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MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (NYSE: VRX) (TSX: VRX) today announced that it will conduct a live webcast of the company's annual meeting of shareholders. The meeting and webcast will be held on Monday, May 16, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. EDT at the Loews Hotel Vogue located at 1425 rue de La Montagne, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Z3. Only shareholders of record at the close of business on the record date will be entitled to vote at the meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.
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Emergent Musics
PyTuning: A Framework for Exploring Musical Scales and Tunings
Recently I have been exploring novel musical scales and tunings (I discuss one such scale on my personal website). As part of this work, I am releasing PyTuning, a Python-based framework for exploring tunings, scales, and microtonalities, as an open-source project.
Review of Emergent Musics
A special thanks goes to Psilly over at FleshPrism for the warm and wonderful review he penned of Emergent Musics (and the great illustration he created for it).
Remastered Recording Available
A new recording of Emergent Musics is available for download. If you have downloaded the recording in the past, I encourage you to download this release, as it addresses some issues in quality of the mix and recording.
A zip file of the mp3's can be downloaded from the main link.

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The Peninsula Art League of Gig Harbor is sponsoring its annual Open Juried Art Show at the Harbor History Museum from September 12-October 18th, 2015. Over 120 art pieces will be shown in the Museum's temporary gallery and lobby spaces. The show ranges in mediums from paintings to photographs to three-dimensional art.
August 27Concert with Alejandro Fleites
September 17Concert with The Fab 3


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Soaring with Spelling and Vocabulary
How to Teach
General Comments
This spelling program is arranged in a format where the student is presented 36 lessons which are each designed to be completed
in a week. Each lesson consists of five exercises labeled Day 1 through Day 5.
For each level, we have selected (6-20 depending on the level) list words for each lesson. These words are meant to provide the
student with an introduction to one new spelling concept each week based upon phonetic or rhyming patterns. By gently
introducing each new concept, the student should not become overwhelmed.
*In Level 1, we have included a very brief section at the back of our spelling book which introduces the student to the concept of
using a dictionary. This will become useful while undertaking the tasks set forth in this text, as the student is often asked to
alphabetize words.*
We have found that most children in the age group for which these materials are designed usually need to spend about 10-15
minutes per day on spelling and vocabulary. If your student happens to progress through these materials at a faster rate, you may
want to consider condensing each lesson into a four day schedule instead of five. This can be accomplished in a number of ways,
such as combining Day 1 and Day 2, or perhaps combining Day 4 and Day 5. It's really up to you as long as all of the materials
are covered during each week.
Weekly Schedule
Day 1 - Pretest
Have the student read each list word from the Word List.
-Read the short definitions for each word. These definitions are not meant to be exhaustive or complete. They are only meant to
provide the student with a basic understanding of the meaning of each word. It might be necessary for you to assist the student in
reading the definitions as they may contain words and spelling concepts not yet taught at that level.
-Make sure that the student understands the meaning of each list word and has had an opportunity to study how each is spelled.
-At this point, also review with the student the Carry-over Words from previous lessons. These are the misspelled words from
previous lessons that were written in the Carry-over Words section of the Teacher's Notes/Answer Key for the current lesson
(obviously this does not apply to lesson 1).
-Although you can remove the Pretest and Final Test pages from the workbook, it is best to leave the pages in as it tends create a
centralized record of the student's progress.
-Have the student turn to the Pretest portion of the workbook for the given lesson. The Pretest is used simply to provide you, the
teacher, with an understanding of the student's 1) initial proficiency for the newly introduced spelling concept, and 2) ongoing
proficiency for the previously misspelled Carry-over Words.
-Make sure the test words in the spelling book are not visible to the student.
-Say each test word taken from the Word List and Carry-over Words sections (listed in the Teacher's Notes/Answer Key) for the
current lesson. Give the student time to write each word within the provided space. Note that there is a separate space within
each lesson for spelling Carry-over Words. Make sure to enunciate each word very clearly in order for the student to hear every
sound of the word. After the Pretest is complete, grade it right away.
-If the student misspelled any words on the Pretest, explain those errors. Pronounce each misspelled word again and ask the
student once again to write the word correctly in the Correction Area of the Pretest.
-Immediately grade the words in the Correction Area. If the student again misspells any of the Correction Area words, the teacher
should simply underline the misspelled words in the Correction Area of that lesson. The teacher should also underline the
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Title: Disillusion
Author: Sapphire Smoke
Beta(s): BellaRei713
Fandom: Once Upon A Time
Rating: M
Pairing: Cora/Eva
Summary: It was merely supposed to be an amusing game, breaking the princess's heart.
The driving force behind Cora's actions as of late seemed to have become the delicious combination of her burning hatred and lust for revenge. The feeling of wanting to destroy those who thought themselves her better consumed her sanity, fueling the decisions and experiences that, in hindsight, were probably best left unexplored. It was a maddeningly blinding emotion, one that shielded Cora from all the ways it could go wrong until it was far too late.
It was merely supposed to be an amusing game, breaking the princess's heart. Life in the castle was terribly tedious at times and the distraction seemed efficient enough to cure both her boredom and her desire for revenge against the girl who had once humiliated her. Cora was not, in any way, supposed to enjoy the way the child looked at her; with wide, innocent eyes, Eva's gaze now filled with a sense of trust and care every time Cora took her to bed.
Having only seen a mere eighteen winters, Eva knew nothing of the world. It was, perhaps, the girl's naivety that caused her to succumb to Cora's advances far too easily. Anyone with half a brain would have mistrusted the sorceress's intentions, yet Eva held such hope for the fantasy of romanticism that she overlooked the obvious and fell into Cora's arms without so much as a thought. It truly was disgustingly pathetic, yet Cora basked in her victory nonetheless as she ripped the girl's innocence away, claiming the prize as her own.
Eva's lips were parted, her bosom flushed a deliciously rosy hue as she gasped into the stillness of the room, holding onto the one thing she believed was true in a world filled with nothing but politics and lies. Cora pressed her lips to her ear, softly encouraging, "Hush, love, we wouldn't want anyone to hear," as she twisted her fingers within the girl's depths, drawing out a needy whimper as perfectly shaped nails dug into the skin of her back.
"Cora," Eva breathed, the name falling from her lips with reckless abandon, giving the entirety of herself over to the one person who had wanted to crush her heart into dust. Cora hated herself for her inability to stop this madness, as she feared what it could mean, but as she drew another shuddered gasp from the girl beneath her, the older woman trying to convince herself that she only allowed this insanity to continue for the intense sexual gratification it gave her. It wasn't as though her husband was the world's best lover, after all; she had to have her needs met somewhere.
Cora's tongue traced the hollow of Eva's throat, feeling the girl's pulse jump and quicken beneath her touch. Eva's thighs clamped tightly around the older woman's wrist, a needy whimper escaping her lips as she bucked her hips against her hand. Burying her face in her neck, Eva breathed in the woman's scent as though it were something to be cherished and remembered. It caused an uncomfortable feeling to twist in the base of Cora's gut, and to remind herself why she did this, her free hand came up to cover the girl's mouth as teeth sunk into porcelain skin, reminding herself that Eva was nothing but a mere possession. The cry of surprise was muffled and Eva's fingernails drew crescent marks upon her back, tearing into the blackness that consumed Cora's soul.
It was like an infection, the way Eva's innocence filled her with an uncontrollable need, eradicating the purpose that these stolen moments were supposed to have. The princess clung to her, trembling beneath the weight of Cora's body and the feeling her ministrations allotted her, breathing inaudible praises against her skin as she allowed a former peasant to consume her in the most intimate of ways. It was perhaps that which angered Cora the most, as she knew Eva would have never allowed such a thing to pass between them before a crown graced her head. It was a disgusting standard, and although Cora desired to punish the girl for it, she also did not wish to lose the source of the only pleasure allotted her in this empty place. It was a routine that, after all these months, Cora found incredibly hard to break.
A testament to her own foolish weakness, surely.
Her eyes darkening at that thought, Cora pressed the back of her thigh against her hand, pushing into Eva with furious intent, wishing to fuck the breath from the girl's lungs and the sanity from her mind until all Eva could see, all she could think was of Cora alone. A mere miller's daughter, filled with so much ambition and strength that she now had a princess constantly falling to her knees before her, begging to be corrupted by Cora's unwavering lust for power and control. Eva was owned, utterly and completely, and the older woman basked in the feeling of dominance it provided her. She just wished it was the only feeling that sought to consume her, for how much Cora was beginning to enjoy this was becoming rather dangerous.
There was something about the way Eva smiled when she saw her, the expression radiating from her delicate features as though the mere sight of Cora was something she held so very dear. A lifetime of being looked down on, of being belittled or outright ignored caused Cora to foolishly crave the feeling of importance, even from someone who once believed she was less than the dirt beneath her slippers. It was pathetic, truly, and every time Cora found herself flattered by the doting attention, she hated herself just a little bit more. She didn't need anyone, and she certainly didn't need her.
If anything, it was Eva who found herself desperately craving the attention that was paid to her. It was a belief that Cora constantly reminded herself of, as nearly every other night during the princess's visits she hid beneath the cover of magic, watching each time that Eva would find a delicate red rose placed upon her pillows in the guest's chamber, Cora's silent request for the girl come to her that night. Eva would bite her bottom lip, a smile breaking out across her face as she picked up the flower and placed it against her lips, smelling what she believed was proof of someone's care for her. The mere sight of it seemed to make Eva unfathomably happy, perhaps believing that she was being courted, and Cora found it pleased her for all the wrong reasons.
What used to be a rather straightforward plan was now clouded by an immense confusion caused by the foolish desire to feel important to someone, and the uncertainty the situation now held put Cora at a terrible unrest.
"Please," Eva begged against her lips, hands tangling in chestnut locks as pleasure etched across her face, her longing for a deeper connection being proven by how desperately she pressed against Cora, needing to feel all of her, to fall into her completely. It was such a foolish desire, for even should she manage to, it would only condemn her to the darkness and hatred that lined Cora's blackened heart. It would destroy her, for it was unfathomable that loving the sorceress would bring anything other than pain. "Please, I need…"
"Tell me," Cora encouraged, the words being hissed in Eva's ear in a near challenge. The princess flushed, still too young and innocent to speak openly about her sexual desires. But it was that which aroused Cora the most; the need to corrupt the girl as much as she could, for there was something immensely pleasing about molding a person to one's will. She traced the shell of Eva's ear with her tongue, eliciting a shudder and a whimper of desire before Cora breathed, "Tell me, my dear, and see all your needs met."
Her cheeks reddening further, Eva buried her face in the crook of her lover's neck as she forced herself to request through bated breath, "Please, your… your mouth. I-I need…" Her words were drowned in an audible gasp as Cora's fingers brushed the tender spot within her, smirking at her power over the girl's competent thought. Her grasp tightening in chocolate waves, Eva pressed her lips to flushed skin as she breathed, "Please, Cora… kiss—kiss me down there… I— Gods, please just…"
Though it wasn't nearly as explicit a request as Cora would have preferred to come from the lips of such purity and innocence, it certainly was good enough for the time being. Heeding to Eva's ever growing desire, Cora consented with a murmured, "As you wish, love," feeding into the girl's belief of respect and care that Cora desperately wished was born from a more sarcastic way of thinking.
It was an unfathomable picture of beauty though, being between Eva's thighs as her back arched and her breathing hitched, causing her hips to drive deeper into Cora's wanton tongue. Eva's hands grasped at the bedding, her toes curling as Cora tasted what should be forbidden to anyone outside of the husband that would soon fill the princess's future. Eva's body began to quake after mere moments and she turned her face to muffle her cries of pleasure into her pillow, hips bucking relentlessly against Cora's mouth as the older woman sought to drink up everything that she was. Possession, it seemed, truly did sate her better than the brief feeling of unbridled ecstasy ever could.
The pleasure was soon shattered, however, by the sound of a soft sob that enveloped the silence of the room after Eva had fallen from her high.
Cora blinked, taken aback so abruptly by the sight of the princess covering her face, trying to hide the shame of her tears, that no words could fall from her lips in response. An uncomfortable tightness settled in Cora's chest, threatening to tear her sanity apart as she realized, in one, singular moment of clarity and self-disgust, that some part of her actually cared. It was that thought which caused Cora's question of, "What on earth is the matter?" to come out more biting than she intended, as she needed Eva to believe a lie that was starting to look disturbingly akin to truth as of late.
"I'm sorry," Eva hastily apologized, looking thoroughly embarrassed by her own emotional outburst as she tried to scramble from the bed, seeking distance from the shame the moment entailed. "I… I should retire to my own bed, it's getting late…"
"Eva," Cora said strongly, a firm hand clasping around the princess's delicate wrist as she stilled her frantic movements. Eva turned towards her, eyes reddened and cheeks stained with fresh tears, the vulnerably in her demeanor seeking to shatter Cora's façade of emotional indifference. "No one has ever left my chambers in tears and I certainly do not intend to allow it now." She gently pulled Eva back towards the bed. "Sit," Cora commanded. "Tell me what ails you, my love."
Eva looked at her helplessly, brushing the fallen tears away with the pads of her fingers. "It's foolish," she whispered, her voice sounding so terribly small. "And it really does not matter, as nothing can be done to change it."
Cora took in the young girl's appearance, the distress masking her features as she looked at Cora as though she almost feared… loss, perhaps? "This is about your betrothal, isn't it?" Cora guessed, and the guilt and shame that filled Eva's eyes was enough of an affirmation to her question.
"Leopold is a wonderful king," Eva told her softly, as though any insistence to the contrary would condemn her to treason on the spot. "But I… we have yet to even meet; I am frightened that when the time comes, he will not care for me in the way that—" Her eyes met Cora's, the words dying in her throat from the look she was met with.
"Do not delude yourself into believing we have anything to offer one another outside of this room," Cora told her harshly, an uncomfortable feeling settling in her gut at the standards Eva had made; she did not want to become the thing the princess compared happiness to, for Cora had never felt true happiness in all her years of existence. What they had, whatever they had, was nothing more than a façade. "Women are married off because that is what the men of this realm believe we are built for. However, their status is a stepping stone for us to obtain true power, and to reject it would be nothing short of foolish. You are to be Queen, Eva; do you have any idea how many covet the position that was offered to you?"
Cora, perhaps, above all the rest. It was for that very reason that her words came out bitter and angry, unable to comprehend how Eva could not recognize how lucky she was, to have everything handed to her on a silver platter, when Cora herself had to shed blood, sweat, and tears to be able to claw her way to the top.
"But I don't want power," Eva told her, eyebrows knitting as though she could not fathom where Cora was coming from. "I want love. Is that not the most important thing in this world?"
Cora scoffed. "A foolish sentiment from a foolish child," she reprimanded her, causing Eva's head to duck in shame. "Love is not for people like us, no matter how badly we may covet it. Unless you wish to be stripped of your title and your status and live amongst the commoners – which, I assure you, dear, is not pleasant – you will do what is expected of you."
Cora wished she could believe that she was solely saying this for her own benefit, as being close with the Queen would give her an unfathomable advantage with future plans, but there was a small part inside of her that was concerned that Eva would never be able to survive outside the palace walls. She was bred to become Queen; no more, and certainly no less. The girl had no idea what she was wishing for, and Cora would rather she learn the truth from her than make a decision she could never come back from.
It sickened her a little, to realize that she may hold something akin to actual emotion for the girl before her. That was certainly not her intention when she began this silly little tryst, and Cora was fairly sure that nothing good would ever come from it.
Still, Eva was beginning to look rather wounded by the way she was speaking to her, and the expression on her face tugged at Cora's humanity. Cupping the girl's face gently in her hand, she brushed her thumb over the last of her tears. "I'm not saying this to hurt you," she assured her, as there was no fathomable gain in breaking Eva's heart; at least, not anymore. After all, it was far better to have an alliance with the future Queen than to scorn her for one, singular moment of petty revenge. "I merely wish to disillusion you, for your path in life has been set. You must walk it."
Wet lashes hit flushed cheeks and Eva leaned into her touch, exhaling a shuddered breath. "I do not wish to walk any path, should it mean I be stolen from your side," she whispered, the words coming out rather broken and painful. She looked up at her, blue eyes swimming in fresh tears as she told her, "It is you that completes me, Cora; not wealth, and certainly not power."
Despite herself, Cora could feel her heart softening at those words. Her smile was small, sympathetic, as she brushed the hair from Eva's eyes. "My poor, sweet girl," she breathed, wishing the sentiment meant so much less than it did. "You have brought so much pleasure to my life these last few months, but pleasure is futile and short lasting. You are meant for much grander things than my bed, my dear."
Eva shook her head, reaching up to clasp Cora's hand that still rested delicately against her cheek. "There is nothing more grand than you," she told her firmly, as though she believed every word. "How can you not see your true worth? Your beauty is unmatched, your ambition admirable. You are the person every woman wants to become, the one every man wants to take into their bed. You were born into poverty, yet fought against the challenges your upbringing presented you and learned to spin straw into gold, Cora; there isn't even a word to describe the level of awe you inspire in those around you. Your power stands unmatched against all others, and I am thankful every day that it is I you chose to be worthy of your affections."
They were words, just mere words, and yet the feelings they invoked within Cora were both unwavering and strong. Eva looked at her with such worshiping fascination, as though she were the reason the sun rose in the morning, and it was hard, not to get caught up in its wake. Closing her eyes, knowing her indifference was being defeated by something much more powerful, Cora leaned her forehead against Eva's. "Don't be a fool," she pleaded softly. "You know we cannot be together in the way that you want. Love is weakness; don't let it devour you, for I promise it will become the thing you regret most in this life."
"No," Eva breathed, shaking her head as she cupped the back of Cora's neck possessively. "I will only find myself with regrets, should I ever foolishly walk away from the beauty you bring into my life. And that, Cora, is something I never plan to do."
It was such a naïve promise from a naïve girl, and yet Cora found herself believing the lie against her better judgment. Her lust for power waned in the face of becoming someone's everything; finding unmatched importance from one, instead of the acceptance of many. It was a decision that filled Cora with regret in the years to come, as she allowed Eva to slowly chip away at the barrier around her heart until she had no defenses left. She allowed her in, offered her everything, yet when the time came for them to run away from the world and into each other's arms, Eva turned away from her in favor of starting a family.
It was merely supposed to be an amusing game, breaking the princess's heart. Yet, in the end, it was the remnants of Cora's broken one that lay locked tight in a box, reminding her what was truly important in this world, and how she should never be so foolish as to allow anyone to disillusion her again.


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Basics Structure of the Spinal Cord
Recurrent Nerves
Ascending Tracts
Image References
Descending Tracts
The Spinal Cord and Meninges
By: Jenna Carlson, Kristi Edgar, Brent Ingelman, Christian Montoya, and Clarissa Prewitt
(Great Anterior Medullary Artery)
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nerves
Distinguish the structural components that make up the spinal cord
Identify the meninges and vasculature of the spinal cord.
Restate the functions of recurrent nerves.
Understand the structural organization of a spinal cord cross section
Describe the sensory and motor components of the spinal cord
Apply knowledge of the spinal cord to clinical presentations of spinal cord injury and spina bifida.
• Carry sensory information from the periphery to the brain
• 3 major ascending tracts
Dorsal column medial lemniscal tract
Touch, proprioception, pressure, vibration
Spinothalamic tracts (lateral and anterior)
Pain, temperature
Spinocerebellar tracts (posterior and anterior)
• Carry motor information from the brain to the periphery
Pyramidal tracts-voluntary, skilled movement
Lateral corticospinal tract
Carries motor information to muscles in the limbs
Anterior corticospinal tract
Carries motor information to axial muscles
Extrapyramidal tracts-subconscious body functions
Rubrospinal tract
Reticulospinal tracts
Tectospinal tract
Vestibulospinal tract
Spinal cord travels through Foramen magnum as continuation of
medulla oblongota
There are 4 parts with 31 pairs of spinal nerves
cervical enlargement
and the
lumbrosacral enlargement
Conus medullaris
- the tapered end of the spinal cord proper
Cauda equina
- formed by a loose bundle of nerves coming out of the end of the spinal cord
Filium terminale
- continuation of pia mater that anchors the spinal cord
• Any damage to the spinal cord or nerves at the end of the spinal canal
• Causes permanent changes in strength, sensation and other body functions below the site of the injury
• Types:
: all motor and sensory function below injury is lost
: some motor and sensory function below injury is preserved
Affects all or part of the trunk, legs and pelvic organs
Arms, hands, trunk, legs and pelvic organs affected
Spinal Cord Injury
Central Cord Syndrome
Most common incomplete spinal cord injury
Loss of sensation and motor
Motor impairment in the upper extremity
Hands and upper extremity are located "centrally" in corticospinal tract
Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy
Improves function and mobility
Utilizes the plasticity of the spinal cord
Focus on functional independence
Bed/wheelchair mobility
Gait training
Body Weight Supported Treadmill Training (BWSTT)
Robotic-Assisted BWSTT
Development of the spinal cord is a very complicated process
The human brain and spine begin as a flat plate of cells, which rolls into a tube, called the neural tube
In open neural tube defects, all or parts of the neural tube fails to close, leaving an opening that is left open or covered by bone and skin
Spina Bifida
- birth defect that causes vertebral arches to fail to normally develop and fuse posterior to the vertebral canal
- most severe form of spina bifida in that one or more vertebral arches may fail to develop completely and is associated with the herniation of the meninges or spinal cord
Spina Bifida and Physical Therapy
Balance and Coordination
Gait Training
Muscle Strengthening
Transition and Transfer Training
Equipment Evaluation
: membranes surrounding spinal cord
3 Separate Membranes
Dura Mater
Arachnoid Mater
Pia Mater
-Most superficial layer
-Middle layer, lines Dura Mater but not attached to it
-Deepest layer, follows contours of spinal cord
Functions of meninges:
Support & Protect
-Spinal cord
-Spinal nerve roots
Contain CSF
Runs from foramen magnum to coccyx creating the
spinal dural sac
Composition: mainly tough fibrous tissue with some elasticity
All layers are continuous with cranial meninges
Creates a
dural root
that blends with the epineurium at the intervertebral foramen
Dura-arachnoid interface
The space between the bone of vertebrae and the dura is called the
epidural space
-contains venous structures embedded in fat (epidural fat)
-Site of epidural anesthesia
Subarachnoid space
-Contains vasculature,
cerebrospinal fluid
-Site of
Lumbar puncture
aka spinal tap!, and
spinal anesthesia
Connected to Pia mater by
arachnoid trabeculae
connective tissue
Arachnoid Mater
Middle layer, fibrous/elastic, delicate, avascular
Pia Mater
-Closely follows all structures of spinal cord, including roots and blood vessels
Denticulate ligaments
– extend from lateral side of spinal cord to attach to dura mater
Innermost, 2 thin layers, transparent
Dura-arachnoid interface
Epidural space
Denticulate ligament
Dura mater
Pia mater
Arachnoid trabeculae
Epidural fat
Denticulate ligament
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater (covering spinal cord
Dura mater
Sub-arachnoid space
Turn your knowledge on!
Distinguish the structural components that make up the spinal cord
Identify the meninges and vasculature of the spinal cord.
Restate the functions of recurrent nerves.
Understand the structural organization of a spinal cord cross section
Describe the sensory and motor components of the spinal cord
Apply knowledge of the spinal cord to clinical presentations of spinal cord injury and spina bifida.
Turn up your knowledge!
Keep turning that knowledge up!
Crank your knowledge higher!
Is your knowledge maxed out already?
Know even more! That's one more!
Directly in between which 2 meningeal layers is most of the cerebro spinal fluid in the spinal cord found?
A) Pia and arachnoid mater
B) Dura and pia mater
C) Dura and arachnoid mater
D) Subarachnoid and pia mater
What type of spinal cord artery is responsible for supplying the nerve roots and can also supply the gray matter?
A) Spinal
B) Radicular
C) Medullary
D) Sulcul
Nerves to the anuli fibrosi and anterior and posterior longitudial ligaments contain what types of receptors?
A) Pain
B) Proprioception
C) Vasodilation
D) Both A&B
All of the following tracts are descending (sensory) tracts, EXCEPT...
A) Anterior Spinothalamic tract
B) Posterior Spinocerebellar tract
C) Anterior Corticospinal tract
D) Dorsal Column Medial Lemniscal tract
Which of the following is the tapered end of the spinal cord?
A) Filium Terminale
B) Pia Mater
C) Cauda Equina
D) Conus Medullaris
Brown, AG (1981). Organization in the Spinal Cord: The Anatomy and Physiology of Identified Neurones. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_column.
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Dorsal Median Sulcus
Ventral Median Fissure
Ependymal Canal
Dorsal Horn
Ventral Horn
Lateral Horn
Dorsal Laminae
I and II- Pain, Temp, and Itching
III and IV-Mechanical Pressure
V and VI- Proprioception
Ventral Laminae
IX- Alpha Motor Neurons
Lateral Horn
Sympathetic Nervous System
Input from Brain stem,
Organs, and Hypothalamus
What Function Does Lamina IX Serve?
A) Sense Pain and Tempurature
B) Generate Muscle Contraction
D) Sense Mechanical Pressure
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Efferent Neurons
Afferent VS Efferent Neurons
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Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings
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Crock Pot Chicken and Dumplings Comfort food! The secret to perfect dumplings is to not over mix the batter and to drop the batter onto very hot, bubbling liquid. That way the dumplings begin cooking immediately and don't get soggy.
Top Review by vacationgirl59
This was a very easy recipe to make and the taste was exceptional! I did make a few adjustments and it turned out great. I added chopped celery with the veggies, more spices like bay leaf, marjoram, and savory, and omitted the peas. I also used boneless chicken breast because my family doesn't like the taste of chicken thighs, and added about 1 tbsp. of parsley to the dumpling mixture for a little color. I cooked this on high because I was in a hurry and it's a good thing that I did because it took about 5-6 hours for the veggies to be soft. I will definitely add this to my overflowing recipe collection. Thanks Rhonda! :)
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 potato, peeled and chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 2 inch pieces
- 1 (9 ounce) package frozen baby peas
- 1 1⁄2 cups baking mix
- 1⁄2 cup milk
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- In a 3-4 quart crock pot, mix potato and carrots.
- In medium bowl, combine chicken broth, flour and spices and blend well until smooth.
- Pour over vegetables in crock pot.
- Add chicken.
- Cover crock pot.
- Cook on LOW for 6-8 hours until chicken is thoroughly cooked and no longer pink in center.
- Add peas and cover again.
- Cook on HIGH for 20 minutes until peas are hot.
- In small bowl, combine baking mix and milk and mix just until combined.
- Do not over mix.
- Drop by tablespoons onto hot chicken mixture in crock pot.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 20-25 minutes until dumplings are cooked through, are fluffy, and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.


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|So no new Clamwin 0.99.2 then?
ClamAV 0.99.2 was released in May 2016 (I think). There is also a Windows version of it https://www.clamav.net/downloads#otherversions. Sherpya's port at http://oss.netfarm.it/clamav/ is also 0.99.2 and claims also to be used in Clamwin.
So, another year on, are there no plans to generate Clamwin 0.99.2? (Im sick of seeing the definition update reports moaning at me about being out of date)
What do we think?
If I remember correctly the .2 version introduced the ability to perform YARA rules (amongst other things) which would apply to all platforms (and therefore isnt linux OS specific). Might be wrong though. According to Clam CHANGELOG is quite extensive though: https://github.com/vrtadmin/clamav-devel/blob/master/ChangeLog
Perhaps the developers could offer a word on this upgrade delay/restriction. (Do they actually look at this forum - where does one find them milling about?)
Developer Alch checks the forum and usually replies if expertise is needed.
You are correct about Yara detections (plus some additional). My guess, however, is that this would possibly require some additional coding to ClamWin that they do not want to do. ClamWin was originally written back around 2005 or so for simple Windows user protection when malware was strictly file-based, activated by users, and could be detected via static scanning. ClamWin (and Clam AV to a bit lesser extent) has retained that orientation. That is why the ClamWin developers recommend you use it as a backup to a real-time antivirus scanner. Cisco/Sourcefire has been reluctant to do much for the Windows environment (that's why ClamWin was developed), but it seems that Clam AV is slowly being forced to accommodate some additional detections by its primary email server users, although Clam AV remains Linux-based.
ClamWin badly needs a technological update. There have been a few attempts to do so--with no results. The last ones that I can recall were the addition of the ability to restore from quarantine via the QRecover utility and the Clam Sentinel resident front end added via a separate project in 2012.
YARA rules was done in version .99, as a major update to ClamAV, so you should be able to use YARA rules right now.
More recently, ClamAV is combining their database with third part databases to help improve detection ratios, but this is done server side and should work with any supported ClamAV version: http://blog.clamav.net/2016/07/crdf-joins-clamav-signature-partner.html
However, I don't think many third party databases will do this as some of them charge for their services. But you never know. Things can always change.
I still like ClamAV because it is highly customization and you can make your own signatures for malware, instead of waiting for the company to do it, which could them a whole day, but I feel like if you want any extensive work done on ClamWin, you are better off forking it yourself and doing it there.
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His hair is short. Sigh. LOVE HIM. And you know I worship his wife. So when they're together, the fangirl takes over. Rebecca Miller's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee screened in New York last night and her husband joined her at the event, in town with many of his other Nine co-stars as the Nine junket was this weekend. Full Story
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Laura is prepping for the Nine junket. We've been watching footage all day. She's sending Ben. Pout. Something we learned in research: Katie Holmes was rumoured to have auditioned for it and lost out to Penelope Cruz. Please. Like she could have held up against these ladies. Even Granny Freeze. Full Story
DDL and the Ladies
George Clooney knows it. If Daniel Day Lewis is in the running for an Oscar, everyone else can pretty much take the night off. From the looks of the new Nine trailer, he's assured of at least a nomination next awards season. DDL stepped into the role originally confirmed for Javier Bardem who dropped out due to exhaustion. Full Story
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It's Gran! She's in Rome for Nine with Daniel Day-Lewis, the longest shoot ever! Can't wait to see how Nine will play out. Because it's currently slated for a November 2009 release which means Harvey Weinstein will push for Oscar season… And among all of those actresses, which ones will he promote for contention and which will be asked to take a backseat? And will they claw each other's eyes out as a result? What if it comes down to Granny and Penelope Cruz? Please. Full Story
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Remember Angelina Jolie's bitchface at the Critics' Choice Awards when Anne Hathaway started dithering on stage? Angie is a novice compared to the legendary Sophia Loren. Here in Rome today with Daniel Day-Lewis on the set of Nine – the longest shoot ever!?!? – treating us to a clinic on how to give face. Full Story
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Blog posts by John Appleby
John Appleby takes a look at the latest figures for health and social care spending and asks what new accounting rules mean for the UK's position in international health spending rankings.
John Appleby considers how new figures for NHS inflation will affect NHS finances, as our latest QMR survey shows increasing pessimism and concern among NHS finance directors.
New analysis from The King's Fund and the Health Foundation looks at how this year's NHS funding increase compares with previous years. John Appleby and Adam Roberts find that this year's increase is the 28th largest since 1975/6.
John Appleby looks at new data from the British Social Attitudes survey to understand why people are satisfied or dissatisfied with the NHS.
John Appleby looks at how much we would need to spend on health to close the spending gap between the United Kingdom and other EU and OECD countries.
With the NHS overspend running at £1.62 billion for the first half of the year, what are the options available to trusts struggling to stay in budget?
Ahead of the Spending Review, Richard Humphries and John Appleby look at the data to examine the likely fall in social care spending.
In his data blog, John Appleby looks at the scale of the NHS funding squeeze.
The rising trend in cheaper generic medicines rather than proprietary or 'branded' drugs being prescribed and dispensed has saved the NHS billions of pounds and enabled millions more prescriptions to be dispensed.
The rising proportion of operations carried out as day cases over the past few decades has been good for patients and a much more efficient use of NHS resources, says John Appleby.
The public's concerns about the NHS have been reflected in the political parties' manifesto promises. But what do the promises add up to, and is the NHS safe in anyone's hands?
It's hard to disagree with the principle that both costs and effects of treatments need to be weighed in order to make decisions about improving value for money and productivity. For a majority of the public however, this is not a principle they hold.
With hospital workloads increasing on all fronts, John Appleby takes a look at the key trends and data to explain what's going on.
The NHS featured heavily at all three major party conferences over the past few weeks. How could it not; despite a ring-fenced budget, it is increasingly showing signs of financial strain, says John Appleby.
On the face of it, the CDF would seem perhaps to be a good thing, helping improve the quality of life for people at the end of their lives. But is it either a fair or efficient way for the NHS to spend its limited budget?
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Prime Minister Ehud Barak of Israel flew home from the Camp David summit tonight to a murky political future, his patchwork coalition in tatters, his country sharply divided over the new discussion of ceding parts of Jerusalem to some form of Palestinian control.
As news spread that the Camp David summit had ended without agreement, the airwaves were filled with the speculation of experts and politicians. Would there be a national unity government, bringing in Mr. Barak's right-wing Likud critics, new elections or violence from the Palestinians?
The entire country seemed to tune in to Mr. Barak's Washington press conference. Peppered with questions from Israeli journalists, the Prime Minister himself made light of the uncertainty.
''At least let me get on the plane and we'll think on the way,'' he joked. ''We will even consult with our journalist friends on the plane.''
Then, more seriously, he added ''There is no doubt that all of the options are open. We will have to consider the issues seriously and assess the situation. We are at the end of a very important chapter.Continue reading the main story
''Neither the discussions at the summit nor the public debate in Israel were marginal issues. We will deliberate on arriving in Israel what is the right thing to do.''
Mr. Barak, who has been in office only a year, lost his majority in the 120-seat Israeli Parliament on the eve of the Camp David meeting, when two Orthodox religious parties -- Shas, which represents Sephardic Jews, and the National Religious Party -- along with former Soviet dissident Natan Sharansky's right-leaning party of recent Russian immigrants, quit to protest the peace talks.
The grim picture is further complicated by a vote scheduled on Aug. 2 -- the last day before the Parliament leaves for a three-month vacation -- to dissolve the legislature and hold new elections.
Yet Mr. Barak may actually be returning in a good position, said Sever Plotzker, a political commentator at the newspaper Yediot Ahronoth, which has been polling extensively in the last few days.
''Altogether, he is coming home in a very special situation,'' Mr. Plotzker said in a telephone interview. ''He has no government, a weak coalition. But in my personal opinion he is stronger in the past few weeks and after Camp David. All our polls show this. He is coming back stronger. The economy is good, and people are seeing progress toward peace. He is sticking to his agenda.''
The prime minister's spokesman, Gadi Baltiansky, told Israeli reporters that ''as soon as he returns, Barak will be busying himself with the composition of the government.''
Mr. Barak's One Israel parliamentary faction began maneuvering this afternoon to kill the bill, sponsored by two Likud members, that called for elections. The plan was to have the bill referred to the House Committee, headed by Slah Tarif of One Israel. The committee could vote to reverse a previous ruling that the departure of the three parties constituted a ''significant change'' in the political situation.
A similar bill was defeated a few weeks ago, and under Knesset rules another dissolution bill cannot be considered for six months unless there is a significant change. Thus, Mr. Barak's supporters could gain themselves three months while Parliament is on vacation.
Mr. Barak's problems are largely the result of e electoral changes made in 1996, by which Israelis vote separately for the prime minister and the members of Parliament. That has resulted in a profusion of smaller parties representing special interests, particularly the Orthodox. While Mr. Barak got a strong mandate in the popular vote, he had to turn to these smaller parties -- sometimes with contradictory interests -- to form a governing coalition.
''This system has created increasing fragmentation, which makes any coalition unwieldy and unmanageable,'' said Joseph Alpher, a political analyst. ''This has been a constant in Barak's case.''
Indeed, said Mr. Alpher, who had been a special adviser to Mr. Barak during the peace talks, had he reached an agreement of major proportions, he would not have been able to get it through the Parliament and would have faced new elections.
He now has several options, Mr. Alpher said. He could try to continue to pursue the peace process, possibly with a renewed summit in late August, to maintain momentum. He could move to a national unity movement with the Likud Party, which would signal at least a timeout in negotiations. Or he could try to reconstitute the basic elements of his coalition, probably without the National Religious Party and Mr. Sharansky's group.
''All of these options are extremely difficult,'' Mr. Alpher said.
On the right, Yisrael Harel, a Jewish settler from Ofra and onetime chairman of the settler's council, took a dim view of Mr. Barak.
''As I see it, he has a problem with both sides, both the left and the right,'' Mr. Harel said in a telephone interview. ''The left thinks he should have conceded more, including in Jerusalem. For the right, after he has conceded the Jordan Valley, the settlements, neighborhoods of Jerusalem, it's no longer possible.''
Mr. Sharansky, who had been the minister of interior, then set up a protest tent outside the prime minister's office two weeks ago, issued a statement calling for a national unity government.
''Under today's conditions, the agreement that would have been reached at Camp David would have torn Israeli society apart from the inside and would have been disastrous for Israel's national interests,'' the statement said in apparent relief at the summit's failure, adding:
''Today, more than ever, when Israel faces fateful decisions to its future, Mr. Barak must extend a hand to the heads of the opposition in Israel to set up a national unity government. Only a government representing a broad national consensus, with clearly defined red lines, can make critical decisions for the future of the state of Israel.''Continue reading the main story


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Contains all 22 episodes from the second season.
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Special features: Disc 1: "Love never dies" commentary by John Gray & Kim Moses; Crystal ball mind game ; Disc 4: "Mean ghost" commentary by Ian Sander ; Disc 5: "Children of ghosts" commentary by Kim Moses; A conversation with the living; Ghostly visions; Grandview graveyard ; Disc 6: "The collector" commentary by Ian Sander; Melinda's closet; "The other side": webseries (8 webisodes) and accompanying trailer, plus behind-the-scenes with star Mark Hapka; Jennifer Love Hewitt speed painting video.
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It is no secret that Penn State wants to play fast under new offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead.
How fast?
Let wide receiver Chris Godwin explain it.
"During our team periods last year," he said during a conference call with reporters Tuesday, "we would have, like, a 14-play script for a 10-minute team period. We would barely get done with the plays in that 10-minute period, whereas now we're getting done with all 14 plays and still having four, four and a half minutes left in the period."
That's fast, and potentially productive.
"I definitely like it," Godwin said. "It presents a different challenge to us, as well as it presents a different challenge to the defense."
He noted that it is helping to improve the conditioning of the Nittany Lions on both sides of the ball during spring practice, which is ongoing and concludes with the Blue-White Game on April 16.
Long term, the obvious hope is that it will wear down opponents. But the immediate concern is learning the finer points of the attack Moorhead brought with him from his previous job, as the head coach at Fordham.
"There's definitely a lot of complex aspects to the offense," Godwin said. "There's a lot of things, a lot of little details that you have to pay attention to, as a receiver. … The tempo that we go at forces you to think pretty fast, so you have to not only know what your conversions are, but you have to do it at a pretty fast pace."
"There's definitely a lot of complex aspects to the offense. There's a lot of things, a lot of little details that you have to pay attention to, as a receiver. … The tempo that we go at forces you to think pretty fast, so you have to not only know what your conversions are, but you have to do it at a pretty fast pace."
The 6-foot-1, 208-pound Godwin, who will be a junior this fall, looms as an integral part of the attack, after catching 69 passes for 1,101 yards and five touchdowns last season. An All-Big Ten second teamer, he finished fifth in the conference in catches and second in receiving yardage. His reception total was also the fourth-best single-season haul in school history, while his yardage was second-best.
"There's actually a lot of things I want to improve on," he said.
He would like to become a better leader, for one thing. And there are always things he can work on from a technical standpoint — footwork, running better routes, improving in the "hand-to-hand combat with defensive backs," as he put it.
"I don't really feel like (last season) changed my outlook or expectations for myself in the future," he said. "I try to approach things with a day-by-day mentality. I try not to really focus on stats or anything like that. I base my days on if I feel like I got better or not, or if I'm helping the team — like, what was my performance that day? I'm very critical of myself. I'm not really going to sugarcoat anything with myself. If I don't feel like I helped my team, then I'm going to do something to fix it the next day — just come out with a better mentality and try to improve the next day, so we can be the best team we can be."
He sees little to choose between Trace McSorley and Tommy Stevens, the top candidates to replace the departed Christian Hackenberg at quarterback. McSorley might be a little more vocal, Godwin said, and Stevens is bigger. But both are "great competitors" who have "really live arms," according to the veteran wideout.
"It definitely takes time to build that chemistry between the receivers and the quarterbacks," Godwin said, "so that we're all on the same page and know what everybody's thinking. But at the same time this isn't our first time working with Tommy and Trace, as far as a significant amount of snaps."
That's because they have both been in the program for a while. Not so Moorhead, who was hired in December to replace John Donovan, after the latter was fired.
"In our offseason study, you hear about how fast the offense is," Godwin said. "You don't really know until you experience it first-hand. That was the first thing I really realized. But as spring ball has gone on, I've noticed more and more that Coach Moorhead knows what he's doing. He knows the right plays to call. … We're turning into a more explosive offense as the days go."


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2012: 4th Warmest Winter for U.S.
NOAA reported today that this winter turned out to be the 4th warmest on record in the contiguous United States. That's not surprising given how much the world has warmed over the past few decades. In fact, all of the seven warmest years in over 100 years of climate data have occurred since 1992, and over the past three decades, a warmer-than-average winter has been twice as likely as a cool one. These data are consistent with how scientists say global warming affects the weather. The risk of warm winters is increasing over time, but that doesn't mean that cold winters disappear, similar to the way that loaded dice change the probability of a particular roll but don't eliminate other possibilities.
The Bingaman Clean Energy Standard: What is "Clean"?
This is the second blog post in a multi-part series on the Bingaman Clean Energy Standard. Read part 1.
One question on the eve of the debut of Sen. Jeff Bingaman's (D-NM) Clean Energy Standard bill: What is "clean"?
Broadly speaking, a clean energy standard requires an electric utility to generate or purchase a certain percentage of its supply from "clean" sources. Judging by previous Congressional proposals for promoting renewable or other low-emitting energy sources – not to mention the electricity portfolio standards in place in 31 states and the District of Columbia – cleanliness is in the eye of the beholder.
Federal Agencies Respond to Risks of Climate Change
C2ES is pleased to release our updated report, Climate Change Adaptation: What Federal Agencies are Doing, which lays out the rapidly expanding efforts across the federal government to respond to the increasing economic risks of extreme weather and climate change.
Federal agencies are under growing pressure to reduce costs, eliminate unnecessary regulations, and make certain the public is getting a good return on the tax dollars they invest in government. In the context of climate change, federal agencies are reviewing the programs they operate and the facilities and resources they manage to identify cost-effective steps to minimize their vulnerability and enhance their resilience to increased risks of extreme weather and a changing climate. With our nation having experienced a record number of extreme weather events last year, each causing economic damages exceeding $1 billion, it's both common sense and smart fiscal policy to analyze and minimize the vulnerability of federal assets to extreme weather and climate impacts.
The Bingaman Clean Energy Standard: Let the Conversation Begin
This is the first blog post in a multi-part series on the Bingaman Clean Energy Standard. Read part 2.
When the idea of a "clean energy standard" (CES) was first proposed a couple of years ago, it was viewed as the Republican alternative to both a renewable energy standard and a greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program. Many Republicans favored this approach because it included not just renewable energy, but also traditional Republican priorities such as nuclear power, hydropower, and clean coal.
Following the defeat of cap-and-trade legislation, President Obama began to see merit in this approach too. He proposed a Clean Energy Standard in his State of the Union in 2011 and again this year.
In a few days, Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is expected to introduce a CES bill. If it is anything like the long line of earlier Bingaman bills, it will be a thoughtful balance of economic, energy, and environmental objectives, and – to those of us who read a lot of legislation – beautifully written.
How U.S. Can Lead on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants
With Secretary Clinton's announcement this week of a new coalition aimed at short-lived climate pollutants such as methane and soot, the U.S. is helping to focus international attention on a critical but frequently overlooked dimension of the climate challenge. To maximize its leadership on this front, the U.S. should also take stronger steps to tackle these pollutants at home.
The new multilateral effort to address short-lived climate pollutants (also called short-lived climate forcers) is an important recognition of both the scientific and political realities that surround climate change. A growing body of scientific evidence underscores the importance of near-term action to slow the rate of climate change, which is proceeding more rapidly than scientists predicted. Because methane, black carbon and hydroflurorocarbons (HFCs) have relatively short atmospheric lifetimes, reductions in these compounds will have significant near-term benefits in reducing climate change. In contrast, carbon dioxide remains in the atmosphere for hundreds of years. Reductions in CO2 are critical to limit the amount of warming over the longer term, but have more limited impact in the near term.


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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1658?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12714925#action_12714925 ] Uwe Schindler commented on LUCENE-1658: --------------------------------------- bq. I dug down and found that this test illegally opens SegmentReaders on files that IndexWriter still has open for writing, and somehow this causes problems when using an MMapDir. I'll open a separate issue and put details there. This is a NIO bug in windows, I assume. In Google I found a report at sun about this, too. Mapped buffers from UNC-pathes have wrong bytes in their buffer. By the way, the other failing tests are easy to fix: Some tests check, if the IndexInput throws an IOException when reading past eof. When doing this with a Byte buffer, the get() throws an BufferUnderflowException. It can be fixed like this in MMapIndexInputs: {code} public byte readByte() throws IOException { try { return buffer.get(); } catch (BufferUnderflowException e) { throw new IOException("read past eof"); } } {code} The other failures are harmless, but it would be good to fix them. I am working on that and then test extensive. The problem with not freeing the buffer can be fixed on windows using the bad hack with this sun.misc.Cleaner class and PrivilegedAction (described in the bug report), but this depends on Sun's internals and works only with Sun's JRE. And it may fail on some under-priviledged environments like web containers. But nevertheless, with this bad hack, my local version works now without any failing test on Win32 using MMap. > Absorb NIOFSDirectory into FSDirectory > -------------------------------------- > > Key: LUCENE-1658 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENE-1658 > Project: Lucene - Java > Issue Type: Improvement > Components: Store > Reporter: Michael McCandless > Assignee: Uwe Schindler > Priority: Minor > Fix For: 2.9 > > Attachments: LUCENE-1658-take2.patch, LUCENE-1658-take2.patch, LUCENE-1658-take3.patch, LUCENE-1658-take3.patch, LUCENE-1658.patch, LUCENE-1658.patch, LUCENE-1658.patch > > > I think whether one uses java.io.* vs java.nio.* or eventually > java.nio2.*, or some other means, is an under-the-hood implementation > detail of FSDirectory and doesn't merit a whole separate class. > I think FSDirectory should be the core class one uses when one's index > is in the filesystem. > So, I'd like to deprecate NIOFSDirectory, absorbing it into > FSDirectory, and add a setting "useNIO" to FSDirectory. It should > default to "true" for non-Windows OSs, because it gives far better > concurrent performance on all platforms but Windows (due to known Sun > JRE issue http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6265734). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com For additional commands, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Tobacco stocks generally offer generous dividend yields and, like utility and telco stocks, are not pass-through entities and, thus, offer an investor an opportunity to take advantage of the tax advantageous treatment of corporate dividends. This sector has, of course, been under several "clouds" for a number of years. The potential for large awards in various kinds of litigation is worrisome.
This has been mitigated to a degree by the comprehensive settlement the industry reached with the states which presumably settled liability with the states and also set up a financial arrangement which gives the states a certain incentive to see the industry continue without the need for bankruptcy filings in response to huge damage awards. There are still other theories under which at least some of these companies could face ruinous litigation outcomes, but it appears that the danger has been mitigated.
More fundamentally, Americans are constantly made aware that smoking is dangerous and it appears to be forbidden in more and more settings. Near where I live, Montgomery County actually considered an ordinance making it illegal to smoke outdoors. This has all had the effect of depressing demand and, within the United States, smoking is a declining, but persistent, industry. In other parts of the world, there are fewer constraints on smoking, less publicity of its dangers, and still growing markets as more and more consumers can afford what has always been a rather expensive habit.
Paradoxically, the restrictions on advertising and promotional efforts probably enhanced profitability in the short run by reducing the industry's costs, making price competition difficult, and impeding entry of new competitors. Of course, in the long run, these restrictions have suppressed demand. It is unclear how effective the latest wave of anti-smoking public policy (requirements of pictures depicting tobacco induced illness) will be.
I am including a variety of companies in the industry. After the name of each company, I provide the stock symbol, Monday's closing price and the dividend yield.
- Altria Group (NYSE:MO): ($26.77), (5.7%)
- Reynolds American (NYSE:RAI): ($37.22), (5.7%)
- Lorillard (NYSE:LO): ($111.19), (4.7%)
- Philip Morris International (NYSE:PM): ($65.92), (3.9%)
- Universal (NYSE:UVV): ($37.20)(5.1%)
- Alliance One (NYSE:AOI): ($3.09), ( - )
Another name investors should be aware of is British American Tobacco (NYSEMKT:BTI). BTI also pays substantial dividends but I am generally not covering foreign companies in this series.
MO, RAI and LO are all in the cigarette business and are the leading companies in the American market. PM operates exclusively or virtually exclusively in the export market - it is the part of the old Philip Morris Company that sold to overseas markets and when the company was split up, MO got the domestic operations and PM got the overseas operations. PM probably has the best growth prospects of the group. It also offers investors a "coward's way to bet against the dollar" because all of its earnings are in foreign currencies but its financials are reported in dollars and, thus, it experiences a substantial earnings tailwind from a declining dollar.
UVV and AOI are really in a different business - tobacco wholesaling and curing. They buy tobacco from farmers and sell it to cigarette manufacturers. This is not a growth business and there is some concern that the manufacturers will try to bypass the wholesalers and deal directly with the farmers but this does not appear to have had a significant effect on their volume as yet. AOI is not really a dividend stock. For some reason, AOI is somewhat of a favorite of value investors. It has a lot of debt and if it can earn its way out of debt, it might trade up significantly.
Most of these companies have relatively high payout ratios. This is probably because they do not have much need for capex and also because they want to get money out of their own hands and into the pockets of shareholders so that it is not available to be lost in a monster tort verdict.
It is interesting that these companies generally trade at PE ratios that are relatively high - especially in comparison with the depressed PE ratios we have run into in mega tech. Is MO really facing better growth prospects and/or less risk in the future than Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO), or Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)? I suspect valuations are heavily affected by dividends and that there is a kind of ceiling at 5-6% on dividend yields which prevents the stocks from declining.
There are generally lots of opportunities to buy these stocks in response to "event" reaction as the market digests the latest bad news about cigarette smoking or public policies aimed at its discouragement. At the current price levels, I believe that there are more favorable risk/reward opportunities to obtain yield elsewhere in the market, but as I generally have said, "at the right price...." almost anything can be a value investment.


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Size: Sleeps up to 6, 3 bedrooms
Nearest beach: Less than 0.5 mile
Nearest amenities: Less than 0.5 mile
Pets: Sorry, no pets.
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Rooms: 3 bedrooms, 1 Shower Room, 1 Bathroom, Lounge, Kitchen/Dining Room.
Beds: 2 double beds, 2 single beds.
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Utilities: Fridge, freezer, gas hob, electric oven and grill, washer, dryer, dishwasher, microwave, coffee machine
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Outdoors: Large enclosed front patio with patio furniture and barbecue, small back garden.
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Mitsubishi just put its electric vehicle through the paces at the 2012 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and came in an impressive second.
The i-MiEV Evolution tore through the 12.42-mile-long, 156-corner mountainside race course, finishing second only to a Toyota in the electric car division. It did the course in a time of 10 minutes, 30.850 seconds.
That time was good enough to finish in eighth place overall from the 170 vehicles entered. The car was piloted by a Mitsubishi factory test driver who happens to have twice won the Dakar Rally: Hiroshi Masuoka.
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV Evolution is a purpose-built racing prototype that was designed specifically for the very challenging Pikes Peak race course.
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I am getting the following returned email when trying to send to a domain.
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I have checked with the mail admin at the other end....and he does not even see that mail hitting his server or coming thru his postini. I can resolve that domain fine from here. Any ideas where that problem may be?
Jan 6, 2009 at 5:19 UTC
I noticed there's an MX record of 0 going to a black hole - that may tie up Postini - they're known for some of the most rigid of spam companies. Anything that doesn't match up and they'll block it.
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Jan 6, 2009 at 9:30 UTC
Are you having problems sending to any domain, or just this one in particular?
Looks to me like they have you on a spam list - Postini is probably kicking you out. Doesn't look like Postini wants to work with what they beleive is spam very much, I would suggest making sure you have rDNS set up correctly for your domain, and have that recipient put you on their whitelist in Postini.
Jan 6, 2009 at 2:02 UTC
it is happening only with one domain. I have never had problems with any other domains. The domain owner checked his postini logs and he shows it never getting to his filters. I can receive email from them, just can not send back.
Jan 6, 2009 at 2:55 UTC
Have him go ahead and try whitelisting your domain and see if it works. If rDNS is not set up, or if Postini is using SPF filtering or something of that nature, or if you are on a blacklist, it could be simply dropping the connection, which would not show up in the logs (if Postini acts like my spam appliance does anyway). It's a function to try to save bandwidth and processing power - if it can determine from early connection data that it's spam, it can drop connection instead of downloading the email and analyzing it.
Try going to www.mxtoolbox.com and see if your domain shows up on any blacklists, and try to work with them to have your domain removed. Some of them can be a pain to work with though!
Jan 6, 2009 at 3:41 UTC
He was supposedly looking thru postini logs and never found anything, surely it would show up there if it was being blocked in any way. We are on no blacklists either. Surely if we were having issues, other domains would have been blocking us before now as well. In over two years, this is the only domain we have ever had problems with.
Jan 6, 2009 at 3:54 UTC
I would recommend trying to send mail to that domain manually so you can see what's happening. Manually discover the MX record and everything. It sounds like you don't have reverse DNS (rDNS) setup for you host. Their server does a reverse DNS lookup of the IP address and see's if it gets anything, if it doesn't many mail programs will reject the email at that point.
Jan 6, 2009 at 3:56 UTC
We do have a reverse dns. Our domain is syracusecmh.org
Jan 6, 2009 at 5:19 UTC
I noticed there's an MX record of 0 going to a black hole - that may tie up Postini - they're known for some of the most rigid of spam companies. Anything that doesn't match up and they'll block it.
Jan 6, 2009 at 7:56 UTC
That was supposed to be some trick to catch spammers. I cant really tell if we get any less...but it was a try I guess. I will try getting rid of that, maybe you are correct and that is catching it.....
Jan 10, 2009 at 4:12 UTC
That was it. Thanks!!!
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Elinor Florence of Invermere became a best-selling author upon publishing her first novel. Set during the Second World War, Bird's Eye View (Dundurn 2014) is about an idealistic prairie farm girl who joins the air force and becomes an aerial photographic interpreter and views the war through a microscope. The protagonist, Rose Jolliffe, is part of an intelligence system that spies on the enemy from the sky from a converted mansion in England. When her commanding officer, Gideon Fowler, sets his sights on Rose, both professionally and personally, her prospects look bright. But can he be trusted? As she becomes increasingly disillusioned by the destruction of war, Rose's world falls apart. Located about one mile north of London, the mansion where Rose works gets requisitioned by the Royal Air Force and renamed RAF Medmenham. Nowadays it's a luxury hotel called Danesfield House.
Florence self-published a book of her original interviews with veterans titled My Favourite Veterans: True Stories From World War Two's Hometown Heroes (self-published 2016).
Florence also maintains a remarkable, extensive blog called Wartime Wednesdays in which she shares her research into Canada's warttime history, concentrating on the two world wars.
Bird's Eye View (Dundurn 2014) $24.99 9781459721432
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