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Obama's demographic gamble
LAS VEGAS — If the 2012 election were simply about the unemployment rate, Mitt Romney would be crushing President Barack Obama in this economically ravaged state.
Yet politicians from both parties acknowledge that Obama is a solid favorite to carry Nevada on Tuesday — for reasons that illuminate not only how the president may win reelection Tuesday, but also why an Obama victory could offer a Democratic electoral template for decades to come.
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( PHOTOS: Final countdown to Election Day.)
Obama is likely to get blown out among white voters on Election Day, narrowly lose independents nationwide and yet still win, based on historic margins among groups that often lean Democratic, but don't necessarily vote at high rates: Latinos, African-Americans, young people and unmarried women.
Obama's campaign message reflects its faith in demographic and social destiny: The president has campaigned hard on immigration reform and national surveys show him leading Romney by 40 points to 50 points among Latinos. Democrats have pummeled Republicans for their opposition to abortion rights and funding for Planned Parenthood, running up their support among women. On the stump, Obama touts accomplishments that appeal to a younger, socially liberal-age group, such as repealing the "don't ask, don't tell" ban on gays in the military.
As recently as 2004, it would have been viewed as damaging and perhaps lethal for a Democratic presidential candidate to make any one of those positions central to his campaign — let alone all of them.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama makes pitch for unity)
For almost every battleground state on the map, Obama's team can marshal data, showing they've registered impressive numbers of new voters and increased the weight of Latino and black voters in the electorate. Where Republicans anticipate less enthusiasm from minority voters than in the 2008 election, Obama's team expresses total certainty that there will be more non-white voters at the polls this year than ever.
"The Romney campaign believes the electorate still looks like it did in 2004. It doesn't. American voters are more diverse than ever," national field director Jeremy Bird wrote in a memo this week. "More Latinos will vote this year than ever before — both in raw numbers and as a percentage of the electorate in battleground states — and the president will win the most Latino votes of any presidential candidate ever. Women continue to make up more than half of the electorate, and we're leading among women by double digits nationally and in every battleground state, and for good reason."
To be sure, Obama's also delivering a conventional economic message and leaning on traditional swing-voters, too: upscale suburban independents and white, working-class Midwesterners. But Obama's more modest backing from those groups would be unlikely to carry the day, in the absence of the overwhelming support from his distinctive 2012 coalition.
The race in Nevada is a particularly striking example of Obama's generational bet. The state had unemployment of 11.8 percent in September, the worst in the country, and a housing market in the absolute pits. If Romney's appeal to economic unease should resonate anywhere, one would think Nevada would be that place.


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Referential integrity is a plug-in mechanism that ensures that relationships between entries are maintained. Several types of attributes, such as those for group membership, contain the DN of another entry. Referential integrity can be used to ensure that when an entry is removed, all attributes that contain its DN are also removed.
For example, if a user's entry is removed from the directory and referential integrity is enabled, the server also removes the user from any groups of which the user is a member. If referential integrity is not enabled, the user must be manually removed from the group by the administrator. This is an important feature if you are integratingDirectory Server with other products that rely on the directory for user and group management.
When the referential integrity plug-in is enabled it performs integrity updates on specified attributes immediately after a delete, rename, or move operation. By default, the referential integrity plug-in is disabled.
Whenever you delete, rename, or move a user or group entry in the directory, the operation is logged to the referential integrity log file:
After a specified time, known as the update interval, the server performs a search on all attributes for which referential integrity is enabled, and matches the entries resulting from that search with the DNs of deleted or modified entries present in the log file. If the log file shows that the entry was deleted, the corresponding attribute is deleted. If the log file shows that the entry was changed, the corresponding attribute value is modified accordingly.
When the default configuration of the referential integrity plug-in is enabled, it performs integrity updates on the member, uniquemember, owner, seeAlso, and nsroledn attributes immediately after a delete, rename, or move operation. You can, however, configure the behavior of the referential integrity plug-in to suit your own requirements. The following behavior can be configured:
Record referential integrity updates in a different file.
Modify the update interval.
If you want to reduce the impact that referential integrity updates has on your system, you might want to increase the amount of time between updates.
Select the attributes to which you apply referential integrity.
If you use or define attributes containing DN values, you might want the referential integrity plug-in to monitor them.
All attributes in all databases that are used by the referential integrity plug-in must be indexed. The indexes need to be created in the configuration of all the databases. When the retro changelog is enabled, the cn=changelog suffix must be indexed. For information, see Chapter 12, Directory Server Indexing.
Certain limitations are associated with using the referential integrity plug-in in a replicated environment. For a list of these limitations, see Replication and Referential Integrity.
You can use DSCC to perform this task. For information, see Directory Service Control Center Interface and the DSCC online help.
Make sure that all replicas are configured and that all replication agreements are defined.
Determine the set of attributes for which you will maintain referential integrity and the update interval that you want to use on your master servers.
Enable the referential integrity plug-in on all master servers using the same set of attributes and the same update interval.
To define the attributes for referential integrity, use this command:
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port ref-integrity-attr:attribute-name \ ref-integrity-attr:attribute-name
To add a referential integrity attribute to an existing list of attributes, use this command:
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To define the referential integrity update interval, use this command:
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port ref-integrity-check-delay:duration
To enable referential integrity, use this command:
$ dsconf set-server-prop -h host -p port ref-integrity-enabled:on
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Setoguchi and Ladd score in shootout to give Jets 3-2 win over Red WingsNHL.com @NHLdotcom
DETROIT - Devin Setoguchi and Andrew Ladd scored in the shootout to give the Winnipeg Jets a 3-2 win over the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday night.
Bryan Little and Zach Bogosian scored for Winnipeg in regulation. Ondrej Pavelec made 41 saves.
Pavel Datsyuk scored twice for Detroit. Jimmy Howard stopped 19 shots. Daniel Alfredsson scored in the shootout.
Datsyuk's second power-play goal of the game, with 6:49 remaining in the third, tied it 2-2.
He stuffed one in from the side of the net for his ninth of the season. The goal came just after a Red Wings' two-man advantage came to an end.
Detroit outshot Winnipeg 16-2 in the third period.
Bogosian gave Winnipeg a 2-1 lead with 9:13 left in the third period. He took a pass in the slot from centre Olli Jokinen and moved to his right, made a move and put a shot past Howard from the right circle.
It was Bogosian's first goal of the season.
Little opened the scoring 7:10 into the game with his 11th goal. He put in a one-time shot from the inside edge of the left circle off the rush on a cross-ice pass from Blake Wheeler.
Datsyuk's power-play goal with 5:16 left in the first period tied the game at 1. Datsyuk scored from the bottom of the right circle along the goal line. It was his eighth goal.
NOTES: Detroit LW Johan Franzen returned after missing four games with a upper-body injury/illness. . Red Wings' RW Daniel Cleary was a healthy scratch. He had only a goal and two assists in 18 games. . Winnipeg C Bryan Little has five points (three goals and two assists) in his past three games. ... Red Wings adviser to hockey operations Chris Chelios was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame on Monday night.


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This role-playing simulation board game was developed by the Poland-based Centre for Systems Solutions, and has been used by public and private organizations in Hungary, Poland, Belgium, Spain, Netherlands, Germany and Austria for improving communication and collaboration. Players take the roles of people living in a river valley prone to droughts and floods. Making decisions on behalf of individuals and organizations, they face facing challenges arising from the decisions of other players and the unpredictability of the environment. Lords of the Valley is a laboratory for practicing strategy, collaboration and leadership in a complex environment. Participants in this day-long event, including a debriefing, will learn how to align goals, negotiate and coordinate actions to achieve success for their organization and its partners.
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Six months to go and fifty one teams from fourteen nations already signed up to race at the 2017 Melges 24 World Championship that takes place from 28th July to 4th August in Helsinki, Finland. The Notice of Race has been published, online entry has been open for a while and Melges 24 sailors across the globe are invited to make their entries for this prestigious event organised by the Helsingfors Segelklubb (HSK) in co-operation with the International Melges 24 Class Association (IM24CA) and Finnish Melges 24 Class Association. The online entry, the Notice of Race and other information about the venue are available at melges24.com/Worlds2017.
Back in Helsinki after 14 years
It's been a while when the International Melges 24 fleet was racing in this part of the world. The first time for the international Melges 24 fleet of fifty six teams to race this north was in 2003 when Jacob's Creek Melges 24 Europeans were organised by the same hosting club HSK. Sailors might also remember the most recent title championship in this area organized by the Finnish-Estonian Melges 24 Class Association in Tallinn, Estonia in 2010.
IM24CA is happy to work again together with a bunch of people familiar from the past events' organisations to ensure the success of the title event. Perttu Rönkkö, 2017 Melges 24 Worlds Regatta Chair and Vice Commodore for HSK will be excited to host such international fleet of Melges 24s, especially for the Worlds this time: 'HSK is happy to host Melges 24 International fleet for the World title event. At the same venue the Melges 24 Europeans were held fourteen years ago, but the both club and surrounding area has been developing a lot during the last years. To serve our club members and foreign sailors better a new club house was inaugurated in 2010 which makes organizing such a great event even more comfortable here. We also do not underestimate the social program and ashore events of the Worlds. 2017 is Finland's big year celebrating the centenary of Finland's independence and co-operating with Helsinki City we try to offer to the sailors a variety of events both in the marina and in the city.'
Jens Wathne, the Chairman of IM24CA is happy to see wide interest towards the Worlds in the Nordic. 'I am delighted that the Finnish Melges 24 class is hosting the 2017 World Championship. Finnish hospitality and the organization will delight the sailors from around the globe. Opening the online entry of the championship has made the sailors come out in numbers - fifty one boats from fourteen different nations is a clear sign that the class is vibrant and active. High attendance from the Nordic countries and all around the Europe is of course expected, but I highlight the teams traveling great distances to fight for the title. I am happy to see already three boats from U.S. entered.'
Tomi Hakola, the President of the Finnish Melges 24 Class Association, who has been in the organising committee for the both past events, said expecting eighty entries. 'This is the venue that will host us with the beauty of its landscapes, the hospitality of its people and weather conditions that are perfect for sailing. Welcome to Finland!'
Pre-events for the Worlds
The attractions for the sailors will be that the racing area is just outside Helsinki (the capital city of Finland) on open waters. Coming from the race area in to the race harbour both to west and east is unique archipelago. To test the waters of the Worlds the best training for the Melges 24 sailors would be the Melges 24 Finnish Open Nationals held one week before the Worlds on the same venue on July 22-23. The Notice of Race for this event will be published shortly.
Organising team, International Jury and most of the Race Committee team are set and the discussions with the ferry companies are underway to have the best options for shipping the boats from Travemünde (GER) or Stockholm (SWE) to Helsinki.
For more competitive racing before the Worlds Melges 24 teams are invited to take part from the Nordic and Swedish Melges 24 Championship in a very popular sailing venue Marstrand, Sweden in June which is the third event of the 2017 Melges 24 European Sailing Series. From there different options for the next events are available: either Hanko Race Week in Norway (June 29 - July 2) or Kiel Week in Germany (June 22-25). From Hankø is easy to drive to Stockholm and then take a ferry to Helsinki; from Kiel you can drive to Travemünde and take a ferry directly to Helsinki. More details about the both logistics options IM24CA will publish shortly.
51 teams from 14 nations entered and counting
At the present moment we have already fifty one entries from fourteen different countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Great Britain, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden and from overseas United States of America). The organisers expect the total number of entries go up to eighty boats. Click here for the Entry List.
For the Early Birds
Competitors who place and pay for their entry before 2nd June 2017 can take advantage of the early bird entry rate of Euro 750.
About Helsingfors Segelklubb (HSK):
HSK is a Finnish sailing club founded in 1899. With 1.600 members and 600 registered boats, we are one of Finland's largest and most successful sailing clubs. Club is located centrally on the west side of Helsinki in Lauttasaari, with an excellent services and traffic connections nearby. The harbour has expanded during the years and today 300 berths and about 100 winter lay-up sites are in use. The new club house was inaugurated in 2010. HSK has been very active to organize the international and local sailing regattas along the years and many famous Finnish sailors are coming from this club. In 2017 to the Sailing Team Finland from HSK have been nominated Tuuli Petäjä-Sirén - RS:X, Kaarle Tapper - Laser Standard, Joonas and Niklas Lindgren - 470 and Mikaela Wulff - 49er FX/470.
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Event dates:
Friday July 28th to Sunday 30th: Registration and Measurement
Sunday July 30th: Practice race and the Opening Ceremony
Monday July 31st to Friday August 4th: Racing at the 2017 Melges 24 World Championship
The online entry, the Notice of Race and other information at melges24.com/Worlds2017
Event in Facebook: www.facebook.com/melges24worlds2017/
IM24CA Facebook: www.facebook.com/World.of.Melges24/
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/melges24/albums
Twitter: twitter.com/Melges_24
Instagram: instagram.com/worldofmelges24/
YouTube: youtube.com/user/IM24CA
IM24CA website
Helsingfors Segelklubb website
Finnish Melges 24 Class Association's website
For further information on the Melges 24 World Championship 2017, please contact:
Perttu Rönkkö
Regatta Chair
+358 50 537 2722
Tomi Hakola
Finnish Melges 24 Class Association
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Piret Salmistu
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Joseph optioned, but catcher optimistic about future
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- One play -- one unfortunate play -- can change everything.
For rising young catching prospect Tommy Joseph, it happened on May 4 of last season. He was behind the plate for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs against the Indianapolis Indians. It was just like any other game, until the batter fouled a pitch off his face mask. It took a few moments for the full impact to be realized, in more ways than one.View Full Game Coverage
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- One play -- one unfortunate play -- can change everything.
For rising young catching prospect Tommy Joseph, it happened on May 4 of last season. He was behind the plate for the Triple-A Lehigh Valley IronPigs against the Indianapolis Indians. It was just like any other game, until the batter fouled a pitch off his face mask. It took a few moments for the full impact to be realized, in more ways than one.View Full Game Coverage
"It's hard to forget it," Joseph said. "I got hit. Asked the umpire for time. It just didn't feel right after that. I tried to play at least another inning. [I] hit, and when I was running, it felt like my brain was getting rattled around in my head. I was taken out, and the rest is history."
Joseph had a concussion. He came back and tried to play weeks later, but the symptoms remained. He was shut down again. His season was over as he tried to recover from the nausea, the dizziness and everything else that went with it.
"My reaction time was behind the eight-ball. I couldn't get up to speed," Joseph said. "I felt like I was moving in slow motion. The rest of the game was going so fast. I felt like I was swinging at pitches when they were already in the glove. It just wasn't good."
Before he was hurt, it wasn't a stretch to imagine Joseph as the Phillies' starting catcher in 2014. The organization talked a lot about wanting to get younger. Incumbent Carlos Ruiz was a free agent who was having a subpar season. Joseph was the key to the deal, which also included Nate Schierholtz and Seth Rosin, when Hunter Pence was dealt to the Giants just before the Trade Deadline in '12.
After Joseph played in just 36 games in 2013 and batted .179 with three home runs and 16 RBIs, though, the Phillies had little choice but to re-sign the 35-year-old Ruiz to a three-year, $26 million deal.
So Friday morning, before the team buses departed for the Grapefruit League game against the Pirates in Bradenton, Fla., the Phillies made a series of roster moves. Left-hander Jeremy Horst and outfielders Tyson Gillies and Zach Collier were optioned. Catcher Lou Marson was released. Left-hander Cesar Jimenez, right-hander Ken Giles and infielder Andres Blanco were reassigned to the Minor League complex. Catcher Sebastian Valle, who had been reassigned, was brought back to big league camp.
And one more: Joseph was called in and informed that he, too, had been sent out.
However, two throws -- two impressive throws -- reminded the Phillies that they shouldn't forget about him.
It happened last Sunday, in an exhibition game against the Twins at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers, Fla. Joseph entered the game as a defensive replacement in the bottom of the eighth and caught Alex Presley trying to steal second. In the ninth, he did the same to Jermaine Mitchell. And these weren't just routine throws. These were the kind that make even hardened baseball men sit up a little straighter in their seats behind the plate.
"For a young player, there's no question he opened our eyes with those throws," said Phillies senior consultant Dallas Green, who has spent more than a half century in the game. "You know, we've got high hopes for him. He's just had a rough go with the concussions and stuff. But he has to figure in the future.
"It's not only the strength of the throws, but the release. And his release time was very, very good. The quickness and footwork and everything had to go perfectly. And it did. He just executed both of them with the kind of precision we're looking for. I still think [Bob Boone] is one of the best I've ever been around in terms of release and catching and defense and throwing the ball. We haven't seen a lot of [Joseph] in action, so that reinforced what we kind of thought might happen. But you have to have it happen in a game. And he did it."
Yes, Joseph wonders about what might have been. Of course he does.
"Those are things you definitely don't want to think about. But obviously, people around you will put things in your head. Whether it's [the media] or my buddies or whoever. It doesn't matter. It's hard not to think about, but things happen and I can only worry about the situation I'm in right now," Joseph said.
"Last year was very difficult. Obviously, it wasn't what you want when you start a season. But now that it's in the past, we have good things to look forward to in 2014. And I'm excited about it."
Much of that excitement is based on the fact that he's healthy again. Joseph went to see Dr. Micky Collins in Pittsburgh after the season. He went through two days of tests and came back clean, and he was told he had nothing to worry about. It was too late for the Florida Instructional League, so he played a month for Estrellas in the Dominican Republic.
Joseph is still just 22 years old. He made a good impression this spring. With Friday's moves, the Phillies have 44 players left in camp.
Joseph is no longer one of them. His path to the big leagues seems to be blocked. Then again, things can change quickly in baseball. Nobody knows that better than he does.
Paul Hagen is a reporter for MLB.com.


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The United States Food Drug Administration (FDA) gave preliminary approval on December 28 2006to allow for meat and dairy products from cloned animals to be sold as food for human use. This currently does not include lamb or sheep due to more limited information on sheep cloning.
Labeling of cloned food would not be required.
Does this concern you? If so, you have until April 2, 2007 to submit comments to the FDA on the proposed plan. You can submit comments at this link.
You can review the proposed new standards in these documents:
Animal Cloning: A Draft Risk Assessment
Proposed Risk Management Plan
Guidance for Industry Use of Edible Products from Animal Clones or Their Progeny for Human Food or Animal Feed
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This page describes a former student worker. We're thankful for her contributions to the Digital Program.
I was born in PA, and moved around a lot until finally my folks settled down in 1985 in Winchester, Va. I earned my BA from George Mason University in Aug of 2000. I majored in Government and International Politics with a minor in History. While I was a undergrad I was able to intern at The White House, in the Office of National AIDS Policy.
After doing a 180 degrees from not going to work for the State Department I went to my original goal, and went into education. With that I got a job at Randolph Macon Academy Middle School in Front Royal, Va., as a dorm counselor. I was there for 7 1/2 years, with the last four years as the Middle School librarian. With my love of being a book nerd I took the deep plunge of leaving my full-time job, to be a full-time grad student here at The University of Alabama. Since, Aug. of 2008 I have been a full-time graduate student in the School of Library and Information Studies. My focus is School Media and also Federal Libraries. I hoping to graduate on may 8, 2010.
My dream job would be working in the library of the United states Holocaust Memorial Museum, and in conjunction with their education center, working with middle and high school students research the Holocaust.
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So Sonic 4: Episode 1 was a bit of a disappointment. Which should have surprised nobody, but hey, you can't rely on Sonic fans (which, really most of us are, deep down) for rational expectations of upcoming products.
So it's with trepidation, and not excitement, that we take a look at this gameplay footage from the upcoming Sonic 4: Episode 2. I mean, it looks very pretty! But we're one episode in and already there's a "friend". Keep mirroring the original series like this Sega and we'll be kissing humans and swinging swords by the end of this console generation.


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Kerry: Military threat against Syria led to diplomacy
Secretary of State John Kerry speaks to the House Arms Services Committee in a effort to gain support for President Obama's plans against Syria. VPC
Secretary of State John Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey faced a committee concerned about the effect of military spending cuts and the side effects of any military strike.
WASHINGTON — Russia's proposal to assume control of Syria's chemical weapons is a positive step, Obama administration officials told a House committee Tuesday, but it only happened because of the threat of U.S. force.
Secretary of State John Kerry told the House Armed Services Committee that the United States must respond to the Bashar Assad regime's Aug. 21 use of sarin nerve gas that killed at least 1,400 people, including more than 400 children, to show the world that the use of chemical weapons is not acceptable.
Russia's proposal gives all sides a way to avoid military action, Kerry said. "That is the ideal way to handle this," he said.
But Kerry said the administration has made it clear to the Russians that "this can't become a process of delay and avoidance." The United States, he added, is willing to wait, "but we are not waiting for long. The [United Nations] Security Council can't be allowed to become a debating society."
Kerry, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, faced a skeptical committee concerned about the effect of deep cuts in military spending, known as sequestration, and the side effects of any military strike against the Assad regime. Polls show a majority of Americans oppose President Obama's request to seek congressional authorization to attack Syria with cruise missiles.
Hagel noted that he, Kerry and Dempsey were all combat veterans and had "seen its ugly realities up close. ... We are not unaware of the costs and ravages of war. But we also understand that America must protect its people and its national interests."
Walid al-Moualem, Syria's foreign minister, said the Assad government decided Monday evening to accept the Russia plan "to stave off American aggression."
STORY: Strike to degrade Syrian forces would still be limited
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Rep. Buck McKeon, a California Republican and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, questioned whether the automatic cuts known as sequestration would affect the military's ability to strike Syria. The Navy's cost of keeping four destroyers in the region costs about $30 million a week, he said.
"I'm not concerned about this operation," Dempsey said, but future ones might be affected. "My assumption is if something is in our national interest we can find the money to pay for it," Dempsey said.
Dempsey said the planned strike would be significant and aimed at degrading Assad's ability to use chemical weapons again and to threaten his neighbors. The attack could come in two waves.
Intelligence shows that Syria possesses 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons, Kerry said. Most of it is unmixed and stored in tanks. The weapons do not work until the component chemicals are mixed together. But Syria also has sarin-filled munitions and other weapons, Kerry said. The majority is in areas controlled by Assad's forces.
The U.S. military must remain "on the table" to compel Assad not to use chemical weapons again, Kerry said.
In one of the first statements about why Assad has used chemical weapons, Dempsey said he used them as a tactical weapon because his forces have been worn down after two years of fighting.
Assad appears to have have used chemical weapons on Aug. 21 to clear neighborhoods his army had been unable to secure them with conventional weapons and tactics, Dempsey said.
Rep. Adam Smith, the Washington Democrat and ranking member of the committee, pressed Kerry on how leaving Assad in power would hold him accountable.
STORY: Exotic weapons aim to destroy chemical weapons
"We're taking a stick and hitting a hornet's nest with no intention of killing the hornets," Smith said.
Kerry responded that the administration's approach was not "piecemeal."
Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., pressed for answers on the risk of retaliation after an attack.
Hagel said there are risks without taking action, as well. No response from the international community to Assad's use of chemical weapons means he will do it again, Hagel said.
Dempsey said the risk was low that Iran, which is backing Syria, would launch a counterattack. But he added, "I can't drive it to zero."
The three witnesses repeatedly emphasized the administration was not seeking a long struggle with Syria, a claim that continued to draw skeptical questioning.
In a heated exchange between Kerry and Rep. Jeff Miller, R.-Fla., Miller challenged Kerry on whether the administration had the votes needed to support a military strike.
"Do you want to play politics or do you want to get a policy in place?" Kerry snapped.
Miller pressed Kerry to explain his remark that an attack on Syria would be limited.
"It's not Iraq," Kerry said. "It's not Iran. It's not a year's war."
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London 2012 was a sustainable highlight of the year, but what happens next is the big question
A surge in projects informed by green design abounded this year in the RIBA and AJ Small Projects awards, such as NEX's Times Eureka Pavilion at Kew Gardens (1).
Open-City's Victoria Thornton also observed sustainability throughout her organisation's global network. Brought home by the Olympics, an increased awareness of the key role of landscape is welcome. Equally significant although still in its infancy is Soft Landings, a government directive on user engagement and building aftercare, set to be launched in 2016.
It's not all good news though. London 2012 – with all its glory and feel-good factor – is still only a mega-event. What happens next in Stratford is the big question, as well as how the sustainable practices adopted during the Games will impact on business as usual in UK construction and in Rio. The Green Deal is fraught with confusion and uncertainty. Below are five action points for 2013:
The emotive power of landscape
2012 will go down as the year British landscape design reinvented itself. Two of the main talking points, the Olympics and green infrastructure, have put the emotive power of quality landscape design firmly in the public eye and in professional consciousness. Last December, tell-tale signs hinted that landscape was starting to earn its place at the top table: Dan Pearson as a Stirling Prize judge, Luke Engleback's pioneering work for Kevin McCloud in Swindon, the promise of the Olympic Park (2).
2012 will go down as the year British landscape design reinvented itself
The horticultural feast masterminded by the Olympic Delivery Authority's John Hopkins and presented to a global audience by the Olympic Park landscape team (Hargreaves Associates, LDA Design, Nigel Dunnett, James Hitchmough, Sarah Price et al) made that promise real. The excellent Landscape Institute videos on YouTube are a must-see. Similarly, at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore, this year's World Architecture Festival winner, integrated landscape design is the glue that makes the project exceptional.
Supported by the mayor and the Garden Museum, the Landscape Institute-led High Line for London competition rode the swell of London's summer of euphoria, attracting 170 entries. The potential of such competitions to unearth modest ideas of promise is evidenced by Forgotten Spaces 2011 and the accompanying exhibition at Somerset House, which attracted many thousands of visitors. Alex Scott-Whitby's winning scheme (IN)Spires – a re-use proposal for City of London church spires – now has three projects under negotiation. It was encouraging that at the invitation of the mayor's office, the exhibition of shortlisted schemes (3) for the High Line competition was extended and relocated to City Hall. HTA's Bridge-It, a compelling proposal for new cycleways over existing transport thoroughfares, warrants an immediate London-wide feasibility study. Other schemes are immediately viable and scaleable – planted barges on the Thames, proposed by Erica Richmond and Peggy Pei-Chi Chi, or Wynne James' green bus-shelter roofs – with modest initial investment.
Resolution 1: Engage a landscape designer at the outset of your project.
The value of a sustainability award
To improve we need exemplars. This year all 10 RIBA regions singled out a building for a sustainability award; these projects point the way forward. In another key move, the Stirling Prize jury tightened up the submission requirements for environmental metrics and reviewed the shortlisted projects for their sustainability ambition. But the RIBA still eschews the idea of an annual sustainability award, for which Adam Khan Architects' Brockholes Visitor Centre is a clear candidate. In a recent AJ Footprint reader poll, 87 per cent of respondents voted in favor of a sustainability award.
Resolution 2: RIBA national should reinstate an annual award for best sustainable building.
What does the Green Deal mean to me?
We all know that retrofit is a messy business, even in the smoothest of projects. The Green Deal boondoggle has fostered massive confusion in the domestic retrofit market. A lack of joined-up thinking means long-term impacts have yet to be properly assessed in terms of building physics. Installation of non-breathable insulation could cause future condensation problems. Serious engagement with mortgage lenders and estate agencies is required to clarify implications on resale value.
Resolution 3: Measure your own carbon footprint and trial the challenges of domestic retrofit at home.
Time to get ready for Soft Landings
A more hopeful glimmer on the policy front is the Cabinet Office's imminent announcement of Government Soft Landings, an extended pre-and-post commissioning user-engagement and building-aftercare process. Come 2016, this will be mandatory for the government estate, with a knock-on effect for local authorities. This is a very promising step towards addressing the building-performance gap.
With six commissions underway, a dedicated Soft Landings team at Max Fordham is both a champion and a facilitator on projects ranging from the South Bank redevelopment to leisure centres with Studio E. According to Max Fordham team leader Tamsin Tweddell, BSRIA's Soft Landings framework is not just something you can pick up and get right the first time. 'It is rather like the RIBA Plan of Work in that it assumes a whole set of skills and knowledge,' she says. It also needs to be woven into a project early on, ideally at Stage B or C.
Resolution 4: Familiarise yourself with the Soft Landings framework and introduce it to clients at briefing stage.
The 'electric' city will shape our future
Increased discussion about smart cities – epitomised by Wilkinson Eyre and Siemens' Crystal at the Royal Docks (4) – and debate at this month's Electric City conference at the London School of Economics raises a host of new issues. According to director of the Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic, 'an electric city is one that is continuously monitored by surveillance cameras and navigated by GPS systems, which make London taxi drivers' painstakinglyacquired knowledge as nostalgically useless as the vinyl records some of us can't bear to discard.' That is clearly a double-edged sword.
Even the prime minister has grasped that the electric city has dramatic implications, proposing 00:/'s building on a roundabout at Old Street as an innovation hub. As architect Tim Stonor has eloquently articulated, this £50 million proposal misses the point and contributes little to resolving the dire state of the public realm at this important London interchange.
Resolution 5: Watch this space and don't throw out your vinyl LPs yet.
Sustainability is still disparaged by some as a meaningless badge and critiqued by others who prefer terms such as 'scarcity' or 'sustaining identity', which imply broader takes on the subject but the bottom line is it is increasingly embedded in UK design practice. London 2012 contributed to the discourse, but are the permanent venues using Soft Landings? They should.
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The Detroit Tigers had their backs to the wall all night, but battled to a thrilling 8-6 win over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday to stave off elimination and force a deciding Game 5 in their American League Division Series.
The tense victory over the visiting A's tied the best-of-five series at 2-2 and set up a do-or-die showdown in Oakland today, with the prize for the winner a berth in the American League Championship Series.
"We just kept battling away and battling away, and we finally got some huge hits," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "This is really a good series. We're going back to Oakland and find out what happens."
Detroit overcame a 3-0 deficit with a three-run homer in the fifth inning by Jhonny Peralta and then came back from 4-3 down in the seventh on a home run by Victor Martinez and a broken bat RBI single by Austin Jackson that put them ahead 5-4.
The Tigers looked set to fall behind once again in the eighth inning as Game 1 starter Max Scherzer, pitching in relief of Doug Fister, found himself mired in a bases-loaded, no-out jam.
Scherzer, who would be credited with the win, struck out Josh Reddick and Stephen Vogt, then retired pinch-hitter Alberto Callaspo on a line out to center to protect the one-run lead and send the nervous Comerica Park fans into delirium.
"That was one of the greatest feelings I ever had," said Scherzer, who stormed into the Detroit dugout, dishing out high-fives as he was mobbed by teammates.
The Tigers added three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning for some much-needed breathing room, but Oakland still had some fight left and scored a pair of runs in the ninth on a single by Yoenis Cespedes.
Detroit's Joaquin Benoit then struck out potential tying run Seth Smith for the final out to seal the win.
A's manager Bob Melvin did not think his team had let the win slip through their fingers.
"They've got a good offensive club and you've got to finish it out for nine innings," Melvin said. "Just because we had a lead doesn't mean you're going to win the game."
Oakland jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the first inning after Coco Crisp's leadoff triple, and adding two more runs in the fifth on a homer by Jed Lowrie.
Peralta only rejoined the Tigers for the playoffs after serving a 50-game doping suspension and he tied the contest with his three-run blast in the bottom of the fifth.
After an RBI single by Crisp off Scherzer in the seventh put the A's back in front 4-3, Detroit responded in the bottom half.
Martinez, who had a foul-mouthed flareup with Oakland's animated closer Grant Balfour on Monday, tied it with a controversial home run.
As Reddick drifted to the right-field fence to attempt a leaping grab, a fan reached out and touched the ball, but it was still called a home run. The umpires reviewed the play, but decided there was no fan interference and the home run stood.
Peralta followed with a double and pinch-runner Andy Dirks came around to score on a broken-bat single by Jackson, who had struck out his first three times at bat.
Oakland starter Dan Straily pitched no-hit ball for the first four innings, before Prince Fielder began the fifth-inning rally with a bloop single to left.
Detroit snapped out of a batting slump in which they had scored only six runs over the first three games of the series without hitting a home run.


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This IS a big weekend for news.
Puroresu Spirit, citing Japanese news reports, says El Nieto del Santo will starting training in the NOAH dojo in May for a debut in Mexico 3 months later. This is Hijo del Santo's son, who he's some times referred to as "Santo Jr." to avoid confusion with Axxel. Hijo del Santo turns 50 on August 2nd. A show that weekend would be the most logical moment for a Nieto del Santo debut. The article mentions Nieto del Santo will be available to wrestle in Japan for NOAH after, but no sense of when or for how long.
Dragon Lee no longer has the toughest job for a luchador. The pressure of being the newest El Santo is a 100x the newest Mistico. El Nieto del Santo is taking on the name of a cultural legend, there's no comparison. It's an immensely tough way to start – both Santo and El Hijo del Santo (Korak) wrestled under other names before becoming something. There's been no sign of Nieto del Santo wrestling prior; it seemed like he was at least a year away from a debut last time it was brought up, making this announcement even more of a surprise and preparation for it more unlikely. It surprises me there was no attempt at sneaking him under another name to IWRG undercards for months to get his feet wet before the announcement. It may have slightly dulled the official debut, but it'd put him in a better chance to succeed to start. Even a poor working Nieto del Santo will be important in lucha libre because of the history of the name, but the money is in one who can work like a star, not someone who's exposed as not being ready. Unless something's been kept top secret, Nieto del Santo will have his first match with the brightest spotlight on him.
The plan for him to train in NOAH makes a lot of sense given the circumstances. Nieto needs to get repetitions away from Mexican eyes, and training/working internationally gives him bonus credibility to those who care about those things. Going back to Japan and wrestling infrequently in Mexico at first would be for the best. The Santo name has value in Japan too, and everything needs to be done to keep the new guy special. Santo's TxT relationships also benefit him – between Solar, Negro Navarro and Black Terry, there's plenty of people to help train Nieto in Mexico as well, and there's plenty of guys with slight names who will surely be happy to team with the Heir To The Legend or wager masks with him. Promotional effort will not be a problem here.
I believe this ends the rumors of el Hijo del Santo coming to CMLL in the short term. The goal has to be to make Nieto del Santo the biggest star possible, Nieto del Santo can be treated like more of a star outside of CMLL than within it (CMLL will be prioritizing their own guys, to the extent anyone there looks like a star at all) and Hijo del Santo is not separating from his son. The math changes if Nieto del Santo establishes himself outside of CMLL – maybe some a Hijo del Santo retirement tour combined with Nieto del Santo Arena Mexico debut down the line, or maybe a rehabilitation restart if Nieto doesn't succeed – but it doesn't make sense until after Nieto is no longer seen as a novato.


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Removing Pet Urine Smells
February 12th, 2013 posted by Family Corner Staff
Whew, Do We Need Help How can I get cat urine odor out of my carpet? I have a kitty who decided to "tinkle" in the same spot for a number of weeks. We are certain that the urine seeped down into the padding. Eventually, we broke him of the habit and he is now happy with one of the fancy automatic litter boxes (a less-than-frugal option). Although we have used the standard over-the-counter products for neutralizing and deodorizing, the odor creeps up every now and then. Any suggestions? Lori L
Try Enzyme Neutralizers
// Have you tried the enzyme odor neutralizers such as Simple Solution or Nature's Miracle? Personally, I've found Nature's Miracle to be about the best. You have to follow the directions EXACTLY though and saturate the area with the product, then leave it there the appropriate amount of time. You also have to treat ALL the areas where the animal has urinated, because if you leave a spot undone, the animal will smell that and think it's still "okay" to go there. This stuff can be expensive if you purchase it through a place like PetSmart, etc. on a regular basis. I've found the cheapest source of this stuff (and other pet products)to be Jeffer's Pet Supply www.1800jeffers.com …they have some amazing deals. They also sell an ultraviolet light to help you "view" the urine stains, but this seems kind of expensive for what it is. Unfortunately, sometimes depending on your sub-floor or flooring, the odors still persist. Another product I have used are the "Smell-Eze Granules" no-odor.com and these work fairly well, though are relatively expensive, for "lingering odors." You sprinkle this on your carpet and the granules absorb the odor (different from the grocery store-type carpet deodorizers; these have no smell on their own) I also bought the Smell-Eze bags of granules that you place around your home (for smoke, pet odors, etc.) and they worked great for a while, then seemed to conk out. Whatever you use, it is sometimes a challenge to conquer these smells, but it can be done! Billie
Color Safe Bleach
I moved into an apt where cat urine was abundant. I used Vivid Safe Bleach and it removed every trace of the smell. It did not stain or lighten the carpet, but I would try a hidden area first. I poured the Vivid on the spot, rubbed it a bit, then covered it with paper towels and heavy object. I kept replacing the towels Carole
Finally Tried Odo-Ban
We had two large dogs and still have one cat that had "accidents" in the house. I tried everything, from vinegar to baking soda, to commercial bacteria cleansers from our local pet store. The best thing to use and I strongly recommend it is a product called "ODO-BAN" it is available in one gallon containers from Sam's Club. If you lived nearby, I would be happy to give you a cup of it. Just mix it 1:3 parts water, sprinkle on the spot, (we used a watering can as it was a large area, and let dry) Once it is completely dry, it is impossible to detect any odor. Also you can put it straight in a spray bottle and spray it in the air to get rid of odors too. Take it from someone who used it on a "skunked" dog. IT WORKS! Anna A
Baking Soda Solution
I had a cat who was getting elderly and had kidney disease. She started going into our lower level den behind a couple of chairs and urinating. I think what enticed her was the fact that we had sustained flood damage and the carpet had gotten wet and had a dank smell to begin with. Then she added to it before I could treat the wet smells from the flooding! After getting the carpeting dried out and cleaned as well as possible using the standard carpet cleaners, I realized the urine smell was very much still present. I have a handy little book called "Baking Soda-over 500 uses…" and here is what finally worked for me. To prevent the lingering smells in a carpet, they advise to clean up what you can, then generously sprinkle the remaining spot with baking soda. Scrub gently, from the outside toward the center, with a stiff brush or sponge dipped repeatedly in clean water (test for colorfastness!). Blot up the moisture with paper towels. Leave a last small layer of baking soda powder sprinkled on the spot and vacuum it later when the carpet is dry. I have to say, I had to repeat this several times – but it worked! No more smells!! Carpet looks fine! (and this was an OLD carpet) For general deodorizing, they also advise sprinkling baking soda on carpeting monthly, or as needed, before going to bed and let it set overnight. Vacuum the next day. They include a home-made carpet deodorizer recipe: 1/2 cup baking soda 1/2 cup cornstarch 15 drops of your favorite essential oil fragrance I've come to love baking soda! Judi S. in Virginia
Get to the Source
#1) Lift up the carpet and get the affected padding out of there. Cut out a square piece of the padding and replace it, or if it is foam rubber wash the affected piece. You will not get it clean on the floor, a carpet scrubber is only meant to clean the carpet, not the padding. If it is washable, clean in a mild solution of dish detergent and warm water, then rinse in vinegar. Dry thoroughly before putting back down (staple into place) #2) Once the pad is clean, the carpet should be shampooed. I've done this for people before. A) Spot treat the area with carpet cleaner solution straight out of the machine and let sit for 5-10 minutes. B) Clean the carpet per instructions on the machine. C) Replace the shampoo in the machine with white vinegar and go over it thoroughly one final time just as if you were shampooing the area. If the cat or any cats are still in the house, this will not be good enough. The cat will still be able to detect the smell, as will cats to follow it, and they will mark the area. If you plan on having a cat again, the carpet and the pad are NOT salvageable, except in a room the cat would never be allowed into. John K.
Club Soda
Several years ago we moved into a house where there had been dogs. We had a cat–and he was very territorial! He sprayed every corner of our dining room, over and over again. Apparently the doggy smell was strongest there. I was about to give up and have the room removed, since I couldn't remove the "zoo" odor, when a friend suggested using club soda. I bought a liter bottle and poured a generous amount onto the carpet, letting it fizz. When the fizzing stopped I used lots of paper towels to blot up the liquid then let the area air dry. I did every corner of the dining room (it probably looked like some strange ritual by then!). It took a few applications but the odor went away! I hope this works for you as well as it did for me. I also use club soda when someone (or one of the cats) has vomited on the floor. Takes the sour smell away in a snap! Donna
Ammonia and Oil Soap
Use equal parts (about a tablespoon each) ammonia and Murphy's Oil Soap and dilute it in a gallon of water. It worked for us.


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JACKSON, MISS.: A large storm system packing high winds, hail and at least one tornado tore across a wide swath of the South and Midwest on Wednesday, killing one person, blacking out power to thousands and damaging homes.
The death was reported when a large tree blew down on a shed in Nashville, Tenn., where a man was sheltering, police told Nashville broadcaster WTVF-TV. Authorities did not immediately release further details when reached by the Associated Press.
Another person was reported injured by lightning in Arkansas during the storm�s eastward trek. Two people suffered minor injuries when a mobile home was blown off its foundation in Kentucky. The severe weather system ushered in a cold front as it raced toward the Eastern seaboard, dumping rain over the region and creating a tornado risk in the South.
The National Weather Service�s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Okla., said it was investigating reports of at least four possible tornadoes in states including Arkansas and Mississippi. In Tennessee, officials confirmed that a tornado with peak wind speeds of 115 mph touched down in Mount Juliet. No serious injuries were reported there, though the path of damage was about 150 yards wide, including homes, a warehouse and an automotive business.
Hail ranging up to nearly golf-ball size was also reported in some areas and barns and other buildings collapsed or were damaged, the center added.
Thousands were reported without power in Tennessee, where tornado warnings and flash flood warnings were issued for several counties and a tractor-trailer was blown over by high winds. Authorities east of Nashville said they were checking a possible tornado in Mount Juliet, where the top floor of a three-story building was damaged.
Power lines fell, trees were toppled and some homes suffered damage to rooftops, reports indicated. The weather service said suspected straight-line winds of up to 80 mph were reported in Arkansas late Tuesday night along with flooding in Arkansas� northeastern corner.
Police in the Arkansas community of Monticello reported a person was injured by lightning late Tuesday, but the injury was not life-threatening.
In recent days, a large swath of the Midwest and South bathed in unseasonably balmy temperatures that reached the high 70s in some areas. A system pulling warm weather from the Gulf of Mexico was colliding with a cold front moving in from the west, creating volatility.
The nation has had its longest break between tornado fatalities since detailed tornado records began being kept in 1950, according to the Storm Prediction Center and National Climatic Data Center. The last one was June 24, when a person was killed in a home in Highlands County, Fla. That was 220 days ago as of Tuesday.
The last day with multiple fatalities was June 4, when three people were killed in a mobile home in Scott County, Mo.


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Presented at: OGh APEX World, Zeist Netherlands Mar 2014
Abstract: This presentation will cover some of the new HTML 5 features and how to integrate them in APEX. HTML 5 is the next major version for HTML. It consists of many new features, which will make developer's jobs a lot easier and improve end-user experience. This presentation will highlight some of these new features and demonstrate how to leverage them within an APEX application. New features include (but not limited to) drag & drop, media, storage, and graphics.
Demo App
APEXPosed Auckland/Melbourne Nov 2012
Presented at: APEXPosed Auckland/Melbourne Nov 2012
Security is always a major concern when developing applications. Application Express comes with some built in features that help you lock down your application and prevent malicious attacks in your application. Various design techniques and database features will also be covered.
APEX Debugging Tools & Techniques
Presented at: APEXPosed Auckland/Melbourne Nov 2012
APEX Development Best Practices
Presented at: APEXPosed Auckland/Melbourne Nov 2012
APEX4 + HTML5 = Awesome II
Presented at: ODTUG Kscope -25-Jun-2012
for HTML. It consists of many new features which will make developer's jobs a lot easier and improve end-user experience. This presentation will highlight some of these new features and demonstrate how to leverage them within an APEX application. New features include (but not limited to) Drag & Drop, Media, and Graphics.
Building a Better Team
Presented at: ODTUG Kscope -26-Jun-2012
Common APEX Questions for DBAs
Presented at: Calgary Oracle User Group (COUG) - 19-Apr-2012
Error? What Error?
Presented at: Webinar - 2-Feb-2012
Abstract: A common situation that all developers have faced is integrating a new feature in an (APEX) application, launching it into production, and then getting the dreaded "It doesn't work" phone call. How could this happen? You covered all the angles. Apparently not all of them... So what do you do now? Most end-users provide very little information about these errors.
This presentation will discuss various methods on how to handle and catch error messages in your APEX application along with various testing techniques to help find errors while your code is still in the development phase. It will also cover the new APEX 4.1 error handling features.
Topics to be covered include APEX error handling, new 4.1 error handling, and the APEX dictionary.
Additional Notes: ODTUG webinar.
APEX Plug-ins 101
Presented at: Webinar - 7-Sept-2011
Abstract: One of the hottest new features introduced in Oracle APEX 4 is the plug-in architecture. Plug-ins allow developers to create their own APEX objects in a declarative and supported manner. By creating your own plug-ins you can vastly expand APEX's current functionality to create anything you want in your application. You're only limited by your creativity, so the possibilities are virtually limitless!
Martin Giffy D'Souza has created some of the most popular plug-ins available on the APEX plug-in community page. He has learned a lot about the architecture and what it takes to make a robust plug-in. In this session Martin will help get you started with creating your first APEX plug-in. He will also provide you with some tips and useful tools to successfully build plug-ins. This presentation will help you take your out-of-the-box APEX experience to a whole new level.
Additional Notes: This presentation was sponsored by Red Gate Software.
Presented at: ODTUG Kscope 11 - Long Beach, California
Abstract: HTML 5 consists of many new features which will make developers' jobs a lot easier and improve end-user experience. HTML 5 is currently under development but many browsers already support some of its features. APEX developers should be aware of these enhancements. This presentation will highlight some of the HTML 5 features and how to integrate them with your APEX application to produce stunning results.
Additional Notes: This presentation won the ODTUG Kscope 11 Best Speaker Award.
How to Be Creative II
Presented at: ODTUG Kscope 11 - Long Beach, California
Abstract: This presentation will demonstrate how to leverage the APEX dictionary, along with existing plug-ins, to enhance your APEX applications. It will include how to automate monitoring of your application, improve testing capabilities, improve development time, and provide some tweaks to enhance end-user experience.
APEX Team Development
Presented at: APEXposed 2010 - Dallas, Texas
Abstract: Managing a development project can be a cumbersome activity without the right tools. Beginning with 4.0, APEX now includes a software development management tool that integrates with your APEX applications.
This presentation will go over these tools and how they can help manage the development lifecycle of your APEX application.
APEX Plugins
Presented at: APEXposed 2010 - Dallas, Texas
Abstract: One of the most anticipated new features in APEX 4.0 is Plug-Ins which allows developers to declaratively extend existing functionality in APEX. This presentation will go over the different types of Plug-Ins and how to create them. Primary focus will be on Item, Process, and Region type Plug-Ins.
Creating your first Plug-In can be intimidating, especially for developers new APEX developers. Some tips to help with obstacles that developers may encounter will be discussed.


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Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc.
It is possible that the main title of the report Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia is not the name you expected. Please check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report.
General Discussion
Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP) is a rare inflammatory lung disorder. Symptoms of BOOP include a flu-like illness in many individuals, cough and shortness of breath with exertional activities. Wheezing and hemoptysis are rare. The term bronchiolitis obliterans refers to swirls or plugs of fibrous, granulation tissue filling the small bronchiole airways. Organizing pneumonia refers to organized swirls of inflammatory tissue filling the small spherical units of the lungs referred to as alveoli and the alveolar ducts. Individuals with BOOP experience inflammation of the bronchioles and alveolar lung spherical units simultaneously, which distinguishes it from other similar inflammatory lung disorders.
Although several different known causes of BOOP have been identified, most cases occur for no known reason (idiopathic). Idiopathic BOOP may also be called cryptogenic organizing pneumonia. Some researchers prefer the use of COP to avoid confusion with other lung disorders with similar names. The term cryptogenic denotes that the cause of the disorder is unknown. Others prefer the term BOOP because it the most recognized term for the disorder, and others refer to it as Epler's pneumonia.
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LOS ANGELES, CA (November 21, 2013) – Kim of Queens' sassy star Kim Gravel, one of the country's most successful and outspoken pageant coaches, is on a mission to find diamonds in the rough and transform them into confident young women in the all-new Lifetime docuseries Kim of Queens, premiering Wednesday, January 1, 2014, at 10:00pm ET/PT. Subsequent episodes of the series will then air on Tuesdays at 10:00pm ET/PT, immediately following Lifetime's hit program Dance Moms. Along with the help of her mother Jo and sister Allisyn, Kim lives to polish local girls into future leaders, able to take the crown and rule the world.
While applying her homegrown philosophy that beauty is only skin deep, Kim, with her larger-than-life personality that is peppered with tough love and plenty of humor, searches for young talent that many might pass over on first glance. As Kim likes to say, "You can wear a burlap sack, girl; but if you got it on the inside, it shines on the outside." At the young age of 16, this former self-proclaimed "ugly duckling" was crowned the youngest Miss Georgia in the pageant's history. Kim will be the first to say that winning Miss Georgia was great, but losing Miss America made her who she is today. Now, as the owner and CEO of her business, the renowned Pageant Place, Kim shares her incredible talents and over-the-top, engaging personality with the young, talented hopefuls seeking her sage advice that has proven to take young girls to the top.
Kim of Queens is produced by Relativity Television and executive produced by Tom Forman (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), Brad Bishop and Bryan O'Donnell, along with Lifetime's Colleen Conway Grogan, Mary Donahue and Eli Lehrer.
A+E Networks will handle global sales for Kim of Queens.
Relativity (relativitymedia.com) is a next-generation studio engaged in multiple aspects of entertainment, including film production; financing and distribution; television; sports management; music publishing and digital media. The studio has produced, distributed or structured financing for nearly 200 motion pictures, generating more than $22 billion in worldwide box office revenue and earning 73 Oscar® nominations. Recent films include: Safe Haven, Act of Valor and Immortals, the latter both opening number one at the box office in their debut. Relativity's other films include the eight-time Oscar nominee The Social Network, as well as Limitless and two-time Oscar winner The Fighter. With 17 original series on air, Relativity Television has quickly become one of the country's largest suppliers of unscripted television and has recently expanded into scripted programming with the development of scripted sitcoms, dramas and sketch comedy series. Relativity continues to build on its success bringing its film properties to television, having recently transformed the film Catfish into the #1 television series on MTV and announcing that Act of Valor and Limitless, the television series, will be going into production.
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Greetings to all community members of Tsawout First Nation,
We are grateful for the support of Chief and Council of Tsawout First Nation, the Health Advisory Committee, and the community members in our development process.
The Tsawout Health Department has continued to consolidate its program areas and to refine several strategies for service delivery to the community.
As you will see from the banner outside our facility, we have been accredited through Accreditation Canada. This is the first stage of accreditation as the systems will help us improve on developing program areas, as well as raising the bar in regards to client safety.
We are pleased to have experienced the language and culture project through the Head Start Program. This project was an amazing time of interaction. The children and elders engaged in the making of a cd. The project was an opportunity to share with each other, through some additional funding from the Aboriginal Early Childhood Development Reinvestment Initiative. This is a start of an exciting time for the elder's, children, families and the health department. The camera recordings of the elders teaching the language will be transferred to a DVD form to use as a future resource for teachers, parents, and children.
This approach will straddle all our group activities, organized through the Health Department. We feel it is important to encourage inter-generational learning and teaching, especially in areas of traditional knowledge and language. Once again, thank you for your support.
Our department receives funding from Health Canada via a contribution agreement to deliver a range of community health programs and health promotion services such as, but not limited to the following:
- Home and Community Care Program
- Community Health Nursing services for pre- and post-natal care
- Immunizations and the Aboriginal Diabetes Initiative, as well as
- Mental Health
- Early Childhood Development programs


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Some of the Scariest Verses in the Bible
In my opinion some of the scariest verses in the Bible are…
Hebrews 3:7
Hebrews 3:15
Hebrews 4:7
We are commanded by God in the Scriptures that, when we hear His voice to not harden our hearts.
How do we harden our hearts? Simple…by KNOWING what God's Word clearly says about something but refusing to obey because doing so might seriously interfere with the lifestyle that we are wanting to pursue.
- It happens when people know they should respond to the Gospel but keep finding reasons to say no.
- It happens when a person knows they are in an ungodly dating relationship but fears being alone more than they fear God.
- It happens when a person knows their life is out of control…but fears if they confess their sin and ask for help it may seriously damage their reputation.
- It happens when someone knows they should stop spending money the way they do…but have become dependent upon numbing their pain with the temporary satisfaction that trinkets bring.
- It happens when a church leaders knows the direction God is wanting him/her to take the ministry…but they refuse to do so because they fear being unpopular with the people.
- It happens when a person knows they should not continue to pursue the "innocent flirting" with someone at work…but…it feeds their ego or fulfills their emotions so they continue the practice.
- It happens when a person knows they should stop the intimate connections they are making online…but refuses to stop because of the pleasure it brings.
- It happens when we know we should invite someone to church and/or share Christ with them…but we convince ourselves that they would not be interested OR that we will simply do it later.
I could go on and on…but we all get the point.
When people harden their hearts in Scripture it just doesn't go well for them.
My question is this…is there anything in your life that God seems to be relentless in coming after?
If so…are you repenting or defending? Because, when you defend what you are doing in the face of a Holy and awesome God who wants nothing but the best for you…then you are actively hardening your heart. AND…one day…you might not even be able to hear His voice anymore if you don't deal with what He's dealing with!
It's not that most of us don't hear the voice of God…it's that we don't like what we hear and so we either fight with Him or ask Him to tell us something else. BUT…until we deal with what He's dealing with we will NEVER get past where we are right now. (See Ezekiel 14:1-6)
Today…if you hear His voice, do not harden your heart!


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NEW YORK -- CBS is off to a rosy start as the 2012-13 season logs its first week.
That network claimed a solid lead in total prime-time viewers, took 10 of the top 20 program slots, and had the two most-watched series premieres.
CBS' new period-piece drama, "Vegas," debuted in sixth place, while its contemporary Sherlock Holmes whodunit, "Elementary," premiered in 10th place, according to Nielsen Co. figures released Tuesday.
ABC's "Last Resort" was the third-highest-premiering series, ranked in 32nd place.
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" was No. 1 in the rankings, but CBS' "NCIS" was second for the week, "NCIS: Los Angeles" was fourth and "Big Bang Theory" was fifth.
NBC had some good news, too. In the important 18-to-49 demographic, NBC vaulted from fourth-place for the 2011 premiere week to first-place last week.
NBC's audience in that audience category increased by 12 percent year to year _ the only network to see an increase. It was NBC's highest-rated premiere week in that demo since 2008.
Overall last week in total viewers, CBS scored 10.69 million (6.8 rating, 11 share), while runner-up ABC had 8.33 million (5.4 rating, 9 share). NBC averaged 8.19 million (5.2 rating, 8 share), Fox had 6.90 million (4,2 rating, 7 share), ION Television had 920,000 (0.6 rating, 1 share) and the CW had 680,000 (0.5 rating, 1 share).
Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with 3.54 million viewers (1.9 rating, 3 share). Telemundo had 1.20 million (0.6 rating, 1 share), TeleFutura had 630,000 (0.3 rating, 1 share), Estrella had 230,000 and Azteca had 120,000 (both 0.1 rating, 0 share).
NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts, as it had for the previous 158 weeks. But ABC's "World News" was nipping at its heels, even beating "Nightly News" on Tuesday and Friday. For the week, "World News" was only 42,000 viewers behind "Nightly News" _ the smallest gap since September 2009, when the ABC newscast most recently claimed first place.
Overall, "Nightly News" led with 7.430 million viewers (5.1 household rating, 10 share), while "World News" was close behind with 7.388 million (5.1 rating, 10 share). "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams was off from Wednesday through Friday, with Savannah Guthrie anchoring in his absence. "World News" anchor Diane Sawyer was off Thursday, when George Stephanopoulos substituted, and Friday, when David Muir sat in.
Third-place "CBS Evening News" had 6.15 million viewers (4.2 rating, 9 share).
A ratings point represents 1,147,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 114.7 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
For the week of Sept. 24-30, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: Sunday Night Football: NY Giants at Philadelphia, NBC, 22.77 million; "NCIS," CBS, 20.48 million; "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 17.05 million; "NCIS: Los Angeles," CBS, 16.74 million; "The Big Bang Theory," CBS, 15.66 million; "Vegas," CBS, 14.85 million; "Modern Family," ABC, 14.44 million; "Person of Interest," CBS, 14.28 million; "Dancing with the Stars," ABC, 14.11 million; "Elementary," CBS, 13.41 million.
ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is owned by CBS Corp.; CW is a joint venture of Warner Bros. Entertainment and CBS Corp.; Fox is a unit of News Corp.; NBC and Telemundo are owned by Comcast Corp.; ION Television is owned by ION Media Networks; TeleFutura is a division of Univision; Azteca America is a wholly owned subsidiary of TV Azteca S.A. de C.V.


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Bookworm has an interesting piece on Real Men and the Babyish Guys of Hollywood Movies. I agree with her but think that the attitude is far more pervasive and iterative than she realizes. In the comments section I point her to Kim du Toit's essay on the Pussification of the Western Male.
Segueing into other news, I just had an issue with a co-worker. While I think that Sanford should have been smarter, I also contend, that, as a Southern-raised gentleman, his actions also broke Southern social norms. Also, the governor of a state just can't disappear for five days. He's not just a guy. His behavior says he wanted to be caught. The same with Edwards and others that have had what turned out to be affairs that went public.
My example, which apparently put my co-worker's back completely up, was that of the Southern idea of a 'close friend of the family'. This euphemism is dedicated primarily to same-sex partners or hetero lovers. This social convention gives a person the chance to still be a part of society, with their partner, within social limits. This is a difficult concept to explain it is something you either grok or don't.
It is completely open--everyone knows (not cheating) but is not in-your-face which allows people to ignore the behavior if they wish. My co-worker completely lost his marbles at the thought that this could be considered to be a good thing, because it cannot, in his mind, be considered to be a healthy thing. I'm guessing further conversations with this person will not be forthcoming.
Do I excuse Sanford's behavior? No I don't. He cheated on his wife, he possibly used public funds to finance his cheating, he snuck around (and sneaking to another country is especially difficult) and socially he gave his family no way to maintain their illusion, and save face, which is tantamount down South. The logical part of me thinks that there were a lot of other ways to do this without completely destroying himself, his family, and everything he's worked for politically.
The romantic in me, though, hopes that he found someone worth throwing it all away for.
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