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Malloy says 'We will fix our schools'
Hartford — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy added his signature Tuesday to a 185-page education reform bill that boosts state education spending by $100 million, toughens the evaluation process for teachers and creates turnaround programs for low performing schools and districts, including New London and Norwich.
"We are finally addressing what I truly believe is the civil rights issue of our lifetime," Malloy said in a victory speech before a packed meeting room in the Capitol.
Later in the day, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan issued a statement that commended Connecticut for enacting "meaningful education reforms."
"I know the negotiations on S.B. 458 were difficult, but Governor Malloy and the legislature, business, unions, educators, and advocates were committed to begin fixing what is broken in public schools," the statement said.
Schoolchildren and lawmakers from both parties crowded around Malloy's desk at the late morning ceremony, including Sen. Andrea Stillman, D-Waterford, co-chairman of the legislature's education committee.
Also present was state Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor and leaders of the two state teachers' unions: AFT Connecticut and the Connecticut Education Association. The unions had opposed parts of Malloy's original education proposal this winter, including plans that could have authorized the breaking of union contracts, subjected failing schools to privatization and forced some underperforming teachers out of the profession.
But union leaders had since praised the final version of the bill as a fair compromise. The legislation easily passed both chambers of the General Assembly last week.
New London and Norwich are among the 30 new low performing "Alliance Districts" that altogether will receive 80 percent of the total $50 million in additional state education dollars for districts. New London schools will get a $809,000 bump in state aid, and Norwich schools will get $1 million.
Stillman said city governments must use this extra money for education only.
"It's not an opportunity for the city to cut the education budget accordingly," Stillman said. "It is to be on top of whatever is budgeted by the cities."
Another new turnaround program in the law, dubbed the "Commissioner's Network," targets the 25 worst performing individual schools in the state. State officials have yet to pick those schools.
Malloy had declared education reform as his top priority for the 2012 legislative session. He unveiled his first proposal in his February State of the State address.
But two months later, Malloy threatened to veto the revised bill that came out of Stillman's education committee. Her committee scaled back Malloy's most controversial plans, which Stillman described as offensive to the many classroom teachers who approached her with concerns.
Nevertheless, Stillman said she was pleased with the final version of the bill that emerged last week after a final weekend of negotiations between the Malloy administration and legislative leaders.
"Change will not occur overnight," Malloy said at the ceremony. "It will take some number of months and years for us to accomplish what we can hopefully accomplish. But the long debate is over.
"The new beginning has just begun. We will win this battle. We will improve our schools. We will increase the achievement of our students."
New London Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio enjoyed a front row seat at the ceremony. He was invited to attend after having advocated for the governor's education initiatives.
"We're happy for the new funding, but we're also happy for the reforms and the possibility for reform that this bill offers," he said.
Finizio said he is in talks with state officials about what exactly the education law will mean for New London schools.
"The commissioner, the governor and the governor's chief of staff have all expressed a very particular interest in New London," he said.
Pryor said the "core components" of Malloy's original bill made it in the law, and in some cases were strengthened.
"We're very pleased with the outcome," he said.
Pryor said his office is fielding more interest from school districts than there is space available for a program to try out the law's new performance evaluations for teachers and administrators. The evaluations will be a pilot program this fall in eight to 10 district before being rolled out statewide in 2013-14.
The evaluations will then be linked to an educator's employment.
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The Lamb County Sheriff's Office plans to go live with its new Spillman system in May. After searching for a new software vendor for three years, the agency was impressed by Spillman's dedication to free enhancements, said Scott Say, Lamb County Sheriff's Office project manager and IT director.
Lamb County paid annual maintenance to our previous vendor for well over 20 years, only to discover that 'free upgrades included' was going to cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars more to move to a Windows-based platform," said Say. Spillman customers don't have these unwelcome financial surprises and headaches."
The Lamb County Sheriff's Office purchased Spillman's Records Management, Mobile Communications, Computer-Aided Dispatch, Corrections Management, and Resource Management solutions in November 2009. Spillman is also providing the sheriff's office with a two-way interface that will allow them to easily share data with the Lamb County courts system using software from New Dawn.
Another Texas agency, Midland County, has been receiving free Spillman software upgrades for more than 20 years. Recently, the county upgraded free-of-charge from Spillman version 4.6 to Spillman version 6.1, a major upgrade allowing personnel to quickly complete state-mandated jail standards reports and benefit from the enhanced features of Spillman's Commissary Management module.
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Every 12 to 18 months, Spillman releases an upgraded version of existing software, including new features and enhancements. Customers with annual maintenance agreements receive these upgrades at no charge, along with technical support to assist them through every step of the upgrade process.
Spillman Technologies is a public safety software provider headquartered in Salt Lake City, serving more than 800 police departments, sheriff's offices, communications centers, fire departments, and correctional facilities nationwide. Spillman specializes in integrated software solutions, including CAD, RMS, Mobile Data & Field Reporting, Mapping & GIS, Crime Analysis & CompStat, JMS, Fire, Data Sharing, and Personnel & Resources.

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NASA Climate Expert James Hansen: The Future Is Now—and It Is Hot
James Hansen, director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and a well-known voice on climate change, published a report in August with a strong new take on global warming. The peer-reviewed report is "Perception of Climate Change," published by the National Academy of Sciences. Using statistical analysis of temperature records rather than climate prediction models, Hansen and co-authors show that climate change is already increasing the likelihood of weather extremes, especially unusually hot weather.
Hansen says his research shows that extremely hot temperatures covered about 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent of the globe in the base period of the study, from 1951 to 1980. In the following 30 years, Hansen says, those extreme temperatures have become much more common and now occur on about 10 percent of the globe.
Those who deny that global warming is man-made typically argue that climate cycles occur naturally. But describing his latest findings for The Washington Post, Hansen wrote: "The odds that natural variability created these extremes are minuscule, vanishingly small. To count on those odds would be like quitting your job and playing the lottery every morning to pay the bills."
Specifically, Hansen states that climate change caused the 2011 drought in Texas and Oklahoma, which caused $5 billion in damage; the 2010 heat waves in Russia and the Middle East, when thousands of people died; and the 2003 European heat wave, which killed more than 50,000 people.
Hansen said that we can still solve the challenge of climate change through measures such as imposing carbon fees on fossil fuel companies. But he warned that time is of the essence. "The future is now. And it is hot."
Oil companies—and many of our political leaders—see melting sea ice as an opportunity to drill deeper. Fortunately, you don't have to occupy an Arctic drilling platform to join the growing movement of people who are putting themselves on the line for our planet's future.
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Is Water the Petroleum of the Next Century?
Nearly half of the world's population will live in areas of high water stress by 2030. Impax Asset Management Group founder Ian Simm discusses how to invest in water. Photo: Getty Images.
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Reading 2: Picketing and Protest: Testing the First Amendment
On January 10, 1917, a dozen determined women left National Woman's Party (NWP) headquarters and marched across Lafayette Park to the White House. They carried purple, white, and gold flags and banners. The banners read, "Mr. President, What Will You Do for Woman Suffrage?" and "How Long Must Women Wait for Liberty?" Every day for the next few cold and wintry months, women took up their stations in front of the White House as "silent sentinels."
The dictionary defines picketing as a "practice, used in labor and political disputes, of patrolling, usually with placards, to publicize a dispute or to secure support for a cause." 4 American labor unions began using this tactic in the 19th century. The unions claimed that the First Amendment protected picketing, but state courts usually ruled against them. British suffragettes and the Women's Political Union in New York City had already used picketing effectively in their suffrage campaigns. NWP lawyers told the women that what they wanted to do was not against the law.
At first, onlookers greeted the pickets with curiosity and sometimes support. President Wilson smiled and tipped his hat as he left the White House grounds. By March, he refused even to look at the women. Public reactions to the pickets changed dramatically in April 1917, when the United States entered World War I. In the frenzy of patriotism that followed, many women stopped campaigning for the vote and devoted themselves to war work. The NWP did not announce its support for the war and did not suspend its picketing. By the summer of 1917, the party's attacks on Wilson were becoming harsher and more personal. Newspapers began calling the women "hecklers" and "women howlers." 5
Many people thought it was unpatriotic for the NWP to criticize the government during wartime. Some even thought it was dangerous and subversive. Mobs started threatening the pickets and destroying their banners, while the police did nothing. 6 In June 1917, police began arresting suffrage pickets for blocking traffic. In July and August, there were more arrests. The women served their jail sentences under harsh conditions in old, unsanitary buildings. They were sometimes beaten. Alice Paul and other leaders of the NWP went on hunger strikes and were brutally force-fed.
The women's treatment was front-page news even during wartime. The publicity shocked the nation and brought attention, sympathy, and support for the suffrage cause. With women doing so much for the war effort, government officials were already having trouble denying them the vote. Anti-suffrage arguments about women's mental and physical inferiority were less convincing as women took the jobs left behind by men drafted into military service. Finally, on January 9, 1918, President Wilson announced his support for the suffrage amendment. The next day, it passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
The NWP immediately began a campaign to force the U.S. Senate to pass the amendment. Members set up picket lines in front of the Capitol and the Senate Office Building. Bystanders and police attacked them and there were more arrests. In August 1918, the women began to hold mass meetings in Lafayette Park. In March, a federal appeals court had decided that the earlier arrests and detentions were unconstitutional, but the police still arrested more than 60 women and sent them to prison.7 Many of them went on hunger strikes. In mid-September 1918, the pickets began burning copies of Wilson's speeches at the mass meetings. On September 30, Wilson made a speech to the Senate, asking the senators to pass the suffrage amendment to help win the war. The amendment was defeated again. The count was two votes short. (Two-thirds of the Senate must approve a Constitutional amendment.)
The end of World War I on November 11, 1918, had no effect on the NWP's efforts to force Wilson to get two more senators to vote for the amendment. On January 1, 1919, the women began a series of "watch-fire" demonstrations. Flaming urns were set up in front of the White House and in Lafayette Park. Women dropped copies of any Wilson speeches and books that mentioned "liberty," "freedom," or "democracy" into the fires. The pickets kept the fires burning even when bystanders and policemen put the flames out. More women were arrested, this time on charges of lighting fires on public property. They immediately began hunger strikes. In February, the women burned a picture of the president and more arrests followed. The suffrage amendment was still one vote short in the Senate.
The Senate finally passed the federal suffrage amendment on June 4, 1919. This began a fierce 14-month campaign for ratification by three-quarters of the states. On August 18, 1920, Tennessee became the thirty-sixth state to ratify the amendment. The 19th Amendment, stating simply that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex," became part of the U.S. Constitution eight days later.
The brave members of the NWP defended their First Amendment rights and their right to dissent even in wartime. At great personal cost, they picketed and protested to secure voting rights for women in every state of the Union. Women of all classes risked their health, jobs, and reputations to join the protests. According to one historian, approximately 2,000 women picketed between 1917 and 1919 and 500 women were arrested. Of these, 168 went to jail, some more than once. The NWP made heroes of the suffrage prisoners. The women went on nationwide publicity tours dressed in their prison garb. Everywhere they went, they spoke about their experiences in prison, winning much public support for their cause.8
The members of the NWP did not work alone. The National Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) also supported the federal suffrage amendment, although its leaders feared that the NWP's "unladylike" behavior and the "unwelcome" publicity would make it difficult to gain widespread support for women's voting rights. They supported the government during World War I and opposed the NWP's picketing as unpatriotic. In spite of these differences, the NWP militants helped NAWSA by making the older organization appear moderate by comparison. Politicians who were beginning to reconsider their anti-suffrage position could respond to NAWSA's support of a suffrage amendment without appearing to yield to the "extreme" tactics of the NWP. Both organizations could rightly claim success when women all over the United States voted for the first time on November 2, 1920.
By exercising their First Amendment rights, the women of the NWP provided a model for many others who have used Lafayette Park as a stage to present their protests to the president on his own doorstep.
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Good weather for a gardener's bean recipe
Digging in is digging out.
There was a two-and-a-half foot drift in my walkway, and more snow to shovel all around the corner. The snow came in from the northeast, so it scooped into my walkway and wrapped all around it.
All night, while the snow silently fell, I had a cooking project going on: Dutch bullet beans that I got from Grant Family Farms last fall. Soaked a pound of them overnight, rinsed and then simmered them in the morning until al dente, drained them while shoveling, and then seasoned them to taste: salt, pepper, Vulcan's fire salt, fresh ground cumin, then MORE fresh ground cumin, a couple pinches cardamom, a pinch of cinnamon, and then a dressing of olive oil, balsamic vinegar and Bragg's Amino's.


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Crisp Cookie Dough for Purim Hamantaschen
This delicately sweet cookie dough is perfect for making hamantaschen at Purim. These triangular Purim cookies begin with dough cut in circles. Basically, you take three arcs of each dough round and fold them over the filling. What you get is a three-cornered treat.
For ease in rolling, prepare the dough at least three hours ahead, wrap it in plastic wrap, and keep it in the refrigerator. You can keep it up to three days.
This dough also makes terrific flat cookies. Make them with the extra dough leftover from the hamantaschen. They will need only about 8 minutes to bake.
Crisp Cookie Dough
Preparation time: 15 minutes, plus 3 hours to chill
Cooking time: None
Yield: Dough for 2 1/2 dozen hamantaschen
Keeping kosher: Dairy
3-3/4 cups flour
1-1/3 cups powdered sugar
1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
1-1/4 cups cold butter, cut in small bits
1 to 2 tablespoons orange juice (optional)
Combine flour, powdered sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large food processor. Process briefly to blend.
Beat the egg with the yolk in a small bowl.
Scatter the butter pieces over the flour mixture in the processor. Mix using on/off pulsing motion until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Unsalted butter gives the dough the finest flavor. This rich dough softens rapidly. Handle it lightly. If it becomes too soft while you are rolling it or shaping the cookies, refrigerate it to firm it before continuing.
Pour the egg mixture evenly over the mixture. Process with an on/off motion, stopping to scrape the mixture down occasionally, until the dough just begins to come together in a ball. If the crumbs are dry, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon orange juice and process briefly; repeat if the crumbs are still dry. The top of the dough may seem a little dry, but the bottom will be moist and will moisten the rest when you knead it.
Transfer dough to a work surface. Knead it lightly to blend the ingredients. With a rubber spatula, transfer the dough to a sheet of plastic wrap. Wrap it and push it together, shaping it a flat disk. Refrigerate the dough for three hours before using it.
For a kosher finale to a meat meal, make the dough and the filling with pareve margarine instead of butter.


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Thumbprint Cookies Recipes
Raspberry Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
We're a large family and we often have surprised guests. I'm always prepared for this possibility and have uncooked cookie dough or individual dessert cups ready in the freezer. Today was no exception. I used already-rolled almond cookie dough that I simply popped in the oven for 10 minutes, rotated the tray, pressed them to create a cavity and continue baking them for exactly 8 more minutes. Then, I filled the formed thumbprint cookies with hot vanilla raspberry preserves.
I served the cookies with masala chai and a tray of fresh raspberries and freshly cut pineapples. Voilà: tea time is served!
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Mocha Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
Baby Aria is very similar to my husband Lulu when it comes to her favorite foods. She loves vegetables and she adores sweets. Today I experimented with a batch of cookies I usually make when we have guests over for tea: thumbprint cookies. They're so pretty, especially with the crackle effect on the shortbread cookie dough and the whimsical design in the center indentation that almost resembles a crazy eye.
I flavored the cookie dough with cocoa powder and mocha paste. I filled them with vanilla chips and a drizzle of bittersweet chocolate, which came out just as great. Have a wonderful weekend and I look forward to sharing recipes next week in anticipation of Cinco de Mayo!
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Lemon and Chocolate Filled Cardamom Thumbprints
With Halloween right around the corner, I thought I'd prepare some ghoulishly delicious thumbprint cookies. I know, I'm a dork...
I flavored the cookie dough with cardamom. Cardamom is a very versatile spice that goes well with just about everything. For the filling, I used lemon apeels and swirled in a little dark chocolate for contrast. If you're artististically inclined, you could try to draw little bats or scary faces. No matter what you do, I guarantee it'll be terrifying how fast these cookies disappear!
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Chocolate Filled Pandan Thumbprint Cookies
Thumbprint cookies are my little munchkin's favorite sweet treats. I took the girls to our neighborhood park this afternoon and I brought along a box filled with the fun-looking thumbprint-shaped sablé cookies. The other fun thing about the cookies is that it's easy to mix and match the flavors and add fun colors.
I have flavored these cookies with cardamom, star anise seeds, mango and even durian! Today I made a combination of pandan and dark chocolate with a fancy little touch of vanilla.
Needless to say, everyone was very tired and hungry after jumping up and down on the monkey bars and on the swings. All the cookies were gone, so it's a good thing I took pictures beforehand so that I can share them with you.
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Mint and Chocolate Filled Rose Thumbprint Cookies
Thumbprint cookies are similar to sablé cookies. They both have the texture of shortbread. The characteristic thumbprint shape is created by pressing down on the cookie with a spoon half-way through the baking process. A sweet filling is placed in the resulting cavity. The cookie itself has a mild sweetness that goes very well with the sweeter filling. The filling can be jam, preserves, caramel or even chocolate.
I chose a pink mint filling because of my little five-year-old sister-in-law. She came to me with the cutest request. She adores Cookie Monster, and often shares her cookies with the Cookie Monster doll we got her. Today, she came to me, hid her face with the stuffed animal and said in her best Cookie Monster impersonation, "Cookie Monster is hungry, I want pink cookies." My heart melted; I can't say no to my little munchkin.
All the girls gathered in the kitchen and pink cookies it was. I looked in the pantry and found several choices for a pink-colored cookie. Some pink-colored mint chocolate chips from Guittard, raspberry and strawberry extracts or rose paste. The girls voted and we went for a rose-flavored cookie dough with pink mint chocolate filling. Sunny, my 13-year-old eldest sister-in-law wanted to create some fun design in the filling, so we melted some bittersweet chocolate and vanilla chips as well. This has to be some fun designs.
We were all very happy with our unique cookies and needless to say, Cookie Monster also enjoyed our creation.
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The study looked at four possible sites, three 40 kilometres from shore with wind speeds of 9-9.7m/s and water depths of 25-45 metres, and one site 125 kilometres from shore with a wind speed of 10m/s. Although the sites with the highest wind speeds were potentially the most attractive, their generation costs come with a greater range of uncertainty. The range of costs runs from around £85/MWh to £130/MWh.
The report points out that many factors contribute to the reduction in costs from the current figure of around £140/MWh, but a move towards larger turbines is key, reducing installation costs by up to 30% and increasing energy yield as larger turbines experience higher winds and fewer wind turbines mean lower wake losses.
Looking at the report's range of costs, offshore wind compares well with every other generation technology, with the exception of gas-fired generation without carbon capture and storage (CCS), as shown below.
Nuclear is possibly seen as offshore wind's main competitor, but the most recent estimates suggest nuclear is likely to cost £90-135/MWh - similar to the range for offshore wind. New coal plants without carbon capture and storage are likely to cost £86-95/MWh and gas in the £70-72/MWh range, but these sources are expected to be discouraged.
Worldwide up to $40 billion has been committed by governments to support CCS projects and generation cost estimates for the UK suggest that both coal and gas may be able to generate electricity at a cost that is around £100/MWh, although some uncertainty surrounds this figure.


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But don't you think that good interface design is important?
If a feature of this site embodies bad design, then whether the feature actually gets fixed may matter less than discussing whether the feature embodies bad design and why.
I would argue that an interface which takes a few seconds to figure out but that could be fixed to be unambiguous (e.g., listing the options one label per row in a non-butterfly fashion) is a bad interface design. That is a worthwhile observation.
Sierrathedog04's Rule: On an HTML form, list the choices one label per row, or else space out the labels so that no radio button is ever equidistant between two labels. Since browsers ignore more than one consecutive space, one can space out labels by adding <pre> </pre> to the start of the second label. The browser does not parse anything between the pre tags, so it preserves the extra whitespace.
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Curly kale soup
Spring may have sprung, but it's still chilly at night. Fortify yourself with this simple kale soup from the goddess of Irish cooking, Darina Allen. You don't need the prettiest kale at the market for this one; use the wilted stuff at the back of the fridge.
Note: Allen directs you to puree the soup, which of course you may do, but it's also good chunky, just ladled straight from the pot.
Curly Kale Soup
Adapted rather loosely from "The Forgotten Skills of Cooking," by Darina Allen. Serves 6 (ish).
4 tablespoons butter
5 ounces potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes (about 2 cups)
3/4 cup chopped onions
Salt and freshly ground pepper
5 cups stock (chicken or vegetable, your choice)
1 bunch curly kale, stalks separated and everything chopped
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I've noticed that I often run into the same problem in many projects I work on: It seems like I always end up having that extra space that I have nothing to fill up with.
It usually ends up with an additional space that I have absolutely nothing useful I could put in.
What would you do in this case? would you just put whatever comes to mind just to fill up the empty space? or would you restructure the page so there are no empty spaces?


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Admiral Craft Equipment Corp. (commonly known as Adcraft) has grown to be a leading manufacturer and distributor of small appliances to the food service industry since its inception in 1951. Adcraft products' first successful product was an electric countertop food warmer, and since the success of their first products, they have expanded their production to a line over 2000. Admiral Craft produces a wide variety of foodservice equipment, including things like panini grills, countertop deep fryers, hot dog roller grills, rice cookers, soup kettles, coffee brewers percolators, charcoal grills, smallwares and kitchen tools, food warmers, and much much more. Adcraft products also include a very wide selection of quality pizza items like pizza peels, pans, pizza cutters, and delivery heat bags.
We at ACityDiscount are happy to offer a tremendous selection of Adcraft products.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/19/oracle_monthly_patch/
Oracle joins the monthly patch bandwagon
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Posted in Security, 19th August 2004 14:48 GMT
Oracle is following Microsoft's lead in adopting as monthly patch cycle starting at the end of this month.
Like Microsoft before it, Oracle reckons a monthly patch schedule is easier for its customers. Oracle was heavily criticised earlier this month by UK-based Next Generation Security Software (NGS Software) for its delay in releasing fixes for 34 security vulnerabilities it had unearthed. Oracle is holding up the release of fixes - developed two months ago, according to NGS Software - until its new patch distribution system is ready to go live.
An Oracle spokeswoman broke the firm's silence on the issue by confirming to eWeek that NGS Software had discovered security vulnerabilities that affect Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server and Oracle Enterprise Manager. She declined to say how many bugs were involved.
Oracle is promising all the necessary patches will be ready by 31 August, at which point an alert will be issued, eWeek reports. Meanwhile NGS Software is using its research on Oracle vulnerabilities to develop an intrusion prevention system designed to protect Oracle database servers, to be called dbfw. ®
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Man held over royals 'attack plan'
A 74-year-old man has been arrested by New Zealand police for allegedly planning to attack the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall during a walkabout.
Officers have described the man as a known anti-royalist and he was detained before Charles and Camilla arrived in the Auckland quayside area to meet hundreds of well-wishers.
When the royal couple arrived they made their way along the crowds shaking hands and a small group of protesters could be seen holding up placards.
One read "Get a Job Royal Bludgers" - New Zealand slang for someone who avoids work.
A statement on the New Zealand Police website on Monday said the man from the Mangere suburb of Auckland was arrested at 12.40pm - around 50 minutes before the royal couple arrived.
It added: "He will appear in the Auckland District Court tomorrow charged with preparing to commit a crime, namely assault.
"Arresting officers had identified the man as a known anti-royalist who was, when arrested, at a royal itinerary venue although neither of the royal visitors was in the vicinity at the time."
The Prince and Duchess are on a seven-day Diamond Jubilee tour of New Zealand.


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Was this going to the Caltex place? Was this for the bus washing or to get the chatered busses?
90 minutes sounds like a TBC to me.
Thanks for the nice words. But the real test is going to be the departure times next episode. So Peach, how do I go about watching this if, you know, I happen to decide to take a look?
WOW! an unlikeable hero or an unlikely hero?? This is sounding like the toughest race ever---or else all those mactors just aren't so tough!
Ken, that is not correct according to time zone maps. It did not sound right so I checked it. New York on EDT is currently 12 hours behind Singapore on SGT and Hong Kong according to my official source of such information http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/:New York * Thu 7:22 PM Hong Kong Fri 7:22 AM Singapore Fri 7:22 AM So, a noon live chat in Singapore will be midnight in New York and noon in Hong Kong.
I'm pleased everyone seems to enjoy episode one. Those bugs! It was a real shock to the teams as we have started the first two series with a height challenge and I don't think anyone expected us to have an eating challenge off the top. The buses were huge and hard work, especially as the teams thought they were probably going to wash cars, since the clue referred to them as "vehicles". The Rice game was tough. It was hard work, really hot and there were lots of blisters. The Race detour was fun and a good choice for teams in my opinion. Teams will need to choose detours wisely this season or they will often pay a high price. And the first two seasons were non-eliminations in the first Leg but not this year. No let off this time around. Not a bad start but we turn up the heat next week. I've never seen so many bruises in a single Leg. A couple of bruised egos as well Enjoy!
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Players of the Week - No. 7
Christner was the difference maker for the Lady Lancers in both matches. She dished out the game-winning assist to Jocelyn Evans in the 83rd minute to lift Grace past Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio), 2-1, on Oct. 11. The Lady Lancers trailed No. 10 Spring Arbor (Mich.) 1-0 with 10 minutes remaining. The freshman midfielder sent a 26-yarder into the back of the net for the equalizer. In overtime, the Topeka, Ind., native then curled in a corner kick to lift the Lady Lancers (9-5-1) to victory on Oct. 15.
Frushon made seven saves and allowed just one goal as Biola won a pair of Golden State Athletic Conference matches, including a 2-1 overtime upset of No. 3 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) on Oct. 15. The goal she surrendered to the Cougars was the first allowed by Frushon at home since Aug. 30, snapping a string of 390 scoreless minutes. Earlier in the week, the senior keeper from Bonsall, Calif., made four saves and recorded her third shutout of the season as the Eagles defeated Fresno Pacific (Calif.), 1-0.
The next Players of the Week announcement will be on Oct. 25.
Offensive Nominees: Martine Olsen, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Jacque Cassell, William Jessup (Calif.); Chelsea Ruland, Arizona Christian; Jamie Achten, Lee (Tenn.); Melissa Sanchez, Lyon (Ark.); Esmeralda Lacayo, Hastings (Neb.); Monique Orocio, Kansas Wesleyan; Mia Persson, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Stephanie Diaz, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Jordyn Thompson, Grand View (Iowa); Kasey Eberlein, Davenport (Mich.); Amber Brown-longoria, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Gisela Arrieta, Graceland (Iowa); Molly Clark, Carroll (Mont.); Cortney Pattison, Bluefield (Va.); Calli Cooper, Science & Arts (Okla.); Samantha Engel, Daemen (N.Y.); Anna Blakeslee, Warner Pacific (Ore.); Kallie Caldwell, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.); Brooke Polus, St. Francis (Ill.).
Defensive Nominees: Meredith Shuman, Bellevue (Neb.); Lindsey Cesena, William Jessup (Calif.); Tori Talbutt, Concordia (Ore.); Cathie Shaver, Georgetown (Ky.); Emily Warren, Union (Tenn.); Tenaya Howsden, Hastings (Neb.); Ashley Hupfeld, Hannibal-LaGrange (Mo.); Meredith Brick, Central Methodist (Mo.); Yadira Toraya, Kansas Wesleyan; Hailey Olden, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Katie Zenz, Grand View (Iowa); Kelsey Duley, Aquinas (Mich.); Charlotte Edeland, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Lorna Brownlie, Mobile (Ala.); Kayse Cornett, Union (Ky.); Rachael Banasik, Daemen (N.Y.); Melissa Dobie, Mid-America Christian (Okla.); Lauren Capuano, Illinois Tech; Kristiana Griffith, Taylor (Ind.); Malin Johansson, Rocky Mountain (Mont.).
2011 Composite Award Winners (Offensive; Defensive)
Week 1: Caroline Mellard, Montreat (N.C.), Mor Efraim, Martin Methodist (Tenn.)
Week 2: Caitlin Stier, Bellevue (Neb.), Brooke Martin, LSU Shreveport
Week 3: Sara Hoffman, Judson (Ill.), Alyssa D'Egidio, Avila (Mo.)
Week 4: Jaime Tomaszewski, Aquinas (Mich.); Chelsea Gregg, Madonna (Mich.)
Week 5: Jackie Acevedo, Southern Nazarene (Okla.); Erica Wessels, Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)
Week 6: Florence Dadson, Robert Morris (Ill.); Aubree Gallego, Texas Wesleyan
Week 7: Kelsey Christner, Grace (Ind.); Erin Frushon, Biola (Calif.)


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Convenience Features
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"New Mazda"
" I went to this dealership to get an oil change for my Mazda and I left the dealership with a new Mazda. I was looking for some info regarding a possible trade for a new vehicle and ended up getting such an excellent service from Jordan that I decided to purchase the vehicle on the spot. The whole process was smooth and without any pressure. Jordan was professional and helpful all the way. I would recommend this dealership to anyone. "
" I purchased a pre-owned vehicle (non-BMW) from BMW of Crystal Lake and worked with Tyler and Derek. I drove the vehicle a few hundred miles a couple of days after the purchase and noticed a loud noise which was a bad front right wheel bearing. The repair was performed at a different dealer, and Derek agreed to work with me, and offer assistance on the repair. Good experience. "
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"Fantastic and easy!!"
" Tyler and Rich were the best!! It is my first car and we went in to see what your dealership had to offer for a good price! Tyler came right out and was the coolest dude ever. Told us about the Mazda 3 and almost instantly sold us on it because of the great price! He got all of our paperwork done with extremely fast and knew exactly what he was doing. Got us water and snacks. Overall one of the best customer service experiences in my life. Rich was fantastic as well and made everything super easy to understand and quick. Was the most painless purchase for a car that me and my family have ever experienced!! "
"Excellent dealer"
" The car buying process was very quick and easy. Everyone we worked with did a great job from email exchanges to visiting the dealer. I highly recommend Anderson Crystal Lake. "
"Easy process "
" They were able to quickly identify what I needed and delver The finance process was quick and the trade in process went smoothly Team members pitched in as needed "
"Outstanding "
" It was a very nice experience Michelle handled it very well and very well pleased with the outcome I would recommend coming to BMW in Crystal Lake to all my friends "
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Besan ka Peda
After a laborious and demanding weeklong I started this week a lil chilled out, probably because of a couple hours of stress relieving dancing and a great weekend biking till my legs became soar, I felt there was something deficient oh yeah I did figure out what did you guys??? No sweets for such a long time but I did make brownie he he, I can see the stern look on your faces, it was all over though… I promise to post a brownie recipe shortly. Oh you doubt me, hey I promised Srivalli that I would send her some sweets for her Mithai Mela and I did keep up, so will I keep up my brownie promise too…
About Besan ka Peda/Laddoo is usually made back home when some unexpected guests turned up, this is a very simple and quick to make sweet, just under 15 mins your cooking will all be over cool it and make laddoo's another few more min's, guaranteed under 15 mins…
Gram Flour (Besan flour) - 1 cup
Organic Sugar - 1/2 cup
Butter - 1 tbsp
Milk - 1/4 cup
Cardamom a few pods
Saffron Strands a few
Craisins 10-12 (or any dry fruit or nut of your choice)
Baking cups 10-12
I am gonna tell you guys the usual stuff by the time you start reading you will know all about how to make it. Initially sift the Gram Flour and set aside Powder the Cardamom. Mix the Saffron Strands in Milk and let it stand for 5-10 mins. Heat one tbsp of Butter and add the Flour and roast it until brown, now throw in the Sugar and Cardamom Powder in about a minutes time add the Milk and keep stiring all the while until the dough leaves the walls of the pan. Cool it for 10 mins and roll them into small peda and put them in the baking cups and press in the Craisins. For the measurement that I have given, you will make 10-12 peda's indeed depending upon what size you make!!!
Okay the usual stuff again I am sending in these Pedas to
Mahimaa's -- 15 Minutes Cooking and
Srivalli's -- Mithai Mela


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Dcopymope wrote:I don't see what the caller was trying to achieve by asking him about media fakery and September Clues when he knew how he was going to respond. They always deflect the question at hand with ad hominem attacks when it comes to media fakery.
The point is to get the evasiveness on record. That could be important in the future.


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The Young Historians Conference, started by Dr. Karen Hoppes, Challenge Program History instructor at Lakeridge High School, is an annual event co-sponsored by PSU's Challenge Program and History Department.
High school students from Challenge History classes submit research papers to a jury selected by the History Department.
These papers are scored and up to 40 are accepted to be presented at the Conference, which is held in April at PSU. Students present their research papers in concurrent sessions organized by theme; sessions are attended by peers, teachers, parents, and other interested guests. Faculty Commentators from the History Department moderate and facilitate discussion following the presentations.
The Young Historians Conference is a powerful and authentic experience for young History scholars in our high schools, celebrating their scholarship, and providing a professional forum for dialog and feedback. Our students tell us in our annual surveys that this conference is one of the most significant ways they connect to PSU and to a college experience, while still in high school.
Important Dates and Forms:
- MARCH 16 deadline to submit paper to your Challenge History Instructor
- 22nd Annual Young Historians Conference RESEARCH PAPER SUBMISSION FORM
- APRIL 12 deadline for presenters and attendees to register and submit $15 payment
- 22nd Annual PSU Young Historians Conference REGISTRATION FORM


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sss203 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 63 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
Need a logo created for book summary Wiki where people write summaries of books they've read.
Will want a tagline version of logo, tagline can be added as attache to main logo once logo is created (i.e., tagline is 2ndary)
Desired Style:
Modern, authoritative, collegiate looking, something a college student or under age 30 person would find interesting and reputable.
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai)
The logo should feature the name of the wiki (which is also the website name):
(I'd emphasizing the "booksummary" over the "wiki" -- i.e., if I were writing this web address in an email to a friend I might call it "wikiBookSummary")
Feel free to be creative.
Once the base logo is chosen. I'd want version of the logo featuring the tagline added on, but adding the tagline will be simple. Most important is the logo.
The logo should have some graphical element that would be discernable so regardless of if you read English, you'd know what the brand was or something about the way it is represented that speaks to the product itself. [Think Nike Swoosh]
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The Erudite All-modal Cargo System (EAC) is a revolutionary breakthrough in all-modal cargo systems.
The EAC is completely modular: the base, sides, doors, and roof can be collapsed and the resulting "knocked-down" container can be transported empty in less than 25% of the space of an assembled container, providing tremendous savings in fuel and space whether pre-positioning empty containers for loading - or returning empty containers following delivery of cargo. In the event that a component (base, side, door, roof) is damaged, the individual component can be removed and replaced in the field, and the container can be immediately returned to service - saving weeks or even months over the out of service repair cycle common with unitized containers.
In-Transit Visibility / Total Asset Visibity
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Cowell break-in woman sentenced
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A woman who admitted smashing a window with a brick at music supremo Simon Cowell's London home has been given a 12-month community order.
Leanne Zaloumis, who was found in a walk-in wardrobe at The X Factor judge's mansion, was told by Judge Robert Winstanley at Isleworth Crown Court, west London, that the order would have a mental health requirement.
The 30-year-old was also handed a 12-month supervision order and a restraining order against Cowell until further notice.
Zaloumis, of Catford, south-east London, had admitted being in possession of a brick with the intent to damage or destroy property, and breaking a window at the Holland Park address, at a previous hearing.
Cowell, 52, was watching TV in his bedroom when he heard a 'loud bang' coming from his bathroom on March 24 and called his staff.
Zaloumis was taken to Notting Hill police station after being found inside the property.
At a previous hearing, she was told she must stay at her home address, remain inside between 7pm and 7am and wear an electronic tag.
She was also told by Judge John Denniss on that occasion that the 102 days she spent in custody was 'sufficient punishment'.
Cowell was not present at today's hearing.


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I am reading this paper on Bayesian Estimation of CIR Model.
Basically, it is about estimating parameters using Bayesian inference.
It estimates this stochastic differential equation: $$dy(t)=\{ \alpha-\beta y(t)\}dt+ \sigma \sqrt{y(t)}dB(t)$$ where $B(t)$ is standard Brownian motion.
by using this approximation: $$y(t+ {\Delta}^{+})=y(t)+\{\alpha-\beta y(t) \}{\Delta}^{+}+\sigma \sqrt{y(t)} {\epsilon}_{t}$$ ${\epsilon}_{t} \tilde{\ }N(0, {\Delta}^{+})$
My question is:
Let $Y=({y}_{1},...,{y}_{T})$ denote observation data and
${Y}^{*}=(y_{1}^{*},...,y_{T-1}^{*})$ be AUGMENTED data, where $y_{*}^{t}=\{ y_{t,1}^{*},..., y_{t,M}^{*} \}$
What is augmented data?
I see that $y_{1}^{*}$ has elements $y_{1,1}^{*},..., y_{1,M}^{*}$. Is this what's so called augmented data? Why do we need this?
This seems like a finance concept I am missing.


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When Rosalind meets Orlando, its love at first sight. Then life intervenes.
Shakespeares comedy, As You Like it, is about being bedazzled and bewildered by first love. The young cast of the Imaginary Friends Shakespeare Production Class just finished a run of the pop musical version at the Durango Arts Center. Theres something right about teenagers playing besotted teenagers.
In Shakespeares universe, boys wander around in a haze, say the wrong things, write miserable poetry or make up ditzy songs about new found love. Girls wonder what they look like and squeal a lot. Such was the emotional temperature at last Saturdays matinee.
Director Mona Wood-Patterson has schooled her performers well in Shakespearean language and rhythm. Not one stumble or hesitation came over the boards, and no one slipped into smarty-pants modern speech. That came with the songs attached to this quasi-musical, youth version of the play.
Orlando (played with quicksilver timing by Joey Panelli) moans: I have none to lament me. Then he falls for Rosalind (a winning Brenna Christensen), and soon hes posting silly lovesick poetry for her to discover all over the Forest of Arden. When he composes a song, Hey, Soul Sister, Panelli plays it as if hes discovered the corny lyrics one word at a time. Well done.
Sara Barneys wonderful line readings give Celia, Rosalinds best friend, a natural and nuanced persona. Shes matched by Logan Grahams Oliver, Orlandos older brother. Hes a cold-hearted man of the court until transformed by the natural delights of Arden.
The set is cleverly divided into two locations, court and forest. The cold, gray palace of Duke Frederick (delivered with some force by Mason Harvey) is a tomb-like vault faced with faux marble blocks. Technical Director Charles Ford contrasts this constricted world with Arden, a colorful forest filled with fanciful trees and a high-style graffiti mural created by Brian Simmonds, Chris Shifrar and Noah Leggett.
In Arden, people dress like medieval hippies and all is cool, colorful and free. The exiled Duke Senior (a warm and inviting Evatt Salinger) plays host. Its here that life blossoms and the lovers finally make a match, along with three other pairs. And so the play concludes with four weddings and a huge celebration.
Shakespeare artificially introduced a goddess to set things right; Emma Buchanan plays Aphrodite with calm confidence. Her tuneful advice, Trust the Voice Within, leads directly into the finale, It Comes Naturally.
On Saturday, the cast sang and danced their way to a vigorous, joyful conclusion thanks to Musical Director Traci Lyn Thomas and Choreographer Denise Hagemeister. Costumers Joann Nevils and Susan Belshe mixed and matched styles, from modern dress for the chilling ducal court to the joyous, wildly random Arden.
The production wasnt flawless; some voices were shrill and over-amplified. But Orlando and Rosalinds bumpy ride to true love showed what teenage performers can do with professional guidance, a love for Shakespearean language and an underlying sense of fun.
Judith Reynolds is a Durango writer, artist and critic. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Heirloom Tomato Essence with Snow Peas and Brioche Dumplings
Difficulty: Medium
Servings: 4
Preparation Time: 90 mins
Cooking Time: 40 mins
For the tomato essence:
For the Brioche Dumplings (makes about 80 dumplings):
1. Preparing the Heirloom Tomato Essence with Snow Peas:
- Peel garlic and pluck basil leaves from stems. Combine half the basil leaves, olive oil and 1 large pinch of salt in the MaxxiMUM mixer attachment or MaxxiMUM Universal Mixer and purée finely. Transfer to a jar and seal.
- Rinse two or three colourful tomatoes, cut into quarters, remove cores and cut flesh into crescents. Coarsely dice remaining tomatoes and combine with tomato seeds, remaining basil, garlic, orange juice, chilli pepper, fennel seeds and coriander seeds in the MaxxiMUM mixer attachment or MaxxiMUM Universal Mixer. Season with salt and pepper and mix.
- Wet a cloth, wring out excess moisture and place it in a large colander over a bowl. Transfer tomato purée to the colander and let drain in a cool place or in the refrigerator for several hours – or, even better, overnight. The yield is greatest if the corners of the cloth are tied together and hung above the bowl.
- Rinse and drain snow peas and cut into fine strips using the MaxxiMUM Continuous Shredder. Boil in salted water for 2 minutes, drain and plunge into ice water. Combine tomato essence and snow peas and just barely bring to the point of boiling.
- Season to taste and transfer to jars or plates. Drizzle with a little basil oil (refrigerate or freeze remaining oil for seasoning soups and salad dressings). This soup is also excellent with brioche dumplings
2. Preparing the brioche dumplings:
- Combine flour, a pinch of salt and a pinch of cumin in the MaxxiMUM mixing bowl. Make a small well in the centre, crumble in yeast and add sugar. Heat milk until lukewarm.
- Pour into the well and stir together milk, yeast, sugar and a little of the flour. Dust this pre-dough with flour, cover with a cloth let it rise in a warm place for 10 minutes. Add butter and eggs and using the dough hook attachment, knead all ingredients slowly for 2 minutes and then quickly for 3 minutes until the dough is no longer sticky.
- Cover and let it rise in a warm place for about 60 minutes until the dough doubles in volume. Remove dough from the bowl and knead briefly. Shape into a ball, return to the bowl and let it rest for another 30 minutes.
- Place brioche dough on a work surface and divide into 4 pieces. Roll out each piece into a cylinder the thickness of a figer and cut into 2 cm-long pieces using a sharp knife.
- Let rise for another 10 minutes until the dumplings have visibly risen, then cook gently for about 5 minutes in a large pot of boiling salted water. (Or you can freeze them and, whenever you're ready, place the desired number of frozen dumplings directly into boiling salted water, cooking for about 8 minutes.)
- When done, remove dumplings from the boiling water and serve in a soup – for example, Tomato Essence Soup (see above).


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This piece of furniture was always called a "cuddle rocker" by my Grandma and Grandpa. It was where my sister and her boyfriend and later my brother and his girlfriend sat when they visited Grandma and Grandpa. It's just the right size for two people to sit on if they like to sit close to each other. And it rocks. I don't know where Grandma found this, although it was not new when it came to her house. It was upholstered in a red fabric.
Grandma didn't get it early enough for me to sit in it while dating my husband, Walt. But we did sit in it for many years later, after we were married and moved close enough to visit. When Grandma needed to move, I was the only one who had the space for this piece of furniture. I did have it reupholstered, but the fond memories of her house, where it sat, and of Grandma and Grandpa remain. What a treasure!!!!


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You have to find six things in the house - one in each room. Read or listen to the clues then have a look around. When you find the thing you're looking for click on it. Collect all six objects and you'll get a surprise!
Did you find everything in the haunted house for the magic spell?
- What other ingredients could you put in a magic spell?
- Think of some ingredients for a crazy spell and tell us your ideas.
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PrincessFluteIg... replied on Greece Permalink
halloween house is very scary......it's very nice ...
it's fantastic
I like it[it's beauty]
happy halloween to everyone
MagicalJewel5 replied on Russia Permalink
The game doesn't work((((
I can't open it neuther in Opera, nor in Google Chrome.
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Hi MagicalJewel5,
Unfortunately a lot of our fun games don't work on mobile phones or tablets. If you are using a computer, please can you ask an adult to update your version of Flash? If you still have problems, please ask them to email us.
Best wishes,
LearnEnglish Kids team
DJWoodenForever replied on Vietnam Permalink
quite hard
MagicalBlueCafé replied on Vietnam Permalink
How can I start this game?
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Hi ExtinctPlastic600,
Read the first clue. You have to wait about 30 seconds for the picture of the room to appear. Then you can click on the place in the room where the object is hiding.
I hope that helps.
Have fun!
Best wishes,
LearnEnglish Kids team
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I 'm new here . This game is very funy . don't scery. :)
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the game no terrorific
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The voice is very terrible,I don't want to play it again


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It is easy to get a fluid to move downhill relative to where it begins; getting it up hill can pose more of a challenge. Typically one would use a pump to pressurize the fluid so that it can over come the elevation difference. Before the advent of the various types of mechanical pumps, one could use an Archimedes' screw to move fluid from low lying areas to desired higher elevation destinations. It has also recently been demonstrated that water under a high voltage can defy gravity. Now, a new method gives a way to move fluids uphill without pumps or screws, just shakes. Research from a team of mathematicians from the University of Bristol demonstrates how one can move a droplet of fluid uphill simply by shaking the surface on which thefluid is resting.
When a droplet sits on an inclined surface, the force of gravity will pull it down. This typical response can be countered by a phenomena known as contact angle hysteresis—when the edge of the droplet on the downhill side contacts the surface in a different manner than the uphill edge. This can result in a capillary force that counteracts the force of gravity and holds the droplet in place. Philippe Brunet has shown that not only can the shape of a droplet hold it in place on an inclined plane but, by deforming the droplet through shaking, it can be made to roll up hill.
In a paper set to be published in an upcoming edition of Physical Review Letters, the researchers show that glycerol-water droplets can actually roll uphill when one vibrates the surface they are on. The researchers have a set of four movies illustrating various aspects of this phenomena available on the author's homepage. They propose that this motion is due to a combination of non-linear effects of friction between the fluid drop and the substrate, and a symmetry breaking during the acceleration cycle present during the shaking. In addition to simply moving uphill, the authors suggest that, by independently controlling the phase an amplitude of horizontal and vertical vibrations, one could force a droplet to move in an arbitrary path along a surface. This aspect the work could lead to improvements in microfluidic devices—in these devices control over where the fluid moves is of the utmost importance.
Physical Review Letters 2007, to be published


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HOLLAND, Michigan – After pulling off the upset of the NCAA Regional Tournament, volleyball will look to continue their historic season by taking down one of the giants of Division III as they face Calvin College in the first round of the NCAA Division III National Tournament hosted by Hope College at the DeVos Field House.
The match-up is scheduled to begin at 3 p.m. from the campus of Hope College on Thursday. The winner of that match will advance to the semifinal which is scheduled to be played on Friday. This year's championship match will be played on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Thursday's meeting will mark the second time in program history that the Beacons will face the Knights in the first round of the "Elite Eight". In 2010 the Beacons dropped a 3-1 decision to Calvin in their first-ever appearance on the national stage.
Since mid-October the Beacons have produced some sensational wins, which gave them the momentum they needed to win their fifth straight Little East Tournament title and second straight NCAA Regional crown last weekend at Williams College.
The Beacons shutout Wellesley College in the first round before taking down Roger Williams University in the semifinal and the host Ephs of Williams College in the championship round.
UMass Boston enters this year's tournament with an all-time record of 12-5.


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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is continuing efforts to change the shape of satellite constellations with a plan for small, very-low orbiting satellites that will deliver on-demand imagery to warfighters in the field.
The Space Enabled Effects for Military Engagements (SeeMe) program is aiming to develop a constellation of up to 24 "disposable" satellites, each weighing less than 100 pounds, that would connect with handheld devices, DARPA said in an announcement. Warfighters could hit a "see me" button on the device and get a satellite image of their location in less than 90 minutes.
If successful, the SeeMe program would supply space-based tactical information to small squads or individual teams in remote locations, even beyond line-of-sight conditions, something that's not possible with current military or commercial satellites, DARPA said.
DARPA contends that small, low-orbiting satellites would cost less than current satellite technology, and the SeeMe program also would not have any logistical overhead in the field, other than the handheld devices. The satellites could be launched from aircraft-based platform being developed under the agency's Airborne Launch Assist Space Access program.
DARPA, which first announced its plans for SeeMe in March, recently awarded a $1.5 million contract to Raytheon to develop the first phase of the project.
Beyond what on-demand imagery could do for teams in the field, SeeMe marks another step in changing the way satellites are built, launched and operated. In April, DARPA announced plans for its F6 Program, which aims to develop clusters of small satellites, developed with open-source tools and communicating via a wireless network, that would operate as a single unit. DARPA said at the time that the clustered, or "disaggregated," components would help the satellites last longer by being easier to repair and adapt to new purposes.
And NASA also is going small with satellites, announcing plans in August for 4-inch square "PhoneSats" running on the Android operating system that could be used for Earth observations and, eventually, even lunar exploration. The space agency intends to keep the cost of a PhoneSat to $3,500.
DARPA also has programs working to develop ways to repair non-functioning satellites or retrieve their working components, and NASA is exploring a number of ideas for cleaning up the growing amount of space junk orbiting the Earth.
The programs for new, smaller satellites are under development and have yet to produce solid results, but it does appear that the days of heavyweight, 35-foot long satellites such as NASA's UARS, which caused a bit of concern when it fell to Earth in September 2011, are numbered.
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Pro-business new coalition will encourage economic growth
After complex negotiations that took 206 days, the new coalition agreement named "Confidence in the future" was presented on October 10th 2017. The programme contains an agreement between four parties with divergent political views: the liberal party "VVD", Christian-conservative party "CDA", democrats "D66" and Christian-social/green party "CU". The plans of this pro-business government are expected to further spur the already well-performing Dutch economy. This has positive effects on the main drivers of real estate markets such as decreasing unemployment, increasing wages and rising consumption. However, not all plans will benefit the real estate market. The planned discontinuation of dividend taxes will smoothen the dividend pay-outs to foreign shareholders, but adversely affect investment vehicles with corporate tax exemptions, such as REITs. If the plans materialise, these funds will have to pay corporate taxes.
In short:
- Strong employment growth benefits the office market;
- Increasing consumption will facilitate growth in retail and logistic markets;
- Opportunities for residential investments in the mid-market rental segment and sustainability-oriented investments.


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Memory Eternal! + Salem Ghareeb
Prayers are requested for Salem Ghareeb, who recently reposed at age 90. He is survived by his wife Nabiha Ghareeb and children, Issam (Carol), Michel (Gail), Nouhad (Fr. George) Shalhoub, George (Nabelah) and Elias, ten grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Salem's greatest virtue was his strong faith in Christ and His Holy Church. He was a great father and a wonderful and loving grandfather. He was the living patriarch of the Ghareeb family. A life time member of St. George Cathedral, Salem was a great painter, enjoyed gardening, reading and woodworking.
He will be greatly missed.
Salem will lie-in-state at St. George Cathedral, 3754 Woodley Rd. in Toledo on Thursday, August 12th from 5-8pm. The Trisaigion Prayer Service will begin at 8pm. On Friday, August 13th, Salem will lie-in-state at St. George Cathedral from 10-11am. The Funeral Liturgy will begin at 11am.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to:
St. George Cathedral
3754 Woodley Rd.
Toledo, OH 43606
The Basilica of St. Mary
18100 Merriman Rd.
Livonia, MI 48152
Hospice of Northwest Ohio
800 S. Detroit Ave.
Toledo, OH 43609
Condolences may be sent to:
- Issam Ghareeb – firstname.lastname@example.com
- Michel Ghareeb – firstname.lastname@example.com
- George Ghareeb – firstname.lastname@example.com
- Fr. George and Nouhad Shalhoub – firstname.lastname@example.com
- Elias Gharib – firstname.lastname@example.com
May his memory be eternal!


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SAN RAMON — Chevron said Wednesday its China subsidiary has gained access to more than 2,200 square miles of crude oil production acreage off the coast of China.
The Chevron unit has entered into production sharing contracts with China National Offshore Oil Corp., or CNOOC, for two exploration blocks offshore. The blocks are in the Pearl River Mouth Basin of the South China Sea.
San Ramon-based Chevron said its unit, Chevron China Energy, will hold a 100 percent interest in the two blocks.
During the exploration phase, Chevron China Energy will be the operator of the two blocks.
The blocks are in shallow water and cover an area of about 2,233 square miles.
"Exploration of these blocks builds on our strategy to grow our business across the Asia Pacific region," said George Kirkland, Chevron's vice chairman.
Besides China and other parts of the region, Australia is a major area of exploration, development and production operations for Chevron. The company has major liquefied natural gas operations in western Australia.
"We are developing LNG, deepwater, shale and sour gas resources" in the Asia-Pacific region, said George Kirkland, Chevron's vice chairman.
Contact George Avalos at 408-373-3556 or 925-977-8477. Follow him at twitter.com/george_avalos.