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I work in a SQL Server production environment that consists of multiple customer databases on multiple SQL Server 2008 64-bit instances. One database is maintained for each customer. Every week each customer provides a file that contains its sales data for the previous week. An automated process loads this data directly into a staging table with few validations. One task that I need to perform every week is validating and loading this sales data from the staging table to a single Sales table in the same customer database. For the large customer databases, a week's worth of data ranges between 20 million and 40 million records.
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Another task I need to perform every week is purging one or more weeks of old data from the Sales table because my company's data retention policy is to keep only 105 or 156 weeks (about 2 or 3 years) of sales data, depending on the customer. I purge the old sales data the same day I load the new sales data.
Loading and purging the data took a lot of time each week because the Sales table wasn't partitioned. So, I decided to create an elegant partition solution that would load the new sales data and purge the old sales data as quickly as possible. I came up with four-stage plan:
1. Identify the best partition solution.
2. Implement the partition solution.
3. Migrate the data.
4. Set up the purge process.
Stage 1: Identify the Best Partition Solution
My goal for stage 1 was to determine the best partition solution. After some contemplation, I decided on the following:
- Each partition in the new partitioned table would hold one week's worth of sales data, making it easy to add new data and purge old data.
- The ideal column to define the partitions would be the SalesDate column in the old nonpartitioned table, because this column contained the date the records were inserted.
- I would dynamically create the initial partition and transfer data from the nonpartitioned table to the partitioned table. I would also dynamically create subsequent partitions.
- Because only 105 or 156 weeks of sales data can be kept in the partitioned table, I would dynamically delete partitions containing data older than that. The partition numbers would always be 1 to 105 or 1 to 156, with partition 1 containing the oldest data.
Stage 2: Implement the Partition Solution
My goal for stage 2 was to create a new table that retained the definition of the nonpartitioned Sales table but used dynamically generated partitions. Here's how I created that table in each customer database:
1. I dropped all the primary-key, unique-key, and foreign-key constraints and all indexes in the nonpartitioned Sales table.
2. I renamed the nonpartitioned Sales table to SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition.
3. I declared a local variable (@tmpSalesWeekDate), obtained the oldest sales date from the SalesDate column in the SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition table, and stored it in that variable, using code like that in Listing 1.
DECLARE @tmpSalesWeekDate DATE SELECT @tmpSalesWeekDate = ISNULL(MIN(SalesDate), '01/01/2010') FROM dbo.SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition WITH (NOLOCK)
4. To dynamically generate the partitions, I created a partition function named PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek. As Listing 2 shows, I used the sales date in the local variable as the first value so that the first partition would hold the oldest sales data from the SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition table.
CREATE PARTITION FUNCTION PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek (DATE) AS RANGE LEFT FOR VALUES (@tmpSalesWeekDate)
5. To dynamically generate the partition schemes in the new partitions, I created a new partition scheme named PS_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek for the PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek function, as Listing 3 shows.
CREATE PARTITION SCHEME PS_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek AS PARTITION PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek ALL TO ([PRIMARY])
6. Using the newly created partition scheme, I created a new partitioned Sales table named SalesPartitionTable and a temporary placeholder table, both of which had the same definition as the SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition table. The placeholder table would be used during the initial data transfer and during the subsequent weekly data transfers.
7. I created the necessary primary key and indexes in the SalesPartitionTable and placeholder tables.
Stage 3: Migrate the Data
My goal for stage 3 was to migrate all the data from the SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition table to the SalesPartitionTable table, dynamically creating partitions when needed. Here's how I accomplished this goal in each customer database.
I first obtained all the distinct sales dates from the SalesDate column in the SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition table and stored them in a temporary table named DistinctSalesDate. Then, a row at a time, I retrieved each sales date from DistinctSalesDate, storing it in a local variable.
Next, I passed the sales date in the local variable to a scalar-valued user-defined function (UDF) named dbo.fn_GetPartitionNumberForPartitionFunctionAndValue, as Listing 4 shows. I designed this UDF to return the partition number for a specified partition function and sales date.
SELECT @PartitionNumber = dbo.fn_GetPartitionNumberForPartitionFunctionAndValue ( ' PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek ', @tmpSalesWeekDate )
When the UDF returned NULL, a new partition for the sales date was dynamically created using the ALTER PARTITION FUNCTION statement with the SPLIT RANGE argument, as shown in Listing 5. In addition, the ALTER PARTITION SCHEME statement with the NEXT USED argument was used to designate the next file group to be used in the partition scheme.
ALTER PARTITION FUNCTION PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek () SPLIT RANGE (@tmpSalesWeekDate) ALTER PARTITION SCHEME PS_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek NEXT USED [PRIMARY]
When the UDF returned a partition number that was greater than zero, the following steps were taken:
1. The partition was switched from the SalesPartitionTable table to the placeholder table.
2. The primary-key constraint and indexes were dropped from the SalesPartitionTable and placeholder tables.
3. The row matching the sales date in the local variable was copied from the SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition table to the placeholder table.
4. The partition containing the transferred data was switched from the placeholder table to the SalesPartitionTable table.
5. The row matching the sales date in the local variable was deleted from the placeholder table.
6. Steps 2 through 5 were repeated until all the distinct sales dates in the DistinctSalesDate table were processed.
7. The number of rows in the SalesPartitionTable and SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition tables were compared. If they matched, the necessary primary key and indexes were created in the SalesPartitionTable and placeholder tables. The SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition table was then dropped.
Note that by dropping the primary-key constraint and indexes before any data was transferred (step 2) and creating the primary key and indexes after the transfer was completed (step 7), I avoided having to perform these tasks in each partition.
To add the new sales data each week, the same basic process would be followed: A new partition would be dynamically created for the new sales date, and the new partition would be switched to the placeholder table, where the primary-key constraint and indexes would be dropped. The new sales data would then be inserted from the staging table into the placeholder table. After creating the necessary primary key and indexes in the placeholder table, the new partition would be switched to the SalesPartitionTable table.
Stage 4: Set Up the Purge Process
At this point, I had successfully implemented and populated the partitions in SalesPartitionTable in each customer database. My next goal was to set up a weekly process that would purge the old data when a new week's worth of sales data is added. Because purging old sales data would leave empty partitions at the beginning of the table, I also wanted to recycle the empty partitions.
To purge the old sales data and recycle the empty partitions, I created a dynamic purge process that runs while the new sales data is added each week. Here's how purge process works in each customer database. To begin, it identifies the sales data that's older than the retention period (either 105 or 156 weeks) by comparing the current date to the sales dates in the SalesDate column in SalesPartitionTable. For each sales date identified as older, the following activities occur:
- The partition matching the sales date is switched from the SalesPartitionTable table to the placeholder table.
- The placeholder table is truncated to delete the old data almost instantaneously.
- The partition is switched from the placeholder table to the SalesPartitionTable table.
The truncation of the sales data results in an empty partition, so the purge process dynamically recycles it using code like that in Listing 6. This code first obtains the oldest sales date in the SalesDate column in SalesPartitionTable and stores it in a local variable named @DeleteDateDT. This local variable is then used in a call to dbo.fn_GetPartitionNumberForPartitionFunctionAndValue. This function returns the associated partition number, which is stored in another local variable named @PartitionNumber.
DECLARE @DeleteDateDT DATE DECLARE @PartitionNumber INT SELECT @DeleteDateDT = MIN(SalesDate) FROM dbo.SalesPartitionTable WITH (NOLOCK) IF @DeleteDateDT IS NOT NULL BEGIN SELECT @PartitionNumber = [dbo].[fn_GetPartitionNumberForPartitionFunctionAndValue] ( 'PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek', @DeleteDateDT ) -- BEGIN CALLOUT A WHILE (@PartitionNumber > 1) BEGIN SET @PartitionNumber = @PartitionNumber - 1 SELECT @DeleteDateDT = CAST(dbo.fn_GetPartitionRangeValueForPartitionFunctionAndNumber ( 'PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek', @PartitionNumber ) AS DATE) IF (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM dbo.SalesPartitionTable WITH (NOLOCK) WHERE SalesDate = @DeleteDateDT) = 0 BEGIN ALTER PARTITION FUNCTION PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek() MERGE RANGE (@DeleteDateDT) END /* IF (SELECT COUNT(*)... */ END /* WHILE (@PartitionNumber > 1) */ -- END CALLOUT A END /* IF @DeleteDateDT IS NOT NULL */
The @PartitionNumber variable plays an integral role in the WHILE loop shown at callout A in Listing 6 (below). Provided that the number in @PartitionNumber is greater than 1 (at this point in the purge process, the partition with the oldest sales data is going to be partition 2 because partition 1 no longer contains any data), several actions are taken during each iteration. First, 1 is subtracted from the number in @PartitionNumber (e.g., 2 - 1 = 1). The @PartitionNumber variable is then used as an argument in a call to a scalar-valued UDF named dbo.fn_GetPartitionRangeValueForPartitionFunctionAndNumber, which returns the sales date for that partition. The other argument that this UDF requires is the name of the partition function used to create the partition (in this case, PF_dbo_SalesPartitionTable_SalesDate_ByWeek).
Each sales date returned by dbo.fn_GetPartitionRangeValueForPartitionFunctionAndNumber is passed to the ALTER PARTITION FUNCTION command. When used with the MERGE RANGE argument, this command merges two partitions into one and drops the empty partition. After all the sales dates in the WHILE loop are processed through this command, the empty partition will have been removed and the non-empty partitions will have moved down one number so that partition 2 becomes partition 1, partition 3 becomes partition 2, and so on until partition 106 becomes partition 105 (or partition 157 becomes partition 156).
Demonstration of the Partition Solution
I created 13 T-SQL files to demonstrate the concepts used in my partition solution. You can download them by clicking the hotlink at the top of this page. Each file is prefixed with number, starting with 1. If you run each T-SQL file in sequence, you'll see the partition solution in action. Some of the files create database objects (e.g., UDFs, stored procedures), whereas others are T-SQL scripts. Here's a description of what each one does:
1_dbo.fn_GetPartitionRangeValueForPartitionFunctionAndNumber.sql. This file creates a scalar-valued UDF in a user database. The UDF returns the sales date (i.e., the range value) for the specified partition function and partition number.
2_dbo.fn_GetPartitionNumberForPartitionFunctionAndValue.sql. This file creates a scalar-valued UDF in a user database. The UDF returns the partition number for the specified partition function and sales date.
3_dbo.Proc_CreateORGetPartitionNumber.sql. This file creates a stored procedure in a user database. The stored procedure either creates a new partition or returns an existing partition number for the specified partition function and sales date.
4_Script_CreateTable_dbo.SalesNormalTable.sql. This script creates a nonpartitioned user table named SalesNormalTable in a user database. SalesNormalTable holds the records that will be transferred to a partitioned table.
5_Script_PopulateData_dbo.SalesNormalTable.sql. This script populates the SalesNormalTable table with 11 weeks of sales data. Thus, the table contains 11 rows.
6_Script_Implement_dbo.SalesPartitionTable.sql. This script renames the SalesNormalTable to SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition and drops the primary-key constraint. It also creates two partitioned user tables in a user database: SalesPartitionTable and TempSalesPartitionTable. SalesPartitionTable will hold the sales data from the nonpartitioned table. TempSalesPartitionTable is the temporary placeholder table that will be used in the partition switch operations. In addition, the script creates the partition function, the partition schema, and the first partition.
7_sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo.sql. This file creates a system stored procedure named sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo in the master database. The stored procedure provides information about the partitions in a partitioned table, such as the partition numbers and the number of rows in each partition.
Note that I created sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo as a system object in the master database because of the SQL Server environments in which I work. There are five different environments (development, quality assurance, staging, demo, and production) and a strict release process that governs movement between them. Because sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo is basically just a utility, I decided not to make it part of the release process. This allows me to make enhancements to the stored procedure and push it to the master databases in all five SQL Server environments at my own discretion.
If you don't want to create sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo as a system stored procedure in the master database, you can create it as a regular stored procedure in a user database. To do so, you need to make several changes to 7_sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo.sql before running it:
1. Find each instance of the line
USE [master]
and replace master with the name of your user database.
2. Find and remove the code
EXEC sp_ms_marksystemobject 'sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo' GO
8_Script_Run_sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo.sql. This script runs the sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo stored procedure just created to show the initial partition information for the SalesPartitionTable and TempSalesPartitionTable tables. You need to run this script in the database in which you created sp_GetTablePartitionRowsInfo.
Running script 8 at this point produces results like that in Figure 1. The first result set is for SalesPartitionTable, and the second result set is for TempSalesPartitionTable. Note that the second result set shows an extra partition (partition 2) because SQL Server creates an extra partition by default, which appears when you don't include the range value (in this case, the sales date).
Figure 1: Initial partition information
9_Script_Migrate_Data_From_dbo.SalesNormalTable_To_dbo.SalesPartitionTable.sql. This script uses TempSalesPartitionTable to transfer data from SalesNormalTable_B4_Partition to SalesPartitionTable. Because SalesPartitionTable and TempSalesPartitionTable are created with the first partition, the script just transfers the data for the first week. From the second week onward, it dynamically creates the partition and transfers the data.
If you run script 8 again after script 9 completes, you can see the updated partition information for SalesPartitionTable and TempSalesPartitionTable. As Figure 2 shows, the information reflects that all the data transferred successfully.
Figure 2: Partition information after the migration
Note that in script 9, I use trace flags 610 and 1118. Trace flag 610 allows for minimal logging during the script's execution. (Click the link to get more information about trace flag 610. Trace flag 1118 forces uniform extent allocation instead of mixed extent allocation. Although SQL Server 2008 optimized mixed extent allocation, I decided to err on the side of caution. (To get more information about trace flag 1118, read the Microsoft article "Concurrency enhancements for the tempdb databasesupport.)
10_dbo.Proc_PurgeWeeklyPartitionedTables.sql. This file creates a stored procedure named dbo.Proc_PurgeWeeklyPartitionedTables in the user database. The stored procedure purges any data older than the specified retention period from SalesPartitionTable. For this demonstration, the retention period is 10 weeks. This means that any data older than 10 weeks compared to the current date will be truncated.
11_Script_Run_dbo_Proc_PurgeWeeklyPartitionedTable.sql. This script executes the dbo.Proc_PurgeWeeklyPartitionedTables stored procedure. If you run script 8 after script 11 completes, you'll see partition information like that in Figure 3. In the first result set, notice that the number of rows in partition 1 is zero. That partition's data was truncated because it was more than 10 weeks old.
Figure 3: Partition information after the old sales data is purged
12_dbo.Proc_PurgeTableParitionsWithNoRows.sql. This file creates a stored procedure named dbo.Proc_PurgeTableParitionsWithNoRows in a user database. The stored procedure removes partitions that have no rows in them so that SalesPartitionTable doesn't include empty partitions. It also recycles the partition numbers so that the table's partitions are always numbered from 1 to 10.
13_Script_Run_dbo_Proc_PurgeTableParitionsWithNoRows.sql. This script executes the dbo.Proc_PurgeTableParitionsWithNoRows stored procedure. If you run script 8 after script 13 completes, you'll see partition information like that in Figure 4. As you can see, the first result set contains 10 partitions -- the partition with the empty rows (sales date 2011-04-22) is gone.
Figure 4: Partition information after the empty partition is recycled
A Time-Saving Tool
The partition solution I created has saved me a lot of time. Previously, it took more than 3 hours each week to add the new sales data and create any necessary indexes because of the amount of data added (up to 40 million rows). Now it takes less than 30 minutes to load 40 million rows and create 3 indexes. Similarly, purging the old data used to take several hours. Now, it's almost instantaneous because I just truncate the partition that contains the old data.
Queries also take a lot less time to run. For example, each week I have to run a query that returns aggregated values from all 105 or 156 weeks of sales data. Previously, this query would take hours and sometimes even timeout because it had to read through the entire nonpartitioned table. After the partitioned table was in place, I modified the query to take advantage of partition elimination (i.e., accessing the necessary data in the partition at any given time based on a partition column value). The modified query consistently runs in about 11 minutes. I hope that you, too, can save some time by applying the concepts and code I've presented.


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Cube Tasting Kitchen in Sandton's Kramerville district in Johannesburg serves small groups of diners a 10-course tasting menu paired with wine. Diners are advised to set aside at least three hours for this gastronomic journey which includes entrees, salads, four or five mains and a couple of desserts. Kramerville, formerly an industrial area, is fast gaining a reputation as an up-and-coming design district in the city.
'Fifty shades of cream' and dipping pendulum lights adorn the double-volume, upmarket Kream Restaurant in the Brooklyn Bridge office park in Pretoria, pitched at the discerning diner. The a la carte menu here is largely continental, although you will find traditional biltong and Mozambican chilli making an appearance in some of the dishes. The wine list is extensive and there are some rare whiskeys and cognacs to be sampled.
Neil Roake's Freedom Café in the port city of Durban is located in a revamped, bright-red shipping container set in the garden of the Concierge Boutique Bungalows in Greyville. Wild wallpapers, funky use of primary colours, mirrored walls and kitschy ceramic sausage dogs make a whacky impression. Craft Trattoria in Glenashley, Durban, is another Roake creation, once again with quirky design motifs (the huge red lips mounted on one of the walls are unmissable).
The much-awarded Silver Orange Bistro at Hartbeespoort, west of Pretoria, is located on a family-owned citrus farm. The thatched bistro comprises a number of rooms dominated by Venetian crystal chandeliers, and an outside dining area. All the chefs are Prue Leith Chefs' Academy graduates and the dishes are prefectly presented.
As for our local chefs, just mention the names Luke-Dale Roberts, Reuben Riffel and Chantelle Dartnell. They are all becoming icons of ultimate cool in the kitchen.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
The Greenhouse, Babylonstoren
Between Paarl and Franschhoek
Tel: +27 (0)21 863 3852
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71 Waterkant St, Cape Town
Tel: +27 (0)21 418 2042
Email: email@example.com
Tashas le Parc
Shop u29, Hyde Park Corner, Jan Smuts Ave and 6th road, Hyde Park
Tel: +27 (0)11 325 5008
Cube Tasting Kitchen
Shop 5 Parknorth Heights,17 4th Avenue, Parktown North
Bookings online only
Email: email@example.com
Kream Restaurant
Brooklyn Bridge, 570 Fehrsen St, Brooklyn, Pretoria
Tel: +27 (0)12 346 4642
Freedom Café
37 to 43 St Mary's Ave, Greyville, Durban
Tel: +27 (0)31 3094453/4434
Craft Trattoria
35 Newport Ave, Glen Ashley, Durban North
Tel: +27 (0)31 5621951
Silver Orange Bistro
Off the R531, Hartebeespoort area
Co-ordinates: S25º43'21" • E27º49'59"
Tel: +27 (0)82 378 2948
How to get here
The restaurants will have directions on their individual websites.
Tours to do
Learn to cook Cape Malay cuisine in Bo-Kaap in Cape Town. Or find out about one of the local cookery schools in Johannesburg, where you can learn more about how South Africans like to prepare our favourite dishes.
What will it cost
Restaurant prices differ depending on what you order and where you eat. A main meal will cost in the region of R80 to R150 depending on where you are dining. There is a corkage fee for wine at most good restaurants.
What to eat
Always ask for the house speciality. Many of the super-cool chefs prepare their meals using fresh local produce and therefore menus change regularly.
What's happening
If you're in Cape Town, you might want to visit the winelands to purchase excellent local wines. In Johannesburg, markets like Neighbourgoods Market in Braamfontein are a must for foodies intent on finding out more about the local food scene.


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Hypersensitivity in Tourette Syndrome
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00368433
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : August 24, 2006
Last Update Posted : July 2, 2017
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This study will investigate how the sensitivity to touch and smell in patients with Tourette syndrome (TS) may differ from that of people without TS. TS is a neurological disorder that causes people to have uncontrolled movements called "tics." A tic can also be vocal, like a cough or bark or string of bad words. The tic is preceded by a "premonitory urge" that may feel like an itch or pressure that builds until the tic occurs. To some patients, the tic feels like a response to an involuntary sensation. In patients with TS, sensory information may be processed differently than it is in people without TS. This study will compare how strong a sensation feels in TS patients and healthy volunteers. It will also look for muscle activity that may be responsible for the feelings in the area of the tic.
Healthy normal volunteers and people with Tourette syndrome, 18 to 65 years of age, may be eligible for this study. Candidates are screened with a medical history and brief physical and neurological examinations. TS patients complete a questionnaire about their tics and are interviewed by a psychiatrist. Women who can become pregnant will have a urine pregnancy test prior to any other procedures. Pregnant women cannot participate.
All participants undergo sensory testing for touch and smell. They are asked to distinguish between a scented and scentless object and rate how strongly they feel the scent. Later, with their eyes closed, they are asked to tell whether or not they are being touched, and to rate how intensely they felt the touch.
In addition to the sensory testing, TS patients, but not normal volunteers, undergo electromyography (EMG), a test that measures the electrical activity of muscles. For surface EMG, small metal disks called electrodes are filled with a conductive gel and taped to the skin. Wire EMG involves inserting a wire into a muscle using a needle. All patients have surface EMG and those who consent to it will also have wire EMG.
|Condition or disease
|Tourette's Syndrome
This study will explore sensory phenomena associated with Tourette syndrome (TS). The first part will evaluate threshold levels versus perceived intensity of tactile and olfactory stimuli in areas reported to be hypersensitive in TS patients. The second part will use electromyography (EMG) to seek correlation between muscle activity and the perceived intensity of "urge" in focal areas of premonitory sensations.
Twenty-six patients and 22 control subjects will be studied. Subjects can be of any race, gender, handedness, or age from 18 to 65 years.
To determine olfactory and tactile threshold, n-butanol and Von Frey hairs will be presented in forced-choice modified method of limits paradigms. Perceived intensity will be examined using a generalized labeled magnitude scale (gLMS), whose word values are placed on a ruler for numerical reporting. Randomly arranged series of 7 stimuli for olfaction and touch will be presented in 4 sets, and subjects will report a number on the gLMS that corresponds to the intensity of each sensation. Both threshold and intensity will be measured in the peroneal nerve territory in all subjects, and at one other variable place, which will be matched 1:1 between patients and controls. The variable spot will consist of a patient's sensory tic site. Next, EMG activity will be measured from up to 8 muscles in the area of a sensory tic. Patients will report when a sensory tic is occurring, and will be asked to resist the motor tic for at least 12 seconds from that point. Total EMG activity will be measured in muscles surrounding the sensation at 1, 4, and 7 seconds before and after the tic.
Outcome measures include the sensory threshold values for olfaction and touch and the reported intensity values. The outcome measures of the EMG study include the power of total EMG activity at time points before and after a tic.
|Study Type :
|Actual Enrollment :
|46 participants
|Official Title:
|Hypersensitivity in Tourette Syndrome: An Evaluation of Perceived Intensity Versus Threshold
|Study Start Date :
|August 21, 2006
|Study Completion Date :
|May 24, 2011
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 65 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Healthy Volunteers ages 18 to 65 who have who have given their consent.
Patients will be ages 18 to 65 and have clinically documented Tourette's syndrome or chronic motor tic disorder as defined by DSM-IV-TR (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) and evaluation of tic severity using the Yale Tic Scale (YGTS). This criterion will be established by preliminary screening in the NINDS Movement Disorders Outpatient Clinic. Structure Clinical Interview for (DSMIV SCID) will be administered to all patients to ensure that strict DSM-IV criteria for Tourette Syndrome have been met and to assess for possible comorbid psychiatric disorders.
Patients with at least moderate premonitory urge, as evaluated with the PUTS.
Subjects younger than 18 or older than 65 years.
Subjects with 1) major depression, 2) bipolar disorder, or 3) psychotic disorder.
Subjects who are unable to abstain from alcohol or any psychiatric medications 24 hours prior to the study.
Subjects with acute or chronic upper respiratory illness, nasal allergies, or subjects using medications to treat these conditions, including antihistamines, nasal topical steroids, vasoconstrictor nasal sprays, or normal saline sprays.
Women who are pregnant.
Individuals with Restless Legs syndrome.
Individuals with a diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy.
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00368433
|United States, Maryland
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00368433 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|First Posted:
|August 24, 2006 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|July 2, 2017
|Last Verified:
|May 24, 2011
Keywords provided by National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC):
Sensory Processing
Tic Disorder
Tourette Syndrome
Tourette's Syndrome
Healthy Volunteer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Tourette Syndrome
Pathologic Processes
Immune System Diseases
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Tic Disorders
Movement Disorders
Heredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous System
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Mental Disorders


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Cheaper firewood at campgrounds could stop spread of bugs: Study
Cutting the price of firewood at campgrounds could help curb the spread of invasive insects, a new Canadian study says.
Researchers at the University of Guelph in Ontario polled campers and discovered the main reason they bring firewood from home is the cost.
In Ontario provincial parks, firewood costs $6.75 per bundle, compared to $5 at roadside stands.
Study author Lee-Ann Barlow said if parks lowered the price of firewood to $4.25, it would stop many people from bringing firewood in from other places.
The emerald ash borer and the Asian long-horned beetle, for example, have infested Ontario trees in recent years.
"The reality is that these insects can only travel so far on their own, and they rely on human behaviour to spread further," Barlow said.
In 2013, the federal government spent $17.6 million to fight the bugs.
"Considering this cost, a slight decrease in the cost of firewood would be a wise investment," she said.


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In honor of Halloween (which just so happens to fall 2 days after my birthday) this week's Interesting Recipes from Across the Interweb is featuring some scary desserts/treats… Along with a dal recipe recipe my good friend Ali Z wanted me to post. She is currently living in Bangladesh, doing volunteer teaching at a women's university there, and learning the in's and outs of the culture & cuisine. Her recipe isn't really a dessert, so it doesn't fully fit the theme… But it is kind of scary, since it's something she learned how to make while she's been living over there… Or I guess "intimidating" might be the better word.
Either way, here's the recipes:
– Gingerbread Bagels
– Salty Seattle
– Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Bengali Ali
And feel free to provide me, or any of these recipe makers feedback if you decide to cook up any of the dishes.


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A 28-year-old man suspected in a series of arson fires in a neighborhood near Langley pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Monday as a part of a plea bargain.
Ryan T. Parish was originally charged with two counts of second-degree arson. He pleaded guilty in Island County Superior Court to reckless burning in the second degree.
The judge agreed with the recommended sentence from the prosecution and defense and sent him to jail for 90 days.
Eric Ohme, the senior deputy prosecutor, said in court Monday that the prosecution didn't have enough evidence to pursue the arson charges against Parish. A deputy with night-vision goggles caught him burning leaves and garbage, but there was little to tie him directly to a series of five arson fires in the Whitehorse Lane neighborhood last fall.
In addition, Parish's attorney, Peter Simpson of Coupeville, said his client will receive mental health counseling under the terms of plea bargain. Parish's mother spoke at the hearing, promising that she will keep a close eye on her son.
The fires in the small neighborhood occurred last September and October. The arsonist targeted fences, a portable toilet, a brush pile and a car port, which sustained significant damage.
Deputies with the Island County Sheriff's Office suspected Parish because he had reported one of the fires and has a juvenile history of arson, according to court documents. A deputy conducted a late-night stakeout in the woods near Parish's home Oct. 19 and caught him setting fire to a large pile of trash bags.
Joel Connelly, a columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, has a cabin on South Whidbey and was one of the victims. He wrote a victim impact statement detailing the good work that Parish did gardening and caretaking for him.
He describes him as a shy young man who came from a very challenged background and has "an almost puppy-like need for praise."
"Ryan Parish needs a break, even if he is convicted and punished," Connelly wrote, adding that he hopes Parish receives counseling and skills training.


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Services in Marbella
We have listed a number of services in the Marbella area to make it more convenient for you to find what you are searching for. If you want to charter a Luxury yacht , hire a Private Chef or need a limousine for the night, search no further!
A day at sea is probably one of the best ways to see the coastline and enjoy some of the luxuries in life! We highly recommend chartering one of the yachts that are featured in this section for a half or full day and ensure that you also stop of for lunch at one of the exclusive beach clubs along the way.
Hiring a private chef is a must for at least one night if you are a larger group staying in one of Marbella's luxury villa rentals. They offer gourmet cuisine for very reasonable pricing in comparison to some of the fine dining restaurants in town.
You will not only find VIP services here but also a selection of useful companies that are handy to know or for those here on holiday these businesses will ensure you have a great holiday such as Babysitters, Car rental, Dry Cleaners, Caterers, even vets and tradesman too.
One of the essential services you will need to know about is AIRPORT TRANSFER as Marbella is 30 mins from the nearest airport so you will always need a transport service to arrive at your final destination.


text: Apparently, news of dVB's mens denim line being pushed back was either wrong or premature. A rep told New York magazine that the report was inaccurate and that dVb jeans are due to be released on schedule. You can buy yourself some proper mens jeans in Holiday season (I'm guessing that's around December) this year.


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SOURCE: Tech Council of Maryland
November 21, 2012 10:30 ET
Board Commences Executive Search
Board Commences Executive Search
ROCKVILLE, MD--(Marketwire - Nov 21, 2012) - The Tech Council of Maryland, Maryland's largest technology trade association with more than 400 biotechnology and technology members employing more than 200,000 in the region, today announced that Art Jacoby is stepping down from his CEO duties effective February 15, 2013 to return full-time to his consulting practice. TCM has commenced an executive search to identify its next CEO.
"I want to thank Art for his exemplary leadership of TCM," said Larry Letow, chairman of the Tech Council, who also is president and CEO of Convergence Consulting. "We have accomplished a great deal during his tenure and wish him success in his consulting practice. Moving forward, the TCM Board will conduct a thorough executive search that takes into consideration the valuable insights of TCM stakeholders. We look forward to identifying the best possible leader to advance TCM's mission of helping Maryland technology companies collaborate, grow and succeed."
Under Jacoby's leadership this past year, TCM moved forward on an organizational growth plan focused on improved member experience, revenue growth and operating efficiency.
"It has been a pleasure to serve first as board member and for the past year as CEO of TCM as the organization bolsters the great work its members are doing for job creation and our economy," said Jacoby. "I look forward to supporting TCM's mission and continuing to be an advocate for the state's technology and biotech industries."
The Tech Council of Maryland (TCM) is the largest technology trade group serving the advanced technology and biotechnology communities of Maryland. TCM's mission is to advocate for the interests of the technology community, further the role of technology in the Maryland economy, and nurture an environment where technology companies can collaborate, grow and succeed. For more information, visit www.techcouncilmd.com.
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Ramayana Masam Reading of Epic Ramayan in Kerala in Karkidakam Month
Ramayana Masam Reading of Epic Ramayan in Kerala in Karkidakam Month
Ramayana Masam in Kerala is observed in the Malayalam month Karkidakam (July August). On all days in the month, the Epic Ramayana is read in traditional Hindu houses, by Hindu organizations and in temples dedicated to Lord Vishnu. In 2015, the Ramayana Masam begins on July 17 and ends on August 16. The reading of the Ramayan begins on the first day of the month and is completely read by last day of the month.
The famous Malayalam Version of the Ramayana titled Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu written by Thunchath Ezhuthachan is the one recited in the month. After lighting the evening lamp, people sit before nilavilakku (traditional Kerala lamp) and recite the Adhyatma Ramayanam. The reading of the epic is managed in such a way that the reading ends on the last day in the Karkidakam Month.
The Karkidakam month is the last month in the Malayalam calendar. The monsoon is at its peak in this month; and during olden days majority of the people in Kerala depended on agriculture. Due to heavy rain, the Karkidakam month is referred as panja masam or the month of scarcity.
With the paddy fields flooded, there used to be no work and the economy used to come to a stand still. People used to solely depend on what grains they had stored during the previous harvest season. There used be such heavy rains that it was even hard to go outside the house or village and earn a living. To ward off natures fury people used to read the Ramayana. As per Malayalam Panchangam, new ventures and auspicious functions are not held during this month.
Even though the Karkidakam month is referred as Ramayana Masam, the reading of it in Hindu houses in Kerala is a rarity. Instead of houses, the Ramayanam is now read in temples and in programs conducted by organizations. Hindu spiritual and religious organizations organize public discourses, quiz competitions, plays and recitals based on Ramayana in the month.
Another unique feature of the month is the sale of the book Adhyatma Ramayanam. All the publishers in Kerala bring out the Adhyatma Ramayanam Kilippattu written by Thunchath Ezhuthachan. Nowadays, CDs, VCDs and DVDs of Ramayana recital are released in the month. Thanks to the explosion of satellite television, almost all the Malayalam Television Channels telecast Ramayana reading and programs based on the epic.
The Amavasi day in the Karkidakam month is dedicated to dead ancestors and Hindus perform special pujas at seashore and on riverbeds on this day.
A pilgrimage to the four temples dedicated to Lord Ram and his brothers is undertaken in the Ramayana Masam. This is known as the Nalambalam Darshanam.


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The Walrus Says
Head 'hog Gregg Charest writes, "There's no way we're going to meet our original goal this year, so we changed our order with Telstar. But I'm an eternal optimist, so I still set a goal for the 'hogs that we need help meeting. In other words, we still need money to blow up! Donations have been coming in over the past few days, but we're still cutting it really close."
Send your donation to the Fireworks Fund, Box 1776, Jamestown 02835.
The following people have sent in their clams: Jamestown Marine Services (Bruce Banks), Captain Walter Wetmore and the yacht Muse, the Newport County Convention and Visitor's Bureau, BankNewport, Conanicut Marine Services, Wendy Shapiro and Arthur Spivack, Carla and Barry Cook, Marie and Robert Greco, Robert and Andrea Dolan, The Bresnan Shipping Company, Ronald and Carol Charest, Glenn Teper, Ginny and Bill Pritchet, Dan and Melinda Shapiro, Joe Tiexiera and Cheryl Page, Joseph Tamburini and Erica Gregg, Gloria and Donald O'Laughlin, David and Tricia Evangelista, John and Judith Heelan, Jillian Meyer, Ruth Caswell, Sandra and Kevin Shah, Patty Vandal, Frank and Gail Delmonico, Lynn and Bill Berman, Bill and Dinny Burgin, Gary and Lisa Jodat, Peter Converse and Carol Hopkins.
Gregg added, "Did I mention the Jamestown Community Band will play this year? They will start their concert close to 8 p.m. on the beach. Parking information is on our website, Rockethogs.com, as well as a complete list of this year's individual and corporate sponsors.
We'll see everyone on the beach this Sunday evening, fireworks to start just after sundown, figure around 9 p.m.!"
The song sung along the Newport waterfront during Gretel's visit was "Waltzing Matilda."
In answer to Peter C. Pemantell's question, "Where was the Rhode Island State Department of Public Works garage and name two people that worked there?" Linda Albaugh replied that the state had two buildings. "One on Narragansett Avenue and the other on Clinton Avenue next to the buildings that Nick Robertson built. The garage was between Jean Conent's house and the Campo's. All the equipment was stored there. Ben Merritt and George Arnold worked there. Later Mack Storey moved in."
Richard D. Smith writes from Naples, FL, that the R.I. Department of Transportation was located on Clinton Avenue, the second building on the left going south. "The crew was Jack Smith, foreman (my father); Ben Merritt, driver; Joe Mello, assistant driver, George Arnold; George Burns and Lloyd Wright. Lloyd would go back and forth to Newport wearing his captain hat on Saturdays. Many riders of the ferry in those days would see Lloyd and were curious if he was actually the captain of the Governor Carr ferry boat.
"I want to address where Jon Brazil's shoe store was. I think that it was the third building after Moll's garage on the right going toward West Ferry."
Capt. Robb Roach's "Stella" recently had a boat load. Of kids, not fish. He was taking part in "Take a Kid Fishing Day" and had eight youngsters from Providence aboard. The event was sponsored by the Rhode Island Saltwater Anglers Association. Kudos!
The Men's Chorus of Jamestown is in practice sessions Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Grange Hall. On this year's menu are: Song of the Russian Earth; The National Anthem, An die Musik...Schubert, St. James Infirmary – American blues, Aura Lee, Ts'ints'qaro – Georgian folk melody, Play For Me a Simple Melody – Berlin, arr. Shaw, Good Morning Mr. Zip, Zip, Zip – U.S. Army song, Kiss Me Good-night Sergeant Major/Bless 'em All, and One More Day – trad. chantey.
No takers on Peter C. Pemantell's question, where was Mack Storey's shop where he manufactured Heat O Vector wood stoves? Has he finally stumped everyone?
Kudos to islander Shirley Bell who has won a LOUIE award from the Greeting Card Association.
Last Friday was the first time in two weeks that I'd driven past the sea wall construction site on Conanicut Avenue. No change. Have they given up?
"You know" is certainly embedded in the lexicon.
It must be summer. There's gridlock at the four corners.
They're not painting the sky as blue this year...................
The copy of the Jamestown Town Crier of Aug. 14, 1926, that we referred to in the June 11 column was dropped off at the Press by Pauline Lathan, who had discovered it in an old photo album.
The ads in the issue portray the 1920s almost as well as the editorial content. Here are a smattering: Best Milk Dairy, Joseph Martin, Beavertail; Smith – The Florist; E. B. Brooks, Petroleum Products, Howland Avenue; H.P. Pitchers, Soda and Cigars, Fruits and Groceries, Candy – Tobacco-Soda, West Ferry; Peter P. Cassese, First- Class Barber, Expert Ladies' Bob and Shingle, opposite Bay View; Vernon A. Head, Carriages and Automobiles To-Let by Day or Hour, Tel 271-R; Dry Goods, Notions and Stationery, Mrs. Lang, Palace Theatre, Narragansett Avenue; For Fishing Crabs, Tel. 159-M, Oscar Lathan, Columbia Ave.; George Howland Milk, Cream, Butter, Eggs, Poultry; Ambulance Service, Go Anywhere, Dr. Bates' Sanitarium; Michael The Tailor, Bring your White Flannel Goods for French or Dry Cleaning, Cutting and Pleating a Specialty, Twelve Hour Service, opp. Bay View Hotel; Walter E. Bollons, General Blacksmithing, Automobile Blacksmithing, Fancy Medieval Iron Work Done, Clinton Avenue Marine Engineering; Armbrust, The Plumber, Telephone 153-J; Aaron R. Richardson, Taxi and Express, Variety Store, Narragansett Ave.; Knowles' Lunch Room, Tables For Ladies, Open Evenings, Ferry Wharf; Sheehan's Ice Cream Parlor, Page, Shaw, Whitman's, Hyler's Candies, Ferry Wharf; and Furniture, Marked Down in Prices, For August Sale, Lots of New Things Such as Cedar Chests, Porcelain Tables, etc. Chiffoniers at $10, Mahogany Tables at $20, 3 Piece Set at $30.00, Mattresses, Springs and Beds, H.F. Hammond, Cabinet Work, A Specialty, Caswell Block.
Things were simpler then.
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Shareholders calling the world's most powerful companies to address their impacts on the world's most vulnerable communities.
Let's take a look at another way size can be used for emphasis. To your right you'll see an image I created for a
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. The quote is about mistakes, and so the word mistakes is emphasized in several ways. Aside from setting it apart by using a notably different typeface and the color black for added impact, the word "mistakes" is larger than anything else in the image—even the pencil. Reading the quote will take a few seconds, but just by glancing at the image you almost immediately know what the quote is about. This is one example of how size can be used as a very useful tool when you want to create emphasis and communicate more efficiently and effectively.
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The way you arrange your text on a page has a compelling visual impact. This doesn't only mean the placement of a block of text but rather the orientation of that text, its relation to other text on that page, how it interacts with other images, the spacing between the characters and lines, and much more. While some work will call for simple formatting standards, there are still small things you'll want to consider when placing your type on a page.
Let's say you wanted to include a quote. If you kept it simple, it might look something like this:
"You're going to change your mind a thousand times. That's a good thing. Only imbeciles never change their minds." ~ Anna Rascouët-Paz
That's sufficient, but you can do better. In the example on the right, a simple speech box shape was created to contain the quote and the speaker's name was placed below it. A small difference in size was used to emphasize the quote over the person who said it. The color green was chosen because most people find it pleasant, it's generally easy on the eyes, and has so many varied meanings that it tends to imply whatever the related text or imagery implies. Basically, green is a safe color choice. This image demonstrates several simple and safe decisions you can make when formatting your text, but you can always opt for something a little riskier.
This example takes a few more chances with the formatting of the text and the layout of the image, attempting to illustrate the quote itself:
"All great experiences that engage us have an element of uncertainty at their core." ~ Aaron Dignan
The image creates a red core with a question mark in the middle. The red is intense yet it offers no direct context, implying uncertainty. Around the core is the quote, placing the uncertainty at the core of itself—the idea. The outside is colored green to remain safe, but the quote tells you that greatness is within the intense, emotional, red center. It's a complex message, and every little nuance isn't going to be obvious, but each design choice had a point . Again, every decision you make in your typefaces and layouts should have a reason behind it. That way you're likelier to be successful in communicating your message and you'll know what to discuss further if you fail to do so.
Amazon.com workers, who have long gone on strike in the run-up to the holidays, have found a new occasion to get their employer's attention: "Prime Day." Nearly 1,800 Amazon workers in Spain went on strike Monday during Prime Day, the company's biggest sales day of the year, according to labor...
Foxconn Technology Group plans to open facilities in west-central Wisconsin. The Taiwanese electronics giant announced Monday it has entered into an agreement to buy The Grand, a downtown Eau Claire building, and has purchased office space at Haymarket Landing, another downtown Eau Claire building....
Dear Amy: My boyfriend of six months has really opened himself up to me. He gave me his social media account passwords and has added my thumbprint to his phone (which I find really cute because I didn't really ask him for it). I trust him. I noticed that his ex has been texting him. This wouldn't...
The question: Would Joe Maddon opt to rest any of his All-Stars on their first day back from D.C.? The answer: Yes. Javier Baez and Willson Contreras are not in the lineup for Thursday night's game against the Cardinals at Wrigley Field, with Ben Zobrist getting the call at second and Victor Caratini...
ESPN is going with a fresh approach for its first 2018 regular-season broadcast of "Monday Night Football." Two announcers with plenty of NFL credentials but far more entrenched in the college game these days will be handling the Jets-Lions game from Detroit: Beth Mowins and Brian Griese. "We are...
Poor Danica Patrick. One crash is usually all it takes to end her day. As host of the ESPY Awards on ABC Wednesday, the former racer had to keep going as joke after joke fell apart on impact — and without so much as a helmet to protect her. Digs at Cleveland, Astros second baseman Jose Altuve's...
Known as a home to hardworking immigrant families from places like Mexico, Poland and Africa, the sprawling, 1970s-era apartment complex just south of Palatine Road in Prospect Heights has been regarded by some in the community as a suburban melting pot. But in the wake of a massive fire Wednesday,...
Dictionaries don't all agree on the definitions of these words and neither do style manuals. So we will attempt to shed more light on the distinctions.
Abbreviations According to Dictionary.com, an abbreviation is a shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, as Dr. for Doctor , U.S. for United States , lb. for pound .Abbreviations
Initialisms and acronyms are two types of abbreviations that are used to shorten phrases.Initialisms acronyms
Initialisms are abbreviations that are pronounced one letter at a time. Examples: – FBI – HTML – IBM – DVD – BTW (by the way) Note that most people would simply call these abbreviations, which is fine. Some would call them acronyms, which sticklers would challenge.Examples:
Acronyms are abbreviations that are pronounced as words. Examples: – NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) – AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) – OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) – SPA (Society of Professional Accountants) – WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) – ASAP (as soon as possible) – Radar (radio detecting and ranging) – Scuba (self-contained underwater breathing apparatus)Acronyms
Do you ever wonder about the origin of a word or when it came to be a common part of the language? According to Ask.com, the word acronym originated in 1943: "As wartime production of names using initials reached an all-time high, it was high time to give a name to the growing arsenal of alphabetic abbreviations. That need was met in a note in the February 1943 issue of American Notes and Queries : 'Your correspondent who asks about words made up of the initial letters or syllables of other words may be interested in knowing that I have seen such words called by the name acronym , which is useful, and clear to anyone who knows a little Greek.' " "Greek? Yes, acronym follows the model of other designations for types of words, like synonym, antonym, and homonym . The -nym means "a kind of word"; acro- means "top, peak, or initial," as in acrobat or acrophobia .
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By: Lorenzo Fiorito | Audience: Teachers | Category: Teaching English for Specific Purposes | Topic: Learning and Teaching
How is English for Specific Purposes (ESP) different from English as a Second Language (ESL) , also known as general English?English for Specific Purposes (ESP) English as a Second Language (ESL)
The most important difference lies in the learners and their purposes for learning English. ESP students are usually adults who already have some acquaintance with English and are learning the language in order to communicate a set of professional skills and to perform particular job-related functions. An ESP program is therefore built on an assessment of purposes and needs and the functions for which English is required .
ESP concentrates more on language in context than on teaching grammar and language structures. It covers subjects varying from accounting or computer science to tourism and business management. The ESP focal point is that English is not taught as a subject separated from the students' real world (or wishes); instead, it is integrated into a subject matter area important to the learners.
However, ESL and ESP diverge not only in the nature of the learner, but also in the aim of instruction. In fact, as a general rule, while in ESL all four language skills; listening, reading, speaking, and writing, are stressed equally, in ESP it is a needs analysis that determines which language skills are most needed by the students, and the syllabus is designed accordingly. An ESP program, might, for example, emphasize the development of reading skills in students who are preparing for graduate work in business administration; or it might promote the development of spoken skills in students who are studying English in order to become tourist guides.
As a matter of fact, ESP combines subject matter and English language teaching. Such a combination is highly motivating because students are able to apply what they learn in their English classes to their main field of study, whether it be accounting, business management, economics, computer science or tourism. Being able to use the vocabulary and structures that they learn in a meaningful context reinforces what is taught and increases their motivation.
The students' abilities in their subject-matter fields, in turn, improve their ability to acquire English. Subject-matter knowledge gives them the context they need to understand the English of the classroom. In the ESP class, students are shown how the subject-matter content is expressed in English. The teacher can make the most of the students' knowledge of the subject matter, thus helping them learn English faster.
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MILTON - A 20-year-old Rochester woman was taken by helicopter to Maine Medical Center after she was ejected from her car on Route 16.
Emergency crews were called to the Spaulding Turnpike around 1:30 p.m. Sunday for a reported roll-over accident. There, they found the driver and sole occupant of the car, Kynsra Johnson, had been ejected in the accident. The woman was reportedly about 30 feet away from the crashed car, fire officials said.
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Republicans just lost eight seats in the House. But if you'd wandered into the House of Representatives last week without reading the election returns, you might have concluded that the GOP won big on Nov. 6.
"We have the second-largest Republican House majority since World War II," California Rep. Tom McClintock told reporters last week. "The American people agree with the positions of the Republican Party and heartily disagree with the positions of the Democratic Party."
And if that's how you see things, why compromise?
Take taxes. Exit polling showed that, though most Americans don't like higher taxes, they'd accept a tax hike on the wealthy to reduce the federal deficit. Not House Republicans.
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Thursday, November 01, 2007
The Football Blues
BIG TEN NETWORK MESS, AGAIN: As we hinted earlier, this weekend's Big Ten football showdown between the top-ranked Ohio State Buckeyes and 21st-ranked Wisconsin Badgers has been picked up by the Big Ten Network - which is visible in roughly 14 cable homes in Northeast Ohio. OK, maybe a few thousand.
Those with satellite TV, or subscribers to AT&T's "U-verse" alternative video system, will get the Buckeyes and Badgers, along with those who get a handful of local cable systems - like Cleveland's "WOW" cable service, and others elsewhere in Ohio (Toledo's Buckeye CableSystem, etc.).
But subscribers to the dominant cable provider in Ohio, Time Warner Cable, will not see the game.
You almost couldn't blame the BTN folks for this one, aside from one fact.
The new TV deal offers up two in-conference games per year for each team to the conference's own channel. Ohio State has only had one Big Ten matchup on BTN, so the network was able to grab either this week's game or the contest with Illinois next week.
Ah, but the "one fact": The "we must have two in-conference games" rule was drawn up by the conference, which, of course, runs the network (along with partner FOX Sports).
And of course, the hugely popular Ohio State/Michigan matchup which will be featured on ABC-TV, as the College Football Gods intended.
The Akron Beacon Journal's George M. Thomas - OSU beat writer, sports media columnist and long-time OMW reader - gives all the gruesome details here.
We disagree with Mr. Thomas on one point.
We don't think that the Big Ten Network "belongs on basic cable", per se. We actually wonder if it should exist, aside from its potential financial windfall for the conference.
But we do believe the popular Buckeyes football team belongs on basic cable, broadcast TV (national or local), or some other option that doesn't shut out millions of potential viewers - who couldn't get the channel without switching video providers.
That's the way it used to be, you know...
Other bad news on the BTN/cable front comes from the Plain Dealer's Elton Alexander, who reports that things are looking mighty bleak for the prospect of that network showing up on Time Warner Cable.
Time Warner says negotiations to bring the network to the company's large number of cable systems (including the huge Northeast Ohio grouping) are "ongoing", but Big Ten Network president Mark Silverman tells Alexander that they've removed themselves from the talks:
"There's nothing going on. There's zero chance of getting this network carried anytime soon. That's a fact."
Silverman may be the ultimate TV "hard bargainer", and for the moment, he's got one large bargaining chip, the OSU-Wisconsin game.
That's expected by the TWC folks, where spokesman Chris Thomas tells the PD:
"...nothing will change until the Big Ten Network backs off its demand, considered unreasonable by Time Warner, to be included on extended basic cable."
The loser?
Ohio State football fans, of course. No matter who's "right or wrong" in all this, a lot of diehard Buckeyes fans will have to find a friend with satellite TV or the AT&T service (the former much more likely than the latter), or shoehorn into one of a gazillion sports bars to share a screen with a few dozen of their newest friends...
ANOTHER NON-SEEN GAME: It's being touted as almost an in-season Super Bowl, but there are only three television markets in the entire country which will not see CBS' Sunday NFL broadcast of the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts.
Guess which area is among them?
That's right - no matter how much Cleveland CBS affiliate WOIO/19 may want to show it, they will not be showing Patriots/Colts to viewers in this area.
Are the folks at "Cleveland's CBS 19" being mean? Did they spend too much on their HD news conversion that they can't afford the game?
No, no...as easy as it is for us to "Blame Reserve Square", this one falls on the shoulders of the National...Football...League.
With the voice of late NFL Films great John Facenda ringing in our heads, the explanation is simple - the Cleveland Browns schedule this weekend.
If the Browns were playing a CBS game with a 1 PM start, as is usual, this would be a no brainer. WOIO would be able to carry the Browns at 1, followed by the Colts/Patriots at 4. It is, after all, a CBS Doubleheader week.
But the Browns are playing the Seattle Seahawks at 4 PM this Sunday at Cleveland Browns Stadium.
The mere placement of that game would preempt New England vs. Indianapolis on "CBS 19" here, but the Seahawks are in the NFC...which means the Browns/Seahawks will be carried Sunday on WJW/8 "FOX 8" in the Cleveland market.
(The conference of the away team determines which network carries their games, at least on Sunday afternoons between CBS and FOX. NBC and ESPN, and the NFL Network, aren't bound by those guidelines, since their games are all national.)
WOIO is not allowed, by NFL rules, to program a competitive game against the home team... so it can't carry the Colts vs. the Patriots. It's also not allowed to pick up CBS' other 4 PM game, the Oakland Raiders hosting the Houston Texans.
And those are the other two areas involved.
The Houston market will get that game instead of the "mid-season Super Bowl", and so will the tiny Eureka CA market in extreme Northern California.
The San Francisco Bay Area and other parts of the Raiders' home market territory won't be able to televise the Raiders/Texans, since the game won't be sold out at the Oakland Whatever Big Software Company It's Named For Now Coliseum.
So, this map of carriage of the 4 PM CBS games is a wide swath of red (New England/Indianapolis), with a small splash of blue up in far Northern California and in southern Texas (Houston/Oakland).
The maps, by the way, are a fan-driven effort by one Mr. J.P. Kirby, who scours local TV listings and news to determine what games air where.
And what about the Cleveland TV market? It's a big patch of "No 4 PM CBS Game Here" gray.
But look over to the southeast of Cleveland on the map.
That's right, Youngstown market CBS affiliate WKBN/27 plans to carry the Patriots and Colts.
As a secondary market to Cleveland, they're allowed to make the competitive programming decision. And besides, Browns/Seahawks will be on their own sister station, WYFX "FOX 17/62". Youngstown goes by sellout/blackout rules being close enough to Cleveland, but the market's stations aren't barred from airing games up against the "home" team.
That'll drive some folks in the Cleveland, Akron and Canton areas to aim their antennas at Youngstown.
And those with digital over-air tuners, a good shot at Youngstown, and a decent enough antenna can easily pick up WKBN's powerful digital signal - and will only need a remote control to flip between the Patriots/Colts game on WKBN-DT 27.1, and the Browns/Seahawks game on WKBN-DT 27.2 - the digital home of the aforementioned "WYFX".
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- chuck said...
Thankfully I get the Big 10 Network here in Toledo via Buckeye Cable.
A note... a few weeks back the Michigan/Purdue game was to have been on the Big 10 'Net. Instead it was OSU/Kent. I was pleased by that. Apparently an uplink issue with the UM game.
- yekimi said...
I don't care if Time-Warner gets the BTN or not, I do not have cable and will NEVER have cable as long as they make me pay for channels I do not want or need. Why should I have to pay for religious or infomercial channels or ones where I don't speak the language? I looked at their basic channel lineup and out of the 18 listed, there is only 9 or 10 that I would actually want! My good old antenna can get me all the stations I need and a few from Canada also.
- RadioLave said...
I believe that both Pittsburgh & Cleveland share home team status with WKBN. Heinz Field is actually about 10 miles closer to WKBN than Cleveland Browns Stadium. The 4pm Buffalo away game last week blacked out the Steelers or Browns 1pm games for those in Erie, because CBS only had a single game. Fortunately, I could pull in KDKA DT 25 for the Steelers while checking WKBN DT for the Browns contest. The rematch between Pit. & Cle. on November 11th will also be blacked out in Erie by another Buffalo road game. This despite heavy interest by fans of both teams who outnumber those very few Bills fans who live in the Erie market. For me, it's definitely good to have an outdoor antenna & rotor.
- Matt said...
Ohio St. has not had any conference games on the BTN (Wisconsin-OSU will be the first one). Only non-conference games vs. Akron, Kent St. and Youngstown St. have been on the BTN. The BTN says that each team must have one conference game (two total games) on the BTN
- johns said...
ah, what ever became of the good ol days when you could catch the OSU games on WVIZ.
BTW that NFL rule been in effect for quite a while
- yekimi said...
When did they have OSU games on WVIZ, the 1800's? I don't ever recall them being on WVIZ but then again I'm not a big football fan.
- Geoff said...
WVIZ used to show rebroadcasts of OSU games for many years, usually late Saturday nights. I don't recall when they started, (60s?-I know they were on in the 70s) but they ran until the late 80s/early 90s.
the games were produced by WOSU for other pub tv stations to show. This was in the pre-ESPN days, when the NCAA limited a team's appearance on network tv, to something like 3 times in 2 years. Usually, this meant that only the michigan game was shown on ABC. Therefore to give fans around the state a chance to see the team, WOSU offered the rebcsts.
WOSU stopped due to cost considerations. Plus, there was a rule change, now teams weren't limited to a certain amount of games on tv. ESPN etal came into prominence and showed all the games, so there was no need for rbcsts.
As a kid, I was big fan. We'd listen to the game on the radio and then wait until Saturday night to watch them.
- Morgan Wick said...
I'm tempted to make a comment about DirecTV viewers actually rejoicing, as Patriots-Colts on Sunday Ticket would probably look 1000 times better than it would on WOIO (assuming I have the NFL's rules right).
Which says a lot, as I live at least 1000 miles away from Ohio.
- ohiobiz said...
Both games in question will probably be available somewhere online illegally.
- Mark Dallas said...
Colts/Pats looks great on OTA HD out of Youngstown. i can never pick up 19 anyways.
- chuck said...
Patriots/Colts were on here in Toledo on the CBS affiliate (WTOL). Colts/Pats were in HD too.
And the Browns/Seahawks were on the local FOX affiliate.
Best of both. Love it!


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Sunday, August 7, 2016
On November 2, most people in the United States will change their clocks to standard time when they "fall back" one hour.
Even though this time change happens in the middle of the night - 2 a.m. to be exact - experts agree that sleep cycles can still be disturbed.
In fact, many people have a hard time adjusting to time changes.
The 'spring forward' clock change in March is probably a bit more difficult to adjust to, but in the fall, most people think they're 'gaining an hour' when they turn their clocks back, and really that's not the case. With the light streaming in their windows even earlier in the morning, they will probably wake up even earlier.
This can lead to daytime sleepiness, which can pose a danger on the road and lead to lack of concentration at work or school.
It's recommended that people get at least eight hours of sleep at night in order to stay healthy and alert during the day.
To adjust to the time change, experts suggest that you go to bed and wake up at the same time you normally would - especially the night the time changes.
Experts also advise that you create an environment conducive to sleep.
Make sure your bedroom is dark. This sounds like common sense to many of us, but as the daylight hours change, we forget to adjust our blinds to account for increased morning light.
The time change can be particularly tough on children. You should start adjusting your child's sleep schedule in advance of the time change to ease them into it - and turn off TVs and computers.
Late-night work on computers can fool the body into thinking it's not time for bed yet, and too many times people leave TVs on or computer screens lit in their bedrooms when they fall asleep, not realizing this light actually impacts the quality of sleep they're getting.
According to the National Sleep Foundation's 2005 Sleep in America Poll, Americans average 6.8 hours of sleep on weeknights and 7.4 on weekends. The poll also estimates that three-quarters of America's adults report a symptom of a sleep problem.
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Groundbreaking Animated News Show Joins Nominees from Other Leading Media Giants
NEW YORK, November 3, 2008 -The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced today that Minyanville Media, Inc., the fast growing financial intelligence and entertainment company was nominated for an Emmy Award.
"Minyanville's World In Review with Hoofy and Boo" was nominated in the Business & Financial Reporting category among other media giants including ABC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, and NBC. Episodes of the show can be seen at www.minyanville.com/mvtv/ as well as www.finance.yahoo.com.
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