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The rule that says if you drop a piece of food on the floor it is ok to eat if you pick it up in three seconds. Usually the 'three seconds' is more like 10 but it is still the three second rule.
*accidentlly drops a chip*
"Three second rule!!"
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by Last Chancer October 26, 2006
The three second rule is as follows: When you walk into the room where the girl you are interested in is or when she arrives in the vicinity you must initiate conversation within three seconds so to convey spontaneous thought. If you do not follow it and initiate conversation after a couple of minutes she may be less talkative and less attracted by your likely prepared speech. Even if you come out with some shit it will likely be better than preparing something to say. She'll probably be able to tell.
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"yeah! I was at my boyfriend's house"
"oh, ok, eh, *wtf nooo!* - eh, what u been up to then?"
"yeah! I was at my boyfriend's house"
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The amount of time allowed for spraying deodorant or cologne such as Axe or Tag (also called TSR for short). It's the responsibility of everyone around the potential offender to monitor his usage, as excess usage of body spray has been known to render potential hookups (and really anyone) unconscious. Any breaking of the three second rule is punishable by confiscation of the offender's aerosol can and/or death. This rule also applies to aerosol cans such as Febreez and Oust if these products are used in confined conditions.
-Bro 1 sprays Axe product until visibility is reduced to that of a monsoon-
Bro 2: Dude! Three second rule!
-Bro 2 seizes can from Bro 1 and inserts the still-spraying can into Bro 1's throat-
Bro 2: Dude! Three second rule!
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Kristie from OCD: Obsessive Crafting Disorder...
21 comments:
- Donnamo said...
My Oh My...... how truly lovely, and charmning. I love the "shabby flowers" off setting the blocks to put in the name and your tips on embroidering the name. I am very impressed, girlfriend.
- July 2, 2010 at 7:09 AM
- Belinda said...
What a beautiful quilt! And this would be a great idea for a wedding quilt I'm thinking of making for my son and future daughter-in-law. (changing the colors of course :)
- July 2, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- Larri @ Seams Inspired said...
Sew Gorgeous! Thanks for sharing. Happy Sewing! :o)
- July 2, 2010 at 8:06 AM
- Samantha said...
I am proud to call Kristie a friend and crafty soulmate. This quilt rocks, you are truly an inspiration girlfriend!
I too hope to be the recipient of one of your gorgeous quilts one day! Hint Hint....love you!
- July 2, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- live a colorful life said...
This is such a great quilt. Hunky Dory is one of my favorite fabric lines and the shabby chic flowers are adorable!
- July 2, 2010 at 8:38 AM
- Rene' said...
This is a beautiful pattern for using Hunky Dory! Very, very pretty! Thanks for sharing!
- July 2, 2010 at 9:51 AM
- Jessica said...
I love the flower details! Such a neat idea. Its just beautiful :)
- July 2, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Tori said...
Beautiful, I love it!
- July 2, 2010 at 11:48 AM
- Kristie said...
Thanks so much to everyone for the wonderful comments, and to Heather and Megan for featuring this. I am new to the blogging/quilting scene, and really appreciate the encouragement! Making this quilt was so much fun, and I am sure there will be many more to follow- 3 in progress as I write, actually :-) I am definately hooked!
- July 2, 2010 at 1:48 PM
- pinksuedeshoe said...
Oh wow, that is so pretty. I LOVE it! This is something that will be treasured always, and those flowers are too cute!
- July 2, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- Rita E said...
Very beautiful! So talented! Thanks for sharing!
- July 2, 2010 at 4:19 PM
- Carla said...
Thank you for sharing the story. I love the quilt! Especially those shabby flowers. Wonderful touch.
- July 2, 2010 at 6:00 PM
- Dayna said...
I think this may be my favorite quilt of all time! What a wonderful story about the recipients.
- July 3, 2010 at 3:41 AM
- QuilterMary said...
Love the simplicity of a charm quilt. The shabby flowers ... too cute!!
- July 3, 2010 at 6:00 AM
- Kristen said...
The name strip is so sweet with those extra flowers. Love it!
- July 3, 2010 at 2:01 PM
- Karen said...
That is such a yummy quilt.
- July 3, 2010 at 4:17 PM
- Sarah Craig said...
Beautiful little quilt! I particularly love the shabby flowers - I had only seen this before in paper-crafting, so I'm really interested to see that it can be done in fabric too! Thanks!!
- July 4, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- BeautifulSeams said...
Beautiful quilt...love the flowers
- July 4, 2010 at 11:55 PM
- Sparrow Bee said...
this is just beautiful!!! i loove it all! ♥
- July 6, 2010 at 4:13 AM
- Tatkis said...
This quilt is so beautiful! Thank you very much for sharing!
Best wishes,
- July 7, 2010 at 8:10 AM
- Lydia Powell said...
I have loved this quilt for so long (since I first saw it here). I want to give quilting a try and would love to make one similar to this. Is there any way you could point me to a pattern for making one like it?
- May 12, 2013 at 1:51 PM


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UNDP calls for full engagement with youth to boost developmentJul 27, 2011
New York – The international community, governments and the private sector need to work more closely with people between the ages of 15 and 24 to build on their social commitment and support entrepreneurship.
Young people's active involvement in volunteerism and social causes around the world was one focus of an event today on Corporate Engagement and Youth Philanthropy as Pathways to Development, wrapping up the United Nations High Level Meeting on Youth, which took place in New York 25-26 July.
Addressing more than 300 young men and women from across the world, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the audience "to never lose their faith in the ability of individuals to make a change in the lives of others."
"The noblest cause is that of advancing human well-being," he added. "From the drought in the Horn of Africa and the Arab Spring, to addressing global challenges, we need the power of partnerships."
"We need stronger, coordinated alliances with youth for a more sustainable and equitable future," said Sigrid Kaag, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Director of Partnerships Bureau at the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
"Innovation, fresh perspectives and an enduring quest for innovation begin with our ability to listen and learn from the new generation, especially in areas of social entrepreneurship, advocacy and social mobilization in an ever-more interconnected world."
Nearly 70 percent of first-year United States college students in 2008 believed helping others is important. Also in 2008, 8.24 million young people in the U.S. were involved in voluntary work, an increase of 450,000 on 2007, according to the publication Volunteering in America, 2010.
Stressing the power of young men and women in shaping a new world, Monique Coleman, UN Youth Champion, said that "young people need to make choices that are sustainable, that have a positive impact on the environment."
"The world needs new solutions to global challenges," added Ban Ki-moon. "Yet, young people remain a great untapped resource and this is where new investments are needed."


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From their experiences, participating teachers will be able to create meaningful, curriculum-relevant project-based lessons for use with students. Participants are encouraged to share student work at the 8th Annual Lummis Day: the Festival of Northeast Los Angeles, on Sunday, June 2, 2013 and/or send photos and videos produced from the lessons for display on the Lummis Day website.
The program is limited to 25 participants. The registration fee of $85 covers materials, workshop speakers and tours, and lunch on February 9, and is due by February 5, 2013. This is an LAUSD-approved point-credit class, NA-11-64. Participants, and LA County School professionals, may wish to receive two CEU credits that are available through CSU San Bernardino for an additional $60 per credit with arrangements made by February 23. 2013. The CSU fee is paid by check directly to the university.
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Re: Skyburner Std vs. UL- that much difference?
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Thanks again, all of you. I'm soaking this all up like a sponge and appreciate your time, effort, and willingness to share with a beginner. It's not wasted on me!
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Re: Skyburner Std vs. UL- that much difference?
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Thanks for that last link. Actually, I'd already downloaded that pub on advice from a previous post here. Thanks everyone again for your input and advice. I think my learning curve is steepening now, but there's so much more to this than I ever could have imagined! Fun though, and satisfying when tips are applied and things come together.
By the way, after weighing everything over and over, finally decided on the Widow Maker Std (orange fade). The Delta Drive will have to wait for another day.
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Re: Skyburner Std vs. UL- that much difference?
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I don't think you'll be sorry with a Widowmaker, the orange fade is nice (I call it "Sunrise")
"Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see" John W Lennon
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Re: Skyburner Std vs. UL- that much difference?
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December 31, 2010, 09:47 AM »
The last video I posted really sort of demonstrates what everyone is saying. I WAS flying an Ocius ul. The wind died down to the point I could barely fly. Devin was flying the Ocius sul which is lighter and he had No problem.
Really impressed by everyone's input. Having just completed my Rookie Year and owning a Delta Drive,Widow Maker,Ocius,Ociusul and Pro Dancersul and little "Zoomer". Everyone's advice was solid. My Delta Drive was Jon's. He had it tweeked between a standard and ul. It is so nice to fly and smooth.
However, it doesn't get the air time it deserves. the others have been able to teach me more,then I apply it to the DD. The colors in the DD are beautiful on a sunny blue and silver cloud day. Looking at Mike's WM one can imagine the sun in the background. It has to be beautiful. That is the extra we rarely talk about when flying sport kites. The Background.
Sun,water,trees,blue sky. Make sure your kite fits the sky pattern you enjoy.
Kites cost money. From a $20.00 Zoomer to a $300.00 Widow Maker. You don't buy all your kites on the same day. i didn't walk into Kites and Fun Things and say to Jon ..."...Hey. give me one of each...". lol.
Buy something now when prices are lower. then buy in spring. Last year I bought a Jordan 50 single line kite. It's 50sq. ft. of sail and has two 75 ft. tails. Fly's on 250 lb. line. It was around $400. It was over my budget so I had saved an extra $150 and used that also to differ cost. I save my change in a jar. I get about $100 bucks every 3-4 months. I call it my kite money. I did not fly the Jordan 50 for almost 6 months.
Save and Buy.
This Kite hobby is cheap compared to other hobbies. You only buy once. you don't have o buy new ski's each year. You don't have to get the newest golf club to play. No green fees. No lift cost. No gas to buy for the boat.
The wind is free. Spend the money on Good Equipment. Don't buy anything not made in USA.
What ever sport you have been involved with did you always buy inferior equipment. Buy the Best. The guys who support these sites deserve our patronage. The fact is they are a little more money, the quality is next to none. Each major kite builder in the USA produces a quality product.
You can not go wrong. Each builder will personally talk with buyers regarding their product. Call any of the kite stores for great advise.
You can call Jon Trennepohl any day of the week and he will speak to you regarding kites. What's the number of that over-seas store that sells a knock off cheaper.
Call Kenny and ask him about his kites he won't give you the run around.
Is any of this worth a few dollars more? Of corse it is. Plan on spending a few dollars each year on your squadron of kites. I just ordered the new Ocius sul. Do I need it ? No. Do I want it? yes. Wants ,needs and desires control our emotional senses.
Kiting is fun and being able to do it in any range of wind speed, only enhances the amount of time and days you can fly. Look to buy used...
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Amen, brother!!
The amount of $ spent on kites the last few years had been many times recouped in enjoyment, relaxation, new friends, and sheer fun.
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Thanks for those words, Virtigo2u. I totally get it. My house if full of high quality mountaineering gear and the best longbows I can afford- which means the best money can buy. I'd have to say that starting in kite world has been a bit different from those sports, probably because lives (human and animal) aren't at stake. My story is probably like many. I saw my first sport kite last August by chance on a visit to the Oregon coast- never seen one before! The next day stopped in Newport and got a Skydog Thunderstruck for $45 and my jaw dropped when I saw the $300+ kites hanging on the ceiling, I couldn't believe anyone would pay that much for a kite!!! Getting home to Salt Lake I soon realized the Thunderstruck was too heavy for the average breeze here and I needed a light kite or I'd never get enough air time to learn anything. So I got a 3-D. But until I learned a thing or two about bridle settings and the importance of changing lines for different winds, that didn't get me far, either (and frankly I'm still pretty disappointed in it- they should have put more R&D into those chinsy standoffs, among other things). So then I looked for something better and 2 seconds from buying a Quantum got talked into an Acrobatx (another $100). Still not satisfied and Finally realizing that although these kites are good, there's a reason people pay $300 for a kite. I'm giddy now waiting for my Widow Maker to come, better than Christmas! I'm sure the DD is still in my future.
I still wish I'd had more human contact in this process and thank heaven for this forum since it's pretty much as close as I've got so far to nitty gritty advice. The literature out there is helpful but I just know that a lot of you guys would be able to look at my kites, feel the wind and know how to make them fly better. I'm far from that and know I've got a lot of crashing and burning to do before I get there, but I will get there too. And enjoy the process! I don't regret a dollar or minute spent on kites and can't believe I only heard of a sport kite for the first time just 4 months ago!
Thanks again for all the help and support.
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Next week call Jon Trennepohl and talk to him. He has some good videos, but is always willing to share info. He ties all the knots in the briddles by hand. He knows exactly how to make a few changes to fly in soft or stronger winds. The top of briddle is adjustable. Letting in more or releasing more wind by the different angle the kite takes when the briddle is adjusted. One or two knot changes makes a huge difference in flying.
Also ask Devin if he has any used kits for sale. This forum is great for sharing world and nation wide. I enjoy being able to put nice videos together with great music. Enjoy ! Also Happy New Years everyone.... just got back from Motor City Casino.... up $136.00. guess were it's going... Yep... help pay for Ocius sul.
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The only Rochester I know used to be Jack Benny's sidekick.
My family and I are contemplating a move to the city of Rochester. Pittsford to be exact. I am just wondering of anyone here lives there or in the area and if they could let me know what kind of place it is. We are coming from Evansville Indiana and this would be a huge move for us so any help would be greatly appreciated.
The only Rochester I know used to be Jack Benny's sidekick.
I lived there for awhile as a kid, around Kodak park. It was terrible. I have a few friends that live there now, as adults, and seem to tolerate it, never heard anyone say they love it. Not trying to dissuade you, but the weather is terrible. Probably why it was supposedly the suicide capital of the world in the latter 70s. (Hearsay). Look up the number of cloudy days, and I'm sure it rivals or beats Seattle (probably something to do with it's location relative to the great lakes)
A very nice suburban non-cosmopolitan area. Great schools, they went to Pittsford-Mendon High School and they all ended up going to Boston College.
Bucolic, nice countryside, hilly (not quite like where FF2 is from) but very laid-back and homey. Finger Lake region, lots of boating and camping and out-doorsy type stuff.
Said differently, it ain't The Bronx.
I think it would be a nice transition from Evansville.
Good move.
Thats funny. I am looking to GTFO of NY.
Freestater has the 411.
The major employer / benefactor was Kodak which is now a shadow of its former self
In some ways it's heyday was 60 years ago. It has a gothic charm.
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Rochester gets a bad wrap because of the weather but it's really not that bad. Not to mention it makes the summers all the nicer. Plenty of golf courses (PGA Championship next year in Pittsford at Oak Hill), festivals, parks, fishing etc.
Just big enough to never be bored but not so big you get lost in the crowd. I think we're the 70th largest market in the country.
I go to FL a couple times a year and that's a place I wouldn't want to live. Long, flat, straight streets with strip malls every 30 seconds. Not a lot of character.
My brother lives in Rochester. Pittsford to be exact.
Pretty much what Stokes said. PM me if you want to hear what little more I know.
I can't advise as I'm now in FL. But you may want to look into taxes (income and property), utilities and insurances. we had a house in NY, bought one in FL twice the value, and saved $10k per yr total in those expenses....that was 16 years ago.
Thanks for the info everybody it certainly helps.
I grew up about 30 miles from Rochester, and my wife and I currently live in a suburb of Rochester.
Like Pac2566 said, Pittsford is probably the nicest area around Rochester. The schools in Pittsford and surrounding towns are consistently ranked among the best in the nation.
I don't think the job market in Rochester is great, but it also hasn't experience the volatility like other parts of the country have since 2008. If you have a good job, then it's definitely a good place to be. The overall economy of the region has suffered for the past 20-30 years though as Rochester has struggled to move from a strong base of manufacturing jobs (e.g. Kodak) to more high-tech jobs.
Some of the pros are: Great quality of life, relatively cheap housing, everything is pretty much nearby, low crime, relatively mild weather (no hurricanes, tornadoes, etc.).
Some of the cons are: Bills games are on CBS (when they're not blacked out), property taxes are among the highest in the nation relative to value of property, we do get periods of lake effect snow due to being close to Lake Erie/Lake Ontario, but like I said above, it's really pretty tame compared to the extreme weather other parts of the country experience and the lake effect snow is generally easy to live with.
In summary, I think you and your family will enjoy the Pittsford area. The Rochester area isn't perfect, but I think it's a great place to live and raise a family.
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I love Rochester. With the exception of the Air Force and a brief job I held in NYC, I've lived here all my life. Economically speaking, it's not as fast paced as some other markets, but it has it's advantages as well. The cost of living is pretty low, especially real estate prices. It's not uncommon to see 1500sq ft homes on 1/4 acre lots in the mid 100s. Probably not in the Pittsford area, Pittsford is one of the better suburbs.
The job market has been slow in Roch. but the jobs that are here are often technology-based, as the city has a reputation for a well educated workforce. If you'rte coming here with a job already in place, it's a huge benefit. While the economy has taken some hits with the loss of Kodak and the outsourcing of many of Xerox's workforce, the local economy has done pretty well in absorbing the loss.
Lifestyle options in Roch. are pretty wide-ranging. If you're the outdoors-type, the list is pretty much endless. Plenty of fishing along the great lakes and of course, the big lake, Lake Ontario. There is great deer hunting all over the region. If you're a golfer, the amount of public courses is fantastic. I can't recall how many times I've been out this season (it's over a dozen) and I have yet to play the same course twice. There are a couple of areas for nightlife -the Monroe Ave area (the hipster region) and the East End. There's Charlotte (pronounced Char- Lot) which has a nice beach and a row of bars/ restaurants. Plenty of shopping. There are three large area malls plus endless plazas and strip malls.
Restaurants and dining. Roch. has a great compilation of various ethnic and regional dining. Anything from Thai to Indian, German cuisine (including an awesome German deli that seats folks German beer-hall style deep in the 'hood, complete with live German music and the obligatory Germulichite) There are fantastic BBQ joints and steakhouses (You gotta try Delmonico's on E. Henrietta Rd.) Just about any fare you could want is available in Rochester. No thoughts on dining would be complete without mentioning Wegman's groceries. Wegman's is the gold standard of grocery stores. If there's one thing people who move away from Roch. all say, it's that they miss Wegman's.
As for the weather. Yes, we do ghet some snow here in winter. And by some, I mean a lot. Around here, it's not the end of the world. The towns know how to handle it, and the people are pretty adept at driving in it. It usually lasts about 4 months with good snow on the ground. As an old weatherman used to say around here, "nothing we can't handle". The summers are usually very pleasant and mild. We don't get many days in the 90s, and when we do, it's newsworthy. A good location just south of Lake Ontario really helps temper our temperatures, even if it does account for a little more snow in winter time.
Odds and ends. Rochester, I've heard it said, is a large town masquerading as a small city. There are some limitations that come with it, but some advantages as well. With the exception of the heaviest rush hour times, I can generally drive the expressways around Rochester with my cruise control on. By contrast, I've been in hour long traffic jams in NYC that lasted over an hour. In Roch., you're never more than twenty minutes to anywhere. Rochester and the surrounding areas have great parks and is highly commited to "green-space". From folks I know that have moved away and eventually come back ( a very VERY common occurrence) one of the reasons for returning is often "I wanted to raise my kids here".
All in all, Rochester is a small, laid-back community with a variety of lifestyles and environments that can suit almost anyone. Good luck with your move (should you choose to make it) and remember that T.C. Hooligans on Ridge Road in Webster usually gets a small band of Jets fans on Sundays for Jets games. (ironically they have a Jets Jay Feidler signed jersey on the wall ).
There is a ton of stuff to do in the area, most of which I ignored since I was in college and more interested in the bars and chasing skirt. A lot of my friends from school still live in the area, so I get back there once in a while for a weekend here or there.
We used to get a good crowd at the Distillery for Jets games, but that was back in 2001-2004. There was a Jets fan who was the spitting image of Herm, which was great since he was actually coaching the team.
Funny story - I used to go to the Distillery to watch the Jets, since the Bills were on locally. One afternoon I am watching the game and saw Governor Pataki walking around the restaurant campaigning, mostly meet and greet. He comes over to my table and sees me in a Jets jersey, says hello and that I must be a Jets and a Bills fan living in the area. My reply, with a straight face, was "No Governor, I hate the Bills." He had a good laugh, and was a very down-to-earth guy.


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FRIDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Stressed out by a demanding job? It may be affecting your heart's health, research suggests.
People whose jobs are very taxing but who also have little power to make workplace decisions are at greater risk for heart disease, according to a large new evidence review.
After taking lifestyle, age, gender and socioeconomic status into account, European researchers found that these workers are 23 percent more likely to have a heart attack than other people with less job-related stress.
The study was published online Sept. 13 in the journal The Lancet.
"Our findings indicate that job strain is associated with a small but consistent increased risk of experiencing a first [coronary heart disease] event, such as a heart attack," study leader Mika Kivimaki, of the University College London, said in a journal news release.
In conducting the study, the researchers examined the job strain experienced by nearly 200,000 employees with no history of heart disease. Workers from Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom were followed between 1985 and 2006.
When the study began, the employees completed surveys on their job demands, their workload, the time pressure they faced and their freedom to make decisions.
The study revealed that nearly 2,400 of the participants had their first nonfatal heart attack over the course of the average 7.5-year follow-up period.
"The overall population attributable risk for [coronary heart disease] events was around 3.4 percent, suggesting that if the association were causal, then job strain would account for a notable proportion of [these heart] events in working populations," Kivimaki explained. "As such, reducing workplace stress might decrease disease incidence."
Two experts in the United States said it's far from proven, however, that anxiety-filled workdays increase cardiovascular risk.
"While it seems intuitive that psychosocial stress and job strain in particular would have an adverse effect on the heart, previously published studies on this subject have been inconclusive," said Dr. Kenneth Ong, interim chairman of the department of medicine and interim chief of cardiology at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York City.
Ong said that although the current data review is extremely rigorous, "many unanswered questions remain, such as whether the duration of exposure to stress, type of occupation or amount of time spent at the workplace becomes a factor."
The impact of job strain on heart disease "appears to be small compared to traditional risk factors, such as cigarette smoking, obesity and physical inactivity," Ong said.
Another expert was equally cautious. "This study shows an association with job strain and subsequent heart disease," said Dr. Stephen Green, associate chairman of the department of cardiology at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y. "It does not mean that job strain causes heart disease, but that it is somehow connected to job strain."
"For instance, with increased job strain, an employee might gain weight or drink more coffee or smoke more cigarettes or do something else that might actually be the cause of the increase in heart risk," Green said.
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FERGUSON, MO - A pathologist hired by the family of an unarmed Missouri teenager fatally shot by police says a bullet wound to his arm may have happened when he put his hands up, "but we don't know."
Forensic pathologist Shawn Parcells said Monday that an independent autopsy shows 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot at least six times, including twice in the head.
Parcells says a graze wound on Brown's right arm could have occurred in several ways. He says the teen may have had his back to the shooter, or he could have been facing the shooter with his hands above his head or in a defensive position.
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The first full-length feature trailer for Dean Cavanagh's Kubricks has been released. And its producer, the former Head of Creation Records, Alan McGee is in shock.
'I think I'm in shock, well I know I am in shock, and I think even Dean's in shock and he's made films before.'
Written by Dean and Josh Cavanagh, Kubricks stars Roger Evans, Joanna Pickering, Gavin Bain, Chris Madden, Matthew Blakey and Alan McGee. It deals with a director's obsessive fantasies, and is part Kenneth Anger, J. G. Ballard and Stanley Kubrick.
'The whole thing was like an experiment really,' McGee explains. 'I actually didn't know if we could do it, because we had never made a full length feature film before. I thought we'd probably have something that we could show people, but we've done much better than that—we've made a film. It is genuinely out there, but I think it's really good.'
Cavanagh agrees and tells me Kubricks is 'A no budget experiment that didn't end in disaster and taught all involved that Turner's quote in Performance "The only performance that makes it, that makes it all the way, is the one that achieves madness" was really on the money.'
'I suppose the way you can look at it is, we're Scritti Politti doing "Skank Bloc Bologna",' adds McGee. 'It's total D.I.Y. Dean had never directed. I had never produced a film or organized it, or been in one all the way through. Joanna Pickering had never had a major role in a film before. Roger Evans had never had a lead role in a film before. And I don't think Gavin Bain had even been in a film before. So, you have all these people who are living the dream, so to speak, they're all wanting to be in a film and wanting it to be great. But probably deep down in our hearts, we thought we'll be lucky if we come out with something, but let's try it anyway. And unbelievably, it's good. It's really good.'
Kubricks Written & Directed by Dean Cavanagh & Josh Cavanagh; Produced by Alan McGee; Director of Photography Tom Mitchell; Starring Roger Evans, Joanna Pickering, Gavin Bain, Chris Madden and Matthew Blakey.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (April 1, 2010) - Coming off of two mid-week losses, the ETSU baseball team will look to get back on track as the Bucs host North Florida in a big Atlantic Sun conference series this weekend at Cardinal Park.
The two teams will open the series Friday at 7 p.m., and are scheduled to close out the weekend with a doubleheader slated for 1 p.m. on Saturday.
ETSU (16-7, 5-1 A-Sun) is 5-0 in weekend series on the year, and 2-0 in conference series going into the weekend. The Bucs lead the A-Sun in home runs (40) and slugging (.555), and are fourth in average (.328). Junior first baseman Paul Hoilman (Johnson City, Tenn.) leads the way for the Buccaneers with a conference best 12 home runs and a .925 slugging percentage.
On the season, ETSU has enjoyed playing at home going 12-3 at Cardinal Park, while outscoring its opponents 157-97 with 30 home runs. ETSU is 6-6 all-time against the Ospreys, and 3-3 against UNF in home contests.
North Florida (14-13, 4-2 A-Sun) has won three of its last five games including a series win over Campbell last weekend. The Ospreys as a team rank eighth in the conference in average (.299) and fifth in ERA (6.05). UNF is led by senior outfielder Preston Hale who is hitting .395 with 12 doubles, two triples, four home runs and 26 RBI.
Live stats and audio are available by clicking the links above. The Friday contest can be heard live on ETSUBucs.com and on the radio on the Holston Valley Broadcasting Corporation's family of stations, which include WKPT-AM (1400) and WKPT-FM (94.3) in Kingsport, WOPI-AM (1490) and WOPI-FM (97.9) in Bristol, and WKTP-AM (1590) and WKTP-FM (97.7) in Johnson City. Tune in one half hour before the game to catch all analysis on the Atmos Energy Dugout show, and don't forget to stay with us after the game on the 10th Inning Show presented by General Shale.
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Daniel Craig bonded with Javier Bardem over rugby passion
The actor returns as James Bond in Skyfall, the 23rd movie in the superspy franchise, and he does battle with Bardem as villain Raoul Silva, but Craig reveals their onscreen rivalry became a close friendship off-camera as they shared their love of rugby.
Craig tells ShortList magazine, "He played rugby for Spain, so he's serious. It's funny, we never went together, but he went to the Six Nations (tournament) and I went to the Six Nations when they were on. I got him tickets. He got me tickets. I'd love to go to watch a rugby game with him."
Craig admits he didn't have a chance to hang out with his new pal while they were filming Skyfall, but he hopes to spend more time with him in the future.
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Not every U.S. city is created equal, and so when it comes time for a police officer to choose a department, there can be a lot to consider.
Understanding the overall health and standard of living in a city can make a big difference during one's career. A high starting salary can be a major reason for signing on, but will it be worth if if rent dries up most of your pay, unemployment is rising and it takes you two hours to get to the station every morning?
Everything from department funding to the job market for your non-LEO spouse can have an impact on your life, and consequently a review of each prospective new home should be looked at with a wide lens.
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We looked not only at unemployment figures, but also at the rate that unemployment has actually increased since February 2008.
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Weather reporters would have you believe they are a courageous lot. Microphones in hand, they hunker down in storms, while rain pelts their faces and ferocious winds hurl debris past their soggy heads. "Yep, it's mighty windy out here. See that palm tree explode. Ooh, a city bus just flew by."
I thought hurricane immersion reporting was about as bizarre as it could get until I saw what Associated Press photographer Rich Matthews did to dramatize the effects of the BP oil spill in the Gulf. He put on a diver's mask and tank and slid into the oil-soaked waters without the benefit of a hazardous material suit, to get an ocean's eye view of the mess.
Here are some excerpts from his report:
"Some 40 miles out into the Gulf of Mexico, I jump off the boat into the thickest patch of red oil I've ever seen. I open my eyes and realize my mask is already smeared. I can't see anything and we're just five seconds into the dive.
"I'm alone because the other divers with me wouldn't get in the water without Hazmat suits on, and with my mask oiled over and the water already dark, I don't dive deep. I want people to see the spill in a new way, a way they haven't yet. I also want to get out of the water. Badly."
Rich mucks around in the sludge taking pictures for 10 minutes, then muses that he knows what an oil-soaked pelican must feel like. When he finally gets back on board, it takes 30 minutes to clean him up with scrapers and dishwashing liquid.
Only problem is they forget to clean the bottom of his feet and goshdurnit, he slips and falls off the boat back into the oil slick for an encore performance. I'm not kidding. He goes through another 30 minutes of scraping and cleaning. He throws away his scuba stuff because he can't clean it up.
His report was picked up by other news organizations, who praise Rich for his courage. Just Google "photographer jumps in oil," to see for yourself.
But I wonder. Am I a more-informed person today for having seen Rich's theatrics? I already know the oil spill is the worst ecological disaster ever. I know the livelihoods of thousands of fishermen are practically ruined. I know the tourist industry in the Gulf is reeling. I know the BP response has been slow and ineffective from the onset.
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- Making a note of the time and date and place the incident(s) took place
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Police officers will come to wherever the incident has taken place and will take whatever action is needed to make you safe.Officers will separate the parties involved so that you will have an opportunity to speak to them in confidence about what has happened and any previous incidents, without the offender being around to intimidate or threaten you.
If you call GMP your call will be recorded and may be used as evidence. Calls will be graded based on the urgency of the response required.
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Anchorage, Alaska - One of the greatest known defrauders of Alaska Medicaid services agreed to plead guilty today in Superior Court, resolving the case.
Sherry T. Trotter, president of On Call Nursing of Alaska, pled guilty to a consolidated felony theft charge and was sentenced to 36 months in prison, with 28 months suspended, and was ordered to pay more than $800,000 in restitution. The sentence also includes 10 years of probation.
In 2002, the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) received complaints about the services provided by On Call Nursing. The department investigated and forwarded those complaints to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in the Department of Law, which discovered a theft of more than $1.3 million based on various schemes to circumvent DHSS billing procedures. A grand jury indicted Trotter and her company in 2005.
DHSS withheld more than $500,000 in payments from On Call Nursing in 2003, and those funds served to reduce Trotter's restitution to the $809,028 ordered today by Superior Court Judge Larry D. Card. But the total amount stolen by the company makes this the largest known Medicaid fraud case in the 17-year history of the fraud control unit.
"Medicaid fraud impacts not only the state and federal programs involved, but it also steals assets from program recipients who depend on Medicaid for life-enhancing services," said Attorney General Dan Sullivan. "The state will continue to be vigilant and investigate claims of fraud in this important program."
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Jiyeh (2006) for computer generated and processed sound first performance: A Concert of Music on Ecology and the Environment, CCRMA, November 9 2006 at the Imaging Environment conference, Stanford University http://shc.stanford.edu/events/ImagingEnvSchedule.htm
Program notes: Jiyeh (2006)
Jonathan Berger
Jiyeh is a small coastal town in Lebanon built upon the ancient city of Porphyreon, reputed to be the site where a giant fish delivered Jonah to the shore. On July 14th 2006 a coastal power station in Jiyeh was attacked in an Israeli air strike causing over 20,000 tons of oil to spill into the Mediterranean Sea. Although there has been relatively little information regarding the ecological impact of this massive spill a series of sattelite photos show the dispersion pattern of the oil. These patterns appear as Baroque-like ornaments that distort the contour of the Lebanese coast line.
I was in Jerusalem in July 2006 and read a fleeting and innocuous news report regarding an oil spill on the Lebanese coast apparently caused by an air or ship based missile attack on an aging power plant in Jiyeh. Little information was forthcoming although the estimates of the amount of oil spilled were alarming. In September I asked Jeff Koseff if he had any information about the spill. He replied that, to his knowledge, there were only sattelite photographs and that those were yet to be carefully analyzed. Tonight's work, the first of a set of two pieces (this for multi- channel playback and a second for solo violin, percussion and string orchestra), uses data from the sattelite photographs to set parameters for synthesis and processing of sounds, as well as creating source audio material using a raster scan direct synthesis method bing developed by my PhD student Woon Seung Yeo. The music represents the evolution of the ornate oil patterns visible in the sattelite images to evoke auditory display of this disaster.
Jonathan Berger is a composer and researcher at CCRMA. His compositions include chamber, symphonic and vocal music as well as works incorporating digital synthesis and processing. His research includes developing methods and tools for effective auditory display of complex data. Berger's recent recording of chamber music for strings will be released this Spring by Naxos recordings on their American Masters series. Background:
Details and examples of the sonification methods used.
Sattelite Images:
Smoke rising from the Jiyeh power station on July 15 2006
Sonification methods:
Since the oil dissemenated in a generally northern direction, image scans were done from south to north (by flipping the image). In addition to Woon Seung Yeo's raster scan synthesis ( http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~woony/works/raster ) which provided the following basic sound source materials:
The dimensions and shape of the spill shown in each sattelite image is represented in the following ways: The width of the spill at each sampled location is sonified by setting filter bandwidth (measured south to north each 25 pixels) at each sample position. Coastal shape as well as the western edges of the spill in each image. are mapped to melodic pitch. A fair amount of 'artistic license' was then applied.
Stereo mix-down of 8-channel piece: (beware: it's large!).
Please note this audio file is not for public presentation and may not be copied or distributed.
http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.png This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License and ASCAP


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Our industry leading training focuses on ensuring you become an Expert bathroom Design Sales Consultant, using the most up to date training methods and design tools. This will include residential training during weekdays, giving you the chance to use the weekends to take advantage of every sales opportunity and maximise your earnings.
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Our unique Service by Design offering ensures that we deliver the service our customers have come to expect, including our Home Design Service. In order to maximise your earning potential all applicants must have a valid UK driving license
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Today's ride was the first test of our Bike Friday's for the upcoming trip to France (July 14th). My experience commuting with my Bike Friday has shown me that something wasn't quite right with the fit; I was having some hamstring issues that would normally indicate a seat too high, but that wasn't the case. So I went through the process below, and what an amazing difference it made! I'll try to get some graphics up soon. –Mike–
Part 1: Duplicating riding position on both bikes- I've been commuting to work & back on my own Bike Friday for quite some time now, but really hadn't felt like my position was fully dialed in, so Saturday I had both my Madone and the Bike Friday at the shop and did full centerlines on the Madone (upon which I am extremely comfortable) and the Bike Friday. Complicating things a bit are the different pedals used on each, with Speedplay Zeroes on the Madone and Shimano SPDs on the Bike Friday. As I've become overly sensitive to even millimeter differences in seat height, I couldn't just measure distance from seat to pedal, but had to take into account the differences the pedal platforms make. In the end this wasn't difficult; I just attached shoes to each and measured my Madone from the inside of the shoe (at the insole) to the seat. And then duplicated it on the Bike Friday, taking into account a bit more sag in the Bike Friday's more-padded saddle.
So, if you want to duplicate positioning on your bikes, here are the relevant things to measure, starting with the bike that fits best-
- Top of saddle to inside of shoe insole, measured in line with the seat tube and the spot on the inside of the shoe exactly over the pedal spindle, with the crank also in line with the set tube.
- Saddle setback. For this you need the bike on level ground. Drop a line from the tip of the saddle and measure exactly how far behind the bottom bracket center it falls. This is a really important measurement if you want two bikes to feel the same.
- Nose of saddle to center of handlebar (where the stem clamps it).
- The difference between the top of the saddle & ground, and the top of the handlebar & ground.
Beyond that you have to take into account different handlebar reach (how far forward the bar extends; in nearly every case, less is better with modern brake/shifter levers) and differences in saddle shape. In some cases it will make sense to not "play around" with the saddle much and just install identical saddles on each bike. With handlebars, you can measure the forward reach and make sure they're similar.
That's about it. Do this carefully and you'll be amazed at the results.


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Athens Farmers Market
Sep 26, 2012
10 am - 1 pm on Saturdays (all year) and Wednesdays (through December). Market at 1000 E State St. Easy to find and called one of the nation's best markets by Audubon Magazine. Find fresh homegrown vegetables, mouth-watering fruits and meats, fresh flowers, teas, breads and hand made crafts. Listen to live music and visit with friends at the Farmers Market Cafe which offers hot coffee and freshly prepared seasonal cuisine.
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Beef Stew Broth Recipes
Wine-Braised Chuck Roast with Pasta
Baby Aria's choice of meat, by far, is beef. And the more tender it is, the more she likes it. I really enjoy making one-dish meals for her. Today, I seared boneless beef chuck steaks, then braised them in wine (the alcohol cooks off during the braising process). Once tender, I boiled campanelle pasta and transferred it to the beef pot. The flavorful gravy sneaked into the cavities of the odd-shaped trumpet-like pasta, which made it more fun for Aria to eat.
I flavored the dish wth fresh thyme, clove, parsley, tomato paste. bay leaf, turnips, onions and garlic. The key ingredient, though, is drinking-quality red wine. C'est tout ("that's it!")!
Full Recipe...
Beef Pot Roast Recipe
I don't know why I don't make this dish more often. It's inexpensive and so good. There are really only two meat eaters in our home, but with baby Aria growing up so fast, I felt she was old enough to try this dish. I used a fairly small cut of beef chuck, seared it to form a crust around the meat, then wrapped it papillote-style in aluminum foil, added beef stock and a few earthy vegetables around it and roasted it for a few hours.
The meat came out fork-tender; no knife was needed. And if you were curious to know if a 17-month-old could enjoy pot roast, well, Aria really liked it. She is not a big meat eater, but she does seem to have a taste for beef.
I served the pot roast with baked potatoes and creamed spinach. That's what I call pure comfort food!
Note: Check out my beef pot pie recipe using the leftovers the next day.
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Beef Stew (Boeuf Bourguignon)
Boeuf bourguignon is a traditional French meat dish that is fairly easy to prepare. All you need is a lot of patience because it takes a long time to cook for the beef to become tender and succulent. To help tenderize the meat, I added an unconventional meat tenderizer (papaya paste) to my version of this French classic. If you want to make your beef bourguignon more authentic, just omit this ingredient. I also didn't add pearl onions, as I added a combination of leeks, shallots and sliced onions to the dish instead. The usual root vegetables (carrots and turnips) are also part of the gastronomic experience.
For anyone who is a fan of Julia Child or has watched the recent movie of her life, Julia and Julia, boeuf bourguignon may seem like too much of a challenge to make at home. But it doesn't really have to be this way. I used a slow cooker to make controlling the heat during the cooking process a simple task. With this method you needn't worry about the pot overflowing while the stew simmers. It may look good in movies, but you don't want to have to clean up that mess!
I put the ingredients in the slow cooker on low before going to sleep, and woke up to the aroma of beef stew permeating every room of the house. For the meat eaters, it's an intoxicating scent; for the vegetarians in my house, not so much. So if you have a slow cooker, try making boeuf bourguignon at home. It's easier to make than it looks, and the results are so worth the effort. And make sure that when you serve the dish to your loved ones, you start the meal with the phrase immortalized by
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The latest version of the Linux kernel was released Sunday afternoon, and with version 3.3 comes something that just may get your inner-geek excited -- tons of Android changes have been merged. In theory, one should be able to boot and run an Android powered device using just the vanilla, mainline Linux 3.3 kernel. There's still work to be done, especially with power management, and the wake-lock issue that many think was at the core of the argument whether to merge or not to merge still needs full resolution. But since Android doesn't need to have wake-lock support (it just keeps your battery from draining in record time) our phones and tablets can now be considered officially supported by the Linux community. We'll stay out of the nerd battle royal over the wake-lock issue and trust the promises that it will be taken care of with the 3.4 version.
Knowing that Android is now in the main Linux kernel trunk is good, and makes nerds all warm and fuzzy inside, but what does that really mean for you and me? Not a lot, really. ROM and kernel developers will benefit from an easier migration for changes and better support for custom features in the device's kernel, but for regular users there will be no big changes. For anyone working on a true native Linux distro running in tandem with Android from one device, this really makes things easier.
One last thing to mention is that we still will have to wait for OEM's to release kernel sources for each device or update. The current Android kernel is subject to the same license as the main Linux kernel, so nothing has changed on that front -- OEM's can and will modify it as they see fit (that's the beauty of open source) and be responsible for publishing any changes. They all have been getting better at this, so I don't foresee any big problems.
Hopefully, all goes as planned and we see full support in Linux 3.4, and the next reference device from Google.


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In an industry rife with politicking, Rowdy Roddy Piper is a straight shooter. No B.S., just words from the heart that sometimes ruffle feathers.
His latest mystifying departure from WWE has left Piper, real name Roderick Tombs, confused, hurt and hot at WWE boss Vince McMahon.
\"I still haven\'t spoken to anyone from WWE,\" says Piper, who says his children took the news hard. \"The way I found out was when they posted a press release. It was the hardest shot I\'ve ever taken.
\"(WWE) said we couldn\'t come to a contract agreement. That\'s a complete lie. There was never a written contract. I had the month of August booked with Piper\'s Pit (including house shows in Calgary and Edmonton).\"
The trouble started with Piper\'s appearance on HBO\'s Real Sports show. Piper says he pulled no punches when interviewed, but he\'s unhappy that much of the show took his comments out of context. And, he says, he had McMahon\'s blessing to do the show.
\"Real Sports. There\'s nothing real about it. Shame on them,\" says Piper, who can\'t understand why McMahon reacted the way he did.
\"The only person I stooged on was myself,\" says Piper. \"Hey, I like Vince ... we have a very strange relationship.
\"But this time ... he might have picked on the wrong guy. A good fighter doesn\'t get angry. But when you hurt my family, I become a different guy. I can be a very vicious SOB.\"
So Roddy, what if you could face Vince McMahon in the ring, one-on-one?
\"If I get that lucky, I could put a sandwich on my back and starve him to death,\" says Piper. \"I\'d tear the SOB apart.\"
Piper enjoyed his return to WWE.
\"It was a joy to be there,\"he says. \"The wrestlers were so respectful.\"
Piper says his initial return to WWE was unusual.
\"I took it as an opportunity to go back, keep my morals and help the industry thrive. I told them I wouldn\'t take a stinkface from Rikishi,\" he says. \"So the first thing they asked me to do was join Vince McMahon\'s Kiss My Ass Club and the second thing was to take a stinkface from Rikishi.
\"Why would they ask me to do that? Why, other than to humiliate or make a liar of me?\"
Piper didn\'t like his boss becoming more and more involved in Piper\'s Pit.
\"It was more about Vince McMahon being jealous of Roddy Piper,\" says Piper. \"Piper\'s Pit is not crisp, it\'s a freefalling kind of thing.
\"If Vince McMahon would get his head out of his ass, his business would double.\"
Piper is ready to move on with his life. He\'s cast in a movie, Night Fever, featuring Christopher Walken. And he\'s not done in the wrestling world, not by a longshot.
\"And get this,\" he says. \"Yale University wants me to come for a fireside chat. This for me -- with a Grade 8 education. I\'ve kind of become an underdog hero for telling it like it is.\"
Yep, a hero and a legend.
- Here are the Summer Slam results: La Resistance beat The Dudley Boyz, with help from Rob Conway; The Undertaker beat A-Train; Shane McMahon beat Eric Bischoff with Jonathan Coachman attacking Shane and turning heel (McMahon got help from Stone Cold Steve Austin); Eddy Guerrero beat Rhyno, Tajiri and Chris Benoit; Kurt Angle beat Brock Lesnar; Kane beat Rob Van Dam; Triple H won the Elimination Chamber match over Shawn Michaels, Chris Jericho, Kevin Nash, Bill Goldberg and Randy Orton. Triple H and Goldberg were the last two remaining.
- Goldberg will put his career on the line against Triple H at Unforgiven. If Goldberg loses, he must leave WWE.
- The Coach will face Jerry \"The King\" Lawler tomorrow on RAW.
- Can Kane rise from the flames? When last we saw him, he was in a pit of fire, thrown in by Shane McMahon.
- Canadian Professional Wrestling returns to Hull Sept. 6, at 7 p.m., to the CPW Arena, 122 Berri St. Ex-WCW/WWF star Pierre Carl Ouellet will headline, facing Thunder. Dynamite Tommy Blade and MVP Michael Von Payton will face Righteous Rick Sterling and Jake Matthews. There are five other matches. Check out www.cpw.2ya.com for other news.


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I've been running some tests with the new SQL Server 2008 configuration option 'optimize for ad hoc workloads' which is intended to reduce cache bloat due to holding onto plans for single use ad hoc queries. This option will allow a new type of cached object to be stored, which isn't the only plan, but merely a stub. There will be a corresponding new cacheobjtype value called "Compiled Plan Stub".
There are several ways of looking at the contents of cache. In SQL 2000, we had a pseudo table called master.dbo.syscacheobjects, and we can still access this object in SQL 2005 and 2008 by referencing the compatibility view sys.syscacheobjects (from any database). However, when I look at this view, I don't see "Compiled Plan Stub", but rather "Compiled Plan Stu ".
So I checked the definition of syscacheobjects, using the function object_definition:
USE master;SELECT OBJECT_DEFINITION(object_id('syscacheobjects'));
and I saw that syscacheobjects was derived from a column in sys.dm_exec_cached_plans, and converted to an nvarchar(17). Unfortunately, "Compiled Plan Stub" is 18 characters long.
I'll be talking about this new cached object type in my 3-day seminar in London next week, and I'll post more information about using the 'optimize for ad hoc workloads' at a later time.
But normally, I wouldn't have run into this problem, because I have created my own view based on the new SQL 2005 metadata, including sys.dm_exec_cached_plans. Usually, I use my own view, which converts to a longer string, so I wouldn't have seen the string truncation. But I was testing this on a new instance, where I hadn't created my own view yet.
I am including my view definition, which is what I have been using since the SQL Server 2005 came out, to inspect the plan cache. In fact, I usually add a where clause to restrict the output only to Compiled Plans. Note that the view name starting with sp_ means we can access the view from any database:
-- Create a view to show most of the same information as -- SQL Server 2000's syscacheobjects USE masterGOCREATE VIEW sp_cacheobjects(bucketid, cacheobjtype, objtype, objid, dbid, dbidexec, uid, refcounts, usecounts, pagesused, setopts, langid, dateformat, status, lasttime, maxexectime, avgexectime, lastreads,lastwrites, sqlbytes, sql) ASSELECT pvt.bucketid, CONVERT(nvarchar(20), pvt.cacheobjtype) as cacheobjtype, pvt.objtype, CONVERT(int, pvt.objectid)as object_id, CONVERT(smallint, pvt.dbid) as dbid, CONVERT(smallint, pvt.dbid_execute) as execute_dbid, CONVERT(smallint, pvt.user_id) as user_id, pvt.refcounts, pvt.usecounts, pvt.size_in_bytes / 8192 as size_in_bytes, CONVERT(int, pvt.set_options) as setopts, CONVERT(smallint, pvt.language_id) as langid, CONVERT(smallint, pvt.date_format) as date_format, CONVERT(int, pvt.status) as status, CONVERT(bigint, 0), CONVERT(bigint, 0), CONVERT(bigint, 0), CONVERT(bigint, 0), CONVERT(bigint, 0),CONVERT(int, LEN(CONVERT(nvarchar(max), fgs.text)) * 2), CONVERT(nvarchar(3900), fgs.text)
FROM (SELECT ecp.*, epa.attribute, epa.value FROM sys.dm_exec_cached_plans ecp OUTER APPLY sys.dm_exec_plan_attributes(ecp.plan_handle) epa) as ecpa PIVOT (MAX(ecpa.value) for ecpa.attribute IN ("set_options", "objectid", "dbid", "dbid_execute", "user_id", "language_id", "date_format", "status")) as pvt OUTER APPLY sys.dm_exec_sql_text(pvt.plan_handle) fgs
This view shows the full cached object type:
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 Trailer: Dracula's Curse
Konami's newest trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 reveals many of the new characters Gabriel Belmont will be encountering throughout his next adventure. Many of these new faces in the Lords of Shadow story are quite well-known to fans of the Castlevania mythos.
Set many years (perhaps even centuries) after the ending of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Gabriel Belmont now lives as the vampire, Dracula. He became the Count of Castlevania after being manipulated by Zobek, a member of the Brotherhood of the Light (of which Gabriel was affiliated with), and inadvertently sprung Satan out of hell. Gabriel eventually beat Satan back and released a multitude of souls stuck in Satan's part of Limbo, which helped make Gabriel immortal. Lords of Shadow's downloadable content also helped bridge the gaps as to why Gabriel needs blood to survive and how he destroyed his infamous whip, the Combat Cross.
This new trailer features Dracula emerging from a long a sleep to find that Zobek has been waiting for him in the modern age. Zobek tells Dracula Satan is preparing to return. In order to fight Lucifer, Dracula has to venture into his castle and regain all of his powers. However, evil has been spreading from Castlevania (doesn't it always?) in anticipation of its master's return, and Drac's son, Alucard, along with the Belmont family, plan to put a stop to it all.
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In his first visit to the West as Russian president, Dmitri Medvedev arrives in Berlin Thursday for a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. While his one-day stay isn't expected to allow for substantive progress on key issues, Mr. Medvedev's decision to make Germany his first Western stop holds promise of warmer ties between Moscow and Berlin.
In Germany, the traditional link between Europe and Russia, hopes are high that the visit signals the beginning of a new era of Russia's ties with the West, which were badly strained during the final years of Vladimir Putin's rule, and the first step toward common ground on issues such as energy policy, human rights, and Kosovo.
"There are hopes that Russia will become more open to our values – human rights, democracy and rule of law – and that this very raw and aggressive stance toward Europe and the United States [under Mr. Putin] will get softer," says Stefan Meister, Russia program officer of the German Council on Foreign Relations, an independent advisory body. "This would obviously make it easier to cooperate with Russia."
Thomas Werle, spokesman for the federal government, confirmed that Merkel would bring up human rights and press freedom with Medvedev Thursday, as well as reforms he has proposed, such as fighting corruption, strengthening the rule of law, and making the judiciary more independent. Also expected on the agenda are energy security, developing a follow-up to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA), which governs EU-Russian relations on issues of common interests, as well as on modernizing Russia's economy, and strengthening Germany's business ties with Russia.
Last year, rapidly expanding bilateral trade between the two nations topped $52 billion. With Medvedev in power, Germany's business sector is eager to further develop economic relations with Russia, says Mr. Meister. "The hope is that he will move away from the pattern seen under Putin, of the businesses being owned and influenced by the state, and open up new opportunities for investment," he says. "Germans would be rushing to invest in Russia if there was not this political threat."
Merkel: tough questions for Russia
Merkel, raised in communist East Germany, has been tougher than her predecessors in raising questions about Russia's drift to authoritarianism in past meetings with Putin, and she indicated in her weekly podcast that she would do so with Medvedev as well. Eckart von Klaeden, the foreign-policy spokesman for Merkel's party, the CDU, has said that she plans to discuss the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the imprisoned former head of Yukos oil.
Mr. Khodorkovsky is seen by many in the West as a key symbol of what went wrong under Putin. More than any other episode, the Yukos affair has come to be associated with Putin's often arbitrary application of Kremlin power and Russia's ongoing renationalization of formerly private oil assets.
Five years ago, Khodorkovsky – once Russia's richest man – and several other top Yukos executives were arrested, tried, and imprisoned on a variety of criminal accusations relating to the freewheeling privatizations of the 1990s. At the same time, Yukos was hit by more than $30 billion in back tax charges, leading to the company's dissolution. Most of Yukos's assets were subsequently taken over, through dubious auctions, by the state oil firm Rosneft. Human rights monitors, legal critics and Western leaders have consistently argued that Khodorkovsky, currently serving a nine-year sentence in a Siberian penal colony, never received a fair trial due to Kremlin interference.
Persistent rumors have suggested that Medvedev, then a member of Putin's inner circle, may have protested against Khodorkovsky's arrest and prosecution.
Experts say that, whatever Medvedev's inner sentiments, any suggestion of pardoning Khodorkovsky drops him directly into a political minefield. "I doubt that Medvedev will be able to show much flexibility at this point; it's too early for him to repudiate his political mentor," says Dmitri Trenin, an expert with the Carnegie Center in Moscow. "The Khodorkovsky issue is just too dangerous. Medvedev is not a full-fledged president yet."
Businessmen to pressure Medvedev
But Medvedev may find himself under pressure to meet Western expectations, particularly of Russia's main trading partner, Germany. During his visit Thursday, the new Kremlin leader will address a gathering of 1,000 top German businessmen, investors, and policymakers, for whom Russia's high levels of official corruption, arbitrary justice system, and state encroachments in the economy – such as the Yukos affair – remain key concerns.
"We hope that [Medvedev] is really good for his word, that he gives the courts more independence, that he fights corruption, opens up more space for foreign investment, brings more democracy and freedom of the press," says Hans-Henning Schröder, director of Russian research at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. "He could do all this without risking his own power."


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Natrum Muriaticum - T.F. Allen symptomsChloride Of Sodium, Nat. Mur, Nat-mur, Nat. M, Nat Mur, Natrium Muriatica, Natrum mur, Schuessler Tissue Salt, Cell Salts, Tissue Salts, Biochemic Tissue / Cell Salt Number # 9 / Nine, Natrium muriaticum
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HPUS indication of Natrum Muriaticum: Sneezing
Homeopathic remedies are prescribed on the basis that in a tiny dilution like cures like, so while very dilute Natrum Muriaticum may help, unprocessed Nat Mur may be best avoided.
Below are the main rubriks (i.e strongest indications or symptoms) of Nat Mur in traditional homeopathic usage, not reviewed by the FDA.