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The heap leak checker has been deprecated in favor of LeakSanitizer.
Heap leak checker is a part of perftools that allows to find memory leaks in C++ programs on Linux. For more details see http://google-perftools.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/doc/heap_checker.html.
To use heap checker, make sure it's enabled in your binaries (i.e. "linux_use_heapchecker" GYP variable is set to 1). You may also need to set linux_keep_shadow_stacks to 1.
You can check the Heapchecker bots on the waterfall to see what flags they use. As of May 2012, the Linux Heapchecker bot uses:
GYP_DEFINES=use_allocator=tcmalloc linux_use_heapchecker=1 linux_keep_shadow_stacks=1 werror= component=static_library
Be sure to run with a Debug build. Several people have reported Release builds do not work.
Then run the binary with the HEAPCHECK environment variable set to "strict" (see the documentation for other possible values of this variable).
After the program exits, heapchecker prints the allocation stack traces of all memory chunks that haven't been deallocated (i.e. possible memory leaks).
For example:
Leak of 512 bytes in 1 objects allocated from:
@ 0xab5cdf __gnu_cxx::new_allocator::allocate
@ 0xab5d0c std::_Deque_base::_M_allocate_node
@ 0xab5d35 std::_Deque_base::_M_create_nodes
@ 0xab5e0f std::_Deque_base::_M_initialize_map
@ 0xab5eb2 std::_Deque_base::_Deque_base
@ 0xab5f1f std::deque::deque
@ 0xab5ff7 std::queue::queue
@ 0xefd4da IPC::Channel::ChannelImpl::ChannelImpl
@ 0xefd66f IPC::Channel::Channel
@ 0xeff42b IPC::ChannelProxy::Context::CreateChannel
@ 0xeff493 IPC::ChannelProxy::Init
@ 0xeff64c IPC::ChannelProxy::ChannelProxy
@ 0xf079c8 IPC::SyncChannel::SyncChannel
@ 0xddeeb8 ChildThread::Init
@ 0xddf0eb ChildThread::ChildThread
@ 0xe44ac6 RenderThread::RenderThread
@ 0x7c63ba ::RenderThreadTest::SetUp
@ 0xfbd9df testing::Test::Run
@ 0xfc1188 testing::internal::TestInfoImpl::Run
@ 0xfc12be testing::TestCase::Run
@ 0xfc1d1d testing::internal::UnitTestImpl::RunAllTests
@ 0xfc1e6d testing::UnitTest::Run
@ 0xec8135 TestSuite::Run
@ 0xec6d31 main
@ 0x2b10a1c851c4 __libc_start_main
The output also contains a command line for pprof invocation:
pprof src/sconsbuild/Debug/unit_tests "/tmp/unit_tests.16295._main_-end.heap" --inuse_objects --lines --heapcheck --edgefraction=1e-10 --nodefraction=1e-10 --gv
This is used to visualize the found leaks.
Using heapchecker with the Chromium test suite
For Chromium tests there's a wrapper that is capable of running the tests with heap checker enabled and applying suppressions to them (it's almost similar to Valgrind test wrapper)
To run a test binary you can just type:
tools/heapcheck/chrome_tests.sh -t unit
(--gtest_filter option also works)
The suppressions file is located at tools/heapcheck/suppressions.txt
A suppression stanza for the given report looks like the following one:
Note that a suppression should not necessarily contain the whole leak stack -- a suppression applies if it matches the stack's top.
The ellipsis ("...") stands for a wildcard matching zero or more stack lines. It's also possible to use an asterisk ("*") as a wildcard matching zero or more symbols in a line.
A buildbot executing heapcheck-enabled tests is up at the Memory waterfall.
Adding a new test
When you add a new test to the Chromium test suite or a third party project, make sure the test binary depends on base/allocator/allocator.gyp:allocator
You anyway need it in order for tcmalloc to work.
Known issues
Short stacksFor some of the leaks only the top function in the stack is reported. For example:
Leak of 57664 bytes in 1802 objects allocated from:
@ 0x2b10a073afce FcPatternObjectAddWithBinding
This usually means that this function is called from a library built without frame pointers. To fix this issue, try to replace the corresponding library with its debug version.
Not enough memoryFor large binaries pprof may die reporting that it cannot allocate memory. It may help to increase the swap size on the
machine running the tests.
version GLIBCXX_3.4.5 not defined in file libstdc++.so.6 with link time referenceOn some systems heapcheck won't run due to the relocation errors. That means that for some reason ld.so can't preload the debug version of libstdc++.so.6
To make sure it's so, run
LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/debug/libstdc++.so <path to your test>
– the same error should be reported.
To work around this problem, you can locally disable pre-loading libstdc++.so.6 in src/tools/heapcheck/heapcheck_test.py
Note that disabling LD_PRELOAD may break some report stacks (see Short Stacks above), so some existing suppressions may not apply.
Alternatively, you can obtain a newer debug version of libstdc++. ("apt-get install libstdc++6-4.2-dbg" on goobuntu).
This will add a file /usr/lib/debug/libstdc++.so.6.0.9. To check that the version is up to date: "strings libstdc++.so | grep GLIBCXX" should return the missing version.
Now, "ln -s /usr/lib/debug/libstdc++.so.6.0.9 /usr/lib/debug/libstdc++.so".
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The New Year signifies a shot at a New You – a chance to hit the reset button, so to speak, and realign yourself in a direction that leads to better health, more exercise, or greater knowledge. The problem is, junk food tastes so much better than Brussels sprouts, you don't have the time to keep up with all the daily news sources and stay on top of the Amazon Bestseller List, and that one-year gym membership loses its shine in February. It can be hard to stay on top of your goals, but if you make the effort when it comes to your job search, it really will pay off. Moreover, if you set short-term, concrete milestones for yourself, you'll be more likely to stick it out. Here are some ideas:
1. Resolve to build out your professional network. Hold yourself accountable and vow to meet a certain number of people – say, two – per week. You could also decide that you will attend one to two networking events per month. Picking a number and sticking to it is important, and it's also a helpful way to track the people you meet and when you met them.
2. Promise to yourself that you're going to really make your job search a full time job, and set a goal for yourself as to how many jobs you will apply to each week. If it helps to break it down to a specific number of jobs per day, do that; just make sure you set a goal and don't fall below it.
3. Decide to have a happier, healthier year by taking up a hobby or volunteering. It's hard to sit in front of a computer all day and search for a job, so commit yourself to an activity or join a group that meets once a week, and make it a part of your routine. It's important to get out and remain social, so that you don't get too worn out by your job search and lose steam.
4. Commit yourself to learning a new skill or subject matter. Use your free time to broaden your mind, and consider taking up something that will allow you to bring more to the table at a new job, so that you can become a more attractive candidate to hiring managers. Were you always hoping to learn Spanish or HTML? Now is the time to do it.
5. If 2010 was a rough year for you as far as job search goes, consider seeking the aid of professional services that will look over your resume or coach you on how to perform in an interview. Perhaps this is something to add to your holiday wish list for those who have no idea what to get you.
6. Make a resolution to build your online presence and leverage social media channels to get a job. Sign up for various social and professional networking sites, and craft an image that you want employers to see. Consider starting a blog that serves as an online portfolio of work or as a further networking tool, and make sure that you update it once a week.
7. Perhaps the most important resolution is to find a way to stay positive, even though you may be feeling anxious about not having a job. A positive person will be more productive, will exude enthusiasm and confidence to hiring managers, and will be more likely to land a job that they enjoy. Do what you can to keep your head up, whether it's yoga, a weekly movie night, time with your kids, or anything else that relaxes you and keeps you happy.
Staying on top of New Year's resolutions isn't always easy; but if you really think them through, establish small milestones for yourself, and follow a set course, you'll effectively end up where you want to be!


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1. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?smarlow Oct 24, 2011 9:14 PM (in response to hwellmann.de)
Could you attach some screen shots of what you see in Eclipse Memory Analyzer (maybe from the "find GC root" with all weak/soft/not reachable refences ignored)? The heapdump contains a copy of your application memory state, so probably best to not share the heap dump.
Sure sounds like you have found a bug (org.hibernate.validator.metadata.BeanMetaDataCache) that could cause the PergGen OOM.
2. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?smarlow Oct 24, 2011 9:39 PM (in response to hwellmann.de)
I see a potential cause in the AS7 JPA subsystem. Could you create a jira (https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7) issue for this.
Thanks for reporting the bug!
3. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?smarlow Oct 25, 2011 10:28 AM (in response to smarlow)
I would like to give you a chance to create the jira still for this bug. If not, I'll create it.
Thanks again for finding this and reporting!
4. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?hwellmann.de Oct 25, 2011 1:41 PM (in response to smarlow)
Scott, thanks for looking into this. Here's the JIRA issue: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/AS7-2251.
Best regards,
5. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?smarlow Oct 26, 2011 10:21 AM (in response to hwellmann.de)
Potential fix pushed to https://github.com/scottmarlow/jboss-as/commits/validatorleak
6. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?guinotphil Jan 31, 2012 6:19 AM (in response to hwellmann.de)
I'm running with a similar issue: PermGen OutOfMemoryError after many deployments.
Actually, the server does not remove the webapp loaded classes from the PermGen and the number of loaded classes and the PermGen memory increases.
I've used to Eclipse Memory Analyzer to find out why the classes where still referenced, and I've found out that the web application class loader (which contains references to all the application's classes which contains references to all the static fields) is set on JVM's sun.awt.AppContext class' static field mainAppContext.
After some investigations (simply removing the class from the JVM to find out when it get called), I've found out this mainAppContext is set during the initialization which is called during hibernate's configuration:
org.jboss.msc.service.StartException in service jboss.persistenceunit."MyEAR.ear#entityManagerFactory": Failed to start service
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1780) [jboss-msc-1.0.1.GA.jar:1.0.1.GA]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886) [:1.6.0_30]
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908) [:1.6.0_30]
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662) [:1.6.0_30]
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun/awt/AppContext
at java.beans.Introspector.flushFromCaches(Introspector.java:349) [:1.6.0_30]
at org.hibernate.ejb.EventListenerConfigurator.configure(EventListenerConfigurator.java:262)
at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.configure(Ejb3Configuration.java:1100)
at org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration.configure(Ejb3Configuration.java:689)
at org.hibernate.ejb.HibernatePersistence.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(HibernatePersistence.java:73)
at org.jboss.as.jpa.service.PersistenceUnitServiceImpl.createContainerEntityManagerFactory(PersistenceUnitServiceImpl.java:157)
at org.jboss.as.jpa.service.PersistenceUnitServiceImpl.start(PersistenceUnitServiceImpl.java:81)
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.startService(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1824) [jboss-msc-1.0.1.GA.jar:1.0.1.GA]
at org.jboss.msc.service.ServiceControllerImpl$StartTask.run(ServiceControllerImpl.java:1759) [jboss-msc-1.0.1.GA.jar:1.0.1.GA]
I guess a work around would be that at startup AS load the AppContext so it'd never refer to a web application class loader.
7. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?smarlow Jan 31, 2012 10:20 AM (in response to guinotphil)
Steve created a jira for this issue. You might try the code change that he mentioned and submit a patch for it.
8. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?smarlow Jan 31, 2012 4:58 PM (in response to smarlow)
You also could try using Hibernate 4.0.1.
9. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?guinotphil Feb 1, 2012 5:37 AM (in response to smarlow)
No, I use the latest version of Hibernate 3, and I won't be able to use Hibernate 4.
I'm afraid, I think this is a different issue, and more related to AS 7 than Hibernate.
I also noticed that the EJB pool's threads hold a reference to the web-app's classloaders even after the undeployement. This cause PermGen OutOfMemoryError.
10. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?smarlow Feb 1, 2012 6:47 PM (in response to guinotphil)
Can you recreate the leak with the nightly AS7 build? The link is here. That will tell us if your hitting an already solved problem or not.
11. Re: Classloader leak in BeanMetaDataCache?guinotphil Feb 2, 2012 3:14 AM (in response to hwellmann.de)
I'm using nightly built from 27th January, but I'll try with the latest one and give you all the details as soon as I'll have identified all the issues...


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We loved Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs loved it. Love the original picture book, loved the snarky but heartfelt movie translation, we even loved the fun little CG world the animators created. So naturally we were pretty excited that they were making a sequel. But then we found out the original movie directors and writers (Phil Lord and Chris Miller) were merely producing, and that it wasn't in Meatballs canon. And now we've seen these images and it all just feels weird and gross.
Meatballs 2 is set in some sort of land where the food is alive. So you can't eat it because the Wild Onions will scream if you bite into their legs. So what is the point? Willy Wonka is a lot less fun if the buttercup flower starts crying when you rip off its face with your teeth. We're trying to keep an open mind but these new images from USA Today are making us super worried about the future of this adorable movie. Except for Barry the Strawberry. He looks delicious. Too bad his life span is a few days. What do you think?
Officially titled Cloudy 2: Revenge of the Leftovers, the sequel will hit theaters on Sept. 27th. Take a look at this collection of food life:
Barry the "gibberish talking" strawberry.
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It is not uncommon to be unable to start a server process because some other process is holding onto a network port that is required by the server. The question is how do you find the offending process? I thought I would identify some of the commands I use to track down wayward port usage.
The first thing to do is to identify the port that is being used. Hopefully your log file will indicate which port the server process was unable to obtain. Even if it did not identify the port and you know the ports that it requires then you can use the first of my helpful commands:
|netstat –anop tcp
|netstat –lnt --program
The Windows version lists all "-a" network sockets using TCP/IP v4 "-p tcp". To make it easier to find the listening port I had them list in numeric format "-n" rather than using abbreviations. Other possible protocols are TCP/IP v6 "tcpv6", UDP "udp" and UDP v6 "udpv6". Finally I had the netstat command print out the process ID "-o" of the process using the port.
The Linux version is slightly different in that it lists only listening ports "-l" in numeric form "-n" for the TCP protocols "tcp", both V4 and V6. For UDP protocol use "-u". The process ID and program name is also displayed "—program". Note that this is best run as root because you need root privileges to have netstat show you the pid of a process you don't own.
Now that we know which process is holding which port in use the next thing to do is find out more about the process holding onto our port. The second of our helpful commands shows us the command line used to launch are mischievous process.
|tasklist /FI "PID eq <PID>"
|ps –p <PID> –o args
Unfortunately I haven't found a good way to find out the actual command line from a Windows machine. Tasklist allows you to filter "/FI" the list of tasks to see the process name associated with a PID "PID eq <PID>, but if that process is a service then the process name will show as "svchost.exe". You may be able to see more information by using Windows Process Explorer, but even that doesn't always tell you what you need to know.
On Linux we can use the trusty ps command to find a given pid "-p <PID>" and output the command and associated command line arguments "-o args". From this we know exactly who is using our PID.
Armed with this information we can reconfigure the errant process, shut it down or decide that we need to change the port number for our server process instead.
$ sudo /usr/sbin/lsof -nPi:<PORT>
$ sudo /usr/sbin/lsof -nPi:888
ypbind 7067 root 5u IPv4 11913 TCP *:888 (LISTEN)
Thanks for the improvement on the first step Kevin.


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The PlenoSol I is a combination solar panel cooker and a solar box cooker. It incorporates a raised, box-style oven, which allows for additional light to be directed onto the oven bottom using a ground-level reflector. The oven also uses a top reflective panel, typical of most box cookers. The cooking space is divided into separate areas to permit foods be added or removed without disturbing other items. This is accomplished with rear entry oven doors.
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One summer late afternoon I took a cruise up the mountains that overlook Boulder. These were near the Flatirons. I loved the views all around. I had my infrared camera and decided why not take some shots of the green pines near me and see how it looks. Looks like a winter shot! Gotta love what IR can do to the surroundings. It has been a whimsy winter this year…so enjoy the snowy look in this IR shot!! Spring is almost here!!!
Talke Photography Settings:
Camera: Nikon D70S (Converted to Infrared)
Infrared Conversion: D70S modified by LifePixel
Lens: Nikon 18-200 f/3.6-5.6
Setting: Aperture Mode
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It's been a while since FOX found an excuse to talk rubbish about videogames, but luckily if you can't find something real to talk about, you've always got "videogame addiction" on standby. Not only that, but FOX has brought back a familiar face -- Cooper Lawrence, the woman who made stuff up about Mass Effect, and got soundly owned for her ignorance.
Quite why we're expected to believe the words of a woman who has already admitted that FOX tells her what to believe, I don't know. What I do know is that they at least say some nice things about games, suggesting that intelligence can be improved, but quickly bring it back to the "dangerous" elements. Like how videogames don't make kids exercise or talk to anybody.
Oh, and apparently because waving your arms around is exercise, that makes the Wii "a more benign videogame." Great terminology there, and a good way to justify the only game console they've likely even heard of. The way they try and convince themselves that videogames are worse than TV without having anything to back that up is pretty cool too. Not to mention the fact that most of the game footage shown is from an N64. Seriously? Could they not even pretend that someone at FOX owns a relevant gaming device?
I call bullsh*t on this "story," however. We have a 5-year-old kid here, and not only does he not keep still when playing games (he does what I can only describe as "Riverdance" with a controller in his hand), he's constantly yapping his mouth. As always, FOX refuses to place the blame for so-called "game addiction" where it belongs -- on the parents. Maybe if kids were raised right, like this incredibly active, talkative kid who always shouts in my ear (bless him), then we wouldn't have a problem.


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The HAVA requires states to put up a proportional match to get federal funds to keep new voting machines working properly. In North Carolina, our leaders needed to approve a $644,000 appropriation in order to get $4.1 million in federal funds. But the GOP leadership that controlled the budget-writing process left the money out.
Rep. Jim Davis, R-Franklin, told The Smoky Mountain News it wasn't an accident.
"We just didn't have the money," said Davis. "That's not good news, but it's what it is."
The problem with the GOP leadership's decision is that it simply shifted the burden to the counties, who still have to update and maintain the voting machines. And instead of coming up with $644,000, counties across the state are going to have to come up with the $4.1 million also.
And the $4.1 million that our federal tax dollars paid into will now go to other states to use on their voting machines.
So how much did that cost county taxpayers? It was $41,000 in Haywood, $15,000 in Jackson, $17,000 in Macon and $13,600 in Swain. That's real money that could have been used in our local schools or somewhere else. County leaders, for the most part, were perplexed at the state's reasoning.
"(The state's decision) had an adverse affect because it directly impacted our budget in a negative way," said Mark Swanger, a Democrat and chair of the Haywood County commissioners. "I don't understand why you wouldn't take advantage of the federal government trying to going give you money. It does not strike me as a good business decision."
The GOP leadership in this state may preach fiscal prudence, but in this case they wasted local tax dollars. Plain and simple, counties had to pay more because of this decision. The legislators could have even asked counties to pony up the $644,000 and it would have been smarter. Mecklenburg County alone will spend $400,000 to keeps its polling machines in good working order.
Next time you hear state GOP leaders say they're working hard to balance the budget, hold onto your wallet. That may just mean another unfunded mandate coming from Raleigh.


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Propoganda Games Hit With Layoffs; Disney Cancels 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned'
The cancellation comes on the heels of rumors, reported by Kotaku, that the Vancouver-based Propaganda Games has been hit with another wave of layoffs. In February 2009, multiple sources told me that Propaganda Games saw "at least 75 employees" shed at both Propaganda and, the now defunct, Fall Line Studios. At that time, sources also revealed that a planned sequel to Turok was scrapped due to the layoffs.
According to the Kotaku report, Propaganda Games, which is also working on Tron: Evolution, have lost "as many as 100" employees. In a statement made to press, Disney Interactive confirmed the layoffs, but would not detail how many employees would be affected.
Disney Interactive Studios confirms the cancellation of the Pirates of the Caribbean: Armada of the Damned video game which was scheduled to be released in 2011. As a result of this decision, Disney Interactive Studios completed a restructuring of Propaganda Games, its Vancouver, BC internal studio, affecting one of the studio's two development teams.
The studio is still in active production of Tron: Evolution, the video game, which will be released on December 7, 2010 with additional DLC (downloadable content) support following the game's release.


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EXETER — A Serendipitous Gift of Fate, is a body of work in photography by Pat Kennedy Corlin, of Strafford. It will be on exhibit at the Seacoast Artist Association Gallery in Exeter through May with an artist's reception on Saturday, April 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the SSA gallery, 225 Water St.
Although she started photographing at a young age, Corlin began "shooting with purpose" when she opened the doors to her photography loft in Strafford in January of 2010. She provides a wide range of photographic services including location or studio sessions, commercial, event and live performance photography and animal portraiture of all kinds. She can be found photographing in her studio, gathering at photo meet-up events around New England with the Seacoast Photographer's Association and volunteering for numerous nonprofit organizations.
Corlin also does travel photography, including photo journeys to Hawaii, Europe and the Caribbean Islands. She can also be found in the mountains of northern New England, the Rockies or the Austrian Alps skiing with her gear. It all seems to depend on what opportunities fate hands her next.
"I have been asked numerous times to define my "style" of photography or describe specific subjects that I prefer to photograph," Corlin said. "The only way I can respond to this question is to say that I photograph what moves me at the time I have my camera in my hands. The joy I feel by not defining my work is significantly more precious than the security that a defined style or genre might provide me. The photographic legacy I hope to be creating is a body of work that honors where I have been and all I have encountered along the way!"
Corlin recently returned from a photo journey to Cambodia, where she traveled with The Giving Lens. TGL was founded by travel photographer, Colby Brown, whose vision is to provide opportunities for professional photographers and photo-enthusiasts to combine their love for photography and travel with the desire to give back. Teams travel to a developing nation and work alongside a local nonprofit organization for the betterment of the community.
Guided by the TGL leaders, who are professional photographers, participants travel through the country, into the culture, taking part in workshops at locations many only dream of, while helping in a tangible, needed way with the NGO.
The body of work, on display at the Seacoast Artist Association Gallery in Exeter, is a sampling of Corlin's travels through the villages and temples of Angkor Wat. The images encompass highlights of her experiences working with The Giving Lens (www.TheGivingLens.com) and the young photography students in the art program of The Anjali House of Siem Reap (www.anjali-house.com).
"It is my hope that these images will inspire others to be moved to action and explore new opportunities where, in some small but significant way, they too can make a difference to others with their photography."
This summer, Corlin will be continuing her work with The Giving Lens, traveling to East Africa and working with the nonprofit Art InTanzania (www.artintanzania.org) and the Massai Cultural Preservation, Child Education, UNICEF Documentation Program.
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- $5,000 deductible
- 20% coinsurance
- Out-of-pocket maximum of $6,000
This means:
- You must pay the first $5,000 of your medical costs.
- After that, your plan covers 80% of the costs, and you pay the other 20%.
- When the amount of coinsurance you've paid reaches $6,000, the plan covers 100% until your "plan year" renews. A plan is good for 1 year.
At the start of each year, your deductible and coinsurance resets for the next plan year and the $5,000 deductible and 20% coinsurance will start again.
Example #2: Coinsurance After You've Met Your Deductible
You bruise your hip in a fall and you need an X-ray. You've met your annual $5,000 deductible so your plan now pays for benefits. What you pay to see your doctor depends on your coinsurance, which in our example, is 20%.
Here's how the costs might break down:
- The X-ray costs $200.
- Your plan covers 80%, which is $160.
- Your out-of-pocket cost, or coinsurance, is $40.
Example #3: Maximum Limits
Your plan covers up to a certain amount for tests, procedures and medical services. These limits help keep rates fair and reasonable, which helps lower costs for all members.
Let's say your doctor charges more for an X-ray.
- Your plan covers a maximum of $200 for an X-ray.
- Your doctor charges $300.
- You may have to pay the $100 difference.


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Pajarita wrote:Yes, I have eliminated it. It is nutritive, no doubt about that, but my birds get a real good and varied diet in terms of produce and I was worrying over their getting the kale every day -even if it was in a small amount. Naida tends to have what humans would call a 'sensitive stomach' and would get diarrhea every now and then. Nothing serious, it usually went away in a day or so and it was just that every poop was too wet, not that she would poop more than usual - but it still got me thinking about the possibility that it was the small amount of kale in the gloop so I eliminated it and she has gotten better. They still get kale, but only fresh as their leafy green of the day and only once every other week or so.
In truth, the more I learn about parrots natural diets, the more convinced I become that their diets are not as nutritious as we think they should be and that it might very well be harmful to them to eat a super nutritious meal every time...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Wacky Reference Wednesdays, No. 45
I wear my suit more often for reference than for formal occasions — and I'm okay with that.
In this panel, I already had a pretty solid layout sketch, but I wanted those folds to be just right. My memory is a little hazy here, but I seem to remember taking the photos midway through the drawing process. Sometimes all you need is a little clue to fully realize a particular gesture. The good news is, you may not need the clue next time.
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It's always interesting to see ref photos. Most of the ones I've seen from artists like Alex Ross etc. are for the "standing around" scenes, I'd be curious to see how you deal with difficult poses like swooping and flying etc.ReplyDelete
Funny you mention that Michael, as I got the same question at the NYCC. I can actually do most of the action poses out of my head. I find it much harder to draw a convincing seated figure than a crazy flying kick. This may also have to do with clothing, since most of the action poses involve spandex-covered characters. I can invent a nude figure from almost any angle, but naturalistic drapery can be a challenge.ReplyDelete
So wacky, oh so wacky...ReplyDelete
You probably already have em, but the Jack Hamm book Drawing the Head and Figure has some great info on drawing figures in clothe/suits etc and the Famous Artist School course covers it awesomely as well...it's amazing how some of those old school illustrators could make up such believable figures in clothes etcReplyDelete
I actually hadn't seen that book before, but I'm downloading it right now. What a great resource! I had heard his name before, but that's about it. I might mention this in a future post. Thanks!ReplyDelete
Cool, The Jack Hamm book is the one I always mention to aspiring artists...it's cheap and chock full of great info and it's still in print. It's usually buried somewhere in the pile of crappy How to Draw Manga books in Barnes and Noble! He's got a bunch of other books (cartooning, landscape,animals) which are pretty good too, but this is definitely the best.ReplyDelete


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This is my cat Diane. She's 13 years old and well into retirement. She's given up a life of chasing spiders around the house so she can guard my alpine strawberry plant from hungry birds.
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By Kevin Smith, Staff Writer
The name Haggen might not ring a bell with Southland consumers now. But it soon will because the Bellingham, Wash. -based supermarket chain is about to open 83 California locations in stores that have been operating as either Albertsons or Vons.
Haggen Inc.'s entry into the California grocery industry came about through the merger of Albertsons and Safeway. Cerberus Capital Management, the private investment company that owns Albertsons, received approval from the Federal Trade Commission in January to buy Safeway (Vons' parent company) for about $9.2 billion.
In order to comply with antitrust laws that seek to preserve a competitive marketplace, Albertsons and Safeway had to shed a total of 168 stores. Haggen is one of four buyers approved by the FTC to purchase the stores and it's getting the lion's share — 146 of them.
The 83 California supermarkets to be converted include 55 Albertsons stores and 28 Vons locations. An Albertsons at 5038 W. Avenue North in Palmdale and a Vons at 240 S. Diamond Bar Blvd. in Diamond Bar are among the first Southern California stores to be converted this month.
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(Whooping Cough )
by Rick Alan
Pertussis is a bacterial infection. It is also called whooping cough. The bacteria invade the lining of the respiratory tract, which may cause airway blockage.
Pertussis is highly contagious, and in some cases, serious.
Pertussis is caused by specific bacteria. It is spread by:
Risk Factors
Factors that may increase the chances of pertussis:
Symptoms usually begin within a week or 2 after exposure.
Initial symptoms last about 1-2 weeks. They may include:
The second stage of pertussis is called the paroxysmal stage. This stage usually lasts 1-6 weeks, but can last much longer. Symptoms may include:
During the final stage, the cough gradually improves over 2-3 weeks. Episodes of coughing can still occur during this stage.
Complications in infants and young children may include:
Complications in teens and adults can include weight loss and inability to control urine. Rarely, fainting or rib fractures can occur from severe coughing.
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done.
Your body fluids may be tested. This can be done with:
Treatment may include:
Pertussis is treated with antibiotics, which keeps the infection from spreading. They are most effective when started in the early stages. They will usually not improve the symptoms or otherwise affect the illness.
Treatment of Symptoms
Antibiotics or cough medications do not prevent coughing. The following steps may help control symptoms and prevent complications:
This may be necessary for those who develop severe infections. People with pertussis are usually isolated to prevent spreading the disease to others.
The best way to prevent pertussis is with a vaccine. All children (with few exceptions) should receive the DTaP vaccine series. This protects against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. Another vaccine called Tdap is routinely given to children aged 11-12 after they have completed the DTaP series of shots. There are also catch-up schedules for children and adults who have not been fully vaccinated.
Pregnant women should have a dose of Tdap during every pregnancy to protect newborns from pertussis.
Preventive Antibiotics
People in close contact with someone infected with pertussis may be advised to take preventive antibiotics, even if they've been vaccinated. This is especially important in households with members at high risk for severe disease such as children under 1 year of age or people with weak immune systems.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Immunization schedules. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/index.html. Updated February 6, 2018. Accessed February 15, 2018.
Pertussis. EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://www.dynamed.com/topics/dmp~AN~T114591/Pertussis . Updated September 22, 2017. Accessed February 15, 2018.
Pertussis. PEMSoft at EBSCO DynaMed Plus website. Available at: http://pemsoft.ebscohost.com/content/PPacCore/UID116325.html . Accessed February 15, 2018.
Pertussis (whooping cough). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/pertussis. Updated August 7, 2017. Accessed February 15, 2018.
Tdap vaccine. What you need to know Centers for Disease control and Prevention website. Available at: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/hcp/vis/vis-statements/tdap.pdf. Updated February 24, 2015. Accessed February 15, 2018.
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The case for creating a smoker's licence
A smoker's licence designed to limit access to tobacco products and encourage quitting has been proposed by Professor Simon Chapman, from the University of Sydney.
Professor Chapman, from the School of Public Health, outlines his idea for a smart card licence in PLOS One Medicine.
It would allow smokers to set daily limits, would give financial incentives for permanent licence surrender and test knowledge of smoking health risks.
"A smoker's licence may seem like a radical step toward ending the epidemic of disease caused by tobacco, but it is far less radical than prohibiting the sale of tobacco, which is not a strategy that has yet been supported by any international expert report or political forum," Professor Chapman said.
"A smoker's licence allows smokers the choice to continue smoking within a regulatory framework that promises new disincentives to smoke and a major financial incentive to quit."
The licence, Chapman argues, would be most viable in high-income nations that are actively pursuing tobacco control goals. He compares his proposal to how the sale of pharmaceuticals is regulated through the use of prescriptions or 'temporary licences' for medications that could be used incorrectly, for too long, or that require users to be monitored.
The main elements of the licence model are as follows.
All smokers would be required to obtain a smart swipecard licence for purchases from a licenced tobacco retailer. Most licence registrations would take place online, providing a useful database on tobacco use and a means to communicate health messages to smokers.
The smart card licence would be encoded with a maximum purchase limit, chosen from a range, at the time of application. Smokers would pre-commit to a certain number of cigarettes a week and when they made their purchase the sale would be approved or declined based on that agreement.
The more cigarettes a licencee opted for, the higher the fee. There would be an upper limit of 50 cigarettes per day, averaged across 14 days, and the licence would be renewed annually.
As an incentive to quit all licence fees paid during a smoker's licenced smoking history would be fully refundable, with compound interest if they surrendered their licence.
"The requirement for a licence would send a powerful, symbolic message to all smokers and potential smokers that tobacco is not an ordinary commodity like grocery items, confectionery, or any product on unrestricted sale," Professor Chapman said.
"It would mark tobacco as a product uniquely deserving of such regulation and invite smokers to reflect on why this exceptional policy had been introduced. This step may diminish self-exempting views that smoking is just another, unexceptional risk in 'life's jungle'."


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Republican Tom Foley says he intends to run for Connecticut governor
It's not an official announcement, but Republican Tom Foley has been sitting down with newspaper editorial boards this week to discuss his intention to run for governor in 2014.
"I'm planning to run for governor because I'm concerned about our state," Foley said Friday in a phone interview.
The news comes on the heels of Democratic Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's announcement that the state faces a $365 million deficit this year, and $2.13 billion over the next two years. Foley believes Malloy's policies are to blame for the state's current economic woes.
"There are 20,000 fewer Connecticut residents with jobs than when he took office," Foley said.
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Opinion analysis: Tying up a loose end in civil rights enforcement
A unanimous Court last week (with Justice Kagan recused) issued a surprisingly brief, even curt, ruling on municipal liability for civil rights violations. The opinion in Los Angeles County v. Humphries came down less than two months after oral argument and is notable for its unusually straightforward and clear analysis. As the Roberts Court comes under increasing fire for what some describe as overly long, fractured, and confusing rulings, Humphries is a stand-out: a model of simplicity, clarity, and judicial minimalism.
The case involved Los Angeles County's enforcement of the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act. Under the Act and in response to allegations of abuse, a county officer listed two parents, the Humphries, on the state's Child Abuse Central Index. (The Index is available to various state and local agencies, which use it for background investigations for employment, child-care licensing, and adoption.) The parents were later exonerated and sought to have their names removed. But the Act did not provide for, and the county did not adopt, a procedure for removal. They thus remained on the Index.
The Humphries sued the state, the county, and various officers under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of their procedural due process rights. They sought declaratory relief, an injunction ordering their removal from the Index, and damages. (Claims against individual officers were dismissed.) The Ninth Circuit ruled in their favor, holding that the Humphries were entitled to declaratory relief and possibly damages (to be determined on remand). The court also ruled that the Humphries were prevailing parties and ordered the county to pay nearly sixty thousand dollars in attorney's fees.
The county appealed to the Supreme Court, arguing that the Humphries could not have prevailed, because they failed to show that their deprivation was the result of a county policy or custom. The county argued that it was merely following California law""that it adopted no independent policy of its own""and that the Humphries therefore failed to satisfy the requirement of Monell v. Department of Social Services (1978), in which the Court held that local governments can be liable directly under § 1983 only when their action is the result of official policy or custom. The Humphries countered that Monell applied only to retroactive relief (i.e., monetary damages) and not to prospective relief (i.e., declaratory and injunctive relief) of the type at issue here.
The Court unanimously ruled for the county on this very narrow question. In an opinion by Justice Breyer, it held that the plain language of § 1983 and of Monell meant that the Monell requirement applied both to retroactive relief and to prospective relief.
The eleven-page opinion reads like a first-year law school exercise in rule application""it's that refreshingly simple. The Court simply quoted Monell""which says in plain language that local governments can be liable for "monetary, declaratory, or injunctive relief" when their actions resulted from their official policy or custom""and applied it to this case. The Court was not troubled that Monell itself involved only damages (and not prospective relief), explaining that "[a] holding . . . can extend through its logic beyond the specific facts of the particular case." And it dismissed the other arguments offered by the Humprhies in three short paragraphs. It is all enough to give the impression that the case is merely perfunctory""that the Court is simply tying up some loose ends and answering this narrow question that Monell arguably left open.
And that may be so, especially considering what the Court did not say. For example, despite invitations from the parties (lukewarm, to be sure), the Court did not say anything about federalism. (The county packaged this in terms of federal court intervention into municipal governance; the Humphries emphasized federal primacy in protecting civil rights.) And the Court declined to revisit Monell's historical analysis of early civil rights legislation. Either issue""federalism or history""could easily have sidetracked the Court from the central and narrow question here and could have resulted in a much more expansive and significant ruling. The Court stayed on course, though, and the result is a simple, clear, and minimalist decision.
One final point. Lest we worry that this ruling cuts off the remedies available to the Humphries""or diminishes civil rights plaintiffs' remedies more generally""the Court made clear that the case addresses just one narrow issue and that Monell still allows the Humphries to prevail on prospective relief. Thus, the Court carefully carves out of the case the issue whether the county's lack of policy can itself be a custom under Monell. If so, the Humphries could still prevail, even on their prospective claims.
The very narrow holding in the case is just this: A county can be liable under § 1983 for retroactive or prospective relief only when its actions result from policy or custom. While the ruling is not particularly plaintiff-friendly, it probably doesn't do too much damage to civil rights enforcement against municipalities.
Recommended Citation: Steven Schwinn, Opinion analysis: Tying up a loose end in civil rights enforcement, SCOTUSblog (Dec. 7, 2010, 11:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2010/12/opinion-analysis/


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A new metal molding alloy creates new mechanical design options for light-emitting diodes, shielded housings, heatsinks and other applications.
Called Xyloy, the material combines zinc and aluminum in an alloy that allows processing in a conventional injection molding machine, allowing significant cost savings compared to die cast parts.
"Die casting requires heating and keeping a large amount of metal in a molten state," says Jim Miller, product manager for Xyloy at Cool Polymers Inc., Warwick, RI. "That's a large draw from an energy standpoint. With injection molding, you're only heating a small amount of metal at any one time." It's an increasingly important factor as hydrocarbon prices soar.
The newly developed material is also cost competitive with plastics and offers important mechanical advantages, as well as shorter cycle times. Key mechanical properties are: ultimate tensile strength, 325 MPa (47 kpsi); yield strength, 250 MPa (36 kpsi); elongation at break, 2 percent and thermal conductivity, 110W/mK (764 BTUin/hrft²F). Mold shrinkage is just 0.5 percent.
The trick in the technology is developing alloys with a broad enough temperature range that their viscosity can be controlled in an injection molding machine. "To work in a conventional injection molding machine, you want the material to behave like a polymer does," says Miller. "You want a viscosity that isn't too high or too low over a wide range of temperatures." That transition for metals generally is extremely sharp.
The melting point for zinc is 787F and aluminum, 1,221F. Special injection molding machine barrels can handle thermal loads up to around 1,100F. Cool Polymers is working on the development of other lightweight, nonferrous alloys. Steel is out of the question because of its high melting point. Stainless steel, for example, has a melting point of 2,550F.


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I'm a big fan of books that help us cut through the noise of our current information overload to better understand how we got where we are and how to do better in the future. A few of my favorites are "Freakonomics" by Stephen Levin; "Stumbling on Happiness" by Daniel Gilbert, which details why our brains are woefully bad at predicting what will make us happy; and "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond, who explains how "advanced" societies got that way when others didn't.
Diamond's answer is that a relatively small number of technological breakthroughs ("tipping points" to use Malcolm Gladwell's term), one built upon another, yielded huge results such as going from horse-drawn carriages to the moon in under 100 years. One of those advancements was the printing press, which enabled the sharing of information, which led to machines, steam power, the industrial revolution and the greatest explosion of wealth in human history.
Perhaps not coincidentally, in the latest addition to my favorite books list—"The Signal and the Noise"—author Nate Silver also talks about the printing press and how the aftermath of its "information explosion" paralleled that of the Internet. You may recognize Silver's name: In his New York Times blog, FiveThirtyEight, he predicted the results of the past three national elections with great accuracy.
I found "The Signal and the Noise" to be a brilliant book, explaining a broad range of current phenomena such as the extreme political divisiveness in America, how the ratings agencies (and almost everyone else) missed the mortgage meltdown of 2007, why most political pundits are terrible at predicting elections, why virtually no experts foresaw the fall of the Soviet Union, why the majority of published research findings are false, and how the Red Socks defied the odds and missed the 2009 Major League playoffs.
Silver, whose background includes successfully applying statistical analysis to sports betting (think "Moneyball") and poker, does more than simply articulate the difficulty of prediction in the modern world. He cites some success stories as well, including vast increases in the accuracy of weather forecasting, a winning professional gambler and chess-playing computers. Silver uses these and other examples to offer a set of solutions—or, at least, guidelines—to make better predictions within the noise of too much information.
If anyone can use help separating signals of important future changes from the background information noise, it's financial advisors. Constructing investment portfolios is, after all, an effort to cut through all the noise that we're bombarded with daily by the news media. Asset allocation models are designed to mitigate our natural impulses and tendencies. Yet, even with models designed to capture long-term upward trends in the markets while minimizing risk, advisors are making assumptions (usually backed by historical data), about how various asset classes will perform—both in terms of returns and risk profile—and how they will perform relative to each other. If we learned anything from the turbulent markets of 2007 and 2008, it's that outside factors can and do affect both investment returns and their correlations, which suggests that clients would be better served by advisors who do a better job of monitoring the factors that affect asset class performance.
According to Silver, "too much" information hampers our predictions in two ways. The first is that our statistical analysis hasn't caught up with the flood of information. Current statistical analysis theory, called "frequentism," is based on the idea that all subjective judgments should be eliminated from our calculations. I'll spare you Silver's lengthy discussion of the flaw in this thinking, except to say that he believes this academic notion isn't possible in the real world, consequently resulting in faulty conclusions.
One example of this problem can be seen in scientific research. A 2005 study by John Ioannidis aptly titled "Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" concluded, "The majority of hypotheses deemed to be true in journals in medicine and most other academic and scientific profession are, in fact, false," Silver wrote. Mind boggling, no? Yet, according to Silver, when Bayer Labs tested Ioannidis' findings, "they could not replicate about two-thirds of the positive findings claimed in medical journals."
Silver suggests an alternative system for probability analysis based on Bayes' Theorem (again, I'll spare you the details), which, in very simplified language, requires taking a hard look at our assumptions, which often are based on our biases. According to Silver, the advantage of the Bayesian approach is that it involves "an explicit acknowledgement that our prior beliefs and biases can affect how we interpret new evidence and what those prior beliefs are."
Silver cites the performance of the credit ratings agencies—primarily Moody's and Standard & Poor's—prior to the mortgage meltdown as an example of traditional statistical analysis based on very unrealistic assumptions. Before the crash, S&P determined that there was only a 0.12% (1 in 850) chance that the collateralized debt obligations it analyzed would fail within the following five years. In fact, 28% of them failed—an error of more than 200%. According to Silver and others, the problem was that both agencies based their analyses on two assumptions: that real estate defaults occur independently (when someone loses their job, for instance), rather than collectively (say, when the economy crashes) and that if the real estate bubble burst (which they anticipated), it would have a minimal effect. In fact, when a real estate crash appeared imminent, Moody's "increased the default probability in its model by 50%." In reality, they overlooked the extent to which the collateralized mortgage obligation market was leveraged: The default rates were "200 times (20,000%) higher than their models predicted."
As Silver tells it, the problem is that our brains are wired to make sense out of the world around us by looking for patterns. By itself, this tendency can lead us to see correlations where none actually exist, which is why we need scientific experiments to test our hypotheses. This problem is compounded, however, by our current state of information overload, in response to which "we focus on those signals that tell a story about the world as we would like it to be, not how it really is. We ignore the risks that are hardest to measure, even when they pose the greatest threats to our well-being. We make approximations and assumptions about the world that are cruder than we realize. And we abhor uncertainty, even when it is an irreducible part of the problem we are trying to solve."
How can we manage our biases to make better predictions in the real world? Silver cites an Isaiah Berlin essay called "The Hedgehog and the Fox," which is based on the notion that "the fox knows many little things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." The idea is that there are two kinds of experts: hedgehogs, who are "type-A personalities who believe in Big Ideas—in governing principles about the world that behave as though they were physical laws and undergird virtually every interaction in society"; and foxes, who are "scrappy creatures who believe in a plethora of ideas and in taking a multiple of approaches toward a problem. They tend to be more tolerant of nuance, uncertainty, complexity and dissenting opinion. If hedgehogs are hunters, […] foxes are gatherers."
As you might imagine, foxes turn out to be the better predictors. They are more cautious, rely more on observation than on theory and constantly challenge their ideas and predictions in light of new information or insights. Those traits make them adaptable to finding new approaches if their old one isn't working. Hedgehogs look for simple rules about how the world works and, once they identify them, are aggressive in their defense, rarely changing or even hedging them.
Silver suggests that we try to be more fox-like in our predictions, but acknowledges that in our sound-bite world, hedgehogs are often more popular, especially in the media. This, of course, is a problem for professionals such as financial advisors, who need to be right in their predictions, but at the same time, need to convince others of their expertise.
For advisors, perhaps the solution is to do their homework as a fox. Then, when talking with clients or perspective clients, be slightly more hedgehogish: state the limits of their advice (no one can be certain of the direction of the markets or the economy, etc.), and describe how they manage that uncertainty to give their clients the greatest chance of success based on what they know right now and how they've built in feedback loops to monitor the results and make appropriate adjustments. In that way, an advisor can be an expert at helping clients separate the signal from the noise.


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Devils, Brodeur blank listless Flyers
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Newark, NJ -- Martin Brodeur stopped 24 shots to earn his 120th career shutout, as the New Jersey Devils blanked the Philadelphia Flyers, 3-0, in their home opener on Tuesday at Prudential Center.
Brodeur posted the 10th career whitewash against his long-time rivals, and it was his first since Mar. 1, 2009, also a 3-0 home triumph.
"I've worked really hard to get to where I am," Brodeur said. "The team's playing well and I'm just trying to play hockey. I'm happy to be back."
Ilya Kovalchuk tallied a goal and an assist, while Travis Zajac and David Clarkson also lit the lamp for the Devils, who opened their season with a 2-1 road win over the New York Islanders.
Ilya Bryzgalov allowed all three goals on 26 shots for the Flyers, who have dropped their first three games in regulation for the first time since the lockout-shortened 1995 season.
"I think we came out with the right attitude tonight just not the right result," Flyers coach Peter Laviolette said. "I think there's a lot of little things (we can do) and we'll continue to look at it and work at it."
The Devils, who beat the Flyers in five games during the second round of the playoffs during their thrilling run to the Stanley Cup Finals last season, raised their Eastern Conference championship banner to the rafters in a pregame ceremony.
New Jersey seemed to carry that momentum into the game, as Zajac got the Devils on the board just 67 seconds in.
Dainius Zubrus wheeled around the net before feeding it to Bryce Salvador at the left point. Bryzgalov sprawled out to save Salvador's point blast, but couldn't control the rebound, and Zajac jammed it home for a 1-0 lead.
Philadelphia controlled the play for much of the period, but an interference penalty against the Flyers in the final minute set up the Devils' next score.
Following a scrum behind the Philadelphia net, Clarkson came out with the puck and tried a quick wrap around attempt that deflected off the skate of Philadelphia's Ruslan Fedotenko and into the back of the net to double New Jersey's advantage with just 25 seconds left in the period.
Philadelphia picked up its third power play of the game early in the second, but it was New Jersey who took advantage, as a long pass from a defenseman sprung Kovalchuk on a breakaway.
Kimmo Timonen hooked Kovalchuk on the breakaway attempt, setting up a penalty shot, which Kovalchuk converted with a backhand that he lifted high over a sprawling Bryzgalov to make it 3-0 at the 2:44 mark.
The Flyers failed to pull any closer in the final frame, as Brodeur turned away all seven shots he faced in the period to send the Devils to victory.
Notes: Kovalchuk's successful penalty shot was the first for the Devils against Philadelphia since Doug Brown did so on Nov. 23, 1991 ... The Flyers finished 0-for-7 on the power-play and are now 1-for-16 on the season with the man advantage ... Tye McGinn was recalled from the AHL's Adirondack Phantoms and made his NHL debut for the Flyers ... New Jersey went 1-for-7 on the power play ... Philadelphia forward Danny Briere missed his third straight game with a wrist injury suffered while playing in Germany during the lockout.
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An autopsy has concluded that a Petaluma, Calif., teenager who died after leaving South Lake Tahoe's SnowGlobe Music Festival New Year's Eve died of "probable hypothermia."
Alyssa Byrne, 19, died of "probable hypothermia due to prolonged environmental exposure," according to a Monday statement from the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office.
"Methampethamine toxicity" and "multiple psychoactive drug ingestion" were also "significant conditions" in the death of Byrne, whose body was found in a snowbank off Pioneer Trail in the area of the festival Jan. 4.
Sheriff's spokesman Lt. Pete Van Arnum declined to release exactly what drugs were found in Byrne's system. He said Byrne's family requested the information not be released.
Alcohol was not found during toxicology tests, Van Arnum said.
Byrne had a "fairly high level" of methaphetamine in her system at the time of her death, Van Arnum said, but the pathologist who examined her body believed she succumbed to the cold.
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What is the best Christmas present you ever received?
What is the worst Christmas present you ever received?
Share your Christmas gift memories here.
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THe worst weould be under wear a size to small!
THe best would be anything given from the heart!
One thing I would say would be a precious moments anniversary clock My husband got for me the first christmas we were together.
The best Christmas present was having all of kids and grandchildren here to spend Christmas with us.
It has only happened one time since they got married and have their own children, so it was very special.
The worst present: ummm, I really can't think of anything. I have gotten some "useless" presents but they were not bad presents.
I never think of any gift as "the worst" or even bad. But I also don't want anyone to feel like it is a chore.
As for the best? Any time I get to spend time with family & friends is the best gift. There are just so many demands on time and so little of it. I'd rather just hang out with them than get anything. I do love giving stuff though.
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The best Christmas gift that I ever recieved was being told that my son was going to be born the following year. I made it to my 2nd trimester- bery big deal in our house. It was the first time I had breathed deep in months.
I don't think that I have ever gotten a 'worst' gift. Any gift is special- it means someone took the time to think of you!
Ok..now mind you I'm not 100% skinny but the worst gift ever given to me by my sister in law was a huge salad bowl with the tossing/serving forks..I was really insulted since I already have one and she knew this because she ate over our house many times..I gave it to charity.
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I got a bicycle once. It was the best thing since sliced bread.
Best: Castle Grayskull toy. Oh man, I will never forget that! lol
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Engine knock is the one of the main issues to be addressed in developing high-efficiency spark-ignition (SI) engines. In order to improve the thermal efficiency of SI engines, it is necessary to develop effective means of suppressing knock. For that purpose, it is necessary to clarify the mechanism generating pressure waves in the end-gas region. This study examined the mechanism producing pressure waves in the end-gas autoignition process during SI engine knock by using an optically accessible engine. Occurrence of local autoignition and its development process to the generation of pressures waves were analyzed under several levels of knock intensity. The results made the following points clear. It was observed that end-gas autoignition seemingly progressed in a manner resembling propagation due to the temperature distribution that naturally formed in the combustion chamber. Stronger knock tended to occur as the apparent propagation speed of autoignition increased.


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Photo: The American Kestrel—a small, fierce raptor.
The American Kestrel is the smallest falcon in North America, but it was once misidentified as a sparrow hawk. Similar in size to a mourning dove, at nine inches in length, with a 22-inch wingspan, and weighing 4.1 ounces, this fierce little raptor has its own superpower—it can see ultraviolet light.
Is that really a superpower? Yes, indeed. It's a perching bird superpower.
Being able to see electromagnetic radiation, or ultraviolet light, allows the kestrel to follow urine trails on the ground left by voles, one of its common prey animals. It's a lot like being able to see a road lit by neon lights leading the way in the dark to a diner and the falcon's next meal.
This small, fierce and intense predator is also one of the most colorful of all raptors. The male has a slate-blue head and wings with a rusty-red back and tail. Females are a bit larger and have the same reddish color on wings, back and tail.
American Kestrels dine on grasshoppers, cicadas, beetles and dragonflies, scorpions and spiders, butterflies and moths, as well as voles, mice, shrews, bats and small songbirds. They also eat small snakes, lizards and frogs, and are feisty enough to take larger prey, such as squirrels and flickers.
Often, they become prey, as well. Despite their ferocious nature, Northern Goshawks, Red-Tailed Hawks, Barn Owls, American Crows, Cooper's Hawks, and rat and corn snakes hunt them.
For beginning students of falconry, the American Kestrel is often the first choice for a hunting falcon. Although they are not as strong in flight as larger falcons, many Kestrels successfully hunt sparrows and starlings as well as birds nearly twice their weight.
Chances are you can find an American Kestrel nearby. Look for them near semi-open grasslands and agricultural fields, in brushy areas near open woodlands and urban areas. They frequently perch on utility lines and poles.
They are cavity nesters, and prefer natural holes and tree crevices. Female and male American Kestrels tend to use different habitats, with females preferring open habitat, while males use areas with more trees.
There are 17 species of kestrels, and these little but mighty falcons can be found from the North American boreal forests of Canada to Tierra del Fuego, the southern-most point of South America. Some, but not all kestrels, are migratory. Kestrels from the northern areas are more migratory than those whose breeding range is farther south, where many populations like to stay put. In America, kestrels are common on both sides of the Continental Divide.
The smallest falcon is also short-lived. Average life-expectancy in the wild is about 15 months, although the oldest American Kestrel found was a male, aged 14 years and 8 months when he was found in 2001 in Utah, where he was first banded in 1987.
Banding studies in Colorado also have shown many kestrels are shot, which is illegal; raptors are federally protected. In some western areas, residents are encouraged to help preserve kestrels by building nesting boxes for their use.
In Nebraska, the Game and Parks Commission has placed an American Kestrel nest box on the north side of its headquarters building in Lincoln. A video feed allows the public to watch as the resident pair lays and hatches their eggs each year.
To learn more about the American Kestrel, click here.
Resources: Nebraska Game and Parks, Utah Department of Natural Resources, Kansas Wildlife, Parks & Tourism, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, USFWS.
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FEASTERVILLE, Pa. – A high school English teacher in suburban Philadelphia who was suspended for a profanity-laced blog in which she called her young charges "disengaged, lazy whiners" is driving a sensation by daring to ask: Why are today's students unmotivated — and what's wrong with calling them out?
As she fights to keep her job at Central Bucks East High School, 30-year-old Natalie Munroe says she had no interest in becoming any sort of educational icon. The blog has been taken down, but its contents can still be found easily online.
Her comments and her suspension by the middle-class school district have clearly touched a nerve, with scores of online commenters applauding her for taking a tough love approach or excoriating her for verbal abuse. Media attention has rained down, and backers have started a Facebook group.
"My students are out of control," Munroe, who has taught 10th, 11th and 12th grades, wrote in one post. "They are rude, disengaged, lazy whiners. They curse, discuss drugs, talk back, argue for grades, complain about everything, fancy themselves entitled to whatever they desire, and are just generally annoying."
And in another post, Munroe — who is more than eight months pregnant — writes: "Kids! They are disobedient, disrespectful oafs. Noisy, crazy, sloppy, lazy LOAFERS." She also comes up with a colorful list of comments that she felt should be available on student report cards.
Munroe did not use her full name or identify her students or school in the blog, which she started in August 2009 for friends and family. Last week, she said, students brought it to the attention of the school, which suspended her with pay.
"They get angry when you ask them to think or be creative," Munroe said of her students in an interview with The Associated Press on Tuesday. "The students are not being held accountable."
Munroe pointed out that she also said positive things, but she acknowledges that she did write some things out of frustration — and of a feeling that many kids today are being given a free pass at school and at home.
"Parents are more trying to be their kids' friends and less trying to be their parent," Munroe said, also noting students' lack of patience. "They want everything right now. They want it yesterday."
A spokesman for the Pennsylvania State Education Association declined to comment Tuesday because he said the group may represent Munroe. A message left for the Central Bucks School District superintendent was not immediately returned.
Sandi Jacobs, vice president of the National Council on Teacher Quality, said school districts are navigating uncharted territory when it comes to teachers' online behavior. Often, districts want teachers to have more contact with students and their families, yet give little guidance on how teachers should behave online even as students are more plugged in than they've ever been.
"This is really murky stuff," she said. "When you have a teacher using their blog to berate their students, maybe that's a little less murky. But the larger issue is, I think, districts are totally unprepared to deal with this."
Munroe has hired an attorney, who said that she had the right to post her thoughts on the blog and that it's a free speech issue. The attorney, Steven Rovner, said the district has led Munroe to believe that she will eventually lose her job.
"She could have been any person, any teacher in America writing about their lives," he said, pointing out that Munroe blogged about 85 times and that only about 15 to 20 of the posts involved her being a teacher. "It's honest and raw and a little edgy depending on your taste. … She has a deep frustration for the educational system in America."
Rovner said that he would consider legal action if indeed Munroe loses her job.
"She did it as carefully as she could," he said about her blog. "It's so general that it applies to the problems in school districts and schools across the country."
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MONTREAL – It might sound like sour grapes by envious competitors, but telecommunications analyst Iain Grant thinks opponents to the Bell/Astral merger have a point: The deal is bad for Canada.
Pierre Karl Péladeau, the CEO of Quebecor, Louis Audet, the CEO of Montreal-based Cogeco Cable Inc., and Lee Bragg, the CEO of Eastlink Communications Inc. took out full-page ads in several newspapers Tuesday (including The Gazette) addressing their concerns about the proposed $3.4-billion sale of Astral to Bell, and held a news conference at the Château Laurier in Ottawa to make their concerns known. They also launched a website urging Canadians to make their voices heard, called saynotobell.ca.
"I think the coalition is right," Grant said. "It will of course lead to higher concentration and fewer voices in the media landscape. I think this is something we should be concerned about. I'm not sure that owning television stations and radio stations in the same market is a good idea."
Grant said he's wondering why more people have not come out publicly against the proposed transaction, which he said will result in higher costs, and fewer choices.
"I haven't heard anyone else raising these issues," he said.
The deal, which was announced in late May would give Bell ownership of 79 television stations and 107 radio stations, which is twice as large as its nearest competitor, the newspaper advertisement stated.
Called "an open letter to Canadian TV viewers," the ad went on to say that the authors believe the deal is bad for consumers.
"If Bell controls all the most popular content, they could charge you whatever they want to watch it. To get popular channels, you could face pressure to pay for other Bell Canada channels you are not interested in watching," the letter stated.
Audet, who last year was sidestepping allegations of media concentration in his company's $80-million acquisition of Corus Quebec's 11 radio stations, said the proposed purchase would hurt the competitive landscape.
"As Canadians, you have a decision to make whether you will allow the largest telecom provider to corner the market on content," he told the news conference.
But theirs isn't the only opposition being voiced on the deal. Quebec's consumer protection group, Option Consommateurs, said last month it believes a takeover of Astral by BCE would result in higher prices for television service.
And a citizens group based in Vancouver called OpenMedia.ca, said it believes the deal will drive smaller cable providers out of business.
"This deal is hugely anti-competitive," said Lindsey Pinto, a spokesperson for the group.
While she's happy the cable companies are raising the issue, she agreed it sounds disingenuous for those companies to complain.
"They're doing the same thing while pushing back against Bell doing it," she said. "This is very clearly a battle of the giants."
Her group is putting together a public campaign it says would be more representative of Canadians at large.
The proposed purchase, which was announced last May and approved by the shareholders of both companies, would give Bell control of three English-language radio stations: CHOM 97.7, Virgin 96 and CJAD 800.
It would also result in the current Bell radio property, TSN 990, being transformed into a French-language sports station to meet CRTC rules on media concentration, a decision that has raised the ire of local fans of English sport radio.
For Quebecor, the deal means a serious competitor for French-language viewers, as Bell would have a grasp on channels watched by 32 per cent of Quebecers, compared with Quebecor's 36 per cent.
Bell said the campaign launched Tuesday was pure "misinformation."
"With Astral, we're actually levelling the playing field with the long-dominant media/cable company in Quebec, Quebecor, and bringing new investment and increased competition to the media marketplace," Martine Turcotte, Bell's vice-chair, Quebec, said in a statement.
The deal is being examined by Canada's Competition Bureau and must also be approved by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, which will hold hearings next month at Montreal's Palais des congrès.
Grant said he's not optimistic the CRTC, with newly minted chairman Jean-Pierre Blais, will reject the deal.
"In Canada, we've never said no to anybody in the media cross-ownership game," he said. "That looks very good for Bell and bad for the rest of us."
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Il gigante di Metropolis (The Giant of Metropolis)
Atlantis, 20,000 years ago... Muscleman Ohro travels to the sinful capital of Atlantis to rebuke its godlessness and hubris and becomes involved in the battle against its evil lord Yoh-tar and his hideous super-science schemes.
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