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I seem to have an ear for them. Plus it gives me great pleasure to make people happy by learning their language. I've been wanting to learn Mandarin, as my pain management physician is originally from Shanghai, and thought it'd be fun to speak to her in her native language. So you speak Mandarin? I think only Chinese from Hong Kong speak Cantonese, correct? Oh! That reminds me! I know a few words in Japanese, too, as a very dear friend of mine, Matsushima-san, is originally from Japan. He runs a Japanese restaurant here where I live. Excellent food! I am very partial to Asian cuisine.
I would be happy to teach you American, if you like. American really is a different language from English.(lol) My English cousins agree!
It sounds so great, we have common interests!! There is truly great pleasure to learn from others on their language and culture!! I can't believe that you have had so many experiences to get acquaintance with people of different cultural backgrounds and have had so many foreign friends, it is really awesome to know about the world beyond us!! Thanks very much. I am learning American through U.S dramas, songs, news, lectures, interviews and so on. It is perfect to learn American from you to get rid of my Chinglish!!
We Chinese speak Mandarin, so do countless dialects due to different geography. Chinese from Hong Kong do speak Cantonese, and others from Macau and Guangdong, Guangxi provinces in mainland speak Cantonese (which I am really bad at ) as well.My Japanese is in the primary level and I am trying to mater it as well. :) It is very happy to known from you, thanks for your kindness!! :)
So I guess you are now in you Christmas holidays, Hope you have wonderful days, spend time with those you love, lots of laughs and hugs and may 2013 be your best year ever!! :)
I am so fascinated by different cultures. I like to get a good understanding of why people do what they do. (I should have been an anthropologist!) That's the great thing about the Internet; it lets me travel where I might not physically be able to go. BTW, I have an adopted brother from Kenya. He is a priest. We met nearly 20 years ago and became fast friends. My family decided he was definitely "one of us," and we umofficially adopted him. He is godfather to my youngest niece, so he really is family now! I introduce him as my Kenyan brother and he introduces me as his American sister! His name is Fr. Lawrence Mbogo. He's been teaching me Swahili.
Chinglish, that's funny! (rotfl!) Never heard that term before, but I like it! I'll have to mention it to Dr. Fang when I see her next. She'll like it. She's originally from Shanghai Province. She still has family there but she likes it here, she says. Now, if there's anything in particular you need to know the meaning of, let me know. We speak with different accents, depending on what state we live in, or, if you're like me, who was born and grew up in Virginia, then was moved upstate to Upstate New York, you have a very bizarre little hybrid accent!
Yep, having a wonderful Christmas. Hope you are too, if you celebtate. I sure hope 2013 will be better; this year has NOT been fun! What will the Chinese New Year be? Year of the rooster? the ram? the bull?
Wow~ Thanks Val, If I had difficulties on langue learning, I will let you know.
The word Chinglish was invented just for fun according to word formation of English, but it is really a fun langue phenomenon that one's habits would affect the aqusition of a second language, another example of Chinglish is "long time no see" that is derived from Chinese "Hao Jiu Bu JIan" and have been used in China widely now, which means haven't see each other for a long time, I guess you can dig it if you are interested. :)
I have just spent my new year's day, and I have a three-days holiday. It is now the year of Snake in Zodiac, and our Chinese Lunar New Year is in 10th, Feb, 2013, it seems that soon we will have our the most important festival.
Well, it's time to have a meal now, hope you enjoy the delicious food as well! :)
Oh yeah, "long time no see" is American slang, and has been around forever! (lol)
Ooooo, the Year of the Snake! That'll be inspiration for some serious jewelry, huh? I'm actually terrified of snakes, even the common garter snake. I can thank my brother for that, the meanie! When we were little, he found a great big snake that had died, and chased my sister and me around the house with it.( I didn't know it was dead!) Been terrified of them ever since. Thanks, Joe!
Whay festival will you be celebrating soon? Is it something fun?
Aha~the brother was naughty enough at that time!! In fact I have the similar experiences when I am a child, and I am afraid of snake right now, the moment I saw the snake-like patterns, chills would grab me immediately!!
But jewelry industry take it as a big inspiration in both the Western and Eastern world, I guess this year various jewelry or dolls would be launched soon, if I found some very funny one, I will show it here soon! :)
The next festival we would celebrate is then the Chinese Lunar New Year, all if us is anticipate for it with piety spirits, cause people who are far away from home would finally have a reunion with his family, in fact it has been evolved into something not that funny but some bitter story as far as I am concerned. However, in the past time, it would be bustling with hilarious noise and everyone would love the end of the year because of the big harvest, and I am sorry I forget about some of the past activities, I would tell it after learned more story about the funny part.
Oh, by the way, days closed to the new year would witness thousands of marriages of the new couples, I do believe this is the most funny part, my brother would have his wedding as well, I guess I can "report" it as well, please just be patient and keep waiting, it will be of much fun!!
Boys! Our brothers certainly drove us up the wall back then, didn't they?
Oh, ok Lunar New Year. Is that when they have the dancing dragon going through the streets. I've seen that on television; the dancers must have to so atheletic to work the dragon in synchronicity. Shame that it's not the fun celebration it's supposed to be any more. Maybe it's time it was joyful again.
Sounds like you're going to have a very good time for Chinese New Year this year! Are you going to make your own jewelry for the wedding? Can't wait to hear all about it!
Looks that you have learned so much on different cultures, well done!! The dragon dance do require coordinated actions of dancers, the one you watched on TV is in fact far more fascinating than that in the real life. Anyway, performance of a dragon dance and opera on an open-air stage in our hometown is still worth watching. :)
Yeah, this year I was obsessed with ideas of making some handmade jewelry for my brother's wedding, and I am still think about the wedding ideas to make it different from stereotyped ones, I guess this is all I can do for him as a sister.
They are about to have a Chinese wedding, thus a wedding custom like this would be selected! The head decorations would be the main point I am thinking about, it might be not that easy to make the design, but I'll try. :)
Aw, thanks! I never get tired of learning about different cultures. When I was still able to work, I had a friend at work who was from Korea and she was surprised at how much I already knew about her country and that Seoul was a really huge, metropolitan city, and that even the town of Uijongbou was a beautiful, modern city now. I confessed to her that I minored in history in school, and that I still enjoy learning about my world, which is one of the good things about computers! My philosophy has always been: learn as much as you can about a different culture. It helps you understand them, respect them, and if you're lucky enough to go there, they're impressed that you took the time to get to know them! That fosters a mutual respect, and I've found quickly leads to friendship.
That is an exquisite headpiece! I can't wait to see the finished result. I definitely think you should go for it! I think you can do it. I understand Asian women wear very lovely, colorful silks for their wedding gowns, because there, white is a sign of mourning, as black is here. Technically, here white is supposed to be symbolic of rejoicing, not innocence. That's supposed to be the color blue. But Queen Victoria of England made it fashionable almost 200 years ago and so it remains to this day. Oh, well. I'm really excited about seeing headpiece though. I hope you do make it.
It is technically hard to collect the materials, but I'll try, the finished one might not that stunning as the picture, it might be some rough items. :)
Your philosophy of learning as much as you can about a different culture is really advisable, I do have the common opinion that it would lead to better communication!! I would do that, too!!
Most of the Chinese young couples are more preferable for Western-style wedding, white wedding dressed in most occasions are their first chooses, and a wedding held in a church is prevail as well; while a Chinese style is not that popular as the former in fact, it is more expensive and gradually being forgotten by the youth.
Well, I would love to learn more about different cultures as well. :)
Thanks for your warm encouragement.
I'm sure the headpiece will turn out quite lovely. I'm really looking forward to seeing it.
It's so sad that the younger generations are so determined to toss tradition to the curb. I'm Roman Catholic, and with the exception of my sister, it's been many years since I've attended a traditional Catholic Wedding Mass, which is such a shame, because it is very beautiful. Nowadays they want all this modern music that is completely meaningless, and the bride frequently wears a very risque weddinng "gown," if you can call it that. Marriage in the US is just too disposable now. People don't want to work at it anymore. It makes me very sad. My brother's and sister's marriages are now the exceptions instead of the rules. My brother has been married going on 22 years; my sister's been married going on 14 years. My parents have been married going on 48 years. I consecrated my life to the Church.
Yeah, I have got the scenes from some wedding website that the young generation are in favor of various themes of wedding in America, which might be due to their mind for seeking difference from the past for the unforgettable and once-in-life thing. Please do not feel sad, they would finally come back to what they are gradually far away, and there are still someone firming their belief for tradition!! For instance, though young generation in our country are now figuring various ideas of wedding, but after the prevalence of storm, many of them return to seek an traditional one, that bring the society some consolation anyway. :)
I do love the Catholic wedding, and have watched the Tv series Friends which is my favorite one, and guess that sever weddings in the movie are in the form, which brought me the so piety feeling when watching!! Love the one you attended.
It looks that you have a hug family, that is really awesome to have so many members to take care, really sweet!! I only have one brother who is going to marry someone soon, and other members are parents and grandparents, who are not living with I right now, I guess I would have a reunion with them after the arriving of the Annual
leave. :)
And now I am finding myself someone suitable for marriage, well, that might be a little shy about this in the Chinese circumstances in fact, this year many of my classmates get married which really shocked me in a large degree, they finished their university
education in the next past year while I am still preparing for some of my examination to gain access to be educated in a higher degree, but anyway, I would bring them my best wishes then! That might be a little hurry, but I guess blind date might be the main form for me to find someone special in the following years. This is how our society works. Still a little awkward to mention the stuff.
Well, I hope so; traditions are something to be cherised.
Well, no. I have an older brorther and a younger sister and that's it. But both my parents come from families of five children, so my extended family is ginormous!(lol)
Well, I'm sure you have plenty of time, and you don't have to even get married, if you don't want to. I'm not bothered by it at all. I rather like it. But then, I'm pretty independent and set in my ways, now. (g)
~ Thanks Val , I am not hurry at all, just friends and families around are a little worried about, but it doesn't matter. Right now I wanna be independent and set in my ways as well.
My extended family is ginormours as well, only children in my generation do not contact with each other very much due to our striving for life, aha~
Well, thanks for letting me felt so familiar to the forum and people here, In the following days, I would talk more about beading here.
Right I am jumping to check projects on the forum by following your steps.
Meh, take your time. Make sure you're doing what's right for you, not everybody else.
I don't really speak to my cousins all that much (they have their lives; I have mine), but I do speak to my brother and sister frequently, especially my sister. Girl talk, you know. I speak to my brother at least once or twice a month; I speak to my sister sometimes as often as once a week. She often comes to visit, as she doesn't live quite as far away as my brother does.
Good! Glad you're feeling more comfortable. Btw, have I told you my one of my doctors is from Shanghai? She immigrated here a number of years ago, but she goes back every year to visit her family. She's super-nice, and she takes very good care of me.
Looking forward to seeing your creations!
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Fishing Report
Saturday, September 28, 2013 7:59 PM
Lake Jocassee:
Trout: Fair to good. Captain Steve Pietrykowski reports that Lake
Jocassee trout fishing remains pretty strong, but if anything the fish
have gotten even deeper. The best bite continues to be occurring
between about 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., with the fishing not as good first
thing. Fish are still feeding best in the 80-100 foot deep range, and trolling
both Apex and Sutton spoons and live shiners is working well. Fish
slowly at trolling speeds of less than two miles per hour.
Lake Keowee:
(unchanged from Sept. 19)
Largemouth and Spotted Bass: Slow to fair. Guide Brad Fowler reports
that fishing has slowed down on Lake Keowee and catching bass has
gotten pretty tough. The best pattern has been fishing topwater lures
over shallow, rocky points early in the morning, and after that bite dies
off fishing gets difficult. The best pattern once the sun is up has been
trying to pick up occasional fish on Carolina rigs, drop shot rigs and
shakey head worms in 18-30 feet of water around depth changes and
Lake Hartwell:
Catfish: Good. Captain Bill Plumley reports that blue catfish remain in
the deep timber where they are difficult to target, but channel catfish
continue to feed well in 5-25 feet of water. Worms, stink bait and cut
herring are all working in the creeks, main lake, or pockets at the right
depth range. Flathead fishing has also been strong, and early, late and
at night fish can be caught on live bream or perch anchored around
brush on points. The best spots are in 5-25 feet of water.
Crappie: Fair to good. Captain Bill Plumley reports that crappie fishing
has improved, with numerous reports of pretty good catches as the
water begins to cool. The best action has been coming 12-15 feet down
in 20 feet of water around brush and bridges. Both minnows and jigs
have been catching fish.
Piedmont Area
Lake Russell:
Striped bass: Good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that the lower end
of the lake continues to be producing above average for this time of
year, and right now as many fish are being caught on the lower end
as at the top of the lake. In the lower part of the lake the best pattern
is fishing down lined herring 30-40 feet deep in fairly deep water, while
on the upper end of the lake below the Hartwell Dam the best pattern is
free lining live herring along the river channel.
Black Bass: Good. Guide Wendell Wilson reports that bass fishing is
above average for this time of year, and spotted bass are biting well
around brush piles about 25 feet deep. Drop shot rigs are working very
well. Spots are also schooling in the morning on threadfin shad around
main lake points in the main lake. They will take small topwater plugs,
but the best rig is a popper-type topwater bait with a 1/16th ounce white
jig tied off on couple of feet of line behind it. For largemouth bass the
best pattern is to head up the creeks and fish a lipless crankbait in the
channel where it drops off in the 5-10 foot range.
Lake Thurmond:
Striped and Hybrid Bass: Good. Captain William Sasser reports that
striper are basically grouped up around the oxygen system. The best
success is coming from anglers putting in at the Modoc boat ramp and
fishing on the bottom in 30-40 feet of water with down lined herring.
Fish are also being caught at the top of the lake in the Russell Tailrace.
Crappie: Fair. Captain William Sasser reports that the lake seems to be
starting to turn over a little bit and crappie have moved a bit shallower
into brush about 20 feet deep. The best area has been the Georgia
Little River between the Little River Bridge and Raysville.
Lake Wylie:
Largemouth Bass: Fair. FLW Professional and Guide Matt Arey reports
that bass are starting to move into a fall pattern and fish are making
their way into the creeks. Early in the morning fish are schooling in
pockets and the shallow backs of creeks. These shallow fish are less
focused on bream and essentially keyed in on threadfin shad, and they
will take shad imitation lures such as small topwaters and swimbaits.
The other major bite is targeting wolf packs of roaming bass that are
shallow in 2-4 feet of water in the creeks. The most popular lure for
catching these fish has been a jig.
Midlands Area
Lake Greenwood:
Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that for numbers
of channel cats the best pattern is drifting with small pieces of herring
and shrimp, or anchoring with dip baits and shrimp on humps
and points. 15-30 feet of water has been the most productive depth.
To increase your chances of tangling with a monster channel catfish,
or to target flatheads, try anchoring live bait such as bream or white
perch in the same depths. For smaller fish give the anchor bite up to 30
minutes, and for bigger fish be willing to wait up to an hour and a half.
Lake Monticello:
Catfish: Good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that the big fish bite on
Monticello has been pretty consistent lately. Fish are in typical fall spots
as a transition out of the summer pattern seems to be happening earlier
than usual this year. This means that instead of fishing in the backs
of coves Captain Chris is focusing on main lake, deep water humps
and points. Both anchoring and drifting have been effective, with the
productive depth range from 40-65 feet - although than can change
from day to day. Cut gizzard shad, white perch and bream have all
been effective baits for big fish, but if you are looking to catch numbers
of smaller fish it's hard to go wrong with small pieces of cut herring
fished on the bottom or free line drifted.
Lake Wateree:
Catfish: Very good. Captain Rodger Taylor reports that the drift and
anchor bite are both very good on Lake Wateree. The blue catfish bite
has been strong on the shallow flats in 8-12 feet of water, and while
fish have not always been huge there have been some very good numbers
taken. Cut gizzard shad has been a good bait, and cast netting in
Wateree Creek in the morning has yielded good numbers of 4-6 inch
gizzard shad.
Crappie: Fair. Veteran tournament angler Will Hinson reports that crappie
are starting to make a seasonal change on Lake Wateree. While
some fish can still be caught around brush in the 16-18 foot range,
more fish are now up shallower around brush in 10-12 feet of water.
A few fish are also around docks. Crappie are following the threadfin
shad, and it's a good bet that crappie can be caught tight-lining in areas
where schools of shad are seen on the surface in the morning. Fish are
all over the lake, and the best areas vary from day to day depending on
factors such as wind direction.
Lake Murray:
Bream: Very good. Lake World reports that shellcracker fishing is very
strong in 4-10 feet of water off points using nightcrawlers. If fish are not
quickly located move to another spot. Bluegill are holding around docks
and can be caught on worms and crickets.
Striped bass: Fair to good. Lake World reports that striper are still
mostly found from the dam to Shull Island, and the majority of fish are
being caught from the surface down to 40 feet of water. There is good
topwater action at times, and standard topwater lures, Striper Delights
trailed by a small spoon, and free lined live herring are all working well.
For deeper fish down lined herring are the best choice.
Catfish: Fair to good. Captain Chris Simpson reports that Lake Murray
catfish seem to be moving into a fall pattern a little early. Some fish
(99% channels) can still be caught shallower in the 5-20 foot range, but
blues are also being caught deeper in the 20-40 foot range. The most
consistent pattern is anchoring on points and humps in the main lake,
but the drift is also producing some bites. Cut herring, white perch,
shrimp and dip baits are all working equally as well.
Santee Cooper System
Catfish: Fair. Captain Jim Glenn reports that when water has been
flowing through the canal and creating current the catfish bite in the
canal has been good. Outside of the canal the bite can best be characterized
as fairly slow on Lake Moultrie, even at night which is traditionally
good in the summer. There have been reports of some shallow
water success on Lake Marion recently. Overall, the best bet may be
drifting with cut bait and covering a range of depths, including shallow
and deep water.
Little River
Cherry Grove Pier reports that fishing off the pier is hot right now. Huge
schools of mullet are running the beaches, and as a result action from
Spanish mackerel (often in the 4-5 pound range) and bluefish up to
a couple of pounds has been very good. Some nice red drum have
also been caught, and good whiting catches, decent numbers of pompano,
and a few spots have been landed. Reports indicate that the big
schools of spot are up around the Virginia/ North Carolina line. A few
small flounder have also been landed.
Grand Strand
Flounder: Very good. Perry's Bait and Tackle in Murrell's Inlet reports
that flounder fishing is very good in the creeks and out at the 3 Mile
Reef. The most popular inshore method is drifting/ trolling and holding
two rods each set up with a double mud minnow tandem rig. There
are also some people catching fish anchoring, casting and reeling the
same rig or a plain Carolina rigged minnow.
Spottail bass: Good. Perry's reports that spottail bass are feeding well
in the creeks and out at the jetties. Live mud minnows, live finger mullet,
live shrimp and a variety of artificial lures will all work.
The Charleston Angler reports that around Sullivan's after high tide in
the morning ladyfish, trout and redfish all were smacking live bait under
corks. The bite was strong whether it was mud minnows or shrimp.
Tarpon: Very good. Haddrell's Point reports that the tarpon bite is very
strong; the mullet run is in full swing and large pods of tarpon are following
the schools of mullet. Bulls Bay, North Edisto, the Charleston
Jetties, etc. have all been producing solid reports of tarpon in the past
week or two. Large mullet, menhaden, blue crabs, and artificials such
as the 10? Hogy will all catch fish.
Flounder: Good to very good. Haddrell's reports that the flounder bite
continues to be very strong. Live minnows, live finger mullet, Zman
PogyZ softbaits, and Zman DieZel minnowZ are all working very well
around the edges of rock piles in 3-8 feet of water. Spanish mackerel:
Good. Haddrell's reports that an end-of-summer blitz on Spanish Mackerel
has been going on just offshore of the beaches on the tideline, and
a #00 Clark spoon or 3/4oz casting jig will produce plenty of fast paced
Beaufort - Hilton Head
Spottail bass: Fair to good. Bay Street Outfitters in Beaufort reports that
some strong tailing action has taken place on the higher tides when
fish can come up in the short grass, and when fish are tailing they have
been susceptible to crab patterns and spoon flies on the fly as well
as Gulp fiddler crabs or Red Ripper spoons. On lower tides fish are
chasing shrimp and getting into very, very shallow water. Captain Dan
"Fishin' Coach" Utley in Hilton Head reports that the redfish are still
spread out in their summer-time patterns. He is finding the best fishing
back in small creeks on the outgoing tide. Mud minnows and cut mullet
fished around oyster beds have produced the best action. Flounder are
a bonus fish when fishing around the oyster beds in the creeks with
mud minnows. Coach reminds anglers they need to be careful and get
out of the creeks at the right times when fishing the dropping tide. Big
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Four people from eastern Kentucky have been sentenced to federal prison for their roles in the kidnapping and attack of a gay man.
U.S. District Judge Gregory Van Tatenhove on Wednesday ordered 38-year-old David Jason Jenkins to prison for 30 years, and his cousin, 22-year-old Anthony Ray Jenkins, locked up for 17 years. A federal jury in London, Ky., found the two men guilty in 2012 of kidnapping 30-year-old Kevin Pennington. The jury acquitted both men of federal hate crime charges.
Van Tatenhove also sentenced 20-year-old Mable Ashley Jenkins to 100 months in prison and 20-year-old Alexis LeeAnn Jenkins to eight years in prison. The two women pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting kidnapping and a hate crime. They testified for the prosecution at trial.
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I love how all the seaside cities in the USA have had these huge long piers that make the best photographic subjects.
I had great fun photographing the piers at Folly Beach in Charleston, South Carolina and Tybee Island near Savannah, Georgia.
Fort Myers Beach on the Gulf Coast was so busy on the weekend we couldn't get anywhere near the place. We waited until a week day to head down there for sunset. We stopped at a beachside restaurant that had the best food – I was almost willing to give up my sunset photo shoot to linger over the flavours.
Almost …
But at the last minute we quickly paid the bill and I dashed out the door and down to the beach to make these images.
These are both gorgeous, Anne! I especially like the first one, with the movement in the foreground water.
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Boy…I'm glad you didn't linger over the food to long. These images are incredible. I so love the first one and the silky texture of the water in the foreground.
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Very beautiful indeed.
I suppose you returned later to that restaurant for a well deserved dessert ?
Beautiful shots, Anne. The first is my favorite. That water movement is fantastic!
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Oh, Anne. I want to be you. Beautiful color! More photography tips appreciated! Peace, M.
Jaw-dropping, both. I love the silken look to the water in the first photo and the thrilling red in the second.
Jaw dropping Anne!
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Anne, I really love the composition and the intensity of the second image. Glad you are eating good food and having fun!
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Excellent. What's the name of the restaurant there that was so good?
Absolutely sublime! Few things in life are as rewarding as good food and a great sunset!` Kudos on these fine images!
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Beautiful photos Anne! I was around a few piers like this in Carolina but this unfortunately was before I knew how to make photos like these. Definitely worth rushing a meal for!
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Wow, Anne, those are some of the most incredible colors I have ever seen captured in a sunset! Fabulous images, my good friend, seriously top drawer!!
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February 25, 2000
Seventeen major work stoppages began in 1999, the lowest number in the 53-year history of the series.
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Of the 17 major work stoppages beginning in 1999, 12 were in the private sector; the remainder occurred in State and local government, all in educational services. In the private sector, seven stoppages occurred in goods-producing industries and five occurred in service-producing industries.
There were three stoppages that each idled more than 10,000 workers. In Atlantic City, 12,000 workers represented by the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Union struck various casino hotels for 2 days. The other large stoppages involved 11,000 teachers in various school districts in the State of Washington and 11,000 teachers in Detroit, Mich.
These data are a product of the BLS Office of Compensation and Working Conditions, Collective Bargaining Agreements. Learn more about work stoppages from news release USDL 00-51, "Major Work Stoppages, 1999." Major work stoppages are defined as strikes or lockouts that idle 1,000 or more workers and last at least one shift.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Work stoppages at 53-year low on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2000/feb/wk4/art04.htm (visited September 20, 2014).
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The Food Bank for New York City, an anti-hunger organization, said the number of food pantries and soup kitchens in New York City is down 25 percent in the last five years.
The report also finds that more people have been coming to emergency food providers since the beginning of the latest recession and that more are also being turned away.
The Food Bank's report is based on information gathered before Superstorm Sandy. But it said the storm illustrated New Yorkers' need for food relief in disasters.
The report called for investment in the network of emergency food providers. It said providers could then be both a short-term solution to hunger and a bridge to longer-term solutions. It said that would also enhance New York's readiness for a disaster.


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Science as we know it today would have not been what it is now without a Nikola Tesla invention. As a matter of fact, many consider that Tesla helped shape modern science itself. If you are looking for a sure-fire way to improve your knowledge about science, then knowing about the man can help you.
A Nikola Tesla invention during his time is often deemed to be very eccentric. However, as most inventions are; remember that everything always start with a "wild" idea. While some find Nikola Tesla odd, there are many who find him great and give him esteem as an honorable man of science.
Nikola Tesla Invention – His Contributions to the World
More than one Nikola Tesla invention actually survived to make it as part of our modern day living. Yet, the man that talked about death rays that can wipe out ten thousand planes at a distance of 250 miles was found to be peculiar. He had it tough but it did not stop him to keep on inventing.
Some of the things that were birthed by Tesla's mind are:
- Alternating Current System (AC System)
- Electric Motors
- Fluorescent Bulb
- Neon Lights, and
- Hydro-electric plant
Other notable Nikola Tesla Invention
- Wireless Energy Transfer (Long-range)
Nikola tesla studied the possibility of transmitting energy in long distances without the use of any wire or cable. With the theory of using microwaves and radio, he ended up making the magnifying transmitter and the Tesla Coil. As a result, he made the Wardenclyffe Tower. It stands proud in Shoreham in Long Island that served to broadcast energy between vast distances.
- Humanoid Robots
After Nikola Tesla demonstrated a boat that is remotely controlled, it opened to the theory of the creation of robots. The idea is to make humanoids to accomplish human work effectively and with security. Many consider this to be the factual beginning of robotics.
- Enhanced Airships
Armed with his theory on energy transfer of wireless energy, Tesla believed that it is key to improving aircrafts. Part of his theory is to actually draw energy from the atmosphere itself to fuel airship making refueling on the ground unnecessary.
- Super Electrotherapy
Along with Engr. Georges Lakhovsky, Tesla believed that a person can reach his highest health potential by cellular oscillation adjustment. Together, they built the Multiple Wave Oscillator with a claim that the machine is beneficial to a man's well-being. While it was deemed to be silly by the medical world that time, the inventor stood by his theory for it to be helpful to heal people of ailments.
Nikola Tesla Invention – The Man's Life Timeline
- 1893
Nikola tesla demonstrated the safety in using his AC System compared to Thomas Edison's DC approach. Part of the exhibit of this Nikola Tesla invention is to actually let the electricity current pass into his body to light a bulb which he held in his hand. In the same event in that World Expo in Chicago, people got to see the Tesla coils. Nikola used the coils to create lightning bolts and shoot them into the crowd without hurting anyone.
- 1898
Nikola Tesla left his audience in awe with his demonstration of a remote controlled boat model. Madison Square Garden was the first witness of Tesla's theory of wireless energy.
- 1899
He created the theory of earthquake stations. In this year, Nikola Tesla sent waves of electrical energy into the Earth. Also, during this time, he was able to make the biggest artificial lightning bolt ever recorded. With a height of 130 feet, it was escorted by a thunder that is so loud that people who are miles away heard it.
- 1900
With the goal of being able to provide free energy to the rest of the world, Nikola Tesla started the building of a wireless broadcasting system.
During these times, Tesla was not short of skeptics and critics which created his image as someone who is insane. Because of this, Nikola ran into some financial issues. The transmission of images, voice and electricity was still unthinkable. But Tesla believed he cracked the riddle of it. He was able to create a formula for such purpose even before Marconi did. He was 10 years ahead of the technology.
- 1943
The United States Supreme Court declared that the Marconi patents were void sighting that it was Tesla who first thought of the concept. However, very little credit is given to Nikola.
- World War I
During the war, Nikola Tesla suggested the use of energy waves to help the Americans detect submarines of Germany. We now know this technology as RADAR but Thomas Edison said that this Nikola Tesla invention is absurd.
Nikola Tesla Invention – Demise of a Brilliant Mind
Ironically, while Nikola Tesla received word bashes from Thomas Edison, he was later on awarded with the Edison Medal for his contributions to science. Tesla took it as an insult especially when Edison did not shy away one bit in saying that most of his ideas are crazy.
On January 7th, 1943, Nikola Tesla passed away poor. However, during his well-spent lifetime, he was able to secure over 800 patents for his inventions. Since then, scientists continue to search Tesla's journals to somehow pick on the man's brain.
One Nikola Tesla invention that believed to be most efficient is the bladeless disk turbine engine. Scientists found out that its design which made use of contemporary materials was in fact one of the most dependable machine motor ever made.
Significance of a Nikola Tesla Invention Today
Nikola Tesla is regarded to be the man who gave birth to 20th century as far as science is concerned. While many of us hardly recognize or appreciate things that are around us, it is highly likely that a touch of Tesla is put in it.
One invention that the world cannot do without today is the AC System. It really revolutionized the way energy is generated and distributed. For a man who gave birth to wondrous things, he is hardly crazy or eccentric. It needs to be realized that only a magnificent man of science can accomplish what he did.
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VOLUSIA COUNTY - County Manager Jim Dinneen is eyeing sunken treasure.
"I think we should make a new goal," he told the Volusia County Council at its Aug. 9 meeting. "I think we should aim to make the world's best artificial reef."
In an interview after the meeting, Mr. Dinneen said the artificial reef program is infrastructure with several advantages, and no obvious downsides. With artificial reefs the bigger the county thinks, the greater the economic rewards, he said. The reefs attract commercial and recreational fishers, divers and other tourists to Volusia - and they always bring cash. The manager said that cash goes into several area businesses, which then spend it at others. "It's one of the best returns on investment," Mr. Dineen said. "There is a multiplier for this type of activity. We know there's an economic impact for what we've already done."
Joe Nolin, coastal division director, said the county's artificial reef program started in 1980. That was with the sinking of the World War II repair ship USS Mindanao about 11 miles offshore. Mr. Nolin said the county has 13 federally permitted artificial reef and marine habitat construction sites. Each is about 5,000 by 5,000 square feet. Material for forming artificial reefs is spaced about 500 to 2,500 feet apart. The reefs are started with concrete structures, culvert pipes, and steel ships. Mr. Nolin said the starter material is usually donated.
The program steadily grew from 1980 to 2004. That year, the county sunk the island trader Antilles Star to start a reef. Mr. Nolin said from 2005 to 2010, the county didn't add any material for starting reefs. It's aggressively added material since 2010, when the county council opted to double the number of artificial reefs.
"It was easy to define 'double it,'" Mr. Dinneen said. "Making it 'the best in the world,' we'll need to do some research to find out what that means."
The reefs attract a wide variety of marine creatures, including several species of fish, rays, sharks, dolphins, turtles, crabs, shrimp, octopoles, corals and others.
"Once you place (starter material), it almost has - to some degree - an infinite value," Mr. Dinneen said. "They don't go away over time. The value grows every year. It gets enhanced by the life forms that gather."
County Council member Joie Alexander, New Smyrna Beach, said talking about creating the best artificial reef isn't hyperbole.
"I think it is a realistic goal," she said. "I'd love to have the world's most famous reef program."
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As voters walk into the Jasper County precincts, poll workers scan their registration cards with the new poll iPads and just like that they're on their way to casting their ballots.
"Here, you walk right in, they get your name, okay, they look it up, punch a button, you sign it and that's it," says Clayton Stone, a Precinct 26 voter.
Poll workers tell us there have been a few small glitches to the process of scanning voter registration cards.
"We've had a few little glitches but the main glitch that I've found is that the new voter cards that have been sent out from my office, it does seem to want to scan and I think maybe the printer is off or something, so the scan isn't hitting," says Jasper County Clerk Bonnie Earl.
This year about 10% of the 80,000 registration cards were returned to the county because of address changes.
When the new cards don't scan poll workers have an alternative way of entering voters into the system.
"We can do a manual entry and put in a last name and it'll bring them up on these computers," says poll worker Ray Schell.
To correct the problem the printed registration cards must be fixed by November 6 in order to scan for the presidential election.
"We need to do something in the office to make sure that the new voter cards for change of address and things, that they also will work fine in November," says Earl.
Jasper County bought about a $110,000 worth of iPads to help with elections.
Remember, to avoid precinct confusion you can change your address by stopping by the courthouses or by going online, before elections November 6.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (October 3, 2012) – The men's and women's cross country teams head to the Bronx, N.Y., Friday Oct. 5 to compete in a 13-team field the 2012 Metropolitan Championships, held in Van Cortland Park. Both squads look to improve their marks from a year ago, when the women finished second overall and the men placed sixth.
Sophomore Briana Deming (Webster, N.Y.) will attempt to capture her second consecutive individual Metropolitan Championship, as she completed the course in 18:05 to top the competition last season.
The women's team will compete for the first time after winning the Monmouth Invitational on Sept. 15. RU had four top-10 finishers in that meet, as sophomore Ashley Deckert (Newfield, N.J.) paced the Scarlet Knights with a second-place finish, clocking in at 18:31.7. Junior captain Jenifer Spitzer (Fairport, N.Y.) finished just behind Deckert in sixth place with a time of 18:54.6.
The men's squad enters the meet fresh off a second-place finish, it coming at the Father Leeber S.J. Invitational on Sept. 22. Freshman Chris DeFabio (Millington, N.J.) earned fifth place in the 68-runner field, while sophomore Curtis Richburg (West Orange, N.J.) was the next RU to place, finishing 12th overall.
Competing in the event are Columbia, which won both titles last season, Farleigh Dickinson, Fordham, Hofstra, Iona, Manhattan, Seton Hall, NYU, St. Francis-New York, Southern Connecticut State, St. Peter's and Wagner.
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The MyODBC architecture is based on five components, as shown in the following diagram:
An application is a program that calls the ODBC API to access the data from the MySQL server. The Application communicates with the Driver Manager using the standard ODBC calls. The Application does not care where the data is stored, how it is stored, or even how the system is configured to access the data. It needs to know only the Data Source Name (DSN).
A number of tasks are common to all applications, no matter how they use ODBC. These tasks are:
Selecting the MySQL server and connecting to it
Submitting SQL statements for execution
Retrieving results (if any)
Processing errors
Committing or rolling back the transaction enclosing the SQL statement
Disconnecting from the MySQL server
Because most data access work is done with SQL, the primary tasks for applications that use ODBC are submitting SQL statements and retrieving any results generated by those statements.
Driver manager:
The Driver Manager is a library that manages communication between application and driver or drivers. It performs the following tasks:
Resolves Data Source Names (DSN)
Driver loading and unloading
Processes ODBC function calls or passes them to the driver
MyODBC Driver:
The MyODBC driver is a library that implements the functions in the ODBC API. It processes ODBC function calls, submits SQL requests to MySQL server, and returns results back to the application. If necessary, the driver modifies an application's request so that the request conforms to syntax supported by the MySQL.
ODBC.INI is the ODBC configuration
file that stores the driver and database information
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Driver Manager to determine which driver to be loaded
using the Data Source Name. The driver uses this to read
connection parameters based on the DSN specified. For more
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Anyone wondering how the Jazz might respond to a tense finish with former teammate Al Jefferson opposing them Monday night could only watch appreciatively as they blew a 14-point lead against Charlotte.
The answers came in the last minute, when the Jazz trailed by one point. Gordon Hayward bounced a pass to Derrick Favors for a dunk, then Jefferson missed a short hook shot and Jazz rookie Trey Burke drove for a layup, basically securing an 83-80 victory at EnergySolutions Arena.
So the Jazz have five home-court victories this season, and critical misses by ex-Jazz stars Carlos Boozer of Chicago and Jefferson helped make two of them happen.
"In my opinion, we should have won," Jefferson said, blaming himself.
The Bobcats relied heavily on Jefferson, like the Jazz of old, while the home team's only choice was to create other game-winning possibilities in his absence.
"It is a little bit of a discovery," Hayward said. "Like I said, it's a growing year for us, so these experiences are really valuable."
Of course, some would prefer those lessons to come in losses, worrying that the Jazz (10-24) are playing their way out of prime draft territory. But here's the thing: If the Jazz beat Milwaukee — owner of the NBA's worst record — on Thursday, they'll be 10-11 since Burke became the starting point guard.
Who knows how different the dynamic of this season might be, if not for Burke's broken finger. Maybe all the talk in town would not be so much about the lottery, but rather how the Jazz are learning to win without Jefferson, their go-to offensive player in recent history.
They haven't totally figured it out, that's for sure. The Jazz beat the Los Angeles Lakers last week via Hayward's miss that Favors turned in a dunk, then faded badly the next night against the Clippers. Monday's winning sequence featured two broken plays that Hayward and Burke managed to salvage with their driving abilities.
Last weekend in Atlanta, former Jazz teammates Paul Millsap and Jefferson combined for 57 points and 36 rebounds in the Hawks' overtime victory. Yeah, the Jazz needed to pursue their rebuilding plan, but that dual performance had to make anyone wonder about letting them go via free agency — especially when nobody is quite emerging in Jefferson's old job as a dependable late-game scorer.
"It's been an adjustment process for them, to take a bigger responsibility," Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said before the game. "We're trying to grow guys into that role."
The Bobcats like Jefferson, who's providing the kind of leadership he brought to the Jazz. For a guy who never won a playoff game in three seasons, Jefferson deserves to be well-remembered in Utah, where he became embraceable as a player and a person. Jefferson was a positive force in the locker room, blending in well and guiding Enes Kanter and Favors.
"They're my guys," Jefferson said.
In Atlanta, Millsap posted 33 points and 13 rebounds to Jefferson's 24 points and 23 boards. "I told Paul, that's the first of many battles we're going to have," Jefferson said.
His reunions with the Jazz are fewer, but just as frustrating. The Jazz also won by three points in Charlotte this month.
Jefferson scored nine points in the fourth quarter Monday, but his last meaningful basket came with 2:53 remaining. His 18 points came on 8-of-22 shooting. Just to make himself feel worse, Jefferson delivered an uncontested 41-footer at the buzzer — only the fourth 3-pointer of his career in 44 attempts.
He turned and walked off the court, disgustedly.
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Helpful Tip: Make A Cleaning Schedule
It's almost the end of May, and the end of Green Cleaning Month. Now that you've invested time and energy into deep cleaning your house, set a schedule for keeping it clean. Regular maintenance will cut down on the "ugh" factor. After all, one-hour cleaning increments are much easier to deal with than five-hour cleaning marathons. Jump below for some of our schedule guidelines:
This is taken straight from Maxwell's Eight-Step Home Cure:
Daily Schedule:
- Make Bed.
- Wash dishes.
- Put clothes away.
- Sort mail.
- Clear answering machine.
- Clean all kitchen surfaces
- Take out full garbage.
Weekly Schedule:
- Clear all surfaces (put odds and ends away).
- Wash clothing, take in dry cleaning.
- Take out recycling.
- Change sheets.
- Water plants.
- Clean bathroom and kitchen.
- Quick-vacuum all floors.
Monthly Schedule:
- Vacuum, sweep, or mop all floors.
- Flip mattresses.
- Clear out refrigerator.
Every Three Months:
- Wash windows.
- Declutter refrigerator, front door, bulletin board, etc.
Every Six Months:
- Spring cleaning (April or May)
- Fall Cleaning (October)
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I like this list, very simplified. I've been learning that lists for everything work very well for me these days. I often end up with a stack of mail on the counter and get behind rather quickly!
This is a perfect summary. It should be made into a magnet and put on the refridgerators of rental suites.
Printing this to see if I can keep on top of it!
I think this list is good, for a starting place - I can only see it really working for a single person with no pets. (maybe 1 pet, if shedding isn't too bad). And it doesn't even mention dusting, which I have to every day.
I have to wash a load of clothes on a near daily basis. We don't have air conditioning, so our house is always open - it leads to more dust inside, which means more cleaning. And with two young sons, bathrooms and kitchens need cleaning more often. I can't imagine what my floors would look like if I only vacuumed/mopped once a month!
But like I said, the above list is a very good starting point - just build on it to fit your own situation.
Yeah, I wish I could vacuum or mop once a month! I sweep our kitchen twice a day, mop once a week (but really it needs it twice a week), and vacuum twice a week. I do have a small dog and two small children, so of course that meas more dirt on the floors.
I agree that vacuuming needs to be done more often, especially with two cats and a border collie. I try to vaccuum once a week. Our hard surface floors don't get mopped often, though; just swept.
Who changes their sheets every week? That's really not necessary, in my opinion. Ours get changed every 2-3 weeks, which seems to be good enough.
2 cats and no kids = sweep 2x every day, mop 1x week, dust 1x week (but needs it 2 or 3x). I also cook a lot, so I clean/declutter my fridge and cabinets about twice a month, if not more. And by clean I mean take everything out, wipe everything down, and replace/reorganize. Also goes for the one drawer I have in my kitchen.
I only vacuum once a week but lately our puppy has started shedding his puppy coat and getting his adult fur so it's become a daily thing... I hope it's realistic to go back to the once a week all over the house and maybe a room or two a night schedule.
I also admit I only change the sheets every two weeks or so - but change pillows more often.
I would also have to add wash the curtains on the every few months because we have drapes and sheers - which can collect a lot of dust.
I have a cleaner that comes once every 2 weeks, I still have to steam clean my kitchen and main floors every 2-3 days. children (esp boys) need to come with goverment cleaning warnings on them!
I tried a cleaning schedule and I did it for just over a month and couldn't keep it up, life and kids got in the way.
Oh I dream of a completely clean, organized and decluttered home.
I follow FlyLady with her control journal and emails with daily tasks. It helps keeps me on track and assists with keeping the house clean. Having my control journal follows all the necessary things to keep my house presentable for friends and family. It's great to have my shiny sink with a shiny house in the end.
I have two cats and hardwood floors and tile and I have to vacuum the floor everyday. It takes 20 minutes to do five rooms. I don't have any area rugs so it is very fast. I also clean the kitchen counters, stove top and table everyday sometimes twice a day. I also spray the bathroom counter everyday. I don't let anyone keep anything on the counters in the bathroom everything goes in a cabinet or drawer. I empty the clumps from the litter box everyday. Roommates empty the garbage and recycling though not without my reminding them so it seems like its my job too. I do at least two loads of laundry everyday sometimes more. I mop the kitchen and bathroom floor once a week. We all take showers so I wash the tub every few months when it gets dull looking. The hardwood floors are mopped every few months. The window glass is washed and the house dusted whenever I noticed that they are dirty or dusty, months can go by before I notice. We have a Goodwill bag in the closet where we put things in good condition that we don't want anymore. I bring it to Goodwill whenever it is filled. The only clutter that builds up is on my bedroom desk I tackle it once a month.


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User Programmable Feature Programming in ANSYS
Implementation of New Elements in ANSYS
Sometimes engineers need to have their own element within the ANSYS Mechanical environment. Examples can be found in the bearing industry where long term experience is available in the stiffness description of roller bearings. Sometimes this information is available based on empirical formulas, sometimes the information about the nonlinear stiffness is available just in simple tables. The question is now how to implement this information in ANSYS using the stiffness behavior as an element.
The User-Programmable-Feature-Interface (UPF) allows us to implement own commands, own material laws and also complete new elements. Within the users element description it is possible to define an individual stiffness, mass and damping matrix that can be also depending on the underlying deformation of the structure. Since this element is fully integrated in the Newton-Raphson scheme for the solution of nonlinear problems it is also possible to implement nonlinear elements in this way.
The code itself has to be provided in the Fortran77 format. The integration of this code is done by compilation of the code fragments and linking it to the remaining ANSYS libraries. The element can also be used within the ANSYS Workbench environment by means of command snippets.
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Fargo (KFGO AM) The Fargo Airsho Committee is hoping to land the Air Force Thunderbirds or the Navy Blue Angels for another air show in 2014 or 2015 now that the teams have been given the go-ahead to fly again. The precision teams suspended performances this year after being grounded by sequestration cuts that led to cancellation of a number of air shows, including the Fargo Airsho.
Committee spokesman Mike Haugen both teams will announce their schedules at a conference in Las Vegas in early December.
Even with a pared down schedule due to budget restraints, Haugen is hoping Fargo has an edge. He says in the past, the Blue Angels have rated Fargo as the best air show they have attended.
Haugen says the Thunderbirds schedule out one year. the Blue Angels schedule two years in advance.


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OpenPyxl is a Python library to read/write Excel 2007 xlsx/xlsm files.
It was born from lack of existing library to read/write natively from Python the new Office Open XML format.
All kudos to the PHPExcel team as openpyxl is a Python port of PHPExcel http://www.phpexcel.net/
Official user list can be found on http://groups.google.com/group/openpyxl-users
Any help will be greatly appreciated, just follow those steps:
1. Please start a new fork (https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl/fork) for each independent feature, don't try to fix all problems at the same time, it's easier for those who will review and merge your changes ;-)
2. Hack hack hack
3. Don't forget to add unit tests for your changes ! (YES, even if it's a one-liner, or there is a high probability your work will not be taken into consideration). There are plenty of examples in the /test directory if you lack know-how or inspiration.
4. If you added a whole new feature, or just improved something, you can be proud of it, so add yourself to the AUTHORS file :-)
5. Let people know about the shiny thing you just implemented, update the docs !
6. When it's done, just issue a pull request (click on the large "pull request" button on your repository) and wait for your code to be reviewed, and, if you followed all theses steps, merged into the main repository.
For further information see Development Tools
This is an open-source project, maintained by volunteers on their spare time, so while we try to work on this project as often as possible, sometimes life gets in the way. Please be patient.
There are several ways to contribute, even if you can't code (or can't code well):
- triaging bugs on the bug tracker: closing bugs that have already been closed, are not relevant, cannot be reproduced, ...
- updating documentation in virtually every area: many large features have been added (mainly about charts and images at the moment) but without any documentation, it's pretty hard to do anything with it
- proposing compatibility fixes for different versions of Python: we support 2.6 to 3.3, so if it does not work on your environment, let us know :-)
The best method to install openpyxl is using a PyPi client such as easy_install (setuptools) or pip. It is advisable to do this in a Python virtualenv without system packages:
$ pip install openpyxl
$ easy_install openpyxl
To install from sources (there is nothing to build, openpyxl is 100% pure Python), you can download an archive from bitbucket (look in the "tags" tab).
There is support for the popular lxml library which will be used if it is installed.
After extracting the archive, you can do:
$ python setup.py install
To be able to include images (jpeg,png,bmp,...) into an openpyxl file, you will also need the 'PIL' library that can be installed with:
$ pip install pillow
or browse https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Pillow/, pick the latest version and head to the bottom of the page for Windows binaries.
Source code is hosted on bitbucket.org. You can get it using a Mercurial client and the following URLs:
- $ hg clone https://bitbucket.org/openpyxl/openpyxl -r 2.0.5
or to get the latest development version:
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- A St. Matthews family got an unpleasant surprise Friday morning when they found out a car had plowed into the front of their home.
The car was heading south in the 200 block of South Hubbards Lane, when according to police, the driver in his mid 50's lost consciousness and crashed into the front of the house.
Police say the driver was not seriously injured and is not facing charges.
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Cisco System launched a major green initiative Tuesday that includes free software to help customers use their networks to automatically turn off computers and network gear at night and whenever they aren't being used.
By next year, Cisco is aiming to expand the new technology, EnergyWise, to allow building managers to control lights, heat, and other systems, said William Choe, director of Cisco's Ethernet switching group.
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The software has been in development for three years and will run on the Cisco Catalyst switching line, available as a free download now for existing Catalyst users, or available with new Catalyst purchases.
Cisco also said today it will be acquiring Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence Inc. of Santa Barbara, Calif., to provide the intelligent middleware used by EnergyWise.
Inbar Lasser-Raab, a senior marketing director for network systems at Cisco, said the software could be used in a variety of businesses, from helping shut off power to empty guest rooms in hotels to controlling bank branch usage of wireless access points, switches and IP phones.
Because the software puts Cisco in a large market for building systems controls, analysts said it could be an important new direction for Cisco.
"I think it could be huge, honestly," said Zeus Kerravala, an analyst at Yankee Group. "It shows that more and more things are going to be connected to corporate networks, including intelligence from building systems to make better decisions [about energy conservation.]"
For example, the software could be used to track how many employees have left a plant or office complex at the end of a shift based on the number of workers with badges who were still inside. If everybody has left, "why keep the systems working?" Kerravala said. "It has a lot of benefits."
Kevin Smith, CEO of Global Access Point, said he implementing the EnergyWise software to cut energy uses on Global's datacenter operations, which are used by third parties for off-site storage and data recovery.
"It will give me broader ... energy information than I could have had myself," Smith said. He expects the software can be used to cut his electricity usage by one-third, or even by half, when rewards for energy conservation from his energy suppliers are included. He now pays about $38,000 a month for energy costs.
Smith said the EnergyWise software will be a useful addition to Global's efforts to erect facilities with green in mind. The company's newest building has natural ventilation and its reflecting ponds act as cooling towers for datacenter cooling.


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Fireworks are a traditional way to celebrate America around the 4th of July, but they can also be dangerous. Every year almost nine thousand people are treated for fire works related injuries. One way to stay safe is to leave the fireworks to the professionals by attending a public show.
If you choose to set off your own fireworks, the experts with the Kohl's Injury Prevention Program at the Children's Hospital of Michigan offer these safety tips and reminders:
- Always purchase fireworks from reputable sellers, and read and follow labeled directions.
- Light only one firework at a time.
- Never throw or point fireworks at other people.
- Never give fireworks to small children.
- Always have a bucket of water handy to extinguish anything that may have accidentally become ignited.
- Dispose of fireworks properly by soaking them in water and then depositing them into a trash can.
Remember fireworks are not toys, so an adult should always be present when fireworks are being used.
Sparklers are NOT SAFE for young children even though they are sold as a safe fire work for children. Sparklers present a silent danger. Sparklers do not blow up and they do not have trajectory but they do get very hot. A typical sparkler can burn at temperatures up to 1,800 degrees. Such temperatures can quickly start fires and at close range can burn skin and eyes. Think about it this way glass melts at temperatures starting at 1400 degrees, so imagine what a sparkler can do to skin. This is the most prevalent fire work injury we see at CHM during the 4th of July holiday.
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Riesen to Believe Update
A bunch of talk in the last couple of days about Marc Pouliot. Dan Barnes mentions MP in his column today as a penalty killing option "if he sticks."
Barnes also talks about the players "in the mix" for the final roster spot, mentioning Marc Pouliot, Gilbert Brule, Rob Schremp and Guillaume Lefebvre.
Schremp and Lefebvre offer skills that are not duplicated by Pouliot, but should one of them make the roster it may mean only one of Brule and Pouliot make the Oilers out of TC.
I've (up to this point) suggested Pouliot as a heavy favorite to make the team this year. Now I'm not certain. There may be a feeling (as was suggested before TC by Ryan Rishaug) that it is time for fresh blood on the 4line, that last season's Brodziak-Glencross-Stortini crash and bang 4line was the perfect template. That scenario would heavily favor Brule, especially if (as Barnes also mentioned) the coach is thinking of splitting up the "3line-with-no-center" experiment. Putting Brodziak on the 3line with Penner and Pisani and slotting Moreau alongside Brule and Stortini is an option that would satisfy those needs.
Which would mean the 13F is a battle between Pouliot, Schremp and Lefebvre. Here are the updated bets:
Safe Without a Throw: Horcoff, Cole, Hemsky, Cogliano, Gagner, Nilsson, Pisani, Penner, Moreau, Stortini, Brodziak. Moreau has been added, as he appears to be completely healthy and isn't blocking shots in pre-season this year. So that's 11 out of 13 or 14 forwards.
- Brule 75% (up 25%)
- Pouliot 70% (down 25%)
- Schremp 65% (up 15%)
- Lefebvre 40% (new)
- Potulny 12% (down 29%)
- Reddox 10% (same)
- Trukhno 3% (same)
- Sestitio 1% (same)
Gone from the list are Lerg (minors) and Moreau (healthy). I've also increased the possibility of the Oilers going with 14F's which impacts players below. I also think we can start talking about one of these men starting the season on IR until everything shakes loose.
Stealing Home: Visnovsky, Souray, Staios, Grebeshkov, Gilbert. Smid is very close but there's still a slight chance they deal him for a veteran blueliner.
- Smid 98% (up 4%)
- Strudwick 80% (down 10%)
- Roy 11% (same)
- Peckham 2% (down 3%)
- Chorney 1% (new)
Could the Oilers start the season with just 6 defensemen? Highly doubtful, but they might place someone on IR until things sort themselves out (as above).
- Garon 100%
- Roloson 90% (up 5%)
- Deslauriers 41% (down 23%)
At this point I think the Oilers must be thinking long and hard about either risking waivers on JDD or dealing Roloson. The two veteran goalies look ready to go and Deslauriers, although impressive, would certainly represent a weak spot on the roster should Edmonton trade Roloson and move the rookie into the backup slot.
I think the three most likely scenarios for roster relief remain:
- Putting someone on IR
- Sending down Deslauriers
- Making 12 and 13F's Brule and Pouliot
However, once again Marc Pouliot has come to training camp and not grabbed it. It is also the second camp in a row where he has played away from center, and I cannot remember a time when the Oilers boasted a healthy roster and Pouliot's spot was safe.
It's a tell, folks.


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Music Mentoring Program Kicks Off Second Year At NHSThursday, December 5, 2013
Newtown High School sophomore Dawson Goodrich, right, helped Sandy Hook School fourth grader Michael Spanedda during the first day of this year's High school Elementary Musicianship Mentoring Association (HEMMA) program.
HEMMA Slates Student Recital, Local Bands PerformanceTuesday, May 28, 2013
HEMMA (High school Elementary Musicianship Mentoring Association) has scheduled a Sunday, June 9, event for a student recital, dinner, and performances by local bands in Newtown High School's cafetorium.
According to Grace Clark, a junior at Newtown High School who started HEMMA as part of her Girl Scout Gold Award this school year, the event will start with the student recital from 2 pm to 5 pm, the dinner will be available between 5 pm and 6 pm, and the performances by the local bands will happen between 6 pm and 9 pm.
NHS Student Creates Music Mentor ProgramThursday, April 4, 2013
Grace Clark, a junior at Newtown High School, said she always knew she would want to apply for her Girl Scout Gold Award when the time came, but did not know until last year that her project would create a music mentoring program between high school students and elementary school students.
On Monday, March 25, the first day of the new program was held, and Grace said it was a success.


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Review: Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies
Very early in Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies a catastrophic event causes the Celestrians, a breed of guardian angels, to fall from their invisible castle in the sky. In this classic tale of good, evil, and angels, our Celestrian hero wakes up in the small town he had previously been assigned to protect, though he has become startlingly human. He takes up the cause of helping as many people as he can in order to get the Almighty's attention and hopefully restore himself to his former glory by gathering benevolessence, a spiritual energy released when humans pray.
This game is the first original title in the series to be made for a portable system. After many delays and outbursts from frustrated fans the game was released last year in Japan to overwhelming applause, even breaking the Guinness World Record for having 100 million people communicating anonymously in the "Chance Encounter" multiplayer mode on May 20, 2010 -- more than one month before being released in the U.S.
For a game so built for collaboration (each of your other three party members can be replaced by other nearby real life players) there is a sturdy single player game here.
The hero is a silent character of the player's creation, giving the story a classic JRPG feeling modern RPG fans may not enjoy. The playable characters allow the player to have an in-game presence and observe a world where chaos ensues without really learning anything about who you're experiencing this world through. Because the main characters are never fleshed out or explored the focus is on getting to know the people who make up this large fantasy world rather than merely chatting with them briefly on the way to somewhere else like most games in the genre. Every town has a dire event happening, and in this way the towns themselves become characters as they each have different personalities, problems, pain, and joy.
As you travel to these towns, you'll come across shops to equip your hero and ready him to protect the citizens of the world from the increase in monster appearances. Having never played a Dragon Quest game before, what piqued my interest was the fact that any armor equipped on your party is immediately visible at all times. This is a mechanic I wish all RPGs employed as convention, ignoring a character's personal style (I'm looking at you, Final Fantasy, and your retro-future bikinis, overalls, trench coats, aviator jackets, and man-thongs) and showing what is actually protecting them in battle. Of course, the game will also throw in the occasional silly outfit (like a "dancer's costume") that somehow protects almost as much as metal armor. In those cases it comes down to the player's personal fashion preference.
Fashion aside, Dragon Quest IX does several other things differently than its recent predecessors. Approximately three and half hours into the game the hero finally gains the ability to recruit three others and complete the party, all of whom are customizable. Party members, like your hero, can also be created or can be randomly selected at the Stornway Inn (which you can always return to). My hero was Aang, a bald-headed youngster who, as a minstrel, dabbled in all arts; water bending, air bending-- erm, I mean the "heal" and "woosh" spells. It isn't until the ninth or so hour that they gain the ability to change their vocation (job class), though their character level resets to 1 until they level up that individual class. Fortunately, by that point in the game enough experience is given from monsters to even the characters' levels out fairly quickly. What also helps this process is the option to set automatic "tactics" for each party member. This works well in world map battles (enemies are no longer random encounters, as you can see them on the map), where you can set everyone to "fight wisely" and simply choose your hero's action and let the others fend for themselves. When a boss battle comes around, however, it is often best to have everyone take orders, manually choosing the appropriate action per character. The ease of switching between automatic and manual commands works extremely well, and the animation of the battles is fluid every time a character performs an action. The tactics battle mechanic makes the game more accessible to newcomers, as they can focus on one character's actions and observe how the others play, hopefully learning a strategy for tougher battles.
The game moves well over all. I experienced no lag during the main story, and transitions from the world to battle screen and from area to area were painless and quick, with a musical score worthy of composer Kouichi Sugiyama's 24-year legacy since the series' creation in 1986.
Level-5 (best known for Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King, Jeanne d'Arc, theProfessor Layton series, and White Knight Chronicles) and Square-Enix (known for the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series) have dumbed down the more mature art style of PS2's Dragon Quest VIII, leaving IX's a light, childish version of it to better match the look of the previous DS remakes of the series. The tone of the game matches the art style, as much of it is silly, quirky, or full of horrendous monster name puns (at least in the English version) like "meowgician", the "ragin' contagion", and "badboon". At one point near Alltrades Abbey I came across "Jack of Alltrades". Maybe this play on words works better in Japanese? Other humor is also included throughout the game, like when an old man was upset because no one would allow him to change his vocation to maid. That one made me laugh; he was very adamant about it.
Despite good pacing, semi-automatic level grinding, and a cohesive world, Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies only captivated me for about half the length of the game. I prefer a deeper story with more intricate playable characters when playing an RPG. Ultimately, without a sense of personality for my hero and his recruits I felt disconnected, playing only to see what armor I could wear next, and how hard my sword will hit when I put skill points toward my next ability (you can contribute points toward class skills or weapon skills when leveling up). The story itself did not grab me, and combined with the barebones character development I found myself needing more of an emotional connection. Fans of the Dragon Quest series will most likely love the game and the way it ties a traditional JRPG style of physically creating the "role" aspect yourself, with modern updates. I personally enjoy RPGs for the experience of how ordinary characters develop when put into an extraordinary situation, and Dragon Quest IX is built upon the opposite – an extraordinary character thrown into an ordinary world. However, with hundreds of side quests, an item creation system, downloadable quests, and local multiplayer, someone who is not heavily story-oriented will have plenty of fun.
It really amazed me when I heard stories about how popular the Dragon Quest series. It's charm and classic gameplay was awesome! - Texas Lending


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UFC lightweight fighter Jeremy Stephens released this video blog explaining his innocence and apologizing for being arrested just a few short weeks ago on felony assault charges.
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"Got arrested for a warrant on something a year ago that I had no part in. Here is my release from custody en route to innocence!"
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An ode to the Big SweatPosted on January 22nd, 2009 – 12:38 PM
By Joe Christensen
First, I want to say thanks for all the congratulatory remarks on the birth of Baby Noe. A few of you had me laughing out loud with references to her arbitration status, revised zone rating and slugging potential. Mom and baby are doing great.
With TwinsFest and the Diamond Awards upon us, I had hoped to return with a flurry of insight and analysis, but the best I could think of is this: I'm going to miss the Big Sweat.
Former Twins LHP Dennys Reyes (aka Big Sweat) remains a free agent, reportedly drawing interest from the A's, Mets and Dodgers.
It would be impractical for the Twins to re-sign Reyes, of course, since they already have LHPs Craig Breslow and Jose Mijares returning to their bullpen. Reyes, who posted a 2.33 ERA in 75 games for the Twins last year, probably would have commanded a three-year, $12 million deal in a better economy.
Now, he'll probably get a two-year deal for about half that price. Still, it wouldn't make sense for the Twins to sign him. If they spend money on a reliever, he should be an eighth-inning specialist.
It's been a foregone conclusion that Reyes is gone, but I should mention that he's been one of my favorites in the Twins' clubhouse. Reyes hails from Mexico and would routinely greet me by saying, "Que pasa?" What's up? What's happening? He wanted to know what Twins news I was hearing behind the scenes.
I know some German but almost no Spanish, so it became our running gag, the way I would grapple for a proper response in Spanish. "Nada," I'd usually say. Nothing. Fortunately, Reyes' English is excellent, and he tells some great stories about pitching for Jack McKeon's Reds.
(Funny, we could have had that same conversation every day this offseason, and it would have been the same. Any Twins news? Nada.)
Anyway, Breslow was a tremendous pickup for the Twins last season. He posted a 1.63 ERA in 42 appearances after getting claimed off waivers from Cleveland in late-May. The Twins began turning to him in tougher situations, and Breslow made 13 appearances in September, spanning nine innings, without allowing an earned run.
Meanwhile in September, Mijares became an overnight sensation, posting a 0.87 ERA and taking over the primary setup duties. In 10 1/3 innings, Mijares allowed one run and three hits. In the 1-0 tiebreaker loss to the White Sox, Mijares relieved Nick Blackburn, faced four batters and retired them all.
Mijares has better overall stuff than Reyes and Breslow, which adds to the Twins' confidence. Breslow is far from overpowering, but he's extremely savvy. Keep in mind, he has a degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale.
Here's the thing: Reyes, who turns 32 in April, is a 12-year major league veteran. He usually got the call, when the Twins were about to face a tough left-handed batter in a close, late-inning game.
Mijares handled just about everybody he faced in September. Grady Sizemore, Shin-Soo Choo, Nick Markakis, A.J. Pierzynski and Jim Thome combined to go 1-for-6 against him.
Against Breslow, the following batters combined to go 2-for-22 (Thome, Markakis, Pierzynski, Choo, Sizemore, Bobby Abreu, Jason Giambi, Robinson Cano and Alex Gordon).
Breslow held lefthanded batters to a .183/.230/.232 line last season. Mijares held major league lefties to a .143/.143/.143 line in September after allowing lefties to bat .217 last season in 28 minor-league appearances.
Reyes held lefties to a .202 average last year (and .148 during his amazing 2006). What the Twins will miss is his history of success against some of the toughest lefthanded hitters in the American League.
It seemed like Reyes got the ball in every close game at Cleveland, with the Indians staging a rally, and that drum beating in the left-field bleachers.
Grady Sizemore is 5-for-15 lifetime against Reyes, Travis Hafner 4-for-14. Victor Martinez, a switch-hitter, would turn around and bat righty against Reyes. He's 2-for-15.
Thome has 13 career plate appearances against Reyes. He's 3-for-10 with two home runs (OK, not a great example). Curtis Granderson 8 PAs (1-for-8, 1 HR), Gordon 8 PAs (1-for-8, no HR).
You get the picture. The Twins might like Breslow and Mijares, but they'll miss Reyes' experience. I'll miss our conversations.