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Safety First
The statistics are gruesome, if a bit uncertain: Estimates of lawn-mower-related injuries range from 23,000 to a horrendous 75,000 annually, with a significant number of those injuries involving children. Fatalities average a tragic 75 deaths per year. And to compound the tragedy, essentially all mower accidents are preventable.
Common sense dictates most rules of mowing safety. Carelessness plays a leading role in almost all mowing accidents, and the power and speed of today's commercial and residential mowers can make even a moment's distraction dangerous. Safety begins with concentrating on the task at hand, even before turning the key in the ignition.
An easy familiarity with the mower is critical, and the operator's manual should always be required reading for anyone operating the mower, both for the safe use and the proper care of the machine. Commercial and larger residential mowers come laden with helpful decals offering useful information about the daily operation and maintenance of the machine, but these decaled messages are an extension of the owner's manual, not a replacement. Use them for quick reference and frequent reminders. Of special importance among the mower's safety features is the procedure for stopping the mower quickly in case of an emergency. A recent study has suggested that 90 percent of all mowing injuries occur with inexperienced, poorly prepared operators. So it's important that long before the mower leaves the garage, the operator knows the equipment.
Safe mowing requires a uniform: pants, steel-toed boots, goggles and ear protection. No bare feet. No sandals. No tennis shoes. No slippery footwear of any kind. No hanging jewelry should be worn. Tie up long hair. Clothing should fit closely: A dangling pair of jeans can be deadly and clothes too scanty give no protection from burns or projectiles traveling at 200 miles per hour (the muzzle velocity on a typical mower's discharge chute). And a Walkman does not count for ear protection. In fact, the distraction of headphones may well prevent an operator from hearing a dangerous situation, while adding decibels to an already noisy environment.
Now properly dressed, there comes a close inspection of the mower. Never, under any circumstances, attempt to operate a damaged or poorly maintained machine. Add fuel, if necessary, before starting when the engine is cool. (On refueling, allow at least 10 minutes for engine cooling, except on mowers where the fuel cap stands well away from hot engine parts.) Always use extra caution during fueling to prevent burns and explosions. Avoid spills and, of course, never, ever smoke around gasoline. Make certain that all shields and safety covers are in place and in good working order. Discharge deflectors must always be in the down position to prevent the launching of debris. All shut-off mechanisms — seat switches, for example — should be fully operational. (Removal of such devices is far too common and, while their elimination might seem to simplify or accelerate the mower's operation, the consequences can be catastrophic.) Check the machine for cleanliness, paying special attention to the deck. Disconnect the spark plug wire before attempting to unclog a chute or perform any sort of maintenance work. And always use a tool for removing clogs, never your hand.
You should then walk the entire lawn to ensure that rocks, sticks, toys, garden hoses and all debris have been removed. Look for holes or deep depressions. No children or pets should be allowed near the mowing area. And if the grass is wet, postpone the mowing.
Always mow alone. Never carry passengers while mowing because a sudden turn or an unexpected movement could throw the rider from the mower. And, by all means, never allow a child to ride on or operate any outdoor power equipment. Keep maximum distance from people and pets at all times, and be especially watchful of the direction of clipping discharge. Observe closely the grass just ahead, looking for concealed debris. If you should strike a foreign object, stop the mower immediately and inspect the machine for damage. Do not attempt high-speed maneuvers, particularly in close quarters or in congested areas. Avoid sudden stops and quick reverses of direction. Do not mow at night.
Slopes are no friends to riding mowers, and mowing on hills requires particular care. Mowers equipped with roll-over protective structures (ROPS) are the safest and should always be used in tandem with a seat belt (except with mowers equipped with a foldable ROP). In the locked and upright position, foldable ROPS demand seat belts, of course, and in the folded-down position, seat belts should never be used (in case of rollover here, the belt would hold the operator to the seat, a disastrous, potentially deadly place to be).
Some mowers are quite capable of traversing horizontally on moderately steep slopes. On steeper hills the mowing pattern should be up and down, rather than parallel to, the hill. Safe mowing on slopes demands an awareness of potential hazards at the bottom of the slope: water, a road or highway, buildings or other structures, rocks or drop-offs.
On all slopes of 15 degrees or more, be especially alert to conditions that might cause the drive tires to lose traction, with a resulting loss of control. Such conditions include wet terrain or depressions in the ground (holes, ruts and washouts). Soil type, such as sand, loose dirt, gravel or clay, can affect traction as can the type, height and density of the grass being cut. Extremely dry grass can reduce traction. Also be aware that attachments, such as a grass collection system, can change the handling characteristics of the mower and, naturally, no operator should attempt slope mowing without full familiarity with both the tractor and any attachments. Should any signs of loss of traction occur, drive off the slope immediately using extreme caution. Determine the cause of the lost traction and resolve the problem before returning to the slope.
These seemingly obvious rules of the mowing road simply cannot be repeated too often. Such examples include:
Never attempt to start the engine when strong gasoline fumes are detectable. Locate and correct the source of the gas leakage.
Never attempt to make adjustments or repairs to the tractor or attachments while the engine is running. (Only trained personnel should perform repairs or maintenance requiring engine power.)
Never work under the machine unless it is securely supported with stands, blocks or a hoist.
Always be aware of potential hot parts of the machine.
Observe all traffic laws when driving the machine from one location to another.
Never run a mower over gravel, stones or hard, immovable objects such a pipes or the edges of sidewalks.
Be aware of your surroundings when backing up your riding mower.
Be careful when mowing around large shrubs or trees with limbs hanging at eye-level, as these can be potentially dangerous for trauma to the eyes and face.
Keep hands and feet away from all moving parts on the machine, especially the blade housing and the discharge chute.
Never leave the mower running and unattended.
Never run the engine in an enclosed area unless the exhaust is vented directly to the outside. Remember, carbon monoxide is odorless and deadly poisonous.
Never operate a mower, or any power equipment, after drinking alcohol or taking drugs, including both prescribed and over-the-counter medications that might cause drowsiness.
Today's mowers are miracles of hydraulic power, but the maintenance and repair of these hydraulic systems require extra caution.
Hydraulic fluid escaping under pressure can penetrate the skin. Fluid can also infect minor cuts or scratches, and any exposure to hydraulic fluid calls for an immediate visit to a doctor.
Before applying pressure to a hydraulic system, ensure that all connections are tight and that all hoses and lines are in good condition. Relieve all pressure in the system before disconnecting or working on hydraulic lines. To find a leak under pressure, use a piece of cardboard or wood, never your hands.
The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) reports on its Web site that lawn mower racing has become something of a fad — a dangerous fad, even with mowing decks removed. Racing is just the most recently publicized sort of horseplay that, inevitably, leads to trouble around mowers and other heavy-duty equipment.
I'll say it again: almost all accidents involving outdoor power equipment are completely preventable. Use these wonderful, hard-working, timesaving machines for their intended purposes only. Enjoy the smell of freshly cut grass. Take in some sun. And find satisfaction in a job well and safely done.
John Brown works for Hustler Manufacturing (Hesston, Kan.).
Never carry passengers.
Do not mow in reverse unless absolutely necessary. If you must mow in reverse, stop before shifting, then watch behind you the entire time you are moving.
Never leave an unattended machine running. Always turn off blades, set the parking brake and stop the engine before dismounting.
Stop the engine before removing the grass catcher or unclogging the chute.
Turf off blades and attachments when not mowing.
Watch traffic when crossing or operating near roadways.
Watch for holes, ruts, bumps or other uneven terrain that could overturn the mower.
Never mow wet grass. You may slip, plus the grass is likely to clog your mower.
Mow across a slope and watch your footing. By mowing across the slope, you will be less likely to slip under the mower. Also, the mower can't roll back on you. Never mow a slope that is too steep to keep your balance or to control the machine.
Don't overreach. Keep the proper footing and balance at all times.
Always push the mower; don't pull it toward your feet.
Keep the mower flat; don't lift the front end over tall grass or weeds.
Turn off mower blades when crossing a sidewalk or drive, especially those composed of gravel, so that you don't spray debris at passersby.
Take care when changing mowing directions to ensure no one has inadvertently moved into your path. Especially watch for children.
Immediately stop and turn off the mower after hitting an object. Inspect the mower and repair any damage before resuming work.
Watch out for children entering the area. Mowing activities can be particularly attractive to children. But children often don't have the common sense to stay at a safe distance.
Mowers can hurl small objects as far as 50 feet at more than 200 mph?
At a minimum, power mower blades spin at 3,000 rpm? (That's 50 per second.)
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When the spirit moves me, it's always nice to have smoke. And a place to pile stuff that I'll have to organize one of these days. Or find a place for. On the other hand, piles of neat stuff like this create an ambience that I'm quite comfortable with, thank you very much!
And from my desk, its comforting to glance over and see a nice heap of good tackle.
Oh, the desk. Bartered from my friend Jamie. Big old oak thing. It has a great green top. See it?
Nice to be able to just grab a hat and a vest and go.
Books are good to have around. The un-digitized kind, I mean.
Art. I have to be surrounded by it.
And a coupla dead grouse to round out the decor (PITA members not welcome here, by the way)
Maybe the coziest niche within the Cave's confines, the tying corner.
The bench. I built it out of 200 year old longleaf heart pine, leftover scraps from the floor we put in the South Carolina house. Isn't that wood pretty? Well, it is, take my word for it.
For the most part, Tucker just hangs out. He'll be thirteen in April.
Thus endeth our tour. Just seemed like a fun thing to do today. Instead of some sort of gainful activity or, dare I say it, money-making activity. We'll do that tomorrow, right, Tuck?

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The departure of a Southern California energy company, Bing Energy, to Florida has sparked an interesting debate about the nature of the state economy and business movement.
Many of the most sophisticated studies say that claims of hordes of businesses leaving the state are wrong or at least overblown. But a manufacturers association has rebutted those claims and points to data that suggests that, while California's job losses may be in line with other states, the future looks decidedly bleaker.
Here is a post from the blog of the California Manufacturers & Technology Association, which argues that the sky is falling. And here is a study from the Public Policy Institute of California, which is far more sanguine.


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The performance material available up till now for Dvorák's sun-filled cheerful Symphony No.8 has been notorious for its myriad mistakes. The challenge of correcting it has now been taken over by the editor Jonathan Del Mar. He has taken into account the engraver's copy, which was actually discovered in a rubbish bin at Novello's in 1964. Its title page bears the words "Copied from my original manuscript" in Dvorák's hand. This source proves that many of the readings contained in the first edition and faithfully adopted in all subsequent editions, were simply slips of the copyist's pen.
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He's made mostly of linen and stuffed with wool. He's also got some vintage bits. I'm so happy that the visor flips up. He's pretty big, too - about a foot tall when sitting. He's in the shop.
I meant to have this finished last week, but it took so much longer than I expected. I had lofty plans of making a whole bunch of different flip dolls for my shop before Christmas, but I am beginning to realize it just isn't practical right now with the little ones. It's hard balancing motherhood with me-hood sometimes, but I'm getting there. I make charts and that helps. ;)
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i am able to receive mail locally though. like if i send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com from email@example.com it works. Nothing showing in log file about incoming emails being rejected.
I have been trying fix this for 3 days, and 2 server wipes and fresh installs later.


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Interview with KDE-PIM Hacker Cornelius Schumacher
Our final interview in this series with the hackers at the on-going Dutch KDE PIM meeting is with none other than KDE-PIM module project leader of Cornelius Schumacher. Enjoy the interview.
Cornelius at the KDE PIM Conference
Cornelius please tell us who you are and what your role is in the
I have been around for quite a while now. I recently found the first patch I
My main focus has been KDE PIM from the beginning, but I have also done
As my day job I work for SuSE/Novell.
Can you
I'm currently working on usability and collecting ideas for KDE 4. I'm
We have seen several developers in interviews and blogs talk about the KDE PIM event in the Netherlands and what they are planning to work on
There are two big goals I would like to achieve at the meeting. First,
I saw the attendance list of the PIM meeting and it seems that the people attending have had a tight relationship with each other for a while now. Would it good to have some fresh blood in the group?
We always had some people at the KDE PIM meetings which nobody has met
We heard that some usability people are coming. What's their role
That's part of the quest to deeply integrate usability work in the KDE
We try to get usability feedback as early in the development process as
What can we expect from KDE PIM in KDE4? Is there some roadmap?
There are lots of ideas floating around, but we haven't really started
What's the status of the submitted RFC GroupDav, a protocol the PIM
GroupDav is not a formal committee standard. It has been created from
The beauty of GroupDav is that it makes extensive use of existing
GroupDav has been adopted surprisingly well. There is work going on to
Isn't groupware in OSS becoming difficult now that Hula groupware
Quite the contrary. I think Hula is is a great thing for open source
About CalDav I would like to add, that there is no conflict between
Once Hula has usable CalDav support, Kontact will support it. KDE PIM
Where do you think KDE PIM shines?
What I like most about KDE PIM is the community. There are lots of great
Another aspect is the excellent technology which has emerged from KDE PIM. It
Finally, there is Kontact which is a real killer application. It's kind
What part of KDE PIM needs some serious attention?
As a user I would put my attention on Kontact. That's where most of the
If your question is asking which areas of KDE PIM I think needs work, I
But all the developers of KMail are already working as hard as they
It's not about creating extra work. Cleaning up the code will quickly
What future do you see for KDE PIM?
Well, I don't have my crystal ball at hand, but I feel that the future
So another thing we heard is that you are leaving to go to GUADEC in
Some people have asked me, why are you going to GUADEC, aren't you a KDE guy? I tell them, yes, I'm a KDE guy and that's why I'm going to GUADEC. GNOME
I will meet some people on GUADEC to talk about cooperation and
There will be a number of other KDE people at GUADEC. Have a look at the
The KDE PIM Meeting Group Photo, see Fab Mous's blog entry for names.
More photos of the conference are available on kde.nl.
There always is a project participation entrance barrier. How can "truck numbers" be reduced. Translation should not be an easy task for average joe contributors, not require special skills such as CVS knowledge. I of am afraid of 80% translations of KDE main languages and it shall not become a bottleneck for KDE 4. Some premature web based contribution engines such as IRMA and pootle adress the important issue. However now the translation does not catch up quickly enough.
By Gerd at Sun, 2005/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Internationalisation
can you explain more why internationalisation must be quick?
Is it really going to be a disaster when it only catches up in 4.0.3?
I personally see no reason why i18n cannot be done only once the bugs are being ironed out...
That said, I often see wrong/unappropiate translations into my language. What I would love to have is a "tool" to run and submit the change proposal to some list of people who take it and put it to cvs.
By Debian User at Sun, 2005/05/29 - 5:00am
Re: Internationalisation
It is one of the policy of KDE to release translations with the first stable version. (Yes, some other projects do otherwise.)
As for the "tool", you can use KDE Bugs: http://bugs.kde.org
Have a nice day!
By Nicolas Goutte at Mon, 2005/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Internationalisation
> That said, I often see wrong/unappropiate translations into my language.
And how does that happen? Because some translators never run the application they translate or never the development version of it prior release. Those web translation interfaces intensify this effect additionally as translators may not even be interested in/run KDE. They get single strings presented and don't know how terms are translated elsewhere within the same application or elsewhere in KDE. And likely they don't even know the tools or lists/ways how to report ambiguous strings back to the developers of the for translation process aggregated projects.
> What I would love to have is a "tool" to run and submit the change proposal to some list of people who take it and put it to cvs.
http://bugs.kde.org exists: product="i18n", component=your language.
Re: Internationalisation
For reporting bugs in the translation, the Dutch team uses a html-interface:
wich can be used besides bugs.kde.org
By rinse at Tue, 2005/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: Internationalisation
> Translation should not be an easy task for average joe contributors
No, I would prefer quality over quantity anytime.
> not require special skills such as CVS knowledge
You don't need CVS knowledge for KDE (anymore). :-)
Re: Internationalisation
Only the I18N/L10N team leader needs a SVN account. The others do not and as far as I know, some teams are working that way (by dispatching the work).
Have a nice day!
By Nicolas Goutte at Mon, 2005/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: Internationalisation
>>There always is a project participation entrance barrier.
>>Translation should not (not?) be an easy task for average joe contributors, not require special skills such as CVS knowledge.
>Some premature web based contribution engines such as IRMA and pootle adress the important issue.
> However now the translation does not catch up quickly enough.
But anyone who prefers KDE in their own language should team up with their translation team. Even small contributions, like proofreading stuff or giving comments about the translation while using KDE, are more then welcome.
You can find your team on http://i18n.kde.org
By ac at Tue, 2005/05/31 - 5:00am
Re: finish the Kontact port to Windows
What is its state? Anybody else working on it?
OT: Linux & communism...
Red wine and a Rolex, I wanna work for Novell as well...
Maybe I should just go on an create a "Linux"-company, maybe it'll be aquired :-D
By ac at Mon, 2005/05/30 - 5:00am
Re: OT: Linux & communism...
Maybe one of the advantages of KDE people is that they are somehow more "free"
By me 2 ac at Tue, 2005/05/31 - 5:00am
eGroupWare has GroupDAV support too
It's available in svn for the development branch and the stable 1.4 branch. We fully support now contacts, events and ToDos with full folder discovery for Kontact. It's planned to have a further folder hierarchy allowing to access the addressbooks and calendars of other users or groups (not yet implemented). The implementation has been tested with Kontact of cause and the Thunderbird GroupDAV addressbook pluging (aka SOGO connector from www.inverse.ca). For more information see http://www.egroupware.org/wiki/GroupDAV
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Behind the closet doors of even the most tidy houses there often lies a dirty little secret: an unorganized wardrobe.
That's because learning how to organize a closet is a two-fold challenge. The first part is tidying disparate shapes and sizes – long skirts, short skirts, sweaters, belts, tights and undergarments into some kind of cohesive and easy-to-access whole, and the second is understanding how your clothes work together (and getting rid of what you don't wear so you can really see what you do).
Melanie Fascitelli, the president and creative director of Clos-ette, and author of "Shop Your Closet," has worked with plenty of clients on these very issues through her holistic organizational design company. Turns out that most of us have similar closet issues: keeping too much unused stuff around, visual clutter, organizing in a way that doesn't allow us to see what we do and not keeping up an organizing system once we've established it. Here's how to tackle your wardrobe and keep it that way:
1. Get inspired. Finding the energy and enthusiasm to really clean out your closet can be the toughest part - look at closet-focused websites like Closet Pages and I Heart Organizing and at stores like California Closet or The Container Store, (not necessarily to buy from, but to gather ideas). Check out a few local stores' closet sections, and close your eyes and try envisioning what your closet would ideally look like in a perfect world. Melanie says she gets ideas from many places in life, including, "(other people's) closets, in boutiques, magazines, hardware stores and product stores."
2. Before you organize, edit. First, you need to get rid of the stuff you don't wear. Take everything out of the closet, put it on the bed or the floor, and then examine each piece, and put it into one of three piles: Keep, Store and Donate/Sell. Keepers get hung back up (using the tips below), Stored clothing is out of season or pieces you love but can't wear now for whatever reason. Make sure they are clean and well-folded and put them away so they aren't distracting you. Clothes you haven't worn in over a year or haven't fit into in ages can be donated or sold to consignment boutiques.
3. Enlist a trusted partner. The most common mistake people make when tackling a closet edit, says Melanie, is trying to go solo (she advises enlisting a friend whose opinion you trust). You should try on clothes in front of them, and they should give you simple 'thumbs-up' and 'thumbs-down' opinions on your clothes. This also makes the process more fun, and you are more likely to get rid of stuff that just doesn't work for you if an outside eye is advising you.
4. Matching hangers are your friend. If you can, invest in a set of new hangers that are all the same color and hang the same length, which will remove some of the visual clutter from your wardrobe and allow you to see the clothes, not various hangers.
5. Organize by color and type. The best closet organizing system is to hang your separates "light to dark, left to right," says Melanie. So start with short-sleeved blouses, hung left to right with light colors starting the section and dark colors finishing it. Then move onto long-sleeved blouses, skirts, pants, etc. This way you can grab what you need in a hurry, and it's also obvious where each section ends and begins.
6. Hang accessories where you can see them. Socks, underwear, tights and nightwear can be tucked away in drawers, but scarves, belts, bags (if you change them out) and vests should be on display, so you can easily coordinate them to your outfit and they don't just languish in a chest. You can hang them from hangers, over a portion of the rod or rail, or use a wall space to display them creatively (belts can be hung by their buckles on small nails, for example).
7. Try it out. After you've completed your organization, or think you have, give it a test – put together an outfit from scratch as you would on a work morning. Is everything you need obviously placed? Can you easily get to accessories and undergarments? Think about any rearrangement that might work better before you're trying to get out the door on a busy morning.
Have other thoughts on how to organize a closet? Leave us a note in the comments below.


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- Title: Her Best Worst Mistake
- Author: Sarah Mayberry
- Series: N/A (sequel to Hot Island Nights)
- Genre(s): Contemporary
- Publisher: Self-Published, May 2012
- Source: Amazon, $2.99
- Quick blurb: Smartass heroine and uptight hero – the perfect combination.
- Grade: A
"Shut up," he said, and then he kissed her, because there was no other way of conveying how he felt.
Kids: "Mom, what's for supper?" Me: ….. Kids: "MOM!" Me: [waves absently towards the kitchen]. Daughter: "She's reading one of those books again."


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Matt Damon
"Regret is the worst thing in the world!"
Matt Damon
An angry young man in Good Will Hunting and a survivor in The Martian, Matt Damon is now back as the troubled fighter in Jason Bourne. In an interview, he talks about family, friends, frustration and the new influence of TV.
Mr. Damon, You're now playing Jason Bourne for the fourth time. Do you recall the first part that came out 14 years ago?
Absolutely! I had a lot more discipline about exercising and my diet then. It's much harder now that I'm 45. Back then, I thought my film career was going nowhere. I was all set to give up.
Why? You were one of the big young stars in Hollywood …
Well, I'd just had my two bombs and when The Bourne Identity came out, it had bad buzz from Hollywood. Everyone was saying it was going to be a disaster. I thought I was about to have my third bomb, and you don't get away with three in a row.
What would you have done if that had happened?
I was in London doing a play. I knew something would turn up somehow. Also, I knew I could write screenplays. You can't sink any lower than at the start of your career.
So you regret nothing?
Regret is the worst thing in the world. There were reasons for all the decisions that I've made. And I've taken something away from every film I've made.
Luckily, the gloomy predictions proved wrong. The success of the Bourne movies even consolidated your status.
Right, they were my insurance. I always knew I had a Bourne movie out there waiting, so I could take some swings and not be afraid to miss. Fantastic.
So with every Bourne movie, you extend your insurance cover?
That's not what it's about. I choose the Bourne movies the same way I choose other movies. I wouldn't do them if they bored me. If you do the same kind of performance over and over, you end up dreading going to work every day.
How have you avoided that?
Pure luck, I'd say.
Could talent have anything to do with it?
I'm talking about success. Success is so transient because the busi- ness is constantly shifting, so it's pretty rare for anyone to feel comfortable. Everybody is looking for the next good job. It's impossible to control your career.
Many of your colleagues feel cinema is on the defensive. What do you think?
Everything that's interesting migrates to television. The film studios focus on big movies, and because they have to be marketed in every part of the world, they produce for the masses. With television, you can give a story serious treatment, really go into the details. When I came into the business, it was all about big mo- vies. No one made anything for television. Now people are saying how cool it would be to have 20 hours to tell the story. We were trained to write for a two-hour production – and even though you know it's really good, you have to throw stuff out because it doesn't fit with the narra- tive line and there's not enough time. Now we can tell epic stories on television, like in big novels, and it's starting to get really appealing.
You seem very relaxed. How did you acquire such a laid-back attitude?
I don't know. My brother has this theory that you retard emotionally at the age you become famous because that's when the world stops engaging with you as it should. I was 27, which is a good solid foundation. So I was lucky I had a chance to grow up a little more.
You and Ben Affleck got your big break with Good Will Hunting, for which you wrote the screenplay that earned you an Oscar. What were you aiming for?
We had no great expectations. We had such trouble getting it made that by the end of it, we just wanted it to be a videotape on our fireplace. As an out-of- work actor you get this feeling of ha ving nothing to show for all the energy you're putting in, and this was our way of letting off steam. What mattered was that we could say: This tape wouldn't exist if it weren't for us.
Everybody is looking for the next good job, it's impossible to control your career
Is it hard to maintain friendships in this business?
It's very hard, but it's not about people, it's about time. Ben is a wonderful exception, but we don't see each other as much as we would like. We are rarely in the same place at the same time. That's why I've lost some friends, and I constantly feel like I am failing the friends I have. Last year alone I spent six months filming in China.
But your family goes with you, right?
Of course, if a good job comes along, we'll take the family and go live some- where. Luckily, my wife loves to travel.
And you don't?
Oh yes, I do. I got used to it as a kid with my mother. We traveled in ordinary buses through Guatemala in the eighties, attended language schools all over Mexico, lived with ordinary families. Those experiences opened my eyes to a world beyond the USA.
What do your four daughters think of your being a film star?
It's normal for them. Once, when the eldest was nine, she really wanted to walk on the red carpet because she'd heard about it in school. My wife and I weren't happy about the idea, but agreed to let her do it with some friends. Then the photographers all homed in on my colleagues and no one took any notice of them. After making it down the red carpet without any fuss, she pronounced it "not that cool."


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My name is Mikael Ronstrom and I work for Oracle as Senior MySQL Architect. I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. The statements and opinions expressed on this blog are my own and do not necessarily represent those of Oracle Corporation.
Friday, October 21, 2011
MySQL Thread Pool: Limiting number of concurrent statement executions
concurrent statement executions. The thread pool achieves
this by trying to always operate a thread group such that
only one or zero queries are concurrently executed per
thread group.
There is however a livelock issue to consider. A long-running
query in a thread group will in this manner block out all
other queries in this thread group until the query is completed.
To resolve this issue there will be a configurable timer that
decides when a statement execution is declared as stalled. When
a query is declared as stalled, it is allowed to continue
executing until completed. The thread group will handle the
connection as stalled and not count it as an active connection.
Thus new queries can be executed in the thread group again when a
query have been declared as stalled.
Another issue is when a statement execution is blocked for some
reason. Queries can be blocked e.g. by Row Locks, File IO, Table
Locks, Global Read Locks and so forth. If it is likely that the
blockage will continue for at least a millisecond or so, then it
makes sense to start up another statement execution in the thread
group to ensure that we continue to keep the number of concurrent
active connections at the right level.
To enable this the MySQL Server will make callbacks to the thread
pool stating when a block begins and when it ends. The thread
pool will use this to keep track of number of active statement
executions and this is used to decide when to start a new query
and when to allow an incoming query to start.
It is important that the wait is sufficiently long since it is
necessary to immediately continue executing the query when the
blockage ends.
2 comments:
- Max said...
So, what is the time limit for the stall timer? And regarding the locks, is the time limit the same? If you have much locking you will of course end up having many queries executing in parallell from each group, which kind of undermines the creation of the groups in the first place.
- Mikael Ronstrom said...
The default time limit is 60ms (=6). This is however configurable and I usually put it at 1 second or so (=100).
There is no time limit around locks for the moment, it's based on categorization in the code instead. So we categorize user-level locks such as Row locks, Table Locks and Global Read locks as longer and ignore low level locks such as mutexes.
A new query is only started if the number of active queries is zero, it's still possible to get more queries executing in parallel then what is desired if the blocked queries are restarted very close to each other.
The thread pool will still in those cases not be worse than without a thread pool.


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I use gimp for manipulating images for my software projects.
I am used to working in a coordinate system where 0,0 is at the bottom left of the screen.
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flyboy254 wrote:Jeez, Xuanwu, how many questions you got?
I'm asking them now so they won't have to be asked later. I'm trying to think of what a person interested in the broader world would want to know.
Only the ones with nothing better to do.
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Middlesbrough pay club-record fee to sign Britt Assombalonga from Forest
The 24-year-old striker has signed for Garry Monk's Championship side despite an injury-hit three years at the City Ground.
Assombalonga is a proven goalscorer in the Championship, having netted 30 times in 47 league starts since signing for £5.5million in 2014.
However, persistent injuries have held back his progress, with a serious knee injury ruling him out for much of the 2015-16 season, but he signed a new five-year deal last summer after proving his fitness.
Boro have been looking to strengthen their attacking options after managing just 27 goals in the Premier League last season and claimed they beat off competition from top-tier clubs to sign the striker.
Assombalonga told the club's website: "I can't wait to meet the manager and get ready for next season. There's a good feeling around the place. From the minute I walked in it felt right."
He added: "I want to thank the Forest fans for being behind me, especially after my injury.
"They gave me a chance in the Championship and I want to say thanks to them and wish them all the best for the season."
A Forest spokesman said on the club's website: " Middlesbrough outbid various other clubs to sign Britt Assombalonga. As a club we felt that since the fee agreed met the buyout clause in his contract and he wanted to move it would be wrong to stand in his way."
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Double Strength
When the previous Slonimer Rebbe encouraged a relative of his from America to study in Cracow, Poland under the founder of the Beit Yaakov movement, Sara Schenirer, he sent along a letter with this important message:
"When the Prophet Eliyahu before his passing gave his disciple Elisha an opportunity to make a request, the latter asked for double the spiritual power of his master. The rationale for such a seemingly exorbitant request was that while Eliyahu was alive his extraordinary saintliness was sufficient to influence his generation. His departure would leave the world at a lower level, which would make it necessary for Elisha to have double his strength.
You are teaching girls in Cracow how to deal with what Poland has to offer. The girl bringing this letter needs to be armed with much more in order to stand up to what America 'has to offer'."
That girl eventually returned to America, married a distinguished educator and gave birth to Rabbi Shimshon Pincus, zatzal, who influenced a whole generation.


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Today's post by this month's featured author, Jennie Shortridge | @JennieShortridg
If I could tell my 12-year-old self that it all worked out just fine, that the books I read voraciously and the stories and poems I wrote with such a broken heart would lead to a later-life career of actually having my own novels published? Well, I don't know if I would, even though it would have eased my young anxious mind. Over the decades I've learned that it's the journey through that is most important, even though the outcome can be so sweet.
My journey, like most journeys, includes hardship (a mom with mental illness, an adult life that began at 17, and tons of early writing rejection) and indelible moments of joy, success, and love. All of it contributes to the stories I write about people who face difficult things and find a way through, not around. Such is the case with my latest novel, Love Water Memory, in which Lucie awakens, knee-deep in the San Francisco Bay, having no knowledge of who she is or where she is, or how she got there. Inspired by true events, this story examines how and why we become who we are, how we identify with the world, who we choose to love, sometimes again and again.
The true events in Love Water Memory started with the story of Jeff and Penny Ingram, who dealt with Jeff's amnesia in their own relationship. Their story and their love for each other are inspirational. As I was writing my fictional story, I wrote a very difficult scene, one that would take me a couple of weeks to realize came from my own life. Writing it helped me talk about my own issues with anxiety disorder more publicly, and to advocate for destigmatizing mental illness in order to make much-needed advancements in how we treat it, talk about it, and accept it as part of life just as we do physical illness. To read more about my story, read this Psychology Today piece.
What I'm most thankful for as a writer is readers, who, like me, pick up a book ready for adventure and perhaps a different perspective on something we all ponder, whether it's identity or family or relationships. I love those "aha" moments when reading a novel, when the characters do or feel something achingly true, yet I'd never put my finger on it before. That's why I love, have always loved, fiction so much: it tells the emotional truth even while spinning a not-quite-true story. And that I get to write it now? Well, my inner 12-year-old is very happy about that.
Jennie Shortridge has written five acclaimed novels, including Love Water Memory and When She Flew. When she is not writing or volunteering, she stays busy as a co-founder of Seattle7Writers.org, a nonprofit collective of authors whose mission is to promote literacy in their community.


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things i like right now by jessica of destined to design
- Hiking Fern Dell at Griffith Park & brunching at The Trails…the ideal Sunday afternoon.
- Richard Neutra's architecture. Lately I've been re-discovering and lusting over all of his work.
- Essie's Mucho Dinero nailpolish. Alas, I've discovered the perfect neutral.
- A.R. Trapp Quadra sunglasses.
- Laura Lombardi's jewelry – without a doubt my favorite designer currently.
- Delorean's Subiza album. I like to run in the mornings and this is the ultimate soundtrack.
- Denim button-up's. I've just recently found one at H&M and haven't taken it off since.
- Braids – I'm determined to grow my hair out and make this look work for fall.
- The interiors at Bottega Louie in Downtown Los Angeles. Simply stunning.
- The backpack as a purse replacement. Totally utilitarian, but also kind of stylish.
- The Container Store's letter boxes in orange for my office. From afar, they look like Hermès. ;)
- My Teux Deux list – it keeps me endlessly organized.
- Hear Black – their photography, their Etsy shop, their taste in music. And Nathan & Katie are just so darn cute.
- Carey Mulligan – I adore pretty much everything about her.
- Salted caramel desserts, my new vice.
i actually have a guest post at jessica's blog today about my fall favourites, read it here.


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"I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon." Hosea 14:5-7
Suggested Further Reading: Colossians 3:16-4: 1
The most beautiful tree in a garden is the one that bears the most fruit: and there is a promise given to a Christian that after his branches have spread, his beauty shall be as the olive tree; that is, he shall grow and be laden with fruit. The olive tree is evergreen; and so is the beauty of the Christian. Alas for the beautiful Christians we have in some of our places of worship on Sunday! Glorious Christians! If they could be packed up and sent to heaven just as they are, provided their appearances were true indications of their state, what a blessed thing it would be! But alas! On the Monday they have not the same sort of dress they had on Sunday, and therefore they have not the same kind of actions. Dear friends, there is so much Sunday religion in these days! Now, I like a Monday religion, and a Tuesday religion, and a Wednesday religion, and a Thursday religion, and a Friday religion, and a Saturday religion. I do not think the religion of the pulpit, or the religion of the pen, is to be relied upon. I think it is the religion of a draper's shop, the religion of a corn exchange, religion in a house, religion in the street, and the religion of a fireside, that proves us to be God's children. But how would some of you come off if you were weighed in these balances? Fine fellows, on Sunday; but poor creatures on Monday! You are not well arrayed then; but ah! If you were Christians, you would always be well arrayed: yes, you would always be as beautiful as the olive tree.
For meditation: God wants us to live the Christian life, not to live the Christian meeting! True worship involves practice as well as praise (Romans 12:1; James 1:26-27).
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Another great journal of left-wing thought and opinion is Dissent, out of New York. In Dissent's just-released on-line edition, you can read Phil Clark on democracy and justice in the Congo, Johann Hari's review of six new books on Islam and the West, Joschka Fischer's address to the Iranian Center for Strategic Research in Tehran, and a lot more.
Irving Howe, the democratic socialist who founded Dissent in 1954, declared: "The banner of critical independence, ragged and torn though it may be, is still the best we have."


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Kent State Joins Global Campaign One Billion Rising for Justice to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls, Feb. 14
On Feb. 14, the Kent State University Women's Center will join with activists around the world for One Billion Rising for Justice. The campaign will build upon the energy and momentum that was created on Feb. 14, 2013, when one billion activists in 207 countries and territories came together to rise, strike and dance in the biggest mass action in human history to demand an end to violence against women and girls.
One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the statistic that one in three women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at seven billion, this adds up to more than one billion women and girls.
The Women's Center at Kent State University will join activists, writers, thinkers, celebrities, and women and men across the world on Feb. 14 as they express their outrage, demand change, strike, dance and rise in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding an end to violence against women. As part of the One Billion Rising global campaign, the Women's Center at the university is teaming up with the SRVSS (Sexual and Relationship Violence Support Services) Office and many others on campus and in the community to raise awareness about the oppression of and violence against women.
"Throughout the day, there will be opportunities to participate, and the Women's Center extends an invitation to the community to join us," said Cassandra Pegg-Kirby, assistant director of the Women's Center at Kent State. "Anyone can participate by learning the Break the Chains dance found on the One Billion Rising website at www.onebillionrising.org, coming by in support or signing the pledge to rise up and help end the violence. Those interested can visit the Women's Center webpage or Facebook page for important information and updates, as well as for times to rise and dance on Friday, Feb. 14."
There also will be an information table and pledge signing from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kent Student Center.
To learn more about One Billion Rising activities at Kent State, call 330-672-9230 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
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At his season-ending press conference on Monday, Raiders coach Dennis Allen indicated he believed he would be back for a third season with the club.
Asked about Allen's remarks and whether indeed he would return as coach in 2014, Raiders owner Mark Davis didn't completely tip his hand, though Davis did pledge at least some short-term support for his head coach in an interview with Tim Kawakami of the San Jose Mercury News.
"My main thought is that Dennis has a contract that he signed two years ago," Davis told Kawakami. "He's fulfilled two years of it and [G.M.] Reggie [McKenzie] and I will sit down and talk, but yeah he's the Raiders head coach right now.
"Really, the only people who've been replacing Dennis as head coach of the Raiders is the media. Am I correct? I'm still going by what I told you earlier, just let the process play itself out."
Asked under what circumstances Allen might not be back, Allen told the Mercury News: "There's always a scenario, you know that. I don't know, what if John Madden decided he wanted to be a coach again?"
Davis declined to say whether he had talked to former Raiders coach Jon Gruden about a return to Oakland, with the owner telling the Mercury News he would never divulge any such discussions.
When Kawakami suggested that it appeared that Allen would return for a third season, Davis replied: "He is the coach of the Raiders right now, there's no question about that."
Davis told the Mercury News that he would likely meet with Allen next week.
Asked Monday if he had been told he would be back, Allen said: "I haven't been told that I won't. I wouldn't say there's been any guarantees made, but I'm moving forward in that direction. I fully anticipate and fully expect to be the coach of the football team, and that's the way I'm moving forward."
The Raiders have gone 4-12 in each of Allen's first two seasons as head coach. However, they are in the midst of a rather drastic rebuilding process.


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The Paucity of Poor Kids in Many Public Schools
There's a widespread belief that public schools are homogeneous and all inclusive while private schools are bastions of the elite. This was proven to be a myth decades ago by the renowned sociologist James Coleman, and as far as I know, that pattern of findings hasn't changed in recent years.
Nevertheless, the myth continues. A new Fordham Institute paper provides a partial antidote, pointing out that quite a few public schools enroll virtually no low‐income kids, making them bastions of the elite. Where the Fordham paper trips up a bit is in calling these elite public schools "private public schools." As already noted above, private schools are, on average, better economically integrated than their government counterparts, so this phrase is exactly backwards and, as Sara Mead points out, is quite a slap in the face to the many private schools that do yeoman's work serving large numbers of low‐income students. Still, good to have folks taking note of these data.


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Online jail records show four University of Alabama football players have been arrested on charges including credit card fraud and robbery.
Records posted on the Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Department website show running back Brent Calloway was arrested Monday on a charge of fraudulent use of a credit card. Linebackers D.J. Pettway and Tyler Hayes were charged with second-degree robbery. Defensive back Eddie Williams was charged with both fraudulent use of a credit card and second-degree robbery.
The online records also show that Williams was arrested Sunday on a charge of carrying a pistol without a permit.
The website did not show whether they had attorneys. All had been released from jail by Tuesday morning.
A university spokeswoman did not immediately return a message seeking more information, and campus police referred questions to university relations.
All four players were backups last season for Alabama, which has won two straight national titles and three of the past four.


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And why shouldn't it? After all, as the petition to Rockstar to get GTA V on PC offers, the PC modding community is part of what made previous titles thrive and evolve even years after their respective releases. Because of some crazy modders, we got to see insanely cool creations in the heart of some GTA games. It would be a crime to deprive GTA V of that same opportunity.
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AUSTIN – Why not do something special this Mother's Day by treating mom to an outdoor adventure and a picnic lunch amid appetite-stimulating scenery at a one of more than 90 Texas State Parks. Not only will mom and the family enjoy a healthier and happier day, but they also will be helping state parks close a budget gap.
After dining al fresco, take mom on a nature trail hike, go mountain biking, rent a canoe or pose for family photos among this year's bumper wildflower crop. Texas boasts 94 state parks and historic sites in every corner of the state and within a short drive of major metropolitan areas that need your support now more than ever. Twelve state parks are located within an hour's drive of Austin, nine within an hour's drive of San Antonio, eight parks less than an hour away from folks living in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and seven about an hour's drive from Houston.
State parks offer an affordable and wholesome way to celebrate holidays, such as Mother's Day, and spend time with family and friends. Children 12 and younger receive free entrance and senior citizens who meet certain qualifications may receive discounted entry fees. As always, Texas State Park Pass holders enjoy waived entry fees for themselves and their guests. To see what's going on in Texas state parks Mother's Day weekend, visit: www.texasstateparks.org/mothersday.
Visitor fees pay for roughly half of the cost to operate the state park system, so visiting state parks is the most important way people can help the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department close a $4.6 million funding gap caused in large part by a drop off in visitation due to last year's record heat, drought and wildfires. Since early December, donations from organizations, businesses and thousands of park lovers have brought in more than $1.7 million, but parks aren't financially out of the woods yet.
Several Houston area families will get a jump on Mother's Day festivities by camping and cooking out at Brazos Bend State Park near Needville a week prior to Mother's Day, which this year falls on Sunday, May 13.
Chef Tiffany Blackmon from The Texas Beef Council will be at the park at lunchtime on Monday, May 7, to demonstrate to visiting families how easy it is to prepare a healthy picnic meal for mom. Council representatives will share tips on how to make budget-friendly picnicking easy and fun through proper preparation and safe food handling. To review a variety of camping-friendly recipes, visit: http://www.texasstateparks.org/mothersday
After lunch, park interpretive staff will take families on an Elm Lake nature hike and will conduct an interpretive show-and-tell with baby American alligators. The alligator is the Brazos Bend State Park mascot and gators are readily seen in many areas of the 5,000-acre park that fronts 3.5 miles of the Brazos River.
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Brazos Bend State Park's outdoor cooking demonstration and interpretive program on May 7 is one of dozens of tourism events being held throughout Texas to celebrate Texas Travel and Tourism Week, May 5-13, which coincides with National Travel and Tourism Week. State parks play a vital role in the overall Texas travel industry that in 2010 generated $ 57.9 billion in direct travel spending and supported 529,000 jobs, according to the Governor's Economic Development and Tourism Office.
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Natural Resources Minister Andrew Cripps says the Queensland Government plans to approve the development of a commercial shale oil industry, but only under strict environmental conditions.
Mr Cripps says existing shale oil operator, Queensland Energy Resources (QER), will be able to progress its trial plant in Gladstone in the state's central region to a commercial stage.
He says the plant has proved it operates well within environmental requirements.
"The new policy will allow the consideration and development of other oil shale deposits in Queensland of course, pending thorough environmental investigation," he said.
He says as conventional crude oil supplies dry up, Queensland could fill the void.
"There is a strong opportunity for Queensland to position itself as a major supplier of oil into the future," Mr Cripps said.
However, Mr Cripps says the previous state government's 20-year moratorium suspending development of the McFarlane oil shale deposit near Proserpine, north of Mackay, will remain until 2028.
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says the oil shale industry will create thousands of jobs across the state and provide a huge royalty stream into the future.
Mr Newman says the development of the state's burgeoning oil shale industry will occur under strict environmental guidelines.
He says oil shale could become the next major source of liquid fuel supplies in Australia.
"I do accept the criticism about this energy intensiveness, but at the end of the day we are running out of oil," he said.
"If this thing can work and work competitively and provide that fuel source for this state and potentially an export industry from Gladstone, which is well set up to do that, than that is ultimately a win."
Mr Newman says other projects are likely to be developed, although the 20-year moratorium on oil shale development near Proserpine will remain in place.
"In fact I say today that I have grave concerns about any prospect of mining occuring in that area," he said.
"Why - because it's a wonderful pristine coastal environment and it is adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef and I don't think it's tenable to to in there and mine the stuff there."
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QER says the Government's approval to move its shale oil plant in Gladstone from a trial to a commercial stage is the first of several steps towards long-term viability.
But QER spokesman John Hewitt says there is still a long way to go.
"We'll be taking a careful step-by-step approach," he said.
"We have challenges to meet to progress this industry, not just environmental as important as that is, but significantly economic challenges."
The Queensland Resources Council (QRC) says the Government's decision is a welcome change.
QRC spokesman Michael Roche says move will help reduce Australia dependence on foreign oil.
"We are rapidly diminished our local production of conventional oil and oil shale provides a huge opportunity to address that problem," he said.
"This decision gives a shot in the arm of confident generally in the resources sector.
"The concept of banning certain commodities as opposed to allowing them to prove their merits on a case by case basis is the way to go."
However, Mr Roche says it is unlikely there will be enough political will to lift the moratorium.
"The deposit near Proserpine is locked up by legislation under a 20-year moratorium and at the moment there's no sign that the Newman Government is going to change that moratorium," he said.
Environmental concerns
But Opposition environment spokeswoman Jackie Trad says it is a major change in policy that will not be good for Queensland.
"What we have seen from the Newman Government is a repeat of the uranium mining decision in Queensland," he said.
"There is a significant policy shift in terms of resource extraction in Queensland that represents significant environmental concerns and it's one that has been undertaken with no consultation."
Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) spokesman Tony Mohr says it is a step in the wrong direction.
"The proposal was knocked back years ago because it had huge environmental impacts," he said.
"It's the only oil shale project in Queensland."
He says the shale oil industry still poses a massive risk to the environment.
"Just isolating one particular area isn't really the point here," he said.
"There's a number of shale oil deposits in Queensland that could be exploited but then you still have to take the oil through the Great Barrier Reef channels.
"That's a big threat to the Great Barrier Reef and it doesn't matter if we've just isolated this small part of the Queensland coast that's protected from shale oil."
He says it is surprised by the State Government's decision.
"It was a bit of an 1980s issue - it should have really stayed in the 1980s - it's old technology for an old fuel," he said.
"This proposal was knocked back years and years ago, given it has huge environmental impacts and isn't good for Queensland."
The Mackay Conservation Group (MCG) has also questioned the viability of developing a shale oil industry.
MCG spokeswoman Patricia Julien says oil shale is very hard to mine and process and she cannot understand why the Government is trying to develop the industry.
"They don't tell you that the energy needed to produce it is almost equivalent to the energy you get out of it, so it's hardly a cost-effective way of doing things, let alone the environmental damage," she said.
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Motorola has ditched a promise to upgrade the users of the Atrix 4G to Android 4.0. The manufacturer broke the news with a recent update to its Android upgrade schedule, noting that the Atrix 4G, Electrify, and Photon 4G will all remain on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, rather than making the jump to Ice Cream Sandwich.
Motorola promised to upgrade the Atrix 4G by the end of the year. It is not clear how many of the devices were flogged on the basis of their owners thinking they were getting an upgradpe.
The Atrix 4G is pretty old, as it was released in early 2011. This would suggest, then, that owners of these devices would be eligible to receive the $100 credit that Motorola promised earlier this month.
Earlier this year, Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside said the "new" Motorola that would devote more efforts toward issues like software fragmentation. Just a few days ago, Motorola VP of product Punit Soni reassured users that his company will be more transparent about its upgrade schedule.
Clearly that applies to "new" phones and means that Motorola does not have to fulfil old promises.
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TGIFNL…Thank Gawd Its Friday Nite Lite!
I guess you can say I am making up for the lame post last Friday. So much so, that I need to break this evening cartoons up into two post.
This first one will focus on the Post Office and Congress, with a few stragglers here and there.
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Cagle Post » Congress Playing Chicken
Cagle Post » Jewell of a Secretary
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Joe Biden's fiery demand to "Take Back America!"
Please tell me that I'm not the only one who found it hysterically funny that the Vice President of the United States gave what Matt Drudge classified as a "take back America" speech. It's my impression that "take back America" is the battle cry for those outside of the White House, not those inside of the White House. Yet there Biden was, in Detroit, having jetted over from the most union-friend White House in American government since . . . well, since ever, urging union workers to "take back America."
As best as I can tell, no one asked Biden the obvious question: "From whom should we take America back? You and Obama's administration, which have had America for six years now?"
The speech was especially funny given that Detroit, Michigan, a city that's been under Democrat leadership since 1962, is in dire economic distress. Even as some businesses see downtown property as a fire sale bargain, the fact remains that the city is so broke it's been cutting off water service to those who cannot, or will not, pay for it. That's what happens to a city controlled by Democrats and unions — just as the Obama administration is making sure that the same thing happens to a once proud nation controlled by Democrats and unions.
So I'll ask again — against which power structure should the beleaguered American middle and working class be fighting in order to take back their country?


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Tigers Drop A Pair of Heartbreakers, Eliminated From Playoff Contention
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee State dropped a pair of heartbreakers at Ohio Valley Conference opponent, Morehead State on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles snuck away with a 1-0 eight inning win, before grabbing game two, 4-2. The two losses eliminated TSU (16-36, 4-18) from contention for the final spot to the OVC Championships. MSU (12-31-1, 8-13) jumped into the final spot with four games remaining.
The first game saw the Tigers reach base in all eight innings, but no runner would ever reach third base. TSU finished the game with eight runners left on base as they collected eight hits and Tayler Shimizu reaching after being hit by a pitch.
Ashley Haynes and Kate Morris led the Tigers with two hits each. Kiarra Freeman, Lindsey Burgess, Rebekka Gross and Jayna Hanawahine all notched a hit during the eight inning affair.
Tanna Seuferer would scatter the hits, only allowing two in the same inning once, the eighth. The Tigers would pair the hits together after two outs and were not able to pick up the all-important hit.
Olivia Gamache worked the first three innings allowing one hit, to the first batter she faced. Gamache retired the next nine and made way for Shea Morris, who continued the streak, as she sat down the first five batters. MSU picked up a two-out single against Morris, but left the runner stranded at first.
MSU was held in check until the eighth inning where a TSU miscue got the ball rolling for the home squad. First baseman Dana Hutchins gave the Eagles a base runner with one out, reaching on a misplayed grounder to third. Two batters later, Hutchins moved to second on a walk, giving MSU their first true scoring opportunity since the first inning. Stephanie Etter took advantage of the situation with a ball into right center on a 0-2 count to plate Hutchins for the 1-0, extra inning win.
Shea Morris (9-13) took the loss after giving up two hits, a walk and an unearned run in 4.2 innings of work.
Game two started with Freeman dropping a bunt single and moving to second on the second of her three stolen bases of the day. Haynes followed with a walk against Kelcey McMurray to give TSU two runners on and no outs. McMurray and the Eagles would retire the next three Tigers, ending yet another threat.
Gamache started the game for TSU and surrendered two hits and a walk, but kept MSU off the board for the first two innings.
The Eagles would strike first as they used four hits and a walk to score three times off Hannah St. Clair. TSU would answer as Gross and Kate Morris earned walks and advanced a base on a ground out by Shimizu. Shea Morris put the Tigers on the board with a single to center, plating Gross from third. A walk to Liz Stansberry loaded the bases for TSU and a walk to Freeman pushed Kate Morris across the plate to cut the lead to 3-2.
Seuferer replaced McMurray and got Haynes to ground out on a 3-2 count to stop the Tigers rally. Seuferer would continue to shut the Tigers down by recording three consecutive three-up, three-down innings.
MSU tacked on another run for good measure in the fourth, giving Seuferer (8-13) the win, her second of the day.
The final game of the series will begin at 1:00pm ET on Sunday after MSU honors their seniors. The game can be heard on tsutigers.com.