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DAMASCUS, Syria, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- The Syrian National Council is too isolated from events in Syria to lead opposition forces, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
Clinton, speaking Wednesday at a news conference in Croatia with President Ivo Josipovic, said many of the SNC leaders have "good attributes" but have not visited their homeland in decades, Voice of America reported.
"There has to be a representation of those who are on the front lines fighting and dying today to obtain their freedom," she said.
Clinton said she hopes a united opposition to President Bashar Assad will come out of a meeting next week in Doha.
A four-day truce ended Tuesday, but observers said there was little decrease in violence.
The Syrian Network for Human Rights in London said an average of more than 105 people were killed every day during the truce period for a total of 421 deaths, including 39 children.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi discussed proposals for resolving the situation in Syria Wednesday with U.N. Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who is visiting China for the first time as Kofi Annan's replacement as international mediator on Syria, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported.
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Al-Jazeera said it was possible regime agents assassinated Khalidi to keep him from defecting. The Qatari network quoted unidentified activists as saying "the regime got rid of him before he does that."
In July, rebel bombers killed Syria's defense minister, deputy defense minister and assistant vice president as the officials met in a Damascus safe house. The bombing was widely viewed as the biggest single blow to Assad's inner circle since the uprising against him began in March 2011.
Syrian state TV said Khalidi's killing was "part of [the opposition's] campaign to target national personalities and scientists."
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The expansion of aerial bombardments also came a day after the official end of a four-day cease-fire that was continually violated by both sides, with each side accusing the other of undermining it.
The opposition Local Coordination Committees of Syria said 72 people were killed in Damascus and its suburbs Tuesday and 163 people, including 13 children and seven women, were killed across the country.
There was no way of corroborating the casualty figures.
Many of the dead in the Damascus area were killed in Syrian regime airstrikes in Douma, the opposition Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Douma is a flash-point city 6 miles northeast of Damascus that has been under FSA control since Oct. 18.
The suburban village of Jobar, less than a mile northeast of Damascus' old city walls, was bombed four times by a Syrian jet fighter, the Syrian Observatory said. Jobar is a strong Jewish community that includes a 2,000-year-old synagogue built in commemoration of the biblical prophet Elijah.


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Settle in, friends.
Favorites and duds from today's commenting.
Favorites, in no particular order:
I enjoyed this one-liner from RMJ=H in the Russell Wilson draft. This unexpected dig gets maybe 15% of its juice from being smart about its target and the remaining 85% from seeming somewhat random and obscure. The function is to draw a quick, effectively silly juxtaposition between the broad nature of something called a Rule and the specificity of this particular Rule. Anyway, yeah, hey, how you doin'.
This I like, from BlairWalshProject in the Caps Holiday Video post. We've seen this kind of joke before - in fact, I highlighted one as recently as Tuesday - where the author uses rhythm and timing to unexpectedly turn something straightforward-seeming into an awkward personal revelation. These require a certain amount of restraint, otherwise they come across like Phil Connors stumbling crazily around his snowman yelling about adopting children in Groundhog Day. Whoa, that got away from me. Maybe you know what I mean. Let's move on. Later, this joke, in the Agent Fist Fight post, operates on very similar mechanics to RMJ=H's one-liner above: drawing a humorously specific conclusion from something broad and vague. Good stuff. Keep it up.
I needed a few minutes and a Google search to assemble this one, but it's good, from The Amazing Sneijderman in the Recruiting post. I considered leaving it out, but ultimately decided not to penalize a clever little joke for my unbelievable dearth of cultural knowledge. Also, here's an excellent one-liner in the Tom Chambers post. That's a terrific pull.
Speaking of terrific pulls, here's Raysism with a fantastic effort in the Tom Chambers post. Perhaps it tells you more than I'd like about my age and cultural awareness that I got this immediately, yet very nearly had to call my 11-year-old niece to get the milkshake joke. Also, don't be fooled by this comment's two measly recs - it's great. Or, anyway, I love it (from the Johnny Manziel Photobomb post). Again, this is an embarrassing look at my cultural awareness - 90s rap and Disney attractions. Oof.
This clever dig from Steve U in the Agent Fist Fight post came more than a half hour after the post was . . . um, posted, which is probably why it didn't get more attention. It's excellent. I also enjoyed this Benjamin Button-esque joke in the Peter Gammons post. Poor Peter Gammons.
This screwy little line from DougExeter is good for a laugh. It's essentially a recontextualization - it takes something from the text and makes it funny by giving it a new context. But it draws humor from elsewhere, too: from a jab at the stupidity of Frank Zappa's kids' names, or perhaps from the author playing the idiot, or maybe even both. Nice job.
This is great, from Same Sad Echo in the Smiling Hockey Fan post. It's already funny before it goes abstract, and then it just gets funnier. This is your Comment of the Day.
Total Fucking Duds
I can't adequately explain it, but I hate this joke, from Snarls Barkley in the Mutton Bustin' post. It's gross and uncomfortable without being particularly witty or clever, and the picture does nothing. It's possible that I'm targeting this joke because its author threw a whole lotta shit against the wall today. Don't grind, Snarls. Make as many jokes as you like, but make them all good jokes.
I like StuartScottsEye. I've liked him on Deadspin and I like him on Twitter. This, though, this I hate, from the Caps Holiday Video post. Maybe the difference between a really good Idiot joke and just blatant lazy-ass trolling is a subtle one, but there's a difference, and it's important. This isn't a joke, this is a boring attempt to cram the first dumb uninspired idea into a comment and hopefully generate a laugh from the stupidity of others. Know what? I'm as interested in witnessing the stupidity of others as I am in having raccoons tear into my garbage, and I avoid the raccoons by not putting trash where they can get to it. I genuinely hate being this preachy jerk - you guys are all, all of you, uncommonly smart, intuitive, funny people. You don't need me to tell you you can always do better than this.
Here's burner holotupacii with a significantly less subtle version of The Amazing Sneijderman's joke from the Recruiting post. Hey, burner boy, don't step all over a man's joke. Dummy.
Here's a startlingly lame and uninspired effort from I'm Dan, He's Casey in the Agent Fist Fight post. Hey guys, here's another time the words "house" and "burn" were associated! That's pretty fucking flimsy, guy.
Here's Kneel Anderson doing the whole #isawamovieonce thing in the Agent Fist Fight. Knock it off, blockhead. This shit isn't even remotely funny.
I stopped at DUAN. Forgive me. I'm sure there are a lot more out there. Please feel free to post any I missed down in the comments. Their authors will appreciate it.
Eat well and sleep peacefully you beautiful sumbitches.


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I know I've blogged about this before, but it was early on when very few people read my ramblings, so I am mentioning it again…
For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today is the day when the evenings start drawing out, which personally I find a relief as going home in the dark depresses me. Sunset tomorrow will be later than today – by all of a few seconds but, heck, later is later. {If I am out by a day, please don't tell me – don't shatter my good mood!}
However, as many of you are probably thinking, shortest day in the Northern hemisphere is not until the 22nd December (it's the 21st or 22nd, depending on how long ago the last leap year was). Mornings continue to get later until around the 3rd January. It is because the earth is not "standing totally upright" in it's orbit. If you think of the plane in which the earth circles around the sun as a flat surface, the north pole is at the top of the planet and that there is a pole sticking though the earth that it spins around every day, that pole is leaning back away from the sun today and slightly to one side, like a staggering drunk.
For the timing of sunrise and sunset for the city nearest you, check out this nice website here. This link will show London but you can change that.
The original post is here. It does not say any more but there are a couple of pretty sunset pictures on it.
Of course, if you are in the Southern Hemisphere {say Perth, Australia} then your sunrises have just started getting later by today. But time for the Barby in the evening is still drawing out for a week or two. We can all be happy
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|Oracle® OLAP DML Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)
Part Number E17122-05
|View PDF
The FILEREAD command reads records from an input file and processes data according to action statements that you specify. FILEREAD handles binary data, packed decimal data, and text. It can handle decimal data written in E-notation (such as
.1E+9) or M-notation (such as
10M). It can convert the data to any appropriate data type before storing it in an Oracle OLAP variable, dimension, composite, or relation.
FILEREAD fileunit [STOPAFTER n] [file-format] {[attribute...] action-statement1}
[[attribute...] action-statementN...]
file-format specifies the format of the records in the input file. Use one of the following:
attribute provide information that is used by action statements.
For information on the placement of attributes in action statements, see "Placement of Field Attributes in FILEREAD".
action-statements perform processing, such as assignment statements and IF statements. An action-statement can be one of the following:
A fileunit number assigned to a file that is opened for reading (READ mode) by a previous call to the FILEOPEN function.
The number of records to read from the input file. When STOPAFTER is left out, or specified with a negative number or an
NA, FILEREAD processes the whole file. See "STOPAFTER Keyword".
Specifies that the record is organized in fixed-width columns, that is, character-by-character or byte-by-byte. All lines must have the same format. RULED is the default file format. Use the COLUMN, SPACE, and WIDTH attributes to specify the location of the data in the records.
CSV specifies that the data is in CSV (comma-delimited values) format. You must use the FIELD and SPACE attributes to specify the location of the data in the record.
dchar is a text expression that specifies a single character that you want Oracle OLAP to interpret as the general field delimiter in a structured file. Oracle OLAP uses the general field delimiter to identify both numeric and text fields. The default character is a comma (
CSV files are a common output format that is generated by spreadsheet programs. Each line of characters in a source file is treated as a single record. Each field in the record is separated by a comma by default. You can use the DELIMITER keyword to specify some other character as field delimiter.
When a group of characters in the input record is enclosed by double quotation marks, all of the following rules apply:
When the group includes the delimiter character, it is treated as a literal instead of as a delimiter.
When a double quotation mark (
") is included in the group of characters, then it must be followed by another double quotation mark.
When a linefeed character (
\n) is included in the group of characters, then it is ignored.
Any spaces or tabs that occur before or after the double quotation marks that enclose the group of characters is ignored.
Specifies that the record is in "structured prn" format. You must use the FIELD and SPACE attributes to specify the location of the data in the record.
Structured files are a common output format for PC software. They are text files in which the fields are composed of groups of characters. A group of characters is defined by two conditions: text enclosed in double quotes, or a sequence of numbers that is uninterrupted except by a decimal point. Consequently, an unquoted sequence of numbers containing a decimal point is stored as a single value; however, an unquoted sequence of numbers containing commas or other delimiters to mark off thousands is split into several values rather than stored as a single value. Any unquoted, non-numeric characters are ignored, except a minus sign that immediately precedes a number is considered to be part of the number. A space cannot separate the minus sign from the number.
When your file format does not conform to the pattern described here, you can use the TEXTSTART, TEXTEND, and DELIMITER keywords that let you customize the delimiters FILEREAD uses to identify the start and end of each field.
Specifies a single character that you want Oracle OLAP to interpret as the start of a text field in a structured file. schar is the value of the character. The default character is a double quote (
Specifies a single character that you want Oracle OLAP to interpret as the end of a text field in a structured file. echarr is the value of the character. The default character is a double quote (
Specifies a single character that you want Oracle OLAP to interpret as the general field delimiter in a structured file. Oracle OLAP uses the general field delimiter to identify both numeric and text fields. dchar is the value of the character. The default character is a comma (
The column in which the field starts in the input record. By default, field 1 begins in column 1 and subsequent fields begin in the column following the previous field. The current field's default column is the sum of the previous field's first column plus its width plus any spaces specified for the current field.
Table 9-7 File Attributes
{COLUMN|COL} n
The column in which the field starts in the input record. By default, field 1 begins in column 1 and subsequent fields begin in the column following the previous field. The current field's default column is the sum of the previous field's first column plus its width plus any spaces specified for the current field.
{SPACE|SP} n
The number of spaces between a field and the preceding field. In a structured PRN file, the number of fields between the preceding and current field. The default is
{FIELD|FLD} n
In a structured PRN file only, the field from which to extract the data.
{WIDTH|W} n
For unstructured records, the number of columns the field occupies in the input record. When there is no default, WIDTH must be included for ruled records or FILEREAD generates an error. The default is derived from the data type according to the following list:
The maximum width is 4000 characters for text input.
One of the following keywords: INTEGER, SHORTINTEGER, DECIMAL, SHORTDECIMAL, NUMBER, TEXT, ID, DATE, VNF, RAW DATE, BOOLEAN.
When the target object is a dimension or dimension surrogate, one of the following keyword clauses that specifies whether or not to add new values to the target object:
One of the following keywords that specifies the format of the input field:
Whether or not Oracle OLAP translates the data from the format of the original operating system, as identified by a FILESET ORIGIN statement. Specify TRANSLATE when you want Oracle OLAP to translate the data; or specify NOTRANSLATE when you do not want Oracle OLAP to translate the data.
SCALE n
The number of digits to the right of the assumed decimal or binary point. The default is 0. When the input data is text, a decimal point in the input overrides the number specified by SCALE.
Provides information about how the input zone is overpunched. Specify ZPUNCH when the input is zone overpunched. Specify ZPUNCHL when the input is zone overpunched on the left.
LSET 'text'
For text input and TEXT or ID target objects, adds text to the left of the value before storing. When text is a multiline value, only the first line is used.
RSET 'text'
For text input and TEXT or ID target objects, adds text to the right of the value before storing. When text is a multiline value, only the first line is used.
For text input, one of the following keywords that indicates if spaces or nulls are stripped from input value before storing in the target object:
For binary or packed input, specifies that when the input is the specified numeric value,
NA is assigned to the target object.
For text input, specifies that Oracle OLAP stores text as NA. When the input is the specified text, NA is assigned to the target object. Text can be a multiline string listing several possible NA values. In addition to the values specified for text, when the input is NA, then NA is assigned to the target object.
For textual numeric input, specifies that Oracle OLAP stores text as 0. When the input is the specified text, zero is assigned to the target object. Text can be a multiline string that lists several possible zero values. In addition to the values specified for text, when the input is
0, then
0 is assigned to the target object.
For text input that is BOOLEAN, specifies that Oracle OLAP stores text as YES. When the input is text then YES is assigned to the target object. Text can be a multiline string that lists several possible YES values. In addition to the values specified in text, when the input is
YES, ON, or TRUE,
YES is assigned to the target object.
For text input that is BOOLEAN, specifies that Oracle OLAP stores text as NO. When the input is text then NO is assigned to the target object. Text can be a multiline string that lists several possible NO values. In addition to the values specified in 'text,' when the input is NO, OFF, or FALSE, NO is assigned to the target object.
For text numeric input, specifies that Oracle OLAP fills any spaces in the resulting text with zeros. Any spaces in the input are replaced with zeros. The default is no filling with zeros.
You may specify one or more action statements to be performed each time a record is retrieved from the input file. Typically, you use action statements to set dimension status and assign data retrieved from the input record to a target object in Oracle OLAP. However, you may specify action statements that do not reference the data in the input record. For example, one of your action statements might be an assignment statement that simply increments a counter. Alternatively, an action statement might use the input data in some kind of processing, but not actually assign it to a target object in Oracle OLAP.
In your list of action statements, be sure to process dimensions before variables. FILEREAD processes each action statement from left to right for each input record. When an action statement performs dimension processing, the resulting status remains in effect for subsequent action statements. When you do not first specify action statements that limit a variable's dimensions, FILEREAD uses the first value in status to target a cell in the variable. Unless you specify an ACROSS phrase, FILEREAD assigns a single value from a field in an input record to a single cell in an Oracle OLAP variable. By default, FILEREAD does not loop over a variable's dimensions when assigning data to the variable. See "Field Order".
Use the VALUE keyword in FILEREAD action statements to represent the value in a particular field of the input record. VALUE represents this data, formatted according to the FILEREAD attributes you have specified. When the field in the record is blank, FILEREAD considers its value to be
NA. By default, the data type of VALUE is the data type of the target object. However, you can specify a different data type with an attribute keyword.
Note:When you have already specified action statements for use with FILEREAD, you can reuse the code with SQL FETCH and SQL IMPORT by simply adjusting the assignment statements and eliminating the VALUE keyword (if necessary). Most of the FILEREAD attributes (except for the attributes that control dimension processing) are not meaningful for SQL loading and are ignored when executing within SQL FETCH and SQL IMPORT.
An assignment statement lets you assign a value to an Oracle OLAP object. An assignment statement has the following form.
object [= expression]
object is the target where the data is assigned and stored. The object can be an Oracle OLAP variable, dimension, dimension surrogate, composite, or relation.
expression is the source of the data value to be assigned to the target.
Important:In a SQL FETCH or a SQL IMPORT assignment statement, the expression component is not optional. However, a FILEREAD assignment statement may consist only of an object name. In this case, the input data is assigned directly to object. An expression in a FILEREAD assignment statement may include the VALUE keyword.
An IF statement lets you perform some action depending on whether a Boolean expression is
TRUE or
FALSE. An IF statement has the following form.
IF bool-exp
THEN action
[ELSE action]
IF evaluates the Boolean expression. When it is TRUE, the THEN action occurs. When it is FALSE, the ELSE action (if specified) occurs. When the Boolean expression is
NA, no action occurs.
An action can be one of the following:
NULL (no action occurs)
An assignment statement
A SELECT statement
An IF statement
A DO … DOEND statement containing action-statements
A FILEREAD IF statement may contain invocations of the VALUE keyword. You can use a FILEREAD IF statement to process varying record types (such as records with different structures or different target objects) with one FILEREAD statement.
In FILEREAD, the VALUE keyword can be used more than once to represent different values from the same record. For each instance, specify the column from which to read each value.
A SELECT statement lets you perform some action based on the value of an expression. A SELECT statement has the following form.
SELECT select-expression
[WHEN expression1 action
[WHEN expression2 action . . .]
[ELSE action]
SELECT evaluates the SELECT expression and then sequentially compares the result with the WHEN expressions. When the first match is found, the associated action occurs. When no match is found, the ELSE action (if specified) occurs.
An action for a SELECT statement is the same as an action for an IF statement.
A FILEREAD SELECT statement may contain invocations of the VALUE keyword. You can use a FILEREAD SELECT statement to process varying record types (such as records with different structures or different target objects) with one FILEREAD statement.
An ACROSS statement causes the following action statement to execute once for every value in status of the ACROSS dimension. When you want the looping to apply to multiple action statements, enclose the action statements in angle brackets.
An ACROSS statement has the following syntax.
ACROSS dimension [limit-clause]:
The syntax of limit-clause is the same syntax as any of the limit-clause arguments in the various forms of the LIMIT command (that is, the syntax of the LIMIT command after the limit-type argument such as "TO"). For the syntax of these arguments, see LIMIT (using values) command, LIMIT using LEVELREL command, LIMIT (using parent relation), LIMIT (using related dimension) command, LIMIT NOCONVERT command, and LIMIT command (using POSLIST).
The following example limits
month to the last six values, no matter what the current status of
month is.
ACROSS month last 6: units
In a FILEREAD ACROSS statement, you can specify attributes to indicate the position in the record where Oracle OLAP begins reading the fields specified by the ACROSS phrase. To specify the position, use the attributes FIELD, SPACE, and COLUMN. A position attribute is optional when the series of fields specified in the ACROSS phrase begins in the next field for structured records, or the next byte for ruled records.
You can group several action statements by enclosing them in angle brackets. An action-statement-group has the following form.
<action-statement1 -
[action-statement2 . . .]>
A typical use for action statement groups is after an ACROSS statement. With the angle bracket syntax, you can cause multiple action statements to execute for every value in status of the ACROSS dimension.
Usage Notes
Reading One Record at a Time
As an alternative to FILEREAD, you can use the FILENEXT function to read one record at a time with one or more FILEVIEW statements to process the fields in the record.
Field Order
When an input record contains both dimension values and variable data, the dimension values must be the first fields that are read in the record, and the variable data values must be read after those dimension values. To do this, you can either order the fields in the input record itself or you can use FILEREAD attributes to specify the field positions explicitly. (See the description for the attribute argument.)
To organize the input records so that you do not have to use position attributes with FILEREAD, put all of the dimension values in the first fields of the record and put the variable data values in the last fields of the record. For example, suppose that you have data for two variables (
units and
sales) that share the same dimensions in the same order (
product, and
geography). In this case, the first three fields in the input record should contain dimension values, while the fourth and fifth fields should contain variable data, such as in the following sample input record.
Sep99 Snowshoes Boston 35 5565.95
STOPAFTER Keyword
By default, FILEREAD automatically reads all the records in a file in sequential order. When you want to process only the first part of a file, use the STOPAFTER keyword. FILEREAD processes the number of records you specify, then stops. You can then close the file.
When you want to skip the first part of the file and process the remaining records, you can use the STOPAFTER keyword and omit the field descriptions. FILEREAD reads the number of records you specify without processing the data. Then you issue a second FILEREAD statement with field descriptions for processing the input. The following program lines illustrate this method.
LIMIT district TO 'Boston' unit = FILEOPEN('bostdata' READ) FILEREAD unit STOPAFTER 25 FILEREAD unit WIDTH 8 product SPACE 2 ACROSS month 13 TO 24:- WIDTH 4 PACKED sales
Dimension Maintenance
When the target object of a field description is a dimension, you can specify whether or not to use the data in the file to add values to the dimension. The dimension attributes are MATCH and APPEND. When you are adding values to a dimension with APPEND, you can specify a dimension position attribute (
pos) immediately after APPEND.
In an assignment statement of the form
object=expression, dimension attributes cannot appear on the right side of the equal sign, but must be specified before the target object. The only exception is when dimensions as target objects also appear on the right side, such as when you are maintaining a conjoint dimension. See Example 9-130, "Maintaining Conjoint Dimensions with File Data".
Dimension Position Numbers
When your input data consists of dimension position numbers, rather than dimension values, specify the conversion type as INTEGER in the field description, even though the dimension has a type of TEXT, ID, DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR.
FILEREAD unit COLUMN 1 WIDTH 8 INTEGER month
When the input contains position numbers, you cannot use the APPEND keyword to add new values to a dimension of type TEXT, ID, DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR, because the new position numbers have no associated value to be added.
Conjoint Dimension Maintenance
When a conjoint dimension is the target object, you can read its values using one of two methods:
Method One—When the input contains values or position numbers of the base dimensions, you must specify a dimension list surrounded by angle brackets after the equal sign, as shown in the following two sample lines.
FILEREAD unit proddist = <COL 1 W 10 product COL 20 - W 8 district> FILEREAD unit proddist = <COL 1 W 10 INTEGER product COL 20 - W 8 INTEGER district>
The preceding examples show values of the
product and
district dimensions being used to designate a value of the
proddist concat dimension You could also use the APPEND attribute when you needed to maintain any of the dimensions. However, when you needed to process the values of
product or
district first, so that the syntax would require an equal sign inside the angle brackets, you would have to use an alternative method. (Nested equal signs are not allowed.) For this method you would read and process the base dimension values first, and then use the dimensions, without any field attributes, in the dimension list for the conjoint dimension. For example, to convert the base dimension values of a conjoint dimension to uppercase, use a statement similar to the following.
FILEREAD unit COL 14 W 8 product = UPCASE(VALUE) - COL 5 W 8 district = UPCASE(VALUE) - proddist = <product, district>
Method Two—When the input contains position numbers of the conjoint dimension itself, you must specify the INTEGER keyword.
FILEREAD unit INTEGER proddist
FILEREAD with Variables Dimensioned by Composites
When reading data into a variable dimensioned by a composite, FILEREAD automatically creates any missing target cells that are being assigned non-
NA values. This process also adds to the composite all the dimension value combinations that correspond to those new cells. Thus, both the target object and the composite might be larger after an assignment.
Variables Dimensioned by Composites and Efficiency
When you use the automatic composite maintenance feature of FILEREAD to load data into variables dimensioned by composites, be aware of potential performance problems that might later occur when you attempt to access the variables' data. The position of a composite in the dimension list of a variable indicates whether or not performance might later become an issue.
When the composite appears at the end of the dimension list in the variable's definition (the slowest-varying position), you can use FILEREAD just as you would for a variable whose dimension list does not include composites. For example, you could use the same FILEREAD statements to read data into the variables
newsales and
newsales.cp (with the following definitions) without sacrificing efficiency.
DEFINE newsales VARIABLE DECIMAL <product district month> DEFINE newsales.cp VARIABLE DECIMAL <product SPARSE<district month>>
newsales.cp is dimensioned by three dimensions, the last two of which are in a composite. When, however, you have a variable like
newsales2.cp (with the following definition) there can be performance implications for accessing data loaded with FILEREAD.
DEFINE newsales.cp VARIABLE DECIMAL <SPARSE<district month> product >
In this case, you can use one of two methods to avoid performance problems:
You can use CHGDFN with the SEGWIDTH keyword to change the segment size for the variable before using FILEREAD. CHGDFN SEGWIDTH lets you specify the size of a variable's segments. A segment is a portion of the total number of values a variable holds. The number of segments in a variable affects the performance of data loading and data accessing. The segment size that you specify with a CHGDFN SEGWIDTH statement is used not only for the variable you designate as varname, but also for all other variables and relations that are defined with the same combination of dimensions and composites in the same order.
You can explicitly add composite values just as you would for a conjoint dimension. You can use this method both for named and unnamed composites. See "Composite Maintenance".
Composite Maintenance
When you want to explicitly maintain composites with FILEREAD, use the same syntax that you use to maintain conjoint dimensions. When the composite is unnamed, refer to it with the form
SPARSE<dim1 dim2 ...>. See "FILEREAD with Variables Dimensioned by Composites" and "Variables Dimensioned by Composites and Efficiency" to evaluate the advantages of explicit versus automatic composite maintenance with FILEREAD.
Using DWMQY Dimensions with FILEREAD
When the target object of a field is a dimension of type DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, or YEAR, the default conversion type is VNF. Therefore, you do not have to specify a conversion type when the input values are formatted according to the VNF of the target dimension (or the default VNF when the dimension does not have a VNF of its own).
When the target object of a field is a DATE variable or a dimension of type DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, and YEAR, FILEREAD interprets the values correctly when they are in a valid input style for dates as described in DATEORDER. For dimensions of type DAY, WEEK, MONTH, QUARTER, and YEAR, you must specify DATE as the conversion type. For values of a DATE variable, DATE is the default conversion type, so the DATE keyword is optional.
FILEREAD also interprets values of a time dimension or a DATE variable correctly when they are
INTEGER values that represent dates (
1 =
1900). In this case, you must specify RAW DATE as the conversion type.
Blank Fields
When a field is blank, its value is
NA and
NA is assigned to the target variable. Examples of blank fields are a text field filled with spaces, a field that begins beyond the end of the record, or a field in a structured file that has nothing, not even a space, between the field delimiters.
Placement of Field Attributes in FILEREAD
Normally, the field attributes immediately precede the target object or the expression on the right of the equal sign.
attributes object
However, when you want an attribute to apply to several fields, specify the attribute followed by the list of target objects surrounded by angle brackets. You can also include attributes that apply to one object by typing them inside the brackets before the object to which they apply.
attributes0 <attributes1 object1=expression object2 attributes3 object3>
Angle brackets are also used to surround the base values of a conjoint dimension value.
Handling Errors When FILEREAD Encounters an Error
When FILEREAD encounters an error, you can control what happens with an error trap and appropriate processing. Errors can be caused by attempts to convert data to an incompatible data type or by encountering invalid dimension values. You can use the FILEERROR function to get more information about what caused the error. After processing the error, you can use a TRAP statement to turn error trapping back on and GOTO to branch back to the FILEREAD statement. Processing continues with the next record. See Example 9-128, "Error Handling".
Specifying a Target Object that has NTEXT Values
When you specify a target object of type NTEXT for data from a structured or CSV file, FILEREAD translates the data from the file into the database character set before storing the values (even though they are assigned to an NTEXT object) which can result in data loss when the data from the file cannot be represented in the database character set. For data from a ruled file, which has fixed-width columns, FILEREAD does not translate into the database characters set, so there is no data loss.
Example 9-126 Dimension Values and Data
Suppose your analytic workspace contains six-character product identification numbers. You must import both product names and a value for the number of units sold each month. The data file for the last quarter has the following format.
Jan951234aa00Chocolate Chip Cookies 123 Jan951099bb00Oatmeal Cookies 145 Jan952355cc00Sugar Cookies 223 Jan955553ee00Ginger Snap Cookies 233 Feb951234aa00Chocolate Chip Cookies 123 Feb951099bb00Oatmeal Cookies O145 Feb952355cc00Sugar Cookies SS223 Feb955553ee00Ginger Snap Cookies G233 Mar952355cc00Sugar oCookies 223 Mar955553ee00Ginger Snap Cookies 233 Mar953222dd00Brownies 432
The dimension and variables have the following definitions.
DEFINE month DIMENSION MONTH DEFINE productid DIMENSION ID DEFINE productname VARIABLE TEXT <productid> DEFINE units.sold VARIABLE INTEGER <month productid>
The following program uses FILEREAD to add any new values for
month and
productid to the analytic workspace and to put the data in the correct variables. Maintain dimensions in one FILEREAD statement, close the file, and process it again to get the associated data.
DEFINE read.product PROGRAM PROGRAM VARIABLE fi INT fi = FILEOPEN('Dr.Dat' READ) FILEREAD fi COLUMN 1 APPEND WIDTH 5 month - COLUMN 6 APPEND WIDTH 6 productid FILECLOSE fi fi = FILEOPEN('Dr.Dat' READ) FILEREAD fi COLUMN 1 WIDTH 5 month - COLUMN 6 WIDTH 6 productid - COLUMN 12 WIDTH 30 productname - COLUMN 44 WIDTH 22 units.sold FILECLOSE fi END
Example 9-127 Dimension Surrogate Values
This example uses one FILEREAD operation to add a value to the
product dimension and assign a value to
prodnum, which is a
NUMBER dimension surrogate for the
product dimension. It uses a second FILEREAD to assign a value to the
units variable, which is dimensioned by
product, and
district. The data file for the dimension and surrogate values has the following format.
The following statements define a fileunit, open the file, read its contents and append a value to the
product dimension and assign a value to the
prodnum surrogate, and close the file.
DEFINE funit INT funit = FILEOPEN('Ds.Dat' READ) FILEREAD funit COL 1 APPEND W 6 product COL 7 ASSIGN W 3 prodnum FILECLOSE funit
The data file for the variable value has the following format.
The following statements open the file, read its contents, match the value of the
prodnum surrogate and assign a value to the
units variable, and close the file.
funit = FILEOPEN('Var.Dat' READ) FILEREAD funit COL 1 W 5 month COL 6 MATCH W 3 prodnum - COL 9 W 6 district COL 15 W 3 INTEGER units FILECLOSE funit
Example 9-128 Error Handling
When your input file has data that does not match the format specifications, or when it has a dimension value that is not part of the analytic workspace when you are using the default MATCH attribute, you get an error. You can use error processing at the trap label to check for that kind of error, skip the bad record, and continue processing the file. You can also use a FILEPUT statement to store the bad records in a separate file (see the FILEPUT command).
In the following example, the statements at the trap label check whether the file was successfully opened (
fil.unit has an
INTEGER value) and whether the user interrupted the program. When these are not the reason for the error, the program assumes it encountered a bad record, resets the trap, and branches back to the FILEREAD statement to continue processing with the next record.
DEFINE read.price PROGRAM PROGRAM VARIABLE fil.unit INTEGER TRAP ON ERROR fil.unit = FILEOPEN( ARG(1) READ) LIMIT month TO &ARG(2) NEXT: FILEREAD fil.unit - WIDTH 8 product - WIDTH 4 BINARY price FILECLOSE fil.unit RETURN error: IF fil.unit EQ NA THEN RETURN IF ERRORNAME NE 'attn' AND ERRORNAME NE 'quit' THEN DO SHOW JOINCHARS('Record ' RECNO(fil.unit) ' is Invalid.') TRAP ON ERROR GOTO NEXT DOEND FILECLOSE fil.unit END
Example 9-129 Preprocessing File Data Before Assigning to an analytic workspace Object
You can also process the data in each field before assigning it to a variable or dimension in the analytic workspace. Suppose your data file has product identifiers that are six-digit numbers, and your analytic workspace has a
product dimension whose values are these same product numbers, preceded by a "P." You can process the identifiers in the file by adding a "P" at the beginning of each value.
FILEREAD unit COLUMN 1 WIDTH 6 APPEND LSET 'p' product
Example 9-130 Maintaining Conjoint Dimensions with File Data
To maintain a conjoint dimension with FILEREAD, you first maintain its base dimensions by appending any new values from the input file. Then you assign the resulting combination of base dimension values to the conjoint dimension. The following example gets base dimension values from two separate fields, appends the values to the base dimensions, then appends the combination to the conjoint dimension.
FILEREAD unit APPEND proddist = <W 8 product, W 8 district>
In the preceding statement, the angle brackets automatically cause APPEND to apply to all three dimensions. When you do not want to add new values to the base dimensions, but want only to add new conjoint dimension values, you must explicitly state the keyword MATCH or change the order of the target objects, as shown in the two following statements.
fileread unit APPEND proddist = <W 8 MATCH product,W 8 MATCH district>
FILEREAD unit W 8 product W 8 district APPEND proddist = <product, district>
Example 9-131 Reading Data From a Structured PRN File
Suppose you want to read data from a structured PRN file with values of the
product dimension in field two, values of the
district dimension in field three, and several months of sales values beginning in field six. You could read the first 10 records in the file with the following statement.
FILEREAD unit STOPAFTER 10 STRUCTURED FIELD 2 product - district FIELD 6 ACROSS month: sales


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2 medium-sized sweet potatoes, cut into large chunks
2 medium-sized root vegetables (white potatoes, rutabagas, turnips, parsnips, beets), cut into large chunks
2 carrots, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
¼ cup vegetable oil
3 tablespoons Parmesan cheese
Season with your favorite spices
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a medium bowl, add all chopped vegetables, and pour oil over top.
Add Parmesan cheese and seasonings; mix well.
Spread vegetable mixture evenly on a baking sheet.
Bake for 1 hour or until tender.
Serving Size: ¼ cup
Yield: 4 servings
Calories: 250
Total Fat: 15 g
Saturated Fat: 2 g
Sodium: 150 mg
Protein: 5 g
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The SEC's Study on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers, released to Congress in January, has by now been digested by the legions of followers on both sides of the debate on extending the fiduciary standard to brokers who provide advice. It seems that now the debate is not about whether to extend, but rather how to extend fiduciary duty to all who advise individuals.
The landmark report to Congress from the SEC is commonly known as the Fiduciary Study—in part to keep it from being confused with the similarly named earlier study conducted by the SEC and released in early 2008—(the RAND Report on Investment Advisers and Broker-Dealers).
The question all the groups, which have different points of view, very different agendas and some that have powerful financial interests, are asking is: Where do we go from here?
As a member of the Committee for the Fiduciary Standard, and after participating in scores of meetings in Washington with regulators and legislators and their staffs, I can, while preserving the confidentiality of private meetings, and without speaking for the Committee, comment on what I see as we move ahead with what the Committee calls a "bold blueprint."
The Fiduciary Study is a powerful "blueprint" for providing investors with more clarity about the advice they receive from their financial intermediary. But it is, in many ways unfinished.
There's "still a lot of work," according to David Tittsworth, executive director of the Investment Adviser Association, an advocacy group for registered investment advisors. The SEC still has to propose, receive comments on and enact rules. There will be a lot of advocacy and lobbying as that goes on. (For more background on the political lay of the land, please read "Reaction to SEC's Fiduciary Study Is Entwined With Politics," on Advisorone.com, or visit www.AdvisorOne.com/SECandtheFiduciaryStudy.)
On one side are advocates for a client-centric, fiduciary model, which places the interests of the client above the interests of the advisor and firm. This, the investment advisory model, has been very successful for 70 years. On the other side you have the firm-centric distribution "business model," which produces products and distributes them, and where currently advice does not have to be in the client's best interest—in fact it's perfectly legal for the firm to sell products that benefit the firm rather than the client. This model has been a financial gold mine, and the issue is that while enabling customers to buy and sell securities was the broker's role, now that advice is being given, it is a very different ballgame. It's the old "if it looks like a duck…," well, it needs to be a duck.
Long-Term and Short-Term Views
In part this breaks along pro-business and pro-consumer or pro-investor lines. But the real issue is the long-term view versus the short-term view. The long-term view is client-centric; the short-term view wants to preserve the current insurance and bank-broker product distribution business model. This model values its employees by how big a "producer" they are—how much they can sell. That's short term.
If investors benefit from a client-centric, universal fiduciary standard, in the long run it would seem that the firms which embrace this "model" will gather more investors—and more assets. It will be a steadier flow of revenues. Investors will be able to retire more securely—something that over the long term benefits all Americans, as there will be less dependence on social programs, if Americans can save more effectively. That means, and this is part of the fiduciary standard, controlling costs. Not necessarily using the cheapest product, but rather controlling costs and justifying a higher-cost product with reasons why it is in the client's best interest. The Department of Labor says that for every 1% in higher fees, an investor's portfolio erodes by 28% over 35 years of investing.
Some groups have come out and voiced concerns for preserving the bank-broker, insurance-broker "business model." The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors released a statement to this effect on Jan 21. SIFMA did as well.
But there seems to be a disconnect in the way BD executives think about the extension of the fiduciary standard to all who advise and what reps in the field think. In a survey SIFMA released last fall, the focus was on three conclusions that SIFMA, many broker-dealers and the insurance lobby have talked about since the beginning of the debate. They said that investment fiduciary advice costs clients more than advice from a broker. They said that extension of the fiduciary standard to brokers would result in: less choice for investors and less access to advice. This directly contradicts the findings of a recent fi360-AdvisorOne survey.
When asked if extending the fiduciary standard would limit investors' choice of advisor, product or service, or cost more to investors, the majority of brokers and advisors in this survey do not agree.
Would Extending Fiduciary Duty to Brokers:
- Raise Costs for Investors? No, the majority of respondents, 74%, do not "believe it costs investors more to work with fiduciary advisors than brokers when all costs to the investor (not only the advisor's compensation) are considered."
- Reduce Product and Service Choice for Investors? No, most participants, 68.6%, say they do not "believe a fiduciary duty for brokers who provide advice would reduce product and service choice for investors."
- Price Some Investors Out of the Market for Advice? No, more than two-thirds surveyed, 66.9%, do not "believe a fiduciary standard of care for brokers would price some investors out of the market for advice."
And in late 2009, a separate SEI-Committee for the Fiduciary Standard survey found that most brokers understood and were pro the fiduciary standard.
In the months ahead, I would imagine that investor advocates and the financial services companies will continue to make their contrasting views known in comments on proposed rules and, possibly, meetings with regulators or legislators.
Much will depend on the SEC funding issue: Will Congress actually provide funding that will enable the SEC to do what it is tasked with, or will they continue to alternately starve the SEC for resources and pummel them when something happens that they may have caught had they had the resources?
There is a lot to be accomplished before these rules take effect. Politics will play its part, but it is good to know that the SEC has provided solid recommendations for creating a universal fiduciary standard. The SEC has taken a thoughtful, long-term approach in what it has outlined in its Fiduciary Study. Investors still distrust the investment industry. In fact, more than two-thirds, 67.3%, say a "uniform fiduciary standard for brokers and advisors would help regain investors' confidence." This is something the financial services industry sorely needs, and both the industry and investors would be better off for it.
Kathleen McBride is wealth editor in chief at AdvisorOne.com and a member of The Committee for the Fiduciary Standard. She can be reached at [email protected].


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There were two main challenges in the context of the European Parliament elections in Estonia in 2009. One of them was the election system, that did not give people the possibility to decide who to vote for (so-called "closed lists") – the parties' leaders comfortably deciding themselves. Furthermore, this is related to an even larger – and still existing – problem.
People in Estonia are too often forced into party membership. They are left with no other choice when they wish to do business in certain areas, build a house, expand their company's market share, have job at a ministry, etc. I decided I want to contribute to finding a solution, instead of whining about the situation. Moreover, I thought my contribution would make a rather good one, as there is currently only 1 politician from Estonia who happens to have more experience in foreign affairs matters than my 17 years and that is my colleague in the EP, Mr Tunne Kelam. As an independent candidate, I offered the people a little diversity in this context during the last elections and it seemed to resonate with quite a few people.
I have been interested in politics ever since I was little, but I haven't joined any party. Being in the party during the Soviet occupation was out of the question for understandable reasons. After Estonia had restored its independence, I thought it would be more suitable for a free country to have an apolitical civil service. Even later, when I was the advisor to the Prime Minister and chancellor of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was unthinkable that the civil service could belong to a party. I still believe that top officials without party membership are much better than bureaucrats with a party membership.
I acknowledge different ways of thinking, hobbies etc, because they enrich society on the whole. However I cannot say that I could belong to any of the two parties in Estonia that call themselves liberal on a European level because in my opinion they are not. In some things I am rather conservative, maybe even a bit nostalgic. This would however relate only to the Republic of Estonia before World War II. But unlike our conservatives, I am able to interact with the Russians – I can present my thought to them in an understandable way and sometimes even earn their respect. I don't worship money, though it's natural that it motivates people rather often. Should I have more money left over, I would prefer it to be given for those in need. Therefore I may say that I also have a social-democratic part in me.


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I must have been Googling myself, but I really don't remember having done it. Any, I found out about this guy, and thought it might be something that would interest Jake. Listened to "Experiment in Metaphysics" and "Christian Lucifer" today and dug it. Apparently downloads can be found among the usual suspects.
From http://www.allmusic.com/artist/perry-le ... /biography
"In June 1970, he recorded the Experiment in Metaphysics LP, which was printed in a single run of 300 copies. ... In countercultural fashion, most of the 300 albums pressed were given away on a Philadelphia street corner in one afternoon in August 1970, making it a very rare (and subsequently sought after) artifact."
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Mars500 diary: trial run
As the start of their 105-day stay in the special isolation facility nears, the six Mars500 crewmembers participated in a short trial run. The ESA-selected participants Oliver Knickel and Cyrille Fournier sent a diary entry before they embark on the simulated Mars mission tomorrow afternoon.
Cyrille Fournier writes:
After almost two months of training at Star City and the IBMP institute, we are finally getting close to what we have been aiming for since mid-2007!
However, before going in the module for the 105-day isolation, we went through a four-day dry run. This was for us to get used to the facility and check if we hadn't forgotten anything obvious for the scientific experiment, or any of the personal items we are planning to take with us.
On Thursday 26 March, at 10 o'clock, Serguei Ryazansky, Oleg Artemev, Alexei Baranov, Alexei Shpakov, Oliver Knickel and I stepped into the module as we will be doing on 31 March. This time it was only for four days, but it gave us a taste of how we will live for 105 days.
Ironically, we all felt quite relieved as the previous days were very hectic in terms of involvement in the medical analyses, experiment checks and media participation.
I immediately felt at ease in this limited space as it is very well organised and quite comfortable. The Russians have already performed two 15-day isolation studies last year and obviously they were more familiar with the place than we were.
We started our stay by organising all the equipment that was brought in by the scientific teams. Then we went through different experiments, helping each other to put on electrodes or sensors. With the food being an experiment by itself, we spent a lot of time checking the tonnes of food that is stored in the freezers and on trying to settle on ways of heating up all our meals as fast as possible!
We also had discussions with an Austrian team who was installing a body training machine that is part of a study about keeping fit through different physical training programmes.
We also tried an ESA experiment proposed by a Dutch team which requires the participation of three crewmembers. Through a computer-supported exchange 'game' they will analyse how we each behave within a small group. We will obviously have to regularly perform these experiments through the entire isolation period, the point being to record, for each of us, the evolution of social parameters.
Also, as bedtime was closing in, two of us had to spend the night wearing a 128-electrode cap to record our brain activity whilst we slept. As well as the cap there was also a three-electrode ECG recording device and a sensor in the nose for measuring the breathing activity. This Italian experiment studies a particular brain wave produced during the first four hours of sleep.
Alexei Baranov and I were the first two lucky ones to try the entire system. Although it was, as one can expect, very uncomfortable to sleep with, we were definitely tired enough to fall asleep very quickly. However, we woke up quite frequently, not just because of the cap but mainly because of being literally entangled in the cables!
The next days were dedicated to upgrading comfort inside our module, while keeping up with the experiments and the collection of fluids (saliva, urine, blood) necessary for a number of scientists who will be looking at changes in our hormone levels and other physiological parameters. Every night, two other crewmembers were subjects for the Italian brain wave experiment.
The dry run gave me a brief, but I believe accurate, glimpse of what we will go through the next 105 days. On a personal level, I felt very comfortable in the module and quickly became familiar with this new environment. As a group, I have to say the crew is truly great and that all individuals, in addition to intellectual qualities and psychological balance, have real communication, social and behavioural skills that will not only be appreciated by the other crewmembers, but also needed in case tensions arise because of whatever reason(s). I have sincere and grounded hopes that we will manage to live together in isolation rather well. Obviously, we will see by mid-July!
Meanwhile, we have less than two days left to get fully ready to start the isolation. This will definitely focus only on the material preparation, as we, the six crewmembers including Oliver and me, are 200% psychologically ready to enter the module on 31 March 31!
Oliver Knickel writes:
From 26 to 29 March, we participated in a dry run inside the Mars500 facility. We went through all the experiments one last time that we will have to complete during isolation and made sure that all the items we need are in place.
We also had the first opportunity to familiarise ourselves with the facility itself and its technical procedures. We installed our greenhouse with our first onions and had our first physical training with the different devices in our exercise room.
I was, of course, especially excited about sleeping for the first time in my 3 m2 room, while wearing an EEG cap to measure my sleep behaviour. But even I was surprised about how deeply I slept, not waking up because of the EEG cap or because of sleeping in a 40cm x 185cm bed.
During the dry run we had a very good time with our Russian crewmates, supporting them during the Russian experiments, while they did a great job of helping us with our European experiments.
We were all very happy about the quality of the food, which mainly consists of Bavarian dishes that we tried for the first time. Now we are even looking forward to trying more of this food during isolation.
We finally took the chance to go through all the medical procedures and provide the final data for the Baseline Data Collection which will enable the scientist to compare the data gathered during isolation with the data provided before.
At the end of the dry run we were all in good spirits about the progress we had made and about the good technical shape of the facility. All crewmembers are now very eager to start and are looking forward to prove their well-trained abilities during the isolation period.


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When the Pontiac Solstice rolled into Detroit's COBO Center in January 2002, it was the immediate hit of the North American International Auto Show. The problem was putting into production what was little more than a fantasy in fiberglass. To get the show car into showrooms, engineers had to borrow a little here, invent a little there, including the all-new Kappa chassis that will eventually serve as the platform for an array of GM specialty cars.
But there was reason to wait. The sleek little roadster with the protruding nose will go far to putting the punch back into the Pontiac tagline "We build excitement." The division's tradition for brutish growlers had fallen flat of late. The Trans Am fell victim to declining sales, and the GTO, reborn in 2004, proved a short-lived and underwhelming phenomenon.
But the '06 Solstice is not your classic Pontiac muscle car, not in any way, shape or form. Oh, it's reasonably peppy, with its 2.4-liter I-4 engine putting out 177-horsepower, enough to turn 0-60 times of just over seven seconds. But rather than racing from stoplight to stoplight, the new roadster demands to be taken on long trips down winding back-country roads, as we discovered while exploring the Columbia River Gorge that separates Oregon from Washington. The stiff Kappa platform turns effortlessly, while also soaking up roadway bumps. And the oversized brakes will bring the roadster to a stop fast enough to give you a nosebleed.
Forget the Firebird. The closest comparison is that classic of affordable roadsters, Mazda's Miata. The third generation of the MX-5 also debuts this year, and it's more fun to drive than ever. Miata has the more elegant interior, though Solstice is pretty slick for its price tag—$19,995 for the base car, and less than $25,000 loaded to the gills. And there's no question Pontiac's over-the-top exterior is the more eye-catching, as witnessed by consumer response. By the time Solstice sales launched in August, 7,000 paid orders had already been placed (including 1,000 customers who made deposits during a promotion on Donald Trump's TV show, "The Apprentice"). With a slow factory ramp-up and a maximum capacity of 1,500 cars a month, it's likely to be Spring before new orders are filled. Then again, that'd be just in time for roadster season, so you just might want to ante up that deposit and sit tight.
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Lemon Scrub For Face: How To Use Lemon Scrub For Oily, Dry And Normal Skin
Who doesn't want a soft, supple and radiant skin? A lot of us strive to get a flawless skin and in order to achieve the same, we often end up trying various cosmetic and beauty products and treatment that are easily available in the market. What we fail to realise is the fact that these store-bought products could possible do more harm than good to our skin. It is always better to use natural ingredients on face, as they steer clear of any side-effects. A dry, patchy and dull skin can undoubtedly give you a hard time. However, there is one humble kitchen ingredient that can help in bringing back that lost glow - lemon. Yes, you read that right! Lemon comes packed with a host of health-benefiting properties, including skin, hair, and overall health. When it comes to skin care, lemon can come to great help. Lemon can be used in your face packs and face scrubs for almost all skin types; be it dry, oily or normal.
A 100-gram serving of lemon contains about 53 grams of vitamin C, which is again a very skin-friendly nutrient. You may also add other kitchen ingredients as well to complement lemon. For instance, honey and sugar are two ingredients that are perfect to be used in lemon scrubs. Here are three lemon scrubs for all skin types.
For Normal Skin - Sugar And Lemon Scrub
This scrub is made using the superb combination of sugar and lemon. Both sugar and lemon are replete with healthful properties. Lemon is an excellent source of vitamin C, which is known to even skin tone and can also tighten open pores. On the other hand, sugar acts as a natural exfoliator, which helps in removing dead and dull skin cells from the face.
6 tablespoons Lemon Juice
2 tablespoons Sugar
To begin with, take a bowl and add both sugar and lemon juice to it.
Mix both the ingredients and massage the mixture with your fingertips on your face in a circular motion.
The sugar granules should be massaged well on the face till they get evenly dissolved.
Once this is done, wash off your face with warm water.
Note: This particular face scrub would also help keep dark spots and tanned skin at bay.
For Dry Skin - Coconut Oil, Sugar and Lemon Scrub
Do you happen to have a dry skin type? If yes, then this face scrub is for you. Look no further and bring this three-ingredient face scrub to your rescue and say bye-bye to dry and flaky skin. Lemon helps in softening the skin; whereas, coconut will act as a tonic and bring back the moisture to the dull skin.
1/2 cup coconut Oil
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Start by adding all the three ingredients in a bowl and mix them well.
Now, take this oil scrub and massage onto your face for around 8-10 minutes.
Once the scrubbing part is done, wash off your face with warm water.
For Oily Skin - Honey, Baking Soda and Lemon Scrub
Pimples can turn out to be quite annoying. People with oily skin type usually tend to suffer more from pimple problems. If you also happen to be a prey of those frequent acne breakouts, then this lemon scrub is sure to come quite handy. Made using baking soda, lemon and honey, this scrub will deep cleanse your oily skin. Lemon acts as a natural astringent, baking soda acts as a natural cleanser and honey's anti-bacterial properties may help reduce sebum production.
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 tablespoon baking soda
Take a bowl and add all the three ingredients to it.
After mixing them well, apply this paste-like scrub on your face using your fingers and gently massage for about 3-4 minutes.
Once this is done, wash off your face using cold water.
So, what are you waiting for? Bring these three lemon scrubs to your rescue and bring back that lost glow and shine on your face.
Dry skin is a condition caused by the lack of moisture in skin. Fine lines and wrinkles are just some of the conditions, which may be caused due to dry skin. Dry skin can also be very uncomfortable. The condition is mostly caused by environmental factors such as exposure to harsh weather conditions or getting soaked in hot water.
People at risk:
Age: People who are older than 40 years of age tend to be more at risk of dry skin than people who are younger than 40 years.
Climate: As mentioned earlier, weather conditions play a pivotal role in causing dry skin. Therefore, people who live in areas, where the climate is either very hot or very cold, tend to get dry skin more often than people who live in temperate climates. Low humidity is another factor which causes dry skin.
Profession: Some professions, such as nursing or hairstyling, requires frequent usage of hot water all through the day, which can also lead to dry skin.
Swimming: Swimming is one of the major causes of dry skin. This is especially true in pools, which have chlorine mixed in the water. This is because chlorine increases the itchiness on your skin.
Lifestyle changes: Usually, lifestyle changes such as avoiding long, hot showers and putting moisturizers are good enough to make sure that dry skin goes away.
Lactic acid: Creams with lactic acid and urea can be prescribed by your doctor if the dryness of your skin does not go away with moisturizers. These creams are usually over-the-counter medications.
Prescription creams: Prescription creams are given, only when conditions such as dermatitis, psoriasis or ichthyosis are present.
Wet dressing: Wet dressing is given only when dermatitis has set in, as it mostly helps in preventing the infection.
Oiling: Oiling your body, especially with fish or flaxseed oil, ensures that your body does not succumb to dry skin.
Hand sanitizer: Normal hand sanitizers tend to make your hands dry. Thus, dermatologists recommend hydrating hand sanitizers that allow your hands to maintain their moisture. Therefore, whenever you are using a hand sanitizer, use a hydrating one.
Dry skin refers to the lack of moisture within the skin, specifically within the layer known as epidermis. Dry skin is a fairly common condition resulting in the flaking of skin. The abnormal lack of moisture in skin can be caused by several influencing factors.
The loss of moisture:
Dry skin may be mild, where it may last for a few days to severe, where it lasts for prolonged periods of time. This tends to become increasingly common with age. Although normally having a dry skin is a common skin type, abnormally low moisture content in the skin might become a serious and chronic condition leading to many problems.
Causes of dry skin
1. Dry skin might be caused by winter weather or dry and harsh climatic conditions
2. Bathing or washing skin frequently with rough soap,
3. Severe deficiency of vitamin A
4. Using hot water for showers for prolonged periods of time
5. Individuals with eczema are more prone to dry skin and may lead to several bacterial infections as well
6. Underlying physical disorders such as hypothyroidism and diabetes may also be contributing factors.
7. Medication for lowering lood pressure, cholesterol and to remove acne may also lead to the dryness of skin.
The symptoms of dry skin include
1. Itchiness and discomfort
2. Tightness of skin
3. Continuous scratching
4. Appearance of white lines on scratching
5. Extremely dry skin may result in the cracking or breaking of skin causing pain and discomfort
6. Skin that easily bruises with minor abrasions
Dryness of skin is very common and can be treated easily. However, extreme dryness can lead to severe discomfort of the skin and cause infections and skin diseases. Visiting a dermatologist is always preferred in such cases.
1. Certain preventive steps you can take to prevent the occurrence of dry skin along with some treatment options are mentioned here.
2. Temporary dry skin may be treated with the use of lotion. Frequent moisturizing also helps.
3. It is also advisable to drink a lot of water and avoid soaps that suck moisture out of your skin.
4. You should also try and increase the intake of food rich in Vitamin A. Carrots, spinach, tomatoes, zucchini, celery, are good examples of such food.
5. Natural oils may also be used to temporarily remove the dryness in skin. Regular massages and frequent application of moisturizing agents always helps.
6. You should also switch to bathing in cool or lukewarm water.
If the problem seems to persist, consult a dermatologist for further consultation. Special medicated lotions are often prescribed to deal with dry skin. Anti-itching lotions may also be prescribed by dermatologists along with certain oral medications for rare cases.


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We are taking a look back at the 2012 season in pictures leading up to the start of practice in full pads July 29.
Week 2 — Centennial upsets Franklin; Davidson Acad. vs. FRA; MBA vs. Brentwood Acad.; Siegel vs. Blackman; Oakland vs. LaVergne
Week 1 — Blackman vs. Pearl-Cohn; Riverdale vs. Ballard; McGavock vs. Mt. Juliet; Siegel vs. Lincoln Co.; Brentwood Acad. vs. Maplewood
Week 0 — Goodpasture vs. CPA; Father Ryan vs. Overton; Independence vs. Blackman; Siegel vs. Franklin; BGA vs. Smyrna


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In the Pokédex, Pokémon that have not yet been seen are displayed with "----------" as their name; their sprite is a black-and-white bulls-eye with a question mark in it. ?????????? uses this same sprite, and when caught, its name in the Pokédex is shown as "----------". Its description, too, is a possible placeholder: "This is a newly discovered Pokémon. It is currently under investigation. No information is available at this time."
Empty slots in a player's party are actually ??????????s. This can be demonstrated with a GameShark; if the player uses a walk-through-walls code to start a wild battle without having received a Starter Pokémon, then at the start of that battle, the player will send out a ??????????. The ?????????? typically seen in cases like this have 0 max HP, no moves, and no displayed moves; the player will white out as soon as the ?????????? is attacked.


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Tuesday 9th July
14:00 - 15:30
Wells Cathedral has one of the few chained libraries in Britain. It is especially attractive as it is still in its original location built in the 1450s, although the current bookshelves and chains are 17th Century. Our Chained Library houses books published before 1800 which were collected by the canons in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, reflecting their wide-ranging intellectual interests.
Please allow one and a half hours for the tour. Be aware that access is by a stone spiral staircase and may not be suitable for those with mobility problems.
This tour is part of our programme of pre-bookable special interest tours for 2019 which offer an insight into the chained library and are led by our highly trained and enthusiastic Cathedral Guides.
Each tour lasts a full hour and a half. Places do need to be pre-booked via Eventbrite and maximum tour numbers apply. £13.71 (including booking fee) per person.


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Avid Energy Burrito readers may have noticed we received some unwelcome attention recently from a computer savvy team of handbag enthusiasts. Last week, our site was redirected to a website promoting luxury handbags. If you visited during that time, you were probably confused (or delighted) to see we diversified into trendy, name-brand purses at reasonable prices. (Plus free, two-day shipping!)
Alas, our foray into fashion accessories was short-lived and everything has returned to normal. Under the circumstances, we can't quite make a silk purse out of this sow's ear, but we thought we'd use this post to have a little fun at our expense. Enjoy.
I Can Never Find Anything in Here! – Unpacking the Clean Power Plan
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I loved this idea I found on Pinterest, making fun surprise bags for the kids to open at specific times during the trip. For mine, I used brown paper lunch sacks, a Sharpie, free Disney stickers from the Disney Movie Club welcome package, and washi tape to close them. Our bags contain:
- Open when there's a rumbly in your tumbly: fancy lollipops - purchased on clearance in hopes of staving off requests for the pricy park ones.
- Open in a looooong line: 1)squishy sensory ball and plastic Slinky, 2)Rubix cube and plastic Slinky. - all from Dollar Tree.
- Open before Fantasmic and the parade: glow swords, glow sticks, light-up bracelets - Dollar Tree and Target Dollar Spot.
- Open when people-watching: mini bottles of bubbles - Dollar Tree.
- Open when you see a penny machine or a wishing well: homemade penny tubes.