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Two weeks from Saturday night, a brand new NCAA Champion will be crowned at the 2011 Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minnesota.
And that team will not be from Boston.
Colorado College got two goals and two assists from freshman sensation Jaden Schwartz, a goal each from six other players to defeat Boston College, 8-4, at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, eliminating the defending NCAA Champions from the 2011 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Championship. With Boston University not participating in this year's tournament, the NCAA Championship will leave Boston's Commonwealth Avenue for the first time since 2007, and it will be the first time since 2005 that a Boston team has not participated in the NCAA Championship game.
The Eagles struck quickly, scoring 19 seconds into the game on a goal by Jimmy Hayes, but the Tigers stormed back with three goals in the next eight minutes, with Jaden and Rylan Schwartz figuring in all three goals with a goal and two assists apiece. The Tigers got a fourth goal with 1:18 left in the first from David Civitarese, then added three more in the second period after BC's Paul Carey cut the lead back to two. The Eagles cut the lead back to three goals with 6:21 left on goals by Cam Atkinson and Barry Almeida, but the Tigers held strong, and Dakota Eveland scored with nine seconds left in the game to ice it for CC.
The Tigers will face Michigan for a berth in the Frozen Four on Saturday night at 8 p.m. ET at Scottrade Center.
The Results
Top overall seed Yale defeated Air Force in overtime, 2-1, in the second semifinal game of the East Regional at Webster Bank Arena at Harbor Yard in Bridgeport, Conn. Junior forward Chad Ziegler scored the winning tally at 3:16 of the extra session, getting his own rebound and putting the puck past Air Force freshman goaltender Jason Torf. "It's an amazing feeling to score that goal," Ziegler said. "It felt great, especially for the seniors we have on our team. It's something special. We're one more game away from moving on to the Frozen Four, and we're focused on that now."
Minnesota Duluth defeated Union, 2-0, in the first semifinal game at the East Regional, getting goals from Kyle Schmidt and Justin Fontaine to defeat the ECAC regular-season champion Dutchmen. While much had been made going into the regional of Union, Yale and Air Force having three of the top four power-play units in the country, it was Duluth that was most dangerous with the man advantage, going 2-for-8 on its opportunities while holding Union scoreless in nine power-play chances. "It's been good for the past year," Fontaine said, "and it's something we thrive off of. We always want to win the special teams battle, and that's what happened tonight."
Michigan defeated Colorado College in overtime, 3-2 in the opening game of the West Regional, getting the game-winning goal from sophomore center Kevin Lynch at 2:35 of the extra session. The goal, Lynch's second of the game, was not originally called on the ice, but the officials determined that the puck crossed the line after an extensive video review. "It was a tough way to lose a game and end your season, on a goal that maybe was not conclusive," Nebraska-Omaha coach Dean Blais said.
Seen and Heard
• It was a little out of the ordinary, but Union head coach Nate Leaman took time during his team's postgame press conference to personally address his team's captain, Brock Matheson. After reflecting on a career at Union that saw the Dutchmen go from last in ECAC Hockey to a regular-season champion and an NCAA tournament team, Matheson said, "This program isn't even close to it's potential yet; I think it's going to steadily improve, and I think it's too bad that [classmate Adam Presizniuk] and I won't be a part of it, but definitely, we were very privileged to have been a part of it." Leaman put the questions from the media on hold to reply, saying, "You're always going to be a part of this program. This class is the first class to graduate with four winning records. They came into a tough situation as freshmen, and looked to 'carry the mail.' They've done a tremendous job of leadership. They'll always be a part of our culture and our program."
• Air Force head coach Frank Serratore was very animated when discussing the Atlantic Hockey champion's performance in the NCAA tournament (the conference champion is 3-3 in its last six first round games, and hasn't lost by more than a goal since 2004, when North Dakota beat Holy Cross, 3-0). "We've won big," Serratore said. "Atlantic Hockey, our champion…in football terms, we're not the SEC. We're not the Pac-10. We're not the Big 12. We don't have the depth that Hockey East has, and we don't have the depth that the WCHA has, but our best team is a good team, and they've proven that every year. We're the Boise State, we're the TCU of the NCAA hockey tournament, and to be honest with you, I don't think there's enough of those teams in the field. I think the Cinderellas make it interesting. Don't think that around the country, everybody that wasn't a Yale fan wasn't on that TV rooting for Air Force. Holy Cross beat Minnesota, we beat Michigan here a couple of years ago, RIT last year beat New Hampshire and Denver. We lost to Minnesota by a goal, we lost in overtime to Miami. We lost in double overtime to Vermont, and we lost in overtime in Yale. We don't have the depth, but our best team is a good team. Our teams have to get here the old-fashioned way. They have to earn their way here. There's only five teams that get in with the automatic qualifier. The rest of them get in because they've had terrific regular seasons. The Atlantic champion doesn't limp in here. They've had to win their tournament. I couldn't be more proud of what the Atlantic Hockey champion has done. Keep in mind, we don't get a four-seed. We don't get a third seed. We don't get a second seed. We're playing No. 1 or No. 2 in the country, and when you look at our record, down goes Minnesota. Down goes Michigan. Down goes Denver. Down goes New Hampshire. We've had some heartbreaking losses, but we're there."
• Minnesota Duluth senior forward Kyle Schmidt scored the game-winning goal for his Bulldogs against Union, but as of late, he hasn't needed to do anything special to stand out on his team. While the Bulldogs dyed their hair blond before the WCHA playoffs, Schmidt didn't join in, and with good reason. "I'm getting married this summer," Schmidt explained, "and we have pictures coming up soon, so I didn't want to look too ridiculous for that. It was my call, but I think my fiancée appreciated it." After Schmidt scored the winning goal, it's a fair bet that his teammates will forgive him.
Facts and Figures
• All four games on the first day of the Championship featured either overtime or a lower seed winning.
• With 32 saves, Minnesota Duluth junior Kenny Reiter recorded his third shutout of the season and the sixth of his career.
• Union was shutout for the second time this season, and the first time since a 5-0 loss to Yale on December 5.
• When Sean Bertsch scored for Air Force with 1:26 remaining in the second period, Yale goaltender Ryan Rondeau allowed his first goal since March 12 against St. Lawrence. Bertsch's goal snapped a shutout streak of 240 minutes, 53 seconds.
• With four points apiece, Colorado College's Jaden Schwartz (2g, 2a) and Rylan Schwartz (1g, 3a) are the top scorers in the tournament.
• BC senior goaltender John Muse stopped 22 of the 29 shots he faced in his final game at BC. Muse will graduate with two NCAA Championships and an all-time tournament record of 8-1 with a .910 save percentage and a goals-against average of 2.18.


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by Jay Hilgert
on May 28, 2008
I'm back from about a week-long hiatus, and I wanted to kick things back off with some killer freebies. This is another set of "hand-drawn" decorative ornaments. A lot of you seemed to like the first set and I enjoy making them, so I decided to crank out some more. These were hand sketched on pencil/paper then scanned and converted to vectors. They may not look like vectors, but trust me, they are. Available in EPS and SVG, as always. Preview of what's inside after the jump.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – The New England Revolution will once again host its annual three-stop Turf Tour at regional sports centers ahead of its 2014 home opener on Saturday, March 22. Each event will include a soccer clinic, appearance from Revolution mascot Slyde and raffles to win special Revs prizes.
Beginning on Tuesday, Feb. 18, with a stop at the Bridgewater Sports Complex, the tour will continue with dates at New Bedford's Champions Sports Center on Friday, Feb. 21, and the Kroc Center in Dorchester on Tuesday, March 11.
Each Turf Tour stop will include a soccer clinic – held for a pre-selected group of local children – which will be run by Revolution Academy coaches. Following the clinic, Revolution mascot Slyde will meet with fans, pose for photos and sign autographs for those in attendance.
The final stop, at the Kroc Center, which will be held after the conclusion of the Revolution's preseason travel schedule, will also include a player appearance. The clinic portion – run by Revolution Academy coaches – will feature Revs players as celebrity coaches, and will be followed by a Q&A and autograph session.
A full breakdown of each location is below:
2014 New England Revolution Turf Tour
Tuesday, Feb. 18
Bridgewater Sports Complex – 6-8 p.m.
350 Bedford St., Bridgewater, Mass.
Friday, Feb. 21
Champions Sports Center – 6-8 p.m.
1707 Purchase St., New Bedford, Mass.
Tuesday, March 11
Kroc Center – 4-5:30 p.m.
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Scheduled to attend: Stephen McCarthy, Luis Soffner and Chris Tierney
More information on the 2014 Turf Tour and updated player participation will be available HERE in the coming weeks.


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and exists in the directory:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio <version>\Common7\IDE
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Save this file, and run Visual Studio until the failure occurs. There will be file(s) named LF*Trace.log in the user account temporary folder. To find the file(s), type %TEMP% into the location field in Windows Explorer, or into the Start|Run dialog.
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Title: | Language selectivity is the exception, not the rule: Arguments against a fixed locus of language selection in bilingual speech |
Author: | Susan C. Bobb |
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Institution: | Universität Göttingen |
Linguistic Field: | Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition |
Abstract: | Bilingual speech requires that the language of utterances be selected prior to articulation. Past research has debated whether the language of speaking can be determined in advance of speech planning and, if not, the level at which it is eventually selected. We argue that the reason that it has been difficult to come to an agreement about language selection is that there is not a single locus of selection. Rather, language selection depends on a set of factors that vary according to the experience of the bilinguals, the demands of the production task, and the degree of activity of the nontarget language. We demonstrate that it is possible to identify some conditions that restrict speech planning to one language alone and others that open the process to cross-language influences. We conclude that the presence of language nonselectivity at all levels of planning spoken utterances renders the system itself fundamentally nonselective. |
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Remember how he started "Damn, my Ars Magna has lost its powers... oh no! I must not think so, or *bam*" Seeing his thought (loss of power) come true, Stiyl rematerialized in his old form right away. (At least this was my reading of the scene) |
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This was such a touching scene. Styl's so tsundere for Touma.
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Ok just trying to put this together right. Stiyl's skin (Geh) came back because the guy thought his power no longer worked. But Touma's hand didn't reattach because it negated what would have reattached it? Or at least I think that's how it worked. Talk about misfortune if that was the case . He's lucky for the Health Care they have. Though must've been one strange situation where Touma showed up in that state.
Still should not have watched this one while eating supper. Skin flying off....This arc was bad for Stiyl. Very disturbing stuff.
2008-11-30, 17:55 | Link #26 |
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Hamburg
Age: 47
Really? I mean, at least he was the one figuring out what Aureolus had planned for Index (Vampirism), and his probing questions about Aureolus' complicated approach were decisive in leading Touma to the right conclusions. If you ask me, I'd say that this episode showed him in a pretty good light overall.
(And I laughed at his late taunt - first, peeling an apple, seemingly for Touma, and then just snatching it away again to eat it by himself) ^_^ |
2008-11-30, 18:05 | Link #28 | |
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Definitely without his help Touma wouldn't have figured things out and probably would have died. Took a lot of guts to draw attention to himself with those questions knowing that Aureolus could do just about anything as a response. Stiyl is a good guy and plenty of fun to watch. He didn't get much fighting action in this. But interactions with Touma were some of the bright spots for the arc.
2008-11-30, 18:16 | Link #29 | ||
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 30
Was really surprised at the amount of gore in this episode. I mean a bit was shown in last weeks preview, though i wouldn't have expected that much --- at least thought they would have cut down a bit for the DVD release. Either way, i'm glad with the result. Looks like white haired boy from the OP appears next episode.
2008-11-30, 19:33 | Link #30 |
It will never be the year
Join Date: Oct 2006
Age: 29
This episode was great. Touma and Stiyl double team to mind rape Izzard. Bonus points for Sugita displaying emotion.
And I still managed to get my weekly dose of Index moe. I won't mind to see sparky for some time, I can run on this scene alone for weeks.
2008-11-30, 19:43 | Link #31 | |
仁王 - Benevolent King
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Sengoku
Age: 28
I'm still waiting for the english subs to come out so that I can understand the technical conversations in details, but the final encounter I got the gist of it... Pretty gruesome, but that's how I like my boss fights Ending the episode with Index and Aisa visiting Touma couldn't have gone better P.S - Next week begins the much anticipated Mikoto arc... I'm guessing by the end of it we'll be done with the first half of thisseries
2008-11-30, 19:55 | Link #33 |
Waiting for more taiyuki!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Now Touma has more to fret about. Index has a harem. ( 3 guys so far that we know of. You go girl!)
Even better Touma went Alucard on Izzard. Now all we need is for 4ch and 2ch to get upset and call Index "2nd hand".
2008-11-30, 20:13 | Link #36 |
Always Idle
Join Date: Jul 2007
I think it makes sense why Izzard become so paranoid
just think if you have this power and you go to bed any bad dreams not become dream anymore but reality at least person who holds this power a bit psycho not some lolicon btw lol'ed at scene touma touma onaka heta |
2008-11-30, 20:24 | Link #38 |
lost in wonder forever...
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: edge of my dream in the land of twilight...ZzzZzZ
Spoiler for Gore, blood and ending scenes.:
It was kind of entertaining hearing the alchemist freak out towards the end. I guess I just find it funny hearing Tomokazu Sugita's voice in such a way.
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Michael Waltrip Unveils New Book About 2001 Daytona 500
During breakfast on the second day of the 2011 NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway, two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip introduced his new book to the motorsports press.
"In the Blink of an Eye: Dale, Daytona, and the Day that Changed Everything" tells Waltrip's story as he experienced the highest and lowest points of his career within a matter of minutes on February 18, 2001. Written by Waltrip and New York Times Bestseller Ellis Henican, the memoir takes readers through Waltrip's early career and into Daytona International Speedway's victory lane after 462 failed attempts at a NASCAR Sprint CupSeries win. Over the span of just a few moments, the Owensboro, Ky., native won the Daytona 500 then learned that his friend, mentor, car owner and seven-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Dale Earnhardt Sr. was killed during a crash on the final lap of the race.
How Earnhardt's death affected Waltrip and the NASCAR community is the subject of the final third of the book.
"When I started writing the book," Waltrip said, "I thought it would be therapeutic and I would come out of it with a better grasp of that day. I think it is healthy to delve into things from your past that hurt, and I did that. Even after going through this experience, I still can't explain how that day turned out the way it did. That'll be a question I'll find out when I'm not on this earth anymore."
Knowing the 10th anniversary of that victory/tragedy was coming up, Waltrip wrote "In the Blink of an Eye" to anticipate the questions people would have for him.
"Going back [to race the Daytona 500] in 2011 is another chance for me to celebrate Dale's life and the fact that he believed in me like he did," Waltrip said. "NAPA Auto Parts believed in me and gave me the opportunity to race a championship-caliber car like I got to drive for Dale."
Waltrip also unveiled a commemorative paint scheme he designed for the No. 15 NAPA Toyota he will drive in the 2011 Daytona 500 on Feb. 20.
"It honors both Dale and the sponsor that is still with me in 2011," Waltrip said.
NASCAR Nationwide Series Features New Challenges For Teams
The second day of the annual NASCAR Sprint Media Tour hosted by Charlotte Motor Speedway featured a discussion of the new challenges and rules faced by teams and drivers in 2011 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
To open the event, Nationwide announced that returning for 2011 will be the company's Code Spotter Sweepstakes program where fans recognize codes given at track and during the race broadcast and can register to win prizes. Nationwide will also continue with the Dash 4 Cash program for drivers at select speedways and events. New this year however will be the Nationwide Spotlight program, which will feature a topic of interest to fans through chat and video.
NASCAR Nationwide Series Director Joe Balash gave an overview of the new 2011 challenges.
"I'm very excited to be the steward of the NASCAR Nationwide Series," said Balash. "We have a great partner in Nationwide that allows us to reach out to fans, which are the core of what we do. We have a number of things that are happening, changes coming to the sport. First of all, there has been a lot of talk about the drivers having to select the series that they were going to run for the championship. There has been a lot of involvement with the teams, the drivers and the sponsors. It really adds emphasis to the Nationwide Series, putting that emphasis back on the Nationwide drivers.
"Next is the new Nationwide car. We ran it in four events last year and it was very, very successful. Now, we will be able to showcase the car in each and every event in 2011. The drivers really hone their skills in this series and will have their work cut out for them.
"There will also be a change in qualifying in the Nationwide Series. We are speeding up our qualifying sessions, paralleling with our friends in the (NASCAR Camping World) Truck Series with a quick qualifying process. I think this will really offer a lot of excitement to the series and to our fans.
"We also have changes in our fuel system in all three of our series. The E15 fuel is a very important step in what we are doing. It will also make some changes on our crew rosters as we will no longer have a catch can man on pit road." Drivers are also excited about the new things the series has to offer.
"Either way you still have to go out and beat everybody," said Ricky Stenhouse, current Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year and driver of the No. 6 Ford for Roush Fenway Racing. "We have a great group of guys here. The championship is going to be just as tough whether the Cup guys are running it or not. I think it is going to make it a little bit more interesting. It's a good thing for the series."
"You still have to go out and run good," said Elliott Sadler, driver of the No. 2 CitiFinancial Chevrolet for Kevin Harvick Incorporated. "You still have got to get all the points you can every weekend. I just saw a perfect fit with Kevin and Delana Harvick and racing for the championship. We think we have something here and can make this happen."
Charlotte Motor Speedway Gives World's Largest HDTV Construction Update
NASCAR Sprint Media Tour participants visited the future site of the world's largest high-definition video board on the backstretch of Charlotte Motor Speedway's 1.5-mile tri-oval Tuesday afternoon.
When completed, the structure will tower 110 feet above the track and measure 200 feet wide by 80 feet tall. The steel frame alone, which will be supported on 12 concrete piers anchored 50 feet into the ground, will weigh 500,000 pounds. Adding the 165,000-pound 720p high-definition screen means the whole project will weigh as much as a fueled Boeing 747 aircraft.
Earth-moving equipment has been working since mid-January and will ultimately relocate 18,900 cubic yards of dirt and 3,000 cubic yards of concrete. The screen will replace bleachers that were first used during the speedway's inaugural 600-mile race in 1960.
Charlotte Motor Speedway President and General Manager Marcus Smith spoke about the addition of Panasonic's 16,000-square-foot "flat screen to end all flat screens."
"With more than nine million LED lamps, this video board will give people the benefit of being at the race – having the whole race experience – and getting to see replays and important events up close," Smith said. "I can't wait to see it. Every time I look out of my office window, I wonder, is it here yet?"
NASCAR television commentators Jeff Hammond and Mike Joy helped Smith with the presentation.
Hammond said, "Bruton, Marcus, and the speedway are always raising the bar. Once again, here it is. My question is, will guys going down the back straight try to look up to see how good they are doing?"
Joy said, "This is a fantastic project. A lot of ballparks put in big screens so fans don't miss replays of important events. This is a groundbreaking project. No fan is ever going to miss the action because it will be right here."
Members of the speedway's Fan Council, whose ideas and suggestions drove the project to reality, were in attendance. Daniel Sain, of Maiden, N.C., and Helen Bailey, from Cornelius, N.C., were on hand to inspect the screen's progress.
"I've been coming to the races here for 15 years," Sain said. "I watched my first race from the infield, where the view isn't so good. This screen will give those folks an experience they've never had."
"This is the biggest Fans First initiative we have ever undertaken," said Scott Cooper, vice president of communications for Charlotte Motor Speedway. "The Fan Council is a key part of everything we do here. We will work with them throughout the year to find out what we can do to benefit our fans even more."
RCR Features Drivers and Announces New Sponsor
The Tuesday afternoon NASCAR Sprint Media Tour visit to Richard Childress Racing (RCR) in Welcome, N.C., featured the team's driver lineup for 2011 and a new sponsor for the organization.
All of the RCR drivers were on hand to talk about their upcoming seasons. Among those attending were Childress' grandsons, Austin and Ty Dillon, along with development drivers Tim George Jr., Joey Coulter and Michael Selt. Most of the attention however focused on RCR's four NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers, Clint Bowyer, Jeff Burton, Kevin Harvick and new addition Paul Menard, who are each trying to win the NASCAR Sprint Cup championship in 2011.
"I'm proud of all three of our guys and then having Paul Menard come over with the fourth team," said Childress. "This time we are ready for it. I couldn't be happier with what we came out of there with (in 2010). This year is the year to kick Jimmie off that throne. We were close with Kevin last year. This is the year to do it. It's going to be RCR I feel certain. Is that putting too much pressure on anybody?"
RCR announced that sandwich chain Jimmy Johns will serve as a primary sponsor for six races and an associate sponsor for the remainder of the season on the No. 29 Chevrolet driven by Harvick.
"It's great to see the progression of that sponsorship from the Nationwide Series," said Harvick. "People get their feet on the ground, and to see it move to the Cup car is great for not only RCR but me as well."
Harvick's car will primarily be sponsored by Budweiser in 2011.
"We had a good 2010 season with two wins," said Bowyer, driver of the No. 33 Chevrolet. "But that is all in the past. You are only as good as your last race, your last performance. We just got back from Daytona and we are ready for them. Our cars are fast. Going through the motions, we found gains and we things that could make it better. It's important to get that out of the way now."
"To compete on a week to week basis was very important to us," said Harvick. "I'm glad we had that experience. Hopefully, we can build upon that and make things better. I'm proud of the job everyone has done. I'm just ready to race. As we go into the year, we want to be as good as we were last year. We want that trophy. And that's what we're out to get."
"We put ourselves in the position to win a lot of races early in the year," said Jeff Burton, driver of the No. 31 Caterpillar Chevrolet. "We just never were able to execute on that. A lot of ways last year was the most fun I have ever had and also the most frustrating I have had. This year I feel good about everything the team is doing."
Childress Wins "Sporting News" Owner of the Year Award
Richard Childress was also presented with the "Sporting News" Owner of the Year Award for the third time Tuesday afternoon during the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour.
"I'm really excited about this," Childress said. "Each time I have been fortunate enough to get this award it's not about Richard Childress. This is for all our people at RCR, our drivers, our teams and our sponsors. My name is on it but this belongs to RCR."
Penske Racing Unveils 2011 Sponsor Lineup
Penske Racing unveiled its 2011 NASCAR driver lineup and sponsor lineup during the NASCAR Sprint Media Tour. Penske Racing patriarch Roger Penske started the Media Tour stop with a state of the sport address. Last season Penske Racing amassed nine NASCAR wins, including Kurt Busch's victory in the NASCAR Sprint All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, as well as 10 poles and the NASCAR Nationwide Championship with Brad Keselowski.
Penske then outlined several position swaps within the organization for 2011 and thanked the organization's sponsors. He noted that while Penske Racing downsized from three NASCAR Sprint Cup teams to two, the organization expanded its engineering and technical departments and personnel.
"You know this was a vision of mine, to consolidate our race teams under one roof," said Penske. "And I think we have seen the success over the last three or four years. We have had the opportunity to move our people from one area to another with in the sport. As we go into 2011 I feel a lot better because the economy certainly is stronger. You can see that in our businesses.
"The job for our drivers is to drive race cars, and for crew chiefs to work on them," said Penske. "Making the Chase (for the NASCAR Sprint Cup) last year and having a competitive Nationwide Series car was very important to us." Penske driver and 2004 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion Kurt Busch said he is excited about the new season with his new sponsor, as he takes over the No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil Dodge.
"We are proud of the cars that we put out there on the track," he said. "We have beautiful cars with the Shell Pennzoil colors. Of course we've done things internally to continue to get stronger, with different personnel changes including key people we have added to teams. Going into my sixth year, this is the strongest I have felt going into the season. So, I'm really looking forward to hitting the track at Daytona and get the season underway."
For the reigning NASCAR Nationwide Series Champion Brad Keselowski, expectations are again high, particularly as he takes over the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge for the Penske organization.
"We are real proud of what we have here, having nicer stuff and stuff we can win with," said Keselowski. "It's all possible because of the progress we have made. Having our Nationwide sponsors return is a tremendous help for us. We are looking forward to starting the year here at Penske Racing."
Keselowski will again pilot the No. 22 Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge in the NASCAR Nationwide Series.
In additional sponsor news, Penske announced that driver Sam Hornish Jr. will race the No. 12 Dodge and compete full time in the Nationwide Series with new partner Alliance Truck Parts.
AAA will sponsor driver Helio Castroneves in select events in the Izod IndyCar Series. Coca-Cola will also join Penske Racing and Kurt Busch will serve as one of the drivers in the Coca-Cola Racing Family. Another partner coming on board with Penske is Kimberly-Clark with its WYPALL brand.
This season marks the ninth year Dodge has been with Penske Racing.
Kurt Busch to race in NHRA Pro Stock
Kurt Busch announced he is planning to race in select NHRA Pro Stock drag racing events in a Shell Pennzoil Dodge. Busch will field vehicles out of his own shop through an association with Alan Johnson Racing.
"For me the drag racing thing caught on when I got to hang out with Don Prudhomme up at the U.S. Nationals in Indianapolis a few years back," Busch said. "At the same time they built zMAX Dragway here in my back yard. Last year going to the Gator Nationals and running in the sportsman ranks in Super Gas, we got rained out the whole weekend. Yet the pro divisions were still out there running. And I was like, man, if I am going to do this, I am going to the pro division. So I got a Pro Stock car. It is definitely over my head right now. It's a tough challenge. The testing has been going really well. If we hit our marks and do the right things, we can make the show at the Gator Nationals. That's my objective.
"It's a great way to cross promote and have some fun. I'm doing this all in house and not with Penske Racing. I also went through all the schools and with Roy Hill. I plan on testing a couple more times."
SPEED to Honor Earnhardt with "The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt"
To recognize the 10th anniversary of Dale Earnhardt Sr.'s death in the 2001 Daytona 500, SPEED announced it would broadcast a one-hour special titled "The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt" on Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. EST. The program will reflect on the tragic events of that Sunday from sunrise to sunset and focus on how that moment forever changed NASCAR. The Day: Remembering Dale Earnhardt, will mark the first time Michael Waltrip, who won the 2001 Daytona 500, will give a television interview to discuss the death of his former car owner, friend and mentor.
SPEED Prepares for 100 Hours of Speedweeks Coverage
SPEED will broadcast more than 100 hours of programming from Daytona Speedweeks this year, highlighted by live coverage of the Gatorade Duel at Daytona on Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. EST and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season opener Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. EST.
SPEED will open its Daytona Speedweeks lineup with coverage of NASCAR Media Day on Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. EST, followed at 8:30 p.m. EST by the series premiere of The 10, a fast-paced list program highlighting the best of the best from the world of NASCAR, whose premiere counts down "NASCAR's Closest Calls."
NASCAR RaceDay Built by The Home Depot returns for its sixth season in 2011 starring John Roberts, Kyle Petty, Kenny Wallace, Hermie Sadler and Wendy Venturini. The cast will deliver a special three-hour edition on Feb. 20 at 9 a.m. EST, leading into NASCAR on FOX coverage of the Daytona 500.
Quotes of the Day
Michael Waltrip on the 2001 Daytona 500: "I basically was in a fog for a few months after Dale's death. Getting back [to Daytona] in July of 2001 was a really important event for me. That was the best night in my racing career. Leaving Daytona that night, I thought, 'Good, we can move on.' That obviously wasn't the case, because part of me still feels like Dale's death happened just yesterday."
NASCAR Nationwide Series Director Joe Balash: "2011, we think, will be the most competitive season the NASCAR Nationwide Series has seen."
Elliott Sadler on a Nationwide Series-only driver running for the championship in 2011: "I do think it is a big deal to Nationwide. They want their own Nationwide champion. It's good for the fans. It gets us back to the grass roots of racing. There is going to be some great racing. There are a lot of good guys up here."
Jason Leffler, driver of the No. 38 Great Clips Chevrolet for Turner Motorsports: "One thing that I am proud of is that we have a series sponsor that cares enough about the series to want to stimulate change. It's great for a sponsor like we have in Great Clips who is a Nationwide sponsor and not in the Cup series. I'm very excited about it."
Richard Childress on the 2010 season had by his drivers: "We had what I thought was a good 2010 season. The only guy who had a better season was Jimmie Johnson because he won the championship. I am really proud of what every one of these guys have done. This is still a great sport and I'm proud to be a part of it. I feel I am the luckiest car owner out there to have the drivers and talent we have here, and to be able to
run for that championship."
- Charlotte Motor Speedway, Press Release
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
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DENVER — Colorado has started issuing driver's licenses and identification cards to immigrants regardless of their legal status, marking a dramatic change in a state that less than a decade ago passed strict immigration enforcement laws.
There was a festive mood at one Denver office issuing the documents Friday morning, as state Department of Revenue Director Barbara Brohl congratulated applicants once they had their cards approved.
"I never imagined that I would one day have a driver's license in my hands," Mexican immigrant Rosalva Mireles, 37, said in Spanish as she held a paper copy of her new license. The permanent card will be mailed.
She's one of thousands of immigrants hoping the identification cards will add a degree of legitimacy to their residency in Colorado. About 9,500 people are signed up for appointments through the next 90 days to get the documents, with more getting scheduled every day. Both people in the country illegally and those who have temporary legal status will qualify.
The demand has been tremendous since immigrants started making appointments July 1, with the state's website for appointments crashing at one point because of the traffic. So far, appointments are being handled at only five locations — Denver, Aurora, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins and Grand Junction.
But it wasn't long ago that those immigrants could only dream of walking into a department of motor vehicles office to get a license. In 2006, Democrats and Republicans in Colorado passed a package of laws cracking down on illegal immigration, including requiring law enforcement to notify federal authorities when they arrested someone suspected of living illegally in the U.S. That law has since been repealed.
Last year, Colorado was among eight states that passed laws allowing identification documents for people in the country illegally. Two of those states, Illinois and Nevada, have already started issuing the documents.
"The changes we've seen in Colorado are absolutely remarkable and really reflect a turning of the tide in the debate on what immigration means and how immigrants are viewed, not only in Colorado but in the country," said Hans Meyer, a Denver-based immigration attorney who was involved in crafting the new law.
The law's detractors argue it will encourage illegal immigration.
"You reward illegal behavior, you beget more illegal behavior," said Sen. Ted Harvey, R-Highlands Ranch.
Brohl called the law a matter of public safety.
"We really want to have anyone who's driving on the roads to have a valid license, because that means that they've passed the written test, they passed the driving test, and they have auto insurance, and that's really important," she said.
Although all drivers are required to be insured, the new law won't guarantee that immigrants will get insurance.
Supporters of the law also say it will help law enforcement correctly identify people in traffic stops and accidents. And immigrants have said it will help ease their fear of dealing with police.
Only those in the country illegally need to make appointments. They must present documents like a utility bill to prove they've lived in Colorado the previous two years, in addition to an identification number they've used to pay taxes. They must also show a passport or other identification from their home country.
Those with a temporary legal status must present the documents that prove that, as well as evidence of Colorado residency.
Only certain clerks were trained to issue the licenses and IDs, which will cost more than what legal residents pay.
The cards are marked to say they can't be used for voting or to obtain federal benefits.


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NUnit is a great unit testing tool for .NET applications. In this article, I will explain the basics of NUnit, and guide you step by step to creating sample unit tests. But, if unit testing is what you are looking for, you should also know the concept of Test Driven Development. It is also the other way round, if TDD is your aim, you must glance at NUnit too. To truly exploit the benefits of unit testing, TDD is the best approach. So this article also covers the TDD concept.
Unit testing is a development procedure where programmers create tests as they develop software. The tests are simple short tests that test functionality of a particular unit or module of their code, such as a class or function. The general behavior of an unit test is that it sends a predefined message to the class and verifies the response. Yes, you heard it correct! Developers are responsible for unit testing, and which means you have to code extra! Some 20% extra ! Hold on, the benefits are much more.
NUnit is an unit testing framework, developed using C#. It uses attribute based programming model. It provides a nice clean GUI as well as console application to test your assemblies. We will look into it a bit later. First let us create a sample test.
Here I have taken an example of Person class. So create the following class in a project.
public class Person { public string Lname { get; set; } public string Fname { get; set; } public string Mname { get; set; } public string Address { get; set; } public string Email { get; set; } public string Phone { get; set; } public string GetFullName() { if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(Lname)) throw new MissingFieldException("Lname is empty"); return string.Format("{0} {1} {2}",Fname,Mname,Lname); } }
Step 1: Add reference to nunit.framework.dll from the bin of installed nunit application.
Step 2: Create a class to write your tests. Say you want to test a "Person" class. Name your test class as TestPerson. Best Practice: Use a separate class library. Have separate classes to test each class in your application.
Step 3: Add Attribute to Class.
The test class should have the "Test Fixture" attribute.
Test Fixture
Let's understand this attribute:
[TestFixture] public class TestPerson
Step 4: Write test
Create a method named testFullName(). This is the method that will contain code to test the "GetFullName()" method.
This method should be marked with Attribute [Test]. Any method that has the actual code to perform test should be marked with this attribute. The signature should necessarily be: public void <methodname />().
Attribute [Test]
public void <methodname />()
Now, implement the following code in the method:
using NUnit.Framework; namespace NunitExample { [TestFixture] public class TestPerson { [Test] public void TestFullName() { Person person = new Person (); person.lname = "Doe"; person.mname = "Roe"; person.fname = "John"; string actual = person.GetFullName(); string expected = "John Roe Doe"; Assert.AreEqual(expected, actual, "The GetFullName returned a different Value"); } } }
Let us understand the code: The test method assigns fixed values to the properties of class Person. Now we want to check that GetFullName() functions correctly. So we compare the returned value with what we expected. If that matches, the test passes or else the test fails.
To compare the results, we use the "Assert" class of Nunit Framework. Assertions are central to any unit testing framework. Here, we use "AreEqual" method to compare the two results.
As seen, the AreEqual() expects 3 parameters. The third is optional. The first two are the values that we want to compare, and the third is the message to be displayed when the test fails.
There are many overloads of AreEqual method, so that you can compare different datatypes.
There are many different methods of Assert class, to support collections, exceptions, directories, files, etc. We will not cover all of them here. You can easily get an idea of all these on the official Nunit Site.
Step 5: Run the code.
Compile your code.
Let us use the GUI to run the code. Open the GUI, and select "New project" from file menu. Save the new project some name.
Then go to project menu and select "Add Assembly" and select the assembly which contains your test class. You will see that the test class and its test methods are displayed on the left panel of the window.
Select the PersonTest class, and click on Run. All the test within this class will be run.
When you see all green out there, it's party time! All your tests have passed. When you examine the screen in detail, you will that it displays various parameters like what tests have passed, failed, the time taken to execute a test, etc.
Now change the above code in the test method, to get invalid result. Some like:
Assert.AreEqual("abcd", "actual" ,"The GetFullName returned a different Value").
Rebuild the assembly, and in the Nunit GUI, click on File->Reload tests.
Now, run again, just to see, how the screen looks when the test fails.
See the red, it also displays the message you specified.
Fine, now you know how to run and code your unit tests. Let have a quick glance at few other important and very useful attributes.
[SetUp] public void init() { Person person = new Person(); }
As you can see in the code, the Setup attribute should be used for any initialization kind of functions. Any code that must be executed prior to executing a test can be put in the functions marked with [Setup]. This frees you from repeating these lines of code in each test. Please note carefully, that this code is executed, before each test.
This attribute is exactly opposite to Setup Attribute. This code is executed after execution of each code. In this method, for example, you can write code, to close any FileSystem Object or Database connection.
At times, we may want to test that a method should throw an exception in a particular scenario. We can test this using this attribute. Example:
[Test] [ExpectedException(typeof(MissingFieldException))] public void TestFullNameForException() { Person person = new Person(); person.Lname = ""; person.Mname = "Roe"; person.Fname = "John"; string actual = person.GetFullName(); }
This code does not have any Assert statement. This will pass if the "MissingFieldException" in thrown upon calling "GetFullName()". If no exception is thrown, the test will fail.
Any test that you want to temporarily bypass can be marked with this attribute.
Best Practice: Tools like Nant can be used for automated scheduled builds. With every build, Nant will run the Nunit tests, and results will be produced in an XML file!
The concept of test driven can simply be put in the following two lines.
"The first step is to quickly add a test, basically just enough code to fail. Next you run your tests, often the complete test suite although for the sake of speed you may decide to run only a subset, to ensure that the new test does in fact fail. You then update your functional code to make it pass the new tests. The fourth step is to run your tests again. If they fail, you need to update your functional code and retest. Once the tests pass, the next step is to start over (you may first need to refactor any duplication out of your design as needed, turning TFD into TDD)".
This is an iterative process which you continue till all your tests pass.
Some proven advantages of TDD:
Something of interest to project mangers reading this:
The green graph shows the TDD cycle, while the red one is the traditional development method of coding and then testing.
Before concluding the article, one small word of caution:
Once you start using TDD, you might come across certain challenges. You might need to implement proper design patterns and mocking to successfully implement unit testing and TDD. My next article will cover the same. Be patient, it will come soon.
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Zach Mettenberger has graduated, Stephen Rivers and Hayden Rettig have transferred. Only two scholarship quarterbacks remain on LSU's roster and it doesn't appear the Tigers have an obvious answer in the 2015 class.
That made the 2016 class very, very important for LSU to find a stud quarterback, and the Tigers did exactly that over the weekend when they lured one of the nation's top dual-threat quarterbacks, Feleipe Franks, out of Florida State's backyard and onto their commitment list.
Franks is a 6-foot-5, 205-pound junior to be who is rated the No. 3 dual-threat QB in the nation and the No. 54 overall prospect in the 2016 class. He hails from Wakulla High School, which is just south of Tallahassee (Fla.).
"He really has all the tools and just about everybody has come through here to see him," Wakulla coach Scott Klees told Saturday Down South. "He's just a really good kid and one of the best we've had come through here in awhile."
Since the evaluation period opened up in mid April, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and LSU were just a few of the SEC schools that came through to see Franks. He also picked up an offer from Tennessee a few weeks ago.
Editor's note: Saturday Down South's references to ratings follow the 247Sports.com composite rankings for high school prospects.


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Culminating the first year of using a tool to evaluate its teaching staff, the Kyrene School District presented results that showed more than 800 teachers were rated as "highly effective."
Since implementing the use of the Marzano Teacher Evaluation System at the beginning of the 2012-13 school year, the district made 12,000 evaluations in total, which included meetings and classroom visits for its teachers. Ratings showed that 802 teachers were graded as highly effective and 200 as effective.
Using the Art and Science of Teaching Framework, under the Marzano system, a teacher's effectiveness is graded among four domains that include classroom strategies and behaviors, planning and preparation, reflecting and teaching, and collegiality and professionalism. Since a new Arizona law required school districts to have some system for evaluation implemented by the 2013-14 school year, Kyrene managed to keep ahead of the curve.
"It's our intent that we're really using the instrument," said Dr. Gina Taylor, assistant superintendent of instructional services.
Director of Human Resource Services Mark Knight said the design team for the evaluation tool will continue to focus on continuing to work on teacher growth, improvement plans, and also look into teacher incentive and performance pay plans.
Noted as being an ongoing process instead of a one-time assessment of teachers and staff, the district hopes further use of the tool will encourage teachers to strive for better student grades, teaching effectiveness and performance. Once more school districts implement their own evaluation systems, Kyrene will be able to compare teacher effectiveness with other district ratings.
"It's a whole new world, and they're really committing to this," Taylor said.
For more information about the evaluation tool, visit marzanoevaluation.com.
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The American Indian Resource Center (AIRC) was established in 1979 to address informational needs of American Indians in Los Angeles County and to make information about them available to the larger community. The AIRC collection is the largest public library collection of its kind in the U.S. Collection materials come in a variety of formats: books, journals, encyclopedias, newspapers, microfilm, audiocassettes, books-on-tape, CD, DVD, VHS, and 8, 16, 35 mm film, most of which can be checked out. AIRC is also an information center with announcements of events, classes, conferences, etc. pertaining to American Indians - local, regional, and national – on topics ranging from health issues, education, legal issues, economic issues, politics, and culture. American Indian "NDN" 101 is an informal question and answer forum held every month. This is an open forum for the public to ask questions and get answers about American Indian history, culture, and current affairs. For more information contact the AIRC. Native American Heritage Month is celebrated every year during the month of November. For more information please visit the Library of Congress' Native American Heritage Month site. Great Reads


text: Dina & Ali Lohan Cop Attitude Over Suggestion That Reality TV Is The Wrong MoveTracie Egan Morrissey5/21/08 3:00pmFiled to: Living la vida lohanali lohanDina LohanLindsay Lohanshowbiz tonightLiving Lohanmomagersstage momsReality TVClips103EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalinkDina and Ali Lohan have been doing the press rounds for their new reality show Living Lohan premiering this weekend, and last night they were on Showbiz Tonight. The two got all defensive and rude in response to very valid questions about how Dina will keep Ali away from the same path Lindsay traveled down and whether they are at all concerned about the "reality TV curse" that stars like Osbournes have suffered from. Dina said that Lindsay is on a "fine path" and that the reporter was just "believing what [he's] read." She also said that nothing like what happened to the Osbournes will ever happen to the Lohans because they are "different." Uh, how? They're both famous families with a genetic predisposition to addiction! Anyway, at the end of the interview, Ali was asked if Lindsay has given her any advice about the business. You can hear Dina say under her breath, "Watch reporters." Yeah, it's the reporters' fault, lady.Reply103 repliesLeave a reply


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EPA boss who wanted to crucify them has resigned
May 1st, 2012, 10:47 am by Mark LandsbaumRemember the EPA regional boss who revealed his motivation as government regulator? He's the one who said:
"...my philosophy of enforcement… kind of like how the Romans used to … conquer villages in the Mediterranean. They'd go in to a little Turkish town somewhere, they'd find the first five guys they saw and they'd crucify them. Then, you know, that town was really easy to manage for the next few years. It's a deterrent factor."
First he apologized. Then he said that doesn't really reflect his approach in his job. Then we asked if he shouldn't lose his job.
And now, he's resigned his job.
The hand-wringers and apologists for government thuggery rushed to the guy's defense, as you may recall.
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text: Find This Car And Catch The Person(s) Who Murdered A Mother Of Four In CaliforniaBrian Hickey10/08/12 12:20pmFiled to: To Catch A CarMurderSusie koHercules, cal.49EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Law enforcement agencies and others from across the U.S. have reached out to Jalopnik for help with car identifications since your input was "critical" to solving a hit-and-run earlier this year. Susie Ko, a 55-year-old mother of four, was found dead in her home Friday night in Hercules, Cal., a small town north of Berkeley along the San Pablo Bay. Both police and family members are seeking the public's help; investigators have neither found a motive for the crime nor released any information about possible suspects. Advertisement Advertisement The family has set up a website, and a Facebook page, seeking tips on the case. It includes this tragic bit of narrative:She was supposed to pick up our Dad from the airport that evening, but never showed up. Worried that something might have happened, my Dad called our neighbor to check on her. They found her inside the house, already deceased.What's known is that a vehicle was stolen from the Ko residence, and the victim's son Simon has reached out for help."So far, the only lead in the investigation is our missing 2011 Subaru Outback in Sky Blue with Idaho plates (1A 1F680) and dark blue interior, which was stolen from our garage using original keys," he told Jalopnik. "It is possible these plates may have been removed or switched. We are extending our search at the moment to the entire West Coast and US borders." This isn't so much an identify-the-vehicle To Catch A Car as it is an online APB for the vehicle, photos of which have been publicly disseminated in the search for Ko's killer(s). Here's more from Simon: Sponsored Police have given guidance that if you do see a sky blue Subaru Outback, follow the car to confirm the license plate so we can weed out false sightings.We are also interested in sightings of the car without plates.I am calling on all of your readers, not only to keep a look out, but to encourage others to participate in the hunt for those responsible. Please call 510-724-1111 or 911. Any tips, observations, or chatter will be greatly appreciated.West Coast readers, please keep an eye out and ask anybody you know out that way know to do the same. Let's see if we can help this grieving family. Advertisement UPDATE: We just got a note from Simon Ko with the VIN information being requested: VIN#: 4S4BRBK(C2B3355234) or "4S4 Be Right Back"[CBS San Francisco]Reply49 repliesLeave a reply


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Hailing from Sydney, Australia, The Sleep-Ins are Chad Corley (guitar and vocals), Stefan Pope (bass and vocals), Josh Shuberth (drums) and Mike Johnson (guitar). Chad met Stefan when he applied for a job at a Sydney guitar shop and they starting jamming together with fellow employees Josh and later Mike. As they defined their sound and began to gig together, they had to hide from their employers the fact that they were in a band together.
Says Josh, "we had to be careful about the guitar shop owners not knowing four of their employees were in the same band… it gets quite suspicious when we all show up for work a bit dreary-eyed because we were out late gigging the night before; but we all knew what we wanted to do, so it's no surprise we got right to it."
The Sleep-Ins released their debut album Songs About Girls & Outer Space on October 19 and in the course of touring for the past year or so, they have written enough songs for a follow-up album too. With tours across Australia and airplay on Australian and American radio stations, this is a band whose star is rapidly rising and they are proud to report that they no longer work in the guitar shop although they do visit from time to time!
To celebrate the release of their debut album, The Sleep-Ins are offering two of their singles for download:
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They really sound like Pixies but I wonder if they don't sound too much like them. I definitely prefer "Silver State".
You can catch up with The Sleep-Ins at My Space, Ingot Rock or Twitter
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Basically, a bar is four beats (because a lot of hip hop is 4/4 timing). You obviously know what a beat is right? So just count four of those and you've got yourself a bar. It's basically just math when you think about it. Four beats make a bar, so eight beats make two bars. Read up on your music theory too man, you're probably gonna want to at least know this basic stuff if you're looking into making beats.
Fruity Loops program, right?
Is it Fruity Loops?
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Allow users to interactively crop uploaded images using Jcrop and Carrierwave. Includes a live preview that shows the resulting image.
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Caching at a low level is a great option when the view is too dynamic to cache and you need something flexible that can work anywhere in the application. Here I show a variety of ways to use Rails.cache with Active Record.
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By default, Rails will render a static error file when an exception occurs in production. Here you will learn how to fully customize this behavior and render dynamic error pages.
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Learn how to add performance tests that automate benchmark and profile reports. Here I show how to find the bottlenecks to optimize a page. I also show how to compile Ruby with gcdata to get information about memory usage.
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PROVIDENCE – Maternova Research, a newly formed nonprofit arm of the award winning Maternova, recently announced that Merck has granted project funding for pilot studies of a new global health diagnostic technology. The funds will be used to conduct a official product feasibility study featuring the new uChek device.
Manufactured by Biosense Technologies Private Limited in India, the uChek device provides critical care in low-resource settings for expectant mothers and patients. The device is a smartphone based portable diagnostic system that can perform tests ranging from routine urinalysis to more specialized urine and blood tests including a blood sugar test.
Most importantly for maternal health, the uChek allows healthcare workers to track a set biomarkers in a urine sample, including protein, glucose, leukocytes, nitrites and urobilinogen. The presence of protein in a pregnant woman's urine when accompanied by high blood pressure is one of the earliest signs of preeclampsia. Eclampsia and pre-eclampsia represent a major cause of maternal mortality and morbidity globally. Other conditions such as gestational diabetes and pernicious anemia are indicated in urine samples.
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'The Charlie Rose Show' is coming to KOCE after all
January 6th, 2011, 4:05 pm by PETER LARSEN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTERLongtime PBS talk show host Charlie Rose was initially one of the casualties of KOCE taking over from KCET as the main Southern California PBS affiliate this month. Because of scheduling conflicts, KOCE -- which now calls itself PBS SoCal -- said they couldn't find a spot for his late-night program until later this year.
But Charlie Rose fans weren't happy about the idea of either trying to tune in KVCRfrom far-off San Bernardino or finding KOCE's OC Channel in the far-off reaches of their cable channels. And so KOCE capitulated. In a post on the station's Facebook page today, a statement appeared:
"Due to overwhelming feedback from our viewers who would not receive Charlie Rose, the program has found a home at PBS SoCal," it read. "Charlie Rose will air weeknights at midnight starting January 17."
That made Rose fans happy, though some are still grumbling about the changover. The makers of "Independent Lens" are not happy at all to be off KCET and one of just a handful of shows not to move to KOCE, landing instead on KLCS, the Los Angeles Unified School District-run channel.
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Sending Christmas Thank You Notes
From: Robin Souder
Although Christmas cards are dwindling more with each year, the acknowledgment and gratitude of a gift is still crucial in our family. As the Christmas cards come in, I ask the children to pick out their favorite designs. I cut the front from the card and turn it into a postcard for my kids to use as a thank you postcard, a note card, or a gift tag.
As a thank you for a Christmas gift, the front of the card is perfect. I draw a line down the center of the blank side vertically to resemble a postcard. I let the child write the thank you message on the left side with the address on the right. Postage for postcards is cheaper than a letter. I know most people will say that an email is even cheaper, but I find that those who send a gift love seeing the handwritten thank you of a child or even an adult for that matter (especially those gift givers who are from an older generation.)
Cherish those who have come before us, as they have enlightened us with the beauty of personality, character and the work of the hands!
Thanks Robin for a great tip and reminder about the importance of Christmas thank you notes. I have to take my hat off to my daughter Tawra in this post because she is one of the best when it comes to writing thank yous and I do appreciate it. She has her kids write a thank you note for every birthday or Christmas gift they get. I think that doing this teaches the kids many things like respect, gratefulness, the importance of doing something that might not be their favorite thing to do but that is important to do anyway in consideration of someone else and much more.
Tawra always sends a thank you note or small gift to someone who does an extra service for her like the trash man or a neighbor. It is truly a good thing to teach our children and a habit some of us adults need to get into.
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No Villain
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Following the critically acclaimed, sell-out world premiere at The Old Red Lion, No Villain transfers to Trafalgar Studios 2 this summer.
"My first attempt at a play, rather inevitably, had been about industrial action and a father and his two sons, the most autobiographical dramatic work I would ever write." - Arthur Miller
Over six days during spring break 1936 at the University of Michigan, a twenty year old college sophomore wrote his first play, No Villain. His aim was to win the prestigious Avery Hopwood award and, more importantly, the $250 prize he needed in order to return to college the following year. Miller won the award, and the subsequent one, but the play was never produced - until now.
No Villain tells the story of a garment industry strike that sets a son against his factory proprietor father. Here, Miller explores the Marxist theory that would see him hauled before the House Un-American Activities Committee years later. This remarkable debut play gives us a tantalising glimpse of Miller's early life, the seeding of his political values and the beginning of his extraordinary career.


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June 25
Quotes of the day from previous years:
- 2004
- Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God's grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out. ~ Hugh Latimer
- selected by Kalki
- 2005
- Political language — and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists — is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. ~ George Orwell (born 25 June 1903)
- proposed by User:Kalki
- 2006
- The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them. ~ George Orwell (born 25 June 1903)
- proposed by User:Kalki
- 2007
- I always disagree … when people end up saying that we can only combat Communism, Fascism or what not if we develop an equal fanaticism. It appears to me that one defeats the fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. In the same way, a man can kill a tiger because he is not like a tiger and uses his brain to invent the rifle, which no tiger could ever do. ~ George Orwell
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2008
- By "nationalism" I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled "good" or "bad." … By "patriotism" I mean devotion to a particular place and a particular way of life, which one believes to be the best in the world but has no wish to force on other people. Patriotism is of its nature defensive, both militarily and culturally. Nationalism, on the other hand, is inseperable from the desire for power. ~ George Orwell
- proposed by Kalki
- 2009
- If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. ~ George Orwell
- proposed by Kalki
- 2010
- We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. … Bully-worship, under various disguises, has become a universal religion, and such truisms as that a machine-gun is still a machine-gun even when a "good" man is squeezing the trigger … have turned into heresies which it is actually becoming dangerous to utter. ~ George Orwell
- proposed by Kalki
- 2011
- Properly speaking, there is no such thing as revenge. Revenge is an act which you want to commit when you are powerless and because you are powerless: as soon as the sense of impotence is removed, the desire evaporates also. ~ George Orwell
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2012
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. |
~ George Orwell ~ |
- proposed by InvisibleSun
- 2013
The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them. |
~ George Orwell ~ |
- proposed by Kalki
- 2014
If you turn the other cheek, you will get a harder blow on it than you got on the first one. This does not always happen, but it is to be expected, and you ought not to complain if it does happen. |
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- 2015
I applied my reason at every moment. Reason is excellent for getting food, clothing and shelter. Reason is the very best tool kit. Nothing beats reason for keeping tigers away. But be excessively reasonable and you risk throwing out the universe with the bathwater. |
~ Yann Martel ~ |
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All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred, and schizophrenia. |
~ George Orwell ~ |
- proposed by Kalki
- 2017
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Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman
- Rationale: Last episode of w:Late Night with David Letterman aired on June 25, 1993
- 3 MosheZadka 00:32, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- 3 Jeff Q (talk) 11:41, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- 1 Kalki 11:54, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC) I feel this particular quote might be better in the fall perhaps.
- 1 Zarbon 04:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- 1 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:39, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
In a Society in which there is no law, and in theory no compulsion, the only arbiter of behaviour is public opinion. But public opinion, because of the tremendous urge to conformity in gregarious animals, is less tolerant than any system of law. ~ George Orwell (born 25 June 1903)
- 3 Kalki 11:52, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- 3 InvisibleSun 19:29, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 04:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:39, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Certainly we ought to be discontented, we ought not simply to find out ways of making the best of a bad job, and yet if we kill all pleasure in the actual process of life, what sort of future are we preparing for ourselves? If a man cannot enjoy the return of spring, why should he be happy in a labour-saving Utopia? What will he do with the leisure that the machine will give him? ~ George Orwell
- 3 InvisibleSun 19:29, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
- 3 Kalki 20:36, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
- 2 Zarbon 04:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
- 2 //Gbern3 (talk) 16:39, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection, that one is sometimes willing to commit sins for the sake of loyalty, that one does not push asceticism to the point where it makes friendly intercourse impossible, and that one is prepared in the end to be defeated and broken up by life, which is the inevitable price of fastening one's love upon other human individuals. ~ George Orwell
- 3 bystander (talk) 02:44, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
- 2 ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 23:41, 23 June 2016 (UTC)
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