sends a message.
"We'll keep running," he said. "There's nothing they can do to stop Boston."
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Criminal Justice: Lane offers students the preparation they need for careers in police, adult and juvenile corrections, security management, and other public service careers. Lane credits are transferable to four-year colleges and universities, and the program is also aligned for job entry depending on student needs. Public safety careers require criminal and personal background checks.
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Oregon hourly average - $25.70; annual average - $53,471
One-Year Certificate of Completion
Human Services: Juvenile Corrections
Gainful Employment Disclosure
Standard Occupational Classification: 21-1021.00
For a profile of this occupation go to the U.S. Department of Labor's O*Net website: Child, Family, and School Social Workers or check on these O*Net Related Occupations: Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment SpecialistsHow many students completed the Human Services: Juvenile Corrections 1-year Certificate in 2013-14?
A total of 55 students completed this certificate.
How many jobs are forecast in this occupation between 2010-20?
Lane County: 1; Statewide: 103
How much will the program cost?
The following estimates are based on 2013-14 data for full-time students. Students attending part-time will incur additional term fees. For updated tuition and fees go to www.lanecc.edu/esfs/credit-fees-and-expenses
- Resident tuition and student fees - $5,590
- Differential fees - $0
- Books, supplies, other program costs - $1,600
- Total estimate - $7,190
What is the median loan debt incurred by students who completed the program in 2012?
Federal loans - $9,016
Private loans - Not available
Institutional financing - $45