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NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 7, 2012) – Autism Speaks is pleased to announce the launch of an automated version of the Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers, or M-CHAT™. The M-CHAT is a scientifically validated tool for screening children between 16 and 30 months of age to assess their risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). It was developed by neuropsychologists Diana Robins, Ph.D. and Deborah Fein, Ph.D. and clinical psychologist Marianne Barton, Ph.D. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all children receive autism screening at 18 and 24 months of age, and the M-CHAT is one of the AAP's recommended tools.
Dr. Robins worked closely with Autism Speaks' science staff and web team to ensure this online automated version of the M-CHAT is a useful tool that parents can use if they are concerned about their toddler's development and whether their child should be evaluated by a healthcare provider or developmental specialist. It is not intended to take the place of screening and diagnosis by a trained professional.
The M-CHAT's primary goal is to detect as many cases of ASD as possible. Therefore, a significant number of children whose results show increased risk for ASD will not be diagnosed with ASD after receiving a more comprehensive evaluation by a specialist. However, a high M-CHAT score suggests that a toddler is at risk for a range of developmental disorders and delays and, therefore, should receive further assessment and, when appropriate, the earliest possible intervention to improve outcomes.
The automated M-CHAT now available on the Autism Speaks website offers free online scoring and recommendations. Parents can review, print and save the results to share with their child's doctor or other developmental specialist.
Autism Speaks urges parents to know the signs of autism, and offers information about treatments for ASD. The Autism Speaks video glossary offers a view of behaviors associated with autism and treatments often used in early intervention. The Autism Speaks 100 Day Kit and the Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Tool Kit were created specifically for newly diagnosed families to make the best possible use of the 100 days following their child's diagnosis of autism or ASD/HFA and the Tools You Can Use webpage offers additional resources which can be downloaded for free. Families in need of personalized supports can reach out to the Autism Response Team which is specially trained to connect families with information, resources and opportunities. The ART can be reached at 888-288-4762 or en Español 888-772-9050 or via email at email@example.com.
About Autism
Autism is a general term used to describe a group of complex developmental brain disorders – autism spectrum disorders – caused by a combination of genes and environmental influences. These disorders are characterized, in varying degrees, by social and behavioral challenges, as well as repetitive behaviors. An estimated 1 in 110 children in the U.S. is on the autism spectrum – a 600 percent increase in the past two decades that is only partly explained by improved diagnosis.
About Autism Speaks
Autism Speaks is the world's leading autism science and advocacy organization. It is dedicated to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and a cure for autism; increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders; and advocating for the needs of individuals with autism and their families. Autism Speaks was founded in February 2005 by Suzanne and Bob Wright, the grandparents of a child with autism. Mr. Wright is the former vice chairman of General Electric and chief executive officer of NBC and NBC Universal. Since its inception, Autism Speaks has committed over $173 million to research and developing innovative resources for families. Each year Walk Now for Autism Speaks events are held in more than 95 cities across North America. To learn more about Autism Speaks, please visit www.autismspeaks.org.


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A New Year's reflection
Thursday, January 7, 2016 4:00 AM
"History is made up of three kinds of people: those who make it happen, those to whom it happens and those who wonder what happened!"
Whoever first observed this was onto something. Each of these options is a personal choice. What will yours and mine be?
As 2015 fades into history and a new year begins, it is only natural to reflect on the persons and events that, for good or for ill, seem most to have defined or shaped the past year's character.
Because of last year's seemingly relentless surge of violence, economic and political refugees, and increasingly hostile ideology and stereotype-fueled clashes, there is a strong temptation to see recent history as a tidal wave overwhelming us.
As Christians, we do not close our eyes to what happens in the world around us; nor are we ever content to just let things happen. We live in the constant awareness that the kingdom of God -- the world as it is destined to be under God's reign -- breaks the barriers that history often throws into the path of those who seek to live lives of virtue on Earth that conform to the heavenly living that the Beatitudes extol.
The beginning of a new calendar year, therefore, is as good a time as any to let go of those memories, resentments and lost opportunities that we too often, by clinging to them, empower to control our present and darken our future. It is an invitation to re-anchor our lives in the One who will never abandon us to despair.
After the horror of Good Friday, something very wonderful happened: People who were dragging themselves to the tomb of Christ in order to finish up their post-mortems suddenly found themselves running around for the joy of finding it empty.
"Do not look for Him among the dead," the angels told them -- and, of course, Jesus Himself would appear to many of His disciples in the days before His ascension, commissioning them to tell the Good News to the world: that their lives could be changed from gloom and drudgery to joy and freedom.
For Christians, death no longer has power over this world. No matter how bad it has been or may seem to have become, the deeds of death are no basis upon which to deprive us of a glorious future that is grounded in the Risen One. We, too, rise again from the ashes of our sins and failures by the power of God's grace.
So, 2016 need not be defined or determined by what happened or did not happen in 2015 or any year before it. Every new day is a resurrection!
Closer to home, in the midst of the many challenges so many faith communities on all levels face in our Diocese at this time, we have a golden opportunity to take a good look at our strengths and challenges, so that more of God's faithful people can bear witness to the power and glory of the risen Christ personally.
To do this, everyone must know and feel that he or she has a special role to play in Christ's Church and that no one should be made to feel anything but accepted, welcomed and loved. In the midst of events that threaten to bury the value and significance of every human person, we affirm the dignity and God-given purpose of every human life, from the moment of conception, through death and into eternity.
We need to show this in bringing the Gospel of hope to one another, person to person. This is what evangelization is all about today: being a missionary disciple with everyone we encounter.
If there is one New Year's wish that I have as Bishop of our wonderful Diocese, it is that each and every one of us will come to know the power of our personal story, our spiritual journey of faith. This is not something we Catholics are used to or comfortable with. Often, we have been inclined to assume that the value of our faith is in the degree to which a judgment may be made (by whom?) on the quantity and quality of our good actions or the degree to which we "succeeded" in following all the rules.
If we really want to spread the Gospel, we might do better to find in our hearts the courage to share our personal struggles, the sins and weaknesses we suffer from and take to the Lord, in whom we have received God's mercy -- as well as the forgiveness of others.
It is not self-pride to celebrate God's successes in and through us! God will always succeed if we give Jesus the permission to change our lives.
If we take a little time to reflect and can be honest with ourselves, many of us would have to admit we have experienced real conversions in our lives. Many more of us, no doubt, need to and recognize these changes as such. They may not always be ground-shattering, like the radical turn around in the life of St. Paul. They can be very subtle and often slow, with many up and downs like with St. Peter, but they are real.
Sharing them with others is not just for our own sense of consolation or well-being. The spread of the Gospel and the salvation of our friends and neighbors depend upon it:
the things that, but for the grace of God, we might have done or said, but did not;
the attitudes or resentments we once gave harbor to, perhaps, but don't cling to;
the habit or relationship we once could not imagine living a day without, which now has become only a sad reminder of the time we wasted and which the Lord as mercifully given back to us at the dawn of new holy year of grace, to be spent more lovingly and generously;
the gift of just being alive today and no other time in history, so that we can bring to the world a blessing it never knew before; or
the grace to know that you may be the only Christ that some other person may ever know.
Each of us is being summoned to be that "holy door" of mercy through whom Christ wants to be born again in our time, to set the world God passionately loves on fire!
Like the aforementioned three types of people, the choice belongs to you and me. Will I be just a spectator, a sideliner who watches the world pass me by? Or will I bring to the world personally the Lord and Savior it wants and needs so desperately -- the real love we are all looking for -- by letting Christ touch my heart and change my life?
Nothing is more persuasive than receiving a personal testimony, a witness to a life turned around. All of us have some story of faith to share, either from our personal experience or from the lives of those who touched us so deeply that we were changed. No hope nor dream, no wish nor concern is too small or insignificant to share. Remember that God chooses the weak things of the world to confound the proud.
Let us, each and every one, step up to the plate and bear witness. This is our time in history. With God's grace, the new year is yours and mine to make!
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+The A-Z of Robbie Keane
Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) Football Club is located in North London. The club is also known as Spurs. Tottenham's home ground is White Hart Lane. The club motto is Audere est Facere (To dare is to do).
A is for ACTOR…If you were an actor, who would your leading lady be?
Sienna Miller.
B is for BOREDOM…What do you take on a long journey to keep you occupied/amused?
A pack of cards.
C is for CARTOONS…Who is your favourite cartoon character?
Bugs Bunny
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My home town Dublin, it's just a great place with everything you could want from a city.
E is for ELECTRONIC…Are you a gadgets person and what is the most hi-tec piece of equipment you own?
My girlfriend brought me a new music system for Christmas, one of those where you can produce your own CDs.
F is for FAMOUS…What's the best/worst thing about being famous?
The best thing about being famous is that it means your successful at something you love doing. I would say the worst is your lack of privacy.
G is for GROUNDHOG…Which day would you like to repeat over and over again?
When we beat Everton here 4-3 a couple of years ago and I scored a hat-trick. My family were all here at the game and it was a great day for me.
H is for HARASS…What annoys you, or winds you up?
When I'm in my car and I let someone out at a junction and they don't acknowledge you — that really winds me up because it doesn't take much to thank you.
I is for ICON…Who is your all-time favourite sports person?
I suppose I never really had an icon as such, but I was a Liverpool fan as a youngster and used to enjoy watching John Barnes and Ian Rush in particular.
J is for JACKET POTATO…What filling would you have in a jacket potato
Beans and coleslaw.
K is for KARAOKE…If you had to sing a song, which one would it be?
I don't mind singing, I would probably go for Tomorrow Never Comes by Ronan Keating..
L is for LUCKY…Do you have a lucky charm or a superstition?
I go through phases with superstitions, but I always have a bath and a shave the night before a match.
M is for MOVIES…What's the last film you saw?
It was 50 First Dates, with Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore and it was stupid but funny!
N is for NERVOUS…What are you scared of?
I wouldn't say I'm scared of anything, but I do get nervous when I've had to do live TV appearances. I've done a couple back in Ireland and I'm not used to it, so it does make me nervous.
O is for ORIENT EXPRESS…What's the best journey you've ever been on?
When I went to the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, it was a fantastic experience.
P is for PARANORMAL…Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever seen a ghost?
I don't believe in them, but I did see a programme last week where people had videoed things which looked like they might be ghosts, it makes you wonder. Also, my landlady at the digs I was staying in when I was at Wolves reckoned she saw the ghost of a little girl in the house — so that made my stay there a lot easier….!
Q is for QUICK…Who's the quickest player you've ever played against?
Thierry Henry would be the fastest opponent, but I've never played up against him obviously. For a defender, I would say Rio Ferdinand, he's quick.
R is for RECIPE…When did you last cook…and what did you cook?
I cooked chicken and pasta last week.
S is for SOUNDS…What did you usually listen to in the car on the way in today?
Usually Magic FM but if I'm not enjoying the music on there, then I'll put on my CDs of Irish pub songs !
T is for TOMORROW…What do you always put off until tomorrow?
Food shopping — it drives me mad!
U is for UNEXPECTED…What's the biggest surprise you've ever had?
Looking back on my career now, I'm really surprised that I've become the all-time leading goalscorer for my country. When I started playing football, I never dreamed I would achieve something like that, so that has been a big surprise in a way.
V is for VANILLA…What's your favourite ice cream flavour?
If you'd asked me this a couple of weeks ago, I wouldn't have had a clue, but I tried some Haagen Dazs Vanilla and Caramel recently, and it was delicious !
W is for WITHOUT…Is there anything that you just can't live without?
Football, family and friends
X is for XYLOPHONE…Have you ever played a musical instrument?
I play the guitar a little. I started having lessons last year but knocked it on the head in the end.
Y is for YELLOW CARD…When did you last get a yellow card, and did you deserve it?
I think it was in the Carling Cup tie at Bolton this season, I probably didn't deserve it though !
Z is for ZOO…What's your favourite animal at the zoo?
Monkeys and all of the big cats, I'm a big fan of the lions, tigers, leopards etc


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We would like to invite all of you a seminar by Prof. Motoda Hiroshifrom AFODR/AOARD and Osaka Univ. on December 4. 2015(Fri)
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Title : Change Point Detection for Information Diffusion Tree
Abstract: We propose a method of detecting the periods in which bursts of information diffusion took place from an observed diffusion sequence data over a social network, explicitly taking the network structure into account. This is different from most of the change detection approaches in which all the diffusion information is projected on a single time line and the detection is searched in this time axis. In reality information diffusion takes place along a diffusion path. Each such a path has multiple descendants on the way and the path splits into each child node from which another new diffusion path starts. Thus, change in diffusion is both spatial and temporal. We assume a generic information diffusion model in which time delay associated with the diffusion follows the exponential distribution and the bursts are directly reflected to the changes in the time delay parameter of the distribution. The shape of the parameter's change is approximated by a step function along each path and the problem of detecting the change points and finding the values of the parameter is formulated as an optimization problem of maximizing the likelihood of generating the observed diffusion sequence. Time complexity of the search is almost proportional to the number of observed data points and the method is very efficient. We first demonstrate that the proposed method can detect the bursts using a real Twitter data, and show that a method that does not consider the network structure gives very different results with many more incorrect change points using Kleinberg's bust detection method as a representative approach of this kind. We then investigate the performance of the proposed method more extensively using synthetic data for which we artificially embed the change points (thus the ground truth is known) and compare the results with Kleinberg's method. The experimental results reconfirm the satisfactory performance of the proposed method.
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Eloise brings New York tastes to West County
It's just another day in the fickle restaurant world: West County Grill closes with great fanfare at about the same time that Restaurant Eloise quietly opens. Both have similar sensibilities but are on opposite sides of Sebastopol, a town that's been hard on new restaurants.
West County brought together New York chef Jonathan Waxman and his partner, Stephen Singer, and yet spent two of the past three years in death throes at its Zuni-like space downtown, before finally closing in August.
Restaurant Eloise, which opened in late July, took over the space of the unsuccessful Bistro V on Gravenstein Highway. It's the project of Eric Korsh and Ginevra Iverson, who previously worked as sous chefs at the well-regarded Prune in New York.
While West County failed, Eloise should build a high-profile reputation because of the hands-on attitudes of the chef, the local approach to cooking and the professional, accommodating staff.
The 75-seat dining room, while comfortable and a bit old-fashioned, is the least enticing part of the package, but the owners have made it pleasant by hanging mirrors on the stark white walls, along with fruit and vegetable graphics that accentuate the farm-to-table theme.
Each table is covered in white linens overlaid with white butcher paper and a vase with a single rose. Located directly on the busy highway, the restaurant is shielded by a manicured screen of hedges with flowers and fresh herbs that line the walkway between the parking lot and the front door.
Mostly local products
There's no doubt about the chefs' credentials - the food is sophisticated and the cooking caters to worldly tastes. Korsh and Iverson use not only mostly local products - about a quarter of which are grown at the restaurant - but they also use the whole hog. The menu is fat with sweetbreads ($14), accented with pickled vegetables and a raisin-mustard vinaigrette, and bone marrow, headcheese and veal tongue, presented in farmhouse style.
The gregarious waiter, who told us about venturing to San Francisco to take Japanese lessons, brought out three huge lengths of bones with a teaspoon inserted upside down in the center of one. When we looked perplexed, he said, "The chef thinks it's easier to eat it that way."
By the third bite, I had a warm rivulet of melted fat running down my chin and glazing my fingers, and I felt like Henry VIII at a banquet. The generous bones are served crowded next to a stack of brown toasted bread, coarse salt and a parsley salad with cornichon slices and caper beads that create a refreshing counterpoint to the richness of the marrow.
Throughout the meal the waiters checked back, and were gracious and knowledgeable about the menu and wine list. They also created a virtual offal parade as they served the three dishes that made up the charcuterie plate ($20). Thin slices of veal tongue were draped like crepe around thin slivers of white onions so mild and sweet they tasted as if they had been soaked in milk. The headcheese looked like a generous slice of meat loaf, loosely held together with natural gelee. The bottom of a rectangular casserole was paved with thin slices of trotter torchon set in a sauce with enough acidity to modulate any gamy flavor.
Octopus salad ($13) reminded me of Waldorf salad that one might have at a harvest feast. Served in a crockery bowl, the seafood, haricot verts, capers and potatoes were all generously covered in a milky dressing that carried the mild flavor of white anchovy. The effect was bountiful and the flavors were pristine.
Good use of bread
A good country cook knows how to use bread, and so do the chefs at Eloise. They layer a toasted slice with mushrooms glistening in a black truffle bordelaise and topped with a beautifully poached egg ($13); it's a rustic dish that showcases the chefs' saucier skills.
The restaurant's backyard garden produces puntarelle ($12), a long, fleshy chicory served with hunks of candied bacon and a dressing thick with finely chopped egg; it's another masterful blend.
When the sand dabs ($25) arrived, I thought the waiter had brought the wrong main dish because everything was as dark as beef stew. The fish was a deep mahogany color, surrounded by intensely tinted artichoke hearts (a little too raw, unfortunately), croutons and nutty brown butter that pooled on the plate. On another visit, skate ($25) was served in much the same way.
Not-so-seasonal picks
Although I appreciated all the combinations, the menu seemed a little less seasonal than I would have expected, as if the New Yorkers still might not be fully attuned to our quirky weather.
In early September, for example, they changed much of the menu to dishes that seemed more appropriate for the holidays: a roasted saddle of rabbit ($35) and a rich stewy cassoulet ($33) that includes a plump confit duck leg, a rich square of pork belly, coins of beef and garlic sausage, and a profusion of beans mixed with a rich sauce and vegetables. The flavors were bracing, but a little heavy in 70-degree weather.
However, I enjoy the way Iverson and Korsh interpret these dishes. The bronze-seared roast guinea hen ($28), for example, is set in a light saffron-scented broth loaded with matzo balls with the light texture of ricotta cheese.
Seasonality was also absent in the dessert menu. At this time of year, there is still lots of great fruit to be found - peaches, berries and even apples - but you won't find them at Eloise. The three desserts offered on my final visit could have been served any time of year: a dry baba au rhum ($9) desperately in need of the accompanying rum and chantilly cream; three small dense doughnut holes set on seedy raspberry jam (overpriced at $9); and chocolate hazelnut ice cream ($8) that would be better a couple of months down the line, when hazelnuts are in season.
Clearly, the chefs are still adapting to the area; it's a long way from the East Village to Gravenstein Highway. Still, within weeks of opening, several diners I trust told me this was a must-visit place, and for the most part I agree. In my visits early in the week, the restaurant was less than half full, which makes me concerned as to how it will fare when the weather turns. I hope it doesn't go the way of others that have tried to break out of the mold. Unlike West County Grill, however, Eloise has a soul, evident from head to tail.
The wine list
Every restaurateur faces a dilemma when putting together a wine list, especially when the place is in Napa or Sonoma. Most, like Restaurant Eloise, pride themselves on using local products. Should it be the same with the wines?
Increasingly many are saying no and offering an international selection. We won't even get into the arguments about carbon footprints.
In that regard, the 31 French and California labels selected by chef-owners Eric Korsh and Ginevra Iverson go well with the earthy nature of the food. The red wines, sorted by price, kick off with the 2005 Domaine de Monpertuis Counoise at $25 and max out at the 2002 Rollin Pernand Vergelesses Les Fichots Pinot Noir at $91. In between are other interesting choices, such as 2006 Porter Creek Carignane ($10/$40). More than half the wines are offered by the glass.
Markups are on the high side, but the wine is well stored and served. The inventory is small enough that the staff has some idea about what's in the bottles.
In whites and rosés, the list features the 2007 Copain Viognier ($9/$36) and the 2006 Shane Rosé of Syrah ($7/$28), which goes well with much of the food.
The restaurant also offers a few aperitifs, such as Lillet Red ($9) and four dessert wines, none from California.
If you bring your own wine, corkage is $15.
Restaurant Eloise
2295 Gravenstein Highway South (near Bloomfield), Sebastopol; (707) 823-6300 or restauranteloise.com.
Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, until 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Beer and wine. Reservations and credit cards accepted. Free parking lot.
Overall: Rating: TWO AND A HALF STARS
Food: Rating: TWO AND A HALF STARS
Service: Rating: TWO AND A HALF STARS
Atmosphere: Rating: TWO STARS
Prices: $$$$ (Very expensive; most entrees more than $25)
Noise rating: Noise Rating: TWO BELLS Can talk easily (65-70 decibels)
FOUR STARS = Extraordinary; THREE STARS = Excellent; TWO STARS = Good; ONE STAR = Fair; NO STARS = Poor
$ = Inexpensive: entrees $10 and under; $$ = Moderate: $11-$17; $$$ = Expensive: $18-$24; $$$$ = Very Expensive: more than $25
ONE BELL = Pleasantly quiet (less than 65 decibels); TWO BELLS = Can talk easily (65-70); THREE BELLS = Talking normally gets difficult (70-75); FOUR BELLS = Can talk only in raised voices (75-80); BOMB = Too noisy for normal conversation (80+)
Prices are based on main courses. When entrees fall between these categories, the prices of appetizers help determine the dollar ratings. Chronicle critics make every attempt to remain anonymous. All meals are paid for by The Chronicle. Star ratings are based on a minimum of three visits. Ratings are updated continually based on at least one revisit.
Reviewers: Michael Bauer (M.B.), Tara Duggan (T.D.), Mandy Erickson (M.E.), Amanda Gold (A.G.), Miriam Morgan (M.M.), Carol Ness (C.N.), Karola Saekel (K.M.S.) and Carey Sweet (C.S.)


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Tuscarora Creek (Juniata River tributary)
Tuscarora Creek is a 49.2-mile-long (79.2 km)[1] tributary of the Juniata River in central Pennsylvania in the United States.[2] It rises in eastern Huntingdon County, east of the borough of Shade Gap, and flows northeast between Tuscarora Mountain and Shade Mountain, reaching the Juniata River at Port Royal in Juniata County.
It is traversed by the Academia Pomeroy Covered Bridge, which at 278 feet (85 m) portal to portal is the longest remaining covered bridge in Pennsylvania. The bridge spans Tuscarora Creek between Spruce Hill and Beale townships. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and has been owned by the Juniata County Historical Society since 1962.
See also[edit]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
- ^ Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
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Coordinates: 39°28′28″N 77°25′04″W / 39.474506°N 77.417683°W
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text: These mini pizzas are made using delicious naan breads and a medley of Indian-inspired ingredients, from mango chutney to Bombay potatoes – a delicious party treat that's the ideal Christmas party food. Preheat the oven to gas 7, 220°C, fan 200°C. In a bowl, stir the mango chutney into the Bombay potatoes, halving any large pieces. Spread over the naan breads, leaving a small border. Top with grated Cheddar and a little chopped red chilli. Bake for 15 minutes, until melted and golden. Remove and leave to cool for 2 minutes, before scattering over pomegranate seeds and chopped fresh coriander. Cut into bite-size squares and serve with yogurt or raita. See more Festive party food ideas


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Most of Reggie Jackson's remarks, as quoted by Scott Ostler, were unknowledgeable, reckless and illogical, and consequently counter-productive. Once again this proves that we do need to have more ballplayers who were directly involved with drugs come out of the closet and intelligently inform the nation's youth of the dangers of drug abuse. Not "stay quiet, stay hidden," as Reggie would have it.
Withholding information is not the way to educate anyone.


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2016/2017 ITBS Testing Results
The table below shows grade equivalent scores, and this compares your child's performance on grade level material against the average performance of students at other grade levels on that same material. If your 5th grade child is scored at the grade equivalent of 8.1, that means that she or he can solve 5th grade math problems at the same level as the average 8th grader. The averages above reflect the performance of the whole class; individual students may be higher or lower. At the time of testing, each grade level was in the sixth month; in parenthesis you will see the grade level at the time of testing.
Conclusion: St. Thomas students consistently scored beyond their school age (e.g.: 3.6 is the chronological age and 5.0 is the reading grade equivalent for third grade in reading).
The table below shows national percentile ranks for students from STES compared to national averages. Percentile ranks range from 1 to 99 and compare your child's performance with other students at the same grade. A percentile rank of 50 is average. If the class average is 70, that means the average of the class is higher than 70 out of 100 students of the same grade. Percentile rank is not the same as percentage correct; rather it is used for comparison.
Conclusion: St. Thomas accepts students who achieve at or above grade level. Grade level class averages consistently reflect performance far above the 50th National Percentile Rank.
Our teachers and students should be congratulated on their excellent performance on ITBS. Unlike public schools, our students do not spend hours practicing for these tests. These tests reflect the well-rounded curriculum that we offer at STES, and the effective pedagogical practices of our teachers.
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St. Thomas has recieved a 5 star rating by our parents and staff. Check out some of our reviews on Great!Schools.com


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Music >> CDs >> Heavy Metal
Original members Jay Reynolds, Mick Zane, and Mark Behn entered the Silver Cloud Studios in Los Angeles together with a new singer James Rivera (Helstar) and new drummer Pete Holmes) Black N' Blue) to re-record some of their classics plus 4 new songs. The producer is Joe Floyd (Warrior). The set includes a DVD and CD. The DVD includes rare live footage from 1987, 3 live tracks from Keep It True Festival, Germany 2011, and making of New Breed of Godz album.


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A few weeks ago, I wrote a post on applied interviewing. Mark Tsimelzon, founder and President of Coral8, replied that Coral8 is a strong advocate of structured interviewing and has had tremendous success hiring the best and brightest by a well-defined, consistently applied hiring methodology. Mark kindly offered to serve as this blog's first guest writer and the post below is a wonderful "how to" structured interviewing guide. Thanks to Mark!
A Practical Guide to Structured Interviewing ============================================
All entrepreneurs agree that building a strong team is extremely important for their startup's success, but many first-time founders are not sure how to achieve it, and are baffled by the interviewing process. The number of questions and choices is indeed confusing: where to get the resumes, whom to invite to an interview, whether to conduct interview over the phone or in person, what to ask, how to evaluate the answers, etc.
Luckily, the structured interviewing approach Will wrote about recently can help. Below are some details of how we apply structured interviewing at Coral8 ( a Silicon Valley startup building a platform for real-time analysis of large volumes of data). While what follows applies mainly to engineers (software, QA, support, professional services), the same would apply to many other job functions and positions.
Like any complex process, the interviewing process is best structured and analyzed as a sequence of phases. At Coral8, we have four phases: email interview, phone interview, the first in-person interview (with 1-2 person), the second in-person interview (3-4 others). Whether you have the same stages or not is not important. What's important is having a clear understanding of a) why you are having each phase b) what you are trying to accomplish, and c) how you are going to evaluate the results. It helps if all the interviewers share this understanding, and keep the process as consistent across candidates as possible.
Let's consider the phases separately.
Email interview
Most startups complain that just finding a good candidates is the hardest part of the process. Post a job description at any jobs web site, and you'll receive hundreds of resumes, most of them from people who are not even remotely qualified. Hire a recruiter, and he'll be sending dozens of resumes your way, again often from poorly qualified candidates. Just opening and reading those resumes is often overwhelming.
The problem may seem impossible to solve, yet a simple solution exists, and here at
Coral8 we are still puzzled as to why so few companies use it. Here is what you do: You never, ever, publish a position description without an accompanying problem that someone MUST solve before you even open their resume. The problem
should: a) have a solution that can be easily reviewed b) take the right candidate about 10 minutes to complete c) test a skill that is core to the job
d) be somewhat interesting e) allow a super-star candidate to show off their
knowledge and skill. Since most of our positions require programming in some
language, our problems often require writing a simple program or function. The language and the complexity is adjusted for each position.
For example, when we interview C++ engineers, we want to make sure they understand polymorphism and virtual functions. It's disturbing how many people who call themselves C++ programmers do not. So here is a problem we sometimes
use: Illustrate the use of the keyword "virtual" by writing a short C++ program which contains this keyword and prints "Hello, world". If the keyword "virtual"
is removed, the modified program should print "Good bye, world".
Some may say that the problem is too simple, and it certainly is. But having a problem like this in your ad does wonders. First, it greatly raises the signal-to-noise ratio. Few Visual Basic programmers will bother to send their resumes if you require a solution to a C++ problem. If they do, or when the solution is wrong, you can quickly ignore the submission. The resumes you'll get are usually from people who are really motivated, and not just sending resumes to all the positions. If somebody gives you a correct solution, you immediately know that you have a strong candidate.
Some folks may think that having a problem discourages some good candidates from applying for a job. Who knows, maybe this is true for some candidates. In our experience, however, we find just the opposite. Some of the very best employees we've hired told us that they applied for a position with Coral8, back then a stealth-mode startup, precisely because they were intrigued and challenged by our posted problems.
What if you do not publish your job openings, but instead use recruiters? Easy!
Give the problem to the recruiter, and tell him that you will not accept any resumes without the solution to this problem. Some recruiters will tell you they don't want to do the extra work. Somehow these are often the recruiters who want to charge you 25-30% of the candidate's annual salary, and you just pass on them. A startup can and should negotiate a much better deal anyway, and, more important, a good recruiter loves the fact that you have this problem!
Why? They know that you get a lot of resumes, from many sources. They want to give you the candidates who are the most qualified, and they have to qualify them somehow anyway. And what better way is there to qualify the candidates than to use your own problem?
So this is what we call an "email interview". In most cases, unless we have a high-quality referral, we refuse to even look at the resume unless we see a solution to our problem. Life is too short to look at hundreds of resumes a week.
Phone interview
Phone interviewing is a much more traditional and better understood process, so I won't spend as much time on it. What we found important is to have a list of questions for each position, and to try to follow this list every time. It makes the process much better structured, and over time you learn which questions are harder than you thought, and which ones are easier. So it helps you calibrate your expectations better.
Since we only schedule phone interviews with the people who pass the email interview, we know they have at least some basic understanding of one area. So the phone interview is used to get a slightly better understanding of the breadth and the depth of the candidate's skills. We spend about 30 minutes with a candidate, and use a part of that time telling the candidate about the company and the position. After 30 minutes, it is usually clear if you want to invite the candidate to a face-to-face interview.
1st face-to-face interview
All right, the candidate comes in to see you, what do you do? As Will mentioned, too many interviewers go with "Tell me about yourself?" and "Tell me about your past projects?" kind of questions. These questions are ok, but spending more than 10-15 minutes on them is counter-productive. The last question is often useless, unless you happened to know a lot about specific areas the candidate worked in. If you do not, it's hard to evaluate how challenging the tasks really were, and whether the decisions he made were correct. Instead, what you should evaluate in these situations is the candidate's presentation skills. Whether you are an expert in his area or not, any good candidate should be able to clearly explain to you what he did, what the overall project was, what the trade-offs were, etc.
But most of the time should be spent with the candidates answering a carefully constructed set of questions. This may be a religious issue, but we at Coral8 strongly believe that the questions should be clearly related to the job, and not some puzzles that test nothing but the ability to solve puzzles.
Now, if you are interviewing programmers, then please, please, please, administer some programming exercises. There is an amazing number of programmers on the market with fancy resumes, fancy titles, and fancy degrees from fancy schools, who nevertheless cannot program well. You do not want to hire people like that. Any resistance to programming during the interview (e.g, "I don't program well during interviews") should be an immediate red flag.
Of course, when you ask somebody to code during the interview, be reasonable.
Many people do not remember the language syntax or the names of library functions. That's entirely ok. We either let people use some reference guide or Google, or just tell them that they should not worry syntax. To us, what matters most is algorithms, so this is what we pay attention to. You may worry more about something else, but whatever it is, make sure you carefully construct your questions to test for that, rather than just asking whatever you feel like at the moment.
2nd face-to-face interview
Now, the candidate passed your interview, and you invited him to come again to "meet the team." Sounds innocent, but this is one of the more challenging parts of the process. You've got to recognize that people have widely different interviewing skills, and sometimes even great engineers make poor interviewers.
Work with them. Agree, as a team, on which questions to ask, and who will ask them. Sit in on some interviews yourself, to make sure you are satisfied with the interview dynamics. It's often best if people interview in pairs: it takes less candidate's time and lets the interviewers to learn from each other.
The 2nd face-to-face interview is also a good time to further investigate some
personality issues. For example, the team may agree that during the interview,
one team member will try to push the candidate a bit, disagree with him strongly on some issues, and see how the candidate handles it. You don't want to go too far, but it's a useful test. Nothing kills productivity in a startup like engineers who do not know how to disagree with each other professionally.
All right, everybody has talked to the candidate, now what? This is the place where it's especially important to have a well-defined process. It's best to have a formal scale, on which everybody will grade the candidate. The scale we have at Coral8 was popularized by Siskel and Ebert: thumbs up, thumbs down, and we also have many gradations in between. It's not important what you have, the scale 1-10 works just as well.
It also helps to have a threshold. Let's say your threshold is 7. It means that you do not want to hire anybody with the average score below 7. If you have only one serious candidate for the position, you just need to decide whether he scored above your threshold or not. If you have multiple candidates, you need to compare them to each other, using their combined scores.
How you combine the scores given by different team members is an art, not a science. You may start with simple averaging. Or you may want to say that anybody with one or two votes below the threshold is automatically disqualified.
You may also keep in mind that one person's 9 may well be another person's 6.
The ultimate decision is yours, but what's important is that you as a team talk about the candidate, and discuss what people like and dislike about the person.
During this discussion, you'll learn a lot about the candidate, and you'll learn even more about your team!
There are many parts of the hiring process that we have not covered yet: formal reference check, informal reference check, offer negotiation, etc. The important point, however, may have nothing to do with hiring per se. To many people, the words "startup" and "process" are mutually contradictory. Processes are for Fortune 500 companies, right? Not so fast. Like it or not, there are many processes going on in any startup. You may recognize, structure, and optimize them. Or you may hope that they just work by themselves. The interviewing process is a good example of a process that will produce some results either way: after all, no startups die because they cannot hire any people at all. But there are certainly ways to make this process much more effective, efficient, and enjoyable for all participants.


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People are seeing that Infor is continuing to invest in the Lawson product, and so customers are beginning to do the same.
Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) August 08, 2014
Three years after its acquisition by Infor Corporation, users of Lawson ERP software are continuing to invest in their systems. More than half of organizations using Lawson expect to upgrade to the latest version (10x) within the next twelve months, and only 4% said they did not plan to upgrade at all.
Moreover, more than a third of responding organizations have implemented one or more applications based on Landmark, Infor's newest software platform, indicating that customers are finding value among Infor's line of products beyond Lawson.
"This is certainly good news for the Lawson ecosystem," said Keith Wayland, Managing Partner of RPI Consultants. "It's always unsettling when a product you rely on goes through an acquisition. But I think people are seeing that Infor is continuing to invest in the Lawson product, and so customers are beginning to do the same."
The survey also found that a majority of organizations that responded are utilizing Employee and Manager Self-Service (82%), LBI (70%), and Requisition Center (68%). Most (70%) use some kind of imaging software in tandem with Lawson.
RPI conducted its Lawson Benchmarking Survey in June of 2014. Results can be downloaded from its web site.
About RPI Consultants
RPI Consultants is a business applications implementation and optimization firm focused on delivering best practices through technology, systems integration, and process redesign. The RPI team includes certified technical and functional experts in Lawson, Kronos, ImageNow, and Kofax, as well as other automation technologies to enhance the procure-to-pay, financial reporting, and human resources processes.
RPI's model focuses on delivering solutions to specific business problems through on-demand strategic intervention. Our team-based approach allows us to leverage the best resources part-time, on a task-by-task basis, while working closely with our clients to identify opportunities to minimize costs associated with travel and downtime. RPI prides itself on providing customers with the most value for their dollar, delivering value-added information and genuinely caring about the outcome of an engagement.


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Champoluc and the Monterosa area
Getting to know the valley
Whether you're a first-time skier or need an adrenalin-filled challenge, the pistes in Monterosa never fail to disappoint. With over 200km of crisp clean runs, and plenty of tough off-piste routes, skiers and snowboarders get the chance to push out of their comfort zone and learn new skills amongst breathtaking scenery.
There are good facilities for children throughout the Monterosa area – reflective of the Italian love of family. Ski 2 clients can take advantage of the Ski 2 Penguin Club, knowing their youngsters are safe and entertained for the whole day, with an option of skiing for older toddlers. Click here for more details.
The lift structure connecting Champoluc, Alagna and Gressoney is excellent and two lifts give the best access to Champoluc and the other resorts. You can take the six-person gondola that rises up to the beginners' slopes and where our ski school starts. For more able skiers, there is chance to get the bus transfer to the Funicular railway in Frachey which gives faster access to Gressoney and Alagna.
Click here to see some of the articles about Champoluc and the Monterosa ski area from the national press.
Piste Information for Champoluc
Download a PDF of the Monterosa Piste Map.
See in real-time which lifts are open across the Monterosa ski area and the resorts of Champoluc, Gressoney and Alagna by clicking here.
As a beginner, you'll get the chance to build up to some fantastic runs and Champoluc is a great resort to start. There is a dedicated nursery slope near the main gondola that is enclosed so you can learn without the pressure and interruption of other skiers.
Our exclusive Ski School is staffed by accredited instructors that know this vast landscape inside out. They're used to working with skiers of all levels so will gently guide you through at your own pace, moving through different terrains to build confidence and knowledge of the area.
Wide-open runs with glorious views make this area one of the best for intermediate skiers. There are a variety of suitable cruising red runs, including the Pistone run, that at the end of the day takes you through the nursery slopes of the Crest, into the village and stops right outside our ski hire centre.
There are some gentle off-piste routes to navigate, and you can take the journey through Gressoney and Alagna over a full day. You also shouldn't miss 'Goat Gully' – a concave piste that is steeper than average at the start, getting easier as you go head down, watched by the statue of an Ibex mountain goat that gave this unique piste its name.
Expert skiers are spoiled for choice, with the chance to cover lots of ground, stay on-piste with a variety of challenging runs or take advantage of the extensive off-piste skiing.
Surrounded by woodland, Champoluc has some great tree-lined routes that take you to Gressoney, the home of Italian off-piste skiing and Alagna famed for its tough runs and demanding off-piste terrain.
For the adrenaline junkies, the ultimate experience comes in the form of a Heli Skiing trip giving you access to high-octane descents on unspoiled, powder fresh snow.
No drag lifts and free-riding across all three valleys makes Monterosa a paradise for snowboarders. Whilst there isn't currently a snowboard park as such in the Montersosa ski area, the region will appeal to those looking to enjoy the quiet, open pistes and the easily accessible off-piste valleys with their natural jumps and bumps amidst stunning scenery.
If you're after some cross-country ski trails in the Ayas Valley then we can help advise you on your best options so ring us for a chat.
Making it easy
Most of our accommodation is close to the bottom of the piste and is, at most, a 9 minute walk to the main lift. Whilst it's not ski-in ski-out, we've made it as easy as possible for you with free use of our purpose-built ski deposit, even if you bring your own equipment. It's situated at the base of the main lift and you can store all your equipment (yes, even your boots) overnight. You won't need to carry anything and all you'll need to get to and from your hotel is a comfy pair of shoes.
If you have any questions about the piste please get in touch.


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What is this car really, anyway? This is a prototype, and it is a really fast-moving one at that. The Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 coupe is its more outgoing twin. No one's really sure if the car will have a cloth roof like its previous model, the Murcielago roadster, or something more classy, like the removable carbon-fiber panel. Everyone hopes that the second option is true ecause the Murcielago roadster roof was just like a haphazard makeshift tent that could only be used in dire situations. Even though it doesn't matter that much because the internal environment of most Lamborghinis is such that it probably won't have the roof in many situations. Outside of the roof's construction, almost every other body panel seems to be shared with the basic Aventador. This is a great thing because the car looks really awesome indeed.
Why does this matter? Lamborghini makes a low volume of very high-rpriced cars, and they need to create as many variations as possible to make sure the order books are always stacked high with new orders. They need to keep all the profits really high. For car enthusiasts, it will provide another way for them to explore the car brand and model they so know and love.
What is the platform like? The Aventador roadster will have nearly everything in common with the couple counterpart, and that means there will be a lot of carbon fiber, and this will be in the passenger seat as well. The car will have a great pushrod suspension too, and the aluminum front and rear subframes are truly astonishing. You can look more into the Aventador's chassis when you visit this link.
What about the powertrain? The Aventador will have a 691-hp V-12 that should be the same too, and it will be tied to a seven-speed ISR automated manual transmission. You can view an inside look at the engine and transmission here right now. The coupe could get up to 60 mph in just under three seconds, and that is pretty impressive. It went up to a quarter-mile in just 10.9 seconds at 133 mph. The roadster won't go so far behind.
What is the competition like? The Bugatti Veryon, Grand Sport, and Ferrari supercar are all going to pose tough competition to the Lamborghini Aventador model.
What could go wrong? Nothing, really, besides the financial markets imploding.
What is the arrival time and price looking at? The Aventador roadster should come out at the Paris auto show in the fall, and it might come out sooner. Deliveries could start by the end of the year. The price should be around $415K or so.


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Here you can find some tools that's I've developed under GPL, BSD like or Artistic licences and documentation under the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA licence.
Apache2::ModProxyPerlHtml is the most advanced Apache output filter to rewrite HTTP headers and HTML links for reverse proxy usage. It is written in Perl and exceeds all mod_proxy_html.c limitations without performance lost.
Apache2::ModProxyPerlHtml is very simple and has far better parsing/replacement of URL than the original C code. It also support meta tag, CSS, and javascript URL rewriting and can be use with compressed HTTP. You can now replace any code by other, like changing images name or anything else. mod_proxy_html can't do all of that. Since release 3.0 ModProxyPerlHtml is also able to rewrite HTTP headers with refresh url redirection. One of the common used of ModProxyPerlHtml is as free replacement for Microsoft TM ISA servers.
|Apache2::AuthenCacheLDAP is an advanced Apache2 / mod_perl2 authentication program (allow group auth + non standard LDAP schema + cache + single signon (SSO)). Last version include SSO logout.
|Apache::AuthenCacheLDAP, same as above but for Apache/mod_perl versions 1
SquidClamav is an antivirus for Squid proxy based on the Awards winnings ClamAv anti-virus toolkit. Using it will help you securing your home or enterprise network web traffic. SquidClamav is the most efficient Squid Redirector and ICAP service antivirus tool for HTTP traffic available for free, it is written in C and can handle thousand of connections. The way to add more securing on your network for free is here.
SquidClamav is build for speed and security in mind, it is first used and tested to secure a network with 2,500 and more users. It is also known to working fast with 15000+ users.
Ora2Pg is a free tool used to migrate an Oracle database to a PostgreSQL compatible schema. It connects your Oracle database, scan it automaticaly and extracts its structure or data, it then generates SQL scripts that you can load into your PostgreSQL database.
Ora2Pg can be used from reverse engineering Oracle database to huge enterprise database migration or simply to replicate some Oracle data into a PostgreSQL database. It is really easy to used and doesn't need any Oracle database knowledge than providing the parameters needed to connect to the Oracle database.
pgBadger is a PostgreSQL log analyzer build for speed with fully detailed reports from your PostgreSQL log file. It's a single and small Perl script that aims to replace and outperform the old php script pgFouine.
pgBadger is written in pure Perl language. It uses a javascript library to draw graphs so that you don't need additional Perl modules or any other package to install. Furthermore, this library gives us more features such as zooming.
pgFormatter is a SQL formatter/beautifier supports keywords from SQL-92, SQL-99, SQL-2003, SQL-2008, SQL-2011 and PostgreSQL specifics keywords. May works with any other databases too.
pgFormatter can work as a console program or as a CGI. It will automatically detect his environment and output as text or as HTML following the context.
pgCluu is a PostgreSQL Cluster performances monitoring and auditing tool.
pgCluu is a Perl program used to perform a full audit of a PostgreSQL Cluster performances. It is divided in two parts, a collector used to grab statistics on the PostgreSQL cluster using psql and sar, a grapher that will generate all HTML and charts output.
external_file is a PostgreSQL extension that allows access to "external files" from PostgreSQL server file systems.
uri is a PostgreSQL extension to add uri data type for postgresql, it allows to insert data in uri format and provide all functions to extract uri parts, validate and compare uris. Some functions are provided to check if an uri exists, check size and content-type of remote uri. uri columns can be indexed using btree and hash indexes.
SendmailAnalyzer as is name suggest is a free Sendmail/Postfix log analyzer. It process maillog files and generate dynamic statistics in HTML and graphical output. The reports are generated in real time so that it let you know at any moment what is going on your mail servers. It use time (hour, day, month and year views) and cross-linked navigation for easy use.
SendmailAnalyzer is easy to install and highly configurable to match the dozen of Sendmail possible configurations. It also support report for all the major milter or sendmail filters like SpamAssassin, MailScanner, Clamav, Amavis, RBL check, J-ChkMail, etc. SendmailAnalyzer is really helpful for IT reporting.
Squid proxy native log analyser and reports generator with full statistics about times, hits, bytes, users, networks, top urls and top domains. Statistic reports are oriented toward user and bandwidth control; this is not a pure cache statistics generator.
SquidAnalyzer use flat files to store data and don't need any SQL, SQL Lite or Berkeley databases.
This log analyzer is incremental and should be run in a daily cron or more often on huge network trafic.
pgBadger is a PostgreSQL log analyzer build for speed with fully detailed reports from your PostgreSQL log file. It's a single and small Perl script that aims to replace and outperform the old php script pgFouine.
pgBadger is written in pure Perl language. It uses a javascript library to draw graphs so that you don't need additional Perl modules or any other package to install. Furthermore, this library gives us more features such as zooming.
SysUsage continuously monitor your systems informations and generate periodical graph reports using rrdtool or javascript jqplot library. All reports are shown throught a web interface. SysUsage is design with simplicity in mind. I want all relevant statistics from my servers within an intuitive web interface and without spending too much time to configure it, if you know Nagios, you know what I mean. You will especially like SysUsage for that.
SysUsage grabs all system activities using Sar and system commands allowing you to keep tracks of your computer or server activity during his life. It is a great help for performance analysis and resources management. The threshold notification can alarm you when the system capabilities are reached by sending SMTP messages or throught Nagios reports.
SquidGuard Manager is a Perl CGI Web GUI for squidGuard and SquidClamav administration. It allow full administration of SquidGuard blocklist and ACLs. You can also manage graphicaly your SquidClamav configuration.
This program support all configurations directives of SquidGuard and SquidClamav without intrusive modification, i-e you can still edit the configuration files by hand before and after using SquidGuard Manager.
pgCluu is a Cluster performances monitoring and auditing tool but it can also be used as a single sar grapher tool.
Slides of the lightning talk I've given at PGCon 2018, in Ottawa about pgtt, the Global Temporary Tables extension.
Talk about PostgreSQL partionnement and autonomous transaction, in French I've given at PGDAY France, Toulouse, June 2017.
Talk about How to leave Oracle, in french I've given at PostgreSQL Session #7, Paris, 2015 September
Talk about Oracle migration difficulties, in english I've given at PostgreSQL Conference Russia, Moscow, Febuary 2015.
Talk about Oracle Spatial migration, in french I've given at PostgreSQL Session #6, Paris, September 2014.
Talk about migration performances in french I've given at PGDay Nantes 2013.
Slides of the talk given by Jean-Paul Argudo at PGConf.EU 2013, in Dublin about pgBadger v4.0.
Slides of the talk in french I've given at PGSessions #4 October 2012, in Paris about Ora2Pg.
Slides of the lightning talk I've given at PGCon 2012, in Ottawa about pgBadger.
Slides of the talk I've given at PgConf.Eu 2011 in Amsterdam, conference "Ora2Pg best practices" in french
In this video from Us PG Day 2011, CEO of Consistent State, Kevin Kempter, talks about migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL with ora2pg. Kevin will start by giving us an overview of ora2pg, he goes through the install, and spend some time with the config file, finally he show us some examples of ora2pg being used.
Conférence donnée à Linux Solution 2005 à Paris par Jean-Paul Argudo sur la migration des bases Oracle vers PosgreSQL avec le projet Ora2Pg.
This document is about building an LDAP server with a PostgreSQL database as backend instead of the standard Bekerley DB.
Conférence donnée à Linux Solution 2003 à Paris par Philippe Blanchard détaillant l'architecture Open Source que j'ai mis en oeuvre au sein du Groupe SAMSE.
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Lord of the Flies
What are Piggy's and Ralph's reactions to the faith of Simon?
Chapter 10 The Shell and the Glasses
Chapter 10 The Shell and the Glasses
In Chapter Ten, Simon has already been murdered, and as the chaos surrounding Simon's death calms down, Golding focuses on the horror Piggy and Ralph feel about their involvement in the murder. The two boys attempt to justify their role in Simon's death with the ideas that they did not know that it was Simon until it was too late, they were not among the inner circle of boys beating him to death, and they operated on instinct rather than on malice. Still, the involvement of Piggy and Ralph makes clear that even these two, the paragons of rationality and maturity among the children on the island, are susceptible to the same forces that motivate Jack and his hunters. Golding obscures the once-clear dichotomy between the "good" Ralph and the "evil" Jack, demonstrating that the compulsion towards violence and destruction is present inside all individuals. The reverse, a "good" Jack, is rarely in evidence. The implication of Ralph's and Piggy's brief but tragic participation in the brutal activities of Jack's tribe is that the natural state of humanity is neither good nor evil but mixed. Social order and rules, with conscience and reason helping out only on occasion, are what constrain and limit the "evil" impulses that exist inside us all.
Indeed, Golding does present one major qualification that distinguishes Ralph and Piggy from Jack. Ralph and Piggy still possess a moral sensibility. They realize that their actions are wrong and accordingly struggle to find some justification for their parts in the murder. They are ashamed of the murder, unlike the other boys, who show no qualms about what they have done. Even if Ralph and Piggy present unsuccessful rationalizations, the fact that they need to find some reason for their behavior shows that they have an understanding of moral principles and retain an appreciation for them. Golding thus suggests that while evil may be present inside all of us, the strength of conscience and reason can positively move one's morals, for some more than for others.


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When someone tells me they have a "tired look" or that their friends and family are asking them if they are upset or unhappy, the culprit is almost always a heavy brow. Sometimes people mistakenly think they just need eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) to correct the problem. But, in many cases the issue is twofold: they need some of the skin and fat of the upper lids removed, but they also need a brow lift or forehead lift to reposition the eyebrows in a more pleasing location.
I use a "scope" (a thin camera-like device) to perform this minimally-invasive surgery through a few tiny incisions in the scalp, hidden in the hairline. The procedure includes removing some of the muscles that cause the frown lines above the nose. The forehead lines, (often treated with Botox), are smoothed out. Recovery is surprisingly easy, usually only requiring a few days, depending on the amount of swelling and bruising. As mentioned above, this procedure is often combined with eyelid surgery and laser resurfacing to gain a more complete facial rejuvenation.
One of the most important things to me as a cosmetic surgeon is to never have an "operated look" in facial surgery. I believe this is most critical with a brow lift or forehead lift. The consequences of over-lifting the brows will produce the dreaded "surprised" or "deer in the headlights" look. I have never had a patient experience that complication from overly aggressive lifting, nor do I ever intend to produce it. I would much rather under-correct the brow lift, than to ever produce a startled appearance.
As with our other facial procedures, we have the ability to preview the possible results of a forehead lift by using computer imaging during your visit. This allows you to see the before and after photo results prior to deciding to have your surgery.
I must warn you however, once you see the results, it is hard to resist having the surgery! I look forward to meeting with you to discuss the possibilities for taking away the tired look of sagging brows. Give us a call to schedule a confidential consultation.
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A MAN saw the whole world as a grinning skull and
cross-bones. The rose flesh of life shriveled from all
faces. Nothing counts. Everything is a fake. Dust to
dust and ashes to ashes and then an old darkness and a
useless silence. So he saw it all. Then he went to a
Mischa Elman concert. Two hours waves of sound beat
on his eardrums. Music washed something or other
inside him. Music broke down and rebuilt something or
other in his head and heart. He joined in five encores
for the young Russian Jew with the fiddle. When he
got outside his heels hit the sidewalk a new way. He
was the same man in the same world as before. Only
there was a singing fire and a climb of roses everlastingly
over the world he looked on.
Poet: Carl Sandburg
Poem: 49.
Volume: Chicago Poems
- Chicago Poems
Year: Published/Written in 1912
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By Isabella Gomez and Christina Zdanowicz CNN
(CNN) -- Big Sur is home to some of the most breathtaking views in the US, but a recent bloom in bioluminescent phytoplankton has turned its waves into a full-blown spectacle.
The bright blue water under California's Bixby Creek Bridge comes alive in photographs taken on Monday night by Monterey photographer George Krieger. Combined with a star-speckled sky, the entire scene lights up the night.
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So what's causing the unusual sight?
"It is almost certainly a dinoflagellate bloom. We are also seeing relative high bioluminescence with our instruments here in Monterey Bay," Steve Haddock, a bioluminescence specialist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, told CNN affiliate KSBW.
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"The species counts from [the] Santa Cruz area show low to moderate numbers of the 'usual suspects' of luminous species that we would expect to cause such a bloom: Noctiluca, Lingulodinium, and Protoperidinium being some of the brightest," he said.
Reports of glowing waves down the California coast have spiked since early January, most likely due to a combination of high nutrient rates and calm conditions that form layers of highly concentrated dinoflagellates in the water, Haddock explains.
Once the wind picks back up, the phytoplankton will likely be dispersed through the waves. In the meantime, tourists and locals are in for a special treat after sunset.
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Whether you're the CEO of a multi-national corporation or a junior apprentice, we are all equal when it comes to time – we each have an allocation of 24 hours a day.
How each of us choose to spend that time defines our true priorities
You may hear someone say:
"I'd really love to learn Italian, I just don't have the time"
In reality, a lot of other things are taking priority.
The statement is really an excuse, and requires a reality check.
Do they really want to learn Italian?
What you choose to spend your time on defines your priorities.
I'm reminded of 'Groundhog Day' on visits to some sites. The same excuses are rolled out and a lengthy account is received of how busy things have been.
What it really means is that short-term agendas have overtaken the longer-term improvement objective.
In his book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People",
Stephen Covey categorised time in this grid:
What proportion of your time is spent in each quadrant?
Ideally, our business leaders should spend time only on important issues. An abundance of urgent issues may point to an opportunity to improve processes.
It may also point to an absence of longer term vision and goals
Discipline is required to achieve a balance between
working "in the process" and working "on the process"
Allocating time to address this balance will achieve sustainable longer-term results.
Moving from "urgent" issues to "not urgent" requires definition of processes, training and delegation. Done well and supported by good standard work, the process can be trusted to
deliver better results
The added bonus is staff development and increased job satisfaction among those who take on the delegated tasks.
In some environments, being busy is seen as a badge of honour. Long working hours can be expected and applauded.
A lean approach looks at how productive those hours are.
How much time is value-add as seen by the customer of the process?
Start building your processes and your teams today.
You'll be amazed at how much time can be released.
You may be interested in applying these ideas and Lean thinking to your business.
Enterprise Ireland and the IDA offer support to clients through their Lean Business programmes.
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Animals In Print
The On-Line Newsletter
From 8 October 2001 Issue
Poultry Management and Behavior:
Severe Pododermatitis in Broiler Breeder Hens
194 Severe pododermatitis in broiler breeder hens housed on pressure-treated slats.
Abstract: Severe foot-pad dermatitis was diagnosed in a case of broiler hens housed on slats made of lumber pressure- treated with chromated copper arsenate. Studies were conducted in an attempt to determine whether contact with the lumber caused the lesions. Breeder pullets were housed for 17 weeks on slats made from either untreated oak or pressure-treated lumber. Cresylic acid disinfectant was applied to one set of each slat type. Foot-pad lesions were scored and tissue arsenic levels were measured. Foot pads of the hens on pressure-treated slats were the only tissue with detectable arsenic levels. All groups developed foot-pad lesions, although the lesions appeared to be most severe, and to have developed earlier, in birds on pressure-treated disinfected slats.
194 NAL Call. No.: 41.8 Av5 Severe pododermatitis in broiler breeder hens housed on pressure-treated slats. Sander, J.E.; Wilson, J.L.; Bush, P.B.; Rowland, G.N. Kennett Square, Pa. : American Association of Avian Pathologists; 1994 Jan. Avian diseases v. 38 (1): p. 172-176; 1994 Jan. Includes references.SOURCE: http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/pubs/oldbib/qb9505.htm Go on to next part | Return to Animals in Print 8 Oct 2001 Issue
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Winscribe Partners with IMAGE Information Systems & Enables Speech Productivity for MED-TAB Users
Medical dictation and speech recognition specialists, Winscribe, announces their partnership with IMAGE Information Systems, developers of the world's first DICOM-calibrated... [ read more ]
Winscribe Announces Greater System Integration & Flexible Medical Documentation Management with Winscribe Text
Winscribe Text now includes thirteen system modules that enable healthcare providers to save costs and tailor a system that best meets their medical documentation management needs.... [ read more ]
Winscribe Becomes a Thomson Reuters Elite Integration Partner and Broadens Matter Management for Legal Clients
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Winscribe's digital dictation and speech recognition software solution was implemented by Tobin Lucks LLP and assisted the law firm in reducing outsourced transcription costs and... [ read more ]
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Winscribe's digital dictation, speech recognition and document workflow management software solutions were selected by the City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota to replace their... [ read more ]
Winscribe Text v8.2 Provides Improved Medical Reporting, Faster Performance & Greater Control of Clinical Documentation for Hospitals
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Digital Directions: What factors drove the decision to update the system?
Adam Philippidis: We had used other people's indexing and we still do; but we also wanted to add a layer of indexing that is all our own so we can branch out and do projects. We wanted to be able to be able to characterize our content in our own way. Our thesaurus is based on technology, and there is a fair-sized component based on the organization that we represent. We're not just looking at a document and saying what it is about, but we're taking into account if the document is valuable, for example, to the aerospace society. In the future if we want to segment our materials or combine them in new ways, this allows us to do that.
We worked with Access Innovations to update our thesaurus in stage one. Once the thesaurus and taxonomy were set up, stage two was to reindex all the IEEE content. The only way to do that effectively was to use automatic indexing. We haven't set it up for the end-user to get to it yet. We're doing tweaking. And not only are we updating 2 million records, we're still adding to the database to the tune of several thousand every week. It's a volume problem.
Digital Directions: What will be the key differences for users of the database?
Philippidis: It will make the documents easier for people to locate as they think in terms of IEEE or any of the other systems. Each different vocabulary system that is used makes the material more searchable, because different people think about things in different ways, and different vocabulary categorizes things in different ways. The IEEE vocabulary is more geared toward an engineering and IEEE society point of view. So it's going to enhance the experience for users who are trying to locate IEEE-published material.


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Tour buses come in a variety of types and styles and their costs are equally diverse. Finding the right tour bus at the right price all starts with knowing what you are looking for. There are all sorts of tour buses available for all kinds of purposes, from touring bands to day trip sightseeing buses to political tour buses with office and sleeping quarters. The right tour bus at the right price starts all starts with you.
Band Buses
Taking your band on the road after you've outgrown the band van means stepping up to a tour bus. Every band's needs are different and there tour buses available to match your needs. They run the gamut from buses that include private bedrooms and showers and for the band and sleeping bunks for the support team traveling with the band.
Band buses that include elaborate sleeping quarters and bars and other perks are going to be at the higher end of the band tour bus spectrum while simpler tour buses equipped with a bathroom and comfortable reclining seats are less expensive. The perfect band tour bus is the one that your band can afford.
Political Tour Buses
Politics and rock-n-roll might seem like they're worlds apart but when it comes to tour buses they can be remarkably similar. The first thing a political tour bus is going to want to do is let everyone know who's on the bus and that happens on the outside. All types of tour buses can be wrapped with colorful graphics announcing the candidate and their positions.
Political tour buses like band tour buses can be have custom interiors that include bedrooms, full bathrooms, make-up chairs, office space and staff seating areas. The interior design possibilities for these types of buses are almost as limitless as the positions of political candidates.
Sightseeing Tour Buses
Sightseeing tours can be overnight or extended tours where guests are transported from a starting point to one or more points of interest where overnight accommodations are provided and the storage areas that are located on the lower portion of the bus are used to store guest bags while the bus travels from location to location. These tour buses come equipped with restrooms so that passengers can enjoy the scenery in route without having to worry about when the buss will arrive at the next rest area.
Sightseeing buses are also commonly used for day trips around cities, national parks and to shuttle visitors from one or more central locations to a destination where they may continue the tour on the bus or disembark for walking tours. These buses can have a variety of other amenities including in seat video and audio so that guests can be entertained between stops.
Double Decker Tour Buses
Double Decker tour buses are a popular sightseeing tour bus for large metropolitan areas because of their increased seating capacity and expansive views of city landscapes. Many tour operators prefer this style of bus because it doubles their occupancy for less than double the operating cost.
Tour buses come in as many styles and with as many features as the diverse needs of those who buy them. For more information about finding a tour bus for sale visit bargainbusnews.com or call 877-277-7253.


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OSU legend Roderick passes away
Former Cowboy coach, administrator left large mark on program
STILLWATER, Okla. – Oklahoma State great Myron W. Roderick passed away Wednesday after creating an immense legacy as a student-athlete, coach and athletic director.
The Winfield Kan., native began his storied history with OSU athletics as a wrestler from 1953-56, when he also earned three letters as a tennis player.
In three years of collegiate wrestling competition, Roderick won 42 of his 44 matches and earned three NCAA individual titles, with one coming at the 137-pound class and two more at 130. He continued his career at the 1956 Olympic Games, where he lost a split decision to the eventual champion.
At 23, Roderick took over the program and, just one year after winning his last individual NCAA title, became the youngest coach in any sport to guide a team to an NCAA championship.
His teams continued his success and dominated the world of collegiate wrestling for 13 years, posting a 140-10-7 dual record on the way to 13 Big 8 Conference titles and seven NCAA team championships.
He was named the NCAA wrestling coach of the year on three occasions and produced 20 individual NCAA champions and three Olympic gold medalists. He received the two highest amateur wrestling awards when he won Man of the Year in 1971 and when he was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
He also served as the head coach of the Cowboy tennis program from 1958-1967, claiming a 105-23-1 dual record and six conference titles.
As an athletic director, Roderick guided the program at Oklahoma State for seven years from 1983-90. Under his direction, OSU athletic teams won more than 30 Big 8 championships, as well as four NCAA championships.
Roderick was born on Sept. 15, 1934, in Anthony, Kan. He won back-to-back wrestling state championships before attending OSU.
Roderick left Oklahoma State 1969 to become executive director of the United States Wrestling Federation, of which he was co-founder. He resigned from that position in 1974 to enter private business and then became executive director of the United States Racquetball Federation. He returned to OSU in 1983 as the university's eighth athletic director.


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ASUS PadFone are making in laptop mode again
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Transformer devices have been off the tech-radar for some time now, but may make a re-entry into the market with the new and improved ASUS PadFone device.
The PadFone began as a response to the laptop dock feature of the Motorola Atrix. ASUS countered with a device which was laptop, tablet, and smartphone in one package.
Laptop functionality has not been available on the PadFone for some time, but according to a leaked FCC document, ASUS is gearing up to reenter the all-in-one-device arena. The document features the "ASUS Mobile Dock Keyboard," connected via Bluetooth.
Battery life may be an issue for constant travelers, since the new dock does not feature an extended battery. Others may appreciate the compact and sleek look of the new device. The dock features a 450 mAh battery pack for charging the Bluetooth radio and trackpad. There also doesn't appear to be an SD slot on the dock, just a USB port to expand memory.
The new laptop dock is missing features from the original, namely the ability to charge a phone from the dock's battery, but is an encouraging reentry from ASUS into the transformer device market.


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2 teaspoons almond extract
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Combine cake mix, water and almond extract in large mixing bowl. Beat at low
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A Visitor in Marl --
Who influences Flowers --
Till they are orderly as Busts --
And Elegant -- as Glass --
Who visits in the Night --
And just before the Sun --
Concludes his glistening interview --
Caresses -- and is gone --
But whom his fingers touched --
And where his feet have run --
And whatsoever Mouth be kissed --
Is as it had not been --
Poet: Emily Dickinson
Poem: 391.
A Visitor in Marl
Volume: Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Year: Published/Written in 1955
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Provista Diagnostics has received $6 million in Series B funding. The investors were not named. Based in Scottsdale, Ariz., Provista is a developer of diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests for cancers affecting women.
Scottsdale, Arizona, April 16, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Provista Diagnostics, Inc., a privately held molecular diagnostics company developing and commercializing diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests for cancers affecting women, today announced completion of its Series B financing. The $6.0 million Series B financing was fulfilled by the company's existing investors.
This funding will enable the company to expand the commercial market development for dtectDx-Breast, as well as pursue additional clinical trials as the company works toward 510K regulatory clearances for the assay.
"We are grateful to our shareholders for their continuing support of the company and its vision, especially now, as we navigate through this important period," said David Reese, Ph.D., President and CEO. "We have made great progress over the past two years, and this investment reflects the continued belief in our science and technology innovations."
To date, Provista Diagnostics has raised $19.5 million, including the current Series B financing and $13.5 million through Series A financings in 2012 and 2013.
About Provista
Provista Diagnostics, Inc. is a privately held molecular diagnostics company focused on developing and commercializing through its dtectDx platform, proprietary diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests for cancers affecting women, including breast and ovarian. Provista also offers diagnostic testing and clinical laboratory services to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries through Provista Companion Diagnostics, a CLIA-accredited and GLP capable laboratory, licensed in 49 states to perform human clinical testing. More information about Provista and Provista Companion Diagnostics is available at www.provistadx.com and www.provistacdx.com.
The securities sold in the private placement have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any stock in Provista Diagnostics, Inc.