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10 Must-Know Medical Billing and Coding Acronyms
The world of medical billing and coding is like one big bowl of alphabet soup because using abbreviations and acronyms in medical records saves time. Each medical office will have its own most frequently used acronyms based on its area of expertise; but here are some of the most common abbreviations and acronyms used in all medical offices:
CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services): The division of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that administers Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program.
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange): The electronic systems that carry claims to a central clearinghouse for distribution to individual carriers.
EOB (Explanation of Benefits). A document, issued by the insurance company in response to a claim submission, that outlines what services are covered (or not) and at what level of reimbursement. Each payer has its own EOB form.
HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act): The law, sometimes called the Privacy rule, outlining how certain entities like health plans or clearinghouses can use or disclose personal health information. Under HIPAA, patients must be allowed access to their medical records.
HMO (Health Maintenance Organization): A health management plan that requires the patient use a primary care physician who acts as a "gatekeeper." In HMOs, patients much seek treatment from the primary physician first, who, if she feels the situation warrants it, can refer the patient to a specialist within the network.
INN (in-network): A provider who has a contract with either the insurance company or the network with whom the payer participates.
OON (out-of-network): An out-of-network provider is one who does not have a contract with the patient's insurance company.
POS (Point of Service): A health insurance plan that offers the low cost of HMOs if the patient sees only network providers.
PPO (Preferred Provider Organization): A health management plan that allows patients to visit any providers contracted with their insurance companies. If the patient visits a non-contracted provider, the claim is considered out-of-network.
WC (Workers' Compensation): U.S. Department of Labor program that insures employees who are injured at work.


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Overview of Activity
The purpose of this activity is engage students in studying the HIV viral infection pathway in a human cell. Students will study the life cycle using scientific thought processes in small groups to determine different points where the pathway could be inhibited to prevent the spread of the infection.
Grade Level: 9 to 12
Difficulty: Intermediate to advanced
Activity Type: In Class Investigation and Analysis
URLs: How Do ART Drugs Work (Teacher Pages)
How Do ART Drugs Work(Student Pages)
How Do ART Drugs Work(Answer Key)
NIH HIV Life Cycle
Amount of Time Required for Activity: One and a half forty minute class periods (60 min)
Recommended Uses: N.B. This activity can be utilized aside from a field trip in a classroom to engage students in thinking about how antiretroviral drugs interrupt the HIV life cycle.
Prior to attending the exhibit, it may be used as an engaging activity to encourage students to think about how the lifecycle of HIV relates to available treatments. This is the most effective way to use this activity.
After visiting the exhibit, it may be used as an opportunity to build on student understanding of how antiretroviral drugs interrupt the HIV lifecycle. The activity will not be inquiry-based if students have already viewed the KSM video.
Students will be introduced to HIV and the concept of immunity by viewing a PBS video clip highlighting individuals who are naturally immune to HIV. Following the video clip, they will read a related article that discusses the relationship between therapeutic drugs as inhibitors of the spread of disease in the human body.
After completing the initial exercises designed to spur student thinking about how therapeutic drugs are effective methods of controlling the symptoms of diseases, students will engage in an inquiry-based activity. They will take on the role of scientists researching the HIV lifecycle to discover how to prevent further spread of the virus in an infected individual's body. They will then present their findings to the class and compare their results to drugs that currently exist. The activity culminates in a class discussion about therapeutic drugs, vaccines, and human immunity.
This activity is designed by the Koshland Science Museum to accompany the HIV videos.
Relation to the Science Standards
High School
Content Standard A - All students should develop abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry
Content Standard C - All students should develop an understanding of the cell, molecular basis of heredity, interdependence of living organisms, biological evolution and behavior of organisms
Content Standard E - All students should develop understandings about science and technology
Content Standard F - All students should develop understanding of personal and community health, science and technology in local, national, and global challenges, and natural and human-induced hazards
Content Standard G - All students should develop understanding of nature of scientific knowledge, historical perspectives, and science as a human endeavor
Related Part of the Exhibit
Antiretrovirals and the HIV Pandemic
Vaccines and Human Immunity
Additional Related Links
In Rwanda, U.S.-backed program Improves Access to AIDS Drugs - NewsHour, November 14, 2007
AIDS in Africa - In Depth Report - NewsHour


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Even Facebook Must Change
Transforming Into a Mobile Business Means Teaching New Skills, New Products
To reclaim its status as a $100 billion company, Facebook Inc. is re-engineering itself into a mobile business.
Such a transformation has been daunting for one of the world's most-trafficked websites. Just over a year ago, Facebook's mobile business barely existed. Less than two dozen engineers were working on mobile applications as the social network focused on growing its desktop business to a billion users. While Facebook was a popular mobile app on Apple Inc.'s iPhones, users complained the software was slow and frequently...


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There will be no easing into the new year, as we start our intensive course on January 6th. So, Deep Heat at the ready, (there are other brands available, just not so aptly named!) as muscles and tendons are jolted back into life!
The mood in the cutting room at Gieves has been one of jollity (and tired heads) as the decorations go up and the party season gets under way. It's lovely to see our friends and colleagues let their hair down, out-of-hours so forgive the indulgence of the sequence below from Gieves' staff Christmas party, in the beautiful Virginia Woolf room at The Russell Hotel...
|Ms. Christine Macardy Gieves' bespoke's client liaison
|Mr. Matthew Crocker demonstrates the military precision of a ribs n' tux combo
|Getting the party started
|Matt & Hugo throwing some shapes.
|Why more men should dress up.
|Guess what's on the left? The bar!
|Old golden eyes - head of Personal Tailoring, Mr. Shelton Miranda
|The very lovely Ms. Agnes Smeder & Mr. Crocker (still on the dance floor)
|Effortless style!
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2013 NAIA Softball Players of the Week ? No. 7
By Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Cassie Daniels of Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) has been tabbed as the NAIA National Softball Pitcher of the Week and Emily Gwaltney of Marian (Ind.) has been named the NAIA National Softball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. The duo was chosen based on their performances from April 15 – 21 out of a pool of conference player of the week selections among 21 conference/independent/unaffiliated groupings.
Daniels, a 5-foot-10 sophomore pitcher from Valley Grande, Ala., took down two top-15 opponents last week for the Warhawks. On April 20, she tossed her first career no-hitter in the 2-0 win against No. 9 Belhaven (Miss.) as she struck out nine batters. The following day, Daniels limited No. 14 William Carey (Miss.) to one run on seven hits in the 7-1 complete-game win. Against William Carey, she set a new AUM single-season record for wins as she stands 17-1 overall in the circle. In the second inning, she had a career-high 29 2/3 scoreless (earned runs) inning streak come to an end.
Daniels improved to 6-1 with a 1.12 ERA against nationally-ranked teams this year. Overall, she has posted a 1.52 ERA with 167 strikeouts in 119 2/3 innings.
Gwaltney, a 5-foot-9 senior pitcher from Bargersville, Ind., led the Knights to a perfect 4-0 as she individually cleaned up at the plate going 14-for-14 overall. She compiled five extra-base hits, including four home runs, and had 10 RBI. She scored seven runs and walked twice. She homered twice in Marian's 13-3 win over Grace (Ind.) April 19 after swatting a roundtripper in a 10-0 win in game one. On April 20, she finished 5-for-5 with three RBIs in the 13-0 triumph over Spring Arbor (Mich.).
In addition to being perfect at the plate, Gwaltney was 2-0 inside the circle as she hurled a pair of complete games, including a two-hit shutout over Grace.
She is currently ranked in the top five in the country in batting average (.534) and is on track to smash the school single-season record for hitting. She is currently leading the Crossroads League in batting, slugging percentage (.875), on-base percentage (.584) and is tied for the league lead in home runs with nine.
The final installment of the Player of the Week will be announced on April 30.
For a complete listing of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
Player Nominees: Charity Lawson, UVa-Wise; Kendall Kizer, Texas Wesleyan; Sarah Heinemann, Jamestown (N.D.); Marley Moehrig, Houston-Victoria (Texas); Megan Blythe, West Virginia Tech; Ashley Soos, Ashford (Iowa); Stephanie Hebison, St. Ambrose (Iowa); Sally Duggan, Brenau (Ga.); Jenna Weightman, Cornerstone (Mich.); Kelli Traffas, Bethany (Kan.); Marli Hayes, Columbia (Mo.); Allison Edwards, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Sarah Huey, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Katie Ricklefs, Benedictine (Kan.); Drew Wright, Oklahoma City; Hannah Gardner, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Emma Verge, Briar Cliff (Iowa); Ashley Morran, Point Park (Pa.); Samantha Perry-Shifflett, Virginia Intermont; Jess Plummer, Oregon Tech; Lauren Ackerson, Hope International (Calif.); Casey Showalter, Menlo (Calif.).
Pitcher Nominees: Rachel Hawks, UVa-Wise; Emily Gwaltney, Marian (Ind.); Danielle Najera, Texas Wesleyan; Sam Cole, Davenport (Mich.); Sarah Elizabeth Cousar, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Amber Boehme, Columbia (Mo.); Jennifer Whitehead, William Penn (Iowa); Kayla Harris, MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.); Jenna Daniel, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Robi Zimmerman, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Kelsey Garner, Friends (Kan.); Jamie Rateliff, Oklahoma City; Kylie Garrett, Doane (Neb.); Kelsey Robertson, Point Park (Pa.); Nickayla Skinner, College of Idaho; Micalah Sacre, Virginia Intermont; Megan Nonnemacher, Saint Xavier (Ill.); Rachel Stalford, Vanguard (Calif.); Mikayela Viramontes, Menlo (Calif.).
2013 Softball Weekly Honors (Pitcher; Player):
Week 1 (March 12): Caitlin Santefort, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Latainna Eltsosie, Lubbock Christian (Texas)
Week 2 (March 19): Katie Cotta, Concordia (Calif.); Stephanie Nippert, Corban (Ore.)
Week 3 (March 26): Ashley Suter, Concordia (Ore.); Kate Santos, Concordia (Ore.)
Week 4 (April 2): Erin Greenwood, Baker (Kan.); Kristen Bodyk, Peru State (Neb.)
Week 5 (April 9): Caroline Sagrera, Spring Hill (Ala.); Denee' Crawford, Belhaven (Miss.)
Week 6 (April 16): Sarah Elizabeth Cousar, Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.); Caroline Sicht, William Woods (Mo.)
Week 7 (April 23): Cassie Daniels, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.); Emily Gwaltney, Marian (Ind.)


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8 ounces (250 g) cream cheese, room temperature
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2 pints fresh strawberries, washed and dried
Whip the cream cheese in a mixing bowl with a hand mixer until smooth and fluffy. Beat in the yogurt and vanilla, and set aside.
Combine the brown sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a slow boil over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally and gently, for about 5 minutes or until the caramel drips slowly from the spoon. Do not overcook or let the sugar burn.
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JC of HBCUSportsBlog is the RTC correspondent for the SWAC and MEAC conferences.
Predicted Order of Finish:
- Alabama State (20-11) (15-3)
- Jackson State (14-20) (10-8)
- Miss. Valley State (17-16) (12-6)
- Southern (11-19) (9-9)
- Alabama A&M (14-15) (11-7)
- Arkansas-Pine Bluff (13-18) (8-10)
- Grambling State (7-19) (7-11)
- Prairie View A&M (8-22) (6-12)
- Texas Southern (7-25) (6-12)
- Alcorn State (7-24) (6-12)
What You Need to Know (WYN2K). The SWAC Conference has long been the laughingstock of Division I basketball. They are the perennial #16 seed in the national tournament (nine straight years), and are generally viewed as a warm-up for the number one team in the nation in their quest for the Final Four. Last year the league champion, Mississippi Valley St., set a record for worst FG% (19.7%) in an NCAA Tournament game en route to 29 total points against UCLA. The SWAC is a casualty of out-of-conference guaranteed games, limited resources and a sports audience that knows it by its alias, "Who is North Carolina playing in the first game?"
Predicted Champion. Alabama State University (#16 Seed NCAA). The Hornets finished with the SWAC's regular-season championship, a closer-than-expected loss in the opening round of the N.I.T., and a whole lotta media coverage for their center, Chief Kickingstallionsims.
Others Considered. Jackson State University returns two of the conference's top-ten leading scorers in Grant Maxey and Darrion Griffin, and Southern University was the SWACs best three-point shooting team and among its best defensive units.
Games to Watch. No reason to pretend that SWAC regular season games have national interest, but here's a few contests that basketball purists will enjoy.
- Jackson State vs. Alabama State (01.3.09). It's the rematch from the 2008 SWAC tournament, with Alabama State hosting the Tigers who upset them in the semi-final.
- Southern vs. Mississippi Valley State (02.16.09). If the Jaguars continue their hot-shooting ways from the 07-08 season, this game could have tournament seeding implications for the favored Delta Devils.
RPI Booster Games. Arizona State had a close call in the 2008 N.I.T. against Alabama State, and while it won't be close at home against the Delta Devils, you can't blame a guy for trying.
- Mississippi Valley State @ Arizona State (11.14.08)
Odds of Multiple NCAA Bids. Not gonna happen. No need to pretend.
Neat-o Stat. Joel Bosh, a standout forward for the Alabama State Hornets last season, was invited to participate with the Toronto Raptors summer league team. If the name sounds familiar, it should be; he is the brother of NBA all-star and gold medal Olympian Chris Bosh.
65-Team Era. The SWAC is 4-28 all-time in the NCAA Tourney, and the last time a SWAC team won a game was in 1993, when Southern University defeated Georgia Tech.
Final Thought. The way to be a fan of SWAC basketball is not to look solely at wins and losses, but to look at the historical place of the conference and how hard they are working to get better. Or, you could just not watch at all.


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Obama sets sights on immigration: #tellusatoday
After the budget, President Obama says his next push will be immigration reform. We asked on Twitter: How do you think the battle will play out? Comments are edited for clarity and grammar:
The immigration reform fight will play out the same as the Affordable Care Act tug of war, with no bipartisan agreements.
— @KSTech1
A get-legal-quick scheme will not help. It won't be welcomed.
— @HollyGolvach
People who contribute to our society and our tax base and abide by our laws are worthy of residency.
— @mahornbaker
Immigration reform is good. Unfortunately, it is GOP "revenge time," and again people will end up paying for political games.
— @RafaAlcalde1
There will be more gridlock, and eventually the Democrats will have to give up the fight just as they have the past five years.
— @FisherizCool
It's very difficult to legalize 11 million people who do not comply with the law; the American base is abiding by the law.
— @OscarPenna
Obama is confrontational, divisive and has no idea how to negotiate or govern.
— @Inspireluv
Want more of the conversation? Follow @USATOpinion or #tellusatoday on Twitter.


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Barnes uses new curve grip, K's 10
Red Sox No. 1 pitching prospect dominates in second win
By Danny Wild / MLB.com | May 1, 2013 2:22 PM
Matt Barnes threw his 80th pitch to strike out Tyler Henson on Wednesday and headed back to the clubhouse. His first thought after another solid outing? Text Brandon Workman.
"I texted him and I said, 'Thank you,'" Barnes said.
Barnes, throwing his curveball with a new grip he borrowed from his teammate, struck out a season-high 10 batters while allowing one run over six innings for his second win as Double-A Portland beat Reading, 2-1, at FirstEnergy Stadium.
The Red Sox's No. 1 pitching prospect said the new grip, which Workman showed him last week after a rough outing for Barnes, gave him a little better break and helped complement his fastball on Wednesday, when he held the Fightin Phils to three hits.
"I was able to command my fastball really well, especially early, and they're very aggressive," said Barnes, a 6-foot-4 right-hander out of UConn. "I wanted to throw strikes and try to force them to get themselves out early."
Barnes was sharp in his first Double-A win on April 19 but fell flat in his last outing on April 26 when he surrendered six runs in 4 2/3 innings at Trenton. Afterward, he talked with Workman, the Red Sox's 2012 Minor League Pitcher of the Year, and decided to try out his curveball grip.
"Workman taught me how he threw it, so I toyed around with it, threw it in my bullpen, and it was really good," Barnes said. "I could throw it for strikes and as an out pitch, and that was a big difference, being able to command all three pitches in the zone."
Workman, Boston's No. 3 right-handed prospect, certainly has the credentials -- this season alone, the 2010 second-round pick is 4-0 with a 2.73 ERA with 34 strikeouts and six walks in 29 2/3 innings. He struck out six and lost his bid for a perfect game a night earlier in the seventh inning.
"I think the break is a little sharper, but it allows me to throw it more off my fastball and command it easier," Barnes said. "It's a more consistent break."
And so Barnes, despite being Boston's top Minor League arm, remains a student. He tinkered with his mechanics and shoulder angle earlier this month, which helped him hold New Britain to one run. He said the Sea Dogs staff was comfortable with his newest tweak.
"I didn't tell them until after throwing about three or four in the bullpen after my last start, but it's really worked and I picked it up and it stuck, so they didn't seem to have a problem with it," he said.
On Wednesday, Barnes finished up right at his 80-pitch limit. He struck out the side in his final frame and said he felt strong on the mound.
"I felt great the whole game. I was able to mix up my pitches, and I thought my stamina held up pretty well, which helped," said Barnes, who estimated about three or four of his strikeouts came with the hook.
His only mistake came in the fourth when Reading cleanup man Jim Murphy took Barnes deep to left on a 1-1 pitch for his fourth homer.
"He's got a lot of power. I threw him a first-pitch fastball for a ball, second pitch was a change he swung at, and I tried to come back inside with a fastball, but it caught too much of the plate," Barnes said. "He put a good swing on it, hit the ball well, but I didn't execute 100 percent."
Barnes worked a 1-2-3 first and pitched around a single and a wild pitch in the second before striking out two in the third around a walk and another single. He retired the final seven batters he faced.
Workman, sitting in the seats, kept his eye on his newest student.
"They said it looked good -- they were up there charting it all game," Barnes said.
Barnes, like Workman and fellow right-handers Anthony Ranaudo and Drake Britton, knows the microscope of Red Sox nation remains on the group and their development. His stellar start with Greenville and Salem built up expectations, as he was 7-1 with a 1.11 ERA in his first 13 starts. His last 12 outings, though, caused alarm in Red Sox Nation as Barnes was 0-4 with a 5.55 ERA for the Carolina League affiliate.
"I try not to get caught up in that, I just focus on what I can control, which is going out and pitching well," Barnes said. "And I haven't done that on a consistent basis, but it's a new month, and I'm taking things start to start at this point, trying to take away the positives and trying to improve on the things I didn't do so well."
Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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IMAGINE working at Balenciaga Inc. in the Eighties. Sounds fun, right? Well in the hands of Nicolas Ghesquière, the designer who has been at the creative helm of the label since 1997, it certainly would be - and that's the scenario he imagined for his autumn/winter 2012-13 collection today.
"We imagined this Balenciaga Inc. company and then we started to identify the functions the staff have and the clothes they would wear - the space-age sweatshirt girls were the spies infiltrating the company," he said backstage after the show, which took place at Balenciaga HQ in a square spot-lit room to further emphasise this space age and techno quality.
The sweatshirts of the girls he was talking about cleverly took that Eighties staple transfer-front jumper and transformed it into something shoulder heavy, tough and cool with little frilled collars poking out from the top and worn with leather-waisted tapered trousers beneath. The look was anchored by pointy little leather booties with cone heels - everything was very precise, which is rather what you would imagine it to be working at Balenciaga.
Gauzy chiffon dresses were disco-ready - the idea being his merry band of fashionable workers could go from the office and off into the night in their bustier-but-loose dresses, diaphanous silk skirts, leather edged at the hems, and crystal earrings dangling from their ears.
Simple box bags had incredible embossed straps - again reiterating that top heavy but sharp silhouette Ghesquière does so well.
In mint and white, teal and flashes of pink, there also came soft oyster greys, smudged moss greens and electric blues to deliver the whole (work) package beautifully.
"There is such a precision about what he does and there's no detail he hasn't worked on until it's so refined and cool, beautiful and tough," said Vogue's Emily Sheffield after the show. "He really has refined a look but you can always tell it's him - it really is the cut and the quality of the lines."
Fashion is all about fantasy. Here Ghesquière managed to take the mundane element of work and dress it up into a fantasy all of its very own. So, the question is, where do we sign up, Balenciaga Inc.?
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Is That Market Rally Too Fast, Too Soon?
The stock market's race to all-time highs has impressed and surprised many on Wall Street. But even bulls are wondering whether the rally is setting up for a fall. Jonathan Cheng reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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The mother of one of three teenagers arrested in a random shooting death that's shocked this small Oklahoma town said he needs to be punished if he was involved "but I do believe in my heart that he did not pull the trigger."
Jennifer Luna said she has not talked with her son since his arrest, along with two companions, Friday night in the murder of Christopher Lane, 22, who was shot in the back while out jogging. Lane, a native of Australia, played baseball for East Central University in Ada, Okla., and was visiting his girlfriend in Duncan.
Police Chief Danny Ford said Lane was shot from behind as the teens -- ages 15, 16 and 17 -- drove by him because they were bored and wanted to see someone die. They were scheduled to be arraigned in court Tuesday on a first-degree murder complaint.
Ford said the 17-year-old driver of the car admitted all three were at the scene of the shooting, and that the 16-year-old pulled the trigger of a handgun that fired the fatal bullet.
"They saw Christoper go by, and one of them said, 'There's our target,'" said Ford. "The boy who has talked to us said, 'We were bored and didn't have anything to do, so we decided to kill somebody.'"
The 16-year-old's mother said her son was kicked out of Duncan High School last year, but planned to return as a sophomore when classes resumed Tuesday.
"He said, 'Mom, I'm ready to go back, I'm ready to do something with my life,'" said Luna, who described herself as a hard-working single mother.
"I just don't understand these kids, I really don't," she added. "I don't know why they had to prove a point; I just don't understand. I tell my kids all the time, 'Make something out of your lives because this is hard.'"
Luna said her heart goes out to the victim's Austrailian family. "I feel for them, I really do," she said. "And I apologize."
The victim's mother, in an interview with an Austrailian TV station, said if the teenage suspects "don't get what they deserve now and in the present, they will eternally. They're just evil people."
Peter Lane, the victim's father, said the killing was "heartless, and to try to understand it is a short way to insanity. Somebody we all love so much is not going to come home."
Sarah Harper, the victim's girlfriend, said she was finishing her shift at the nearby Duncan Golf & Tennis Club pro shop when her boyfriend was cut down. She called it a senseless killing, and posted this message on her Facebook page: "So much tragedy in our small community. Lord, heal us all."
Harper, a student at Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond, said she met Christoper Lane in 2009 at a party at Redlands College in El Reno, Okla. She said he was attending East Central University on a baseball scholarship.
"Every minute with him was amazing," she said. "I cannot pick just one or even a few. Every moment was new and exciting."
The shooting occurred Friday at 3 p.m. as Lane was jogging along Country Club Road in the north part of Duncan, a southern Oklahoma town best known as the hometown of Hollywood producer and actor Ron Howard.
Authorities said no one witnessed the shooting but people nearby heard a gunshot and saw a black car speed from the scene. Surveillance cameras atop local businesses recorded the car parked behind a hotel in town shortly afterward. Three hours later, a tip led to the arrest of the teenagers in the parking lot of the Immanuel Baptist Church, standing beside a black Civic Honda.
Police said they were uncooperative initially, but a search of the car found evidence that led to their arrest. That evidence included a dismantled shotgun not used in the killing.
Details for this story were provided by the Duncan, Okla., Banner.


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Lala Makes Web-Based Music Easier
The way these services work is users upload their music libraries "to the cloud," after which they can be accessed from anywhere. It's great for accessing your music from public or work computers, or from Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
The initial upload process can take a long time though, and Lala streamlines it considerably by not actually requiring you to upload every song. The service analyzes each MP3 or iTunes Fairplay track in your library, and only uploads the ones it doesn't already have, giving you access to the rest on its own and saving you a bunch of time.
I never personally saw upload time as a problem; just set it to upload your library when you go to sleep one night and when you wake up, it's done. But if you don't want to do that or your music collection is too huge to be uploaded overnight, Lala's solved the problem for you.
Some other cool features in Lala: You can listen to every song in its catalog of 6 million major-label and indie songs once for free. Want to keep listening? For 10 cents, you can "buy" a track for streaming on your PC; for 89 cents, you can buy the DRM-free MP3.
The user interface is intuitive, and when a song is playing, it won't be interrupted when you navigate around the site.
Like Anywhere.FM, Lala includes the typical social networking functions. For instance, you can find and make friends, see what they're listening to, and recommend or gift them songs. You can share tracks on Facebook, watch the YouTube video of the song, and embed your playlist with just about any social network or blogging platform.
Overall, it's a cool service, and this type of Web-based app will become more and more useful as public Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi-enabled devices continue to spread, and as netbooks continue to become more popular.Originally posted on AppScout.


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For the last year, I have been compiling data into a data sheet which lists all information about all the alleged victims of 9/11. I started with the CNN victim memorial and then added information from "Cantor Fitzgerald Families" but there is much data left to compare.
If you would like to help us create a comprehensive deconstruction of the "9/11 victims" which turn out to be 100% computer invented and connected to insurance frauds, banking scams or just discarded, you can now download a public version of this document, which reveals the most name and face morphing to date. You can read the Vicsim Report to understand why the files are listed in CNN's order of HTML file-number. Simply add notes and pictures as you see fit and let's see if we can make it collaborative in some way. I don't see how it could work with all the strong personalities around here (that's a good thing) - but who knows? I would appreciate if you took private time to explore this document and see if it inspires you to:
1. create your own spin-off work
2. help build in the direction I am taking it (ultimate compilation of all 9/11 vicsim data)
Download the CNN Vicsim Index: http://www.septemberclues.info/vicsims/ ... 20Open.ods" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; (35MB)
The Vicsim Index 1.4 was built in Microsoft Excel and transfered to Open Office for this public 1.5 version which caused a bit of data confusion that I haven't checked. There was a missing name and 1 arrow pointing to nothing. Nothing drastic. I am responsible for all errors in it, but once you download it, it's your responsibility to figure out what this data milestone means to you, personally. Maybe nothing at all. I guess I just find it amazing to tap the "down" arrow and watch the faces morph almost in a sequential animation. Sometimes a dozen in a row. Pretty damning for the inventors of the "victims."
Long story short, you will need the Microsoft Office clone "Open Office 3" (by - ironically enough - Sun Microsystems) in order to open this file. Open Office 3 can be acquired here: http://www.openoffice.org" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Leghorn chickens : Single Comb Buff Leghorns, Single Comb Brown Leghorns, Silver Duckwing Leghorns, White Leghorns
Leghorns lay medium to large white eggs and are well known for their egg laying abilities (in the late 1970s a white leghorn set a world record of 371 eggs in a year). They originally came from Italy but became popular in America in the first half of the 19th century and are believed to have spread to England and other countries from the leghorns bred there. They were originally imported from Italy in "all colors except black" but it was the White leghorns and Brown leghorns that were the first to really take hold. Later Buffs, Blacks and Duckwing leghorns were developed in England and exported back. Leghorns mature quickly and the girls are likely to start to lay at around 4 months old. Very rarely will a leghorn hen go broody and they are hardy to the weather so with good care and conditions should lay throughout the year (apart from during moult).


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The original population decided to do without money, so they created a central distribution system with record keeping, like the Feudal Japanese system. It is very efficient. It also allows for external bartering for credit.
Hmmm. If this is the case there are probably "watch towers", waystation that the Ryders have set up to land and rest. The watchtowers make for convenient jump points, one warp apart (figure 300 miles), and all you need to do is learn the jump points on the route to where you are going... rather than having to memorize dozens of locations. Towers make for regular routes as well. (That is a strike against them... but we will see). So these way stations might build up little colonies... like the restraunts/ gas stations/ tourist traps you find along a long strech of boring highway. They might be used by ground traders as well. However, given the large and carnivorous nature of the local fauna, maybe not.
There is no organized religion on Kerren. Either there were no priests, or the priest died early on and the doctor/ healers took over as the spiritual leaders of the people. Since they were doing the educating, it was easy.
Bio-crete: A substance just being developed. Throw a yeast, some biomass, and some warm water into a mold and a few days later... out pops a wall, a dome, or whatever. If they can keap a yeast starter alive, they can still be using this stuff.
Warfare is unknown on Kerren. Humans do not kill other humans on a large scale (though duels, near lethal brawls, and murders) do happen.
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JBL Reflect Aware Active Noise-Cancelling Lightning In-Ear Headphones Review/
Apple has officially kissed the headphone jack goodbye and put it to rest in favor of the all-mighty Lightning connector. But you shouldn't worry too much now that every audio brand is starting to release Lightning connected headphones. So if you can't wait until Apple releases its weirdest looking wireless AirPods or perhaps you're looking for a higher-quality sounding pair of in-ear headphones to use with your iPhone 7 (or any Apple device with a Lightning port), then you may want to consider JBL's new Reflect Aware. These sporty and sweat-proof in-ear headphones feature a Lightning connector instead of the now obsolete 3.5mm jack. And for the very first time, the Reflect Aware are the first in-ear headphones to have powered active noise-cancellation technology. And because power is being delivered through the Lightning connector, the Reflect Aware never need to be recharged and don't even have a weighty built-in battery. The only question left unanswered is whether or not JBL's active noise-cancelling headphones are worth purchasing over others that are truly ahead of the curve – truly wireless earbuds.Read More


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War memorials have long been staples of public parks — busts of important military leaders, bronze statues of valiant warriors atop rearing horses and long, sobering lists of names of the dead carved into simple stones.
Their purpose is to help us remember our fellow countrymen and women who kept this nation whole and safe for nearly a quarter millennium. The idea of what constitutes a war memorial has naturally evolved in immigrant-rich regions such as this one, which include significant diaspora from many countries that have their own war stories, war heroes and war victims. As such, it's not surprising to see the use of memorials to honor the victims or heroes of wars and atrocities in which the U.S. military took no part.
One of these — the "comfort women" memorial — was placed in a Glendale city park last month. It was conceived after the city's mayor visited Korea, and seemed reasonable to the city officials because Glendale has a Korean sister city.
So-called comfort women were a still-disputed number of sex slaves, mostly Korean, forced to service of Japanese soldiers during World War II. The Glendale memorial is one of a handful either erected or proposed across the U.S. and paid for by South Korea. Seems harmless enough. That is, unless you are Japanese.
After proposing the memorial, Glendale city officials were slammed by an email campaign by Japanese nationals who viewed this as anti-Japanese propaganda. Newspapers too, including this one, received daily e-mailed letters condemning the action — and they are still coming in weeks after the memorial was unveiled. Underlying these missives is more than just national pride. Glendale, it seems, had unwittingly walked into an ongoing political struggle between two foreign nations. Korea is trying to get Japan to do more to apologize and compensate the comfort women, many of whom are still alive. Japan is trying to minimize the claims by countering that most of the women were Japanese and they were just prostitutes anyhow.
For the record, Japan are on the wrong side of this. The treatment of comfort women is well-documented and the campaign to deny their existence is a transparent effort to whitewash wartime atrocities. But is this a fight that deserves a permanent spot in America's public parks? Maybe not. The small Orange County city of Buena Park seems to have come to the same conclusion recently when city officials tabled a council vote on a proposed comfort women memorial. Smart move, but one that has already been spun into debate fodder in the Japanese-Korean debate.
Purists might legitimately argue that parks are the place for play and relaxation, not war memorials, homegrown or otherwise. That's a question that needs to be answered with a public discussion about what's appropriate in a park. And these questions as well: Should parks honor only those who fought on behalf of the United States? If open to honoring foreign wars, what are the rules? If Salvadoran immigrants want to memorialize the Sandinistas who died at the hands of U.S.-funded Contras, is that OK? Where does it end?
Knowing the right side of our own country's history is complicated enough. Do we really want to take sides in the apparently unsettled histories of other countries? In our cities' few and precious parks?


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Read the new volume of Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association on "inalienable wealth" in AnthroSource!
"Inalienable possessions," as conceptualized by Annette Weiner (1985, 1992), are objects imbued with meaning and value based on the social identity of the original and subsequent owners. They maintain attachment to their owner- even when passed to other individuals- although this attachment may not always be physical. These objects also contain embedded histories and knowledge and legitimate identity and authority. According to Weiner (1985):
The primary value of inalienability, however, is expressed through the power these objects have to define who one is in an historical sense. The object acts as a vehicle for bringing past time into the present, so that the histories of ancestors, titles, or mythological events become an intimate part of a person's present identity. To lose this claim to the past is to lose part of who one is in the present. In its inalienability, the object must be seen as more than an economic resource and more than an affirmation of social relations (210).
This innovative and exciting volume of the Archeological Papers of the American Anthropological Association (AP3A) emerged from an organized session sponsored by the Archaeology Division of the AAA for the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology (SAA). Session participants and authors were asked to apply Weiner's concept of "inalienable wealth" to prehistoric cultures in Mesoamerica. The result is a deep reflection on "inalienable wealth" as a theoretical construct that can assist archaeologists- and anthropologists across the four fields- in understanding how artifacts and materials gain value and have been used in specific historical moments "to create, maintain, or destroy identity, hierarchy, and social relations" (Kovacevich and Callaghan 2014:8). In using the concept of "inalienable wealth," the authors in this volume of AP3A have brought new perspectives and understandings to issues of identity formation, social hierarchy, labor and production, land and social difference in prehistoric Mesoamerica.
Read the Introduction by Brigitte Kovacevich and Michael G. Callaghan here.*
*Content is open and accessible for 30 days through Wiley Online Library.
Kovacevich, Brigitte and Michael G. Callaghan
2013 Introduction: Inalienability, Value, and the Construction of Social Difference. AP3A 23(1).
Weiner, Annette
1985 Inalienable Wealth. American Ethnologist 12: 210-227.
1992 Inalienable Possessions: The Paradox of Keeping-while-Giving. Berkeley: University of California Press.


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Thiazides reduce the amount of calcium
in the urine, which may prevent calcium
kidney stones.
Thiazides may prevent the formation
of calcium kidney stones, especially if changing your diet and drinking more
fluids have not helped.
People who take thiazides get fewer
than half as many calcium stones as they did before taking this
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor right away if you have symptoms of changes in potassium levels:
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Other side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects. (Drug
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You may feel more tired or need to urinate more often when you start taking this medicine. These effects typically occur less after you have taken the medicine for a while. If the increase in urine interferes with your sleep or daily activities, ask your doctor to help you plan a schedule for taking the medicine.
Thiazides can make your skin more sensitive to the sun.
Ask your doctor if you need to take a potassium supplement or if you need to watch the amount of potassium in your diet. Your doctor may suggest you get extra potassium, because thiazides lower your potassium levels.
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
If you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or trying to get pregnant, do not use any medicines unless your doctor tells you to. Some medicines can harm your baby. This includes prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, herbs, and supplements. And make sure that all your doctors know that you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant.
You will likely have regular doctor visits to check the potassium levels in your blood.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
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I am not much of a cook and really need some help...my husband and i both lost our jobs so i would like cheap dinner ideas also..kid friendly too we have a 6 year old! thanks...
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Grab a free copy of Peggle on Origin
Origin's On the House promo returns this week with Peggle, yours to keep completely free.
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May's Xbox Games with Gold include GRID 2, Peggle, more
GRID 2, Costume Quest 2 and other titles are coming to Xbox Games with Gold.
"Arrogance is the enemy of a franchise": PopCap explains why it stepped back from Zuma
Zuma, Plants Vs Zombies and Peggle developer PopCap Games has explained why arrogance can kill any attempts to establish a long-running hit franchise. The studio knows a thing or two, as it has several hit franchises under its belt.
Peggle passes 30 million milestone
PopCap's compulsive puzzle game has proved staggeringly popular.
Peggle and Plants vs. Zombies for Android dropping "summer 2011"
After a quick – though hardly subtle – tease yesterday, PopCap's given VG247 a teensy bit more info on its upcoming Android offerings.
PopCap popping the cap on Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies for Android
Ever annoyed by the way your friends' iPhones seem to have practically melded with their faces? Soon, you'll at least understand why.
PopCap titles go half-price until end of the month
PopCap. Half-price games. Everyone's a winner.
Peggle hits PSP on Tuesday
PopCap has announced its to release Peggle on PSN next week for PSP.
Fable II DLC, Peggle part of this weeks Live Deal of the Week
Nelson's just detailed this weeks Live Deal of the Week, where this week you get three for the price of one. First up – Fable II DLC pack "See the Future". Once 560 MS points, it's now 400 MS points. Secondly, Peggle, which was once at 800 MS points. Now, it is reduced to 400 […]
Free WoW-themed Peggle levels released
PopCap just released 10 World of Warcraft-themed Peggle levels – get them here. The "World of Warcraft" bit is the background image, but still. It's free. Off you go. PR after the break.
iPhone Peggle priced at $5
Though it pains us to say it, everyone needs some Peggle in their lives. Fortunately, then, PopCap's priced the iPhone version at $4.99. Amazing. According to Joystiq, the game features all of the original content and a double-tap zoom view and scroll wheel for precision aiming. Buy it. And if you haven't got an iPhone […]
Peggle hitting App Store for iPhone on May 12
Peggle lands on the App Store May 12 for iPhone and iPod Touch. PopCap has yet to price the title, but Joystiq got its hand on the game, and believes it will cost between $5-6. More and more of our favorite casuals are heading to Apple products. Time for us to get on board we […]
PopCap releases Peggle add-on for World of Warcraft
PopCap announced today a free Peggle add-on for World of Warcraft. It includes WoW-themed backgrounds, a custom "talent tree" and a new "/peggleloot" option, allowing players to "roll" for loot based on the best Peggle shot. PopCap previously released a Bejewled add-on for WoW, and you can get both over at FileShack. Via Shacknews.
Peggle goes Live
The Major's confirmed that Peggle's up on Live. The PopCap puzzler costs a mere 800 MS Points, and will make your mum/wife/children think you're not obsessed with having sex with virtual prostitutes in Liberty City. A good thing. Buy it.
Peggle on XBLA this week
PopCap puzzler Peggle's launching on XBLA this week, complete with online multiplayer. It'll cost £6.80. The online mode's called Peg Party, and is playable by four people on Live. There's also local multiplayer, a 2-player Duel mode, achievements, online leaderboards, and support for future downloadable content. More on Eurogamer.
Bejeweled publisher acquires Gastonaut Studios
Bejeweled publisher PopCap has acquired Gastronaut Studios, the company behind XBLA's Small Arms. Gastronaut is currently adapting Peggle for Live Arcade. "This acquisition is the perfect union as Gastronaut, much like PopCap, is dedicated to making accessible and addictively fun games for a wide range of consumers," stated Gastronaut co-founder Jacob Van Wingen. "We've enjoyed […]
PopCap games confirmed for PSN
A bunch of PopCap casual classics – Bejeweled 2, Zuma, Heavy Weapon, Peggle and Feeding Frenzy – are to appear on PSN. Bejeweled 2 is now available in the US, with European version to follow. The other games are yet to be dated. All feature Trophies and PSP Remote Play. Press release after the break.
Q Entertainment handling Peggle DS port
PopCap's announced casual favourite Peggle for DS, as reported by PocketGamer. The game is being made by Q Entertainment, the company behind hardcore "niche" titles Rez and Meteos. Peggle will release on the Nintendo platform towards the end of this year. There's no fixed date.
iPhone SDK downloads top 100,000, PopCap and Namco on board
Acocrding to this, the beta version of the iPhone SDK has been downloaded over 100,000 times since it was launched last week. In addition, both Namco and PopCap have pledge support for the platform with Bejeweled, Zuma, Peggle, Pac-Man and Galaga all confirmed for release. Still no idea when you're actually going to be able […]
That was the news – Week 8, 2008: Unconvincing GDC governed by two main themes: flux and fear
Last week's GDC was a strange affair that threw up more questions than answers. While it carried the predicted unveiling of Gears of War 2 and a Microsoft keynote holding traditional big hitters such as Fable 2 and Ninja Gaiden II, the event's main speech's message was by no means "the norm". Yes, the blood, […]
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Q & A with Senior Guard Clint Allard
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Q � At the Athletics Recognition Night late last month, you were named an Outstanding Senior Student-Athlete along with Meaghan Noud of the women's basketball team. Were you surprised when you heard your name called? What does the award mean to you?
Allard � I was very shocked when I won the award, mainly because there are just so many amazing senior student-athletes, both in the classroom and in the athletic realm. Every year I have sat in awe of the people receiving awards on that night, and every year it reminded me of how impressive our athletic program has been, and so to be a part of that night was pretty surreal. The award is special to me, especially winning it with Meaghan, because I think neither of our journeys has been traditional in the sense that neither of us was highly recruited, but we made the most of our opportunities and it made the whole experience more meaningful looking back.
Q � Looking back at your four years at UCSD, how do you reflect on your basketball career as a Triton?
Allard � I just feel really lucky. I got to see our program consistently take steps forward. I got to see the players around me improve. I got to see other programs give us more respect every year. Coach Carlson told me that "it feels better to do something that has never been done before than to do something that is expected" and I agree, which is why our conference championship and NCAA Tournament appearance felt so good.
Q � If you had to pick the most memorable game you played while at UCSD, what would that be? Why?
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Q � You have worked with quite a few different coaches during your time here. As a senior, what impressed you most with Carlson and his assistants during their first year at the helm?
Allard � What impressed me the most was that it never seemed to me that Coach Carlson was new to this at all. We had assistant coaches that could help him out with some of the nuances of the league and how things might be different at UCSD, but he came in confident and ready to get to work which rubbed off on the team, and put the veterans at ease because we knew there would be no backtracking for the program.
Q � Currently you are UCSD's all-time leader at the Division II level in 10 different major statistical categories, including field goals made, free throws made, assists, steals and games played. Is there one particular area of your basketball skills in which the success is more gratifying because of the improvement you saw over the four years?
Allard � I guess the games played record kind of reflects my whole career path to me, so it means a lot when I think about my progression as a player. After redshirting a year in which I knew I had to get stronger and more physical to compete, my freshman year I played the last minute of our first game and zero minutes my second game. All I could do was go back to the practice floor and work hard and get my chance, and luckily that chance came and I was able to start playing a little, but I still had to improve my defense to be a starter for Coach Carr. Eventually I guess I showed enough defense and toughness in practice to get my shot, and I've had to compete for it ever since with the improvement of everyone else throughout my years here. So to have played the most games when I felt lucky to play even one means a lot.
Q � If you could have dinner with three sports legends, who would you choose?
Allard � One would be Bill Russell. I read his book my senior year of high school and would advise any basketball player to try to do the same. He was just so committed to the team, in a way that is very rarely seen anymore, and I'd just like to pick his brain on how he always found a way to win, even if he was outmatched. I'd want Tiger Woods there, because he's another guy that competes every day, and you can see him grind out every hole, whether he has his "A" game or not, and I know that a lot of golf is more mental then physical. And then maybe Hubie Brown, a favorite of both me and my roommate Jon, so I could ask him how playing with peach baskets for hoops worked out for him.
Q � If you have a chance to sit down and talk with the captains of next year's team, what advice would you leave them with?
Allard � I would say the most important thing is to do what the situation calls for, like making a joke in a tense situation to remind everyone that this game is fun. It is mostly the coach's job to light into a player, but sometimes players respond better hearing it from a teammate, so you have to know that your friendship will be there when you step off the court, but on the court you may have to demand more out of some players. In most cases though, just be reassuring to the players that they're doing well, because positive reinforcement may sound childish, but I think that it goes a long way for a player's confidence.
Q � With graduation right around the corner, what career plans do you plan to pursue? Will basketball be a regular part of your life and how has your time at UCSD, on and off the court, helped you to prepare for the future?
Allard � Basketball will always be a part of my life. I will always try to stay around the game in some capacity because I have such a passion for it. And no matter what I end up doing, my on the court experience at UCSD will give me tools that few other people have, and my off the court experience at UCSD has also prepared me to go on with the rest of my life as a well-rounded person. I am not entirely sure what my career plans are, but I can already tell that the people I've met as a student-athlete here gives me some great connections to whatever I want to do.
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This documentation is for an older version. If you're using the most current version, select the documentation for that version with the version switch in the upper right corner of the online documentation, or by downloading a newer PDF or EPUB file.
The parameters discussed in
and Checkpointing and in
Memory, Index Memory, and String Memory that are used to
configure local checkpoints for a MySQL Cluster do not exist in
isolation, but rather are very much interdepedent on each other.
In this section, we illustrate how these
NoOfDiskPagesToDiskAfterRestartACC, and
NoOfFragmentLogFiles—relate to one
another in a working Cluster.
In this example, we assume that our application performs the following numbers of types of operations per hour:
50000 selects
15000 inserts
15000 updates
15000 deletes
We also make the following assumptions about the data used in the application:
We are working with a single table having 40 columns.
Each column can hold up to 32 bytes of data.
A typical
UPDATE run by the
application affects the values of 5 columns.
NULL values are inserted by the
A good starting point is to determine the amount of time that should elapse between local checkpoints (LCPs). It is worth noting that, in the event of a system restart, it takes 40-60 percent of this interval to execute the REDO log—for example, if the time between LCPs is 5 minutes (300 seconds), then it should take 2 to 3 minutes (120 to 180 seconds) for the REDO log to be read.
The maximum amount of data per node can be assumed to be the
size of the
DataMemory parameter. In this
example, we assume that this is 2 GB. The
NoOfDiskPagesToDiskAfterRestartTUP parameter
represents the amount of data to be checkpointed per unit
time—however, this parameter is actually expressed as the
number of 8K memory pages to be checkpointed per 100
milliseconds. 2 GB per 300 seconds is approximately 6.8 MB per
second, or 700 KB per 100 milliseconds, which works out to
roughly 85 pages per 100 milliseconds.
Similarly, we can calculate
NoOfDiskPagesToDiskAfterRestartACC in terms
of the time for local checkpoints and the amount of memory
required for indexes—that is, the
IndexMemory. Assuming that we permit 512 MB
for indexes, this works out to approximately 20 8-KB pages per
100 milliseconds for this parameter.
Next, we need to determine the number of REDO log files
required—that is, fragment log files—the
corresponding parameter being
NoOfFragmentLogFiles. We need to make sure
that there are sufficient REDO log files for keeping records for
at least 3 local checkpoints. In a production setting, there are
always uncertainties—for instance, we cannot be sure that
disks always operate at top speed or with maximum throughput.
For this reason, it is best to err on the side of caution, so we
double our requirement and calculate a number of fragment log
files which should be enough to keep records covering 6 local
It is also important to remember that the disk also handles
writes to the REDO log and UNDO log, so if you find that the
amount of data being written to disk as determined by the values
NoOfDiskPagesToDiskAfterRestartACC and
NoOfDiskPagesToDiskAfterRestartTUP is
approaching the amount of disk bandwidth available, you may wish
to increase the time between local checkpoints.
Given 5 minutes (300 seconds) per local checkpoint, this means that we need to support writing log records at maximum speed for 6 * 300 = 1800 seconds. The size of a REDO log record is 72 bytes plus 4 bytes per updated column value plus the maximum size of the updated column, and there is one REDO log record for each table record updated in a transaction, on each node where the data reside. Using the numbers of operations set out previously in this section, we derive the following:
50000 select operations per hour yields 0 log records (and
thus 0 bytes), since
statements are not recorded in the REDO log.
DELETE statements per
hour is approximately 5 delete operations per second. (Since
we wish to be conservative in our estimate, we round up here
and in the following calculations.) No columns are updated
by deletes, so these statements consume only 5 operations *
72 bytes per operation = 360 bytes per second.
UPDATE statements per
hour is roughly the same as 5 updates per second. Each
update uses 72 bytes, plus 4 bytes per column * 5 columns
updated, plus 32 bytes per column * 5 columns—this
works out to 72 + 20 + 160 = 252 bytes per operation, and
multiplying this by 5 operation per second yields 1260 bytes
per second.
INSERT statements per
hour is equivalent to 5 insert operations per second. Each
insert requires REDO log space of 72 bytes, plus 4 bytes per
record * 40 columns, plus 32 bytes per column * 40 columns,
which is 72 + 160 + 1280 = 1512 bytes per operation. This
times 5 operations per second yields 7560 bytes per second.
So the total number of REDO log bytes being written per second
is approximately 0 + 360 + 1260 + 7560 = 9180 bytes. Multiplied
by 1800 seconds, this yields 16524000 bytes required for REDO
logging, or approximately 15.75 MB. The unit used for
NoOfFragmentLogFiles represents a set of 4
16-MB log files—that is, 64 MB. Thus, the minimum value
(3) for this parameter is sufficient for the scenario envisioned
in this example, since 3 times 64 = 192 MB, or about 12 times
what is required; the default value of 8 (or 512 MB) is more
than ample in this case.
A copy of each altered table record is kept in the UNDO log. In the scenario discussed above, the UNDO log would not require any more space than what is provided by the default seetings. However, given the size of disks, it is sensible to allocate at least 1 GB for it.


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This past week or so, I was helping one of my friends with research in Arizona (of all places). Arizona is an interesting place to do research, mostly because of the kaleidoscope of people who have come to the state from all over the world. He was trying to find dates for a Great-grandfather who had come to the state from somewhere else and had died in Arizona. His focus was on a marriage date and to find valid birth information, including a place, if possible. He had the usual story about the family searching for this individual for years and concluding that he couldn't be found, and certainly, it would be impossible to find the correct names of his parents. To compound the problem, his Great-grandfather's surname was Brown.
The first thing we did was to look for a death certificate in the Arizona Genealogy Birth and Death Certificates website. The ancestor's given name was Samuel and so we did a name search. Guess what? No results. One thing I have learned is that a lot of people are not too particular about spelling. Apparently, all of those family members searching for all of those years hadn't tried looking under the surname without a given name. After scanning the list for a while, we found him with his name "Samual Lamual Brown." Sort-of like Samuel Lemuel Brown, don't you think? Of course the Death Certificate gave his wife's name, Serna (sort-of like Serena) his birthplace in Oklahoma (the family always thought he was born in Texas and so forth and so forth. Well, with a little more information, we began to see if we could find a marriage date and place.
We soon learned that he had lived in Cochise County. The county seat is Bisbee, Arizona and so I suggested that my friend call down to the County and see what they might have for him. I have had a few legal issues to resolve in Cochise County and I happened to know that if you call the county they are very willing to help. My friend called down to Bisbee. The next week when I saw him he was so excited. He had called the Clerk of the Court and had immediately located the marriage license, which the Clerk e-mailed to him. With a few more phone calls he found his ancestor's employment records, his tax records, his membership in the Fraternal Order of the Eagles and many more records.
Could it have been a problem with a misspelled first name that stopped the family from finding Samuel Brown all these years? Yes, that could have been it. It is also likely that records are becoming more and more available. But because Samuel's name had been misspelled, or maybe not spelled the way his family expected it to be spelled, he had remained hidden for years. It is also a good lesson to learn, use the telephone to call to the record keepers. They just might not have a lot to do that day and be willing to answer questions and even send copies of documents.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
On direct contact with sources
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As an avid amateur genealogist I have helped two or three friends get started with their search of ancestors. At the outset I tell them over and over not to expect the names to be cast in concrete. One friend's ancestor was found in a Bible to be named SALLIA. I suggested that in addition to looking for SALLIA, she try SALLY as well as SARAH. Oh no, the Bible said SALLIA. Needless to say, she is still looking more than 10 years later. I gave up. I have a BRAUN from Bavaria, but in the USA I don't discount BROWN or even BRAWN.ReplyDelete
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Advisory Commission on Charter SchoolsAdvisories, meeting notices, meeting agendas, and member information.
SBE Policy |
ACCS Meeting Notes and Schedule |
ACCS Meeting Notices & Agendas
ACCS Meeting Webcast | Commissioners | ACCS Listserv
State Board Policy #01-04 (PDF; Revised April 2002)
Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS).
References: California Education Code (EC) sections 33031 and 47634.2(b) .
Historical Notes: This policy was originally approved in October 2001. Minor technical amendments were made in April 2002.
Establishment. In accordance with the requirements of EC Section 47634.2(b) , and for purposes of providing for its own government in keeping with EC Section 33031 , the State Board of Education (State Board) hereby establishes the Advisory Commission on Charter Schools (ACCS).
Membership. The ACCS shall be composed of nine members. Eight of the members shall be appointed by the State Board to two-year terms on a calendar-year basis. The ninth member of the ACCS, who shall be deemed to be appointed by the State Board, represents the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and shall be designated by the State Superintendent. For purposes of the initial appointments to the ACCS, four members shall be designated by the State Board to serve three-year terms in order to establish a proper staggering of appointments.
The remainder of the year 2001 shall be disregarded in relation to the terms of office of the initial appointees. Individuals may be re-appointed to subsequent terms on the ACCS without limit.
Within the membership of the ACCS, the State Board shall ensure that all of the following groups are represented: school district superintendents, charter schools, teachers, parents (guardians), members of the governing boards of school districts, and county superintendents of schools. A single individual may represent more than one group.
Background Statement. Charter schools are a promising means for generating higher student achievement. The State Board has been assigned by statute a strategic role to ensure that this promise of higher student achievement is realized within a context of sound educational programs and practices, proper financial management, and certain specific requirements of law.
The State Board's role includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Selective granting of charter petitions that have been denied or not renewed by local education agencies, but that the State Board determines to have met statutory requirements.
- Taking appropriate action, including, but not limited to, revocation with respect to State Board-granted and locally-granted charters under specific circumstances set forth in statute.
- Establishing appropriate funding levels for nonclassroom-based charter schools.
- Jointly with the State Superintendent, approving districtwide charter petitions when those petitions are determined to be satisfactory.
- Developing and adopting regulations to implement various provisions of the Charter Schools Act of 1992 (Part 26.8 of the EC, commencing with Section 47600).
- Approving or denying requests to waive otherwise applicable provisions of law.
- Assigning numbers to charter school petitions to ensure that the statutory cap on the number of charter schools is not exceeded.
Duties of the ACCS. The ACCS shall advise the State Board on all aspects of the State Board's duties under the Charter Schools Act of 1992. In so doing, the ACCS shall assist the State Board in carrying out the State Board's proper role of ensuring that charter schools realize higher student achievement within a context of sound educational programs and practices, proper financial management, and other specific requirements of law. Priority areas for consideration by the ACCS will include the first three matters listed in the Background Statement above: selective granting of charters; taking appropriate action, including, but not limited to, revocation of charters; and establishing appropriate funding levels for non-classroom based charter schools.
Applicability of Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. In accordance with law, meetings of the ACCS are subject to the requirements of the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.
Chair and Rules of Governance. From among the members of the ACCS, the State Board shall designate a chair. The chair shall typically serve a one-year term in that office, unless otherwise specified by the State Board. The chair may from time to time surrender to another member the duty of presiding over a meeting of the ACCS as he or she deems necessary and appropriate.
The ACCS may establish bylaws for its own government as it deems necessary. Unless otherwise addressed in bylaws it may establish, the ACCS shall follow Robert's Rules of Order (Newly Revised). No fewer than five members shall be deemed a quorum of the ACCS for purposes of conducting meetings. Each formal recommendation of the ACCS shall require an affirmative vote of at least five members.
Staff to the ACCS. The California Department of Education (CDE) shall provide staff support for the ACCS, including, agenda preparation, posting of meeting notices, distribution of meeting materials to ACCS members, maintenance of records regarding ACCS recommendations to the State Board, making of travel arrangements and filing of travel claims, and such other staff support as the members of the ACCS may need.
Travel, Lodging, and Other Expenses. Members of the ACCS shall be entitled to receive CDE purchased airline tickets and reimbursements for travel, lodging, and other expenses only to the extent permitted by applicable provisions of statute and the State Administrative Manual.
Frequency of Meetings. The ACCS may hold meetings as necessary based upon the members' assessment of workload in consultation with CDE staff.


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On days I'm not booked at client sites, I'm off to our Manhattan office for work. Luckily the office is very conveniently located right between Grand Central and Cafe Zaiya, both which offer a plethora of food opportunities in an otherwise desolate area of midday munchings.
Cafe Zaiya on 41st St
In the last month or so, I've eaten my way though every takeaway shop inside the Grand Central Terminal, and I'm gradually working my way though the baked goods counter at Cafe Zaiya
For those of you familiar with Hawaii, Cafe Zaiya can be thought of as an extremely condensed Shirokiya with Beard Papa's shoved in on the left side of the store. Dishes made to order in the back, cream puffs on the side, pastries on the other side, donburis & onigiri in the middle and sandwiches next to the cashier. It's crazy hetic in here, especially during weekday lunch hours.
Various takes on pizza…Spicy Berkshire Sausage, Cod Roe, Bacon & Potato…
I naturally gravitate towards the baked goods…because that is what always seems to happen, no? ;)
As I walked in around 1pm last week, this tray of fried beef croquettes was just delivered from the back kitchen as I passed the bakery counter. WELL! There was no need to hemm and haww over what to have – beef croquettes it would be!
And oh goodness, there's nothing as satisfying as a battered and just fried patty of beef laced potatoes. I like my croquettes on the peppery side so broke open a few pepper packs, but I don't know anyone else who does that…
When piping hot, the thin panko batter crust is a work of art, steamy with an indulgent crunch. The plush savoury innards run second to the browned crust, but eaten together it's a treat to munch down quickly before all the heat escapes and you must once again dash back out into the cold as lunch hour comes to and end. It always ends too quickly.
I also enjoy the corn & tuna roll, even though it is heavy on the mayo side. Mayo, in general, in used in quite unnecessary excess here at Cafe Zaiya. So if you're not a big mayo fan, avoid any and all pastries with mayo.
The roll is stuffed with a tuna & mayo mixture, folded over and then topped with even more mayo, only this time tossed with plenty of sweet corn – straight from the can. It's simple and straightforward. Awesome with many cups of hot tea.
The other day I spotted piroshiki!! The first time I had a piroshiki was with my dad this summer. We went to this place in downtown Honolulu that he used to frequent often back when he was an architect in the 80s. Dad has fond memories of piroshikis, and he figured that I need to have a taste for myself. And what a taste they were! Big fat fried balls of doughy goodness, stuffed to the brim with fatty beef and onions. Greasy as hell, but still, enjoy it while you're arteries can take the pain, no? Hehe. It's a once a year treat at the most.
So I ordered the piroshiki…and imagine my surprise when I removed it from my bag and discovered it was not fried but BAKED! A baked prioshiki! Can you imagine??
It was strange. I felt both disappointed and grateful at the same time. Sad, because I was anticipating a super crusty, crisp fried mound. And grateful, because, well, all the more better for my health! Haha. MY HEALTH. bwhahahah. Same dough as the corn & tuna roll, only stuffed with an onion and beef mix. On the bland side, but a pleasant treat nonetheless.
No more yakimochi?!
The most popular pastry at Cafe Zaiya is, without a doubt, the famed yakimochi. I came in right before noon on a Monday and encountered the photo you see above. NO MORE YAKIMOCHI. I made a :( face and resolved to come back again the next day.
So I was back Tuesday, and well what do you know…a feast of yakimochis!!! Smiles. Many smiles. The lady in front of me ordered five, and the man before her ordered two. For a minute there, I thought there would be none left by the time it was my turn, but whew, I was lucky.
For just $1.50 all this happiness can be YOURS. A small price to pay, if I do say.
The yakimochi is a very close cousin to the mochi buns I obsessed over during my two years in LA. You can see some of that here, here, and here! I was CRAZY FOR THOSE BUNS. I recall once eating three different mochi buns in a day…in addition to the usual breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I COULD NOT STOP. The combination of sticky mochi, a generous smear of mashed azuki beans, a soft bun and dash of sesame seeds…ADDICTING!!! I cannot say if the yakimochi here at Cafe Zaiya is better or worse than the mochi buns of LA because they're the same, yet very different. The innards are essentially the same, a layer of mochi wrapped around azuki bean paste. Bun instead of nestling this duo inside a soft yeasty bun, they grill the concoction! The result? A darling sweet with a myraid of textures and flavours, chewy white mochi melting into layers of warm azuki, the crisp black sesame dotted crust serving as both shield and entrance to the surprise beneath. Oooooh, and if you get it straight off the grill, consider getting two or three more – it's positively magical eaten hot!
Last week I met up with Tina for a quick lunch. After a quick browse though an rainbow of sweets and savouries, rice and bread, soup and sushi, we both settled on fried chicken sandwiches of different takes. Tina's sandwich packed in a fried egg, topped with a fried chicken thigh, tomatoes, cabbage, lettuce and dab of mayo. The sandwiches are quite a bargain at $3-4 a piece.
My curry chicken sandwich featured a long piece of fried chicken nestled within a soft hot dog bun. Slathered on the bottom bun was a mayo rich cole slaw, the top bun was doused in a curry mayo, light on the curry, heavy on the mayo. To finish, a thin slice of boiled egg, more for appearance than flavour. The sandwich leaves your heart feelings rather clogged up and heavy. SO MUCH MAYO. It was almost disgusting. But if you were to scrape off the mayo, saving a fair dab, it'd be a rather good sandwich, the crisp fried chicken, slightly greasy, fresh crunch of cabbage and a simple, soft bun. Personally? I feel you're far better off sticking to the baked goods.
For dessert I brought back a sweet potato mushipan to the office – a little afternoon snack makes the work day seem shorter, hehe. The dense and moist steamed cake featured a sweet potato studded surface and hearty innards that were neither too sweet or bland. However my favourite mushi-pan of all timewill forever remain at Saint Germain back home in Hawaii…ahhh, it is hard not to miss home :)
Hope you're having a great week!
More on Cafe Zaiya:
Robyn's Flickr!
Midtown Lunch!
The Wandering Eater!
NYC Nosh!
Cafe Zaiya
18 E 41st St
(212) 779-0600
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I was very excited to receive teas to review from the UK-based company Teasup. They sent me three black teas to review: A Malawian First Flush and Malawian Smoked Guava from the Satemwa Tea Estate, and a Ceylon High-Grown Seasonal from the Aislaby Tea Estate. When my treasures arrived by … Continue reading
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We're going back into the archives to revisit these classic posts by James Norwood Pratt. This post includes "Huangshan Mao Feng and Guapian" and "Maojian and Yunwu". We have added a link to the end of each one to take you to the next if you would like to read … Continue reading
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i have a problem with t:dataTable. this table is in a page. when i enter the page sometimes i see the datatable twice and connected. only the fields of the data table are duplicated. not the headers.
i erased the all page and checked only the datatable alone. still it was duplicated sometimes.
there is no logic to the duplication. it sometimes duplicated and sometimes not.
the columns are shown twice. like this:
description name description name
the code looks like this
<t:dataTable id="phases" binding="#{bean.phasesTable} var="phase" sortable="true" value="{bean.someList}"
sortasceding="false" rowindexVar="rowindex">
<tutputText value="#{phase.name}"/>
<tutputText value="#{phase.description}"/>
this is not the exact code but it represents the important stuff.
some worth mentioning points:
1.the bean is in session scope.
2.the binding is to UIData
3.in my project i have hundreds of this kind of tables and it never happened.
4.the id is unique in the all project.
5.the binding is unique in the all project.
6.the var is unique in the all project.
i tried few things:
1. change the binding to HtmldataTable from UIData.
2. take the binding out of the bean and put it in a request scope bean and then use it
through the the original bean.
like this: bean.requestBean.phasesTable.
3.remove the binding - i think it helped. i couldnt see the table duplicated again but i'm not sure if it actually helped because it is a very random bug... even if this is the problem i need this binding in order to press a button and getRowData(get the selected row).
the problem is in the t:datatable for sure because it's the only thing left on the page.
what can i do?


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Eau Sans Pareil was originally created in 1988. Reformulated by Beverley Bayne the scent has been transformed into a 'shimmering chypre.' The unusual combination of succulent fruits with liquorice and sweet woods give the fragrance a sweet and powdery drydown. For me the scent embodies a British summer, a warm glorious day on the coast, striped deck chairs, beach huts, and ice cream. I can imagine the heat of the sun as the notes sparkle and linger on my skin. Comforting, mourish and addictive.
Esprit du Roi is dark and mysterious. Perfumer Bertrand Duchafour (who has previously created Orange Blossom and Amaranthine for Penhaligon's) has once again created a scent of contrasts, reformulating the scent since it's creation in 1983. The complex and perplexing formulation takes you on an exhilarating journey of endless twists and turns. The fresh citrus notes of tomato leaf and mint dissipate into rich and heady florals with a rich and woody base replete with ambergris, musk and raspberry absolute. Each aspect of the dry down transports me to a different and magical place; the lush green banks of the River Nile, exotic spice markets in Marrakech and the dense misty forests of northern Laos.
Which scent do you think you'd prefer? I know I still can't make a decision.