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BRISTOL — A proposed spending plan for Bristol Elementary School's 2006-2007 school year entered its third round of revision at a heated school board meeting on Monday.
The budget of $4,211,798 proposed on Town Meeting Day was voted down, 452-447. Many believed this was due to concerns over cuts some considered unnecessary, so the board increased the spending number slightly to $4,292,250. Bristol voters rejected this revised budget proposal, 193-183, on May 9.
So at Monday's meeting, the Bristol school board cut $83,700 from the May 9 budget, eventually arriving at a sum of $4,208,820. This newly revised budget will be put up for a vote on Tuesday, June 20. Though some details are not yet set, the vote will probably take place between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. at Holley Hall.
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Actually, as of May '07 the Express is totally independent and locally owned: http://www.eastbayexpress.com/news/ bringing_the__i_express__i__back_home/Content?oid=432858. Which gives us the freedom to do things like stage staff musicals about saving newspapers.
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I've just learned of a comprehensive poll conducted by The Wrestling Observer, the most respected pro wrestling news digest, in which my Wrestlemania XIII match with Stone Cold Steve Austin was voted by both wrestling fans and wrestlers as the best match in the history of Wrestlemania. It was one of my all time favourites, too.
And it was also my last Wrestlemania.
With Wrestlemania XX only a week away, I thought I'd take a stroll down memory lane until the big show.
I'd just gotten to the WWF when they were putting together the first Wrestlemania but my first pay-per-view was Wrestlemania II, in Chicago, at the Rosemont Horizon.
I was in a 20-man over-the-top battle royal with such notable names as William (Refrigerator) Perry, who I remember bowling over me and my tag partner, Jim (The Anvil) Neidhart like a couple of bowling pins.
It did, in fact, come down to a showdown between me and Andre the Giant and the last thing I could remember was Andre tossing me over the top rope, like a bag of flour, to the ring floor into Anvil's waiting arms.
The following year, Wrestlemania III at the Pontiac Silverdome, boasted the largest indoor crowd in history, 93,173. In a triple-tag match, The Hart Foundation and Danny Davis took on two of my brothers-in-law, the British Bulldogs with Tito Santana.
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Danny came down like a skittish cat and nearly poked my eye out. The rest of the match was nothing but a teary blur.
At Wrestlemania IV, at Trump Plaza in Atlantic City, the 20-man battle royal came down to two guys, me and Bad News Brown, better known up here as Bad News Allen Coage. Old Bad News double-crossed me and won the battle royal, which ultimately turned me from a ruthless villain in pink into a rugged babyface.
Wrestlemania V was also in Atlantic City and The Hart Foundation manhandled Greg (The Hammer) Valentine and The Honky Tonk Man.
At Wrestlemania VI, more than 67,000 fans packed Toronto's SkyDome. The Hart Foundation made wrestling history with the fastest pay-per-view pinfall of all time when we defeated The Bolsheviks in only 17 seconds.
Wrestlemania VII, at the Los Angeles Sports Arena, turned out to be my final run as two-time WWF tag champ when The Nasty Boys managed to take the Anvil out with a motorcycle helmet to win the belts. This led to the eventual breakup of the original Hart Foundation and launched me into a singles career.
Wrestlemania VIII, at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis, would be a defining moment of my career. In the co-main event, Rowdy Roddy Piper kicked me with the toe of his boot just above my eye, opening me up, but I rallied back to pull off an amazing upset victory over the never- before-pinned Piper to claim the Intercontinental Title for the second time.
By the time I got to Wrestlemania IX, at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, I was WWF world heavyweight champion, having climbed to the main event against 600-lb. Yokozuna.
What happened that day didn't make any sense then -- and it still doesn't now.
After having salt thrown into my eyes by Yoko's manager, Mr. Fuji, Hulk Hogan suddenly appeared at ringside and ended up with the title.
It was arguably the phoniest Wrestlemania finish contrived.
But little did I know my all-time best Wrestlemania moments were yet to come.
Next week, I'll shed some light on my classic world championship bouts with my brother Owen, Bob Backlund, Shawn Michaels and, of course, Stone Cold Steve Austin.
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Earlier today I posted the following question on Twitter:
Foreign keys in a data warehouse. Yes or no? This discussion is looming at work, i know my position but am interested in what others think. (https://twitter.com/jamiet/status/324215986729385986)
Foreign keys in a data warehouse. Yes or no? This discussion is looming at work, i know my position but am interested in what others think. (https://twitter.com/jamiet/status/324215986729385986)
Specifically, I wanted to know if people were in favour of creating foreign keys from their fact to to their dimension tables or not.
To say it prompted a good response is a bit of an understatement, 38 responses so far and counting. Here are some of those responses:
It certainly seems to be an emotive subject and its clear (to me) that there's no correct answer, just lots of opinions. That's a good thing. The majority of responders appeared to be of the opinion that a data warehouse should contain foreign keys and that is my position too. In this blog post I want to outline why I believe that one should create foreign keys from a fact table to its dimension tables:
Of course, this is the main reason why foreign keys exist – to protect the integrity of your data. I see no reason not to use them for this purpose in a data warehouse. The main argument that I see going against is that with a sufficiently robust ETL solution it shouldn't be necessary. That is true but I would counter with "how do you know that your ETL solution is suitably robust?" I don't think its possible to anticipate every eventuality that may arise and for that reason I like the safety net that foreign keys provide. I liked Devin Knight's response here, foreign keys breed confidence.
When I join a project that has a database in place the first thing I do is try and understand the data model – to do that I go and look at the foreign keys in that database. Understanding the dependencies between entities is crucial in any data model and the best means of communicating those is via foreign keys. If I encounter a database that is bereft of foreign keys then my heart sinks a little.
Foreign keys can, in some circumstances, be beneficial in improving query performance. Take a read of A Check and Foreign Key Constraint Improves Query Performance by Sarvesh Singh or Do Foreign Key Constraints Help Performance? by Grant Fritchey.
I am a big fan of generating ETL code where possible and foreign keys can be invaluable when doing so.
As I said there is no correct answer here so if you have any opinions, either agreeing or disagreeing, I look forward to reading your thoughts in the comments below.
Mark Stacey's comment prompted an interesting digression into talking about surrogate keys for denoting unknown members and this is something I have strong opinions on too:
In short, I don't like the practice of using "–1" as the surrogate key for an unknown member. My reasoning is simple, I don't like giving meaning to something that is supposed to be meaningless. How then should we indicate which is the unknown member? I propose a single-row table that includes a column for each dimension table, each with a foreign key to the unknown member in the respective dimension table.
Moreover I don't like the practice of starting surrogate key counters from 1; the first value available for the integer datatype in SQL Server is –2147483648 so why not start from that?
I discuss both of these issues in much more depth at Considering surrogate keys for Unknown members.
Again if you have any thoughts on these subjects please put them in the comments. If nothing else I find it both fun and educational to debate this stuff.
Update, Chris Adkin posted a comment below that contained a link to Microsoft's own guidance on building datawarehouses where it is stated:
"Many physical designs for data warehouses follow the star schema but do not completely specify the relationships between the fact and dimension tables, as mentioned earlier for foreign key constraints, for instance. Without the foreign key constraints explicitly specified, SQL Server must depend on heuristics to detect star schema query patterns."
Chris' take on this:
"So, assuming we are talking about a Kimball DW, there is most definitely value in using foreign key contstraints as this provides a fail safe for the heuristics getting it wrong."
Thanks Chris.
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I am most definitely NOT a fan of generated ETL code. All of the generated code I've ever had the joy of dealing with, no matter the language or purpose, has been a maintenance nightmare, and I'd rather have the ability to go in and fix or enhance it as I see fit long after the vendor drops off the face of the earth or stops providing us license files because we rebuilt the server (no seriously, that happened.)
I'm also not a fan of 'black box systems', which is almost what your data warehouse can turn into if nobody understands how your ETL process is supposed to work, and that's exactly what can and will happen when relying on the database/ETL tool/source system/users to take care of things for you.
I also see part of the function of the data warehouse as keeping the information that nobody else does, which means that sometimes you need to bring in or expect 'child' information that doesn't have 'parent' information (yet.) Knowing that customers in State A prefer Product B over Product C is a great asset a data warehouse can provide. Knowing that the sales people are capable of entering orders without a customer id is also a great asset that a data warehouse can provide - oh look, we need to improve our entry front end or train our sales people better! My point being, sometimes the data you DON'T have tells just as important a story as the data you do.
I used to be in the "though shalt not create nullable columns" camp. That meant coming up with artificial values such as "-1" you speak of. Years ago I came off that high horse precisely because of the giving meaning to the meaningless notion you speak of.
There was a puzzle with nullable columns where application layer equivalent was a primitive type. For example a column with a data type of bit typically is programmed as a bool in the .Net code. A bool is never null, it's either on or off. But a bit column can be null. Programmers ended up writing extra code to reconcile the difference.
This conundrum has more less been resolved with nullable primitives (bool?), and I have stopped worrying about unknowns and learned to love nulls.
From: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2008.04.dwperformance.aspx
Many physical designs for data warehouses follow the star schema but do not completely specify the relationships between the fact and dimension tables, as mentioned earlier for foreign key constraints, for instance. Without the foreign key constraints explicitly specified, SQL Server must depend on heuristics to detect star schema query patterns.
the paper goes on to say:
Note that these are heuristic rules. There are few real circumstances that will lead the heuristics to pick a dimension table as the fact table.
So, assuming we are talking about a Kimball DW, there is most definitely value in using foreign key contstraints as this provides a fail safe for the heuristics getting it wrong. Also if you are using SQL 2008, you might want to check out trace flags 4199, 4137 and 4138 as these enable curtain optimizer hot fixes to kick in. we have used these and seen the use of star joins and few outer row optimisations kick in, this has reduced cube build times tremendously. These flasg can be applied at statement level using the QUERYTRACEON hint, I believe there was something on the SQL CSS engineers blog recently about this now being documented.
Fantastic link, thanks Chris. I'm devouring that as I write.
Jamie to add further weight to this, the Microsoft sample data warehouse database uses foreign keys, also the use of foreign keys provides a safety net should anything go awry with the ETL. Connor Cunningham has a blog posting on how the optimizer can use the presense of foreign keys to eliminate joins.
That should provide you with enough to "Go up to the crease with and bat" ;-)
Hi Jamie,
This is a great topic but I am affraid that we will use one more time the phrase "It depends".
I always start with a safe approach, using FK constraints and adding NC indexes to support them. I use them during DEV and QA to monitor the ETL process regarding this matter. If I know in advance that the magnitud of the loading is huge or significant, initial and subsequnt, then I tend to disable the FK constraints. I will continue monitoring the use of the NC indexes (on the fact table) and see if the benefits during query time overpass the friction during the loading. If it is the contrary then I will get rid of them too.
The risk of messing your data is present but we need to find a balance. The size of the load, the ETL window, how many datamarts, the pattern of querying them, how many dimensions are tied to your fact table, etc are things that we put toguether before determining the shape of the datamart.
I have used this approach for 8 years now and it has served me well. This doesn't mean I am right, and I will be very happy to be proved wrong since my users are the ones that will benefit at the end.
Hey Alejandro,
Good to hear from you, my friend!
I guess you can sum that up as "use FKs unless you can prove there is a good reason not to". that's pretty much my way of thinking too.
"Finding the balance" is damned difficult! that's what makes this fun! :)
Finding the balance" is damned difficult!
That is why they hire people like you, my friend.
I found this blogpost when having a little nosey around the web for "FK or No FK in the DW" as up to now I've always used FKs no question. However with the new SQL 2014 Clustered ColumnStore index I couldn't create one on a fact table with foreign keys...
"We view the clustered columnstore index as the standard for storing large data warehousing fact tables, and expect it will be used in most data warehousing scenarios."
Does this mean MS is telling us NOT to use foreign keys?
Hi Andy,
I don't think you should interpret it as that. I'd interpret it as "columnstore indexes are a good idea, the trade-off is that you won't be able to use FKs. The choice is yours, but we think the trade-off is probably worth it - your mileage may vary"
Yeah looks like it's more a decision based on what you want your architecture to be. It's certainly prompted a few discussions in the office!
So, use foreign keys, but in SQL Server define them with NOCHECK and in Oracle with RELY DISABLE NOVALIDATE. MAYBE very early on as you are still designing the ETL you MIGHT enable the FK constraints, but that would only be in DEV in my opinion. Otherwise, properly designed ETL has health checks to VERIFY everything did what it was supposed to do. If you have enabled your FK constraints and a fact insert fails due to a violation, what would you tell your business users?
BI and OLAP tools may be able to take advantage of the relationships being defined.
And yes, use a -1, -2 in your dimensions (or use another convention) to indicate UNKNOWN, NOT APPLICABLE, ERROR, etc. so we can always use INNER JOINS and so we ALWAYS load every fact row according to the rules as set for by the business.
If you are using some of the newer features in SQL Server, like columnstore indexes, well you have a case for not using the FKs. In Oracle there is no real reason not to create the FKs, just create them with RELY DISABLE NOVALIDATE.
And my way of thinking is: do not ENABLE FK constraints unless you have a VERY GOOD reason to, but always CREATE them (if you can, again columnstore indexes, you can't).
A good, sound staging strategy is the way to handle most potential violations -- long before you are trying to slam fact records into your mart or warehouse. This is where to focus the decisions: load, load but fix, or don't load.


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Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughan and Jonah Hill are no strangers to this brand of juvenile comedy. But they, along with Richard Ayoade, take an innovative idea and waste it on the lowest-common denominator in the audience.
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"The Queen of Versailles"is an this engrossing documentary that began filming David and Jackie Siegel in 2007. They have so much money they decide to build a 90,000-square-foot home in Florida, modeled after Versailles, "because they can." Watching them with their seven children, countless pets and tasteless consumerism is jaw-dropping.
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Things are tough all over.
"Farewell, My Queen"takes a fictionalized look at three days at the court of Versailles beginning July 14, 1789, the day the people of Paris stormed the Bastille.
Pretty Sidonie (Léa Seydoux) serves as Marie Antoinette's reader, and it's clear she has a crush on her queen. The queen, in turn, is reputed to be having an affair with a haughty duchess.
The self-indulgent monarch at first seems oblivious to the impending doom to France's aristocracy. As seen through Sidonie's eyes, we are privy to court gossip, intrigue and rising panic as the palace nobles begin to hear of beheadings in Paris.
Diane Kruger gives a sympathetic portrait of the doomed ruler, torn by love for family and another woman. Much of the film is shot at the actual palace, with lavish attention to detail and well-nuanced performances.
"Farewell, My Queen" gives us mystery and suspense even with an inevitable outcome.
Both films manage to show us the humanity, for better and worse, behind the trappings of wealth.
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KYOTO, Japan, Nov. 4, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nidec Corporation (NYSE:NJ) (the "Company") today announced the status of the Company's own share repurchase under its ongoing repurchase plan resolved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on March 8, 2014, pursuant to Article 459, Paragraph 1, Item 1 of the Company Law of Japan.
Details are as follows:
|Details of Share Repurchase
|1. Period of own share repurchase: From October 1, 2014 through October 31, 2014
|2. Class of shares: Common stock
|3. Number of own shares repurchased: 0
|4. Total repurchase amount: 0 yen
Note: The above repurchase information has been prepared on the basis of execution date.
|A) The following details were resolved by the Company's Board of Directors on January 22, 2014 and March 8, 2014:
|1. Class of shares: Common stock
|2. Total number of shares to be repurchased: Up to 4,000,000 shares
|(1.45% of total number of shares issued, excluding treasury stock)
|3. Total repurchase amount: Up to 24 billion yen
|4. Period of repurchase: From January 27, 2014 through January 26, 2015
|B) The accumulative number of own shares repurchased until October 31, 2014, pursuant to the Board of Directors resolution above:
|1. Accumulative number of own shares repurchased: 0
|2. Total accumulative repurchase amount: 0 yen
CONTACT: Masahiro Nagayasu General Manager Investor Relations +81-75-935-6140 email@example.com
Source:Nidec Corporation


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Also controls additional Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC's) such as tobacco smoke and household products such as paints, paint strippers and other solvents; wood preservatives, aerosol sprays, cleansers and disinfectants, moth repellents, air fresheners, stored fuels, automotive products, emissions, hobby supplies and dry-cleaned clothing.
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|IQAir GC Series
|Controls the Following Chemicals (listed in alphabetical order):
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Also controls additional Volatile Organic Compound (VOC's) such as tobacco smoke and household products such as paints, paint strippers, and other solvents; wood preservatives, aerosol sprays, cleansers and disinfectants, moth repellents, air fresheners, stored fuels, automotive products, emissions, hobby supplies and dry-cleaned clothing.
Moderate Molecular Control
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|1 Pre-Filter (H11S)
4 Gas Cartridges
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Gas Cartridges: 1-2 years
Post-Filter Sleeves: 1-2 years
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|1. User Control Panel (including remote control unit)
2. Carrying Handle
3. No-Draft Diffuser
4. 99% Efficient HEPA Filter
5. Granular Wide Spectrum Gas Control Media
6. 99% Efficient Statically Charged Media Sleeves
7. Snap-Open Locking Arms
8. High-Performance Centrifugal Fan
9. Advanced Fan Control
10. Dual Floor Air Intake
|The IQAir® GC VOC comes complete with filters, user manual, hand signed guaranteed Certificate of Performance, set of 4 casters, 10 foot power cord, DVD users guide and remote control with batteries.
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|Maximum Coverage Area
|900 sq ft (based on maximum fan speed and an 8.5 ft ceiling)
|Number of Fan Speeds
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Speed 2 - 70 cfm
Speed 3 - 110 cfm
Speed 4 - 140 cfm
Speed 5 - 170 cfm
Speed 6 - 260 cfm
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Speed 2 - 51.0 dB
Speed 3 - 58.0 dB
Speed 4 - 61.9 dB
Speed 5 - 64.6 dB
Speed 6 - 71.9 dB
|Ratings (CADR)
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Speed 2 - 120 Watts
Speed 3 - 150 Watts
Speed 4 - 170 Watts
Speed 5 - 205 Watts
Speed 6 - 215 Watts
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|Power Requirements
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Control of coarse and fine dust particles; protection of subsequent filters.
HEPA Class (H11S); Mini-pleat with solvent-free separators, 30 sq. ft. filter area. Patented expanded polystyrene (EPS), CFC-free construction.
|Gas/Carbon Phase Filter Material
|10 lbs of Granulated Activated Carbon.
(Set of 4) Gas and Odor Control Cartridges.
Control of Specific Gaseous and Chemical Contaminants.
|Post-Filter Frame Material
|Disposable Cylinders
|Post-Filter Sleeve Material
|Post-Filter Sleeves for Fine Dust Post-Filtration, Electrostatically Charged Fiber (6.5 sq ft)
|Housing Material
|Non-offgasing, impact-resistant, UV-stabilized ABS
|Rated Airflow
|Media Area
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|Capacity Rating
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|39 lbs
|10 years on parts and labor (excluding filters) for residential use.
2 year on parts and labor (excluding filters) for commercial use.


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If you see an issue with the Leadership website, please contact Kathy Howell at email@example.com.
Hon. James A. Wynn, Jr., Law '79, was elected to the Marquette University Board of Trustees in 2013.
He was nominated by President Obama to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in 2009 and confirmed by unanimous voice vote of the United States Senate in August 2010. Previously, he served for nearly 20 years as an appellate judge on both the North Carolina Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of North Carolina.
Following graduation from Marquette University Law School in 1979, Wynn served in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps for four years on active duty and for 26 more years as a reserve officer. He was a military judge and commanding officer of the Navy Reserve Trial Judiciary. He retired at the rank of captain.
Wynn serves on the American Bar Endowment Board and the American Bar Association (ABA) Rule of Law Intiative Committee. In the ABA, he served as chair for the Judicial Division; Appellate Judges Conference; Working Group on First Amendment and Judicial Campaign Speech; and National Diversity Summit. He was a drafter of the 2007 Revised ABA Model Code of Judicial Conduct.
For 20 years, Wynn has served as commissioner of the National Conference on Uniform State Laws where he has held leadership positions on the executive committee and as vice president.
Wynn holds a bachelor of arts degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a juris doctor from Marquette University Law School, and a master of laws degree in judicial process from the University of Virginia School of Law.
He delivered the Commencement address for the Marquette Law School in 2005, and he was the E. Harold Hallows Judicial Fellow in 2002 and Nathan A. Fishbach Fellow in 2012. He received the Alumni Merit Award from Marquette in 2004.
He is a member of the Marquette University President's Society.


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While the wizard has perks with spellcasting and all, maybe the Halfling priest of Mysterea, going for Mystic Balance to get the fireballs to cost 5, would be a better deal? You get more health to tank you own fireballs, and you get a full restore per hp potion?
Gnome monks might be nice too - it's probably easier to sidestepp the monks attack penalty via mega fireballs than any regular way.


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Alder David Ahrens
Contact Information
Home Address:4117 Major Ave.
Madison , WI 53716
- Phone: 608-334-1156
- firstname.lastname@example.com
- Contact Alder David Ahrens
- Contact Council
Council Office
210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd
Room 417
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: (608) 266-4071
Fax: (608) 267-8669
WI Relay Service
Alder Ahrens' Updates
Unpaved streets, supported housing and a new year...
Happy New Year to All:
Unpaved Streets: About half of the streets in the 15th District are not completely paved or are "unimproved." For the most part, these neighborhoods south of Cottage Grove Road are maintained with basic asphalt mixes. These areas were annexed by the City after the homes were built and the streets were constructed. They rarely have sidewalks or curbs or gutters.
Because the streets have only rough pavement that are especially prone to potholes and cracks. The pavement deteriorates in the winter as water seeps in and expands in the winter. As a result of the dips and patchwork quality, the streets cannot be plowed and cleared with the same efficiency as the paved and "Improved streets."
Residents often ask why the City doesn't pave their streets- after all we're (I live on an unpaved street) taxpayers. The City established a policy (at the time of the annexations) that streets would be paved only if curbs and gutters were installed at the same time. Curbs and gutters operate as a seam that "holds the pavement in place." They also regulate storm water and create a uniform street size.
Residents have to pay for about half of the cost of the construction of the curb and gutter. This is because the residents who bought homes that had curbs and gutters paid for it in the purchase of their homes. Depending on the size of your lot or if you live on a corner- as I do- it can cost quite a bit. The general sense of the most residents is that they would rather not have the streets paved if they can save money on the curb and gutter.
Sidewalks are, of course, much more costly. The major problem in their construction is not only the cost but the fact that substantial portions of our home lots would be removed along with up to half of the trees in our area. That's a very high cost. These problems would not be associated with the construction of curbs and gutters.
If you live in a neighborhood where you want your streets improved and are ready to pay for curbs and gutters, it is worth discussing the proposal with your neighbors and get their opinions as well. If there is significant interest in making this change contact me and we can discuss it with the Engineering Department as well as you as your overall community to see if there is support for new streets.
Construction of Supported Living Apartments: Last week, the City informed me that it is considering building 60 units of 'supported living units" for people who either homeless or living with others on a temporary basis. The address of the proposed site is 709 Rethke Ave. It's just off of Washington Ave, next door to Aloha Inn.
I have told city officials that I have substantial misgivings about the project. First, it's next to the Aloha Inn- which has had a variety of problems for years. Second, it's adjacent to a neighborhood that has ahd its share of problems and is now upgrading housing and working to reduce social problems. There is no indication that this development would spur improvements in the area.
I don't see these questions or objections as a case of NIMBY (Noy-In-My-Back-Yard). There are many other lots for sale in the city. Many of those lots are close to bus sevice and closer to downtown. But the proposed location may mean trouble for the residents of the facility AND the neighborhood in which it is placed.
I have scheduled a community meeting for you to meet with city officials and, I hope, the agency that would run the facility. If you have concerns, questions and would like to learn more about the project please plan to attend.
The meeting will be held on:
Wednesday, Jan. 8
Hawthorne School Cafeteria
And a New Year: I won't attempt to predict what will be the big news over the next year. But a few things are probable. First, we finally start construction of the Royster-Corners development. I hope there will be an announcement of a new Pinney Library there as well. No doubt there will be substantial controversy about the City's proposal to finance a luxury hotel downtown- as well as other projects.
As always, I look forward to hearing from you on these and other issues. I can be reached at email@example.com and at 334-1156.
Best regards for a New Year,
David Ahrens
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The Original Universe
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The Original Universe is a zine about comic books printed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada by Jeff Boman.
The Original Universe was created in 2007. It has currently printed two issues: one in August 2007 and one in October.
Jeff Boman was the founder of Comicopia and is a long time contributor to APAs. He has previously released The Old Detective's Watering Hole.
As of issue 3 prose fiction began with the first chapter of Avatar: Rebirth.
In 2009 it won an Aurora Award (Canada's equivalent of the Hugos) in the Fan Activity (Fanzine) category.
External Link
A FAQ and information about joining or purchasing a copy can be obtained at: theoriginaluniverse(at)gmail(dot)com.


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We had our trial-run Christmas lunch yesterday. Except we did it a dinnertime. And I'll tell you this about Christmas: it is a fucking hassle. I can't quite believe I've got to do all that all over again in 3 weeks' time. And I was only on pudding, sauces, relishes and decorations - my husband had the real sweat on doing the turkey and all the rest.
But what are you going to do? It's just life, innit. Like I was complaning on and on and on to my single Hot Career friends J- and E- the other week about how I thought I'd be a wife and mother as a bit of a retro-laugh and now I'm right in it and marvelling what a hilarious joke I seem to have played on myself. I was expecting a tidalwave of sympathy, because I am a moaney old cow, but they both just looked at me blanky and boredly and said "Yeah, life is vile."
Since then I've tried to complain a bit less about everything.
Anyway look, for god's sake, if this isn't already in your repertoire, do Jamie Oliver's get-ahead gravy if you're lumbered with Christmas this year. It's a ruddy life-saver. Do it this weekend and freeze it.
This is not Jamie's exact recipe. The real thing is easily sourced on the internet.
Jamie Oliver's get-ahead gravy
Makes 1 litre, enough for about 8 people
8 chicken wings or wings or stock bones or whatever
2 carrots, quartered
1 small onions, quartered
2 sticks of celery, trimmed and, you guessed it: quartered
fresh sage leaves - about 5?
fresh rosemary - two sticks?
3 bay leaves
1 star anise IF YOU WANT. I, personally, didn't think the Chinesey flavour this imparted was very appropriate, although it's nice
4 rashers streaky bacon, snipped
4 tbs plain flour
1 tbs cranberry sauce
some olive oil
1 Tip everything except the flour and the cranberry sauce into a roasting tin, slosh some olive oil over it, salt and pepper, turn it all around to coat and put in a 180C oven for 1 hour
2 Take it out and bash everything up in the pan. Jamie recommends using a potato masher but I found stabbing everything with an assortment of wooden items, such as a spoon and then a rolling pin, was easier
|although I took this photo at the masher stage
3 Put the pan on the hob on a low heat and sprinkle over the flour a spoonful at a time, mixing well in to the mixture after each snowfull
4 Now pour over two litres of water, just cold from the tap, mix together and boil briskly for ten minutes and then simmer for 25. It will reduce by roughly half
5 Strain the gravy. I found this easier to do once through a colander and then once again through a sieve - although this does create more washing up.
6 Now put in tupperware and forget about it until Christmas Eve. Don't bother skimming the fat now because there's something about the freezing/thawing process that draws out the fat from the gravy more effectively.
7 On the day, either just heat this up and finish off with some cranberry sauce and serve OR add the juices from the turkey roasting tin. You are supposed to add the turkey juices, but you will probaby be feeling utterly mental and a bit tearful by this stage and won't be arsed to be adding no damn juices to sauces. So I'm just telling you now that if you want to serve this gravy straight up without turkey juices no-one will notice.


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When I wrote my first C.V. coming out of university I used LaTeX since I had just written my thesis using it. You can create beautiful and professional documents with it but today I think things have moved on and your web presence is likely to be discovered and read first. So I decided to write it web first this time as a responsive web page. You can see an example of it here.
Initially I looked at both markdown-resume and strapdownjs and choose the latter to get the benefits of writing in markdown and omitting the build step. To get up and running quickly I started with bootstrap-sass and the minimal and typographic paper theme. However the more I customised the layout and formatting of my content the more markdown was replaced with HTML and CSS. There came a point where I realised it was easier and more powerful to complete it all without the markdown component.
bower install bootstrap-sass-official
bower install gulp gulp-clean gulp-load-plugins gulp-rename gulp-sass gulp-shell
npm install -g http-server
A working installation of wkhtmltopdf and invoker. A github account and a custom domain.
I'll explain the details of build and sass here and leave the markup and styling to you. Since we are using the bootstrap-sass plugin we will need to setup gulp to build our changes.
var gulp = require('gulp'),
gulpLoadPlugins = require('gulp-load-plugins'),
plugins = gulpLoadPlugins();
var files = {
mainStylesheet : 'stylesheets/main.scss',
pdfStylesheet : 'stylesheets/pdf.scss',
stylesheets : 'stylesheets/*.scss'
gulp.task('clean', function(){
return gulp.src('css')
gulp.task('sass', ['clean'], function(){
return gulp.src(files.mainStylesheet)
I really like how fast gulp executes and the model for composing the build pipeline. Calling gulp sass will generate our CSS file which we can use on the website. You will also need to import the bootstrap-sass and any theme scss files into your main.scss file.
@import 'paper-variables.scss';
@import '../bower_components/bootstrap-sass-official/assets/stylesheets/_bootstrap.scss';
@import 'paper-bootswatch.scss';
You can use my page as a template for writing your own markup / bootstrap layout: index.html.
If you want the CSS to automatically get regenerated on changes you can use gulps built in watcher.
gulp.task('watch', function(){
gulp.watch(files.stylesheets, ['sass'])
Hopefully you should have a c.v. page that scales nicely across different devices and ready to exporting to PDF.
gulp.task('pdf', ['pdfsass'], plugins.shell.task([
'wkhtmltopdf --margin-left 15 --margin-right 15 --zoom 1.0 --viewport-size 1280x1024 http://naeemkhedarun.dev/index.html naeemkhedarun.pdf'
gulp.task('pdfsass', ['clean'], function(){
return gulp.src(files.pdfStylesheet)
@import 'main.scss';
body {
padding-top: 20px;
.navbar {
display: none;
Mine is pretty straightforward and I only adjust the padding and navbar display, one of the benefits of keeping the page design simple and typographic.
Github gives you a User page which feels like an appropriate place to put your c.v. and its quite easy to get up and running. Github uses a convention for user pages so create a repositoty called username.github.io.
If you want a custom domain put into the root of your sites directory a file called CNAME and put in the domain name without the protocol. In mine I have:
You can now push your repository up to github and within 30 minutes your page will be available at http://username.github.io. If you are using a custom domain add a CNAME record pointing your domain to username.github.io.
I personally find that this approach works well for me and I hope you might find it useful too. All the source is at naeemkhedarun.github.io and feel free to clone and use it as you like.
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/melonjs/melonJS-1.1.0.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/melonjs-spine/spine.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="lib/melonjs-spine/melonjs-spine.js"></script>
{name: 'peter', type:'json', src:'assets/atlas/peter/skeleton.json'},
{name: 'peter_atlas', type:'binary', src:'assets/atlas/peter/skeleton.atlas'},
{name: 'peter_atlas', type:'image', src:'assets/atlas/peter/skeleton.png'},
var player = me.Spine.Entity.extend({
init: function(x, y, settings) {
var settings = {
atlas: 'peter_atlas',
imagePath: 'peter_atlas',
spineData: 'peter',
name: 'PlayerEntity',
imageScale: 1,
animationScale: 1
this._super(me.Spine.Entity, "init", [x, y, settings]);
this.anchorPoint = new me.Vector2d(0, 0);
this.renderOffset = new me.Vector2d(0, 0);
this.body.addShape(new me.Rect(-(this.width * this.anchorPoint.x), -(this.height * this.anchorPoint.y), this.width, this.height));
context.translate(x + this.renderOffset.x, y + this.renderOffset.y);
this.state.setAnimationByName(0, "running", true);
this.stateData.setMixByName("running", "jumping", 0.1);
this.stateData.setMixByName("jumping", "running", 0.1);
this.state.setAnimationByName(0, "jumping", true);
this.state.setAnimationByName(0, "start-gliding", false);
this.state.addAnimationByName(0, "gliding", true, 0);
var animation = this.state.tracks[0].animation.name
My sass --watch was getting increasingly slow especially with compiling bootstrap on every change. It was also using a substantial amount of battery life as a result.
After looking around it seems Sindre Sorhus has already solved the problem. The repository provides a native sass compiler which you can easily install using:
npm install --save-dev grunt-sass
I want to run grunt sasswatch to invoke the watcher separately to the other tasks to I created a new one. When it is called it will run the sass compile once and then invoke the watcher.
grunt.registerTask('sasswatch', [
The sass configuration calls my main scss which includes the many and heavy bootstrap files.
sass: {
options: {
sourceMap: true
dist: {
files: {
'app/css/main.css': 'app/main.scss'
Finally we can write the watcher which only listens for scss files in my application folder and the bootstrap one.
watch: {
files: ['stylesheets/*.scss', 'bootstrap-sass-official/assets/stylesheets/**.scss'],
tasks: ['sass']
Including the watch response time this solution is now taking around 1.6s compared with around 6.9s.
Recently were I work we had a PEN test on one of our applications and that highlighted that the federated authentication token for a relying party wasn't being cleaned up correctly when logging out. After sitting down and working out what was cause for this problem I thought I would share my findings and the solution.
At work we use a custom session security token cache to store the token so we don't have to pass around so much data to and from the client. When logging out from a replying party using a federated sign out e.g. "wsignoutcleanup1.0" the WIF code base should use the federation authentication module (FAM) and the "SignOut" method to get the session authentication module (SAM) and tidy up/delete the current session token. See the code example 1 below.
public virtual void SignOut(bool isIPRequest)
this.OnSigningOut(new SigningOutEventArgs(isIPRequest));
The session authentication module and its method "DeleteSessiontokenCookie" then checks that the property "ContextSessionSecurityToken" isn't null before calling the actual code to remove the session security token from the persistent cache and the in memory one. See example 2 below.
public void DeleteSessionTokenCookie()
if (this.ContextSessionSecurityToken == null)
Now debugging the code and decompiling it I was able to work out that the session authentication module sets the "ContextSessionSecurityToken" when the "OnAuthenticateRequest" event is handled in the SAM. However, when signing out from the RP using "wsignoutcleanup1.0" this event is not fired or handled by the SAM if the FAM is defined above it in the web.config modules section (see below). No you read that correctly the order of the FAM and SAM in the web config appear to determine whether your token is cleared from the cache or not!
<removename="FormsAuthentication" />
<add name="WSFederationAuthenticationModule"
type="System.IdentityModel.Services.WSFederationAuthenticationModule, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=184.108.40.206, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
preCondition="managedHandler" />
<add name="SessionAuthenticationModule"
type="System.IdentityModel.Services.SessionAuthenticationModule, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=22.214.171.124, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
preCondition="managedHandler" />
Now, I'm not certain but I do not believe an application should be dependent on the order of HTTP modules to function correctly. Am I missing something? A quick fix for us is indeed to switch the order of the modules in the web.config to get the "ContextSessionSecurityToken" to be set (See example modules below).
<remove name="FormsAuthentication" />
<add name="SessionAuthenticationModule"
type="System.IdentityModel.Services.SessionAuthenticationModule, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=184.108.40.206, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
preCondition="managedHandler" />
<add name="WSFederationAuthenticationModule"
type="System.IdentityModel.Services.WSFederationAuthenticationModule, System.IdentityModel.Services, Version=18.104.22.168, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089"
preCondition="managedHandler" />
Additionally I can also add some code to the FAM to do manually set the property on the SAM (see below). Both approaches feel wrong to me in that they fix an issue in the underline WIF implementation. Well potential issue…
public override void SignOut(bool isIPRequest)
var sessionModule = FederatedAuthentication.SessionAuthenticationModule;
SessionSecurityToken token;
var hasManagedToRead = sessionModule.TryReadSessionTokenFromCookie(out token);
if (hasManagedToRead)
var lafSam = sessionModule asLafSessionAuthenticationModule;
lafSam.ContextSessionSecurityToken = token;
SAM change (redefined property in the LAF custom SAM so I could set the property!
public SessionSecurityToken ContextSessionSecurityToken
return (SessionSecurityToken)HttpContext.Current.Items[(object)typeof(SessionSecurityToken).AssemblyQualifiedName];
HttpContext.Current.Items[(object)typeof(SessionSecurityToken).AssemblyQualifiedName] = (object)value;
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Jacksonville Doctor of Physical Therapy & Occupational Therapy Schools
Schools for Doctor of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy programs could help students prepare to initiate or advance studies in their technical field. Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) schools provide instruction on how to help patients manage pain and improve their range of motion. By contrast, Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) Schools emphasize rehabilitative work that might help patients perform their daily life routines more independently. Because each path requires different academic courses and practice skills, students may enjoy the hands-on and face-to-face aspect of an on-campus DPT or OTD program.
Schools for Doctor of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Programs: Basics
Schools for Doctor of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy programs offer first-professional and post-professional doctorate degrees. Other schools may offer related doctoral programs in athletic training and/or exercise science and kinesiology.
Doctor of Physical Therapy Schools
Doctor of Physical Therapy Schools might award two different degrees: (1) Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and (2) Transitional Doctor of Physical Therapy (tDPT). A DPT is a first professional degree, and typically melds academic courses in kinesiology, anatomy, and neuroscience with diagnostic and therapeutic clinical skills. Many DPT schools use the Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service (PTCAS). This service allows students to fill out just one application, which is then sent to multiple physical therapy graduate schools.
Some schools for physical therapy might offer a tDPT degree program to those students who have some PT education and experience but want to meet today's new education standards. These standards were set by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) to make the doctorate standard for the profession by the year 2020.i
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Doctor of Occupational Therapy Schools may appeal to the clinical scholar who wants to build leadership, advanced pedagogy, and knowledge in a specific area such as geriatrics or behavioral health. Some schools for occupational therapy might engage learners in the classroom, as well as in their local community where they could complete practicum. Applicants typically need to have a bachelor's or master's degree in occupational therapy or a bachelor's degree in occupational therapy and a master's degree in another field.
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Ferrari LaFerrari First Drive
It was strange that when we arrived at the factory in Maranello for the briefing on the LaFerrari, Franco Cimatti, Ferrari technical director, started with the car's seat position and visibility. Never mind it's the most powerful Ferrari ever. Never mind it's the first hybrid Ferrari ever. Never mind its carbon fiber tub is baked in the same autoclaves as the Formula One cars and made by the same team. Never mind its name translates to "The Ferrari."
It begins to make sense the following day, when we arrive at the 1.9-mile Fiorano test circuit. The LaFerrari looks deceivingly small in the parking lot. Sharing wheelbase and length with the Enzo, it's longer than the McLaren P1 and Porsche 918. It's also the widest of the three, but shortest in height. Pull the door up and you find a large part of the roof goes with it; the opening makes for easier ingress. The seat, bolted directly to the tub, offers no adjustment (Ferrari tailors seat padding for each customer). A lever at bottom right slides the pedals to and fro, and the square, 458 Speciale-derived steering wheel has a large range of adjustment. Behind it is an LCD screen with a large digital tachometer indicating a 9000 rpm redline (the engine briefly allows 9250 rpm). The teardrop shaped cabin feels large and offers good forward visibility – all you see ahead are the fenders.
Appreciating the layout will have to come later. The cameras are running, and I'm allowed only a handful of laps. The drive mode selector goes straight to Race. I roll out of the pit box. The first note from my logbook: "Holy hell does this thing make a beautiful shriek!" The 6.3-liter V-12 comes from the F12 Berlinetta, but trades low end power for a higher redline (from 8250 rpm to 9000) and output (from 731 hp to 789). There's a wonderful fury accessed within the last 1000 rpm that's matched by the immediacy provided from the 161-horsepower electric motor bolted to the back of the 7-speed twin-clutch transaxle. There is no EV mode, due to the sub-6 mile range Ferrari estimates the system would have, and there won't be one. This motor is all about adding power.
One of Ferrari's goals for its hybrid system was to provide acceleration similar to driving around one gear down. The effect is invisible. You don't hear the telltale high pitched whine, and you don't feel any change in delivery. Power arrives the moment you nudge the accelerator and doesn't relent until you lift.
While considering the combined 950 horsepower, the Launch button looks more and more tantalizing. Ferrari claims 0-60 mph in less than 3 seconds, but expressively forbade us from any data acquisition. We'll have to wait to validate performance numbers (to any owners reading: Have VBox, will travel).
But what remains more impressive than the powerband is the LaFerrari's accessibility. It doesn't belie its capabilities – you're wielding a machine of awesome power – but I feel confident enough to turn off traction control after just handful of laps in a 950-horse, $1 million-plus car with Fernando Alonso's name on a plaque on the steering wheel (customers can choose what the plaque says).
That extraordinarily light steering wheel ramps steeply as you come off center (just under two turns lock-to-lock), and it is surprisingly relaxed on-center for high speed stability. Electromechanical power steering is another Ferrari first, and though there isn't much road feel, the wheel's utter precision and the response from the chassis put it among the best out there.
On to the front straight, I see the rear wing moving about. There's a matched set of flaps at the bottom of the rear bumper and underneath the front, and, combined, the wings can adjust to make between 200 to 800 lbs. of downforce at 125 mph.
Just more than 160 mph appears on the speedo; good thing developing confidence in the brakes comes easily. Under moderate to heavy use, the pedal feels consistent and immensely powerful. In my few laps I can't sense a difference between regenerative and mechanical braking.
Despite the level of adjustable and active components, the LaFerrari drives with utter linearity. It doesn't flaunt its various tech to the driver, but makes it all work in the background. It's focused on satisfying its driver, and it's a spectacular, utterly engaging experience. As we're wrapping up our time at Fiorano, I see a large GAS OFF sign followed a little later by one that says GAS ON. They sit next to the place where the track monitors sound and exist to remind drivers not to break the limit. I hadn't noticed them before.
You expect exhilarating track performance from the kind of hypercar Ferrari makes once roughly every decade, but an interesting thing happened during my time with the LaFerrari on the road: I liked it even more.
That statement seems absurd, that a car of this magnitude could work on the rough, narrow, and switchback-punctuated roads around Maranello, but days later I still can't shake it. Leave the gearbox in automatic, tap the bumpy road button to put the shocks in their softest setting, and the LaFerrari is compliant and unbelievably adept at cruising. The only issue I notice is slightly inconsistent brake feel during light use.
We're getting close to wrapping the shoot, and cameraman Anthony Esposito is hanging out of the back of a Fiat Freemont, the Italian badge job of the Dodge Journey. He's waving me closer so the LaFerrari looks better in the video he's shooting.
I don't want to. We're going maybe 50 mph and I have the windows down. It rained a few hours ago so everything's lush and pretty. There are these green hills on both sides that are littered with stereotypical Italian villas. The air's humid, but not too warm. The engine growl changes as the valves in the muffler open and shut while I play with the throttle. The car's riding smooth and I can point it around those switchbacks with one hand on the wheel; the other's out the window. It's here where the thought creeps in: This may be the best road car I've ever driven.
A message to those fortunate enough to own a LaFerrari: Drive it. Please.
|2014 Ferrari LaFerrari
|$1,400,000 (est)
|Mid-engine, RWD, 2-pass, 2-door coupe
|6.3L/789-hp/516-lb-ft DOHC 48-valve V-12 plus 161-hp electric motor; 950 hp comb
|7-speed twin-clutch auto
|3150 lb (mfr)
|104.3 in
|LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT
|185.1 x 78.4 x 43.9 in
|2.6 sec (MT est)
|12/17 mpg (est)
|281/198 kW-hrs/100 miles (est)
|1.40 lb/mile (est)


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But after checking out Fisherman's Wharf and getting a long distance look of Alcatraz in the bay, the Bisons are ready to get down to business with a four-game series beginning Friday night at 8:05 against Fresno State, the defending College World Series Champions at Pete Beiden Field.
"It was a long day of travel," said Bisons coach Jeff Forehand. "We had four or five hours of flying and four or five hours of driving. "We were going to try to take a tour of Alcatraz, but the last tour boat left before we could get there."
Forehand met with his team early Friday afternoon to discuss how to approach playing Fresno State. The Bulldogs are 10-9 this season. The Bisons, leading the Atlantic Sun Conference with an 8-1 record heading into this weekend, are 12-10 overall.
"I don't think we are in awe of Fresno State," said Forehand. "A couple of years ago when we started to travel and play some teams I think that was one of the factors, but I don't think that is the case now.
"They go into this series with the utmost respect that they have the opportunity to play the national champion. At the beginning I would think there would be some anxiety, but hopefully once the game starts that will go away and we will be able to attack Fresno State like anybody else."
The fact that Fresno State was the College World Series Champion made the series more desirable for Forehand to place on the schedule.
"That was the whole reason we wanted to do this," said Forehand. "When you have a non-conference weekend in the middle of your season it is hard to get your team motivated to play and it is hard to get excited about because it is a non-conference game.
"I think all of that changes when you have the chance to play what was the best team in the country last year and to take a great trip like this. I think they are excited about it. It is sunny with a slight breeze and 80 degrees. We have about 50 fans here. It should be a great atmosphere."
Reliever Kyle Tognazzini, a resident of near-by Paso Robles, Calif., is expecting approximately 20 friends and relatives to attend the series.
Forehand is concerned overall about what Fresno State has to offer, but he has told his pitchers to be ready to face three tough batters in Danny Muno, Steve Detwiler and Tom Mendonca. Muno is batting a team-leading .389. Detwiler is hitting. 274 and Mendonca is batting .292, but leads the team in home runs with eight and runs batted in with 22.
" Mendonca and Detwiler are in the middle and had unbelievable runs in the College World Series and Muno, their lead-off hitter is strong," said Forehand. "But all of their guys are above average player s and above average hitters that you have to be concerned about."
The Bisons will start junior left-hander Rex Brothers (4-1, 2.60) Friday. Senior right-hander Brandon McClurg (2-1, 2.12) will start game one Saturday. Junior right-hander Josh Smith (3-0, 2.97) will start game two. The Bisons will close out the series Sunday with senior right-hander Charles Williams (1-4, 8.06).
Brothers, McClurg and Smith have all made five appearances, all starts this season. Williams has made seven appearances, four as a starter. Brothers. McClurg and Smith are three of the top pitchers in the Atlantic Sun Conference in several categories, but the hitting of the Bisons in their past few games is giving Forehand a strong reason for optimism.
First baseman-designated hitter Justin Sanders leads the Bisons in almost every offensive category. He leads the team in home runs with five and leads in doubles with eight. He also leads in runs batted in with 22.
Sanders leads the Bisons with a .420 batting average. He also leads the Bisons in hits (34), runs scored (21), on base percentage (.484), total bases (63) and slugging percentage (.778).
He is fourth overall in the Atlantic Sun Conference in batting, first in slugging percentage, tied for third in triples, sixth in on base percentage and fifth in total bases.
"It always helps to have the offense working," said Forehand. "It took us a little longer than we thought to get everybody somewhat clicking on offense and to find the right formula with some of the younger guys.
"Hopefully, we can keep on hitting the ball like we did last weekend and Tuesday against Middle Tennessee. That's a positive because the pitchers don't have to walk a tight rope. If we score a few runs then our pitchers can go out and pitch loose and not have to worry about a one or two run game."
Game times for the rest of the series are 4:05 and 6:35 Saturday and 3:05 Sunday. All times are CDT.


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SIGGRAPH to Unveil Enhanced 'Rome Reborn'
and Other Technology in Los Angeles
June 29, 2008 8:44 am
Tags: 3D, 3D Models, conferences, New Tech Demos, rome reborn, siggraph, SIGGRAPH 2008
(Chicago, IL) - SIGGRAPH 2008 New Tech Demos (formerly Emerging Technologies) present creative, innovative technologies and applications in many fields including displays, robotics, input devices, and interaction techniques. These New Tech Demos will be unveiled this August during SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
To broaden the scope and increase the quality of the attendees' interactive experiences at SIGGRAPH, a combination of curated demonstrations and juried interactive installations will be presented. Only the most innovative 35 of the more than 180 juried submissions were selected and will be on display and available for interaction with attendees. There will be an additional 9 curated pieces.
"Many of these cutting-edge technologies exemplify how our past informs our future and how it affects the upcoming opportunities and challenges of computer graphics and interactive techniques," stated Mk Haley, SIGGRAPH 2008 Conference Director of Encounters with Disney-ABC Digital Media. "The technologies and installations in New Tech Demos encourage people to engage with the future, as well as celebrate our past, as we invigorate, explore, and define our potential."
Following are highlights of this popular venue:
Bernard Frischer,Dean Abernathy, University of Virginia; Gabriele Guidi, Politecnico di Milano; Joel Meyers, Past Perfect Productions; Cassie Thibodeau, Antonio Salvemini, mental images GmbH; Pascal Müller, Procedural Inc.
The largest virtual historical reconstruction, cultural heritage, and digital archeology project undertaken to date. Approximately 7,000 reborn buildings recapture Rome at the peak of its glory, in 320 AD, at the time of Constantine the Great.
Potential Future Use:
Rome Reborn revolutionizes the way we explore, discover, research, and publish in archeology. It offers new approaches for exhibiting historical findings in museums. It opens new channels for collaboration within a community of research scientists, and for the public at large. And it could transform the way history is taught in our schools.
MDS (Mobile-Dexterous-Social) Robot for Human-Robot Teamwork
Cynthia Breazeal, Mikey Siegel, Matt Berlin, Jesse Gray, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Rod Grupen, Patrick Deegan, University of Massachusetts Amherst;John McBean, Kailas Nerendran, Xitome Design; Jeff Weber, Meka Robotics LLC
Featuring an amazingly life-like humanoid robot with a novel combination of mobility, dexterity, human-centric communication, and interaction abilities.
Potential Future Use:
In the near future, personal robots will assist people as capable partners in tasks that require cognitive, physical, and social competence. By integrating mobile manipulation with human-centric interaction abilities, this project aims to develop partner robots that enhance health, education, and home environments.
Copycat Arm
Kiyoshi Hoshino, Tomida Motomasa, University of Tsukuba
Copycat Arm is a robot system that imitates human motions without time delay, by visually estimating the human hand and arm postures at high accuracy with a processing time of 100 fps or more.
Potential Future Use:
A robot communicating with sign language can be developed by teaching it different motions and their meanings. An information input device in which the contents on the screen change depending on the motions of the user's hand can be realized, eliminating the use of a mouse and a keyboard. For inputting three-dimensional models such as clay art, the user has to move his/her hand or arm in the desired manner and form a particular shape. Further, the virtual objects in computer games can be operated using different hand and finger motions such as kneading, twisting, or crushing.
A Virtual 16th Century Japanese Castle
Jonathan Amakawa, Studio Amakawa
This new technology provides an interactive virtual exploration of feudal Japan via a reconstruction of a 16th Century Japanese castle. It utilizes video game media in new, novel ways in order to present the rich complexity of historical subject matter.
Potential Future Use:
At its essence Matsumoto-jo is a new media work of art that utilizes interactive 3D and video game media to present a convergence of art, architecture, artifacts, history and culture. This medium represents an important development for museums and cultural institutions in presenting complex and multidisciplinary content.
|Matsumoto-jo: A Virtual 16th Century
Japanese Castle
© Jonathan Amakawa, Studio Amakawa
Latte Art
Oleksiy Pikalo, OnLatte
Presents a new method of displaying images on the surface of premium espresso-based drinks. This stand-alone machine uses inkjet technology to compose stunning latte art designs by infusing the foam layer of the beverage with the tiny droplets of colorant.
Potential Future Use:
Our latte art machine explores the new medium by combining the existing inkjet technology with the freedom of artistic expression.
|Latte Art Machine
© Oleksiy Pikalo, OnLatte
Haptics! Butterfly Haptic's New User-Interface Technology
Ralph Hollis, Peter Berkelman, Bert Unger, Dan O'Halloran, Matt Pucevich, Joey Liang, Mark Dzmura, Kei Usui, Carnegie Mellon University; Beth Hollis, Butterfly Haptics
Magnetic levitation haptic devices allow users to interact with computed environments by manipulating a handle that is levitated by magnetic means. Users can translate and rotate the handle while feeling forces and torques from the virtual environment. The motors, encoders, linkages, gears, belts, cables, and bearings of traditional haptic devices are simply dispensed with in favor of a direct electrodynamic connection to the handle by the user.
Potential Future Use:
Haptic interaction with 3D virtual environments mediated through magnetic levitation provides unprecedented fidelity. In addition to many research applications, this approach can be used in computer-aided design, medical and dental training, visualization and interaction with multi-dimensional data, microsurgery, control of remote robot manipulators and vehicles, arcade games, and character animation.
Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display
Takayuki Hosh, Takayuki Iwamoto, Hiroyuki Shinoda, Mari Tatezono, The University of Tokyo
Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display will substantially improve the usability of 3D CADs or stereoscopic displays by superimposing a high-fidelity pressure field onto the graphic objects presented in 3D free space, and enable the users to physically handle these objects with their bare hands.
Potential Future Use:
The hand tracking system used in this prototype is a simple system comprised of a single camera. However, if the Airborne Ultrasound Tactile Display is combined with more sophisticated hand tracking systems, it would be a more practical haptic interaction system. It can also be expected that by superimposing acoustic radiation pressure onto the 3D graphic objects presented with stereoscopic displays, it effectively enhances the reality of the 3D virtual objects.
|Airborne Ultrasound Tactile
© Takayuki Iwamoto, The University of Tokyo
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SIGGRAPH 2008 will bring an estimated 30,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals from six continents to Los Angeles, California, USA for the industry's most respected technical and creative programs focusing on research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education, and the web from Monday, 11 August through Friday, 15 August 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Celebrating its 35th year, SIGGRAPH 2008 includes a three-day exhibition of products and services from the computer graphics and interactive marketplace from 12-14 August 2008. More than 250 international exhibiting companies are expected. Registration for the conference and exhibition is open to the public. More details
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