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Klaus acts on his intentions to leave town with Elena, but finds resistance from a surprising new enemy. Bonnie calls on Abby (recurring guest star PERSIA WHITE) to help her with a difficult spell. As events spiral out of control, Elena is determined to protect Caroline; Damon and Stefan enlist Tyler's help; and Bonnie and Jeremy take a terrifying risk to make sure her spell is effective. Plus, Damon and Stefan have a surprisingly candid conversation about the future.


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To market Neal Stephenson's sci-fi thriller Snow Crash, I was asked to write a "benign" computer virus. It would "benignly" pretend to take over the user's computer and replace the screen with snow, a.k.a., a "snow crash." After a minute or so of snow, the snow would fade out and be replaced by an advertisement for the book. This would be "benign," you see. The virus would spread through normal means, but nobody would mind because after taking over their computer "you'd just get a fun ad and then be relieved that nothing bad happened to your computer."
I was actually told to do this at a major worldwide corporation. I had to write a memo explaining all the laws this would break and all 17 bad things that could happen if they really made me implement this.
"This DLL you wrote is only 17kb. Can you add some code to make it bigger? The client is paying us a lot of money, and we want them to get their money's worth."
Use Visual SourceSafe.
"You know this enormous 20-year-old Cobol program that contains piles and piles of hard-coded business rules that more or less defines our company? Would you mind converting it to .NET?"
We go live in a few weeks.
Wish me luck..
My brother and I were working on a multimedia heavy-website for a very famous rock star many years ago.
When the client saw the site he noticed some compression artifacts on some of the JPEGs and asked what was wrong with them. We explained that images need compression for bandwidth purposes and that the images were currently compressed at about 80% quality. He was offended and said something to the effect of
We tried to explain how it would affect users, but he would have none of it. It resulted in the slowest "virtual world" website ever. This actually happened.
Obviously after reading some business magazine on an airplane about how XML was the hot new technology (this was circa 2002), one of our executives asked me if our application used XML, when I said no he asked me if we could add it.
Now, I'm not talking about a feature to import/export files in XML format, he simply wanted it to be part of the architecture for no reason other than it was popular at the moment and would lend credibility to our app.
"Right now, the usernames are required to be unique, and the passwords are not. Could we make it the other way around?"
About 7 years ago I worked at a bespoke software shop that decided to sell one of its products. It was an end-to-end operations suite for some industry. Well, this industry wasn't known for being super technological, so somehow we ended up providing third-party technical support for their servers and IT infrastructure instead of farming it out to independent small business IT consultants.
One day, a customer's server encountered disk corruption. The server we had sold them was configured with an Adaptec RAID controller, set up for a RAID 1 mirror. Their application database was toast. They hadn't performed backups in months. The backups they had performed were unusable. They ended up losing 8 months of data. They hired an IT consultant to handle this investigative work.
Phone calls ensued, and the sales manager (known for promising impossible features) apparently told them it would be taken care of, and wrote it up in a contract.
The sales manager promised the customer that we would ensure that the application database and any other application-related files would never be replicated by RAID controllers if the files were considered to be corrupt. No configuration should be necessary either. Yep. We were told to deliver this functionality in 2 weeks, or the customer would fire us.
So the program manager -- who had some large enterprise CRM products, and other serious development successes, under his belt -- and I had a meeting with the COO, and the sales manager. The program manager was detailing how insane, impossible, and insanely impossible this was. The sales manager (military background) would simply scream in his face (literally!), "I don't care! How hard can it be to make the RAID thing not RAID?! Their data would be fine on the other drive if the RAID thing hadn't screwed it up!"
At the end of that meeting, the program manager quit with a zero-day notice. So I was now tasked with this. Over the next week, I petitioned both Adaptec and LSI Logic to provide an engineer for a conference call, simply to laugh in the face of the sales manager.
Ultimately, they obliged, and held up their end of the bargain. And they went into detail how ridiculously unfeasible it was. The guy from LSI was particularly harsh - he didn't sugar coat anything.
I didn't have to implement the feature. One I did have to implement was a custom security scheme requested by a customer, that would allow them to toggle any of the application's controls - on a control by control basis - as visible, disabled, enabled, read-only, or read-write. In theory, there were 146,000 combinations. And if you accidentally screwed up by say... disabling a control group, you'd have inadvertent side effects. Needless to say, when I was given the ultimatum that it had to be implemented, I also quit with a zero-day notice.
They asked me to search a Commercial Product that could find and fix source code bugs automagically.
I once had a client specification that literally called for code capable of traveling backwards in time.
My employer harvested data for the client, and we were to deliver it in file format X at ten-minute intervals between 9 AM and 5 PM, save for the final delivery, which was in format Y (just X with a different footer). I did just that ... and they freaked. We were collecting low-volume data, and really only had one or two data points to deliver on any given day.
"QUIT SPAMMING US WITH EMPTY FILES!!!" they cried. "FIVE K'S EVERY TEN MINUTES ENCLOGULATES OUR BANDTUBES!"
Okay. So, my code checked every ten minutes, and only delivered if there was anything to deliver. Fair enough.
"BUT THE LAST FILE MUST BE IN FORMAT Y!!!" they screamed. "MODERN TECHNOLOGY CONFUSES AND ANGERS US! FIX IT OR WE WILL BEAT YOU WITH A MASTODON FEMUR!*"
(* -- It is possible I'm misremembering portions of the conversation.)
"So, I'm only to deliver the file if there's fresh data to deliver."
"And the final delivery for the day is supposed to be a different file format."
"Except I have no way of knowing which file will be the last of the day until the end of the day."
"So the only way for me to implement this is to write code that goes backwards in time at the end of the day to redo the format on what turned out to be the final delivery."
I refused, in part because violating causality is an unethical programming practice, in part because CPAN.org didn't have a module that would let me do it. (I checked.) In the end, they allowed me to send a file in format Y at the end of the day, regardless of whether or not it had any actual data. I'm pretty sure their bandwidth survived the hit.
Without any discernable cause, I was brought into a private meeting, and told not to check if my computer was being monitored - including, never ever checking my task manager for any reason. I asked if they were monitoring my computer, and was told (roughly) "this is just a preventative thing -- you know, our lawyer told us to tell the employees about this -- but you know, we can't really say -- but I'm not monitoring it now."
(nudge, I think they were monitoring my computer, just not while they were telling me not to look for any monitoring programs. In fact, a few weeks later, I came in early and literally watched the mouse moving around my screen as if by remote -- so I looked through the window of the CEO and saw him remotely clicking around on my computer from his laptop.)
I once had a long "discussion" with a pointy-haired boss who insisted that we could store a 2 in a bit datatype because it was "only one digit."
The stupidest thing I've been asked to do is probably a ground up rewrite of a very large project. It was about 350k lines, all C (with a little perl mixed in for 'helper' scripts) and worked well no matter what clients did to it.
Almost a year later, we had:
Basically, we accomplished nothing that sensible refactoring could not have accomplished. But my boss was happy, we got rid of the helper scripts.
I consider it to be the most egregious waste of time and existing code that I've ever seen.
Client: We've been using your database software for a couple of years, developing our own applications with it, and calling you from time to time for help.
Me: Yes, we appreciate doing business with you.
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Me: . . .
I have been asked to write in a presentation of our software to a major multinational potential customer that we used "spaghetti code" coding technique.
Of course, we're in Italy... sounds good.
Do some work for free.
Changing my syntax highlighting colors to match the ones used in the version control system.
Can you take this 10-page report that I asked you to prepare as a word document and make it into a powerpoint presentation because I am really a visual thinker and won't actually read the written report I asked you to make?
Let's see:
Write programs in C++
Ok, I want you to scan this picture of a house, when I come back, you should be able to show me the back portion of it.
"I don't like the way this Oracle database works. Why don't we just write our own database?"
(Admittedly, this was over 15 years ago, but still!)
I was asked to load articles from a competitor's website inside an iframe that would be inside our website's skin, making it look like it came from us.
Can you write a simple time entry and billing system for our new foreign office that uses a different language, currency and tax laws?
For me, the craziest (and quite possibly, funnest) was
It never spit out a working version (of course, I tried to tell them it was impractical), but it was fun anyways.
One major feature of an application our company developed was the ability to search large amounts of documents by the full-text of the document. A competitor made the following claim in a marketing presentation to one of our clients,
They gave a ridiculous example of how the decimal ascii repersentations of the words "boot" and "boat" were much less similar than the same words in binary form, when you compared the actual numeric digits in the representation. So searching based on the 1's and 0's more accurately reflected how similar those two words appeared visually, and thus improved recall.
Naturally I was tasked with researching this technique, which I assume was the result of a marketing guy completely misunderstanding a programmer somewhere, and drafting a response that we could include in our proposal.
Small team of programmers, boss wants us to do a ticket reservation system for a small airline (in a very short timeframe, of course). Team says:
-- as you can imagine, we will need some testers for this project
Boss says:
-- don't worry, learn from the car industry. They recall cars from time to time: users will do the testing.
First week - Have separate code base line for 2 different client (yes two copy of same code for 2 different client )
Second week (another boss) - No merge both codes and put IF - Else condition on every page
I was a part of a mainframe support team that did shifts with other support teams in a data center. After the shift we would usually have a briefing with managers and the team of the next shift. One day our new director showed up and asked the question: "Why average CPU load during your shift was only 72%, while previous shift shows near 95%? I think if we try real hard, we could eventually achieve 100% CPU load!"
I was working on a web project in ASP.NET which was to replace an existing PHP solution. The PHP site wasn't bad, just a little outdated so the new project was to upgrade it using a new platform. The first thing to do was setup the new infrastructure by having IIS and MSSQL servers as well as a source control system.
A few weeks into creating the new project the project manager became unhappy with the deployment process which involved getting the latest version of the code, then deploying a build to the test environment. He felt that this was time consuming and that having people work on the same code base and having to merge their changes the wrong way to do things.
His solution was that we go back to the "old way" of doing things: writing PHP on the production server in real time with no source control or deployment strategy. This way you could have instant results and it didn't involve setting up source control or other servers. Needless to say things did not go well. :)
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I know I may be a little off topic here and I sympathise with business owners trying to survive in the market. However, I think it's important to ponder the long term reasoning behind strict guidelines like the ones imposed when it comes to hexavalent chromium. When you look at the situation in the long run, it comes as a big expense up-front. But if you think about the number of cancer cases that might be avoided by protecting yourself, your father, uncle, aunt, who knows, how much do you save on doctors, medicine, lost work hours in the future because of illness, and or loss of life. If you put a price tag on all that, and you are the taxpayer, or your kids in the future, the short term pain seems like it is worth the long term gain. In Canada at least, I know that whatever the government pays for (in terms of health care) I pay through my taxes. Some air filtration systems and PPE might cost several grand today, but not doing it might cost several hundred grand in 20 years (for you, by way of the government increasing taxes to pay for it). Granted, it is quite an up-front cost, it seems the government could at least offer rebates (if they don't already) for buying PPE and Air filtration systems given that it will reduce the overall toll on the healthcare system down the road. If not, I suggest you talk with your local lawmaker to remind them that a stitch in time saves nine...or for the welders....
a few hundred spent of personal protective equipment
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A little off topic
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Monitoring samples
For those who haven't run across this before, here is an example of what your personal monitoring could look like. The job was welding 9% nickel plate with inconel stick and wire in a well ventilated area. Tests were done wearing a sensor pickup clipped to collar under hood. Not positve of the units of measurement but the maximum exposure level on a 10 hour shift was to be 7.5 whatever and this was increased tenfold with the wearing of a 3M...P-100 1/2 mask respirator. A hepa filtered 'smoke eater' was placed as close as feasibly possible but really didn't offer much protection as the welding plume still wandered off at times. Results showed that for the most part, on a comfortable horizontal or vertical weld, the exposure was at or below the requirement of the half-mask. The project also involved full penetration groove weld on the flat which was checked, background and repaired as needed with the welder laying underneath in a 24" crawlspace. Also there was a corner fillet. Many of the results for these last three positions were well above the limits....i.e. whereas a 3M mask would protect you to 75 units, we were getting readings to 130. Decision was made that a blower fan was required to direct fumes away from welder's mask. Apparently, hex fumes are at their worse when at high welding temperatures but will have lower toxicity as they cool off. It's easy to say to keep your head out of the plume but not always possible when trying for body comfort and precision welding.
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In order to save your time you can register for Osha safety training online.
hexavalent chromium analysis
I just took an OSHA class last week where this topic was discussed .... OSHA says you can't just put a guy in respirator and have go weld ... You must first remove the contaminant from the air using engineering controls ... Like using make up air and smoke eaters ... Then do air sampling to prove. That your welders are safe ... Then use administrative controls like smaller shifts more breaks .. And last use p p e .... Resperators or scba ... Yes guys this sucks but we might as well get used to it cause fines go from 7 grand per violation to 7000000 a violation .


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Thanksgiving Day; Nov. 28
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320 Jones Road, South Base, Bldg 320, (661) 275-AERO
Practical G1000 Class: Dec. 7, 8 a.m.-noon. Cost is $125. Hands-on G1000 operation to increase safety and situational awareness for every flight.
Full Time Flight Instructor Needed: The Edwards AFB Aero Club currently has a position open for a full-time flight instructor, CFI or CFII, starting salary $30 per hour on a one -ear contract with option for renewal. Aero Club is an FAA Part 141 Flight Training Center and Cessna affiliate, teaching the Cessna King curriculum. The instructor must be available weekdays, weekends and holidays. Send resumes to email@example.com.
Learn to Fly: The sky is the limit at the Edwards AFB Aero Club. Experience the thrill of piloting an aircraft. Your local Aero Club provides many stages of flight training, from your first introductory flight through solo, then on to private, commercial and instructors' ratings. The choice is yours. Whether your aim is recreational or a career path, your Aero Club will train you to the highest standard with safety always foremost.
Rentals: The Aero Club offers Cessna 172s and 182s for rent. Contact the Aero Club for reservations and costs.
Airman and Family Readiness
5 N. Seller Ave., Bldg. 3000, 277-0723
Women's, Infants' & Children's Clinic: Dec. 2, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., closed noon-1 p.m. for lunch. Open for walk-ins and appointments. For an appointment or voucher information, call 1-866-327-3074 toll free.
Boots to Business: Dec. 3 & $, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The A&FRC is hosting this two-day class presented by the Small Business Administration for transitioning military members and military spouses. The SBA is focused on helping veterans and their families explore entrepreneurship for their future. For more information or sign up, call Glenn Arola at (661) 277-8451 or the front desk at (661) 277-0723.
Dorm Dwellers' Cookie Drive: Dec. 4, 6:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The annual A&FRC Cookie Drive provides home baked cookies for single Airmen who are unable to go home for the holidays. For more information, call Linda Crump at (661) 277-4662 or the A&FRC front desk at (661) 277-0723.
Bundles for Babies: Dec. 6, 10-11:30 a.m., at the A&FRC. The class provides important information about the financial impact a child makes on couples and provides resources and money-management tips. Layettes, valued at more than $70 are provided to those attending, courtesy of Air Force Aid Society. The class is open to all service members and their spouses. For sign up or more information, call Linda Crump at (661) 277-4662 or the front desk at (661) 277-0723.
Department of Labor Five-day Employment Workshop: Dec .9-13, and Jan. 13-17, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. The Transition Assistance Program workshop is required for all separating and retiring military members and their spouses are welcome and encouraged to attend. Sign up by calling Glenn Arola at (661) 277-8451 or the front desk at (661) 277-0723.
Hearts Apart: This is a support group and social network for families of deployed members and an opportunity to meet with leadership. Sign-up is required. For more information, call (661) 277-0230.
The PLAYpass deadline has been extended through Dec. 31, 2013. If your spouse is deployed or you are a single Airman returning from a deployment, then come to the A&FRC to get your PLAYpass and register! PLAYpass discount cards are used for various activities and programs on base for adults and children. For more information contact the A&FRC.
Military Family Life Consultant: A Military Family Life Consultant is on board at the A&FRC to help military members, spouses, family members, friends and staff members address issues such as relationships, deployment, parenting, stress, grief and many other issues. Consultations are free and anonymous – no records are kept. Call (661) 742-4733 for an appointment.
SBP/Casualty Assistance Office: The SBP and Casualty Assistance Office is now combined and located in Bldg. 3000, Room 215. Please note: Every retiring member, married or single, must make a valid election prior to retiring. See the SBP counselor for more details. Retired military survivor assistance is available at the A&FRC. For more information, call the SBP/Casualty Assistance office at (661) 277-3757. Help is available to file claims through various agencies: DFAS, V.A., SSA, OPM.
Sponsorship Training: Attention Sponsors and Unit Training Managers, first impressions are lasting impressions! This training is mandatory for all first time sponsors or those who haven't sponsored anyone for more than a year. There is a new online sponsorship training that replaces the classroom training. Access eSponsorship Application & Training at http://apps.mhf.dod.mil/esat. Training and resources can be found within this new comprehensive application. Certificate of completion must be turned-in to Tonya Eckles and/or your unit training manager for record keeping. For more information on this training or to get a few resources, contact Tonya Eckles at (661) 277-4709 or email email@example.com.
Spouse Employment/Volunteer Resources: The link to job search strategies and volunteer opportunities is through the Airman & Family Readiness Center. Individual consultation is also available by appointment to provide assistance with resumes and education opportunities. The A&FRC has established a distribution list that will allow job vacancies to be emailed to spouses as they become available. If you are interested in getting your email address added to this list, call Linda Crump at (661) 277-5433 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Air Force Aid Society: Air Force active duty/spouse (with power of attorney), retired, widow/widower with internet access and an email address will be able to apply for AFAS assistance using the new AFAS Online Application by registering and completing the application at https://my.afas.org/memberportal/Login/Login.aspx. Complete and submit the application to the Airman and Family Readiness Center or for more details, call 661 277-4662.
Volunteers Need to Register: All volunteers with Edwards AFB official organizations/units need to register with the A&FRC Volunteer Coordinator, Claudia Stover at (661) 277-4615. Organizations or agencies that need volunteers and folks looking for volunteer opportunities may also contact Stover to be included on a distribution list.
Arts and Crafts Center / Auto Hobby
200 Methusa Rd., (661) 275-ARTS / (661) 275-AUTO
Auto Hobby: Your Auto Hobby Center is new and improved! We now offer oil, oil filters, wiper blades and a variety of accessories – you can purchase these items to use yourself or Auto Hobby can do the work for you! We will match or beat any maintenance and repair prices (except for warranty work). We can also take care of special orders on parts.
Engraving: New and improved laser-engraver – the quality of our product will exceed your expectations! Our new machine can engrave on a variety of materials – glass, plastic, wood, metal, etc. We will match any price within the local AV community.
Smog Testing: Saturdays, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost is $48.25.
FREE Wi-Fi! FREE Wi-Fi while waiting on car repairs or classes at the Arts and Crafts Center.
Need new tires? Let us price new tires for your vehicle. We offer very competitive prices as well as services in mounting and balancing. Come visit Auto Hobby at Bldg. 2440 or call (661) 275-AUTO (2886) and ask for Jesse.
Towing Service Available through Auto Hobby: Tuesday through Friday, 9 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Call Auto Hobby for more information.
Child Development Center
1305 W. Fitzgerald Blvd., Bldg 6457, (661) 275-TOTS
Immediate Openings: The CDC has immediate openings for pre-school and after-school care for kindergartners! For more information, contact the CDC.
Club Muroc
275 Doolittle Parkway, (661) 275-CLUB
Club Muroc is closed on Saturdays and Sundays except for special functions or events. Club closed on Mondays after lunch. Call (661) 275-CLUB to book a special function with our catering department.
Club Member Only Lunch Special: Every Tuesday, our highlighted entry of the day will be $4.12 for members.
Fogleman's Lounge
Social hour pricing: Tuesday-Thursday, 4:30-6:30 p.m.; and Friday, 4-6 p.m.
Wii/PS3: Enjoy a nice lounge area and have fun with our PS3 and Wii game systems or just come in with your own computer and connect to our free Wi-Fi.
Boss 'N' Buddy Night: Every Wednesday, 4-8 p.m. Ten Wings for $6 for members, $8 for non-members
Evening Dining at Club Muroc
Home Town Buffet: Dec. 3-19, 4-8 p.m. Cost is $10.95 for adult members; $12.95 for adult non-members; $6 for children 6-12 years; and $2 for children under 6. Children's menu also available.
Club Members Early Bird Special: Dining room opens a 4 p.m. Members receive a $3 discount adult/$1 discount child off our normal buffet price from 4-5 p.m. This is a great opportunity to eat at the club and then go out and do your Holiday Shopping!
Watch for new evening dining menu for Tuesday–Thursday coming in January!
No evening dining on Fridays in December due to Holiday Parties. A short order menu available in Fogelman's Lounge.
Members Only Special
Birthday Month Coupon: Happy Birthday from Club Muroc! Stop by Club Muroc during your birthday month and we'll give you a coupon for a free meal! Offer valid for Edwards club members only. Pick up Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.
Education and Training
140 Methusa Ave., Bldg. 2453, (661) 277-2713
Complete Your CCAF Degree: The Education Center has CCAF advisers available to assist you with completion of your CCAF degree. Call (661) 277-2713, or stop by Bldg. 2435, 7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Don't procrastinate, it's easier than you think!
Webster University, an ACBSP regionally accredited university, is looking for potential faculty to teach graduate-level finance or human resource courses at our Edwards AFB campus. Minimum qualifications include a master's degree in a related field (terminal degree preferred), professional experience, and preferably experience teaching at the graduate level. Applicants should send their resume/vita to firstname.lastname@example.com. For more information, call Karen Fudala at (661) 258-8501.
Family Child Care
1208 W. Fitzgerald Blvd., Bldg 6457, (661) 275-4322
Unlicensed Child Care: Air Force Instruction 34-276, Family Child Care Programs, requires individuals in family housing (military or privatized) who provide child care in their home for more than 10 child care hours per week to be a licensed provider. A child care hour is the number of hours times the number of children in care. If unlicensed child care does not stop, the base commander can revoke your privilege of living in base housing. If you need FCC services, ensure the provider is licensed. Each approved home, will have a license hanging in the home and a sign on the outside of the home.
Extended Duty Care: The Air Force offers the Extended Duty Care Program to assist parents who need additional child care beyond their normal arrangements due to mission related requirements. Children must already be enrolled in the Child Development Center, the School Age Program or the Family Child Care Program to qualify. To enroll in this FREE Extended Duty Program or for more information, please contact the Family Child Care office at (661) 275-4322.
Returning Home Care: Members are authorized 16 hours of hourly care within 30 days of their return from deployment. Contact the Family Child Care Coordinator for more details on the program at (661) 275-4322.
Family Child Care is seeking dedicated people who love working with children! If you live on base and want to care for children in your home or you are a military dependent and live off base, you may be eligible to be a licensed or affiliated provider! Make a positive difference in the lives of children! Most materials and training are provided free of charge!
High Desert Lanes Bowling Center
205 Fitzgerald, Bldg. 5214, (661) 275-BOWL
Unit functions: Daily, all hours, with reservations. Cost is $5 per person and includes three games and shoe rentals. Units may reserve lanes anytime during open bowl for parties, commander's call, team-building events.
Mondays Lunch & Bowl: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., $1.25 per game. Shoe rental, $1 per adult.
Thursdays Family Game Night: 3-7 p.m. $1.50 per game per person, $1 shoe rental. Glow in the dark bowling, fun for the whole family.
Friday Night Early Bird Special Unlimited Bowling: 2-6 p.m. Cost is $5 per person, bowl as many games as you want. Shoe rental: $1.75 for adults, and $1.50 for youth.
Friday Colored Head Pin, Glow In The Dark Bowling: 6-10 p.m. Cost is $2.25 per game. Shoe rental is $1.50 for adults, $1.75 for youths.
Saturdays Family Dollar Day: Noon-4 p.m. Cost is $1 per game, $1 shoe rental.
Saturday Glow-In-The-Dark Bowling : 6-10 p.m. Cost is $10 per person, shoe rental included.
Honor Guard
148 Methusa Ave., Bldg. 2462, (661) 275-BLUE
If you need to request the Blue Eagles Honor Guard for your ceremonies please email firstname.lastname@example.com, or call (661) 810-8039.
Information, Tickets and Travel
205 W. Popson Ave., Bldg. 2500, 275-TRIP
Coming Soon: Your ITT office will offer travel services for cruises, tours, hotel bookings and more! Our new travel agency can handle all of your vacation needs at great discounted prices and excellent service!
Knott's Berry Farm Military Tribute Days: Knott's Military, past and present, starts Nov. 4. Free admission for veterans or current serving military personnel and one guest with proper I.D. presented at turnstile plus purchase, directly from Knott's, up to six additional tickets for just $22 each until Nov. 27! Nov. 28-Jan. 5, 2014, up to six additional tickets can be purchased for only $27 each.
- Eligible person must be present. Dependent I.D.s will not be accepted
- Valid proof of military service with photo I.D. required. Eligible person must be present.
- Potential military that may inquire: Reserves and DOD (Department of Defense)
Tournament of Roses Parade: Jan. 1; depart the Oasis Community Center at 5 a.m., return at approximately 2 p.m. Tickets are $85 per person for all ages (reduced from last year), and includes grandstand seating and transportation. This popular tour sells out quickly, so reserve your seats today.
Mulligan Family Fun Center: All-day pass tickets are now available for $17 per person.
ITT Pricelist & Other Events: To see the current ITT price list for events, parks, hotels and discount information, visit www.95FSS.com. For the most up-to-date information, press the F5 key to refresh page.
5 W. Yeager Blvd., Bldg. 2665, (661) 275-BOOK
New Items: Visit the library every Tuesday to be the first one to borrow new released books, DVDs, Blu-ray, TV series, books on CD and more. We invite you to sign up for the Information Awareness Program, to receive a weekly email containing the complete list of new items. To enroll, email at email@example.com or call (661) 275-BOOK.
Free Online Services
Learning Express: If you are taking tests for school, looking to get certified or licensed, or trying to improve your software skills, chances are LearningExpress Library has the resources you need. Self-paced courses and tutorials are available for anyone at any level, elementary school to adult education, in a wide variety of subject areas including: Microsoft Office Suite programs, Adobe applications, military and college test prep, civil service licensure prep, adult skills building, and resume writing. Additionally, LearningExpress is the only resource Air Force libraries provide that specifically helps with the U.S. Citizenship tests. Registration is available through the Ai ForceF Portal; afterwards, you'll be able to access your LearningExpress account from anywhere. For more information, contact the library at (661) 275-BOOK.
Zinio: A leading full-service distributor of digital magazines, the Zinio newsstand has thousands of top magazines from around the world. Browse the list of subscriptions AF libraries own (currently 642 popular titles including Newsweek, National Geographic and Parenting), select and read anywhere, anytime using your computer, smartphone or tablet. To take advantage of this wonderful service, visit the Base Library or call (661) 275-BOOK for more information.
At the Library: Available for a loan period of two weeks; each item may be renewed at the library only, if there are no pending requests by other customers:
Books and CD Sets
MP3 (Playaway)
Rosetta Stone CD-ROM (Spanish and Russian only)
Universal Class Now Available: Get access to Universal Class today! This program offers more than 500 online courses on a wide range of subjects/levels, available 24/7, instructor led, self-paced. Universal Class courses are informational and designed to enhance student knowledge, increase skills and stimulate interest in a subject. Visit the Library for more information.
New Resources in the Children's section: Playaway View, the first all-in-one video player of its kind, pre-loaded with multiple videos of the best educational programming, now available at the Main library. Try it out and select titles such as math, exploring space, U.S. history and more.
Children's Story Time: Every Wednesday and Friday at 10 a.m., base employees and community members volunteer their time to read stories and create a craft project designed for toddlers and preschool children.
Muroc Lake Golf Course
111 Crest Dr., (661) 275-PUTT
Get Golf Ready: Dec. 8, 11, 13, 16, 18 and 20, 3-4:30 p.m. Cost is $99 per person and includes nine-hours of instruction on the driving range, putting & chipping greens and on the golf course. Golf Instruction for beginners to include all aspects of the game and playing golf on the course. Golf clubs will be provided if needed. Limited to the first 10 players signed up. Sign up at the MLGC golf shop.
Football Frenzy is back with NFL Sunday Ticket at Muroc Lake Golf Course Every Sunday beginning Sept. 8, 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Enjoy up to six games on our three brand new 60" Flat Screens! Visit Muroc Lake Golf Course during the week to enter your vote on which 6 games will be featured, then come out on Sunday with your family or friends to enjoy all the action! Get your FREE weekly Football Parlay Card – you could win $25 cash! Lots of other prizes and giveaways throughout the game. Club members can enter to win a trip to a regular season game and even a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl! Food and beverage specials will be available throughout the day.
Didn't get enough football on Sunday? Join us at The Hangar (formerly known as Stripes Lounge inside the Oasis Community Center) for Monday Night Football on our huge 16-foot movie screen, every Monday beginning Sept. 9! Free popcorn, billiards, darts and Texas Hold 'em! We will also offer the free Football Parlay card with a $25 winner each week and prizes throughout the event. Club Members will get another chance to enter to win one of the trips to a regular season game or a trip to the Super Bowl. Domestic and import drafts, sodas, and snacks are available for purchase. Must be at least 18 years old to attend.
Annual Membership: Are you a frequent visitor to the Muroc Lake Golf Course? Save money by purchasing an annual membership. Memberships run from April 1 through March 31 but you can join now with these pro-rated rates:
E5 and above/Retirees/DOD Civlians: $250
Contractor/Civilian Guest: $316.64
*Prices pro-rated as of Aug. 1, 2013
Twilight Golf: Daily, 2:30 p.m.-sunset. Had a long day at work? Take a little time to relax and enjoy some golf! Our 'Twilight Special' is a great way to end the day, get a few holes in before dark and save money!
E1-E4; $4.50 green fees
E5-O3; $6.50 green fees
O4-above; $7.50 green fees
DOD, Contractors and guests; $8.50 green fees
Carts are $5.00 per person
Monday-Friday Special: 7 a.m.-1 p.m. $25 for 18 holes of golf, a cart and lunch.
Want to learn how to play golf: Come learn from our club pros, Ricky Lanning and Chelsea Orozco can teach you everything you will need to know at your convenience. From longer drives to make more putts and everything in between, our pros can bring you from amateur to pro!
Wi-Fi is now available at the Muroc Lake Golf Course Clubhouse.
Golf Pro Shop: Our pro shop offers special orders and yellow tag sales – stop by and check it out.
Sandbagger Grill: Muroc Lake Golf Course
The Sandbagger offers a large variety of meal options from our breakfast menu, Angus beef hamburgers, sandwiches, focaccia's, Panini's and salads. Call for more information, reservations or special functions! Daily specials are served with a side of French fries or salad and small soda:
Monday and Tuesday: $6 lunch special; choices range from teriyaki chicken bowl, quesadillas, lasagna, pasta and more.
Wednesday: Build your own taco salad with the choice of homemade chicken or beef and a various selection of toppings (fries and salad are not available as a side with this meal); $8.25.
Thursday: Tri tip slow cooked and marinated in tequila, thinly sliced on toasted ciabatta bread, topped with Swiss cheese and sautÈed mushrooms; $8.95.
Friday: Nine-ounce fish fillet and chips, with a side of homemade tartar sauce and malt vinegar; $8.95.
Oasis Community Center
205 W. Popson Ave., (661) 275-CNTR
'Cook It Up' Dorm Dwellers Cookie Contest: Registration runs Nov. 1-30, and judging will take place 10 a.m., Dec. 4 at the Airmen & Family Readiness Center. This bake-off will determine who makes the best holiday cookies with prizes for first, second and third place winners. Stop by the Community Center to sign-up and get a copy of the rules.
Annual Edwards' Holiday Card Lane: Registration runs Nov. 1-30 at the Communityh Center. Squadrons and private organizations can create a giant holiday card for display at the Base Exchange. All cards must be in place by Dec. 5 and will be displayed through the holiday season. The cards will be judged and the winners will be announced at the Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony 5:30 p.m., Dec. 6. For more information or to sign up, contact the Oasis Community Center at (661) 275-CNTR.
Fitness Classes available at the Oasis Community Center:
Zumba: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday, 7-7:55 p.m.
Monday and Wednesday, 10-10:55 a.m.
Cost is $3 per person, per class and there is a 25 percent discount if you purchase a 10-class punch card.
Monthly Instructional Classes: All classes are conducted at the Oasis Community Center. Call (661) 275-2687 for additional information. Use your PLAYpass here!
- Classical Guitar Lessons: Cost $28 per half hour lesson, per student. Call for available lesson days/times.
- Basic/Beginning Drum Lessons: Cost $28 per half hour lesson, per student. Call for available lesson days/times.
- Piano Lessons: Cost $28 per half hour lesson, per student. Call for available lesson days/times.
- Kinderfiddle (beginning violin): Cost $28 per half hour lesson, per student. Call for available lesson days/times.
- Karate Class: Monday and Wednesday, 5-7 p.m. Cost is $55 per month, per person, ages 7 and up.
- Hula Lessons: Thursdays, $20 per month for beginners, $25 per month for intermediate and advanced.
Outdoor Recreation
Kincheloe Ave., (661) 275-CAMP
Open Paintball/Airsoft: Dec. 7, 10 a.m.- 4p.m.
$40 Paintball package includes 500 rounds, air, and equipment rental and field fees
$35 Airsoft package Includes 2,000 rounds, equipment rental and field fees
$30 Package includes air, equipment rental and field fees
$15 Field fee
$5 All day air
Beginner thru Advanced is welcome. No reservation required, bring lunch and water.
Ski/Snowboard Special: Pick up your ski/snowboarding gear after 3 p.m., that day is FREE! Ride the next day and return the third day, by normal drop off time (Noon or 1 pm on Sunday), all for a one-day charge. $20, gets you, your boots, board/skis, bindings, helmet and poles. Call ODR for more details.
Bluefins Swim Club: Tuesday and Thursday. 4:45-6:45 p.m., at the Oasis Indoor Pool. Cost is $70 per child (monthly fee). Improve your basics; work on progressive skills, stroke correction and refinement. Pre-test required for age 8 years and up.
Pools Hours:
Oasis Aquatic Center
Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Lap Swim Only
Monday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. Open Swim
Closed Weekends and Holidays
Private Swimming Lessons: Cost is $10 for up to 30 minute lesson, $15 for up to 45 minute lesson, and $40 for up to an hour lesson, any age. You can learn how to swim or improve on what you already know. Come talk to our seasoned lifeguard staff about what you want to learn and let them help you accomplish your goals, today!
Horseback Riding Lessons: Variety of lessons offered. Call Outdoor Recreation for more information.
Cooking Equipment: We have oil less infrared cookers and traditional fryers for only $5 a day!
Stables: Did you know that Outdoor Recreation has riding stables where you can board your horse? For $25 a month with a $25 a month membership fee you can board your horse at Outdoor Recreations Riding Stables. Call Outdoor Recreation for more details.
Overnight Camping at Branch Park: Cost is $5 for a campsite for up to four people. Come and get a "wilderness experience" right here on base. This will be primitive camping (no potable water, no telephones, and no RVs).
Private Parties: Rod & Gun, Paintball, and other Outdoor Recreation activities are available for squadron functions and private parties. In addition to using our facilities, let us plan a trip for you! Interested in going somewhere with your squadron or a group of friends? Tell us and we'll do the legwork for you. Let us know how many people, where you want to go, and what your budget is and we'll do the rest!
Team Building: Does your office, element or group need some team building? Come talk to us! We have instructors and the facilities to make it a great afternoon/day for you and your staff. Prices vary depending on the activity and group size. Call us today and let's plan an event!
RV Storage: Numerous openings are available in RV Storage! Come over and park your equipment for our low prices and have access to them anytime you need! 20′ Active Duty and Retiree – $15; 20′ All Others – $20; 25′-30′ Active Duty and Retiree – $20; 25′-30′ All Others – $25; 35′-50′ Active Duty and Retiree – $25, 35′-50′ All Others – $30.
Rod & Gun
210 Adams Way, (661) 275-CAMP
Big 50: Thursdays. The "Big 50" is an ATA Registered shoot in which each participant shoots 50 single. Targets, 50 double targets and 50 targets from their handicapped position.
Rosburg Fitness Center
210 W. Popson Ave., (661) 275-GYM1
Healthy Weight Class: Thursdays, noon-1:30 p.m. Call the HAWC for more information.
Tae Kwon Do: Cost: A children's monthly pass is $65, an adult monthly pass is $70, and a daily pss is $9 per day.
For more information, call Kumye Moore at (661) 860-9292.
Use your PLAYpass here!
Personal Trainers: Cost is $40 per hour session, $25 for a half-hour session. Call to schedule your appointment and start reaching those fitness goals. For appointments, call Jeff Walden at (210) 723-2052, Johnny Johnson at (660) 233-2141 or Lauren Brandin at (210) 723-2052.
Use your PLAYpass here!
Massage Therapy: Cost is $40 for 30 minutes, $70 for an hour, or $100 one and a half hours. Available 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, by appointment only. Couples massage is also offered. For more information and appointments, call Brittni Albrechti at (661) 317-2139. Use your PLAYpass here!
Lunchtime Disc Golf at Mojave Greens: Wednesdays, noon, Mojave Greens Disc Golf Course, Hole 1. Join us for a round of lunchtime golf. Players of all skill levels are invited to attend. Experienced golfers will be on hand to offer advice and work with beginners. Equipment will be available for loan. Take this opportunity to meet other disc golfers on base and challenge each other on the course!
Equipment Orientation Classes: Tuesday, 10-11 a.m., Wednesday, 4-5 p.m., and Thursday, 7-8 p.m. Not sure how to use equipment or what it does for you? Stop by the front desk and sign up for this one-hour class. We are here to help you get the most out of your fitness routine.
Teen Center
100 Kincheloe Ave., Bldg. 7211, (661) 275-8336
The All New and Improved "Find Rudolph:" Dec. 9-13, somewhere on Edwards AFB.
Monday- Friday, December 9 – 13The hunt is on! Who will be the lucky one to find Rudolph and win $100 cash? Rudolph is hidden somewhere on Edwards. Stop by Teen Center, Youth Center, School Age Center or CDC to receive a "Hunting" license to find Rudolph and pick up the daily clues that will eventually lead you to where Rudolph is hidden! The lucky winner will receive $100 CASH.
The search period will be for just five days instead of the normal 10 days (note the dates above). Any student who produces a good report card (A's & B's), progress report, or good test results (90 percent) will receive a bonus clue. If a family hunting for Rudolph does not have a school age child then they may produce evidence that they participated in a community service project or volunteer service in order to receive the bonus clue. In addition, a second bonus clue will be given to all members of the CDC, School Age Center, Teen Center and Youth Center. The bonus clues will not be given out past Dec. 10.
Youth & Teen Sponsorship: Are you new to the area? Will you be PCS'ing soon? Wouldn't it be nice to have a friend to show your kids around base? The Air Force Youth Centers offer sponsorship for kids & teens so that every move is a seamless transition. For more information about Youth or Teen Sponsorship contact the Main Youth Center, (661) 275-5437.
Super Sitters Course: Cost is $40 for course and registration, at Youth Center (Bldg. 5210). Super Sitters courses are held every so often when at least six students are on the list. The classes are taught in two, four-hour segments, location and times will vary on availability. The course is open for youth and teens ages 11-18. Once registered, student will be notified of the next available course.
Keystone Club: Tuesdays, 4:15 p.m. The Keystone Club is a leadership group for high school students to learn and practice leadership skills through the management of community service projects and fund raising activities.
Youth Programs
24 Lathrop Dr., (661) 275-5437
4-H Photography Club: Dec. 4, 3:30-5 p.m. Learn basic photography skills. See Ms. Sarah for details. See Ms. Heather to sign up.
The All New and Improved "Find Rudolph:" Dec. 9-13, somewhere on Edwards AFB.
Monday- Friday, December 9 – 13The hunt is on! Who will be the lucky one to find Rudolph and win $100 cash? Rudolph is hidden somewhere on Edwards. Stop by Teen Center, Youth Center, School Age Center or CDC to receive a "Hunting" license to find Rudolph and pick up the daily clues that will eventually lead you to where Rudolph is hidden! The lucky winner will receive $100 CASH.
The search period will be for just five days instead of the normal 10 days (note the dates above). Any student who produces a good report card (A's & B's), progress report, or good test results (90 percent) will receive a bonus clue. If a family hunting for Rudolph does not have a school age child then they may produce evidence that they participated in a community service project or volunteer service in order to receive the bonus clue. In addition, a second bonus clue will be given to all members of the CDC, School Age Center, Teen Center and Youth Center. The bonus clues will not be given out past Dec. 10.
Creative Kids Art: Daily, 3-5 p.m. Join us in the art area as we create all types of cool arts and crafts. No cost!
Boys & Girls Club Power Hour/Project Learn – Join today: Monday-Thursday, 2:45-4 p.m. Power Hour: making minutes count helps club members (ages 6-12) become successful in school by providing homework help/ tutoring while encouraging members to become self-directed learners. See Ms. Jasmine for details and to sign up.
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Sardar with team mates during practice session of Delhi Wave Riders... Fotografia de notíciasAmizade,Deli,Desporto,Equipa Desportiva,Estádio,Estádio Nacional Dhyan Chand,Horizontal,Hóquei,Hóquei em Campo,Nova Deli,Parte prática,Preparação,ÍndiaPhotographer Hindustan TimesCollection: Hindustan Times 2013 Hindustan TimesNEW DELHI, INDIA - JANUARY 9: Sardar ( L) with team mates during practice session of Delhi Wave Riders hockey team for the upcoming Hockey India League at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium on January 9, 2013 in New Delhi, India. Hockey India League is professional league for field hockey competition that will be played from 14 January to 10 February. There are 5 franchise teams consisting of players from India and around the world. The matches will be played on Home and away basis culminating into multi header playoffs. (Photo by Arijit Sen/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)


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I'm posting this under protest. The Big One demands I put it up, and since I can't open the Fridge...
Edit: Video should be working again.
I'm posting this under protest. The Big One demands I put it up, and since I can't open the Fridge...
Cinn I'm sorry you had to put that up... it is quite disturbing ;-)
Any guesses as to what Calbee is..?
WTF is THAT!?
Beloved Cinn; you should not have to endure such appalling tasks. Please come spend some time with us out west until your managers come to their senses.
It is undignified for a rabbit to view such a thing. BTW Calbee is a major Japanese snack producer, shrimp chips and Snow Pea crisps are their mainstays.
I really like the snow pea crisps, I bet certain bunnies would too.
Now it says something like "Content rejected: This video has been removed due to a violation of terms of use.".
Cinnabun? Should you have been linking to that from here? Well, if not, you didn't want to post it anyway, did you? So it's not your fault!
I've just worked it out!
Their terms and conditions state that their commercial videos MAY NOT BE DISAPPROVED OF!!!
And we know what Cinny's opinion of it was!


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Day 1 Arrive Edinburgh & Leith (1D)
Our expedition begins near Scotland's incomparable capital city. The royal capital of Scotland since the 11th century, Edinburgh, is home to an extraordinary range of architectural contrast. From dark, medieval 16th century block towers to classical Georgian and Victorian masterpieces. A World Heritage Site Edinburgh is home to over 16,000 buildings that are listed as being historically or architecturally important. We board the expedition ship this afternoon in the suburb Port of Leith, to embark on our voyage to the Arctic. The MS Expedition departs in the evening through a lock which takes us down to sea level.
Day 2 Kirkwall (1B,1L,1D)
There are few places in the world that offer as much as the Orkneys. Only six miles off the coast of Scotland the islands are famous for their abundant marine bird life and dramatic coastal scenery. Our excursions for today will focus not only on this but also on many of the mystical historical sites of the area. These excursions will include coach visits to the Ring of Brodgar, standing stones of Stennes and the 4500 year old village of Skara Brae.
Day 3 Lerwick (1B,1L,1D)
We continue northwards to the remote Shetland Islands. The islands were under Norse rule until 1469, when they were given to Scotland as part of a Danish princesses dowry. The Shetlands are an engaging mix of Scotland and Scandinavia, with spectacular coastlines, varied and abundant bird life and a number of archaeological sites that date back thousands of years.
Day 4 Nordfjorden (1B,1L,1D)
We cross the famous Northsea - Through one of the largest off shore oil fields in the world. Depending on time, we may stop in Olden for a short bus ride to the Birksdal area and a walk to a glacier. There is a trolly-like car available for people who are unable to walk the full distance.
Day 5 Geiranger (1B,1L,1D)
Sail deep into one of Norway's most beautiful fjords, into the mainland. The fjord is one of Norway's most visited tourist sites and has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Day 6 Munkholmen & Austrått (1B,1L,1D)
Today you will sail towards Monks Island which is just off the shore of Trondheim. The Benedictine monks built a monastery in the 11th century. Today it is a recreational area. Later we visit Austratt, which has been a residence for many noblemen and noblewomen who played a significant role in Norway's developement.
Day 7 Torghatten & Alstahaug (1B,1L,1D)
The rugged coastline of central Norway features some of the world's most beautiful nature. The mountain scenery and coastline offer breathtaking scenery and our Captain will negotiate with local Norwegian pilots to determine our best Zodiac shore landing options. Our goal is to visit Torghatten one of the most bizarre rock formations in Norway and a significant local landmark. We will also try to move towards the Treana archipelago that is comprised of over 1000 islands.
Day 8 Svartisen & Vikingen (1B,1L,1D)
Svartisen has a beautiful walk to a glacier with the chance of an easy walk along a road. It also has a more demanding walk all the way around a lake below the glacier. Vikingen is an island that sits directly on the Arctic circle. There is a a sculpture of a globe to mark this, on the island.
Day 9 Lofoten, Svolvær & Trollfjord (1B,1L,1D)
The Lofoten Archipelago is an enchanting area of picturesque villages by the sea backed with jagged peaks. Today we go ashore via coach on the island of Aa, where cod fishing is still a major part of the economy. In the evening be sure to be on deck as we cruise into one of the most famous fjords in Norway, the short yet dramatic Trollfjord, and search the cliffs for Norway's mythical beings: trolls.
Day 10 Tromsø (1B,1L,1D)
Explore this northern haven and be sure to visit the Arctic Cathedral, whose unique architecture is evocative of snow and icebergs,its stained glass windows are among the largest in Europe. Tromsø, the capital of northern Norway, is known as the "Gateway to the Arctic" since so many Arctic expeditions originated from here. We will spend the whole day learning about the history of past expeditions and exploring Norway's largest northern city. We will enjoy a coach tour to some of the major sites including the Polar and Tromsø Museums and weather permitting enjoy a stunning view from a cable car. .
Day 11 At Sea (1B,1L,1D)
Sail past Bear Island. Weather permitting, there may be an opportunity to explore mist-shrouded Bjørnøya by Zodiac. It is a birdwatcher's paradise featuring spectacular views, thousands of fulmars, kittiwakes, guillemots and gulls.
Days 12-13 Hornsund & Bellsund (2B,2L,2D)
Svalbard is an archipelago of deep fjords, high mountains and massive glaciers. Our focus during our time here is searching for walruses, seals, reindeer, arctic foxes and, of course, the polar bear. Our flexible itinerary and experience here allow us to take the best advantage of ice and weather conditions. Each season we attempt to discover new landing sites to explore to enhance your expedition experience. Shore walks and Zodiac adventures bring us up close to mystical landscapes, icebergs, and wildlife.
Day 14 Isfjord - Festningen & Alkhornet (1B,1L,1D)
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Day 15 Depart Longyearbyen (1B)
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Free from the Law
God never intended for sinners to justify themselves by keeping the law, but the law does remind us that God demands perfect obedience for justification. Because we cannot obey God perfectly, unconverted people seize the law and lower God's standards ...Read More
Slaves to Righteousness
In his commentary Romans, Dr. R.C. Sproul discusses the relationship between justification and sanctification: "We are not going to make it on the basis of our righteousness, but only on the basis of faith. If the faith is genuine, ...Read More
Living Under Grace
We will discuss what it means to not be under law in the days ahead. Today, Dr. R.C. Sproul's commentary Romans will help us understand Paul's point: "We are no longer under the law in the sense of being ...Read More
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Only as we understand the enemy of the flesh can we begin to please God. The Lord is not content for mere external holiness. He wants our hearts, and he measures holiness based on what lies within (1 Sam. 16:7). ...Read More
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Instruments of Righteousness
We work with God to make sanctification an experiential reality in our lives, but we must not lose sight of the fundamental truth that the Lord makes us holy. Because He has made us holy, we are to become holy ...Read More
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We rest for our final salvation in the work of Christ alone, but that does not mean there is no change in our own experience of sin and holiness. John Calvin comments, "the faithful are never reconciled to God without ...Read More
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HIV Patient Monitoring Framework Through Knowledge Engineering
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|Charles Otine
|HIV Patient Monitoring Framework Through Knowledge Engineering
|Blekinge Institute of Technology Doctoral Dissertation Series
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|Uganda has registered more than a million deaths since the HIV virus was first offi¬cially reported in the country over 3 decades ago. The governments in partnership with different groups have implemented different programmes to address the epidemic. The support from different donors and reduction in prices of treatment resulted in the focus on antiretroviral therapy access to those affected. Presently only a quarter of the approximately 1 million infected by HIV in Uganda are undergoing antiretroviral therapy. The number of patients pause a challenge in monitoring of therapy given the overall resource needs for health care in the country. Furthermore the numbers on antiretroviral therapy are set to increase in addition to the stringent requirements in tracking and monitoring of each individual patient during therapy.
This research aimed at developing a framework for adopting knowledge engineering in information systems for monitoring HIV/AIDS patients. An open source approach was adopted due to the resource constrained context of the study to ensure a cost effec¬tive and sustainable solution. The research was motivated by the inconclusive literature on open source dimensional models for data warehouses and data mining for monitor¬ing antiretroviral therapy.
The first phase of the research involved a situational analysis of HIV in health care and different health care information systems in the country. An analysis of the strengths, weaknesses and opportunities of the health care system to adopt knowledge bases was done. It proposed a dimensional model for implementing a data warehouse focused on monitoring HIV patients. The second phase involved the development of a knowledge base inform of an open source data warehouse, its simulation and testing.
The study involved interdisciplinary collaboration between different stakeholders in the research domain and adopted a participatory action research methodology. This involved identification of the most appropriate technologies to foster this collabora¬tion. Analysis was done of how stakeholders can take ownership of basic HIV health information system architecture as their expertise grow in managing the systems and make changes to reflect even better results out of system functionality.
Data mining simulations was done on the data warehouse out of which two machine learning algorithms (regression and classification) were developed and tested using data from the data warehouse. The algorithms were used to predict patient viral load from CD4 count test figures and to classify cases of treatment failure with 83% accu¬racy. The research additionally presents an open source dimensional model for moni¬toring antiretroviral therapy and the status of information systems in health care. An architecture showing the integration of different knowledge engineering components in the study including the data warehouse, the data mining platform and user interac-tion is presented.
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|Action Research, Antiretroviral therapy (ART), AIDS, Classification, Databases, Data Mining, Data Warehousing, Health, ICT, IT, HIV, Open Source, Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering, Machine Learning, Regression


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Jumping the gun [9:09 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'On Thursday, the Bills web site briefly put out a release announcing the hiring of Gregg Williams as the team's new coach several hours before the team officially announced his hiring. What happened?.."It was an honest mistake," said Berchtold.'
Bills, Donahoe just liked Williams for coaching job [8:11 AM]
Olean Times Herald reports: 'And, get this, he even scouted assistant coaches compiling a dossier on their strengths, weaknesses, and whereabouts, just in case he had to fill a staff on short notice.'
Flutie or Johnson to go [6:39 AM]
D and C reports: 'Bills president and general manager Tom Donahoe verified yesterday the team's widely anticipated plan to cut or trade one of the team's quarterbacks by the start of NFL free agency on March 2.'
Williams the right choice [6:37 AM]
D and C reports: '"Of all the people I interviewed then and most recently (Marvin Lewis, John Fox and Ted Cottrell), this was the best candidate I ever interviewed," Donahoe said.'
Williams is one 'special' choice for Bills [6:36 AM]
D and C reports: 'Enthusiasm. Obsessiveness for details. A sense of humor. A belief in discipline, defense, accountability, teamwork. That's what Williams promised to deliver.'
Bills: Take your criticism elsewhere [6:34 AM]
D and C reports: '"There were seven jobs available. We are the only team that waited to interview Marvin Lewis (an African American) so I think if there is heat to put on teams it should be on the other six teams that didn't even wait to interview him."'
The Last Word [6:25 AM]
Toronto Sun reports: '"I won't mention The Throwback, if you don't mention The Comeback," Williams said.'
Bills hired Williams for his skill, not because of his race [12:58 AM]
CBS Sportsline reports: Interesting article from the tireless Len Pasquarelli. He enthusiastically defends Tom Donahoe's decision to hire Gregg Williams and goes into a lengthy explanation of how the situation turned sour for Marvin Lewis. At the end of the article he mentions: "The Bills are prepared to offer star wide receiver and potential unrestricted free agent Eric Moulds a six-year contract worth $64 million, which will be severely backloaded."
Bills introduce new head coach [8:27 PM]
WGRZ-TV reports: '"We've got a lot of work ahead of us, and I mean we. We're bringing a great staff in here, starting off on the right foot, getting our systems in place and be ready."'
Buoniconti, Levy hope their achievements stand forever [8:22 PM]
AP reports: '"Deep down, you hope it's a record that stands," Levy said. "We were able to maintain a continuity on our roster. I think it's extremely difficult."'
Williams takes over as Bills' coach [8:19 PM]
AP reports: '"Was it a forward pass, Gregg?" Wilson asked...responded a smiling Williams, who was then the Titans' defensive coordinator: "As of today, my thinking was it was a forward pass."'
WIlliams meets media [7:55 PM]
Shout! reports: 'Williams impressed Donahoe with a detailed research plan and strategy that he had been preparing since 1992 that would help him land a head coaching job. The plan included a list of coaches whom he'd want on his staff, and he updated it annually, grading the coaches' performances through each football season.'
One quarterback is gone... [5:07 PM]
reports: Empire Sports reported that Tom Donahoe has stated that only one quarterback [Flutie or Johnson] will remain on the team this season. He also mentioned that there is a possibility that unrestricted free agent Eric Moulds will receive the Franchise Player tag.
Bills move to restructure salaries to get under cap [4:47 PM]
CBS Sportsline reports: Len Pasquarelli reports that Jay Riemersma agreed to reduce his base salary to the veteran minimum of $484,000 and the team guaranteed the balance of $1.116 million in a signing bonus. Washington and Hansen were also notified that they will need to restructure their current contracts.
Press Conference Quotes [3:51 PM]
TBD reports: Here are some select quotes gathered from today's press conference announcing Gregg Williams as the new head coach of the Buffalo Bills.
Lewis interview on ESPN radio [2:16 PM]
reports: Here is a short summary of the Marvin Lewis interview on ESPN radio: Marvin said that he was dissapointed because he never was given the opportunity to know that this [position] would be the best move for his family. He was never shown around Buffalo, never saw were he would be working, and never met potential co-workers (Ralph Wilson included). He did not claim racism, he did not appear to be pissed, and he did not seem to be enthused about the job (for the reasons cited above). Marvin seemed disappointed more than anything else.
A Deplorable Situation [10:47 AM]
Buffalo Post reports: 'Donahoe will undoubtedly face plenty of criticism from within the NFL and the outside world in the coming weeks. There are questions he must answer today.'
Opportunities were equal, but Williams right for Bills [10:00 AM]
ESPN reports: 'Chris Mortensen presents an objective look at events that led to Gregg Williams hiring and why it is more the NFL's fault and not the Bills that Marvin Lewis did not get a head coaching job.'
The Bills' new coach made it the hard way [9:13 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Gregg Williams didn't parlay a National Football League playing career into a spot on the NFL sidelines. He had to start as a high school coach.'
Eager Williams bags first upset [9:12 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Buffalo Bills President and General Manager Tom Donahoe never had met Gregg Williams until the two shook hands in a Nashville hotel a week ago. To say the two became fast friends is the understatement of the year for the Bills.'
Williams aced interview with Donahoe [9:11 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Seemingly out of nowhere, Donahoe had a candidate who seemed to fit the exact profile of what he wanted in his new coach. He wanted someone with an attention to detail, a man who was well-prepared. Most important, he was looking for someone with an intimate knowledge of assistant coaching candidates.'
Cottrell not bitter about being passed over [9:05 AM]
Buffalo News reports: '"There was a big improvement over what happened to me last year in that I was able to interview for three head coaching jobs, and I appreciated that," Cottrell said Thursday night by phone from New York, where he now works as the Jets' assistant head coach and defensive coordinator.'
Bills' new coach is a stickler for detail [9:04 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Gregg Williams has this thing about lists. It appeals to his meticulous nature.'
Bills players relieved that job is finally filled [9:03 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'Cowart...said Thursday he doesn't know much about Williams, but is well aware of the talent on the Titans' defense. "They were full of athletes, guys who make big plays," Cowart said. "Hopefully, he can bring that mentality over to Buffalo. We weren't a bad defense, but we can get better in some areas, and I'm sure he's the guy for that."'
'92 comeback still felt [9:02 AM]
Buffalo News reports: 'So . . . Williams might not be in Buffalo today if it weren't for Frank Reich & Co. in 1993.'
Racial stew brews in Buffalo, as Bills land new coach [6:35 AM]
National Post reports: 'See, in Buffalo, no one really cares whether you're black or white, qualified or unqualified, paid well or poorly. There's only one thing they really want to know: Are you a Flutie guy or a Johnson guy?'
Bills not guilty of racism [6:26 AM]
Houston Chronicle reports: 'Call it racism on Buffalo's part if you want, but bad timing's more like it, at least where it concerns Lewis.'
Dungy lashes out [5:58 AM]
CNN/SI reports: 'Anderson said he and Lewis became suspicious about the Bills' hiring process rather quickly. At no point was there any indication from Donahoe that Lewis would meet team owner Ralph Wilson, tour the city of Buffalo or the team's facilities, or talk contract parameters, Anderson said.'
Left out in the cold [5:56 AM]
CNN/SI reports: 'But the greatest injustice might be that Lewis and Fox only got to interview with one of the nine teams that sought a head coach at some point since the start of the 2000 season, thanks to an NFL rule prohibiting assistants from interviewing for other jobs while their teams are still alive in the playoffs.'
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