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Chicago--July 22, 2004: Yesterday, the debate over climate change reached a new low as attorneys general in eight states--all Democrats but one--and the corporation counsel for New York City sued five electric utilities for their alleged role in causing "global warming."
The lawsuit is frivolous. Evidence of a human role in climate change is slim and constantly being challenged in scholarly journals. There has been no warming trend in the U.S. or in any of the eight states participating in the lawsuit.
There is no evidence of any harm caused by whatever "global warming" may have occurred (according to some temperature measures) during the past century. Most of that warming has taken place in the coldest areas of the planet and at night, creating a more benign environment for plant and animal life. The best estimates of the net economic impact of the warming predicted by computer models show a small benefit--thanks to lower prices for energy, forestry products, and food--and unequivocal benefits to human health and longevity.
For all these reasons, forcing five electric utilities to lower their greenhouse gas emissions would not affect global temperatures or weather in the U.S., and so would not provide any benefit or relief to the plaintiffs.
Why, if this is the case, has this suit been filed? Chris Horner in a statement released by the Competitive Enterprise Institute says, "This is grandstanding, pure and simple. That many of these officials are involved in one way or another in John Kerry's campaign also provides the whiff of a political favor being provided to the Democratic contender, gaining headlines for an issue with which the Bush administration is clearly uncomfortable."
NCPA Senior Fellow H. Sterling Burnett notes that many of the states involved in the suit have already increased their energy costs by adopting alternative energy mandates and conservation mandates, making their states less attractive to new business investment than other states. "This is merely an attempt to level the economic playing field by forcing the rest of the nation to adopt their high-cost energy mandates," says Burnett.
Finally, one wonders if this isn't one more desperation ploy by the beleaguered global warming alarmists, who in recent years have lost the political debate over Kyoto and McCain-Lieberman, the scientific debate in the leading academic journals, and according to polls, the support of the American public as well. Maybe by taking the issue to the courts, they can get lucky and find a jury willing to ignore the data and punish some big corporations? Thomas Donohue, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, correctly observed, "This complaint is symptomatic of America's legal crisis and yet another example of unwarranted litigation that hurts American consumers and destroys jobs."
Joseph L. Bast is president of The Heartland Institute, a 20-year-old nonprofit research organization based in Chicago. He is publisher of Environment & Climate News and coauthor of Eco-Sanity: A Common-Sense Guide to Environmentalism (Madison Books 1994, second rev. edition 1996). His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information, contact Allen Fore, Vice President - Public Affairs for The Heartland Institute, at 312/377-4000 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I just want some confirmation.
I'm developing on windows
I'm attempting to integrate facebook into an app and the SDK documentation says I need to 'export a signature'
From here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/mobile/#android
So it says run this command:
keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore | openssl sha1 -binary | openssl base64
First I had to download openssl: OpenSSL
Now the command above, I assume should be converted to:
"C:\path\to\java\keytool" -exportcert -alias your_alias -keystore "C:\path\to\your\keystore\keystore.name" | "C:\path\to\openssl_install\bin\openssl" sha1 -binary |"C:\path\to\openssl_install\bin\openssl" base64
- So you want the keytool that is installed in your latest Java install folder?
- You want the alias to be the name of the alias you use for a normal apk creation in eclipse?
- You want the keystore to be the one you use when exporting android apps?
- You want openssl to be the one you just installed
So once I've done this it asks for a password: (it shows the password as I'm typing it)
If I enter a correct password I get
'zR2tey1h9kqPRSW/yEYEr0ruswyD=' (changed for public)
but if I enter an incorrect password it still returns me a code in the form of
So yeah, was just looking for a confirmation that I'm doing the right thing, and this is the output expected

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Are fictitious forces and constraint forces the same thing?
There are not the same thing. Fictitious forces usually arise because of change of co-ordinates, e.g. to a rotating frame. They are terms added to make the whole equation look like a vector sum of forces. The constraint forces are very real, and arise due to geometrical constraints, such as motion along a plane gives rise to the normal force produced by the plane, or the constancy of the length of a string tied to a pendulum gives rise to the tension.
The question is legitimate in the sense that one can often read, especially in older literature, that "d'Alembert's Principle has successfully reduced Dynamics to Statics". If d'Alembert's Principle (principle of virtual work) stated for a constrained system in equilibrium $$ \sum_k{F_k\ \delta r_k =0}$$ is enough to lay the foundations of Statics (bridges, buildings) then it is a remarcable result that the very same principle would completely suffice for Dynamics.
In this case then the $- m \dot v $ addition to the principle are really nothing more than the fictitious forces appearing in the comoving frame where the representative point is at equilibrium (pure statics).


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IMF: Fuel from food a "very bad idea"
posted at 8:45 am on October 23, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
The International Monetary Fund has learned a lesson from its flirtation with biofuels, one that Barack Obama still has ignored. Turning food into fuel for cars not only takes sustenance from the people who can least afford it, it also wastes a tremendous amount of water. In short, biofuels are a "very bad idea":
With many developing nations experiencing deep shocks and citizen unrest due to rising food and fuel prices, plenaries and breakout sessions during the Program of Seminars addressed causes, effects and solutions.
Commitments by members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to reduce carbon emissions through alternative fuels development, while well meaning, have exacerbated the global food crisis and contributed to world-wide water shortages, said Nestle chief executive Peter Brabeck-Letmathe.
The resulting drop in agricultural productivity has led to price increases, he said. "Water scarcity will be the most constraining element," to additional production, he predicted. Replacing fuel with biofuel is "a very, very bad idea."
Replacing even 6 percent of total fuel usage with biofuel would require doubling agricultural production to maintain current output. "Where are you going to get the land and the water for this? This is irresponsible policy," Brabeck-Letmathe said. If the US alone would reverse its policy to replace fuel with biofuels, food prices would stabilize, he stated.
That's not likely to happen in an Obama administration. Obama has pledged support for ethanol production, exactly the kind of biofuel that the IMF opposes. Corn ethanol is one of the least efficient forms in terms of energy consumption, but Obama has lost none of his enthusiasm for it. Small wonder; he has close advisers like Tom Daschle and Jason Grumet, both of whom work for corn-ethanol producers.
John McCain opposes corn ethanol, but not biofuels entirely. He is in the same global-warming mindset that has led so many nations towards biofuels as an alternative to gasoline. Unfortunately, that leads to two critical issues for human habitation: food production and water consumption. The growth of food for non-food purposes uses a lot of fresh water, which isn't an unlimited resource. Normally, people recover some of that hydration in the food they eat, but instead cars burn it and it goes to waste.
Eventually, we will run short of arable land and fresh water to grow the crops that feed our cars instead of our mouths, and food prices will rise astronimically. We already saw this dynamic in 2008, and the reaction of governments was to pull back exports and keep food within their countries. This will lead to massive starvation and violent unrest. If you thought Islamic terrorism was bad, wait until two billion people realize they'll starve to death because we didn't want to drill for oil off the coasts or build nuclear plants for electric cars.
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Tori Shaw
Choosing to become a meteorologist seemed to have come natural to this small town girl from West Tennessee. Tori Shaw traveled across the Appalachians to become part of the StormTrack 12 Weather Team. As a little girl, Tori would record "make-believe" newscasts, with the help of her father, in the basement of their home in Dyer. She would give the weather forecasts in front of a US national road map and a cardboard clock that read 6:00 no matter what time it actually was. This was only the beginning.
During her junior year of college, Tori came to a crossroads. She would be receiving her bachelor's degree in broadcast communications from the University of Tennessee at Martin soon, and it seemed she would have to narrow her focus. What other field to pursue in the vast world of communications- weather? Unfortunately, UTM at the time did not offer a meteorology program. With the help of her professors in the communications and geography departments, Tori was able to meet the requirements to attend graduate school at Mississippi State University.
Getting her master's in broadcast meteorology was not an easy task, but Tori was able to face challenges with the assistance of her classmates and professors. During her two years at MSU, Tori completed a research thesis entitled "A PBS Mind in an MTV World: Teaching Teenagers Meteorology by Placing a Weather Forecast on MTV". She was also able to participate in the 2008 MSU's Storm Chase, and was elected vice-president of the department's AMS student chapter.
Tori is a member of the American Meteorological Society and holds the AMS Certified Broadcast Meteorologist Seal of Approval.
In her spare time, she enjoys reading weather magazines, working out, playing the piano, playing the French horn in the Craven County Community Band, listening and discovering music, volunteering at theatre and music events, visiting schools and looking at clouds.
Email: email@example.com
Facebook: facebook.com/torishawofficial
Twitter: twitter.com/tori_shaw


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Big Red to hold golf tryouts
STEUBENVILLE - Any student interested in trying out for the Steubenville Big Red golf team needs to report to Blackmoor Golf Course at 8 a.m. on Friday.
Candidates need to make sure they have an updated physical and insurance before they will be permitted to participate.
Candidates should bring their clubs, shoes, etc., and be prepared to practice. Proper attire required.
For information, contact coach Joe Biasi at (740) 266-2440.
Red Riders to sell tickets
WEIRTON - Weir High will sell football tickets from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 11 and from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 12-15 at the high school. Current season tickets will be held until Aug. 18.
Cost of the four-game package is $20.
Also being sold is a 10-event adult ticket strip for $50 that may be used an any Weir varsity athletic event during the school year.
A student pass will be sold for $50 and that will be good for any home athletic event for the school year.
For information, call the athletic office at (304) 748-7600, ext. 158.
Riders to hold meet the team
WEIRTON - Weir High will hold a football steak fry and season kickoff at 6 p.m. Aug. 22 at the Serbian picnic grounds. It will include meeting the football team. Cost is $15 for a steak dinner and $5 for a hot dog meal.
All Red Riders and Little Steelers football players are free.
For information, contact Carl Thompson at (304) 670-6289.
IC junior high football to begin
WINTERSVILLE - Indian Creek junior high football practice will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the high school. Players must have a physical. A parents meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. to complete all necessary paperwork.
Panthers to start volleyball
RAYLAND - Buckeye Local junior high volleyball practice will begin on Aug. 11 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the junior high gym. All players must have a physical and drug testing completed before being allowed to participate.
Marland Heights 5K set
WEIRTON - The Marland Heights 5-K Classic, hosted by the Weirton Board of Parks and Recreation, will be run along the city streets on Marland Heights on Aug. 15.
The event will feature a two-mile walk and youth races for children 12 and under. A special high school team points challenge will be contested.
Registration forms are now available at the Millsop Community Center and online at: mcc-weir.tripod.com.
The cost to enter is $14 in advance for the adult races ($10 for teens) and $2 for youth fun run participants.
Race T-shirts will be given to the first 80 participants for the major races and walk.
Following the race, there will be a special awards ceremony and cookout for all participants and event sponsors.
Central scramble on Saturday
EAST SPRINGFIELD - The annual Catholic Central Athletic Boosters golf scramble fundraiser will be an 8 a.m. shotgun Saturday at Spring Hills Golf Course. Cost is $200 per foursome.
For information, contact Brian Moffat (740) 632-5750.
Edison offering senior passes
RICHMOND - Senior citizen passes for Edison High School athletic events will be available from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at no charge starting Aug. 11 at the high school main office to those who reside inside the district.
Out-of-district passes will be $25. For information, call the high school at (740) 765-4313.
Football ads due at Central
STEUBENVILLE - Personal/business ads for the Steubenville Catholic Central football program must be turned in to the school or e-mailed to email@example.com by Aug. 15.
Edison to sell tickets
RICHMOND - Edison football season tickets and senior citizen passes will be on sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 11-15 in the athletic office. It will be renewals only Aug. 11-12, new seat holders Aug. 13-14 and exchanges Aug. 15.
Season tickets will consist of four tickets at $32 a seat. The first home game of the season against Oak Glen will be played at 4 p.m. Aug. 30 at Weir High. The game will be sold as a separate ticket and includes a full day of events.
Football ads are due by Friday. Ads should be print ready. Game balls are $50.
For information, contact Athletic Director JoAnn Stagani at (740) 765-4313 ext. 101. For sponsorship information, contact Stagani or Diane Brancker at (740) 543-4305.
Big Red program ads due
STEUBENVILLE - All personal and business advertisements for the 2014 Big Red football program must be turned into the high school ticket office by Thursday. Season tickets may also be prepaid at this time.
Big Red Boosters to meet
STEUBENVILLE - The Big Red Boosters club will meet Monday at 6 p.m. The meeting will be held at the high school conference room.
All are welcome. The boosters club will also have a table at the preseason football ticket sales where memberships, helmet drawing tickets, NFL fundraiser tickets, and preorder of 3x5 stadium flags can be purchased.


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Wrestling Drops to Coker, 28-17January 30, 2014
ANDERSON, S.C. – Despite earning four wins on the night, Anderson University wrestling was unable to keep up with regional opponent Coker, as the Trojans suffered a 28-17 setback Thursday evening at the Abney Athletic Center.
Redshirt senior Cory Monteforte led off the Trojan scoring with a 13-3 major decision for his third straight victory and fourth win in his last six bouts. For the season, Monteforte has seven victories heading into the final stretch of the year.
Sophomore Zak Hale continued the winning trend with a narrow decision over Coker's Charlie Huff, 8-7. With the win, Hale continues to hold the team-high in victories for the 2013-14 campaign with 16.
Following a pair of pins by the Cobras, graduate student Zane Newton earned a narrow 5-4 decision against Coker's Derek Rothermel at 157. The decision was Newton's 11th win by decision this season and 14th overall, which ranks second on the squad.
Senior Ian Harper made it two straight wins at 165 with a major decision over Phillip Burrows, 12-0.
After a Coker win at 174, senior Taylor Dorsett rounded out the Anderson scoring with a 10-4 decision over Jacob Ralph at 184, giving AU its final advantage of the dual. For Dorsett, the decision was his first victory of the season.
"We wrestled very well at certain weights tonight and I was pleased with our overall effort," Anderson head coach Dock Kelly said. "Giving up falls are critical in winning dual meets and we must do a better job at not allowing that under any circumstance. Having five guys winning their individual matches, it means we're starting to focus in with our preparations for the regional tournament. The road does not get any easier next week, but we look forward to competing in front of capacity crowd for our Golden Game"
Anderson looks to bounce back on Thursday, Feb. 6 when it hosts the Battle for the Belt against UNC Pembroke. The first bout with the Braves is set for 7 p.m.
Coker 28, Anderson 17
Jan. 30, 2014 | Anderson, S.C. | Abney Athletic Center
125: Cory Monteforte (AU) maj. dec. Gavin Perkins (COKER), 13-3 (AU 4-0)
133: Zak Hale (AU) dec. Charlie Huff (COKER), 8-7 (AU 7-0)
141: Walker Barfield (COKER) pinned Keenan Simmons (AU) 2:56 (AU 7-6)
149: Kevin Thompson (COKER) pinned Jared Greer (AU), 3:50 (COKER 12-7)
157: Zane Newton (AU) dec. Derek Rothermel (COKER), 5-4 (COKER 12-10)
165: Ian Harper (AU) maj. dec. Phillip Burrows (COKER) 12-0 (AU 14-12)
174: Zach Dicus (COKER) maj. dec. Eric DeAngelis (AU), 11-0 (COKER 16-14)
184: Taylor Dorsett (AU) dec. Jacob Ralph (COKER), 10-4 (AU 17-16)
197: Robert Parland (COKER) pinned Robert Johnson (AU), 4:45 (COKER 22-17)
285: Austin Akins (COKER) won by forfeit (COKER 28-17)
125: Monteforte began his bout with two straight takedowns, following by a two-point near fall, taking a 6-1 advantage into the second period. Montefore continued to add pressure throughout the bout adding two more takedowns in the second period. On the bottom in the final period, Monteforte posted an early reversal, eventually taking a 13-3 major decision.
133: As Hale entered his first bout this season at 133, it was Huff who scored first with an early takedown. Quickly, Hale responded with a reversal, but found himself down again with a Huff escape. With 35 second left in the opening period, Huff recorded a takedown, but Hale was able to escape nine seconds later, but faced a 5-3 deficit heading into the second period. Hale quickly escaped Huff to being the second period and later followed with a takedown, taking a 6-5. Huff escaped with less than a minute left in the second period, to take the bout to 6-6 entering the final two minutes.
As Hale was on top, Huff was called for his second stall, giving the Trojan a 7-6 lead. Huff was able to escape, but with the accumulated riding time, Hale earned the 8-7 win.
141: Walker Barfield recorded his first takedown a minute into the bout and eventually earned the pin with just four seconds remaining in the first period.
149: As both Jared Greer and Kevin Thompson recorded four reversals in the opening three minutes, it was Thompson to find the advantage in the second stanza, as the Cobra earned a quick takedown, followed by the second period pin.
157 Just 30 seconds into the bout, Newton posted his first takedown, which was escaped by Rothermel four seconds later. After taking a 2-1 lead into the second period, a Rothermel escape evened the score at 2-2. With 1:02 left in the second period, Newton claimed his final takedown of the bout to regain the lead at 4-2. Rothermel posted his lone takedown of the bout late in the final period, but was unable to grab back the riding time, as Newton claimed a 5-4 decision.
165: After grabbing an early takedown, followed by back-to-back two-point near-falls, Harper controlled throughout the bout, cruising to a 12-0 major decision. For the bout, Harper posted three takedowns, two two-point near-falls, an escape and the riding time point.
174: Eric DeAngelis was unable to find much offense against Zach Dicus as the Cobra took a 7-0 lead into the third period en route to an 11-0 major decision.
184: Dorsett jumped out the blocks quickly, claiming a 4-0 lead after a takedown and a two-point near-fall. Ralph responded with a reversal, but Dorsett quickly countered with his own reversal, taking a 6-2 lead into the second period. Following Ralph's second reversal of the match, Dorsett escaped and later earned a takedown with less than a minute left in the second period. Dorsett was on top for the remainder of the bout and earned the riding time point to claim a 10-4 decision.
197: After going down 2-0 in the first period, Robert Johnson was unable to recover and Coker's Robert Parland added a quick takedown in the second period and eventually earned the pin with 15 seconds left.


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Monday, August 22, 2011
The Kids Cook Monday - Macaroni & Cheese Muffins
In keeping with the back to school themes I'm seeing everywhere, our The Kids Cook Monday post shares a fun new recipe that would go great in a lunchbox--macaroni & cheese muffins!
Macaroni & Cheese Muffins
Round butter-flavored crackers (I used Ritz, but I bet veggie crackers would be yummy)
1 (8-ounce) package elbow macaroni
1 can cheddar cheese soup
1/2 cup cooking creme (I used Philly Roasted Garlic) or 1/2 cup milk
3 cups shredded sharp Cheddar cheese (keep 1/4 cup out to sprinkle on top)
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a 12-cup muffin tin with cooking spray. (Seriously, use muffin papers, you'll thank me later when you don't have to soak your muffin pans.)
-Place a cracker in the bottom of each muffin cup and set aside.
-Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain and return to pot.
-Stir in remaining ingredients till well-blended. Spoon mixture into muffin cups and sprinkle with extra cheese.
-Bake 15 to 18 minutes, or until heated through. Let stand for 5 minutes, remove from tin with knife if you don't use the muffin papers.
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Yum, these look really good and super bento friendly. Thanks for posting the recipe!ReplyDelete
Great idea. I make baked macaroni all the time and this is a perfect way to transport to school!ReplyDelete
Cheddar cheese soup? Now that is something I never heard about! Must be something American. Too bad, because it means I can't try them and they sound so good!ReplyDelete
Yumm and perfect to pop in lunches. Can not wait for the girls to get back to school so I can start creating again. Totally slacked off with the cross country move and all ;)ReplyDelete
My kids would love that. Thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
What a great idea! I am always looking for some good peanut free recipes for my son's lunches!ReplyDelete
I made these and just posted them on my site - stop by and see. Also I linked back to you - thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
Making these now with my new Kindergartener. She loves measuring and stirring and cooking with mom... this was a perfect recipe for us to make together. :) Have you tried freezing the leftovers? I wonder how well they do when defrosted... Thank you!ReplyDelete


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Frequently Asked Questions about water feature
Steps in Building Your Water Feature
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African Wedding Traditions
Popular Wedding Traditions of Africa
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Q: What is the advantage of a rubber lining?
In the past, ponds were often made of cement. Sooner or later, concrete will crack, unless reinforced with massive amounts of steel (as in swimming pools). A 45 mil EPDM rubber liner is flexible and will adjust to any shifting of the surrounding soil. It is guaranteed for twenty years, even if exposed to sunlight, and if covered by rocks and gravel, should last a lot longer than that.
Q: Will frogs and turtles live in the pond?
If there is a natural body of water nearby, visiting frogs and turtles are possible. Both frogs and turtles can be introduced manually to your pond, but make sure they are native species.
Q: Can I have game fish in my pond?
The limited size of a backyard pond severely limits the natural range of game fish. The predatory game fish - bass, bluegill, perch and others - have a high ammonia content in their waste and would upset the natural pond ecosystem.
Q: Should I be concerned with mosquitoes breeding?
Actually, your pond is reducing the mosquito population. Mosquitoes lay their larvae in bodies of water like your pond, much to the delight of your fish, frogs and dragonflies, who feast on them. Your skimmer filter will also take care of the larvae if the fish and other critters don't get to them first.
Q: How big should I make my pond?
Size will depend on your site and your personal preferences. Don't be too concerned with building too big...it's always easy to find new aquatic plants and more fish to add to your ecosystem. But if you build too small, you're limitied.
Q: How much maintenance will I be putting in?
During most of the year, maintenance is limited to merely emptying the skimmer net about once a week. If you live in an area with a lot of nearby trees, you'll have to empty the net more often during the fall.
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Citizens of Cuba soon will be eating Kentucky-raised buffalo and drinking Kentucky-made soft drinks as a result of a $7 million trade agreement. The state has all but closed a deal that would export processed foods, meats, tobacco, and wood products.
State agriculture leaders established the trade commitments during a U.S. Farm Expo in Havannah, Cuba. During the four-day expo, nearly 300 American businesses competed for a piece of the pie. Kentucky made up the third largest delegation. U.S. businesses expect to see a $75 million profit from the deal. In 2000, Congress passed a resolution allowing the trade of U.S. agriculture and food products.
Several businesses from South-Central Kentucky will soon benefit from the new relationship. A producer of nearly 100 products, Glasgow Spray Dry Inc. was one of those local companies that traveled to Cuba and came back a winner.
The Glasgow-based company manufacturers dairy and non-dairy products for companies such as Kraft and Pillsbury. Glasgow Spray Dry Inc. was awarded a $15,000 commitment for powdered milk. President, Billy Williams, is optimistic that the small purchase is just the beginning of a much bigger commitment.
Other area industries could also be cashing in on the Cuban boom. Area apple orchards such as "Jackson's Orchard" could soon be shipping its apple cider overseas.
In addition, WKBO was told that "Ski", the citrus soda produced in Green County, was a hit in Havannah and may see future Cuban business.


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House Floor Leader Rocky Adkins is calling for bipartisan cooperation in the upcoming legislative session to deal with the complexities of reforming the state's pension system and tax code.
The state Legislature is scheduled to convene on Jan. 8.
Adkins, a Democrat from Sandy Hook in northeastern Kentucky, said Friday he expects lawmakers to tackle legislation to whittle down a $33 billion unfunded liability in the pension plan for government retirees and to take a close look at proposed tax reforms. He said passing legislation "is going to take a tremendous amount of bipartisan support."
The Legislature is scheduled to meet only 30 days this year. Gov. Steve Beshear has said he may call lawmakers back into special session if they can't get work completed on pensions and tax reform.


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Announcing statically-defined DTrace probes in Java!
By kamg on May 23, 2008
To try it out, download the latest JDK binaries. The interface to the tracing system is defined in the com.sun.tracing package, and additional DTrace-specific attributes are defined in the com.sun.tracing.dtrace package. As you can see by the package naming convention, these interfaces are specific to the Sun JVM, and are not technically part of Java, so the usual warnings apply. Also, since it's not an official part of the JDK, you won't find any Javadoc describing the interfaces. But, you can download them here.
The interfaces are present and functional on all platforms, even though you'll only get the DTrace-probe side effects on platforms which support DTrace (for Hotspot, that's only Solaris). On other platforms, the tracing calls will result in no-ops, so it should be safe to apply tracepoints to any Java program. Also, as you may notice, the tracing APIs are written to be generic and not specific to DTrace. It was done this way so that one could add tracepoints to their programs now, and if a different tracing mechanism becomes available and implemented in the JDK, that tracing mechanism may work without any changes to the running Java application.
For those that are interested in the technical details of how this is implemented, feel free to peruse the initial Java/native sources and Hotspot sources. The openjdk repositories will, of course, always contain the latest and greatest.
The package descriptions in the Javadoc provide all the details about how to add probes to your program, and previous blog entries cover the proposal as well, but here's a quick summary of how to do it:
Define your providerTo define your provider, create a Java interface that extends com.sun.tracing.Provider. Each method you add to your interface defines a different probe. You can add parameters to the methods, these will be passed as arguments to your probe.
interface HelloWorldProvider extends com.sun.tracing.Provider { void program_init(); void friendly_greeting(String greeting); void program_terminate(); }
Create an instance of your providerAt some point in your application, you need to create an instance of your provider in order to trigger your probes. You'll want to do this early on in your application life cycle since your probes won't even be declared until the provider is created (i.e., dtrace -l won't display your probes until your interface has been intantiated). Use the ProviderFactory to create your provider.
import com.sun.tracing.\*; class Main { public static void main(String argv[]) { ProviderFactory factory = ProviderFactory.getDefaultFactory(); HelloWorldProvider p = factory.createProvider(HelloWorldProvider.class); ... } }
Insert probe points into your applicationA probe point in the application is a method call of one of the methods your defined in your provider interface. When that method is called, a DTrace probe will be triggered. Any arguments you pass will be provided to an attached DTrace script.
class Main { public static void main(String argv[]) { ... p.program_init(); String greeting = "Hello, DTracer"; System.out.println(greeting); p.friendly_greeting(greeting); ... p.program_terminate(); } }
Use DTrace to observe your programThe probes you defined are now traceable via DTrace. They are available as USDT-like probes, where the provider name is the name of your interface concatenated with the program PID, and the probe names are the names you gave the methods. You can control many more aspects of the probe/provider naming, refer to the Javadoc for details.
> dtrace -n 'HelloWorldProvider$target:::friendly_greeting { printf("%s\\n", copyinstr(arg0)); }' -c "java Hello"


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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Relative Volume and Movement in the Stock Market
If you take a look at my Twitter comments during today's trade, you'll see that I referred to the session as a "shit show" for intraday traders, as volume and movement tailed off ahead of tomorrow's FOMC announcement. That Twitter post was around 10 AM CT and was designed to help traders avoid making grand assumptions about the market movement to come. As you can see from a two-day chart of the ES futures (top chart above), today's market was narrow indeed, an inside market that offered opportunity only on moves from the edges of the ranges back toward the midpoint.
I've seen many traders lose a bundle of money on days like this, playing for breakout moves and getting chopped up. A great way to avoid overtrading markets such as these is to track relative volume: today's volume as a function of recent, average volume. In the bottom chart above, I plotted the recent median volume in blue (those numbers came from my Monday AM indicator post) and today's volume in pink. Notice how the pink line increasingly falls short of the blue one, as volume today tailed off relative to expected, median volume. We know that volume correlates well with volatility, so recognizing the slowing market was key to scaling back price movement expectations during the day.
Plotting today's volume during the day versus the "expected" volume is a great indicator, as you can see crossovers--points at which today's volume accelerates or decelerates relative to usual--and divergences, where today's volume either meaningfully exceeds or falls short of average. These patterns tell us how much movement to expect in the market, which in turn can help us in placing stops and setting price targets for trades. In my case, the relative volume told me to stay out of the market late in the day; it wasn't my kind of trade. Sometimes good trading is simply holding onto your capital.
I will be updating weekly relative volume benchmarks each Monday before the open and, when I'm not tied up with traders, will post real time relative volume observations via Twitter (subscription via RSS is free).
4 comments:
- Josh Ulrich said...
Hi Brett,
I've been doing this for awhile using Yahoo Charts for NYSE and Nasdaq volume. You can see an example in one of my posts.
I respect your opinion, so it's reassuring to know I've been following similar indicators.
- MACDOW said...
Hi Brett
You said the following "Plotting today's volume during the day versus the "expected" volume is a great indicator, as you can see crossovers--points at which today's volume accelerates or decelerates relative to usual--and divergences, where today's volume either meaningfully exceeds or falls short of average"
Would it work if you set a moving average of past volume as the usual? What sort of value should we use ie a 20 ma or 50 ma? How else could you get a value for this amount if this is not the way to do it?
Thank you for you help.
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Thanks much for the link, Josh--
- Brett Steenbarger, Ph.D. said...
Hi David,
Thanks; I suppose a 20-day MA of volume vs present could offer a reasonable and simple benchmark as long as the times of day added and deleted to the average are the same. Partial trading days might mess that up--


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Simple thread really. When it comes to starting a new game and entering your information, do you choose your own name? Or do you decide to mix it up a bit and invent one for the fun of it?
I usually just go with my own name
I usually like to mix it up and invent one. I find using my own boring.
Simple thread really. When it comes to starting a new game and entering your information, do you choose your own name? Or do you decide to mix it up a bit and invent one for the fun of it?
I use my own
My own most the time, sometimes ex players etc.
Always my own, i've never considered any other option, what do you do?
I make my own, Markus Jerone... then get a random picture off the net to use lol, this person is largely based around me though.
I choose mine most times, although I have chosen Anti Spiral as a name once.
I've always used my own name. Nothing like seeing your own name up in lights after winning something!
Kenco The Kencoman.
Then when I get a new stadium, it's called The Kencoman Stadium.
I use the name Tom Healy. I usually make a player named after myself and give him a really low PA and really high CA and see if I can make him a world class player.
I want my manager name to intimidate my opposition...I become Prussian master tactition and field marshal Erick von Moltke. I blitzkrieg my opposition.
I like to keep things seeming as realistic as possible, so I use the editor to retire a staff member or old player and then use their name/picture.
I use my own name.
I make up a manager, I usually go as far as making up a little background info on them to make me feel more of a nerd.
My current manager's name is Jez Horton.
Phil McCavity
never my own name
these were the aliases i've used:
Ana Ivanovic
Kristin Kreuk
Hope Solo
Natalie Zea
Taylor Cole
see the pattern?
So you could have a nice profile picture to keep looking at?
Why wouldn't I be Fangore Chumpknuckle?
I like making up names and giving my manager a bit of persona. I'd never play as myself.
Nope, I go with some foreign persona..
My favourite is Thijs de Boer but as I used that on my last save I'm currently using Leon Xenakis which I quite like.
can't fathom why anyone would play as anything but themselves tbh...
I alternate between my own name and Brandon Flowers
I've got a German managerial prodigy named Gregory Fanz that I always use. I think it's more interesting to create backstory and things like that for your Manager.
Usually my own name, but my favourite alias I used was in a Big Euro Style save as German unknown Helmut Polischer
Largely depends where i am starting
UK: Arsene Parsley
Spain: Arsene Tapas
Italy: Arsene Macaroni
Germany Arsene Beer
France; Arsene L'Escargot
Brazil: Arsene Copacabana
I use my forum game for games I post about and my real name for games I don't.
I tend to use favourite regens name and nationality from a previous save.
I always use my own name: Blinkenlights Faxlore.
Always has to be my own name. I like to be as immersed as possible !
Baek Jong Soo for my North Korean game. He is very angry
I use Ricky Nakano. It's not my real name though. Other names I would use but I have never used on a save on the forums are:
Lee Ji-Geon (South Korean)
Lee Chi-Kin (China/HK)
Lee isn't my real surname but it's common in both countries so I keep it like that. Ji-Geon and Chi-Kin are my real Korean/Chinese name though.
My own name.
Once i choose "Rui Costa" for my manager name, because i want to do a save where i manage Benfica, Fiorentina and Milan. Unfortunately a crash dump after 2 seasons bring the "project" to the ground!
Wow guys some truly fantastic responses on here! Didn't expect to get so much feedback. Thanks!
Keep them coming!
I always use my self never felt the need for anything else
I use my own name - Thomas Lewis, who is a former Sunday League player. Or Brun Gama, a former Portuguese international.
My own first name and my middle name as surname when playing LLM. I'll use an ex-player's name if starting a little higher - I think I've been Neil Webb and Lionel Morgan in the past. Currently I'm Lee Griffiths, who was a regen Welsh international that went from BSP to PL with my Kingstonian side. When I retired my 1st manager (nowhere available I felt it was realistic to go after managing England) I created him as my continuation.
This thread has inspired me to create a new manager - Dean Wakefield
i use my work mates names,makes you laugh when your co-worker wins the championship.
I use my own name, Chris P. Lettuce.
Just kidding.
I always use my own name.
Alternatively I might one day use Pat Mycock.
When I manage my local favorite team, I always use my own name ... when I manage as a non-danish manager, I use the name Eon Ravenhand
Never use my own name. Right now I tend to use Monty Python.
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since we are talking about names, once I put nicknames in all my squad. Wonderfull to see the coments during the games like "Bitch scores!!!" or "a great safe by Mister T" lol
mix it up a bit, have a 'puppet' if i manage in a country that doesn't speak english. Sometimes go scottish to get the scottish manager boost.
Xabi Bilbao when I play with Athletic and Cabrito as nickname in Brazil.
I use my own name... the whole point of the game is fulfilling our grandeur fantasies, so winning the CL as "Someone Else" would sort of defy that purpose...
However for testing purposes I've used anglicized or scandinavianized (?) versions of my own name.
for ages I have been stiking to my fm alter ego, Fabiano Calano, the italian tactician with spanish roots (the nationality is a reflection of my journy as a football fan)
Craig Foster - Obsession with the Barcelona way
I use my own name.
I usually make one up or steal one. I also 90% of the time have my second nationality as Belgium.
In my current save I'm Fox Van Allen. (I stole it from a Staff Writer at Joystiq - it has a nice ring)
I've also got an Eastern European journeyman save on the back burner where I'm playing as Regina Spektor.
My:. Name Troll Surname Face
I've always played as myself as I like seeing myself as a successful manager, have the media talk about me etc... makes it seem more real haha
I use my FM persona - Chester Fantu
Usually play as myself, but I have in the past used my Serbian alter ego, Semaj Nosdrahcir.
10 chars
Initials and surname, with a picture of Puss in Boots from Shrek as my pic. Why the cat, I'm not sure.
I use various ones including my real name I use Bruce Campbell, Hollywood Hulk Hogan and Macho Man Randy Savage.
Currently i'm managing Santos in Brazil but I've set my manager up to mirror Dida (ex-AC goalkeeper) I used FMRTE (:O) to get my international caps correct as well as giving myself his full name at start-up and then "nicknaming" myself Dida. Lovely.
The aim is to dominate Brazil for a while, then waltz on down to Italy and make A.C. a powerhouse again.
I usually use my own name for my first big save. If I ever have another big save going I'll sometimes make up a name or just shorten my own name. Daniel to Dan or whatever.
I usually just go with my own name
I am currently managing under the name of the real manager of my club.


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GridPanel row spanning (well, sort of...)
The current GridPanel implementation doesn't support row spanning, because the rows aren't part of the same table.
The only thing you can do is make the grid look like it has row spanning by changing the css.
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Hi condor! can you plz post some example code for 'editorgrid'
My requirement is to edit the multiple rows at a time in grid( without saving the each row after editing it)....
I need to allow the user to save all the changes in the grid with a save/update button ....
(button was at the end of the grid in bbar)
(I 'm using ExtJS4.0.1)
Thnx in advance!-Regards
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Hi Condor/Aditya,
Could you guys post the example here or mail it to me. I am trying to create a similar editor grid, but i am facing a lot of problem.
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Cell spanning
I see a great example on how to do row spanning but I would like some help on cell spanning. I have a single row that needs to span across all cells. Is there anyway to do that. Attached is a screenshot.Larry McHale
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Force fit text stops working with this change
This is working but there is one problem. SinceCode:
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As you can see, event column's cell has lost forceFit since for its cells position : absolute is applied.
Any idea how it can be achieved ?
I have also asked this question in following stackoverflow question in comment section.
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You could do it in stages. It's really tough in places but the scenery is fantastic.
The most obvious is the oldest long distance walk in Scotland: The West Highland Way. It starts in the north of Glasgow City and walks cross country, mostly off road but on good paths, north to Fort William. It is about 96 miles long and can be completed in 4-8 days depending on your level of fitness, determination and of course weather. This route takes you through some of the very best of Scotland's scenery including Loch Lomond, Rannoch Moor, Glen Coe and finishing near Ben Nevis. Accommodation on route can be camping, youth hostels, B&B or a mix of these.
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WINTERSVILLE - Pier Aviation and local aviatrix Natalie Campana are teaming up to get young people interested in flying with a special "Women of Aviation" program from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Jefferson County Airpark.
The free program includes a mini flight school, aviation speaker and a range of age-appropriate activities for younger kids, that includes a tour of a plane and hangar, building an airport from chalk, airplane photographs, a glider contest and coloring a banner. Middle school and high school-aged attendees can take part in a mini-flight school with Pier Aviation's Phil Bender. They'll also tour the plane and hangar, take photographs, learn about navigation, charts and aerodynamics as well as pilot lingo and determining if the weather is safe to fly.
To increase awareness among both sexes, after the program Pier Aviation will offer airplane rides, weather permitting, for $30 per person.
"We're hoping for 10-20 to fly for the first time on Saturday," Campana said. "The international goal is to get as many future Lady Aviators in the sky; however, I never exclude the boys. Recently, I took my friend's daughter flying, she could not believe how the Ohio geography was so different (compared to) being on the ground. Now, she hopes to earn her wings one day."
Airport Authority members credit Campana with pulling out all the stops to boost awareness of flying.
"It's an amazing opportunity for kids," she said. "Women of Aviation is an annual event, a national event, and this week we're trying to see how many young students we can get up in airplanes."
Campana, a pilot herself, said she's been interested in aviation since she was 3.
"My aunt took me to the airport, Jefferson County airport, and I saw an airplane fly over my head and that was it," she said. "I was hooked. I tried many times to take flight lessons, but my parents told me to wait until I got out of school."
She's been flying, off and on, for 11 years, but had to cut back when the economy nosedived a few years back. It wasn't until last year that she was able to get back to flying.
Saturday's events, she said, are all about "sharing the passion."
"It's all about sharing the awesome opportunities we have, and aviation is one of them," said Campana, now a multimedia instructor at Jefferson County Joint Vocational School. She said she tries to incorporate her love of flying into classroom activities.
"We do photography, videos ... we do a lot of things with it," she said. "We made a video for Women of Aviation, aerial videos and documentaries. My students have done documentaries on Amelia Earhart, the Wright Brothers, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong ... it's what we do to integrate aviation into the classroom."
She said some of her students experienced flying for the first time thanks to her class. "We're just trying to show them that academics cross over into everything, including my fields - multi-media and aviation," she said. "It's a win-win, it gives kids another thing to do in Jefferson County."


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- 1 pkg chopped mushrooms
- 1/2 pack of baby carrots
- 1 onion
- 1 yellow bell pepper
- 3 garlic cloves
- 3 Tablespoons coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano leaves
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 3/4 cup beef broth or chicken broth
- 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1 pound penne low carb pasta (Dreamfields)
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
- Place the carrots, onion, bell pepper, and garlic in a food processor until minced.
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- Bring the liquid to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and let the mixture simmer until the liquid is reduced by half. About 10 minutes.
- Add mascarpone cheese and stir just until the cheese is incorporated.
- Add half the Parmesan into the sauce mixture and reserve the rest to top the pasta dish.
- Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the pasta and cook until al dente, about 8 to 10 minutes.
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" Another great product for the price...can't go wrong!" (E2164)
"Great goalie pants! My daughter loved them and said they were very comfortable. It definitely makes the difference when you are playing in the mud or rain. Good quality and price." (E945)
"Very nice, especially for the price. Would buy again." (E17637)
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|L-R, top to bottom: Diffused, Dim, Ethereal, Luminous, Mood, and Radiant
|L-R, top to bottom: Diffused, Dim, Ethereal, Luminous, Mood, and Radiant
|Diffused, Dim, and Mood
|Diffused, Dim, and Mood
|See how blotchy the contouring looks?
|L-R, top to bottom: Diffused, Dim, Ethereal, Luminous, Mood, and Radiant
|L-R, top to bottom: Diffused, Dim, Ethereal, Luminous, Mood, and Radiant
|Diffused, Dim, and Mood
|Diffused, Dim, and Mood
|See how blotchy the contouring looks?
That's such a bummer they didn't work for you. I ordered diffused and it should arrive tomorrow, i'm still hopeful about it's magical properties, haha. These newfangled products suck me in every time.ReplyDelete
I hope it works better for you than me. You made me want to try the NARS loose Light Reflecting Powder next, miss Hunter! :)Delete
Hm... I was quite hopeful that these powders would work for me, but since my skin tone is almost as fair as yours, I'm a little concerned. Definitely going to have to try them out before I plunk down the coin. Thanks for the warning!ReplyDelete
You're welcome, and that is what I would advise. They may work for you, who knows, but after my experience I wouldn't suggest anyone drop that kind of money on them without testing them out at a counter first, unless there's nowhere to test and returns are easy!Delete
I am not a fan of these at all, your review was thorough and the pictures and looks a bonus.
I prefer ballz!
Thanks - I prefer my Guerlain ballz too :) and their pressed powders!Delete
I love your blog because of posts like this -- it's so nice to see someone write about a product honestly. I've only seen raves about this product as well, and quite frankly, I'm pretty sure if I received six of them free in the mail, I'd find something nice to say... For those of us who actually read blogs to find out about how products *actually* perform, it's nice to see more than just marketing copy!!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much. Your comment means a lot to me! :)Delete
LOVING your thorough, honest reviews--new favorite makeup blog. I also love that you represent the fairer-skinned makeup lovers...I'm even fairer than you!
Which powders do you love? Have you tried Kevyn Aucoin Celestial Candlelight powder?
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Thank you so much! What a lovely comment. I do own KA Candlelight and I think it's a lovely spot highlighter (like for cheekbones, center line of face, anywhere I want added glow) but it is far too shimmery for me to use all over my face - I would look like a walking disco ball! I have swatched it but apparently I never posted the swatches, oops. I will have to find them and do that soon.
For general all-over face powder that gives my skin a bit of luminosity or glow, I love to use Guerlain pressed Meteorites (the Mythic Voyage one). My absolute favorite is their older pressed Poudres de Perles, but it was long discontinued and is quite hard for me to come by. I also love the look of MAC Mineralize Skinfinish Natural but find it doesn't work super well on my combination, semi-sensitive skin, so I mostly use that on others or if I'm just going to have it on for a few hours.
The other two powders I love that are less illuminating but still have a beautiful natural skin finish are Smashbox Halo and Milani Multitasking powder. The Milani runs a bit dark for me so if you're even fairer it would certainly be too dark for you, but I make it work by using it lightly and only over my palest foundations.
Sorry the powders didn't work out for you!
Luckily there is so many other products on the market!
Very true! Thankfully I've already found a few I love :)Delete
Wow - you and I have the exact same coloring. My skin is dry, so I am hopeful these will be flattering on me, but I am going to keep my receipt just in case!ReplyDelete
I hope they work for you too! With dry skin I agree that you may have better luck. Let me know how they work out for you! :)Delete
Thank you for your honest review. I am NC20-25. Not sure if they will work for me either but at $45 a pop I might pass..ReplyDelete
I really do appreciate your review of these. I am also pale and, because there have been so many positive reviews of these, I'd been seriously considering picking one up despite the high price point.ReplyDelete
Sorry it didn't work out for you. I've read nothing but rave reviews too, but I need to swatch in person to decide if I want to invest in these.ReplyDelete
Thank you for your honest review. Wow, wish I had read your review first! Every post I read until yours was all raves & glowing reviews I right away ordered online Diffused & was almost gonna buy 2 others, but thank God I held off! I am returning the Diffused now, I saw no difference in my complexion & found it wore off quickly too. Not worth the money :(
Sorry to hear you had the same disappointing experience I did :( hope you find another powder you like better soon!Delete
Did you try Ethereal light and apply it as a top coat to your usual powder routine? I did not understand that they were to be used in place of a normal covering powder but some kind of top coat veil like thing. They are terrifically expensive no matter.ReplyDelete
Yes - still wasn't a fan :(Delete
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Code Hero
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Code Hero was a fraudulent Kickstarter for an imaginary game that teaches how to make games created by Noisebridgers including Alex Peake, Dan, Eriks, Antonio, Gavin, David & others.
It is designed to part do-gooders from their money.
More information is on the CodeHero.org web site. or would be if those pages hadn't been taking down.


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Health & Parenting
Teen ER Visits Due to Ecstasy Are on the Rise
March 24, 2011 -- Ecstasy use is rising among teens and young adults, causing a significant increase in emergency room visits by users of the street drug, a new federal study shows.
Hospital emergency department visits involving ecstasy increased from 10,222 in 2004 to 17,865 in 2008, a 74.8% increase.
Most of these emergency room visits (69.3%) involved patients between 18 and 29; 17.9% of those seeking help in ERs were between 12 and 17, according to the report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
Negative Reactions to Ecstasy
Ecstasy can produce psychedelic and stimulant side effects, including anxiety attacks, hypertension, hyperthermia and rapid heart beat, called tachycardia. Such adverse reactions can increase when ecstasy is used, as it often is, along with alcohol or other substances of abuse, according to researchers.
SAMHSA says 77.8% of the emergency department visits involving ecstasy also involved the use of at least one other substance of abuse. Among ecstasy-related emergency department visits involving people 21 and older, 39.7% of the patients had used the drug with three or more substances of abuse, most often alcohol.
Among people 20 and older making emergency room visits because of ecstasy, 50.1% also had used alcohol and 43.4% cocaine, according to the SAMHSA's Drug Abuse Warning Network, a public health surveillance system known as DAWN.
Among emergency department patients 20 or younger, 20.4% had also used alcohol and 14.7% cocaine.
"The resurgence of ecstasy use is cause for alarm that demands immediate attention and action," SAMHSA administrator Pamela S. Hyde, JD, says in a news release. "The aggressive prevention efforts being put into place by SAMHSA will help reduce use in states and communities, resulting in less costly emergency department visits related to drug use."
Ecstasy Trends
According to the DAWN report:
- Trend statistics suggest the use of ecstasy is increasing among younger populations.
- Between 2005 and 2008, self-reported use of ecstasy in the past year increased among adolescents from 1% to 1.4%.
- Ecstasy can cause increased blood pressure, dehydration, heat stroke, muscle cramping, blurred vision, heart failure, and kidney failure, in addition to other side effects like recklessness and anxiety.
- In 2008, ecstasy-related visits to emergency departments made up 1.8% of the total caseload for illicit drugs.
- Ecstasy was the seventh most commonly involved illicit drug involved in emergency department visits, behind cocaine, which accounted for 48.5% of the ER visits, marijuana (37.7%), heroin (20.2%), methamphetamine (6.7%), PCP or phencylidine (3.8%), and amphetamines (3.2%).
- 12.8% of emergency department visits involving ecstasy were made by adults 30 and older. Males accounted for 52.8% of the emergency department visits related to ecstasy.


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Please note that housing is available in monthly increments, and generally runs from the first weekday of that month through the final Friday. The cost of the rental is the responsibility of the NYU faculty member, group, or department. Some funds are available to help subsidize visitors' travel to New York.
If you are interested in sponsoring a colleague from outside the United States to come to NYU for a limited time, please fill out the form below.


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Top 10 Books for the New Big Sibling
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Waiting for Baby by Harriett Zeifert
Nine months seems like an eternity for a child who is only a few years old! As your belly grows, your child's curiosity and impatience probably will, too. Max, the preschooler in Waiting for Baby shows the range of emotions kids may feel in the final months and weeks of mom's pregnancy. He learns that talking and singing to the baby won't make it come out, but baby's unpredictable arrival is part of the great surprise!
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We are a group of library faculty and staff dedicated to creating and hosting art displays and exhibits that entertain and educate.
Do you have a project from your students that you want to highlight? Do you have an idea for a display? If you have questions or comments, please contact Elizabeth Marcus, Chair of the Exhibits Committee.
Please read the Exhibit/Display Policy if you are interested in using the space in the library. All exhibitors need to fill out the Exhibit Inventory Form. If you wish to challenge a display or exhibit, please read the Intellectual Freedom/Challenge Form.
Selected 2013-2014 Exhibits and Displays
2014 Hunter Library Creativity Exhibit
Put your creative work on display this summer during the 2nd annual Hunter Library Creativity Exhibit to be held June 9th through August 31st, 2014. This exhibit is open to all WCU staff and faculty. Drawings, paintings, photographs, songs, poetry, sculpture, jewelry, and textile arts are just a few examples of what we seek. So share your creativity with the WCU community and get inspired by what others create! All entries must be dropped off at the Hunter Library Circulation Desk the week of June 2nd through June 6th, 2014 between 8:00am and 5:00pm. Pick up dates: September 2nd through 5th, 2014 between 8:00am and 5:00pm.
Deadline for submissions is Friday, June 6th, 2014. For additional information, please read the detailed guidelines on the submission form. If you are interested in participating, please turn your completed submission form in at the Hunter Library Circulation Desk.
2011-2012 Exhibits and Displays
Civil War 150
Hunter Library presents a display to commemorate the sesquicentennial anniversary of the Civil War. The exhibit features several artifacts on loan to Hunter Library from the Mountain Heritage Center that highlight civilian and military life during the Civil War in western North Carolina. Included are items such as a coverlet made before the war in Haywood County, a quilt that was possibly buried for safe keeping during the war near the Hayesville house in which it was made, and ante-bellum tableware that was used by a prominent 19th century family from Murphy. The military items include a sword carried by an officer from Buncombe County and a cartridge box used by a Jackson County soldier. While the Center does not have a lot of Civil War items, a number of the artifacts it does hold have associations with known individuals and families, making them more significant and interesting to share. The exhibition also includes a display of selected books on the Civil War from Hunter Library's collection, featuring histories, war time diaries and collections of personal correspondence. Civil War 150 will be on display in Hunter Library's exhibits hallway on the main floor near the Java City lounge through December 14th, 2012.
Art the Vote 2012: Your Vote Counts
|Western Carolina University's institutional theme for this year is "Citizenship & Civility." Dr. Niall Michelsen and Adjunct faculty Marie Cochran collaborated to create an assignment that fosters civic engagement: "Art the Vote: Your Vote Counts." The goal of this project is to elevate the importance of registering and voting, and to investigate the power of visual images. Students were tasked with creating collages that are non-partisan and do not use images of any of the political candidates. Instead, they were asked to illustrate important domestic and international issues in their work. The works on display at Hunter Library are a selection of 3 collages from a total of 26 entries. The three finalists were selected in "primary balloting" by students in Julie Boisseau's Art 104 (Introduction to Visual Art) class. Now, you are invited to cast your vote for the composition that most successfully represents an important issue of this campaign and encourages the act of voting. The three finalists will be on display near Hunter Library's front desk through the end of October, and the winning composition will be elected the first week in November. Come to Hunter Library to cast your vote for the best candidate!
Ooodles and Ooodles of Doodles
|This exhibit features 133 doodles by Hunter Library Systems Librarian Jill Ellern. In over 25 years as a professional librarian, Jill has attended thousands of hours of meetings, and created hundreds of doodles on scraps of paper, agendas, notepad paper, PostIt notes, card stock, even a banana… Turning all that down time during meetings to artistic use is what it's all about. Check out this full interview with Jill in the September 4th 2012 issue of WCU's Reporter newsletter. Jill's innovative artwork will be on display near the front entrance of the library through December 2012, and she hopes this exhibit will inspire you to take up doodling during your next long meeting!


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Your leader (23rd January) is correct to defend the "right to buy" council houses. However, it falls into the common trap of assuming that it is beneficial to reinvest council house sale proceeds in âsocial housingâ. "Social" is a weasel word in this context. What is a non-social house?. Social housing is a euphemism for council controlled (if not owned) housing. To spend the proceeds of council house sales on more council housing is like privatising the Post Office to renationalise British Telecom.
It is fifty years of state control of land development that has made housing unaffordable. Eighty five years of state and municipal control of housing has also been a disaster. Housing needs to be liberalised, not socialised. Any housing subsidies should be attached to dwellers and not to dwellings. Instead of transferring local authority housing to a single, monopoly âsocialâ housing landlord, as happens under the current policy of large scale voluntary stock transfer, policy should encourage transfer of housing within a given area to a range of different private and voluntary sector landlords. This would create genuine competition and allow those who wanted to rent to choose their own landlord.


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By SCOTT McCLOSKEY
For The Weirton Daily Times
WHEELING - It was 1937 when a 14-year-old Carlyle Farnsworth boarded a train in his hometown of Parkersburg and traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the very first National Boy Scout Jamboree.
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A WHILE BACK — Carlyle Farnsworth of Wheeling holds a picture of the Parkersburg Boy Scout Troop in which he was a member and participated in the very first National Scout Jamboree in Washington, D.C., in 1937. -- Scott McCloskey
During the 10-day event, Farnsworth and the 20,000 other Scouts in attendance saw President Franklin Delano Roosevelt drive by in a car to inspect the troops, watched a series of baseball games between the Washington Senators and the Boston Red Sox, and toured the Potomac River by boat. He has vivid memories of camping out on the National Mall, of meeting Scouts from all over the world and of cooking his own meals each day.
Now, 76 years later, Farnsworth has visited the National Scout Jamboree in its new West Virginia home, where the Boy Scouts of America honored him and others who attended the inaugural event. That ceremony took place last week at The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve in West Virginia's New River Gorge region, site of this year's National Jamboree.
Farnsworth, a Wheeling resident, said there is a world of difference between this year's event, which wraps up today, and the 1937 Jamboree.
"There's nothing like it," he said in reference to this year's Jamboree. "It is quite different from the first Jamboree, because of so many activities today for young people that didn't exist when I started out.
"This is unbelievable what you see in West Virginia. ... The rifle range is second only to what the NRA has ... It is just mind-boggling to be there and to see it. ... The zip lines impressed me the most - they can get you traveling up to 60 miles per hour!"
An estimated 50,000 Scouts are attending this year's Jamboree.
Farnsworth said shortly after he arrived at the Jamboree site this past weekend, Scout officials converged on him to see what memorabilia he had brought from the very first Jamboree. He met Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock, who signed a special Jamboree patch for Farnsworth's grandson, Holden Farnsworth, and later presented him with a special event medallion. Farnsworth said one young Scout, after asking him a question, even asked to have his picture taken with him.
"It was such a wonderful experience. ... I was very grateful for their consideration," he said of the Scouts, also thanking the office of Rep. David McKinley, R-Wheeling, for assisting with his visit. Farnsworth attended this year's event with his wife, Sue, and Dr. Robert Vawter of Wheeling.
Along with attending the first and most recent Jamborees, Farnsworth attended the 1987 Jamboree at Fort A.P. Hill, Va., to commemorate the Jamboree's 50th anniversary.
He has served as area vice president for the Boy Scouts of America, received the Silver Beaver Award and the Silver Antelope Award for the East Central Region.
Farnsworth remains an active member on the local Scout council.


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May 24, 2013
Facebook Feedback Friday: Your favourite soup spots in Cape Town
With cooler weather setting in, it's important to know where in Cape Town you can find some warm, delicious soup.
So who better to ask than the fans of our Facebook page, I ♥ Cape Town? On Thursday, we posed the question: "Where do you go to have your favourite soup in Cape Town?"
While many people mentioned their own kitchen, their mother's or their grandmother's, they also gave a nod to several other spots around the city. Here's a selection of some of them:
Cathy Barnett: Liquorice n Lime Kloof St ... Without doubt!
Jeff Yacker: Panama Jack's -- seafood chowder or cioppino!
Vanessa McCulloch: Zoop soup at the Hout Bay Food Market
Ida Bouwer: Franschhoek Haute Cabriere winelands Restaurant. Best pea soup I tasted in my life.
Nicholas Arulnathan: La Perla- seafood soup
Scarlett Edmiston: Don't ask silly questions....ZOOP in Hout Bay market xxxx
Sandra de Villiers: Pajamas & jam in the Strand.....
Bronwin Van Wyk: Societi bistro French onion soup!!
Pluis Je: SIDEWALK CAFEEEE!! in Vredehoek<3 WATERLEMMON TOMATOOOO MMmmmmmisss it!
Gabrielle Fluxman: The Hildebrand at the Waterfront has the BEST minestrone soup!
Tracy London: Food Barn Deli ~ Noordhoek Farm Village
Miriam Bialik Van Wees: the garden shop in Mowbray has fantastic butternut soup.
Brionne Frankish: Zucchini's sweet potato and ginger soup YUM
Wendy Robertson: Eastern Fusion Melkbos:)
Kurt Aitchison: The top of Table Mountain sounds good to me!
Kim van Niekerk: Definitely Panama Jack's!
Paul Tosio: Buitenverwachting... Chef is a GENIUS with soup... The Cream of Garlic, oh my word...
Nicola Rizzuto: ganesh in obs tomato soup. mmmmm
Renate Gallagher: Bottomless soup at Blow Fish
Join the conversation – like our Facebook page, I ♥ Cape Town, and share your thoughts, feedback and photos with us.


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• Fun kids' hooded towel for the beach, bath or pool. • Towel for kids features hooded top for extra coziness. • 26"H x 46"W. • Made from soft, thirsty 100% cotton. • Also available as Ballerina, Owl, T-Rex, Super Hero and Sly Fox. • Machine wash. • Imported. • Exclusively ours. This soft and cozy hooded towel for kids is so popular, and we know why — kids just love the fun zebra stripes, whether at the bath, beach or pool! Made from soft and thirsty 100% cotton, the fun Zebra kids' hooded towel turns any water activity into an imagination-filled costume adventure. The towel is also available in several other great characters (sold separately): Ballerina, Owl, T-Rex, Super Hero, Sly Fox and more.
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Well if you're like me, you've just witnessed the ole HOG axe come a crashing down and are now watching the head of your HOG account rolling around in the basket.
Reason being was violation of game rules. Apparently, you cannot purchase 1k worth of points for just 1 kred. I know, a helluva deal, but still, a legitimate deal that was legitimately offered through a legitmate system. As far as I'm concerned, noone here hacked, noone here abused a bug, noone here violated game rules. You wanna buy points from Snail, sure. You go to the purchase points interface of the screen and there it is. Purchase 1k worth of points for 1 kred. Man what a deal! Let me jump on this now! Why not? I often see mails in my box telling me of all the wonderful deals Snail has in selling points to its consumers. As far as I'm concerned, this is just another one of those deals.
So you go ahead and start buying points. Why not? It's a good deal and everyone is doing it and as I said before, it was all done legitimately.
And now, more than a full 24 hours later, accounts are getting frozen because if you bought points under this "sale", you are cheating and must be dealt with.
To say this is ridiculous or unfair is an understatement. I don't know what brought on this sale, and I will use the word "sale", for that's exactly what it was introduced as, but now players are being punished over it. This is no different than if T-Bone steaks were priced for 25 cents a piece, (whether mistakingly or otherwise), at the grocery store, and then after the customer purchased said product, was branded a thief and escorted from the store by security.
So if this "sale", was a computer snafu, typo, mistake, whatever you will, then Snail representatives should have been around to make it clear to its players of what was going on, warn people, corrected the problem, etc etc.
Instead, more than 24 hours had elapsed and nary a word was said on the subject. Not one word. Not one warning. Not one raising of the finger to fix, settle or correct the issue. Here, buy my brand new 2012 never before used Mercedes for one hundred dollars. And now that the contract has been signed and I've handed you the keys to your shiny new set of wheels, lemme call the police and report you for grand theft auto. This is no different.
And for all that it's worth, I am not bitter. I've had a blast with many of ya over the years. Not all of ya. But every book needs a hefty antagonist or two to make it a good read. I also don't leave this game with a bitter taste in my mouth. Instead, I wish the new generation of HOG players the very best!
Yours Truly,
Aka Grizzly of Indigo
P.S. My only regret in all of this is that the issue of the matter will more than likely never be addressed by any Snail representative, and will fade away without a single word or iota of information given by anyone in authority on behalf of Snail.


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The World's Most Ridiculous Sports Team Names
Poor Choice of Role Model
Yuma Criminals
(High school)
Runners Up:
University of Idaho Vandals (College)
Amherst College Lord Jeffs (College)
It really takes a lot of balls, in this day and age, when we are wringing our hands over getting our youth out of gangs and drugs, to name a high school sports team the "Criminals." It's almost as if they just gave up. "Son, you're stuck in Yuma. I'll just count myself lucky if you grow up to be a dealer instead of a junkie." Admittedly, the school was located in a prison building for three years when first founded, but that was in 1910. Guys, your past does not determine your future. Break the cycle.
Though, on closer inspection of the logo up there, they appear to be specifically Dick Tracy criminals.
The Amherst Lord Jeffs not only have a stupid-sounding name that becomes even stupider when transferred to the girls' teams--the Lady Jeffs--but also are named after Lord Jeffrey Amherst, founder of Amherst and proud distributor of smallpox-infected blankets to Indians.
Meanwhile, the University of Idaho Vandals are more specific in the type of crime committed, which actually works well in a college setting. Now, they at least have some kind of tradition-backed reason to toilet-paper their archrivals' campus the day before the big game.
Supposedly, the team name is actually based on the Vandals barbarian tribe that ravaged ancient Europe. This works out similarly, only they can go as far as pillaging, looting and burning their opponents' campuses the day before the big game, since back then vandals actually took their work seriously.
Bad Combination
Muhlenberg College Mules (College)
Southern Arkansas University Muleriders (College)
There is not much to say about them, other than if these teams ever play each other, expect sexy results.
Unnecessarily Vague
Orlando Predators (Arena Football League)
Nashville Predators (NHL)
Runner Up:
Colorado Crush (Arena Football League)
The two teams named "Predators" take the prize for choosing a name that encompasses literally hundreds of other team names, including Lions, Tigers, Bears, Panthers, Jaguars, Timberwolves, Raptors, Bobcats, Grizzlies, Falcons, Eagles, Sharks, Wolverines, Child Molesters and many more.
You could argue that the Cleveland Indians have a problem with specificity as well, but historically, European settlers in North America have been unable to distinguish between North American "Indians" and Indians from India, let alone between different tribes. So, it's more of a cultural artifact. Everybody's always known what predators are.
Meanwhile, the Colorado Crush could refer to either the act of crushing, the soft drink Crush or a sudden unstable but intense attraction to another person, neither of which is specified by their logo:
It's always a sign of surrender by the design people when the logo is just the first letter of the name. Why not a simple cartoon of a guy with his scrotum caught in a vice?
Blatant Corporate Sponsorship
West Virginia Power
(Minor League Baseball, brought to you by Appalachian Power)
Runner Up:
New York Red Bulls (MLS)
Green Bay Packers (NFL)
Charlotte Bobcats (NBA)
How would it feel to be on a team named after a quantifiable commodity quietly piped into people's homes and billed on a monthly basis? Would a little bit of your soul die every day, or would it just keel over all at once when it hit you one day?
The New York Red Bulls probably know the feeling as well, having the dubious distinction of being the first major professional sports team to be named after an energy drink, showing the world that companies are not just going to stop at plastering their stupid names all over stadiums. No, in a couple of years we won't even bat an eye when the Kraft Singles take the field against the Network Solutions. We will dance mechanically to "Crumbelievable" at the seventh-inning stretch, completely dead inside.
It could be argued that the Green Bay Packers pulled something similar by naming their fledgling team in tribute to their original funder, who owned the Indian Packing Company, but at least they settled on something vaguely generic, as opposed to actually calling themselves the Green Bay Indian Packing.
The Charlotte Bobcats, though not strictly part of this category, deserve a mention for the suspicion of being named after the team's owner, Bob Johnson.
Odd Gerund-Noun Combinations
Mt. Clemens Battling Bathers
(High school)
Runners Up:Effingham Flaming Hearts (High school)
Mars Area Fighting Planets (High school)
Why would bathers battle? Is there limited tub space that only the dominant bathers can win by asserting themselves violently? Is this supposed to refer to the practice of parents washing their small children together in the same tub, upon which they battle over the same bath toy? Is either of these an appropriate image for team sports? Once more the lack of a team logo is huge missed merchandising opportunity. Think two women in a hot tube having a boob fight.
The Flaming Hearts is baffling simply because, regardless of whether your men's hearts are aflame with lust or actual fire, you're still probably not going to win the battle.
Flaming Hearts
The Fighting Planets take us to yet another level of "fighting" objects physically incapable of fighting. No where else to go with that other than the "Fighting Pacifists."
Racial Sensitivity Award
Mpumalanga Dangerous Darkies
(South African soccer team, early '90s)
Runners Up:
Washington Redskins (NFL)
Pekin Chinks (high school, defunct, changed to Dragons in 1980)
It seems inexplicable that any team could be allowed to have the name Dangerous Darkies, but considering they were founded during the rather tumultuous fall of apartheid in the early '90s makes a little more sense. The team seems to have passed out existence about the time when the government officially decided racism was bad.
Still in existence are the NFL's Washington Redskins, who arguably have a pretty insulting name, as well. On the other hand, the use of that term to actually insult Indians is so outdated that kids these days probably think it refers to some sort of crunchy snack. However, concerned about the potential loss of this slur from our language, the team educationally provides a reminder in their logo.
Since the Pekin High School Chinks changed their name to Dragons in 1980 (thereby still retaining that link to their nonexistent Chinese heritage), you might think that the disturbing era represented by that name is dead and gone, and we might as well toss the name off the list, forgive and forget.
This blog comment, however, from "Robert Brown," seems to show the name is still near and dear to at least one heart. An excerpt: "We wore Chinese costumes and greeted cheerleaders from the opposing team in the middle of the basketball floor before each home game. It was a gesture of a welcome and good sportsmanship. I'm still upset today that the school buckled under and changed the name to Dragons in 1981. It was the result of pointy headed pablum sucking liberals who run the polictical correctness gestopo in this country."
Maybe he's right. Maybe we're missing the point and letting "polictics" get in the way of kids having fun. Who's to say we aren't as bad as the "Gestopo?"
Wrong Demographic Target, Age-Wise
Kansas City Wiz
(MLS-changed to Wizards, not because Wiz is retarded but because of a copyright violation)
Runners Up:
Utah Starzz (WNBA, defunct)
It can be argued that an actual live sports team should not even be named the Wizards, but the Kansas City Wiz decided to just cast off all pretensions to dignity for a name that seems to be aiming for a short, "hip" version of Wizard--already a contradiction in terms--that can easily be confused with slang for "pee." While 5- to 8-year-olds all over Kansas applauded the name, lauding superlatives on it like "funny," "cool" and "neato," they were forced to change the name due to a copyright violation regarding the musical The Wiz.
Meanwhile, the Utah Starzz appear to have been designed to appeal to preteen girls, which, while certainly a worthwhile part of the WNBA's target audience, should probably not be expected to be the entire audience.
A tailor-made name for selling plastic tiaras and stickers probably did not help contribute to the WNBA's drive to be taken seriously, and may partially explain why this team no longer exists.
Best In Show
Runner Up:
Watersmeet Nimrods (High school)
We've saved the best for last, the second place going to the Watersmeet High School Nimrods, who, with the stated intention of naming their team after Nimrod, a "mighty hunter" mentioned in the Bible, fail to recognize the word has meant "dumbass" for many decades.
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
(Japanese Pro Baseball, logo created by Cracked)
And finally, from Japan, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. The first three words actually go together, so that the team is named the "Fighters" but as Americans, it is our prerogative to ignore the intricacies of other languages, and so this team will always be to us the Ham Fighters. Fight on, Hokkaido Nippon. May you find honor and victory in your eternal battle against ham.


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