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If the holidays have left your budget overstretched, there are ways to recover -- you just need to act fast.
"No one intends to exit the largest spending season of the year in financial distress, but many of them do end up doing just that," says Gail Cunningham, spokeswoman for the National Foundation for Credit Counseling. She adds that the first quarter of every year is the busiest month for the agency's 650 counseling centers across the country.
While it might be tough to face the music, the first step to reducing your holiday debt is realizing and prioritizing it.
Beverly Harzog, author of Confessions of a Credit Junkie, says the best way to start a re-payment plan is to go after the debt on the highest interest rate card first and once that is paid off, go after the next one and so on and so on.
If you overspent this holiday season and know you won't be able to pay off your credit card bills when they arrive next month, experts recommend adjusting your spending habits now.
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Ed Gjertsen, vice president at Mack Investment Securities, recommends the seven-day cash challenge to break an over spending habit. With this challenge, you estimate how much money you spend each week and then take out that amount of cash at the start of the week and see how long it lasts.
"When people do this, by Wednesday or Thursday they are out of money," he says. "They don't think of all the times they swipe that card. It gives them a reality check of how much they are spending."
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To create the ability to copy directory's across multiple servers. E.g. copy directory A from Server: 1 to directory B on server 2.
When copying the directory's you will only want to copy across new and changed files and for the changed files to overwrite any files on Server: 2
Another possibility is that you do not want to copy all files/directories but exclude certain files.
2 different ways of doing this 1 being the Clean purely .net way and the other and the one that I have chosen is a legacy dos command within a VB class and form.
Using ROBOCOPY we are reducing the amount of code needed whilst having the complex features that we require for this purpose.
First thing that I do is to turn on
Option Strict and Option Explicit On
We then need to import any libraries that we are going to use which are:
Imports System.IO Imports System.Diagnostics
Now we create our classes and functions:
Public Class FileDirectoryCopy Private _psi As ProcessStartInfo Private _cmd As Process Shared Function CopyDirectoryXtoY(ByVal x As String, ByVal y As String) As Boolean Return CopyDirectoryXtoY(x, y, String.Empty) End Function Shared Function CopyDirectoryXtoY(ByVal x As String, ByVal y As String, ByVal excludedTypes As String) As Boolean 'Dim result As Boolean Dim _cmd As Process Dim _psi As New ProcessStartInfo(x, y) _psi.UseShellExecute = False _psi.RedirectStandardOutput = True _cmd = Process.Start(_psi) Dim sOutput As String Using oStreamReader As System.IO.StreamReader = _cmd.StandardOutput sOutput = oStreamReader.ReadToEnd() End Using Console.WriteLine(sOutput) End Function End Class
So what's happening above is that the class is passed its x and y parameters which in my case is going to be ("ROBOCOPY", """Directory 1""Directory 2"" /MIR /XF .Config ")
The /MIR and /XF are the switches for Robocopy. /MIR is the command that copies the directory and overwrites any files that are needed.
The /XF is the exclude command and in my case it is excluding and .config files.
Obviously we will need to have the program us create an output so we can see what it has done and that is what we have written above with the code that RedirectStandardOutput = True is doing.
So if you were to put a break point on the line
Console.WriteLine(sOutput)and run your program you can see what it has done i.e if it has copied the data or if it hasn't liked your parameters.
So that's it a quick way to create a simple Directory Copy Program with limited amount of coding using DOS.
The other options instead of the Legacy Dos option i have provided are:
the framework way or just looping through all the files in the directory
Dim fooDirectory As String = "" Dim fooDirectoryDest As String = "" If Not IO.Directory.Exists(fooDirectoryDest) Then IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(fooDirectoryDest) If fooDirectoryDest(fooDirectoryDest.Length-1)!= "\" then fooDirectoryDest = fooDirectoryDest + "\" Dim files() As String = IO.Directory.GetFiles(fooDirectory) For Each temp As String In files IO.File.Copy(temp, fooDirectoryDest + IO.Path.GetFileName(temp)) Next
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Many thanks to Caroline Lawrence for giving me the DVD of this one!
Funny Thing is a classic musical film with songs by Sondheim, based on Plautine comedy (and, I think, an even better stage show). It's not adapted from any single play by Plautus, but uses elements that crop up a lot in Plautus' plays and combines into one new story. There are sequences added to the show for the the film, including chase sequences in small and fragile chariot-things and lots of physical comedy from Micheal Crawford - I was getting flashbacks to Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em through the whole thing. The performances are all great here, especially Phil Silvers and Zero Mostel. I love the section where Hysterium (dressed as a woman) and Pseudolus re-enact Hero and Philia's love scene from earlier in the film. The horse in the baths, brought in by Hero trying to collect it's sweat, is very funny too.
I also really love the opening (and closing) song, 'Comedy Tonight'. I remember (very dimly) going to see the play as a child, years ago, and that song was so lively and so much fun, it stuck with us for years and I can still sing the chorus. I'm not sure the opening sequence as a whole works quite so well on film. The film breaks the fourth wall all over the place, just like the play, but it pairs that with scenes filmed in a 'realistic' sort of way. During the opening sequence, the director focuses on little moments showing poor Roman citizens doing various things that mark them out as both historical and lower class. It's intended to draw the audience in a reinforce the fact that this is not about grand events, as the song lyrics explain. But the trouble is, it makes Pseudolus' address to the audience direct to camera look a little odd. It's also, of course, just not as infectious when the actor isn't standing in front of you in the same room.
Both ancient comedy and 1960s comedy have something in common - much of humour focuses on the objectification of women. Female characters are pretty girls lusted over by half the cast or old harridans everyone is trying to get away from. I'm sure no one would have batted an eyelid at the time, but it means the film hasn't aged so well as it could have, at least for the grown-ups in the audience. I remember one of my favourite films when I was little was Carry On Follow That Camel, but now, although I still enjoy the film, I always feel distinctly uncomfortable during the numerous jokes based on a woman being coerced into having sex without being asked, and eventually being drugged and dragged off to a man's hareem (though that one is at least viewed as a bad thing). Similarly, there are elements of Funny Thing that just don't quite play anymore, particularly the sequence in which four men sing and dance about how great it is to have a maid who's quiet around the house and fun in the bedroom.
(There's an excellent article on women in Plautine comedy at vroma.org by the way).
A similar issue comes up with the treatment of slaves. In Roman comedy, many jokes are made around the physical abuse (sexual, but perhaps even more often other forms of corporal punishment) of slaves. This humour is brought into the stage play and then the film, but the idea of a man being beaten or even killed for a minor offence is just not funny to me. Normally, I'm all in favour of a realistic portrayal of ancient master-slave relationships, which this certainly is, but I think it works better in a drama, like Spartacus, than in a broad comedy. In a way, I can take it better in actual Plautus plays because I understand the cultural context, but seeing these jokes made in the 1960s is rather more strange and perhaps a little disturbing.
There have been some changes made to placate a modern audience. Pseudolus, a slave, wants his freedom and the film ends with him being freed. In Plautine comedy, slaves show little interest in winning their freedom, and it only usually happens when a virgin-prostitute is proved to be a free-born girl kidnapped as a child, as Philia is in the film. Plautus' slaves, despite the beatings, are reasonably happy - for a twentieth-century audience however, the only truly happy ending for a story about a slave is to see them freed (though Hysterium is still a slave of course). It's good to see some allowance made for modern sensibilities, and since a number of Roman slaves were freed, it's perfectly historically plausible as well.
There are some less plausible elements. One character insists that it's against Roman law to take one's own life, which is clearly not true - one of the things the Romans were most famous for is their attitude towards suicide and the necessity of suicide in the face of shame or execution (though they might have disapproved of the idea of killing yourself because you can't marry a slave girl from next door). Even more ludicrously, at one point it's claimed that there's a human sacrifice scheduled at the temple of the Vestal Virgins. I'm not sure whether this or Carry On Cleo's depiction of a Vestals as reminiscent of a sex-less harem wins the prize for most ridiculous interpretation of the Vestal Virgins ever, but it's pretty close. The weird dancing and singing at the funeral is pretty strange as well - somehow it looks more like it belongs in a film by Pasolini or Fellini than a comedy.
Despite a few problems, Funny Thing is an enjoyable film. It has catchy tunes and likeable characters. It's also probably the closest you'll ever get to experiencing an ancient form of drama the way the ancients did (since we rarely - though not never - see Greek tragedy complete with masks and the Chorus hardly ever sing). Funny Thing may not represent the plot of a specific play, but just about all the elements of Plautine comedy are here, so if you want to experience a genuine bit of Roman entertainment, you can't do much better than this without hiring some actual gladiators. And that title song is just brilliant!
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Avant-garde wineries: the new cathedrals to wine in Spain.
Ciudad del Vino (Bodegas Marqués de Riscal)
Viña Real winery - exterior
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Ysios Winery, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava
Architecture, wine, design and art. Visit Spain's most avant-garde wineries, buildings that combine functionality and aesthetics, designed by the world's most prestigious architects. Here, wine is the true protagonist.
Have you ever thought about discovering the world of wine through its vineyards? It is an excellent way to get to know this world of sensations, aromas and flavours, a tradition that has been deep-rooted in Spain for centuries. You will also find out how this delicious drink is produced, and you will be able to see the areas of countryside where internationally prestigious Spanish vines are grown.
They are stunning buildings, with avant-garde aesthetics and functional design. When you see them, you will notice that they are not only noteworthy and original for their design, but are also conceived as places to produce real "works of art". Some wines truly are. Why not come and visit some of these vineyards?
In Elciego (Álava), in northern Spain, you will find the Marqués de Riscal winery's City of Wine. Canadian Frank O. Gehry, designer of the Guggenheim Bilbao Museum, is behind this highly unusual project. You will see how the revolutionary building, with titanium exterior panels, rises up from the ground as though it were a vine, fully integrated into the surrounding vineyards and countryside. Don't miss the interior, which includes a luxury hotel and restaurant, along with a wine therapy spa, a business centre and a museum.
Less than 10 kilometres away, in the village of Laguardia, in the heart of the La Rioja Alavesa Wine Route, you will find two destinations well worth visiting: the Ysios Winery, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, and the Viña Real Winery, work of Frenchman Philippe Mazières. They are two very different buildings, although both spectacular. Walking around their rooms, you will see that everything is designed to facilitate maximum quality in the wine growing and production process.
Rafael Moneo is another highly prestigious Spanish architect. He is responsible for designing the Arínzano winery in Estella, Navarre Region. Come and enjoy everything this building has to offer. It is completely integrated into the surrounding area, its forests, vineyards and landscapes.
Anyway, these are just a few examples of the new cathedrals to wine to be found in Spain. There are many more in other wine-producing regions. Make the most of your stay in Spain to get to know the ins and outs of wine culture first hand. You are sure to see why Spanish wines are admired the world over.
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TPWD Proposals Aim to Streamline Hunter Education Process
AUSTIN – Proposed changes to the state's hunter education certification program would streamline the process for the tens of thousands of Texans who take the course annually, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials.
Anyone born after Sept. 1, 1971, must successfully complete a Hunter Education Training Course to hunt in Texas.
Under current rules, hunters can take the traditional two-day course that must be spread over a minimum of 10 hours, or they can opt to take the self-paced knowledge-based portion online home study. Students must then complete a four-hour field training class for certification.
TPWD is proposing a suite of options that could reduce the time commitment for completion of the course by half. By streamlining the curriculum, officials suggest the classroom portion of the process could be reduced to five hours. The field training class length would remain unchanged. Nothing in the proposed changes prohibits students from taking advanced workshops on hunter education topics of special interest or more extensive curriculum offered in high school and college courses.
For students 16 years of age and older, TPWD is proposing the option of an online instruction only certification that would eliminate the required field training component. Active duty military and certain veterans are already exempted by law from the live fire component of courses that involve live fire.
"Our hunter education courses serve a wide variety of students," said Nancy Herron, TPWD Outreach and Education Director. "One may be a nine-year-old with a parent in tow, another a teenager taking a class in school, and then an experienced 60-year-old preparing for big game hunting in another state. Providing additional course options will make getting hunter certification more convenient and better fit our students' needs."
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PSY is giving South Korea a reason to smile.
On Thursday, the "Gangnam Style" rapper released his new song "Gentleman." It's fast and familiar beat isn't quite as catchy as his original megahit, but we haven't seen the dance for it--yet.
VIDEO: Watch PSY teach Britney Spears the Gangnam Style dance
Yes, on Saturday, PSY will debut the dance affiliated with "Gentleman" in a worldwide YouTube broadcast from The Seoul World Cup Stadium. "I can't tell you about the dance but all Koreans know this dance," the rapper told a local TV station, as excerpted by Reuters. "But [those in] other countries haven't seen it"
Hard to guess what this will be. In the track, PSY calls himself "a mother-father-Gentleman" and at one point proclaims, 'Damn girl, you so freaking sexy."
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This display combines a classic 4-digit 7-segment display and an ATmega328 microcontroller, allowing you to control every segment individually using only a few serial lines.
The Serial 7-Segment Display can be controlled in any of three ways: Serial TTL communication (1 pin), I2C (2 pins), or SPI (3 pins). You can even program it for standlone operation; the ATmega328 comes with the Arduino bootloader. There is a programming header on the board for that purpose, and a hardware profile for the Arduino IDE is available for download.
This version of the display has white LEDs. It's also available with red, yellow or green LEDs.
The power and I2C pins are along the sides of the PCB, which makes it easy to string multiple displays together for more digits. There are four mounting holes also.


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We already showed you this brutal connection between hockey stick and face, and it happened again during today's gold medal match between Holland and Argentina. The Netherlands ended up taking gold with a 2-0 win, but injury was added to insult when Argentina's Mariela Scarone let her face get in the way of a Dutch player's stick and ended up coming off the field with a face full of blood. Still, a silver medal and a face injury is better than where the U.S. team ended up—dead last. As for the Netherlands, they sure do seem to leave their opponents with catastrophic injuries. As Dan noted, it's the same player who levied the pain in both instances.
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In last week's Barron's, I wrote about how acquirers were benefiting from their acquisitions like never before. Today, we have another example as Martin Marietta Materials (MLM) gains after it said it would purchase Texas Industries (TXI) for $2 billion.
BB&T Capital Market's John Kasprzak and team explain why investors like the deal:
The deal is expected to be immediately accretive to [Martin Marietta's] earnings with mid-to-high single digit percentage accretion in the first full year following integration. The combination is expected to yield $70M of annual pretax synergies, about half coming from SG&A and overhead and half from operational synergies like purchasing. Synergies are projected at $28M in calendar 2014 with another $29M in 2015 for a run rate of $57M or about 80% of the total...[Martin Marietta] could realize an incremental $100M of proceeds from selling excess real estate and expects to keep $400M of [net operating losses] resulting in significant tax savings. Finally, the company will likely move quickly after closing to refinance [Texas Industries'] $700M of high-cost debt. We expect [Martin Marietta] could cut in half [Texas Industries'] annual interest burden.
Shares of Texas Industries have gained 3.1% to $73.75 at 12:34 p.m., while Martin Marietta Materials has risen 4.4% to $107.30. The purchase has also given a boost to other construction materials companies like Vulcan Materials (VMC), which has gained 5.7% to $61.36 and US Concrete (USCR), which has advanced 4.1% to $21.74.


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Robots may soon be your closest companions and intellectual guides thanks to the work of robot designers and a couple who want to keep living even after they pass away. Bina-48 is a human-like robot modeled after a real person, Bina Rothblatt and uses speech recognition software to become accustomed to your voice and hold simple conversations. She can also repeat encyclopedia knowledge and recall personal life stories about about the real-life Bina.
Bina-48 is a $125,000 project of the Terasem Movement Foundation and her human-like head, neck, and shoulders were designed out of a patented material called "frubber" to give her normal facial characteristics. Bina-48 was crafted over a three year period by famous robot designer David Hanson.
The Terasem Movement Foundation believes "immortality is accomplished by creating consciousness in self-replicating machines." Bina-48 is a model of that principle and is an invention of the married founders of the Terasem Movement- Martine and Bina Rothblatt who have four children together. Originally a man, "Martin" became "Martine" after a sex change operation in 1994.
The Huffington Post reports the Rothblatts believe that "even after they pass away their lives will somehow continue, and they'll communicate to each other through their mindfiles, or mindclones."
"We are offering people the opportunity to cram twice as much life into each day, absorb twice as many interesting things and continue living beyond the days of their bodies," Martine Rothblatt wrote on her blog in April of last year.
Some may see Bina-48 as a invention propelling humans into the future of advanced robotics, while others may see her as a precursor to future destruction.
The ethical controversies of human-like robots have been profoundly voiced in the media, the most recognized depiction being shown in the film, I, Robot, that is partially based off Isaac Asimov's I, Robot science fiction story collection.
In his "Three Laws of Robotics , Asimov clearly states the expectations of a robot:
1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law
Even if we do not realize, our lives are already being manipulated in some forms. Through cookies and search tools, your interests are marketed to you on sidebars of websites, like Facebook. Also, Siri, a mini robot program, in the iPhone 4s helps to plan your everyday life. The future of robots as we progress is unclear, but you may find that in a couple of years from now, your professor may be a robot; your coffee server may be a robot or even your closest friend. Check out these other human-like robot inventions.


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My hat is truly off to the motorcycle riders in this video. When they encounter another rider's burning motorcycle, they makes an earnest attempt to put out the fire using the only tool at their disposal. It just didn't work, that's all.
In the video, which looks like it came from Australia, shows our GoPro-wearing hero and another rider as they come upon a third rider who went off road and crashed into a bush. He wasn't badly hurt, but his bike was on fire. They responded by tossing water from a half-empty plastic bottle onto the rapidly-spreading flames.
It was not effective. But you know what? They tried their best. You can watch the full video here. The bike ends up exploding around the 3:40 mark, scorching the brush along the roadway.
Good on them for stopping to help out. Not all motorcycle riders are assholes, you know.
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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
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"Aerogrammes" by Russell Leong
The poem "Aerogrammes," from Russell Leong's collection The Country of Dreams and Dust, offers a meditation on the author's cultural heritage. It describes the correspondence that a man receives from his relatives following his first trip to visit them in China.
The poem is divided into an introduction and a series of communications between the speaker and his relatives. In the initial aerogramme, the speaker's relatives welcome him as a member of their family. But as the correspondence continues, the family begins to add requests to their long-distance embraces. "We would like to open a / dry goods shop. / But we lack capital. / Send as much as you can spare." The flat, end-stopped lines seem to reflect the unromantic nature of the proposal, along with the speaker's discomfort with the new relationship. As the aerogrammes continue, the family's pleas for money become more pointed: "Please send five thousand dollars U. S. / Tomorrow." Or: "Auntie met a young lass, / still single / and supple as a willow. / It's time to start a family, / Agreed?"
The speaker of Leong's poem gradually comes to terms with this uncomfortable introduction to family life. He sends what he can, but accepts that he cannot be what his family wishes him to be. "I wrote off filial piety / as useless, / a fallen branch," he says. And yet, he recognizes that the connections with his ancestry are more complex, and more long-lasting, than he can quite explain: "I await the arrival / of the next / immutable / aerogramme."
Throughout the poem, Leong uses metaphors of pursuit to explain the emotional ties he feels to the heritage. For example, the ideograms of his relatives' letters are "crabs scuttling after my past." Throughout, Leong describes his longing for his past as a kind of stalking; he speaks as if he is being tracked down physically by it. He feels connected to his overseas family, but it is an uncomfortable connection, wrought with problems of identification, empathy, and guilt.
Aerogramme 1: Los Angeles
I confess
I did not open the first letter
for a week. Not that I feared
using a dictionary,
but the eight-legged ideograms
were like crabs
scuttling after my past.
"Your cousins and nephews
were happy to scatter wine
with you over the ancestral hillside…."
the letter began.
(I see them hack away
the green thicket
clearing a path to bring gravestone
markers to light. They hadn't
climbed here in months, or more.)
Later, between spats
at tin spittoons,
they splatter me with questions.
"How old are you?
Are you married?
How many sons did your father have?"
Russell Leong, through his literature -- his poetry, his essays, his short stories -- as well as through his own activism as a social, political being, shakes people up. He wants us to not be complacent about our own identities. He refuses to be stereotyped. He wants to be seen as an individual and to celebrate people as individuals. And much of his poetry is informed by his political beliefs, his social beliefs, his views on gender, and his religion, Buddhism.
Q & A with Beverly Ann Chin
How would you characterize Russell Leong's work?
Much of Russell Leong's poetry deals with migrations: looking to the past, traveling in Asia, juxtaposing Asia with California and the United States. In his poetry, Russell looks for being centered, finding out who he is and, therefore, who we are, in terms of the complexity of the American and Chinese American experience. In Russell's work, we have the opportunity to see through his eyes what it means to be a Chinese American male in contemporary society and all the complexities facing an individual.
What is the poem "Aerogrammes" about?
"Aerogrammes" is a fascinating poem because so many individuals want to return to their homeland. In this case, Russell Leong is a Chinese American who returns to China, looking for the relatives of his father and his father's family. The dilemma he faces is when his past crosses the Pacific Ocean to reach him [after] he returns to California, and asks him to invest, actually, in the present and the future of China. Russell has to deliberate, make decisions, and decide who he is now. Is he going to go to the past? Or is he going to claim his Chinese heritage, claim and celebrate his Chinese Americanness, but also live in the present in California, in the United States, and then move on to his own future?
How is the poem structured?
The poem "Aerogrammes" is based on Russell Leong's trip to Sun Wei County in southern China. He returned to China to find his ancestor's grave, to visit, to pay respects, to discover who his relatives are and therefore his past. The poem is structured around five airmail letters that Russell receives from his relatives in China upon his return to America. In Aerogramme 1, the relatives ask him for money so that they can invest in a dry goods store. In Aerogramme 2, the relatives ask Russell for money so that they can invest in a government condominium. In Aerogramme 3, his aunt suggests that he be reintroduced to a young village lass and that he might be interested in marrying her. Aerogramme 5 is actually from the young girl herself, offering herself in marriage to Russell.
Information about key references
Tai Chi
Derived from Chinese characters meaning "supreme force," Tai Chi is a martial art that combines meditation with graceful postures. The practice is said to increase the flow of chi, or life-force, through the body. In Bobbi Ciriza Houtchens' class, Tai Chi is taught by a Filipino master
Los Angeles Chinatown
Chinatown as a neighborhood began in the 1850s, when Chinese people began to settle in a little stretch along Calle de Los Negros. In 1938, California's governor dedicated a central plaza to Los Angeles' Chinatown, ensuring that the neighborhood would become a historic district.
Ishmael Reed calls Leong's poetry a breakthrough in the poetry of diaspora. Diaspora is a concept that originally referred to the continuing cultural and religious connections among Jewish people despite the common experience of exile. It has since come to be applied broadly to the exilic condition of a range of racial and ethnic groups.
Vincent Chin
Vincent Chin was a Chinese American man who was fatally beaten with baseball bats in 1982 by white auto workers in Detroit. His case united Asian Americans politically throughout the United States.
Canton, Guangdong Province is a region in southern China from which many Chinese emigrated to the Americas, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
Meng Chen
This Chinese Buddhist term refers to the dreams and "dust" of the material world.
Suggestions for applying other theories to "Aerogrammes"
Russell Leong's poetry is very visual. As a reader-response strategy, teachers can take advantage of the imagery and have students pause to consider what additional images come to their mind as they read. They can describe the images on paper or orally, and then work to decipher the personal or familial origin of their responses.
The poetry is also filled with many specific historic and geographic references. Teachers can allow students to sort through and pick from the events and names and do short inquiries to find whatever they can on the topic in a day or two. When they report back to class on their findings, they should talk about the process as well as the content they gathered. As students report, the teacher should tally the findings to note each contribution to the class' understanding of the poem based on the mini-inquiries.
Finally, Leong's poetry can be adapted or dramatized, and performed for other students, noting the challenges of diaspora. This critical strategy takes students beyond the aesthetics and simple facts of the poetry and into an exploration of the personal, political, and cultural results of the events that shape contemporary life.
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(NEW ORLEANS) -- The body of missing teacher Terrilyn Monette was found today in her car, which was discovered submerged in a Louisiana bayou, New Orleans officials said Saturday.
Monette's body was found in the driver's seat of the vehicle, according to ABC News affiliate WGNO-TV in New Orleans.
Monette, 26, has been missing since March, when she was last seen leaving a popular bar early in the morning hours. No suspects have been named in connection with her disappearance.
Her family, based in Long Beach, Calif., have been traveling to New Orleans for months in an attempt to bring more attention to her disappearance. On Friday they held a prayer vigil and asked that the FBI be brought in to handle the case.
Previously Monette's mother, Toni Enclade, had asked authorities to widen the search to a national level to find her daughter.
On Saturday, divers revisited a bayou that had already been searched, after sonar picked up an object in the water
State Rep. Austin Badon, who helped to organize many of the underwater searches in the area, was also there.
"It was not the outcome we had looked for, but we did find her. It allowed the family to have some sense of relief and closure," Badon told WGNO-TV.
After hearing that the car was being pulled out, Monette's family gathered to watch as the teacher's car was pulled to dry land.
"I don't understand why it took them so long to find her car," Enclade told The Times-Picayune. "This is supposedly one of the first places they would have checked. I'm just overwhelmed. It doesn't make sense."
At the time of her disappearance, Monette had recently become a second-grade teacher at the Woodland West Elementary school in Jefferson Parish.
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Amid controversy over the death of an Indian dentist who was refused termination of her pregnancy despite miscarrying, the Irish Cabinet is set to discuss the report of an expert group which was appointed to examine how the State deals with the issue of lawful abortions.
The report, which will be brought to the Cabinet by Minister for Health James Reilly, will be published after the meeting, The Irish Times reported today.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Enda Kenny said the Government was united on the issue.
He said the matter requires careful, calm and sympathetic consideration and he would not be rushed on the issue.
"We're not going to leave this hanging on interminably," he said. "I'd like to deal with this as quickly and as comprehensively, when it's practical to do so. Don't ask me for a specific date, but it's not going to be left hanging around."
Yesterday, the Prime Minister said Fine Gael MPs must back legislation to deal with the European Court of Human Rights ruling that pregnant Irish women need certainty about legal abortion rights in Ireland, or else lose the party whip.
Speaking in Cardiff, he said the party had very clear rules on this.
"People who are elected to the party that I lead ... act and vote in accordance with party decisions. And that is the way that it will be," Kenny said.
On what needs to be done now, he said: "We are dealing with a very different generation of politicians, our country has moved to a different space, there are clearly very strongly-held views."
"The vast majority of people understand what needs to be done here, but they do not want to move to a position where you have abortion on demand in the country."
Calling for a "sensitive, understanding, broad and comprehensive" debate when the report comes to the Dail (Parliament), Kenny urged the MPs to make their views known in a "pragmatic and practical sense."
Declining to say when legislation would be produced, Kenny said: "Don't ask me for a specific date, but I don't envisage this drifting along interminably. I'd like to deal with it as soon as is practicable to do so.
"There are a range of views on either side. It is very necessary that the qualified personnel working in hospitals and those involved in constitutional law that their views be heard so that we get this right."
His remarks come amid raging controversy over the death of 31-year-old Savita Halappanavar from blood poisoning at the Galway University Hospital on October 28 after doctors refused to terminate her 17-week pregnancy, stating "this is a Catholic country".
The report of the expert group, which was appointed to provide options for dealing with the European Court of Human Rights judgment on abortion, sets out four options -- Non-statutory guidelines: Statutory Regulations; Legislation Alone; or Legislation plus Regulations.
Option one, the report seen by The Irish Times says, "would meet the need for speedy action" but on the other hand, "guidelines are, by their nature, non-binding and do not have force of law."
It says the option two would involve the Minister for Health issuing regulations, based on enabling legislation passed by the Parliament, whose membership would provide "the principles and policies."
In relation to option three, Legislation Alone, the report cautions it "might be too rigid an approach."
On Option four, Legislation plus Regulations, it says "The advantages of this option are that it fulfils the requirements of the judgment, it provides for appropriate checks and balances between the powers of the legislature and the executive, and would be amenable to changes that might arise out of clinical practice and scientific advances."
Minister for Communications Pat Rabbitte said introducing legislation for limited abortion was "the safe way forward" and legislating for the sensitive issue should not be avoided by politicians.
Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar said last night "if a difficulty does arise for Fine Gael (FG) backbenchers it'll be in and around suicide ideation. That's medically controversial as to whether a termination is an appropriate treatment for somebody who is expressing ideas of suicide."
But, he said, FG members would be bound by the party whip.
Fianna Fail health spokesman Billy Kelleher said the Government had shown "complete disregard" for the Parliament by "allowing the report to be widely leaked" before it was considered by Cabinet or the Opposition.
Sinn Fein deputy leader Mary Lou McDonald also condemned the leaking of the report.


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Provide enterprise-class key management support for encrypted devices
- Name: [Dave Lehman] / [Miloslav Trmac]
Current status
- Completed in F11: 50% - cryptsetup-luks changes are in
- remaining work for this feature will land by F12 beta (~2009-07-28)
- last update July 7, 2009
Detailed Description
Miroslav is waiting for upstream acceptance of some cryptsetup changes, to avoid filing bugs that don't have the initial step as a dependency.
- Add one or two very small packages ("volume_key" or "volume_key-python", perhaps "volume_key-libs") to the installation image
- Add two kickstart options (he will post a pykickstart patch)
- Use the functionality provided by the volume_key* package to load a certificate from the network, and to store encryption keys or passphrases in a file after creating an encrypted volume. He expects the necessary code in anaconda to be < 100 lines.
- Add system-config-kickstart support for the new kickstart options; integrate with other planned changes to the storage configuration GUI, blocked on those.
- Add FirstAidKit support for recovering access to encrypted voluems using the stored encryption keys
Target Audience
Enterprise customers want a means by which they can guarantee access to the data on encrypted block devices in employees' systems. This way they still have a way in if the user changes the device's keys/passphrases.
Product Variants / High Level Use Cases
Relevant to desktops/laptops particularly, but depending upon implementation may be interesting for other products as well e.g. to support encrypted databases, medical records protection.
Hardware Architectures
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Bugzilla Numbers
* See Bug 458392 - [RFE] luks: add support for admin keyslot for the prereq from an anaconda POV * Bug 488718 - (encrypted_LVM) Support for encrypted LVs in LVM2 & key management (tracker) for a description of work in progress


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Custom-mixed medicines like the steroid shots suspected in a meningitis outbreak have long been a source of concern, and their use is far wider than many people realize.
These medicines are made in private and hospital pharmacies and are used to treat everything from cancer to menopause symptoms to vision loss.
Often these products are name-brand medicines split into smaller doses, or drug combinations mixed from ingredients sold in bulk. That can easily lead to contamination if sterile conditions aren't maintained. The germ suspected in the current outbreak can spread in the air.
A shortage of many drugs has forced doctors to stretch supplies and seek custom-made alternatives if the first-choice treatment was not available. The steroid suspected in the current outbreak has been in short supply.
"Because of the incredible number of drugs that are out of stock or back-ordered, compounding pharmacies are working with local hospitals, clinics and physicians to fill that gap," said David Miller, executive vice president of the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, a trade organization.
Drug shortages are one reason for the remarkable growth of these custom-made products. More than 7,500 compounding pharmacies operate in the United States, up from 5,000 in 2009, Miller said. They account for a $3 billion segment of the drug market and 3 percent of all prescriptions filled, he said.
Some say this industry needs more regulation.
"There's not a lot of oversight of compounding pharmacies" compared to drug manufacturers, said Allen Vaida, executive vice president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a suburban Philadelphia advocacy group that tracks medication errors.
The outbreak of fungal meningitis has sickened at least 26 people in five states. Four of them have died. They all received the steroid shots, mostly for back pain.
The Food and Drug Administration has said the steroid came from the New England Compounding Center, based in Framingham, Mass. The company recalled three lots of the drug last week and has said it has voluntarily suspended operations and is working with regulators to identify the source of the infection. Investigators also are looking into the antiseptic and anesthetic used during the injections.
CDC: http://www.cdc.gov/meningitis/fungal.html
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Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making
Blackwell Handbook of Judgment and Decision Making
ISBN: 978-1-405-10746-4 September 2004 Wiley-Blackwell 684 Pages
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- Contains contributions by experts from various disciplines that reflect current trends and controversies on judgment and decision making.
- Provides a glimpse at the many approaches that have been taken in the study of judgment and decision making and portrays the major findings in the field.
- Presents examinations of the broader roles of social, emotional, and cultural influences on decision making.
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Part I: Approaches:.
1. Rationality and the Normative/Descriptive Distinction: David Over (University Of Sunderland).
2. Normative Models of Judgment and Decision Making: Jonathan Baron (University Of Pennsylvania).
3. Social Judgment Theory: Applying and Extending Brunswik's Probabilistic Functionalism: William M. Goldstein (University Of Chicago).
4. Fast and Frugal Heuristics: The Tools of Bounded Rationality: Gerd Gigerenzer (Max Planck Institute For Human Development).
5. Yet Another Look at the Heuristics and Biases Approach: Gideon Keren (Eindhoven University Of Technology) And Karl H. Teigen (University Of Oslo).
6. Walking with the Scarecrow: The Information-Processing Approach to Decision Research: John W. Payne And James R. Bettman (both Duke University).
7. Computational Models Of Decision Making: Jerome R. Busemeyer (Indiana University) and Joseph G. Johnson (Miami University).
Part II: Judgments:.
8. Inside and Outside Probability Judgment: David A. Lagnado (University College London) and Steven A. Sloman (Brown University).
9. Perspectives on Probability Judgment Calibration: Dale Griffin (University Of British Columbia) and Lyle Brenner (University Of Florida).
10. Hypothesis Testing and Evaluation: Craig R. M. Mckenzie (University Of California, San Diego).
11. Judging Covariation and Causation: David R. Shanks (University College London).
12. A Tale of Tuned Decks? Anchoring as Accessibility and Anchoring as Adjustment: Nicholas Epley (University of Chicago).
13. Twisted Pair: Counterfactual Thinking and the Hindsight Bias: Neal J. Roese (University Of Illinois).
14. Forecasting and Scenario Planning: The Challenges of Uncertainty and Complexity: Paul J. H. Schoemaker (University of Pennsylvania).
15. Expertise in Judgment and Decision Making: A Case for Training Intuitive Decision Skills: Jennifer K. Phillips, Gary Klein, and Winston R. Sieck (all Klein Associates).
16. Debiasing: Richard P. Larrick (Duke University).
Part III: Decisions:.
17. Context and Conflict in Multiattribute Choice: Eldar Shafir (Princeton University) and Robyn A. Leboeuf (University of Florida).
18. Internal and Substantive Inconsistencies in Decision-Making: Christopher K. Hsee (University of Chicago), Jiao Zhang (University of Chicago), and Chen Junsong (China Europe International Business School).
19. Framing, Loss Aversion, and Mental Accounting: Dilip Soman (University of Toronto).
20. Decision Under Risk: George Wu (University Of Chicago), Jiao Zhang (University Of Chicago), and Richard Gonzalez (University of Michigan).
21. Intertemporal Choice: Daniel Read (University of Durham).
22. The Connections between Affect and Decision Making: Nine Resulting Phenomena: Yuval Rottenstreich And Suzanne Shu (both University of Chicago).
23. Group Decision and Deliberation: A Distributed Detection Process: Robert D. Sorkin, Shenghua Luan, and Jesse Itzkowitz (all University Of Florida).
24. Behavioral Game Theory: Simon Gächter (University of Nottingham).
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TUI Retail Travel Advisor
- Recruiter
- TUI in the UK
- Location
- Tamworth
- Posted
- 12 Oct 2018
- Closes
- 29 Oct 2018
- Contract Type
- Full Time
Joining the TUI Retail Team as a part time Travel Advisor, we will help you become a destination expert so that you can recommend and sell holidays and additional products such as airport hotels, parking and excursions to enhance our Customers experience.
You will put all customers at the heart of our business and constantly 'go the extra smile' by creating unforgettable holiday experiences that make us famous for service and create customers for life. This role has variable shift patterns each week which include weekends. In return for your flexibility you'll usually know your shift pattern 4 weeks in advance.
TUI Group is the world's number one integrated tourism business. We continue to build a single customer facing team across our airline, contact centre, overseas and retail service teams that will deliver a consistent, contemporary service to every single customer. Joining us will not only provide opportunities for you to grow your career, but the benefits of being part of an exciting multi-cultural united team.
What you will be doing
As a TUI Retail Travel Advisor you will help to create unforgettable holidays for all of our customers with your personality, professionalism and personalised service. You will understand our customers and adapt your style using information provided to help you find ways to improve customer satisfaction and loyalty. Your knowledge will help us collaborate and answer questions for our international colleagues and customers. There will be modern technology to work with so you can discuss, recommend and sell suitable products and services, and promote and assist our customers to self-serve online.
You will inspire and respect your colleagues whilst sharing a great amount of fun. If things do not go quite right, you will be pro-active and confident to investigate and resolve every question or complaint straight away. You will enjoy change and challenges taking opportunities to assist with incidents and emergencies, but regardless you will always 'go the extra smile'. Your desire to achieve will lead you to exceed your company, sales and service targets.
In addition to TUI and First Choice, your scope will include our range of Cruise, UK and other exciting holiday products and with these comes a varied administration role. Finally, you will be comfortable to handle multiple currencies and comply with the procedures, upkeep and responsibilities of operating your local shop.
What we are looking for
- Should you be under 18 and applying for a role in England you will be required to be in part time education or voluntary work and including your paid employment both responsibilities cannot exceed 40 hours a week, proof of this will be required
- A customer driven and positive individual with a passion for delivering contemporary service
- Confident and fun personality with a strong commitment to achieve targets and overcome challenges
- Willing to engage and collaborate at all times with customers and colleagues of varying nationalities
- The highest personal standards and pride in attitudes and behaviours displayed
- A passion to work within tourism and actively grow and share knowledge
Working within TUI group
TUI UK and Ireland is the UK's largest tour operator with key brands including TUI, First Choice, and Marella Cruises. Sub brands include Sensatori, Sensimar, and Family Life, as well as First Choice Holiday Villages and SplashWorld Resorts. Our airline, TUI Airways is the UK's third largest airline with 62 aircraft operating to over 88 destinations in 30 countries. We have a team of more than 10,000 employees serving over 5.5 million customers each year.
TUI UK and Ireland is a member of TUI Group, the world's number one integrated tourism group. Covering the entire touristic value chain under one roof we employ 63,000 people in over 100 countries and offer 20 million customers comprehensive services in around 180 destinations worldwide.
Help make our customers smile and in return you will receive a competitive salary, pension scheme and further benefits such as generous holiday discounts, great rates with foreign exchange and discounts with retailers.
Throughout your career, we will continuously invest in your development starting with a 3 day residential course alongside your store induction. This is to ensure you are provided with all the skills and tools you need to become a destination expert.
How to apply
Apply online, we just need a few details from you and your CV.


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Celtics Devasted…31 05 2012
MIAMI – The general manager of the Boston Celtics was trying to understand how LeBron James could get to the free-throw line those 24 times, and so Danny Ainge stood in the hallway recreating a clear-path foul call for the NBA's vice president of referee operations, Joe Borgia. Ainge slid his feet, and tried to show how the Celtics defender had reached around to the Miami Heat star, how they were far too close to the rim for that call.
"How?" Ainge asked him.
They did some kind of a dance here late Wednesday night, Borgia and Ainge, the NBA official delivering his explanation, and Ainge, the ultimate contrarian, challenging the premises. And hey, how could Paul Pierce foul out again? How could the Heat get to the free-throw line 47 times? These were the things on Ainge's mind, and there would be no satisfaction coming out of here for these Celtics, no solace out of an epic effort and a historic performance out of Rajon Rondo. Ainge was persistent, polite and Borgia finally relented that he'd watch the film of the Heat's 115-111 Game 2 overtime victory.
Rajon Rondo earned high praise from LeBron James after Miami's victory in Game 2. (Reuters) "I'm sure we missed five or six calls somewhere," Borgia said.


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| The Bloom Is On Axew!
First broadcast
English themes
Japanese themes
The Bloom Is On Axew! (Japanese: ペンドラー暴走!キバゴを救え!! The Out of Control Pendror! Rescue Kibago!!) is the ninth episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 666th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on November 11, 2010 and in the United States on April 2, 2011.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
We join our heroes just in time to witness an unusual sight: a battle taking place between Cilan's Pansage and Iris's Axew! Of course, Ash wants to get in on the action, but Iris isn't interested. Because Axew doesn't have much battle experience, she's asked Cilan to help her train it by using very restrained attacks.
The battle ends in explosive fashion when Axew's powerful Dragon Rage attack gets a little out of control. Iris explains that she's committed to training Axew because it was given to her by an Elder of her hometown, who advised her that the journey to raise Axew into a Haxorus would help Iris learn and grow as well.
Meanwhile, Axew and Pikachu wander off into the woods in search of a snack—and run right into an angry Scolipede! Ash and Cilan spring into action to try to drive it off, and in order to save Axew, Iris brings out her second Pokémon: a powerful, haughty Excadrill. Although Iris can't get Excadrill to obey any of her own commands, it quickly sends Scolipede scurrying, and Axew is safely returned.
After some wise advice from Cilan, Iris decides that she will continue to train with Axew at her own relaxed pace. Ash is still in the mood for a battle—so when Iris advises him to battle Pikachu, that's just what he does! We leave our heroes as Ash and Pikachu square off against each other…and Iris wonders just how far her friend from Pallet Town will go for a battle!
As Ash and his friends are on their way to Nacrene City, Cilan and Iris had stopped somewhere in the forest to battle. Ash, observing them from the side, questions why he isn't the one battling. Iris tells him that he is too serious, and a Volt Tackle from Pikachu would be too unbearable for Axew. She then commands Axew to use Scratch on Pansage. Slowly, Axew trots over, and Pansage starts firing his Bullet Seed - one seed at a time. However, before Axew could even reach Pansage, the extremely gentle Bullet Seed attack proved too much for Axew, and Axew starts crying. Iris runs over to console Axew and Ash hears her telling Axew that it was only a practice. Cilan then explains that they are practicing so as to get Axew used to battle, and it was agreed previously that only 'soft' attacks at twenty percent will be used. Ash claims that battles are more productive when full effort is being put in, and Iris rebukes him for not being a gentleman and for acting like a child. Cilan tells Ash that as one of Axew's first battles, they should let Iris decide how it should be conducted, which Ash reluctantly agrees.
When Axew is feeling better, Iris tells him to perform another Scratch attack on Pansage. Slowly, Axew trots over to Pansage, but the latter blocks his attacks by grabbing the fin on his head. As Axew flails his arms around, Iris complains and requests Cilan to be more serious. Cilan tells them that they are being serious; this is the strategy they usually employ in Gym battles: to block the opponent's attacks then follow up with a close-ranged attack. Pansage then charges his Solar Beam. As Iris panics, Ash asks if Axew knows any other moves he could use to counter. Iris then claims that he has one other move, but while contemplating on whether or not to use it, Pansage unleashes the Solar Beam attack which he had been charging: a tiny fleck of light which hits Axew squarely in the head and causes him to roll over. Shortly after, Ash tells Iris to let Axew use 'the other move' as using a variety of moves is also part of training. Frustrated, Iris orders Axew to use Dragon Rage. Axew starts charging energy, his belly glowing in blue light. As his mouth gapes open, ready to launch the attack at Pansage, he suddenly blunders, causing a gigantic explosion and a large crater to form. All but Axew were then covered in soot and severely surprised by the attack.
Meanwhile in an abandoned building, Jessie, James and Meowth are huddled together in front of a computer-like device. Giovanni appears on the screen, and instructs the Team Rocket to travel to the Desert Resort. As it appears, the Desert Resort is at the center of an energy flow with the same energy signature as the one found at the Dreamyard. Obtaining such an energy is a key component of Team Rocket's ultimate plan, and as such, they are to meet up with another Team Rocket agent to investigate a meteorite fragment that is located there.
Taking a break on the trunk of a large tree, Iris glumly explains that Axew has not mastered Dragon Rage yet. Ash and Cilan then joke that it was more like a "sneeze" than a "rage", which only offends Iris. As Iris is troubled by Axew's Dragon Rage, she reveals to them that Axew only knows the two moves he had used earlier on, and with regard to his Dragon Rage, it always explodes instead of being shot out as a ball. Iris was hoping that by taking things slowly, he would gradually improve his performance. Meanwhile, Axew returns with fruits he had plucked from a tree, and was praised by Cilan. He then returns to the tree to pluck more fruits.
As Ash and Cilan comment positively on Axew's potential, Ash then offers to battle with Iris' Axew. However, Iris refuses to, and says she does not want to lose. Ash and Cilan then became curious as to how she got Axew in the first place. She then explains that he was given to her by the old matriarch from her hometown, a place which specialized in raising Dragon-typed Pokémon. There, he was a traditional rite of passage for a young Trainer to be given a Pokémon, and to go on a journey where they would grow together. A Trainer had to raise the Axew he/she was given into an Haxorus, a proof that the Trainer had grown to fully understand its Pokémon and its heart. As they had already left their hometown for some time, Iris became concerned about how Axew was developing and thus requested to battle Cilan. She then realizes that Axew had disappeared.
Meanwhile, Axew stands on a thin branch, trying to pick a cluster of fruit dangling near the edge of the branch. As he inched closer and stretched out, Pikachu cries out in warning. A while later, Axew finally moves close enough and grabs one of the fruit. However, the branch he was standing on now bends threateningly low; as the stalk of the fruit cleaves from the tree, the branch springs up, and Axew loses balance, tumbling down into the bush below and into between the horns of a sleeping Pokémon. Alarmed, the gigantic purple centipede-like Pokémon awakens from its slumber and shakes its head rapidly and violently, trying to free Axew from its horns.
For a moment the Bug Pokémon tried to escape, Pikachu jumps off the tree and attacks it with Iron Tail. Enraged, it charges at Pikachu only to miss and send the tree behind Pikachu flying into the air. Pikachu tries to run away, and Axew attempts a Dragon Rage attack on his captor. However, once again, the attack explodes before it could be launched.
The group notices the explosion, and realizing where Pikachu and Axew were, they run towards it. Pikachu comes running in the opposite direction, and upon seeing Ash, he tries to explain what had happened. The gigantic bug Pokémon pops out from behind a bush and Axew is heard screaming, apparently being shaken wildly again. Ash checks his Pokédex and realizes it's called a Scolipede.
Scolipede appears in front of the group and begins chasing the group, firing Toxic globs that dissolves a large rock and a nearby tree. Ash and Cilan then attempt to battle it and rescue Axew, using Pansage and Snivy. Pansage starts by firing Bullet Seed at its feet, and while the wild Scolipede finches, Snivy grabs its horns. However, Scolipede proved too strong against Snivy when it spun her around wildly, thereby causing her to faint from dizziness. Scolipede then continues its rampage. As it approaches Ash and Cilan, Iris steps in front of them and takes out another Poké Ball, hesitating to send the Pokémon out. After Ash had reminded her about the urgency of the situation, she plucks up her courage and hurls the Poké Ball into the air, releasing a curled up Pokémon. Ash then checks his Pokédex, and it is revealed to be an Excadrill.
Iris begs the stationary Excadrill to assist her in saving Axew. However, after being ignored, she decides to help Axew herself and devises a plan. Pansage starts charging Solar Beam while Ash sends out Tepig. Together with Pikachu, Tepig attacks Scolipede at its feet, delaying its advance and giving Cilan's Pansage time to launch his Solar Beam to stop the Scolipede in its tracks. Right from above, Iris grabs a vine and swings over Scolipede's head, grabbing Axew's leg and then landing safely. The team then celebrates; Ash recalling Tepig, and Cilan, his Pansage.
However, their celebration is short-lived, as Scolipede recovers and turns to Iris, ready to attack. It brushes its hind feet against the ground in preparation to charge, but doing so, it accidentally knocks Excadrill and sends him rolling away. Agitated, Excadrill burrows underground and surfaces, hitting Scolipede in the face. The two Pokémon stare at each other, eyes glowing with fury; a battle is about to ensue. Ash asks Iris to give commands, but Iris simply states that Excadrill will not listen to her, and as such, the team watches as Scolipede launches another Toxic attack at Excadrill. Excadrill, being a partial Steel-type Pokémon, is not affected by Poison-type attacks, and merely slaps the toxins away. Excadrill then uses Drill Run, before tossing a charging Scolipede into the sky and across the forest as it tries to use a counterattack. Excadrill lets out a victorious roar, and as the group expresses their gratitude towards him, he stares into the sky for a while before grunting and returning back to his dormant drill-like state. Iris recalls Excadrill.
Cilan then encourages Iris to train at her own pace with both Axew and Excadrill, when Ash offers to battle them. Iris refuses again, telling Ash that if he wants to battle so badly, then he should battle with Pikachu. Taking her comment literally, Ash excitedly agrees and both Trainer and Pokémon stand across each other in the open ground, taking their places and ready to battle. Ash tells Pikachu to shock him with Thunderbolt, and subsequently ram him with Volt Tackle, to which the Electric Mouse Pokémon complies. Cilan comments that they both are a truly unique couple while Iris is awestruck that they took her seriously. Ash and Pikachu continue their electrifying battle while lighting up the entire forest, as both Iris and Cilan watch, speechless.
Major events
- Ash and Cilan learn from Iris how she got her Axew.
- Iris's Axew is revealed to know Scratch and Dragon Rage.
- The Team Rocket trio is told to head to the Desert Resort.
- Iris is revealed to own an Excadrill.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Gym Leader
- Music from Arceus and the Jewel of Life is used in the background.
- This is the first episode where Iris's Axew is seen using any moves.
- This is the first episode where a Steel-type Pokémon has displayed an immunity to Poison-type moves, despite it being valid since Generation II.
- When rotated 90 degrees, some continents or parts of them shown on Team Rocket's computer highly resemble areas of the real world, such as Greenland, Fennoscandia and Novaya Zemlya.
- Pikachu's talent for impressions is referenced again in this episode, as he is quickly seen doing imitations of both Axew and Scolipede.
- The English dub title may be a play on "The blame is on you."
- At the beginning of this episode, Ash does not seem to be familiar with the concept of helping an opponent by holding back, despite doing so twice before.
- When facing off face-to-face against Scolipede, the ridge in front of Excadrill's left middle claw is missing and when the battle was over both ridges on the right middle claw are missing as Iris and company thanks Excadrill.
- During the break in Iris and Cilan's battle, Ash's eyes are colored the way they were prior to the Best Wishes series.
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In other languages
|Mandarin Chinese
|Axew je u cvatu!
|Axew's træning!
|Laat Axew opbloeien!
|Axew kiipelissä!
|European French
|Coupenotte fait de son mieux !
|Lilia's große Prüfung
|Μάχη για τον Άξιου!
|Axew में बदलाव! Axew mein badlaav!
|Scolipede Mengamuk! Selamatkan Axew!!
|Il timoroso Axew!
|펜드라의 폭주! 터검니를 구하라!
|Axew trener! *
|Axew w opałach!
|O desabrochar de Axew!
|Axew, Devagar Se Vai Ao Longe!
|В борьбе за Эксъю!
|Aksju je procvetao!
|Latin America
|¡La Flor esta en Axew!
|¡El entrenamiento de Axew!
|Axew i hårdträning!
|เพนโดราอาละวาด! รีบไปช่วยคิบาโกะ!!
|Axew'in Açtığı İşler!
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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A resource limits policy defines the maximum resources that Directory Proxy Server can process for a given connection handler. By using this type of connection handler policy, you can limit the resources allocated to connections, requests, and referrals.
A connection handler can have zero or one resource limits policy. If no resource limits policy is defined, no limits are applied to connections, requests and referrals. For information about how to configure resource limits policies and examples of resource limits policies, see Creating and Configuring a Resource Limits Policy in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
The following list summarizes the resource limits that can be configured:
Maximum number of connections.
Maximum number of simultaneous connections from a single client.
Maximum number of operations per connection. If a client exceeds the maximum number of operations on one connection, the connection is closed by Directory Proxy Server.
Maximum number of simultaneous operations per connection.
If the maximum number of simultaneous operations per connection is 1, clients must perform synchronous operations. Additional requests for simultaneous operations, except for requests to abandon an operation, will fail with a Server Busy error.
Maximum permitted size of a search operation result
Maximum permitted duration of a search operation
Minimum length of a substring allowed in a search filter
Customized search limits, described in Customized Search Limits
Maximum number of hops when following referrals
Bind policy to be applied when referrals are followed:
Use password if supplied, else follow the referral as anonymous
Always follow the referral as anonymous
Policy applied when a referral is returned by the server:
Follow referrals
Forward referrals to the client
Discard referrals
For information about how to configure a resource limits policy, see Creating and Configuring a Resource Limits Policy in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administration Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition
Customized limits can be defined for search operations, based on the search base and search scope. If the target DN of a search is specified in a list, and the scope of a search is one-level or subtree, the maximum size of the search result can be configured.
Custom search limits are defined for a specific resource limits policy. If the resource limits policy is deleted, the custom search limits defined for that policy are also deleted. If custom search limits are not specified, standard search size limits are applied.


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I have a very simple question, because I basically just need to know if a certain train of thought I've had is correct. My reference is Liu's book "Algebraic Geometry and Arithmetic Curves", in particular Proposition 8.1.15, and of course Hartshorne. Consider the following situation:
Let $f:W\to X$ be a morphism of locally Noetherian schemes. Let $\mathcal{I}$ be a quasi-coherent sheaf of ideals on $X$. Now, I will only require
to be a quasi-coherent sheaf of ideals on $W$ which contains the inverse image ideal sheaf. Let $\pi:\widetilde{X}\to X$ and $\rho:\widetilde{W}\to W$ denote the blowing-ups of $X$ and $W$ with respective centers $\mathcal{I}$ and $\mathcal{K}$. Then there exists a map $\widetilde{f}:\widetilde{W}\to\widetilde{X}$ such that
$\begin{matrix} \widetilde{W} & \xrightarrow{\quad\widetilde{f}\quad} & \widetilde{X} \\ \hphantom{\scriptstyle\rho} \downarrow {\scriptstyle\rho} & {\scriptstyle\circlearrowleft} & \hphantom{\scriptstyle\pi} \downarrow {\scriptstyle\pi} \\ W & \xrightarrow{\quad f\quad} & X \end{matrix}$
This can be shown exactly as in Liu's book, but the more important point is this: It would seem to me that $(\rho^{-1}\mathcal{J})\mathcal{O}_{\widetilde{W}}$ is an invertible sheaf on $\widetilde{W}$, so I would also get uniqueness of $\widetilde{f}$.
My question is very simple: Have I missed anything or made some mistake? I am asking because both Hartshorne and Liu require $\mathcal{K}=\mathcal{J}$ in their respective propositions, but I see no reason why it could not be weakened to $\mathcal{K}\supseteq\mathcal{J}$.


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Here's what happened down in the Orioles' farm system on Saturday…
-Catcher Steve Clevenger and Shortstop Jemile Weeks recorded two hits each, but the AAA Norfolk Tides fell 6-3 to Charlotte. Starter Nick Additon struggled, allowing four earned runs (eight hits, walk) over just 4.1 innings pitched. Evan Meek worked a scoreless inning in relief.
-Slugging first base prospect Christian Walker clubbed his 20th home run of the season for the AA Bowie Baysox in a 7-1 win over Akron. Leftfielder John Ruettiger added three hits (including a double) and scored three runs in the win.
-Centerfielder Mike Yastrzemski was the star of the night on the farm, becoming the first Frederick Keys player to hit for the cycle since 2005 as the high Single A team beat Lynchburg 17-3. The grandson of Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski collected a second double, scored three runs and drove in five in the victory. Leftfielder Michael Burgess crushed two homers in the win as well.
-Preparing to represent the Orioles in the MLB All-Star Futures Game, pitcher Hunter Harvey was strong again as the Single A Delmarva Shorebirds topped Lakewood 6-3. The former first round pick allowed just one earned run on five hits (three walks) and struck out eight over six innings for his sixth win of the season.
-Notre Dame basketball player Patrick Connaughton worked two perfect innings in his second career start as the rookie level Single A Aberdeen Ironbirds beat Brooklyn 18-2. First baseman Riley Palmer was just a home run short of a cycle himself, hitting three doubles, scoring three runs and adding three RBI in the win.


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Kids' Halloween Books: Cats, Bats, & Skeletons
By Bianca Schulze, The Children's Book Review
Published: September 21, 2011
It's time to start prepping for the holiday season. First stop: Halloween. No tricks here—only treats!
When witches go riding,
and black cats are seen,
the moon laughs and whispers,
'tis near Halloween.
~Author Unknown
Our 2011 Halloween book list spotlights everything from growing pumpkins; overcoming fears (a great topic for youngsters that tend to get a little surprised when they no longer recognize their family and friends due to colorful costumes and scary masks); witches; skeletons; cats and bats; and plain-old, creepy stories that beg to be read on a dark night with a flashlight. From babies to beginning readers to middle graders to young adults, TCBR has you covered.