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Jazz is a music genre that originated from African-American communities of New Orleans in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It emerged in the form of independent traditional and popular musical styles, all linked by the common bonds of African American and European American musical parentage with a performance orientation. Jazz spans a period of over a hundred years, encompassing a very wide range of music, making it difficult to define. Jazz makes heavy use of improvisation, polyrhythms, syncopation and the swing note, as well as aspects of European harmony, American popular music, the brass band tradition, and African musical elements such as blue notes and African-American styles such as ragtime. Jazz has proved to be very difficult to define, since it encompasses such a wide range of music spanning a period of over 100 years, from ragtime to the 2010-era rock-infused fusion.


Marathon Petroleum provides medical coverage to protect and promote your family's health through the MPC Health Plan – a qualified plan that meets the standards of the Affordable Care Act and offers you a choice of two Preferred Provider Organization options. The Saver HSA and Classic options are both administered by Anthem BlueCross BlueShield (Anthem BCBS).
The Saver HSA option is a "pay as you go" Health Plan option, and qualifies as a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP). It has a lower premium, a higher deductible and the opportunity to open a portable Health Savings Account (HSA) that offers triple-tax advantages.
With this option, your annual deductible includes both medical and prescription drug expenses, and you pay all your medical and prescription drug costs in until you reach that amount (with the exception of preventive care and certain generic preventive medications). After you meet the annual deductible, the Saver HSA option pays 80% of your eligible expenses for care received in-network. If you reach the out-of-pocket maximum, the Health Plan will pay 100% of your medical and prescription drug costs.
To help offset the higher deductibles in the Saver HSA option, the Company will contribute $500 for Employee Only coverage or $1,000 for Employee + Dependents coverage to a Health Savings Account when you enroll in this option and open an account. See the "Health Savings Account (HSA)" section for details.
Employees who enroll in the Saver HSA are eligible to participate in a Limited Purpose Flexible Spending Account. This account is limited to paying for eligible dental and vision expenses. As with the Flexible Spending Account, you can elect from $120 to $2,650 for your anticipated dental and/or vision expenses in 2019. Eligible expenses must be incurred by December 31, 2019 and claims must be summited by May 31, 2020. You may carry over up to $500 into 2020. Once you have met your deductible, it can also be used for medical and prescription drug expenses. But first, make sure you let PayFlex know you met your deductible. You will receive a debit card, pre-loaded with the amount of your annual election. The same Flexible Spending Account expense deadlines apply.
The Classic option is a "pay up-front" option, with a higher monthly contribution in exchange for lower annual deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums. This option also includes copays instead of coinsurance for certain services such as office visits and prescription drugs.
After the annual deductible is met, the Classic option pays 80% of eligible expenses for health care received in-network. With family coverage, until the family deductible is met, each covered family member must meet the individual deductible before coinsurance begins for his/her medical care. However, regardless of whether you have met your deductible, you will only be responsible for copays for in-network doctor visits. With the Classic option, prescription drugs have copays. Retail drugs are subject to a smaller, separate deductible before copays begin.
If you select the Classic option or waive coverage under the Health Plan, you are also eligible for a Health Care Flexible Spending Account (HCFSA), wherein you can set aside pre-tax dollars from your pay to help cover your family's health care expenses. See the "Health Care Flexible Spending Account (HCFSA)" section for details.
* Medical and prescription drug expenses will apply toward meeting the out-of-pocket maximum.
** Employee + Dependents covers Employee + Spouse, Employee + Child(ren) and Employee + Family.
**Employee + Dependents covers Employee + Spouse, Employee + Child(ren) and Employee + Family.
The primary difference between the two options is how you pay for your health care expenses, so the Saver HSA and Classic options will have different premiums, deductibles and out-of-pocket maximum limits. The following chart offers a side-by-side comparison of the Saver HSA and Classic options.
Higher monthly premiums, but lower deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums.
Lower monthly premiums, but higher deductibles and out-of-pocket maximums.
With Employee + Dependents* coverage, once any combination of covered family members reaches the annual deductible, the Health Plan starts paying coinsurance for all family members.
Qualifies as a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP).
Copays and Coinsurance Includes copays instead of coinsurance for office visits and prescription drugs. No copays; only coinsurance.
Separate deductibles for medical and retail prescription drugs.
Prescription drugs have copays (retail drugs are subject to a smaller, separate deductible that must be met before copays apply).
Annual deductible includes both medical and prescription drug expenses.
You pay all your medical and prescription drug costs in full until you reach your deductible (with the exception of preventive care and certain generic preventive medications).
You pay 20% after deductible for retail and mail-order drugs.
Plan pays 100% for medical and prescription drug costs once you reach the out-of-pocket maximum.
Eligible for a Health Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA), which allows you to set aside pre-tax dollars from your pay to help cover some of your family's eligible health care expenses.
Offers a portable Health Savings Account (HSA) that includes triple-tax advantages. Company contributes $500 for Employee Only coverage or $1,000 for Employee + Dependents coverage*.
Eligible for a Limited Purpose FSA that is limited to paying for eligible dental and vision expenses with pre-tax dollars.
Out-of-Pocket Maximums Both Health Plan options have in-network out-of-pocket maximums. So whichever option you choose, the most you'll pay for covered in-network medical (including prescription drug) expenses out of your own pocket in a calendar year is the out-of-pocket maximum for your selected Health Plan option. With Family coverage, until the family out-of-pocket maximum is met, each covered family member must meet the individual out-of-pocket maximum for the Plan to begin paying at 100% for that individual.
*Employee + Dependents covers Employee + Spouse, Employee + Child(ren) and Employee + Family.
Retirees under age 65 are eligible for the same Health Plan options as MPC active employees. Monthly contributions depend on your accrued percentage of the Company subsidy, based on your years of service.
Retirees age 65 and over can receive an annual Company subsidy toward the cost of individual Medicare-related plans available through Towers Watson's Via Benefits. If you're eligible for the subsidy, you will receive an enrollment guide from Via Benefits similar to the sample below.
* OneExchange has changed their name to Via Benefits. They still provide the same services to our post-65 retirees and their dependents.
Using doctors and hospitals within Anthem's network can result in considerable savings. It's your responsibility to check if providers are in-network – and it's easy to do.
Is it time for your preventive exam?
Don't understand your Explanation of Benefits?
If you're enrolled in the Health Plan, we provide the added benefit of Best Doctors, a service that gives you access to the best medical minds in the world, with complete confidentiality – at no cost to you. If you have questions about your diagnosis, would like an in-depth review of your treatment plan or want to find the best specialist for your condition, Best Doctors will help you get it right.
Anthem's LiveHealth Online offers you the opportunity to see a doctor "virtually" anywhere. Whether you are at home, in the middle of a road trip or at the office, you can now speak to a doctor immediately via your smartphone, tablet or computer with a webcam. Anthem's LiveHealth Online is available for members of the Marathon Petroleum Health Plan.
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Among the many junkets Canadian MPs accepted last year from foreign governments and various lobbies was one "cultural and economic exchange" to the United Arab Emirates taken by Bloc Quebecois MP Meili Faille. The $6,000 trip was sponsored by the Muslim Association of Canada.
In addition, a 2007 MAC webpage lists US Muslim Brotherhood leader and Canadian National Jamal Badawi as a director of the organization. Dr. Badawi is a leader in many of the most important organizations of the global Muslim Brotherhood including the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Council on American Islamic Relations (Canada), the Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA), the Muslim American Society (MAS), and the European Council for Fatwa and Research (ECFR). As previous posts have noted, recently released documents indicate that he was (and probably still is), a member of the leadership structure of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood. He can be characterized as one of the leading ideologues of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood and has traveled widely all over the world as a representative of the U.S. Muslim community. Dr. Badawi was also listed by US federal prosecutors as an unindicted co-conspriator in the Holy Land terrorism financing trial.
It should also be noted that the a course on Islamic Studies developed by the Edmonton Public schools with the assistance of MAC Chairman Saleh includes the most well-known work of Global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi as well a work by Jamal Badawi. Mr. Saleh also holds several other positions including serving on the Edmonton Community Services Advisory Board.
Previous posts have reported on projects sponsored by the MAC including opposition to a proposed Islamic center in Edmonton and on the construction of a large mosque to be built in downtown Montreal and to be managed by the MAC.


#27 - Hollywood "by the numbers" with Producer Dennis Brown • Where Hollywood Hides... the home of classic TV, movies, music, & celebrities!
Dennis Brown, one of Hollywood's most seasoned and prolific television movie producers, tells a uniquely personal story that saw him go from "small town boy" to the pinnacle of Hollywood success. In a wide-ranging informal conversation with Bob and Suzanne, Dennis recalls career highlights that include getting hired by Grant Tinker (who would later build MTM Productions with his wife Mary Tyler Moore), surviving United Artist Studios' implosion following the debacle of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate, and ultimately becoming an award winning producer on his own.
During the course of his amazing career, Dennis Brown has supervised multiple Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning projects, has shot movies on every continent on the planet.
The major stars he's worked with include Jerry Seinfeld, Lindsay Wagner, Farrah Fawcett, Liza Minelli, Tom Selleck, Neil Diamond, Burt Lancaster, Leonard Nimoy, Peter Fonda…and the list goes on. Dennis even tells us which star has been his all-time favorite actor to work with!
While sharing his keys to building a successful career as a movie producer, in a candid and emotional moment Dennis reveals what has truly mattered most to him during his years in Hollywood. Throughout the interview, you'll hear what it takes to plan a lasting Hollywood career and how "the Hollywood dream" can become a reality.
On the set, doing what producers do: worry!
It's an easy-going, intimate conversation about an incredible life working behind the scenes in Hollywood…and it's not one you'll soon forget!


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Well-defined abdominal muscles are a prominent goal for a lot of men. What exactly does this mean, though? Are you just looking for a stomach that shows off the existence of your abs? Or would you rather develop abdominals with real heft to them that show off both bulging muscles and chiseled valleys?
The difference between the two is clear if you flip through a magazine or two. You'll see that simply getting lean is enough to demonstrate the existence of the abdominal muscles. It takes serious muscle mass to build and show off three-dimensional abs that have real heft to them.
Now it's true that from a fitness standpoint, bulking up your abs doesn't really convey any health benefits. The abdominals perform a modest job in keeping you healthy and fit, and they don't need a lot of power to do it. That doesn't matter from an aesthetic standpoint, though. Plenty of bodybuilders have demonstrated that's it's possible to bulk up the abs, and so it's something a lot of us aspire to. All it takes is plenty of effective exercise with plenty of resistance.
First things first: You have to keep in mind that low overall levels of body fat are the essential prerequisite to showing off your abs. Until you get your body fat down to nine (or even eight) percent, any work you put into developing your abs is going to remain hidden. Hit that number, though, and your abdominal muscles will appear as if by magic.
Don't be dismayed if your initial look at your abs doesn't live up to your expectations. Once you can see them, you can really start working on them!
This general tension between leanness and muscle mass can be seen in other areas of your body. In your arms, for example, keeping fat to a minimum will expose the muscles and the divisions between them, but it won't lend any size to individual groups like the biceps and triceps. You're probably already aware that you need to do plenty of curls to build up the biceps and triceps. Increasing the amount of weight you use over time increases the amount of resistance you subject the muscles to. This forces them to get stronger and bigger as you continue to work out.
You can use the same methodology to cultivate bigger, more prominent abdominal muscles.
Basic ab exercises will provide a little bit of a workout. You may be spending plenty of time on hanging leg raises or planks or rollouts on an ab wheel or a Swiss ball. You'll note that there's a limit to what these exercises can do for you, though. Your body adapts over time and eventually it will be more than strong enough to handle these exercises no matter how many reps you subject yourself to.
In order to move forward, you're going to need to work against more than the weight of your own body.
You can make hanging leg raises effective again by strapping on a pair of ankle weights. (If you're looking for a real challenge, try holding a medicine ball with your ankles while you do your leg raises.) When they have extra weight to cope with, your abs will start to burn. Over time they'll begin growing again, leading to the prominence and mass you're looking for.
Apply this same general principle to all of your ab exercises. Put on a haversack and throw a weight plate or two in it before you hit the ab wheel. Hold a plate in both hands and try Swiss ball crunches again. Do you favor the classic crunch? Try doing them while you hold a weight plate beneath your head.
It takes time and effort to build the sort of 3-D abs that people find truly impressive. Tackle the problem with dedication and challenge yourself with added weight when you do your ab exercises. It's not easy, but it works!


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Cisco to acquire Lightwire for $271m
Written by Jamie Beach
27 February 2012 @ 12:00
US equipment vendor Cisco has announced its intention to acquire Californian firm Lightwire, a provider of advanced optical interconnect technology for high-speed networking applications.
Cisco will pay approximately $271m in cash and retention-based incentives in exchange for all shares of Lightwire. The deal is expected to go through in the third quarter of Cisco's fiscal year 2012, whereupon Lightwire's employees will be integrated into Cisco's Tranceiver Modules Group Business Unit and Supply Chain Operations Group.
The acquisition will allow Cisco to deliver cost-effective high-speed networks with advanced optical connectivity, thanks to Lightwire's considerable expertise in CMOS photonics technology, which enables switches, routers and optical transport systems to provide higher-density optical connectivity at a lower cost.
"The acquisition of Lightwire will support our data centre and service provider customers as they manage the continuing deluge of network traffic alongside tight capital and operating budgets," said Surya Panditi, senior vice president of Cisco's Service Provider Networking Group. "With the combined know-how from Cisco in silicon design and Lightwire in CMOS photonics, we will transform Cisco's optical connectivity business to an integrated technology platform that supports our customers' burgeoning need for cost-effective high-speed networks."
Cisco recently posted record revenues of US$ 11.5bn for the quarterly period which ended January 28th, 2011, with GAAP net profits for the period up a whopping 43.5%. Company CEO John Chambers attributed the strong results to a three-year plan to drive earnings faster than revenue, the earlier-than-planned achievement of a billion dollar cut in expenses, and continuing innovation.
Tags: Cisco, Lightwire
BT and Cisco team up to recycle 99.9% of old network kit
Telekom Malaysia and Cisco partner on 5G-as-a-service
Cisco to pull out of Russia and Belarus for good

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Q: Form is not submitting when "multipart/form-data" was used as the enctype I have a web form which is having a file upload option. I have used multipart/form-data as the enctype and post method to submit the form. At the server-end I'm using struts2 action class. Please find the codes below.
JSP:
<s:form action="createAdvertisement" id="heRegistration" theme="simple"
    name="advertisementForm" validate="true" method="post"
    enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <s:hidden name="lastAccessTime" id="lastAccessTime"></s:hidden>

            <s:text name="global.Advertisment" /> *
            :
            <input type="file" name="imageUpload">

             <s:fielderror
                        cssStyle="font-size:10px;" fieldName="imageUpload"></s:fielderror>

            <input type="submit" class="btn btnIEfix"
                value="<s:text name="button.save"/>"
                name="action:createAdvertisement" alt="Save"> <input
                type="button" name="cancel" class="btn btnIEfix btnInline"
                onclick="location.href='cancelAdvertisement.action'"
                value="<s:text name="button.cancel"/>" />

</s:form>

Struts config:
<action name="createAdvertisement" method="createAdvertisement"
        class="categoryAdvertisementsAction">
    <interceptor-ref name="fileUploadStack" />
    <result name="success">jsp/admin/addSuccess.jsp</result>
    <result name="input">jsp/admin/createAdvertisments.jsp</result>
</action>

Action class code line to accept the input file:
private File imageUpload;

final BufferedImage originalImage = ImageIO.read(imageUpload);

The form is getting submitted in some PCs but it doesn't get submitted in some of the PCs. I need to know why this is happening and whether the enctype is having any dependancies on the hardware.
Update
@Konza: Please find the raw html below.
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action="createAdvertisement.action" name="advertisementForm" id="heRegistration">

            Advertisement *
            :
            <input type="file" name="imageUpload" id="filestyle-0" style="position: fixed; left: -500px;">
<input type="text" disabled="" class="input-large">  Browse

            <input type="submit" alt="Save" name="action:createAdvertisement" value="Save" class="btn btnIEfix">
             <input type="button" value="Cancel" onclick="location.href='cancelAdvertisement.action'" class="btn btnIEfix btnInline" name="cancel">

</form>

@Andrea Ligios: All the PCs are behind proxy.
@Aleksandr M: Form submission didn't reach the related struts action class as I debug the code using eclipse, so the server-end validations didn't work.

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Below is a short introduction to an excerpt from my book The Last Daughter of Prussia. The excerpt that follows was just published in the online magazine Wild River Review. I invite all of you to subscribe to this amazing magazine that seeks to raise awareness and compassion as well as inspire engagement through the power of stories.
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When I was a child growing up in the Bahamas, my grandmother came to visit from Germany. One day, while we were building sandcastles on the beach, she paused to tell me about East Prussia – a place of great beauty where Trakehner horses pranced across dandelion meadows and elk herds swam in green rivers.
"Ost Preussen," she said, with a soulful sigh.
Hearing the sadness in her voice, I glanced up sharply.
"Where is East Prussia?" I asked, as the sand slipped through her fingers.
As I grew older I realized that East Prussia truly is a vanished land. Most people I've met, even educated ones, have never heard of it. They don't know that the largest mass exodus of civilians ever recorded in history took place in that tiny province during the winter of 1944-45, just as the Russian Army was invading. An estimated 2.5 million women were raped. Many died – travesties that could have been avoided had Hitler allowed the East Prussians to evacuate earlier. But he refused, and between the threat of being shot as traitors and the dire warnings of a fast approaching Red Army, the East Prussians were trapped.
Finally, the people defied Hitler's orders and fled their homes. Loading whatever of their lives they could fit into their carts, they marched in a long column through the snow, trekking across a frozen and treacherous part of the Baltic Sea, which was the only escape route open at the time.
Their story was never told. Why? Because in the face of all the atrocities committed by the Nazis, the East Prussian Germans were too ashamed to talk. Many felt their suffering was deserved. Perhaps too, the world did not want to know.
My grandparents were part of that great trek. Years later, after both of them had passed on, I found their diaries. As I huddled over those yellowed pages, poring through my grandmother's crisp handwriting, I remembered our conversation on the beach. Ancestors have a strange way of calling the soul to a task. Urged on by voices from the past, I began to research my roots and write my latest novel – The Last Daughter of Prussia.
I wrote so that the story lying hushed in German bones could be heard. I wrote knowing that all of humanity needs to be held in the heart of compassion; every side of the truth must be told. Only then can healing occur. Only then can both the dead and the living find peace.
Swooping low across the Angerapp River, a flock of common cranes announced the arrival of dawn, their cries echoing through the willow trees that swayed like weary sentinels on the marshy banks. From her perch on a flat, moss-covered stone, Manya von Falken watched the cranes rise into the pale, watery sunrise.
She'd been sitting at the river's edge since just after midnight when she'd awakened from the dream. But like splinters, the images remained stuck in her mind – Russian soldiers breaking down the front door of her house, her parents lying in a pool of blood on the parquet floor of the winter garden. Unable to sleep or shake her sense of dread, she had risen from her bed, dressed and made her way through the frosty air to the stables and her beloved stallion Aztec.
He had grown used to her nightly visits and had pricked up his ears the moment she unlatched the gate to his stall.
"I had the dream again," she whispered anxiously.
He nuzzled her shoulder as she lifted the saddle onto his back and pulled the girth buckle tight. Outside the stable, she mounted him. Together they rode into the courtyard and down the grassy hill toward the river, the beat of her heart slowly adjusting to the rhythm of his gait.
Now, the blackness of night had receded, the heavy fog clinging to the riverbank evaporating in the dawn air.
The river had always been her refuge. When she was a little girl, her father brought her to this very spot, holding her tightly on his lap as Fidelio, his bay Trakehner gelding, cantered down the embankment. Here, he had taught her to listen to the calls of birds while she fished for trout, pike and eel. In the sacred stillness she had heard the spirits of her ancestors dancing in the rustle of the leaves, felt their presence in the gentle raindrops that touched her skin. And never once had she been afraid.
For the past weeks, even the forest creatures acted strangely, as if they sensed the apocalypse she knew was coming. What else could explain the disappearance of the otters from the riverbanks? They were the happy-go-lucky freebooters of nature, always ready for a bit of fun. It had been months since she'd watched them toboggan down the slippery incline, their front paws tucked beneath their chests. And she missed them.
If only I could forget the dream, she thought, staring at the river. But the sound of imagined gunfire still echoed in her head.
The Russians would be ruthless. Their orders were simple. Women were to be raped; men shot or sent to Siberian labor camps. Their rallying cry was simple too. No mercy for Germans. Germans were evil. They had invaded Russia and slaughtered the innocent. Now they would be punished.
Aztec's shrill neigh snapped her out of her thoughts. She stood up.
"The otters won't be coming today," she sighed, smoothing back her hair.
Aztec pawed at a hard muddy ridge, letting her know he was ready to move on. She reached for his tanned deerskin bridle, woven expertly by Blacksmith Helling.
She couldn't remember a time when Helling wasn't in charge of the family's horses, ensuring they were impeccably shod, and that their bits and snaffles fit perfectly in their mouths. His reputation reached far beyond their Guja estate and the surrounding villages. An hour's ride away, in Nemmersdorf, where he lived with his wife Karin and their daughters, Maritza and Zarah, he was much loved and respected.
She shivered. The chill of the morning had awakened a hunger inside her, for food, surely, but also for the comfort of the blacksmith's home.
I'll go to Nemmersdorf, she thought, pulling herself into the saddle and nudging Aztec forward. It's a bit of a ride, but maybe Karin baked an apple strudel. She smiled to herself. If not, she'll fry me an egg in butter.
A breeze touched her face, bringing with it the scent of freshly turned soil. In the potato fields, the women would soon be out, digging up the precious sustenance they hoped would see them through the coming winter.
Ever since she could remember, she had felt connected to the land, its essence transmitting itself to her through the forests full of oaks and poplars and elk, the rivers that poured into peaceful inlets bountiful with fish. She longed to be worthy of the estate where her family had lived for centuries. She always thought she would grow old here, farm and raise horses. But she wasn't sure how much longer she could stay.
Pulling her collar tighter against the chilly air, she cantered on gathering the warmth that came with the mid-morning sun. Finally, she saw the bridge that crossed the Angerapp River onto Nemmersdorf's oak-lined Reichschaussee. She slowed Aztec to a walk, surprised to see the ground so churned up. The markings looked unfamiliar and yet, with a chill, she guessed they were tank tracks.
She sniffed the air and smelled iron. Urging Aztec over the bridge, she turned off the main road onto a path that ran through the forest toward Nemmersdorf village.
A quiver ran through Aztec's neck.
"What is it boy?" she murmured, gripping the handle of her hunting knife.
Aztec shook his mane and turned to look at her, his eyes shiny with fear. She nudged him on with her heels, but he wouldn't budge. Something was wrong. Dismounting, she led him off the path, deeper into the forest.
"Stay here," she whispered, stroking his muzzle. She thought for a moment and decided not to risk tying him to a tree. If a stranger found him, they would surely steal him. Untied, he could always run. "I'll be back boy," she said and then, swiftly, she set off.
Nemmersdorf was a short distance to the north. She worked her way through brambles and branches, straining to hear the familiar sounds of the women calling to each other as they walked to the fields.
Cautiously, she made her way through the smoke-filled air to the path bordering the village where groves of oaks lined the old road that led from Nemmersdorf to Gumbinnen town.
Four Russian tanks were parked on the shoulder of the road. Gunshots punctuated the air. People were shouting. Another tank rolled down the hill toward the village crushing a cow in its path. The poor animal let out an anguished groan and then it was silent.
Soldiers holding submachine guns and bayonets leapt down from the moving tank. One grabbed a screaming woman and dragged her down the narrow cobblestone street that twisted past the inn.
The quick, sharp blasts of another round of gunshots rose above the din. In Farmer Naujok's field twenty old men were lined up. One by one, they jerked and fell as bullets ripped through their shirts.
In the farmyard to her left, she heard a low moan. Creeping closer, she saw the tortured face of a woman whose hands and feet had been nailed to the barn door, her naked body stretched wide across the wooden frame. There was such terror in the woman's suffering. And no sign of hope that her crucifixion would let her rise like the Christ who hung above the altar in church.
Run, she thought. But her feet would not obey.
A more urgent thought struck her. She had to get to Blacksmith Helling's house.
Quickly, she followed the path that led to Helling's stone cottage, with its clay pots of red geraniums and rosemary at the gate. As she neared the edge of the forest, she saw that the front door was open. Two soldiers pushed Karin and Maritza down the stone steps into the road where more soldiers waited. Maritza was naked while her mother stood by sobbing, pleading for their lives.
The men surrounded Maritza, some of them laughing and jostling her with the ends of their rifles, others fondling her breasts.
Maritza screamed. Karin lunged sideways to protect her, but the men grinned and shoved her to the ground.
"Pigs," she shouted over and over again.
Another soldier pulled out his gun. Grunting, he grabbed Karin's face, forced the barrel into her mouth and pulled the trigger.
Manya stumbled backwards and vomited, the stream of bile landing on the dark square of earth beneath her feet. Her head began to spin. She raised her eyes to stop from fainting.
The men took turns. One by one, they unbuckled their belts and thrust themselves between Maritza's thighs. She struggled to fend them off, but soon, her long, blonde braids turned red, and finally, her cries faded.
In the street, an injured goose was hopping back and forth, honking woefully. Its wing was soaked in blood and it kept falling over. Zarah's goose, thought Manya, tears stinging her eyes. Where is Zarah? Where is she?
Manya's knees buckled. She felt the sky fall down around her, and then the noise in her head stopped.
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Just a wonderful taste of this incredible story - I can't wait to get my hands on the book. You've hooked me already!
Hi Marina, just happened upon your blog because I am looking for something else but you came up in my Google search. I will now search for your book because it appears rather interesting. It reminds me of the movie "Everything is illuminated" starring Elijah Wood. I do hope it is turned into a movie. Good material should be.


By now, you've probably already heard about the on-again-off-again rumors about Mashable and CNN. You've probably also heard about Instagram's Android announcement, Twitter's Posterous acquisition and how Chi'Lantro's Korean BBQ tacos will change your life. So in summing up SXSW 2012, I'm going to skip all that and go right for the key takeaways.
1. It's the future, stupid.
There's a lot of what's next tech at SXSW; those apps, devices, and cloud-based whatchamacallits will come and go. The real value of SXSW is not the tech. It's the insights. And this year's keynote speakers dropped quite a few insights.
Amber Case's keynote on the future of technology interfaces was brilliant. She addressed the problem of screen-based interfaces. It's dependent on users focusing their attention on a screen, causing them to miss whatever's going on around them. Case showed some device prototypes that allow users to interact with the technology using other senses such as touch. Case calls them herds up displays. A vibrating belt that gives you directions. Mobile apps that alert you to new information via sound. Her platform Geoloqi provides the location-based piece of technology that will make that future a reality.
The best line of Director of Digital for The Onion Baratunde Thurston's keynote hinted at the future of content. He said that screenwriters and code writers need to start working together. Serving content to an audience is one thing. Serving an experience is another. Online experiences typically require some programming, and that programming should align with the content the experience delivers. That's the future of online consumers.
2. Highlight is not fun for SXSW.
Everyone was abuzz about the hot ambient social networking apps like Highlight, Glancee, and Banjo. These apps are built on interest graphs, not social graphs. They alert you when someone with similar interests is nearby. It's a SXSW nightmare. My phone has been going nuts with notifications from these services because I'm surrounded by thousands of people in my industry. Alas, I do have hope for these apps and their ultimate vision: introduce people when and where they're relevant to each other.
There are hundreds of tech and consumer companies vying for attention here. The ones that stand out are the ones that are doing something controversial. PepsiCo partnered with Immersive Labs to show off adaptive advertising in action. I walked by the device, and it recognized that I was a young male with no facial hair. I felt a little violated. It was awesome.
The most controversial campaign happening at SXSW is the Homeless Hotspots ad agency BBH New York put in place. These are homeless people from Austin who are wifi hotspots. It's bringing attention to an often ignored issue, but the agency is facing a lot of criticism for exploiting homeless people. In other words, it's brilliant marketing.
What did you think about SXSW this year? Did you go? Did you wish you went? Tell us in the comments!
We were at SXSW and we enjoyed your review.
The goal of displaying an experience is exactly what we are doing by delivering interactive technology with relevant content in public places. We are rolling out an installation in a major hotel in a few weeks. Our technology has the capabilities to link a brand to optimized site or landing page for on the spot purchase and in store pick up all in the path of the consumer.Experience the Brand through all the senses. Love to tell you about it.


Now that I'm graduated college and don't play sports anymore I can't wear my school issued SDSU sweats every day (darn). I now have to impress clients with my outward appearance, convince them that I have good style and make a fantastic first impression as a designer.
The way that people dress has been on my mind lately and I realized something worth sharing.
You know that girl who is effortlessly cool?
The girl who looks put together after her workout?
She's blessed with magical hair that naturally looks amazing?
She wears little more than mascara but looks good in every photo?
She wears jumpsuits with a wide brim hat and doesn't look like a try-hard?
I know for a fact she doesn't wake up at 5am to do her makeup. She doesn't change into 5 different outfits every morning. The "effortlessly cool girl" in my life has a newborn and was telling me how she was up all night. So how, every day, despite the craziness of her life, does she look so so perfectly effortless?
I asked Daniel about this a couple months ago. He said "I bet she's been working on her looks for years. Little actions she has taken to improve her style and appearance have turned into habits, and now she's able to look so put together with seemingly minimal effort each day." I thought about it for a second then convinced myself that she doesn't try, because thats what I wanted to believe.
I had an Ah Ha moment the other day about this whole situation. It seems obvious now, but heres how I came the to conclusion that Daniel was right.
I had a friend come up to me recently. She was sitting next to me while I was working so I asked her opinion. She kindly responded with a shower of complements. "You design so beautifully. You have so much talent. I could never do that!" she finished this shower of compliments with, "You don't even try and it looks perfect!".
Does she really believe that last statement?
The design I showed her I had spent about an hour on, it seems like a short time but I've made so many designs in the past. And each design I made I tried really really hard! I have been trying hard at design for years, heck, I studied it at College!
I was flattered by her comment, and I suddenly realized in this situation I was that "put together girl". For her to think that I don't even try (was a major complement) but completely wrong. Its taken me years to get to this point. I have high expectations for myself and have worked hard to become not only a good designer but also an efficient one.
I think she picked up on the fact that I truly enjoy what I do. She's seen me work and I often talk while I work. Trying isn't a huge effort when you enjoy the process.
So that is how I came to the conclusion that the girl who dresses beautifully, who's hair looks amazing after a night with a newborn, that girl, she loves to look nice. She enjoys washing her face and getting her hair cut well, so that the nights when she gets no sleep she can wake up and still look flawless.


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Why Choose St Andrews Christian College?
Our Motto, Mission and Purpose
Democratic Statement and Constitution
History and Logo
How to Apply – Australian Residents
How to Apply – Overseas Students
Overseas Student Policies
College Tours and Open Days
St Andrews Christian College commenced in 1983 at Surrey Hills in response to a growing demand for a distinctive Christian school in the area that reflected and supported Christian family values and provided an education that assisted students in realising their potential in all areas of the curriculum.
After a period of steady growth the College moved to the premises in Burwood in 1998. In 2000 the College was also able to offer secondary classes.
In 2010, following much hard work, perseverance and prayer the College moved to its present site in Wantirna South. This enabled the College to continue with fulfilling the vision of establishing a strong Christ-centred Prep to Year 12 college in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs.
The logo of St Andrews Christian College represents a cameo of what the school stands for:
The Christian Ethos
The need for a personal faith in Jesus Christ
That all our endeavours should bring Glory to God
The badge has the cross of St Andrew central, a white cross with a blue background. Andrew was a disciple of Jesus and is known for his personal faith in Christ and also for bringing others to Christ.
The cross is also the Scottish Flag and indicates the School's origin with the Presbyterian Church which had its foundation in Scotland.
The badge is shield shape and represents the shield of faith, while the motto reminds us that all we do should bring Glory to God.
130 Tyner Road
Wantirna South VIC 3152
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Whether its for a quick caffeine fix, a family meal, or to catch some live entertainment, Waterstone Cafe is a favourite among Point Cook locals, with its charming waterside location, friendly service and cosy setting only adding to its appeal. Head on over to this family-run Melbourne cafe in the morning and start your day off with the big breakfast or the latino eggs, or tuck into some sweet chilli coconut prawns, lemon thyme chicken, falafel souvlaki, or the tempura fish and chips come lunch time. No matter if you're a lover or meat and seafood or are vegetarian, you're sure to find something to suit you on the extensive menu that ranges from international favourites to Aussie classics. No matter if it's to soak up the stunning views with some coffee, or for a hearty meal, Waterstone Cafe is the ideal place in Point Cook. Book ahead to guarantee a table!
Excellent food and service. This cafe is a great place for a casual, relaxing meal. Always enjoy the friendly, happy staff that greet us. Thank you for a wonderful breakfast for our Father's Day.
Great food, went for breakfast for Father's Day . Service was quick, coffee good and hot. Pretty location. We all Had a great time. Thankyou.
What a wonderful surprise to find a cafe that we had never been to that really delivered. We were met by a lovely gentleman by the name of Vince who made us feel very welcomed. The service and atmosphere was wonderful, but I am very happy to say the food was really outstanding. (And one of my guests was a chef herself and she praised the food with many complements). And is such a great location. So yes we will be back sooner rather than later that's for sure.


Anyone born after 1985 will have a hard time imagining a world without cell-phones, laptops and iPads. We would have none of these modern comforts if it weren't for electronics.
Building blocks of electronics keep getting smaller and smaller. Who knows what wonderful inventions still lie ahead? In Enschede, NanoElectronics professor Wilfred van der Wiel searches for new concepts and materials to build the electronics of the future.


Step 2) Any excess water must be drained off from all your Rockwool cubes. You would not want to drown your seed. You would not want to drown your seed. Step 3) With a matchstick, toothpick or any small stick, poke a tiny hole in the middle of each cube.... Some people grow on hydro-culture (granules), but also, growing on rockwool substrate occurs more and more. It is a clean, efficient way to raise cannabis. Relatively little has been written about growing on rockwool. Surprising, on the face of it, because in professional horticulture rockwool is being used since long. Growing cannabis on rockwool appears to go very well.
Some people grow on hydro-culture (granules), but also, growing on rockwool substrate occurs more and more. It is a clean, efficient way to raise cannabis. Relatively little has been written about growing on rockwool. Surprising, on the face of it, because in professional horticulture rockwool is being used since long. Growing cannabis on rockwool appears to go very well.
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text: 1 Abraham took another wife, and her name was Keturah. 2 She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. 3 Jokshan became the father of Sheba, and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. 4 The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. 5 Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac, 6 but to the sons of Abraham's concubines, Abraham gave gifts. He sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country. 7 These are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived: one hundred seventy-five years. 8 Abraham gave up the spirit, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people. 9 Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre, 10 the field which Abraham purchased of the children of Heth. Abraham was buried there with Sarah, his wife. 11 It happened after the death of Abraham that God blessed Isaac, his son. Isaac lived by Beer Lahai Roi. 12 Now this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham. 13 These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to the order of their birth: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 14 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, 15 Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 16 These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages, and by their encampments: twelve princes, according to their nations. 17 These are the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred thirty-seven years. He gave up the spirit and died, and was gathered to his people. 18 They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives. 19 This is the history of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son. Abraham became the father of Isaac. 20 Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Paddan Aram, the sister of Laban the Syrian, to be his wife. 21 Isaac entreated Yahweh for his wife, because she was barren. Yahweh was entreated by him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. 22 The children struggled together within her. She said, "If it be so, why do I live?" She went to inquire of Yahweh. 23 Yahweh said to her, "Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve the younger." 24 When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. 25 The first came out red all over, like a hairy garment. They named him Esau. 26 After that, his brother came out, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel. He was named Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when she bore them. 27 The boys grew. Esau was a skillful hunter, a man of the field. Jacob was a quiet man, living in tents. 28 Now Isaac loved Esau, because he ate his venison. Rebekah loved Jacob. 29 Jacob boiled stew. Esau came in from the field, and he was famished. 30 Esau said to Jacob, "Please feed me with that same red stew, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom. 31 Jacob said, "First, sell me your birthright." 32 Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die. What good is the birthright to me?" 33 Jacob said, "Swear to me first." He swore to him. He sold his birthright to Jacob. 34 Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils. He ate and drank, rose up, and went his way. So Esau despised his birthright.


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"IAS provide my the best immigration lawyer called Zeenat Karim. I was struggling to get my immigration satus in Uk. My journey start from August 2014, I had very bad experience with different immigration law firms who ruined my case and made it very very complicated and wasted a lot of money. Finally I contacted "IAS" IMMIGRATION Law firm. Zeenat was quick to work on my case. She is dedicated and determined on what needs to be done.She worked hard so much on my complicated case.she prepared more then 1000 pages of evidence in court.On the hearing day even judge said it's a really big and strong bundle. In my decision judge said the bundle helped him a lot to understand my case, then judge allowed my appeal.after fighting 4 years for my case and for my family, I wish I could contact IAS before. Zennat and her team are among the best law firms in all immigration matters .. I would definitely recommend . The best of the best." IAS" IMMIGRATION Law firm in England. Thanks Zeenat Thank You IAS A....."
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"IAS provide my the best immigration lawyer called Zeenat Karim. I was struggling to get my immigration satus in Uk. My journey start from August 2014, I had very bad experience with different immigration law firms who ruined my case and made it very very complicated and wasted a lot of money. Finally I contacted "IAS" IMMIGRATION Law firm. Zeenat was quick to work on my case. She is dedicated and determined on what needs to be done.She worked hard so much on my complicated case.she prepared more then 1000 pages of evidence in court.On the hearing day even judge said it's a really big and strong bundle. In my decision judge said the bundle helped him a lot to understand my case, then judge allowed my appeal.after fighting 4 years for my case and for my family, I wish I could contact IAS before. Zennat and her team are among the best law firms in all immigration matters .. I would definitely recommend . The best of the best." IAS" IMMIGRATION Law firm in England. Thanks Zeenat Thank You IAS"
"Good morning zeenat. I wanna do review on IAS and on review and on Google review. I tried so hard to write a truthful review as my English isn't very good. Can you read it before I post this review. IAS provide my the best immigration lawyer called Zeenat Karim. I was struggling to get my immigration satus in Uk. My journey start from August 2014, I had very bad experience with different immigration law firms who ruined my case and made it very very complicated and wasted a lot of money. Finally I contacted "IAS" IMMIGRATION Law firm. Zeenat was quick to work on my case. She is dedicated and determined on what needs to be done.She worked hard so much on my complicated case.she prepared more then 1000 pages of evidence in court.On the hearing day even judge said it's a really big and strong bundle. In my decision judge said the bundle helped him a lot to understand my case, then judge allowed my appeal.after fighting 4 years for my case and for my family, I wish I could contact IAS before. Zennat and her team are among the best law firms in all immigration matters .. I would definitely recommend . The best of the best." IAS" IMMIGRATION Law firm in England. Thanks Zeenat Thank You IAS"
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"My wife and I sought the advice from IAS for a visa extension which was handled by Aleksander Bucholski. May I add he is the friendliest, warmest and very assistive advisor I have ever met. Very attentive to detail compasssionate and his correspondence is second to none. We applied for extension on the family route visa with my wife a dependent on on basis of a parent of a British child. Took as long as expected as he advised and was successful. During the waiting time, Aleksander kept up with updates with email correspondence. My wife and I are happy now with our status and what a great help IAS was. Thanks Aleksander for the advices and help. Thanks IAS."
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"I have received a great service from Nasreen Ali. I got an immediate update from her every time she received a response from the Home Office. She has been very professional and welcoming. I highly recommend dealing with her. Thank you Nasreen."
"Great service from a magnificent and very professional staff at IAS. My family was denied a visa due to an alleged false information case; this means any future applications from them may be automatically denied by the Home Office. Knowing that I had just made a mistake, I was willing to follow things up no matter the cost. I was distressed and contacted a couple of lawyers, had an appointment with them, most of them charged me exorbitant hourly amounts. Their only recommendation was to do a judicial review, which could be lengthy and the success rate of which would be very low. I contacted IAS and they advised me to file a new application and assured me that there is a high likelihood that my family may be granted a visa and this was exactly what had happened. Alex Givenson, my solicitor, was very professional, he took his time and gave me his frank opinion and not just telling me what I would like to hear. He communicates well and was always there for me. Thus, owing to this experience with Alex, I would highly recommend him to anyone without any iota of reservation. He is indeed my Legend and hopefully will be a Legend for you too. Thank you."
"My wife and I used the Immigration Advice Service for her spousal visa application last summer. Our immigration lawyer, Liam, was quite simply fantastic throughout the whole thing. Sadly, our immigration matter wasn't a smooth process as the Home Office made an error and our application was stalled. During this time, my wife's passport was seized and we were unable to go on our honeymoon. Throughout this ordeal, Liam went above and beyond what he was contracted to do in order to achieve a timely result for us. Though we were at the will of the Home Office, it was great to know that there was someone fighting our side for us - he never once made it feel like we were asking a stupid question (even though I'm sure that we asked many) and kept in regular contact throughout. Not to mention, he still keeps in regular contact when we have questions regarding visas in the future. The world is changing quickly and it's good to know we've got someone we can talk to if we're unsure of how global politics will affect us. I couldn't recommend him highly enough and we will be returning to IAS when the visa is up for renewal as we would like to work with him once more."
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The Spring meeting and AGM ran to time despite the microphone playing up and the business part of the meeting was swiftly dealt with.
Our morning speaker Sian Cornish – told us how she came to set up her Cornwall based outlet for organic fabrics sourced from around the world following her concerns about conventional cotton production which uses hazardous chemicals sprayed on the cotton crops which is damaging both to the environment and to the people who produce it.
She recently discovered that her grandfather was a cloth merchant for part of his life in Lancashire in the 1950's, selling worsted suiting fabrics from his pillar at the Manchester Free Trade Hall. A love of sewing and making with her mother and grandmother continues the tradition.
Organic cotton is produced according to the internationally recognized organic farming standards – grown without the use of harmful pesticides, instead using pheromone traps, crop rotation, hand picking of bugs and natural repellents. Organic fabrics can also be made of bamboo, hemp nettles and silk.
Cotton fabric is woven into all of our lives. We wear it, sleep under it and craft beautiful things with it, yet how much do we actually think about where it has come from? Where was the cotton grown, by whom, what chemicals have been added along the way?
They also sell locally sourced buttons, lovely lace and kits for making knickers.
During the lunch break we were invited to go into the main Westpoint exhibition centre where an antiques fair was taking place. The afternoon started with presentation of the silver thimble to the winner of the Audrey Dean award for first quilt won by May Hows.
Our afternoon speaker Mary Gamester's talk was on 65 years of sewing.
She told us that she started at her mother's knee and disliked sewing at school but took art and embroidery courses for her teacher training. During her career as an Infant Teacher and locally as Head Teacher she persuaded the school to allow her a break to India which she found very inspiring. Following retirement she enrolled for patchwork City & Guilds, certificate and diploma, closely followed by machine embroidery at Missenden Abbey.
Lately she has designed and made wall hangings inspired by architecture, poetry and visits to gardens and has been developing transfer paint techniques which are then quilted and embroidered.


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Q: Translations of a subsequence We're given a sequence $u_n$ and a subsequence $u_{\phi(n)}$. Let $L$ be fixed.
Suppose that for all $k \in \mathbb{N}^*$, the subsequence $u_{\phi(n)+k}$ (the "translation of $u_{\phi(n)}$ by $k$") converges to $L$.
Does it hold that $u_n$ converges to $L$?

Intuitively, this seems true.
Given two subsequences $u_{a(n)}$ and $u_{b(n)}$ which both converge to $l$, define $S=a(\mathbb{N})\bigcup b(\mathbb{N})$ and define $c(n)$ as the function which outputs the elements of $S$ in increasing order. We'll call the subsequence $u_{c(n)}$ the "union" of the two subsequences $u_{a(n)}$ and $u_{b(n)}$.
Its easy to show that $u_{c(n)}$ converges to $L$: for all $\epsilon>0$ there exist $(N_a,N_b)$ s.t $n \ge N_a \implies |u_{a(n)}-L|<\epsilon$ and $n \ge N_b \implies |u_{b(n)}-L|<\epsilon$. Since $c(n)$ is increasing, for $n$ sufficiently large, $c(n) \ge \max\{a(N_a), b(N_b)\}$ and thus $|u_{c(n)}-L| \le \epsilon$.
By induction, the "union" of finitely many subsequences which converge to $L$, also converges to $L$.
The question now is, is the same true for infinitely many subsequences?
If so, we are done. It's easy to show that the union of all the translations of $u_{\phi(n)}$ is a subsequence of the form $u_{N_0+n}$ for some fixed $N_0$. (The translations effectively cover $\mathbb{N}$, except for finitely many elements).  It's then clear that $u_n$ converges to $L$.

A: For a counterexample, let $$u_n=\begin{cases}0, \text{ if }n\text{ is a power of }2,
\\1,\text{ otherwise,}\end{cases}$$
and let $\phi(n)=2^n.$

Take $\phi(n)=2^n+1$ instead if you want to allow a translation by $0,$ as indicated in a comment.

A: Let $u_n=1$ if $n$ is a power of $2$; otherwise let $2^k$ be the greatest power of $2$ less than $n$, and let $u_{n}=1+\frac{n-2^k}{k}$. Now we consider $\phi(n)=2^n,$ and see that for $k\in\mathbb{N}$ and sufficiently high $n$ we have \begin{align}u_{\phi(n)+k}=1+\frac{k}{n}&\to 1,\\
u_{\phi(n)-1}=1+\frac{2^n-1}{n}&\to\infty,\end{align}
and hence $u_n$ does not converge.


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We are delighted that Mason Moor is officially a good school. Please CLICK HERE to be taken to the Ofsted site to view the report.
Alternatively please see the report dated February 2018 below.
The Data Dashboard provides a snapshot of performance in a school, college or other further education and skills providers. The dashboard can be used by governors and by members of the public to check performance of the school or provider in which they are interested. Please click on the link below to be taken to Ofsted: School Data Dashboard.


The standard for Teaching and Learning in Lowndes County is excellence every day. The Department of Teaching and Learning is committed to empowering teachers by providing support of resources needed to meet the instructional needs of a diverse student population, Pre-Kindergarten - High School. The primary focus of all instructional programs in Lowndes County Schools is to provide quality work that is challenging.
We believe that every child can learn and should be afforded the opportunity to develop to their highest academic potential. To this end teachers and other instructional staff are provided high-quality professional development training that focuses on student achievement.
The Lowndes County School System's curriculum, PK-12, is designed to ensure that all students have access to the same core of significant content at a specific instructional level, from teacher to teacher, and school to school.


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Q: how to control the decimal points in r, during the whole process how can I control the decimal point in r?
Not only for printing but all the process.
options(digits=3) do not seems to work, because
some of my statistics are 1000.9844 like this and
some of my statistics are 0.3939 like this.
I want to round it to the 4th digit, but
if i use options(digits=4),
1000.9844 would be 1000.

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I want to round it to the 4th digit, but if i use options(digits=4), 1000.9844 would be 1000.

You can use round(num, 4)
Eg,
> round(100.1234567, 4)
[1] 100.1235
> round(0.1234567, 4)
[1] 0.1235

However, as mentioned in the comment by @dww, this is not good practice since it can lead to the accumulation of rounding errors.


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package org.apache.cassandra.client;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.util.Collection;

import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;

import org.apache.cassandra.config.DatabaseDescriptor;
import org.apache.cassandra.thrift.*;
import org.apache.thrift.protocol.TBinaryProtocol;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TFramedTransport;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TSocket;
import org.apache.thrift.transport.TTransport;

/**
 *  Sample code that uses RingCache in the client.
 */
public class TestRingCache
{
    private RingCache ringCache;
    private Cassandra.Client thriftClient;

    public TestRingCache(String keyspace) throws IOException
    {
        String seed = DatabaseDescriptor.getSeeds().iterator().next().getHostAddress();
    	ringCache = new RingCache(keyspace, DatabaseDescriptor.getPartitioner(), seed, DatabaseDescriptor.getRpcPort());
    }

    private void setup(String server, int port) throws Exception
    {
        /* Establish a thrift connection to the cassandra instance */
        TSocket socket = new TSocket(server, port);
        System.out.println(" connected to " + server + ":" + port + ".");
        TBinaryProtocol binaryProtocol = new TBinaryProtocol(new TFramedTransport(socket));
        Cassandra.Client cassandraClient = new Cassandra.Client(binaryProtocol);
        socket.open();
        thriftClient = cassandraClient;
    }

    /**
     * usage: java -cp <configpath> org.apache.cassandra.client.TestRingCache [keyspace row-id-prefix row-id-int]
     * to test a single keyspace/row, use the parameters. row-id-prefix and row-id-int are appended together to form a
     * single row id.  If you supply now parameters, 'Keyspace1' is assumed and will check 9 rows ('row1' through 'row9').
     * @param args
     * @throws Exception
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable
    {
        int minRow;
        int maxRow;
        String rowPrefix, keyspace = "Keyspace1";

        if (args.length > 0)
        {
            keyspace = args[0];
            rowPrefix = args[1];
            minRow = Integer.parseInt(args[2]);
            maxRow = minRow + 1;
        }
        else
        {
            minRow = 1;
            maxRow = 10;
            rowPrefix = "row";
        }

        TestRingCache tester = new TestRingCache(keyspace);

        for (int nRows = minRow; nRows < maxRow; nRows++)
        {
            byte[] row = (rowPrefix + nRows).getBytes();
            ColumnPath col = new ColumnPath("Standard1").setSuper_column(null).setColumn("col1".getBytes());
            ColumnParent parent = new ColumnParent("Standard1").setSuper_column(null);

            Collection<InetAddress> endpoints = tester.ringCache.getEndpoint(row);
            InetAddress firstEndpoint = endpoints.iterator().next();
            System.out.printf("hosts with key %s : %s; choose %s%n",
                              new String(row), StringUtils.join(endpoints, ","), firstEndpoint);

            // now, read the row back directly from the host owning the row locally
            tester.setup(firstEndpoint.getHostAddress(), DatabaseDescriptor.getRpcPort());
            tester.thriftClient.set_keyspace(keyspace);
            Clock clock = new Clock();
            clock.setTimestamp(1);
            tester.thriftClient.insert(row, parent, new Column("col1".getBytes(), "val1".getBytes(), clock), ConsistencyLevel.ONE);
            Column column = tester.thriftClient.get(row, col, ConsistencyLevel.ONE).column;
            System.out.println("read row " + new String(row) + " " + new String(column.name) + ":" + new String(column.value) + ":" + column.clock.timestamp);
        }

        System.exit(1);
    }
}

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Q: Is it possible to get all the xPaths of an XSLT file? Is is possible to get all the xPaths used in an XSLT file?
For example:
XSLT File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0"
    xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
    <xsl:template match="/">

My CD Collection

                        Title
                        Artist

                    <xsl:for-each select="/catalog/cd">

                                <xsl:value-of select="title"/>

                                <xsl:value-of select="artist"/>

                    </xsl:for-each>

    </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

As output I want a list like this:
/catalog/cd
/catalog/cd/title
/catalog/cd/artist

Maybe by making a custom post processor that outputs a line everytime an xPaths has matched/not been matched?
Ideas are welcome, because I'm very hopeless :)
Thanks!

A: You can use this:
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="2.0">
    <xsl:template match="*">
            <xsl:for-each select="ancestor-or-self::*">
                <xsl:text>/</xsl:text>
                <xsl:value-of select="local-name(.)"/>
            </xsl:for-each>
        <xsl:apply-templates/>
    </xsl:template>
 </xsl:stylesheet>

A: It's difficult because template rule matching in XSLT is very dynamic: if you have a template with match="cities" that calls xsl:apply-templates, and if you have another template with match="city", then the XSLT compiler can't know that there is a path /cities/city.
Internally Saxon has the capability to build a "path map" rather as you describe, and it's used to implement "document projection" in XQuery, but it's of very little use in XSLT because of dynamic template rule despatch.
So static analysis to determine the paths isn't going to get you very far. You also suggest that dynamic analysis - capturing the paths visited at run-time - might also be of interest. In principle you can do that in Saxon with a TraceListener. The difficulty is in determining exactly what you mean by "visited" - for example do you consider xsl:copy-of select="/" as visiting every node in the document, or only the root node?


Blog Post about the 03/04/2014 Website Updates.
Well folks it has been a while since I have updated my website (approximately 5 months) and I have a number of things to report.
First, my lengthy absence was due to me (in part) being focused upon writing my dissertation (along with helping to care for my grandmother who has cancer) and now that this epic task (completing the dissertation) is over (I as i defended last February) I now have time to work on my website again.
Second, the client based web system I developed (while being extremely cool) did not easily conform to current SEO standards that are prevalent amongst the biggest web search engines. Likewise, I decided to revise my approach and changed the back-end to a PHP SEO compliant system that is still based upon Scrivener and these revisions took some time to complete (Note: I will try to post more on this system later as I know some Scrivener users are eager to utilize something like my current web system).
Third, (while I have been rather busy over the last few months) I have inadvertently dabbled on a number of smaller projects ranging from creating new 3D printer models, examining things under a new USB microscope I acquired at Christmas, playing around with a RTL-SDR dongle, and writing a number of minor applications. Likewise, I am also working on writing up a number of new articles that will hopefully discuss each of these personal projects in depth (hopefully over the next few weeks).
Now that my SEO compliant web system is operational, I took some time to incorporate a number of new features that will (hopefully) give my site a more elegant look while (at the same time) also fixing a few minor site content issues.
I incorporated the Google Code Prettify highlighter class into my web system in order to make my code segments look better and to allow for easy copying of my code segments since I fully endorse code snippeting (so long as you consider including a URL to my site in your code comments).
DemoString="here is an example of some python code"
I also incorporated the MathJax Tex/LaTex formatter into my web system in order to make mathematical equations look more readable.
Likewise, I fixed a link error in the VLSI Article and i also updated the Python Time Conversion Article and the Tektronix Oscilloscope Article to utilizes the new Google Code Prettify highlighter. Additionally, I also incorporated the jqPlot graphing plug-in into my web system in order to make data plotting easier!
Likewise, I am also looking into adding a table colorizing plug-in and updating my profile information.
Well, that is all for now!


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Charles Henri Théodat d'Estaing, marqués de Saillans, conde d'Estaing, vizconde de Ravel, nacido en el castillo de Ravel (Francia), (Puy-de-Dôme, Auvernia) el 24 de noviembre de 1729 y guillotinado en París el 28 de abril de 1794, fue un almirante francés.

Biografía
Charles Henri Théodat d'Estaing, fue hijo de Charles-François d'Estaing, marqués de Saillans, y de su primera mujer, Marie-Henriette Colbert, descendiente de un hermano menor del célebre ministro de Luis XIV, Jean-Baptiste Colbert. Fue heredero de la rama mayor de los condes d'Estaing y propietario del castillo de Estaing, luego del fallecimiento, en 1729, de su primo François d'Estaing.

En 1746 se casó con Sophie Rousselet de Crozon (1727-1792), quien le dio un único hijo, fallecido accidentalmente a la edad de doce años. No teniendo descendencia, hace legitimar en 1768 a su media hermana Lucie Madeleine d'Estaing (1743 -1826 y de la cual es padrino), le dona el castillo de Ravel (Francia) y la hace su heredera

Sus primeros años como militar
En un principio oficial de infantería, obtiene de ministro Choiseul ser transferido a la marina en la misma época que Bougainville.

Participa en las batallas de Rocourt y de Lauffeld en 1746 y 1747. Es enviado a la India con Thomas Arthur de Lally-Tollendal en los años 1757 y 1758. Solicita servir en el mar en 1759. Herido en Madras en 1758, es hecho prisionero una primera vez por los ingleses y luego liberado bajo palabra. A pesar de la palabra empeñada, toma nuevamente las armas y es capturado nuevamente. Esta vez, su suerte está echada. Conforme a las leyes de la guerra, está destinado a la horca. Sin embargo, reclamado por Versalles en razón de su nacimiento, es liberado y hecho portador de propuestas de negociar la paz. De regreso a París en 1762, obtiene de Choiseul la promoción a teniente general de los ejércitos navales.

La Guerra de Independencia de Estados Unidos
Nombrado vicealmirante de los mares de Asia y de América en 1777, toma parte activa en la guerra mencionada como parte de las fuerzas navales y terrestres enviadas por Francia en ayuda de su aliado americano.
Parte hacia América el 13 de abril y entre el 11 y el 22 de julio, bloquea a Lord Howe en Sandy Hook, la entrada al puerto de Nueva York, pero no se decide a atacarlo al no poder despejar la entrada de la bahía a pesar de tener fuerzas superiores.

Newport, Rhode Island

En cooperación con generales americanos, planea un ataque a Newport, Rhode Island, en preparación del cual obliga a los británicos a destruir algunos buques de guerra que se encuentran en el puerto. Antes de que tenga lugar el ataque proyectado, pone proa al mar contra la flota inglesa al comando de Lord Howe. En esos días, una violenta tempestad se inicia en forma súbita y obliga a las dos flotas a separarse antes de iniciar el combate. Como consecuencia de la tempestad muchos de sus buques quedan tan maltrechos que d'Estaing considera necesario entrar a Boston para reparaciones.
En julio de 1778 se le ordena volver a Francia para hacer reparar sus buques, pero se entera que los insurgentes americanos, que acaban de perder Georgia, se encuentran en una situación desesperada y piden socorro a la flota francesa. D'Estaing decide ayudarlos pero se encuentra en serias dificultades por el mal tiempo.

En el Caribe
El 4 de noviembre de 1778 navega hacia las Indias Occidentales. Estando en dificultades, el almirante d'Estaing pide refuerzos. Se le unen tres divisiones, colocadas bajo las órdenes de del conde François Joseph Paul de Grasse, de La Motte-Picquet y de Vaudreuil. La división confiada a de Grasse se compone de cuatro navíos, Le Robuste en el que enarbola su insignia, Le Magnifique, Le Dauphin y Le Vengeur. D'Estaing dispone de una flota poderosa y puede comprometerse en nuevos combates. Luego de un débil intento de retomar Santa Lucía del almirante Barrington, capturó San Vicente y Grenada.

El 6 de julio de 1779, libra el Combate de Grenada[1] contra el almirante Byron, quien se retira a Saint Christopher. Aunque superior en fuerzas, d'Estaing no ataca a los ingleses en su fondeadero sino que se dirige a atacar Savannah.

El sitio de Savannah

El sitio fue un intento conjunto franco-americano para retomar Savannah, desde el 16 de septiembre al 18 de octubre de 1779. Todos sus intentos contra esta ciudad, así como los de los americanos, son rechazados con fuertes pérdidas. D'Estaing es herido mientras encabezaba un ataque terrestre. El 9 de octubre fracasó el ataque más importante ataque contra las defensas británicas y los aliados debieron retirarse. Con este fracaso el sitio falló y los británicos continuaron controlando la costa de Georgia hasta julio de 1782, cerca ya del final de la guerra.
Luego de haber sufrido grandes daños, d'Estaing decide dirigirse a Francia, dejando el comando de las fuerzas navales de las Antillas al jefe de escuadra de Grasse.

Críticas a d'Estaing y justificaciones
Su accionar durante el primer período de la guerra de independencia americana es enérgicamente discutido por sus jefes subordinados, los que, en general, tuvieron por su parte un papel glorioso en los combates. En sus cartas se advierte que todos concuerdan en la inexperiencia de su almirante. El valor personal de d'Estaing estaba fuera de duda como quedó demostrado varias veces, incluyendo sus heridas durante un ataque frontal en el sitio de Savannah. Hubo quienes atribuyeron sus fracasos a un estilo autocrático, totalmente opuesto al del conde de Rochambeau. También se los atribuyó a su proveniencia del ejército de tierra, con cierta debilidad en su formación naval. Por otra parte, debe hacerse notar que d'Estaing debió actuar simultáneamente como general en jefe de las tropas terrestres y almirante de la escuadra, mientras que -años después- el conde de Rochambeau y el almirante de Grasse ejercieron esas funciones separadamente. Adicionalmente, d'Estaing no tuvo oportunidad de efectuar mucha planificación conjunta con los americanos como sí pudieron los comandantes posteriores. Sin dudas, el conde de Rochambeau y el almirante de Grasse se beneficiaron, en los años 1780 y 1781 de las duras experiencias de d'Estaing.

Retorno a Francia
Retornado a Francia en 1780 con reputación de perdedor, Charles Henri d'Estaing pierde apoyos en la corte. Tres años más tarde, sin embargo, fue colocado a la cabeza de una flota franco-española reunida frente a Cádiz, pero no hubo operaciones porque se firmó la paz. Por ese entonces fue nombrado Grande de España. Posteriormente es designado gobernador de la provincia francesa de Touraine.
Participa en las asambleas de notables de 1787 -en la que sostiene la política de Charles Alexandre de Calonne- y de 1788. El tratado de comercio firmado por Calonne con Inglaterra es un juego de engaños: la Gran Bretaña de William Pitt no ha conseguido vengarse del rey de Francia por haberle hecho perder sus colonias americanas y el tratado no es más que una argucia dilatoria para preparar mejor esa venganza. La Revolución francesa de 1789 se convierte inesperadamente en una ayuda para los británicos, ya que al destruir a la nobleza francesa que era el corazón de la marina real, permite el predominio inglés. Este desmantelamiento de la marina francesa tardará años en revertirse y es la razón de la debilidad naval que siempre tuvo el Primer Imperio Francés y que conducirá a Trafalgar.

Bajo la Revolución Francesa
Nombrado comandante de la Guardia Nacional (1789) de Versailles luego de la toma de la Bastilla, el 14 de julio de 1789, no reprime a la muchedumbre durante las jornadas del 5 y 6 de octubre de 1789 y acompaña al rey a París. Poco después, renuncia a sus funciones.
En sus ratos de ocio escribió un poema, Le Rêve (El sueño),(1755); una tragedia, Les Thermopyles (Las Termópilas), (1789) y un libro sobre las colonias.

El 14 de julio de 1790 participa en la Fiesta de la Federación vestido de uniforme. Desaprueba la fuga de Luis XVI que terminaría con la detención de Varennes, en junio de 1791. Presta voluntariamente el juramento cívico. Intenta infructuosas gestiones ante el ministerio de Marina y sólo obtiene el título de almirante en enero de 1792. Convocado como testigo en el proceso de María Antonieta en octubre de 1793, declara haber tenido motivos de queja de la reina pero se abstiene de acusarla.

Detención y muerte
Arrestado en marzo de 1794, es acusado de complicidad en una supuesta "conspiración del 6 de octubre".
Sabiéndose condenado a muerte rehúsa defenderse y enumera sus actos de servicio.
Antes de ser ejecutado pronuncia una frase que se haría célebre: "Quand vous aurez fait tomber ma tête, envoyez là aux Anglais, ils la paieront cher!. ("Cuando hayáis hecho caer mi cabeza, enviadla a los ingleses; os la pagarán caro." Es guillotinado el 28 de abril de 1794.

Notas y referencias

Bibliografía
 Jean-Marc Van Hille, Charles-Henri d'Estaing, amiral de France et franc-maçon,
 Marqués François Jean Chastellux, Travels in North America in the Years 1780, 1781 & 1782 (en inglés); traducción revisada con introducción y notas de Howard C. Rice, Jr. (Imprenta de la Universidad de Carolina del Norte, para el Institute of Early American History & Culture de Williamsburg, Virginia, 1963.
 Encyclopædia Britannica, Undécima edición (en inglés), ya de dominio público.

Nobles de Francia del siglo XVIII
Militares de Francia del siglo XVIII
Militares de la guerra de la Independencia de los Estados Unidos
Almirante de Francia
Ejecutados en la guillotina en la Revolución francesa
Fallecidos en París
Personas de la guerra de sucesión austríaca

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package org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.store.mappings;

import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.core.models.Comment;
import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.store.dto.CommentDTO;
import org.wso2.carbon.apimgt.rest.api.store.dto.CommentListDTO;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Mapping class for Comment Object and Comment List object to DTO and vise-versa
 *
 */
public class CommentMappingUtil {

    /**
     * Converts a Comment object into corresponding REST API CommentDTO object
     *
     * @param comment comment object
     * @return CommentDTO
     */
    public static CommentDTO fromCommentToDTO(Comment comment) {

        CommentDTO commentDTO = new CommentDTO();
        commentDTO.setCommentId(comment.getUuid());
        commentDTO.setUsername(comment.getCommentedUser());
        commentDTO.setCommentText(comment.getCommentText());
        commentDTO.setCreatedBy(comment.getCreatedUser());
        commentDTO.setLastUpdatedBy(comment.getUpdatedUser());
        commentDTO.setCreatedTime(comment.getCreatedTime().toString());
        commentDTO.setLastUpdatedTime(comment.getUpdatedTime().toString());

        return commentDTO;
    }

    /**
     * Converts a CommentDTO to a Comment object
     *
     * @param body commentDTO body
     * @param username username of the consumer
     * @return Comment object
     */
    public static Comment fromDTOToComment(CommentDTO body, String username) {

        Comment comment = new Comment();
        comment.setCommentText(body.getCommentText());
        comment.setCommentedUser(username);
        comment.setApiId(body.getApiId());
        comment.setCreatedUser(username);
        comment.setUpdatedUser(username);

        return comment;
    }

    /**
     * Wraps a List of Comments to a CommentListDTO
     *
     * @param commentList list of comments
     * @param limit maximum comments to return
     * @param offset  starting position of the pagination
     * @return CommentListDTO
     */
    public static CommentListDTO fromCommentListToDTO(List<Comment> commentList, int limit, int offset) {
        CommentListDTO commentListDTO = new CommentListDTO();
        List<CommentDTO> listOfCommentDTOs = new ArrayList<>();
        commentListDTO.setCount(commentList.size());

        int start = offset < commentList.size() && offset >= 0 ? offset : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
        int end = offset + limit - 1 <= commentList.size() - 1 ? offset + limit - 1 : commentList.size() - 1;

        for (int i = start; i <= end; i++) {
            listOfCommentDTOs.add(fromCommentToDTO(commentList.get(i)));
        }
        commentListDTO.setList(listOfCommentDTOs);
        return commentListDTO;
    }
}


Over a century ago, New York State established its first prevailing wage law. It was based on the common-sense principle that workers who build something for the public good be paid a fair wage for their work. It's a deal that's paid off for countless families who've been lifted into the middle class through hard work and sweat equity.
Prevailing wage laws require construction workers who do major jobs for state or local government to be paid at rates that are set through negotiations between businesses and laborers.
The problem today is that more and more big projects are being funded as public-private partnerships, blurring the line of what's considered "public work." Construction projects are being built throughout the state, subsidized with public funds, that are able to evade requirements to pay a decent wage to their workers.
Take the Trump Ferry Point Golf Course in the Bronx. New York City taxpayers spent more than $120 million to build a golf course on the site. Trump was then selected to operate the course, and as part of that deal, built a $10 million clubhouse.
Because this part of the project was not clearly defined as "public work," the billionaire developer was able to do so without wage requirements, keeping the extra profit for himself.
That's why we need legislation to clearly define public work — and a bill currently under consideration in the state Legislature does just that.
A clear definition of public work will create a bright-line test so there's no more ambiguity. Under the proposed law, a project will be considered public work if: the construction is paid for in whole or in part with public funds, or the construction is performed in contemplation of a public entity leasing a portion of the space in the resulting development.
This would relieve the state of the great administrative burden of trying to determine whether or not various projects qualify. Furthermore, it would grant the Department of Labor additional enforcement abilities to better ensure that public funds are used appropriately.
The only sticking point is a group of deep-pocketed developers who are launching an all-out campaign to protect their own profits. They argue that paying a fair wage to construction workers will hobble affordable housing development and cripple the state's economy.
These claims of dramatic cost increases are overly simplistic and inaccurate. Most utilize an analysis that is not accepted by peer-reviewed research in the construction industry.
First, prevailing wages do not raise costs. Labor costs account for roughly 24% of the typical costs of a construction project. Therefore, even a 10% increase in wage costs would account for only a 2.5% increase in project cost. Efficiencies used by high-paying contractors offset these wage costs and result in projects being built on time with fewer errors and change orders.
Second, prevailing wages contribute to economic development. For every $1 spent on prevailing wage jobs, $1.50 is generated for the local community — and more local contractors and local workers are involved in prevailing wage projects.
Prevailing wage also strengthens industries outside of construction by directing more spending into the state. My analysis of data from New York State estimates that revenue for New York's insurance and financial services industries would increase by over $1.2 billion, adding 3,000 new jobs. Hospitals and health care providers would see an increase in revenue over $75 million and over 460 new jobs. The restaurant industry could expect additional sales over $23 million and the creation of 280 jobs.
As an economist who has spent the better part of two decades researching labor and employment, I can say unequivocally that a prevailing wage is a win-win for the state and for the workers who are able to support their families.
Duncan is a professor of economics at Colorado State University-Pueblo and has been a visiting scholar at the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment at the University of California, Berkeley. This editorial first appeared in the NY Daily News.


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This is a list of people who have served as Vice-Admiral of Lancashire.

Lancashire and Cheshire
Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby bef. 1569–1572
Henry Stanley, 4th Earl of Derby 1573–1593
Ferdinando Stanley, 5th Earl of Derby 1593–1594
vacant
William Stanley, 6th Earl of Derby bef. 1606–1638
James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby 1638–?

Lancashire
John Moore 1644–1650 (Parliamentary)
Interregnum
Charles Stanley, 8th Earl of Derby 1661–1672  (also Vice-Admiral of Cheshire)
William Banks 1673–1676 (also Vice-Admiral of Cheshire)
vacant
William Stanley, 9th Earl of Derby 1684–1691  (also Vice-Admiral of Cheshire)
Charles Gerard, 2nd Earl of Macclesfield 1691–1701  (also Vice-Admiral of Cheshire)
Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers 1702  (also Vice-Admiral of Cheshire)
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby 1702–1712
James Douglas-Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton 1712
vacant
Edward Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby 1831–1851

References
Institute of Historical Research

Military ranks of the United Kingdom
Lincolnshire
Vice Admiral
Vice Admiral


Experts have stressed the need for frequent bone density testing for women, who are more at risk of osteoporosis, urging them to avoid lengthy intervals between the tests.
Although a recent study suggests that women with normal results on dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scans at ages 67 and older may wait up to 15 years for a second test, a Viewpoint article published today in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (JBMR) cautions that such a lengthy interval is inappropriate for many adults.
Viewpoints allow experts to provide a new perspective on research. In their article, osteoporosis experts Drs. E. Michael Lewiecki, Andrew Laster, Paul Miller and John Bilezikian write that monitoring bone mineral density by DXA should be done at intervals much shorter than 15 years for many individuals. These include younger postmenopausal women at high risk for fracture, patients whose DXA scans indicate bone mineral density values substantially below normal, those with prior fracture or clinical risk factors for fracture, and patients already receiving osteoporosis drug therapy.
"Policy makers and patients who are concerned that over-use of medical tests may be driving up health care costs may be tempted to conclude that DXA scanning should be done less frequently," said Dr. Lewiecki. "In fact, just the opposite is true. Appropriate DXA screening reduces health care costs."
Many women, even those at risk for osteoporosis, never receive an initial DXA screening, the authors of the JBMR article note, with the result that osteoporosis often goes undiagnosed and untreated leading to debilitating fractures that are dangerous to patients and costly to treat. Over 200 million people worldwide suffer from osteoporosis, including 10 million Americans, with two million related fractures occurring annually and treatment costs exceeding $18 billion.
While the authors agree that a recommendation for extended intervals between bone mineral density tests is reasonable for women who fit the rather restricted profile in the NEJM study, physicians should not apply these recommendations to all postmenopausal women. Bone mineral density testing by DXA is the international standard for assessing skeletal health, the authors note, citing research from both the Geisinger Health System Osteoporosis Disease Management Program and Kaiser Permanente of Southern California, which found that increases in testing reduced fracture rates and associated health care costs.
"The JBMR has a responsibility to address important scientific and clinical issues regarding bone disease," concluded Dr. Thomas L. Clemens Editor-in-Chief of the JBMR. "As Dr. Lewiecki and colleagues point out, there are important limitations and exceptions to a recommendation of very long intervals between DXA testing"
The risk of suffering from osteoporotic fractures is 30-50% in women and 15 to 30% in men. Osteoporosis screening is currently recommended for women only.
Calcium and vitamin supplements are taken to provide the body with the ''required'' nutrients. Calcium is a mineral found in many foods. Vitamins are very important nutrients for the body.
Understanding the basics about our back and our posture is very important in preventing back pain and improving workplace productivity.
Colles fracture or broken wrist is a wrist fracture, which occurs within an inch of the wrist joint. Colles fracture involves the forearm bone's distal end of the radius.
A fracture is a condition where the continuity of the bone is lost. Majority of bone fractures occur because of high force impact or stress on a bone.
Kyphosis is a spinal disorder, which is derived from Greek word – 'kyphos' which means bowed or bent. Spinal curve of the backbone in the upper back causes bowing of the backbone. It also affects the lower back.


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