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During FISL, I had the opportunity to watch Randal L. Schwartz talk about Seaside. Schwartz is very well known in many open source communities–especially in the Perl one–and now is evangelizing Smalltalk and Seaside. I asked him if we could talk a bit about the subject, given my previous interest in the field, and he graciously agreed to an interview.
Without further ado, here's what we talked about:
- Tell us a bit about you: what's your background, how did you started programming, what are you doing today?
I taught myself programming when I was 9. By the time I was 15, I was teaching programming from the front of the room to my classmates, and writing contract code on the weekends for real money.
I worked for three different companies for a total of eight years, before starting Stonehenge in 1985. Stonehenge has grown over the years: we've can count 17 of the Fortune 100 Companies as our clients.
I spend a lot of my time lecturing and writing these days, but I also still design, create, and review code as well. I answer questions for free for about an hour or two each day on the dozens of mailing lists and blogs and web communities I frequent.
- You are extremely famous in the Perl community, but now you are strongly advocating Smalltalk/Seaside. What did change? When did you start using Smalltalk?
I started using Smalltalk before Perl was even invented, back in 1982. I've already written that story up at my blog.
- What are Smalltalk advantages over other traditional languages like Perl, Ruby or Python, for example?
Smalltalk has a very simple syntax: I can teach the entire syntax in about 20 minutes, and include it as part of my talk introducing people to Seaside. The major Smalltalk implementations (except GNU Smalltalk) also have a mature IDE, allowing easy exploration of code relationships, and to learn the libraries as needed by looking at both the implementation and the uses.
And that's a bonus as well: we have two commercial smalltalks (Cincom and GemStone/S) as well as two open smalltalks (Squeak and GNU Smalltalk) all supporting Seaside. This allows a nervous manager who might be hesitant at selecting a strictly "volunteer-based" language to also have two commercial vendors to pick up support. Options are good!
- Do you believe Smalltalk will finally reach mainstream status?
Well, it *had* mainstream status in the mid 90s, just before Java entered, at least with large Wall Street firms and other institutions who wanted rapid GUI development to stay ahead.
But yes, I believe Smalltalk is positioned today to reenter as a major player. For details, see my "Year of Smalltalk" post.
- Also, your talk was entitled, "Seaside: Your Next Web Framework". What is really interesting about Seaside?
I like how Seaside can abstract both control flow (along one axis) and representation (along the other axis) with relative ease. Seaside seems to put the right related things near each other. I also like the "debug the broken webhit within the webhit": when something blows up, I can explore in the standard debugger, fix what's broken, patch up any mess, and then continue within the same web hit, as if nothing broke.
Also, the traditional Rails persistence is provided with Active Record, which requires objects to go through an object-relational mapper to drive SQL queries. Seaside can do the same thing (via GLORP), but a better solution is to avoid the mapping entirely, using things like the open source Magma solution, or the commercial GemStone/S Virtual Machine. When you can get rid of the ORM layer, you get a lot of speed back, and a much easier programming environment.
- What do you see in Seaside's future, and how does it compare to the future of the other frameworks?
The Seaside team is currently refactoring and repackaging Seaside so that portability will be easier to manage and so that you can pull in just the parts that you need. I also see a lot of bolt-ons being created, like the Pier CMS and adaptors for various APIs such as Google Graphs.
- Do you think the market is ready for Seaside?
Yes. Ruby on Rails reopened the discussions about what to do in a post-Java world, by going back to the late-binding languages like Perl and Python and Smalltalk. And Seaside is a mature framework, being even older than Rails, but just not as well known. I'm hoping to change that.
- Have you deployed anything using Seaside? If so, what were the challenges?
I'm working on a few projects now, but nothing is public yet. The initial challenge was the relative lack of documentation, so I spent the better part of two days going through every posting to the Seaside mailing list. I feel much better informed now, but my eyes were pretty bleary. I hope to repackage the knowledge I gained into postings to my blog as well as helping to answer questions on the IRC channel and mailing list.
- You are now part of the Squeak Foundation Board. What are your plans for the Foundation?
My primary concerns are licensing issues, release management, and proper publicity. All of these issues are being addressed, but of course, we're all volunteers and always looking for more qualified volunteers to help.
- Are there any Squeak Foundation plans for Seaside?
Nothing formal that I'm aware of. However, Squeak is the primary development platform for Seaside, so we're sure that Squeak will remain an essential component.
- What are the most promising developments in the Smalltalk/Seaside
world currently?
Well, what got me involved is GLASS, the GemStone/Linux/Apache/Seaside/Squeak solution to get people up and running with Seaside quickly. This also entailed the GemStone management creating a zero-cost commercial license for a fully functional (but limited) version of GemStone/S. With this free version of GemStone/S, you can build a business, and when your business exceeds the capabilities, there are strategies about migrating to larger licenses that are reasonable. It's a great solution for getting a rock-solid commercially-supported Smalltalk VM with persistence and clustering into your plans.
- What about next year's FISL. How did you manage to get three entire days for Smalltalk?
As I said, "it all started over a couple of Caipirinhas…"
- What are your plans for those three days? Do you plan to bring other Smalltalkers?
I will be working with the FISL organizers and the various vendors and groups of the Smalltalk community to produce a full mini-conference. I hope to have both beginning and advanced Smalltalk training, as well as various Seaside tutorials. I expect this conference will attract a significant number of Smalltalk developers to FISL for the first time, as well as expose Smalltalk to the remainder of FISL, so it's a win for everybody.
Many thanks, Mr. Schwartz, for the interview.
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And thank you, sir, for such *excellent* questions. This has also been blogged over at my Smalltalk-Only blog, (http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/library/post/interviewed-by-ronaldo-m-ferraz.html). Thanks.
Thanks for the interview (both of you). With so many environment options floating about, it's nice to have a concise summary from a trusted source.


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Even at his most difficult moments, Rasul "Rocky" Clark was determined to live his life as an example for others, said Don Grossnickle.
"Didn't Rocky teach us?" Grossnickle asked the hundreds of mourners gathered at Clark's funeral torday, getting head nods and applause in response. "Didn't he show us the way?"
Grossnickle, co-founder of Gridiron Alliance, was just one of dozens of speakers honoring Clark, who was paralyzed while playing football for Blue Island's Eisenhower High School in 2000 and later fought an unsuccessful battle to keep his health insurance. He spoke in favor of ensuring proper insurance coverage for high school athletes who suffer catastrophic injuries.
Hundreds of Clark's friends, family, and supporters piled into New Friendship M.B. Church in Robbins to mourn Clark's death. They squeezed into pews, crowded into the church choir stand, stood along walls, filled the basement and spilled outside the front doors. The funeral service was scheduled to last an hour, but ended up continuing for more than two hours because so many people wanted to share stories about Clark.
Clark, 28, died on Jan. 5 at Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey after undergoing surgery for complications with his bladder, said his mother, Annette Clark. He was also having trouble with his lungs and kidneys.
Clark, who grew up in Robbins, garnered national and international attention for his health struggles and battle for health insurance. He was just 16 years old and a backup running back for Eisenhower when he was tackled in a football game. His injuries left him paralyzed.
Clark used his injury to call attention to football safety. He helped found the Gridiron Alliance, which supported athletes in a similar position. He also lectured at local high schools and volunteered at his former alma mater as an assistant.
But Clark waged the battle of his life when he lost the private health insurance that paid for his meticulous care. After 10 years of having access to the best medical resources, the policy ended.
Most quadripligics live less than 10 years, but Clark was able to thrive, in part, because of the quality of care he received.
He used his experience to advocate for unlimited health insurance coverage for athletes.
"If he were alive, no athlete would enter the field without unlimited coverage," Grossnickle said.
At the service, Helene Elias, one of Clark's former nurses at Ingalls hospital, recalled Clark's humor and determination.
"We talked, we joked, and I would rub his face to make it easier for him to go through a procedure," she said. "He had a strong will and at times he was a brat," she said drawing laughter. "He had a devilish smile."
Others spoke about how Clark found the courage to overcome his football injury. He found joy in talking to his friends and offering encouragement. Once he attended a concert for the hip-hop group Outcast and was allowed to sit on the stage. He also celebrated his 21st birthday at a local night club with friends despite his injury.
Kenneth Jennings, who also became paralyzed due to an injury sustained at a football game, said he wanted to inspire Clark. But the opposite occurred.
"He became the person to motivate me," Jennings said. "Any time I had a problem I knew to call him. He went through a lot. A lot of heartache and pain."
But Jennings urged the audience to keep Clark's memory alive by taking up his mission.
"Everyone in here knows better now," he said. "We cannot sit back and allow another kid to go through a catastrophic injury and not be taken care of."
Annette Clark took time at the service to thank all the people who supported her and her son. She talked about her son's last days and special moments they shared. "My son never once felt sorry for himself," she said, her voiced tired and strained. "I'm just proud of my son. The Lord had something for him to do.
"Keep praying for me, that the Lord will give me strength," she said.
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Denise King said when she met Clark she felt compelled to create a website to help spread the word about his life. Shortly after they met, Clark emailed her a poem he wanted posted on the site.
On Saturday, King shared Clark's poem:
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Danish tanker owner and operator Maersk Tankers is set to add 11 ships to its managed fleet in a deal with BP Shipping and ICBC Financial Leasing.Under the terms of the agreement, Maersk Tankers will take each vessel from the owner under a bare-boat charter arrangement, which it will then hire out to BP under a time charter deal for a period of three years. Therefore, Maersk Tankers will assume full responsibility for operational risks and the technical management of the vessels."We are excited to enter into this agreement and are honored that two industry leaders have selected us as a trusted partner.
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Boriana Farrar is a familiar face in maritime circles, the Vice President and Counsel and a Senior Claims Executive and Business Development Director for the Americas at the Ship Owners Claims Bureau, Inc. managers of the American P&I Club. We met with her in her NYC office to discuss her path from her native Bulgaria to a top maritime professional position.When Boriana Farrar moved from her native Bulgaria to the United States in 2001, she did so to be close to family, her mother and her sister who had already established a life in the U.S., some 5,000 miles from her homeland. At the time, a career in maritime was the furthest thing from her mind.
MOL Orders Japan's 1st LNG-Fueled Ferries
Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and its subsidiary Ferry Sunflower Limited have unveiled plans to construct Japan's first two LNG-fueled ferries.Mitsubishi Shipbuilding will receive the order for the newbuild ferries that are designated to serve the Japanese market.Ferry Sunflower will charter the ferries after delivery and launch them on its Osaka-Beppu route from the end of 2022 through the first half of 2023, as replacements for vessels currently in service.The ferries will be equipped with high-performance dual fuel engines and will provide passengers with comfortable accommodations and reliable schedules.
MIT to Design Ship for Oldendorff
Dry bulk carrier owner and operator Oldendorff Carriers has signed a research agreement with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) to make its vessels more green and economical.Oldendorff, together with CBA and its campus collaborators including MIT's Sea Grant Program, will investigate disruptive improvements in ship design and propulsion to achieve the IMO 2030/50 requirements.The initial emphasis will be directed at improving hydrodynamic efficiency, which builds on work CBA has been doing with the aerospace and automotive industries. This looks beyond traditional naval architecture to a deeper integration of form and function.
Semi-submerged Tug Leaking Diesel after Bridge Allision
A tugboat is partially sunk and leaking diesel after alliding with a bridge in North Carolina's Oregon Inlet, the U.S. Coast Guard said.All eight people aboard the tug Miss Bonnie reached shore safely without injury after the vessel struck the Old Bonner Bridge at 11:09 a.m. on Sunday.The Coast Guard said its watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received report from a local Coast Guard 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew at approximately 10:00 a.m. on Monday that a sheen was coming from the semi-submerged tug.The maximum potential for the discharge is 6,000 gallons; however, it is estimated 3,000 gallons were on board.


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Snooki, watch out. Here come The Bikinis.
A new musical, "The Bikinis," will get a workshop production at Goodspeed Musical's Norma Terris Theatre in Chester for a run Aug. 9 to Sept. 2.
The show centers on a reunion of a '60s girl group from the Jersey Shore to raise money to save Sandy Shores Mobile Home Beach Resort.
The show features juke box music from the '60s and '70s and some original songs, too.
Established songs include: "It's In His Kiss," "Yellow Polka Dot Bikini," "Heat Wave," and "Ain't No Mountain High Enough."
The show is conceived by Ray Roderick and written by Roderick and James Hindman. Roderick, who is also choreographing and directing the show, has staged numerous Goodspeed Opera House musicals including the current show, "Mame," as well as"Singin' in the Rain,""My One and Only," and "42nd Street."
He also directed the workshop of "Hello! My Baby" last year at the Norma Terris Theatre.
Hindman has acted in several Broadway shows, including "Mary Poppins," "1776" and "City of Angels."
Music Arrangements are by Joseph Baker with additional music and lyrics by Baker and Roderick.
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A cornerback dubbing himself Optimus Prime the week before playing Megatron, aka Detroit's Calvin Johnson, is not particularly original: Seattle's Richard Sherman just did it three weeks ago. But Packers cornerback Tramon Williams, who will cover Johnson on Sunday, says he's the real Optimus Prime.
"I'm definitely Optimus Prime," Williams told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "I'm the leader of the Autobots. I'm the leader of the young guys right now and when it comes down to the tough battles, I'll lead those guys out there."
Williams is 5-foot-11 and 191 pounds, so Johnson has about six inches and 45 pounds on him. But Williams said even Seattle's big pair of cornerbacks couldn't match up with Johnson's size, and that simply being big isn't enough to stop Johnson.
"Guys like Brandon Browner and Richard Sherman – they talk about how physical they are – but Calvin was pushing those guys around the field like it was nothing," Williams said. "And those are some big guys. You definitely have to be careful with how you play a big guy like that."
The last time Johnson played against the Packers, he had 244 receiving yards, the most any Green Bay opponent has ever had in the history of the franchise. Williams isn't vowing to totally shut Johnson down, but he is promising a better game than last time.
"That's what's going down on Sunday – me going against Calvin," Williams said. "He's going to make some plays and I'm going to make some plays. We'll see who wins the battle in the end."
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text: School of Environmental Studies Graduate Projects http://hdl.handle.net/1974/1858 2019-08-24T18:54:39Z 2019-08-24T18:54:39Z A REVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL CONCERNS REGARDING IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (BTEX) IN HOUSEHOLD PAINTS Geen, Chelsea Elizabeth http://hdl.handle.net/1974/12190 2019-08-08T19:51:02Z 2014-05-22T00:00:00Z A REVIEW OF THE POTENTIAL CONCERNS REGARDING IN UTERO EXPOSURE TO VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (BTEX) IN HOUSEHOLD PAINTS Geen, Chelsea Elizabeth Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are found ubiquitously throughout the environment. Benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, a combination also known as BTEX, are common VOCs found indoors. In particular, these compounds can be found in household consumer products such as paints and related organic solvents. Exposure to these compounds has been associated with adverse health effects. Of the BTEX compounds, benzene has been identified as a human carcinogen. Maternal inhalation of benzene may result in fetal exposure through transplacental migration from mother to fetus. To date, the specific mechanism of benzene toxicity remains unknown, but there is enough evidence to conclude that benzene exerts its toxic effects through reactive metabolites. Since pregnant mothers spend much of their time in the household environment, there is the possibility for in utero benzene exposure from indoor paints and paint solvents. Here, a review of VOC and BTEX properties is given, as well as current regulations and components of paints. This information is followed by a risk assessment for in utero exposure to paint fumes containing benzene as a model BTEX compound, using available data regarding human exposure and potential hazards to the fetus. Hazardous exposure of the fetus to paint fumes may occur at the earliest stages of gestation; however, as data used for risk quantification was limited, further research is needed to confirm this conclusion. A research project submitted to fulfill the requirements of the Master of Environmental Studies (MES) degree in the School of Environmental Studies at Queen's University, Kingston ON 2014-05-22T00:00:00Z Canopy Height Modeling for Improved Forest Biomass Inventory Benzie, Alexandra http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8275 2019-08-08T19:51:02Z 2013-09-13T00:00:00Z Canopy Height Modeling for Improved Forest Biomass Inventory Benzie, Alexandra In Ontario, an up-to-date forest biomass inventory is critical for forest management decisions and to ensure sustainable development. Due to recent pressures of climate change, economic downturns, and rising energy prices, inventory users are demanding increasingly accurate, timely, and spatially explicit biomass data from producers. This study focuses specifically on the inventory measurement of forest height, as height is an important yet elusive variable for determining biomass quality and quantity, along with a myriad of other forest and ecological attributes. Two types of remote sensing methods are used to model height, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and Semi Global Matching (SGM), at the privately owned Haliburton Forest in the Great Lakes St. Lawrence. The modeled heights are then compared to height data found in Ontario's Forest Resource Inventory (FRI), collected using stereo-photogrammetry and ground surveys by Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources. Three different stand scenarios, representing various plot characteristics, are used to determine if correlations between LiDAR, SGM and the FRI increase as plot variables are constrained. Throughout the study, height values modeled by LiDAR and SGM are strongly correlated (R2 up to .88 for maximum height, .73 for average height). As there is no additional cost to producing SGM when aerial imagery is flown, it is an attractive method for Ontario to incorporate when producing its forest inventory. Unfortunately, remote sensing values and the FRI values do not correlate as plot variables are constrained. This suggests a disconnect between traditional inventory methods and emerging remote sensing technologies. It is recommended that a field-based study in the Haliburton Forest take place to validate the results of this study, and that further research should incorporate the modeled heights from this report to examine biomass volume. 2013-09-13T00:00:00Z Threats, Monitoring, and Policy to Present and Future Climate Change from Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada) to the Adirondack Park (New York, United States) Tavenor, Samantha http://hdl.handle.net/1974/8053 2019-08-08T19:51:02Z 2013-05-30T00:00:00Z Threats, Monitoring, and Policy to Present and Future Climate Change from Algonquin Park (Ontario, Canada) to the Adirondack Park (New York, United States) Tavenor, Samantha Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have been steadily increasing since the Industrial Revolution. The release of greenhouse gases and the results in changes in global climate have made it a challenge for parks and protected areas to respond to the potential negative impacts to ecological integrity. The predicted rate of climate change is forecasted to be faster than the rate of deglacial warming and a fragmented landscape between large protected areas further contributes to our challenges. The Algonquin to Adirondack corridor provides a corridor for flora and fauna to migrate in the face of climate change. Assessing the perceived threats, current level of monitoring and assessment, and climate change policy provides the framework to assess our preparedness to adapt to climate change on study areas within the Algonquin to Adirondack corridor. To compile data, a literature review was completed and 8 individuals representing 7 governmental and non-governmental organizations were interviewed. The findings include: 1) there are concerns that climate change is affecting study areas, however, climate change is a large problem that many areas are not financially or capacity-wise able to deal with; 2) monitoring and assessment relevant to climate change is occurring within study areas but no standardized method is utilized; 3) budget cuts for all organizations is impacting the ability to accomplish continuous data collection, however, citizen science may potentially fill this gap; 4) there are no specific climate change policies for parks and adjacent regions. The main policy recommendation based on this research is to employ an adaptive management approach to take into account the unpredictable nature of our climate future. Additionally, given the board range of climate change impacts, tackling this issue can be done quicker and more effectively when accomplished strategically and using partnerships across this region. 2013-05-30T00:00:00Z Risk of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project to Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) Power, Helen http://hdl.handle.net/1974/7978 2019-08-08T19:51:02Z 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z Risk of Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline Project to Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus) Power, Helen Eulachon, (Thaleichthys pacificus), is an anadromous species that spawns in the Kitimat River, British Columbia. The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Pipeline travels alongside this waterway and will put this species at risk. Eulachon are a unique species, and are important to freshwater and riparian ecosystems. Spawning runs occur at the end of winter, and they provide marine-derived nutrients that are essential to the functioning of these ecosystems. Species such as bears, gulls, eagles, and piscivorous fish all rely on eulachon for sustenance. The status of the central BC population of eulachon is "critically endangered", with Kitimat River populations being "virtually extirpated" with fewer than 1000 members per run. Since 1992, eulachon runs of the Kitimat River have dropped substantially, and an oil spill at the most inopportune time could potentially eliminate this population. Haisla First Nations rely on eulachon runs for food, social, and ceremonial purposes. The elimination of these populations would have devastating effects on their way of life. The pipeline project puts eulachon at risk during all life stages; eulachon may be exposed as embryos incubating in the Kitimat River, as juveniles in the Kitimat Arm of the Douglas Channel, or as spawning adults running up the Douglas Channel. Should there be a tanker spill in the ocean, adult eulachon may also be exposed. There has been no research into the toxicological effects of crude oil or bitumen on eulachon during any life stage. Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii), and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are three species that are most similar to eulachon. Toxicity of crude oil to pink salmon and Pacific herring embryos is observed at concentrations as low as 18 µg/L and 0.4 µg/L respectively. Liver lesions are observed in pink salmon juveniles exposed to ≥ 25 µg/L crude oil. Adult Pacific herring exposed to crude oil exhibit immunosuppression. Eulachon may have similar effects upon exposure to diluted bitumen. 2013-04-29T00:00:00Z


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These prescription medicines kill both immature pinworms and adult pinworms. They do not kill pinworm eggs.
Albendazole and mebendazole treat infections caused by parasites, such as pinworms.
Anthelmintics work well to cure pinworm infections. For example, two doses of mebendazole given about 2 weeks apart cures the infection in at least 90 out of 100 people who have pinworms.1
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you or your child has:
Call your doctor right away if you or your child has:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
Before you take albendazole, ask your doctor or pharmacist if it's safe for you to drink grapefruit juice during your treatment.
To help prevent pinworm reinfection and the spread of
infection to others, wash your hands carefully and often, and wash clothes and bedding regularly. For more information, see the topic Pinworms.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. Make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
Do not use albendazole if you are pregnant or planning to get pregnant. If you need to use this medicine, talk to your doctor about how you can prevent pregnancy. If you are breast-feeding, do not use albendazole unless your doctor tells you to.
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant, do not use mebendazole unless your doctor tells you to.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
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Increasing pension and labor costs play a role in San Diego residents' rising water bills, officials with the San Diego County Taxpayers Association said in a report released Tuesday.
The 56-page report examined the cost of labor at the county's 15 independent water districts between 1999 and 2010.
The report acknowledges that larger issues play a major role in the increases the average consumer sees — wholesale water prices, billions of dollars of debt-financed capital projects and the unintended consequences of conservation efforts.
Taxpayers Association officials, however, said that water agencies also have to keep rates artificially high to pay for labor costs and the rising costs of pension and retiree health care benefits, which at some agencies either doubled or tripled during that period.
The taxpayers association, through its research arm, makes several recommendations, including calling on districts where employees receive Social Security benefits to reduce their pension formulas for new hires and require employees to pay their full share of pension costs and retiree health care.
"When ratepayers give districts grief over rising water rates, the districts point the finger at rising wholesale costs as the culprit," said Lani Lutar, the taxpayer association president at CEO. "But pension and retiree health care obligations also have significant impact on the rates, an impact these districts should be taking more aggressive measures to bring under control."
Retail water agencies are different from many other public agencies because a smaller percentage budgets go to labor costs — the bulk of the costs come from purchasing water. A survey by The Watchdog last year showed that labor comprises about 25 percent of district costs, on average, whereas in other agencies such as cities and schools, labor costs make up upwards of 85 percent of the budget.
One of the agencies highlighted in the report is the Yuima Water District, which serves about 2,000 people in Pauma Valley. According to the report, Yuima's labor costs increased by 122 percent over 10 years, the highest of the 15 districts. With 11 employees, the district's cost per full-time employee was $183,000, also the highest of the agencies.
Most districts, the report says, pay most — if not all — of the employee's retirement contributions.
In a two-page email response, Yuima's general manager Linden Burzell defended his district's per-employee costs, which he said were going to be higher than larger districts because they don't have lower-paid subordinates that would drive down costs. Burzell cites the district's one-man finance team as an example.
"Similarly, the District employs a Director of Finance, whose qualifications are, and must be, at least as high as that of the finance director of the largest district, because the District is held to the same legal and financial management standards as any other district, large or small," Burzell said in the email. "However, unlike a large district, we have no Assistant or Deputy Director of Finance with lesser skills to assist her.
"If we did, the lower wages paid to such assistants would again drive down the average labor cost per employee, even as it increased the total amount of wages paid to accomplish the accounting function," he said.
Burzell said that his agency now only has nine employees as opposed to the 11 cited in the report, and has taken several steps to drive down costs, including requiring employees to pay their full share of pension costs and ending retiree health care benefits for future hires.
"We have not hired a new employee in seven years, and have no expectation of hiring anybody any time soon," he said.
Taxpayers association officials acknowledge in the report that several agencies have taken steps to cut costs and pension obligations in the years following the period examined.
Helix, Padre Dam and Valley Municipal Water Districts have begun making their employees pay a certain percentage of those pension costs. Vista Irrigation District has reduced its pension formula, which will result in lower future pension obligations.


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This week was different. Christian is growing up. He can ski with us now. And he is darn good. Parents- start your kids early. We started him at 3 years old and I am so glad we did. As a mom, kids can be really draining on you- but when you suddenly can ski with them, yes, well, now I feel we have truly arriven at a happy place in life.
|the dramatic ascents of the Austrian Alps
And Tyrol will always make me think of WWI and the deadly fighting that happened here. But what a peaceful place now.
|There were of course fights here and there over beautiful women.
|But age old rivalries between the Montagues and Capulets were resolved.
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|Terrible moments
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Size: 14 ft 8 in x 12 ft 1 in
Origin: Northwest Persia
Woven: Circa 1935
The city of Tabriz in northwest Persia is acknowledged as central to the revival of the carpet industry in the late 19th Century. Merchants from this area were well aware of the demand for Middle Eastern decorative objects from the west, and the location of this city was convenient for exporting items to both Europe and America. The carpet-producing industry here was organized primarily in factories ranging in size from between ten and one hundred looms. The quality of these carpets is considered to be among the best, with the usage of wool indigenous to this high-altitude region, woven in symmetrical knots on a cotton foundation. Some examples can have weaves finer than 400 knots per square inch. The designs of these carpets are both accomplished and eclectic, as traditional patterns from other weaving regions are often utilized and presented in refined manners with pleasing color palettes.
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Republicans in the House of Representatives have voted by a healthy bipartisan majority to weaken a core component of US President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul, sensing an opportunity to gain political advantage on the issue.
The House measure that would allow insurance companies to continue offering plans to current and new customers, even though the coverage had been deemed unacceptable could ultimately undermine the law and the administration's top legislative achievement.
While the measure is unlikely to reach a vote in the Democrat-controlled Senate and faces an Obama veto threat, 39 Democrats broke ranks and supported the legislation on Friday, a total that underscored the growing importance of the issue in the weeks since millions of cancelation notices went out to consumers covered by plans that did not meet new government standards.
A day earlier, Obama had moved to calm widespread anger over the cancelations triggered by his Affordable Care Act, widely known as "Obamacare."
Those cancelations — just one of several problems to emerge in the launch of the ambitious health care law — were issued despite Obama's repeated assurances that Americans could keep their insurance coverage if they were satisfied.
"Our straightforward, one-page bill says, if you like your current coverage, you should be able to keep it," said US House Representative Fred Upton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and lead sponsor of the legislation.
However, Democrats said the measure was just another in a long line of attacks on the health care bill from Republicans who have voted repeatedly to repeal it.
"It would take away the core protections of that law. It creates an entire shadow market of substandard health care plans," Representative Henry Waxman said.
The vote came shortly before Obama welcomed insurance company chief executives to a White House meeting, and one day after he announced a shift toward making good on his oft-repeated promise that anyone liking his pre-"Obamacare" coverage would be able to keep it.
The events capped a remarkable series of politically inspired maneuvers in recent days. The president and lawmakers in both parties have sought to position themselves as allies of consumers who are receiving cancelation notices — yet have made no move to cooperate on legislation that could require those consumers' coverage to be renewed if they wanted to keep it.
As problems have grown since the Oct. 1 launch of the Web site at the center of the program, the president has faced increasing pressure from fellow Democrats worried about next year's elections — and from Republicans who never wanted the law at all.
Obama, who tells of watching his now-deceased mother battle with her insurance company as she was treated for ovarian cancer, came to office determined to fix the American health care system.
Republicans saw that as excessive intrusion into the private lives of citizens. With their current majority in the House, virtually all of Obama's legislative proposals have been blocked in the lower chamber, and attacks on the health care law have escalated.


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As the advisory industry has watched Dodd-Frank's implementation play out over the past year, the largest association of financial planners and the industry's top certification body are warning advisors to continue to pay close attention to the law's progress, as the provisions that most affect them will begin taking shape during the second year of the reform law's life.
"The issues [in Dodd-Frank] that impact [advisors] the most are still in play and yet to be determined," says Dan Barry, managing director of government relations and public policy for the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Many of the provisions that the SEC and other regulators have been required to tackle in the first year of Dodd-Frank—signed into law on July 21, 2010—have tended to deal with "bigger structural issues like derivatives" and setting up the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), Barry says.
For advisors, the real issues are how the SEC creates a fiduciary duty for brokers, harmonization of advisor and broker rules, as well as how the SEC, and, more importantly, Congress itself moves forward on the specifics of advisor oversight—which could come in the form of a self-regulatory organization (SRO) for advisors, Barry (left) says.
Marilyn Mohrman-Gillis, managing director of public policy for the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board), adds that the House Financial Services Committee's Subcommittee on Capital Markets plans to hold a hearing in September on Sections 913 (fiduciary duty) and 914 (advisor oversight) of Dodd-Frank.
Barry and Mohrman-Gillis spoke with AdvisorOne Washington Bureau Chief Melanie Waddell the day before the anniversary, discussing Dodd-Frank's progress so far, as well as their concerns as implementation of the controversial legislation moves forward.
AdvisorOne: How do you feel about Dodd-Frank's implementation thus far?
Mohrman-Gillis: [The CFP Board] applauds the SEC for the work it has done so far under Dodd-Frank. The SEC has done a remarkable job in this past year. [SEC Chairman Mary] Schapiro has committed publicly to moving forward with establishing a rulemaking on a fiduciary duty standard of care [for brokers] right after the Dodd-Frank anniversary, and we applaud her for that. We are doing our part to encourage her to make that a priority and not let it get sidetracked or delayed.
AdvisorOne: Are you hearing that the fiduciary duty rulemaking will continue to be a priority at the SEC?
Mohrman-Gillis: We have been hearing that [a fiduciary rulemaking] will proceed forward. There has been some pushback—[the] two SEC Commissioners asking for additional study of the cost/benefit analysis [of a fiduciary rule]; we know SEC is pursuing that.
One of our concerns is that there are some general pushbacks coming from the Hill on moving forward with some of the investor protection components of Dodd-Frank. We will continue to advocate that while you can do some initial cost/benefit analysis on [the fiduciary duty] issue, we think that this issue has been around for a long time and has been studied extensively; there's no question that consumers need the fiduciary standard of care and that the concept that you need to study it more should not be used as an excuse to delay or derail it.
Barry (left): It's a very fluid situation. We have to keep our eye on the ball and make sure things like fiduciary move forward.
AdvisorOne: What are some other concerns you have about Dodd-Frank moving forward?
Barry: How a fiduciary [rule] gets done. A lot of the concern isn't so much what the SEC has done yet, it's what the agency will do—or won't do—going forward on fiduciary, harmonization and advisor oversight. A lot of it is up in the air right now.
With fiduciary in particular we will have to see what some of the specifics are [from] the SEC—whatever rules [the SEC] comes up with will probably be heavily focused on disclosure. Disclosure is all well and good but you have to make sure [the Commission] doesn't lose sight of what fiduciary is all about, which is acting in the best interest of the client. Disclosure, in and of itself, doesn't meet that standard of acting in the best interest of the client, so the two have to go hand in hand.
Mohrman-Gillis: In terms of biggest concerns, I would add to the list of the overarching concerns the need for the SEC to be adequately funded to implement Dodd-Frank. For 2011, there ended up being a slight increase in appropriations [for the SEC] to $1.18 billion; in 2012 the SEC is looking at level funding, but that is way below the authorized amount in Dodd-Frank. Quite frankly, the SEC is being asked to take on a lot of increased responsibility for investor oversight and protection types of issues that they simply can't do with level funding.
AdvisorOne: Do you see harmonization of advisor and broker rules coming to fruition? An SEC official said recently that a fiduciary duty rule would likely come out of the agency this year, but not one on harmonization.
Mohrman-Gillis: We believe that the harmonization issue should be a second tier set of issues—put a fiduciary standard in place and then you can address some of those harmonization issues. Another point related to harmonization is if you want to seek to harmonize those rules that relate to the delivery of investment advice of securities to retail customers, there are a lot of things that broker-dealers and a lot of rules that they have in place that don't relate to that. You're not talking about a wholesale, 'whatever rules that apply to broker-dealers should apply to advisors' and vice versa.
It's more of a tailored and careful look at the rules to see what might need to be harmonized so that when [advisors and brokers are] doing the same thing, they are subject to the same rules.
Barry: Harmonization means getting like conduct regulated in a like manner, roughly put. So we'll need to look at each specific proposal on what is being harmonized and why it's being harmonized and is it sensible to harmonize a particular rule or set of rules. It's going to be a judgment call as those discussions move forward.
AdvisorOne: Are lawmakers leaning toward an SRO for advisors?
Barry: I haven't sensed a groundswell up on Capitol Hill. I don't think they've focused on it because they've got a lot of other issues on their plate. We haven't gotten a strong indication that there's been a lot of deliberation on this issue. I think it has to play itself out a bit more, probably [be] discussed in hearings. I don't think there's a huge momentum to do anything at this time.
Mohrman-Gillis: I agree with Dan completely. We've been in a number of offices on the Hill and I think we're still at the stage of basic education. I'm not getting a sense that offices have formed an opinion [on the SRO issue] one way or another.
For more on the fiduciary issue and the Dodd-Frank first anniversary, see:
An AdvisorOne slideshow on Dodd-Frank: what's happened, what's left to do.
And additional AdvisorOne reporting on the Dodd-Frank anniversary.


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Fintan Whelan, CFO of Mainstream Renewable Power, told a Green Power event that utilities were now "cash strapped" and that as the North Sea's Round Three offshore projects progressed, "wind developers will need access to deep pools of capital."
He pointed to two current nuclear-power projects in Europe that were examples of funding from corporate customers. "There are precedents for this form of project financing, with the TVO nuclear project in Finland and Exeltium in France," suggested Whelan. "Both are being supported by eventual corporate consumers of the electricity they will produce."
Banks are also coming to the fore with project finance. Nicholas Gourvitch, a director at Green Giraffe Energy Bankers, told the conference that project finance was now a "European story" with four Europe-based financial institutions leading the way in offshore investment.
"EKF from Denmark is offshore financing's best-kept secret," he said. "The European Investment Bank offers cheaper debt than most. Euler-Hermes, the German export credit agency, offers attractive financing outside Germany. And Germany's KfW provides a financing model that should be followed by other countries."
With offshore developments supported by project finance now operating in the waters off Belgium, Britain, Holland and Germany, Gourvitch said that the next project-financed offshore farms would be Lincs, London Array and Walney in the UK, Baltic 1, Meerwind, Gode Wind , Globaltech and Nordergrunde in Germany and Cape Wind in the US. Other projects in France, Norway, Italy, Spain and Belgium may follow.


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A 1-shot sample taken of a 13-inch diameter, 3-inch deep Pearl brass piccolo snare drum, recorded with a Shure SM-58 close-mic on the batter head, an MXL 603 close-mic on the bottom (snare side) head and two Peavey electret condenser microphones in an XY pair. The drum was fitted with an Evans G Plus (hazy) head on top and a Remo hazy ambassador snare head on bottom.
Notes for samples in this pack:
VLP = Very Low Pitch
LP = Low Pitch
MLP = Medium-Low Pitch
MP = Medium Pitch
MHP = Medium-High Pitch
HP = High Pitch
VHP = Very High Pitch
Playing style:
CS = Cross Stick Strike (Shank of stick strikes the rim while the butt of the stick rests on the head)
HdC = Head-Center Strike
HdE = Head-Edge Strike
RS = Rimshot (Simultaneous head and rim) Strike
Rm = Rim Strike
Snare Strainer settings:
0Sn = Snares off
LSn = Loose Snares
TSn = Tight Snares
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Games of Nov. 11-12, 2011
QB Dan Pitcher, Sr., Cortland State
Pitcher accounted for 374 yards of total offense in Cortland's 27-3 Cortaca Jug win at Ithaca - the Red Dragons' biggest road win vs. Ithaca since 1955. Extended his school records to 29 TD passes for the season and 52 career TD passes. Pitcher was 23-for-36 for 280 yards and ran for 94 yards.
OL Jordan Austin, Ty Olson, John Schachtner, Gio Lapp, Marc Valdez, Cal Lutheran
Cal Lutheran rushed for 346 yards and eight touchdowns in a 70-20 win at Occidental. As a team the Kingsmen have rushed for 36 touchdowns (averaging four per game) and totaled 340-plus yards in three contests this season. Sixteen players carried the ball for the Kingsmen.
RB Shawn Morris, Jr., Birminghan-Southern
Morris ran for 332 yards on 35 carries and scored three touchdowns in a 35-21 win against Millsaps.
RB Clinton Orr, Jr., Albion
Orr became Albion's career rushing leader by running through Trine for 200 yards on 28 carries.
WR Jared Kuehner, Jr., Coe
Kuehner broke Coe's record for receiving yards with 267, on seven receptions. He tallied 203 in the first half of the 77-7 win against Cornell, which was just the fourth time in school history a player had over 200 for a game.
WR Teddy Watkins, Sr., Wheaton (Ill.)
Watkins set a school record with four touchdown catches in a 49-29 win against Millikin. He caught eight passes for 146 yards.
WR Rico Wallace, Sr., Shenandoah
Wallace had six receptions for 125 yards and two TDs in first half on his way to an eight-catch, 154-yard day in a win at North Carolina Wesleyan.
DE Corey Homer, Sr., Lebanon Valley
Homer set a program ecord with 5.5 sacks among his 11 tackles. Four of his sacks were solo efforts. His final sack of the game was a safety in the second half; he had 4.5 sacks in the first half alone.
DT Darryl Moore, Sr., Waynesburg
Moore went for a game-high 11 tackles, nine of them solo stops, two tackles for loss, a sack and a forced fumble against the Presidents.
DE Tyre Coleman, Fr., Hobart
Coleman took over the Division III lead for sacks with three at Rochester on Saturday. He finished the day with six solo tackles and was credited with two forced fumbles, giving him a Liberty League-leading five for the season.
LB Jaden Rosselli, So., Willamette
Rosselli led all players on both teams with 11 total tackles. He earned six solo tackles with two tackles for loss, including an 8-yard sack in a 13-6 loss to Pacific Lutheran.
LB JP Leary, Sr., St. Scholastica
Leary led the team with 11 tackles, including seven which were solo in Saturday's victory over Eureka. He also recorded one interception. Leary led a defense that held Eureka's offense 150 yards below its season average.
LB Larry Delviscio, Jr., Gettysburg
DelViscio made a game-high 12 tackles (11 solo), including a career-high 2.0 sacks, to go with a fumble recovery in Gettysburg's 28-14 victory at Franklin and Marshall.
LB Louis Baltazar, Sr., Lewis and Clark
Baltazar had four and a half tackles for loss, three and a half sacks as well as a forced fumble in a 47-14 loss at Linfield. He had seven tackles, four solo.
CB Kevin Hearon, So., Hobart
Hearon recorded his first two career interceptions, returning the second 36 yards for a touchdown as Hobart defeated Rochester 24-10 to clinch the Liberty League Championship. The backup corner also recorded a pass break up and a solo tackle.
S Coltan Ellis, So., UW-Eau Claire
Ellis recorded nine tackles (eight solo) while he broke up two passes in a 27-21 win against UW-River Falls. One of the broken up passes came at a crucial time, late in the first half as River Falls attempted one final pass to the end zone before time expired.
S Anderson Porter, So., Birmingham-Southern
Porter intercepted passes on back-to-back plays from scrimmage for Millsaps, each of which the Panthers turned into touchdowns in a 25-21 comeback win.
CB Tony Gordon, Sr., Heidelberg
Gordon notched seven tackles, including six solo stops, to lead the secondary and returned a 50-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown in a 48-21 win against Ohio Northern.
Special teams
K Mauricio Alfonso, Jr., Chapman
Alfonso hit both of his field goals, including a 46-yarder, in a 19-13 loss to Redlands.
P Colin Bultnick, Fr., Heidelberg
Bultinck averaged 50.8 yards on four punts with a long of 60 yards and landed three punts inside the 20-yard line in the win against Ohio Northern.
RET Jeret Smith, Fr., McMurry
Smith returned four kickoffs for 158 yards including a 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown. He also caught three passes for 29 yards and a touchdown in McMurry's 63-38 win against Mississippi College.
ST Casey Kessler, Fr., Averett
Kessler picked up a blocked PAT attempt and returned it 98 yards for two points against Ferrum.


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The same Faith that compelled Puritans to leave England for the New World, prompted them to commit this text to print before all others. Printed at the press in Cambridge, Mass., supervised by Stephen Day, The Bay Psalm book is the first book printed in British North America. Day's son Matthew may have been responsible for the actual printing. The book represents what was most sacred to the Puritans: a faithful translation of God's Word, to be sung in worship by the entire congregation. Other Protestant denominations relied on selected paraphrases of the Scripture, but the Puritans believed this could compromise their salvation. A London printer, Stephen Daye, came with the press and established a printing office in Cambridge. The residents of the colony asked John Eliot, Thomas Welde, and Richard Mather to undertake a new translation from the Hebrew of the Book of Psalms, for use in the colony's churches. Mather was the translator and was assisted by about 30 other New England ministers. The book was first printed in 1640 and remained in use for more than 100 years.


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How can I use the word connotation is a more active phrasing?
Often, if I want to say an object that suggests magic, I may say "the object has a connotation of being magical".
But this phrasing is long. If I phrase as "this object has a magical connotation", this gives a very different meaning as the word "magical" in this case is telling people that the connotation is magical instead of the object.
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Cass McCombs Announces New Album
Mangy Love, Out August 26th On ANTI,
And North American Tour
Listen to "Opposite House"
Over the past decade, Cass McCombs has established himself as one of our premier songwriters – diverse, cryptic, vital and refreshingly rebellious. It's a career that's twisted and turned, from style to subject, both between records and within them. Today, ANTI is excited to announce the release of McCombs' eighth studio full-length album, Mangy Love, out August 26th (and available for pre-order now), debut single, "Opposite House," and an extensive North American tour.
Mangy Love is McCombs at his most blunt: tackling sociopolitical issues through his uniquely cracked lens of lyrical wit and singular insight. Throughout, he uses himself as a mirror to misguided and confounding realities, confronting them head on. The severity of his lyrics is contrasted by the music, which ventures into groovy realms of Philly soul, Norcal psychedelia and New York paranoia, articulating the spontaneity and joy of his live show better than ever before. Hip-hop and Beat poetry influences have never been more evident, with several songs employing a speech-style and clever fast-paced wordplay. There are guest appearances by many fellow musicians of his tribe ranging from Angel Olsen (on "Opposite House") to Blake Mills, under the production of veteran Rob Schnapf and Dan Horne. Mostly written during a bitter New York City winter and while traveling in Ireland, Mangy Love is McCombs reaching new sonic heights, creatively evolving lyrically, and resulting in his most provocative, yet immediate record yet.
Cass McCombs, accompanied by a full band, will tour North America this fall (all dates are below). Mangy Love is available for pre-order now. All iTunes pre-orders come with an instant grat download of debut single, "Opposite House."
Listen to Cass McCombs' "Opposite House" – https://soundcloud.com/antirecords/cass-mccombs-opposite-house/s-vpAEB
Listen to A Cass McCombs Primer – http://thetalkhouse.com/talks/cass-mccombs-playlist/
Mangy Love Tracklisting:
01. Bum Bum Bum
02. Rancid Girl
03. Laughter Is The Best Medicine
04. Opposite House
05. Medusa's Outhouse
06. Low Flyin Bird
07. Cry
08. Run Sister Run
09. In A Chinese Alley
10. It
11. Switch
12. I'm A Shoe
Cass McCombs Tour Dates:
Wed. June 1 - Athens, GR @ Release Festival [tickets]
Thu. June 2 - 4 - Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound [tickets]
Tue. June 7 - Basel, CH @ Kaserine [tickets]
Wed. June 8 - Geneva, CH @ La Graviere [tickets]
Fri. June 10 - Porto, PT @ NOS Primavera Sound [tickets]
Sun. June 12 - London, UK @ Field Day [tickets]
Mon. June 13 - London, UK @ The Lexington [tickets]
Wed. Sep. 14 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Thu. Sep. 15 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Fri. Sep. 16 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah
Sat. Sep. 17 - Phoenix, AZ @ Valley Bar
Mon. Sep. 19 - Austin, TX @ The Parish
Tue. Sep. 20 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall Upstairs
Wed. Sep. 21 - Dallas, TX @ Three Links
Fri. Sep. 23 - Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Sat. Sep. 24 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
Mon. Sep. 26 - Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
Tue. Sep. 27 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Fri. Oct. 14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Sat. Oct. 15 - Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
Sun. Oct. 16 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
Tue. Oct. 18 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Wed. Oct. 19 - Nashville, TN @ The High Watt
Fri. Oct. 21 - Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
Sat. Oct. 22 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Sun. Oct. 23 - Madison, WI @ The Frequency
Mon. Oct. 24 - Indianapolis, IN @The Hi-Fi
Wed. Oct. 26 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern
Thu. Oct. 27 - Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus
Fri. Oct. 28 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sat. Oct. 29 - Boston, MA @ Cafe 939 at Berklee
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OTTAWA – The federal Liberal leadership race is getting crowded at the starting gate but a stiff entry fee may yet winnow the field.
The party is to officially fire the starting gun Wednesday.
That same day, former Toronto MP Martha Hall Findlay — who just finished paying off her debt from a 2006 bid for the party's leadership — is scheduled to formally launch her second attempt at the top job.
She's chosen to announce her candidacy in Calgary, politically toxic territory for the Liberals for more than four decades, in a bid to demonstrate a commitment to rebuilding the party into a national movement.
And this time she's recruited the help of Stephen Carter, an old hand at masterminding come-from-behind victories. He managed Naheed Nenshi's successful mayoral campaign in Calgary and Alberta Premier Alison Redford's most recent provincial election campaign.
Retired Canadian Forces Lt.-Col. Karen McCrimmon, who ran unsuccessfully for the Liberals in an Ottawa-area riding in 2011, is expected to take the plunge later Wednesday.
Vancouver MP Joyce Murray is expected to follow suit next week, followed closely by Toronto lawyer George Takach.
Montreal MP Marc Garneau, Canada's first astronaut, is widely expected to join the race shortly as well.
They will join Montreal MP Justin Trudeau, the prohibitive favourite who jumped into the race six weeks ago and is widely thought to have an insurmountable head start.
A clutch of lesser known contenders also took the plunge early, including Toronto lawyer and public policy consultant Deborah Coyne, mother of Trudeau's half sister, Vancouver Crown prosecutor Alex Burton, Ottawa lawyer David Bertschi, Ontario government economist Jonathan Mousley and David Merner, former president of the party's British Columbia wing.
Although the early birds have been criss-crossing the country, delivering speeches, meeting grassroots Liberals, launching websites and issuing email blasts, none can become an official contender until Wednesday and then only after paying an entry fee that turns out to be even steeper than previously thought.
The party has imposed a $75,000 fee for entering the contest — to be paid in three instalments, the first due upon registration as a candidate, the last due by mid-January.
However, since the party has also imposed a tithe of 10 per cent on every dollar raised by leadership contenders, each candidate essentially has to come up with $82,500 in order to cover the entry fee.
"Funding will pose a tough challenge for many candidates, myself included," Mousley conceded in a frank email blast earlier this month, appealing for donations.
There is also a possibility that the party could yet impose a nominal fee on supporters before allowing them to vote for the next leader.
The supporter category was created earlier this year and was intended to give all comers — not just those willing to pay a membership fee — a voice in choosing the party's next leader. Charging them a fee to vote would appear to defeat the whole purpose and is, according to insiders, unlikely to be adopted by the party's board.
However, several leadership camps support the idea, including that of former cabinet minister Martin Cauchon. Indeed, insiders say Cauchon is unlikely to run unless a voting fee or some other mechanism is found to ensure the race is more than a beauty contest determined by supporters who may have only a fleeting attachment to the party.
Other camps believe a voting fee, requiring the use of a credit card to verify supporters' addresses, could be one way to prevent voting fraud.
The results are to be weighted to give each riding equal clout, giving voters in ridings with few Liberals more heft than those in ridings with thousands of members. Without some way to verify addresses, Liberals are concerned supporters could distort the outcome by professing to reside in ridings where there are few Liberals.
During a conference call Monday, insiders said representatives of the various leadership camps were assured the party has come up with measures to verify the identity and addresses of supporters.
However, party officials refused to reveal the precise nature of those measures so as to avoid giving anyone ideas about how to get around them.


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Emily – Carefree, Sophisticated and extremely fun
Emily is sophisticated, witty and free-spirited. This pretty lady is amazing and fun to be with. She is intelligent, sweet, down-to- earth and quite adventurous. You would have a lot of fun if you hang out with her and she loves to make people laugh. Emily is only 24 years old with sparkling blue eyes. She weighs 110lbs and has no tattoos. She likes to travel and is very adventurous. She has no body piercing except from her ears and she makes an amazing companion when in Manchester. This perky and slender beauty is blonde and has lovely flowing legs. With perfect skin, Emily is extremely beautiful and is very open-minded. She is also pet friendly and would be sure to make you the envy of everyone if she is your escort to an event. She holds good conversation and likes to laugh. She also has perfect teeth, which only highlights her equally perfect smile. This undeniably awesome blonde haired beauty makes a wonderful companion and is sure to meet your every need in an escort. She is also equally good at maneuvering uncomfortable situations so you do not have to worry about being uncomfortable or awkward around her.


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Patriots was a genuine fifty-style's diner. Darla a new waitress, was thrilled to have her first job part-time there. Off to the side of the diner was a jukebox near a small dance floor.
On Friday and Saturday nights, elderly couples could be found dancing here to their favourite fifties tunes. But Christmas Eve was the 'big ticket' event. Tables were cleared for a larger dance floor and a diner-style feast was served.
Darla watched once WWII-era toddlers, dancing in fifties garb with pep. She was only fifteen, but as she waitressed throughout high school, Christmas Eve would become by her favourite night at Patriots. She hoped one day she would meet a guy she could still dance with when they were eighty.
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Recently a vulnerability in Zen Cart v1.3.x was announced on a few Security Forums (10-JUL-2008). This purported to be a Local File Inclusion vulnerability in 2 scripts in the Zen Cart Admin.
We have of course looked at the advertised vulnerability and the files that are allegedly vulnerable.
The two files are
admin/includes/languages/english.php (and, if you have any other language-name.php files in "/admin/includes/languages/", you should fix those too)
It is our considered opinion that it would be impossible to use the advertised vulnerability for the purpose of Local (or even remote) file inclusion.
At worst, the use of this vulnerability will reveal some local file paths on the targeted system.
It should also be noted that the vulnerability relies on the attacker knowing the location of the Zen Cart admin files. As we stress in all of our Security/Installation documentation, people installing Zen Cart should always change the name of the admin folder from the default that is used for installation.
Please see: http://tutorials.zen-cart.com/index.php?article=73
In order to protect these files from even the minor effect of revealing system file paths you can do the following.
At the beginning of the file (after the opening <?php ) add the following code:
For those who are uncomfortable with editing the files, a patch will be issued shortly.Code:if (!defined('IS_ADMIN_FLAG')) { die('Illegal Access'); }
If you have any questions regarding this announcement, or wish to raise other issues related to the security of your Zen Cart system, please use the Zen Cart forum.


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Asia-pacific network on Integrated Plant Nutrient Management (APIPNM)
Asian agriculture has undergone a notable transformation during the last four decades. Triggered primarily through the Green Revolution process, it was a science-led transformation that underpinned the pivotal role of science and modern technologies in meeting present and future challenges. Asian cereal production registered more than 260 per cent increase from 386 million tons in 1965 to 1009 thousand tons in 2004, with similar trend for other agricultural commodities.
However, along with this gleaming achievement, the transformation has also led to certain problems, mainly due to overlooking of certain basic concepts and practices and lack of appropriate information with the farmers. Some of the major developments as reported from various quarters are: declining trends in soil fertility and mining of soil nutrients; decline in soil organic matter levels, and; indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers, their inefficient utilization and resulting environmental concerns.
As a way to strengthen awareness and improve common understanding of the complex dynamics of sustainable crop production, soil nutrient management and soil stability between and among scientists and land use practitioners in Asia-Pacific, FAO conducted a three day "Regional Workshop on Improving Plant Nutrient Management for Better Farmer Livelihoods, Food Security and Environmental Sustainability" in Beijing, China in 2005(Beijing workshop). Participants from 17 countries in the region discussed, elaborated on and identified country-relevant issues and gaps, and exchanged ideas and recommendations to collectively formulate technical and policy measures with particular focus on developing both country and regional options and actions for making Integrated Plant Nutrient Management (IPNM) the alternative technology for sustainable crop production and soil fertility management.
At the end of meeting, the participants collectively expressed interest in the immediate formulation of programme to support the implementation of South-South Cooperation to improve the transfer of knowledge and information and strengthen capacity building within Asia and the Pacific region; with the full support of China and FAO, likewise recommended the formation and implementation of the Asia-Pacific Network on IPNM for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability (APIPNM).
The network structure consists of a coordinating unit and participating countries or Consultative Board. Network Coordinating unit shall be comprised FAO officers and China representative, China Agriculture University will give Secretariat support to Co-coordinator unit. Participating Countries, who are interested in attending APIPNM, shall appoint their National Coordinators. National coordinator shall form Network Consultative Board (NCB) which serves as both the steering committee and the policy-forming body for APIPNM. The network aims to assist its member countries through a programme of information exchange, regional workshops, expert consultations and learning activities to enhance the skills and expertise of those responsible for the development and dissemination IPNM practices.


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Have you heard of Aerin cosmetics yet? Aerin Lauder, granddaughter of Estee Lauder launched a fragrance and beauty collection a while ago now, although she is well known for her interiors in the USA. Speaking to some ladies, not everyone has heard of the brand although to be fair Aerin hasn't been widely available (there are now counters in selected John Lewis' in case my ladies in outside of London want to take a look in person!).
For me Aerin products definitely have the look of the Estee Lauder brand (the gold, the edges) but somewhat different; it feels like a sister, i guess. The Winter Colour Collection is elegant but still gives the option for glam (the Winter Colour palette has a smoky cream brown shadow and a deep rich green eyeshadow) and there's a knockout red lipstick and matching gloss on offer.
I have 3 products from the collection here to show you; the Multi Colour Duo for Lip and Cheek in Warm Gold (highlighter) and Rich Nude (Blush, Lip colour), and the Cool Gel Eyeliner in Gilt and Lip Gloss in Golden Kiss. Everything is very…golden!
This is my favourite product of this collection – if you have seen the normal Aerin collection there's a lovely multi use product for cheek and lips I've had my eye on for a while. This Aerin Multi Colour Duo in Warm Gold and Rich Nude has both a cheek and lip colour in a nude brown tone and a highlighter in a soft gold. It's compact enough to carry around too.
The texture of these is medium hard (in a good way – I don't think overly soft creams are a great idea in a palette) and it has a glidey texture which makes it good for the lips – none drying and with a soft shine. On the cheek, the highlighter works a treat. The blusher may feel a little shiny at first on the cheek, as it settles down (and you may set your make up with a powder) it works as a subtle warm orangey caramel blush on me – enough colour for it to show up, not dark enough for it to be a contour.
Lip Gloss in Golden Kiss:
Golden Kiss is a soft gold with lots of sparkle. I used to love this kind of shade but recently I've been wearing more colour or warm hues rather than doing the nude thing (although I will always love nudes on the lips – it's my spiritual home!).
This gloss works best on top of something else – it brings the colour/stain to life, giving it multi dimensional sparkle. On it's own, it's pretty too but for me I think it needs that something else underneath.
On the lips:
This is the Cool Gel Liner in Gilt:
At first I was like, that's yellowy! But swatched, it's quite a unusual cool toned gold. It has a great texture as you can imagine, soft and pigmented and seems to work fine on my waterline. Once set it is very long lasting and I found that applied underneath a shadow it really helps it adhere well.
On my eye:
Can't wear this alone but it works nicely as a highlight and as I mentioned before, it makes a mean base!
The liner, lip gloss on top of a plum colour, the cheek duo on me…it's a natural but quite radiant look. If you want a stronger look, check out the Winter Colour palette and the lipstick in Red Velvet, which is one of the most perfect neutral reds (not too orange, not too blue).
Verdict: Makes me feel Christmassy. Duo palette now in my handbag make up bag which is my most exclusive cosmetic bag…the one I carry around with me!
See Aerin beauty at the Estee Lauder website
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Victorian taxpayers are facing a $540 million bill to compensate gaming giant Tatts over a broken government poker machine contract – but neither major political party is prepared to take the blame.
Tatts and rival Tabcorp lost their duopoly over the operation of poker machines outside of Melbourne's Crown casino in August 2012, following a decision in 2008 by the previous Labor government, with poker machines in Victoria now operated by clubs and pubs.
Victorian Supreme Court Justice Kim Hargrave on Thursday ordered the government to pay $450 million plus interest to Tatts, which could cost $540 million in total, but denied Tabcorp its $686.8 million claim.
Premier Denis Napthine said on Friday the government was seeking legal advice and was likely to appeal the ruling.
He said Labor and former gaming minister Daniel Andrews, now opposition leader, ignored compensation clauses in the Tatts and Tabcorp contracts if they lost their poker machine licences.
Dr Napthine said the auditor-general found the sale of poker machine licences should have reaped $4 billion but were sold for less than $1 billion.
"Let the public of Victoria understand that in the whole, sorry saga of these poker machine licences, there is already clear evidence that Daniel Andrews, as a former minister for gaming, and the former Labor government, have already cost Victorian taxpayers through their mismanagement of that sale and there is potential further losses through these court cases," he said.
Dr Napthine said the government would not cut spending or raise taxes to cover the cost of the payout.
Opposition gaming spokesman Martin Pakula said the former Kennett government, in which Dr Napthine was a minister, built lucrative compensation into the deals.
"I don't know why that clause was inserted. I don't why, giving a company a 20-year licence to print money, you would then give them a clause which involves a big whacking payout when that licence runs out," he said.
"But the people who put that clause in the contract ought to be questioned."
Mr Pakula said the Labor government had legal advice that neither Tatts nor Tabcorp would be entitled to a payout, and that the current government was relying on similar advice.


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Robert A. Matthews
Robert A. Matthews (Colonel, United States Army, retired) died in hospice on Monday, September 9, 2013 after a brief hospitalization for congestive heart failure. He was 94 years old.
A memorial service will be held on Sunday, October 6, at 3:00 p.m. at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church. The family requests that in lieu of flowers any memorial donations be sent to the Northshore Scholarship Foundation, P.O. Box 173, Bothell, WA 98041 to support the Pat Matthews Masters of Education Scholarship at UW Bothell, which Bob established in loving memory of his beloved wife.
Bob Matthews was born to homesteaders Claude and Ruth Matthews in Boise, Idaho, in December 1918. He was the youngest of six brothers and outlived them all. His long military career started with a stint as a non-commissioned officer in the Field Artillery. During WW2 Bob commanded an airborne mortar battery in the 101st Airborne and was besieged with his division at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge; he served in Korea as a "straight-leg" infantryman. He and his family were in Heidelberg when the Berlin Wall went up, and the family took many Sunday drives that combined tourism with the practical purpose of learning evacuation routes across the West German countryside.
During the 60's he earned his Green Beret and served in the operations branch of the Special Forces school at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, prior to a posting overseas to New Delhi, India.
Bob retired to Bothell, WA in 1968. He returned to school to gain a teaching degree, which led him to a new career in tutoring. He and his wife Pat Matthews joined Emmanuel Presbyterian Church in 1968, where he remained active until his dying day in community activities and organizations such as Kiwanis, the Northshore Senior Center, the Seattle Welsh Choir, and the Seattle Rose Society (in which he combined his longstanding interest in roses with a developing interest in photography). He enjoyed lively political contentions with his friends and associates at the Foundation House at Bothell.
He was widowed in 1998 and is survived by six children, seven grandchildren, and three great-grand-children including Robert Ivan Matthews (Donna McKay), Patricia Williams (Bill Williams; Dan Williams, Abigail Herrera, Aaron Williams), David Matthews (Becky Fox Matthews), Susan Matthews (Maggie Nowakowska), Gwyn Stobie (Bruce Stobie; Duncan Stobie, Alyson Stobie), and James Matthews (Vivian Van Matre; Mackenzie Burton, Isabel Matthews).


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Jennette McCurdy Says She's 'Not a Role Model'by Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Jennette McCurdy doesn't think she's a role model, and today, she wanted to make that point very clear.
"I am not a role model," she began in an open letter. "I don't claim to be, I don't try to be, and I don't want to be."
The former 'Sam & Cat' star surprised fans by making an appearance on the '/r/jennettemccurdy' reddit forum and wrote a candid post about cautioning the way impressionable young fans might be viewing her.
Posting under the username 'curmudgeon457′ (and then later confirmed on her official Twitter account), the 22-year-old actress admitted that she has no intentions of living up to any kind of idealized version of herself.
"There was a time when I tried to live up to the aggrandizing title, that pedestal of a thing," she wrote. "Maybe it wasn't so much that I was trying to live up to it. Perhaps I thought I could and I thought I was supposed to, so I gave it my best shot."
"With the growing I've done, I realize that to attempt to live up to the idea of being a role model is to set myself up for foregone failure. Sure, I've made some mistakes, but even if I hadn't, people would have found invisible ones. This world is one seemingly most keen on judgment and negativity, despite all the hearts and smiley emoticons."
McCurdy compared idealizing celebrities to admiring strangers. "Calling a celebrity a role model is like calling a stranger a role model. The knowledge you have of a celebrity is no more than a caricature drawn by media tastemakers specializing in selling you an image you're dying to buy. It's good to have heroes, but you have to look for them in the right places. They say don't look for true love in a bar, well I say, don't look for role models on screens."
The former Nickelodeon star's personal life has been in the headlines this year for various reasons. In March, some provocative pictures of McCurdy were circulated on the Internet. Then rumblings of behind-the-scenes drama between her and co-star Ariana Grande supposedly led the network's decision to pull the plug on their hit show, 'Sam & Cat.'
You can read McCurdy's full letter at the link here.


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An Introduction to Emotional Risks in Stock Investments
What does emotional risk have to do with stock investments? Emotions are important risk considerations because investors are human beings. Logic and discipline are critical factors in investment success, but even the best investor can let emotions take over the reins of money management and cause loss.
For stock investing, you're likely to be sidetracked by three main emotions: greed, fear, and love. You need to understand your emotions and what kinds of risk they can expose you to.
The price for greed
In 1998–2000, millions of investors threw caution to the wind and chased highly dubious, risky dot-com stocks. The dollar signs popped up in their eyes when they saw that easy street was lined with dot-com stocks that were doubling and tripling in a very short time. Who cares about price/earnings (P/E) ratios when you can just buy stock, make a fortune, and get out with millions?
Unfortunately, the lure of the easy buck can easily turn healthy attitudes about growing wealth into unhealthy greed that blinds investors and discards common sense. Avoid the temptation to invest for short-term gains in dubious hot stocks instead of doing your homework and buying stocks of solid companies with strong fundamentals and a long-term focus.
The role of fear
Greed can be a problem, but fear is the other extreme. People who are fearful of loss frequently avoid suitable investments and end up settling for a low rate of return. If you have to succumb to one of these emotions, at least fear exposes you to less loss.
Also, keep in mind that fear is frequently a symptom of lack of knowledge about what's going on. If you see your stocks falling and don't understand why, fear will take over, and you may act irrationally. When stock investors are affected by fear, they tend to sell their stocks and head for the exits and the lifeboats.
When an investor sees his stock go down 20 percent, what goes through his head? Experienced, knowledgeable investors realize that no bull market goes straight up. Even the strongest bull goes up in a zigzag fashion. Conversely, even bear markets don't go straight down; they zigzag down.
Out of fear, inexperienced investors sell good stocks when they see them go down temporarily (the correction), whereas experienced investors see that temporary downward move as a good buying opportunity to add to their positions.
Love in all the wrong places
Stocks are dispassionate, inanimate vehicles, but people can look for love in the strangest places. Emotional risk occurs when investors fall in love with a stock and refuse to sell, even when the stock is plummeting and shows all the symptoms of getting worse. Emotional risk also occurs when investors are drawn to bad investment choices just because they sound good, are popular, or are pushed by family or friends.
Love and attachment are great in relationships with people but can be horrible with investments. To deal with this emotion, investors have to deploy techniques that take the emotion out. For example, you can use brokerage orders (such as trailing stops and limit orders), which can automatically trigger buy and sell transactions and leave out some of the agonizing. Hey, disciplined investing may just become your new passion!