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The storms and bitter cold that have pounded the U.S. and led to the delay or cancellation of thousands of flights this year have taken a financial toll not only on those in the business of flying but also on those dependent on a plane ride to get them to the next business meeting.
Last month, 49,000 flights were canceled by U.S. carriers, more than four times the number canceled in January 2013, says masFlight, a data and software firm that focuses on air travel. Another 300,000 failed to take off on time, according to masFlight. Those scuttled and delayed flights disrupted the travel plans of roughly 30 million fliers and cost them over $2.5 billion in lost work time and out-of-pocket costs for everything from meals to an extra night's hotel stay, according to masFlight's estimates.
"It's one for the record books,'' masFlight's CEO Josh Marks says of January's massive number of disrupted flights. "Virtually every major hub from (the) eastern and central United States, with the exception of Miami, was impacted by the weather and caused a systemic impact we haven't seen before.''
Airlines took a financial hit of $75 million to $150 million in January, as they de-iced frosty equipment and moved flight crews into place, among other expenses. And now February is off to a rough start, with thousands of flights already canceled in the face of back-to-back storms. Wednesday marked the third day in a row in which at least 1,600 flights were canceled at U.S. airports. Airports in the Northeast have suffered the bulk of cancellations, but the problem spread to airports as far away as Kansas.
Although corporate trekkers aren't the only ones inconvenienced by a scuttled flight, a delayed business trip can spark a ripple effect of canceled meetings, missed deadlines and potentially dashed opportunities, some experts say.
"What business travelers are weathering this winter is becoming more burdensome,'' says Kevin Mitchell of the Business Travel Coalition. "With more major storms on the horizon, diminished productivity could quickly turn into lost business traction and momentum going into a new year. ... That's what could set 2014 apart from many past winters."
The client waiting for a delayed business traveler to arrive can also lose out, Mitchell adds. For instance, if a consultant has difficulty flying in to help on a project with a tight deadline, "the entire schedule and deadlines could be undermined,'' Mitchell says.
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"I couldn't reach mine in New Orleans, but luckily another trainer could, so we had to double the group until I arrived,'' says Werderman, a member of USA TODAY's panel of Road Warriors who lives in Richfield, Wis.
Road warrior Jon Petz, a professional speaker and entertainer, booked a backup flight in January to make sure he made it from his home in Columbus, Ohio, to an engagement in Chicago. But even that wasn't enough to help him during the brutal cold snap, caused by the polar vortex, which crippled air travel.
Petz's backup flight was rescheduled twice before it was scrapped two hours before takeoff. Petz finally went to the Southwest counter, where he bought a ticket and boarded a flight to Chicago's Midway Airport. It cost him another $224. But it "saved the gig (and) saved the paycheck,'' he says.
Weather-related flight delays can also wreak havoc with large off-site meetings which, if they're canceled because attendees can't get there, could lead to losses in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, says Robert Lipman, executive vice president of Summit Management Services, which focuses on meetings for the pharmaceutical research industry.
"It's bad enough to reschedule a business trip for one person, but when planning for large groups, rescheduling is not an option,'' says Lipman, who urges his clients to host their winter meetings in milder climates like California or Arizona.
Victoria Day, spokeswoman for the U.S. industry trade group Airlines for America, said in an e-mail that "airlines are adept at managing their businesses through a challenging environment, and these extended weather events are a clear reminder of the industry's operational and financial vulnerability to events outside its control."
Marks, of masFlight, says that it's not just bad weather that has triggered this year's disruptions. New federal regulations that fine airlines for lengthy tarmac delays and require pilots to get more rest are also boosting the number of canceled flights, he says.
Carriers will need to hire more pilots and tap into technology to make sure there are enough people to fly the planes, he says. "While it's unlikely we will see or should see wholesale changes in new duty time rules, we can introduce more flexibility under certain conditions.''
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variety of assignments and settings. In addition, assignments may be constructed to teach or mask spreadsheet skills, or to require or obscure mathematical skills. As such, spreadsheets can be used flexibly as a transparent tool for enhancing technical skills or as a black box that allows for intuitive concepts to be explored. See more about using spreadsheets flexibly to handle technical content.
However, the successful implementation of an application requires some careful choices and some preparation. In addition, there are some pitfalls instructors should be careful to avoid. See some tips and cautions.
However, the successful implementation of an application requires some careful choices and some preparation. In addition, there are some pitfalls instructors should be careful to avoid. See some tips and cautions.
Six steps to formulate a successful spreadsheet example
1. Find an appropriate topicThe first step is to identify course content that can be more effectively taught with spreadsheets.
- Data topics
- Can patterns be revealed with data analysis and plotting?
- Can something be learned from manipulating the data?
- Is the data set so large that a spreadsheet is needed to handle it efficiently?
- Modeling topics
- Are numerical examples cumbersome to compute by hand?
- Can properties of the model be explored or illuminated through analyzing numerical examples?
- Are there spreadsheet tools that can be used to manipulate or solve the model?
This is a simple example for an introductory economics course. Detailed instructions can be found here. From 1949-1972, real GDP grew at a rate of about 4.1% per year. From 1973-2009, the economy grew at a rate of 3% per year. A natural question to ask is, "How large would the economy have been if over this time if it continued growing at 4.1%?" Or, "Does a 1.1% drop in growth rate really make a difference?" Because this is a quantitative problem that requires a large number of computations, it is a natural spreadsheet assignment.
2. Choose the type of assignment and settingSpreadsheets may be integrated with a variety of pedagogies.
See more about types of assignments and settingsThis assignment may be used as a short lab class where students discover the importance of compounding growth rates. Alternatively, this can be a homework assignment where students bring results to class for discussion. Or, the instructor may make the calculations herself for presentation to class.
3. Determine the time to devoted to learning spreadsheet and mathematics skillsSpreadsheet skills may take considerable time to teach to students. Likewise, the mathematics underlying a spreadsheet model may be extensive. The instructor must decide how much time to devote to technical matters, and assignments may be tailored to demand varying degrees of student involvement in spreadsheet construction and mathematics.
See more about tailoring assignments to student technical skills
See another SERC site that teaches spreadsheet constructionIf students have some mathematics and spreadsheet skills, they may be asked to simply compute the imputed GDP series, given a starting value and the actual GDP data distributed on a spreadsheet. Otherwise, the assignment may be presented in a variety of ways, depending on learning goals and time constraints.
- If students should learn the mathematics of compound growth, then students can be taught the mathematical concept, instructed on how to create a spreadsheet formula (as described below), and asked to complete the exercise.
- If students are not expected to learn the mathematics, the Fill command (described below) is easier to implement than typing in and copying a formula.
- In either case, students may be given hands-on instruction in a computer laboratory, detailed written instructions, or limited instructions depending on needs and goals.
4. Select appropriate spreadsheet toolsExcel and other spreadsheet programs offer a variety of plotting, analysis, modeling and calculation tools.
- See more about specialized tools in Microsoft Excel
- See basic Excel features in the What is Excel? page of the Mathematics and Statistical Models SERC module. This site contains examples and links for learning the basic features of Excel.
A spreadsheet should be set up with years in the first column, and the actual GDP data for 1972-2009 in the second column. The third column will contain the imputed "what if the economy grew at 4.1%" data but needs to start with the original 1972-2009 data. The first row contains data labels. The calculations to impute GDP at the higher growth rate may be performed a few different ways, depending on learning goals.
- Higher math skills option: Starting with the real GDP in 1972 in cell C2 (4,647.7 chain-weighted 2005 dollars), you can calculate the projected data by writing a formula that will increase the previous year's value by 4.1% (e.g. "=C2*(1+0.041)") and copy and paste the formula down the rows through 2009. This requires some mathematical skills. The compounding can be checked by recomputing the 2009 value with the formula for compounding for 37 years "=C2*(1+0.041)^37".
- Fill command) Open the Fill dialog box, and choose a "Growth" series with a "step value" of 1.041. (See image of dialog box on the right, click to enlarge.) This will create a series automatically without needing any knowledge of mathematics.
5. Write or present the assignment carefully
As a computer program, spreadsheets are subject to the "garbage in - garbage out" phenomenon. Small errors may result in the assignment failing to work, leading to lost time and frustration. As a result, it is important to provide students with very clear instructions, training in spreadsheet skills, or partially or fully completed spreadsheets.
See some tips and cautions
The Examples page provides a list of tested activities with detailed instructions or automation, with directions on how they may be successfully implemented.
- When writing formulas, students may forget to begin with an equal sign or use an asterisk for multiplication.
- The "Fill" command is difficult to find on Excel 2007 and later.
- Students may not select "Growth" or type in "1.041" for "Step value".
- Students may not select the proper cells rows for the data to appear.
6. Assess resultsWhile at first it may seem that giving students access to computers complicates assessment, in fact spreadsheet exercises may make it easier to judge learning in some contexts.
- Tailor assignments
- It is often straightforward to tailor assignments for particular students or groups to target learning objectives or prevent cheating:
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- Vary parameter values, model specifications
- Flexibility of media
- Assignments can be handed in as hard copies or electronic files
- Platforms like Blackboard and Moodle allow files to be submitted electronically
- Annotating files
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- *Right-click on a cell, and select Insert Comment. This is also useful for group collaboration to track the contributions of group members.
- Comments may also be used for assessment when spreadsheets are submitted and graded electronically.
- Let Excel grade for you
- Wetzel and Whicker (2007) present a way for spreadsheets to essentially grade themselves. By inserting password-protected hidden cells with logical operators, the spreadsheet can report if a student has obtained the correct result in specified cells.
Students may be asked to hand in a completed worksheet along with answers to some discussion questions that seek to assess whether the students understand the results. In addition, students may be asked to plot results or make additional computations, like "what is the percent difference between the actual and imputed GDP". To avoid cheating on a graded assignment, it may be completed in a monitored laboratory session, or students may be assigned slightly different growth rates.


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Bangladesh would've done the Indian team the favor I would've liked to ask them before this series; the return to form of few of a player who seemed to have lost their touch; Sachin and Laxman. It is unfortunate because that is not what the millions of BD fans world over wanted. Not this way anyway. Not by the generous largesse of dropping catches.
DJ's Verdict - Faltering at crucial Juncture
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Published: 11th December, 2004
Bangladesh would've done the Indian team the favor I would've liked to ask
them before this series; the return to form of few of a player who seemed to
have lost their touch; Sachin and Laxman. It is unfortunate because that is
not what the millions of BD fans world over wanted. Not this way anyway. Not
by the generous largesse of dropping catches.
For days to come, there would be discussions on "what may have been"
if those catches were taken. Unfortunately, this game can be cruel and often
it is one catch that turns the match, BD floundered as many as 4!!!
"What may have been" can only bring more pain and I hope BD players
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This morning saw BD hit back with a vengeance. Tapash was intimidating and
Mashrafe was on fire. At 24/2, and with danger-man Shewag gone and Dravid, the
"Wall" gone, Indian team were not only clearly struggling but also
in trouble. What Dave Whatmore failed to tell his bowlers is that Sachin, Dravid
and Laxman are all out of touch and one of the two men in form, Shewag, was
already out. From here on, BD had an opportunity to actually restrict Indian
team to a low score.
Sachin was clearly not in his element but showing signs of playing his natural
strokes, come what may. Then, on 28, Bashar made the mistake that will haunt
him for sometime to come. He dropped a sitter of Mashrafe.
Gautam Gambhir had begin to unravel some brilliant shots, especially to Mashrafe.
Runs had started to come in boundaries and Indian nerves were beginning to settle
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68/3 meant deep trouble.
Saurav ganguly is one man who is neither out of form nor out of touch, and
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quite well and looked set for a long inning.
And then tragedy struck again, this time for BD fans. Sachin, on 47, was dropped
by Rajin Saleh off Rafique. And this was just before the lunch.
If it was Steve Waugh, he would've said "Mate you just dropped this test".
I must add here that Rajin Salen was brilliant in the filed for the most part
of the day and saved quite some runs apart from the brilliant run-out. I am
sure though that BD fans world-over would castracize him for the one dropped
catch. Such is life.
What unfolded from there on was suggestive of, if not completely, then in ample
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was not to be and he departed after a useful 50+ partnership with Sachin.
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that he seemed to face. 5 of them made it to the boundary and more than double
that number to the fielders. It was an interesting sight seeing him launch into
full-blooded stroke on and on again. He played a full repertoire of shots and
I was amazed to see him bat. I see some promise here. He fell, if anything,
to an amazing piece of catch at gully by Mashree off Rahman.
Rahman had never looked threatening and never looked like one to be getting
the wicket till that point.
Irfan fell early to a superb catch by Rahman and India had lost some of the
edge with those 2 quick wickets. But they should hardly be complaining considering
the healthy dose of largesse that they recieved from the BD fielders early on.
One's heart goes for Rafique and Mashrafe who saw the catches dropped off their
bowling. 1/80 is not the figure that does any justice to how well Mashrafe bowled
today. Surely we are gonna hear a lot of him the days to come.
From an Indian fan, Thank You Bangladesh for more important thing than the
match or the score, the return to form of Sachin.
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I have a moment to spare here so let's get you up to speed about what's going on:
On the programming side things are catching speed as the new programmers settle in and familiarize themselves with the code: Tuomas is working on enemy waves & boss characters - stuff that's related to the Zombies. Tim is working on the level editor and he's receiving plenty of help from the Cornfox guys.
The tile based level editor is something which started its life in early 2010. These were the first visual tests I did back then:
Textured Version
More visual tests from July of 2010. I recreated a town in 3d tiles from old SNES game called Lufia II. It's a similar tile system as in Minecraft. Most of the textures are from FF6:
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First screenshot of the actual level editor running on iPad. Visual target renders are more like a dream but working prototype is the first real step towards a faster content creation pipeline:
The problem with our current levels is that you need an artist and a programmer. With the new editor you don't have to be a programmer or artist to create something with it, it could be done by anyone who can use an iPad or iPhone.
The editor is gonna take a lot of effort to finish but once completed it could be the best thing to ever happen for Minigore!


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Giorgio Vasari (30 July 1511 - 27 June 1574) was an Italian painter, writer, historian and architect, who is today famous for his biographies of Italian artists, considered the ideological foundation of art-historical writing.
Vasari was born in Arezzo, Tuscany. Recommended at an early age by his cousin Luca Signorelli, he became a pupil of Guglielmo da Marsiglia, a skillful painter of stained glass. Sent to Florence at the age of sixteen by Cardinal Silvio Passerini, he joined the circle of Andrea del Sarto and his pupils Rosso Fiorentino and Jacopo Pontormo where his humanist education was encouraged. He was befriended by Michelangelo whose painting style would influence his own.
In 1529, he visited Rome and studied the works of Raphael and others of the Roman High Renaissance. Vasari's own Mannerist paintings were more admired in his lifetime than afterwards.
He was consistently employed by patrons in the Medici family in Florence and Rome, and he worked in Naples, Arezzo and other places. Many of his pictures still exist, the most important being the wall and ceiling paintings in the great Sala di Cosimo I of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, where he and his assistants were at work from 1555, and his uncompleted frescoes inside the vast cupola of the Duomo, completed by Federico Zuccari and with the help of Giovanni Balducci. He also helped organize the decoration of the Studiolo, now reassembled in the Palazzo Vecchio.
As an architect, Vasari was perhaps more successful than as a painter. His loggia of the Palazzo degli Uffizi by the Arno opens up the vista at the far end of its long narrow courtyard, a unique piece of urban planning that functions as a public piazza, and which, if considered as a short street, is the unique Renaissance street with a unified architectural treatment. The view of the Loggia from the Arno reveals that, with the Vasari Corridor, it is one of very few structures that line the river which are open to the river itself and appear to embrace the riverside environment.
In Florence, Vasari also built the long passage, now called Vasari Corridor, which connects the Uffizi with the Palazzo Pitti on the other side of the river. The enclosed corridor passes alongside the River Arno on an arcade, crosses the Ponte Vecchio and winds around the exterior of several buildings.
Vasari also renovated the fine medieval churches of Santa Maria Novella and Santa Croce, from both of which he removed the original rood screen and loft, and remodelled the retro-choir in the Mannerist taste of his time. In 1562 Vasari built the octagonal dome atop the Basilica of Our Lady of Humility in Pistoia, an important example of High Renaissance architecture.
In Rome, Vasari worked with Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola and Bartolomeo Ammanati at Pope Julius III's Villa Giulia. Vasari enjoyed high repute during his lifetime and amassed a considerable fortune. In 1547, he built himself a fine house in Arezzo (now a museum honouring him), and laboured to decorate its walls and vaults with paintings. He was elected to the municipal council or priori of his native town, and finally rose to the supreme office of gonfaloniere.
In 1563, he helped found the Florence Accademia e Compagnia delle Arti del Disegno, with the Grand Duke and Michelangelo as capi of the institution and 36 artists chosen as members.
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Dell founder Michael Dell has insisted that his company has no intention of following rival Hewlett Packard in attempting to shed its PC making business.
Mr Dell has already publicly mocked HP's much-discussed decision to seek alternative routes forward, and he reasons that his company could now have a significant market advantage.
"We are very distinct from some of our competitors," Dell told the Financial Times.
"We believe the devices and the hardware still matter as part of the complete, end-to-end solution," he added.
"Think about the scale economies in our business. As a company spins off its PC business, it goes from one of the top buyers in the world of disk drives and processors and memory chips to not being one of the top five."
"…that raises the cost of making servers and storage products. Ultimately we believe that presents an enormous opportunity for us and you can be sure we are going to seize it."
HP is still seeking to spin off its hardware business and restructure, but the repercussions will be watched with interest by the computer world.
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New Paper Highlights Health Disparities in Australia and the Oceania Region
New Paper Highlights Health Disparities in Australia and the Oceania Region
Review of Region's Neglected Tropical Disease Control and Elimination Programs Highlight Successes and Areas for Expanded Efforts
WASHINGON, D.C.—January 31, 2013—Today, the open-access journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases published a comprehensive report highlighting the urgent need for expanded neglected tropical disease (NTD) control and elimination programs in Australia and the Pacific Islands region known as Oceania. The paper's authors note that the greatest NTD burden falls on the most impoverished and marginalized people living in the region, particularly in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and among the Aboriginal population of Australia. By overcoming challenges in NTD control, the countries of Oceania can make impressive progress towards health equality.
Despite their proximity to one another in the South Pacific Ocean, the island nations of Oceania represent a diverse array of economies, from Australia and New Zealand to PNG, where more than one third of the population lives on less than USD $1.25 a day. Even within the wealthiest countries in the region, huge health disparities persist among indigenous populations.
"High NTD prevalence rates among impoverished and marginalized groups even in some of the world's most prosperous nations prove that major health inequalities remain," said co-author Dr. James McCarthy. "Safe, effective treatments are available for most NTDs. By reducing the burden of these diseases, regional leaders have an opportunity to have a significant impact on their most vulnerable people, helping them to lead healthier lives and contribute to growth and development in the region."
NTDs disproportionally affect people in Oceania living in poverty, especially those living in extreme poverty on the populous islands of PNG, Fiji, Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands and among Aboriginal Australians. The paper states that a significant percentage of PNG's population is infected with a range of parasites including vivax malaria, filariasis and hookworm, an intestinal parasite that contributes to anemia and malnutrition. Aboriginal Australians also suffer from high rates of strongyloidiasis, a serious worm infection, as well as hookworm infection, skin infections, including those caused by Group A streptococci, and trachoma.
However, progress has been made and there are demonstrated models for success. For example, the Pacific Programme to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (PacELF) was the first regional network in the world established for the elimination of lymphatic filariasis (LF), and through this mechanism, high levels of treatment coverage have been achieved in Fiji, French Polynesia and New Caledonia. The disease has been nearly eliminated in Vanuatu, and the Solomon Islands by antiparasitic drug treatment in combination with control of mosquito populations that transmit the disease.
Despite the availability of these measures, the paper reports that as of 2010, of the 5.6 million people in PNG at risk for LF, only a small percentage received necessary treatment. There are opportunities to build on the PacELF model and scale up NTD control efforts across the region. In addition, because of the heavy burden of multiple NTDs in PNG, control programs can combine treatments, serving as an opportunity to study the feasibility of integrated mass drug administration (MDA) in the region.
"Cooperation between endemic countries and regional leaders, including Australia and Japan, in enacting PacELF has led to one of the greatest achievements in global NTD control," said the paper's senior author, Dr. Peter Hotez. "We need to build on past success and close the remaining gaps in coverage, especially in PNG. All countries with remaining cases of LF must step up post-treatment surveillance."
Co-author Dr. Alex Loukas stressed the need for NTD research and development in the region, explaining, "we need new and better drugs, diagnostics and vaccines."
The Australian Government, through its aid agency AusAid and with partners such as the Fred Hollows Foundation, has played a leading role in the region, particularly in addressing trachoma.
"Just a few months ago, the PNG government, in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced that they are exploring areas to help strengthen the government's efforts to control and eliminate NTDs in PNG," added Dr. Hotez. "Partnerships such as this bode well for reaching the region's most vulnerable populations."
This paper was authored by Kevin Kline of Baylor College of Medicine and the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development; Professor James S. McCarthy of the Clinical Tropical Medicine Laboratory, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia; Professor Alex Loukas of the School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine, and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University; and Professor Peter Hotez, president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, director of the Sabin Vaccine Institute and Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and the fellow in Disease and Poverty at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University.
To read the full paper, please visit PLOSntds.org.
About NTDs
NTDs are a group of 17 parasitic and bacterial infections that are the most common afflictions of the world's poorest people. They blind, disable and disfigure their victims, trapping them in a cycle of poverty and disease. Research shows that treating NTDs lifts millions out of poverty by ensuring that children stay in school to learn and prosper; by strengthening worker productivity; and by improving maternal and child health.
About Sabin Vaccine Institute
Sabin Vaccine Institute is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization of scientists, researchers, and advocates dedicated to reducing needless human suffering caused by vaccine preventable and neglected tropical diseases. Sabin works with governments, leading public and private organizations, and academic institutions to provide solutions for some of the world's most pervasive health challenges. Since its founding in 1993 in honor of the oral polio vaccine developer, Dr. Albert B. Sabin, the Institute has been at the forefront of efforts to control, treat and eliminate these diseases by developing new vaccines, advocating use of existing vaccines and promoting increased access to affordable medical treatments. For more information please visit www.sabin.org.


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Superior Essex, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-performance communications cable products and solutions, reaffirms its commitment to Cisco's Digital Building framework. Cisco's Digital Building framework aims to make buildings smarter through optimized lighting, building automation, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies. Within this framework, Superior Essex will continue to provide communications cabling products that enable the myriad of IoT capabilities within the Digital Building.
"Superior Essex is proud to continue our partnership with industry-leader Cisco in providing innovative solutions for the ever-expanding Internet of Things (IoT)," says Will Bryan, Vice President of Technology and Market Development for Superior Essex. "Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) is fast becoming a key technology for providing power and data to the wide array of intelligent devices connected to the IoT. We offer a range of cables, such as our PowerWise 1G 4PPoE cables, that are specifically designed to balance the varied power and data demands of PoE applications, and ultimately help enterprises realize the value of these applications within the Digital Building framework."
This reaffirmation from Superior Essex occurs in tandem with the recent rebranding announcement from Cisco, wherein its Digital Ceiling platform was integrated into its Digital Building Solutions framework in order to further enhance the efficiency of building control systems and to create an environment that delivers a truly engaging user experience. The Digital Building framework is enabled by Cisco and its partner ecosystem, through which Superior Essex products are used to connect the new Cisco Catalyst Digital Building Series Switches to all of the IP communications, control, and lighting devices in a building.
Last year, Superior Essex entered the Cisco Solution Partner Program as a Solution Partner. The Cisco Solution Partner Program, part of the Cisco Partner Ecosystem, unites Cisco with third-party independent hardware and software vendors to deliver integrated solutions to joint customers. As an opening member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program, Superior Essex is able to quickly create and deploy solutions to enhance the capabilities, performance and management of the network to capture value in the IoT*.
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Today is Wednesday, Sept. 26, the 270th day of 2012. There are 96 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History On Sept. 26, 1789, Thomas Jefferson was confirmed by the Senate to be the first United States secretary of state; John Jay, the first chief justice; Edmund Randolph, the first attorney general.
Today is Wednesday, Sept. 26, the 270th day of 2012. There are 96 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History
On Sept. 26, 1789, Thomas Jefferson was confirmed by the Senate to be the first United States secretary of state; John Jay, the first chief justice; Edmund Randolph, the first attorney general.
On this date
In 1777, British troops occupied Philadelphia during the American Revolution.
In 1892, John Philip Sousa and his newly formed band performed publicly for the first time, at the Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, N.J.
In 1914, the Federal Trade Commission was established.
In 1918, the Meuse-Argonne offensive, resulting in an Allied victory against the Germans, began during World War I.
In 1937, the radio drama "The Shadow," starring Orson Welles, premiered on the Mutual Broadcasting System.
In 1952, philosopher George Santayana died in Rome at age 88.
In 1955, following word that President Dwight D. Eisenhower had suffered a heart attack, the New York Stock Exchange saw its worst price decline since 1929.
In 1960, the first-ever debate between presidential nominees took place in Chicago as Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off before a national TV audience.
In 1962, Maury Wills of the Los Angeles Dodgers stole his 100th base during a 13-1 victory over the Houston Colt .45s. "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiered on CBS. The cult film "Carnival of Souls" premiered in Lawrence, Kan., where parts of it had been filmed.
In 1986, William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th chief justice of the United States, while Antonin Scalia joined the Supreme Court as its 103rd member.
In 1990, the Motion Picture Association of America announced it had created a new rating, NC-17, to replace the X rating.
In 1991, four men and four women began a two-year stay inside a sealed-off structure in Oracle, Ariz., called Biosphere 2. (They emerged from Biosphere on this date in 1993.)
Ten years ago
WorldCom former controller David Myers pleaded guilty to securities fraud, saying he was told by "senior management" to falsify records. (Myers was later sentenced to one year and one day in prison.) Four employees and a customer were shot to death at a U.S. Bank branch in Norfolk, Neb., during a botched robbery. (Four suspects were later arrested; three were convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death while a fourth man who served as a lookout was sentenced to five consecutive life sentences.) A state-run Senegalese ferry capsized in the Atlantic, killing more than 1,800 people.
Five years ago
A judge in Los Angeles declared a mistrial in Phil Spector's murder trial because the jury was deadlocked 10-2 in favor of convicting the music producer of killing actress Lana Clarkson. (Spector was convicted in a 2009 retrial.) Myanmar began a violent crackdown on protests, beating and dragging away dozens of monks.
One year ago
Ending weeks of political brinkmanship, Congress advanced legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown. President Barack Obama appeared at a town hall meeting in Mountain View, Calif., hosted by the social networking company LinkedIn; the president plugged his jobs agenda in fielding questions on the employment picture, education, Medicare and Social Security.
Today's Birthdays
Retired baseball All-Star Bobby Shantz is 87.
Actor Philip Bosco is 82.
Actress Donna Douglas is 80.
Actor Richard Herd is 80.
South African nationalist Winnie Madikizela-Mandela is 76.
Country singer David Frizzell is 71.
Actor Kent McCord is 70.
Television host Anne Robinson is 68.
Singer Bryan Ferry is 67.
Actress Mary Beth Hurt is 66.
Singer Lynn Anderson is 65.
Singer Olivia Newton-John is 64.
Actor James Keane is 60.
Rock singer-musician Cesar Rosas (Los Lobos) is 58.
Country singer Carlene Carter is 57.
Actress Linda Hamilton is 56.
Country singer Doug Supernaw is 52.
Rhythm-and-blues singer Cindy Herron (En Vogue) is 51.
Actress Melissa Sue Anderson is 50.
Actor Patrick Bristow is 50.
Rock musician Al Pitrelli is 50.
Singer Tracey Thorn (Everything But The Girl) is 50.
TV personality Jillian Barberie is 46.
Actor Jim Caviezel is 44.
Actor Ben Shenkman is 44.
Singer Shawn Stockman (Boyz II Men) is 40.
Jazz musician Nicholas Payton is 39.
Actor Mark Famiglietti is 33.
Singer-actress Christina Milian is 31.
Tennis player Serena Williams is 31.
Thought for Today
"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do." — Booker T. Washington, American educator and author (1856-1915).


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The Moral Implosion Facing America!
Take a trip back to the WITHERED ROOTS and vanishing values of Americas past.
You will not believe your eyes and ears. America is in the throes of a full-scale CULTURE WAR.
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The Founders stated over and over their deep conviction that acknowledgement of God and the Christian religion are integral to the survival of the nation.
Based on the speaker's book, Christ and the Continental Congress, this seminar presents the actual historical proclamations issued to the entire nation during the tumultuous years of the Revolutionary War, wherein the Continental Congress declared the indispensable role of Christianity in the formation of the nation.
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by Gwyn Kaitis
The Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) recently developed an important relationship with the Mosaic Art Association of New Zealand (MAANZ). The interconnectivity of the two organizations that exists worldwide to support mosaic as an art form has led to better accessibility to knowledge of various styles and techniques for mosaic art.
This article was originally published on page 36 of the November/December 2011 issue of Glass Art.


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Brasserie 't Vaerhóes
After a good lunch is when a bike ride, a shopping tour or a delightful walk through nature can be fully enjoyed again. Make a stop at a lunchroom in one of the towns or cities in North Limburg and taste how Limburger people have lunch.
A 'bruedje zoorvleis' or 'kerboet with kroet' are specialities the Limburg lunchrooms are famous for!


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Working in these mixed environments means that you, as an Oracle PL/SQL developer, frequently need to work/integrate with various Microsoft technologies from PL/SQL.
Over the last couple of years, I've written a number of blog posts on this topic. This post is just a convenient collection of links to these previous posts:
PL/SQL and NTLM
- An implementation of the NTLM protocol for PL/SQL, which you can use to call web services on servers with Integrated Windows Authentication
- NTLM Single Sign-On in Oracle Application Express (Apex), how to set up your Apex applications so that users will automatically be logged in without having to enter their usernames and passwords, useful for intranet sites
Oracle Data Provider for .NET (ODP.NET)
- Minimal, non-intrusive install of ODP.NET, or how to make ODP.NET "just work" without interfering with other software on the machine, with the smallest possible footprint
Oracle Application Express (Apex) and IIS
- Using the Thoth Gateway to run Apex on Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), a freely available, easy-to-install, high-performance port of mod_plsql that runs on Microsoft's web server, including IIS 6 and IIS 7
- Using Oracle Proxy Authentication with the Thoth Gateway, or how to pass your Windows credentials from the the web server on to the database server
Microsoft Office and Office Open XML (OOXML)
- PL/SQL package for working with the OOXML file format, or how to read and write OOXML documents (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) from PL/SQL
Microsoft Exchange (Email, Calendar and Contacts)
- PL/SQL package for working with Microsoft Exchange, or how to read and write email, attachments, calendar events and contact information from PL/SQL
Microsoft Sharepoint
- I have not yet had the need (or the desire...) to work with Sharepoint from PL/SQL, but it would be quite easy to create a PL/SQL library package to interface with the Sharepoint web services, similar to the Exchange package listed above. Perhaps I will revisit this topic sometime in the future... ?


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Obama's day: Health care problems
President Obama, moving past the government shutdown and debt ceiling disputes, spends Monday on an issue now getting more attention: The problems with the rollout of his health care plan.
In the late morning, Obama is expected to criticize the many problems consumers have had logging onto the health care website, while stressing the benefits of the law and emphasizing his administration's efforts to fix the shortcomings.
Obama is expected to declare the technical issues with HealthCare.gov unacceptable to him and his team.
The president will also seek to promote positive impacts of the new law, and will be joined by "consumers, small business owners, and pharmacists who have either benefited from the health care law already or are helping consumers learn about what the law means for them and how they can get covered," says the White House schedule.
Obama's guests will also feature "individuals who have already applied for and enrolled in quality, affordable coverage through the marketplaces and those who are planning to after exploring and comparing their new health care options," the White House added.
Congressional Republicans who opposed the 2010 health care law said the initial problems call the entire program into question.
Citing reports that few people have signed up for health care exchanges, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told CBS' Face The Nation: "God only knows how much money they've spent, and it's a failure. You know, the government simply isn't going to be able to get this job done correctly."
The most immediate problem is the website.
In a blog post, the Department of Health and Human Services said some users of HealthCare.gov "have had trouble creating accounts and logging in to the site, while others have received confusing error messages, or had to wait for slow page loads or forms that failed to respond in a timely fashion."
Said HHS: "The initial consumer experience of HealthCare.gov has not lived up to the expectations of the American people. We are committed to doing better."


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Is Windows 2012 Remote Desktop Session Host better than Citrix XenApp?
Is Windows 2012 Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH) better than Citrix XenApp? Citrix XenApp 6.5 is a market-leading product. Citrix XenApp may well be the first product businesses consider when deploying applications or desktops from a centralised service. Windows 2012 is very new. Windows 2012 RDSH, as a new service, doesn't have the same number of partners or administrators with detailed experience.
Still, it's a very good question.
It's a very good question because Microsoft has worked hard to ensure that RDSH is a solution viable not only for large enterprises, but small and medium scale businesses and not-for-profit organizations, as well. Windows 2012 RDSH builds on a mature technology, a technology that is the most-deployed centralized desktop virtualization solution.
Yet, are you going to end up reading this article and get to an "it depends" answer? Let's see.
To read more, visit The Virtualization Practice


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I slept at 7pm on a Saturday night, what the heck is wrong with me?! I feel like an old lady. The BF calls me at 11pm, and now here I am blogging because I can't go back to sleep! And it's freezing in my house, thank goodness for fuzzy socks and down comforters!
I meant to make this the "Milani eyeshadows only" look (request by Liz) but I left my SD card at work that had the pics on them! (As I did the look on Friday), so instead i'll post the one I did today and add the milani fotd next week. (Sorry Liz!) I also added a 'coming soon' widget to the right hand side to list any upcoming posts so you ladies know what's soon to come here on the site! I hope I remember to update it. I am trying to get a video in here but i've had no time to record one yet...I know im lagging and I apologize to you gals who have submitted things to me and I haven't responded or have done your request, it's a bit hectic on my end!
I walked into a Sephora store about 2 months ago and they had a poster of this model in the window and I remember being in awe (since I love purple and blue) and kept telling myself that I wanna imitate that look. So since I couldn't go back to sleep I thought id play around with it...I didn't have much glittery things to get the lips right, so I opted for a frostier look using only pigments and added some NYX gold glitter for a little sparkle. I ended up not liking it with the eyes so I changed it to "Creme de Femme" and NYC's "Iced Orchid".
It's brighter in person however the flash of my camera tends to wash the color out. :(
Inspiration photo:
My take on it:
What I used:
- Mad Minerals Foundation in Medium Warm Beige (not a good match)
- Physician's Formula Concealer Duo
- MAC Sculpting Powder in "Sculpt" for contouring the sides of the nose
- Everyday Minerals blush in "Waffle Cone"
- MAC Beauty Powder in "Drizzlegold"
- MAC Blush in "Coygirl" (just a touch of it on the apples of my cheeks)
- MAC Pigment in "Blue" (applied wet)
- MadMinerals eyeshadow in "Electric Blue" (applied wet)
- MAC Pigment in "Violet"
- Milani "Wild Violets" Quad (outer-V and contour)
- Milani e/s in "Shock" (lower lashline)
- MadMinerals eyeshadow in "Kunzite" (outer-V and contour)
- Revlon Colorstay Eyeliner in Blackest Black
- Maybelline Curl XXL Mascara in Black
- Ardell eyelashes
- NYX Eyebrow Powder
- Blistex DCT Lip Balm
- Laura Geller Lip Spackle
- MAC Pigment in "Your Ladyship"
- MAC Pigment in "Dazzleray"
- NYX Loose Glitter in "Gold"
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Sunday, December 2, 2007
Sephora Holiday Look
I slept at 7pm on a Saturday night, what the heck is wrong with me?! I feel like an old lady. The BF calls me at 11pm, and now here I am blogging because I can't go back to sleep! And it's freezing in my house, thank goodness for fuzzy socks and down comforters!
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- Row @ http://mostly-makeup.blogspot.com said...
Thats a totally funky look!
Love the eyes, love the lips. What a good idea, mixing the pigment with a balm. Lovely!
- December 2, 2007 at 8:47 AM
- Maickou said...
ohhh, thats pretty! reminds me of the color on a peacock! =) amazing job done as always!
- December 2, 2007 at 11:30 AM
- Divine Blackness said...
Wow, I can not believe how close your look mimics the actual ad. You did an incredible job, babes. I'm lovin' the gold lips too! Get it, girl!
- December 2, 2007 at 3:56 PM
- christianadivine said...
wow, you copied the look VERY well. :] especially in comparison with the first pic of yourself! :D Great job! :]
- December 2, 2007 at 4:26 PM
- Tee-Hoa said...
great replica!
- December 2, 2007 at 6:47 PM
- Liz said...
Wow! Clap Clap Clap!!! Standing Ovation for Vanesssa.
You are a genius. You really can pull that off amazingly. That looks like a Sephora ad to me.
I wish I have half your skills.
You look smashingly hawttttttttttttt..Love the frosty lips and I'm loving that as a holiday color.
Thank you so much. I wish we could all this skills in your next video ;-)
- December 2, 2007 at 8:58 PM
- Anonymous said...
hello nessa, NYX finally have their new brush line launched, not as exciting as i expected though. anyway, nice look!
- December 3, 2007 at 7:48 AM
- Claudia said...
Wow! It looks really cool on you! Great job Vanessa! ;)
Haha you are not a old granny.. I often take naps at 7PM b/c I'm exhausted from uni/work.. I also like to take naps when I'm at BF's home, because his bed is sooooo soft! <3333
- December 3, 2007 at 10:06 AM
- nilla cookie said...
Hey there!
I love the pigment and glitter tip for your lips - totally genius! How well did it stay on your lips?
- December 3, 2007 at 10:47 AM
- MrsDiaz said...
Hey Ness,
WoW look at your skills here..hehe..I started a blog about albert and me so check it out when you get a chance! www.chasandalbert.blogspot.com
- December 3, 2007 at 11:03 AM
- EtherealPrey said...
love the lips...you're really good at eye make up girl...i'm jealous! Got ur package! Thanks! You're such a sweetie!
- December 3, 2007 at 3:21 PM
- Ly said...
Wow so cool! how are you able to take great pics like that? everytime i take a pic the flash messes everything up! you have any tips on how u take your pics? thanks!
- December 3, 2007 at 4:17 PM
- Vanessa said...
Thanks my lovely ladies! I personally wasn't too happy with the look, but it came out okay... :)
Ly, I have a section on the right hand side on how to take pictures of your makeup looks.
- December 3, 2007 at 5:28 PM
- yummy411 said...
great great great replication of the ad! so pretty!!!
- December 4, 2007 at 6:16 PM
- Mrs. Lynne said...
Very well done! Sephora would be sooo proud :)
- December 7, 2007 at 1:37 PM


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I'm always amazed by human nature, the good the bad and the irritating. I've seen a great deal of it in my lifetime and particularly in my career as an R.N. People are not always at their best when they are ill or someone they love is ill. Anxiety, worry and fear all play a part in this exotic and atypical behavior. Today, however, I am thinking about all those individuals who apparently read "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves" one time too many. Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Am I the sickest one of all? Why does it matter? What quirk in human nature causes this kind of competitive spirit in this most macabre way?
I know you are aware of the kind of folk of which I speak. If you have the flu, they have pneumonia. If you have a headache, they have a brain tumor. I have often experienced spouses and relatives sitting at the bedside of a very ill patient, who only want to talk about themselves. As a patient, myself, I have had friends who ask about my health and before the breath is dry upon my lips they are saying, Oh, that's nothing. I once walked fourteen miles on a broken leg, or When I was a kid I walked five miles to school, in the Arctic winter, uphill both ways. That's one of the reasons I don't often talk about my symptoms, syndromes or sickness. I had a relative who, like most people, began every conversation with, How are you? I knew what was coming, as I always said, Oh, I'm fine, and she was off and running because it was her turn to talk and she had opened the door. She was never okay. The joy of talking about ones health is a particular human quirk I just don't understand.
I was sick a great deal of the time as a child and got my fill quite early of chatter about sickness, doctors and compromise. I suspect many people ask, How are you? just so they can talk about themselves. That's why my writing of this blog is such anathema, for me, because I don't like talking about my health. Life is strange, is it not? If I have a role to play in this whole subject of health, I hope it is to give you another viewpoint. Please forgive me, I don't intend to be rude, but please stop talking about your health all the time. The chances are you are driving someone to distraction and I don't think you're doing yourself any good, either.
You have to talk to your doctors and your counselor, if you are seeing one. If you continue to talk to your spouse and others close to you about the condition your body is in, well, what can I say? They can only absorb so much. They can only say, I'm sorry, so many times. It's a bummer, a downer and basically clutters up your life. Isn't it bad enough you have to feel rotten without emphasizing it through continuous complaining? It doesn't change anything, you know. In the early years of my own problems I think I believed talk would make it all go away. It didn't. I believe its all part of the acceptance of a massive detour on the road of life. If you feel you have a great deal to say and it just must come out, buy a journal or a binder and spill into it.
I'm convinced it is the best thing for you and for me to become better integrated individuals with more to say than how much pain we're in, how badly we slept or what's going on in some specific part of our bodies. I realize you might be saying, But you don't understand what I'm going through. It's such a big problem it's all I can think about.
I'm sorry to have to remind you, but you see, I do understand. That's precisely why I am saying these things. Try to think about something else. Occasionally, I have a conversation with someone who has chronic illness and pain and that's all we talk about. That's not right. Come on. There's a great big wonderful world out there. There are marvelous, evocative books to read, at least 200 channels of entertainment to watch and more music than you can listen to in your entire lifetime. There are millions of interesting individuals out there, each with a story to tell. Try talking about yourself less and listen. Listen. Listen. Sometimes it helps to get outside. Sit on the porch. Watch life as it passes by. If you can do it, go to the mall or supermarket and people watch. Everyone has a story to tell, much of that story is written on their faces as well as performed in their actions. We need to remember to take our place in the human family. We are part of a whole that can help to heal us and help life to become more bearable. Who knows, you might possibly stumble across pleasure or experience joy, along the way.
I think it's different when your health problems are acute. It's more short term. You're sick, you get treatment, medicine or surgery. You get better or you die. It doesn't persevere for years and years. Believe me, when it does, it is such a drag you get tired of the sound of your own voice complaining about it. You also might hear the sound of running feet as your family and friends flee.
Are you the sickest one of all? It doesn't matter. You matter, but the contest is a false one. There is no prize, only a boobie prize.


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Musical preparation:
Andreas Sebastian Weiser
Direction, set and light design: José Cura
Costumes and co-stage designer: Silvia Collazuol
Co-lighting designer: Pavel Dautovský
Chorus master: Adolf Melichar
Dramaturgy: Jitka Slavíková
The State Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Verdi's third opera, Nabucco, treating the Old Testament story of the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar (ca 630–562 BC), has been an essential title on the repertoire of every opera house possessing a large choir. In the piece, the chorus plays a very bold role, singing, among other things, one of the best-known opera scenes there is, "Va, pensiero, sull'ali dorate" (Fly, thought, on golden wings). The audience at the opera's premiere, on 9 March 1842 at La Scala in Milan, demanded that the scene be repeated, as has subsequently been the case during performances on other stages. A number of myths have arisen as to the mission of the famous Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves. It is still not clear whether Verdi, a great patriot dreaming of a united Italy, composed it deliberately as a political proclamation. One way or another, in Verdi's time the chorus would become a symbol of the Italians' resistance to Austria's supremacy, and would even serve as a political appeal in modern times. Nabucco marked the onset of Verdi's new operatic style. While still reflecting the respective influences of Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini, the purely virtuoso passages quintessential for the bel canto era gave way to arias and ensembles fully aimed at enhancing the dramatic tension and drift. Nabucco was first presented in the Czech lands in German translation on 3 March 1849 at the Estates Theatre in Prague. The current production will be staged by the celebrated Argentinean tenor José Cura, with whom the State Opera company has previously collaborated, in the autumn of 2001 during a tour of Japan with the production of Verdi's Aida (José Cura portrayed the role of Radamès) and in January 2015, when he appeared at the State Opera in a performance of Verdi's Otello (in the lead role).
The opera is staged in Italian original version. Czech and English surtitles are used in the performance.
Approximate running time, including intermission:
2 hours, 35 minutes, one 20-minute intermission
Premiére: 28. a 29. June 2018


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You've no doubt seen Victoria Stilwell in action on It's Me or the Dog, where, using positive reinforcement, she shows wayward pups and their sometimes equally wayward guardians how to get along. Now, Victoria joins our roster of training experts in offering sound and practical advice on a variety of, shall we say, behavior faux pas. Please join us in welcoming Victoria to The Bark.
Q: My dog's barking is driving me (and my neighbors) crazy. He's a healthy, two-year-old Sheltie mix, and I've been told that it's impossible to train him not to bark—that I should have him surgically debarked, something I find completely appalling. Please tell me there's a way to teach my dog to control his noisy self.
A: Dogs who bark excessively can cause big problems for owners, but even though it may seem completely out of control, this behavior can be modified to a bearable level. Sometimes barking dogs can cause such distress that people resort to having the dog's vocal chords surgically removed, but I'm glad that you find that idea appalling, because most trainers and veterinarians would advise against taking such a drastic measure. Debarking can cause immense anxiety, as it takes away an important part of the dog's ability to communicate. I do recommend, however, that you take your dog to the veterinarian for a thorough medical check up, since any extreme behavior can be exacerbated by a medical condition.
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Shelties are working dogs and are known to be vocal. These days, most dogs who were once bred to do a certain job find domestic life boring, and barking relieves that boredom. If this is the case, increased exercise and mental stimulation will refocus your dog's mind onto something more positive and help tire him out.
Dogs bark for many reasons—to get attention, as a warning, in response to other barking dogs, out of anxiety or when excited—and it is important to identify the triggers before training.
If your Sheltie barks to get attention, don't reward his demands. Telling your dog off is inadvertently rewarding him for barking even if the communication is negative. In this case, it is best to ignore the barking, wait for five seconds of quiet and then reward him with attention. This way, the dog learns that he gets nothing from you when he barks but gets everything when he's quiet.
A dog who barks when excited (i.e., before going for a walk or being fed) is harder to work with because an owner's pre-departure or pre-food cues are usually highly ritualized. Again, do not reward your dog with the things he wants until he is calm. For example, if the barking happens as soon as you go for the leash, drop the leash and sit down. Keep repeating this until your dog is quiet. If you successfully attach the leash but he barks as soon as he gets outside, immediately go back inside. This technique requires patience, but if you are diligent, your dog will quickly learn that quiet equals a walk.& Dogs who suffer anxiety when left alone will often bark a lot during the first 30 minutes after departure, while others continue until their person comes home. If this is the case, you must get a trainer in to help, as separation anxiety can be a very difficult behavior to modify.
Shelties tend to be particularly sound-sensitive, responding to noises that the human ear cannot hear. Also, because they were bred for herding, some Shelties have a high chase and/or prey drive and are easily stimulated by fast-moving objects such as squirrels or birds. If your dog barks excitedly in the back yard, for example, immediately take him back into the house and only allow him out again when he is quiet. Keep repeating if necessary and never leave him in the back yard unattended. If your Sheltie reacts and barks at other dogs or people in or outside of the home, it might be because he hasn't received adequate socialization and feels uncomfortable. In this case, he needs to go on a desensitization program so he can gain the confidence he needs to cope in a social situation.
As you can see, there are many reasons why dogs bark, but please don't listen to those who say that extreme barking can't be modified, because there are lots of ways to reduce what is a very normal but sometimes annoying behavior.


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BALTIMORE – UMBC used a late 6-0 run to break a 70-all tie and held on to defeat Maine, 79-76, in an America East contest at the RAC Arena.
UMBC improved to 5-1 at home, 5-11 overall and 1-2 in America East play. Maine slipped to 3-12, 1-2. All three Retriever conference clashes have been decided by five points or less.
For the Retrievers, senior forward Chase Plummer(Plainfield, N.J./St. Patrick) and freshman guard Bryan Harris (Oxon Hill, Md./Southern) tied for scoring honors with 16 points apiece, while sophomore forward Malik Garner (Philadelphia, Pa./Chestnut Hill Acad.) added 14 points. Junior forward Devarick Houston (Jonesboro, Ga./Mays) was UMBC's America East Player of the Game with 8 points, a game-high 10 rebounds and four of UMBC's 12 steals.
Maine sophomore guard Zarko Valjarevic led all scorers with 24 points, as the sharpshooter hit 6-of-8 shots from behind the arc.
The second half featured eight ties and seven lead changes. With the game tied at 70-all, Garner gave the Retrievers the lead for good with an elbow jumper at the 4:45 mark. After a Black Bear missed field goal, Plummer corralled his own miss inside and muscled in the follow shot with 3:51 remaining. Maine misfired on its next possession, as did Garner on the other end, but Houston soared for a thunderous follow slam to give the hosts a 76-70 advantage with 3:12 remaining.
The Black Bears would whittle the deficit to 78-75 on a Xavier Pollard lay-up with 51 seconds to play and had three possessions to tie the score. After UMBC ran down the shot clock and missed on a three-point attempt, Maine called time out with 7.1 seconds to play, but Pollard threw an inbounds pass over the head of Valjarevic and out of bounds.
Maine quickly fouled Garner with 6.4 seconds left and the sophomore missed two free throws, giving the Black Bears another opportunity. But UMBC fouled Pollard with 4.1 seconds left and the junior guard made the first attempt and missed the second on purpose. However, Maine was called for a lane violation and, after a foul, UMBC freshman guardRodney Elliott (Baltimore, Md./John Carroll) hit one of two free throws to restore a three-point Retriever lead.
A three-quarter court, desperation attempt by Maine's Dimitry Coronel fell well short, giving the Retrievers the home court triumph.
UMBC did a great deal of its damage above the rim, as the Retrievers threw down nine dunks in the game. All four of Houston's field goals were dunks.
The Retrievers struggled shooting the ball overall, attempting 25 (76-51) more shots than the Bears, but converting just one more (29-28) for a shooting percentage of 38.2 percent. Maine hit nearly 55 percent and nailed 7-of-15 from behind the arc.
UMBC committed a season-low four turnovers, and forced 20 Maine miscues.
UMBC opened the game on a 9-2 run, due to a fast-paced offense and relentless full court pressure on defense. The Retrievers would increase their lead to double digits at 23-12 with 10:12 remaining in the first half, but Valjarevic, who amassed 19 first half points, led a Black Bear rally which propelled the visitors to a 40-36 halftime edge.
Maine led by as many as 44-36 early in the second half before a 10-1 Retriever response erased that deficit.
Harris scored 13 of his 16 points in the second half. Elliott, plagued by foul trouble, was held to seven points, but did share game-high honors with five assists in 23 minutes.
Ten of UMBC's 16 games have been decided by six points or less and the Retrievers are 4-6 in those decisions.
UMBC heads back to the road on Wednesday, taking on New Hampshire in Durham, N.H.