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TICONDEROGA - The Salvation Army is seeking volunteer Bell Ringers for its Red Kettle Campaign in Ticonderoga.
The Red Kettles have become a tradition throughout the United States, raising money to assist the less fortunate.
Glen Buell is the site coordinator for the Ticonderoga Service Unit. He's looking for volunteers to stand by the kettles on Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting the week before Thanksgiving through Christmas Eve from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, in 1-2 hour time slots.
Companies, organizations, schools and individuals can sign up as volunteers.
"Up to 90 percent of the money raised is available to help people in need in our local community," Buell said. "Around 25 percent of that money helped people at Christmas last year. A number of families have received assistance to buy food, clothing, school supplies and to pay utility bills."
People interested in volunteering for the Red Kettle Campaign, or throughout the entire year, should call Buell at 597-3222.
Anyone who needs assistance can call the same number.
"If you have a friendly face, you don't mind being out in the cold for an hour or two, and you would like to do something to benefit your community this holiday season, then consider becoming a volunteer Bell Ringer for the Salvation Army," Buell said.


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Search trumps Navigation
|Sophisticated Users
|Use application launchers like Launchy, GnomeDo or Quicksilver
|Use hierarchical navigation from start menu or equivalent
|(Coders) Use Ctrl-N (IntelliJ) or Ctrl-Shift-T (Eclipse) to open a class
|Use hierarchical navigation of the Package/Project explorer
|Use search engines to find information on the internet
|Might prefer using something like Yahoo Directory to get to the information they seek
|Use desktop search to find files on their hard disk
|Always use the hierarchical file system explorer
Traditional hierarchical organization requires users to navigate through the hierarchy to get to whatever they are looking for. Such navigation is unnecessary in cyberspace and is painful for seasoned knowledge workers. Reliance on taxonomies is a relic of physical world thinking. Their importance is overrated in a digital medium.
Folksonomies don't replace search either. Being multidimensional, they are useful for finding 'similar content' after you have found the first one. Even then, it requires very good participation by the user community to be relevant.
Comprehensive organization is expensive and time consuming
It takes humans to put things in their place. :-) Correct classification requires some understanding of the subject. At a time when the quantity of content is growing rapidly, it is expensive to hire people with understanding of the subject to maintain a organization hierarchy. Relying on users to do this themselves doesn't work out well in my experience.
Lightweight, deferred organization is easy
One of the problems with upfront organization is that you have to come up with a scheme that is acceptable to most (if not all) users. Instead, it is easy to slap on a starting page or a table of contents later if you are using something like a wiki. When my project wiki began to get unweildy, someone just added a page called "Day one reading material" with links to several other informative pages (thus bypassing all notions of hierarchical navigation). New joiners to the project were simply directed to this page.
Just Ask Around
Asking people for information has never been easier. Corporate microblogging (micro-messaging) tools like Yammer (or just a company wide always-on chatroom) make it very effective and non-intrusive to ask questions like: "Can sometime point me to existing collateral for xyz service offering?"

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K&N 57 Series Air Intake 57-3066
- Guaranteed by K&N to boost horsepower and acceleration
- Tube is constructed of high density polyethylene
- High-flow, conical air filter allows for great air intake to engine
- 100% reusable and washable Air Filter
- Vehicle specific design for easy install, and maximum performance
- Filter lasts up to 100,000 miles before needing to be cleaned
- CARB exempt - street legal in all 50 states
- Backed by a million mile limited warranty
We know you didn't land on this page by accident! You must be looking for the highest performing air intake system on the market. K&N FIPK air intake systems give you everything you're looking for including amazing power and torque as well as better fuel economy.
The K&N FIPK air intake systems are made to custom fit your make and model of vehicle. You may be asking, "So this intake system is going to enhance my ride by adding performance, but is it durable and how long will it hold up?" Well folks, let's take a look into what they are made out of. The hose is made out of a specially formulated polyethylene. The polyethylene is rotationally made, giving you a perfect tube which allows air to flow unobstructed. The extra-large filter captures more dirt than the competition and is a big reason why this intake system works so well. Did I mention how easy the up-keep process is? The filters are completely washable and fully reusable.
Wouldn't you like to make your vehicle happy? Imagine how happy your vehicle is going to be giving it an extra set of lungs. If you're a car and truck junkie looking for the next available way to enhance your ride, pulling every ounce of performance out of your engine, you've just found it!
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- (2007) Chevy Silverado 2500 New Body, +19 HP, 6.6L V8 Duramax
- 2008-2010 Chevy Silverado 2500 +19 HP, 6.6L V8 Duramax
- (2007) Chevy Silverado 3500 New Body, +19 HP, 6.6L V8 Duramax
- 2008-2010 Chevy Silverado 3500 +19 HP, 6.6L V8 Duramax
- (2007) GMC Sierra 2500 New Body, +19 HP, 6.6L V8 Duramax
- 2008-2010 GMC Sierra 2500 +19 HP, 6.6L V8 Duramax
- (2007) GMC Sierra 3500 New Body, +19 HP, 6.6L V8 Duramax
- 2008-2010 GMC Sierra 3500 +19 HP, 6.6L V8 Duramax
Million Mile Limited Warranty
All K&N OE replacement Air Filters - as specified below - are warranted against defective materials or workmanship for one million miles.
Any K&N air filter listed in our catalog or on our web site as an OE replacement air filter with a cross reference to a specific vehicle or motorcycle; except for those air filters sold for use on ATV's and motorcycles designed for dual purpose and/or off-road use.
Our warranty covers the original purchaser of a K&N Air Filter who has provided proper proof of the original retail purchase.
Any K&N Air Filter used for 1- any type of racing or competition; 2 - any off-road use, custom or modified applications; 3 - any illegal highway use, marine, or industrial applications. (These units are covered by a one year unlimited mileage warranty.)
Incorrect Service: The K&N Air Filter must be cleaned and serviced with K&N cleaner and air filter oil (or comparable cleaner and oil) per the prescribed routine maintenance procedure as outlined in the product literature that accompanies the K&N Air Filter. Use of any cleaner or oil that damages the filter or compromises its performance (gasoline, transmission fluid, motor oil, lightweight oil, or diesel fuel) will void the warranty.
No Proof of Purchase: At time of warranty claim, buyer must provide proof of purchase (original receipt or invoice).
Incorrect Use: Any damaged, abused or modified K&N Air Filter will not be warranted.
Any defective K&N Air Filter properly returned to K&N will be replaced. K&N will not be responsible for any other expenses incurred by the customer under the terms of this warranty, nor shall it be responsible for any damages either consequential, special, contingent, or otherwise; or expenses or injury arising directly or indirectly from the use of the K&N Air Filter. Any K&N Air Filter returned to K&N must be sent at customers' expense along with proof of purchase. K&N reserves the right to determine whether the terms of the warranty, set out above, have been properly complied with. In the event that the terms are not complied with, K&N shall be under no obligation to honor this warranty.
K&N FIPK air intakes offer a simple installation that can be done right at home. K&N designs their intakes to be direct factory replacements, making install painless. All hardware and instructions are included, and install instructions are also included on our site. Give us a call at 877-216-5446 if you have any questions.
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Studio CapsuleGuest Artists
Robert DeJesus is a Writer, Story Creator, Illustrator, Story Board Artist, and Character Designer. Robert is no stranger to the anime and manga community. An Indiana born, self-taught artist, who got his first art career break when he sent an eight page short story to comic publisher, Antarctic Press in February of 1990. He has drawn manga inspired art for well over 19 years and has been published nearly all over the world. He has worked for many companies like Playstation Magazine, Marvel, Hasbro, and now his most recent work with Harper Collins Publishing, just to name a few.
Emily DeJesus is a Writer, Editor, Story Creator and Manager. Robert and Emily met at a convention called Anime Central and haven't been apart since that day. Emily has always enjoyed manga and anime, but never thought it could be her job. Emily has worked with Robert for over 7 years now. She helps write the web comic "How to Loathe Drawing in the Manga Style" and has just finished writing her first children's book. She enjoys the business side of working for Studio Capsule very much and is grateful that she has an opportunity to work in the manga/comics business.
Studio Capsule is involved in creating a line of low print run doujinshis, portfolios, animated shorts, and other projects expanding Studio Capsule. Find out everything that's new with either Studio Capsule or Robert and Emily DeJesus at www.studiocapsule.com


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FDA advisory panel backs experimental lung drug
An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recommended that the agency approve an experimental treatment for smoking-related lung damage made by Britain's GlaxoSmithKline Plc and Theravance Inc.
Glaxo's U.S.-traded shares rose 1.9 percent to $50.34 following the vote. Theravance's shares rose 17.4 percent to $32.89 in after-market trading.
The drug, Breo Ellipta, is a once-daily inhaled treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that includes emphysema, chronic bronchitis or both. COPD is the third-leading cause of death in the United States, according to federal data.
Breo consists of a corticosteroid, fluticasone furoate, which reduces inflammation and a novel long-acting beta-agonist, or LABA, called vilanterol, which is designed to open the airways. The product is inhaled through a palm-sized device called Ellipta.
The drug is expected to generate annual sales of $337 million in 2014, according to an average of six analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
Breo, or Relvar as it would be called outside the United States, could ultimately supplant Glaxo's twice-daily asthma and COPD drug, Advair, a roughly $8 billion-a-year drug that contains a similar combination: the steroid fluticasone propionate and the long-acting beta-agonist salmeterol.
"Patients and physicians alike generally seem quite content with Advair, and because Relvar/Breo is only minimally differentiated it probably won't see fast, widespread adoption," said Tim Anderson, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein, in a research note.
Breo would also compete with AstraZeneca Plc's twice-a-day Symbicort, an inhaled combination of the corticosteroid budesonide and the long-acting beta-agonist formoterol.
Glaxo and Theravance are hoping the once-daily delivery of Breo will make their drug more attractive to patients. But Anderson is skeptical.
"It is not readily apparent to us that payers will uniformly adopt this thesis," he said. "Some payers may view Relvar/Breo as more of a lifecycle management tool whereby GSK is trying to protect itself commercially against the future possibility of generic versions of Advair one day launching in the U.S."
The earliest this could happen, he said, is mid-2016.
The FDA is not obliged to follow the recommendations of its advisory panels, but typically does so.
The companies are seeking to market the drug as a treatment for airflow obstruction and to help reduce COPD exacerbations, which can cause lung damage. Panelists voted 9 to 4 that the drug's benefits outweighed its risks, which include a heightened potential for pneumonia and bone fractures.
The 0panel was more decisive in its view that Breo helps with breathing, voting 21-1 in favor, than they were in their view that it reduces exacerbations, where the vote was 8 to 5.
Glaxo and Theravance are jointly developing another COPD drug - Anoro, an inhaled combination of vilanterol and umeclidinium, a long-acting muscarinic receptor antagonist, or LAMA, which analysts expect could generate peak annual sales of nearly $1.4 billion, according to Thomson Reuters data.
Anoro would be a more unique product. It would be the first combination LAMA/LABA on the market and would compete with Spiriva, also known as tiotropium bromide, the only marketed LAMA on the market. Spiriva is made by Pfizer Inc and Germany's Boehringer Ingelheim.
Glaxo owns 27 percent of Theravance. Speculation has risen that Glaxo might buy the remaining 73 percent to gain full control of their portfolio of jointly developed respiratory drugs.


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SWCDS Support Off-Channel Water Reservoirs
Temple — Off-channel reservoirs have become a well-liked alternative for Texas water planning, and have been acclaimed as less ecologically harmful alternatives when compared to traditional on-river reservoirs.
Soil and water conservation district directors representing 216 Texas SWCDS attending their 72nd Annual Meeting October 29-31 in Bastrop voiced unanimous support for the construction of off-channel reservoirs in Texas.
"The logic for Texas SWCDS supporting the construction of a network of off-channel reservoirs adjacent to rivers and streams is that heavy rains contribute to excess runoff. Since Texas has and is facing a decreasing water supply as a result of recurring drought as well as increasing demands for water caused by a growing population, SWCDS have acknowledged that an excess flow of water from a heavy rainfall event is largely an untapped source of water which could be captured to augment available supplies," said Billy Mann, Secretary, of the Matagorda County Soil and Water Conservation District.
The concept of an off-channel reservoir involves diverting water from a primary stream during high flows to storage in a reservoir often constructed on a smaller tributary stream. Stored water in the off-channel reservoirs is then used to provide a firm supply of water when flow is not available from the primary stream during drought periods.
Implementation of off-channel reservoirs is becoming more common as increasing environmental constraints limit the development of major on-channel reservoirs.
"A key benefit to off-channel reservoirs is that they are more environmentally friendly to fish and wildlife in large aquatic ecosystems such as rivers, streams, bays and estuaries because a traditional reservoir, which involves damming a river's main channel, changes a river's natural dynamics," said Mann.
The primary disadvantage of an off-channel reservoir is the requirement for a pump station and pipeline system to divert water from the primary stream to the off-channel reservoir; however, other benefits, according to Mann, is that off-channel reservoirs generally offer a lower cost for storage because the reservoir is typically sited on a small tributary which reduces the size of the dam and spillway facilities.
"Though Texas SWCDS support the development of off-channel reservoirs, it should be clear that as part of the process SWCDS maintain that all land acquired for the construction of such reservoirs and their accompanying infrastructure should be purchased from willing sellers and that the use of eminent domain proceedings to acquire property should be prohibited," said Mann.
The TSSWCB administers Texas' soil and water conservation law and delivers coordinated natural resource conservation programs through the State's 216 soil and water conservation districts.
Additionally, the TSSWCB is the lead agency for planning, implementing, and managing programs for preventing and abating agricultural and silvicultural nonpoint sources of water pollution. The agency also administers a water supply enhancement program through the targeted control of water-depleting brush. The TSSWCB also acts to ensure that the State's network of 2,000 flood control dams are protecting lives and property by providing operation, maintenance, and structural repair grants to local government sponsors and facilitates the Texas Invasive Species Coordinating Committee.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Three points apiece from Lynne Tye and Casey Flynn would not be enough as MIT fell to Williams College, 17-6, in non-conference women's lacrosse action on Thursday. Tye registered a hat-trick while Flynn tallied one goal and two assists. Edith Reshef and Erica Little bolstered the Engineers' (0-2) attack with a goal each. Stephanie Brenman notched three groundballs as Samantha O'Keefe collected three draw controls. Evelyn Cordner posted two caused turnovers while Molly McCartin finished with 12 saves and two groundballs.
The Ephs led off the game with three consecutive goals through the first eight minutes. MIT got on the board two minutes later when Tye connected on a feed from Flynn. After seven minutes of scoreless play, Williams tallied four unanswered goals for a 7-1 advantage. A free-position shot by Little helped narrow the gap for the Engineers, but Williams registered three out of the next four goals to close the half. Tye's free-position goal was MIT's lone marker as it trailed, 10-3, at the break.
The Cardinal and Gray continued to attack in the second stanza, recording back-to-back goals after two minutes elapsed. Flynn found Reshef and Tye's solo effort brought the Engineers within five (10-5). In a span of four minutes, the Ephs went on a 4-1 run that extended their margin to 14-6 with 21:10 on the clock. Flynn's unassisted goal broke up the spurt, but Williams found the back of the net three more times before the final whistle.


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Who knows whether Collin Klein did enough Saturday night to secure the Heisman Trophy.
Something tells us Klein probably doesn't care. Kansas State is the co-champion of the Big 12 conference. By virtue of a head-to-head win over Oklahoma, K-State will play in the Fiesta Bowl against Oregon. And, Kansas State redeemed itself from an awful loss to Baylor with a 42-24 romp over Texas, the fifth-straight win over UT.
The 11-1 Wildcats are triumphant, and no Heisman Trophy vote will change that.
Klein will be in New York City on Dec. 8. But despite leading the way in such a monumental season in the program's history, he could well finish behind Texas A&M freshman quarterback Johnny Manziel and maybe even Notre Dame senior linebacker Manti Te'o in the race for college football's biggest individual prize.
Here's what he did to the Longhorns: completed a meager 8 of 14 passes for 184 yards and a touchdown. That doesn't scream Heisman. Maybe this does—23 carries for 104 yards and two touchdowns.
That aside, his most noted accomplishment was bringing K-State's only its third conference title in 117 years of football.
Oklahoma stayed on edge, hoping for its own ticket to a guaranteed BCS spot. Had the Wildcats lost, the Sooners would have won the Big 12. Instead, OU watched as K-State dropped the Longhorns to 8-4. Oklahoma is hopeful for an at-large berth in the Sugar Bowl.
Kansas State left nothing to chance.
After trailing 10-7 at halftime, it posted a huge fourth quarter to pull away from Texas.
Running back John Hubert's 2-yard run put Kansas State ahead, 14-10, but UT's Malcolm Brown countered with a 2-yard score of his own. Hubert punched back and gave the Wildcats a 21-17 lead that it never gave up.
Klein's 55-yard pass on a rope to Tyler Lockett was a thing of beauty. Hubert scored again and Klein ran one in from 9 yards. Brown's little scored at the end was inconsequential.
The Wildcats had locked things up as a team. Now the waiting to begins to see if Klein did the same for the Heisman Trophy.


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text: Hello, I have setup a multiserver setup with Ubuntu 12.04 and the perfect server guide. (Apache and MySQL 5.5) After the setup it works great but sometimes my websites with a database give my a error. Webserver and Database server are different servers. Database Error: Unable to connect to the database:Could not connect to MySQL. Websites without a database running fine. When i get the error message, i can ping form the webserver to the DB server and from the DB server to webserver. I think it is a problem with MySQL. I have also start al over again with a clean installation but i get the same problem. With older versions (Ubuntu 10.04 perfect server setup) it runs without a problem. I hope that someone can help my.


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Evil and dark Orchestral action track. Strings create atmosphere of cold and dark night while brass and drums create moving and marching effect. Exelent choice for dark army, game, film or commercial of hmmm Dark Lord voting? =)
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Dear customers and VideoHive Authors!
If you would like to use my music in your projects and videos I ask you to make music credits "Music by Alex Louder". I appreciate this! And please, do not forget to link to the music in your description, and drop me e-mail, so I could update my track description with the link to your item.


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Items where Mentor is "Kodek, prof. dr. Dušan"
Jure Menart (2014) Frequency control of radiofrequency cavity. EngD thesis.
Peter Žužek (2013) C compiler for the HIP processor. EngD thesis.
Lambe Čočorovski (2013) System for text to speech synthesis. EngD thesis.
Gašper Žejn (2013) SPEAKER DIARIZATION OF AUDIO RECORDINGS. EngD thesis.
Anton Perc (2013) MODULAR MIDI CONTROLLER. EngD thesis.
Andrej Veber (2013) Monitoring and automation of room functions. EngD thesis.
Peter Pišljar (2012) High efficency LED lamp driving circuit. EngD thesis.
Matija Verbič (2012) Weather station with a built in web server. EngD thesis.
Gašper Bistrovič (2012) Garden with online control. EngD thesis.
Borut Jevševar (2012) Intelligent home with online control. EngD thesis.
Aljoša Kopina (2012) Computer controlled motorized camera doll. EngD thesis.
Martin Kranjc (2012) Computer controled UHF antena. EngD thesis.
Mitja Cerkvenik (2012) Sound synthesizer and drum sequencer with midi interface. EngD thesis.
Tomi Mlinar (2012) Method for the determination of coexistence of digital signals on the same frequency band. PhD thesis.
Ana Žavbi (2012) Plotter with CNC based control. EngD thesis.
Matija Mazalin (2012) GPS based boat autopilot. EngD thesis.
Samo Kralj (2012) Unmanned aircraft with the Ardupilot Mega Autopilot. EngD thesis.
Nejc Bernot (2012) Voice control of the ZPlet interpreter by using the Sphinx-4 system. EngD thesis.
Bine Gorjanc (2012) Remote home monitoring. EngD thesis.
Primož Kržišnik (2012) Computer controlled telescope. EngD thesis.
Matej Simčič (2012) Automation of orders in taxi service. EngD thesis.
Jure Balabanič (2011) Remote vehicle control with video surveillance. EngD thesis.
Jan Vesel (2011) System for creative photography. EngD thesis.
Jani Černe (2011) Waterfall as a printer. EngD thesis.
Andraž Božiček (2011) Application of lattice basis reduction algorithms for polynomial approximation with finite wordlength coefficients. MSc thesis.
Damjan Šonc (2011) Trainable speech synthesis system. PhD thesis.
Katja Cetinski (2010) Voice controlled television set using system Sphinx-4. EngD thesis.
Matej Cigale (2010) Combination keyboard and mouse. EngD thesis.
Robert Koritnik (2010) Methods for software applications testing and their market penetration. EngD thesis.
Ivo Križman (2010) Message forwarding system for emergency services. EngD thesis.
Miha Gorše (2010) A mobile phone controlled intervalometer. EngD thesis.
Matej Peršolja (2010) Driver assistance system implemented on a radio controlled model car. EngD thesis.
Tomaž Furlan (2010) Programmable logic controller. EngD thesis.
Blaž Primc (2010) Authenticating Identity Addressing. EngD thesis.
Tadej Slemc (2010) High speed photography. EngD thesis.
Jure Turel (2010) Technologies and implementations of audio plug-ins. EngD thesis.
Miha Rojko (2010) Web application for acquisition and storage of Slovenian speech recordings. EngD thesis.
Gašper Mlinšek (2010) System for a baseball game score display and management. EngD thesis.
Mark Apat (2010) Wireless sensor data acquisition on remote locations. EngD thesis.
Vedran Mutić (2010) Analysis and implementation of musical effects with the Simulink program tool. EngD thesis.
Luka Birsa (2009) Delay tolerant networks and Prophet routing protocol. EngD thesis.
Luka Šepetavc (2009) System for wireless data acquisition with web supervision capability. EngD thesis.
Luka Hauptman (2009) Electronic flight instrument system. EngD thesis.
Luka Grah (2008) DCTool - Programming tool for data classification on disk arrays. EngD thesis.
Vasilij Femec (2008) User interface for personal accounting. EngD thesis.
Zvonko Boštjančič (2008) System for automatic transmission of meteorological information. EngD thesis.
Blaž Hostnik (2008) A system for computer control of a turning lathe. EngD thesis.
Tadej Miklič (2008) . EngD thesis.
Matej Močnik (2008) Wireless weather station. EngD thesis.
David Vodopivec (2008) Controller for brushless direct current motor. EngD thesis.
Boštjan Pate (2008) On-board unit for electronic toll collection. EngD thesis.
Mišo Duplančič (2008) System for software localization. EngD thesis.
Gregor Guštin (2008) . EngD thesis.
Tomaž Kranjec (2007) . EngD thesis.
Andraž Božiček (2007) . EngD thesis.
Gašper Siard (2007) . EngD thesis.
Mirko Šolič (2007) . EngD thesis.
Damjan Glad (2007) . EngD thesis.
Andrej Štrancar (2006) Dynamic Adaptation of Time-Frequency Resolution in Spectral Analysis of Speech Signals. PhD thesis.
Ciril Škrlj (2006) . EngD thesis.
Luka Knavs (2006) . EngD thesis.
Erik Mihalj (2006) . EngD thesis.
Marko Kastelic (2006) . EngD thesis.
Robert Rozman (2005) Asymmetric window functions in speech recognition systems. PhD thesis.


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pitbullmamaliz wrote: Sometimes I think it's the movement of the other dogs that gets her, sometimes the noises, and sometimes I swear to god she's barking just to hear herself.
pitbullmamaliz wrote:I think a lot of it is the fact that it's inside. Her behavior outside is so drastically different than inside, even if the dogs are the same distance (or closer!) and doing the exact same thing. Not sure if it's because she feels trapped inside or if she just feels the need to resource guard the building? Or maybe she's just being a bitch.
fenella wrote:We've worked A LOT on clicking for relaxed behavior. I work it at home, too. I do believe that it changes their perception. It's kinda like smiling to make yourself feel better even if you don't feel like it. Eventually, you start to feel better
pitbullmamaliz wrote:Fenella (I am so sorry - it's early and I'm having a brain fart and can't remember your name!)
pitbullmamaliz wrote:I realize now that Inara isn't aggressive, just hyper-motivated to reach the other dog to play. It's still rude though, but now I'm wondering if I've made it worse by denying her the ability to meet other dogs.
pitbullmamaliz wrote:I had no luck with the Easy Walk harness and I'm doubtful the Sensible would work any better, but I miss having some control over her front end. Ginger is going to let me borrow one of the harnesses to try out to see if I like it before I spend money on it.
pitbullmamaliz wrote:*sigh* I know that's good, and I realize now that Inara isn't aggressive, just hyper-motivated to reach the other dog to play. It's still rude though, but now I'm wondering if I've made it worse by denying her the ability to meet other dogs.
pitbullmamaliz wrote:After that Ginger wanted us to work on teaching the dogs a position they can go to if they get worked up, kind of a safe spot for them. She said the two best options are either behind us or in a down between our legs, our choice. I am doing the down between my legs just because I feel that will give me more control over her. I'm going to have to figure out how to shape this behavior (Erin???) because she did really well when I was luring her, but she just stared at me blankly when I tried to get her there w/o luring.
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Doctors find 27 contact lenses in woman's eye
Doctors found 27 contact lenses in a UK woman's eye in an incident reported earlier this month.
According to CNN, the 67-year-old was scheduled for cataract surgery last year after reporting symptoms of dry eye and general discomfort.
Though the woman thought her condition to be the result of old age, doctors at the Solihull Hospital soon found she had 27 contact lenses stuck in her right eye in a "blue mass."
The stack was discovered when an anesthetist started to numb her eye for the operation before noticing the first cluster, CNN reported.
The woman told doctors she had worn disposable contact lenses for 35 years.
Occasionally, she said, she would go to remove the lenses -- and wouldn't be able to find them.
Assuming they had fallen out, she would disregard the absence.
Doctors say the incident should serve as a reminder of the importance of attending regular doctor appointments while wearing contact lenses.
If a contact wearer experiences a weird feeling or knows they did not remove their contacts, they should go to a doctor.


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Student support services, also known as "student services" provides opportunities for academic development, assist students with basic school requirements, and motivates students toward the successful completion of their education. The goal of SSS is to increase the retention and graduation rates of all students.
Student support services professionals provide direct services for all children and youth, especially those who are experiencing problems that create barriers to learning. Direct services are provided by means such as education, counseling, consultation and individual assessment.
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text: I've had a milk blister for nearly two weeks now. I've tried steaming it, massaging it, dunking it in epsom salt and hot water, putting coconut oil on it to soften it, rubbing a hot towel across it to break it open and even tried lancing the skin with a sterile needle. I've pumped it as much as I can as well. Nothing seems to be clearing it out. I haven't nursed on it for a few days because it's painful, so I've been pumping and bottle-feeding and feeding from my other breast. Has anyone had a milk blister that's stuck around this long? It doesn't seem to be getting worse, but it's not getting any better either so I'm beginning to worry. Should I bite the bullet and nurse on it? Will that remedy the issue? Should I consider seeing a physician, or is this treatable without having to go in? If I see a medical professional, should I be seeing an OBGYN or my midwife or a general physician for something like this? I'm not showing any signs of infection or any further issues. I've been keeping the area really clean and tending to it constantly. It's starting to drive me nuts and I just want to go back to breastfeeding.


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What is QNX?
That seems like an easy enough question, but the answer is fairly complicated. QNX is a company, a microkernel, a real-time operating system, and a development platform. To stay consistent, here's the QNX nomenclature this article will follow, though it is not official:
- QNX Software Systems is an Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, based company. From here on out, we'll call the company QSS.
- QNX 2.x and 4.x are older versions of the operating system, from microkernel up to development tools. This review will essentially ignore them.
- QNX Neutrino is the microkernel itself.
- QNX by itself, QNX 6.x, the QNX RTOS, and the QNX Neutrino RTOS will refer to the complete real-time operating system, not counting the development platform.
- QNX Momentics is the complete development platform.
What's an RTOS?
Again, a simple question without a particularly good answer. The abbreviation "RTOS" stands for real-time operating system... but unfortunately no one can agree on what "real-time" means, or even "operating system," for that matter. The raging debate about "what is real-time?" doesn't particularly impact a review of any given OS, but I'll outline a few points about people generally mean by it.
- Predictability. The time to complete a task must be bounded.
- Priorities. There has to be a way to interrupt a lower priority task to make sure that high priority tasks aren't starved.
- Scalability. Usually, when you think of scalability in computing it starts small and goes upward toward massive buildings chock full of IT people. In the case of RTOSes, scalability means stripping down the OS to the bare minimum required. If the RTOS is controlling a jet fighter, you don't need or want MSN Messenger, Real Player, or Solitaire. Some RTOSes need only a few kilobytes of storage and RAM to work.
- Robustness. There is no known way to prevent an electronic system from crashing. However, there are methods for both minimizing the chance of crashes and for graceful recovery from crashes.
The QNX Neutrino RTOS
QSS's crown jewel is the QNX Neutrino message passing microkernel. What's a message passing microkernel? The executive summary is that it is a specific solution to the problems of creating a Real-time Operating System. Skipping the technical details on how this works, for now think of QNX as "just another OS." In fact, to users and developers, QNX looks like any other POSIX-compliant system, e.g. Linux or Solaris. The underlying architecture may be vastly different, but type ls at a prompt and you'll see the familiar /usr, /bin, /home, and /root directories.
Supported architectures are ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, SH-4, StrongARM, XScale™, and x86. Currently, there is no 64-bit support. The Neutrino is a true multi-threaded, multi-tasking system, with several different modes of multi-processing. QSS refers to these as Symmetric, Asymmetric, and Bounded Multi-Processing. (SMP, AMP, and BMP, respectively). Again ignoring the technical details of these terms, the different modes allow developers to fine-tune the behavior of their applications for real-time tasks. BMP, for example, forces tasks to run on a specific processor.
File systems are not part of the microkernel, making it easy to load and unload as needed. QNX defaults to the qnx4 file system, a proprietary fs similar to other POSIX file systems. It includes support for images for use in ROM, NAND flash, and NOR flash, with Execute-in-place capabilities. There is also a RAM-disk utility. Recently, QNX released ETFS, or the Embedded Transactional File System. Essentially, this uses atomic transactions to ensure there are no file corruptions as a result of power-outages or a crashing program. ext2, DOS / FAT12, FAT16, FAT32 , ISO9660, and Joliet are also supported. Notably missing are ext3, JFS, XFS, ZFS, and ReiserFS. Of course, NTFS is not supported. Sharing with other systems is still fairly easy; both CIFS (client) and NFS (client and server) work fine. Briefly, QNX used a Package File System that was more of a hassle than a help; support remains but it is no longer a mainstream solution.
QNX has IPv4 and IPv6, plus its own proprietary network protocol. Message passing extends to the QNX network seamlessly, so that distributed computing is transparent. As a simple example, a drive on a remote machine could be mounted locally, whether or not the remote machine has it mounted. Since most advanced users think nothing of remote-mounting a drive, a more impressive example might be transparently accessing a remote serial port.
USB support is okay, but since most companies do not offer QNX drivers for their devices you are mostly limited to generic devices such as keyboards, mice, and storage devices. USB flash storage works like any other drive. There are a handful of printers that work on USB. Don't get your hopes up for much else.
Video card support is similarly essentially limited to nVidia, ATI, or Matrox. Even then, QNX has trouble keeping up with the fast pace of the graphics market.
Hardware support in general is a weakness when it comes to "standard" devices. The emphasis is on embedded hardware, such as Board Support Packages (BSPs) to allow QNX to boot on systems that don't have a BIOS. Writing or porting device drivers is fairly straightforward, provided with documentation for a given device. QNX has several Device Driver Kits (DDKs) to ease development, as well as POSIX conventions for direct access of hardware through port I/O and dual-port memory.


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Fear is as old as Eden and as current as the daily paper or television news roundup. Trembling times have been around throughout history, but you may think today's panic producers outnumber those of the past.
Name your areas of anxiety in this troubled time and you'll undoubtedly find many others who agree with you and share your fears.
How shall we cope with this barrage of worry makers?
Where can we find an antidote for anxiety?
Try the "Fear not" book: the Bible.
Fear and faith are opposites, so it makes sense for fearful people to take steps to build their faith and conquer their fears.
Faith is positive. Doubt is negative. And there are doubt producers on every hand: hypocrisy, betrayal by those we trust, family problems, financial reverses, employment uncertainties, natural disasters and the casualties of war. Even the sight of modern hospitals and well-kept cemeteries remind us of the sorrows and shortness of life.
To stay positive in this negative world, I begin my day quoting Bible verses that build my faith. When we feed our faith, our doubts starve to death. And when faith wins fear loses.
Dr. V. Raymond Edman, former president and late chancellor of Wheaton College, wrote: "Faith is dead to doubts, dumb to discouragements, blind to impossibilities, knows nothing but success. Faith lifts its hands up through the threatening clouds, lays hold of Him who has all power in heaven and on earth. Faith makes the uplook good, the outlook bright, the inlook favorable and the future glorious."
Faith adds a new dimension to consider in the face of difficulties.
When Thomas Edison began developing the phonograph, he grappled with many problems. The high tones were harsh and the low tones muffled.
Edison hired a man to help him solve the problems, but after working for two years, the man went to Edison, discouraged and ready to give up on the project.
Edison answered, "I believe that for every problem God has given us, He has a solution. We may not find it, but someday someone will. Go back and try a little longer."
We all know the results that grew out of Edison's faith in God's ability to reveal answers to all of the problems of life.
Faith provides an alternative to fear.
Trials then are not the enemies of faith but are opportunities to prove God's faithfulness.
Faith makes us triumphant in trouble, but the faith that wins and moves mountains, doesn't rest in itself. Instead, it is anchored securely in God, who is faithful. Strong faith would be worthless if the object of our faith was not strong.
The quest for peace then rests on the answer to this question: Is God big enough to solve the problems I'm facing?
And the answer is obvious.
Since the great Creator becomes the Savior of all who place their faith in Him, they need not fear what the future holds because they know the One who holds the future.
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I have a male Doberman puppy who is 5.5 months old.
he was diagnosed with a Staph infection at 2.5 months that Cleared up with antibiotics and returned. It was mainly on his stomach and legs. They were tiny "pimple" like bumps with a yellow center. We treated again with antibiotics and it cleared up for about 2 months.
He is now 5.5 months old and has been diagnosed with another staph infection.
They now are much larger bumps (the size of a nickel) on his head, mouth,penis, legs,stomach....pretty much everywhere.
He even has some between his toes and in between his paw pads.
He was Also Diagnosed with having an ear infection at the same time.
We have taken a skin scraping and there were no Mites.
I am at a loss.
He is a young puppy and I am wondering what his outlook is as far as the Staph infections go.
are they due to an "immature" immune system (like our vet has told us) or something else.
I really don't want him to go through this every 2 months.
He is Currently on Antibiotic's (cephalaxin) and a fatty acid pill to help his Coat and skin.
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A reader recently posted a question on Slashdot recently asking others how they would answer the interview question "What's the first thing you do when you get to work in the morning?" The poster asks IT managers to answer that question to find out what Web sites or tools they look at or use the first thing. So let's give it a shot here. I'll start:I start by googling Paris Hilton. I'm worried sick about that girl.
OK, just having some fun there. Of course, I log on to TechRepublic first thing. Really, I do. But then, I work here so that pretty much makes sense. I'll let you guys take it from here. What's the first thing you do when you get in the office-aside from getting coffee? Click here to let us know.
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For the sake of convenience the registers may be broken down into two categories pre and post July 1837, at which time national registration was introduced, however the registration of births was not compulsory until 1875 and prior to that date some records may only be found in the parish baptism records.
Post July 1837Free BMD is the workhorse of the post July 1837 registrations, giving the GRO Reference for recorded births, marriage and deaths. Whilst these are normally regarded as the source for obtaining the certificates, they can also be used for finding parish marriage registrations using Marriage Locator.
Marriage Locator is a new site which aims to decode the GRO marriage registration code to give the registration district and the name of the church at which the registration took place. Thus, instead of having to buy the certificate the details can easily be found in the local parish registers or using sites such as On-Line Parish Clerks (Genealogy) which are listed under parish and church names. Marriage Locator was set up by the Guild of One-Name Studies but help with this project is open to all volunteers, please contact email@example.com if you have access to local records, and wish to assist.
UK BMD is another site where volunteers have indexed the parish registers from within their counties, again from 1837. On going to the site, click the "Local BMD" button on the left and the counties which have taken part in this project can be found. Each uses a standard format and may include the reference for a local office from which a copy certificate can be obtained.
Pre July 1837The On-Line Parish Clerks project covers the earlier records as well as those post 1837. Usually it is possible to search all the records for each church, but not across all the churches in a parish. Hence it is better to try and establish the likely church for the registration. A number of the records contain an LDS film number, and it is not clear whether the LDS transcriptions have been used, or it is the reference for the microfilm in the local office - I hope it is the latter?
FreeReg aims to cover the whole of the UK, and probably has better coverage than other sites mentioned (except Free BMD post 1837). As with all volunteer projects coverage varies between different counties and parishes, however coverage has improved significantly in recent years. FreeReg probably gives more record details than other sites.
Of course, one site which must not be forgotten is Family Search, especially since the revisions which are currently in hand. It was on this site that after a number of years of searching that I found my 5th great grandfather, born in the early 1700s
GeneralWhen viewing all these sites it is worth remembering that they are secondary sources (unless the images are provided), and some of the originals, and not necessarily only the very old ones, can be difficult to read. The spelling of names may also vary, particularly if the informant was illiterate. Ages, especially for marriages, should be treated with care as some would have declared themselves as of "full age" when in reality they were under 21 and needed parental consent. Ages at death may be nothing more than a guess.
Finally, There are numerous small, e.g. family, sites which contain abstractions of parish registers. Many of these may be found on a CD available from One Stop Genealogy . The repositories for all registration districts are given by GENUKI.
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At the risk of being a Grinch and spoiling your excitement for whatever gadgets Santa planted under your tree this year, they're about to look antiquated. The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the largest tech exhibition in the United States, is now only a week away. Typically, CES has been a fall show where much of what exhibitors show off won't actually find its way to shelves until the second half of the year, but the market moves too quickly now and most of what you 'll see will actually show up in the first half.
One of the things you won't see is Google TV, because the initial reviews were so bad that Google wants to pull back and finish the product. As with all CES shows, I expect we'll wish a few other companies had decided to do the same.
Unfortunately, Google won't be ready for tablets until the 2.4 release of Android, and 2.3 just came out. This means that while the show will be awash with tablets, most will be junk, and there is a chance that Apple will announce an early refresh for the iPad just to screw things up. The tablet efforts worth paying attention to in 2011 will be the HP-Palm product, and RIM's PlayBook. Of the two, only the PlayBook is truly ready for public consumption, though HP could have a spoiler early preview, or a hint of the Palm. So, while there will be a massive amount of tablets at the show, most folks will likely still prefer the iPad, unless RIM pulls an upset.
iPad accessories
However, what will be at the show is a massive number of iPad accessories. Expect car mounts, wall mounts, innovative chargers, better cases and keyboards, screen protectors, and anything that can be thought up and pumped out of factories in Asia. Booster batteries and a rather impressive number of applications will likely make this CES a coming-out party for the only major CE product that won't actually be showcased at the show. It remains somewhat ironic that CES is increasingly a showcase for Apple, even though Apple doesn't participate.
3D TVs aren't selling very well this year, but at CES 2011 you will suddenly see a surge of 3D content pouring out for them. Last CES was more like a teaser, with hardware but nothing really to show on it. This CES promises to fix that with products that not only showcase 3D better, but that can convert 2D DVDs into 3D-like products. Look for much lower cost active-shutter glasses, big drops in 3D TV prices and lots of stunning content for both displays.
We had a warning of this a few days ago when LG announced its first Nvidia-Tegra-2-based superphone. Slated to be the next big thing in the smartphone wars, these multi-core machines should drive vastly better multi-tasking while improving both single- and multi-threaded application performance. Most, if not all, of these phones should offer 4G as well, providing what may be the biggest single bump in performance ever, and giving us an early look at what might be in the fifth-generation iPhone. And if it isn't, the fifth-generation iPhone may look old at launch. (I'm betting Jobs won't let that happen).
I have been seeing a huge number of relatively small, high-performance notebooks using AMD's new Fusion architecture as vendors ramp up for their CES presentations. Small, light, fast, and cheap, they represent AMD's best answer to the question of what should be in a laptop computer. CES is AMD's big chance to show it can truly take Intel to the mat, and the company and partners will enter with guns blazing.


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Your harddisk shouldn't spin-down/spin-up and/or park/unpark too much causing the mechanics of the harddrive to slowly detiorate. If this is happening you should see your Load_Cycle_Count increasing too fast.
The following things might cause aggressive power management :
- your (laptop) harddrive firmware might have aggressive power management defaults (operating system independent)
- your (laptop) BIOS might set your harddrive to use aggressive power management (operating system independent)
- you might have enabled laptop-mode in /etc/default/acpi-support (disabled by default) which will set your harddrive to use aggressive power management
There's another part of this problem (one of the following might be true) :
- something wakes up the harddrive right after spinning down.
- something unparks the head right after your harddisk head is parked.
To discover whether you suffer from this problem :
First install smartmontools to be able to query your harddrive :
$ sudo aptitude install smartmontools
To find your Load_Cycle_Count do this (the last number is the number we are interested in) :
$ sudo smartctl -a /dev/sda | grep Load_Cycle_Count
If this number is growing rapidly (on average more than 90 per day) then you might suffer from this problem.
The reason I'm saying to look for an average of more than 90 per day is because it will guarantee that your Load_Cycle_Count is less than 100.000 in three years : 90 * 365 * 3 = 98.550. As you can see I chose this number of 90 quite arbitrarily but it should almost guarantee that your harddrive won't die during the first three years due to a high Load_Cycle_Count. It's possible that a value below 180 per day is still okay (180 * 365 * 3 = 197.100).
Harddrive manufacturers seem to claim most harddrives can handle at least 600.000 Load_Cycles but this is probably an average under ideal circumstances. My harddrive started to slowly die when at a Load_Cycle_Count of 200.000 after 10 months of use (Feisty and a little bit of Gutsy).
IMHO this bug should get critical status because it's killing people's harddrives.
More information about this bug :
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/acpi-support/+bug/59695
- http://www.advogato.org/person/mjg59/diary/82.html
- https://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/laptop-hardrive-killer-bug
- https://ubuntudemon.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/laptop-hardrive-killer-bug-is-worse-than-i-thought


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When half of the items don't even make it inside the building, you know it is a successful day for the annual Wapakoneta Drop and Swap.
The "One man's trash is another man's treasure" adage rung true Saturday as the 20-year-old event saw it's traffic decrease just slightly from a year ago.
"We started taking latex paint every week at the Recycling Center and we are now recycling it," Auglaize County Solid Waste Coordinator Dave Reichelderfer said. "I think that affected the traffic a little, but other than that, it was still very busy and it was a successful day."
People dropped off everything from old televisions, toys, old electronics and computer items, to washers and dryers, bicycles and other household items.
Wapakoneta Recreation Inc. officials even had a truck full of old baseball batting helmets for the taking.
Reichelderfer said it would be about a month before they knew exactly how many items they took in.
"A lot of the stuff doesn't even make it in the building," Reichelderfer said. "A lot of it gets unloaded from one vehicle and straight into another while they are waiting to get in. I would say we got about two semi loads of tires alone and a lot of old lead-based paints."
The Drop and Swap had its typical band of marauders looming around to grab anything of conceivable value.
Reichelderfer said the items are commonly picked up by others to repair and sell for small profits or for their scrap value.


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Richard Easton and Boyd Gaines wait in the doorway of history in Itamar Mosess Bach at Leipzig.
Play on fugues is far from formulaic
By Steve Snyder
Throughout Pam MacKinnons energized production of Itamar Moses oft-silly, but intellectually involving Bach at Leipzig, two prominent wooden doors stand watch in the background, towering over the action. The focal point of the stage, and in many ways the subtle centerpiece of the story, these brown doors are gestured to, massaged and even embraced by the characters. They are the doors through which history will be made, and through which these characters, trapped perpetually in historys waiting room, will never be allowed to pass.
As Moses would have us believe, these doors exist in 1722, the year in which Europes most prestigious musical post becomes vacant. As the most prominent and acclaimed musician of the land, the Kapellmeister, or the organmaster, will be charged with guiding the direction of music at this pivotal crossroads between the Reformation and the Age of Enlightenment, a period when the very purpose of musicwhether to serve God, or to please our fellow manis in question.
Then we reach the second act, and this plot involving a most lofty position breaks down, along with the very premise of Bach at Leipzig. Using his characters as his mouthpiece, Moses confronts his role as a writer and composer, and we learn that this is not just a play about a famous meeting of musical minds, but a far richer meditation on the nature of theater. Just as these musicians question their worth, and the greater meaning of their compositions, so too does Moses question the rules that dictate his art form, and how a playwright can ever hope to break free of the constraints that have been cast in stone over the centuries.
There are seven faces in the group but only six voices; one character, billed only as the Greatest Organist in Germany, pointedly never speaks as he marches by. (Bach, though referenced in name, never even makes an appearance.) The remainder of the group is comprised of three Johanns and three Georgs, their names the punch line of an early joke, all composers with differing agendas. Among the most memorable competitors is Johann Friedrich Fasch (Boyd Gaines), the crestfallen former student of the former master who returns to claim the post he feel he deserves. Then theres Georg Friedrich Kaufmann (Tony Award-winner Richard Easton), a cheerful but simple old man who comes to be known by the others as the unbelievably credulous fool. Theres also Georg Balthasar Schott (Michael Emerson), the conservative, long-time friend of the former master who seeks the post to ensure that its music remains unchanged.
For each of the composers, news of the organmasters death is both tragic and exciting. They come to Leipzig to audition to replace the fallen master, competing against each other in what might seem to some like a more educated and eloquent episode of the reality TV series Survivor, each contestant setting out to build alliances and, quite literally, backstab their opponents.
As each of the organists makes their way on stage, they are given their initial moment in the spotlight, reciting letters they have written home to their wives and introducing themselves to the audience as distinct characters. But it is in the beginning of the second act, during Faschs open letter to his wife, that we realize this play has far more on its mind than a routine 18th century comedy.
You, Anna, shall write a fugue, Fasch says during his introduction to this second chapter, offering advice to his wife on how to start composing her own music. After all, the styles of old must be understood thoroughly before they can be rejected as ridiculous. Innovation comes most easily when suppressed.
The fugue he suggests, and the innovation he endorses, is a metaphor for what Bach at Leipzig is hoping to achieve: A fugue, staring with a single and superficial melodythe first acts game of cat-and-mouseand then gradually adding voices and complexities that reveal a larger concept built around hidden harmonies and motifs.
Its not that subtle of a statement, and Moses doesnt really intend it to be. In fact, as the play evolves, his text becomes even more self-referential. The characters later devolve into performing a play within the play, presented for Kaufman alone. As he comments on their production, noting how they both follow conventions and conventionally break them (Audience participation! How revolutionary! or It does smack of contrivance.), Moses finds his rhythm, tearing apart the reality of this world in wholly original and hysterical fashion.
Bach is not a play for everyone, as evidenced by the overwhelmingly negative review last week in the New York Times. And for those like Times critic Charles Isherwood, who consider it a a long, gushy love letter addressed to someone else, the second act may feel more like an homage than a revelation, more a retracing of earlier steps than an inventive breakthrough all its own. But for others who appreciate the works of such playwrights as Tom Stoppard, whose name is used frequently in the plays marketing materials as both a fan of Bach at Leipzig (he wrote the forward to its published version) and one of Moses idols, it may resemble a familiar song, but one that is sung to a fresh, new tune.
Bach at Leipzig is by no means perfect, but considering what the play audaciously sets out to do, the considerable success it achieves in twisting its drama to evoke ideas about art and reality (not to mention the fact that Moses is only 28), it may be less important as an individual production than as a stepping stone for a bold new playwright.
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GREENCASTLE — Let's be honest, finishing with a record of 5-5 is considered somewhat of a down year for the Greencastle-Antrim varsity football program.
Besides, this is the same team that rolled to back-to-back Mid-Penn Colonial Division titles with a combined record of 19-4 in 2010 and 2011 prior to last season's mark of .500.
Still, the late stages of 2012 served as a springboard into the offseason, with the Blue Devils winning their final three games after sitting at 2-5 in mid-October.
As is the case every year, several key contributors were lost to graduation, leaving voids that will undoubtedly need filled if G-A intends to retake its place atop the Colonial come season's end.
This fall, the Blue Devils will rely on a mixture of experience and youth, with only a handful of varsity starters returning considering last year's senior-heavy roster. Thus, the door has opened for numerous up-and-comers to splash onto the scene, providing plenty of optimism heading into Friday night's opener at Chambersburg.
"We have the makings of a solid ball club," G-A head coach Chuck Tinninis said. "They're a great group of kids and seem to be pretty tight-knit. Honestly, I see no reason why we can't be right there in the mix for the division as long as we can stay healthy."
The most-evident change will be at quarterback, with Matt Montedoro edging out sophomore Sam Sprague for the right to start Week 1. The battle at the signal caller position ran throughout the summer, with Montedoro's senior leadership ultimately proving to be the difference.
He's had experience in a back-up role at the varsity level before. Now, Montedoro will be asked to fill the shoes of dual-threat standout Austin Scott, who conducted the offense for the better part of the last two seasons.
"You always hear about players acting as coaches on the field," said Tinninis, who enters his 26th season at the helm. "Well, Montedoro is one of those players. He knows what everyone's responsibility is on both sides of the ball and the guys have really seemed to respond to him. With his experience as a senior, we just felt like he was the right guy heading into the year."
Known for its' ground-and-pound identity on offense, G-A boasts a physical backfield more than capable of imposing its will on opponents.
Both listed at 6-1 and 210 pounds, the bruising duo of Ashtin Byers and David Woody will split a significant portion of the workload, with Byers penciled in at halfback beside Woody at fullback in G-A's Wing-T.
Byers, now a senior, led the Blue Devils' ball-carrier-by-commitee last year, rushing for 625 yards and seven touchdowns. Woody, who suffered a season-ending knee injury as a sophomore, has looked solid throughout the offseason, serving as a promising addition to G-A's smash-mouth approach.
"Woody and Byers give us a nice one-two punch," Tinninis explained. "They're both big, physical backs that can also move. They definitely fit our style of play."
Like Woody, Jackson Hall has made quite an impression early on, stepping into the versatile wingback position. Hall has showcased the ability to make people miss in space while offering a solid set of hands for quick passes capable of big yardage.
Known as a kid that could do it all at the junior varsity level, Hall appears poised to make his mark under the lights on Friday nights.
"We've seen a lot of good things out of him," Tinninis said of Hall. "He was a real impact guy on the JV team and we're hoping he can do the same thing up here."
Anchoring the trenches on both sides of the ball will be returning junior Bobby Rider, who's listed at 6-5 and 290 pounds. Serving as a two-way tackle, Rider was named to the Colonial Division First Team as a sophomore, solidifying himself as G-A's lead man up front.
On offense, the likes of Ben Buhrman, Joe Koons, Dalton Webster and Andrew Sheller are slated to accompany Rider in blowing holes open for whomever gets the carry.
With last year's leading receiver Joel Zola not coming out for the team, Sprague and Elijah Webster have emerged as Montedoro's primary targets, complemented by the presence of Jared Starliper at tight end.
Defensively, G-A offers a stout contingent of size and speed, as Rider and Kyle George will spearhead the charge at tackle, flanked by ends Starliper and Brae Peck.
At linebacker, Montedoro and Byers are projected to start on the outside, with Kristian Sheeley and Matt Oberholzer acting as the centerpieces to G-A's 4-4 scheme in the middle.
Anthony Dunagan is also expected to see significant time in the Blue Devils' front eight while Sprague, Nathaniel Monn and Luke Kayga started as defensive backs in G-A's second scrimmage against Red Land last Friday.
"I'm really happy with our versatility on defense," Tinninis said. "With the linebackers and ends we have, it will allow us to jump in and out of a lot of different looks without too much trouble."
Another noticeable shift in personnel will be at kicker, where first-year player Justin Hovey takes over for the dependable leg of Luke Bitner, who handled the duties for the previous three seasons. Hovey will balance his special teams' role simultaneously with his starting spot on G-A's boys' soccer team this fall.
Aside from a difference in a few dates, nothing has changed in terms of the schedule, as the Blue Devils open with three non-league games against Chambersburg, Boiling Springs and Susquehanna Township before beginning Colonial play at Gettysburg in Week 4.
"I truly feel like the division is wide open," Tinninis said. "A lot of teams are in the same boat because so many seniors seemed to graduate. If we play inspired, smart football, I certainly like our chances."
G-A's home-game schedule is highlighted by Homecoming against Northern York on Sept. 27 followed with a marquee rivalry showdown against Shippensburg on Oct. 11 at Kaley Field.


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Pro-Life Resources
This page is for the compilation of Orthodox pro-life resources. There is a lot of information elsewhere on the web. Let's keep this page as Orthodox-specific as possible.
Educational Resources
Orthodox Speakers
Orthodox Organizations
- Orthodox Christians for Life
- OC-Life Chicago
- Oklahoma Orthodox Christians For Life
- Zhizn - The Medical Educational Pro-Life Center "LIFE" ("ZHIZN")
Moscow, Russia
Other Resources
- Abortion: An Orthodox View by Mary Pier (Jan. '01)
- Many Orthodox have signed the Building a Culture of Life statement sponsored by the Family Research Council.
- Harakas, Father Stanley. For the Health of Body and Soul: An Eastern Orthodox Introduction to Bioethics, 2002.


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The Sheridan College Rodeo team traveled to Fort Collins, CO this past Thursday to compete at the Colorado State University Rodeo.
The men's team finished the weekend 4th behind EWC, University of Wyoming and Casper College respectively.
The men's team is now sitting 5th in the region with 1955 team points. This places us 5th in the region behind EWC, UW, Gillette and Casper, all very tough and talented teams.
For the men Taygen Schuelke stepped up and won the bullriding again this weekend. There were 30 bullriders entered this weekend and only 3 made qualified rides in the long round. Taygen scored 73 points to win the round but was bucked off in the short round, as was the other two bullriders giving Taygen the average win.
With this win Taygen has now secured the number 1 spot in the region in the bullriding. Taygen earned 120 team points.
CJ Davidson was one of the three to make a qualified ride in the bullriding scoring 69 points. CJ got on a rank bull in the short round and was bucked off at the whistle.
He placed second in the long round and second in the average, earning a total of 100 team points. CJ is now tied for 3rd and 4th place in the region in the bullriding.
Zeke Thurston placed 3rd in the Saddle Bronc riding with a score of 70 points, but he was unable to get his short round bronc rode.
Zeke earned 30 team points finishing 8th in the average. Zeke also teamed up with team mate Laine Hanson and roped their team roping steer in 8.4 seconds placing them 5th in the round, but they were unable to get their short round steer roped and ended up placing 6th in the average earning the team 30 points.
Shane Stevens split 5th and 6th in the bareback riding in the long round with a 71 point score. Shane was 70 points in the short round and placed 6th in the round, he earned 25 team points.
Team mate Tate Schwagler also rode in the long round and scored 65 points placing him 8th in the round. Tate's short round horse wasn't good enough to place in the round and he scored 63 points and ended up 10th in the average.
Logan Schaper had a good weekend in the steer wrestling he threw his long round steer in 4.3 seconds which was fast enough to win the long round.
It was Logan's first college win, but he missed his steer in the short round and placed 5th in the average. There were only 4 steer wrestlers out of 10 in the short round to catch and throw their steers.
On the Women's side Laine Hanson roped fast enough in the long round to place 5th she roped her breakaway calf in 3.3 seconds.
There were 88 entries in the breakaway roping and there was only 9/10ths of a second between 1st place and 10th place!! Laine went for the win in the short round but missed her calf, she earned 20 team points for the women.
Cady Halverson had another good run in the barrel racing splitting 6th place in the long round with a time of 14.73 seconds the winning time in the round was 14.59.
In the long round her horse ran hard but had a little trouble with the first barrel, which took her out of the round and the average she ended up 9th in the average.
This week the rodeo team is headed to Torrington, WY for the 3rd rodeo of the spring season.


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Virginia Supreme Court Changes Its Mind: Anti-Spamming Law Is Unconstitutional
from the on-second-thought... dept
The court has ruled that the anti-spamming law is, in fact, unconstitutional, as it's a restriction on free speech. As we noted after the original ruling, it still seems like Jaynes could be brought up on charges of fraud, trespass, identity fraud, false advertising and many other charges, but for now, it appears that Virginia's anti-spam law has been judged to go too far.
Declan McCullagh has a good analysis of why this is probably the right decision, even if it's personally distasteful to let a spammer off.


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To ensure your speakers are getting the regular workouts they deserve, nothing's more important than getting good, clean and reliable power to your amplifier(s). Whether you have the most expensive amp, most powerful speakers or the best charging system in the world, skimping on power distribution blocks and fuses can have detrimental effects on your system.
This is exactly why Wirez prides itself on manufacturing extremely intelligent power distribution products that make multiple connections to a single power feed, safely house the fuses that protect your equipment (in some cases both) and make installing and expanding a system very easy. The Wirez design team has decades of experience in the car audio world and has used every conceivable distribution block in the industry at one time or another, so it was relatively easy to come up with some serious power blocks of its own.
All Wirez distribution blocks, including the proprietary power and ground blocks on top of the CAPDPD-2F two-farad capacitors, are designed in-house for maximum performance and system flexibility. Machined out of solid brass for its strength and high conductivity and then plated with a satin nickel finish, the Wirez Grip Tip set screws can be adequately and securely tightened without fear of stripping. The coarse-thread, hex-head set screws have knurled tips that dig into the wire and lock it in place – similar to how a star type lock washer works – to ensure reliable and efficient power delivery all the time.
Wirez fuse blocks make use of a Fuse Lock design. Each fuse is ANL style (for reasons we'll cover shortly) that are held in place by threaded fasteners that mate with crush washers. This combination ensures a very tight and secure connection, which promotes efficiency and reliability while providing maximum current flow.
As mentioned, all Wirez fuses are ANL or Mini-ANL. This is not by accident. Other fuse types, such as AGU glass fuses or MAXI blade fuses are typically held in place by spring-loaded connections. These connections allow the fuse to be removed without tools, but are not as tight and secure as Fuse Lock. On top of an inferior connection design, AGU fuses are made up of four parts: two end caps, a fusible link and a glass tube. The link is soldered to the end caps, which is prone to failure and can add resistance to the system that could also potentially cause a failure. AGU fuses simply don't provide the reliability and safety that Wirez designers guarantee and demand of its products.
In addition to maximum system performance and flexibility, Wirez distribution and fuse blocks are designed for future expansion. For example, the PDFCS-44 "W-Block" boasts dozens of different wiring routing options with all four 0 AWG connections in each corner accessible from the ends or sides. This block will handle power distribution for up to four amplifiers and comes with provisions to add a power cell and/or stiffening capacitor later. Even the smaller PDFS-2 block has 0/2 and 4/8 AWG inputs that allow a cap or power cell to be added later.
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About Me
My name is Jean-Michel Dossogne. As you won't guess from my name, good Belgian mixture, I come from Flanders, but lives in Wallonia. I speak French, Flemish and English, a little German, and college souvenirs from Greek & Latin are sometimes possible. Sometimes.
I have been 16 years in the Belgian Navy (first class petty officer, electronic warfare & telecom), am decorated of Military Merit, Gulf War 1988, Kuweit Liberation Medal (Gulf War 1991) and a "long term" service medal, and a commemorative one for the Balkan war naval blockade (not my pride, we were at the wrong side..). I met my first wife in 1990 "by chance" (our ship had a defect while alongside in Ostend and I went back home to pick up clothes and she was with my neighbours & friends, having a drink, so we got to know each other and married a few months later. Much too fast... The Lord has given us the grace of 3 pious princesses. I left the Navy for the Police when my wife became pregnant of our first daughter. After some years of duty as intervention patrol, I started my conversion for the K9 patrol with Sultan, our young german shepperd. One year later, I had a "little problem" on service, during a violent football match we had to control, hospital couldn't help. Administration placed me on forced premature retirement for handicap, low income thus. To touch Jacob, our Lord had to send an Angel to fight with him, and only then he understood.. That's my first real conscious contact with God.
Our beloved Lord placed lots of lifebuoys and lifelines in my life. I didn't started to catch much of them before lots of troubles happened in my life from 2000 onwards... My first steps with Orthodoxy where with the Eastern part, at the Greek parish of Charleroi, in january 2000. It took 2 more years for the conviction, and on wednesday 4 june 2003, I was received in the Communion of the "Unam, Sanctam, Catholicam et Apostolicam Ecclesiam", via h.g abp Simon, Moscow Patriarcate, in Bruxelles. Deo gratias. We are not willing to be forced to attach to any particular "ethnic" parish : "nor Jew, nor Greeks" is important for us. If I entered via the "MP", it was because my work of the time brought me several times a week in the surroundings of the russian cathedral. For week-ends, we were in the Greek-Orthodox parish. Now we go in family to the French-talking parish Saint Martin de Tours & saint Silouane l'Athonite, in Bruxelles, but sometimes also the Russian parish of Charleroi or Leuven, the Frencht-talking Greek parish of Namur, and so on, all depending of the hours of celebrations and days when I can have my children..
On 12/feb/2006, I became acolyte, attached to the (now vanished) tiny Metochion sainte Catherine d'Alexandrie et saint Feuillen in Philippeville, kingdom of Belgium. I was responsible for its website, under supervision of the father abbot/higoumen. Early 2007, after having left the roman-catholic church for more than a year, my wife decided and asked to become Orthodox Christian during the Great Lent. And for Pentecost, my 2 eldest children too asked to enter the Ark of Salvation. Pure blessing. My youngest was already Orthodox, almost since the begining, received in the Russian parish of Charleroi, about which she often speaks as "my baptismal Church."
But lots of severe health problems arose end 2007. And my wife had led a "double life" (...) since years, something we discovered too late, so she finally went "her own way" early 2009. It will take time, but I'll have to recover physically, morally and spiritually of that drama to be able to rebuild a family, for my 3 children suffer much of the way the separation happened, their mother don't love them and told her much about... And they expressed us and want both parents to find happyness again. As I said, truly 3 pious children.
Happy news, in summer 2008, the belgian Navy took me back in active Reserve (similar to "national guard" in the USA) for promoting the jobs & operations, and my 2 eldest children asked us to join the Sea Cadets, where they were truly active. My middle daughter specialises in navigation, and my oldest daughter is the only female candidate maritime electro-mechanician - she would like to continue that way in life, a very hard way, very hard studies & life.. My youngest successed to get the basic degree in sailing on an Optimist last summer, just aged of 7, in a week with heavy winds & lots of shaggy waters. Early 2010, my 3 children joined the Sea Scouts in the nearby town of Couvin. May saint Nicholas of Myra protect my 3 children.
Summer hobby, I am member of the Velosolex Club of Belgium - my old black "mopette" is as old as I am, but works much better now.. Pictures show me also with my Czech wolfdog, and at the sport shooting range, sports I practice in both cases when health allows. My 2 oldest children are regular members of a folk/traditionnal dance group from here (quadrillas, jigs & reels, ...), and with my youngest one, we regularly take part to the repetitions of the group. It's a great blessing to do all this in family!
As our Lord said that to have long days on earth, we have to honnour our parents (Exode 20,12) : I am particularly involved in the veneration of all what our Church Fathers and Mothers from the Orthodox West have brought to the hole Church. And till recently, liturgically too, but now of course it's all over! I have occasionally the joy & chance to serve at the closest Greek-Orthodox parish, the one thrugh which I was introduced to holy Orthodoxy.
External Links
- My musing & Orthodox information blog, 1420 articles in 3 1/2 years, more than half million of visitors, a collection often enriched.
- My Navy website, great movies & pictures of ships & the sea around the world.


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The First - "Kicks"
Five-piece pop rock band The First release "Kicks", the final single from their debut album Swimming With Sharks. Having spent 2010 touring the UK and Europe in support of the album, including main support on the Deaf Havana UK tour, The First not only close the year with the single, but also an alternative version of their album, Sink or Swim, a special release CD of acoustic versions and renditions of the album tracks.
The acoustic EP and single can be picked up from all digital retailers starting on December 5th, and physical limited edition copies are available from Small Town Records.
The band will be ending the year with a hometown Christmas party on the 16th of December in Kings Lynn, before returning to the road in January 2012 with a return to Europe and UK shows planned.
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Note: This item is included with three others in the Jazz-in-a-Box Novelty Jazz Pack. Further information about each item can be found in the links listed on that page.
Both playful and a little melancholic, "Mystery Box Jazz" is a short jazz piece made up of layered bells, electric piano, electric bass, acoustic drums and additional percussion. It begins with a cool and jazzy melody before descending into its more emotional and somber second part.
The bells function as a centerpiece while the electric piano stabs out chords and provides some harmony. The piece is fairly quick but the the bells and melodies played create a somewhat slow, floating feeling. "Mystery Box Jazz" would be ideal for any project looking for novelty jazz music assets.Thanks for listening.


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The Baltimore Ravens have won the Elvis Dumervil Sweepstakes, coming to an agreement with the former Denver Broncos defensive end Sunday.
Dumervil's contract is worth a maximum of $35 million, according to a person informed of the terms of the contract. The person, who spoke to USA TODAY Sports on condition of anonymity because the financial details weren't to be discussed publicly, said the contract includes $8.5 million in the first year of the deal and there's a $3.5 million injury guarantee next season, for a total of $12 million guaranteed.
If that injury guarantee sounds familiar, it's because the Broncos also offered Dumervil $3.5 million in an injury guarantee in the second year of a reworked deal. He and his former agent initially balked at the offer and then accepted -- too late.
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It wasn't a full-page ad in the local newspaper, like Ed Reed's goodbye to Ravens fans, but Dumervil posted this on his Twitter account Sunday night:
"Can't say enough about the Broncos fans, my great teammates, equipment staff, training staff, media staff, Mr. Bowlen, Coach Fox, John Elway and the city of Denver. Its been an unforgettable 7 years. I am looking fwd to this next chapter of my career."
(Memo to Roger Goodell: With the Ravens still looking for an opening day opponent to play on the road, how about the Broncos? It's not only a playoff rematch, but the Ravens would be bringing Dumervil and his contract drama with them.)
With former Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora close to a deal with the Atlanta Falcons, that most likely leaves the Broncos to choose between former Falcons defensive end John Abraham and former Indianapolis Colts pass rusher Dwight Freeney -- although the Miami Dolphins could be in the mix, too.
At last week's owners meetings, Ravens general manager Ozzie Newsome said he had reached out to Dumervil's new agent, Tom Condon, to express interest in the free-agent pass rusher, who was on the street following the infamous fax fiasco.
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Dumervil, 29, rang up 63.5 sacks with Denver and initially intended to re-sign with the team despite taking a $4 million paycut -- only to be cut when he and his former agent missed the deadline to turn in his re-worked contract by six minutes.
The Broncos owed Dumervil $12 million for the 2013 but told his former agent Marty Magid that they intended to release him unless he took a pay cut. Dumervil agreed at the 11th hour to sign a contract that would have paid him $8 million in 2013, but Dumervil and his former agent didn't get the paperwork faxed to the team in time by the 4 p.m. Eastern deadline.
The Broncos remained interested in re-signing Dumervil, until the Ravens swooped in Sunday in a bid to make up for the free-agent defections of pass-rushing outside linebacker Paul Kruger to Cleveland, inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe to Miami, safety Ed Reed to Houston and the retirement of veteran linebacker Ray Lewis.
Dumervil finished second on the Broncos in 2012 with 11.5 sacks. But the question remains: Did he really want to return to Denver if he had a choice?
Broncos president John Elway issued a gracious statement, but he probably feels as though he was nearly played by the (ex) agent and then totally played by the player.
"As we have from the start of this process, we worked diligently over the last week to find a way for Elvis Dumervil to remain a Denver Bronco,'' Broncos executive vice president of football operations John Elway said in a statement. "Although we made multiple contract offers to Elvis after being forced to release him, we were unable to reach an agreement and are now moving forward without him.
"Elvis was a team captain and a talented player who made a great impact during his seven seasons in Denver. I appreciate all of his effort on the field and the work he did in the community. I wish Elvis all the best as he continues his NFL career.''
The deal is contingent upon Dumervil passing a physical, and the Ravens said he will take the physical on Tuesday.
The reaction in Baltimore was immediate. Offensive tackle Michael Oher tweeted, "Awesome, awesome, awesome pickup."
When asked about Dumervil, Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs told the team's website: "I'm a fan."
Dumervil has a relationship with Ravens linebackers coach Don "Wink" Martindale, who was the Broncos' linebackers coach in 2009, when Dumervil had the best season of his career.
Dumervil came to Denver as a fourth-round pick in 2006, part of a blockbuster draft class that was perhaps the best of Mike Shanahan's tenure with the Broncos.
That class included first-round pick quarterback Jay Cutler, wide receiver Brandon Marshall (fourth round), tight end Tony Scheffler (second round), guard Chris Kuper (fifth round) and Dumervil.
Cutler was the first to leave, in a 2009 trade after a nasty feud with Josh McDaniels, Shanahan's replacement as head coach, and Marshall and Scheffler were traded after the 2009 season (both also quarreled with McDaniels).
Now only Kuper remains, though his future with the Broncos is far from secure. Though Kuper has been a team captain and is the offensive line's unquestioned leader, he has had multiple ankle surgeries in the past year, as well as a broken forearm. The Broncos signed guard Louis Vasquez on the first day of free agency, a sign of long-term concern about Kuper.
Kuper and left tackle Ryan Clady, a first-round pick in 2008, are the only remaining draft picks from the Shanahan era.
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