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10 Hottest 'Top Chef' Contestants Ever
The 'Top Chef' finale on Bravo got us thinking about lady chef's. The reality cooking competition is usually a sausage party and we're not talking about the dishes that are served up but the contestants. It's mostly men competing in the cooking wars, with only one woman (Stephanie Izzard) actually taking the crown and earning the title of 'Top Chef.' So clearly, a woman's place is not always in the kitchen.
However, 'Top Chef' has enjoyed its share of blazing hot women in the cast throughout the course of the show. We've rounded up the top 10 hottest Top Chefs of the female persuasion, with an honorable mention being awarded to host Padma Lakshmi, who is a MILF and the hottest of them all, bringing heat to the kitchen before a burner is ever turned on.
Here's our list of the 10 hottest chefs to step foot in the 'Top Chef' kitchen (in no particular order.)
Jennifer Carroll (Season 6)
This Philly-resident was the perfect specimen. Could she cook? Yes? Was she cute? Definitely? Did she have a hilarious attitude? Oh yes. Dream girl. Not to mention she dates/doesn't date a cheese steak king.
Candice Kumai (Season 1)
Just out of culinary school and unable to cook to save her life, this neophyte chef sure was eye candy. Sugary sweet, indeed.
Antonia Lofaso (Season 4)
This Italian sexpot and cougar made us want to 'Mangia.' Whatever she had simmering on the stove. Speaking of simmering, she always looked hot, even when disheveled during the Quick Fires.
Jamie Lauren (Season 5)
Blonde, tattooed and always sporting shiny lips during her on-camera interviews, Jamie's natural beauty and ability to serve up unique dishes had us hooked. Too bad she's not interested in dudes, as she is an out lesbian. That probably just makes her even hotter.
Casey Thompson (Season 3)
Often regarded as the hottest female Top Chef contestant ever, Casey actually could cook. She was a favorite to win during her season. Hot and knows her way around a kitchen? We know, marriage material right there. Too bad we aren't marriage material.
Amanda Baumgarten (Season 7)
This brunette is a gifted butcher. While you might not want to get too close when she's pissed and wielding a knife, the fact that she handles meat like no one's business makes her that much hotter.
Sara Nguyen (Season 3)
Fine dining was her forte, but this Asian spit fire is as fine as it gets.
Jennifer Zavala (Season 6)
A tattooed hot tamale, she brought spice to the sixth season of the show.
Marisa Churchill (Season 2)
The Nor Cal pastry chef struggled with savory dishes but she was easy on the eyes, often posing in short chef's jackets while showing off miles of legs.
Elia Aboumrad (Season 2)
She battled with Tom Colicchio after an early All-Stars exit and shaved her head the first time on the show. She shaved her head and still looked hot. Think about that.


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We mention the Sony Xperia P a few times in this article, for more check out our review of the Sony Xperia P for our reaction to the WhiteMagic screen and more.
With a name like "WhiteMagic" and relatively few details announced at launch, you could be forgiven for thinking of Sony's newest display technology as just another marketing gimmick to throw into the cesspool of meaningless acronyms and trade names. But you would be wrong.
We had a chance to compare the WhiteMagic-equipped Xperia P to a number of other phones under a bright light, and while it's no miracle, WhiteMagic actually does provide a clearer image than anything we've seen under poor viewing conditions
Here's how it works: A normal LCD display has red, green and blue subpixels, which blend in different degrees to make the full spectrum of colors you normally see on a screen. Just as Sharp added another pixel for yellow with its Quattron TVs, Sony has added a fourth pixel for white to the WhiteMagic displays, which can be used to both generate white. White blocks less of the backlight than red, green or blue, so using the white pixel can make the image seem brighter without amping up power to the backlight – which would drain battery more quickly.
Since it's nearly impossible to evaluate Sony's claim to sun resistance inside a dimly lit convention hall, the Xperia display had a bright spotlight on hands to simulate the sun. It may not have nailed the color temperature – it looked a little too white to us – but it had the intended effect of washing out every phone we threw under it. Except the Xperia P. While it definitely suffers a bit from the overwhelming lighting, text was still easily readable without eyestrain, which couldn't be said for either the Apple iPhone 4 or HTC Trophy we held beside it. Some of the other phones visitors threw under the lights fared far worse, turning almost midnight black.
Although we didn't have any reference material to see if the screen produced any color distortion as a result of the new pixel, none of the content we loaded on the phone looked out of whack at first glance. It will take a tell a little more hands-on time to tell for sure, but Sony claims the software intelligently monitors the color of screen contents to decide how much of the white pixel to use, and prevent distortion.
Since it can make the image on a screen significantly brighter outside without using more power than an ordinary LCD, the MagicWhite LCD can also save power when used indoors because it takes less power to produce the same brightness. Sony claims it's actually 50 percent more efficient than a standard screen, although the company's develop blog implies that's really only under specific use scenarios, like displaying a totally black and white image.
While we're not sure why Sony left this technology of the Xperia P's siblings (the Xperia U and Xperia S), we have to give the company credit for addressing an issue many companies have simply shrugged off: outdoor viewability. For smartphone users in sunny locales like Los Angeles, Florida and yes, Barcelona, the Xperia P might be one of the few devices out with a solution to a common problem.

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How to Use the Images
The Joneses had embellished their lot with additional furnishings, much as they had decorated their home.
Questions for Photo 1 and Drawings 5 & 6
1. What objects do you see in Photo 1, and what would they have been used for?
2. What do the people in Drawing 5 appear to be doing? Are they paying any attention to the monument? What does this indicate about how people used the cemetery?
3. Can you identify the architectural style of the monument in Drawing 5? (Use additional sources to find out if you're not sure.)
4. Study Drawing 6. Can you identify the architectural style of the entrance gate? (Use additional sources to find out if you're not sure.) Why might they have chosen that style?
5. What does the guide book cover tell you about some of the people who wanted to visit Mount Auburn? What edition is the guide book? What does this indicate about the popularity of the cemetery? How is this book similar to modern vacation guides?
6. After having seen Drawings 5 and 6, who do you think might visit the Jones Lot in Photo 1?
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Raspberry Thumbprint Cookie Recipe
We're a large family and we often have surprised guests. I'm always prepared for this possibility and have uncooked cookie dough or individual dessert cups ready in the freezer. Today was no exception. I used already-rolled almond cookie dough that I simply popped in the oven for 10 minutes, rotated the tray, pressed them to create a cavity and continue baking them for exactly 8 more minutes. Then, I filled the formed thumbprint cookies with hot vanilla raspberry preserves.
I served the cookies with masala chai and a tray of fresh raspberries and freshly cut pineapples. Voilà: tea time is served!
Yields: 22 cookies1 egg
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
12 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
8 tablespoons powdered sugar
1¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon baking soda
⅛ teaspoon salt
1½ tablespoons almond paste
1 tablespoon light brown sugar
2 (5.6-ounce) packages fresh raspberries, plus extra for garnish
¼ cup granulated sugar
1 vanilla bean
Preheat the oven to 375°F.
Making cookie dough:
In a bowl, cream the butter with the powdered sugar. Add the egg, flour, baking powder, baking soda, almond paste and salt. Mix until the cookie dough is formed. Sprinkle with light brown sugar and mix until well distributed. Do not over-mix. Store in the refrigerator until ready to bake.
Baking the cookies:
Line 2 baking sheets with silicone mats or sheets of parchment paper. Using a melon baller, form 22 balls of cookie dough and place onto the baking sheets. Make sure to space the cookies about 2 inches apart so that they don't touch each other as they expand when they bake.
Bake the cookies for 10 minutes at 375°F. Open the oven. Press the center of each cookie using a melon baller or any small spoon. Lower the temperature to 350°F and bake for another 8 minutes.
For the raspberry preserves:
Using a paring knife, scrape and gather all the grains of the vanilla bean (see tips).
Place a small plate in the freezer to use as a tester.
In a small, non-reactive saucepan, place the coarsely mashed raspberries and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Using a large mesh strainer, strain the raspberry pulp and discard the seeds.
Return the raspberries to the saucepan and add granulated sugar. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes over medium-low heat. Make sure the sugar is dissolved, then raise the heat to a full boil and add the vanilla beans. Stir well and transfer a drop of preserves onto the cold plate. After it cools down (2 minutes), if you tilt the plate and it stays in place, it's ready.
Assembly time:
As soon as the cookies are out of the oven, spoon about ¼ teaspoon of raspberry preserves into each thumbprint. Let the filling set until firm.
Reserve the rest of the preserves in a jar and store in the refrigerator.
Garnish with fresh raspberries as a reminder of the flavor in the cookies and enjoy with a cup of hot tea.
Bon appétit!
Make sure to press the cookies half-way through the baking time to get nice crackle lines on the edge of the cookies.
After scraping the grains of vanilla, don't discard the remaining vanilla bean. Just place it in a jar and cover it with regular granulated sugar. Let it sit for a few weeks and you'll have nice, fragrant vanilla sugar.
I used Odense brand almond paste. I love it for when I need a shortcut. This produces delicious pastries. I will post more recipes with it soon. But if you have a nut allergy (which is the case for one person in our household), you can omit it and the cookies will still be just as good.
You can also store the thumbprint cookie dough up to 3 months in your freezer for last-minute surprise guests. Simply form the cookie dough balls, place onto the baking sheet, then in the freezer until hardened. Transfer to a sealable bag and store in the freezer until ready to bake.
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Undocumented immigrants face major hurdles, more than decade long wait for U.S. citizenship
Pathway to citizenship? Try pathway of probation.
Though bashed as "amnesty" by hardliners, the congressional plans to legalize the status of undocumented immigrants treat them like law breakers who need to watch their step for more than a dozen years.
They'll have to pay fines, get fingerprinted, show they're crime-free taxpayers and — little reported until now — check in periodically with a probation-like immigration system to make sure they're in good standing with the law, according to Democrats and Republicans familiar with the Senate's proposed legislation, which will be released Tuesday.
Those who miss a scheduled payment of their fines, upwards of $2,000, could lose the right to stay in the United States.
The earliest that most of the currently undocumented immigrants could become citizens: 13 years from the date of passage of the act.
That timeline becomes longer if the federal government doesn't meet timelines to make good on creating a new visa-tracking system, ensuring employers don't knowingly hire the undocumented and securing the border — at a cost of at least $5 billion, according to one version of the Senate bill.
The long path could mean that 10 percent or more of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in this country probably won't be legalized at the outset of the act's passage. Thousands more probably won't become citizens.
The bill's law-and-order aspects are a must to ensure passage in the conservative House.
Less reported: the measures could prove too conservative for liberals and Democrats, who control the Senate and White House.
"It's a delicate balancing act," said Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Miami Republican and leader on the issue in the House.
"The extreme left and the extreme right will bash us, criticize us," he said.
Diaz-Balart refuses to discuss any details about a House plan that will be released in the coming weeks. His Republican Miami-Dade neighbor, Sen. Marco Rubio, is giving more details Sunday by appearing on every major talk show, including Univision's "Al Punto."
Under the Senate plan pushed by Rubio and the Senate's so-called "Gang of Eight," immigrants who came illegally after Jan. 1, 2012, can't apply for legal status. They face living in this country illegally until they leave or are deported.
The window to apply for legal probationary status may vary from six months to a year after the act's passage. And that window won't even open for six months or more — when the federal government is supposed to present a plan for border security.
The longer it takes the government to issue a border-security plan, the longer it takes for people to simply apply for legal status under the probationary immigration status.
That's the first of a series of so-called "triggers" in the Senate bill that link the pathway to citizenship to tangible progress on overhauling the immigration system.
The second trigger is in three parts:
1) E-Verify: The computer-tracking system that employers can use to check the immigration status of an employee or potential employee used by slightly more than 400,000 businesses right now in the United States. Its use would become required for millions of employers. To do that, the federal government will have to revamp and improve the system, which some say is unreliable.
2) Entry-exit: Right now, immigrants who come to the United States have to check in with the government upon arrival. But they don't have to check out. Now they would have to say when they're leaving. That way, authorities would know who has overstayed their visas, a category of people who comprise an estimated 40 percent of the undocumented population. This system could take a decade to build.
3) Border security: Though border crossings are down and enforcement levels and deportations are up, the government doesn't have complete awareness of the 2,000-mile border the United States shares with Mexico. Under the Senate bill, the government would build more fences and watchtowers and install detection devices, hidden cameras and remote-control drones to monitor the border. The goal: monitor 100 percent of the border to catch 90 percent of illegal crossers. If that's not happening after five years, a commission of border-state governors who are supposed to help finish the job.
If these conditions are met on the statutory timelines, then those probationary immigrants can start applying for legal residency — green cards — within a decade after passage of the act.
By most accounts, Rubio has been the member of the Senate's so-called "Gang of Eight" pushing most for border security and more restrictions on the pathway to citizenship, which he initially opposed.
Rubio's staff refuses comment, but one Republican staffer said they're calling the bill more of a "pathway to enforcement." Said another: "This isn't amnesty. It's probation."
The tough talk and emphasis on enforcement and probation-like status of newly legalized immigrants is a must to placate the right, who are still haunted by the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act. The law became infamous for its amnesty, fraud and lax enforcement.
But it's still not enough for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement union.
Chris Crane, of the National ICE Council, said in a statement that he believed there's too much emphasis on "legalization, or amnesty, before enforcement is accomplished. ... I would then respectfully call on Senator Rubio to follow through on his commitment to the American people — and his pledge to accomplish enforcement before legalization — and to leave the Gang of 8."
Rubio's office said the comments were unfortunate because Crane hasn't read the bill, which could be up to 1,500 pages long and hasn't been released.
On the left, advocates are being more circumspect.
"There are concerns," said Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center. "But we're in wait and see mode. The question we have: is the spirit of the law to be punitive or inclusive?"
The pathway to citizenship isn't the only controversial aspect of the bill.
Lawmakers want to move away from family based immigration by limiting the number of non-nuclear family members of a U.S. citizen who can gain citizenship.
High-skilled workers and others needed by the economy would get a higher priority and could account for about half of all new immigrants instead of the current amount, less than 15 percent.
"I don't think it's good to move away from family-based immigration," said Kathy Bird-Caicedo, with the Florida Immigrant Coalition. "But we need to see the bill."
Bird-Caicedo, who praised both Rubio and Diaz-Balart, said a more pressing concern was the record pace of deportations under President Obama's administration, as many as 1,400 daily.
"Enough of the enforcement already," she said. "I wish the primary concern was family unity."


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The Promotions Office oversees the production and distribution of all the material used to publicize Vatican Radio throughout the world.
It issues stickers, cards, pamphlets and posters in many different languages, and CD (in italian).
Personal contact with listeners is a main characteristic of the Promotion Office , every day it deals with group of visitors and answers a really impressive number of letters and postcards mailed from every corner of the globe.
Reception report in tens of languages signal transmissions quality and interferences from other radio station. People of all ages send in their comments and suggestions.
Over the years, the correspondence becomes regular and might even culminate with a visit to Palazzo Pio , where Vatican Radio staff works, just opposite S.Angel Castle. to meet the face behind the voice they have come to know so well.
For Vatican Radio , these letters are a tangible sign of a public that is otherwise invisible: a thermometer to gauge the popularity of the various programmes and a parameter for measuring the composition, geographic distribution and size of the audience.


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Close your eyes at a Tennessee Tech practice and Mike Sutton sounds just about like any other head coach this time of year. Actually, Sutton is probably a little louder and more involved than most. Rarely does he let a minute go by without some kind of comment, critique or a word of encouragement.
"Don't flip the ball, snap it," Sutton barks after a fastbreak drill.
Later on, Sutton, 53, stops practice to ask everyone a question after an errant jump shot: "What's the first thing we are looking for?"
Nobody responds at first, so Sutton fires the same question at them again, this time shouting it. The entire team responds in unison: "Layups."
Five minutes later, a player who holds onto the ball a bit too long draws Sutton's ire. "Do you know what ball reversal is?" he asks with an obvious touch of sarcasm.
But, open your eyes, and Sutton looks unlike just about any other coach. Sutton sits on a stool during practice, leaning against a cane that he uses to walk around. Large braces are visible on both ankles. Sutton can't catch a ball or show his players how to throw a pass or take a shot, which might explain why he's so vocal.
Sound difficult? Sound unfair?
To Sutton, who is in the midst of his eighth year at Tennessee Tech, it all sounds pretty good these days.
That's because all Sutton could do four years ago was blink his eyes. Diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder that affects the nervous system, in April of 2005 – just a month after guiding the Eagles to an Ohio Valley Conference regular season title and capturing OVC coach-of-the-year honors – Sutton couldn't even breathe without the use of a ventilator.
What followed were some scary and uncertain moments, years of grueling rehab and a series of steady steps of progress, the latest of which is ditching a wheelchair for the cane.
Through it all, Sutton had one other head coach believing he would make it back to the sidelines.
"I saw Mike when he was on the ventilator, and I said then, 'If anyone could recover from this it's him,'" Minnesota's Tubby Smith said. "He is as mentally tough as any person I know."
The only person who might know Sutton better is his wife, Karen. Smith hired Sutton as an assistant 30 years ago at Hoke County High in Raeford, N.C., where they actually coached football together as well. The duo later worked together on a staff at Virginia Commonwealth, and Sutton was an assistant on Smith's staffs at Tulsa, Georgia and Kentucky, during what was the most successful time in Smith's career. Smith amassed a 201-70 record with Sutton as his assistant, a run that included the 1997-98 national title at Kentucky.
Smith's sons, G.G. and Saul, have both worked as assistants under Sutton at Tennessee Tech.
"I don't know anyone who loves coaching more than Mike," Smith said. "He lives it, he breathes it. He always wants to discuss new strategies and new gadgets that could offer an advantage and absolutely loves teaching young people."
That was evident in 1994 when Sutton took a hefty paycut and moved his family halfway around the country to join Smith's staff at Tulsa. The previous season, Sutton had led Meadowbrook High in Richmond, Va., to the Class 3A state championship and the only job Smith had open was as a "restricted earnings coach."
It was also evident in the days leading up to the discovery of the GBS. That's when Sutton made the 1,160-mile drive from St. Louis, where he had attended the 2005 Final Four with Tubby, to Portsmouth, Va., to support one of his former players, Willie Jenkins, in the Portsmouth Invitational, an annual tournament for scouts to look at top seniors.
Just days after the PIT, Sutton wasn't wondering if he'd ever coach again. Sutton was wondering if he could stay alive. Sutton couldn't speak or even raise his own head, and the doctors had little answers as to why or to what the future held.
"My wife read me a letter of someone else who had GBS and they likened it to being buried alive, and that's exactly what it feels like," Sutton said. "The toughest part of all is there is no rhyme or reason to GBS, and nobody knows how much you will recover. It affects each person differently."
GBS only affects one or two people in 100,000 and while some of those regain all of their physical abilities others never do.
Sutton says the always candid College of Charleston coach Bobby Cremins recently asked him if ever wished he could end his own life or that he would simply die when things were there worst.
Sutton said he never considered it, nor did he think about simply giving up.
Instead, Sutton set some specific goals and began attacking each one at a time.
"At first, all I could think about was getting off the ventilator," Sutton said. "Next, it was getting through rehab. I had to learn everything all over again. I couldn't move my hands or lift my arms at first. I had to learn how to walk and how to talk all over again."
Amazingly, Sutton didn't have to sit out a single season, returning to the sidelines the following year in 2005-06, where he guided the Golden Eagles to their second straight 18-win season. His top assistant, Steve Payne, filled in and handled much of the on-court duties.
The Golden Eagles upped that win total to19 the following season, but Sutton wasn't acting like his old self and more difficult times lay ahead. Still constricted to a wheelchair with little use of his hands, he couldn't raise his voice, which was perhaps the toughest obstacle to deal with.
"I think Mike's spirit was always there, but there was a little bit of a lull during his first couple years," said Karen, who accompanies the team on every road trip. "He was still dependent on me, and he wasn't able to project his voice."
During one practice, Sutton turned his head to dodge a ball and it ended up striking Karen.
Soon after, Sutton regained his ability to yell, but then the team began struggling. The Golden Eagles finished with 13 wins in 2007-08. Last season they lost seven of their last eight games and ended with 12 wins last season, the lowest total of Sutton's tenure.
The Golden Eagles were dealt another blow this past offseason when two probable starters left prematurely. Guard Darnell Lindsay shocked many by entering the NBA draft after averaging just 8.0 ppg – predictably, he went undrafted – while forward Alex Davis transferred to a Division II program at West Texas A&M.
That has left Tennessee Tech in the midst of what is supposed to be a rebuilding season. The Golden Eagles were picked to finish seventh in the 10-team OVC in the league's preseason poll.
But, Sutton isn't complaining. According to Sutton, only one player who has signed during his tenure at Tennessee Tech has failed to graduate, something Sutton is more proud of than any championship, and he feels his current group of players will continue that impressive trend.
"I really like our kids," he said. "We have players that want to be here, and that makes it so much more enjoyable. The guys who left didn't value being here."
Sutton is coaching with a new-found vigor, too.
"There is absolutely no comparison to how he was handling things four years ago and today," said Karen, who Tubby and Sutton both credit largely with his recovery. "He was totally dependent on my support early on. Now he's getting more independent and more assertive."
A healthier Sutton seems to lead to better recruiting, as well. The Golden Eagles have managed to land a number of talented young players from the metro Atlanta area.
A pair of athletic freshmen, guard Jud Dillard and power forward Terrell Barnes, who were teammates at Riverdale (Ga.) High have already worked their way into the rotation and are among the first players off the bench.
The Golden Eagles have also signed versatile 6-foot-5 guard Javon McKay out of Dunwoody (Ga.) High for next year. McKay's father, Antonio, was part of a gold-medal winning 400-meter relay team in the 1984 Olympics.
Georgia transfer Zac Swansey, who Sutton says has the potential to be an all-OVC player, will also be suiting up for the Golden Eagles next season – he must sit out this season under NCAA rules. The 6-1 guard, who also went to Dunwoody, played steady minutes for two years at Georgia and hit a game-winning 3-pointer as a freshman to beat Kentucky in the 2008 SEC Tournament and land the Bulldogs an improbable NCAA Tournament bid.
Sutton and assistant Russ Willemsen recruited Swansey heavily when he was coming out of high school, and that prior relationship helped the Golden Eagles beat out the likes of Dayton, which is coming off a trip to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the second time around for his services.
"Coach Sutton was one of the first people to contact me when I decided to officially transfer," Swansey said. "He told me he had a spot for me and I would be a perfect fit."
Swansey says the Sutton who came to visit him in high school and the man who is coaching him now are far different.
"He did a home visit with me my senior year and wasn't walking real well at the time," Swansey said. "He had to use the wheelchair some.
"Then, this summer, I saw him and he was 100 percent better. It's really a miraculous recovery. It shows he's a real fighter and that's what I like best about him. He is a fierce competitor and really hates to lose."
The Golden Eagles are in position not to see much of that side of Sutton soon. With only three seniors, the bulk of the team will return next season, including sophomore guard Kevin Murphy (yet another metro Atlanta product), who was their leading scorer at 14.4 ppg through their first 10 games. Add Swansey and McKay, and Sutton will have perhaps his most talented roster since the program was atop the OVC standings.
Regardless of what transpires at Tennessee Tech in the future, Sutton can't out-do the comeback that he's already pulled off.
"Someone told me the other day that I was still on the right side of the dirt," Sutton said. "I like the sound of that. I'm doing what I love and cherishing every day I'm not on the wrong side of the dirt."
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A couple of freshman came off the bench and hit from long range, giving the UT Martin Skyhawks an unexpected added weapon on the way to an 81-63 Ohio Valley Conference road victory at Tennessee Tech Monday night.
Sydney Vanlandingham was 4-for-4 from long range and Katie Schubert went 4-for-6 as the Skyhawks drained 12 of 24 from outside the 3-point arc. They were among the five UTM players to score in double figures.
Lashay Davis was 5-for-9 from long distance for the Golden Eagles, who just couldn't find enough firepower to answer. She finished with 19 points. Diamond Henderson added 13, while freshman Mariah Dean posted career highs with 13 points and seven rebounds. Jala Harris had six of Tech's 17 assists.
Jasmine Newsome did much of her scoring late in the game, and finished with 19 points. Heather Butler scored 16 points and added six assists, while Schubert scored 14 and also dished out six assists. Rickiesha Bryant had 13 points and led UTM with six rebounds while Vanlandingham posted 12, all in the first half.
The game was a rematch of last year's OVC Tournament championship game, and featured the teams picked to win the league's East (Tech) and West (UTM) divisions. UTM improved to 10-11 overall and 5-2 in the OVC while Tech's record moved to 10-9 overall and 4-2 in conference play.
After a close shootout during the first 19 minutes, UT Martin got back-to-back 3-pointers to move from an eight-point edge to a 14-point lead at halftime when Vanlandingham and Schubert found the net from long range. The Skyhawks were 7-for-11 from 3-point range in the opening half.
The Skyhawks opened their lead to 20 points through the first seven minutes of the second half, going on top 62-42 on a 3-pointer by Newsome. The largest lead of the game was 22 points.
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Throughout the financial crisis, large debt loads weighed on company balance sheets and had serious implications for the firms that let their borrowing get out of control.
Other companies, however, have a history of operating with low debt levels, and many choose to issue no debt at all. Instead of debt, these companies hold cash and liquid investments in order to make acquisitions, investments and to run daily operations.
Although too much debt can quickly turn into a problem, zero debt does not always translate to a rising stock price, as you can see from the historical data provided in the following pages. Regardless, some companies have been successful in turning their zero-debt situation into a very favorable operating model.
With data from Capital IQ drawn from the most recent quarterly statements across the S&P 500, here are 15 companies that report having no debt on their balance sheets.
By Giovanny Moreano& Paul Toscano
Posted 5 Jan 2011
Note: Companies are ranked by the amount of cash and short term investments held on their balance sheets. In this case, total debt includes the sum of short-term borrowings, current portion of long-term debt, current portion of capital leases, long-term debt, capital leases, current finance division debt and non-current finance division debt, but does not include all possible liabilities.


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Last week (which you can probably see below), I did part 1. This week, I tried to put a win value on the change in performance for pitchers as they aged. I looked at all pitchers who had 500+ IP from ages 35-39 and 200+ IP from ages 40-44. One stat I looked at was RSAA (from the Lee Sinins Sabermetric Encyclopedia). It tells us how many fewer runs a pitcher gave up than the league average pitcher, adjusted for park effects. There were 53 such pitchers. Last week I looked at how these pitchers changed as they aged based their runs allowed per 9 IP, assuming a league average of 4 runs per game.
The first thing I did this week was to look at how many games above the replacement level pitcher each guy was when he was younger and then when he was older. This involved calculating how many wins he would have using the Bill James pythagorean formula then subtracting from that the number of games a replacement would have won in the same number of IP (with games equalling IP/9 and the replacement percentage being .400). The leaders are below. Nolan Ryan is first. He was 6.66 more wins above replacement in the older years than in the younger years. Clemens does well at third place, but a good bit behind Ryan.
One weakness in using RSAA is that fielders play a role in how many runs a pitcher allows. So the next thing I did was to calculate an ERA relative to the league average for each pitcher (at both the young and old ages) based on their HRs allowed, walks allowed and strikeouts allowed (relative to the league average). The formula I used comes from linear regression analysis of all pitchers since 1920 with 2000+ IP
for example, when Tom Seaver was aged 40-44 he allowed 84.78% as many HRs as the average pitcher, 80.65% as many walks and struck out 93.68% as many batters. Then .8478, .8065 and .9368 get plugged into the equation. The result is .9068. So relative to the league average and just based on pitcher controlled stats, Seaver had an ERA that was equal to 90.68% of the league average in his older years. In the younger years, his computed ERA was equal to 104.18% of the league average. That means that he improved by about .135 or 104.18 - .9068. Clemens is up there but with only a slight improvement of -.017. or, he was 1.7 percentage points better. Although this method takes the fielders out of the picture, it is not adjusted for park effects.
The last table does what the first table did but using the relative ERA from the above formula instead of using runs allowed per 9 IP based on RSAA. Ryan improved his value over the replacement pitcher by 5.77 wins. Clemens is up there, but he still lost 3 wins in value. Although this method takes the fielders out of the picture, it is not adjusted for park effects.
Saturday, February 9, 2008
How Well Has Roger Clemens Aged? (Part 2)
Posted by Cyril Morong at 2:16 PM
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- Minus said...
"Here's a question I haven't seen answered yet: what kind of improvement could a pitcher expect from going on steroids? It seems like nobody knows the answer, but it doesn't stop anyone from looking for evidence in the statistics ..."
Well, if steroids can indeed help a pitcher with velocity, it can probably impact a pitchers strikeout totals, or something like k/9, which could result in a decrease in ERA.
- February 12, 2008 at 9:27 AM
- Minus said...
cyril, my mistake, I posted in the wrong one.
- February 12, 2008 at 9:31 AM
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Facebook Chief Operating Office Sheryl Sandberg says she is not considering running for office, despite speculation that she may be leaving the social network.
"I really love my job, and I have no plans to make any changes," she said in a Wednesday interview on NBC\'s \"Today\" show. "I have ruled it out. I don't think that's for me."
She also said there's been "some confusion" over why she sold a big chunk of her shares recently, saying, "A good chunk of what was sold was all for taxes."
Last week, Sandberg fell from the ranks of billionaires after Facebook shares shed about 5%, according to Forbes Magazine.
But she's probably recovered some that lost wealth. Facebook shares are up more than 7% this week, rallying 5% on Wednesday alone.
And there\'s certainly good reason for her to stick with Facebook, based on a new J.P. Morgan analysis. In a note, J.P. Morgan analyst Doug Anmuth told clients that, while the recent selloff in Internet stocks, including Facebook, \"has been swift and significant,\" he argued that \"it has created some attractive opportunities in companies with continued strong fundamentals and growth potential ahead.\"
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After a 15 minute delay, participants were able to recall 14% more information if it was presented in the disfluent.
A future study of course should be with younger students and we would hope dyslexics. Many dyslexics and people working with dyslexic students have noticed that font and color can affect both readability and memorability for text.
Not ever child has problems, but in our experience, those with limited visual spans do - so much in fact that they may see an increase in their reading abilities if switched to different fonts or even more challenging early readers in which word length vary. If these kids are older late readers who have a strong listened vocabulary, then they may quickly progress with books like Geronimo Stilton (above) that have fairly challenging vocabulary, but visual cues and elaborated fonts to aid the decoding process.
Hopefully the publishers of educational curriculum will catch up to all this. Visual perception principles are not just for wonky science aficionados. They're what we need for the classroom.


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Mujinga is a perzine that was begun in 2002.
It commenced with issue 23 and the editor, Mujinga, is slowly counting down to issue zero. A typical issue contains a range of things which may include essays, reviews, artwork, short fiction, rants or the occasional haiku. All issues are photocopied in black and white and tend to be 24 pages and A5 sized. Information on issues 23 to 17 is scarce because Mujinga burnt all his remaining copies when he moved country in 2003.
The first issue was inspired by the Leeds punk zine Reason To Believe, as well as the info shop at Cafe Utopia in Prague. Some of the earlier issues focus on life in the Czech Republic, until such time that Mujinga relocated to Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Mujinga 23
The initial zine was composed of among other things an essay about the failures of modern economics and a discussion of the usefulness of hemp. It was inspired by the Leeds punk zine Reason to Believe and by the infoshop at cafe Utopia in Prague.
Mujinga 22
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Mujinga 21
This zine was released both in paper format and online as an ASCII text zine. It can accessed here. It features a report from an activist called Paolo who visited Palestine, interviews with people from tekno sound systems Panik, ZMK and TDK and a short fiction piece called Positive ID.
Mujinga 20
This was the veganism issue. It featured articles about being vegan, being a vegan in the Czech Republic, vegan dogs and vegan cats.
Mujinga 19
This issue featured (among other things) photographs from Czechtek.
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Mujinga 16
This zine contians a story called The State of Doldrum about a talking cat, a story called The Tale of Ripley about a psychopathic homeless person of confused gender living in New York and an interview with Green Smatroll, which is ska group from the Czech Republic.
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This zine was produced in a edition of two. It was composed of a long review section which turned into a discussion of lucid dreaming, a tribute to the hooded tops Mujinga has owned, a fiction piece called The Gift and photographs of people who lived in the Coppens squat in Rotterdam.
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This zine was created on a photocopier at the Coppens squat. It featured fotos of the people and animals living there, an experimental story called Leather and Corduroy, a comedic guide to drugs 'made by a user' and a collage of stickers made by people who had an atelier at Coppens.
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March 15, 2011
Additional evidence tying human papillomavirus to anal, head, and neck cancers in both sexes, and to penile cancer in men, necessitates heightened preventive measures, according to Dr. Joan Murphy, a gynecological oncologist at Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital. "We need to look again at our publicly funded public health strategy and also our advice to individuals," said Murphy.
A report in the Lancet, "Incidence and Clearance of Genital Human Papillomavirus Infection in Men (HIM): A Cohort Study," indicated the virus, certain strains of which cause most cervical cancer cases, can be found in approximately 50 percent of all sexually active men.
Health Canada, which in 2006 approved an HPV vaccine for girls ages nine to 26 to stave off cervical cancer and genital warts, approved it in 2010 to prevent genital warts in young males. The United States also has approved vaccination of males ages nine to 26.
Murphy urges patients to speak with their care providers about the vaccine. "A proportion of men will benefit from the vaccine, not only from a genital warts point of view, but a cancer point of view as well. The science is not robust enough [in Canada] for approval to be given for use as a cancer indication, but it's only a matter of time," Murphy continued.
Although Ontario funds giving eighth-grade girls the three-shot vaccine, only 65 percent of them receive it. Other patients must pay $120 to $150 (US $122-$152) per shot.
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STANFORD — Chiney Ogwumike had 19 points and 12 rebounds and No. 4 Stanford rolled past Oregon State 90-53 on Friday night for its 11th straight victory.
Amber Orrange added 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting, six assists and two steals for Stanford (25-2, 14-1 Pac-12), which has won 27 straight games against Oregon State and also owns a 27-game home winning streak against the Beavers at Maples Pavilion.
Joslyn Tinkle went over the 1,000-point mark early in the second half and hit two late 3-pointers to finish with 11 points as Stanford stayed unbeaten in its last 11 games since a 67-55 loss to rival California at home on Jan. 13. The sixth-ranked Golden Bears beat Oregon 77-55 in Berkeley, so Stanford kept pace atop the conference standings.
Ogwumike, coming off a 26-point performance in a 68-57 win at UCLA last Sunday, also had four blocked shots and two steals. Her highlight came on an acrobatic swish in which she released the ball from beneath the backboard while falling out of bounds into a cameraman after being fouled. The three-point play put the Cardinal ahead 65-35 with 11:26 remaining — though Ogwumike didn"t initially know she had scored until seeing her teammates cheer and raise their arms.
On that play, Ogwumike also set a career high with 11 made free throws as Stanford shot 16 for 18 from the line. Sophomore Taylor Greenfield matched her career high with 18 points for Stanford, which shot 48.5 percent from the field.
Beavers leading scorer Jamie Weisner scored 12 points to lead cold-shooting Oregon State (9-18, 3-12), which went 22 of 68 from the floor for 32.4 percent in losing its ninth straight game.
After Oregon State pulled within 12-11 in the first half, Stanford used a 16-4 run to pull away.
The Beavers shot 2 for 10 from 3-point range in the first half, missing six of their first seven. But they crashed the boards for 11 first-half offensive rebounds and held a 22-21 edge in the opening 20 minutes.
The Cardinal wound up with a 46-34 rebounding advantage.
Stanford, which already has secured a first-round bye for the conference tournament in Seattle, leads the all-time series 51-6. The Cardinal wrap up their regular-season home schedule Sunday afternoon against Oregon before hosting the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament in Maples next month.
Cardinal guard Toni Kokenis didn"t dress and missed her fifth straight game with an undisclosed medical condition that has limited her all season. She last played on Feb. 3 at Oregon State.


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Extreme Pokémon! (Japanese: ポケモンライドでつっぱしれ!! Run Quickly Along the Pokémon Ride!!) is the 228th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 13, 2001 and in the United States on January 4, 2003.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
On their way to Mahogany City, Ash, Misty, and Brock run into Gary and his Arcanine practicing for a meet. Ash decides he wants to enter the meet but needs a sleigh, which he receives from a local Pokemon breeder. Team Rocket no sooner gets wind of the meet than do they begin sabotaging it, stealing Gary's Arcanine midway through the race and making off with some Pokemon eggs stored at the local breeding center. After a short battle with Team Rocket, Arcanine is returned to Gary and Ash goes on to win the race, a trophy, and an unexpected gift from the Pokemon breeder.
While Ash, Misty and Brock are on their way to Mahogany Town, they meet Gary and his Arcanine and learn of the Extreme Pokémon contest that he is entering the next day: a race in which Trainers are pulled on skateboards by one of their Pokémon. At a restaurant in the town of Eggseter, they meet Mr. Shellby, who runs a Pokémon Daycare center with his wife. Ash expresses interest in the Extreme Pokémon race, and Mr. Shellby offers to help.
At Mr. Shellby's Daycare Center, Ash, Misty, and Brock meet several of the recently-hatched baby Pokémon. Ash borrows Mr. Shellby's skateboard and, while trying it out, is saved from a fall by Gary's Arcanine. Gary discovers that Ash is competing in the Extreme Pokémon competition, and they each vow to best the other. Ash chooses his Bayleef for the race, and the two train together while Team Rocket watches and plans to capture the strongest Pokémon in the upcoming race. Mr. Shellby shows Ash a dummy Egg, which will be needed for the final leg of the race.
Soon after the beginning of the race, Ash and Gary battle for the lead. Team Rocket floats overhead and sends down a net to capture Gary's Arcanine. They catch Arcanine and raise it up to the balloon. Ash commands his Bayleef to launch him at the balloon, and he uses his skateboard to pierce it. Ash lands with the balloon, Team Rocket, and Arcanine at Mr. Shellby's house. As Arcanine escapes from Team Rocket, James steals a batch of Pokémon Eggs from Mr. Shellby. Jessie sends out her Arbok to defend the team as they escape, but Bayleef appears and battles Arbok. Arbok overpowers Bayleef but Gary arrives just in time and commands Arcanine to Take Down Arbok. Team Rocket resorts to running away, but Ash's Bayleef reclaims the Eggs using her vines, and Team Rocket is sent blasting off again by Arcanine's Flame Wheel.
Ash and Gary are still in the lead, but the rest of the competitors are catching up. They are given their dummy Eggs by Mr. Shellby and continue the race. Gary is slightly ahead of Ash, but Ash works out a way to gain the lead and to win the race in a photo finish. Gary is at first annoyed but takes it in good faith. Later, Mr. Shellby and his wife say goodbye to Ash, Brock and Misty. They give Ash a light blue Pokémon Egg as a present, and the trio set off toward Mahogany Town.
Major events
- Ash meets up with Gary again, and they both enter an Extreme Pokémon Race.
- Ash wins the Extreme Pokémon Race and receives an Egg from Mr. Shellby at the Pokémon Breeding Center.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
Who's That Pokémon?: Mr. Mime (US and international), Bayleef (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Togepi (Misty's)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Bayleef (Ash's)
- Cyndaquil (Ash's)
- Totodile (Ash's)
- Arbok (Jessie's)
- Arcanine (Gary's)
- Tauros (Mr. Shellby's)
- Beedrill (competitor's)
- Raticate (competitor's)
- Nidoqueen (competitor's)
- Vileplume (competitor's)
- Machamp (competitor's)
- Dodrio (competitor's)
- Exeggutor (competitor's)
- Hitmonchan (competitor's)
- Lickitung (competitor's)
- Rhydon (competitor's)
- Scyther (competitor's)
- Granbull (competitor's)
- Poliwrath (competitor's)
- Sentret
- Wooper (×2)
- Aipom
- Natu
- Teddiursa
- It is speculated that the use of skateboards in this episode may be a reference to the popular idea that Pokémon Gold and Silver may have originally used a skateboard for the player's transportation.
- The Brazilian Portuguese title for this episode is a reference to The Most Extreme, a show on Animal Planet. In Brazil, this show is called Animal ao Extremo.
- At the start of the race, when Machamp is shown to be running, it makes the sound of a Machoke.
- When the dummy Eggs are shown a second time, there aren't any pictures of Poké Balls on them.
- When Meowth states that all the baby Pokémon will belong to Team Rocket, a Machamp and a Rhydon are included in his fantasy.
- Once or twice, Bayleef's mouth does not move when her voice is heard.
- When Ash sends out his Bayleef, the cut on her leaf is missing.
- After Team Rocket steals Gary's Arcanine, Wobbuffet says its name. At the same time the standard "Poké Ball opening" sound effect is heard - however, at this point Wobbuffet had already been outside of its ball for some time.
- When Team Rocket gets blasted away, Arbok disappears.
- The blurb for this episode incorrectly identifies Mahogany Town as Mahogany City.
- In the last few minutes of this episode, Gary is shown standing in mid air.
- When Gary walks off in the final scene, the ground changes from grass to dirt.
- When Team Rocket captures Arcanine, parts of the net are missing.
- In the Polish dub, when Team Rocket spies on Ash as he is riding the skateboard, Ash says "right" twice.
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In other languages
|Екстремен Покемон!
|Mandarin Chinese
|Extreme Pokémon!
|European French
|La course de l'extrême
|Extreme-Pokémon in Eiskirchen!
|המירוץ הגדולhamerots hagadol
|एक्सट्रीम पोकेमोन Extreme Pokemon *
|Una gara fuori programma
|Ekstremalne pokémony
|Pokémon ao Extremo!
|Pokémon Supremo!
|Latin America
|¡Pokémon extremos!
|Pokémon extremo
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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Africa? There's an app for that
"In June this year Apple CEO Tim Cook shared with the waiting crowd at its Worldwide Development Conference that Apple would be giving access to the App Store to 32 new countries, bringing the total to 152. Tim Cook also shared some impressive statistics: the App Store now has 400 million accounts; there are 650,000 apps available for download; there have been 30 billion app downloads and more than $5 billion (£3.2 billion) has been paid to developers.
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Situated in a former Southern Pacific Railroad switching station in Atwater Village, the 18-month old Golden Road Brewery has been aggressively expanding both the distribution of its beers in Southern California markets and the capacity of its production facility.
Golden Road has finally opened the doors of its brewery for tours, and you can now see what it takes to turn sacks of grain and bags of hops into cans of Point the Way IPA and Get Up Offa That Brown Ale.
Aimed at demystifying the brewing process, the tours at Golden Road are given three times a day Fridays through Sundays, and you can sign up for a time slot in the brewery-adjacent pub.
The process of making beer is a fairly simple one, but whether you're a devoted craft beer nerd or just curious about what it takes to get from grain to glass, there is no better way to learn about brewing than by seeing it in person while having the steps explained by an enthusiastic guide.
While Golden Road is the largest craft brewery offering tours in Los Angeles, there are many other breweries where you can get a glimpse behind the curtain.
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TWU's School of the Arts will host the fifth annual TWU Arts Triangle Walking Tour from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 4.
The tour, which is free and open to the public, will begin at the east porch of Hubbard Hall in the center of the campus. TWU dance, drama, art and music students will perform at various locations as the tour winds through the north end of campus. Dance students will lead the audience to each stop along the route, ending with a reception and free refreshments at the Redbud Theater Complex.
For a map of the Denton campus, visit www.twu.edu/maps.asp. For more information about the tour, visit www.twu.edu/triangle or call (940) 898-2533.
The tour will begin with a collaborative performance by students from dance, biology and chemistry, then move north to the west side of the Blagg-Huey Library for performances by dance, music and drama students in conjunction with Lloyd Caldwell, this year's visiting artist.
In a career spanning 30 years, Mr. Caldwell, a member of the theatre faculty at Oklahoma State University, has appeared off-Broadway and in feature films and television. His credits include roles at the American Place Theatre, The Roundabout Theatre, La Mama Theatre Company and a national tour as John Adams in "1776." His acting film credits include "The Group," "Dropped Frames," "Resistance" and "A Great Day." Since 1986, he has choreographed stage combat for 93 professional productions and 120 university productions in Canada, the United States and Europe.
Mr. Caldwell will work with students through the week leading up to the Arts Triangle Walk on performances and workshops in drama and dance.
Moving around the library to the north through the University Gardens, drama students will present a one-act piece, and dance students will present an improvisational performance.
As the tour moves to the lawn area north of the Blagg-Huey Library and fountain, the audience will see oversized canvases being painted and revised. TWU School of the Arts students and Lloyd Caldwell will present the final performance at the Bernice Abreo Fischer amphitheater,
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Oracle on Linux Gets One Firm Great E-Commerce Seats
StubHub.com Gets a Great Deal Out of Oracle/Linux
As what is known as a "secondary ticketer," StubHub.com specializes in helping its customers to get good deals on sporting events, concerts, and live theater. But from the perspective of Shawn Kernes, VP of technology, StubHub itself is now getting great value out of running the company's Oracle database on Linux.
In the fall of 2003, San Francisco, CA-based StubHub started moving from Oracle 8i on Sun Solaris to an Oracle 9i on Red Hat Linux. The migration was completed in February.
"Honestly, I thought we'd take a performance hit. But, in fact, exactly the opposite happened," said Kernes, in an interview with LinuxPlanet.
Now four years old, StubHub is an auction-style Web site that brings together buyers and sellers of tickets for events. Due to rapid growth over the previous year, the Web site needed more database power.
StubHub transitioned from a single-node Oracle 8i database running on a Sun box to a pair of Oracle RACs (Real Application Clusters) operating Oracle 9i on IBM PC servers.
Why did StubHub swap out of Oracle on Solaris? "Sun's hardware is little bit expensive, if you know what I mean, and so are Sun's maintenance costs," Kearns maintained.
Kernes, though, did look into out a number of other database possibilities before deciding upon an Oracle on Red Hat. Other alternatives examined included MySQL, IBM DB2, and Microsoft's SQL Server.
"But we've had good experiences working with Oracle, and from my own observations, I've found the Oracle database to be extremely stable," he told LinuxPlanet.
"Also, we need good (database) development talent, and the whole Bay Area development community here is dominated by Oracle," Kernes acknowledged.
"When we revisited Microsoft, we couldn't really find any justification for transitioning to SQL Server. When we talked to IBM (about DB2), they wanted us to go with AIX. We, on the other hand, wanted to standardize on Linux," he added.
High availability was another big factor in choosing a Linux-enabled RAC, said Kernes. StubHub was able to take one node offline for application development and testing, while keeping the database up and running on the other node.
Meanwhile, however, most desktops at StubHub are still running Microsoft Windows, according to Kernes. The others are operating Red Hat Linux.
StubHub's new Linux-based Oracle 9i RAC is attached to an Apache Web server cluster, also running on Linux.
Why did the database changeeover take three or four months to do? Initial installation wasn't time consuming at all. "But we had to modify not just the database, but all our (database) applications, too," he noted.
On the whole, the learning curve from Solaris Unix to Linux wasn't particularly tough. "But we had to get a feel for how the Oracle updates (for Linux) are released. For the Solaris platform, they come out once per quarter."
RAC deployment was more difficult. "We had a little bit of trouble with RAC. We found some errata in the Oracle documentation," he admitted. "This was our first experience with a RAC, anyway, so there was some work involved."
But the results have been well worth the time, according to the StubHub. Kearns estimates a 25 to 50 percent increase in transaction response time.
Oracle points to a number of improvements between 8i and 9i, including enhancements to self-tuning and self-management capabilities, Oracle RACs, and operability on both Linux and Microsoft Windows OS.
9i, for example, was the first release of the Oracle database to contain a full implementation of a feature called CacheFusion, for development of large, clustered database applications without the need for data partitioning.
The Oracle Tuning Kit for 9i contains hundreds of built-in database tuning rules, for identifying database segments in need of repair and analyzing instance parameters that impact performance, for instance.
The only item on Kearns' wish list, at the moment, is a way of getting better visibility into Oracle's database system. "I'd like to get one-page status reports, and it's my understanding that Oracle 10g does have this feature," he said.
In a study available on Oracle's Web site, Oracle finds that, all together, improvements in the even newer Oracle 10g give database administrators a 50 percent reduction in the time required for performing basic management tasks. These tasks include installation and set-up; day-to-day database administration; back-up and recovery; and performance diagnostics and tuning.


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A set of semiempirical pseudopotentials for the atomistic modeling of Fe/MgO/Fe tunnel junctions. See the attached document for a full description of their derivation and the modeling approach.
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We present a real space density functional theory (DFT) localized basis set semi-empirical pseudopotential (SEP) approach. The method is applied to iron and magnesium oxide, where bulk SEP and local spin density approximation (LSDA) band structure calculations are shown to agree within approximately 0.1 eV. Subsequently we investigate the qualitative transferability of bulk derived SEPs to Fe/MgO/Fe tunnel junctions. We find that the SEP method is particularly well suited to address the tight binding transferability problem because the transferability error at the interface can be characterized not only in orbital space (via the interface local density of states) but also in real space (via the system potential). To achieve a quantitative parameterization, we introduce the notion of ghost semi-empirical pseudopotentials extracted from the first-principles calculated Fe/MgO bonding interface. Such interface corrections are shown to be particularly necessary for barrier widths in the range of 1 nm, where interface states on opposite sides of the barrier couple effectively and play a important role in the transmission characteristics. In general the results underscore the need for separate tight binding interface and bulk parameter sets when modeling conduction through thin heterojunctions on the nanoscale.
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FULLERTON — It was billed as a clash of styles, but the Big West Conference men's basketball matchup between visiting UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton was more like classic role reversal.
And it was the UCI offense that just seemed to keep on rolling to help forge a surprisingly lopsided 92-65 victory Thursday night. It was, in fact, the Anteaters' largest victory margin in 96 games against their cross-county rivals.
UCI (10-9, 4-2 in the Big West) came in leading the conference in every defensive category, while the Titans (10-7, 3-2) entered as the conference's most potent offense.
But it was UCI's offense that led to a 42-25 first-half blitz that continued after intermission as it continued to expand its lead to the end.
Junior reserve Chris McNealy had 15 points in the first 15 minutes, at which time he had outscored the Titans all by himself. McNealy finished with a game-high 21 points, including five three-pointers in eight attempts. McNealy's six assists shared the team lead and he did not have a turnover in 29 minutes.
UCI was 12 for 27 from threedom on the night, including seven for 14 in the second half to help it finish 35 of 62 form the field (56.5%).
Conversely, the Titans shot 37.9% from the field (22 for 58), despite making half of their 12 three-point tries in the second half. The 65 points for the Titans was their lowest output of the season and nearly 19 fewer than their average coming in.
The 92 points for UCI were its best total against a Division I opponent this season and its third-highest output of the campaign.
UCI senior Daman Starring had 16 points and six assists, while sophomore Will Davis produced 11 points, a team-best nine rebounds and six of the 'Eaters' eight blocked shots. Davis made five of six field-goal attempts.
Senior Mike Wilder had 12 points and eight rebounds, while senior Adam Folker, who sat more than 18 minutes of the first half after picking up two fouls and played just 16 minutes, had nine points and four rebounds for the winners.
"We thought we could play at a high level defensively against them," UCI Coach Russell Turner said, "I'm most pleased with our performance on defense. If you play good defense, it improves your offense and we had a lot of really good performances from a lot of guys."
Turner said shifting Davis from a wing to the center of his 2-3 zone helped solidify the defense.
The win was the third straight for UCI and its first conference road win.
Cal State Fullerton, which came in 5-1 at home, had its three-game winning streak snapped.
The win was UCI's second straight over the Titans, who swept the regular-season series in 2011-12, but were knocked off by the Anteaters in the quarterfinals of the Big West Tournament. McNealy had 24 points in that victory at Honda Center.
Fullerton had defeated UCI the previous three meetings at Titan Gym, each time by six points.
UCI returns to action Saturday at UC Riverside at 7 p.m.
Big West Conference
UC Irvine 92, Cal State Fullerton 65
UCI – Davis 11, Folker 9, Starring 16, Wilder 12, Young 5, McNealy 21, Clifford 6, Souza 6, Flowers 4, Ryan 2.
3-pt. goals – McNealy 5, Wilder 2, Starring 2, Souza 2, Young 1.
Fouled out – None.
Technicals – None.
CSUF – Johnson 10, Vaughn 15, Harris 11, Brandon 7, Seeley 5, Yeager 12, Knox 5.
3-pt. goals – Vaughn 2, Yeager 2, Seeley 1, Knox 1.
Fouled out – None.
Technicals – None.
Halftime – UCI, 42-25.
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