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Department of Computer Science - A.B.
Jennifer L. Rexford
Associate Chair
Adam Finkelstein
Departmental Representative
Szymon M. Rusinkiewicz
Andrea S. LaPaugh
Director of Graduate Studies
Thomas Funkhouser
Andrew W. Appel
Sanjeev Arora
David August
Mark Braverman
Bernard Chazelle
Douglas W. Clark
David P. Dobkin
Nick Feamster
Edward W. Felten, also Woodrow Wilson School
Adam Finkelstein
Thomas A. Funkhouser
Aarti Gupta
Brian W. Kernighan
Andrea S. LaPaugh
Kai Li
Margaret R. Martonosi
Vivek S. Pai
Jennifer L. Rexford
Szymon M. Rusinkiewicz
Robert Sedgewick
Hyunjune Sebastian Seung, also Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Jaswinder Pal Singh
Mona Singh, also Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Robert E. Tarjan
Olga G. Troyanskaya, also Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
David P. Walker
Associate Professor
Michael J. Freedman
Assistant Professor
Zeev Dvir, also Mathematics
Barbara E. Englehardt
Elad E. Hazan
Kyle Jamieson
Arvind Narayanan
Jianxiong Xiao
Senior Lecturer
Kevin Wayne
Sandra Batista
Robert M. Dondero Jr.
Robert Fish
Donna Gabai
Maia Ginsburg
Ananda Gunawardena
Alan Kaplan
Xiaoyan Li
Daniel Leyzberg
Jeremie Lumbroso
Paul Morarescu
Christopher Moretti
Iasonas Petras
Associated Faculty
Amir Ali Ahmadi, Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Mung Chiang, Electrical Engineering
Ruby B. Lee, Electrical Engineering
Prateek Mittal, Electrical Engineering
Warren Powell, Operations Research and Financial Engineering
Paul D. Seymour, Mathematics
John Storey, Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics
Daniel L. Trueman, Music
Robert J. Vanderbei, Operations Research and Financial Engineering
David Wentzlaff, Electrical Engineering
Information and Departmental Plan of Study
The Department of Computer Science curriculum encourages students to learn fundamental concepts of the discipline and to become proficient in the use of advanced computer systems. The plan provides opportunities for study in software systems, algorithms and complexity, machine architecture, computer graphics, programming languages, machine learning, and other core areas of computer science. Most computer science students enjoy programming and are given ample opportunity to do so within the curriculum.
Information for First-Year Students. Students with a general interest in the sciences or engineering are encouraged to take COS 126 in the first year or in the first semester of the second year. This provides useful background for applications work in any science or engineering major and preserves the option of later electing a computer science major.
MAT 103, 104, and 202 or 204 ; COS 126; COS 217 and 226. Students should plan to take both 217 and 226 before the junior year. One or both of these are required prerequisites for all later computer science courses.
Departmental Requirements
Eight additional departmental courses at or above the 300 level must be elected. These eight courses must include two each from the following three areas (asterisk indicates one-time-only course):
Theoretical computer science:
340 Reasoning about Computation
423 Theory of Algorithms
433 Cryptography
441 Programming Languages
445 Networks, Economics and Computing
451 Computational Geometry
487 Theory of Computation
488 Introduction to Analytic Combinatorics
510 Programming Languages (In lieu of COS 441)
306 Introduction to Logic Design (see ELE 206)
318 Operating Systems
320 Compiling Techniques
333 Advanced Programming Techniques
375 Computer Architecture and Organization (see ELE 375)
425 Database and Information Management Systems
461 Computer Networks
475 Computer Architecture (see ELE 475)
314 (MUS 314) Computer and Electronic Music through Programming, Performance, and Composition (with programming precept)
323 Computing and Optimization for the Physical and Social Sciences (see ORF 363)
325 Transforming Reality by Computer
326 Functional Programming
401 Introduction to Machine Translation (see TRA 301)
402 Artificial Intelligence
424 Interacting with Data
426 Computer Graphics
429 Computer Vision
432 Information Security
435 Information Retrieval, Discovery, and Delivery
436 Human-Computer Interface Technology
455 Introduction to Genomics and Computational Molecular Biology
On occasion, certain courses at the 300-or-above level with sufficient computational content taught outside the Department of Computer Science may count as COS departmentals. For information on such courses, see the Department of Computer Science undergraduate website
Students should consult with a computer science academic adviser on their course selections after they decide to become computer science concentrators. Academic advisers are listed on the Department of Computer Science website.
Independent Work
All A.B. concentrators engage in independent work supervised by a member of the department. A junior project normally involves the study and solution of specific problems, often associated with a research project. It may require a significant programming effort, a theoretical study involving the design and analysis of algorithms, or an applications problem in some other field. The results of these efforts must be presented in two written reports that correspond to the work undertaken in each of the terms. The senior thesis may be a study in greater depth of one of the subjects considered in junior independent work, or it may deal with another aspect of computer science and its application.
The department also offers a curriculum leading to the B.S.E. degree. The primary differences between the A.B. and the B.S.E. programs are in the general requirements for the degree programs, and the nature and extent of independent study. Further information can be found on the website.
Senior Departmental Examination
An oral examination, consisting of a defense of the thesis research, will be held in late April or early May.
Integrated Science Sequence
An alternative path into the department is through the integrated science curriculum. ISC/CHM/COS/MOL/PHY 231-4 (a double course) can be taken in the freshman year and ISC/CHM/COS/MOL/PHY 235/6 can be taken in the sophomore year. These courses can be substituted for CHM 203/204, PHY 103/104 or 105/6, and COS 126 in the freshman year and MOL 214, 342, and 345 in the sophomore year. For full course descriptions and more information, see the integrated science website.
Interdisciplinary Studies. The pervasive nature of modern computing has introduced many interactions between computer science and other disciplines. Basic preparation in computer science is valuable for a broad variety of careers because of the central role played by the computer in society. Professionals who understand computers are far more effective in their work. In the past, a large amount of technical preparation was required before interesting applications could be considered; today's undergraduates are able to use computers to study important problems in other disciplines.
Some possible areas for interdisciplinary study are: mathematics, music, art, economics, electrical engineering, molecular biology, cognitive studies, and linguistics.
Many Princeton undergraduates view their four years at Princeton as an opportunity to gain an education before immersing themselves in rigorous training for careers in law, business, or medicine. Computer science students are no exception. Through the choice of electives, students may create a specialized interdisciplinary program or a broad program with computer science as the core of pre-professional study. The former requires consultation with advisers in the related disciplines to determine what constitutes a reasonable cognate specialization, and the latter is constrained by the requirement of a coherent program of concentration.
Program in Applications of Computing. Students pursuing some other major field of study, but who are interested in the applications of computer science to that field, may wish to consider the Program in Applications of Computing.
Program in Quantitative and Computational Biology. The Program in Quantitative and Computational Biology (QCB) is designed for students with a strong interest in multidisciplinary and systems-level approaches to understanding molecular, cellular, and organismal behavior. The curriculum introduces the students to experimental and analytic techniques for acquisition of large-scale quantitative observations, and the interpretation of such data in the context of appropriate models. Strong emphasis is placed on using global genome-wide measurements (e.g., microarray gene expression, sequence, phenotype) to understand physiological and evolutionary processes. At the core of the curriculum is the Project Lab (QCB 301), a double laboratory course, taken during the fall of junior year, where students participate in the design, execution, and analysis of experiments. The required courses provide a strong background in modern methodologies in data analysis, interpretation, and modeling. Courses are chosen with the help of advisers in molecular biology, ecology and evolutionary biology, physics, chemistry, computer science, and other related departments. A certificate in quantitative and computational biology is awarded to students who successfully complete the program requirements.
COS 109 Computers in Our World (also EGR 109) Fall QR
Computers are all around us. How does this affect the world we live in? This course is a broad introduction to computing technology for humanities and social science students. Topics will be drawn from current issues and events, and will include discussion of how computers work, what programming is and why it is hard, how the Internet and the Web work, security and privacy. Two 90-minute lectures. Self-scheduled computer laboratory. D. Dobkin
COS 116 The Computational Universe (also EGR 116) Not offered this year STL
Computers have brought the world to our fingertips. This course explores at a basic level the science "old and new" underlying this new computational universe: propositional logic of the ancient Greeks (microprocessors); quantum mechanics (silicon chips); network and system phenomena (internet and search engines); computational intractability (secure encryption); and efficient algorithms (genomic sequencing). Ultimately, this study makes us look anew at ourselves: our genome; language; music; "knowledge"; and, above all, the mystery of our intelligence. Two 90-minute lectures, one three-hour laboratory. A. Finkelstein
COS 126 General Computer Science (also EGR 126) Fall, Spring QR
An introduction to computer science in the context of scientific, engineering, and commercial applications. The course will teach basic principles and practical issues, and will prepare students to use computers effectively for applications in computer science, physics, biology, chemistry, engineering, and other disciplines. Topics include: hardware and software systems; programming in Java; algorithms and data structures; fundamental principles of computation; and scientific computing, including simulation, optimization, and data analysis. No prior programming experience required. Video lectures, one or two classes, two preceptorials. D. August
COS 217 Introduction to Programming Systems Fall, Spring QR
An introduction to computer organization and system software. The former includes topics such as processor and memory organization, input/output devices, and interrupt structures. The latter includes assemblers, loaders, libraries, and compilers. Programming assignments are implemented in assembly language and C using the UNIX operating system. Three lectures. Prerequisite: 126 or instructor's permission. J. Rexford
COS 226 Algorithms and Data Structures Fall, Spring QR
The study of fundamental data structures such as lists, queues, stacks, trees, heaps, hash tables, and their variations. The implementation and analysis of important algorithms for sorting, searching, string processing, geometric applications, and graph manipulation. Introduction to advanced algorithms and techniques. Two lectures, one preceptorial. Prerequisite: 126 or instructor's permission. S. Rusinkiewicz
COS 231 An Integrated, Quantitative Introduction to the Natural Sciences I (see ISC 231)
COS 232 An Integrated, Quantitative Introduction to the Natural Sciences I (see ISC 232)
COS 233 An Integrated, Quantitative Introduction to the Natural Sciences II (see ISC 233)
COS 234 An Integrated, Quantitative Introduction to the Natural Sciences II (see ISC 234)
COS 235 An Integrated, Quantitative Approach to Biochemistry and Neuroscience (see ISC 235)
COS 236 An integrated, Quantitative Approach to Genetics and Genomics (see ISC 236)
COS 306 Contemporary Logic Design (see ELE 206)
COS 314 Computer and Electronic Music through Programming, Performance, and Composition (see MUS 314)
COS 318 Operating Systems Fall
A study of the design and analysis of operating systems. Topics include: processes, mutual exclusion, synchronization, semaphores, monitors, deadlock prevention and detection, memory management, virtual memory, processor scheduling, disk management, file systems, security, protection, distributed systems. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisites: 217 and 226 or instructor's permission. J. Singh
COS 320 Compiling Techniques Spring
The principal algorithms and concepts associated with translator systems. Topics include lexical analysis, syntactic analysis, parsing techniques, symbol table management, code generation and optimization, run time system design, implementation issues related to programming language design. Course will include a large-scale programming project utilizing the above topics. Three lectures. Prerequisites: 217 and 226 or instructor's permission. D. August
COS 325 Transforming Reality by Computer (also MUS 315) Not offered this year LA
Capturing and transforming sound by computer for artistic purposes. Emphasis is on the student's own creative use of aural material from the real world, on providing a basic foundation in the signal processing theory and technique most useful for computer music, and on the interaction between the artistic and scientific aspects of the endeavor. Two 90-minute lectures, one preceptorial, one laboratory. Prerequisites: 217 and MAT 104. Offered alternate years. Staff
COS 333 Advanced Programming Techniques Spring
The practice of programming. Emphasis is on the development of real programs, writing code but also assessing tradeoffs, choosing among design alternatives, debugging and testing, and improving performance. Issues include compatibility, robustness, and reliability, while meeting specifications. Students will have the opportunity to develop skills in these areas by working on their own code and in group projects. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisites: 217 and 226 (as corequisite). C. Moretti
COS 340 Reasoning about Computation Fall, Spring QR
An introduction to mathematical topics relevant to computer science. Combinatorics and probability will be covered in the context of computer science applications. The course will present a computer science approach to thinking and modeling through such topics as dealing with uncertainty in data and handling large data sets. Students will be introduced to fundamental concepts such as NP-completeness and cryptography that arise from the world view of efficient computation. Prerequisites COS 126 and 226 (or sufficient mathematical background), and MAT 202 or MAT 204 or MAT 217. COS 226 can be taken along with COS 340 in the same term. M. Braverman
COS 342 Introduction to Graph Theory (see MAT 375)
COS 351 Information Technology and Public Policy (see WWS 351)
COS 375 Computer Architecture and Organization (also ELE 375) Fall STN
An introduction to computer architecture and organization. Instruction set design; basic processor implementation techniques; performance measurement; caches and virtual memory; pipelined processor design; design trade-offs among cost, performance, and complexity. Two 90-minute classes, one self-scheduled hardware laboratory. Prerequisites: 217 and 306. Staff
COS 381 Networks: Friends, Money and Bytes (see ELE 381)
COS 397 Junior Independent Work (B.S.E. candidates only) Fall
Offered in the fall, juniors are provided with an opportunity to concentrate on a "state-of-the-art" project in computer science. Topics may be selected from suggestions by faculty members or proposed by the student. B.S.E. candidates only. T. Funkhouser
COS 398 Junior Independent Work (B.S.E. candidates only) Spring
Offered in the spring, juniors are provided with an opportunity to concentrate on a "state-of-the-art" project in computer science. Topics may be selected from suggestions by faculty members or proposed by the student. B.S.E. candidates only. T. Funkhouser
COS 401 Introduction to Machine Translation (see TRA 301)
COS 402 Artificial Intelligence Fall
The fundamental principles, algorithms, and techniques of modern artificial intelligence research and practice. Likely topics include: problem solving using search, game playing, logical inference, probabilistic reasoning in the presence of uncertainty, hidden Markov models, speech recognition, Markov decision processes, machine learning. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisite: 226. Staff
COS 423 Theory of Algorithms Spring
Design and analysis of efficient data structures and algorithms. General techniques for building and analyzing algorithms. Introduction to NP-completeness. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisites: 226 and 340 or instructor's permission. R. Tarjan
COS 424 Fundamentals of Machine Learning (also SML 302) Spring
Computers have made it possible, even easy, to collect vast amounts of data from a wide variety of sources. It is not always clear, however, how to use those data, and how to extract useful information from them. Course will focus on some of the most useful approaches to this broad problem, exploring both theoretical foundations and practical applications. Students will gain experience analyzing many kinds of data, including text, images, and biological data. Topics include classification, clustering, prediction, and dimensionality reduction. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisites: MAT 202 and COS 126 or equivalent, or instructor's permission. Staff
COS 425 Database and Information Management Systems Not offered this year
Theoretical and practical aspects of database systems and systems for accessing and managing semi-structured information (e.g., Web information repositories). Topics include: relational and XML models, storage and indexing structures, query expression and evaluation, concurrency and transaction management, search effectiveness. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisites: 217 and 226. A. LaPaugh
COS 426 Computer Graphics Spring
The principles underlying the generation and display of graphical pictures by computer. Hardware and software systems for graphics. Topics include: hidden surface and hidden line elimination, line drawing, shading, half-toning, user interfaces for graphical input, and graphic system organization. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisites: 217 and 226. A. Finkelstein
COS 429 Computer Vision Fall
An introduction to the concepts of 2D and 3D computer vision. Topics include low-level image processing methods such as filtering and edge detection; segmentation and clustering; optical flow and tracking; shape reconstruction from stereo, motion, texture, and shading. Throughout the course, there will also be examination of aspects of human vision and perception that guide and inspire computer vision techniques. Prerequisites: 217 and 226. Two 90-minute lectures. J. Xiao
COS 432 Information Security (also ELE 432) Fall
Security issues in computing, communications, and electronic commerce. Goals and vulnerabilities; legal and ethical issues; basic cryptology; private and authenticated communication; electronic commerce; software security; viruses and other malicious code; operating system protection; trusted systems design; network security; firewalls; policy, administration and procedures; auditing; physical security; disaster recovery; reliability; content protection; privacy. Prerequisites: 217 and 226. Two 90-minute lectures. A. Narayanan
COS 433 Cryptography (also MAT 473) Spring
An introduction to modern cryptography with an emphasis on fundamental ideas. The course will survey both the basic information and complexity-theoretic concepts as well as their (often surprising and counter-intuitive) applications. Among the topics covered will be private key and public key encryption schemes, digital signatures, pseudorandom generators and functions, chosen ciphertext security; and time permitting, some advanced topics such as zero knowledge proofs, secret sharing, private information retrieval, and quantum cryptography. Prerequisites: 226 or permission of instructor. Two 90-minute lectures. Z. Dvir
COS 435 Information Retrieval, Discovery, and Delivery Spring
This course studies both classic techniques of indexing documents and searching text, and also new algorithms that exploit properties of the World Wide Web, digital libraries, and multimedia collections. There is significant emphasis on current methods employed by Web search engines, including methods of employing user profiles to enhance search results. Pragmatic issues of handling very large amounts of information that may be widely dispersed--caching, distributed storage, and networking technology--are also covered. Prerequisite: COS 226 and MAT 202. Two 90-minute lectures. A. LaPaugh
COS 436 Human-Computer Interface Technology (also ELE 469) Not offered this year
This course covers hardware, sensors, displays, software, signal processing, pattern recognition, real-time computing, systems, and architectures for human computer interfacing. Labs supplement lectures and readings, and final group projects are executed and tested. Prerequisite: COS 217 or ELE 302. Two 90-minute lectures. Staff
COS 441 Programming Languages Not offered this year
How to design and analyze programming languages and how to use them effectively. Functional programming languages, object-oriented languages; type systems, abstraction mechanisms, operational semantics, safety and security guarantees. Implementation techniques such as object representations and garbage collection will also be covered. Prerequisites: COS 217 and 226. Three lectures. Staff
COS 448 Innovating Across Technology, Business, and Marketplaces (also EGR 448) Spring
This course introduces engineering students to the types of issues that are tackled by leading and innovative Chief Technology Officers: the technical visionaries and/or managers at companies who innovate at the boundaries of technology, business, and marketplaces by understanding all of these areas deeply. These individuals are true partners to the business leaders of the organization, not merely implementers of business goals. The focus will be on software technologies and businesses based on them. To use specific contexts, we will emphasize two complementary areas as examples: businesses based on cloud computing and on marketplaces. J. Singh
COS 451 Computational Geometry Fall
Introduction to basic concepts of geometric computing, illustrating the importance of this new field for computer graphics, solid modelling, robotics, databases, pattern recognition, and statistical analysis. Algorithms for geometric problems. Fundamental techniques, for example, convex hulls, Voronoi diagrams, intersection problems, multidimensional searching. Two 90-minute lectures. Prerequisites: 226 and 340 or 341, or equivalent. B. Chazelle
COS 455 Introduction to Genomics and Computational Molecular Biology (see QCB 455)
COS 461 Computer Networks Spring
This course studies computer networks and the services built on top of them. Topics include packet-switch and multi-access networks, routing and flow control, congestion control and quality-of-service, Internet protocols (IP, TCP, BGP), the client-server model and RPC, elements of distributed systems (naming, security, caching) and the design of network services (multimedia, peer-to-peer networks, file and Web servers, content distribution networks). Two lectures, one preceptorial. Prerequisite: 217. N. Feamster
COS 462 Design of Very Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) Systems (see ELE 462)
COS 475 Computer Architecture (see ELE 475)
COS 487 Theory of Computation (also MAT 407) Not offered this year
Studies the limits of computation by identifing tasks that are either inherently impossible to compute, or impossible to compute within the resources available. Introduces students to computability and decidability, Godel's incompleteness theorem, computational complexity, NP-completeness, and other notions of intractability.This course also surveys the status of the P versus NP question. Additional topics may include: interactive proofs, hardness of computing approximate solutions, cryptography, and quantum computation. Two lectures, one precept. Prerequisite: 340 or 341, or instructor's permission. Staff
COS 488 Introduction to Analytic Combinatorics (also MAT 474) Not offered this year
Analytic Combinatorics aims to enable precise quantitative predictions of the properties of large combinatorial structures. The theory has emerged over recent decades as essential both for the scientific analysis of algorithms in computer science and for the study of scientific models in many other disciplines. This course combines motivation for the study of the field with an introduction to underlying techniques, by covering as applications the analysis of numerous fundamental algorithms from computer science. The second half of the course introduces Analytic Combinatorics, starting from basic principles. R. Sedgewick
COS 495 Special Topics in Computer Science Not offered this year
These courses cover one or more advanced topics in computer science. The courses are offered only when there is an opportunity to present material not included in the established curriculum; the subjects vary from term to term. Three classes. Staff
COS 496 Special Topics in Computer Science (also HLS 496/ART 496) Not offered this year
These courses cover one or more advanced topics in computer science. The courses are offered only when there is an opportunity to present material not included in the established curriculum; the subjects vary from term to term. Three classes. Staff
COS 497 Senior Independent Work (B.S.E. candidates only) Fall
Offered in the fall, seniors are provided with an opportunity to concentrate on a "state-of-the-art" project in computer science. Topics may be selected from suggestions by faculty members or proposed by the student. B.S.E. candidates only. T. Funkhouser
COS 498 Senior Independent Work (B.S.E. candidates only) Spring
Offered in the spring, seniors are provided with an opportunity to concentrate on a "state-of-the-art" project in computer science. Topics may be selected from suggestions by faculty members or proposed by the student. B.S.E. candidates only. T. Funkhouser


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The 101st Airborne Division is headed back to Afghanistan for the third time in five years, but the division's commanding general, Maj. Gen. James McConville, says his forces have to be more adaptive and agile as they set the stage for the 2014 withdrawal of U.S. combat forces.
About 600 of McConville's top staff are leaving now to command NATO troops east of the capital of Kabul, where thousands of Fort Campbell troops are currently serving. But unlike the division's previous two tours, McConville told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday this isn't a return to the same deadly fights with insurgents in eastern Afghanistan.
McConville says the Afghan military is leading combat operations now and the division's role is to smooth the transition for Afghan security forces.

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WACO (October 8, 2012)--Dr. Leonard Ledet, 60, who died in a weekend plane crash in North Texas along with his two sons Paul, 17, and Mason, 13, and his brother Gregory, 62, had practiced mobile dentistry in the Waco area for five years.
Ledet, whose practice was based in Southlake, traveled to Central Texas weekly to provide dental care for nursing home residents in Waco, Temple, Killeen and Copperas Cove.
His Central Texas office in Robinson was closed Monday afternoon.
Staffers from that office traveled to Southlake to mourn with the Ledet family and other employees.
Terry Gorgas, a staff member from Ledet's Robinson office, said Ledet had a passion for helping the elderly and practiced in nursing homes because many of the residents couldn't get the dental care they needed otherwise.
She said the practice would continue despite his death.
Denny Copeland, the administrator of Quality Care Nursing Home in Waco said Dr. Ledet would never be forgotten.
"He was truly one of a kind. He was a unique and compassionate man, he will be sorely missed."
Ledet, a Texas A&M graduate, was the pilot of the Beechcraft Bonanza, which took off early Saturday morning from Northwest Regional Airport in Roanoke en route to Mississippi where he, his sons and his brother planned to attend the Texas A&M-Ole Miss game.
The flight diverted because of severe weather and air traffic controllers lost radar and radio contact with the plane at around 9:40 a.m. Saturday about 25 miles southeast of Terrell.
The pilot of a Texas Department of Public Safety helicopter spotted the downed plane from the air at around 6 p.m. Saturday.
Ledet's family declined comment, but released a statement through the Carroll ISD, where his sons attended school.
"The family thanks everyone for their thoughts and prayers -particularly the prayers - during this difficult time. They ask that you please respect their privacy as they grieve the loss of their loved ones."
The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash.


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Things started off well for the Skyline Thunderbirds basketball team Tuesday night against Stafford in the first round of the Thunderbird Classic. Cole Patterson scored a lay-up seconds after the tip-off to give Skyline a 2-0 lead. Unfortunately, that would be the T-Birds only lead of the night as they fell to the Trojans 72-48 for their second loss of the young season.
Too often, the T-Birds would get no look at the basket on a possession before they turned it over in the first half against Stafford's zone defense. Stafford raced out to a 34-21 lead at the break.
Stafford outscored Skyline early in the third quarter to open a 46-26 lead with 4:57 to play in the stanza. Skyline had a nice stretch then, perhaps their best of the game, posting 11 points to Stafford's 5 over the remainder of Q3.
Skyline trailed by 16 going into the final frame, but it was as close as they would get. With each coach going with large doses of reserves in the final quarter, and both teams appearing weary at the late hour (the game was not concluded until 11 p.m.), the 4th quarter began to resemble a playground game.
Both teams played defense mostly with their hands instead of their feet, and things got sloppy as neither team executed particularly well. The Trojans got the better of the action, outscoring Skyline 21- 13 over the final quarter to account for the 72-48 final score.
"We're just not playing good basketball right now," Skyline head coach Justin Miltner admitted. "We're making too many mistakes on both ends of the floor. We're still trying to get things figured out."
"We did some good things at times," Miltner continued. " We had some good spurts. We did a good job jumping into some defenses that we hadn't worked on very much."
The Staffords hit some tough shots at times, frustrating the T-Birds efforts. "Give Stafford credit," Miltner mentioned. "They shot lights out."
Skyline's season continues as they take on Sedgwick Friday night, who were winners of a triple overtime slugfest with Pretty Prairie on Tuesday (the reason for the T-Birds
late start on the evening.) On Saturday, the Skyliners will complete their action in the Thunderbird Classic by taking on the Pretty Prairie Bulldogs.
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WHEELING - The city of Wheeling hopes to make West Virginia's sesquicentennial a banner year with its latest project.
On Friday, city workers could be seen throughout the city hanging banners in time for West Virginia's 150th birthday celebration, to be held downtown this week. The 22 banners will be rotated throughout the summer, with most featuring the work of local artists, according to Allison O'Konski, marketing and community relations director for the city.
Most of the banners are hung from utility poles and measure 30 inches by 60 inches.
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Wheeling city workers hang a banner Friday celebrating the date West Virginia declared it was independent from Virginia and remained loyal to the Union — June 20, 1861 — on the wall outside the former Kirk's Photo Center facing West Virginia Independence Hall. West Virginia would officially become a state exactly two years later — on June 20, 1863. -- Joselyn King
But the largest of the banners hangs on the 1500 block of Market Street on the wall outside the former Kirk's Photo Center facing West Virginia Independence Hall. It is a reproduction of the painting "The Second Wheeling Convention" by Mark Missman.
That banner, placed Friday, depicts the significance of June 20, 1861, which was the date when representatives of Virginia's western counties signed a document declaring their independence from Virginia and indicating their support of the Union. That document is on display within Independence Hall.
"The date June 20 represents two dates of significance in West Virginia history," said Travis Henline, manager of West Virginia Independence Hall.
While those counties declared their independence on June 20, 1861, it was on June 20, 1863, that West Virginia officially became a state, he said.
The banners cost about $4,000 in total and represent one project being paid for with $130,000 in funds resulting from state grants and private donations received by the city for Wheeling's 150th birthday bash, according to O'Konski.
The Wheeling Arts and Cultural Commission hired the following local artists to work on the banners, she added: Liz Neumann, Patricia Croft, Ann Hazlett Foreman, Robert Sako, Janet Rodriguez and Bob Villamagna.
Villamagna's art focuses on the annual Heritage Music BluesFest in Wheeling and will be hung later in the summer, O'Konski said.
"The commission is to be commended for such a creative project," said Wheeling historian Margaret Brennan.


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President should act on climate
March 3, 2013
To the editor: One afternoon when I came home from work, my grandson's friend was sitting on the couch with his head in his hands....
I hope you come to understand that Global warming, climate change, etc is a hoax, a farse. It was fabricated in the mind of liberals as a means to induce their socialist/communist policies. What will happen if nothing comes out of the smoke stack at the power plant? The answer is a lot more unemployment for an area that has already had too much.
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rPG oPEN UR FRIGGEN EYES. You are so worried about money you would drink oil if coporate America said it is not harmful and that they need the water.The polar caps are melting, beaches are eroding,landfills are maxing out with plastics that won't degrade. The food chain is being poisoned with hormones,steroids,preservatives, and pesticides. Seeds are being genetically altered. Water is being contaminated at all levels. Are these all hoaxes? It's people like you who live in fear of the loss of unnatural resources like the almighty dollar who choose poison over finacial crisis and then realizing that you can't avoid the financial crisis because those who you allowed to poison the earth now have all the money.
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Maverick, "global warming" is a hoax. I said nothing about steroids, gmo's, etc. Once more you are assigning somthing to me that you know nothing about. It is making you look like an idiot. Government regulation is nothing more than a means to keep some people in power, and make money for some, while punishing people "they" do not like. The stupid regulations imposed on industry by government forces the hand of the producers.
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RGP Climate change is happening and listening to Rush Limbaugh won't prevent it. I mentioned Gentecally modified Plants and food additives to show how things deteriorate when the government doesn't regulate or enforce regulations. Tell the people in New York and New Jersey that climate change is a hoax. You think I look like an idiot by posting my observations of you those are the very things that prove your idiocy. You will bend or sway in any direction that favors money. You poor soul you must miss so much because you place money above all else. You will be a sick puppy when this phony capitalist economy crumbles and the funnt part is you think you have enough money to survive it.
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The people of New York and New Jersey? What about them? NYC is a liberal controlled spithole where it is illegal to buy a freakin soft drink. I don't care what they think nor should anyone else. My views have nothing to do with money other than maintaining my right to earn and keep it.
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I would venture to say the unhealthy lifestyle that most Ohio Valley residents engage in such as over eating, smoking, and excess alcohol consumption and illegal drug use are primarily responsible for the high cancer rates than power plant emissions.
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Senator Arlen Specter, 75, began his first round of chemotherapy on Friday after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease earlier this week.
In response to persistent fevers and enlarged lymph nodes, the senior Senator from Pennsylvania underwent tests at Thomas Jefferson Hospital, which revealed that the nodes were cancerous. Follow up tests at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania this Wednesday determined that Specter had IV-B Hodgkin's disease.
Treatment of this disease will require chemotherapy every two weeks over the next six to eight months, but Specter' oncologist, Dr. John Glick, believes that he has a 70% chance of recovery.
"He is in superb physical condition," explained Glick, a physician and professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, "particularly in light of his daily squash regimen."
According to his friends and colleagues, Specter has remained upbeat. "His spirits are up," said Pennsylvania's junior Senator, Rick Santorum, "and he feels confident that he will get through this."
Specter has received the blessings and well-wishes of many of his friends, allies, and even political opponents. Democrats and conservatives alike have offered their prayers to the moderate Senator who has come under attack by both in recent months.
President Bush also called the Senator to tell him: "You're a tough guy Arlen, and we expect you to beat this."
Stage IV-B of Hodgkin's disease involves a lymphatic cancer which has spread to other parts of the body and is accompanied by fever and weight loss. Within two to four weeks, it should be evident if chemotherapy can successfully treat the cancer.
Chemotherapy has several side effects which include lowered immunity and fatigue. Specter, though, will continue his job as a U.S. Senator and chairman of the Judiciary committee.
"I plan to cut back to a 70-hour week," Specter joked, ensuring the public that Hodgkin's would not interfere with any of his duties.
A long-time proponent of increasing healthcare research, Specter has overcome several health problems. In 1993 and 1995 Specter had brain tumors removed and in 1998 he had double-bypass surgery on his heart.
Specter has also faced tough political situations which have included five senatorial elections, controversies over Supreme Court nominees Bork and Thomas in the Senate, and recent comments over abortion which nearly cost him his chair on the Judiciary committee.
"One thing Arlen Specter has demonstrated throughout his career is that he is one tough individual," said Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist. "Anyone who knows Arlen knows he is a fighter. He will meet this ordeal with the same indomitable courage and determination that has been the hallmark of his life."
Nearly 7,500 Americans are diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease every year, and it is regarded as one of the most curable type of cancer among younger people. Specter is confident he can overcome the disease.
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HOWTO: Creating & Mounting a Solaris partition on a USB disk drive
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For a change, this entry will not be about web services or identity management. It's all about using Solaris commands to create a Solaris partition on a USB removable disk drive. Since I didn't find anything that looked like a short HOWTO for this I thought I'd create a post on that so here we go:
/etc/init.d/volmgt stopThis turns off vold - not always friendly with usb mass storage devices)
svcs volfsIt should show volfs as disabled (after step 1).
rmformat -lTo list the removable devices; this allows to figure out where is my usb disk! (/dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0 in this example).
fdisk /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0To create the main Solaris partition. If no partition were initially present, just answering yes to the subsequent question will assign 100% of the disk to Solaris.
side note: some of you may remember that Linux & Solaris did not like to be on the same disk since Solaris uses the same file format type number than Linux...Well the good news is that one can (and should) use the Solaris2 type so as to avoid those conflicts.
/rmformat -s /tmp/my_slices /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0Where my_slices is a text file that describes my slices in the partition. Note Solaris has one "main" partition that you divide in slices (8 max). The slice #2 represents the entire filesystem while others are your own partition). An example of such file would be:
slices: 2 = 0, 350GB, "wm" "backup" : 8 = 0, 350GB, "wm", "name"
prtvtoc /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0p0To display the toc on the usb disk and make sure the change took effect.
newfs -v /dev/rdsk/c4t0d0s8Assuming you've labeled your partition as #8 (like in the example above).
mount /dev/dsk/c4t0d0s8 /mntNote that it is 'dsk' and not 'rdsk' since we're now addressing the disk in block mode and not the raw disk when we wanted to format it.
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Miami better not win this with a buzzer beater
It was Wade who fouled him, Allen didn't foul him.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
OK coach keep Lopez in, please.
Wade hadn't been called for a foul all game, only fair
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
OH MY GOD!!! freaking bosh....damn
Damn it I hate the f***** guy
So much hate. Jesus christ Portland.
Called it.
Man LaMarcus had a good look. That was such a fun game.
There is no NBA player named Monte Ellis.
Aldridge misses a wide open layup >
Aldridge should have banked it in.....
Holding, entire colts O-line. 10 yard penalty, repeat 1st down
The Pacers have their highest FG% since '97-'98, Bird's first season as coach.
Alright so basically if we don't stop Miami nobody is going to.
It's disheartening to think that we're freaking 24-5, yet are only a game and a half up on those clowns.
They're the two time defending champs for a reason. It's going to be brutally difficult to knock them out of a playoff series.
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I just really knew the pacers could get a little separation with Miami being on this road trip....especially tonight, guess not. Them losing to the kings last night helped a little though.
Holding, entire colts O-line. 10 yard penalty, repeat 1st down
Seems like Bosh puts up insane numbers every time Lebron or Wade is out. Dude gets way too much hate. How many guys would easily go from No. 1 option to getting as few possesions as he does now?
This is why I get so upset when I see our team sleepwalk through games like the Detroit game. We can't afford to lose any game. They were missing the league MVP on the road second night of a back to back and they WON. We can not lose to the Detroits of the league.
I'm sure the rings and money help
Agreed, but the Detroit loss is the only "bad" loss of the season, which is incredible given that we are 29 games in. All of the other losses were "acceptable" ones. This team has done an overwhelmingly excellent job at sticking to the "pedal to the metal" mindset. They know how important that number 1 seed is and it's clear they want it badly.
And playing in Miami. And playing with two all-time great players. And getting far more face time than he would have if he had decided to rot away for eternity in Toronto.
Bosh going from Toronto to Miami was the easiest decision in the history of Western civilization.
Anybody see that Bosh shot tonight?
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A blighted ovum, also called an anembryonic pregnancy or anembryonic gestation, occurs when a gestational sac develops without an embryo — often due to chromosomal abnormalities in the fertilized egg.
A blighted ovum usually occurs in the first few weeks of pregnancy, often before a woman even knows she's pregnant. However, a woman might miss a period and have a positive pregnancy test. This is because the placenta secretes human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a pregnancy hormone. Symptoms of early pregnancy — such as breast tenderness — are possible as well. But when the placenta stops growing and hormone levels decrease, the pregnancy symptoms subside. At this point, minor abdominal cramping and light spotting or bleeding are possible. An ultrasound will show an empty gestational sac.
A blighted ovum eventually results in miscarriage. Some women choose to wait for the miscarriage to happen naturally, while others take medication to trigger the miscarriage. In some cases, a procedure called dilation and curettage (D&C) is used to remove the placental tissues.
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I just created a page on FB as of August 1st 2012, and I am constantly getting this error as I am trying to link my twitter account to the facebook page.
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KILLEEN (January 6, 2013)- Firefighters were forced to retreat from a house fire after flames begin rolling across the ceiling.
Killeen Firefighters were called to a vacant house fire on the 900 block of Mimosa Drive Sunday evening.
Upon arrival, they saw flames coming out of the doors and windows on the right side of the home, according to Kenneth Hawthorne, Administrative Deputy Chief Killeen Fire Department.
After fighting the fire from the outside, firefighters entered the home, only to pull out after seeing dangerous conditions.
"Found out later that they had a fire in the attic," said Hawthorne. "It kind of rolled over them so they had to evacuate the building for a short time and bring in a little bit bigger nozzle that flows more gallons per minute to actually knock the fire down."
There was no meter, but the house did have electricity. Oncor was called out to cut the power since there was fire damage to wiring inside the home.
Fire marshals and investigators are looking into the cause of the fire. There are several vacant homes on Mimosa Drive.
Called out to the fire were two engines, a ladder and rescue truck, command vehicles and an EMS unit for rehab for the firefighters.
According the Hawthorne, news policies require rehab for firefighters after their air bottle is used up, which takes anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.
"The air bottles are pretty heavy and big," said Hawthorne. "The EMS rehab checks blood pressure, pulse, gives them fluids to drink and when they are ready, we put them back in there after it (fighting the fire)."


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The essence of the problem as follows:
There is a server located on the side of our company.
There is a hardware client module, which is in a public place, which communicates with the server via a secure protocol.
The client module contains the key with which it is authenticated by the server.
We need to make sure that the key could not get into the wrong hands, in case of theft of client module.
A key condition is the absence of agents which would have to be administered, for example, to connect the encrypted volume when module is booting.
Does anyone have any ideas how this can be done?


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Is there a term for a person's audible reaction, the quoted written form of which we typically find spelled as heh or hmph?
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I think they express different sentiments (and thus call for different words).
Heh (a slight laugh) could be described as a chuckle.
Hmph (a sound of disapproval) could be described as a harrumph.
I think the word you're looking for is "onomatopoeia".
A female friend who was baffled about why her husband wasn't having some minor health problem seen to said
I suggested that he had
She agreed and was--perhaps--enlightened. At least she bullied him into giving a real response and eventually into seeing the doctor.
Anyway, it's not a single word or a particularly sonorous phrase, but I think it covers the whole category. Learning to interpret the ones your SO uses is a whole different problem.


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I've been playing Darksiders. In the course of beating the souls out of dumpsters, traffic cones, and sign posts, I discovered a Fallen Legion Artifact.
The game helpfully popped up "Ooh, take this to Vulgrim and be rewarded!" So I did, and on Vulgrim's interface there was a new "press R to trade artifacts". I did so... and nothing seemed to happen.
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There was plenty of festive music in the air when the GFWC/OFWC Woman's Club of Wintersville held its final meeting of 2012 on Dec. 20 at St. Florian Hall in Wintersville on the eve of the first day of winter when snow was in the forecast.
Club member Cheryl Taylor - and proud mother, too - introduced her son Zachary Taylor, Steubenville High School's band director, who performed brass quartet Christmas selections during lunch along with Rick Hicks, assistant director, and students Francesca Torini and Shauna Contumelio.
Cheryl introduced the foursome who stopped by to perform after having already played that morning at Lancia's and Martha Manor.
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Final meeting of 2012
After lunch, the musical program entitled "Sing in the Season" was presented by Jefferson County commissioner Tom Graham, who sang a variety of holiday favorites, many of which members sang along to with little urging.
Graham was introduced by Natalie Doty, the club's second vice president.
You can catch a little video of Graham singing if you're able to visit our website at www.heraldstaronline.com. Go to the "community" category of stories to see it attached to this article.
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Brass quartet music courtesy of Zachary Taylor, Francesca Torini, Shauna Contumelio and Rick Hicks
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Christmas selections sung by Tom Graham constituted the club's December program.
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On behalf of the Woman's Club of Wintersville, Barb Grimm, public issues chair, presents a thank-you cake to the Wintersville Volunteer Fire Department, accepted by Anthony Kniszek.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
Donna Phillips, community service-arts chair, led members in a project to benefit the ALIVE Shelter.
-- Janice R. Kiaski
At my table where I sat with Donna Phillips, Bonnie DiDomenico, Cheryl Taylor, Mary Coleman, Judy Weaver, Nancy Honse and Rosalie Falbo, the lunch conversation was lively and varied, running the gamut from gun control and the tragedy of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting to everyone's level of readiness for Christmas.
Jackie Davis made a point to come over and thank me for the photo I had taken of her and her mother, Helen Gaudio, that ran on a picture page from the club's 11th-annual Holiday Splendor fundraiser held Dec. 2.
Jackie said the photo generated calls from people her mother had not heard from in a while, so it's always nice to hear that there's positive response to photos in the newspaper.
Speaking of Holiday Splendor, that was among the reports given during the business meeting where Barb Thermes, president, presided. Pat Freeland, who co-chaired the event along with Marjean Sizemore, thanked club members for their help in making the event such a success. Treasurer Joyce Palmer reported the profit at just over $5,000. The money raised goes toward scholarships.
Guests at the Dec. 20 luncheon meeting, in addition to the quartet and Graham, were Amelia Mougianis, there with Gloria Sergakis, and Palmina Maggi, there with Rosemarie Cieslak.
Jackie Davis gave a humorous reading entitled "Merry Christmas to My Female Friends" and grace at the meeting where hostesses were Gloria Popp, Pat Perry, Carole Yaich, Donna Phillips, June Sullivan and Gloria Sergakis.
Doty led the group in opening ceremonies; military personnel were remembered in a prayer and moment of silence; members answered roll call by acknowleding their favorite Christmas song and/or cookie; and CarolynLee Barrett, recording secretary, gave a condensed version of the November minutes.
On behalf of the club, Barb Grimm, public issues chairman, presented a thank-you cake to the Wintersville Volunteer Fire Department, which was accepted by Anthony Kniszek, one of the firemen. The cake was a gesture of gratitude for the department's service to the community.
Community service reports included the following:
SPECIAL PROJECTS: Chairman Ella Jane Burns reported on a family in need that the club helped as a Christmas project, providing gifts and money for groceries.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: Barb Whiteman, chairman, thanked everyone for cutting coupons apart. She also reminded club members to bring personal hygiene items to the January meeting.
PUBLIC ISSUES: Barb Grimm, chairman, thanked club members for the 19 bags of "Toiletries for Teens" gifts given to Urban Mission Ministries for its Christmas distribution.
EDUCATION: Jackie Davis thanked everyone for the 417 school supplies valued at $296 that were brought in September. School supplies also will be collected at the January meeting.
Pat Freeland reminded members to keep saving pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House, noting the club so far has provided 47 pounds. She said 1,200 tabs is the equivalent of 1 pound.
Donna Phillips, chair of arts, led club members in a tennis shoe project to benefit the ALIVE Shelter. There were nine pairs of tennis shoes decorated and filled with toiletry items.
In new business, Thermes reminded committee chairman that year-end reports need postmarked by Feb. 1. A meeting was to have been held Wednesday to work on reports, and the executive board was to meet today.
The club's next regular luncheon meeting will be held at noon on Jan. 17 at St. Florian Hall with the program featuring Corky Nosek, president of the Ohio GFWC, via Skype.
CarolynLee Barrett will offer meditation and grace.
Hostesses will be Barb Steele, Pat Keller, Gloria Kotur, Bonnie DiDomenico, Robbie Young and Linda Nolf.


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Filmapalooza—the finale festival for the 2009 48 Hour Film Project—was at NAB Show from April 10th to 12th, 2010.
Who: 48 Hour Filmmakers from around the world.
What: The best 48HFP films from 2009
Where: NAB Show in Las Vegas
When: from April 10th to 12th, 2010 (see the schedule)
Why: Inspiration, education, networking, and fun!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Jason Reitman, director of Up in the Air, Juno, and Thank You for Smoking is our keynote speaker. Read Jason's bio.
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"One day while driving east on I-290" begins this Penthouse Forum-esque footage of a Chicago couple unabashedly "smashing" in the driver's seat while cruising along the Eisenhower expressway.
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WACO (November 12, 2012)--Wednesday and Thursday's Greater Waco Community Education Summit will work to provide resources to parents, businesses, teachers and others to ensure student success in the community.
While attendees needed to register before the cutoff date Wednesday, a come and go community celebration to include refreshments, school performances and new technology for children and adults to try out will be held Thursday.
China Spring Cougar Band Drum Major Ashlyn Ray will also perform before heading out to NYC to take part in Macy's Thanksgiving Parade as part of Macy's Great American Marching Band.
That event is free and open to the public beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the Greater Waco Community Education Alliance at 1005 Wooded Acres.
Attendees who preregistered for the "Gaining Momentum" summit will enjoy networking and a dinner banquet on parental engagement by AVANCE President and CEO Rick Noriega on Wednesday.
Thursday's events include a speech by former Lieutenant Texas Governor Bill Ratliff who will discuss "The tragedy of Current State Education Funding," followed by 17 breakout sessions.
Thursday's luncheon will feature SpaceX employees to discuss the future and technology.
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Top Pennsylvania GOP Lawmaker Proposes New Election Rigging Scheme
Last year, Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R) was one of the leading proponents of a plan to rig the Electoral College for Mitt Romney by allocating the state's electoral votes by congressional district rather than awarding them to the overall winner of the state. Had Pileggi's election-rigging proposal been in effect last month, Romney would have likely received 13 of Pennsylvania's 20 electoral votes, despite losing the state by more than 5 percentage points. The election rigging plan eventually died, however, due to concerns from House Republicans that it might cause the Obama campaign to shift resources to their districts and cost them their seats.
Pileggi is not giving up, however, and he's now backing a slightly modified scheme to rig the 2016 election for Republicans:
Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi says frustrated Pennsylvania supporters of Mitt Romney deserve a more equitable way of counting presidential votes. He's pushing once again to break up the state's electoral college vote.
But instead of determining the votes by congressional district, they would be allocated according to percentage of the popular vote, plus two for the statewide winner. . . . Under that system, Barack Obama would have won 12 of Pa.'s electoral college votes and 8 for Romney. That's a net advantage of 4 EC votes for Obama versus the net 20 advantage Pa. gave him on election day.
The reason for this proposal is clear. Pennsylvania is a blue state that voted for the Democratic candidate in every single presidential race for the last two decades. So Pileggi's plan is nothing more than a proposal to steal electoral votes that are overwhelmingly likely to be awarded to the Democratic candidate under the current system and give them away to the Republican candidate.


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The scope being considered includes a world-scale steam cracker, with feedstock coming from natural gas projects in Qatar; a 1.5 million tpy mono-ethylene glycol plant using Shell's proprietary OMEGA technology; a 300,000 tpy linear alpha olefins unit; and a 250,000 tpy oxo-alcohols unit.
Qatar Petroleum (QP) and Shell have awarded the
front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for
their Al-Karaana petrochemicals venture Ras
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project team is on the delivery of a quality FEED that will be
a major step towards successfully delivering this project which
is an important part of our overall petrochemical development plan,"
said Mohammed Nasser Al-Hajri, chairman of the project's
executive committee and also QPs downstream
"We are delighted to have awarded the integrated FEED contract
to Fluor, a world-class engineering company with a proven track
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This is an important milestone for the project, as it completes
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The scope under consideration for the Al-Karaana project includes a world-scale
steam cracker, with feedstock coming from natural gas
projects in Qatar; a 1.5 million tpy mono-ethylene
glycol (MEG) plant using Shells proprietary
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olefin unit using Shell's proprietary Higher Olefins
Process; and a 250,000 tpy oxo-alcohols unit.
"The Al-Karaana petrochemicals complex project has been envisioned to
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global petrochemicals industry,"
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managing director of QP.
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The proposed Al-Karaana project underlines Shells
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energy industry and produce cost-competitive products," he
Qatar Petroleum will hold an 80% stake in the Al-Karaana
project and Shell the remaining 20%. The companies signed
a heads of agreement on their proposed complex in December
2011. It is estimated to cost $6.4 billion.
The positive development of the Al-Karaana project
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The companies also unveiled their logo for the Al-Karaana project, which can be seen
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Hunters should be alert to the following closure schedule at Marseilles SFWA:
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BELLAIRE - A resolution passed by Bellaire Village Council on Thursday awarded a near $1.9M contract to Layne Heavy Civil Inc. out of Orleans, Ind for construction to take place at the village's water treatment plant.
The planned work includes construction of a collector well, consisting of a 13-foot diameter concrete caisson, three horizontal laterals, a masonry pump station building and 12-feet of waterline, but associated electrical work.
According to Sue Bell, the water treatment plant's superintendent, the raw water supply for the village has been "reduced over the past many years and efforts toward rehab didn't result in any gain."
Bell stated that attempts at fixing the problem both in the 1990s and again during the last decade did not prove fruitful.
Four bids were received and opened on Dec. 18, with Layne Heavy Civil's bid of $1,897,400 constituting the lowest and best bid.
The other three bid amounts and companies were:
The project was originally estimated at $2M by Jeff Vaughn from Vaughn, Coast & Vaughn.
In Vaughn's big report to council, he explained that Ranney Collector Wells was the only company that installed the wells.
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Councilman Jim Piatt inquired as to how long the project may take and if the loan to fund the project through the Ohio Water Development Authority and its Water Supply Revolving Loan Account (WSRLA) fund was approved.
Bell explained that the loan was approved. She went on to estimate that the construction of the collector well should take approximately two months. She's looking at about six months for the building and an additional three months for the wiring and the pumps.
"By late next year, things should be up and in operation," Bell said.
Bell wished to express her thanks to the late Kirk Baker, the village's former water superintendent, who did a multitude of work getting this project off the ground.
"For a guy who lived in a different town, he put everything into seeing that Bellaire would have a great water supply," Bell said. "He deserves all the credit for keeping it in the forefront and getting the powers that be to recognize the importance of and need for spending this amount of money."
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It's always great to see Skype helping businesses run more efficiently and cost-effectively, but it's particularly gratifying when I learn about ways Skype plays a positive role in professions that directly impact people's health and well-being.
That's why I'm excited to shine a spotlight again on Skype in the medical field.
In the past years, we've heard quite a few stories of doctors and other healthcare professionals using Skype to interact with patients who may not otherwise have face-to-face access to them.
In some cases those medical professionals run businesses, and Skype helps their operations grow and thrive. In those instances, their Skype usage is the ultimate example of Skype helping a business "do well by doing good."
Dr. Gregory Smith is a great example. LiveScience reports that Dr. Smith runs clinics treating people with chronic pain and addictions in Los Angeles and Fresno, California, two cities separated by occasional extreme weather.
Rather than missing appointments when he can't drive between his offices, Dr. Smith conducts hundreds of appointments on Skype, ensuring patients get the care they need.
Last year, The New York Times chronicled the growing trend of mental health professionals providing therapy via video calls.
The article points out that for some patients, this type of treatment offers several benefits: therapists can be available to remote or isolated people, and it can be effective for people suffering from disorders that make leaving home more challenging.
CNN recently aired a segment showcasing a nonprofit organization that connects cancer patients with cancer survivors, to provide mentoring and moral support. The group, Imerman Angels, brings together some of those pairs via Skype.
And just last month, the United Kingdom's Department of Health urged doctors to use Skype more to help cut down on missed patient appointments.
The recommendation came out of the success of pilot programs like that at Newham University Hospital, in which people with diabetes who didn't need a physical exam were seen via Skype. Missed appointments fell by 11 percent, and patients say the quality measured up to in-person appointments.
Skype was founded on the idea that removing barriers to communication could literally change the world. We love to see the medical field helping to make that a reality.
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31 May 2011 2:19 PM #11
there is some matrix3d stuff in there (the original sencha-touch.css's) but i believe they are there for iphone use only. they are all always override by .x-android which i really don't know if it's actually beeing identified properly on the actual device, so i guess my next step is to test that. sometime in a near future.
thanks for the hints!
31 May 2011 2:44 PM #12
commenting any and all mentions of
-webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;
on the .css didnt fix it
also tried commenting out matrix3d stuff, still didnt fix it, but did b0rk the carousel sliding.
found some older threads about this very issues. supposedly has been investigated and already fixed, maybe only on some androids.
31 May 2011 2:44 PM #13
The first I did was disabling the css file, and load my ST form without any css.
This showed me that it definitely had something to do with the css and not any js event interceptions since the jumping didn't occur anymore after I disabled the css.
31 May 2011 11:30 PM #14
on our project the backface-visibility property led to weird scrolling and jumping of forms on the andorid platform, too. Fixing this by removing the aforementioned property also repaired some issues with rendering (doubled, misplaced) inputs when they got focused (on android).
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29 Jun 2011 7:40 AM #15
I can confirm that this problem is caused by 3d css translations. But bigger problem is, that scroller uses 3d translation to move content, so everytime you use it, you can count there will be problems sooner or later.
Solution might be to turn off 3d translation and use 2d instead. You can do that in Element.static-more.js in method cssTranslate, where you can find if-else which decides what kind of translation will be used. So simply rewrite it to use 2d only. And since this happens on android only, I suggest using Ext.is.Android to leave 3d translations turned on for iOS.
Edit: or if you need to be sure that 3d translations won't be used, rewrite Ext.supports.CSS3DTransform to return always false for android
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20 Jul 2011 3:10 AM #16
This has caused me a lot of headaches. I am creating a very big app for a well known New York based publisher and it has several forms with text entry on them. I am creating a "native" app using Sencha with Phonegap.
Removing the rule "-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden; " solves the issue 50% of the time but I can still cause the bug sometimes by scrolling the window whilst typing and sometimes when I click away from the text field and go back to it. It is very device-dependent as well, HTC phones with the sense UI are the worst and even with this rule removed they do it all of the time.
The problem is that when the soft keyboard comes on screen it reduces the size of the webview so your "fullscreen" web app no longer fits inside it and it becomes scrollable.
Since I am creating this using phonegap I have the luxury of being able to modify the application manifest. The solution is to modify your app's activity node in the manifest xml file, add the following to your app's activity:
<!-- Before -->
<activity android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" android:label="@string/app_name" android:name="PhotoGap">
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<activity android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustPan" android:label="@string/app_name" android:name="PhotoGap">
Now the keyboard will overlay on top of the webview instead of below it and forcing it to resize. Your scrolling issues will be gone (EVEN on HTC phones....!)
I hope this helps anyone having the same headaches I did!
1 Aug 2011 9:03 AM #17
A colleague of mine has noticed that issues with forms are reduced dramatically when wrapping all fields in a fieldset. No idea how and why but it solved some of the issues. Meanwhile card sliding still looks horrible in Android + PhoneGap + Sencha. Using a Galaxy S2 myself.
Would love to hear when there is a fix for this.
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1 Aug 2011 9:17 AM #18
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5 Oct 2011 8:45 AM #19
I've worked out an admittedly nasty hack to solve this without creating flickering issues by removing "backface-visibility". Basically, I am using the 3d transform styles one panels that DO NOT have forms on them. I am removing the styles on panels that have them, then re-adding them when those form panels deactivate. Yes, I know, its hacky and ugly, but its working.
All other solutions that have been suggested have either recreated flickering issues for me on android, are phonegap only fixes, or simply do not work. This is the only solution I have been able to use that seems to work in all cases.
Basically it works like this:
var removeFlickerFixStyle = function() { document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].removeChild(document.getElementById('flickerStyle')); } var addFlickerFixStyle = function() { var el = document.createElement('style'); el.type = 'text/css'; el.id = "flickerStyle"; el.textContent = ".x-panel{-webkit-perspective: 1000;-webkit-backface-visibility: hidden;"; document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(el); } var panelWithForm = Ext.extend(Ext.Panel, { items: [ { xtype: form, cls: 'my-example-jumpy-form' } ], listeners: { activate: function() { removeFlickerFixStyle(); }, deactivate: function() { addFlickerFixStyle(); } } });Twitter: lylepratt
7 Oct 2011 5:38 AM #20
have to test that hack fix of yours. thanks for the hint.
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WICHITA -- There may not be one, easy solution for preventing child abuse and neglect, but there are many effective approaches proven to keep children safe from abuse and neglect.
One effective approach is to make sure the professionals working with children have proper training in the field of child abuse and neglect. Each year, the Kansas Children's Service League (KCSL) along with 18 other sponsoring agencies provides such training at the Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.
This year, the 36th Annual Governor's Conference for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect will be held October 15-17, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and Century II Convention Center in Wichita. An expected 600 participants from around the state will be participating and will learn about a range of topics and how they affect the field of child abuse and neglect.
Some of the topics of interest this year include human trafficking, best practices in foster care, internet safety, crime scene protocol for law enforcement and many more. Many of this year's workshops will be specific to individuals who work in law enforcement. By learning about relevant topics affecting children and families, professionals are able to provide better service and prevent child neglect and abuse because they are aware of the potential issues and they will know how to effectively deal with the issue.
The conference strives to:
- Provide information about exemplary models of prevention and intervention services for children and families.
- Provide a networking opportunity for Kansans interested in the welfare of children.
- Recognize individuals and organizations who have provided outstanding services to children.
- Publicize the needs of children and families and the opportunities to meet those needs.
- Provide certifiable training opportunities for individuals who work professionally providing services for the benefit of children and families.
"We are pleased to bring together national and state experts to share information on best practices, promising programs, and the latest research to aid in our collective efforts to help families raise their children in safe and healthy environments," said Vicky Roper, Director of Education and Awareness with the Kansas Children's Service League and Director of Prevent Child Abuse Kansas.
Workshops will be taking place throughout the three-day conference and an awards luncheon will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 16th.