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New: Customers Talk About Oracle Database 12c (2:07)
"Oracle Multitenant will help lower our administrative costs since we can now manage many databases as one with fewer software installations and patches during the lifetime of our applications."
—Jens-Christian Pokolm, Database Designer and Architect, Postbank
e-DBA Achieves DBaaS with Oracle Multitenant (2:35)
"The upgrade to Oracle 12c and the multitenant capabilities have given us a huge amount of benefits. We've been able to massively decrease our hardware budget—by about 75 percent. Our consolidation ratio on Database is about five times what we were looking at previously. We've been able to significantly reduce the time, effort and, therefore, cost associated with standing up new environments and making clones for existing customer environments."
—James Anthony, Technology Director, e-DBA
Customers Talk About Consolidation (1:32)
"Oracle Multitenant is a step forward in that it gives us more control over our schemas and applications; to be able to isolate them, give definitive statements on how performance is working and be able to manage more databases better."
—Daniel Smith, Senior DBA, CarFax
User Group Members Talk About Oracle Database 12c (1:30)
"Oracle Database 12c rewrites the rulebook."
—Martin Power, Australian Oracle User Group
Sabre Holdings Talks About Data Redaction (1:14)
"Data redaction will help us mask displayed data and we don't have to modify the application code. This means that time to market is a lot quicker and the resources required to secure sensitive data are dramatically reduced."
—Billy Tong, Senior Principal Database Architect, Sabre Holdings
Customers Talk About Privilege Analysis (1:10)
"What you're able to do now is report on which user has what privilege…and the information comes straight from the database."
—Michelle Malcher, President of IOUG and Oracle Ace
Aramark Talks About Oracle Database 12c (1:23)
"Oracle Multitenant and cloud provide us with that option to be able to keep growing, keep meeting our business needs using what we've already vested in."
—James Lui, Senior Oracle Applications DBA, Aramark
"Oracle Multitenant is a step forward in that it gives us more control over our schemas and applications; to be able to isolate them, give definitive statements on how performance is working and be able to manage more databases better."
—Daniel Smith, Senior DBA
Postbank Systems
"Oracle Multitenant will help lower our administrative costs since we can now manage many databases as one with fewer software installations and patches during the lifetime of our applications."
—Jens-Christian Pokolm, Database Designer & Architect
US Army Corp.
"The US Army Corps of Engineers' extensive use of the Point Cloud data type in Oracle Database Spatial and Graph…has dramatically increased scalability and provides a considerable savings of storage space."
—Michael Smith, Physical Scientist
"It's a one-shot, unplug it, plug it in someplace else, and now it's up and running. That gives us a lot more time to actually focus on what the business needs us to do. For us, Oracle Multitenant actually is going to be a major administrative cost saver."
—James Lui, Senior Oracle Applications DBA
"We have been very impressed by the robustness of the 12.1 beta and are very excited about upgrading as soon as it comes out to take advantage of features like container databases, cross-session result set cached functions and the various performance enhancements."
—Nick Salem, Director Software Engineering
"It was a great pleasure to see that Oracle has not only re-defined the database, but has also continued to expand and enhance the core functionality of their application portfolio. Oracle Database 12c has lifted Oracle to the next level, across their entire offering. With routing maneuvers we can now provide the most accurate TomTom routes to all Oracle customers."
—Dan Adams, Vice President of Location and Live Services
Payback GmbH
"The new parallel upgrade script promises to drastically reduce downtime due to planned maintenance. We saw a 37 percent improvement over the previous upgrade process in our environment."
—Harald Stefan, Head of Databases
"Oracle Database innovation continues on Oracle Database 12c by optimizing the use of Intel® Xeon® Processors for the compute and storage nodes. Oracle Multitenant database lets you plug into the cloud by allowing for multiple configurable databases to join a master container database, resulting in lower processing and memory overhead. The performance and energy efficiency of Intel Xeon Processors further enables Oracle to drive this innovative approach to IT, creating a better way to scale critical information processing needs in any company."
— Pauline Nist, General Manager, Intel Datacenter Software Division
"Our enterprise customers will appreciate the benefits of less complexity and maintenance with Oracle Database 12c, which features a multitenant architecture enabling delivery of pluggable databases. Consolidation of databases in the powerful combination of Oracle Database 12c running on Fujitsu's robust server and storage platform will benefit customers."
—Akira Ohshima, General Manager, Solution Business Development Division
"With Oracle Database 12c, we can now copy an entire database from one instance to another using full transportable export/import. This minimizes the downtime when migrating clients' databases."
—Julian Dontcheff, Principal
"With Oracle Database 12c and its unique multitenant architecture, Oracle changes consolidation and management of user data to make it simpler and more effective. This reduces maintenance time, accelerates projects and improves TCO. Other new features like "Heat Map" and "Adaptive Cursor Sharing" help to reduce storage costs and improve performance."
—Thomas Bordeau, Principal Consultant
"We are very enthusiastic about all the new features of Oracle Database 12c—our customers will be quickly interested by the new multitenant architecture. Using a multitenant container database and pluggable databases will help them to decrease the TCO of their Oracle Databases."
—Laurent Léturgez, Oracle DBA Consultant
"Adaptive Execution Plans in Oracle Database 12c builds on the monitoring of SQL execution times using Adaptive Cursor Sharing to automatically provide faster and more consistent SQL execution times!"
—Dan Hotka, Oracle ACE Director
"With Oracle Database 12c I see the opportunity to consolidate more using pluggable databases and provide an environment that's basically separated, security-wise as well as maintenance-wise. This makes it easy for DBAs to manage more databases, but still maintain a high level of security."
—Michelle Malcher, President of IOUG and Oracle Ace
"Being able to unplug and move databases around, will definitely be useful in more consolidated environments. This will help with customers that are doing traditional database consolidations and give them an extra layer of security that they wouldn't get from schema consolidation."
—Andy Colvin, Principal Consultant
"Global Data Services will help MorphoTrak improve systems utilization by dynamically load balancing application queries between replicated databases across distributed data centers. We had already eliminated the cost of idle capacity by deploying Oracle Real Application Cluters and Oracle Active Data Guard, and Oracle Database 12c takes us to another level. It replaces static load balancing between data centers with intelligent, real-time automation that efficiently utilizes all available capacity yielding greater ROI."
—Aris Prassinos, Chief Engineer, MorphoTrak, SAFRAN Group
Logical Technology
"Oracle Multitenant allows us to consolidate hundreds of databases onto an Oracle Real Application Clusters environment whilst guaranteeing the separation that drove us to put them on separate servers previously."
—Martin Power, GM, Oracle Professional Practices
Solix Technologies Inc.
"Solix EDMS platform can now leverage the data optimization features in Oracle Database 12c like heat maps, in-database archiving, partitioning, and compression along with Solix application-awareness to enable Oracle database customers to automatically and intelligently triage hot,warm and cold data patterns and drive ILM policies that help in performance and storage management and also meet evolving compliance requirements."
—Raghu Kodali, Vice President, Product Management & Strategy
"jQuery Mobile means that mobilizing your application is now a point and click away, and the included packaged apps seriously reduce any learning curve for new APEX developers. Run, don't walk, to APEX 4.2."
—Monty Latiolais, President
TiE (The i-Engineers)
"Oracle Database 12c will greatly simplify our architecture, lower costs for our customers, and enable the i-engineer's health engine to be deployed on an increased number of platforms."
—David Hofmann, Head of Research & Development
"Oracle Database 12c offers exabytes of data capacity, fluid movement of data leveraging pluggable databases, unreal speed when combined with Oracle Exadata engineering, speed of thought analytics with the Oracle Exalytics hot warehouse, and intelligent management with Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control."
—Rich Niemiec, Author and former IOUG President and Advisor to the Rolta International Board of Directors
VX Company IT Services
"With Oracle Multitenant you can have more databases on a single environment because of the overhead each single instance has with respect to memory and background processes."
—Rene Kuipers, CEO
"The automated compression features of Oracle Database 12c make it much easier to automatically age out older data and store it on different storage compression level tiers."
—Mirko Hotzy, Principal Database Consultant


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I am having a problem with installing bind9 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I have installed a Plesk 11 server but DNS service is not running.
root@cp11:~# apt-get install bind
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package bind is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source
However the following packages replace it:
bind9 dnsutils dnsutils:i386 bind9:i386 manpages
E: Package 'bind' has no installation candidate
root@cp11:~# /etc/init.d/bind9 start
* Starting domain name service... bind9 [fail]
root@cp11:~# /etc/init.d/bind9 restart
* Stopping domain name service... bind9 [ OK ]
* Starting domain name service... bind9 [fail]
When I try to check the log file:
root@cp11:~# tail -f /var/log/messages
tail: cannot open `/var/log/messages' for reading: No such file or directory
I checked in /etc and there is a bind directory
root@cp11:/etc/bind# ls
bind.keys db.127 db.empty db.root named.conf.default-zones named.conf.options rndc.key
db.0 db.255 db.local named.conf named.conf.local rndc.conf zones.rfc1918
When I try to uninstall bind9 it also removes the Plesk control panel.
So I updated and the upgraded the packages and I see bind error:
root@cp11:~# apt-get upgrade
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-3.2.0-23-generic
Processing triggers for resolvconf ...
Processing triggers for python-support ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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Saturday's demolition derby at the Chippewa County Fair attracted 22 vehicles and a large crowd in the grandstand.
Winning the 1980s and newer chain stock class was Tim Macziewski. Taking second place was Lee Grant and in third place was Andy Macziewski.
In the full-sized weld class, also known as "old iron," Mike Knutson took top honors, followed by Chris Behrens and this year's lone female entrant, Brenda Lindblom.
The compact car division was won by Dan Macziewski, followed by Justin Smith and Hank Winters.
An added division this year was the heavy truck class, which was won by George Kurkoski. The runner-up was Josh Nipple, with Dan Anderson taking third place.
Named winners of "mad dog" awards, in voting by the fans, were Andy Macziewski, Dan Macziewski, Mike Knutson and George Kurkoski.
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Want to give your child a head start on lifelong fitness? Consider children's sports and other kid-friendly physical activities.
With your encouragement and support, chances are a few sports will spark your child's interest. Fan the flame by taking your child to local sporting events and sharing your own sports interests with your child.
Your child is likely to show natural preferences for certain sports or activities. Start there, being careful to keep your child's age, maturity and abilities in mind.
Ages 2 to 5
Toddlers and preschoolers are beginning to master many basic movements, but they're too young for most organized sports. Keep in mind that toddlers who participate in organized sports also typically don't gain any long-term advantage in terms of future sports performance.
At this age, unstructured free play is usually best. Try:
Ages 6 to 9
As children get older, their vision, attention spans and transitional skills, such as throwing for distance, improve. They're also better able to follow directions.
Consider organized activities such as:
Carefully supervised strength training is OK at age 7 or 8, too.
Ages 10 to 12
By this age, children have mature vision and the ability to understand and recall sports strategies. These children are typically ready to take on complex skill sports, such as football, basketball, hockey and volleyball. Keep in mind, however, that growth spurts caused by puberty can temporarily affect a child's coordination and balance.
Before allowing your child to participate in a contact sport, consider his or her age, maturity, and physical size. Are the physical contact, aggressiveness and competition involved developmentally appropriate for your child? Will your child enjoy it? Because children enter puberty at different ages, there can be dramatic physical differences among children of the same sex — particularly boys. Children competing against others who are more physically mature might be at increased risk of injury.
When you're comparing sports, consider:
Think twice before encouraging early specialization in a single sport. Focusing on one sport could prevent your child from testing his or her skills and experiencing other enjoyable sports. Sports specialization can also lead to stress and burnout.
As your child tries various sports, stay involved. Consider:
Overall, be positive and encouraging. Emphasize effort, improvement and enjoyment over winning or personal performance. Attend events and practices as your schedule allows, and act as a good model of sportsmanship yourself.
Of course, organized athletics aren't the only option for fitness. If your child doesn't seem interested in sports, find other physical activities — especially ones that are sustainable over a lifetime. Take family bike rides, check out local hiking trails or visit indoor climbing walls. Encourage active time with friends, such as jumping rope, shooting baskets or playing tag. You can even encourage fitness through video games that involve high intensity dancing, virtual sports or other types of movement.
Whether your child swims, runs track or bikes around the neighborhood, keep your eye on the long-term goal — a lifetime of physical activity.
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I've ordered an R-D16 from the local reseller and while I wait for it to arrive I'm making plans for how I'm going to integrate it into the rest of my setup.
I'm not going to be attaching a Nodal Ninja to the top of it but some other custom gear and I'm a bit concerned about clearance.
On the store website it says "Small nadir footprint diameter of 62mm", am I correct in thinking that that refers to the diameter of the body of the rotator?
Also in the event that I need to modify it (yes I appreciate what that will do to my warranty) is it possible / easy to disassemble the rotator? and roughly how thick is the outer shell, both on the top and side?


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The strongest drivers of change in today's digital landscape are the rapidly evolving expectations and behaviours of your customers. Those who can keep pace are winning the battle for engagement, loyalty and relevance. We can help you become one of these organisations by ensuring your digital strategy aligns to your business goals and to the needs of your customers and your employees, now and in the future.
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (144 votes).
In short: Hill upon hill upon hillIn full: VERY hilly course. Every one I talked to during and after the race agreed this is a tough course. I will probably do it again, but not until I'm a lot fitter.Date of review: September 3, 2014
In short: Did this for my first official half marathon, managed to beat my PB (1;57). Would definitely recommend lots of hill training (fortunately I had done this!).. I was very nervous (being my first) but there was a good man dressed as a tin of spam who In full: jollied me on every few miles and lots of cheers and applause from passer by's :) definitely challenging at times but made me thirsty for more!best of all was going to bed with a huge smile on my face... Date of review: August 18, 2014
In short: Nice, VERY hilly and not for the faint hearted. In full: This was my first half after lots of track, cross country and short (5, 10km, 5 mile) road racing, so def a step up. I wanted a challenge for this, so I can come back and defeat my half 'PB' (but I run 13.1miles faster in training on the flat than I did in this race...!) the next time I do a half. Weather was a bit iffy as it was pouring until about 15mins before start time, then it was blazing hot. Possibly could have done with more water stations and few sponges, and a few areas were a bit dodgy with traffic (nearly had a run-in with a double decker). Will be back for 2014! Date of review: December 10, 2013
In short: hill after hillIn full: lack of marshalls and too hilly at the end all i got was a medal and a cup of water Date of review: September 15, 2013
In short: Challenging course, but with rewarding views of picturesque settingIn full: This race took me back to my childhood as I hadn't visited the I.o.W since I was a young lad. The nostalgia started when we caught the Hovercraft from Southsea, and continued right up until the celebratory ice cream on the sea front in Ryde after the race.This course does exactly what it says on the tin, it is challenging and hilly so is not for the feint hearted who love flat races. There are however some lovely downhill stretches to enjoy before rounding the next corner and finding another slope.The scenery is fantastic and some of the views out over the Solent are well worth the climbs. I would sum it up as a race that takes you back in time and away from the hustle and bustle of the mianland. I would highly recommend it and loved doing it, just remember to carbo load, rest up and accept you might not run a PB unless you're a machine!Date of review: August 20, 2013
In short: As said before tough & hillyIn full: I thought Seaford half was hilly but this was even more so, can't remember much flat! my slowest half out of 5 run this year, put 10 mins on my pb. Still enjoyable run though on a lovely sunny day, it did really hurt for the last few miles, should have paced it better, will know next year.Date of review: August 19, 2013
In short: Very friendly, well organised and all at a very cheap cost :)In full: Really enjoyed this race, will definately be back to race againDate of review: October 31, 2012
In short: The hilliest half ever!In full: Me and my hubby decided to do this race while on holiday on the Isle of Wight. It is one of the hottest, hilliest and hardest half marathons we have done but we thoroughly enjoyed it. I admit cars were a bit of an issue at the start however I didn't have any problems with finding my way round the course despite being near the back for the whole race. It was extremely hot and I was very grateful for the offer of additional sponges and water poured into my hands in the last few miles. Everyone was really friendly and I thought it was a well organised race done by a running club with a lot of experience. My hubby was much nearer the front and enjoyed the cameraderie with the other runners, especially the encouragement up those hills. This is a challenging, no frills race with a medal but an enjoyable one. Date of review: September 8, 2012
In short: A great half marathon, I thoroughly enjoyed it although the uphill sections were very challenging.In full: I had just turned 17 less than a fortnight before the race, so I have a feeling I was the youngest there. I hadn't done much training over 20km (once or twice), but with help and support from the locals I managed to run it in 1:56:56, so I am very happy with how the race went. We spent the day at Sandown after the race, the scenery was spectacular. Very impressed :-)Date of review: September 4, 2012
In short: Hot and hilly with traffic and guess work with the route towards the endIn full: This was my first ever half marathon and I have to say it wasn't the best of choices on my part. I knew it was going to be tough and hilly, but I underestimated it somewhat, though the heat on the day definitely didn't help.I have to echo some of the other comments on here. The start was a bit shambolic, there was a bit of a lack of marshals towards the end, could have easily taken a wrong turn, especially towards the end. The sponges were much appreciated though, but where was the drinks station at the finish line? I must have missed it. I will probably be back next year, just to see if I can go sub 2 hours as I narrowly missed it this time, but this is a personal challenge rather than being impressed with the race course or organisation itself.Date of review: August 21, 2012
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My party is fighting at sea and we have encountered creatures who don't surface but damage the ship. I've been thinking but don't know how to fight these creatures.
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You should be able to strike them from distance. Because the water is not blocking terrain (unless it is iced) it does not block line of effectDDI.
If you can't see them because of turbid water, you could dive and probably fight an uneven battle where you should make Athletics and Endurance checks in order to swim and hold breath. It is also possible that your Dungeon Master especially designed or leveraged a particular skill challenge for this event.
Depending on your party composition and selection of powers you may have some Summoning or Conjuration spell/prayer/invocation/discipline that could bring you a swimming proxy.
Teleportation powers could move seaborne creatures on board in order to be easily filleted by your melee specialists... if their weight doesn't cause the vessel to sink.
@Ananisapta suggest the use of figurines of wondrous power. Three of them have a swim speed.
The Make WholeDDI level 1 ritual and Temporary Fix level 1 martial practice allow you to repair an object that fits in a 10x10x10ft. cube. You could ask to your DM if he allows them to repair a breach in the hull that fits in the same cube. The major drawback is that both the ritual and the practice require 10 minutes to be completed.
If the ship can manage the additional load without sinking, a power that creates blocking terrain can be used to stop or delay the water from entering the breach. These powers last until the end of the encounter (or up to 5 minutes, as usual) and some of them must be maintained each round.
The Greater Stonewall Shield (a level 14 or 24 item) can create a permanent but fragile wall of 3-5 cubes.
The Water BreathingDDI level 8 ritual allows up to 8 creatures to breath water for a variable time between one hour and a whole day (depending upon the ritualist's skill check). Again, it takes 10 minutes to be performed.
The WaterbornDDI level 14 ritual (Forgotten Realms Player's Guide) does the same for a longer period of time, grants a swim speed and immunity to the pressure and cold of the ocean's depths.
Among the items, the Elixir of Water BreathingDDI (125 gp, from Mordenkainen's Magnificent Emporium) allows the imbiber to breath water for 1 hour. The Cap of Water BreathingDDI (5000 gp, Adventurer's Vault) does the same as a continuous effect upon the wearer.
As @Ananisapta suggests, the following rituals may be proactively cast on the ship in order to enhance its durability.
I'll take a different approach from @ErikBurigo's excellent answer and address the "oh crap" issue of being attacked at sea with no preparation (rituals, potions) whatsoever.
We're under attack right now. What to do?
Note: Many of these options depend largely on the niceness of your GM
And if all else fails, jump in! Fighting in water isn't preferable, but neither is it impossible. You might expend more resources but an aquatic setting probably isn't enough to turn a level-appropriate encounter into a TPK.


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Easy and simple to make this recipe.
1, Good, cleaned wild boar skin (no hair, and yes, it has to be a boar no sow)
2, 2cups of boiling waters add 3tsp of brown sugar and 2tsp of salt. wait til sugar and salt dissolved.
3. use a fork or knife to stable to thick armor boar skin
4, marinade the skin for a day for deep penatration.
After marinading the skin use a hot cast iron pan and add 1stick of butter into the hot pan. laid the skin on top of the pan and cook for a good 30min and cover with aluminim paper and goes into the over for 4hrs at 275-325'C.
Whoolaa! soft and chewy wild boar skin that tasted like butter scotch. Crazy and Good...mmmmmm
Butterscotch wild boar skill
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That sounds good.
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You West bay people have funny eating habits
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Nom Nom Nom
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haha...we bay area people just love ORGANIC! haha
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Pinehill circle woman reports missing wheelchair and motorized scooter
Published: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 8:38 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 at 8:38 p.m.
A Pinehill Circle woman told deputies that a wheelchair and motorized scooter were stolen from her front porch Monday.
An incident report states that the chair and scooter were taken sometime between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. No suspects were listed on the report.
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Joseph Tope to mark 90th birthday
An open house in celebration of Joseph Tope's upcoming 90th birthday will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Hopedale Volunteer Fire Department Social Hall in Hopedale.
The son of the late Wilbur and Agnes Tope, Tope was born Sept. 8, 1923.
He is a resident of Bloomingdale and was a carpenter of more than 60 years with Carpenter's Local Union No. 186 before his retirement.
He and his wife, the late Patty Couch Tope, have three children: Randy of Texas, Tamy Yarnell of Tennessee and Marsh of Jewett.
Tope enjoys visiting friends and relatives, going out to eat and playing the lottery and slots.
'Band Benefit for Washington' Friday
The Buckeye Local High School Band Boosters are organizing a "Band Benefit for Washington" classic car cruise-in for Friday to help raise money to send the band to perform in the 2014 National Veterans Memorial Day parade in Washington, D.C., set for May 26.
The BLHS Band was nominated by U.S. Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Marietta, to represent Ohio in the event.
The boosters are having the classic car cruise in addition to other fundraisers to help make the trip a reality.
The classic car cruise Friday will be held from 5 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at South Elementary in Tiltonsville. The first 50 cars will receive dash plaques. The cost is $3 to register. All cars and bikes are welcome.
The event will include music by disc jockey Spike Man, food, drinks, snacks and a 50-50 drawing in addition to other drawings.
"We have a goal of $67,000 (for travel and lodging) and approximately 110 band members to send. We are very excited about this. It's an honor," said Tammy Capalingo, vice president of the BLHS Band Boosters.
Donations can be be sent to: Buckeye Local Panther Band Boosters, c/o Buckeye Local High School, 10692 Ohio 150, Rayland, OH 43943
Bill Stevens is the director of the band that was notified in April of its nomination to represent Ohio in the parade. The four-day trip takes on an educational tone as the contingent will get to see the sights of the nation's Capitol and to lay a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the Military Wreath Laying Ceremony.
Caregiving workshop set for Friday
Gables Care Center in Hopedale will host a free workshop Friday entitled "Caregiving Is It For You?"
It begins with a free lunch at 1 p.m. followed by workshop.
Questions can be directed to Nancy at (740) 310-7295.
Knights reschedule meeting
The Weirton Knights of Columbus has rescheduled the third degree meeting for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 3, because of the Labor Day holiday.


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Jace Anthony Chandler "Lack" Egger, 18, of Erie, Colo., and formerly of Augusta, passed away Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012 in Augusta.
Memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012, at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.
Jace was born in Wichita, on Feb. 15, 1994, to Karen (Browning) Egger of Wichita, and Steve Egger of Erie, Colo., who survive him.
He is also survived by: brother, Jared Browning and sister, Jaden Egger of Wichita; grandparents, Frances Egger of Augusta, and Ernie Egger of Garnett, Kan.; best friends and brothers, Max Courtney and Corey Crawford.
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The car looks good, too - not overblown, but understated and quietly evil in the way a fast Mercedes should be. That includes the twin bonnet...
Having waxed lyrical about the diesel C-Class last month, a quick word on the current petrol range. Not to redress the balance, but to reaffirm...
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Mercedes decides the best way to take on the 3-Series is with an S-Class mini-me. Mercedes is right
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An all-new iteration of the Stuttgart staple. Formerly, the C-Class looked a bit conservative, but aimed (and didn't quite succeed) in matching the way a 3-Series drives. The new one is styled more elegantly, but feels aimed less at hooning about and more at proceeding in great comfort, safety and refinement. Tech includes optional adaptively damped air suspension, a first among its rivals. It feels like a smaller Merc S-Class, and that's a very good thing.
The new half-aluminium platform will spawn the next generation of E, CLS, GLK, coupes and cabrios, so just as well it's right.
The familiar 2.1-litre diesel in the C 220 and C 250 BlueTEC has been fettled for economy and silence, and just mumbles gently while serving useful overtaking performance. The steering gets more direct off-lock and the calibration is terrific. Thanks to the weight cut of 100kg or so, the car never feels bloated. The C isn't set up to be power-interactive in bends – the attitude is always mild understeer at road speeds – but it's ultra-faithful and capable. The ride is supple too. OK it pogoes a bit if you nudge the 'agility control' switch towards the sporty settings, but you can opt for 'individual', and set chassis and powertrain eagerness independently.
And of course it's a brilliant cruiser. Driver-assist options use radar, stereo camera and ultrasound to figure out what's going on all around, further taking the load off the driver. It can look for – and take action to avoid – vehicles, people and other obstacles coming from pretty well any direction except outer space.
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Since these are mostly company cars, what matters is lease rates and emissions-based tax. Lease rates are low, because trade-in values are so solid. This means that though the sticker price looks high, monthly payments are OK. And because the C 250 diesel emits just 109g/km, the monthly tax on that P11D price is also pretty easy to swallow. The gotcha, of course, is to avoid going too bonkers with the options. It doesn't only look like an S-Class, but can cost like one if you get carried away…
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I'm always inspired how people are able to get up in front of a crowd (big or small) and deliver a drasha or dvar Torah that is really good. How does one go about preparing a drasha? What's a starting point? Do you pick something from the parsha, something from inyunei d'yoma. How can one make it "geshmack" (tasty) to listen to for other people? Obviously a breadth of knowledge in Chazal, Halacha, Sifrei Drush, chassidus, musar, medreshim, etc will be a tremendous help. However sometimes even with this or the ability to find this information easily it's difficult to put something together that people will enjoy and not be bored from or not interested in. I'm talking about short to medium length drashas, not long ones and not "shiurim" in a certain inyun. Ranging from 5 min to 20-30 min. Where does one begin?!
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I'm not a rabbi in any sense of the word, but I have given a few divrei Torah that I was proud of, and that were well-received. Here are some steps/tips I can think of:
To do this really well can take a whole bunch of work, but saying something that people truly find interesting and worthwhile can really make it worth it.
Just as different commentators have different styles and approaches, so to with those giving divrei torah. While no one is locked into one approach, in my experience people tend to have "favorite" approaches. In my minyan, where this duty rotates, I know that Person A is probably going to jump off from some problem in the pshat, Person B is probably going to look at it in terms of historical context, Person C is probably going to draw on midrash, and so on. Any of these people might surprise me in any given week, of course, and if you don't yet know what approach you're most comfortable with, try several and see what works for you.
The following thoughts are drawn from careful observation (particularly of my rabbi, who I think excels in this area) plus some seminars designed for lay leaders.
First, know your "audience". What is their level of learning? What are they used to from other speakers? If it's your community you know this already; if it's not, you'll need to do some investigation. A d'var can be objectively brilliant and still fall flat because the listeners were either lost (insufficient background) or bored (tell me something I don't already know). A d'var is given in a context, not in isolation. (This is less true when you're publishing on the Internet, perhaps, but you asked about speaking.)
Second, choose a manageable amount of material to cover. A d'var torah that tries to cover an entire parsha in five minutes is going to be shallow and cursory; my advice is instead to pick one thing in it as a jumping-off point. Maybe that's a problem in the pshat ("how could he do that?"), maybe it's a "minor" side story like the wood-gatherer in Sh'lach, maybe it's a seeming oddity in the text ("male and female he created them?"). From there, you can draw on commentaries or midrash; your goal shouldn't be "survey what everyone says" but to build toward some point, selecting commentaries etc as appropriate. This next part may not work for everybody, but I, following in the footsteps of my betters, try to make it "relevant" somehow. Studying torah for its own sake is great, of course, but when I give a d'var I want people to come away with some idea that they can apply in their lives. It won't always be a big, grand thing; it may be something small. And sometimes it may not be an action but a new way of looking at something familiar. But in my opinion a good d'var causes the listener to feel some investment in what you said, something he'll do or think about differently now.
I've been talking about the parsha as a starting point, but the calendar can also serve this purpose. Early in Elul you might talk about t'shuva and draw on Psalm 27 or the feelings the daily shofar blast evokes, for example. I once gave a d'var during late December about assimilation. Sometimes something going on in the community, either local or broad, will serve as a starting point.
Now, some thoughts about "nuts and bolts":
My advice is to keep an eye open for dvar torahs/chidushim you find really interesting.
when this happens, write it down. it will become basis for your next drasha.
when you're excited about something it makes the drasha much more interesting to hear and will make a deeper impression. it will also be more intersting for you, since you can research and develop the idea you found interesting.
The Maharal (in his introduction to Tiferes Yisrael) writes that teaching Torah is hard for two reasons: 1. He has to intend to instruct his student in the truth. 2. The student has to accept what he is saying.
Therefore, the way to be saved from either of these pitfalls is to align his actions with G-d's desire, because G-d is the one who gives a person knowledge, and He can guide a person to the truth.


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This was only $3.29 a two pack on Feb. 12th so the price is headed in the wrong direction.
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Suppose we work with a conjecture saying that something is true for any natural $n$. For each $n$ there exists an algorithm of finite length allowing one to decide whether it is true or false for this $n$, and suppose that we even have an explicit formula how the length depends on $n$. It is proved that the conjecture is true for all numbers until, say, $10^{1000}$; no counterexample is found. Is it possible that this conjecture is undecidable?
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I am developing a transit webapp using Google Transit, while referring to documentation, i see two different datasets (trips.txt and routes.txt) but i can't clarify the difference between them.
trips (trips.txt) are individual components of routes (routes.txt)
example - there maybe many trips to 1 route
Here's the documentation from Google: https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/reference
In this model, a "trip" occurs along a "route". I think the simplest difference can been seen in the fact that a "route" has no directionality, it's just a line along which a transit vehicle travels. So if you look only at the route, you don't know which direction along the line anything is travelling: you need a "trip" to know that.
I guess you could say that a "route" exists on the ground. And a "trip" is what happens when the transit vehicle travels on along the route.
(note I had to use the word "when" in that last sentence... which indicates that a "trip" extends a "route" with some time information)
If you are travelling say from Point A to B, then a) Travelling from point A to B makes a TRIP. b) Travelling from point A to B and back to A again makes a ROUTE. The word ROUTE is normally used when you are travelling through intermediate stop points eg from point A through B, C, D, E etc and back to A again.


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CHESTER - On Thursday, surrounded by the regalia of prom night, Joe Hughes couldn't help but remember the date he took to the East Liverpool High School senior prom 62 years ago.
"She was a red-haired girl from the Klondike district of East Liverpool. Well-built. Pretty. Face full of freckles," he said. "We had a lot of fun."
Asked if he remembers the theme or the music or the decorations from that night in 1951, Hughes said, "When you've got a girl like that, you don't look much at the scenery."
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MARRIED FOR 60 YEARS — Frank and Marion Miller, who have been married for 60 years, posed for a portrait Thursday night at the beginning of "A Night of Romance," a prom event at The Orchards at Foxcrest. - Stephen Huba
Thursday night Hughes found himself at another kind of senior prom - this time sitting in a wheelchair at The Orchards at Foxcrest, in Chester, where he has been recovering from a fall for the last four months.
Hughes was one of dozens of nursing home residents who enjoyed "A Night of Romance," courtesy of a group of enthusiastic nursing assistant students from the John D. Rockefeller IV Career Center in Hancock County.
Residents, many of them dressed in their prom finery, lined up to have their pictures taken, enjoyed a meal served by the students, listened to Glenn Miller tunes and elected a prom king and queen - Sayre Graham and Virginia Ross - before the night was through. Women wore corsages and fancy dresses; men wore top hats and suits. Several married couples were in attendance.
"They've been looking forward to it for weeks," said Joan Murray, teacher of health science technology education at the Career Center. "The families were invited, and some of them even bought gowns for the occasion."
Murray said the idea for a prom night at The Orchards at Foxcrest came to her students last year as they were finishing up their clinicals at the nursing home.
"It was right around the time of our (Oak Glen High School) prom," said senior Margo Jones, 17, "so we thought, 'Why not do a prom for the residents? Let's just do something special for them.'"
At the start of the 2012-13 school year, the nursing assistant students began planning and fundraising for the second-annual prom event, raising $1,500 through candy bar sales.
"They're great kids," Murray said. "They get very attached to these people, and they show such compassion for them."
With the money they raised, the 14 nursing assistant seniors developed a prom night theme, bought the decorations and table centerpieces and ordered a cake, Murray said. The nursing home supplied the disc jockey and the hors d'oeuvres.
Career Center students served as escorts and served food most of the night. Some of them got choked up as they watched the residents - many of whom they have spent hours with - enjoy themselves.
"I love working with the residents. I feel such an attachment to them," said Jones, who is testing for her state certification on Saturday. "It's a very good facility. The staff is very welcoming."
Jones said she especially enjoyed talking to the residents about their prom memories. "They love to tell stories about when they went out dancing. I can't tell you how many stories I've heard," she said.
Jones, like the other seniors, finished 55 hours of clinicals at the nursing home last week. Five students already have been hired as certified nursing assistants, meaning they'll likely return to help with next year's prom, Murray said.


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While working on first task to practice Pomodoro technique, I raised 9 internal interruptions. Later on I decided them to move in specific lists. There are many interruptions and tasks which are supposed to/can be done in near future (may be today itself), and they are petty. Like: searching a book on net, downloading a song etc.
What would be a good practice for such petty tasks which hardly take 8-10 mins?
- Group these tasks. Label the group with common name. And finish then in a pomodoro session.
- Don't start any pomodoro session for these tasks. Finish them separately or in relax period of 5 mins
- Don't even list them. Note them separately on a paper or notepad. Finish them. There is no need to track them


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Currently in the front page, if a question is modified, answered, commented etc. the last user to affect the question appears:
Which is great.
The problem is when I want to know what that user did.
For instance, for very popular questions I know it will be the last answer in page ... 16 etc.
For comments of edits I copy the user name ( ctr+c ) click on the question, and then ctrl+f to find him.
I think it would be nice if I can have a link to what that user did on that question to see it directly. I guess a link in the "time" would do, just like in the editing history.
I have just realize this functionality is half done in the "Recent" tab in the user profile:
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Transylvania Regional Hospital
◆ A daughter was born on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 to Sidney Frady and Kendero Newborn of Brevard.
◆ A daughter was born on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013 to Michelle Morrison of Brevard.
Emergency Notes
Henderson County fire calls
The Henderson County Fire Commission reported the following alarms between noon Thursday and noon Friday:
◆ Blue Ridge, all other, 2:16 p.m.; emergency, 4:29 p.m.
◆ Edneyville, structure fire, 950 Hutch Mountain Rd., 1:05 p.m.; emergency, 3:52 p.m.; victim down, 9:58 p.m.
◆ Etowah-Horse Shoe, victim down, 2:55 p.m.; emergency, 5:55 p.m.
◆ Fletcher, structure fire, 12:52 p.m.; structure fire, 950 Hutch Mountain Rd., 1:05 p.m.; emergency, 4:38 p.m.
◆ Mills River, structure fire, 12:52 p.m.; structure fire, 950 Hutch Mountain Rd., 1:05 p.m.; heart attack, 11:03 p.m.
◆ Mountain Home, structure fire, 12:52 p.m.; structure fire, 950 Hutch Mountain Rd., 1:05 p.m.; emergency, 8:18 p.m.; victim down, 8:28 p.m.; victim down, 8:57 p.m.
◆ Valley Hill, heart attack, 12:12 p.m.; structure fire, 12:52 p.m.
Hendersonville fire calls
The Hendersonville Fire Department responded to the following calls from noon Thursday to noon Friday:
◆ Victim down, 12:40 p.m.
◆ Auto accident, 1:01 p.m.
◆ Auto accident, 1:49 p.m.
◆ Victim down, 9:52 p.m.
Henderson County Rescue Squad
The Henderson County Rescue Squad responded to the following calls Thursday.
◆ Structure fire, 950 Hutch Mountain Rd., 1:05 p.m.
Crime Report
Henderson County Sheriff
The Henderson County Sheriff's Department responded to 751 calls Wednesday-Thursday. Deputies served nine warrants.
Hendersonville Police
The Hendersonville Police Department reported 148 calls Wednesday. Officers made one arrest, investigated two accidents and provided three assists to other agencies.
The following crimes and incidents were
reported Wednesday-Thursday, according to law enforcement records:
Henderson County Sheriff's Department
◆ Larceny, Asheville Hwy., 12:44 a.m.
◆ Larceny, S. Mills River Rd., 9:09 a.m.
◆ Obtaining property by false pretense, Butler Bridge Rd., 10:10 a.m.
◆ Auto accident, Fanning Bridge Rd., 5:24 p.m.
◆ Identity theft, Appledore Ave., 5:29 p.m.
◆ Suicide, Boylston Hwy., 6:46 p.m.
◆ Identity theft, Willowbrook Rd., 1:08 p.m.
◆ Fraud, Cedar Creek Dr., 11:59 a.m.
◆ Breaking and entering residence, Pleasant Grove Church Rd., 1:25 p.m.
◆ Animal bite, W. Laurel Ln., 7:41 p.m.
◆ Larceny, Haywood Rd., 7:05 p.m.
Hendersonville Police Dept.
◆ Breaking and entering, larceny, Francis Rd., 1:36 a.m.
◆ Security check, Seventh Avenue E., 3:59 a.m.
◆ Security check, Main St., 4:43 a.m.
◆ Damage to property, S. Whitted St., 8:59 a.m.
◆ Accident, King St., 1:03 p.m.
◆ Larceny, Dickens Ln., 1:25 p.m.
◆ Fraud, Seventh Ave. E., 2:08 p.m.
◆ Accident, Buncombe St., 3:29 p.m.
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1968 Toyota Corona Unorthadox Hot Rod- HereticWritten by on December 1, 2006 Contributors: Randy Lorentzen, Planet R Can Hot Rod's Faithful Congregation Accept A Toyota As One Of Its Own?
It's tough maintaining orthodoxy and doctrinal purity in the High Church of Hot Rodding. Just when it seems that some major tenet of the theology has been perfected and is infallible, someone comes along with a car that is undeniably better because of its apostate violation of exactly that tenet. But if there's one bedrock belief upon which this religion has been built it's this: Real hot rods don't start out as Toyotas.
Apparently Mitch Allread wasn't in the pews when that particular sermon was preached. And he happened to own a '68 Toyota Corona two-door coupe that he was using as his daily driver when, one day, he decided he wanted something like a fenderless '32 Ford that was something completely unlike a '32 Ford with power from a 4.0L, DOHC, 32-valve Lexus V-8. And, for better or worse, he had the talent to make it happen.
Toyota sold a bunch of Coronas during the '60s and '70s as the company was establishing itself in America. About as boring a car as has ever been built by any manufacturer, the Corona was a unibody rear-driver with a 1.9L four up front sending a pokey 90 hp back through a four-speed manual or ToyoGlide automatic to a solid rear axle sitting on leaf springs. As common as dust in Southern California during their era, Coronas are less often seen than Lamborghinis now.
Allread's job is welding together race car and hot rod pieces. Components from his Newhall Welding shop, in Newhall, California, often ship out to North Carolina for installation into NASCAR Nextel Cup machines, and he's built complete cars that compete in various West Coast circle track series, but the Corona is the first street-bound car he's built for himself. Knowing that the Corona's flimsy structure couldn't handle the torque of the Lexus V-8, he started by welding up a tubular steel space frame with a 106-inch wheelbase (that's 10.7 inches longer than the stock Corona's). The front suspension consists of upper and lower unequal-length A-arms on either side that he fabricated, plus Carrera shocks inside Afco coil springs. In back there's a Speedway Engineering quick-change solid axle located by three links and a Watts linkage dampered, again, by Carrera shocks and Afco coilover springs. RGP manual rack-and-pinion steering handles that chore, while the braking system consists of Wilwood 1231/416-inch cross-drilled rotors at each corner clamped by six-piston calipers in front and four-piston calipers in the back.
The engine was scavenged from a wrecked '92 Lexus SC400 and installs in Allread's concoction essentially unmodified. Naturally, except for the original exhaust manifolds, Allread had to build the entire exhaust system himself. It funnels the waste gases down the center of the car, through an X-pipe to two mufflers, and out each side of the car. The result is a very un-Lexus-like sound; a loud tenor that sounds something like two old Kawasaki KZ1000s screaming along just behind each of the driver's ears. That's not a bad sound at all, actually. The same SC400 donated its four-speed automatic transmission and the shifter that controls it. Lexus drivetrains are justly famed for their smoothness and quiet, but bolt in any engine and transmission using solid motor mounts and its inherent vibration is undeniable. Rated at 250 hp when it was bolted into that Lexus coupe, the Lexus V-8 probably isn't making much more than 260 in Allread's, but it sounds and pounds like an animal.
Of course the Corona shell has been itself heavily rubbed. Allread whacked 311/42 inches out of the pillars and replaced the windshield, rear quarter-windows and rear window with Lexan (the doors' side windows are just gone). Opening up the rear-wheel openings accommodated the slight shift in wheel position and rails welded into the roof and trunklid exaggerate the car's circle track vibe. The tail is capped by a Lexan spoiler and replica '59 Cadillac taillights. Finally, he took the leading edge of each front fender, welded it to a chunk of the hood that he narrowed 17 inches, and filled the space between them with mesh. The resulting box is a grille shell that sits forward of the front tires that, along with the engine, are exposed to the open air.
Sitting on P215/45ZR17 front and P255/50ZR17 rear Nitto tires around Lexus IS300 wheels painted a PPG Powder Blue, what this car looks most like is an open-wheel modified circle tracker. Theoretically at least, the same look could be applied to a Vega, Gremlin, or Pinto and still wind up with something wicked. The interior is nearly as wacky as the exterior with two Jaz racing seats inside upholstered in orange silicone by Michael Maestas, five white-faced Auto Meter gauges for monitoring what's going on, and more orange silicone on the ceiling and floor. At just 47 inches tall with a full 'cage, this isn't an easy car to get into, and once in, the driver's and passenger's legs are shoved outward by the wide center tunnel. But it's not an uncomfortable place to be.
Allread's creation drives like the raw mechanical beast it is; it shakes, it shimmies, it rattles, but it's never less than completely amusing and thrilling. In that way at least, it drives like a lot of '32 Ford High-Boys. And if it drives like a hot rod, it must be a . . . well, we'll let you fill in the blank on this one.
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Powder Blue and Orange aren't a natural color combination, but if it was good enough for Le Mans-winning Ford GT40s and Porsche 917s, it's good enough for a '68 Corona. Note the Gulf stickers as a nod to those cars.The stock Lexus V-8's throttle-body is fed air through twin nostrils covered in orange mesh feeding a common plenum from either side of the firewall just beneath the windshield.The NASCAR-spec Wilwood brakes operate without the benefit of power assistance while the wheels were scavenged off a Lexus IS300.Sheetmetal, orange silicone upholstery, and a rollcage leave the interior looking like a mix of NASCAR and radiator hose. Somehow it works.


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"We have the tools to prevent lung cancers by addressing smoking, which causes the majority of them. We need to keep kids from trying cigarettes. Parents, caregivers, teachers, coaches, pediatricians, retailers, community members, and older siblings all have a role to play—our research along with many other studies has shown that youth smoking is preventable," said Anna Adachi-Mejia, PhD, Cancer Control Research Program, Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
Preventing teen smoking
To combat the problem, public health researchers must determine the most efficient ways to prevent youth smoking—is it something that families, communities, or individuals should address?
That was the topic tackled recently by Norris Cotton Cancer Center scientists in the paper, "A comparison of individual versus community influence on youth smoking behaviors: a cross-sectional observational study" published in British Medicine Open on September 1, 2012. The researchers set out to determine the best route to take the biggest bite out of teen smoking rates.
They have a robust history of addressing the question of preventing teen smoking. Dr. James Sargent, who directs the Cancer Control Research Program, has published groundbreaking research that led the recent Surgeon General's report that determined exposure to movie smoking is one cause of youth smoking. Dr. Adachi-Mejia has an interest in how physical activity may modify cancer risk; her studies have shown that team sports participation can help prevent youth smoking. For this study, they collaborated with Heather Carlos and Ethan Berke, two NCCC researchers with expertise in geospatial mapping, to measure tobacco outlet density on a national scale, and with tobacco prevention expert Dr. Susanne Tanski, to ask the question—in the case of youth smoking, what matters more?
Adachi-Mejia and her colleagues evaluated a range of factors associated with using tobacco:
- Socioeconomic factors like income and education
- Minority status
- Whether friends or family members use tobacco
- Community rates of poverty
- How many neighborhood stores sell cigarettes
- Whether the teen is involved in any team sports
- Exposure to smoking in movies
- If the teen has sensation seeking personality traits
Individual risk factors most powerful
The research concluded that playing team sports, preventing youth from seeing smoking in the movies, keeping kids away from friends who smoke, and helping adolescents channel their desire to seek out exciting and novel experiences such as sports (instead of smoking) is more important than how poor your neighborhood is or how many tobacco retail outlets exist.
How communities can fight teen smoking
The researchers discovered that the number of corner stores that sell cigarettes or the average cost of a home in a neighborhood is not as significant as the individual daily pressures that teens face: dealing with friends who smoke, seeing glamorized images of smoking in popular films, and managing their own needs, urges, or impulses to explore new, exciting experiences. It is here, inside the life and mind of today's teens where campaigns should focus to stop them from trying and using tobacco.
"The challenge to prevent youth smoking is big, but the steps are clear," said Adachi-Mejia. "First, communities should make team sports accessible and available to all youth who are interested in participating. Parents and other caregivers should encourage their kids to play sports. Second, parents and other caregivers should supervise the television programming and movies their children watch. How? Start by looking at TV and movie ratings. R-rated movies not only contain more smoking, but seeing a lot of these movies increases adolescent excitement-seeking behavior. Parents and caregivers often don't realize that preschoolers and elementary-school aged children should not be watching PG-13 movies; the 13 in PG-13 refers to the recommended minimum age. Finally, ask the youth in your life if their friends smoke. Keep them away from friends who smoke. Communities should have policies that discourage smoking, such as supporting clean indoor air laws and increasing the cost of cigarettes."
September 10, 2012
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Let $V$ be the space of $n$ by $n$ complex matrices with the conjugate action of the symmetric group $G=S_n$. Is any explicit set of generators for the invariant ring $C[V]^G$ known?
For a related question, invariants of the action of $G$ on the space of pairs of {1,...,n}, (this is a quotient ring of $C[V]^{G}$) see Sect. 2 of Algebraic invariants of graphs; a study based on computer exploration, by Nicolas M. Thiéry. However, the generating set given there is certainly very far from a minimal, and degrees are high. Sect. 10 of this paper also discusses the ring you are asking about.
thanks for all the answers. I found a paper by Garcia and Stanton, "Group actions on Stanley Reisner rings and .." (Advances in Maths, 1984), which provides a reasonable answer to this question.
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As he does every Wednesday, Dennis Miller spoke to Bill O'Reilly on tonight's Factor. And as always, Miller talked mad shiz about people—Julian Assange and Jimmy Carter, tonight—while using as many lame puns as humanly possible. Watch inside.
Here's the bit on Assange, who Miller—like O'Reilly last night—believes should be executed (just as soon as he's done making jokes about Assange's appearance):
And here's video of Miller's comments on Carter, whom he "loathes," natch:


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Newcastle Robotics Laboratory
The Newcastle Robotics Laboratory is an interdisciplinary research and training initiative of several robotics related research teams from different research areas including applied mathematics, architecture, computer science, control, electrical engineering, neuroscience, mechatronics and software engineering.
A significant market growth in robotics and smart technology related areas has been predicted for the coming years. The Newcastle Robotics Laboratory addresses this development by providing world-class training of experts and applying cutting-edge research in robot control, computer vision, communications, data analysis, localisation, machine learning, space perception, world modelling, and human-robot interaction to a variety of innovative tasks and projects.
The lab's activities reach from outreach to school students (RoboCup Junior), our various robotics related undergraduate degrees, postgraduate degrees, and workshops, to industry placements and large-scale research projects.
Central to the lab has been for more than twelve years the NUbot team (RoboCup world champions in 2006 and 2008) that uses the Kid-Size Humanoid robot soccer league domain as a well-defined test bed to develop solutions for wider application in other research and application areas. These days the lab comprises a variety of research projects and is linked to several research groups and centres including CDSC, CIBER, CIBM, RobotX , the Helicopter Team and HMRI.
Research Areas
- Several postgraduate and undergraduate projects are associated with our NUbots robot soccer competition team which participates in the Humanoid League of RoboCup. The projects address various aspects of robot vision, robot learning, biped motor control, localisation, world modelling, behaviour, and human-robot interaction.
- Overview of research projects in machine learning and data analysis
- We collaborated with the RobotX Team for the Maritime RobotX Challenge, which was held in October 2014, Singapore.
- Emotional Artificial Intelligence and Companion Robots
- Helicopter Group
- Machine Learning and Robotics in Architecture
- New projects are possible for postgraduate, honours, and final year project students, in the areas of machine learning, image processing, control, and statistics. For details please contact the academics in the contact list. For information on scholarships please see the RHD pages.
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Dr. Wallach discusses the news story of a doctor and two nurses from New Orleans arrested on homocide charges. The Louisiana attorney general launched an investigation to find whether hospital staff euthanized patients following the Hurricane Katrina hit. Tissue samples have shown positive for morphine and Versed, a strong anti-anxiety medication. These medications had not been prescribed to the four patients and were injected without the patients knowledge.
Pearls of Wisdom
Doug and Dr. Wallach discuss a couple of news articles related to the same topic. The first article was regarding a recent research study that found a link between aura migraine suffers and an increased risk of heart attacks, stroke and hearth death. Compared to nonmigraine sufferers those with aura migraines were almost twice as likely to have major heart disease, heart attacks and heart death. The second article concerns the fact that all six of the researchers involved in the afore mentioned study had financial ties to manufacturors of migraine or heart medications. Despite this none of the researchers disclosed these facts as required by the medical journal (Journal of the American Medical Association) that published the results of the study.
- Janie has two questions with the first concerning the new "Youngevity" product "Slender FX". Second asks about her husband who has extremely low levels of HDL cholesterol.
- Marilyn asks Dr. Wallach about a German Shepard pup that sustained a broken pelvis and hip while being hit by a truck.
- Roxanne recently had a hernia repaired but continues to have abdominal pain and distension.
- Howard is a type II diabetic with questions regarding his diet.


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Portland, OR
About the Willamette Valley Chapter
Founded in 1975, the Willamette Valley Chapter (WVC) serves members in Oregon and southwestern Washington. When we wrote our current mission statement in 2006, Oregon had two STC chapters: Willamette Valley and Mid-Valley. Today, only STC Willamette Valley remains active and hopes to serve all Oregon and southwestern Washington members equally.
WVC Mission Statement
Our local chapter serves the interests of technical communicators in the Willamette Valley/Portland-Vancouver metro area by providing opportunities to:
o Network with other professionals in the community.
o Promote best practices in technical communications.
o Offer educational opportunities to encourage and support professional growth and career development.
WVC Goals
o Provide meeting programs that foster professional and career growth for our members by:
o Using local (panels), regional, and international resources.
o Enlisting speakers and panels knowledgeable in best practices and new technology.
o Targeting the interests of all levels of technical writers, editors, illustrators.
o Provide networking opportunities at chapter meetings, encouraging members to build friendships and seek professional advancement opportunities in the local community.
o Develop a strong relationship with local educational institutions to foster growth in the technical communication field and to provide opportunities for student members to become future leaders in the profession.
o Provide recognition and awards to local members and volunteers.
- Name: Melissa Amos


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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - With student loan interest rates set to double July 1 college bound seniors remain on edge.
"A little stressed because I know that if I have to take out a loan I am going to have to pay a little more at the end, or a lot more," says Bowling Green High School Senior Catarina Soares.
The increase is on subsidized loans.
Currently students can take out a maximum $5,500 a year at 3.4%. Over 4 years that's an interest of $4,000 to $5,000.
If rates double to 6.8% students could pay between $8,400 and $10,500.
The added cost has high school seniors like Soares crunching the numbers.
"That's where I am right now trying to figure out how to get the best deal and the best money and the best education," says Soares.
Guidance Counselor Karen Carter Swiney says a rise in interest rates will add another burden to students seeking higher education.
"It's very concerning because increasingly we know that our students have to have some type of training after they graduate from high school," says Swiney.
To save a little money, and still compete in the workforce, some students are looking at alternatives.
"I know my students several of them are looking into technical college you know to maybe do the first couple years of technical college so they don't have to borrow as much money," says Swiney.
But Swiney says when it comes to paying for any college it's best for students and their families to be knowledgeable.
"When they get their package really look at how much of this is a subsidized loan and how much of this is an unsubsidized loan and just don't accept everything," says Swiney.
Educators say the increase could all be avoided if action is taken by congress before July.
If action is not taken, and rates do increase July 1, they will not impact students currently in college who have loans.