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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Graffiti artists in Myanmar are unhappy with a new ban on their handiwork in the country's biggest city, but expect many to carry on one way or another.
Yangon city authorities imposed a ban Monday prohibiting anyone from drawing on public buildings, roads and bridges, as well as in schools and parks. Authorities said anyone defying the ban would face an unspecified punishment.
The graffiti artists said Tuesday that the ban was not a surprise because authorities were copying regulations enacted in other countries. The artists also said they expected many to continue drawing, and urged authorities to provide a legal outlet for their work so they would not have to act illegally.
"I cannot complain about the ban because many countries have such regulations. But the prohibition doesn't stop graffiti artists," said 19-year-old graffiti artist Arker Kyaw, who became a minor celebrity with his painting of President Barack Obama on the eve of his historic visit last month.
"The psychology of young people is the urge to do something more when it is prohibited," Arker said. "Authorities should allow graffiti artists to paint in appropriate public spaces."
A graffiti artist who calls himself "twotwenty" also said he expected the ban. "But they can't stop what we are doing," he added.
The 27-year-old artist is one of the four members of a group called Yangon Street Art that has been drawing graffiti since 2006.
"It's fair that they impose a ban. But they (the authorities) should give some opportunity to us by providing some places for graffiti and street artists, like in other countries," said twotwenty. "If not, things will get worse."
He said the number of graffiti and street artists in Yangon has been increasing steadily since 2010 and now stands at about 150, adding that he dreams of organizing an exhibition of their work.


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ATLANTIC CITY - There were nasty chants directed at Gary Bettman, the NHL commissioner.
There was little defense, more than a dozen breakaways, and some sensational goaltending by the New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist.
The NHL returned, at least for a night, as Team New York defeated Team Philly/New Jersey, 10-6, in a benefit game before a sellout crowd of 10,792 hockey-starved fans at Boardwalk Hall on Saturday night.
"We want hockey!" We want hockey!" they chanted as the official attendance was announced early in the third period. It was reportedly the first hockey sellout in Atlantic City since 1933.
Flyers winger Scott Hartnell said he "got choked up hearing 11,000 people chant they want hockey back. We want to be playing and it's unfortunate we're not playing right now. But the energy in the building...was pretty incredible."
Before the game and during the latter stages of the third period, there were chants of "Fire Bettman!"
"Bettman sucks!" chants also echoed around the old arena.
The Penguins' James Neal scored four goals to pace New York. Martin Brodeur was the losing goalie.
The game, billed as Operation Hat Trick, raised money for three organizations that are aiding Hurricane Sandy victims.
"I'm very touched everyone came out to support the relief of Hurricane Sandy," Hartnell said.
The Team Philly/New York goal scorers were Justin Williams, Wayne Simmonds, James van Riemsdyk, Simon Gagne, Andy Greene and David Clarkson.
Hartnell was the captain for Team Philly/New Jersey, while Brad Richards captained Team New York.
Team Philly had a 23-10 shots advantage in the first period, but trailed, 4-0, because Lundqvist looked in mid-season form. He finished with 56 saves, many on point-blank shots.
"The dang Rangers. They've had our number, that's for sure," Hartnell said. "You'd think he'd have a little rust on him, not playing in five or six months.....We were joking after the first period that the Rangers will want to play really bad now because he's on fire."
Brodeur, meanwhile, allowed 10 goals on 45 shots.
He kiddingly blamed his struggles on playing on the Flyers' side.
"I think that's why they scored 10 goals," he said. "I'm not used to that orange."
Breakaways. Vinny Guadagnino of Jersey Shore fame was listed as the New York coach, but Al Morganti of WIP/CSN actually handled the duties because of the actor's non-hockey background. Rick Tocchet coached Team Philly/NJ and said he hoped the fans' overwhelming response to the game would trigger a settlement....The game's organizers said they wouldn't have the amount of money raised for a few days.
Fehr is glum. While several NHL players were in Atlantic City for the benefit game, union leader Donald Fehr dampended the mood by gathering them for a pregame meeting.
Afterward, Fehr said he wanted to update the players on the labor talks, and he added that the sides were farther apart than they were a week ago because the NHL rejected the union's latest proposal on Wednesday.
Which is amusing because on Friday, Steve Fehr, Don's brother and special counsel for the NHLPA, said the sides weren't that far apart.
Donald Fehr also did not rule out the union decertifying and contesting to the courts that the lockout is illegal.
Fehr did have a funny line on playing the slots in AC: "Maybe I'll have better luck there than I do at the bargaining table," he said.
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BEIRUT – Activists say Syrian opposition fighters are battling troops loyal to President Bashar Assad for control of the country's largest dam.
Rami Abdul-Rahman, a Britain-based anti-regime activist, says there are sporadic clashes taking place around the al-Furat dam on the Euphrates River in the northeastern province of Raqqa.
He says a group of Assad's loyalists is held up Monday in the dam's control room but that most of the regime troops stopped fighting the day before after the rebels overran the nearby town of al-Thawra.
The fall of al-Furat dam into the opposition hands would be a significant blow to the regime because it supplies water to much of Syria.
Abdul-Rahman, who heads the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, says the rebels already control two other dams on the Euphrates.


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This post isn't really aimed at the hardcore experienced blogger, its more aimed at those just starting out, people like me in fact. I'm fairly knew to all this and tend to blog from a search centric POV. Whilst its generally true that its search engines that will give most bloggers their traffic, there are nonetheless a variety of other ways you can drive traffic and build the conversation within your sphere.
Blogging is popular for many reasons. Be it a tool for self expression, a tool for self promotion or just a general communication medium, its a fantastic way to reach out and have a conversation with people with similar interests.
Most of us are aware of the fantastic tools and platforms out there that enable us to see who is referencing us and in what context.
Trackbacks the process of 'pinging' a blog automatically is one such way. Checking your technorati stats is another. Using other 3rd party plugins or embed code is another still; Feedburner, Google anlaytics, Webtrends, Clicktracks to name but a few.Not to forget of course, the old trusty web server log files. Oh and lets not forget the ever increasing number of social media blogging communities that have sprang up recently. MBL, BumpZee, SpicyPage and my current favorite of course, BlogCatalog.
The really great thing about these is that they enable you to put a human face to your readership, letting you see who recently visited you, seeing new faces, clicking through to their sites or pages at their community and seeing what they have to say about whatever it is they do. Ive found some great blogs this way, that I otherwise may simply have missed.
I started blogging as 'robwatts' in January 2007. Yep, thats not so long ago at all. If you want to read my figures and stats here they are.
I currently have a little over 110 subscribers – a technorati authority score of 208 with a rank of 19,424 and an alexa rank of 102,721 My Google PR is 4.
In comparison to other sites these numbers are very small beer, yet to be frank, I didn't start blogging to win any popularity contest or acquire willy waving look at how big I am type scores, yet it is nice to know that people are interested in some of the things I have to say, and that these are beginning to be reflected in the various metrics fore-shown.
Its funny, but when you initially start out talking about whatever it is you discuss, you realize that, by and large you have a very small audience indeed. You might well write the most fantastic of stuff, yet if you don't have the readership or eyeballs on your content, then not many people are going to be able to see or comment upon it. can you do anything about this? Sure you can…Ive already touched on one such automated way, but for the benefit of those who may have missed it, I'll cover it again.
Catch your Tumbleweed
If your blogposts are blowing about in the wind, wailing away crying for a little attention then maybe you just have to let people know they are there.
I guess this was one of the thoughts that swam around in the depths of my subconscious which with a prompt or 2 pushed me in the right direction.The creative process is one of those things that can just sneak up and bite you on the behind. I was thinking about some of my posts that hadn't received comments, and half jokingly blogged on it back in April.
I challenged the blog community (or my tiny growing readership at the time) to calculate what their 'tumbleweed' score was for their blog and added as an afterthought, that I might even develop a plugin to help people automagically display their scores. Some bloggers like Andy responded, and made me realise that actually, this could well be a handy little addition to the blogging productivity box. The idea was that by having a visible metric, you could see how your posts were being responded to over a given timeframe, as well as show old posts that your newly aquired readers may have missed. So was born the tumbleweed plugin for wordpress.
Its nothing incredible of course, it just uses a little SQL and some basic maths. It may not work on all WP setups either, but it should work on most.
As for people using other blogging platforms, the short response at the moment is that it just will not work on your set ups. Blogger is kinda restrictive in terms of how it enables you to interact with the back end so my hands are a little tied. If I get enough interest or requests I may well look at creating something similar for platforms like Typepad,Drupal etc.
If youv'e written stuff that you think was good and think that people might benefit from seeing/reading again and want a little prompter to help you see how you are performing in a fun light hearted way, then tumbleweed could well be the thing for you.
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TISHOMINGO — When it comes to softball at the junior college level, every year is a rebuilding year. Things are no different for Murray State College.
Pulling from a wide pool of talent across the state, coach Brent Shaw signed Turner's Taylor Foster, along with Bryanne Knox of Dickson on Monday on Murray State's campus in Tishomingo.
"This means so much to me," Foster said afterwards. "I never thought anything like this would happen to me."
Foster, an outfielder for Turner, will be in the same position at Murray, where she will join 14 fellow signees as part of a deep freshman class for the Aggies.
"It's weird, because I know it will be different from high school," Foster said. "But I'm ready for the challenge."
Knox, an All-State player for Dickson, is also expected to play the outfield for Shaw, who is excited about his new signees.
Foster and Knox were each All-Ardmoreite Super Team selections in 2012.
"(Foster) seemed like a great competitor from the first time that I saw her," Shaw said. "I watched (Knox) play at the Durant tournament this past season and she was really causing havoc on the base paths with her speed."
Coming from competitive backgrounds at Turner and Dickson, Shaw expects the girls will be ready for the challenges that face them at the collegiate level.
"(Foster and Knox) are great for this program because they both come from good schools with a history of success in softball," Shaw said. "And being used to that competition will help them when they come here and compete for a spot at Murray State."
Kingston's Mikayla Wells and Sabrina Slatton are also members of the 2013 Murray State signing class, but were unable to attend Monday's event due to a death in Slatton's family.
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Don't let injury set you back. These alternatives will keep you in the game.
Research suggests that nearly half of all runners experience an injury every year. That's a whole lot of harriers sentenced to time off their feet. Lucky for all of us, there are a number of workout alternatives that allow you time to heal without sending you back to square one of your training regimen. "Using alternative means of exercise while recovering from running injuries can help maintain general fitness, while also providing an important psychological boost for athletes accustomed to training day in and day out," explains Adam Hodges, a multisport coach at Alp Fitness in La Crescenta, Calif.
Consider the following workouts for some of the most common running injuries. Hodges reminds runners, "the key for any of these injuries is to find an alternative form of exercise that the athlete is motivated to do and that doesn't aggravate the injury." Keep moving, listen to your body and you'll be back logging mileage in no time.
Stress fracture
Typical healing time: 6–8 weeks
Alternative: Deep-water running. Allowing you to avoid all the pavement pounding, deep-water running still trains the running movement. Not only will this get your heart rate up, it'll strengthen some of the same muscles you'll use when you get back to land running.
Try this: Wear a flotation belt during your first workout, but once you master the form, consider shedding the belt for a more intense cardio session.
– Warm-up: 10 min easy water jogging
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I love to re-cycle!
I love finding new uses for bygone goods; rescuing things from the alley (my deck has some really nice flower pots! That IKEA desk I dragged home, bit-by-bit); reading old books from the second-hand place that cost a nickel; lots of my pots and pans; little thrills that double the pleasure because they've done double-duty.
Especially exciting was the day I ripped out my first completely knit sweater and rescued the YARN! Call me crazy, but it was a big leap to stop being in denial about poor fit or the fact I wasn't wearing something and suddenly it became a *harvesting* opportunity. I was eyeballing lots of stuff in the closet and realizing that yarn has no expiration date that it was just ripe for the pickin'. It's painful to make something that didn't turn out right but more than painful to let it stare you down and taunt you forever. And when you've amassed a snarkin' peanut gallery of sorts, its time…
Once, a sweater I made that didn't fit me went the rounds to most of my female relatives and friends. First, I gave it to my sister. No go. No fit. She gave it to my mother then on and on and on…
It finally ended up back in Chicago after circuiting The Entire Region, and it was then it dawned on me I should just rippit. Duh. I made this, which although now pretty well worn and a little shabby, is also well-loved.
A little elbow grease, some re-skeining and hot soapy water and that yarn was good to go. Tough Love, baby.
Lately, a piece needed an intervention in a different way. A piece I was knitting went from broad to narrow and after the jump, I totally lost control of the needles I was using


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Cleaning bearing for skates
Non-serviceable bearings
Many bearings have metallic shields, which are not made to be removed. Therefore the bearing cannot be serviced. An example is the SKF standard industrial 608-2Z. But you still can maintain them! Dirt on the outside face of the bearing needs to be cleaned off. When it's cold outside moisture is condensing on the bearings. The outside needs to be dried.
Just dismantle the wheels from the chassis. Use a dry piece of textile or a smooth dry toothbrush to remove the dust or moisture and foreign particles that stick, in particular where the grease oil leaks out from the outer shield of the bearing. Do this from the inner diameter to the outer diameter of the bearing (see photo). Afterwards just put some grease on the metallic parts and spread a thin film for protection from rust. You cannot do more than that but it is enough to avoid rust here!
Serviceable greased bearings
SKF SPEEDtrainer and SKF GOLDracer bearings are semi-serviceable. This means that only one of the two protections can be removed easily to clean and re-lubricate the bearing. Do not remove the seal on the other side! For SKF SPEEDtrainer bearings, SKF has developed easy removable black non-contacting seals. For SKF GOLDracer bearing sets, SKF also has developed an easy removable helicoidal shield, which is patented under the name "Quickshield". For both solutions seals are easily removed with a pin.
Warning! Before removing the shield or seal and to avoid foreign particles entering the bearing, please clean the outside of the bearing as stated above.
Cleaning the inner parts of the bearings: SKF generally does not recommend the cleaning of the inner parts of the bearings. Nevertheless, if you want to, please take care of the cleanliness of the cleaning product and of the cleanliness of the place and equipment used to do that. The cleaning product that is used in SKF factories is filtered to avoid particles bigger than 0,4 microns! So you take risks cleaning bearings if the product you use is not clean enough to do so.
Oiled serviceable bearings
SKF SPEEDracer mini bearings and SKF SPEEDskater bearings made by SKF are designed for racing. Racers like to use oiled-bearings because they roll better than greased ones. Nevertheless they also need regular oil re-lubrication. For this reason our racing bearings have an open and a closed side.
Want to re-lubricate regularly? Just dismount the bearing from the wheel and put 1 or 2 drops of SKF Speed Master oil in the bearing. Mount them after having cleaned the hub of the wheel.
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The durable machine-made Cabernet glass of the classic glass collection Vinum Restaurant should be part of the basic equipment of every hotel and restaurant that wants to offer its guests the true enjoyment of wine.. This glass showcases the majestically structured red wines in all their complexity and finesse. Vinum glasses have proved to consumers and restaurateurs that the pleasure of consuming wine starts with the glass. All RIEDEL glasses are dishwasher safe.
Year of design 1986
Volume 610 ccm
Height 225 mm
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Material Crystal
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Caring for your RIEDEL Crystal
- RIEDEL glasses are dishwasher safe. RIEDEL exclusively recommends MIELE
- To avoid stains: use soft water (low mineral content)
- To avoid scratches: Avoid glass contact with other glass or metal
- To remove stains: use white vinegar
- If available use a stemware rack
- Wash the glass under warm water (use detergent and rinse the glass carefully)
- Glass polishing: Use two polishing cloths, never hold the glass by the base to polish the bowl
- Stem snap: Occurs through mishandling = torque or bend pressure at the stem
- Storage: Avoid glass storage in kitchen cabinets which have strong aromas that translates into glass
- Wash at boiling temperature (to kill bacteria) with odorless soap
- Should be machine washed at min. 170° F/75° C
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I have spoken out many times about my beliefs regarding the harmful impact of abortion, euthanasia and the assault on natural/procreative family and marriage. Believe it or not, while I do take quite a bit of heat for my prolife ministry, I get more comments and attacks (personal and issue based) as when I speak about natural procreative family and marriage.
I am a Christian and as such I talk about what God and the Bible say about marriage and family. That is what I base my beliefs on, Christian values. And no matter how many times I say that I don't hate homosexual people, that in fact, the Bible commands me to love them as I do every member of God's family, I get accused of hating homosexuals and being anti-homosexual. Nothing can be further from the truth.
My Christian faith directs me to love all of God's people – to pray for everyone so that we can all enjoy eternity with God. Just like I am for life and I fight for the right for all human beings to be conceived and born, I love all and pray for the salvation of all abortionists, their staffs and all those who have had abortions. So too do I love all and pray for the salvation of all who have same-sex attractions.
With that said, it seems that many more people are beginning to weigh in on the subject of same-sex marriage. First it was President Obama and then the NAACP both in support of same-sex marriage. And of course there were or are those who are commenting on their endorsement of same-sex marriage.
And then recently Brad Pitt's mother, Jane Pitt, wrote an op-ed to Missouri's Springfield New-Leader where she encourages Christian voters to prayerfully consider voting for Mitt Romney, although he is a Mormon, as opposed to casting a vote for "a liberal who supports the killing of unborn babies and same-sex marriage."
I don't know if Mrs. Pitt has been getting attacked for her stance on the subject but another well known company has. This past week I read an article in The Christian Post entitled "Chick-fil-A Called 'Anit-Gay' for Contributions to Pro-Marriage Groups". Chick-fil-A, founded by Truett Cathy, runs the operation based upon Christian values. Their belief in natural procreative marriage simply means that they believe their Bibles, and fear God. The US Constitution guarantees Mr. Cathy and his organization that privilege. All Americans are entitled to religious freedom.
Truett feels so strongly about his Christian values that he made the decision when he opened his first restaurant that his restaurants were not going to be open on Sundays. He believes that it is important to let his employees have a day off to spend time with their families and friends and to worship if they choose to. Someone who is so rooted in his Christian faith would not then turn around and disobey God's commandment to 'love your neighbor as yourself."
I am a Christians and am called by God to speak the truth, the truth as taught to me by God 's word. In church Sunday, our pastor, Allen McNair of Believers' Bible Christian Church warned us not to vote for sin. I cannot be silent about sin. I must help my brothers and sisters see, hear and know the truth. I'm not perfect and there are times that others have to help me see the truth and I welcome their help. I don't hate anyone, in fact I'm praying for you. Please, pray for me.


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The Haskell Execution Model
The STG language has a clear operational model, as well as having a declarative lambda-calculus reading. The business of the code generator is to translate the STG program into
C--, and thence to machine code, but that is mere detail. From the STG program you should be able to understand:
- What functions are in the compiled program, and what their entry and return conventions are
- What heap objects are allocated, when, and what their layout is
GHC uses an eval/apply execution model, described in the paper How to make a fast curry: push/enter vs eval/apply. This paper is well worth reading if you are interested in this section.
Source files: includes/Regs.h, includes/MachRegs.h
During execution of Haskell code the following (virtual) registers are always valid:
Hppoints to the byte before the first free byte in the (contiguous) allocation space.
HpLimpoints to the last avaiable byte in the current chunk of allocation space (see Heap/Stack check failures).
Sppoints to the youngest allocated byte of stack. The stack grows downwards. Why? Because that means that a return address is at a lower address than the stack frame it "knows about", and that in turn means that we can treat a stack frame very like a heap object, with an info pointer (return address) as its first word.
SpLimpoints to the last (youngest) available byte in the current stack.
There are bunch of other virtual registers, used for temporary argument passing, for words, floats and doubles:
In a register-rich machine, many of these virtual registers will be mapped to real registers. In a register-poor machine, they are instead allocated in a static memory record, pointed to by a real register,
The code generator knows how many real registers there are, and tries to avoid using virtual registers that are not mapped to real registers. So, for example, it does not use
R5 if the latter is memory-mapped; instead, it passes arguments on the stack.
Function Calls
Source files: rts/Apply.h, rts/Apply.cmm
Dealing with calls is by far the most complicated bit of the execution model, and hence of the code generator. Before we can talk about that, we need some terminology:
- The arity of a function is the number of lambdas statically used in the lambda-form of its definition. Note that arity is not deducible from the type. Example:
f :: Bool -> Bool -> Bool f = \x -> case x of True -> not False -> idHere,
fhas arity 1, even though its type suggests it takes two arguments. The point is that the compiled code for
fwill expect to be passed just one argument,
- The entry point (sometimes called the fast entry point) of a function of arity N expects its first N arguments to be passed in accordance with the standard Entry convention.
- A known call is a call of a function whose binding site is statically visible:
- The function is bound at top level in this module
- The function is bound at top level in another module, and optimistion is on, so we can see the details (notably arity) of the function in the module's interface file.
- The function is bound by an
letbinding that encloses the call.
When compiling a call, there are several cases to consider, which are treated separately.
- Known function, saturated call. The function is applied to exactly the right number of arguments to satisfy its arity. In that case, we simply load the arguments according to the standard entry convention, and tail-call (jump to) the function's entry point.
- Known function, too few arguments. In this case, we want to build a partial application (PAP), and return with a pointer to the PAP in the return register. Since building a PAP is a complicated business, instead we just behave as for an unknown function call, which will end up calling into the Generic apply code, which will build the PAP for us.
- Known function, too many arguments. We want to save the extra arguments on the stack, push a return address, and then behave just like a saturated call. When the result comes back, we should behave like "unknown call". However, to avoid needing to generate code for a new continuation here, the return address that we push on the stack is that of an appropriate Generic apply function, which will perform the application of the extra arguments to the (unknown) function returned by the saturated call.
- Unknown function; a call in which we do not statically know what the function is. In that case we must do a "generic apply". This is so exciting that it deserves its own section.
Generic apply
Files: utils/genapply
When compiling a call that has an unknown function, we must generate code to
- Evaluate the function
- Scrutinise the function value returned to see its arity, and dispatch into the same three cases as in the case of known calls:
- Exactly the right number of arguments: load them into the standard locations and tail-call the function's entry point
- Too few arguments: build a PAP
- Too many arguments: save the excess arguments, and tail call the function as for a saturated cal.
All of this takes quite a lot of code, so we pre-generate a whole bunch of generic-apply code sequencues, one for each combination of arguments. This code is generated by the tool utils/genapply, and the generated code appears in
For example, if we find a call to an unknown function applied to two (boxed)
Int arguments, load the function and its two arguments as for the standard entry convention and jump to
stg_ap_pp_fast. This latter code is in
rts/AutoApply.cmm, generated by the
genapply tool. The "
pp" part is the bit that says the code is specialised for two pointer arguments.
In addition to the family of
stg_ap_<pattern>_fast functions for making calls to unknown functions with various argument patterns, there is a corresponding family of return addresses
stg_ap_<pattern>_info. The idea is that you can push a continuation that will make a call to the function that is returned to it. For example, to push a continuation that will apply a single pointer argument, we would push the following words on the stack:
Entry conventions
Entry conventions are very conventional: the first N argumements in registers and the rest on the stack.
Return Convention
Direct Returns
Vectored Returns
Source files: rts/Updates.h, rts/Updates.cmm
Heap/Stack check failures
Source files: rts/HeapStackCheck.cmm
When allocating a heap object, we bump
Hp and compare to
HpLim. If the test fails we branch to ???. Usually this code tests an interrupt flag (to see if execution should be brought tidily to a halt); grabs the next block of alloaction space; makes
Hp point to it and
HpLim to its end; and returns. If there are no more allocation-space blocks, garbage collection is triggered.


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Electronic Arts, the company responsible for publishing the upcoming multiplatform video game, "Battlefield 4," has provided some comments in regards to its pre-order sales.
Pre-order sales: going extremely well.
Just saving everyone from having to open this article.
Anytime EA talks about pre-order numbers its going to be "good" or better.
If a game isn't pre-ordering well, they simply never talk about it at all.
want this game on ps4 already
i hope its a full 64 player count on the maps
i would also like for them to fix bullet lag
i get so much of that on bf3 on my ps3
I'm holding off until the next gen versions are announced, then I'll reserve it for which ever one I end up getting first, and that's only if they have 64 players, otherwise it's the PC for me.
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Adam Graham joined the Sports Medicine staff in 2011 as assistant athletic trainer and has worked primarily with the Golden Eagle volleyball, soccer, and baseball teams.
A graduate of Western Carolina with a master's degree from West Virginia, Graham is a native of Chapel Hill, N.C., and a 2008 graduate of Western Carolina with a bachelor's degree in athletic training. As a student athletic trainer, he worked with the Catamount football and women's basketball teams.
During his time as an undergraduate, he also spent one summer in an internship position with the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, working with the Bradenton Pirates in the Gulf Coast League. He also served in volunteer positions on the high school and amateur athletics levels.
After graduation, he spent one year in an internship position at Georgia Tech where he worked primarily with the Yellowjacket football team. His coverage also included working with the cross country and track teams, and the cheerleading squad.
During 2010-11, Graham worked toward his master's degree and served as a graduate assistant athletic trainer at West Virginia University. His coverage with Mountaineer teams was with the baseball, cross country, track and football teams.
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Passing Yards
Rushing Yards
Time of Poss.
Zach Czap kicked a 29-yard field goal in overtime as the Albright College football team dropped a 20-17 decision at Lycoming on Saturday afternoon.
Freshman Vinny Williams caught a 75-yard touchdown for the Lions, while junior Chris Stephens intercepted a pass.
The Albright defense recorded seven sacks, including 2.5 from senior JT Harding. Tyler Hamlet had a sack and 2.5 tackles for loss, while Matt Pattison had 1.5 sacks and two total tackles in the backfield.
The Lions had the ball first in overtime and went three-and-out, setting up a 39-yard try for sophomore kicker Daniel Sobolewski. The attempt was blocked by C.J. Arhontakis however to open the door for the hosts.
Lycoming's Craig Needhammer rushed for a first down, and the Warriors kneeled to center the ball. Czap then hit the 29-yard attempt for the win.
Albright had taken a 17-14 lead with 9:36 remaining, as quarterback TJ Luddy hit Williams over the top for a 75-yard score.
Unfortunately the Lions gave up two backbreaking third down conversions, as the Warriors marched off a nine-plus-minute drive to set up a 35-yard Czap field goal to force OT.
Tyler Jenny's pass fell incomplete on 3rd-and-9, but the Lions were called for defensive holding and a first down. Albright later flushed Jenny from the pocket on 3rd-and-10, but the Lyco QB scrambled for 12 yards to move the chains again.
After the teams traded interceptions early in the game, Albright forced a punt from deep in Lycoming territory and opened the scoring with a 36-yard Sobolewski kick.
Down 7-3 early in the second half, senior Uriah Brickhouse carried it in from six yards out to give the Red and White a 10-7 advantage.
The loss effectively ends all MAC championship hopes for the Lions, who fall to 4-3 and 3-3 in the MAC. Albright will host Widener next Saturday at 1 p.m.


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Late-night talk show host Chelsea Handler and Netflix have announced plans to launch a Netflix talk show starting in 2016, according CNN. The show will be a Netflix original program featuring Handler, available in all of Netflix's regions.
Netflix has expanded its original offerings significantly over the last year, but the formula for releasing the shows has stayed the same: when a new season of, say, House of Cards is ready, all the episodes are dropped at once on the service for optimal bingeing. Compared to live TV, Netflix series can be more like epic 13-hour films with hourly 15-second intermissions. Amazon, which has also flung itself full-force into original online content, takes a different approach, making some episodes free to non-Prime users and releasing them slowly.
A talk show, however, is a more timely format and will demand that Netflix shake up its distribution routine. The company didn't reveal details of how it plans to time the release of each episode, though there are plenty of Web shows that operate in a similar way to draw inspiration from. Netflix confirmed to CNN that the deal for the show is exclusive, and Handler cannot create a talk show for any TV networks.
By the time the show airs in early 2016, Handler will have left TV talk shows behind 18 months ago—the final episode of her current show on E! will air August 26. For now, the only plans for the show's content as reported to CNN are to cover "topical entertainment and cultural issues, as well as [Handler's] signature guest interviews."


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Mexico's National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) has issued a call for bids for the country's Round 3, consisting of 35 shallow water areas in the Gulf of Mexico.
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The 35 areas cover some 26,265sq km, and have a total of about 1.988 MMbo of prospective resources, with a remaining volume of 290 MMboe. They are to be developed through shared production contracts.
Round 3 includes 14 areas in Burgos, 13 area in Tampico-Misantla-Veracruz, and eight areas in Cuencas del Sureste.
The Burgos blocks cover an area of 8424sq km and hold an estimated 579 MMbbl.
The 13 blocks in Tampico-Misantla-Veracruz cover 12,493sq km, with an estimated 1.217 billion boe of prospective resources, in addition to a remaining volume of 193 MMboe.
The Cuencas del Sureste blocks cover 5348sq km, with prospective resources estimated at 192 MMboe, with a remaining volume of 96 MMboe.
"The bidding process of the shallow water contract areas of this Call makes it possible to ensure that the operating companies have proven experience and capacity for the optimum development of oil projects. To this end, various technical, financial, enforcement, safety, health and environmental protection requirements were defined, consistent with the highest industry standards at the international level," the CNH said.
Earlier this week, Mexico signed 10 exploration and extraction contracts with bid round winners from this June's shallow water Round 2.1. The round offered a total of 15 blocks.
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TOKYO (AP) — Workers began placing buoys off Okinawa as part of a long-planned and highly contentious relocation of an American military base, which a U.S. official said Thursday was a critical step toward the realignment of U.S. forces in Japan.
The buoys define the area of construction on a facility in Henoko Bay that will house the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, which will be relocated from a crowded residential area of Okinawa.
Okinawa houses the majority of U.S. troops in Japan. Protests against the bases have been going on for decades. Aircraft noise, crashes and crime are among the frequent complaints.
"This is a meaningful result of many years of sustained work between the United States and Japan," said Marie Harf, State Department deputy spokeswoman in Washington.
"It's a critical step toward realizing our shared vision for the realignment of U.S. forces on Okinawa," Harf said.
The relocation of the Marine air station will reduce U.S. military footprint in the most populated part of Okinawa and enable the return of significant land back to the people of Okinawa, "while sustaining U.S. military capability, vital to the peace and security of the region," she said.
The Japanese Defense Ministry confirmed the placing of buoys began Thursday but declined to give details, citing security concerns. Public broadcaster NHK showed protesters on boats being blocked by patrol boats, and others holding up signs outside the U.S. base saying "No new base."
Opponents say majority of people are opposed to the construction, which some say would endanger the coral reef, tropical fish and other ocean life.
Land reclamation is needed for an airstrip to be built over the water from Camp Schwab, a U.S. military base.
Japanese media reports said the drilling could start as early as this weekend. The Defense Ministry declined comment.
Many Okinawans want the U.S. off the island entirely, but public opinion is divided with Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima backing the plan.
The Marines' relocation to Henoko is part of a broader plan to consolidate and reduce the U.S. military presence in Okinawa. Previous efforts to implement the move have stalled. The U.S. and Japan agreed on the plan in 1996.
The administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has repeatedly said the plan is important for the crucial alliance with the U.S. amid territorial disputes with China and the nuclear threat from North Korea.
But Susumu Inamine, the mayor of Nago, where Henoko is located, noted his reelection earlier this year underlines the people's opposition to the plan.
He said assessments on environmental damage were not thorough enough, and accused the government of forcing the issue.
"Pushing forward with this tramples on the human rights of the people, and the rich diverse natural life of this region. This is no longer about democracy," Inamine said in a statement.
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It almost snowed.
In the morning the mall I went to had very few people there.
I saw not one picture of Jesus, at the mall.
Nothing in the windows, nothing, nothing, nothing
to signify the Reason for the Season
Thankfully they had a picture of the Nativity on the
front page of our local paper.
I wonder how many people have a picture of Jesus,
(if they believe in Jesus) in their home.
I love the manger scene, but I also love having a picture
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Yes Toothless lives at my desk.
These are cute enough, but the orange is just not for my skintone. I had the same issues with these that I had with the last ones, namely that my pointer finger nails are apparently very tiny and the stickers meant for those nails are consequently way too big. So they're a little wrinkly. But it's not that big a deal, especially if no one is examining them closely. Today these wraps are on...I think day five? And they still look fine. I'm a pretty big fan. There's another Incoco Halloween 2015 design that I keep trying to find but haven't been able to, so I hope I run across them. And I'll let you know if I do!
Man, last week was a pretty big week for the people in my life. On October 3rd my really good friends had their son, Joshua. I have pictures of Ben and I with him but I'm not putting them up here because it's not my baby. But he is super freaking cute and I already adore him. Then on October 8th my other friends had their daughter, Delia. I haven't met her yet, but I'm really happy for everyone. And then a friend of mine got a freaking kitten. It's the tiniest kitten I've ever seen and held in real life. I've been going over to his place to watch Browns games so I got to snuggle with the baby cat Sunday:
LOOK AT THIS BABY oh my god
Also I myself got a new baby last weekend, which I'm typing on right now. After hemming and hawing for literally a full calendar year, I finally got myself a new computer. My last one was from 2009 and just wasn't doing what it should do in a timely manner anymore. So I am now the proud owner of a brand new MacBook. There are some weird things about it (like not having a USB port????) but I'm glad I finally just bought one. I work on my computer a lot for writing lectures and making PowerPoints and stuff and I really need it to work well and fast. So yay.
Anyway, it's a new season of life, y'all. And as I've said, I myself am not ready for babies, but at least I will get a test run with my friends' babies. Our one pair of friends is already referring to us as Aunt Stephanie and Uncle Ben (not the rice) which basically makes me want to cry because I don't have siblings and I never thought I would have that sort of thing. So. I'm very happy to be Auntie Steffie.
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Exuberant 3-year-old, family copes with cystic fibrosis
Spunkiness helpful.
Adalyn Carlson whirls around the room one minute and the next is prone on the floor as she fits together puzzle pieces, her brow furrowed.
"She's our spunky one," said Adalyn's mother, Taylan.
Of the three Carlson children, Taylan said God gave Adalyn the personality to deal with cystic fibrosis.
"She holds out her arm so they can take her blood at doctor appointments and she's always interested to see what's going on," Taylan said.
At 2 months old, Adalyn was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis—a condition that causes symptoms such as the buildup of mucus in the lungs and pancreas.
The development of mucus in the lungs makes it easier for bacteria to grow, Taylan said, which can cause repeated and life-threatening infections that scar her daughter's lungs.
Mucus in Adalyn's pancreas blocks natural enzymes that break down food.
In addition to the disease affecting other organs, Taylan said cystic fibrosis also causes Adalyn's sweat to become salty which upsets the balance of minerals in her system.
Although Adalyn periodically wheezed during the interview Monday, cystic fibrosis is not evident on the outside.
She excitedly showed off a machine that vibrates her chest to loosen the mucus in her lungs twice a day which she then coughs up.
The machine, oral medicine to help Adalyn absorb the nutrients she needs and periodic treatment with antibiotics are weapons in the Carlson arsenal to help manage the disease.
Every three months, the family also travels to Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha where Adalyn's throat is swabbed to see what cultures might be growing.
"Sometimes she has a serious infection we don't know about," Taylan said.
Adalyn was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis following a newborn screen which Taylan and husband, James, strongly advocate.
Shortly after turning a year old, Taylan said Adalyn was hospitalized for 1 weeks with pseudomonas, the most damaging kind of lung infection.
As Taylan and James and the rest of family deals with cystic fibrosis, the couple said they've learned to trust God's time.
"We're not in control of the situation," Taylan said. "She's God's child and there's a plan for her."
Taylan said the couple also treasures life more and tries not to treat Adalyn differently than their other children—5-year-old Amaiya and 19-month-old Audric.
Fortunately, medical advancements through the years have pushed average life expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis to age 30, Taylan said, noting that most children with the condition in the 1950s didn't live to start elementary school.
"We're really hopeful for Adalyn's future," Taylan said.
However Adalyn might need a lung transplant at some point which Taylan described as one of the riskier transplants.
To help give back the support they've received from other parents of children with cystic fibrosis and help raise funds to cystic fibrosis research, the Carlsons started a sweet corn fund-raiser last summer.
James, a farmer, planted half an acre of sweet corn that family members—including his father and two brothers—picked by hand.
The Carlsons piled the corn in two four-wheeler trailers and parked one along Highway 30 in Gothenburg and the other outside of Arnold.
Customers were asked to make a free-will donation that resulted in the raising of about $2,300 for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation from the sale of about 18,000 ears of corn.
They plan to do the fund-raiser again next summer.
As Adalyn and the other children grow, James said he's learned to not take anything for granted.
"When Amaiya was born healthy, we knew nothing about cystic fibrosis," he said. "Healthy children are not guaranteed."
More information about the disease can be found at cff.org.
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I love dessert, but sometimes the idea of getting up every 10 minutes to check on what's in the oven isn't my idea of fun. If you're not into baking yet are looking for a quick dessert fix with all the glamour and flavor, check out these 15 no-bake recipes that are simply out of sight!
• Frozen Peanut Butter, Chocolate & Banana Loaf from Martha Stewart
• Sweet Chocolate Log from MyRecipes
• Chocolate Banana Pudding from Martha Stewart
• Chocolate Butterscotch No-Bake Cheesecake from Bakers Royale
• Peach Melba Spoom from Martha Stewart
• Peanut Butter Tart from Martha Stewart
• No-Bake Peanut Butter Clusters from MyRecipes
• Frozen Reese's Peanut Butter Pie from Bakers Royale
• No-Bake Lemon Cream Tart from Bon Appetit
• Coconut Bonbons from Martha Stewart
• Blueberry Cheesecake with Graham Cracker Crust from Bon Appetit
• Uptown Figs from MyRecipes
• No-Bake Chocolate-Raspberry Cream Pie from Bon Appetit
• Coconut Dates from MyRecipes
• Marshmallow Cookie Sandwiches from Martha Stewart
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Speedy alternative to sort/sort/merge
SAS® PROC Format reduces CPU up to 80% at Wells Fargo Bank
Users of SAS software who work with large data sets are regularly confronted with processing-time challenges. The question often arises: How might it be possible to reduce the amount of CPU required to retrieve specific data?
Jenine Milum found an answer.
Milum, now a Vice President and Analytics Manager at Wells Fargo Bank, experienced a breakthrough moment a little more than a decade ago while working in another industry.
As the website became more popular, the volumes of data coming in for us to analyze grew at a mammoth rate. We were constantly looking for ways to speed up our daily processes and make them more efficient.
Jenine Milum
"We were processing log activity for our website on a daily basis," says Milum, who's been a SAS user for more than 20 years. "As the website became more popular, the volumes of data coming in for us to analyze grew at a mammoth rate. We were constantly looking for ways to speed up our daily processes and make them more efficient.
"In analyzing where the drain on resources was coming from, it was evident it came from matching this massive data to other files. Every time we did it, we had to sort and then merge that massive file. That meant reading it twice, and we needed a way to avoid doing so."
Her innovative solution involves a matching method utilizing PROC Format, replacing the CPU-heavy sort/sort/merge.
"It's ideal for situations in which a key from one file is needed to extract data from another," Milum says. "It's best suited when you're dealing with at least one large-volume data set and need to merge it with a smaller amount of data."
Milum now regularly uses this method in her work at Wells Fargo. It's effective on all platforms utilizing SAS, and has proven time and again to decrease CPU by 70 percent to 80 percent.
A challenge
Users of SAS System software are often confronted with the challenge of retrieving specific information from very large data sets. How can the desired information be extracted effectively while reducing the amount of time required to retrieve the data?
Milum's matching method utilizing PROC Format provides the solution.
To appreciate the effectiveness of the PROC Format method, it helps to first look at the sort/sort/merge that it's replacing:
proc sort data=largefile;
by keyvar;
proc sort data=keyfile (keep=keyvar) nodupkey;
by keyvar;
data match; merge largefile (in=large)
keyfile (in=key);
by keyvar;
if key and large;
Sort/sort/merge is used when key values from one file are needed to extract records from another file containing the same key, or BY variable.
Milum offers the following example:
Suppose you have a small file (keyfile) that contains a list of Social Security numbers (the key) of individuals in a particular division of your company. In order to extract additional information on each individual, these numbers need to be matched to another file (largefile) representing the entire company. You want only the records that can be found in both files.
For a clean merge, both data sets have to be sorted. Both files have to be processed twice, once in the sort and once in the merge step. If either or both of the files are large, CPU time can be considerable.
There are other basic concerns when running any sort/sort/merge. Are there any duplicate records in either data set being used in the merge? Is the merge logic being handled properly so that required data from matching data sets will not be accidentally overlaid?
"These are no longer issues with the PROC Format method," Milum says.
Understanding formats
Before utilizing the PROC Format method, a basic understanding of the "parts" of a format is necessary. Milum offers, as an example, a basic format she calls $CTYST. that links cities and states. Using the "fmtlib" option of PROC Format reveals the metadata surrounding this existing format:
Proc Format library=work fmtlib;
select $key;
"The result shows several of the critical pieces used to create a format out of one of the KEYFILE data sets used in this sort/merge," Milum says.
The value of the FORMAT is $CTYST. START is the value of the variable used to match – in this case, the city name. Variable END is not necessary since numeric ranges aren't being used. LABEL represents the value START, which will be assigned in the instance of a match – in this case, the state.
Working with these three metadata items in a standard format, you can create a format from the KEYFILE data set that you can use for matching purposes. When a record has a match to the value in START, the value in LABEL is linked to it for additional use.
"Understanding these basics about formatting allows for a slick trick utilizing the selection ability of PROC Format," Milum says.
She offers the following PROC Format method:
data key; set keyfile(keep=keyvar);
/* These variables translate to the FORMAT values in the metadata */
fmtname = '$key';
label = '*';
rename keyvar = start;
proc sort data=key nodupkey;
by start;
Proc Format cntlin=key;
data match; set largefile;
if put (keyvar,$key.) = '*';
In the first DATA step, a SAS data set needs to be created from the input file with the required valid format-variable names: LABEL, START and FMTNAME. Doing so prepares the information to be turned into a format:
• START is set to the variable assigned as key.
• FMTNAME becomes the format name to be referenced later. (Formatting naming conventions do not allow for a FMTNAME to end in a numeric value.)
• LABEL becomes the symbol that the desired key values are associated with – in this case, asterisk (*).
The LABEL is assigned an asterisk as the formatted value, which acts as the hook into the bigger file. Using this simple line of code in any DATA step within your program will select those records that match the formatted values.
if put (key,$key.) = '*';
The variable name KEY can be any name in a data set as long as the values in the variable will have matches to the values in the format. You can use this line of code to select these matches anywhere in your program.
It's very important, Milum points out, that the symbol assigned to LABEL never has an occurrence in the key character string of the master file; otherwise, an unwanted match will result. The asterisk symbol works in most situations, as it's rarely contained in character-variable values.
"This pre-format dataset needs to be sorted and any duplicates eliminated," Milum says. "SAS formats won't allow duplicate values."
Running PROC Format with duplicate values will create the SAS system message "ERROR: This range is repeated, or values overlap," and processing will be halted.
To create a working format, execute PROC FORMAT with the CNTLIN=option using the sorted data set Key as the input-control data set. This converts the data stored in the pre-format SAS data set (Key) to a SAS format and adds it to the format catalog in the Work library.
Once a format is created, it can be used anywhere else in the program for selecting matches to the key. In essence, the assignment statement gives the value of LABEL – in this case, asterisk (*) – to a matching key. This in turn can be used for additional coding. In the above scripts, it's used to select records matching the key.
"Using the PROC Format method, only one file is processed twice – the smaller file – and only one variable is needed from it," Milum says. "The biggest savings in CPU is that the sorting of the large file isn't required."
Proven results
For those still skeptical, Milum provides results showing several different methods for comparison. The same input files were used in all the examples. All tests were run using the same UNIX Sun platform. The key file had 730 observations; the larger file had 1.5 million records.
Milum points out that there are other uses for her method.
For example, merging frequently requires more than one variable. While still using the PROC Format methodology, two additional solutions provide the desired results. One involves concatenating the matching variables. The second suggests creating additional formats or key variables for matching.
These approaches allow you to select records by matching cities and state:
The Variable Concatenation Format approach: Concatenating the variables you would normally sort and then merge by creates just one unique variable by which a format can be created. This single variable can then be used to create a format to select records. Taking the value of CITY as Atlanta and the value of STATE as Georgia, the value of the new variable would be AtlantaGeorgia.
data key;
set keyfile (keep=city state);
start = trim (city) || trim (state);
fmtname = '$ctyst';
label = '*';
proc sort data=key nodupkey;
by start;
Proc Format cntlin=key;
data matchfile;
set largefile;
if put (trim (city) || trim (state),$ctyst.) = '*';
The Multiple Format approach: You can use one DATA step to create multiple pre-formatted data sets. Notice that START and FMTNAME are assigned and then output. The second format variable name is being reset and then output. You can do this up to as many key variables as necessary. You'll need one Format SAS procedure to create each of the key formats. Once the formats are created, use them in any future DATA step to identify matching records.
data keycity keystate;
set keyfile (keep=City State);
label = '*';
start = City;
fmtname = '$city';
output keycity;
start = State;
fmtname = '$state';
output keystate;
proc sort data=keycity nodupkey;
by start;
proc sort data=keystate nodupkey;
by start;
Proc Format cntlin=keycity;
Proc Format cntlin=keystate;
data matchfile; set largefile;
if put (city,$city.) = '*' and
put (state,$state.) = '*';
Some additional tips
Milum offers a few tips and suggestions in using the PROC Format method:
Make the LABEL more meaningful.
In the first DATA step:
label = 'Match';
Use multiple formats to include or exclude records.
data newfile; set bigfile;
if put (key1,$keyone.) = '*' and put (key2,$keytwo.) ne '*';
Create one format with multiple values.
In the first DATA step:
if key = 'one' then label = 'one';
if key = 'two' then label = 'two';
Then in the last DATA step:
data newfileone newfiletwo; set bigfile;
if put (key,$key.) = 'one' then output newfileone; else
if put (key,$key.) = 'two' then output newfiletwo; else
Utilize the Format in a WHERE clause.
data newfile ;
merge bigfileone (where=(put(key,$key.) = 'one'))
bigfiletwo (where=(put(key,$key.) = 'two'));
by newvar ;
run ;
'Where's Waldo?'
Milum first presented her PROC Format method findings in 2001 at a SAS users group, and has since done so on a number of occasions, having twice won best paper awards.
"I do a 'Where's Waldo?' spin on the method," she says. "You're trying to find something small in a sea of information."
Time and again, her method has proven its value.
Run daily processes with greater efficiency
A matching method utilizing PROC Format, replacing the CPU-heavy sort/sort/merge
Up to 80 percent CPU reduction
The results illustrated in this article are specific to the particular situations, business models, data input, and computing environments described herein. Each SAS customer's experience is unique based on business and technical variables and all statements must be considered non-typical. Actual savings, results, and performance characteristics will vary depending on individual customer configurations and conditions. SAS does not guarantee or represent that every customer will achieve similar results. The only warranties for SAS products and services are those that are set forth in the express warranty statements in the written agreement for such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. Customers have shared their successes with SAS as part of an agreed-upon contractual exchange or project success summarization following a successful implementation of SAS software. Brand and product names are trademarks of their respective companies.


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Events & Communications Coordinator, Library Services
Melissa Arakawa, (808) 956-9431
Education Specialist, Sinclair Library
Posted: Apr 11, 2013
The University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Library has been actively and aggressively developing its social media channels to inform and generate interest and support from the student body, faculty and local community for the past two years.
The social media team includes: Erenst Anip, Melissa Arakawa, Melissa Kahili and Teri Skillman. The goal has been to inform the community about the Library's initiatives, services and collections, as well as broaden the community's information base and to encourage connectivity. Ultimately, they want to see the community in the Library and engaging with its resources.
Anip linked the social media accounts -- Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and GooglePlus. Team members search for interesting content to share and initiate conversations. Library events and services are the anchor for the social media efforts.
The Library's efforts have paid off. LibraryScienceList.com, a social community for librarians, searched social media platforms to find 442 Libraries using accounts to promote services, activities, and social interaction with patrons. Using data from social media, they came up with a list 100 Most Social Media Friendly College & University Libraries for 2013. The UH Mānoa Library is ranked number 20 on the list. Please visit the UH Mānoa Library on social media and in the Library (Hamilton & Sinclair).
To see the full report and the other institutions on the list, go to http://librarysciencelist.com/100-most-social-media-friendly-college-university-libraries/.