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Testing can improve learning among young and old people alike, according to new research from Rice University. The study found that regardless of their age, intelligence or whether they work or attend college, people appear to learn more by taking tests rather than merely rereading or studying information. The research was published in the March 2013 edition of Psychology and Aging.
"There is a significant body of research examining the benefits of testing among young students," said Ashley Meyer '11, the study's lead author. Currently a cognitive psychologist with the Houston Veterans Affairs Health Services Research and Development Center of Excellence, Meyer conducted the research when she was a psychology graduate student at Rice. "Our study builds on existing findings and supports the idea that tests can increase learning and retention in adults of all ages, regardless of intelligence level."
In the study's experiment, adults of different ages improved their retention of new information approximately 17 points (approximately two letter grades) – just as much as college students – if they were tested on the material and received feedback on their scores, rather than just restudying the materials. Participants who took the final test on the same day as the study period did significantly better than participants who took it two days later, according to the study. However, participants still showed improved memory for previously tested material compared to restudied material, even after the two-day delay.
Jessica Logan, assistant professor of psychology at Rice and a co-author of the research paper, said the study has important implications for employers looking to expand their workforce or improve employee performance.
"Our study suggests that older employees can obtain and maintain a high level of job-related information through training," Logan said. "It also shows that employees regardless of age can greatly benefit from testing activities as a way to sharpen their on-the-job skills."
"Working adults often need to gain new skills or knowledge as they progress through their careers," Meyer said. "Our study proposes that testing may be one way to help them advance."
The study included a sample of 60 college students aged 18-25, 60 adults aged 18-25 and 60 adults aged 55-65. All participants either attended school or lived in the Houston area. The students were recruited online from Rice University and received partial course credit while the other participants were recruited online and via community flyers and received a small payment. All participants took an IQ test before starting the experiment to ensure that a potential difference in intelligence level was not the only factor contributing to the relative benefits of testing compared to restudying.
Participants had 15 minutes to study and read materials on four topics: tsunamis, armadillos, the human heart and black holes. After completing some math problems, which served as a distraction from what they had read, the participants completed a multiple-choice test on two of the topics. They received feedback on their performance from researchers. For example, "You got 7 out of 10 questions correct."
In addition to taking a multiple-choice test, the participants restudied the other two topics that had not been included in the test. After completing another set of math problems, some participants took the final test right away while others took it two days later. This final test covered all four topics and was more difficult since it required participants to write answers rather than select from multiple choices. Since all the study participants had some college education, the authors hope that future studies will look at adults with less formal education to see if this testing benefit occurs regardless of education level.
The study, "Taking the Testing Effect Beyond the College Freshman: Benefits for Lifelong Learning," is available online at https://bit.ly/16poSV2.
Source: Rice University


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Millions of us hold money in cash savings accounts, whether it's building a house deposit, rainy-day fund, or a nest egg for retirement.
The interest rate you earn can make thousands of pounds difference each year – so it's crucial to choose the right account, with the right term.
Below are the latest predictions for rate movements (I've explained why lower down), and my picks from today's best buys.
I predicted in September that savings rates would jump to 3.1pc this winter as the economy perked up. My only mistake was an underestimation: rates are now available at 3.15pc.
However, the best news savers receieved in 2013 was to learn the Bank of England will turn off the flow of easy mortgage money in January. Blocked from tapping the £80bn Funding for Lending Scheme, banks are more likely to turn to savers to raise cash for lending purposes.
My sources expect a small savings recovery as a result. Rates could increase by 0.25 to 0.4 percentage points next year as competition returns, one banker said. That would provide a return of 3.55pc over five years. Watch out for long-term fixes of up to 10 years, which are expected to become more common as banks try to lock savers into today's low rates.
We are still far from the 5pc level which savers typically see as a healthy return on cash. That's off the cards until the Bank of England raises base rate, which could be 2016 if officials are to be believed, but could be much further away.
Rates have tumbled to record lows since the financial crisis struck in 2008. The cause has been Government efforts to drag the economy out of its ensuing malaise. See below for more on this.
Suffice to say, the effect on savers will be painfully obvious to those scouring the market for a new account today.
Someone coming to the end of a five-year fixed rate paying 6pc will now struggle to get half that return.
Similarly, those earning 3pc on an easy access account with an introductory bonus about to expire will find nothing more than 1.7pc on offer.
Savings comparison sites such as Savings Champion, Moneyfacts, and Moneysupermarket list nearly all the best buys from a range of different banks and building societies.
However, it can be tricky navigating through the awkward designs on some websites – not to mention the dodgy catches, tiered rates and dubious-sounding provider names on some accounts.
To help, I've stripped out the duds and picked my favourite best buys. The fully independent list of top deals, below, is updated as rates change.
Taxable easy access
– 1.6pc – Coventry BS – best online rate.
Taxable fixed rates
– One-year – 1.95pc (Shawbrook Bank)
– Two-year – 2.35pc (National Counties Building Society)
– Three-year – 2.71pc (Secure Trust Bank)
– Four-year – 2.91pc (Vanquis Bank)
– Five-year – 3.2pc (Shawbrook Bank)
– Seven-year – 3.52pc (Secure Trust Bank)
Cash Isa (transfers in allowed)
Easy access
– 1.80pc – The Post Office
Fixed rates
– One-year – 1.9pc (Bath Building Society)
– Two-year – 2.05pc (Britannia Building Society)
– Three-year – 2.4pc (Virgin Money)
– Four-year – 2.75pc (Coventry)
– Five-year – 3.05pc (Principality Building Society)
To a bank, savings are simply a way of raising money to use in other parts of the business. In exchange, the company pays its creditors – us – a regular return. It's as simple as that.
The lower the interest rate, the cheaper it is for the bank. The only reason rates don't hit 0pc is competition and the need to offer more alluring rates than rival institutions to attract deposits.
How much a bank or building society offers in the hunt for custom is determined by the state of the wider economy.
Two main factors determine this ceiling. First, the Bank of England Base Rate. This sets a general level for interest rates across products such savings, loans and mortgages as well as the rates banks charge each other to borrow money.
The second major driver is the current costs banks face if they try to raise capital on the money markets. This is the main alternative banks use to fund their lending arms. Quite simple, if money market rates – called swap rates – increase, banks will look to savers instead to bring in the necessary capital. This typically means launching a new account with a rate that puts it at the top of the best buy tables. The reverse is also true: if money market rates become cheaper, the interest paid to savers will look excessive and the bank will cut deposit rates in line.
Isa rates tend to rise separately every year between February and April, the end of the tax-year. This is because providers know that 1) most Isa accounts mature around this time, 2) the Isa allowance is refreshed on April 6, together making it the ideal time to reel in customers as millions of savers hunt a new deal.
In March 2009, the UK Bank Rate fell to a record low of 0.5pc and has been there ever since. Savings rates followed roughly in line and appeared to have bottomed out by July 2012.
However, that was before the banks were given access to £80bn of cheap capital by the Government to lend to mortgage borrowers and small businesses.
The money, available through the Funding for Lending Scheme, made savers an expensive option for banks keen to raise capital.
This temporary cash injection has driven returns to artificial lows. Without the need to attract deposits, the big banks slashed rates. This forced smaller providers, many of which were not participating in Funding for Lending, to trim their rates too – or risk ending up at the top of the best buy tables and attracting a flood of new customers they could not afford to service.
One senior banker told me the lows of June this year signalled savings rates hitting their "floor". Time will tell.
Certainly since then, rates have enjoyed an uptick. Rates are slowly edging higher on the back of signals that Britain has seen through the worst of the economic crisis. This has helped push money market swap rates higher, as they reflect confidence and the expectations for the Bank of England Base Rate.
Another cause has been renewed confidence in the housing market. Bank sources say lenders are so desperate to take advantage they will pay slightly higher interest rates to attract funding for mortgage loans.
But don't get too excited. The end of Funding for Lending for mortgages in January 2014 won't herald a quick return to the "normal" pre-2007 rates. There is space for rates to creep back towards the levels seen in July 2012 before the scheme was launched, but it will be slow going. So no 3pc easy access rates for some time. Having managed to push rates to rock bottom, banks will be careful not to raise them to quickly and eat into their considerable margins.
Meaningful rises will be triggered by clear signs that the Bank of England is intent on increasing the Bank Rate. The latest signal from the man who holds the key – Governor Mark Carney – is to expect no movement for three years – until unemployment has fallen from 7.8pc to 7.1pc. And even that is only a point at which to consider a rate rise.
In light of the Bank of England's comments about interest rates staying lower for longer, fixed rates now look worth considering. Yes, they are extremely poor value for money, but there is still a healthy margin between easy access and a three-year fixed. If you split your cash between the two, you could get the best of both worlds. However, beware that banks are launching deals with long term fixes of seven to 10 years, which could prove costly if interest rates rise.
When you design your savings portfolio, consider this: with savings rates in exceptionally depressed territory at the moment, due to Funding for Lending, the only way appears to be up.
Rates should pick up when Funding for Lending fizzles out in January 2015 and banks slowly return to savers for capital. However, it's impossible to say by how much or how quickly. Quite simply, it's a gamble fixing now (rates could rise unexpectedly) and it's a gamble staying in easy access products (they might not).
How much you allocate to a fixed-term deal and how much to easy access should come down to whether you are in desperate need of the interest. Anything fixed for longer than three years has a high chance of leaving you out of pocket in the long-run, analysts say.
This guide is updated as events change. Bookmark the link telegraph.co.uk/savingsrates and come back every few days for the latest.
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Interview with comedian Doug Stanhope
photo by David Block
There's not much that can be said that hasn't already when it comes to Doug Stanhope. His resume includes running for president in 2008, appearing at every major comedy festival, co-hosting The Man Show with Joe Rogan, recording more than 10 albums and DVDs, and authoring a book. He recently appeared on the FX television show Louie with Louis C.K. and earlier this year signed with Roadrunner Records and released Oslo: Burning The Bridge To Nowhere, which was filmed in Norway.
Before the interview began, Stanhope lashed out with, "Just don't ask me where do I get my ideas from and what made me want to be a comedian and we'll be fine." Typical Stanhope.
How do you process all this material?
You know what, I have no idea. My brain must work organically.
It's amazing how you do it. I was watching 'Oslo' and you coughed in the middle of a sentence and you mentioned it was a death cough. A super reaction. Your brain must be soaked with information.
Soaked would be the accurate word, but not necessarily with information.
What's the biggest misconception about you?
People think I party more than I actually do. They will come to the house for the first time and think it's going to be a Hunter S. Thompson experience. I'm a pretty boring guy. I do a lot of nothing really well.
You've mentioned before that you love Vodka. What's your favorite kind?
I change them up quiet often, but normally it's vodka with grapefruit.
Having a drink help you on stage?
The last time I remember performing sober was 2003. It was a random college that didn't allow drinking. Glad I only had to do 25 minutes. That's one of the few shows I can remember in the last decade.
You talk about things, not just what other comedians won't discuss, but other people refuse to talk about like losing your sex drive. Are you comfortable discussing those things?
I gravitate towards those things. I wish I had something else to tell you that would be off-putting, but I haven't done much in the last couple of years.
Your fan base in the UK is off the charts and you've said that they are far more brutal than comedy fans over here in the U.S. Why so?
They are comedy savvy and they treat comedy like an art form. If you have a bad show over there, it makes the paper. Over here, people go to birthday parties or adult Chuck E. Cheeses.
What is more of a problem — overpopulation or public stupidity?
Overpopulation is kind of a world thing. People are in their own little worlds now with all these distractions like gadget phones, Twitter, Facebook, apps on phones, 300 channels. What was the question again?
I've heard you mention both of these in one of your shows. I didn't know if you thought one was more relevant than the other.
(Laughs). In the long run, it will be overpopulation. But I won't be around to deal with, and I'm not leaving any litter behind so I won't give a crap.
I recently heard you on Howard Stern with your girlfriend and you seemed happy. Are you still with her?
Yeah, it's a perfect match. I've never been in a relationship where I could honestly say that. You have to say it (in) most relationships because she is going to read the interview. Sometimes you can't be honest like you used to be because you would be ratting them out. Like going out and doing mushrooms with your buddy but he is a firefighter and you have to change a little bit of the story and say you were in Sacramento instead of Oklahoma City. You know his friends are reading updates on my Web site. This guy brought his prostitute girlfriend to a show of mine and I can't say that because he's got a wife and kids at home. The Internet has ruined all secret keeping.
Would you ever consider doing television again?
Doing the 'Louie' thing was a lot of fun. I hate the thought of acting; it disturbs you, and it wasn't a fun process for me. Doing it with Louis C.K. made it different than most because usually it's cringing thinking how much they must hate the decision they made to hire me.
What's next on the agenda for Doug Stanhope?
I'll have another DVD coming out for Christmas and have a rough outline for another one after that. I'm going to Iceland to hang out with the mayor of Reykjavik for a week, and that's inspiring. Another friend of mine said he was going, and a friend of mine who is a comedian got elected mayor on a goof when their economy crapped the bed. So I sent him an e-mail telling him we should meet and sign some documents of historic significance. I'm going to perform in a prison over there, too. I didn't want to do a show while I was there because shows mess up vacations. A prison is different because there won't be any critics and I can do all my old stuff. I can ruin the show and it wouldn't hurt my demographic.
For more information about the brilliant comedian, visit dougstanhope.com


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The first question is, why would you write a tutorial on using udev? Aren't there enough out there already?! I'd say yes, but in order for me to REALLY start getting the idea and writing my own rules, it required me to read almost all of them, and piece together the good parts of each one. I thought I could bring together what I had going on, and then possibly share what I had figured out.
The second question is, why would I need to learn to write custom udev rules? Well, take, for instance, my standard desktop system. I've got a card reader that reads 5,195,638,923,579,823 different types of cards (that's a slight exaggeration...), my iPod which has it's own dock, my digital camera, my 6 different thumb drives, and my pocket hard drive. These all mount as /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc... and so on, all depending on the order I plug them in at. This makes my /etc/fstab super messy, and a little unwieldy. It would be nice if my SD card reader always appeared as /dev/sdcardreader and I could mount accordingly there, etc.
The /dev directory in your linux installation is a list of nodes, and each node corresponds with a piece of hardware on your system. So say you want to read input from the mouse, you'd just read input from /dev/input/mice
Originally the /dev directory stored EVERY SINGLE node that the kernel could possibly know about. This meant that if you used a full kernel with everything enabled, you could have a node for a device you have never even heard of, much less own. This made a bloated and rather lethargic.
Along came devfs, which was a little smart. It populated /dev only with hardware it could find on the system. This meant that if you didn't plug in a mouse, you'd have no /dev/input/mice This was a much better approach because you only had the hardware that was relevant to your system. However, there were still many architectural problems that hadn't been thoroughly thought out fully before implementation, and so as the system grew, the pain was felt.
Enter udev. udev's idea cleared up some of the problems with devfs, including better kernel management (as of kernel 2.6.x), and the implementation of sysfs, which is found at /sys Using sysfs, udev knows about information plugged into your. sysfs can be thought of as a middle layer of sorts. When a device is plugged into a system, sysfs provides udev with extensive information about that hardware.
Name Schemes and udev Rule Writing
I have a server I'm running that has a SCSI IDE controller in it. It then has two 74GB hard drives that are mirrored using software mirroring. udev automatically has some of the most generic of rules written in for you already. For instance, for all of my storage devices, udev puts a node record in /dev/disk. To see what udev has found, I just do ls -lR /dev/disk, and it returns this:
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 160 2006-10-19 13:27 by-id/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 180 2006-10-19 13:27 by-path/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 2006-10-19 13:27 by-uuid/ /dev/disk/by-id: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-10-19 13:27 scsi-20e09e00019ecd40e -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 scsi-20e09e00019ecd40e-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 scsi-20e09e00019ecd40e-part2 -> ../../sdb2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-10-19 13:27 scsi-20e09e00019ecd44c -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 scsi-20e09e00019ecd44c-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 scsi-20e09e00019ecd44c-part2 -> ../../sda2 /dev/disk/by-path: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-10-19 13:27 pci-0000:00:0c.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 pci-0000:00:0c.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 pci-0000:00:0c.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-10-19 13:27 pci-0000:00:0c.0-scsi-0:0:1:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 pci-0000:00:0c.0-scsi-0:0:1:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 pci-0000:00:0c.0-scsi-0:0:1:0-part2 -> ../../sdb2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2006-10-19 13:27 pci-0000:00:0c.1-scsi-0:0:6:0 -> ../../scd0 /dev/disk/by-uuid: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 2006-10-19 13:27 6aae5be6-6003-4def-8837-9a6ea3489d5e -> ../../md0
So in /dev/disk are three folders, by-id, by-path, and by-uuid. by-id and by-path both show me the scsi drives by their path or id (big surprise!), but by-uuid doesn't show the drives, but the RAID array they are actually in. I can then reference those drives by any of those address provided there (although RAID arrays are a special case, and you only want to write and read to the array). Notice, however, that these nodes are actually just symlinks to the real node address. This way, if /dev/sda and /dev/sdb are switched on boot one time (for some unknown reason) I can still access the drive by it's id (although a RAID array is still not a perfect example)
udev usually stores the default rules in /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules (this may differ on your distribution). Look over this file. There are lots of examples of rules in here, you may find that the rule you want to write is already there is some form or another. However, if you want to write your own rules, remember two things: (1) The rules are parsed in lexical order, meaning they are ordered by the number at the beginning, and that they must end in .rules It is suggested that you create an /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules and put all your local rules in there. This way, your local rules are parsed before the default rules at 50-udev.rules
The syntax of rules is quite simple. They use a key-value system, and each is separated by commas. They usually have at least one match key and one assignment key. This means one expression to match a device on, and then one one expression that tells udev what to do with it.
Match keys can be one of the following:
- KERNEL Match against the name the kernel assigns (ex. hda for the first IDE hard drive)
- SUBSYSTEM Match against the subsystem of a device (ex. usb for USB devices)
- DRIVER Match against the actual driver name for a device (ex. ide-cd for a CD-ROM)
- NAME The name of the device node to be used
- SYMLINK Creates a symlink to the assigned node name.
KERNEL==sdb, SYMLINK+=home
Or say we want to easily access our cdrom drive:
KERNEL==hdc, SYMLINK+=cdrom cdrom0
Now we can get to the cdrom drive from /dev/hdc, /dev/cdrom, or /dev/cdrom0 Isn't that great? Usually, it's a good idea to symlink instead of actually renaming the device in /dev
Getting sysfs Involved
Now, this is all fine and dandy, but guess what? My multicard reader seems to always mount the different card slots as different sdX interfaces. So I can't just symlink /dev/sdc with /dev/cfcard Wouldn't it be nice if we could just look at the model, or manufacturer or something? Well guess what? You can, with sysfs attributes!
sysfs allows you to look at model, size, manufacturer, product information, and a whole lote more (although I don't use anything other than that). Now I can have udev check out the actual device a little more and symlink it based on more than just where the kernel stuck it. However, how can I find the exact information sysfs knows about my device? Easy! udevinfo gives you all the information you need. Start with the following commands:
# find /sys -name sda /sys/block/sda # udevinfo /sys/block/sda Udevinfo starts with the device specified by the devpath and then walks up the chain of parent devices. It prints for every device found, all possible attributes in the udev rules key format. A rule to match, can be composed by the attributes of the device and the attributes from one single parent device. looking at device '/block/sda': KERNEL=="sda" SUBSYSTEM=="block" DRIVER=="" ATTR{stat}==" 14123 2902 256324 72040 52085 250203 2498104 4701412 0 540648 4773452" ATTR{size}=="17930694" ATTR{removable}=="0" ATTR{range}=="16" ATTR{dev}=="8:0" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0c.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0': KERNELS=="0:0:0:0" SUBSYSTEMS=="scsi" DRIVERS=="sd" ATTRS{ioerr_cnt}=="0x1" ATTRS{iodone_cnt}=="0x102bc" ATTRS{iorequest_cnt}=="0x102bc" ATTRS{iocounterbits}=="32" ATTRS{timeout}=="30" ATTRS{state}=="running" ATTRS{rev}=="0200" ATTRS{model}=="ATLAS_V__9_WLS " ATTRS{vendor}=="QUANTUM " ATTRS{scsi_level}=="4" ATTRS{type}=="0" ATTRS{queue_type}=="ordered" ATTRS{queue_depth}=="8" ATTRS{device_blocked}=="0" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0c.0/host0/target0:0:0': KERNELS=="target0:0:0" SUBSYSTEMS=="" DRIVERS=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0c.0/host0': KERNELS=="host0" SUBSYSTEMS=="" DRIVERS=="" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:0c.0': KERNELS=="0000:00:0c.0" SUBSYSTEMS=="pci" DRIVERS=="aic7xxx" ATTRS{broken_parity_status}=="0" ATTRS{modalias}=="pci:v00009005d0000005Fsv00009004sd00000053bc01sc00i00" ATTRS{local_cpus}=="1" ATTRS{irq}=="169" ATTRS{class}=="0x010000" ATTRS{subsystem_device}=="0x0053" ATTRS{subsystem_vendor}=="0x9004" ATTRS{device}=="0x005f" ATTRS{vendor}=="0x9005" looking at parent device '/devices/pci0000:00': KERNELS=="pci0000:00" SUBSYSTEMS=="" DRIVERS==""
That's more than enough information about my scsi hard drive in my server. Now I have sysfs specified items that I can use to refer to this drive in my udev rules. So, let's say I want to symlink this hard drive to /dev/backup, because I want to mount it ONLY when it's time to run a backup, and I'll use a script to handle the mount and unmount. So I'm going to create a rule that looks like this:
17930694 SUBSYSTEM==block, SYSFS{size}==17930694, SYSFS{model}==ATLAS_V__9_WLS,SYMLINK+=backup
Now, I just restart udev with /etc/init.d/udev restart, and the drive will be all ready for me.
Let's take the last rule we wrote and modify it. I only want the group backup to be able to read and write to it. In fact, I'll even give the user backup ownership to it, as cron will run the script as user backup of group backup The completed rule would look like this:
17930694 SUBSYSTEM==block, SYSFS{size}==17930694, SYSFS{model}==ATLAS_V__9_WLS,SYMLINK+=backup, GROUP=backup, OWNER=backup
And if I wanted to just chmod it on load, I could just do this:
17930694 SUBSYSTEM==block, SYSFS{size}==17930694, SYSFS{model}==ATLAS_V__9_WLS,SYMLINK+=backup, MODE=0666
We've only skimmed the surface of udev in this howto. There are environment interactions, and external program manipulations you can learn about, but this howto is long enough. Have fun writing your new udev rules.


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- Best Trading Partners: These are companies that are winning in both sales and financial strength - for example FAST FIX SCAFFOLDING LTD has been ranked as a best trading partner in the industry.
- Sales Growth Analysis: This section reviews the fastest growing and fastest shrinking company - for example G K R SCAFFOLDING LTD is among the fastest growing.
- Profit Analysis - Analysis of gross profit and pre-tax profit over the last ten years and a profitability summary comparing profits in the industry against small, medium and large companies.
- Market Size: Based on the largest 1357 companies, this is a comparison between last year's market size and the most current figure (This year the market has increased by 4.9%).
- Rankings: The top 50 companies ranked by: Market Share, Sales Growth, Gross Profit and Pre-tax Profit.
The next section focuses on company analysis and provides an in-depth analysis of the largest companies within the Scaffolding (UK) industry.
Each business is analysed using the unequivocal model and culminates in the production of The Chart. The Model uses a series of charts to graphically analyse an individual company and measure its ability to achieve sales growth while maintaining financial strength.
The Plimsoll Chart is a quick and dependable method of analysing a company's financial well-being. It's simple to understand: a rising line is good news and a falling line is bad news.
Therefore, this company analysis will tell you if a company is:
- Strong or heading for failure
- Utilising their investments
- Becoming burdened by debt
- Getting the most from their resources
The Scaffolding (UK) analysis also provides you with full business name and address, name and ages of directors and registration address.


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The Ray60 VHF Radio has an oversized LCD display with intuitive menu and icons. It boasts a wide array of standard features including NOAA weather alert, dual-watch, tri-watch, scanning, selective scanning, and much more.
The Ray60's fist-mic has built-in controls for channel up/down, hi/low power selection, and instant access to channel 16 or another preferred channel. The fist-mic also features noise-cancelling technology so you'll always be heard loud and clear regardless of engine or background noise. Ray60's fist-mic is also detachable and can be connected from the front or rear for installation flexibility.
The Ray60 features standard NMEA2000 and NMEA0183 networking for simple connection to onboard systems and it integrates seamlessly with Raymarine LightHouse II multifunction displays for advanced DSC functions.
The Ray60 offers flexible mounting too. Use the included trunnion bracket to attach the radio to any console, bulkhead or overhead. The radio can also be flush-mounted using its convenient front-mount attachment points.
The included Gunmetal Silver bezel matches the Ray60 to Raymarine's latest multifunction displays. An optional black bezel kit is also available.
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October 19, 2011
Growing concern: Geography department's 2011 distinguished alumnus to discuss farmers and adjustments to climate change
Submitted by Communications and Marketing
Climate change will be the topic when the 2011 distinguished alumnus of Kansas State University's department of geography presents a lecture Friday, Oct. 28.
Kay Weller, associate professor of geography at the University of Northern Iowa, will speak at 3:30 p.m. in 132 Seaton Hall. Her topic will be "Farm Adjustments to Climate Change: A Farmer Perspective." At that time, Weller will also be honored as the department's 2011 distinguished alumnus.
Charles Martin, interim head of the department of geography, said Weller graduated from K-State in 1990 with a master's degree in geography and again in 1993 through the College of Education with a doctorate in curriculum and instruction and geographic education.
Weller has published 20 journal articles, including "Colonizing African American Places in Kansas, 1857-1885," in the Heritage of the Great Plains journal. She has also presented many geography workshops across the United States and Canada.
Her research interests are geographic education, historical geography of African Americans and secondary social studies education. Martin said Weller's presentation on Oct. 28 will focus on this research, and particularly on research she has been conducting over the last few years regarding the ways in which farmers adjust to climate change.
Martin said the faculty of the geography department at K-State selected Weller as this year's distinguished alumnus because of her years of work on the department's alumni board and her many contributions to geographic education through her work as coordinator of the Geographic Alliance of Iowa.


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Student Philanthropist: From Friend to Friend to . . .
Stephanie Elowson '08 received help from the class of 2006, and now helps inspire her own class to continue the tradition.
Stephanie Elowson '08 told a recent Faculty/Staff Campaign rally that the generosity
of a scholarship she received had made a world of difference in her IC education—and that she
plans to return the favor by joining with classmates to establish the Class of 2008 Scholarship as
their senior class gift. Stephanie was one of several scholarship recipients who addressed a gathering
of Ithaca College staff and faculty to garner support for the Faculty/Staff Endowed Scholarship, which
will be a collective gift from IC employees to the Campaign for Ithaca College. Here are excerpts from
her October 4 speech:
I am a senior double-majoring in business administration (concentration in marketing) and integrated marketing communications. Last semester I was in the IC Los Angeles Program, where I had the once-in-a-lifetime chance to intern for The Ellen DeGeneres Show and NBC Universal Entertainment's press and publicity department while taking classes. The opportunities I had, the people I met, and the things I learned and saw were incredible, and nothing that I will soon forget. It's programs like these that really let IC students reach their full potential and strive for their dreams while still in college.
On campus I am involved in a variety of organizations and activities. To name a few, I am cochair of the School of Business Deans' Hosts; an office intern for the Catholic community; a participant in Alternative Spring Break Hurricane Katrina Relief in New Orleans; a peer leader for the Cross Cultural Leadership Retreat; and a member of the Leadership Scholars program. It meant a lot to me when I chose Ithaca College four years ago that I had a campus environment that could satisfy all of my interests as well as provide me with new experiences. That's one of the things I love most about Ithaca College: it's the students, faculty/staff/administration, and alumni that give back to this community, whether through the programs, clubs, and organizations; or through speakers they bring to campus; or the scholarships they make available to students.
I was very fortunate to receive the Class of 2006 Scholarship. I was most honored because it was students like me who established a fund that would help other students continue their education here and pursue other academic interests. It's all about students helping other students, something Ithaca is known for. This scholarship was so meaningful to me. Many of my friends graduated in the class of 2006, and receiving the scholarship their class had established motivated me to want to do the same to help other students. We're investing in each other and helping each other along. To me, that's why scholarships established by students or the faculty/staff/administration are so important. They come from the people and institution we love most.
I believe my fellow students echo my sentiments, and the class of 2008 class gift proves that. We have voted to establish a scholarship fund to assist students who have credit-bearing but unpaid summer internships. These experiences are so meaningful to our education, but the additional cost of paying for the credits while not getting paid for the internship can really inhibit students from pursuing these opportunities. We hope our scholarship will alleviate that worry for students and let them take advantage of the internship of their dreams.
The class of 2006 invested in me and my future here by establishing a scholarship for undergraduate students. We're all investing in each other here because we want to help those in our Ithaca family. The Faculty/Staff Endowed Scholarship is so crucial; to know that the educators and administration we look up to and admire want to further our success invigorates us to strive for and achieve more. I am eternally grateful for the Class of 2006 Scholarship, and I hope this faculty/staff scholarship can assist other students like me.
To learn more about and contribute to the Faculty/Staff Endowed Scholarship, visit http:///www.ithaca.edu/iconnect/facultystaff/.


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Witness blends the features of a literary and an issue-oriented magazine to highlight the role of the modern writer as witness to his or her times. Launched in Detroit in 1987, the magazine is best known for showcasing work that defines its historical moment; special issues have focused on political oppression, religion, the natural world, crime, aging, civil rights, love, ethnic America, and exile. The issues "New Nature Writing," "The Sixties," "Sports in America," and "The Best of Witness, 1987 – 2004" eventually appeared as university press anthologies.In 2007, Witness moved to Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. The magazine now publishes one special print issue and two general online issues each year and increasingly seeks out work that contextualizes the American experience by highlighting issues of global concern.


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Scrumptious yeasty cheese buns that can be made many different ways. Either as an individual treat in muffin tins or as a cake which makes a beautiful presentation. This can be also made in a bobke form with crumbs on top or you can make a glaze- cream cheese or confectionary. The dough is soft and pliable-use your creativity and have fun. Freezes great! Check out photos.
5 cup flour
1½ oz fresh yeast
¾ cup warm water
½ cup orange juice
8 oz margarine-(2 sticks-american)
1 egg
2 egg yolks
½ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar
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1 lb whipped cream cheese
¾ cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla sugar
1 egg yolk
Put flour in mixer-crumble yeast in center. Put sugar on top & add the warm water. Let sit for a few minutes until the yeast dissolves.Then add all ingredients. Mix well on medium speed until a dough forms. If it's sticky add another 1-2 cups flour. Place dough in a bowl that is greased and floured
Cover and let rise until doubled in size-about 1 hour. Prepare filling. If you like the yeast cake with a lot of filling double recipe. It can be mixed by hand or with an immersion blender.
Divide dough into 2 or 4 parts. Roll out dough to a rectangle shape. Smear cheese filling over entire dough and roll-up jellyroll style. To make individual pieces, cut slices about 1-2 inches thick. Turn and place them in greased muffin tins or in pretty paper holders. Let rise for 1/2 hour.
Either egg wash the buns or sprinkle on a crumb mixture( 1 stick marg=4 oz,1 1/2 cup flour,1/2 cup sugar,1 vanilla sugar) Bake 350 until done.
For the cake, grease a tube pan well. Place cut slices brick style. Keep building up the pan until 3/4 full. Let rise 1/2 hour until cake reaches top. Egg wash-1 egg & drop of water) Bake on 350 for about l hour until golden brown in color. Decorate by using a glaze or sprinkle confectionary sugar.


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I have an assignment that requires me to populate a two dimensioanl array and then use it to prepare a summary based on that array.
Ex. three stores each have three products, have the user input the total of each product for each store and then have the program list that information.
As far as I have gotten is this code for populating the array:
int iar[3][4]
for (rown=0;rown<3;j++)
printf("enter element ar[%d][%d]",rown, coln);
If i could just get somebody to show me a complete program that populates a two dimensional array and then lists that information, I could finish the rest of the program.
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From a dermatologist's perspective, the tween years are important. Tween, or pre-adolescent skin, is in huge transition.
What is happening to a tween's skin as they go from childhood to their teen years?
Tween skin is moving from the fine and delicate skin of childhood into the hormonally induced changes of puberty. Oil glands are enlarging and revving up, hair is becoming courser and the distribution of it is showing up in new places. It's an exciting time.
As a parent of two grown adult kids, I also know that tweens can be, well - complex.
What is the best skin care for tween complexions?
Skin care for tweens needs to fit their skin type. That means knowing how oily or acne prone a complexion is becoming. Tween skin is often more sensitive than teen skin since it still has some of the delicate structural aspects of a child's skin. This makes acne treatment tricky since many acne medicines are designed for oily and tough adolescent complexions and can irritate and dry out a tween complexion.
What inherent skin issues exist that will start becoming more important as a child moving into adolescence develops more concern over appearance. Dry skin and keratosis pilaris start to get noticed.
Sun protection is important too. As children start to develop more independence, they become more responsible for adhering to good sun protection practices.
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White Sox hit parade not enough in series finale
CHICAGO -- All seemed right with the White Sox world just a mere four days ago.
They had won their second straight game against American League Central-leading Detroit Wednesday night and moved within 2 1/2 games of the division's top spot. Talk already had begun to simmer as to who the White Sox might add to make this group a bona fide playoff contender.View Full Game Coverage
CHICAGO -- All seemed right with the White Sox world just a mere four days ago.
They had won their second straight game against American League Central-leading Detroit Wednesday night and moved within 2 1/2 games of the division's top spot. Talk already had begun to simmer as to who the White Sox might add to make this group a bona fide playoff contender.View Full Game Coverage
The Tigers were replaced at U.S. Cellular Field by the Royals, and those uplifted spirits now have been taken over by collective hand-wringing. A 6-3 victory for Kansas City on Sunday completed a three-game weekend sweep and, coupled with a Thursday setback to Max Scherzer and Detroit, matched the White Sox longest losing streak of the season at four.
Suddenly a solid White Sox start to the 2014 season is in danger of going sidewise fast unless a group adjustment is made.
"I don't know if there's anything you can do," White Sox second baseman Gordon Beckham said. "We are just going to show up on Tuesday and get right back at it.
"It's not a lack of effort. I don't think it's a lack of wanting it. Sometimes baseball goes in this up-and-down cycle."
White Sox starter Andre Rienzo (4-4) knows about that cycle.
Rienzo won his first four decisions after joining the White Sox rotation on April 23 and didn't have a loss over his first seven appearances. In his last four trips to the mound, Rienzo has yielded 18 earned runs on 28 hits over 18 innings. All four of those starts have ended in defeat, including Sunday's effort where he allowed six runs on six hits over six innings and 105 pitches.
Kansas City (36-32) scored two in the first inning and three in the third, all via the home run, with Eric Hosmer launching a 431-foot two-run shot in the first and Salvador Perez's three-run blast covering 418 feet in the third. Prior to Perez's drive to left, Rienzo hit Billy Butler with two outs and then walked Alex Gordon.
"Two homers killed me today. The two homers, five runs," Rienzo said. "I think I did well after the two homers. But they already hurt me, hurt the team."
"That was big to get on the board early," Hosmer said. "Salvador's there in the third inning was huge, because they had some momentum to get back. They got one run there in the first, and a three-run home run takes away a lot of momentum from them and really gives Shields a lot of breathing room out there. I think that was the huge blow for us."
Staking a pitcher such as James Shields (8-3) to a 6-1 lead usually seems to be a comfortable margin, but the White Sox made it a bit more uncomfortable than the Royals would have liked. Adam Eaton, who had three hits, tripled to open the bottom of the first and scored on Shields' balk. An ensuing argument between Royals manager Ned Yost and home-plate umpire Paul Emmel produced Yost's third ejection this season.
Alejandro De Aza doubled home two more in the fourth, and the White Sox had plenty of additional chances. But they stranded 13 and finished 2-for-14 with runners in scoring position, and for the series, the White Sox finished 3-for-32 with RISP and left 32 on base.
"When you get a guy like Shields, you're able to get some guys on base, you need to figure out a way to get a big hit," White Sox designated hitter Adam Dunn said. "And we obviously didn't."
"Overall, that's a tough team over there," Shields said of the White Sox. "You've gotta tip your cap to that, but we did a great job of scoring runs today like we did all series long."
In the third, with Beckham and Conor Gillaspie on base and two outs, Jose Abreu flied out to the wall in center field. The score was 5-1 in favor of the Royals at the time, so that connection could have been a game-changer.
"To be honest with you, I thought it was over the ivy," said Shields. "I don't know if he got it all. I mean, it seemed like it to me, but yeah, I thought it was gone. I guess the wind kind of held it up a little bit."
With Eaton and Adrian Nieto on base via singles, Beckham flied out deep to right to end the sixth. Beckham had another chance in the eighth, after Wade Davis walked Nieto and Eaton with two outs, but he grounded out to Mike Moustakas at third. Greg Holland (20th save) stranded two in the ninth for a seventh straight Royals win.
For the first time this year, the White Sox have slipped to four games under .500 at 33-37. The White Sox have been at .500 on 21 occasions, never more than two games over and they have been three under .500 four times. Robin Ventura's crew has the Giants coming to town for two Interleague contests starting Tuesday, hoping the beginning of this week looks a little bit more like the beginning of last week.
"If you're not knocking in runs, it's not easy playing anybody," Ventura said. "We'll just continue to fight and grind away and it'll eventually break through."
"I'm not worried about the team. I think we are doing some good things," Beckham said. "We've just got to get a little bit better in terms of pitching and a little bit better in terms of hitting. If we can put those things together, we can really make a run."
Scott Merkin is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Merk's Works, and follow him on Twitter @scottmerkin.


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Game 1: Mount Saint Vincent - 4, Farmingdale State - 1
Game 2: Postponed due to rain
Bronx, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State baseball team fell, 4-1, in a single game against Mount Saint Vincent this afternoon at Van Cortland Park. The second game of the Skyline Conference doubleheader was postponed due to rain.
In the bottom of the third, the Dolphins (8-9, 3-0) took a 1-0 lead on an RBI sac fly by senior center fielder Josh Sharpe (Ronkonkoma, N.Y.). Mount Saint Vincent went ahead 2-0 in their next at-bat as senior first baseman Jason Rivera (Bronx, N.Y.) hit an RBI single.
The Dolphins added a run in the fourth and fifth inning to extend their lead to 4-0.
Farmingdale State (10-4, 2-1) scored their only run of the game in the top of the seventh on an RBI double by freshman second baseman Andrew Karkota (Manorville, N.Y.).
Junior right fielder Michael Marino (Franklin Square, N.Y.) was 2-for-4 at the plate for the Rams.
Senior pitcher Brian Rush (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) earned the win after allowing one run on five hits in 7.1 innings of work.
Farmingdale State next will travel to Purchase for a conference doubleheader on Sunday, March 30th at noon.


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(b) Motor vehicle. -- Every vehicle which is self-propelled and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails;
(c) Motorcycle. -- Every motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding a farm tractor as defined herein, a moped as defined in section five-a, article one, chapter seventeen-c of this code, a snowmobile as defined in section one-mm, article one, chapter seventeen-a of this code and an all-terrain vehicle as defined in section one-ii, article one, chapter seventeen-a of this code;
(d) Farm tractor. -- Every motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement for drawing plows, mowing machines, and other implements of husbandry;
(e) School bus. -- Every motor vehicle owned by a public governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated for compensation for the transportation of children to or from school;
(f) Person. -- Every natural person, firm, copartnership, association or corporation;
(g) Operator. -- Every person, other than a chauffeur, who drives or is in actual physical control of a motor vehicle upon a highway or who is exercising control over or steering a vehicle being towed by a motor vehicle;
(h) Chauffeur. -- Every person who is employed by another for the principal purpose of driving a motor vehicle and every person who drives a school bus transporting school children or any motor vehicle when in use for the transportation of persons or property for compensation;
(i) Driver. -- Means any person who drives, operates or is in physical control of a motor vehicle, in any place open to the general public for purposes of vehicular traffic, or who is required to hold a driver's license;
(j) Driver's License. -- Means any permit or license issued by this state to a person which authorizes the person to drive a motor vehicle of a specific class or classes subject to any restriction or endorsement contained thereon;
(k) Owner. -- A person who holds the legal title of a vehicle or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter;
(l) Nonresident. -- Every person who is not a resident of this state;
(m) Street or highway. -- The entire width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel;
(n) Commissioner. -- The Commissioner of Motor Vehicles of this state;
(o) Division. -- The Division of Motor Vehicles of this state acting directly or through its duly authorized officers or agents;
(p) Suspension. -- Suspension means that the driver's license and privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways are temporarily withdrawn but only during the period of such suspension;
(q) Revocation. -- Revocation means that the driver's license and privilege to drive a motor vehicle on the public highways are terminated and shall not be renewed or restored, except that an application for a new license may be presented and acted upon by the division after the expiration of at least one year after the date of revocation, except as otherwise provided in section two, article five-a, chapter seventeen-c of this code;
(r) Cancellation. -- Cancellation means that a driver's license is annulled and terminated because of some error or defect or because the licensee is no longer entitled to such license, but the cancellation of a license is without prejudice and application for a new license may be made at any time after such cancellation;
(s) "9-1-1 system" means an emergency telephone system or enhanced emergency telephone system as defined in section two, article six, chapter twenty-four of this code;
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text: "The one dollar bill is the most ubiquitous piece of paper in America," notes Mark Wagner, whose currency collages emerge from the question: What might be done to make it something else? Wagner reconfigures the familiar green-and-black-printed linen stock into humorous portraits, landscapes, and other scenes. George Washington, whose portrait graces the one dollar bill, figures prominently in many collages, chopping down his infamous cherry tree, strolling through a garden reading a newspaper, or snacking on a dollar bill. Others depict fantastical creatures and scenes, such as an island teeming with biomorphic vegetation that sits atop waves of dollar bills, or recreate iconic works like Grant Wood's American Gothic (1930). In addition to showcasing the uncanny precision for which Wagner is known, the collages express poignant criticism of our addiction to money.


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Teagarden slams Mets to victory vs. Brewers
NEW YORK -- As the sixth inning unfolded Tuesday at Citi Field, Mets manager Terry Collins stood in the dugout wondering if this would be the night his team might finally shrug away its issues with the bases loaded. The Mets entered the game ranked 26th in baseball with a .159 batting average with the bases loaded.
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NEW YORK -- As the sixth inning unfolded Tuesday at Citi Field, Mets manager Terry Collins stood in the dugout wondering if this would be the night his team might finally shrug away its issues with the bases loaded. The Mets entered the game ranked 26th in baseball with a .159 batting average with the bases loaded.
"Just add on runs," Collins recalled thinking to himself. "Just add on runs."View Full Game Coverage
Moments later, the Mets did that and then some. Taylor Teagarden's grand slam lifted his team to a 6-2 win over the Brewers, snapping the Mets' six-game losing streak and allowing them -- for a night, at least -- to exhale at Citi Field.
"That was just a huge hit for us in all phases," Collins said.
It helped that Brewers starting pitcher Marco Estrada did not have his best control, allowing the Mets to load the bases in the sixth inning without the benefit of a hit. That brought up Teagarden, who earned a big league promotion after the Mets optioned struggling catcher Travis d'Arnaud to Triple-A Las Vegas last weekend. Despite striking out in each of his first two at-bats, Teagarden hit an opposite-field line drive off Estrada that bounced off the top of the wall and into the stands for a game-breaking grand slam.
Spending most of his afternoon simply trying to get acquainted with Mets starter Daisuke Matsuzaka, Teagarden did his best to adjust to Estrada from at-bat to at-bat. Though the Brewers pitcher relied largely on offspeed pitches in Teagarden's first two at-bats, he tried to sneak a fastball by him in the third.
Estrada elevated the pitch, Teagarden mashed it and the Mets were no longer starved for a big hit with the bases full.
"If I can help get the monkey off the back," Teagarden said, "whatever it takes."
Daniel Murphy had already contributed a line-drive two-run homer to a similar spot in the third inning, increasing the total damage against Estrada to six runs in six innings.
Compare that to Matsuzaka, who rebounded from his control issues last week in Chicago to contribute six innings of one-run ball. Though Matsuzaka did walk three batters, he did nearly everything else well, allowing just three hits and striking out five. Vic Black, Jeurys Familia and Jenrry Mejia combined on the final nine outs for the Mets, the only blemish coming on Carlos Gomez's RBI double off Familia in the eighth.
"He throws a lot of pitches," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said of Matsuzaka. "He throws his fastball, which he keeps down in the zone, he throws a cutter off and out, but he's got a good curveball, slider and he's got a changeup, too. He throws a little of everything at you, keeps you off-balance. Which he did."
Matsuzaka would have pitched deeper into the game had Gomez not lined a ball off the back of his right leg leading off the sixth. Though Matsuzaka recovered in time to throw out Gomez and finish the inning at 100 pitches, Collins removed him afterward as a precaution.
"Pitch-count-wise, I think I would have been able to go into the next inning fine," Matsuzaka said immediately after the game. "Right now it's not too bad, but it should start swelling up by tomorrow."
For the Mets, no pain could hurt too badly after a win. They were starved for this one, having lost six in a row at the tail end of a nightmare 11-game trip through Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco.
Compounding those struggles was their inability to hit with men on base, with men in scoring position and particularly with the bases loaded -- an area that usually results in sky-high batting averages for teams due to the nature of those situations.
d'Arnaud had been 0-for-5 with the bases full, though he was hardly alone entering Thursday's play. Lucas Duda was 0-for-8. Eric Young and Chris Young were a combined 0-for-9. Even David Wright was 0-for-2.
Teagarden said his Mets teammates informed him of the endemic only after his grand slam left the yard. They laughed about it because they could -- a little gallows humor on a remarkably pleasant night for the Mets.
"He hasn't been here," Collins said of Teagarden, laughing. "He didn't know you're not supposed to get a hit."
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Pies, pâtés, and pastries are the noblest of foods. Their inner life is always a secret; their outer form, a sculpture. No other dishes are so well suited to surprises and culinary amusements. In her enchanting and historically enlightening little book, Charlotte Birnbaum traces the life of such delicacies through diverse cultures and traditions. Here, wondrous anecdotes of noblemen and farmers alike are woven together, each accompanied by toothsome recipes.
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Dedicated to all those who engage in sport with passion, the Emporio Armani EA7 line was created to maximise performance while ensuring the highest levels of comfort. Launched in 2004 as a sports offshoot of Emporio Armani, EA7 has subsequently established its own identity as a brand with strong consumer awareness. The line, which is built around clothes that are always made to the latest technical specifications, is totally focused on satisfying the requirements of sports enthusiasts and professional athletes in seven different sporting sectors: basketball, tennis, golf, water sports, wintersport, outdoor and training.
Simple, elegant and slightly androgynous: ARMANI stands for reduction - the brand's philosophy: 'Less is more'.
At the time ARMANI was established, Paris was considered the fashion capital of Europe. But Italian talents like Giorgio Armani, Gianfranco Ferré or Gianni Versace were able to set major trends, directing the international focus to designs made in Italy.
Giorgio Armani first started an apprenticeship at Nino Cerruti. In 1975 he established his eponymous fashion house in Milan together with his life and business partner Sergio Galeotti.
After initial successes in presenting his debut collection at the Florentine Pitti in 1975, his international breakthrough came with his costume designs for Richard Gere's character in 'American Gigolo' in 1980.
Unstructured suits and jackets in neutral tones such as ARMANI's trend colour 'greige' were only the beginning. Soon after, his first diffusion line ARMANI COLLEZIONI followed, as well as swimwear and underwear. In 1982 the line EMPORIO ARMANI was launched and aimed to attract a younger clientele.
Armani's ready-to-wear lines were completed by the denim collection ARMANI JEANS and kidswear from ARMANI JUNIOR. In addition to numerous fragrance classics such as 'Acqua di Gio', 'Emporio Armani' or 'Armani SI', the haute couture collection ARMANI PRIVÉ was launched in 2004, followed by the functional sportswear collection EA7 in 2012.
Straight cuts, precious workmanship, luxurious materials and Armani's typical colour palette of black, navy, beige and gray (greige) characterize his collections. 40 years later Armani operates more than 300 stores in over 60 countries and is the creative head for seven design lines. The product range includes makeup, fragrances, and a home collection of furniture, textiles, tableware and lamps. In addition, Armani runs two hotels in Milan and Dubai, as well as a total of 18 Armani restaurants and cafés worldwide.
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Developer Kung Fu Factory has just announced that their latest game, Spartacus Legends, will be launching with a free-to-play scheme on the XBLA and PSN platforms. You'll be able to assemble your own manly gladiatorial duder to fight other manly gladiatorial duders soon, as the game launches in the first quarter of 2013.
This might be a big deal to some of you, as there are rarely any free-to-play games to be found on Microsoft and Sony systems. We talked about a Gundam game on the PSN quite a while back, and there are a few more examples (Ape Quest), but the scheme is fairly unique to the mobile and PC platforms. That's all about to change, as Microsoft is rolling out their pilot free-to-play program to catch up to what Sony has already been doing for some time.
Oh, and the game apparently also features permadeath, which could either be really cool, or really terrible. Yes folks, because microtransactions and permadeath go together so well.
As a fan of the show, I can't say I'm too excited for the game, but as a free-to-play joint, it'll no doubt drum up some DVD/Blu-Ray sales and get people hyped for Season 3 (which will be the final season). Mission accomplished, I guess.
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The Alice Paul Institute advances the legacy of the late equal rights activist by promoting gender equality through educational and other empowerment-based initiatives. Its programming seeks to instill and nurture essential qualities that enable women to not only assume, but thrive in leadership roles throughout their communities.
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Care and Rehabilitation of the Equine Foot Textbook
What does it take to grow the very best hooves an individual horse can possibly grow? Is it some magical trim, a supplement, or some newfangled shoeing package? The answers are much farther-reaching and involve every aspect of the horse's life. Can laminitis and caudal foot pain be cured? Prevented? Can a carefully cultivated hoof form and internal foot development protect the horse from injury throughout the body?Read More
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August 2018 - I have just finished a big update of the articles here http://www.hoofrehab.com/Articles.html
New article Modifications of Easyboot Gloves and Glue-On Shells is an important update to ALL of our books, articles and DVD sets.
2017 Clinic Schedule is posted including:
Perkasie, PA - Tooele, UT - Prince George, BC - Ledyard, CT - Justin, TX - Taos, NM Click here for more information.
4-08-2016 Beginning in summer 2016 Ivy, Pete and family are planning two-day clinics around the US and abroad. Clinics are limited to 43 participants, so sign up early.
Coming Soon From Easycare?Wanna race? This new tread pattern is likely to revolutionize turf and arena sports--and make some folks happy who like to trail ride in mud, snow, and sand.
3-18-2015 We are now posting our 2015 Workshop schedule approximately six months in advance. Participant slots are on sale now.
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11-14-2014. Ivy is currently planning the schedule for our 2015 Hoof Rehab Workshop tour. She will assemble a list of potential hosts, and then attempt to link them together into a reasonably efficient route around the US, starting in June 2015 and ending in February 2016. If you are interested in hosting a Workshop, please read all of the links and sections of http://www.hoofrehab.com/PeteRameyWorkshops.html (Workshop info, host info, participant info…) and then register as a potential host at http://www.hoofrehabstore.com/workshop-host-reg/?sort=pricedesc . We look forward to meeting you and your horses!
Once again, Easyboots dominated the Tevis Cup. First Place, Best Condition, and 10 of the top 15 wore Easyboots.
Ivy and Pete are hitting the road in the summer of 2014. They plan to tour the US teaching small (6 horse, 15 person) practical workshops to horse owners and professionals.
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Recently it has been proposed that healthy soft tissue structures of the equine heel play a primary role in equine soundness. Historically, little attention has been given to the significance of the health of the equine heel soft tissue structures, which are uniquely positioned so as to provide support and protection to the navicular apparatus. More


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How to Search Social Networks for Mentions of Your Online Community
The social networks are important tools for determining who is talking about your online community and your brand online. People often make off-hand comments on social networks, publishing their opinions about a particular brand or community for the world to see.
Your online community on Facebook
If you search for your community name in Facebook, the Facebook search engine will bring up results about your community but it will also bring up results if someone shared news about your brand.
Also, sometimes people start online communities on Facebook having to do with your brand or product, independent of your brand. For example, if your brand produces a popular hair care line, you may find a few fans start their own pages in tribute.
If you work for Joe's Peanut Butter, for example, and your Facebook search turns up a Facebook group called Joe's Peanut Butter Sucks, it's worthy of investigation. You need to know why there's a whole online community devoted to the suckage of your peanut butter.
Likewise, if there's a community called Joe's Is the Best Peanut Butter Ever, you'll want to visit it. Knowing who is talking about your community and why is a major part of a community manager's job.
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Searching Twitter — or using an app such as TweetDeck, Seesmic, or HootSuite to search it — allows you to monitor online conversations on Twitter. When you enter various search terms, you'll receive results from members both inside and outside your community.
Definitely take some time to analyze the conversations and respond to them. Being responsive is one of the most important parts of a community manager's job, and it's also something that people online will notice, which may encourage them to join your community.
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In a few short years, the Linux operating system has gone from a hobbyist's power tool to a highly usable, mainstream choice. The most popular version of Linux these days is called Ubuntu. Ubuntu's rise to power has been rapid, historic and well-deserved. It's the best Linux distribution ever, still most people only use a fraction of its power.
In Ubuntu Kung Fu: Tips, Tricks, Hints, and Hacks (Pragmatic Bookshelf), award-winning Linux author Keir Thomas gets down and dirty with Ubuntu to provide over 300 concise tips that enhance productivity, avoid annoyances, and simply get the most from Ubuntu. You'll find many unique tips here that can't be found anywhere else. You'll also get a crash course in Ubuntu's flavor of system administration.
Whether you're new to Linux or an old hand, you'll find tips to make your day easier.
Ubuntu builds on a solid base of Debian Linux to create an award-winning operating system that's light-years ahead of its competitors. Ubuntu consistently tops lists of the most popular Linuxes amongst professionals and enthusiasts; Dell recently embraced Ubuntu in its product lines after a user survey indicated overwhelming public support.
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ANTIOCH — East Contra Costa's lone Catholic cemetery is expanding its services.
Catholic Funeral and Cemetery Services is adding a 10,600-square-foot funeral center at Antioch's Holy Cross Cemetery to provide a more comfortable environment for families making burial arrangements.
The existing space, a chapel mausoleum on the 20-acre grounds and 1,400 square feet of offices, is too cramped, said Mike Brown, a Diocese of Oakland spokesman.
"The project will allow the diocese to expand its operations and fills a real need over the next few years," Brown said.
Brown said he hopes construction on the project can start in March and be finished either later toward the end of this year or early 2014.
The project design includes two separate, distinct buildings connected by a knuckle that contains a lobby area, defined with a 36-foot tower with an arched window.
The smaller building will include a 1,700-square-foot chapel and a 1,375-square- foot columbarium, or place to store cremated remains.
The bulk of Holy Cross' new project will be used for office space for its eight employees, storage, a lobby and restrooms, also allowing for three arrangement rooms and a showroom.
The added room allows Holy Cross to bring services indoors, as families are now forced at times to have services out in the heat and rain. It also means that grieving East Contra Costa families have a more convenient location for services than having to drive elsewhere in the East Bay.
Plans for the new building were approved recently by Antioch's planning commission, though there were some issues that had to be resolved — including adding a parking spot, adding a sewer connection, building aesthetics and replacing existing trees.
Antioch's other cemetery, Oak View Memorial Park, has not contacted the city about any expansion plans.
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Terrible waste of talent!
Okay, so the cast of the Criminal will blow your mind away. But was it all really needed when you were trying to cook an under-cooked meal? When you look at the screen time people have in the flick, known faces that try to earn a role with their popularity meter have measly dialogues to deliver, you can't help feel sorry for them. I will name them one by one.
- Ryan Reynolds: Although Criminal tries to cash in on his name, he has the most laconic role ever. He disappears with a cameo. Budget issues? I get it that it was supposed to be the storyline. But really, you kill him that early? At least delve into the details!
- Scott Adkins: The guy can do so much. But all Vromen asked him to do was stand next to Oldman taking orders, listening to what's next in the course like a normal guy. That was pretty much it! Did the director even know he could fight? Should have taken tips to include a fight scene at least?
- Michael Pitt: All he did was wait, smoke, wait more, react to some failure, eventually got shot.
- Antje Traue: She looked promising for a while as she slithered in that T-X kinda feel. But where does she end up? Under a bashed pot!
- Tommy Lee Jones: He appeared to the scene when he wanted to expound terse memory concepts, and to get ravaged by another 'Old'Man fury.
- Amaury Nolasco: He was just there.
- Alice Eve: Was she even there?
Taking the spotlight to other actors now, those who could really act. Starting off with Kevin Costner. He still has it in him. You have to give it to him. Had this plot demanded more of him, I have no doubt he could deliver. Gal Gadot was simply good. Gary Oldman gets under the skin of his character so good that you cannot even poke him without getting gouged at. He is definitely good. Unfortunately none of them knew what ground they were in. It was a landslide, and they were dancing on it.
I wish the concept of Criminal found a better director. Definitely not Ariel Vromen. There is no subtlety in him. It flung me into minutes of boredom and insouciance in the beginning itself that it was hard to concentrate. Good thing Costner did some crazy stuff to bring back the Mojo. Otherwise, it was simply falling down.
I say, this movie is criminal. It deprived us of our time, and plundered us of our money.