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Hello all, MySQL Connector/J 5.1.30, a maintenance release of the production 5.1 branch has been released. Connector/J is the Type-IV pure-Java JDBC driver for MySQL. Version 5.1.30 is suitable for use with many MySQL server versions, including 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.4, 5.5 and 5.6. MySQL Connector Java (Commercial) is already available for download on the My Oracle Support (MOS) website. This release will be available on eDelivery (OSDC) in next month's upload cycle. As always, we recommend that you check the "CHANGES" file in the download archive to be aware of changes in behavior that might affect your application. MySQL Connector/J 5.1.30 includes the following general bug fixes and improvements, also available in more detail on http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-j/en/news-5-1-30.html : Changes in MySQL Connector/J 5.1.30 (2014-03-31) Functionality Added or Changed * Connector/J now supports MySQL Fabric. See Using Connector/J with MySQL Fabric (http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-j/en/connector-j-usagenotes-fabric.html) for details. Bugs Fixed * Replaced a for loop with the System.arraycopy() method for copying array values in the MysqlIO.unpackNativeEncodedColumn() and LoadBalancingConnectionProxy.addHost() methods, in order to improve the two methods' performance. (Bug #18327245, Bug #71861) * Avoided the use of an iterator over the list of statement interceptors in the methods MysqlIO.invokeStatementInterceptorsPost() and MysqlIO.invokeStatementInterceptorsPre(), so that Connector/J does not increase the stack size unnecessarily. (Bug #18236388, Bug #71679) * Improved on the code for integer-to-hex conversion when building XA commands by avoiding the creation of temporary character arrays, thus enhancing performance. (Bug #18228302, Bug #71621) * The Field.getStringFromBytes() method created a useless byte array when using JVM's converter and the encoding defined by the connection. This fix makes the method call StringUtils.toString() using the original buffer instead of creating a temporary byte array for the call. (Bug #18228668, Bug #71623) * There were sporadic cases of the key store file being open hundreds of times and causing some "Too many files open" errors. This fix makes sure that in com.mysql.jdbc.ExportControlled and in MysqlIO.sendFileToServer(), the input stream for the key store file is explicitly closed after use. (Bug #18107621, Bug #71432) * It was intended that if a previous query on a connection had used the setMaxRows() method, in the next query, Connector/J would not cancel that by setting SQL_SELECT_LIMIT=DEFAULT if the query contained a LIMIT clause. However, in the actual implementation, the maximum row setting was reused in the subsequent query in various situations beyond expectation (for example, when a table name contains the string "limit" in it). This fix removes the LIMIT-clause parsing and replaces it by a better way of controlling the maximum rows per session. (Bug #18110320, Bug #71396) * When working with MySQL 5.6, calling PreparedStatement.setTimestamp() resulted in a java.lang.StringIndexOutOfBoundsException being thrown if the Timestamp contained a fractional second. This fix corrects the digit truncation performed in the formatNanos() method, which was the cause of the problem. (Bug #18091639) * Calling ResultSet.close() on an already closed ResultSet caused an SQLException. While the exception was silently discarded, it did result in performance issues. This fix makes Connector/J comply with the Java specification that when a ResultSet object is already closed, application of the close method on it should be a no-op. (Bug #16722637, Bug #67318) * Fixed the problem of the wrong source being provided when the build property com.mysql.jdbc.noCryptoBuild was set. Thanks, On behalf of Oracle/MySQL Build Team, Murthy Narkedimilli
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Arioch asked for it, so here it is…
Moar anger pl0x.
- You kill things
- I heal you.
- I heal you
- You kill more things
- We win battleground
- You leave me to die
- You get no heals
- We lose battleground
I have been pure DPS for so long that I hadn't seen the options screen on a healing mod until a couple of weeks ago.
One of the 1st things that caught my eye was the Blacklist option.
If you want heals you don't want to be on my black list.
Want to know how to stay off my black list?
Read on…
I save you, you save me.
The reason I declare my Resto spec at the beginning of a battleground is so you know I will look after you… if you look after me.
If I keep you alive, and you run off and let me die, the situation will be reversed.
If you mount up 2 foot from me while I get slaughtered, you have earned the right to join my blacklist.
When I save your butt, just wait with me.
I need something to heal, that could be you, if you are still there.
Healing needs juice
- Mage + Water = healed Mage
- Mage + Water + Int = protected Mage
- Mage alone = blacklisted
Douche-bag Mages take note.
I play a Mage, I know how easy it is to offer and make water as well as throw an Arcane Intellect on.
I also know how squishy Mages are.
I'm biased and often Mages get the early heal… I look at the class colors and I give you priority. I know what it's like to have the potential to dish out pain, without the health pool to support it.
However when you ignore:
- My polite requests before the battle begins.
- My whispers before the battle begins.
I ignore your health bar once the battle begins!
Honor Farm the EFC!
- In WSG my primary concern is our flag carrier.
- Your primary concern should be enabling the flag cap.
We can't cap the flag when the enemy is carrying our flag.
Each time the enemy fails to get their flag off our flag carrier, they send a few more people to get the job done.
After a while our flag carrier takes more damage, which makes it harder to keep him alive.
I can heal and DPS, but at some point our FC will be out-healed and out gunned.
I know you want to farm honor and I fully support you in this endeavor.
If you are looking for honor, kill the EFC!
He probably has a few mates helping him and we all get a pile of honor for the flag cap.
Have fun AND make a difference!
I will not protect the Farm, alone
So we saved the farm.
Your DPS, my heals.
Why did you all run off issuing the order for me to guard the farm?
That's your job. My job is to guard your health pool.
Especially if you are "Mr. I'm a DK and can solo them".
Unfortunately the healers are usually the last one to leave a resource. You see while you were building rage and energy, we were burning mana, lots of mana, for just one reason… YOU!
What's worse is we just topped your health bars up after the battle with the last drops of our mana.
So just because we sit lazily down at the end of a fight, doesn't mean we are sticking our hand up for guard duty.
It means we are trying to regain mana ASAP so we can join the pack mindlessly dying at the BS, LM, Mine etc, because they left their healers behind "at the farm" to be mercilessly slaughtered by that rogue that was just waiting for you all to leave us alone.
Those dogs hurt
Drek's going down!
All healz on me!
OK sure, I'm right on your tail, I have already thrown Earth Shield on the tank, thrown down the tremor totem so you don't run around like a bunch of weak Horde when Drek goes
You are all taking lots of damage… you do know to get away from the whirlwind don't you?
So I have 2 choices:
- Heal the tank alone, or
- Throw caution to the wind and Chain heal you back to the living.
When I press my 3 key, and that Crit Chain Heal rips from my fingertips, every loose mob in the room is heading in my direction. I know you are pretty good at identifying the humanoid bosses, particularly the one that has the big red Drek above his head, but somehow you miss the dogs.
You know dogs have a sense of smell 100 times stronger than humans, elves, gnomes and dwarves?
Yep, well, they can smell and over healing squishy at 100 yards, and they know how to bite us in two.
Guess what, while I am healing myself… I am not healing you!
Get the friggin dog off me!
I don't care if you are the squishiest of all.. a Mage, if you get the dog off me, I can heal you and the tank through the damage.
Leave the dog on me and… well… enjoy that whirlwind!
Special Flowers
Yes, we healers are special flowers. There are very few of us that are prepared to enter a BG spec'd for healing, prepared to take the hits saving you while you honor farm.
We are ENTITLED to your love, respect, water and protection!
Next time a BG ends, rather than gloating over your 3rd position in the end result table, click on the Healing Done column… take note of the names on it… add them to your friends list, protect them, care for them, feed them.
In return, we will turn your health around from 1% to 100%, we will change your killing blow total from 1 to 10, we will change your death total from 10 to 1…
But we can't do that while we are being ganked and left at the farm.
Gnomer and Out!, Squidly and Stout!
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Alexandre Morin
posted on Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 3:02 pm
This is a general question about ZIP outcomes.
If I am using ZIP count outcomes (with a zero inflation) but am not really interested in modeling two separate process (inflation and count), would relying on a simple "count" specification induce bias in the model estimation and if yes, what kind of bias?
Thanks in advance.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 5:30 pm
It sounds like perhaps you would prefer the negative binomial which has the inflation hidden away.
But you shouldn't have to stay away from ZIP. Just don't have a separate process for the inflation - let it be a free mean parameter. Just focus on the regression slopes for the count variable.
I would not switch to regular Poisson unless it had a better BIC.
Nick Roshon
posted on Sunday, October 02, 2011 - 9:43 pm
I am interested in examining risk for alcohol problems (a count variable), in which 66% of cases have a "zero." However, I am not really interested in examining the effects of predictors on problems (continuous) and the effects of predictors on being unable to assume any value except for zero (inflation variable) as separate processes (I don't think the effects should be different for non-drinkers versus drinkers without problems). I tried using ZIP but when I model the effects of predictors on the inflation factor, there are no significant effects on the inflation factor nor the count part. I have several questions. I should mention that my sample size is pretty small (n=170).
1.Is it OK to leave this statement (alcprob#1 on gender ptsd paralc) out but still treat alcohol problems as inflated? This analysis yields significant results in the expected directions.
Count is alcprob (i)
MODEL: alcprob on gender ptsd paralc;
2. Is it be correct to say that #1 models the effects of the predictors on alcohol problems while taking into account the zero-inflated nature of the outcome variable?
3. Would you recommend a negative binomial model (or ZINB) instead? The NB model yields results similar to those from from #1 and a significant dispersion parameter.
4. Why are results so different when I include a statement modeling effects of predictors on the inflation factor?
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Monday, October 03, 2011 - 12:04 pm
1. Yes.
2. Yes.
3. Could be a good idea.
4. Can't say.
Nick Roshon
posted on Monday, October 03, 2011 - 4:53 pm
Thank you very much for your relpy. Would you recommend that I make the decision to use ZIP versus negative binomial model based on comparing the BIC? Substantively, is it correct to say that both methods take into account zero inflation?
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Monday, October 03, 2011 - 8:20 pm
Yes, BIC would be good for this. Ys, t negative binomial also takes into account zero inflation in the sense that it does not assume that the variance is equal to the mean. It fits data with an abundance of zeros better than Poisson.
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Dodging questions is hard
Ask the typical Republican policymaker for an opinion on President Obama's rescue of the American auto industry, and you'll get an earful about an "outrageous abuse" and the scourge of "bailouts." It doesn't matter that Obama's policy worked better than expected – what matters is that the successful policy runs counter to the GOP's ideology.
But Republican opposition isn't universal. Republicans in Michigan, for example, tend to admit that the president made the right call and generally applaud the policy that helped hundreds of thousands of families in the Midwest.
Occasionally, though, we'll find a conservative politician who just doesn't want to take a side (via Dave Weigel).
In this clip, a reporter in Dayton asks U.S. Senate hopeful Josh Mandel (R) of Ohio whether he would have supported Obama's rescue policy. "I will do everything I can as a United States Senator to protect auto jobs," he replied.
Asked if he's willing to answer the question, the Republican said, "We've talked quite a bit throughout the state of Ohio about all the great plans we have for protecting auto jobs here." Pressed for a direct answer, Mandel responds, "Great seeing you."
If the Senate candidate denounces Obama's policy, Mandel condemns a rescue effort that help save Ohio's economy at a time of severe crisis. If he endorses Obama's policy, Mandel sides with the president he hates and is desperate to undermine.
So he's left to clumsily dodge the question in a way that makes him appear rather foolish.
How long can Mandel seriously expect to keep this up? Quite a while, actually – the Republican has come this far without ever giving an opinion on Obama's successful rescue policy.
If Mandel and his wealthy friends weren't outspending Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) by such an enormous margin, it's hard to imagine how this race would even be competitive.


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Camellia Sinensis
Veterinarian Reviewed on January 9, 2012 by Paulina Nelega, RH
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Camellia Sinensis
Carmellia sinensis is one of the main ingredients in the production of Chinese tea. This plant is native to China and is cultivated all around the world to make special herbal teas. It is a small tree with small leaves that contain a significant amount of caffeine. The plant also has small flowers that are yellow-white in color.
The younger leaves of the Carmellia sinensis are harvested for tea. This plant is the source of white tea, green tea, black tea and many other Chinese herbal teas used for therapeutic purposes.
History and Origin
The term sinensis for Carmellia sinensis means Chinese in Latin. The name Carmellia was derived from the Latin name of Rev, Georg Kamel, S.J. who was a Czech-born Jesuit priest who was a missionary assigned to the Philippines. Aside from being a missionary, he was also a botanist who discovered many plant species. Carl Linnaeus named this plant in honor of the reverend's contribution to Botany.
Ancient Uses
Carmellia sinensis was unheard of during the ancient times but tea was a popular drink even during the ancient times. Tea was brewed using many types of leaves in many different cultures. In ancient China, the Carmellia sinensis was used to make therapeutic teas which are used to remedy gastric illnesses, to invigorate the body and strengthen the immune system. It was even believed in some cultures to repel bad spirits and to prepare warriors for war.
Modern Uses
In modern times, Carmellia sinensis was considered indispensable in the tea industry with most of the tea varieties derived from this particular plant. Tea is drunk as a beverage and also to treat many illnesses.
Carmellia sinensis as drunk as a tea is used to cure illnesses of the gastro intestinal system such as stomach pain, bloating, gas, indigestion, diarrhea and even constipation. Tea is also beneficial to stimulate the palate to improve appetite.
Teas made from Carmellia sinensis are also used to invigorate the immune system and to improve respiratory conditions like asthma and dry hacking cough. Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners advice drinking Carmellia sinensis teas to treat angina pectoris, peripheral vascular diseases and coronary artery diseases.
Carmellia sinensis, in the green tea variety, is also known to be effective in reducing bad breath. It is also known to have antibacterial properties that can benefit preservation of organic foods and also for the treatment of bacterial infections as well.
Teas are either taken hot or cold. There are commercially prepared tea drinks or you can brew tea by yourself. Tea is best taken just after brewing; sugar, lemon, nutmeg, and other delicious spices may be added to enhance its flavor.
Side Effects
Drinking tea in moderate amounts is beneficial to every person's health. It can be taken daily without any serious side effects to worry about. Teas that are made from Carmellia sinensis are safe and may be taken by pregnant women and even by young children.
Drinking tea has absolutely no side effects at all. In traditional Chinese medicine, everyone is encouraged to take tea everyday to promote wellness and to prevent many types of illnesses.
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text: There are two large Wal-Mart stores in my town, yet in the several years I have shopped at both, neither have been able to provide a basket that would sit on my lap while I wheel through the store. Each time I've asked the answer is the same--THE CUSTOMERS TAKE THEM AWAY. Store managers insist baskets are ordered, but never arrive. Checking in others stores; Target; Hobby Lobby, Harbor Freight, Kroger, Dollar Tree and others I find ample supplies of baskets, conveniently placed for wheelers' use. I spoke to a customer representative at WM headquarters and got pretty much the same lame story. I can only conclude Wal Mart made a corporate decision to exclude people who use mobility devices than provide shopping baskets to a small segment of the population. If you are experiencing similar bias in shopping at Wal-Mart, please respond to this post.


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10300 N Central Expy #116
Dallas, TX 75231
Building is open 7 AM - 6 PM Monday-Friday.
Saturday, it is open from 8 AM to 3 PM.
Sunday, the building is locked all day.
After hours, see security guard at main entrance, north side of building.
North/East side door has a doorbell that rings the Group.
Greeters are at both doors Sunday mornings.
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Zane Brugenhemke has plenty of photos of Cy the Iowa State Cyclones mascot on his Facebook page. This isn't some sort of weird furry fetish, for Zane Brugenhemke is Cy and Cy is Zane Brugenhemke.
Five minutes after this morning's "Did Some UConn Fans Break The Iowa State Mascot's Arm Last Night?" went live, he Tweeted, "i am that mascot who's arm got broke... having surgery tomorrow in omh. feel free to contact me if any questions." Try to contact him, we did, but get a response, we did not.
However, he posted on CycloneNation.com shortly thereafter. Here's what he wrote:
hey guys figured id update all on the cy situation.
it was me in the suit and without going into much detail about legal issues im working out i will say i am back home in council bluffs and having surgery with a arm specialist in omaha tomorrow.
i managed to break my ulna in 2 places and radius in one spot. i will try to update all after surgery tomorrow,
thanks for all the support cyclone nation
It was met with well wishes for a speedy recovery.
Cy mascot got a broken arm? [Cyclone Fanatic]


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Wow, thanks for all of that! I'm leaning towards adopting her, and I'm excited. The neighbor just came over to visit Lorena - reached down to pet her and she swatted at him and tried to bite him
If it were me, I'd bring them both home. Cats really do well with a friend, IMO. Murphy was happy on his own, but even happier when we brought Isis into his life.
I would get 2 small carries, myself. When you put two cats together in the same carrier in a stressful situation, they might take it out on each other. So it's better to have each one in a small carrier.
I'm having second thoughts I'm just...not a cat person. Individually I like them but the thought of having one (or two!) in the house is just...not all that appealing. Does that make me awful? I just... I don't know. I know I'd love them but there's a part of me that is still saying "I don't think this is a good idea..." No matter how much I try to ignore it, it's still there, and it's getting louder.
I see a pattern. You want something to care for and care about but i think deep inside you dont feel you deserve it. I know you focus the reasoning on the negatives of an animal but there are no perfect animals or perfect animal parents or perfect conditions to keep them in.


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Census jokes in Jimmy Kimmel's monologue…Friday, April 2nd, 2010
'Census Deadline'
Monologue | Tuesday night on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on ABC: Thursday is census deadline day. The census would like every resident of the United States to fill out their form and mail it in. If you don't know how many people live in your house, just count the number of iPods.
And remember, you know, the Census Bureau sends a census taker to any home that doesn't reply by mail. So unless you want to have a conversation with another human being, you better get that in.


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Panasonic and Pelco Enter Interoperability Effort.
Secaucus, NJ (February 24, 2009) – Panasonic System Solutions Company and Pelco have aligned under the Panasonic Solution Developer Network (PSDN) in an effort to expand the interoperability of both companies' video surveillance solutions to best serve the needs of customers. As a new PSDN member, Pelco plans to support Panasonic's i-Pro network camera lineup under its enterprise-class IP-based video security system and management platforms. The joint effort reflects both companies' commitment to interoperability and meeting the market demand for integrated security solutions at the enterprise level.
Pelco currently supports Panasonic i-Pro network cameras with its Digital Sentry Digital Video Management System (DVMS). Expanded interoperability efforts will focus on Pelco's Endura platform, supporting the i-Pro cameras. Panasonic and Pelco will work together to quickly accomplish the interoperability to meet existing customer demand.
"Everything we do at Panasonic System Solutions Company is about empowering customers and serving their needs,†said J.M. Allain, President, Panasonic System Solutions Company. "We are committed to an 'Open Infrastructure' and are pleased to work with Pelco and other industry suppliers to meet the demands of end users on a common platform – the IT network.â€
"Delivering open and integrated systems is a cornerstone of Pelco's product development focus,†said Dave deLisser, Director of Integration at Pelco. "We are excited about expanding our interoperability with Panasonic i-Pro cameras to our enterprise class video management systems.â€
Panasonic System Solutions created the PSDN program several years ago to develop partnerships that complement and extend its lineup of security and surveillance products to better meet both integrator and end user requirements. As part of its "Open Infrastructure†initiative, the PSDN program provides members, including Pelco, with development tools, technical information and assistance to integrate with Panasonic products. In September 2008, Panasonic announced the global expansion of its PSDN program, better enabling multinational integrators and end users with broader interoperability. Through PSDN, Panasonic is helping to provide resellers with expanded product solution offerings and end users with seamless security solutions.
ONVIF (Open Network Video Interface Forum) announces today that the forum has accepted 18 new members since the beginning of 2009. Cisco, Samsung and Siemens have joined the forum as full members and Anixter and Milestone as contributing members. ONVIF has now grown to a total of 40 member companies. A complete listing can be found at www.onvif.org .
In line with its growing member base, ONVIF has extended the number of seats in each forum committee to a total of five seats from the previous three. The new positions have been filled through an invitation and election process that was finalized in mid February. As a result, Cisco and Panasonic are now members of both the Steering Committee and the Technical Committee.
Samsung was voted into the Technical Services Committee and the Communication Committee, and the final seats in the Technical Services Committee and Communication Committee were taken by Anixter and Hikvision respectively.
Pelco Sells Intelli-M Electronic Access Control Business Unit, to infinias, LLC.
CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA – February 20, 2009 – Pelco, Inc. today announced that it has signed an agreement to sell the Intelli-M® Electronic Access Control product line to infinias, LLC. The deal which will include intellectual property, assets, and products in development related to the Intelli-M product line is set to close on our around March 16, 2009.
Infinias, LLC a newly formed and independent company, will focus on the development, growth and support of the Intelli-M business, while maintaining integration with Pelco video security products.
Until the transition is complete Pelco dealer and distributor customers will continue to purchase products and obtain support for warranty and repairs direct from Pelco. At the close of the sale, infinias, LLC will take over all sales and support, including warranty support for Intelli-M products previously sold by Pelco. Pelco customers can expect the same level of support from infinias, LLC as they have been receiving through Pelco.
"Pelco decided that the best way to serve our customers is to stay focused on our core video products, and to spin off the access control business unit to infinias, LLC who, as the current development team, are best suited to maintain and expand the Intelli-M access control business,†said Dean Meyer, President and CEO of Pelco, Inc. "We will work with infinias, LLC to ensure that this transition is as smooth as possible.â€
Wayne Jared, Pelco Vice President of EAC Engineering will lead infinias, LLC, as President and CEO, once the transaction is complete. Other key members of the Pelco EAC team based in Indianapolis, Ind., will join the new company as well. "Infinias, like Pelco, is committed to our customers and to providing continued support for today's Intelli-M products,†says Jared, "We will also develop new simple, scalable and secure products to meet the future needs of the EAC market.â€
The Intelli-M product line today consists of the eIDC a cutting-edge Ethernet enabled integrated door controller which is one of the first POE door controllers introduced to the security market; and Supervisor Plus® a full-featured scalable security management software system that integrates access control, intrusion detection, photo badging and digital video. A new addition to the Intelli-M family will be announced at ISC West.
Gillmore Security is Newest Shareholder in
Security Network of America
SOUTHERN PINES, NC (February 13, 2009) – Security Network of America (SNA) the organization in which independent security firms work together to compete successfully with giant national firms, announces its newest shareholding company, Gillmore Security of Cleveland, Ohio.
"We're very pleased to welcome Gillmore Security as a charter shareholder of SNA,†said Managing Director David W. Carter. "For nearly 40 years, Gillmore has been providing exceptional security service to businesses and residences in northeastern Ohio.â€
Participation in SNA is limited to firms that are privately owned, have a proven track record in the security and alarm business, own and operate their own UL Listed central station monitoring facilities and do not compete directly with each other. Today 36 SNA companies operate in 30 states and three Canadian provinces. Ranked collectively, SNA companies are among the top six security providers in North America.
"Membership in SNA brings significant advantages,†Carter said. "As a corporate entity, our members can share key operational indicators to evaluate how we compare to our peers, the education and training programs we've developed keep our members on the cutting edge professionally and our combined purchasing power helps us gain leverage with equipment suppliers.â€
"At Gillmore Security, we've never been concerned about being the biggest, just about being the best,†said CEO Alan Gillmore III, whose father founded the firm in 1971. "We see our involvement with SNA providing us with significant advantages that will translate into even better service for our customers. SNA companies are in the same field, and I've always felt that the best way to learn is from people who are facing the same challenges you are.
"Even though we operate regionally, participation in SNA gives us a national perspective that I'm convinced will help us serve our customers better than ever.â€
RedShift will use the funding to complete development of its Thermal Light Valve(TM) -based camera platform, which is designed to be the lowest-cost and easiest-to-integrate thermal imaging solution for OEMs. Thermal imaging is a critical technology for enabling a range of emerging energy efficiency products such as intelligent HVAC, energy auditing in buildings, adaptive data center cooling and network power management. Until RedShift, thermal imaging was largely unaffordable for use in these and many other applications.
"We are thrilled that Emerson has decided to back RedShift,†said Matthias Wagner, Chairman and co-Founder of RedShift. "There is tremendous fit between our technology and Emerson's businesses and I expect this investment will be the start of a very productive relationship.â€
Brink's Home Security's 4Q profit gains 21 percent
Brink's Home Security 4th-quarter profit rises on bigger subscriber base
Wednesday February 18, 2009, 9:46 am EST
IRVING, Texas (AP) -- Brink's Home Security Holdings Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit increased 21 percent due to a larger subscriber base and lower royalty expense.
Net income rose to $14.8 million, or 32 cents per share, in the fourth quarter, from $12.2 million, or 27 cents per share, in the year-ago period.
On average, analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters forecast a fourth-quarter profit of 39 cents per share. The estimates typically exclude items.
The company said it benefited from a reduction in the royalty rate charged by its former parent for November and December. Typically, the rate equaled about 7 percent of revenue, but decreased to 1.25 percent in November.
Quarterly revenue gained 7 percent to $135.2 million from $126 million in the previous year due to growth in subscriber base and higher average monitoring rates.
The company said its subscribers increased to 1.3 million, up more than 6 percent in the same period a year ago.
For the year, earnings increased to $57.1 million, or $1.25 per share, from $44.2 million, or 96 cents per share, in 2007. Analysts were predicting earnings of $1.59 per share.
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An international group of experts on cognitive science has asserted that animals, including many that are much different from humans, experience the same degree of consciousness as humans. Per the article:
An international group of prominent scientists has signed The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness in which they are proclaiming their support for the idea that animals are conscious and aware to the degree that humans are ....What's also very interesting about the declaration is the group's acknowledgement that consciousness can emerge in those animals that are very much unlike humans.... "Consequently, say the signatories, the scientific evidence is increasingly indicating that humans are not unique in possessing the neurological substrates that generate consciousness....The declaration was signed in the presence of Stephen Hawking .... (bold added).
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yes, even the smallest beings try to avoid a deathtrap. And almost every living thing lives at the expense of another. The best thing I can do is use other beings very sparingly and refuse to eat anything from the bio-industry or from productionlines that have a strong impact on the environment. But that is my choice, not an advice.
That's not consciousness. That's simple behavioral programming.
Insects will often (not always ... male praying mantises, anyone?) attempt to avoid a deathtrap, because ancestral insects that didn't do so didn't survive. Evolution can do a great deal of neural programming without giving an animal a sense of self. You two are seriously undervaluing the power of evolutionary guidance in determining an animal's behavior.
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And why Joseph do you think of yourself as any more than behaviorally programmed? The same as insects but with a much greater amount of complexity.
I am behaviorally programmed ... just for complex thought, sense of self, and introspection. There is an increase of a few dozen magnitudes in that complexity, which you brush off with such a simple adjective, though.
"Greater," indeed. Barring a few complete failures of embryology, the most stupid human is a marvel of neural processing, compared to any insect.
And that's what eventually builds in the sense of self and the greater ability for introspection and thought. We're talking about an exponential increase in processing power. It's the difference between an LED blinking on and off and a PlayStation 3. Literally, we're talking about that kind of difference, just in terms of brute force processing.
Except it's more than that, with neurons. The inter-connectivity within our brains makes it greater than the mere numerical increase. And that numerical increase alone is ridiculous. Insects have about a couple hundred thousand neurons. Humans have about 80 billion to 120 billion neurons.
Take that potentially million-fold increase in processing, and then multiply it by the qualitative increase in brain design. You're just being silly.
Per your response:
Chickens are stupid and seem to be little more than a vaguely complex series of responses to stimuli. Chickens aren't high enough on the scale for me to give a damn. The most you can say for them is that they use a similar set of tools, but that doesn't necessarily lead to a comparable end result.
Per the article:
....a list of animals that includes all mammals, birds, and even the octopus....(Bold added.)
Yes, some (bold added) birds are quite intelligent and potential candidates for consciousness.
A few octopus species are what I was thinking of when I mentioned mollusks, yes.
- Chickens are stupid and seem to be little more than a vaguely complex series of responses to stimuli.
Sorta like ... evangelatin' tea-baggies?
Nah, Tea-baggers don't have as complex a set of responses to external stimuli.
I kind of agree...but complex enough that they will run to the Federal government for aid when something happens to them. I think it's called "selective libertarianism".
I think that the conscience in humans that gives us morality, empathy and compassion has been naturally selected for due to it's advantage for our group survival. If we extend that social conscience to animals, then this begins to effect our food choices. But is it reasonable to extend an evolutionary adaption that has been selected for because of the survival of the group to our potential food sources?
Obviously evolution is not a designer - and so we will continue to adapt and evolve to our environment. And over time those that become vegetarian and vegan may split from those who continue with eating meat and animal products - in fact one may have a greater capacity to survive in the environmental circumstances and be the more evolutionary fitter group.
That's part of the problem. Eating meat was very advantageous, speaking from an evolutionary perspective. No meat would have meant no big brains. Eating massive amounts of meat has only become a problem in the last hundred years or so, because of the increased availability and our currently increasingly sedentary lifestyle.
Hard to tell how things would turn out with the two populations, as you say. The acquisition of knowledge is a game-changer, and the usually lower energy consumption of vegetarian species is no longer applicable to us.
I only eat meat about once or twice a week, myself. Although the huge batch of chicken and lentil curry that I made is going to increase my consumption for the next few days.
I think the extension of our moral kinship to every animal on the planet is a bit of a perversion. We evolved extreme in-group/out-group instincts. I'm fine with extending my in-group to the whole of the human species, plus a few other species that we either find useful or find to have sufficiently human-like characteristics. Dolphins come to mind, with that last point.
Let them eat cake..another prick had the same mind set
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DWTS Season 18, Week 8: Who's Dancing What…and When?? (SPOILERS)
Well, let's hope that this week is finally Charlie's week. Quickstep should be great for him. If he does another great dance only to get hosed by the judges in their quest to get Meryl and Maks the MBT – well, I might have to write a really long, scathing rant post that blisters the ass of any producer that comes close to this site. (waves) Seriously, this show is pissing me off big time. Have they learned nothing from their other pimpees, who include the likes of Chelsea Kane and William Levy – that reminds me, I need to finish my post entitled "Winners Never Pimp and Pimpers Never Win." For you reading-impaired shippers of the quivering loins with your heads in the clouds – this has nothing to do with Meryl herself, or her ability. It has to do with the single minded moronic quest of the judges and producers to make sure that Meryl and Maks win. If she's all that….LET IT HAPPEN.
Anyway, I hope Amy does well on the AT, but her injuries worry me. James is a big question mark for me on a dance like V.Waltz. Candace should do well as she could be in hold a lot of the time. Danica and Val?? Who the hell knows? Meryl and Maks? Tums are your friend. 😉
ETA #1: So Danica's song is the only one I immediately recognized from this week's list of individual dances…the rest are more obscure. And rumor has it that Grandma Chmerkovskiy flew in to observe one of Maks & Val's dual rehearsal sessions…that ought to make for an interesting rehearsal package 😛 -Court-
ETA #2: I'm back from out of town and ready to rumble. There are going to be ground rules for Monday night – I'm going to post them here and reiterate them on Monday night so none of you forget. First, DO NOT constantly hit refresh. Read, comment if you want, then walk away for a few minutes. There's no possible way for you to read anything new if everyone keeps clicking refresh. Two – DO NOT use the comment section like it's twitter. If people start posting one-liners, I'm going to start deleting. If I have to delete you several times in a row, I'm putting you on moderation. You need context. Think of it this way – if someone comes along two hours later and reads your comment, will they be able to tell what you're talking about? If the answer is no, you're doing it wrong. The last couple Monday nights have been out of control – ya'll need to start practicing some simple netiquette. Look it up. 😀 ~Heidi
ETA #3: Okay, so the "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" IS the Lorde version, as someone earlier suggested. Other tidbits we've heard? James is doing pretty well with a standard Viennese waltz, with at least one cool move where James is holding Peta's leg over her head. Amy is having trouble with the AT. 🙁 Whether it's due to her lack of feet, her injury or just the lack of rehearsal, it's hard to say. Also, as I alluded to in the comments, all the pros are pretty pissed that Abby Lee Miller is judging them on Monday night.
ETA #4: Anybody else think that Candace hit the song/dance combo jackpot?? 🙂 With Mark as her choreographer, this should be a really cute dance.
ETA #5: Some last minute intel on the various dances – all sound interesting:
* Apparently Meryl & Maks' rumba isn't all that unorthodox – though parts of it look like a couple fighting. So maybe think less "protesting the situation in Ukraine" and more "wife working up the courage to leave an abusive husband"? There's also a part where she rolls around on the floor.
* Amy is using a stool for part of her Argentine tango – the question is: will the judges like it, or dock her for it? (Heidi says "docked" since it's about time the judges start angling for their favorite finalists – tonight will be telling)
* Source says his/her least favorite dance this week is Danica's tango – wayyy too slow and weird.
* Apparently, Candace's foxtrot has a comedic storyline to it – might be starting off sitting on a bench.
* Charlie's quickstep is "cute and fun" and actually has a section of tango in the middle – will get him hosed or praised? He seems to be struggling a bit with the technique and hold – we'll see if he gets it fixed before showtime. (Again, Heidi votes "hosed" – just cuz that's what they do to Charlie, whether he deserves it or not.)
* Looks like Peta & James may have omitted the leg in the air trick from their Viennese waltz – it was a potential "lift risk".
* All of the duels are looking good – our source particularly praised Amy & James' jive duel.
Amy and Derek – Argentine Tango (song: "Heart Upon My Sleeve" by Avicii
James and Peta – Viennese Waltz (song: "6-2" by Marie Miller
Charlie and Sharna – Quickstep (song: "My Heart Goes Boom" by Miss Li
Candace and Mark – Foxtrot (song: "That's It, I Quit, I'm Movin' On" by Sam Cooke
Danica and Val – Tango (song: "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" by Lorde
Meryl and Maks – Rumba (song: "Read All About It, Part III" by Emeli Sandé
Round two, as you all know by now, is three sets of "Duos" dancing together. (:::sigh:::) The Duos are:
James/Amy – dancing Jive (song: "Ain't Nothing Wrong with That" by Robert Randolph & the Family Band)
Charlie/Candace – dancing contemporary (song: "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith)
Meryl/Danica – dancing samba (song: "I Luh Yah Papi" by J. Lo feat. French Montana)


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2013 GRAMMY Nominees for Best Musical Theater Album - FOLLIES, PORGY & BESS, NEWSIES, NICE WORK and ONCE! Plus, SMASH & More!
Nominations for the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards were announced tonight by The Recording Academy and reflected an eclectic mix of the best and brightest in music over the past year, as determined by the voting members of The Academy. Scroll below to see the nominees for Best Musical Theater Album!Overall, Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys), FUN., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean, and Kanye West top the nominations with six each; The Black Keys, Chick Corea, and Miguel each garner five nods; and producer Jeff Bhasker, mastering engineer Bob Ludwig and Nas are each up for four awards.
For the fifth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night," a one-hour CBS entertainment special broadcast live for the first time ever from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.
The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards will be held on "GRAMMY Sunday," Feb. 10, 2013, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and once again will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on CBS from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).
2013 Nominees for Best Musical Theater Album
FOLLIESDanny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters & Ron Raines, principal soloists; Philip Chaffin & Tommy Krasker, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer/lyricist) (New Broadway Cast With Danny Burstein, Jan Maxwell, Elaine Paige, Bernadette Peters, Ron Raines & Others)
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The Gershwins' PORGY AND BESS
David Alan Grier, Norm Lewis & Audra McDonald, principal soloists; Tommy Krasker, producer (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, Dorothy Heyward & DuBose Heyward, lyricists) (New Broadway Cast With Audra McDonald, Norm Lewis, David Alan Grier & Others)
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Jeremy Jordan & Kara Lindsay, principal soloists; Frank Filipetti, Michael Kosarin, Alan Menken & Chris Montan, producers (Alan Menken, composer; Jack Feldman, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Jeremy Jordan, Kara Lindsay & Others)
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Matthew Broderick & Kelli O'Hara, principal soloists; David Chase, Bill Elliott & Robert Sher, producers (George Gershwin, composer; Ira Gershwin, lyricist) (Original Broadway Cast With Matthew Broderick, Kelli O'Hara & Others)
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Steve Kazee & Cristin Milioti, principal soloists; Steven Epstein & Martin Lowe, producers (Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova, composers/lyricists) (Original Broadway Cast With Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti & Others)
Following is a sampling of nominations in 81 categories from the GRAMMY Awards' 30 Fields. Click HERE for the full list of 2013 nominees.
Best Song Written For Visual Media
Abraham's Daughter (From The Hunger Games)
T Bone Burnett, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne, songwriters (Arcade Fire)
[Universal Republic; Publishers: Régine Chassagne, Absurd Music, Win Butler, Henry Burnett Music, Baffle Music]
Learn Me Right (From Brave)
Mumford & Sons, songwriters (Birdy & Mumford & Sons)
[Walt Disney Records/Pixar; Publisher: Pixar Talking Pictures]
Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman, songwriters (Katharine McPhee & Megan Hilty)
[Columbia; Publishers: Winding Brook Way Music, Walli Woo Entertainment]
Man Or Muppet (From The Muppets)
Bret McKenzie, songwriter (Jason Segel & Walter)
[Walt Disney; Publisher: Fuzzy Muppet Songs]
Safe & Sound (From The Hunger Games)
T Bone Burnett, Taylor Swift, John Paul White & Joy Williams, songwriters
(Taylor Swift Featuring The Civil Wars)
[Big Machine Records/Universal Republic; Publishers: Sony ATV Tree Publishing, Taylor Swift Music, Sensibility Songs, Absurd Music, Shiny Happy Music, Baffle Music, Henry Burnett Music]
Album Of The Year:
El Camino — The Black Keys
Some Nights — FUN.
Babel — Mumford & Sons
Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
Blunderbuss — Jack White
Record Of The Year:
"Lonely Boy" — The Black Keys
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" — Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Young" — FUN. Featuring Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To Know" — Gotye Featuring Kimbra
"Thinkin Bout You" — Frank Ocean
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" — Taylor Swift
Best New Artist:
Alabama Shakes
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
Song Of The Year:
"The A Team" — Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
"Adorn" — Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
"Call Me Maybe" — Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" — Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi,
songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)
"We Are Young" — Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (FUN. Featuring
Janelle Monáe)
Best Pop Solo Performance
"Set Fire To The Rain (Live)" — Adele
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" — Kelly Clarkson
"Call Me Maybe" — Carly Rae Jepsen
"Wide Awake" — Katy Perry
"Where Have You Been" — Rihanna
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Shake It Out" — Florence & The Machine
"We Are Young" — FUN. Featuring Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To Know" — Gotye Featuring Kimbra
"Sexy And I Know It" — LMFAO
"Payphone" — Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
Wonderland — Steve Aoki
Don't Think — The Chemical Brothers
> Album Title Goes Here < — Deadmau5
Fire & Ice — Kaskade
Bangarang — Skrillex
Best Rock Performance:
"Hold On" — Alabama Shakes
"Lonely Boy" — The Black Keys
"Charlie Brown" — Coldplay
"I Will Wait" — Mumford & Sons
"We Take Care Of Our Own" — Bruce Springsteen
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
"I'm Alive" — Anthrax
"Love Bites (So Do I)" — Halestorm
"Blood Brothers" — Iron Maiden
"Ghost Walking" — Lamb Of God
"No Reflection" — Marilyn Manson
"Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)" — Megadeth
Best Rock Album:
El Camino — The Black Keys
Mylo Xyloto — Coldplay
The 2nd Law — Muse
Wrecking Ball — Bruce Springsteen
Blunderbuss — Jack White
Best Alternative Music Album
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes
Will Ever Do — Fiona Apple
Biophilia — Björk
Making Mirrors — Gotye
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming — M83
Bad As Me — Tom Waits
Best R&B Performance:
"Thank You" — Estelle
"Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)" — Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Ledisi
"I Want You" — Luke James
"Adorn" — Miguel
"Climax" — Usher
Best Urban Contemporary Album
Fortune — Chris Brown
Kaleidoscope Dream — Miguel
Channel Orange — Frank Ocean
Best R&B Album:
Black Radio — Robert Glasper Experiment
Back To Love — Anthony Hamilton
Write Me Back — R. Kelly
Beautiful Surprise — Tamia
Open Invitation — Tyrese
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
"Wild Ones" — Flo Rida Featuring Sia
"No Church In The Wild" — Jay-Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The-Dream
"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" — John Legend Featuring Ludacris
"Cherry Wine" — Nas Featuring Amy Winehouse
"Talk That Talk" — Rihanna Feautring Jay-Z
Best Rap Performance:
"HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right)" — Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
"N****s In Paris" — Jay-Z & Kanye West
"Daughters" — Nas
"Mercy" — Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
"I Do" — Young Jeezy Featuring Jay-Z & André 3000
Best Rap Album
Take Care — Drake
Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1 — Lupe Fiasco
Life Is Good — Nas
Undun — The Roots
God Forgives, I Don't — Rick Ross
Based On A T.R.U. Story — 2 Chainz
Best Country Solo Performance:
"Home" — Dierks Bentley
"Springsteen" — Eric Church
"Cost Of Livin'" — Ronnie Dunn
"Wanted" — Hunter Hayes
"Over" — Blake Shelton
"Blown Away" — Carrie Underwood
Best Country Album:
Uncaged — Zac Brown Band
Hunter Hayes — Hunter Hayes
Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran — Jamey Johnson
Four The Record — Miranda Lambert
The Time Jumpers — The Time Jumpers
Best Americana Album:
The Carpenter — The Avett Brothers
From The Ground Up — John Fullbright
The Lumineers — The Lumineers
Babel — Mumford & Sons
Slipstream — Bonnie Raitt
Best Blues Album:
33 1/3 — Shemekia Copeland
Locked Down — Dr. John
Let It Burn — Ruthie Foster
And Still I Rise — Heritage Blues Orchestra
Bring It On Home — Joan Osborne
Best Spoken Word Album:
American Grown (Michelle Obama) — Scott Creswell & Dan Zitt, producers (Various Artists)
Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy — Bill Clinton
Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power — Rachel Maddow
Seriously…I'm Kidding — Ellen DeGeneres
Society's Child: My Autobiography — Janis Ian
Best Comedy Album
Blow Your Pants Off — Jimmy Fallon
Cho Dependent (Live In Concert) — Margaret Cho
In God We Rust — Lewis Black
Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class — Kathy Griffin
Mr. Universe — Jim Gaffigan
Rize Of The Fenix — Tenacious D
This year's Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical nominations go to Dan Auerbach, Jeff Bhasker, Diplo, Markus Dravs, and Salaam Remi.
This year's GRAMMY Awards process registered more than 17,000 submissions over a 12-month eligibility period (Oct. 1, 2011 – Sept. 30, 2012). GRAMMY ballots for the final round of voting will be mailed on Dec. 19 to the voting members of The Recording Academy. They are due back to the accounting firm of Deloitte by Jan. 16, 2013, when they will be tabulated and the results kept secret until the 55th GRAMMY telecast.
The 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by AEG Ehrlich Ventures for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich is executive producer, and Louis J. Horvitz is director.
"The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night," hosted by two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J and six-time GRAMMY winner Taylor Swift, featured the announcement of nominations in several categories as well as performances by The Band Perry and Dierks Bentley in a special tribute to Johnny Cash; country artist Luke Bryan; pop/rock group FUN. with singer/songwriter Janelle Monáe; country artist Hunter Hayes; three-time GRAMMY-winning group Maroon 5; three-time GRAMMY winner Ne-Yo; and Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award recipients The Who. Presenters included nine-time GRAMMY winner Sheryl Crow, country group Little Big Town, Americana group The Lumineers, and country artist Chris Young.
Established in 1957, The Recording Academy is an organization of musicians, songwriters, producers, engineers and recording professionals that is dedicated to improving the cultural condition and quality of life for music and its makers. Internationally known for the GRAMMY Awards — the preeminent peer-recognized award for musical excellence and the most credible brand in music — The Recording Academy is responsible for groundbreaking professional development, cultural enrichment, advocacy, education and human services programs. The Academy continues to focus on its mission of recognizing musical excellence, advocating for the well-being of music makers and ensuring music remains an indelible part of our culture. For more information about The Academy, please visit www.grammy.com. For breaking news and exclusive content, follow @TheGRAMMYs on Twitter, like "The GRAMMYs" on Facebook, and join The GRAMMYs' social communities on Foursquare, GetGlue, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, and YouTube.


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To give a simple example of what you can do with the Bean Validation API
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Mateo Romero is a third-generation American Indian painter who lives and works in New Mexico. His mixed media works are often traditional, with men and women in ceremonial dress and dance, as seen here. But he also addresses social issues such as alcoholism and violence that are often present on reservations. A show of his work opens Saturday at Hillsborough Community College Ybor Art Gallery, Palm Avenue and 15th Street, Tampa. A free reception and gallery talk by the artist are from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday. Then at 7:30 p.m. musician Arvel Bird will perform his signature blend of Celtic and American Indian music in the nearby theater. Free.
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The township of Dolsko in Slovenia held a series of commemorative events on Saturday to honor a former resident who worked as a doctor in Taiwan for about half of his life before dying here in 1990.
Several prominent individuals from medical circles and politicians were invited to attend the three-hour gathering, which featured music, poems and speeches in remembrance of Janeza Janeza.
Janeza arrived in Taiwan in 1952 after surviving communist purges in Yugoslavia and China, settling in the coastal town of Luodong (羅東) in Yilan County to tackle the serious shortage of medical personnel and equipment.
He spent the remainder of his life at St Mary's Hospital in Luodong, providing medical services to the poor.
Residents showed their respect by calling him Oki, a nickname meaning "the Great," though he also went by the Chinese name Fan Feng-lung (范鳳龍).
Forced to flee Yugoslavia in 1945 after being falsely accused by the communists of collaborating with the Nazis, Janeza never returned to his hometown just northwest of the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana.
However, his family in Dolsko remained in contact with him and knew that his work in Taiwan was highly appreciated.
Zvonka Zupanic Slavec, a professor at Ljubljana University Medical School, said that to this day people in Dolsko are very proud of Janeza because the good name he built in international medical circles helped craft a positive image of Slovenia, a young country that has been in the shadow of regional powers throughout history.
For years, the parish in Dolsko wanted to keep alive Janeza's memory and set up a documentation center in his honor.
A statue of the doctor was also erected on the campus of Ljubljana University, honoring Janeza as a model doctor and missionary, Slavec said.
The Janeza Memorial Center last year started planning Saturday's events, held to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the doctor's birth on Jan. 14, 1913.
Among those invited to the gathering were Taiwan's representative to Austria, Chen Lien-gene (陳連軍), and a delegation from St Mary's Hospital.
During the three-hour ceremony, Chen presented the Diplomatic Medal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to one of the doctor's family members to show Taiwan's appreciation for his services and highlight the bond between the two peoples.
Chen Zen-yong (陳仁勇) of St Mary's Hospital also presented a video of memories of Janeza shared by people in Taiwan who knew him.
The audience laughed at some of the more humorous descriptions of the doctor's strictness on the job and his tenderness in private, but also had to fight off tears when learning of his insistence on operating on others knowing that he was seriously ill himself and might not have long to live.
Janeza died on Oct. 11, 1990.
He was buried in Luodong because he had told friends and colleagues that Luodong was where he chose to work and where he would be laid to rest when the day came.
Chen Zen-yong said he was particularly moved when the author of Janeza's biography, Tome Ciglar, spoke of Slovenia's gratitude for Taiwan's hospitality in enabling the doctor to fulfill his wish to serve humanity.
He said he had long looked forward to the trip to Slovenia, because he hoped to learn about the environment that could foster individuals who could travel to a faraway country and spend most of their life there with patients suffering from critical diseases or injuries.
"I think I've found the answer in Ljubljana," he said.


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Electrical current in Italy is 230 volts, 50Hz. A
variety of plugs are in use including the European-style two-pin
The official language of Italy is Italian. English is
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the country.
Tipping is customary in Italy and 10-15% of the bill is
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Italian authorities, however there is a possibility of being caught
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muggings in the bigger cities, particularly on public transport, in
crowded areas and around tourist sites, and should exercise caution
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throughout Italy and delays are possible.
In Italy, it is an offence to sit on steps and in courtyards
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and welcoming. Face to face communication is best, and often a
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First impressions count for a lot in Italy. Expect plenty of
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City/area codes are in use, e.g. 02 for Milan and 06 for Rome.
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Senators fret over high-frequency commodity trades
WASHINGTON — Senators are fearful that high-frequency traders are getting an unfair advantage and endangering the stability of the U.S. futures market, the financial exchange for trades of commodities like corn and gold. But industry experts warn against rushing to impose new regulations.
"These markets have changed dramatically over the years – for a 21st century market, we need a 21st century regulator," said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who called a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee she chairs to consider the issue.
High-frequency trading, the practice of utilizing high-speed fiber optic connections and computer algorithms to trade, has become a hot topic in recent months. Some say high-frequency traders have unfair advantages, "jumping the line" before other traders. Industry experts worry about a repeat of the 2010 "flash crash," which saw a precipitous drop in the market. A federal report found that high-frequency trading accelerated and contributed to the crash.
The Justice Department and the Securities Exchange Commission are investigating alleged abuses by high-frequency traders in the equities market. Stabenow said she is concerned about the potential for similar abuses in the futures market, which operates separately.
Some experts say increased regulation of high-frequency trading isn't the answer to ensuring integrity in the commodity futures market.
"What is really driving this is a fear that (electronic trading) could go out of control," said Scott Irwin, professor of agricultural and consumer economics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. "I don't believe that's a valid concern."
"I think you have to be very careful in evaluating regulatory changes," said Pete Kyle, professor of finance at the University of Maryland.
Instead, Kyle said serious concern should be given to dwindling staffing levels at the federal agency that oversees the futures market, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
"They don't have the staff to do what they're required to do," he said.
The commission, which picked up a raft of new responsibilities under the 2009 Dodd-Frank Act , has lost staff in recent years. Its division of market oversight, which is responsible for rules enforcement and market surveillance, is operating with "about 109 employees," down from 130 or so in 2012, according to Vince McGonagle, director of the division.
"We do face substantial staff shortages," McGonagle said at the hearing.
The president of CME Group Inc., which runs the nation's largest futures exchange, told the senators he would welcome increased oversight by the CFTC.
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- Charles at Planet of the Hats had an excellent, depthy post on Gear Pollution. He goes into the history of raid progression and how it has developed into the 10 and 25 tiers of hardmodes we see now, and what the current problems are with this system, from gear gaps on loot tables to a disdain for 10-man guilds as inferior "casuals." Long read, but well worth the time. As he says, "grab a cup of tea (NO YOU CAN'T USE COFFEE INSTEAD), sit back, relax and embrace the wall of text to follow."
- Keredria at Tree of Life posted the youtube "commercial" for Save the Murlocs. It is epic. Go watch it, go go go!
- Offtopic of WoW, I discovered both MLIA and Google Mystery this week. I am much amused, especially by the twilight vs harry potter war. I also laughed at googlegooglegooglegoogle.com and attempting to follow google's "did you mean:?" when trying to search the word "recursion." Discovering a wikipedia list of all of the crayola colors was fun, too, though saddening as I saw many of the colors I remember from childhood have been retired (Mulberry, Raw Umber, Thistle...)
- Kyth at StratFu has finished rolling out the new website format, which invites users to submit strategies. She finally got the forums back up, too ;) StratFu is currently hosting probably the most extensive collection of ICC strategies from the PTR. She's asking for some druid guides... I've been slightly tempted to submit some, but seems kinda silly when I have guides written out here on my own blog already :) /shrug.
- Speaking of ICC guides, Yogscast did a great compilation/commentary preview on the bosses of ICC. Youtube video here.
I'm also going to break down and post a real photo. Of... a resto druid and a feral druid!!!
The tree is casting tranquility. Pretty lights, see? And the feral druid is OBVIOUSLY attempting some crazy cower ability. There's also a teldrassil sproutling on the coffee table, and some priest seems to have misplaced their candle reagents.
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After my 15th Day of juice feasting, I broke my juice feast by actually eating an orange.
Breaking the Juice Feast
I ate an orange which felt odd in my stomach but i did not have any issues. I immediately felt better. However, the feeling was short lived.
About an hour later, I ate another orange then about 10 minutes after that – another orange. I started to feel a little more human again. In a way, it felt odd to chew, but after the first orange, my body was craving to really chew something.
My stomach did fine with oranges. I just wanted to eat more (probably because I had been significantly calorie deficient for 15 days). I then tried a green smoothie with banana, strawberries, spinach and water. I found this very filling, but I was still needed something with higher calories.
About 24 hours later and many more oranges and smoothies later, I finally had something high in calories. I had fries. They were vegan, but not raw (there goes one goal for the year which I am going to talk about next blog post). And I immediately felt better. I felt more grounded then I had in 2 weeks. My stomach seemed fine with it.
The odd thing about the fries was they tasted amazingly good. Fries the last few times I had them (in spurts when I was doing my 90 percent raw towards the end of the year) they did not taste right at all. I was pretty close to just never feeling the need to eat them again. After juice feasting, the fries tasted so incredibly good. How weird is that? I can only chop it up the idea that I needed the calories. I have had fries a couple of times since then and they are backing to tasting blah.
The fries settled well until bed time. When I laid down, I could feel them like a hard pit in my stomach. It was uncomfortable, but not painful, for about 10 minutes then I was fine. In the morning though, did I ever need that enema!
Over the next couple days, I ate some higher calorie raw food like avocados and bananas, and my hands stopped bleeding from dryness. I found I was still a bit spacey, but veggie soup (cooked vegan) grounded me amazingly well.
Since breaking the Juice Feast
I have been eating about 80 percent raw. I plan to up this in the next month to 95 percent. At home, I am eating 90 percent raw, the issue has been traveling. I have been on the road a lot where my choices are limited for days and days without access to my typical arsenal of kitchen tools.
Because I have not been eating 100 percent raw, I have not been feeling as good. Blah, I wonder what it is going to take for me to just fully make the transition and give it a solid go for months and see what happens?
What is next for Juice Feasting
I want to try this again. I want to have 1 or 2 juices per day and find more juices I will drink that have more calories.
I think I will try this again in a month or two, I figure that is 30-60 days with lots of opportunity to try new juices. I will blog about it again, and I will aim again for 90 days.


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So before I go on to talk about some more spinning stuff, I'd like to ask you to take a look at my friend Fee's new Etsy shop, saibhriot.etsy.com, to see if anything catches your eye. As she blogged about here, her husband, who is only 35 years old, recently discovered that he has a tumor in his colon and will need to have an operation very soon to have it removed. They're still waiting to hear about whether it's malignant, and her friends in the Bloomington knitting community are all wishing the best for them. Fee opened up her Etsy shop to raise money for medical bills, so I wanted to help spread the word… she currently has some very nice original artwork (some knitting-related!), a knitting pattern, and a handknit cowl for sale. I hope you see something in her shop you might like.
Anyway, far off in Madison, I've been spinning and spinning. When I went to California over the summer, my dad and stepmom and I had a really wonderful day in Point Reyes–we saw fawns and tiny songbirds in the marsh, and had the good fortune to watch a whale playing in the waves, very close by, for probably a good hour. In Point Reyes Station, we stopped in at Black Mountain Weavers, where I bought a 3 oz. bump of locally dyed mohair-wool roving. It was all kinds of colors all carded together, and I was very curious to see how it would spin up; the base color was a warm mahogany brown, but shot through with streaks of bright red and blue and yellow and purple.
As it turned out, it was fun to spin–the fibers were slightly coarse and drafted smoothly with just a little coaxing. It spun up into a really interesting tweed with a lot of visual depth. (I'm taking Abby's definition, because she's the expert, but it doesn't have neps/flecks in it, so I would have called it more of a heather.) From far away, it reads as brown:
When you look a little closer, though, you can see the streaks of brighter colors in the yarn. Mohair takes dye really well, and I'm assuming the really shiny bright colors are from the mohair part of the blend:
Here's a picture of the singles on the bobbin.
It's about 12-13 wpi, so more or less a sport weight yarn, with a shiny, slightly fuzzy surface. I treated this as an experimental sampler, so most of this is spun worsted, short forward draw, but other parts are spun over the fold or long draw. It's about 136 yards total. (Honestly, I don't quite understand how people can charge so little when they sell their handspun! Maybe I'm doing it wrong, but it takes me hours to spin up even this much yarn, and it's not a large amount.)
Also, I think I discovered what kind of spinning wheel I have! I bought it used at Yarns Unlimited–someone was selling a couple of old spinning wheels, but the shop owners didn't know that much about them. A patron at the shop told me she thought it was an Ashford Wee Peggy, but I think that's just based on the fact that it's a castle wheel. When you look closely, it doesn't look too much like the wheel in the photos on that page.
However, browsing through that page about New Zealand-built spinning wheels, this castle wheel, by H. H. Napier/Glenfield Industries, caught my eye. It says this type of wheel was made on Auckland's North Shore in the 1960s. Look at this and compare the shape and placement of the mother-of-all, treadle, legs, etc., even the spokes on the wheel. Doesn't it look just like mine? I love the fact that his initials are H. H. too.
It doesn't help me too much with the things I was wondering about–where to get extra bobbins, for example. I have two bobbins and one of them has a pretty small whorl, so it spins at a fairly high ratio (good for finer yarns) and gets less use than the slower bobbin. I'd like at least one more larger bobbin–actually, I would really like to have at least four bobbins so I can do a three-ply easily, but judging by the paucity of information on the internet about this wheel, I don't think I'm going to have too much luck with finding extras. I'm also mildly curious about how much my wheel is worth, in case I decide to trade it in one day for a wheel with easily available spare parts.
More stuff in my setup: You can see my orifice hook dangling from the wheel in the picture above. I use a Dritz loop turner for the purpose and I love it–it has a little latch over the hook that works perfectly for grabbing onto the leader. Also, I just put on a new drive band, made of a long strand of Plymouth Encore tied in three places. I read somewhere that jelly yarns make nice drive bands, so maybe one of these days I'll try that out.
I own one spinning book: Maggie Casey's Start Spinning. I also checked out the Alden Amos Big Book of Handspinning and Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning from the library. Of the three, I think Teach Yourself Visually is my favorite; in addition to the absolute basics about wheel and spindle spinning (like in the Maggie Casey book, which is an excellent introduction to spinning), it gets into some slightly more advanced (but still practical) information–construction of novelty yarns using different plying effects, and appropriate methods for spinning different types of fibers, like cotton, vicuna, and angora. Alden Amos is amusingly opinionated, kind of the Elizabeth Zimmermann of spinning, but the book gets very technical about things like mathematically figuring out slippage percentages in a double drive wheel system–not the type of information I personally was looking for, but great for a certain very select audience.
(Actually, I have a note to add: after reading some of the reviews of the Teach Yourself Visually Handspinning book, I'm starting to doubt whether it's a good source of information. Since I haven't compared all the different types of wheels personally, or tried the methods the author suggests for certain types of spinning, I can't speak to those criticisms personally, but one of those negative reviewers seems pretty knowledgeable and pretty certain about what's wrong with the book.)


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Apple's Cook Heads to Washington to Talk Taxes
May 17, 2013 5:00 AM PT
Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to appear before a U.S. Senate committee next week to answer questions about his company parking profits offshore.
In a notice for the May 21 hearing, the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations said "representatives of a multinational corporation" would be appearing at the event, but that a detailed witness list wouldn't be available until Friday.
However, both Politico and Bloomberg Businessweek reported Thursday that one of the representatives of the unnamed multinational corporations would be Cook.
Next Tuesday's hearing will be the second the subcommittee has held on the subject of offshore profit-shifting. Last September, it heard from Microsoft and HP about their offshore money management strategies.
Apple did not respond to a request for comment for this story, but in a statement to Politico, it said:
"Apple is one of the largest taxpayers in the United States, having paid US$6 billion in federal corporate income tax in fiscal 2012. We also help create hundreds of thousands of jobs in the U.S. by keeping our R&D in California and creating category-defining products like the iPhone, iPad and the App Store, which has generated billions of dollars in sales for software developers."
Avoiding Fair Share
Apple, along with HP, Microsoft and other companies, keeps a large chunk of its profits outside the U.S., where the Internal Revenue Service can't touch them. The company has a reported $40 billion in earnings parked offshore which, if brought home, would bring $13.8 billion into the U.S. Treasury's coffers.
The chairman of the subcommittee, Michigan Democrat Carl Levin, has criticized corporations that shelter their profits abroad.
"U.S. multinational corporations benefit from the security and stability of the U.S. economy, the productivity and expertise of U.S. workers and the strength of U.S. infrastructure to develop enormously profitable products here in the United States," Levin said in a statement last fall.
"But too often," he said, "too many of these corporations use complex structures, dubious transactions and legal fictions to shift the profits from those products overseas, avoiding the taxes that help support our security, stability and productivity."
Avoidance, Not Evasion
As irritating as parking profits abroad may be to tax collectors, from a corporate CFO's point of view, it's just good business practice.
"A smart CFO is charged with paying what has to be paid and not paying more than that," Boston University management professor James Post told MacNewsWorld.
"This is legitimate tax avoidance, not tax evasion," he added.
However, allowing taxes to drive a company's decisions may not be the best way to run a firm. "We're not getting what's economically efficient," Post said. "We're getting what's tax-efficient."
The result of that may be fewer jobs created and less money spent on R&D in the United States, he added, as well as fewer services for citizens because there's no money to fund them.
Shaming Apple
In the past, the federal government tried to lure offshore profits back into the country through a tax amnesty, which allowed the money to be repatriated at a rate of 5.25 percent. That, however, neither created jobs or increased R&D.
"They brought home about $300 billion," H. David Rosenbloom, a member of the law firm of Caplin & Drysdale, told MacNewsWorld, "and they used it to pay their executives higher salaries and to buy stock, and they didn't create a single job. In fact, they lost jobs."
Sen. Levin wants companies to invest more in America, but holding a hearing to shame Apple isn't the way to do it, maintained Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation.
"That's fundamentally not the right strategy," he told MacNewsWorld. "The right strategy is to do what every other country is doing, and that's compete for global investments. You do that with better tax rates, better workforce training, better infrastructure. Those are the things we have to do as a country -- not attack companies or ignore the problem entirely."


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Saturday, December 1, 2012
Tier Two automotive stamper Kalida Manufacturing Inc., Kalida, OH, a division of KTH Industries, has added a Coe Press tailout (or secondary) feeder to one of its press lines, and as a result is experiencing a reduced scrap rate, and a safer process as well. The feeder, installed to deliver material to a Minster E4H-800 four-point press, resides downstream of a servo-feed unit, and telescopes through the press columns and into the die area. This arrangement reduces scrap, and also results in less material being left in the die—that makes moving remaining material quicker and safer. Coe custom-designed the tailout feeder—4-in.-dia. upper rolls and 5-in.-dia. lower driven roll—to attach directly to the existing servo-feed unit.
See also: Coe Press Equipment Corporation
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