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Thousands of miles from the Boston Marathon bombings, distance runners shared in the sorrow.
To honor the victims and deal with their own emotions, they banded together Tuesday like runners do — by putting on their shoes and going for a jog.
The day after explosions near the finish line of one of the world's most prestigious races killed at least three people, wounded so many more and shook the thousands who gathered to watch, middle-of-the-pack runners all over the country offered tributes.
The Twitter hashtag "runforboston" turned into a virtual meeting spot for a steady, somber stream of social media users eager to show solidarity with those hurt in the blasts — along with pride in their sport — by pounding the pavement, even for just a few miles.
Some Boston College students used Facebook to plan a walk of the marathon's last five miles Friday afternoon "to stand united" with runners who didn't finish, bystanders who were injured and those who lost their lives.
"We will walk to show that we decide when our marathon ends," the invitation read. As of mid-afternoon on Tuesday, more than 12,000 people clicked on "join" to signal their participation.
Mike Ewoldt, the co-owner of a running equipment store based in Omaha, Neb., had previously organized an informal run for Tuesday evening to test a new shoe brand. He shifted gears to turn the event into a memorial for the victims.
"Everybody looks at Boston as the pinnacle of running. First, you have to qualify and meet a standard to get to Boston. If you qualify, you have two years to run it. It is a one-time shot for a lot of them. They may never get this opportunity again," Ewoldt said.
Ewoldt, like many in the massive community that is distance running, wanted to show he cared.
No other sport is so available to the public, with a good pair of shoes and a positive attitude all that's needed to take part. Though the elites from Ethiopia and Kenya compete for big money in the most famous of the marathons, clicking off 5-minute miles, average athletes of all ages, backgrounds and sizes are behind them on the course running the very same race.
Then there are the tens of thousands of family members and friends who pack along the courses to clap for their loved ones and hustle through traffic jams to cheer at the next spot, and the locals who stand outside their houses to shout encouraging words to people they've never met.
Hallie Von Rock, a 36-year-old attorney from Alameda, Calif., planned to take time out of her work day to run six miles. She qualified for the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:27 but was unable to make this year's race.
"After this happened, I thought, 'I've got to do it.' I think it would be good," Von Rock said. "People train so hard for this, and their family and supporters are there in the stands, and a kid who was waiting for his dad. It's terrible."
The See Jane Run store in nearby Oakland, Calif., planned a 3-mile candlelight-and-flashlight vigil for Thursday night. In West Virginia, the Huntington Road Runners organized a 2.6-mile run for the evening, starting at Marshall University.
Ricky Campbell, the secretary of the 150-member club, said candles will be lighted prior to the start. Campbell said he ran the Boston Marathon in 2012 and was supposed to repeat the feat this year but couldn't make it work.
"In my eyes, I can still see it," Campbell said. "I'm thanking God that He made me not have plans to be in Boston Monday, to make me stay home. I couldn't imagine being in that at the moment."
John Bozung, a 60-year-old runner from Orem, Utah, will extend his streak to 216 consecutive months with a 26.2-mile race by running the Salt Lake City Marathon on Saturday. Bozung wore his blue-and-gold 2012 Boston Marathon shirt and black visor on Tuesday, the same outfit he's planning to put on Saturday.
More than 1,000 people gathered in Miami on Tuesday night for a tribute run — including a 26.2-second moment of silence, a nod to the 26.2-mile marathon distance. A few people wore Red Sox hats and shirts, and participants held an outstretched U.S. flag while the national anthem blared before the event.
"For me it really close to home," said Kiley Lapointe, a Massachusetts native who lives in Miami. "Being from Massachusetts, a lot of friends and family were participating at the race and participating every year at the Boston Marathon. It's just a really scary, horrific tragedy."
The event drew a larger-than-expected crowd, even though it obviously was planned in a hurry. A married couple from South Miami, Lalo Senior and Marcela Mora-Senior, designed T-shirts for the event that read, "Run for Boston. 4-15-13. Terrorism will never stop us."
"I'm really sad for what happened in Boston," Mora-Senior said. "You never know what can happen."
In Morristown, Tenn., a local running and hiking club turned an already-planned 4-mile run into a Boston tribute. One of the organizers, John Smyth, said he expected to triple the usual turnout to about 75 people.
"There'll probably be some tears shed and moments of silence. This is devastating," said Smyth, who wore a T-shirt on Tuesday from a previous race, the Woodstock 5K in Anniston, Ala.
Smyth went on describe the sense of belonging he's experienced in this sport.
"You're trying to beat the guy running beside you, but at the same time you're building camaraderie with everyone there," Smyth said. "Everyone in the race ahead of you, everyone in the race behind you, you're all like best friends. Once you cross that finish line, you're crossing it to share in everyone's glory."
On Tuesday, they shared in everyone's pain.


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With the coming of the New Year came the passing of the biodiesel tax credit. What's the big deal, you say? Well, companies, not to mention farmers and biodiesel producers, are taking a bit hit right now with the expiration of the $1/gallon credit.
According to NAFA Fleet Management Association, the expiration of the credit has resulted in biodiesel costing more than petroleum-based diesel fuel. While that doesn't sound like a big issue, it is if you're fleet that runs on biodiesel. Your cost of fuel just rose 20% or more. That kind of price increase will only drive cost-conscious fleets away from the fuel.
"President Obama spoke of the need for America to be the leader in developing new energy sources and applications," said NAFA's executive director, Phil Russo, CAE. "This is a chance for Washington to act on the President's directive and make biodiesel a realistic alternative that will not only help clean our air, but stimulate American businesses. NAFA members need to let their elected officials know we are holding them accountable for delivering on the President's promise."
The National Biodiesel Board (NBB), back in December, released a study that concluded that the loss of the credit could result in a "major job loss" and "decreased demand for soybean oil and lower soybean prices leading to a negative impact on farm income" and "lost tax revenue for states and local governments" as biodiesel plants are idled due to decreased demand.
"Since it was enacted in 2004, the biodiesel tax incentive has allowed the nation to reap the economic, energy security and environmental benefits associated with commercial scale production and use of biodiesel," said Manning Feraci, vp of federal affairs for the NBB in the report. "Allowing the credit to lapse will compound the already daunting challenges facing the industry and will cost the nation another 23,000 jobs in addition to the 29,000 jobs that were shed in 2009."
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed legislation to extend the credit, but the Senate has yet to act. The House bill is H.R. 4213, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009.
We need the Senate to pass this important legislation lest we lose momentum on the progress we've made as a country, and industry, to be greener and less dependent on foreign oil interests.


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Farmington police cracking down on synthetic drugs
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FARMINGTON - Police put a Route 11 business on notice about the dangers of synthetic marijuana, which are sometimes marketed as incense.
On Monday, officers warned the employees of the Farmington Lil General Store - which is the only business in town that sells the products - as part of an "aggressive approach" to curtail the access and use of synthetic drugs in the community.
"The department has seen a number of medical assist calls for service that have resulted from people ingesting these substances," Police Chief Kevin Willey said in an e-mail. "We have also had numerous members of the public who have come to us asking to do something because one of their family members has become addicted to these products."
Willey said at least one person has been charged for allegedly driving under the influence of the synthetic drugs.
Police, in conjunction with Strafford County Attorney Thomas Velardi, plan to prosecute people who smoke, ingest or inhale synthetic marijuana - especially over-the-counter substances known as "Peak" or "Scooby Snax."
As they are increasingly being used by high school students, purchasing these products for another person - especially anyone under 21 - will also result in charges under RSA 644:5-a, Inhaling Toxic Vapors for Effect, according to police.
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Corrections Department #1: Behind the Scenes of "Long Distance Call"
February 26, 2008
Last year Stewart Stanyard's terrific new book Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone opened up a new avenue into television history when it published a huge cache of never-before-seen production photos from fifty or so Twilight Zone segments. It was the first glimpse I'd ever had of many of the series' soundstages, props, makeup effects, directors, and crew members. The text of the book wisely supplements rather than rehashes Marc Scott Zicree's definitive Twilight Zone Companion, mainly through new interviews with surviving Zone participants who testify at greater length than they did for Zicree. (There's an accompanying website with a lot of additional material, although the frame-based design quickly gave me a headache. The webmaster, "tzoneman," is apparently Mr. Stanyard.) Between these two books, the website, and the extras in the DVD collections (which I've barely begun to dip into), The Twilight Zone has become the only important television show of its vintage for which we have exhaustive, multi-media documentation of its production.
I wouldn't plug Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone if I'd found many mistakes in it, but one thing did nag at me when I first read it. In this photo on page 229 from the taping of the segment "Long Distance Call" (the one where Lost in Space's Billy Mumy talks to his dead grandma on a toy phone), the caption identifies the bald man standing behind Mumy as the episode's director, James Sheldon:
But Sheldon has become a friend since I approached him for an interview a couple of years ago, and this fellow in the picture didn't look at all like James – even though, given the difference of over 45 years, who could really be sure? The uncertainty bothered me enough that I finally showed the book to James, who confirmed that he is not the man in the photo (and that, for the record, he still has all his own hair).
And then I became very glad that I had asked, because James pulled out one of his scrapbooks and showed me several photos from his private collection that were taken on that set on that same day in 1961. He has graciously allowed me to reproduce a couple of them to clarify matters. Here's an image of Mumy standing behind the same table. James Sheldon is the man in the white shirt right in the center of the photo. (He couldn't remember the name of the young man at right, standing directly behind Mumy, but thought he was the stage manager. "Long Distance Call," you'll remember, was one of the six videotaped episodes, which had technical crews more akin to live broadcasts than filmed series.)
Now I was curious as to the identity of the bald man in the original photo. If he wasn't the director, who was he, and what was he saying to Mumy as the child actor dipped into his ice cream? I spotted him in the background of a few of James's other stills. Here's one in which James is giving direction to Lili Darvas, the legendary Hungarian stage actress (playing the grandmother).
The bald man is in the background, and seems to be directing his attention to the cabinet behind Ms. Darvas. It's purely a guess, but I'd wager he's the prop man. In that case, if I'm not mistaken, Mumy's ice cream would also fall under his jurisdiction.
Of course, I present this small correction not as a knock against Mr. Stanyard's fine research, but as a supplement to it. One of the ways in which the internet can be useful (and in which, unfortunately, outposts like Wikipedia and the Internet Movie Database often tend to be counterproductive) is as an arena for like-minded aficionados to share data and comment upon each other's work. I'll continue to use this blog periodically as a forum for this sort of exchange whenever the opportunity presents itself.
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The caption error on page 229 of Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone has been corrected in the second printing. Thanks.


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The Most Iconic Artists of the 1990s
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Using text, image, sculpture, video, and site-specific street performance, provocateur Daniel Joseph Martinez investigates challenging issues about America's social architecture, democracy, capitalism, and the relationship between personal and collective identity. "I've always embraced a means to open debates, as part of a method to allow art to become an active agent of the possibility that ideas can infect our daily lives," Martinez explains. "This usually leads to some form of controversy in the work." For the 1993 Whitney Biennial, Martinez created new text for the museum's admission badges that read "I Can't Ever Imagine Wanting to Be White." At the 2008 Biennial, he presented Divine Violence (2007), which consisted of 125 panels, each painted with the name of an organization that used violence to effect political change.
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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
This is the second part in a series of posts based on the content of the Query Optimizer Deep Dive presentations I have given over the last month or so at the Auckland SQL Users' Group and the SQL Saturday events in Wellington, New Zealand and Adelaide, Australia.
Links to other parts of this series: Part 1 Part 3 Part 4
The input to cost-based optimization is a tree of logical operations produced by the previous optimization stages discussed in part one. Cost-based optimization takes this logical tree, explores logical alternatives (different logical tree shapes that produce the same results), generates physical implementations, assigns an estimated cost to each, and finally chooses the cheapest physical option overall.
The goal of cost-based optimization is not to find the best possible physical execution plan by exploring every possible alternative; rather, the goal is to find a good plan quickly. This approach gives us an optimizer that works pretty well for most workloads, most of the time. If you think about it, that's quite an achievement – after all, my database is likely very different from yours, and we probably run on quite different hardware as well. The point about finding a good plan quickly is also important – generally, we would not want the optimizer to spend hours optimizing a query that runs for only a few seconds.
This design has a number of important consequences. First, a skilled query tuner will often be able to come up with a better plan than the optimizer does. In some cases, this will because the human can reason about the query in a way the optimizer cannot. Other times, it is simply a question of time – we might be happy spending half a day finding a great execution plan for a crucial query, whereas the optimizer places strict limits on itself to avoid spending more time on optimization than it saves on a single execution.
Perhaps a future version of SQL Server will allow us to configure the optimizer to spend extra time on a particular query – today, we have to use query hints and 'manual optimizations' to encourage a particular execution plan shape. The down side to circumventing the optimizer's natural behaviour in this way is that we then have to take responsibility for ensuring that the execution plan remains good in the future, as data volumes and distributions change. In most systems, it is best to limit the number of manually-tuned queries to a minimum, and thoroughly document any tricks you use to obtain a particular plan.
Back to the task at hand. We have a sample query (reproduced below) that has been through all the previous optimization stages, did not qualify for a trivial plan, and so needs to go through the cost-based optimization process.
Total = SUM(inv.Quantity)
Production.Product AS p,
Production.ProductInventory AS inv
inv.ProductID = p.ProductID
AND p.Name LIKE N'[A-G]%'
The tree of logical operations passed to the optimizer looks like this:
This looks very similar to the original logical tree seen in part one, though cardinality estimates have been added to each primary node, and the tree layout has been expanded a little into a form that is easier for the system to work with. In addition to simple cardinality estimates, remember that each node also has statistics objects (histograms and frequency information) derived from the familiar statistics associated with the tables in the query.
The tree above was built from information obtained using trace flag 3604 and 8606 (see part one for more details). Trace flag 8606 shows the tree at various stages, the diagram above is built from the view after project normalization:
There are also a number of other 'properties' associated with each node, that have been added by previous optimization stages. These properties include logical attributes, such as:
There are also some physical properties that may be present on each node, for example:
The Halloween protection information is worth explaining in a bit more detail. A query generally executes as a pipeline, with rows being requested one at a time from the top of the tree – so rows are in effect pulled up the tree one at a time. This pipeline arrangement has a number of important advantages, but a problem can arise where the query modifies data: changes made by the query can affect rows being read by the same query – the classic example is a query that adds 10% to the salaries of every employee. When processed as a pipeline, we can get stuck in an infinite loop as rows that have had 10% added re-qualify for reading. This problem happened to be first discovered on 31 October 1976 and became known as the Halloween Problem.
One solution is to separate operations that read data from those that update data by reading all rows into temporary storage before performing any updates. In SQL Server, this simple solution typically manifests as an Eager Table Spool in the query plan – all rows are written eagerly to temporary storage before any updates are performed. This is a bit of a sledgehammer solution though, so the optimizer keeps track of which columns need protection from the Halloween problem (and how much protection they need) at each node by setting properties. Some logical operations (like sorting) naturally mean that all input rows have to be read before the first output row can be produced. These operations provide Halloween protection naturally, so an explicit Eager Table Spool would not be necessary. There are a number of logical operations that can provide some degree of Halloween protection, and properties are used to ensure that just enough protection is provided, at minimum cost.
The optimizer contains rules to transform trees. There are four classes of rule:
Simplification rules transform some part of the logical tree to a simpler logical form, and are responsible for the simplification transforms we saw in part one. Exploration rules run only during cost-based optimization, generating new logical equivalents for some part of the existing logical tree. Implementation rules produce a physical operation (like a hash or merge join) for a logical operation (a logical join). Property enforcement rules introduce new elements to the logical tree to enforce some desired physical property at that point, for example to enforce a particular sorted order of rows (as might be required by a merge join or stream aggregate).
There are 395 rules in SQL Serer 2012, most of which perform quite simple operations; it is the fact that many rules can be run in various orders that accounts for the apparent complexity of optimizer behaviour. The way that simple rules can combine to produce complex behaviours reminds me of Conway's Game of Life – a cellular automation program with only four rules that nevertheless can produce extraordinarily complex and beautiful patterns as the rules are applied over and over.
One example of a simple exploration rule is SELonJN, a rule that merges a suitable relational SELECT (row filter) into a logical join operation:
Another common exploration rule that generates a new logical alternative is JoinCommute:
As the name suggests, JoinCommute explores a different logical join order, exploiting the fact that A JOIN B is equivalent to B JOIN A for inner joins. Though logically equivalent, the different join orders may have different performance characteristics once the logical alternatives are translated to a physical implementation by a later implementation rule. A third exploration rule that is relevant to our test query is GbAggBeforeJoin, a rule that explores the possibility of pushing an aggregation operation under a join:
As mentioned previously, implementation rules transform part of a logical tree into a physical alternative:
The diagram shows three join implementation rules, JNtoNL (nested loops), JNtoHS (hash join), JNtoSM (sort-merge join); two implementations for Group-By Aggregate, GbAggToStrm (Stream Aggregate) and GbAggToHS (Hash Aggregate); SelectToFilter, GetToScan, and GetIdxToRng.
If we want to see which rules were used when optimizing a query, one option is to use an undocumented view which shows the number of times a rule has been asked to estimate how valuable it might be in the current context (its 'promise' value), the number of times the rule was used to generate an alternative section of the tree ('built'), and the number of times the output of the rule was successfully incorporated into the search space ('succeeded'). A sample of the contents of the sys.dm_exec_query_transformation_stats DMV is shown below:
By taking a snapshot view of this information before and after optimizing a particular query, we can see which rules were run. The DMV is instance-wide however, so you would need to run these tests on a system to which you have exclusive access. The scripts that accompany this series of posts contain a complete test rig to show the rules used by each query.
Part three in this series covers the Memo structure and optimization phases in detail. The original presentation slides and demo code are contained in the zip file shown below.
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A great post!
Here is a blogging suggestion: Talk about the new optimizer rules in SQL Server 2012 in detail! They are:
GenLGTop...(edited for space)
Your in-depth posts are always a great resource. Thanks!
Thanks for the suggestion, Tobi.
This is the third part in a series of posts based on the content of the Query Optimizer Deep Dive presentations
This is the final part in a series of posts based on the content of the Query Optimizer Deep Dive presentations
Hi Paul
You mention a test rig to show rules used by each query, and I can't see to find it in your scripts. Have I just not looked in the right file yet? Also, phases.sql references a BigTransactionHistory table. Is there a script to build that that I have overlooked?
Thanks and Happy New Year!
Hi Kalen,
The test rig is "08 Undocumented.sql". Uncomment the DBCC RULEOFF statements one at a time to see the effect on compilation. Generally, any query can be placed in the TEST QUERY batch, then rules selectively disabled to explore their effects.
The code in "07 Phases.sql" is missing a database reference. It should be:
-- Search 1 twice (parallel)
FROM Production.TransactionHistory AS TH
CROSS JOIN BigAdventureWorks.dbo.bigTransactionHistory AS bth
The BigAdventureWorks script (by Adam Machanic) can be found here: http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2011/10/17/thinking-big-adventure.aspx
Sorry about that! Happy New Year :)


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AMD believes it will have a "performance advantage" on PC due to its PS4, Xbox One partnerships
AMD believes due to its chips being inside both Xbox One and PlayStation 4, it will have an "edge" when it comes to PC development.
Speaking with Forbes, vice president Matt Skynner said due to the firm's architecture being in the consoles, "it's easier to port the games."
"Because they're first developed on our hardware, there should be a performance advantage," he said. "They should run better on our hardware.
"Couple years ago when we saw how the console thing was gonna shake out, we thought how can we leverage this to a better Radeon gaming solution across other markets, so if we can create that performance advantage on the PC – from a graphics point of view – then we can give our customers a better gaming experience and grow our market share."
Xbox One and PS4 are both out in November.
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By Peggy Aulisio
FAIRHAVEN — Fire Chief Timothy Francis stopped a Board of Health meeting Monday after an overflow crowd couldn't fit into the small office used for the meeting.
The agenda item that drew about 25 residents was "Review of Selectman Robert Espindola's questions regarding Fairhaven Planning Board DRAFT 'Wind Energy Facilities By-Law."
Yet all discussion was closed off immediately by Board of Health Chairman Peter DeTerra and Jeannine Lopes. Both said commenting on the bylaw was inappropriate because it did not follow the "protocol." They said the protocol was to defer making comments until after the Planning Board holds a public hearing.
Chief Francis arrived about 45 minutes after the meeting started after receiving complaints. By that point, most of the crowd had moved to the hallway because the board was moving on to other agenda items.
Many of those who attended are associated with Windwise and some are involved in a lawsuit against the turbines. Their attorney, Ann DeNardis, attended the meeting.
Windwise member Kenneth Pottel expressed frustration over the choice of the small room to hold a meeting that was likely to attract many residents.
Soon after the meeting began, health board member Barbara Acksen made a motion for them to hold a public hearing on the more than 350 complaints they've received so far. But her motion wasn't seconded. The complaints come from more than 50 households.
Mr. DeTerra said they should wait for the results of the noise study being conducted by the state Department of Environmental Protection. He said they need scientific data on which to base any actions.
Mr. DeTerra said the selectmen could shut the turbines down and that the DEP could, but the Board of Health doesn't have that authority.
That raised the ire of several in the audience who said if they can shut down a restaurant causing a health risk, why not the turbines?
Health agent Patricia Fowle said, however, that there are state laws like a sanitary code or housing regulations they can use to shut places down. This is not the case with wind turbines, Ms. Fowle said.
Ms. Fowle said they'd received "heartfelt complaints. It's awful, but there are no standards to apply." She said they need science to be able to apply standards. "It's much easier to enforce regulations that are existing."
Ms. Acksen said she'd consulted an attorney from the Massachusetts Association of Health Boards and learned, "It's very difficult to shut turbines down, but we can regulate them. We can shut them off at certain times."
Mr. DeTerra said he'd also talked to the attorney and learned, "You have to have scientific data to turn them down."
Dawn Devlin, a local Realtor who's been an outspoken critic of the turbines, said, "Many people in this room are people who have been sending complaints." She said more than 360 complaints have been sent to the Board of Health "and there's been no discussion." Ms. Devlin said the board members were elected to "protect the people of Fairhaven" and yet they haven't taken any action.
Kenneth Pottel of Windwise said, "A lot of these families are suffering and you're just turning a deaf ear."
Mr. DeTerra said they would hold a public hearing after the DEP finishes its noise study.
Asked about the nature of the complaints after the meeting, Ms. Acksen said, "Their complaints are very personal and very sad." She said they can't release a summary of the complaints because while they have accumulated data, they haven't compiled it in any scientific way yet. She said they couldn't provide information yet on how many complaints involved noise, sleeplessness or other issues related to wind turbines. They have charted geographic areas, the times of the complaints and other data, she said
Ms. Acksen said the 10 decibel limit for how much the turbines can increase the noise levels in an area is based on gravel pits. She said 15 towns on the Cape have passed a six decibel threshold.
Also after the meeting, Mr. Pottel said he knows several people who have been to doctors. "Some are going to specialists, neurologists. A public hearing might be good to get this information out."
Carolyn Young of Peirce's Point said, "My father hasn't slept in months, since the leaves have come down." She described him as someone who wouldn't normally speak out or come to meetings.
"I'm not sleeping as well," Ms. Young added. "I put head phones on. It's just horrible."
She said during periods when the turbines are shut off, there is a noticeable difference. "My mother will come home at 11:30 or 12 p.m. (from her night shift at the hospital) and stand outside because they're off and it just feels better."
Last week, the Board of Selectmen also refused to allow public comments on the Planning Board's bylaw despite having it under an agenda category called Discussion. Selectman Robert Espindola expressed frustration at that meeting over having all comments closed off by Select Board Chairman Brian K. Bowcock.


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I wrote this thinking about our President, but it occurs to me that it can apply to my life and the life of our business as well (or maybe it that just gives me a flimsy excuse to publish it) 🙂 Hope you enjoy it…
Next to Love the word most powerful
Is the word of promise, trust and hope
A word of singular simplicity
For multiple dreams.
Our unique history built
upon the notion that we can restore our
resolve, our faith and our selves
over and over without question, without end
Sings it's own meaning
In numberless hearts hungry for change
In those old enough to remember
And those young enough to care
For those who are broken
And those who feel alone
It is the promise of our purpose
And the engine of our repair
The spark of our greatness
The hope for our future
The cure for our fears
The method of our dreams.
God bless our President. May his vision of American renewal serve us all, every day, one day at a time.
Chris Tobey


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Schreiner University is uniquely welcoming, appealing to students from all backgrounds. We have generous financial aid and counselors that actually meet with students and families to help them through the process.
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ABOUT Synbiosafe
About: SYNBIOSAFE is a scientific project supported fully by the EC-FP6 programme. It was the first project in Europe to research the safety and ethical aspects of synthetic biology, aiming to proactively stimulate a debate on these issues.
Funding: € 236,000 grant by the EC FP6 Program NEST.
Duration: January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2008.
Coordinator: Dr. Markus Schmidt IDC, (Austria)
Team: Our team consists of experts in the fields of synthetic biology, biosafety, biosecurity, ethics, public perception, technology assessment and public awareness.
Publications: SYNBIOSAFE contributed significantly to the scientific debate about societal implications of synthetic biology. More..
Synthetic Biology the technoscience and its societal consequences.
Schmidt, M.; Kelle, A.; Ganguli-Mitra, A.; de Vriend, H. (Eds.) 2009
DVD – Documentary Film
SYNBIOSAFE: Safety and Ethical Aspects of Synthetic Biology
Schmidt M and Meinhart C. 2009, 38 minutes plus bonus material
Special Issue:
Societal Aspects of Synthetic Biology. 2009. SSBJ, N.1-4
Guest Edited by Schmidt M
Follow-up activities by SYNBIOSAFE team members:
COSY: Communicating synthetic biology
TARPOL: Targeting environmental pollution with engineered microbial systems à la carte
CISYNBIO: Cinema and Synthetic Biology
Bio:Fiction: Synthetic Biology Science, Art and Film Festival
Investigating the biosafety and risk assessment needs of synthetic biology in Austria and China
SYNMOD: Synthetic biology to obtain novel antibiotics and optimized production systems
Building a Sustainable Capacity in Dual-Use Bioethics
SYBHEL: Synthetic Biology for Human Health, Ethical and Legal Issues
Making perfect life Bio-engineering in the 21st century


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NEW HYDE PARK -- The Cushing Neuroscience Institute's (CNI) Stroke Center at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, part of the North Shore-LIJ Health System, has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the medical center's commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.
To receive the award, LIJ achieved 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality Achievement indicators for two or more consecutive 12-month intervals and achieved 75 percent or higher compliance with six of 10 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality Measures, which are reporting initiatives to measure quality of care.
These measures include aggressive use of medications, such as antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis, cholesterol reducing drugs and smoking cessation, all aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patients.
In addition to the Get With The Guideline-Stroke award, LIJ has also been recognized as a recipient of the association's Target: Stroke Honor Roll, for improving stroke care. Over the past quarter, at least 50 percent of the hospital's eligible ischemic stroke patients have received tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, within 60 minutes of arriving at the hospital (known as 'door-to-needle' time). A thrombolytic, or clot-busting agent, tPA is the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the urgent treatment of ischemic stroke. If given intravenously in the first three hours after the start of stroke symptoms, tPA has been shown to significantly reverse the effects of stroke and reduce permanent disability.
"With a stroke, time lost is brain lost, and the Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award demonstrates LIJ's commitment to being one of the top hospitals in the country for providing aggressive, proven stroke care," said Richard Libman, MD, chief of vascular neurology and director of stroke at the medical center. "We will continue with our focus on providing care that has been shown in the scientific literature to quickly and efficiently treat stroke patients with evidence-based protocols."
"Long Island Jewish Medical Center is to be commended for its commitment to implementing standards of care and protocols for treating stroke patients," said Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., chair of the Get With The Guidelines National Steering Committee and director of the TeleStroke and Acute Stroke Services at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. "The full implementation of acute care and secondary prevention recommendations and guidelines is a critical step in saving the lives and improving outcomes of stroke patients."
Get With The Guidelines–Stroke uses the "teachable moment," the time soon after a patient has had a stroke, when they are most likely to listen to and follow their healthcare professionals' guidance. Studies demonstrate that patients who are taught how to manage their risk factors while still in the hospital reduce their risk of a second heart attack or stroke.
Through Get With The Guidelines–Stroke, customized patient education materials are made available at the point of discharge, based on patients' individual risk profiles. The take-away materials are written in an easy-to-understand format and are available in English and Spanish. In addition, the Get With The Guidelines Patient Management Tool gives healthcare providers access to up-to-date cardiovascular and stroke science at the point of care.
"The time is right for LIJ to be focused on improving the quality of stroke care by implementing Get With The Guidelines – Stroke," said Dr. Libman. "The number of acute ischemic stroke patients eligible for treatment is expected to grow over the next decade due to increasing stroke incidence and a large aging population."
For more information about CNI's Stroke Center at LIJ, go to neurocni.com or call 516-562-3064. For more information about Get With The Guidelines®, visit heart.org/quality.


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Stretch marks are a common problem and can appear anywhere on the body, including the breasts, buttocks, thighs, upper arms and abdomen.
They become noticeable where the skin has been stretched, due to weight gain, pregnancy and bodybuilding. Stretch marks effect both men and women.
Finding the best treatment for stretch marks can sometimes be tough as there are numerous remedies out there.
Certain skin types are much more prone to stretch marks than others, depending on your natural skin colorings. For some people stretch marks begin as raised reddish or dark brown lines that eventually turn a bright purple or violet. Overtime the stretch marks will fade slightly but they won't disappear completely. If you suffer from stretch marks, you may find it embarrassing to wear revealing clothes or swimwear.
Taking care of your skin is a good treatment for stretch marks; massaging with a massage brush will increase circulation, applying moisturizing cream to your stretch marks daily will keep your skin supple but won't totally eliminate stretch marks, and eating healthy foods that contain vitamin E, and C, Zinc and silica can help in the treatment for stretch marks.
Other treatments for stretch marks can include visiting a dermatologist and having cosmetic laser treatment which can result in you spending a large amount of money.
One of the most effective ways in the treatment of stretch marks is using a product that contains Esthetician Grade Glycolic Acid Lotion, which helps to lighten and reduce the appearance of the skin ridges and discoloration that is associated with stretch marks.
As this lotion is extremely potent it is advisable not to use it on your face. It is made for the skin on your body, as this skin is far thicker than the skin on your face.
Bring your confident self to the surface and start your treatment for stretch marks today.


text: Hazel H. Olivier of Chicago, in a letter dated February 1, 1966, asks Dr. King to help her retain an apartment building on Yale Avenue that she purchased in 1957. She lived there 5 years before being told there were serious violations. Three years after spending substantial funds and being informed by the inspector that everything was in compliance, she was cited with additional violations and told there were no reports of her earlier remedial actions. She wonders how the previous white owner was permitted to sell if there were violations. Mrs. Olivier has sent a registered letter to President Johnson and has spoken with Alderman Chew.


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A 12-year old film finally got completed this week, thanks to its leading man Akshay Kumar's determination to not have a single film of his in the cans. This week after completing a schedule of Sajid Khan's Housefull, Akshay Kumar sent Deepika Padukone packing and called producer-director Shabnam Kapoor to London to complete the long-pending Purab Ki Laila Paschim Ka Chaila, now called Hello India.
Shabnam Kapoor flew to London and shot with Akshay Kumar for almost a week before he flew out to Italy on Thursday for the next schedule of Housefull. With the completion of Purab Ki Laila… which also stars Namrata Shirodkar and Suniel Shetty, Akshay prides himself on being the only leading man in Bollywood who has no films in the cans.
Interestingly, this would be only the second film in Akshay's career directed by a female. Sangharsh directed by Tanuja Chandra was the first. He now has the enviable record of being the only Bollywood superstar with no incomplete films to his discredit.


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Reviewed by Michael P. (age 8)
My favorite part of the story is when the boy has a dream. I like it because it is funny. My favorite character is the boy because he does not know what to do for the talent show. This story relates to my life because sometimes I don't know what to do. This story has pictures and they help tell the story.
I think others should read this because it is funny and it will make you want to learn to play the piano.


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CITSA 2013 is an International multi-conference being organized with the purpose of providing researchers, practitioners, developers, consultants, and end-users of computerized, communications and/or control systems and technologies, as well as their industrial and social applications in the private and the public sectors, an opportunity to join in a common place sharing experience and knowledge.
It is intended to be a forum to expose and share current and future research work and innovations in these areas, as well as in the relationships among them. One of the primary objectives of CITSA 2013 is to promote and encourage "interdisciplinary cross-fertilization", "epistemic things" and the production of "technical objects". Its intellectual perspective context is systemic thinking and practice, including the analogical thinking that characterizes the Systems Approach.
The Organizing Committee of CITSA 2013 invite authors to submit their original and unpublished works, analogy-based thinking hypothesis, innovations, experience-based reflections and ideas, specific problems requiring solutions, case studies, position papers, etc, in the fields of computer, communication and control and their social and industrial applications, as well as in the relationships between two of these areas or among all of them.
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Get ready, New Jersey — U.S. President Donald Trump will be at his Bedminster golf club cooling off for 17 days while the West Wing's heating and air conditioning systems are updated this month.
This will be Trump's 16th visit as the president to the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster since his inauguration, according to a report from NBC.
Of his 196 days in office, 59 were spent at Trump properties and 44 at golf properties, the report says — that's a whopping total of 93 days at the White House, and 103 away.
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A Sept. 19 letter from a south Valley farmer said that the film "Over Troubled Waters" makes an erroneous claim. However, the writer misstates the claim made in the movie.
A Sept. 19 letter from a south Valley farmer said that the film "Over Troubled Waters" makes an erroneous claim. However, the writer misstates the claim made in the movie.
We carefully document in "Over Troubled Waters" that two-thirds of the water exported from the Delta is used for agriculture - mostly by growers on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and in Kern County. Our data come from the Department of Water Resources and Bureau of Reclamation.
We then looked at the business practices of the two largest agricultural water districts that receive this Delta water, the Westlands Water District and the Kern County Water Agency.
And we posed the questions: Does it makes sense to export water to Westlands growers, who primarily grow crops for export on drainage-impaired lands made up of poor soils, or to protect water supplies for Delta farms, the largest strip of prime farmland in California farmed by some of California's oldest farming families? Are we to sacrifice this marvelous estuary to support Westlands, which contributes less than 0.4 percent to the state's annual economy? Are we to sacrifice our $5 billion a year middle-class agricultural economy in the Delta to support a small number of large corporate agribusiness growers in Westlands?
The proposed project the letter writer is willing to pay for simply will destroy the Delta, and with a $51 billion price tag that will be paid for by urban water users and taxpayers, it will further destroy the state's chances for a full economic recovery.
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Restore the Delta
I thought that I had seen everything from members of the Republican-Teabag party. But what happened Sept. 19 is beyond my understanding.
GOP senators voted "no" on a measure that would have created jobs for 20,000 returning veterans. The vote was 58 to 40. The vote should have been 100 to 0 in favor of the bill.
But since President Barack Obama came into office, the Republican Senate leadership requires 60 votes for every measure. This is because the Republican Party's first priority is to block any bill that would make the president appear to have accomplished anything.
In addition, among the contingent of Republican senators who voted "no" were the very same senators who helped write the bill in the first place. The bill was designed to help returning veterans transition into civilian life and take care of their families.
This jobs bill was bipartisan, fully paid for, and had been expected to pass.
The bill will not be brought up again for at least another year, and returning veterans will probably continue to have an unemployment rate several times higher than the national average.
I wonder if the Republican presidential nominee believes that unemployed returning veterans are part of the 47 percent of the population he considers to be victims and moochers.
There are several words that can be used to describe what the Republican Party has become, and two of these words are "despicable" and "pathetic."
Joel A. Wagner
Record reporter Scott Smith is insightful in his coverage of the Stockton City Hall issues, and clearly researches and then deciphers the complexity of the many issues. Thank you for your fair and thorough journalism under tough circumstances.
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Max Beckmann: Versuchung Triptychon (Versuchung des Heiligen Antonius), 1936-37Rechter Flügel Pinakothek der Moderne © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2007
This exhibition offers the first extensive retrospective of the work produced by Max Beckmann in his years in Amsterdam. Max Beckmann (1884 - 1950) was one of the leading and most distinguished German artists of the 20th century.
Munich is the place where the inhumane cultural politics of National Socialism were articulated in particularly stark form with the opening of the Haus der deutschen Kunst in 1937 and the exhibition Degenerate Art. This led Max Beckmann to decide there and then to emigrate to Amsterdam. His horrified reaction to developments in Germany, the physical and psychological tension of living in exile all served to mobilise forces within him that found expression in an abundance of works. In fact, the work he produced in these years represents over a third of his oeuvre, and includes five of his nine famous triptychs. He also drew and sketched profusely in these years and in 1946 he produced his Day and Dream graphic series with its many references to the war and observations of everyday life in Amsterdam.


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Food Safety: Protecting Yourself from Food Poisoning
Health Article by Larry D. Jones, MPH, Health Director
May 28, 2013
It's a Saturday afternoon, kids are outside playing, the windows are open and the smell of charcoal is drifting through the neighborhood. This means one thing… summer is here!
Summer weather welcomes a host of cookouts, family gatherings, graduation parties and numerous opportunities to encounter the dreaded food poisoning.
Foodborne illness, sometimes called food poisoning, is a common, costly—yet preventable—public health problem. Each year, about 1 in 6 Americans gets sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die of foodborne diseases.
We are all at risk of food poisoning, but there are several ways we can protect ourselves.
· CLEAN- While preparing and cooking foods, wash your hands and surfaces often. Germs can survive in many places around your kitchen, including your hands, utensils, and cutting boards. In addition to yourself and work area, also be sure to thoroughly rinse fresh fruits and vegetables.
· SEPARATE- Don't cross-contaminate! Even after you've cleaned your hands and surfaces thoroughly, raw meat, poultry, seafood, and eggs can still spread germs to ready-to-eat foods—unless you keep them separate.
· COOK- Cook to the right temperature. While many people think they can tell when food is "done" simply by checking its color and texture, there's no way to be sure it's safe without the use of a food thermometer. Use a food thermometer to ensure that foods are cooked to a safe internal temperature: 145°F for whole meats, 160°F for ground meats, and 165°F for all poultry.
· CHILL- Keep cold foods cold! Keep your refrigerator below 40°F and refrigerate foods properly. Germs can grow in many foods within 2 hours unless you refrigerate them. During the summer heat, germs can grow even more quickly, often times within an hour.
A bonus of all summer-time cookouts is the abundance of leftovers! Refrigerate any leftovers promptly in shallow containers. Discard any food left out more than 2 hours. If the temperature is above 90 °F, discard after one hour.
By knowing the rules of food safety you can help prevent germ and bacteria growth, which will help keep you and your family safe. If any one in your family exhibits symptoms of foodborne illness (diarrhea, high fever, prolonged vomiting, dehydration, or dizziness) contact your healthcare provider.
For more information on food poisoning, contact the Independence Health Department at (816) 325-7185, or by visiting http://www.cdc.gov/Features/BeFoodSafe/ and http://www.foodsafety.gov/.


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PROSPECT — This year's group of Prospect football players might be a little smaller and a little younger than last year's squad, but they're also a little nastier.
That's going to be one of the keys to notching another winning season in a tough District 2 league this year, said Cougars head coach Dave Boekenoogen.
"We have eight or nine guys that are ready to go, but we're only as good as our weakest guy. We're going to have to play a lot of young, inexperienced football players," said the fifth-year head coach. "The guys that should be making plays, if they make plays, I think we can win quite a few ballgames."
The Cougars will line up with just four seniors compared to last season's group of nine, but they are welcoming back six returning starters.
Among them, juniors Darren Stillwagon and Kevin Anderson will be splitting time at quarterback and running back.
"They both have their own strengths at those positions ... we'll be rotating between them," Boekenoogen said. "They're great athletes."
Although the Cougars play eight-man football, with just 17 players on the roster, they are going to have several players on the field for every down, Boekenoogen said.
"We're not about lining up and jamming it down your throats, I'm not expecting freshmen and sophomores to drive people off the ball, we just don't have the horses to do that ... we have to rely on a little smoke and mirrors," he said.
That said, the team will still be counting on solid performances from standout sophomore linemen Andrew Castro and Tyler Munsell as much as anyone, Boekenoogen said.
Conditioning is also going to play a big role during the first part of the season, and with this summer's blanket of wildfire smoke across southern Oregon, Prospect's players haven't had a lot of fresh-air opportunities to really stretch their legs.
"That's been hard on us," he said. "It's like breathing camp fire smoke."
Prospect get its season rolling Saturday in Butte Falls with an endowment game but will only bring 11 players as some of the roster has yet to arrive for the school year.
Pulling from such a large geographic area, it's been a challenge running a summer program for football players, Boekenoogen said, but they leave school each year with a summer workout schedule and are asked to stick with it.
"We've really tried to emphasize and focus on the little things over the years, with lifting in the off season and workouts," Boekenoogen said. "I think we've had some success."
The team to beat in District 2 will again be Camas Valley, the two-time defending Class 1A state champion, with Triad and Elkton also teams to measure a team's grit against, Boekenoogen said
"Pretty much any team in this league could be a pretty solid team," he said. "It's going to be a tough year, this league has always been tough."
Even so, the Cougars' offense works. Last year, ending with 6-4 record, the team put up a total of 486 points in 10 games, lighting up the scoreboard with an average of nearly 50 points a game. The Cougars were held to less than 50 points in just three games, against Hosanna Christian, Camas Valley and Elkton.
"We're trying to teach the kids here that losing is not acceptable," Boekenoogen said. "I think these kids have that mentality."
Sam Wheeler is a freelance writer living in Ashland. Email him at email@example.com
Young Cougars off and running
PROSPECT — This year's group of Prospect football players might be a little smaller and a little younger than last year's squad, but they're also a little nastier.


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Interesting symbols in the dollar bill
Posted 23 November 2007 - 12:46 AM
It also proves the point that just because something is published on the web doesn't necessarily make it true, as so many people think. What's sad is that people will read this who don't even realize that much of the symbolism on the dollar bill has to do with the original 13 colonies, and the US symbols of freedom and democracy.
I hope you are not saying to me that I was wrong to go to the site and then be upset by what I saw on it. That's not my fault; plus I know the information is false and have the right to see his source. Please clarify that you are not "blaming me as the victim" rather than dealing with people posting obviously false and malicious websites.
If that is the case, then I'm totally done with GV and will never return.
Posted 23 November 2007 - 12:55 PM
Some domain names make their position extremely clear. You complain that the phrase Jesus Saves shows up too frequently on the Village, yet you click on an off-site link with that exact phrase in the domain name and expect not to get offended? That's akin to me clicking on josephlied.com expecting it to promote Mormonism.
I don't like that particular Jesus Saves site (I've run into it before). Most of its pages are dedicated tearing down instead of building up. There's a page explaining why Catholicism isn't Christian, it classifies several sects as cults, bashes the Masons (Masonry is a fraternity, not a religion), etc.
I am not condoning that site, just saying with a little common sense we can avoid things we know will offend us.
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
Posted 24 November 2007 - 07:53 PM
I have to say that I didn't read the links until I saw what Kira said about anti-Jewish sentiments. She's right to be offended. I was and I'm not Jewish. I just don't like the implied ideas and conspiracy theories of the "Jews own and control all the money!" It not only perpetuates a stereotype, but is a commonly used conspiracy theory for ignorant racist and anti-semetic organizations. The Nazi party used ideas like this to foster hatred towards the Jewish people, who still receive an insane amount of discrimination and bigotry in this world. I found it very offensive.
Posted 24 November 2007 - 09:07 PM
Honestly I didn't even read the link before clicking on it. Once I got there I started looking around and then was HORRIFIED by what I found there. It's the same as young/adolescent girls accidentally clicking on sites that promote anorexia, or people clicking on links that bring them to Neo-Nazi sites; it wasn't their intention, but the weak of mind could very easily get sucked in by those sites and become indoctrinated.
Bottom line is that there is still too much hate and misunderstanding of people in the world, with the vast majority directed at minorities; so sad. It's the 21st century and humans are still hating one another based on skin color, stereotypes, and religion. If we don't learn from history, then we are destined to repeat the mistakes of the past. I guess some of us will never learn that we are all human beings with the same blood running through our veins, with the same basic needs for survival. Lastly, whether one believes in Creationism or Evolution, either way, we all share the same ancestors.
Posted 24 November 2007 - 09:27 PM
My uncles were Masons and I was a Jobs Daughter in my teens. It was too religious and formal for me so I left the organization.
Posted 24 November 2007 - 10:16 PM
Like all art, drawn symbolism can be interpreted in many different ways and the only person who knows the real meaning is the original author/artist of the work. Who here has tried to interpret Walt Whitman or Emily Dickenson? Theories on each of them abound. But alas, they are both dead so we shall never know.
Posted 25 November 2007 - 10:20 AM
Posted 28 November 2007 - 02:29 AM
People have to much time on their hands and make to much out of simple things like that.
But what is a MASON anyway?
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Posted 28 November 2007 - 03:37 PM
Although there are indeed some interesting symbols, the problem is that you can manipulate things to make your point. Search long enough for something, and you will convince yourself that you have found it, whether it is actually there or not.
Some of the symbols are obvious. However, the 6 sided star that the pyramid makes does not point at the letters as the person who drew the lines is trying to point out.
If you use thick enough lines, then yes, you can make it point to them, however, if you use thin lines, the right hand edge actually lines up with the U, not the M.
I'm sure that there are other discrepancies as well, if you look hard enough.
Is that a number at the base of the prymid?
Posted 28 November 2007 - 03:55 PM
Regarding the response where some one is sick of hearing the word God, with respect, deal with it. We all exist together, and we all believe different things. It's not inherent right to not have to hear, see, or feel any thing that is in dissagreement with our views. Don't be misguided by the illusion of political correctness. It is a illusion and a tool of propaganda designed to influence the gullable, the vaulunrable. While it presents it self as offering some thing in acutality it is stripping right of freedom of thought and self expression. Don't be duped by the ever popular granting of rights. Under the design they can be, and frequently are, removed as easily as they are granted.
This is a interesting topic. Thanks to the poster for sharing it.
Posted 28 November 2007 - 03:55 PM
Is that a number at the base of the prymid?
MDCCLXXVI is the number 1776 in Roman numerals.
1000 + 500 + 100 + 100 + 50 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 1 = 1776
I didn't lose my mind - I have it backed up on a disk ... somewhere
Posted 28 November 2007 - 03:59 PM
That was really cool!
Posted 30 November 2007 - 09:37 PM
Posted 01 December 2007 - 12:05 AM
What I meant about "Jesus this and Jesus that," was I felt that lately there are have been a lot of people whose intent appears to be to convert us ghost believers into Christians. I guess I didn't complete my thought in writing.
I personally I have a very close relationship with God, (my higher power), and agree that everyone has a right to believe in one, or not; my hope is that people don't try to shove their beliefs down the throats of us GVers because they feel we must be God-less to believe in spirits and ghosts, etc.
All in all, I've come to the conclusion that as you said, I will "deal with it."
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text: On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 12:33:52PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:> Neil Horman wrote:> > On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 02:13:26AM +1000, Rusty Russell wrote:> > > >>On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 17:22 +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:> >>> >>>But I'm wondering, wouldn't module refcounting alone fix this problem?> >>>If we make nf_sockopt() call try_module_get(ops->owner), remove_module()> >>>on ip_tables.ko would simply fail because the refcount is above zero> >>>(so it would fail at point 3 above). Am I missing something important?> >>> >>Yes, that seems the correct solution to me, too. ISTR that this code> >>predates the current module code.> >>> >>Rusty.> > > > > > Thanks guys-> > When I first started looking at this problem I would have agreed with> > you, that module reference counting alone would fix the problem. However,> > delete_module can work in either a non-blocking or a blocking mode. rmmod> > passes O_NONBLOCK to delete module, and so is fine, but modprobe does not. So> > if you currently use modprobe -r to remove modules (as the iptables service> > script nominally does), modprobe winds up waiting in the kernel for the module> > reference count to become zero. Since we can hold a reference to the module> > being removed in the same path that forks a modprobe request to load that same> > module (which then blocks on the first modprobes fcntl lock), we still get> > deadlock. The way I fixed this was by use of the second patch, which brings> > modprobes behavior into line with the rmmod utility (which is to default to> > non-blocking operation), leading to the remove_module failure and breaking of> > the deadlock that you describe above.> > > Thanks for the explanation, I've applied your patch.Thanks Patrick!Neil> -> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in> the body of a message to email@example.com> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html> Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/-- /*************************************************** *Neil Horman *Software Engineer *Red Hat, Inc. *firstname.lastname@example.com *gpg keyid: 1024D / 0x92A74FA1 *http://pgp.mit.edu ***************************************************/-To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" inthe body of a message to firstname.lastname@example.com majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.htmlPlease read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, November 28, 2005
The Countdown Begins
I've made so many purchases on ebay over the past year that I really need to start the Today's Inspiration Countdown to Christmas early this year... so please bear with me. I'll try to keep it interesting for everybody. For starters, here's a new find by the oft-requested Harry Anderson ( 1906-1996).
Walt Reed's "Illustrator in America" tells us that Anderson was allergic to oils, so what you see here is either watercolour or gouache, which Anderson learned to blend like oils. While Anderson was a major contributor to advertising and national magazines like the Saturday Evening Post for many years, he seems to have found his calling in painting religious subjects for the latter part of his career.
A fellow who was on the TI list for a while, Jim Pinkoski, has a Harry Anderson tribute page on his website that focuses on that part of Anderson's career. Jim actually met Harry Anderson and has many photos of the artist in his studio and at his home.
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When I was at Illustration House early this October I was marvelling at a piece done by Harold Anderson, but thing about it was it felt more like a Rockwell piece than I was used to seeing. Walt Reed mentioned that there were actually two illustrators by that name. Harry Anderson and Harold N Anderson.ReplyDelete
Both were quite talented regardless.
- Anonymous12:08 PM
There was a nice profile of Anderson in Illustration #12, in case anyone missed it.ReplyDelete
There are thumbnails provided (too small to read), but in case anyone wanted to track it down, I thought you might appreciate knowing what the cover looked like.
Bill Angus
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My pleasure.ReplyDelete
There's a short article in that issue by comic artist Steve Rude about his meeting(s? - it's been a while since I read it) with Anderson. He discusses the 'blend on the brush' technique a little bit (IIRC, that was one of the reasons Rude contacted Anderson in the first place).
Bill Angus
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Steve Rude did in fact learn the Harry "blending" technique (Steve calls in the "Harry Technique". He has a workshop coming up. I know he only accepts a few students at a time as he likes to give individual instruction, but if you are interested in learning from him you can check and see if there are spots left: http://www.dillmans.com/dcaf/2012/steve-rude.htmlReplyDelete


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I made this jacket from Burda Style Jacket Pattern 126 from November 2007. The original jacket hangs loosely and calls for either magnets or snaps as fasteners. I added darts to give more shape and used velcro. If I were to make it again, I would add internal pockets. The pattern is extremely easy as it only has two pieces and no lining is required. Made with the right material, such as my fuzzy faux fur, it is extremely comfortable.
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Whatever SCOTUS Rules, Full Federal Equality Has To Start With Obama
The Supreme Court is likely to rule this month on the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act. Though most legal scholars assume that the oral proceedings back in March signal the court will rule against DOMA, analysts and political experts say that the Obama Administration has its work cut out to make federal marriage rights for same-sex couples a reality.
Whether gay couples actually get those benefits would depend on where they live — and how vigorously President Obama seeks to change the legal language that determines whether a couple is married in the eyes of the federal government.
For Mr. Obama, who appears eager to have his legacy defined in part by the advancement of civil rights for gay Americans, his administration's actions after the ruling may be as important as the ruling itself. A spokesman for the president declined to comment on the issue but hinted that the administration might be preparing to act.
"As the court has not yet ruled, it would be premature to speculate about what may happen after a decision is issued," said Matt Lehrich, a White House spokesman. "The administration will, of course, be prepared to address any implications of the court's decision."
Activists, however, are warning gay couples not to expect that federal benefits would arrive immediately, because government agencies vary widely in how they determine whether a couple is legally married.
Some federal agencies, like the I.R.S. and the Social Security Administration, make that determination by looking to the state where a couple lives. Even with the 1996 law overturned, those agencies would deny benefits to gay couples who live in one of the 38 states that do not allow same-sex marriage.
In such cases, the administration would have to change its standard — for example, by defining marriage based on whether a couple is legally married in any state — in order to extend benefits to same-sex couples.
As we all unfortunately know by now, there are 1,100 benefits ascribed to federal marriage that same-sex couples currently can't access (but opposite sex couples can). If SCOTUS makes us proud sometime this month, it will just be another bold-weighted bullet point in our long, winding road to full equality.


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Virginia A. McGregor, 77
Virginia A. McGregor, 77, of Schooner Avenue, died Friday, May 18, 2007. She was the wife of the late Donald McGregor.
Born in Wakefield, she was a daughter of the late Benjamin and Lola (Briggs) Curtis. Mrs. Mc- Gregor was a dietitian for Miriam Hospital for many years before retiring. She leaves her daughter Peggy Burse and her husband Alan of Jamestown; brothers, Robert Curtis of Florida and Benjamin Curtis Jr. of Narragansett; and grandson, Ashton Dana Burse of Jamestown. She was the mother of the late Andrew McGregor.
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Michigan Tech Takes Iron Team Award in 2009 Baja SAE
By Marcia Goodrich | Published
Michigan Technological University's Blizzard Baja Enterprise finished the three-part Baja SAE collegiate design competition at the top of the heap, with more points than any other competitor.
Michigan Tech earned the Mike Schmidt Memorial Iron Team Award, given to the team with the most combined points after all three North American Baja SAE events. Michigan Tech finished eighth in Alabama, second in Oregon and, most recently, sixth in Wisconsin against a field of 99 teams, the largest of the year. The is the first time a Michigan Tech team has taken the Iron Team award since 1981, when the University first entered Baja SAE competition.
Sponsored by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Baja SAE challenges college students to design and build an off-road vehicle to survive the severe punishment of rough terrain and sometimes water.
Students build a prototype of an off-road vehicle intended for mass production and sale. With 10-horsepower engines donated by Briggs & Stratton, teams build a new car every school year to enter in up to three competitions. Students design and manufacture most components, using analysis tools and processes that are used widely in industry.
During Baja SAE Wisconsin, held June 11-14 in Burlington, Blizzard Baja achieved the fastest time in the suspension and traction event and garnered the most points overall in the dynamic events, earning the First Place Honda Overall Dynamic Award. During the final event of the competition, the four-hour Endurance Event, the vehicle suffered a broken A-arm. The team repaired the break and had the vehicle back on the track in about 15 minutes, quickly enough to earn a respectable eighth-place finish.
This year the Michigan Tech team pioneered the technology used to manufacture carbon fiber suspension arms as well as a custom brake system. "Blizzard Baja Enterprise would like to thank all the sponsors, alumni and Michigan Technological University for giving us the opportunity and resources to test our engineering knowledge against the brightest students in the world," said Bryan Lyman, president of the Blizzard Baja Enterprise.
For more information on the Blizzard Baja Enterprise visit www.baja.mtu.edu.
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Mickelson flirts with a 59, shares Deutsche Bank leadBy SIMON EVANS
August 30. 2013 8:27PM
NORTON, Mass. — Phil Mickelson fired a brilliant front-nine 28 on Friday en route to a share of the first-round lead at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Friday.
Mickelson started early on the 10th tee and went a 7-under through his opening nine holes as he quickly showed how easy scoring could be on the soft greens at the TPC Boston. He closed with an 8-under par 63.
"I played really well, obviously putted really well," said Mickelson, who admitted that at the turn he had considered his chances of shooting just the sixth 59 on the PGA Tour.
"The greens were perfect on my front nine and I saw the line and just rolled them in. It felt really good to putt like that."
But with the shadows falling, England's Brian Davis, bogey-free throughout his round, drained a curling 25-foot putt on his final hole to finish with two consecutive birdies and earn his place atop the overnight leaderboard.
British Open champion Mickelson's hopes of a truly remarkable score were undone by bogeys on the first and last holes of his back nine, although an eagle at the par-5 second ensured he did not undo much of his outstanding start.
Mickelson, the world's No. 3 golfer, was grouped with Tiger Woods and Adam Scott, ranked first and second in the world, respectively, and he set the perfect tone with a 19-foot putt for birdie on his opening hole.
The left-hander birdied every hole on the back nine except the par-4 12th and 13th, producing pin-point iron shots and composed putting.
Woods, the FedExCup points leader, mixed four birdies with a bogey for a 3-under 68 while Scott (73) had three bogeys and a lone birdie on an ideal morning for low scoring.
"It was a decent day, I didn't hit the ball as well as I'd like to but I scored all right. Missed a few opportunities," said Woods, who showed no indications of his recent back troubles. "The back was fine, all good."


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COMER, Ga. (AP) — An event set for next weekend in northeast Georgia will give people with disabilities a chance to participate in a deer hunt.
At least 75 people are set to join the second annual Northeast Georgia Ultimate Adventure Deer Hunt on Friday and Saturday, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.
"We're totally inclusive. Anybody with any type disability, it doesn't matter, they can participate," said Kirk Thomas, executive director of Outdoors Without Limits. "We have no age limit."
Thomas was paralyzed while hunting in Alabama in November 1992. He founded the organization that is sponsoring the hunting event in 2008. The event isn't just for people who have disabilities, he said.
"We're asking the hunter and fishermen who love the outdoors to give a day and half of their time to make it happen for someone who otherwise would not have an opportunity," he said. "It's life changing and life saving."
The hunters should arrive Friday morning at the Comer Fairgrounds for registration, orientation, an afternoon hunt and dinner. They're expected to be up the next morning for breakfast at 5 a.m. followed by more hunting in the woods.
Thomas was hurt while hunting when a tree fell on him, shattering two vertebrae. Doctors said he'd be hospitalized for six months, but he was released in 52 days. He worked for the Boy Scouts of America and for the Wild Turkey Federation before founding Outdoors Without Limits to help disabled people participate in outdoor activities.
"The only way I know how to run this organization is like a big ol' happy family and that's everybody helping everybody," he said.
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AMD A8-3850 Llano APU Review
We have seen some really great products coming out of the mainstream market. With a constant flow of new memory, solid state drives, motherboards and CPUs, there is everything we can dream of to pick from. Recently, we took a look at a new approach to processor designs from AMD with the Fusion APU which integrates the CPU and GPU on a processor soldered directly to the motherboard. This design was a direct competitor to the Intel Atom offerings and really did a great job, exceeding expectations and bringing together the new market for powerful but small platforms. AMD has upped the ante with a new processor which is aimed at bridging the gap between the lower Fusion APU platform and the higher-end Phenom II series. Dubbed Llano, this new APU design places together a 32nm central processing unit and a discrete graphics processing unit into a single chip allowing you to get the most power out of your system.
Today we are going to be taking a look at the flagship A-series APU the A8-3850. This processor integrates the CPU, GPU and Northbridge functions into a single chip designed to be faster and more efficient than having them as separate components. The A8-3850 is clocked at 2.9 GHz and manufactured using a 32nm process. The A8-3850 features a new Socket FM1 for the new design and supports DDR3 memory up to 1866MHz, has a 512KB L1 cache and a 1MB per core L2 cache for a total 4MB L2 cache. This processor is designed for mainstream systems looking for the best processing power for the money. Set to be priced at around $135 for the processor, this is going to be a platform destined to make a name for itself. The graphics core integrated into the APU is the Radeon HD 6550D series which has 400 Radeon cores, 20 Texture units, 5 SMIDs, and is clocked at a fast 600MHz. The peak GPU compute power for the IGP is 480GFLOPS and offers full DirectX 11 support. All that in a little chip? Amazing isn't it? Well if you are as excited as I am, how about we dive in and start off with a look at the APU.
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The AMD A8-3850 processor, at first glance, looks like the AM3 CPU line but don't let it fool you. If you flip over the processor, you can really get a look at the differences by checking out the pin setup. The Socket FM1 has a set of missing pins in the middle of the processor unlike the AM2+ and AM3 line which is fully covered from edge to edge with pins. Socket FM1 has 905 pins compared to the 941 pins of a Socket AM3 processor. The A8-3850 is clocked at a generous 2.9GHz and has a per core L2 cache of 1MB. There is no L3 cache on these APU chips so I am curious as to how much of a difference that will make. The A8 APU is manufactured using a 32nm process and has a die size of 228mm2. What is all this talk about APUs? If you have been living in a hole for the last six months, this is what the new processor is called. APU stands for Advanced Processing Unit and has a CPU and a GPU (graphics processing unit) all on the same die. This combination gives you a better all-in-one solution for your system build. The A8 series APU integrates the Radeon HD 6550D graphics for smooth video playback and better graphics. With full DirectX 11 support, 400 Radeon cores, and a 600MHz GPU clock speed, you will be ready to do some damage. This particular model has a max TDP of 100 watts and supports DDR3 memory up to 1866MHz overclocked.
Of course with a new socket comes a new platform. Next up, we will take a look at one of the new Socket FM1 motherboards designed for the A8-3850 APU.


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