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Chapter 10 : More Than Civil Behavior
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The first week of term had ended without much ado and it was now the first Saturday and consequently the first Hogsmeade weekend as well.
Hermione had a busy day set ahead of her and as she pulled on a few layers of sweaters to cut the chill of the crisp September air, she looked over her calendar with today's agenda.
9:30 AM – Meet Harry, Ron and Ginny in Entrance Hall to walk to Hogsmeade.
11:45 AM – Appointment with Astrid at St. Mungo's (Floo from the Three Broomsticks)
10:00 PM – Start Patrol with Malfoy
Well, at least the first two will be tolerable… The last one though…
Since their initial Head meeting four nights ago, Draco and Hermione hadn't spoken once except in passing. Hermione didn't want to jinx it, but she sincerely hoped this was how it was going to be between them from now on. Truth be told, she didn't really need another factor in her life to complicate things any further. And complicate things Malfoy was positively guaranteed to do.
Yes, I'd be simply peachy keen if Malfoy decided to keep to himself for the rest of the year and leave me alone, Hermione thought hopefully as she hurried down the stairs to the portrait hole.
"Where are you off to?" came Malfoy's voice from the corner of the common room.
Hermione bit her lip in frustration. Knew it was too good to last…
"Err, you know, Hogsmeade for some shopping," she replied casually, turning to look at him.
"Planning to stay out all day, then?" he continued quickly before she had the chance to turn away.
"Well, I have an appointment with the Healer that will be… watching me throughout this whole, um, pregnancy, this afternoon as well," Hermione answered awkwardly.
"Oh, so you'll be Flooing to St. Mungo's from Hogsmeade?" Draco chipped in, standing up.
"Yes… May I ask why this is of such particular interest to you, Malfoy?"
"Just wondering where you'll be in case you're late to our patrol date tonight, Granger," he replied snidely.
"I see…" Hermione said skeptically, eyeing him as she pulled on her coat. "Well, see you later then, Malfoy. I'll be sure not to be late."
"Oh and Granger!"
Hermione halted mid-step, now thoroughly annoyed, "Yes?"
"Make sure no one sees you using the Floo –"
"I know, Malfoy!"
The air around Hogwarts was unusually crisp for early September, but the midmorning sun served as a reminder of the waning summer months.
Harry, Ron, Hermione and Ginny were walking down Hogwarts' sloped, cobbled drive towards Hogsmeade, reveling in their first day off after a challenging first week.
"So, Hermione," Ron started with a slightly malicious grin, "tell us what it's like living with the ferret."
Hermione sighed; she knew this was coming sooner or later. The boys had avoided interrogating her all week –she did give them that – but she knew their silence would not last forever.
"Well, surprisingly, there's not really anything to tell," she said honestly. "Malfoy and I have hardly spoken a word to each other all week."
"Figures!" said Ron loudly and quickly as Harry let out a snort. "He just thinks he's too good for you!"
"Uh, I'm pretty sure that's not it," Hermione replied, confused at the boys' reaction.
"Yeah, he thinks he's too pure to talk to the mudblood!" Harry added, looking irked.
"Boys! Honestly, you're trying to make something out of nothing!" Hermione argued in vain.
"I could really kill him!" Ron shouted, his ears turning red.
Ginny pulled Hermione's elbow before she could interject further and whispered near her ear, "Just ignore them! They would have responded this way no matter what you told them – they've been planning on asking you all week."
"Have they really?" Hermione asked with a laugh.
"Yeah, and you're lucky you didn't have to be there during their epic conversations about it around the fire every night this week!"
"Oh, Lord, I'm sorry."
"Yeah, well, you should be saying thank you."
"Really?" Hermione laughed, "And why is that?"
"Well, it's thanks to me that they've been this rational today."
"You call this rational?" Hermione asked, amused.
"In comparison to their other ideas, this is positively demure."
"Oh, goodness, do I even want to know?"
"Probably not, but I'll give you the highlights: a crate of blast-ended skrewts, some rope and a new Weasley Wizard Wheezes product called the Undefeatable Towering Inferno."
"Interesting," said Hermione slowly. "I presume they were all various ends Malfoy was bound to meet if he had done something to me?"
"Actually they were all part of the same end," Ginny said lightly.
"Oh, well then, thank you for being there to persuade the boys not to commit manslaughter."
The four continued their trek to Hogsmeade, Harry and Ron discussing Malfoy, and Hermione and Ginny discussing boy stupidity just in general. They didn't have any big plans for Hogsmeade that day, but were planning on doing a little shopping and sitting around before Hermione had to leave for her appointment at St. Mungo's.
The Three Broomsticks was packed with Hogwarts' students as was usual for a Saturday. They meandered in to the dimly lit, but cheerful pub and split up, the girls going to search for a table and the boys going to get the drinks.
"So," said Ginny as soon as Harry and Ron walked out of earshot, "Tell me what it's really like to be living next to Malfoy."
"What makes you think I wasn't telling the truth before?" Hermione asked, laughing at Ginny's audacity.
"Oh come on! You think I'm going to believe you haven't said one word to each other when you're practically living in his lap?"
"Well it is true…"
"Not a single word?"
"Well, of course a few words in passing, but that's seriously it!"
"I don't believe it."
"I don't see why not…"
"Malfoy doesn't keep his opinions to himself, that's why not."
"Well he was being kind of weird this morning…"
"Yeah?" Ginny urged her to continue enthusiastically.
"Yeah… he was being all awkward about me taking the Floo. Worried or something. It was strange…"
"Seriously?" Ginny asked, hardly able to contain her smile.
"Yeah, why?"
"Well, it seems like our Malfoy has a little soft spot for pregnant women."
"What? No!"
"Well, why else would he be acting like that?" Ginny asked defensively.
"I don't know… he was just trying to get in my business."
"Oh, okay. Tell me what he said word for word."
"Oh, I don't remember…"
"Yes you do, come on!"
"He was just pretending to be all interested in my plans. Like, he asked me what I was planning to do and if I'd be using the Floo and then he went on to try to warn me not to get spotted by anyone!"
"Hah! Just like I suspected – he's being protective of you."
"What?" Hermione exclaimed in shock. "Why would he do a thing like that?"
"Because!" Ginny began in her matter-of-fact voice, "You're pregnant, you've got a baby somewhere inside there," she said, wiggling her fingers at Hermione's stomach, "and you're single, making Malfoy feel responsible for your protection."
"And that's your official prognosis?"
"Don't be snide. There is something deeply psychological about this situation and Malfoy is responding with the classic alpha male approach."
"Oh and that would be protect the weak and vulnerable female carrying the young?"
"Precisely," Ginny said with a smug grin.
"That's ridiculous. Malfoy sees me as nothing more than the girl he's loathed for six years on pureblood principle. It's preposterous to think there's anything else there… your psychology just does not apply."
"It's alright, denial is the first step."
"Oh, Merlin!"
"I'm not joking, Hermione," Ginny continued, fully serious, "Malfoy must think he's being your… manly defender or something. Mark my words, his little paranoia about your whereabouts today will not be the end of his concern for you."
"Well, we're just going to have to wait and see about that," Hermione cut in, standing up and swinging her coat around her shoulders again, "As for right now, I've got an appointment to make…"
"Well, be careful no one sees you taking the Floo," Ginny said with a wink.
Hermione scowled at her.
It had been arranged previously that Hermione would be able to Floo directly into Astrid Vance's surgery for every scheduled appointment so as to ensure that her pregnancy remain a secret for as long as possible.
Hermione coughed a little as she stepped out of the sooty grate and onto the shining checkered floors of the examination room.
She had been through three scheduled appointments as of now and the surgery was becoming more and more familiar which each visit.
Astrid was becoming familiar as well. Hermione was learning to genuinely like the woman despite the fact that having to see her was a constant reminder of the difficult situation she was in. She was getting used to it, but no one could expect her to fully embrace being pregnant any time soon.
"Hermione, dear!" Astrid called from her adjoining office, getting up from her desk and striding into the surgery. "Sorry, I was just catching up on some paperwork."
"Oh, no problem," Hermione said readily.
"Well why don't we got started right away then," Astrid said with a smile as she ushered Hermione over to the examination table. "How has your morning sickness been since your last visit?"
"Um, well, it hasn't gone away yet," Hermione said, clearly annoyed by the fact, "Could you give me any sort of approximation of when it will?"
"I really wish I could say something definite, but morning sickness is just one of those things that changes with every woman and every baby. Those who do experience it usually find that it lets up by the end of the first trimester."
"So I have another… two weeks of this?" Hermione exclaimed. "I don't know if I'll be able to suffer through it…"
"Well you never know, it may end sooner for you, it's all depending."
"Yes, and it might end later as well."
Astrid chuckled, "Just be happy with the fact that your morning sickness lives up to its name. I've had plenty of women who can't get themselves out of the bathroom all day."
Hermione gulped.
"Exactly," Astrid said with a knowing grin, "Now, do you have any other physical complaints besides the morning sickness?"
"Hmm, not really…" Hermione said, thoughtfully, "I'm just very tired all throughout the day. This week has been really hard to get used to my school schedule again. I've just wanted to nap every afternoon after lunch."
"Yes, that's perfectly normal and it's also a good thing to be getting rest. The baby demands a large amount of your strength and energy, so try to take naps whenever you can fit them in. I know you are a very diligent student, but you must understand that this is important too."
"Yeah, I just need to get used to my schedule, that's all."
"Maybe I could have a word with Dumbledore about your classes… see if he could fix your schedule to make it more lenient."
"Oh, please don't! I need to do everything this year that I would have done if I hadn't become pregnant," Hermione pleaded suddenly. "Please, I know it's not going to be easy, but if I don't want to resent this pregnancy, or worse, this baby, then I really need to live my life as normally as I can. I have always had a demanding schedule and I really can't give that up."
"Alright," Astrid said contemplatively, "I respect that decision. I just want you to be very aware of your body's needs. You can't be pushing yourself so hard all the time."
"Of course."
"Ok," Astrid said slowly, looking at Hermione's chart, "Well, besides fatigue, are there any other complaints?"
"Oh, well, yes, there is one other thing… it's quite awkward though."
"Hermione, I'm your Healer. Trust me, there is nothing I haven't heard before."
"Yeah… it's just my… breasts are extremely sore right now and they already feel like they're growing. I don't know, I didn't think they would grow until after the baby came."
"Oh no, the breasts usually start growing late in the first trimester so you're right on schedule."
"And it's supposed to hurt this bad?"
"Unfortunately, yes. Your body is producing a lot more hormones than usual, which incidentally causes the breasts to grow quite rapidly. My best advice is to buy a maternity bra now and learn a good garment adjusting charm so you can expand its size as you need to."
"Alright, thanks… Is there anything I can do to help with the pain?"
"I'll give you a potion that helps with growing pains, but it's officially meant to help pain in the bones and muscles, not soft tissue, so I can't guarantee it will help you tremendously."
"It's worth a shot."
"Alright, if that's all, then I guess I'll just have a look at the baby and see how it's doing," she said, walking over to the counter along the wall to deposit her clipboard.
On cue, Hermione leaned back on the table and rolled up her sweater so that the small bump on her stomach was fully exposed.
"Well you're definitely getting bigger!" Astrid exclaimed, conjuring a magical measuring tape with her wand and flicking it around Hermione's middle. "90 cm on the dot."
"Yeah, I've been thinking it must have been getting bigger because my back has been hurting more."
"Yes, indeed! You've grown six cm from our visit two weeks ago."
"Is that more than normal for this stage, or what?" Hermione asked curiously.
"It's very healthy, I would say. For your natural size and stature I'd think 90 cm was right on target," Astrid said as she carefully prodded Hermione's stomach.
"Yeah, I was thinking about asking Dumbledore quite soon for the daily concealment charm. It's getting harder and harder to wear clothes that will hide my belly."
"That's probably a good idea because from this point on your belly is going to be growing much more significantly every week."
"Great…" Hermione responded, less than enthusiastically.
Astrid smiled knowingly at her, "I'm going to perform the translucency charm now, so be prepared."
Hermione felt the usual cold wave roll over her skin and she leaned up a bit to catch site of her suddenly visible inner parts. This part of the routine examination never got old with her. Suddenly being able to see your intestines wasn't something a person could get used to very easily.
Astrid waved her wand again and the front-most organs became clear as well, bringing the small uterus into focus.
"And there we are," she said, using her wand to manipulate the image.
"Everything OK?" Hermione asked. This part always made her nervous.
"Everything looks just beautiful," Astrid said reassuringly. "It'll be a few weeks yet until I can determine the sex of the baby."
"Oh, I'm not sure I'm going to want to know…"
"Really?" she said, looking quite surprised. "I usually find that the younger the mother is, the more anxious she is to know what she's having."
"I don't know… I'm not really sure I want to find out so soon."
"That's perfectly fine. I won't say a sound if that's what you really want."
"Yeah, let's just see how things go. I might change my mind for all I know."
"And you have every right to!"
There were a few more moments of silence as Astrid carefully wrote things down on the chart and Hermione sat patiently, chewing the side of her cheek.
Finally, Astrid breathed a sigh of finality and said, "Well that's all for today."
Hermione sat up, filled with happiness that she had managed to pull through another week without killing her baby and rolled down her sweater over her still clear stomach.
"Thanks so much, Astrid," she said gratefully. "Umm, would you mind if I asked you a slightly personal question."
Astrid turned away from what she was doing and looked Hermione in the eye, "Go ahead."
"Do you have any children?"
"No," Astrid said slowly, "No, I do not."
Hermione nodded.
"Could I ask you a question, Hermione?"
"Do you have a boyfriend?"
"No, I don't have one of those either," Hermione said smiling good-humoredly.
"Don't be afraid to get 'one of those'," Astrid told her.
"I find it hard to believe that I'm going to have any guy pursuing me when I've got a baby on board," Hermione responded skeptically.
"Oh, you'd be surprised what some men find attractive," Astrid said with a small wink.
Hermione thought back to Ginny analysis of Draco's protective behavior. Is he doing this because he finds my pregnancy attractive?
She shook her head and looked back at Astrid again.
"Well, I better get going, don't want to miss dinner…"
"Alright, see you next week, Hermione," Astrid called after her as she moved into the fire.
"Yeah, see you next week."
10:00. Where is he? Hermione thought as she paced up and down in the Head's common room.
At that moment a door opened upstairs and Hermione quickly plopped down in one of the chairs and picked up a book to look busy.
Malfoy jogged down the stairs and clapped his hands together when he reached the bottom.
"Well, Granger?" he said, eyebrows raised expectantly, "Are we going?"
"Yeah… one second," Hermione said, pretending to sound extremely engrossed in her reading.
"OK, although I'm sure…" he bent down to look at the cover of her book, "Common Cures for the Common Cold is endlessly fascinating, I really think our patrol date is a little bit more important."
Hermione snapped the book shut. "Excuse me, but I was not the one who was late."
"Yes, but you are the one holding us up now," Malfoy replied with a goading smile.
"Let's go," she growled, grabbing her lumpy sweater and pulling it on as she made her way to the portrait hole.
They were walking down the torch-lit, seventh floor corridor when Malfoy decided it was safe to initiate conversation again.
"So, tell me, Granger," he began, "How many books have you checked out of the library about this whole Phasma Eturnus thing you've got going on? My bet is on upwards of 25."
Hermione smiled, "Well, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but no books, Malfoy."
Malfoy stopped and grabbed her shoulder to halt her progress down the hall, "What? Hermione Granger, world-renowned bookworm has failed to – to – to research?"
Hermione raised her eyebrows and started walking again.
"I just didn't think it would be healthy to look into it myself," she said nonchalantly.
"Oh really? And how do you plan to find out about it then?" he asked her skeptically.
"Well, I do see a Healer every week. She's a trained professional and I'm sure she can tell me everything I possibly need to know about what's going on with me."
"What? Why 'wow'?"
"It's just a little shocking that you of all people are willing to put so much stock in someone else's knowledge… I don't know, but you've just never been the person to not get personally involved."
"Well I am personally involved. I don't know if you've noticed but I've got the thing living inside of me – you can't get much more personal then that."
"That is not what I was talking about," Malfoy said, laughing at her choice of words.
"And on another note, I have put complete faith in my healer. She runs thorough checks on me every time I see her. She knows what she's doing."
"Well I'm glad you're so confident," Malfoy said, eager to shut her up on the subject. "Hey, by the way, what exactly do you do every time you see her?"
"What?" Hermione asked, a bit started, "Oh, I don't know… things."
"Like what?" he asked again.
"Why do you want to know?" she asked him suspiciously.
"I'm curious. Indulge me."
She sighed, "Well, she asks if I have any complaints, and I tell her –"
"Like what sort of things?" Malfoy interjected.
"That's personal, Malfoy!"
"Come on, Granger. It's not a big deal!"
"Well, I don't know, like back aches and morning sickness and stuff."
"Mmhm, and what else does she do?"
"Well, then she asks me to lie back so she can look at my stomach."
"She just looks at it?"
"Um, well, first she does this spell to make my skin… clear."
"Clear?" he exclaimed excitedly, "Cool! And she can see all your organs and stuff?"
"Yeah…" Hermione said, laughing a little at Malfoy's boyish excitement.
"Wait. Is it still clear?" he asked suddenly.
"Um, I don't know, it usually lasts for quite a while…"
"Can I see it?" he asked eagerly.
"What? No!" she responded.
"Oh, come on, Granger!" he said in his most charming voice. "Just a peek?"
With those words he grabbed the bottom of her sweater slyly and got himself a glimpse of her clear skin.
"MALFOY!" she hollered, pushing him away.
"Oh, come on! Let me have a proper look, it won't do you any harm!"
"Why not? Just one look!"
"Please, Granger?"
"Stop it, Malfoy."
"A minute tops! Please?"
"Will you leave me alone?"
"Not until you show me."
Hermione stopped and turned to face him, placing her hands on her hips authoritatively.
"If I give you one look will you promise not to bother me about it ever again?"
"Absolutely," he said excitedly.
She waited a few more seconds before saying, "Fine. But we can't do it out here in the open."
"Granger, it's 10:00 PM. Who's going to come waltzing down the corridor to spot us?"
"My rules, Malfoy," she said as she walked away in search of a more secretive location.
Finally, they came upon the stairs up to the Astronomy Tower and Hermione signaled for Draco to follow behind her.
In the moonlit landing at the top of the curving staircase, Hermione turned rapidly to face him once again.
"Alright, before I show you, you have to promise me something," she began nervously.
"Granger," he moaned warily.
"Just one thing," she said quickly. "You have to promise not to find it disgusting."
He looked at her carefully, "I promise, Granger. I'm sure your guts are beautiful."
"Ok, Ok," he said, "Now do you want to lift up your shirt or shall I do the honors?"
She glared at him and then began to slowly roll up her shirt.
"Whoa," Malfoy said in awe as he kneeled down so that his face was level with her stomach.
"I know it's horrible…"
Malfoy looked irritably up at her, "It's not, Granger."
She sighed uncomfortably, "Usually she does something to move all the organs and stuff away and pull the baby into focus."
Draco looked fascinated by her stomach. He picked up one of his hands and placed it on her skin.
She inhaled sharply.
"Sorry. Are my hands cold?"
"Yes," she replied bluntly.
He laughed and then got distracted by her stomach once more crying, "Hey, look!"
Hermione looked down, startled by his outburst. The baby had come into focus again and lay amorphously below Draco's fingers.
"How did you do it?" she asked in awe.
"I don't really think I did anything… It just happened."
"Nothing can 'just happen', Malfoy," she retorted.
"Well, I don't know, Granger! Maybe the baby just likes me!"
"Hah, fat chance."
"Fine then, come up with a better explanation."
She rolled her eyes, choosing to ignore him and they both fell into silence as they stared at the lightly pulsing picture in front of them.
"I'm never going to get used to seeing that," she said quietly.
"Oh, you will, Granger. Especially when it starts to look more like a real baby."
"I don't know, I think that will be even scarier."
"Scary to see the child growing inside of you before it's brought out into this world? I think that's more along the lines of amazing."
"Why are you doing this, Malfoy?"
"What am I doing, Granger?"
"I don't know... you're being civil, nice even."
"Is that shocking to you?"
"Well, coming from you, yeah, I would say it's shocking."
"Oh, Granger," he said with a sigh, standing up and slowly rolling down her sweater, "You should have never underestimated Draco Malfoy. I think you'll see that I'm full of surprises."
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Siebel Database Upgrade Guide > Tables Modified or Seeded During a Siebel Upgrade >
Important Schema Changes at Siebel 7.8
Upgrades from: Siebel 7.0.x, 7.5.x, and 7.7.x.
Platforms: Windows, UNIX, IBM z/OS.
In Siebel 7.8.x, the upgrade includes the following important schema changes.
Customer and Order Management Applications
The following schema changes affect customer and order management applications. This includes Product Administration, Order Management, Quotes, Pricer, and Siebel Configurator.
New Party Payment Profile Table
The new Party Payment Profile table replaces the old Contact Payment Profile table. The new schema supports account and contact payment profiles. The upgrade migrates the data from the old Contact Payment Profile table to the new table.
Quote Teams
Quotes now support multiple sales representatives, or other positions, associated to a single quote. The existing reference to the sales representative for the quote is migrated to the new intersection table and reused as a primary child column.
Multiple Price Types
Products now support multiple price types (Siebel Business Applications only). The new Price Type Code column for existing products is set to One-Time. The new One-Time Charges Sub-Total column in Quote, Order, and Agreement line items is calculated and stored. The new Recurring Charges Sub-Total column in Quote, Order, and Agreement line items is set to 0.
Revision to the Line Item Discount Amount Field
The upgrade process changes how line item discounts are stored. If the data source for a discount amount is Pricer, the upgrade moves the value stored in the Discount Amount Field to the Pricing Adjustment Field.
If the Keep Discount flag is checked, the upgrade process does not make this change. Instead, all items that have this flag checked are treated as manual discounts.
The upgrade process determines the correct Header Discount Amount when both of the following are true:
Attribute Pricing Matrices in Pricer
Attribute pricing matrices in Siebel Pricer are replaced by attribute adjustments. After the database upgrade is complete, users must run a business service method to convert attribute pricing data to attribute adjustments. Obsolete tables and corresponding new tables are shown in Table 48.
Net Price, Currency Code, Exchange Date
The calculated Net Price field in Quote, Order, and Agreement line items is replaced by a new column. The upgrade calculates the value based on the basic configuration in the prior release. Quote, Order, and Agreement line items now support currency code and exchange date. The relevant data is migrated from the associated header record.
Effective Dates on Price List Line Items and CP Adjustments
Price List line items and Price List CP adjustments now support effective dates in the user key. The effective start and end date are copied from the associated header record where applicable. If this data is not available, the start date is set to 01-01-1980 and the end date is left as NULL.
Volume Discounts
Volume discounts now support discount amounts as well as the existing method of discount percentage. The new price adjustment type code column is used to specify the type. The existing discount amount column stores the associated value. Both columns are updated to support the existing data.
Bundle Discounts
Bundle factors in pricing models are converted to bundle sequences and discounts in Siebel 7.8. Obsolete tables and corresponding new tables are shown in Table 49.
References to pricing models in price lists and price list items are converted to refer to bundle sequences. All other pricing models must be manually reimplemented as PPS Procedures after the database upgrade.
Siebel Configurator
Siebel 7.8 introduces a new infrastructure for Siebel Configurator. The primary new table for configurator is S_VOD. This table stores the header information for products, classes, and attributes.
Other important changes are as follows:
Obsolete tables and corresponding new tables are shown in Table 50.
Like the obsolete tables, all of the new tables have versions. The upgrade migrates data from the obsolete tables to the new ones and creates new records for objects that were previously not versioned (particular classes, attributes, and products).
During the upgrade, additional data migration occurs as follows:
S_PROD_INT and S_PROD_INT_LANG continue to be used in Siebel 7.8. Foreign key references to products still point to S_PROD_INT. The S_PROD_INT.CFG_MODEL_ID column is reused to refer to the associated S_VOD record in the Siebel Configurator infrastructure.
All the S_*_XA tables, for example S_QUOTE_ITEM_XA, now use the ATTR_NAME column to refer to the attribute associated to the object, for example Quote Item.
ATTR_ID is no longer used. In previous releases, it was used as a reference to S_XA_ATTR, which is obsolete in 7.8.
Captive Finance
Before Siebel 7.8, a contact was associated with only one bankruptcy. In Siebel 7.8, the relationship between contact and bankruptcy has been changed to M:M. The model also allows capturing bankruptcies for companies. The upgrade migrates data in two steps:
The tables S_CONTACT_FNX and S_PARTY_REL continue to be used for other purposes.
The upgrade makes the following schema changes:
For existing class records, Max Waitlist Num and Allow Waitlist Flag are set to the values that were present for the corresponding course.
Siebel Field Service
Quote, Order, and Agreement line items now support multiple covered assets associated to a single line item. The existing reference to the covered asset for the line item is migrated to an intersection table and reused as a primary child column.
The upgrade creates the following new intersection tables:
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2: Christmas NiGHTS into Dreams
This freebie was given away in late 1996 for Saturn owners who had bought one of a select handful of games (Worldwide Soccer '97,Manx TTand the full version of NiGHTS come to mind).
It was also given away on the front of the Official Sega Saturn Magazine the following year, sans its limited edition cardboard sleeve.
Above: My copy - signed by Tetsuya Iizuka, the game's level designer
It contains the first level of the main game as a demonstration of its awesomeness. But it also features an original version of Spring Valley for Elliot who doesn't visit that level in the full game. The exclusive content doesn't end there, with a Karaoke mode for the brilliantly cheesy theme song, an A-Life viewer that lets you see all your little Nightopian buddies not only in the demo but the full game AND the first ever playable 3D Sonic the Hedgehog.
Above: Sonic into Dreams. Crappy main level, but awesome boss (right)
With the calendar function offering year-round extras that aren't found in the full game (something we're still enjoying) and what remains one of the finest scoring systems ever devised, Christmas NiGHTS stands proud as one of the finest games ever produced, let alone demos. And it was free.
1: Metal Gear Solid 2
You know that Konami game called Zone of the Enders? You probably wouldn't know as much about it (if anything) if it weren't for the fact it came bundled with a playable demo of Metal Gear Solid 2. And what a demo it was. It had every major gameplay element of the full game, from the new first-person aiming mode to cardboard box shenanigans, as well as the full cinematic intro.
Just look at how much there is to do (and humour to discover) in this video of one segment of the demo alone:
There's so much gameplay in the opening tanker section, we could (and did) spend countless hours trying out everything. Watching the guards spot our wet footprints, aiming for the spine or the head with the tranq gun (or timing another shot so the serum knocks them out the moment they spot you) or hiding bodies in lockers/the Hudson River. The sheer wealth of content in this demo puts 90% of full-price PS2 games to shame.
Above: Absolutely flawless in its execution, MGS2 still rocks
Thanks to its 60fps graphics, it's aged phenomenally well. The clean, crisp graphical style and precise animation cycles are solid (no pun). Timeless, in fact. Stick this in HD and you could release it today. As it is, it's clear why this was so impressive at the time - it pushed PS2 to the limit of its capabilities right at the start of the console's life.
So it's little wonder people bought ZOE just to get the MGS2 demo. It was more than worth £40, especially so many weeks before the proper game launched. That said, it was technically a free giveaway for people who bought the game, so it is unquestionably the best demo of all time.
10 May, 2010
See gruesome pics of the demo's most malicious mythical murders
Looking back at the series' best bosses and what other games should take away from them
The Top 7... Christmas moments
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Durward Sandifer Mentorship
Effective Fall 2017: This applies only to for freshman who entered Fall 2016.
All full-time students who enter Eureka College as first-time freshmen and meet the following criteria may apply for consideration to receive a Durward Sandifer Mentorship:
- a 3.0 cumulative GPA at the end of the sophomore year at EC
- an established record of leadership while at EC
- an established record of service while at EC
A Sandifer Mentorship can be anywhere in the world as approved by the Mentorship Director. There is an established budget for each mentorship.
Named for a Eureka College alumnus (Class of 1924) who was a key figure in helping establish the tenets of the United Nations, Durward Sandifer students receive an incredible opportunity for global leadership.
Up to 4 fellows will be selected in Spring 2018.
Questions can be directed to the Interim Dean of Students, Shari Rich at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Mentorship Guidelines
For those students to adequately plan and prepare for eligibility for these mentorships, the following are some guidelines:
- Students must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA at the end of their sophomore year to receive the award. Students will have been deemed to have completed their sophomore year when they have accumulated a minimum of sixty (60) Eureka College semester hours. Hours transferred from other institutions will not be considered for either the required GPA or for the purpose of determining completion of sophomore status. Students entering Eureka College with 12 or more hours transferred from other colleges or universities cannot be considered for the award.
- Students who have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher at the end of their first sophomore semester (45 Eureka credit hours) will be notified of their potential candidacy for a Sandifer Mentorship and provided the forms for application. The student will be responsible for filing a written application to be considered as a Sandifer finalist. This application must be submitted not later than mid-term of the semester in which they will have achieved sixty (60) Eureka College credit hours. This written application should be accompanied by substantiated documentation of significant activity in both leadership and service.
- As a general guideline, students will be considered to have met the service requirements for a Sandifer Mentorship if they can provide evidence of having completed service projects in their first two years at Eureka in which they performed a minimum of eighty (80) hours of donated service time. Membership in an organization alone will not be considered a service. Active service work must be documented.
- The leadership requirement will be considered to have been fulfilled if the student can show documented evidence of having served in leadership positions or having performed leadership roles in organizations either on or off campus. The best documentation for leadership would be letters of reference from responsible people associated with the organization(s) or the leadership role(s) used for the fulfillment of this requirement. (e.g. letters from coaches describing leadership roles on an athletic team; letters from faculty outlining leadership functions in music, theatre, or group course work; letters from faculty or staff outlining leadership in organizations in which the faculty or staff member served as sponsor, letters from sponsors or supervisors describing leadership activity in outside organizations, etc.)
- A review committee will be convened by the President as needed to review applications and to verify successful completion of the leadership and service requirements. Students meeting these requirements will then be notified that they have satisfactorily fulfilled the service and leadership components of the mentorships. Successful completion of the GPA requirement at the end of that semester will automatically qualify these students for a Sandifer mentorship.
- Students expecting to receive a Sandifer mentorship may begin planning for the use of their mentorships prior to its formal award and are encouraged be begin that process with the E.C. staff responsible for the program. However, no college funds will be committed until the mentorship is finally awarded. Students who have been notified that they have successfully completed the leadership and service components, and who are relatively certain of receiving the award, may decide to commit their own funds for travel reservations, housing, etc. and apply for reimbursement upon formal receipt of the award. The College will not be responsible should students commit their own funds and then fail to achieve the required GPA for the award.
- Sandifer Mentorship activity paid for by the College may include travel, food, housing, program fees, and incidental expenses. A budget estimating mentorship expenses must be approved in advance by the program director. No advance payment or reimbursement will be authorized or granted unless such prior approval has been obtained. All funded mentorships must be performed following their formal award. No Sandifer program money will be authorized for reimbursement of expenses involving travel or activities that occurred prior to the completion of the sophomore year and/or the formal award of the mentorship. Each student receiving a Sandifer mentorship will be required to submit detailed expense reports following the mentorship, and will be responsible for the repayment of any funds received from the College that were in excess of the actual cash outlays reflected on these expense reports. Expenses for items costing more than $15 must be substantiated with receipts.
- Students receiving the mentorship should use $3,000 as a planning guideline for the maximum college expenditure. This amount will normally be sufficient to cover reasonable costs of travel, food, housing, tuition and other expenses needed to make the mentorship a memorable and valuable educational experience. As a general guideline, mentorships will normally be between four and eight weeks in duration. Requests for mentorships shorter than four or longer than eight weeks must be approved by the program director and will only be approved by exception.
- The Sandifer Mentorships are meant to be educational opportunities, not vacations or travel-for- travel's-sake. For a specific mentorship to be approved for funding, it must contain significant elements of research, work, interning, professional experience, or professional association with a suitable mentor. No program expenditures will be approved without one or more of these components involved.
- Students receiving Sandifer Mentorships will have the primary responsibility for making all of the arrangements for the mentorship including travel arrangements, housing, mentor agreements, acceptance in programs, etc. The Sandifer program director and other Eureka College faculty and staff stand ready to assist and may be called upon in making these arrangements, but the primary responsibility still rests with the student mentorship recipient.
- Students receiving a Sandifer mentorship may be asked to represent the College and the Sandifer program in a variety of ways such as talks at Admissions Open Houses, Board of Trustee meetings, campus events, advising new Sandifer Fellows, etc. Sandifer recipients should view these opportunities as part of their continuing commitment to service and leadership.


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Acho que vocês ainda não sabiam, mas eu sou uma eterna amante de livros. Assim, hoje venho falar de um livro que eu li nos últimos dias e não podia adorar mais!
Vamos lá...
I think you didn't know it yet, but I'm totally a book lover. This way, today I'm going to talk about a book that I read these last days and I couldn't love it more!
Let's go...
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Este livro pertence à coleção The Raven Cycle, que é constituída por 4 livros: The Raven Boys; The Dream Thieves; Blue Lily, Lily Blue e The Raven King.
This book is very easy to read. I read it in english (I'm very used to) and it was very easy. Even if you are not english you can read it with no trouble.
This book belongs to the series The Raven Cycle, which has 4 books: The Raven Boys; The Dream Thieves; Blue Lily, Lily Blue and The Raven King.
Sinopse do The Raven Boys / The Raven Boys' Synopsis:
Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue never sees them--until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks to her.A minha opinião: / My thoughts about it:
His name is Gansey, a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul whose emotions range from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher who notices many things but says very little.For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She doesn't believe in true love, and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.
OH-MEU-DEUS! Este livro tornou-se de imediato o livro da minha vida.
Okay, podem pensar que estou a exagerar, mas eu sou mesmo muito ligada a livros e este mexeu comigo duma maneira mesmo extraordinária.
Depois de ter lido este livro, só ficou em mim aquele pensamento de 'Será que vou ultrapassar este livro?' ou 'Será que um dia vou ler um livro tão bom ou melhor que este?'.
Com esta sinopse, e com a frase que traz na capa ('If you kiss your true love, he will die.'), eu estava à espera de mais um romance, mas estava completamente enganada!
Este livro de romance não tem nada. Temos apenas uma história sempre com coisas a acontecer que nos faz querer ouvir o som do virar da página.
É mesmo um livro a não perder!
OH-MY-GOD! This book became immediately the book of my life.
Okay, you may think I'm over reacting, but I'm really connected with books and this one really mixed up all my feelings in an awesome way.
After I read this book I just had thoughts like 'Will I ever get over this book?' or 'Will I ever read such a good book?'.
With this synopsis and with the quote in the cover ('If you kiss your true love, he will die.'), I was expecting just another romance, but I was totally wrong!
This book has nothing to do with romance. We only have a history full of things happening that makes us want to hear the sound of turning the page.
This is a book you can't really lose!
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|No species is as violent nor barbaric towards its own kind as is the Political Animal during election year. Our own campus was witness to many political atrocities during the past two semesters. Rumbling and grumbling as they came twelve strong, they raced across the campus Commons searching for "NewBlood" among the flocks of apathetic students. Converting some, rolling over others, all the while spouting their rhetorical defamation of any opposing view point and or its propagator. Yet, not all that occurred during the election should be viewed as barbaric carnage. As the chief organizer of the Election '88 Showcase, Mary Monasterio felt that regardless of who was elected, the campus became regarded very highly by its peers. "Not only did these people get seen on campus, but the campus was seen throughout the media, locally and even nationally. This could only help us in the community." What Monasterio as Speaker Forum Chair managed to do was help organize and moderate two debates between College Republicans and Democrats. She also arranged for candidates of several races to espouse their ideology before both large and small crowds of students and faculty. Mike Olsen and Mike Driscoll, fighting for County Attorney, stumped in. Sheriff candidiate J.C. Mosier sans incumbent Johnny Klevenhagen ventured wearily on to campus along with numreous other winners and losers. But no one's arrival was as noteworthy as that of Vice-president Dan Quayle. Quayle was greeted by the Satellite's largest crowd, also the most vocal and visual. Both supporters and opponents were voicing opinions throughout his ten- minute speech. None of the political animals featured could truthfully say that their appearance on campus actually had an affect on the outcome of any particular race. But then again, none could say that it didn't. ► Allen Manning Searches Student Prey 16 Campus Life Election '88 17


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Domestic terrorism provides the backdrop for this uneven romantic thriller from bestseller Brown (Low Pressure). Dawson Scott, a veteran journalist traumatized by his work in Afghanistan, rejects the fluff piece his editor urges him to write, and instead travels to Georgia to cover the trial of Willard Strong, accused of murdering his wife and her lover, Jeremy Wessum, and feeding them to his fighting dogs. Dawson can't resist reporting on the case after his godfather, a former FBI agent, tips him off that Wessum might be the son of a pair of famous terrorists. The journalist comes prepared for some courtroom drama, but what he's unprepared for is falling in love with Wessum's former wife, Amelia. The death of the nanny of Amelia's two young sons suggests that a murderer may still be on the loose. Dawson and Amelia's contrived, torrid love affair undermines an otherwise straightforward whodunit. Readers should be prepared for some cringe-worthy dialogue before reaching the propulsive final scenes. Agent: Maria Carvainis, Maria Carvainis Agency. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.


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This was Somerset's first outing at home and the locals, starved of cricket, came out in good numbers, almost 2,000 of them. They left wondering whether their side made the most of first use of the Taunton pitch, usually such a friend to batsmen.
Somerset finished the day on 328 for seven, by no means an impregnable score here. Three of their batsmen had cruised into the 70s but could go no further, Nick Compton, Zander de Bruyn and James Hildreth. Opportunities had been missed. Even though there is the suggestion that this surface might offer more turn than usual Essex can be satisfied with their day's work.
They were jubilant when they saw the back of Marcus Trescothick. Not since the days of Viv Richards do visiting teams express such relief at the departure of Somerset's star batsman. Trescothick played an unconvincing pull shot against Maurice Chambers and was caught at square leg.
The Compton clan has been renowned for their sweeping but Nick, a new recruit at Taunton, has not benefited much from this stroke over the last couple of days. On Sunday in the 40-over match at Cardiff he was lbw reverse sweeping; here a more conventional effort was top-edged to short fine leg. Otherwise he stroked the ball with elegant orthodoxy and decisive footwork.
De Bruyn batted serenely until he was bowled through the gate by Ryan ten Doeschate and Hildreth played a plucky innings. Hildreth had just returned from hospital, a victim of the pre-match touch-rugby session and the boot of Charl Willoughby. He had a number of stitches in his knee, disguised his pain stoically and struck the ball sweetly until he shouldered arms against the second new ball only to see his off-bail dislodged.
Jos Buttler, Craig Kieswetter's replacement, a 19-year-old from Taunton, played a few appetising strokes before driving in the air to extra cover. When Kieswetter returns he will be competing strongly for a place as a pure batsman.
The locals were also intrigued to witness the batting powers of the short-term recruit from South Australia, Damien Wright. Their curiosity has yet to be sated. Slow to respond to Peter Trego's call he was run out without facing a ball.
For Essex David Masters had been the best of the bowlers, Tim Phillips, the spinner, was the busiest, an indication of how this wicket is expected to play (Somerset have included the wrist-spinner, Michael Munday). There was one other curiosity: a rare spell of very gentle off-spin from Alastair Cook in pursuit of his sixth first-class wicket. It was a spell that only lasted six balls. Cook will be much more interested in batting on this surface.


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Theater: Groundswell, Gatz and All My Sons
Jan. 14, 2010
Jared Bowen and theater critic Terry Byrne discuss three new productions to hit the stage. Tonight's featured productions include Groundswell at the Lyric Stage Company, Gatz at the American Repertory Theater and All My Sons at the Huntington Theatre Company's B.U. Theatre.


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This is the conclusion of Doc's three-part assessment of the Broncos offensive line. Part 1 and Part 2 were posted earlier in the week.
I like the improvement of J.D. Walton from last year, but I don't see Denver running fourth and inches through his slot at this point, and I'm not sure that he ever will be that guy. He's just not hitting with enough of a punch to drive people back, ala Tom Nalen. I'm sorry to compare him to one of the best from Denver's past, but Denver wants to consistently be in the postseason playing for the Lombardi Trophy, and you won't get there without a very good or elite center. Right now, J.D. doesn't seem to be that. I like him, and he's growing, but the lack of power and leverage are too often issues. J.D. snapped to two Heismann winners in college (including the one in Denver) but as important as his position is, they're going to let him grow into it, or find a guy who can get those last inches. I've never heard anyone speak badly of Walton, and my only complaint is with his technical game - he's tough-minded, he's willing to mix it up and I like his moves to the second level, but he's not dominating DTs. In a team that's made no bones about going with a running attack, one of the three interior linemen have to be able to create that push. Right now, I haven't seen it. To be clear, I like Walton and Chris Kuper in particular - I also follow Zane Beadles' tweets and he's the kind of guy I'd love to have a beer with, but he does have his balance troubles, and that can't help Walton, either.
Continue reading "Fattening Up on the offensive line, Part 3"
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Chris Benson previews tomorrow's game for PFF, and he's expecting the Broncos to utilize a more conventional rushing attack since KC will presumably will be better prepared for the read option than they were last time. On defense, Benson figures that although Von Miller's struggles since he injured his thumb have been well chronicled, he should impact the game matching up against Barry Richardson - the worst right tackle in the game according to PFF's grading.
For PFF's latest Scramble column, Benson writes that the turning point for Denver's season may have been Chris Harris' interception of Carson Palmer and subsequent 60-yard touchdown run by Willis McGahee. It was a remarkable sequence of events, one that should not be underestimated. I think people look back at the 38-24 final score and recall the game as a thumping by Denver, but that couldn't be farther from the truth. The first half was all Oakland, and the Broncos running game didn't really dominate until that McGahee run to end the third quarter. Denver was 2-5 at that point, and here we are eight weeks later and they've got a chance to win the division tomorrow. Incredible.
Happy Friday, Broncos fans! Bucky Brooks dug into the film of Denver's last three games, and within them he sees a blueprint for stopping Tim Tebow and the Broncos offense. He says that in response to Denver's success running against sub packages, both the Bears and Bills decided not to allow the Broncos to dictate personnel. A Jets coach raised this point with Brooks, and the numbers appear to support the strategy - even more so than Brooks cites. Against the Jets, Bears and Bills, the Broncos averaged 127.3 rushing yards per game, while in the other seven games since Tebow took over, Denver ran for a staggering 217.9 yards per game. Of course, the last time these two teams faced off, Denver ripped off 244 rushing yards against Romeo Crennel's defense, and two weeks ago the Broncos ran for 252 against Bill Belichick's guys.
As for the passing game, Brooks points to teams' use of man coverage on Denver's wideouts (and a heavy reliance upon Cover-1), with the Bills focusing on locking up Tebow's primary read, and he says teams are relying upon a four-man rush to contain Tim within the pocket, rather than blitzing and risking an open lane for Tebow to escape through. The question, of course, is whether Tim will be able to start beating this one-on-one coverage with his arm, and whether the Broncos will have some viable wrinkles to get the running game going against what may be a solid game plan for stopping them.
Picking up where we left off yesterday, I did a workup on each of the Denver linemen to establish what I've seen on film (I added stats when they seemed appropriate). I usually used the Pro Football Focus stats, and linked to the things that seemed to matter the most. After I've covered the players, I'm going to talk about the options that Denver has, and which I think might be the most productive.
Rating Orlando Franklin's value has been somewhat contentious among the fans this year. If you take in the running style and consider the yards per play through Franklin's slot (6.7 per carry - beating Chris Kuper's 6.2 for the team lead), Franklin is playing pretty well for a rookie. Most of them get to sit for a year - he was tossed into a position that he'd never played before at right tackle. He's not a 4th-and-short kind of leader to the team, and that's just fine - no one does everything and he's a heck of a run blocker over the course of the game: the Broncos need that. His pass blocking needs work, but a lot of that is technique and he has improved this year, without question. The footspeed issue remains another question with him - he's generally good at getting downfield to the second level, but not as effective with his kickstep going right and mirroring a speed rusher on the outside. Denver hasn't mentioned the issues specifically to my knowledge, so we don't have any straight info on what they're thinking for his future.
Continue reading "Fattening Up on the offensive line, Part 2"
Tim Tebow has now started 10 games this season, and although he was responsible for two Denver TDs on Saturday, two of his four turnovers were brought back for six points by the Bills. Along with the 45-10 loss to Detroit in his second start of the season, Tebow now has two games where he was charged with both a pick-six and a fumble return for a score.
Although the narrative had been that Tebow takes exceptional care of the football, he now has 12 fumbles to go along with five interceptions. Among the NFL's top 40 QBs in terms of pass attempts, Tebow now has the second-highest sack rate (10.7%), third-highest fumble rate (3.0%) and the tenth-highest negative play rate (sacks, fumbles, interceptions - 11.9%).
Let's see how he stacks up in terms of Adjusted Net Yards and Net Yards:
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Andy Benoit raises an interesting point in his preview of Sunday's game, in that the simple matter of a win or loss could determine whether the Bronco decide to go all-in on building around Tim Tebow for 2012. Could it really be that simple? What if Tebow plays great but the team loses and misses the playoffs, or what if he continues to be off the mark with his passing yet the team wins and takes the division title? Will John Elway & Co be afforded the leeway to evaluate Tim for what he is, or will the decision be driven solely by team results?
As for the game, Benoit figures the Chiefs to better defend the Broncos' running game, and that their excellent group of corners should allow KC to man up on Denver's receivers, as Buffalo did last week. He thinks the Chiefs will try to utilize short drops in the passing game to help weaken the impact of Denver's pass rush, specifically Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil. To counter, Benoit says the Broncos should go with tight man coverage from Champ Bailey and Andre' Goodman agains Dwayne Bowe and Jon Baldwin.
The Chicago and New England games were the third and fourth times this season that the Denver OL has gotten pushed around by a strong defensive front: Buffalo put the icing on the cake. The opening week loss in Oakland could have been put down to being rusty, new coaching and opening nerves, but the pattern since then has been to handle lesser lines well, yet to fall apart against a stronger team. Denver had a run of wounded and problematic teams in terms of the opposing defensive lines, and the Broncos O-linemen moved and attacked well against them. Against the stronger teams, they weren't worth much. They've had better games, but it's become clear that there's a talent/experience issue as well. J.D. Walton has made strides but still has weaknesses, Zane Beadles is a matter of some concern, and Orlando Franklin, for a guy who never played right tackle, has improved across the board.
There's some good news. Mike McCoy agrees:
They've gotten better every week. That's something that is going to take time coming together with the limited practices we had going into the season. Like everybody else in this league, we are going to grow and keep going.
Continue reading "Fattening Up on the offensive line, Part 1"
Good Morning, Broncos fans! Denver made a surprising move yesterday, waiving Quan Cosby and bringing back FB Austin Sylvester. Cosby had been an effective return man for much of the season, with a 10.0-yard average on 27 punts and a 26.9-yard average on 17 kickoffs, before muffing a punt against New England and being a healthy scratch against Buffalo. Cosby's release leaves Eddie Royal and Eric Decker as punt returners, with Matt Willis presumably returning kickoffs (he returned seven kicks Sunday for a 19.7-yard average).
Denver also waived FB Will Ta'ufo'ou from the practice squad and added TE Cornelius Ingram in his place.
Although the NFL is set to officially announce the
Popularity Contest Pro Bowl rosters at 7PM ET, word has slipped out that Broncos stars Von Miller, Champ Bailey and Elvis Dumervil have made the AFC squad. Ryan Clady, Britton Colquitt, Brian Dawkins, Willis McGahee, Matt Prater and Tim Tebow have been named as alternates. This marks Champ's 11th selection in his 13-year career, while for Dumervil it's his second.
Happy Tuesday, friends. I have limited time today, due to a confluence of continuing holiday activities and the continuation of my year-end financial close, so I'm just going to share some observations from my fantastic trip to Buffalo on Saturday.
a. It's really pretty funny, but Tim Tebow looked great in warmups before the game, and during the game. Whenever he was just making throws in non-game situations, the throws were perfectly on-target, and his delivery looked excellent. Didn't his reputation used to be that he couldn't make a throw in warmups? Maybe it was bizarro Tim on Saturday – good in practice, shaky in the fourth quarter of actual games?
Seriously, though, of the interceptions I witnessed in person, there were three flavors of them. The first one was a good decision and a very good job extending the play, but a terrible overthrow of Demaryius Thomas. The second pick was a case of staring down Eric Decker and not looking off a Cover-1 Safety; Tebow needs to get better at looking away from the intended receiver, because Decker had his corner beat, and the throw was good, if Jairus Byrd isn't able to jump it.


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Some more ways to spend your Party Points would be good, and although the 'Play Anywhere' browser based poker software works perfectly, we'd like to see a downloadable MAC option for all the Apple users out there.
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Buying good behavior with stickers
Yesterday afternoon my boys were playing together with little plastic army men. The trouble was that my 7-year-old was not playing very nicely or fairly with his little brother, which did not make my little guy too happy, to say the least.
I intervened a few times to try to make things go more smoothly. Just as I was about to send my son to his room for a while, my daughter stepped in and scolded him. Then she went to the craft cabinet and pulled out some stickers. She gave my little guy a sticker for trying to play nicely, and he was quite pleased.
I waited to see what would happen next, and before I knew it, my daughter had made a sticker chart and the boys were on their best behavior, playing nicely and trying to earn stickers.
It was interesting to me that my 7-year-old would respect his sister as an authority figure, but I guess his competitive nature kicked in so that he wanted to win some stickers. It was also funny because my son easily could have gone to the craft cabinet and gotten a sticker, but he really wanted the "good behavior" stickers his sister was handing out.
I tend to be ambivalent about relying on sticker charts and other reward systems. Are they purely helpful because they produce the desired behavior? Or do they subtly set kids up to perform well only when they can get something out of it instead of simply because it's the right thing to do?
I don't know, and I have used reward systems at different times with my kids, but mostly I try to refrain. Yesterday, however, my daughter bought us all a bit of peace with stickers.
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CALGARY — A major twin tower residential condo project is planned for the west end of Calgary's downtown.
Grosvenor and Cressey Development Group are proposing to build 24-storey and 18-storey towers, comprising 319 units, at the corner of 5th Avenue and 10th Street S.W.
Michael Ward, vice-president of Grosvenor in Calgary, said sales for the project will be launched in the coming weeks for the Avenue development.
The developers are hoping to start construction either late this year or in early 2014 with possible first occupancy in 2016.
"In developing one of the final parcels of land in this established downtown Calgary neighbourhood we set out to create a best in class development," said Ward. "Grosvenor and Cressey's proven track record of superior design and long-standing history of building quality homes will bring a truly unique product to the area."
Ward said he is seeing a strong demand for the condo market.
Grosvenor is also building the Drake tower in the Beltline neighbourhood, at 15th Avenue and 7th Street S.W. Drake is 17 storeys and 135 units. Construction will be completed there in October.
"Watching Drake and watching the sales there it's been quite good," said Ward. "This past weekend alone on Drake on Saturday and Sunday we sold five units which is a great weekend. That project is almost sold out now and that sort of gave us the confidence to move with the next project which is Avenue."
The Avenue partnership between Grosvenor, a privately-owned property investment and development group and Cressey, a residential and commercial development company, will redevelop the corner of 5th Avenue and 10th Street S.W. into what it calls a "landmark development" that will add two contemporary towers to the downtown skyline.
It is designed by architect James Cheng.
Ward said the development will be located on one of the few remaining parcels of land in Calgary's west end.
Drake has also started plans on Smith, a new multi-family project located adjacent to Drake.
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July 14, 2008
New UW-L Building Sets Sights on LEED Certification
By KJ Lang, La Crosse Tribune, Wis.
Jul. 14--The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is taking the LEED in sustainability.The new academic building -- Centennial Hall -- is the first in the UW System that will be LEED certified, said Bob Hetzel, UW-L vice chancellor for administration and finance. LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. "We are very pleased to make that claim; it speaks very well for our campus," said Hetzel.
The move added an additional $250,000 to the project cost, bringing the total bill for the new facility to $44.25 million.
About $125,000 of that cost is for architectural and engineering fees to work toward the goal of incorporating LEED standards into the construction of the building, said Hetzel. The remaining money goes to carry out some of those designs. For instance, a majority of the funds will go toward a solar hot water heating system on the roof, said Hetzel.
However, these expenses don't ensure that the building is LEED certified, said Valentine Schute, project architect from River Architects. Final approval rests with review by the U.S. Green Building Council.
La Crosse County is also looking at LEED certification for a jail addition to the Courthouse and Law Enforcement Center, but unlike UW-L's building, the county is looking at the lowest level of certification.
UW-L is planning to go one step higher to a silver rating, said Schute.
LEED certification is measured by points that relate to energy conservation strategies, said Schute. The lowest level of certification means earning from 26-32 points while a silver rating is 33-38 points.
But don't be fooled by the one-point difference to move from one rating to the next. One point can mean a lot of work.
Both the jail and Centennial Hall designs incorporate bricks and other materials manufactured within a 500 mile radius of La Crosse, said Schute. That earned them both only one point.
It is also UW-L's plan to make the new residence hall or halls LEED certified. Those halls will replace Baird and Trowbridge halls, which are marked for demolition to allow for Centennial Hall.
Building LEED-certified buildings also reaffirms UW-L's commitment to sustainability made clear by the Talloires Declaration Chancellor Joe Gow signed this spring, said Hetzel.
The design report and project plans for Centennial Hall received final approval from the State Building Commission on June 25.
The Centennial Hall project also is contingent on the UW-L Foundation raising a total of $6 million toward the cost of the building in order to receive $38 million from the state. The foundation has raised about $1.6 million so far. The university must raise $3 million by Aug. 31 to solicit a letter of credit from local banks by Nov. 30.
KJ Lang can be reached at (608) 791-8226 or [email protected]
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George Lacatis
George Lacatis, 83, of Decatur, passed away at 9 a.m.Thursday, April 26, 2012, at Woodcrest Nursing Center.
He was born September 20, 1928, in Dearborn, Michigan, to the late Flore and Catherine (Cosma) Lacatis.
George retired from General Motors in 1989 after 30 years of service in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Among survivors are his wife, Emma Louise (Mullins) Harrison; stepdaughters, Dianna (Duane) Ehlerding of Decatur; Donna (Larry) Bender of Convoy, Ohio; Doris (Roy) Lautzenheiser of Geneva; Deborah (Douglas) Schmit of Geneva; Dolores "Lory" (Garry) Wilson of Decatur; Denise (Douglas) Beahrs of Decatur; and Dawn (Travis) Thomas of Decatur; sister, Betty Huerea of Howell, Mich.;15 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, John Lacatis; sister, Florence Stoia; and granddaughter, Terra Beahrs.
A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 30, at 1 p.m., at Zwick & Jahn Funeral Home, with visitation one hour prior to service. Rev. Ed Lovelace will be officiating.
Preferred memorials are to Pathways Adult Care, Decatur.
Online condolences may be made at www.zwickjahn.com.


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Sainsbury's new supermarket in Shenley Church End will open tomorrow morning at 9am.
The store will feature a wide selection of fresh food counters including fish, meat, pizza, hot food and deli counters together with an in-store bakery and a salad bar, all alongside a wider selection of foods and other items than the existing Sainsbury's Local.
The store will be opened by Georgia Stiel from Two Mile Ash school who won the summer active drawing competition.
The opening of a new store has created 60 jobs, which have been filled by local residents in addition to staff at the Sainsbury's Local who have transferred over to the new store.
The Sainsbury's Local in Shenley Church End will remain open as normal until it closes tonight at 11pm.
"We are all really excited to be opening our new store in Shenley Church End, which will offer a wider selection of items than our existing Sainsbury's Local," said Simon Ainger, Sainsbury's store manager.
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ALTHOUGH he'll be entering a whole new ballgame as Kia Motors' head coach, boxing icon Manny Pacquiao said he intends to incorporate his strict training regimen to his new PBA team before it makes its debut in the pro league's 2015 season this October.
Pacquiao said he's fully aware of the serious task of forming a competitive team as well as pitting coaching skills with multi-titled PBA coaches like Tim Cone and Norman Black, but he assures PBA fans that his team won't be a pushover in its maiden season.
"Siyempre, yung mga 'yun (Cone and Black), datihan na sila at players nila eh Class A, pero ang focus namin sa team is yung stop the scoring, yung defense," Pacquiao said after being officially announced as Kia's head coach for the coming 40th season of the pro league.
On hand to welcome the eight-division world boxing champion were Jose Chavez Alvarez, chairman of Columbian Autocar Corp., distributor of Kia Motors in the country, as well as company president Ginia Domingo.
"Kailangan paigtingin, pero di naman natin sinasabi na yung makukuha naming players eh di ganun kagaling. Pero pagagalingin namin 'yun. Dadaanan natin sila sa training na gagawin ko sa kanila," he said, drawing laughter from the crowd at the Salvatorre Lounge in Kia's head office in Makati.
The 35-year-old congressman of Saranggani said his preparation for his last two fights against Brandon Rios and Tim Bradley, who he beat a few months ago to wrest the World Boxing Organization welterweight crown, included cross-training in basketball and plyometrics.


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Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of this bill, and I want to thank Chairman Rogers and Chairman Frelinghuysen for taking the lead on this very important legislation.
I rise in strong support of the underlying bill, with the addition of the Frelinghuysen amendment, which will help families, businesses, and communities affected by Sandy recover and rebuild.
In the 79 days that have passed since Superstorm Sandy caused such destruction, I have worked with colleagues on both sides of the aisle, with Governors Cuomo and Christie, Chairman Rogers, Mr. King of New York, Mr. Frelinghuysen, and all of our colleagues from affected States to provide long overdue assistance to our region.
Sandy devastated much of the Northeast and is one of the costliest natural disasters in our Nation's history. One hundred ten Americans lost their lives, 8.1 million homes were without power, beaches across New York and New Jersey were destroyed, and more than 650,000 homes were damaged beyond repair.
Sandy ground regional commerce to a halt by making tunnels and other transportation networks impassable. Two hundred sixty-five thousand businesses in New York alone were severely affected by Sandy, costing jobs, paychecks, and billions lost in economic output.
There is no excuse for the House not passing the Senate bill last Congress, but I am very pleased that the first order of business in the 113th Congress may be passing this emergency disaster relief package.
Along with the $9.7 billion flood insurance bill the House passed 2 weeks ago, the Rogers and Frelinghuysen amendments would provide $60 billion of the $80 billion in needs identified by our Governors. There are a number of provisions I would like to highlight: $16 billion for community development block grants to help communities and businesses rebuild; $13 billion to repair and harden transportation infrastructure; $5.35 billion to repair damages and bolster Army Corps projects to protect against costly future disasters; $11.5 billion for the FEMA disaster relief fund, which not only helps provide public assistance in the Northeast but also allows FEMA to continue helping victims of other disasters; $780 million to help businesses open their doors through SBA loans; and $800 million for Health and Human Services initiatives, including repairing Head Start centers and biomedical research facilities.
While I strongly support it, the package is still not perfect. It does not fully fund the administration's request for community development block grants, does not include superior Senate language on the flexibility and cost share of Army Corps projects, and limits funding for health facilities that lost tens of millions of dollars due to the storm.
Finally, opponents of the legislation who claim that the bill is riddled with so-called ``pork'' and unnecessary provisions are just plain wrong. Frankly, anyone who has really read the bill knows there are no earmarks, and those who have toured the damage know that aid is desperately needed.
My colleagues, there were 146 major disaster declarations in the last 2 years. There isn't a region of the country immune to catastrophe. This package was written with the core belief that when one region suffers destruction by a natural disaster, Americans are proud to help their fellow citizens recover and rebuild. It is imperative that we support this package today and reject amendments that weaken the bill and prevent the region from recovering as quickly as possible.
Madam Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. LOWEY. Well, first of all, I want to thank the chairman, Mr. Rogers, who's been a good friend for so many years. I look forward to working together in a bipartisan way so we can work everything out before and serve the American people. And I thank you for your kind words.
I rise to engage the gentleman from Kentucky, the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, in a colloquy.
Some questions have been raised about the interpretation of language in both of the Rogers substitute and the Frelinghuysen amendment under the Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund. The language prohibits use of amounts in that appropriation for costs that are reimbursed by self-insurance. I would like to engage Chairman Rogers in a discussion to help clarify the meaning of that provision.
Am I correct in understanding that the term ``self-insurance'' is intended to refer to a formal plan, pursuant to law or regulation, in which amounts are set aside in a fund to cover losses of specified types and amounts? Am I also correct that without such a formal, funded arrangement, a government or organization would not be considered to be self-insured for purposes of this language simply because they do not have any commercial insurance coverage for the loss in question?
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Reclaiming my time, yes, the gentlelady's understanding is correct, and I further yield to her.
Mrs. LOWEY. I thank the gentleman. I would also like to confirm my understanding that this language would only preclude use of appropriated funds if the expenses in question were actually reimbursed by the formal self-insurance plan. In other words, merely having a self-insurance plan would not bar use of this appropriation for things that the plan did not cover or pay for. I ask the gentleman, is my understanding correct?
Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. The gentlelady's understanding is correct.
I reserve the balance of my time.
Mrs. LOWEY. It is a pleasure for me to yield 2 minutes to Ranking Member Visclosky of the Defense Appropriations Committee.
Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Chairman, I'll respond in 30 seconds, and then I'd be delighted if you closed.
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to again thank you and Chairman Frelinghuysen for your hard work on this bill.
I would like to address all those who are not sure about how they're going to vote on this bill, and I would like to clarify the way this appropriation works.
When you have huge disasters, transit systems, tunnels, thousands of homes that have to be repaired, you need that money committed before you can engage any contractor, any builder in a contract.
Now, as you and I know, Mr. Chairman, we've worked a long time on that committee, and before a dollar goes out, the person has to be responsible for every dollar that is committed that they've spent and that they're going to spend. So we're not just writing an open check. We're just not opening our checkbook. We're responding to these tremendous needs, and I do hope we can get a bipartisan vote for this effort.
I yield back the balance of my time.
Mrs. LOWEY. I rise in strong opposition to the Mulvaney amendment. It would make indiscriminate across-the-board cuts, it would create a $2.1 billion shortfall in military pay, take $529 million from military health care and $1.4 billion support for our troops in Afghanistan. Even before the Mulvaney amendment, the Joint Chiefs of Staff say we are on the brink of creating a hollow force.
It would also cut care for wounded warriors after they come home, reducing veterans' medical services by more than $800 million. And here at home the amendment would eliminate $650 million in funds to repair, rebuild, and expand highways and bridges. It would cut more than 139,000 low-income pregnant women, infants and young children from the WIC program.
It would take $500 million from the National Institutes of Health for research and cures for diseases like cancer, diabetes, and Alzheimer's.
On many occasions, Democrats and Republicans came together to meet these urgent needs caused by major disasters in all parts of the Nation. We didn't say we must first cut support for armed forces and veterans and reduce investments in research. Let's not do that now.
Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I rise in strong support of the amendment offered by my friend Mr. Frelinghuysen, which would bring the funding total of this package to the amount requested by the President.
I cannot emphasize enough how critical the additional $33.4 billion provided in this amendment is to our region. I know there are many different viewpoints in this House and many different positions on issues we consider here, but Madam Chairwoman, I think we can all agree that the Federal Government has a fundamental and critical role when disasters of this magnitude strike. No State can do it alone. A Federal response is essential.
My colleagues, I commend Mr. Frelinghuysen on his amendment today, and I strongly urge its swift passage.
Mrs. LOWEY. Madam Chair, I rise to claim the time in opposition to this amendment.
The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.
Mrs. LOWEY. Legal aid offices in Sandy-affected areas are experiencing a huge increase in requests for civil legal assistance that is directly related to the storm and its aftermath. The Legal Services Corporation exists precisely to help meet the civil legal needs of low-income Americans, and the Legal Services Corporation assistance is never more important than following a major disaster.
Since Sandy hit, legal aid programs in New York and New Jersey have set up recovery hotlines, staffed FEMA disaster recovery centers, partnered with other State and local organizations to conduct disaster assistance training, and participated in clinics to provide legal counseling to affected communities. Local legal service programs are helping families obtain emergency food stamps, disaster-related unemployment insurance benefits and FEMA benefits to pay for rent and other expenses.
The funding this amendment proposes to eliminate would enable local organizations to purchase the needed mobile resources and equipment and to hire the coordinators they need to manage volunteers.
The $1 million this amendment would strike is a small amount relative to all of the other disaster relief efforts in the bill, but it will have a disproportionately large impact on the lives of low-income Americans it will help. I urge my colleagues to reject the amendment.
Mrs. LOWEY. This amendment increases funding for the National Cemetery Association account by $1 million, offset by reductions in the SBA Disaster Loan Program.
As I understand it, the gentlewoman has heard from her constituents that these additional funds are needed to address extensive tree damage at New York and New Jersey national cemeteries.
VA cemeteries are national shrines and a lasting tribute that commemorate veterans' service and sacrifice to our great Nation. The amendment will ensure that the VA cemeteries affected by Hurricane Sandy will be repaired in a quick and efficient manner, and I urge all Members to support this amendment.
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Just wanted to personally thankyou for your take on Ubuntu. This is simply awesome. The one issue I did happen to get though was your playonlinux ppa was outdated. Other then that its great.
BTW I'll be sharing this with a few of my more newbish linux buddies. Hopefully this will make them more confident in their linux kung fu.
Do you have a website up? I know you have a torrent. If you decide to go ahead with a website, I'd gladly donate to your project. Might I also recommend using squarespace.com for your hosting. They are dead simple and great QoS. You can't beat $8 a month for the service you get.
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few people have been asking me to do one.
Also I just want to see how popular/demand for the OS there is before putting all my time and effort into building a website.
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This is a magnificent take on Ubuntu, usability & productivity. I've been using this OS for about 10 hours now and it's wonderful. The default apps satisfies like more than half of my requirements but I think it will do well for new Linux users. If your going to continue modding it and releasing new versions, you should consider including a app to mount iso or img files(e.g Right click->mount file). Great work though.
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Linux is not Windows
Too many applications I wouldn't use , but it looks good if you prefer the applications.
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can".
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All answers are all replies, but not all replies are answers.
Linux is not Windows
64 bit is faster than 32 only if there is plenty of ram . In my system with only 1GB ram, 64 is slower .