About 300 people crowded a small church in Union, S.C., for the funeral of 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex Smith, who'd been drowned by their mother, Susan Smith.
Links: USA, Murder, South Carolina

1994 Nov 11

Eddie Polec (16), a Fox Chase high school student, died after being clubbed to death by students of Abington High School. On March 20, 1996, Carlo Johnson (20) and Bou Khathavong (18) – believed by prosecutors to be the ring leaders in the assault, although neither beat Polec – received maximum five- to 10-year sentences for conspiracy. Prosecutors believe the two organized the rumble and provided the baseball bats. Anthony Rienzi and Nick Pinero, both 18, were sentenced to the maximum 15- to 30-year terms for third-degree murder and conspiracy. Thomas Crook (19) sobbed and apologized to his family before receiving 14.5 years to 30 years on the same charges. Dawan Alexander (18) who was convicted of manslaughter for kicking Polec, received an eight- to 20-year term. Seventh defendant Kevin Convey (19) had pleaded guilty earlier to third-degree murder in exchange for testifying against the others. In February he had been sentenced to five to 20 years. In 2000 Bryn Freedman and William Knoedelseder authored "In Eddie’s Name: One Family’s Triumph Over Tragedy."
Links: USA, Pennsylvania, Murder, Teens Amuck

1994 Dec 5

In India’s Bihar state a mob that pulled senior government official G. Krishnaiah out of his car and beat him unconscious before shooting him to death because the official's car had inadvertently crossed paths with the funeral procession of a noted underworld don and aspiring politician, Chottan Shukla. In 2007 Anand Mohan and two other politicians were sentenced to hang for their role in the attack. Four others, including Mohan's wife, Lovely Anand — also a former member of parliament — were sentenced to life in prison by the court in Patna, the capital of Bihar state.
Links: India, Murder

John Salvi opened fire at two abortion clinics in suburban Boston and killed 2 clinic receptionists, Lee Ann Nichols and Shannon Lowney. He was convicted on two accounts of first-degree murder in Mar, 1996. Salvi committed suicide in prison on Nov 29, 1996. His conviction was voided in 1997 because he died before his appeal was heard.

John C. Salvi III, accused of killing two receptionists at two Boston-area abortion clinics on Dec 30, was arrested in Norfolk, Va. Salvi, later convicted of murder, committed suicide in prison.
Links: USA, Massachusetts, Virginia, Murder

1994

In the US New Orleans was the murder capital with 425 homicides.
Links: USA, Louisiana, Murder

1994

French legislator Yann Piat of the UDF was shot to death in her car by 2 men on motorcycle. A 1997 book, "The Yann Piat Case" by Andre Rougeot and Jean-Michel Verne," says that she was killed by the French secret service to keep her from revealing a plot to sell military land to the Mafia. The book was suspended after its first printing sold out. Many believe the tale to be disinformation.
Links: France, Murder

19941995

South African Moses Sithole raped and strangled 38 women in the Johannesburg area. He was sentenced in 1997 to more than 2,400 years in jail.
Links: South Africa, Murder

Fred West hanged himself in his London prison while awaiting trial in the murders of a dozen girls and women. The victims included his wife's 16-year-old daughter and 8-year-old stepdaughter and several young runaways.
Links: Britain, Suicide, Murder

1995 Jan 5

A warrant was issued for the arrest of James “Whitey” Bulger (b.1929), top mobster of Boston’s Winter Hill Gang. He had disappeared with his girlfriend just days before the warrant was issued. Bulger was linked to 21 murders and in 2000 became a fixture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list. In 2007 Kevin Weeks authored “Brutal: The Untold Story Of My Life Inside Whitey Bulger's Irish Mob.”
Links: USA, Massachusetts, Murder, FBI

In Union, S.C., a prosecutor announced he would seek the death penalty for Susan Smith, the woman accused of drowning her sons, 3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex. Smith was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Links: Murder, South Carolina

The prosecution gave its opening statement at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
Links: USA, California, Murder

1995 Jan 25

The defense gave its opening statement in the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles, saying Simpson was the victim of a "rush to judgment" by authorities who had mishandled evidence and ignored witnesses.
Links: USA, California, Murder

1995 Jan

In Georgia Andrew Cook (21) shot and killed Michele Cartagena (19) and Grant Hendrickson (22) in a lover’s lane. Cook, the son of a former FBI agent, was convicted and sentenced to death in 1998.
Links: GeorgiaUS, Murder

1995 Jan

In Nevada the charred body of Ron Rudin (64), a millionaire real estate developer, was found in the desert. His 5th wife, Margaret, was suspect but there was insufficient evidence to arrest her.
Links: Murder, Nevada, Real Estate

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1995 Feb 17

Colin Ferguson was convicted of six counts of murder in the December 1993 Long Island Rail Road shootings. He was later sentenced to a minimum of 200 years in prison.
Links: USA, New York, Murder

1995 Feb 25

In Oklahoma store manager Richard Yost was beaten to death with a baseball bat and placed in the freezer of his supermarket in Tulsa. Three men were later executed for the murder and a 4th was convicted to life in prison.
Links: USA, Murder, Oklahoma, Robbery

1995 Mar 3

In Georgia Glenn Turner (31) was discovered dead in bed by his wife. A Cobb medical examiner ruled that he died from an irregular heartbeat. Lynn Turner murdered her police officer husband, Glenn Turner, to get his life insurance money. In 2001 she killed her boyfriend, Randy Thompson, by poisoning him with antifreeze. In 2007 Turner (38), convicted in 2004 for her husband’s death, was convicted again for the Thompson’s murder. Turner (42) died in prison on Aug 30, 2010.
Links: GeorgiaUS, USA, Murder

1995 Mar 22

Convicted Long Island Rail Road gunman Colin Ferguson was sentenced to life in prison for killing six people.
Links: USA, New York, Murder

1995 Mar 27

Joanne Marie Mascha, an Ursuline Sister, was murdered while walking near her motherhouse just outside Cleveland.
Links: USA, Ohio, Murder

In Italy Maurizio Gucci (46), businessman, was shot to death in Milan. He was the last family member to have held shares in the Gucci fashion company, now part of the Bahrain-based Investcorp. In 1997 police arrested his former wife, a psychic, a doorman, and two hitmen for their roles in the murder. In 1998 Patrizia Reggiani Martinelli (50) was convicted and sentenced to 29 years in prison. The psychic got 25, the doorman got 26, the driver got 29 and the gunman got life.
Links: Italy, Murder

1995 Mar

In Louisiana Patsy Byers, a convenience store clerk, was shot and seriously wounded by Sarah Edmonson and Benjamin Darrus. The two had just killed a Mississippi man and later asserted that the film "Natural Born Killers" inspired their actions.
Links: Louisiana, Murder, Film

1995 Mar

In Mich. Jonathan Schmitz shot and killed Scott Amedure 3 days after the 2 appeared on the "Jenny Jones Show," where Schmitz learned that his secret admirer was Amedure. Schmitz was convicted of murder in 1996 but the verdict was overturned due to an error in jury selection. Schmitz was sentenced to a 25-50 year prison term. In 1999 a jury pronounced a $25 million verdict against the producers of the show in a wrongful death suit by the family of Amedure. In Aug 1999 a 2nd jury convicted Schmitz of murder. Judge Wendy Pots sentenced Schmitz to 25-50 years in prison.
Links: USA, TV, Murder, Michigan

1995 Apr 15

Norma Patricia Esparza, a Southern California college student, pointed out Gonzalo Ramirez (25) at a bar to her boyfriend Gianni Van and two others as the man who had recently raped her. Ramirez was then kidnapped and hacked to death. In 2014 Esparza pleaded guilty in exchange for a prison term. In 2015 Van was sentenced to life in prison without parole. In 2016 Esparza was sentenced to 6 years in prison.
Links: USA, California, Murder, Rape

1995 Apr 23

Hideo Murai, head of the science ministry of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult, was stabbed and killed. Police suspected that a cult leader ordered his murder so that he would not testify about Aum’s nerve gas production.
Links: Japan, Murder

At the O.J. Simpson murder trial, Simpson struggled to don a pair of gloves that prosecutors said were worn the night Simpson’s ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, were murdered.
Links: USA, California, Murder

1995 Jun 19

Jennifer Lea Evans (21), a vacationing college student, was killed outside a Virginia Beach nightclub. Navy SEAL trainees Dustin Turner and his best friend, Billy Joe Brown, were convicted for the same crime. When they were arrested, each man accused the other of being the killer. In 2009 Brown said he killed Evans with no help from Turner. Brown said he wanted to tell the truth after almost 13 years because he had found religion in prison. A court soon overturned the convictions against Turner (33).
Links: USA, Virginia, Murder

1995 Jun 23

In Mexico Hector "El Guero" Palma, reputed head of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was arrested after his plane crashed near Guadalajara. He faced 9 counts of murder for the killing of 9 relatives and associates of his rival Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo. Gallardo had earlier decapitated Palma’s first wife and arranged the murder of his 2 children.
Links: Mexico, Murder, Drugs

The defense opened its case at the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles.
Links: USA, California, Murder

1995 Jul 18

Opening statements were presented in the trial of Susan Smith, the South Carolina woman charged with drowning her two young sons.
Links: USA, Murder, South Carolina, Mad Woman

1995 Jul 22

Susan Smith was convicted by a jury in Union, South Carolina, of first-degree murder for drowning her two sons. She was later sentenced to life in prison.
Links: USA, Murder, South Carolina

1995 Jul 22

In San Luis Obispo, 15-year-old Elyse Pahler was murdered by 3 teenagers of the death metal band called "Hatred" patterned after the group "Slayer." Her body was not found for 8 months until revealed by Joseph Fiorella (16), who received a 26 year to life sentence in 1997 as part of a plea bargain. Royce Casey (18) and Jacob Delashmutt still faced trial as adults. Death metal was a sub-genre of heavy metal that featured explicit lyrics dealing with murder, torture and occult practices.
Links: California, Murder, Pop&Rock

1995 Aug 13

Hans-Christian Ostro, a 27-year-old Norwegian who had come to India to study dance was found dead in the Pahalgam district with his severed head balanced between his thighs, close to the sight of a previous kidnapping by Kashmir guerillas.
Links: India, Murder, Kashmir, Norway

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1995 Aug 16

In Orinda, Ca., Maria Corrieo and her sister, Gina Roberts, were killed by Dalton Lolohea and 2 others during a robbery. Lolohea was tried and convicted for the double murder in 2000 along with robbery and burglary. David Ross was sentenced to 20 years in prison in exchange for testifying against Corey Williams. In 2013 the state Supreme Court upheld the death sentence against Williams.
Links: USA, Murder, SF Bay Area

1995 Aug 21

In Thailand Prince Thitiphan Yugala (60) was poisoned by his new wife Chalasai Yugala (23), aka Luk Pla (Baby fish). He died after 8 days and Luk Pla ran off with Uthet Choopwa (19), a chestnut peddler. She had become his lover at 14 and wife at 23. In 2002 she was sentenced to 6 years in prison.
Links: Thailand, Murder

1995 Aug 29

At the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles, without the jury present, tape recordings of police detective Mark Fuhrman were played in which Fuhrman could be heard spouting racial invectives.
Links: USA, California, Murder

1995 Aug 31

At the O.J. Simpson trial in Los Angeles, Judge Lance Ito ruled the defense could play only two examples of police detective Mark Fuhrman’s racist comments from taped conversations with a screenwriter.
Links: USA, California, Murder

1995 Aug

In Austin, Texas, Madalyn Murray O’Hair, leader of United Secularists of America, disappeared with her son and granddaughter and more than $600,000 in funds from her various organizations. Her diaries, some 2,000 pages, were scheduled to be auctioned in 1999. The IRS filed an affidavit in 1999 against David Waters and 3 others in relation to suspected murders and theft. In 1999 Waters (52) was sentenced to 60 years in prison for skimming over $50,000 from the atheist organization. Waters was later given another 8 year sentence on a federal weapons charge. [See Oct 3.] In 2001 bones were found on the ranch where she was believed to have been buried following an agreement between Waters and prosecutors. All 3 bodies were identified in Mar.
Links: USA, Murder, Texas, IRS

The prosecution in the O.J. Simpson murder trial in Los Angeles reluctantly began its rebuttal case, as ordered by Judge Lance Ito, after the defense refused to rest.
Links: USA, California, Murder

1995 Sep 11

Jimmy Ryce (9) was kidnapped, raped and murdered in south Florida. In 1998 Juan Carlos Chavez, a Cuban ranch hand was convicted. His defense was that he was framed by his bosses into a confession for fear of being deported. The defense held that Edward Sheinhaus, the son of Chavez’s bosses, was the killer. Chavez was executed on Feb 12, 2014.
Links: USA, Cuba, Murder, Florida

1995 Sep 17

A 3-year old girl, Stephanie Kuhen, was shot dead in Los Angeles when the car she was riding in driven by Timothy Stone made a wrong turn into a dead-end alley in Cypress Park, and happened on a gang setting. Her 2-year old brother was wounded in the foot. Accused of the murder are Manuel Rosales Jr., Augustin Lizama, Hugo David Gomez, Marcos Antonio Luna and Anthony Gabriel Rodriguez. A 6th defendant, Marvin Pech, is expected to testify for the prosecution.
Links: USA, California, Murder, Tragedy

O.J. Simpson’s jurors stunned the courtroom and the nation by reaching verdicts in the sensational eight-month murder trial in less than four hours. The decision was kept secret until the following day, when it was announced that Simpson had been acquitted. Simpson was acquitted in the double-murder of his wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Links: USA, California, Murder

1995 Oct 3

The jury in the O.J. Simpson murder trial found the former football star innocent of the 1994 slayings of his former wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. Simpson was later found liable in a civil proceeding. The verdict, reached Oct 2, was announced Oct 3.
Links: USA, California, Murder

In Mississippi Rhonda Hatten Griffis (28), a mother of two, was found dead at her home in Petal. Larry Matthew Puckett, a local landscaper, was convicted of her murder in 1996 and sentenced to death. Puckett said it was David Griffis who murdered his wife with the club after accusing her of having an affair. Puckett (35) was executed on March 20, 2012.
Links: USA, Murder, Mississippi

In California Deborah Sammons (40) was raped and murdered by Robert Bacon. He had been hired to murder Deborah by her husband Charles Sammons, who later pleaded guilty to non-capital murder and was sentenced to 25 years in prison. In 2010 the California state Supreme Court upheld the death penalty for Bacon.
Links: USA, California, Murder, Rape

1995 Oct 27

William Kreutzer, US Army sergeant, opened fire on a field of 1300 soldiers at Fort Bragg, NC. He killed a fellow 82nd Airborne soldier, Major Stephen Badger and wounded several others. Defense lawyers in 1996 pleaded that he suffered from depression. He was convicted of pre-meditated murder on 6/11/96. The next day he was sentenced to death. His death sentence was later overturned. In 2009 Kreutzer pleaded guilty under a deal that could get him life in prison at most.
Links: USA, Murder, North Carolina, Mad Man

1995 Oct

In Kewanee, Ill., Scott English, the boyfriend of Tabitha Pollock, killed Jami Pollock (3) as she and her mother slept. Tabitha Pollock, the mother, was later convicted of 1st degree murder for not preventing the murder and sentenced to 36 years in prison. In 2002 the state Supreme Court overturned the sentence. English was sentenced to life in prison.
Links: Illinois, Murder


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Health, Care & Childhood Studies

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Video (01:54) : 90% of the recount is done and Star Tribune reporter, Curt Brown, gives an update.

An uproar Wednesday over 133 mystery ballots that may or may not have disappeared in Minneapolis became the newest controversy to roil the U.S. Senate recount. At issue was a discrepancy between Election Day and recount totals in one of the city's precincts. DFLer Al Franken's campaign lodged a protest over 133 votes that it said could not be accounted for during the recount, at a possible cost to him of as many as 46 net votes in his race against Republican Sen. Norm Coleman. Franken officials sent a letter to the secretary of state's office and Minneapolis elections director Cindy Reichert demanding that the votes from the northeast Minneapolis precinct not be officially reported until a search is conducted for the ballots. Late Wednesday, Reichert said she had decided to keep the results in the precinct open until all of the discrepancies could be resolved, by reviewing all of the precinct's election materials at City Hall today. "Several mistakes were made in the precinct and we need to verify all of the numbers we looked at [Wednesday]," she said. The twist came a day after Franken made a net gain of 37 votes in Ramsey County, when the recount there found that 171 votes from a Maplewood precinct hadn't been tallied on Election Day. Wednesday evening, a Star Tribune tally showed Coleman with a 316-vote lead, with 98 percent of the vote recounted. At the start of the recount, Coleman had a 215-vote lead. Earlier in the day, the Franken campaign announced that it was withdrawing 633 of the roughly 3,000 ballot challenges it had made during the recount. The campaign also said that its internal calculations showed it was now ahead of Coleman by 22 votes. Franken campaign attorney Marc Elias said withdrawing the challenges will not affect the ultimate outcome of the count.

"The only practical impact of what we are doing today is to save the state Canvassing Board the trouble of looking through these challenged ballots and saving the taxpayers of Minnesota the cost of copying and scanning these challenged ballots," Elias said. Officials for the Coleman campaign, which has made more than 3,200 ballot challenges, said they would hold off on withdrawing any of them until recounting is completed, likely by the end of the week. A spokesman for Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie called Franken's move a "positive start" but urged both campaigns to be more aggressive in withdrawing frivolous challenges before the Canvassing Board meets on Dec. 16. The board is to make the final call on challenged ballots. Minneapolis mix-up The controversy in the first precinct of Minneapolis' Third Ward began when the recount showed 133 votes fewer than the Election Day count. Reichert said the disparity sent officials searching for the possibility of a missing ballot envelope. When none could be found, she said, she originally thought that write-in ballots at the precinct, which were diverted on the side of the ballot box on Election Day, may have been fed through the ballot counter twice on Nov. 4. The city initially decided to pare the precinct vote totals by 133, with Franken's number dropping by 80 and Coleman's by 34, a 46-vote swing in the senator's favor. "That was the theory [about the discrepancy] we developed in the afternoon, but the theory we came up with doesn't jibe with the numbers we have," Reichert said. "We don't know what happened. ... It looks like that wasn't valid speculation." Among other things, elections workers will examine voter rosters, signatures and voter registration rolls, she said. The Franken campaign said numbers from the precinct had shown that 2,029 people voted on Election Day and that the recount recorded only 1,896 ballots. Franken attorney David Lillihaug asked that the recount in Minneapolis be kept open until the ballots are found. Citing 133 "disenfranchised voters in Minneapolis who are waiting for action," he wrote, "the U.S. Senate race may hang in the balance."

In a statement, Coleman campaign spokesman Mark Drake said, "The Minneapolis officials appeared to be quite thorough in their search today, and it is disappointing that the Franken campaign, once again, is attacking local election officials and blaming them for simply doing their jobs." The challenges Fritz Knaak, Coleman's lead recount attorney, while acknowledging the Franken campaign's challenge withdrawals, suggested the announcement may have been an attempt to "create news" and keep momentum to help with political fundraising. Knaak said the announcement also may have been timed to deflect the effect of the reelection Tuesday of U.S. Sen. Saxby Chambliss, a Georgia Republican, a result that prevents Democrats from gaining a 60-vote, filibuster-proof Senate majority. Chambliss' victory, said Knaak, had dealt "a serious blow" to Franken's attempt to show his race is critical to Democrats nationally. Franken's people said Chamblis' reelection will have no effect on strategy for the Minnesota race. "It's nonsensical. There was a Senate election in Georgia. The results were what they were," said Franken attorney Elias. "We're trying to figure out who won the election in Minnesota. From my standpoint, there's no obvious connection between the two." About the gap Regarding the gap between the candidates, Franken officials said Wednesday afternoon that, by their internal calculations, their campaign had gained 237 votes in the recount with 94.3 percent of the votes counted and claimed to be ahead by 22 votes. Elias said the calculation is based on the working theory that none of either campaign's challenges will be upheld and that Coleman has challenged more ballots than Franken. Knaak dismissed the assertion Franken had pulled ahead. In joking with reporters --and taking a jab at the Franken campaign's counting methodology -- Knaak said he thought Coleman was ahead by 2,200 votes. "I have no evidence of this," he said, smiling, " ... but I like the sound of it, so there it is." He said, however, that the Coleman campaign was confident. "We believe we're well ahead in this recount," he said. Meanwhile, election officials Wednesday also began grappling with a request by Ritchie's office to examine and categorize rejected absentee ballots.


February 7, 2016

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Can I sample the chili?

Starting at noon, the public can sample the chili at any of the booths. But first, purchase a package of 10 two-oz. cups and spoons for $5 from one of two ticket booths (no personal cups, outside cups or bowls are allowed), then it’s off and running to sample what the cooks have concocted. But hurry, as the chili sometimes runs out fast. When you’re done sampling, use the tickets that came with your tasting cups to vote for your favorite. Chili cups are cash only.


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Cravings for Sweets, Salty products or Fruits

Cravings for Sweets, Salty products or Fruits: What do they hide? If you experience exaggerated cravings for sweets, salty products, meat or fruits, then you should know that your body has certain shortcomings or that you do not feed properly your organism. Specialists in nutrition explain why we exaggerate when it comes to certain foods.

Cravings for Sweets, Salty products or Fruits

Craving for sweets

In the case of a balanced and varied diet craving for sweets is normal. The real problems appear when we cannot refrain from eating sweets. Eating sweets all the time might indicate a lack of chromium and magnesium. Our organism needs chromium to produce the glucose tolerance factor (GTF), which is essential for the normal functioning of the hypoglycemic hormone – insulin. When insulin cannot transport glucose from the blood into the cells to transform it into energy, the cells are constantly starved, inducing the desire of consuming sweets.

Craving for salty products

Those who often crave for salty foods may suffer from hypertension, chronic dehydration and therefore should do a medical examination as soon as possible.

Cravings for salt may indicate a lack of calcium and potassium. It is well known that sodium is an antagonist of potassium (K) and calcium (Ca), leading to their elimination from the bones, blood and body cells.

In these cases, it is recommended the consumption of fruits and vegetables, which are the main sources of potassium and also probiotic dairy products (yogurt, milk, cream), valuable sources of calcium together with beans, peanuts, walnuts, sardines, parsley, etc.

Appetite for meat

The decreasing of protein reserves, particularly in the muscles (when we are mentally and physically exhausted) can lead to a craving for meat. Also, the consumption of industrial products made of meat with a low biological value can trigger and maintain your craving for meat, as your organism continues to look for a high quality source of protein. In these situations it would be preferable to adopt a diversified diet which should contain fish, chicken, eggs, organic red meat and cheese.

Iron is vital, being also found in meat, eggs, mushrooms, parsley, paprika, cocoa and chocolate. Thus, you should include all these products in your diet and consume them at the right moment during the day.

Moreover, you should never exaggerate when it comes to coffee, chocolate, meat or eggs – as great quantities could do more harm than good.


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Updated at 12:30 p.m. Sunday: Revised to add new comments from Dallas County Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Donovan.

An untold number of Super Tuesday ballots were not counted in Dallas County, according to court documents obtained by The Dallas Morning News. County officials are seeking court intervention to add them to the total.

According to the documents, ballots from 44 vote tabulating machines were not included in the final tally that Dallas County submitted earlier this week. Without knowing how many votes are at issue, it’s unclear whether the outcomes of any races will change.

Dallas County Elections Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole submitted a petition Friday in a state district court asking to reopen the county’s central counting station for a recount and re-tabulation of paper ballots from the 44 machines.

Toni Pippins-Poole (Mona Reeder / THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS)

“Because of these discrepancies and after conferring with the Texas Secretary of State, it has been determined that the most accurate records are the paper ballots from those locations," the petition states.

In an affidavit filed along with the petition, Pippins-Poole says the problems were uncovered after the polls closed, when election officials weren’t able to match the number of voters who signed in to cast ballots at some polling places with the number of ballots received from those locations.

Eventually, it was determined that ballots from the 44 machines in question were unaccounted for, Pippins-Poole wrote in the affidavit.

It’s unknown which polling stations were involved. In all, 454 polling places were open on election day.

A recount, if granted, would involve taking paper ballots from the ballot collection boxes of those 44 machines and running them through the county’s central counting station’s tabulator, Pippins-Poole said in her petition.

It’s unknown when any recount of the ballots in question would occur. The petition asks the court to set a date and time so that officials from both parties may attend and observe.

This is the first primary election in which Dallas County used new voting equipment known as ballot making machines. Voters use touch screens to make their selections. Votes are recorded on a piece of paper, which is than scanned by a tabulator. Results are also stored on thumb drives, which are delivered to a central location for final tallying.

The Texas Tribune first reported on the request to reopen the election in a story published online Saturday.

Pippins-Poole statement

Efforts to reach Pippins-Poole for comment were unsuccessful, although Saturday evening she released a statement that mirrored much of the language in her petition and affidavit.

“Of the 44 thumb drives, 16 were not received in a timely manner to the Elections Department and 28 were from voting machines not scheduled to be used but were used by volunteer election officials,” the statement read.

“When Dallas County procured new election equipment, we ensured that paper ballot records were included with our electronic system," the statement continued. "With this paper backup, and in consultation with the Texas Secretary of State, I have asked the District Court to allow Dallas County to authorize the recount of the paper ballots through the central counting station tabulator.”

Rodney Anderson, head of the Dallas County Republican Party, said in a prepared statement: “We anxiously await the explanation from the election department on how this could possibly happen. Until such time when we have this, I’m not going to deal in supposition and what-ifs.”

Rodney Anderson and Carol Donovan lead the Dallas County Republican and Democratic parties, respectively.

Republican County Commissioner J.J. Koch, who on Saturday tweeted that Pippins-Poole should resign, said the problems stem from the shift to countywide voting, which allows voters to cast ballots at any polling place in the county, rather than an assigned precinct.

“It’s well-known that one of our biggest problems is the elections department,” Koch said Saturday. “It’s just never been able to administer elections at a high level.”

Koch said that he supports the idea of countywide voting but that officials rushed the system out too quickly and without proper support in place.

"We implemented this new process with very little training and very little resources,” he said. “Some election workers worked 20-hour days in the days leading up to the election, which is ridiculous. There’s no way under those circumstances that you can conduct elections without mistakes.”

Carol Donovan, chairwoman of the Dallas County Democratic Party, said that Koch’s comments weren’t productive and that some election failures could be traced to the Republican Party.

“It is unfortunate that Commissioner J.J. Koch has prematurely requested the resignation of Dallas County Election Administrator Toni Pippins-Poole before any investigation and before the court has ruled on her petition for recount," Donovan said Sunday via email. "Much of the confusion and delays were caused by the failure of the local Republican Party to staff even half of the Dallas County vote centers.”

U.S. Senate race

State Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, spent election night sweating out a tight race for the Democratic Party’s nomination for U.S. Senate.

On Wednesday, he pulled ahead of Austin labor activist Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez to finish second in the contest and join former Air Force helicopter pilot MJ Hegar in a runoff. West’s stronghold is Dallas County, particularly southern precincts.

“Of course, we want to count right,” West said Saturday. “Every vote should be counted and we want the county to get to the bottom of what happened.”

Tzintzún Ramirez, who finished about 24,000 votes behind West in statewide balloting, could not be reached for comment Saturday.

Donovan said she considered it unlikely that a recount would change the outcomes of any races, based on the margins of Dallas County results as they currently stand.

“Our main concern is that the vote of every Dallas County voter, Democratic or Republican, is counted," she said in her email. "Due to the small number of uncounted ballots, it is doubtful that the outcome of Tuesday’s vote will change. Nevertheless, the Dallas County Election Director is correctly requesting permission of the Court to open the ballot process so that all ballots can be counted.”

Stephen Chang, director of communications for the Texas secretary of state’s office, said the office is aware of the situation and providing guidance.

If the recount is granted, “the Dallas County Elections Department will post notice of the recount and make the results available to the public as quickly as possible,” Pippins-Poole said in her statement.

Staff writers Gromer Jeffers Jr. and Allie Morris contributed to this report.


The structure dependent electrochemical-response of novel 1-(4-mercaptobutyl)-4-(2-ferrocenylvinyl)pyridinium bromide SAMs on an au electrode.
The 1-(4-mercaptobutyl)-4-(2-ferrocenylvinyl)pyridinium bromide (1-HS(CH2)(4)-4-[(E)-FcCH=CH]C5H4N)+Br- and its hydrogenated product [1-HS(CH2)(4)-4-(-FcCH2CH2)C5H4N]+Br- were synthesized and assembled on an Au electrode to form self-assembled monolayers which showed a structure-dependent electrochemical-response in phosphate buffer aqueous solutions (pH = 7).


MetaCyc database
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<http://metacyc.org/>
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MetaCyc is a database of experimentally determined metabolic pathways from over 900 organisms, mostly microorganisms.

KEGG pathway database
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<http://www.genome.ad.jp/kegg/metabolism.html>
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The KEGG database consists of pathway maps that have hypertext links to further information on compounds, enzymes and genes. It extensively covers metabolism found in diverse organisms.

Biocatalysis/Biodegradation database
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<http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/>
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The Biocatalysis/Biodegradation database is a metabolism database that focuses on catabolic pathways found in microorganisms. It is highly curated with links to many other databases.

BioPathways Consortium
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<http://www.biopathways.org/>
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The BioPathways Consortium is designed to promote the development of computational pathways biology. It does this by supporting the development and use of open technologies, standards, and resources for representing and analysing pathway information.

Pathguide: the pathway resource list
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<http://www.pathguide.org/>
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The Pathguide is a curated list of approximately 240 online biological pathway resources. A major category is for metabolic pathway resources.

BioModels database
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<http://www.ebi.ac.uk/biomodels/>
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The BioModels database stores and provides access to published mathematical models relating to biological processes. Models are linked to relevant data resources, such as publications, databases of compounds and pathways, and controlled vocabularies.

Metabolic pathfinding database
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<http://www.bigre.ulb.ac.be/Users/didier/pathfinding/>
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The metabolic pathfinding database provides tools for selecting the shortest path in a metabolic network to generate biochemically relevant pathways. The metabolic graph that is used is derived from the reactions and compounds found in the KEGG database.

Microbial metabolism prediction
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<http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/predict/>
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The microbial metabolism prediction system uses metabolic rules to generate metabolites predicted from any starting organic compound entered by the user. The metabolic rules are based largely on reactions found in the Biocatalysis/Biodegradation database.

OptStrain:Metabolic pathway discovery and design
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[http://maranas.che.psu.edu/pub/pharkya‐maranas05.pdf](http://maranas.che.psu.edu/pub/pharkya‐maranas05.pdf)
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This computational tool uses a metabolic database and combinatorial optimization to find ideal pathways for transiting from one metabolite to another. The major use is for metabolic engineering to generate valuable compounds from cheaper precursors.

Pathway tools website
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<http://bioinformatics.ai.sri.com/ptools/>
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The Pathway tools site was put up to provide access for the scientific community to computational tools to develop databases for organisms, metabolic networks and navigating through networks.

PathAligner
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[http://bibiserv.techfak.uni‐bielefeld.de/pathaligner/](http://bibiserv.techfak.uni‐bielefeld.de/pathaligner/)
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PathAligner is designed to retrieve metabolic pathways and alignment them. Metabolic pathways are reconstructed from their components: metabolites, enzymes and genes.

Evolution of molecular biology into systems biology
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<http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v22/n10/full/nbt1020.html>
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This web article provides an excellent historical overview of developments in molecular aspects of biology leading up to the current field of systems biology.

European systems biology
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<http://www.systembiology.net/>
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This webpage provides a list of links to resources for systems biology researchers.

Computational systems biology
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[http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/spip/Computational‐Systems‐Biology‐NeMo.html](http://www.genoscope.cns.fr/spip/Computational‐Systems‐Biology‐NeMo.html)
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Genoscope was created to handle sequence data from the human genome project, but has more recently refocused on using systems biology, largely with microbial systems, for reducing pollution and reducing dependence on fossil fuels.

Kanehisa laboratory publications
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[http://kanehisa.kuicr.kyoto‐u.ac.jp/](http://kanehisa.kuicr.kyoto‐u.ac.jp/)
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The Kanehisa laboratory, which developed the KEGG database, analyses metabolic data to derive insights into biological structure and function.


Healthcare

COMPONENTS FOR HEALTHCARE AND MATERIAL ANALYSIS

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Disposable, low cost micro and nanostructure based polymer photonics sensor offers a number of favorable properties for optical sensing. Micro- and nanophotonic sensors are an attractive alternative for a wide range of applications such as material analyzing (chemical hazards), diagnostics, and food screening. Remarkable advantages of polymer photonics sensor structure are highly cost effective manufacturing, mass-manufacturability, nanostructured, large-area multi-parameters and the integration opportunities to microfluidics and sensing features.

Nanocomp lightguide products are also being used for light applying in heathcare solutions or for illumination purposes in sensoring. Thin film-like lightguides are the perfect solution for many products requiring flexibility and user comfort together with high performance. See more details and ideas from our products section.

Our diffractive optics solutions have been incorporated in sensors and user interfaces in several different healthcare segments. Cost effective mass production enables disposable end-products with highly complex functionality. For example our pattern generators have been used in healthcare motion tracking or control interface for medical room equipment.

Nanocomp’s thin and flexible optical solutions are one of the key enabling technologies of the future landscape of healthcare devices.


Gisundet

Gisundet is a strait in Senja Municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The  long strait separates the island of Senja from the mainland. The strait flows into the Malangen fjord in the north and into the Finnfjorden (and later the Solbergfjorden) in the south. The strait is crossed by the Gisund Bridge which connects the village of Silsand on the island to the town of Finnsnes on the mainland.

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Two People Injured In Early Morning Snow Day Fires

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — It was a busy day for Baltimore City first responders as crews battled 2 fires Wednesday morning, right as heavy snowfall started.

Hints of red and flashing lights were amid a sea of white.

The harrowing scene was a reality for many living off Clarks Lane Wednesday just before 9 a.m. as a fire broke out in a nearby apartment building.

Shelly Lohmann was inside of her unit on the fifth floor.

“The smoke alarms were going off,” she told WJZ. “We didn’t know if it was real or not but we opened the door and saw smoke. We came downstairs and everybody came downstairs.”

Residents told WJZ they believe the fire started somewhere on the third floor.

Fire officials said that the cause remains under investigation but that 2 people were taken to the hospital.

Fortunately, their injuries were non-life threatening.

Resident Williams Stewart made sure that no one got left behind.

“Had to help one of my neighbors,” he said. “She works for one of the residents in the building who was bed-ridden so I had to go in and help her get into a wheelchair and get her out the bed ‘cause she couldn’t get out by herself.”

Those evacuated were not left out in the cold.

“We did have tents arrive on scene just for some temporary shelter until they were able to go back to their apartment,” said Baltimore Fire PIO Blair Adams.

While obviously not an ideal day for a fire, those that live in the apartment complex were grateful it wasn’t worse.

“There’s going to be a helluva lot of water damage and physical damage,” said Lohmann. “you know, furniture and stuff and we just renovated the whole building.”

Earlier in the morning, fire crews raced to the Royal Maroon Restaurant near Pimlico, called in by community members.

“There’s a lot of smoke going in the side,” said Yeshiyah Isreal. “I called them on the telephone and let them know what’s going on.”


[Inflammatory infiltrates, vasa vasorum, and endothelial NO synthase in the wall of thoracic aortic aneurysm].
To elucidate whether there is a relationship between inflammation of the wall of aortic aneurysm and the number of vasa vasorum in it. The investigation material was aortic aneurysm wall segments obtained during surgery. Among the patients, there were 20 men and 5 women. The patients' age ranged from 33 to 69 years. The investigation used monoclonal antibodies to macrophages (CD68), T cells (CD3, CD4, and CD8) and antibodies to von Willebrand factor, endothelial NO synthase, and alpha smooth muscle actin. A morphometric study was conducted. Calculation of the number of vasa vasorum (including newly formed vessels) in the adventitia of aortic aneurysm revealed that there was a statistically significant difference between the number of vasa vasorum in patients with an active inflammatory response (Group 1) versus Group 2 patients with a moderate inflammatory process in the aneurysm wall (p≤0.05) and a statistically significant difference between Groups 1 and 3 (without inflammatory infiltrates) (p≤0.05). Endothelial vasa vasorum heterogeneity was found in case of an immune response to NO synthase. At the same time individual vasa vasorium did not contain NO synthase, this enzyme was identified in the endothelium in a number of nearby vessels. The increase in the number of vasa vasorum in the aneurysm wall in patients with abundant inflammatory infiltrates is due to the fact that some of the inflammatory cytokines of T-cells and macrophages also contribute to angiogenesis.


November 04, 2010

Emanuel collects Hollywood checks, Chicago barbs

While Chicago mayoral contender Rahm Emanuel is in Hollywood today to collect checks at a fundraiser hosted by media industry titans, rival candidate Gery Chico plans to hold a party at Hollywood Grill to announce that Ald. Joe Moreno is backing his candidacy for mayor.

Moreno has served on City Council since March, when Mayor Richard Daley picked him to replace Manny Flores who gave up his seat to lead the Illinois Commerce Commission. Flores announced last month that he was endorsing Chico.

Emanuel’s campaign said the Hollywood fundraiser is hosted by his brother Ari Emanuel, co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, one of Hollywood's largest talent agencies; Bob Iger, CEO of the Walt Disney Co.; David Geffen, former DreamWorks SKG partner; and Peter Chernin, former head of Fox.

Other prospective mayoral candidates used Emanuel’s departure to pile on. Former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun suggested the former White House chief of staff fits in better on the West Coast than the Midwest.

“On this day when President Obama and Illinois Democrats are still recovering from painful political losses . . . Rahm Emanuel is off in Hollywood hanging out with bankers and billionaires,” Moseley Braun said in a statement.

Moseley Braun, who enjoyed her own Hollywood stardom as the nation's first black woman senator, also suggested in her statement that Emanuel was partly to blame for Democratic losses in Congress. Now that the Nov. 2 election is over, the gloves appear to be off in the Feb. 22 mayor’s race.

All 50 aldermen on the Chicago City Council had to file paperwork earlier this year detailing their outside income and gifts. The Tribune took that ethics paperwork and posted the information here for you to see. You can search by ward number or alderman's last name.

The Cook County Assessor's office has put together lists of projected median property tax bills for all suburban towns and city neighborhoods. We've posted them for you to get a look at who's paying more and who's paying less.

Past posts

Clout has a special meaning in Chicago, where it can be a noun, a verb or an adjective. This exercise of political influence in a uniquely Chicago style was chronicled in the Tribune cartoon "Clout Street" in the early 1980s. Clout Street, the blog, offers an inside look at the politics practiced from Chicago's City Hall to the Statehouse in Springfield, through the eyes of the Tribune's political and government reporters.


Q:

Problem while adding the store/layer in geoserver

I am new to geoserver..Yesterday I worked with that and added stores and layers. Its working fine.
But, Today I try to add a new store, i am getting this error message..
"Sorry, your session timed out...
It looks like you waited too long to make that last change.if this continues to happen, you should get in touch with your system administrator.
Go back to the home page and try again."
How to resolve this error..
Could u please help me out..
Thanks in advance

A:

According to this mail list, "you are likely running out of permgen space". To increase it, follow Geoserver/java out of heap space - how do I increase it?


357 F.Supp. 222 (1973)
Frederick F. PORDUM, Plaintiff,
v.
BOARD OF REGENTS OF the STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants.
No. 73-CV-98.
United States District Court, N. D. New York.
April 26, 1973.
*223 Bernard F. Ashe, James R. Sandner, Albany, N.Y., for plaintiff.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Atty. Gen. of N. Y., Albany, N.Y., for defendants, Bd. of Regents of the State of N. Y. and Ewald B. Nyquist, Commissioner; Lawrence L. Doolittle, Asst. Atty. Gen., of counsel.
Peter A. Vinolus, Lackawanna, N. Y., for defendant, Lackawanna City School Dist.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER
JAMES T. FOLEY, Chief Judge.
The plaintiff brings this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and alleges he is being deprived of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights through the implementation of Section 305(7) of the Education Law by the Commissioner of Education of New York State. Section 305(7) of the Education Law, McKinney's Consol. Laws, c. 16, gives the Commissioner the power to annul the certificate of qualification of a school teacher upon cause shown to his satisfaction. Jurisdictional bases alleged are 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and 28 U.S.C. § 2281. 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) has been described as the jurisdictional counterpart of the cause of action created by 42 U. S.C. § 1983. (Tichon v. Harder, 2 Cir., 438 F.2d 1396, 1398, n. 4).
The essential facts as set forth in the complaint are undisputed. The plaintiff is a teacher, certified by the State, and has been granted tenure by the Board of *224 Education of the City of Lackawanna. In 1967, the plaintiff was granted a two-year leave of absence which was subsequently extended in 1969 for two years and in 1972 for one year. During the interim period, the plaintiff was convicted in the United States District Court, Western District of New York, on June 16, 1971, of the crime of conspiracy involving bribery of public officials in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371, and was sentenced to a period of confinement of three years. At that time the plaintiff was a member of the Erie County Legislature. The plaintiff was released on parole on December 22, 1972. On December 29, 1972, the plaintiff notified the Board of Education of the City of Lackawanna that he was ready to resume his active teaching duties and by letter dated January 24, 1973, the plaintiff was notified of his specific assignment effective February 1, 1973. On January 24, 1973, the Commissioner of Education enjoined the school district from reemploying or reinstating the plaintiff and further ordered the plaintiff to show cause why his teaching certificate should not be cancelled. In this federal litigation, we do have the unusual situation of the Lackawanna School City District in the affidavit of its Attorney Peter A. Vinolus, stating a position somewhat adverse to that of the State defendants and the Attorney General at this stage. The position is that the School District is ready and willing to accept the plaintiff as a teacher under its contract and that it joins in the motion of plaintiff to have him return to work pending the outcome of this action. [See Portnoy, Employment of Former Criminals, 55 Cornell L.Rev. 306, 307 (1970)].
As the complaint requests this court to convene a three-judge court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281, 2284, it is necessary to initially determine if the various constitutional claims set out in the complaint are substantial. (Ex parte Poresky, 290 U.S. 30, 32, 54 S.Ct. 3, 78 L.Ed. 152). One of two standards must be met before it can be determined there is a lack of substantiality in the federal questions presented; either obvious lack of merit in the allegations or foreclosure of the issues by previous decisions of the United States Supreme Court. (California Water Service Co. v. City of Redding, 304 U.S. 252, 255, 58 S.Ct. 865, 82 L.Ed. 1323; Green v. Board of Elections of City of New York, 2 Cir., 380 F.2d 445, 448). There is extensive writing about the convening of three judges, its problems and burdens, but it has been simply and clearly expressed that the statutory enactment in that regard is technical and not to be construed with great liberality. (Mitchell v. Donovan, 398 U.S. 427, 431, 90 S. Ct. 1763, 26 L.Ed.2d 378; Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15, 2 Cir., 379 F.2d 491, 495; Jackson v. Choate, 5 Cir., 404 F.2d 910, 913).
The plaintiff first contends Section 305(7) of the Education Law of New York is vague and indefinite and therefore violates the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. (Para. 17 of the complaint). It is settled that a license, of which is the nature of a teaching certificate, essential to the pursuit of a livelihood may not be taken away without procedural due process as required by the Fourteenth Amendment. (Bell v. Burson, 402 U.S. 535, 539, 91 S. Ct. 1586, 29 L.Ed.2d 90). The vagueness claim is based upon the allegation that the statute, by utilizing the standard "upon cause shown to his satisfaction", is indefinite and has no guidelines to correct this inherent deficiency. This claim has been foreclosed in my judgment by the United States Supreme Court which has given specific approval to the standard "`for any unprofessional conduct of the holder of such certificate, or for other sufficient cause.'" (Lehmann v. Board of Accountancy, 263 U.S. 394, 398, 44 S.Ct. 128, 68 L.Ed. 354; see also, Indiana ex rel. Anderson v. Brand, 303 U.S. 95, 108, 58 S.Ct. 443, 82 L.Ed. 685). The Court in Lehmann also noted that further implementing regulations were unnecessary. The use of the term *225 "incompetency", similar to "cause shown", has been approved when used to discharge a public school teacher with it being noted the term had a common and approved usage. (Beilan v. Board of Education, 357 U.S. 399, 406-407, 78 S. Ct. 1317, 2 L.Ed.2d 1414). The New York Court of Appeals has upheld the use of the standard "for cause" in the face of a charge of vagueness and alluded to the standard of "good behavior" which federal judges are held to by Section 1 of Article III of the United States Constitution. (Friedman v. State of New York, 24 N.Y.2d 528, 541, 301 N. Y.S.2d 484, 249 N.E.2d 369; see Napolitano v. Ward (N.D.Ill.), 317 F.Supp. 79 (denying a three-judge court with the term "for cause" at issue); see also, Sarisohn v. Appellate Div., Second Dept., S.Ct. of St. of New York (E.D.N.Y.), 265 F.Supp. 455, 458, n. 4). There is, in my judgment, sufficient precedent in the decisions of the United States Supreme Court and the New York Court of Appeals to foreclose the vagueness claim as it relates to the convention of a three-judge court.
The plaintiff next contends that since the section of the statute challenged does not specifically denote due process procedures concerning notice of charges availability of a hearing, and hearing procedures to be used, the plaintiff is being deprived of the procedural due process required by the Fourteenth Amendment. (Para. 18 of the complaint). This contention is, in my judgment, without merit. In the Commissioner's order to show cause dated January 24, 1973, the plaintiff was notified of the charge against him, namely, that his conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 371 raised "substantial doubt with respect to the fitness of such individual to teach in the public schools of the State." (Ex. G attached to the complaint). On February 15, 1973, in response to an inquiry by the plaintiff's attorney on February 6, 1973, and a month in advance of the commencement of this action, the Commissioner's office set out the procedures which would be followed at a hearing of the charge. (Ex. 1 attached to affidavit in opposition of the Attorney General of New York State). The plaintiff was notified of the availability of a hearing, the hearing officer designated, the fact that established administrative procedures would be used, the opportunity to present evidence and cross-examine witnesses, and the right to be supplied a full transcript of the stenographic record of the proceedings apparently without charge. Thus the plaintiff it seems plain has been accorded the full range of due process rights which have been granted, in my judgment, not in an attempt to evade review of the challenged statute, but with an attitude of fairness to insure compliance with due process requirements. Therefore, I find § 305(7) has not been applied in an unconstitutional manner in regard to due process notice and hearing rights. Furthermore, in light of the court rulings dealing with tenure of teachers (e. g., Slochower v. Board of Education, 350 U.S. 551, 76 S.Ct. 637, 100 L.Ed. 692), state granted licenses (Bell v. Burson, supra), and the present statutory scheme providing for hearing procedures in the discharge of tenured teachers (Education Law § 2573 (5) (McKinney's Supp.1972); Education Law § 3020-a (McKinney's 1970), it would seem incongruous to assume the Commissioner would apply § 305(7) in the future without affording a party the various due process protections specifically accorded in this situation. In addition, the state courts have held a tenured teacher who does not possess a certificate cannot be discharged without being offered the proper hearing procedures and that lack of a certificate only bears upon the issue of incompetency as set forth in Education Law § 2573(5) (supra). (Matter of Mannix v. Board of Educ., 21 N.Y. 455, 460, 288 N.Y.S.2d 881, 235 N.E.2d 892; Matter of Kobylski v. Agone, 37 Misc.2d 255, 263, 234 N.Y.S.2d 907).
In addition to the Fourteenth Amendment argument of vagueness, the plaintiff next contends § 305(7) of the Education Law is overbroad and "could *226 be utilized to chill" First Amendment rights. Again the argument is foreclosed by previous rulings of the United States Supreme Court. It is settled that a court should never "anticipate a question of constitutional law in advance of the necessity of deciding it." (United States v. Raines, 362 U.S. 17, 21, 80 S. Ct. 519, 522, 4 L.Ed.2d 524). In Raines the Court, as here, found a statute had not been applied in an unconstitutional manner and therefore the plaintiff could not attack the statute on its face. Raines and the cases cited therein dealt specifically with the issue of an overbroad statute in the First Amendment context. Of course in the present situation the plaintiff has been informed of the exact nature of the charges against him and there is no alleged actual violation of First Amendment rights.
The last allegation, also contained in paragraph 20 of the complaint and apparently levied as a parting shot at the challenged section, is in my view obviously without merit. The bare allegation is made that there is a violation of the Equal Protection Clause in that other professions are treated differently and is totally conclusory in nature and unsupported by any factual allegations. There is a legitimate state end in the purposes of the statute and no invidious discrimination shown. (Williamson v. Lee Optical Co., 348 U.S. 483, 75 S.Ct. 461, 99 L.Ed. 563; McDonald v. Board of Election Commissioners, 394 U.S. 802, 89 S.Ct. 1404, 22 L.Ed.2d 739). The standard of conduct for a teacher is not unlike the standards familiarly required in the other professions and the judiciary within the State of New York, and such an unsupported allegation by bare statement will not create a substantial federal question such as to necessitate the convening of a three-judge court. (Sarisohn v. Appellate Div., Second Dept., supra).
In my judgment, the allegations in the complaint on their face do not raise questions of sufficient federal constitutional substance to warrant the convention of the statutory three-judge court pursuant to the jurisdictional authorization of 28 U.S.C. § 2281. Under this ruling there is no need to consider the vitality of the exhaustion doctrine or need for exhaustion of administrative remedies under Eisen v. Eastman, 2 Cir., 421 F.2d 560, cert. den. 400 U.S. 841, 91 S.Ct. 82, 27 L.Ed.2d 75. (See King v. Smith, 392 U.S. 309, 312, n. 4, 88 S.Ct. 2128, 20 L.Ed.2d 1118; James v. Board of Education of Central Dist. No. 1, etc., 2 Cir., 461 F.2d 566-570). There remains the jurisdictional allegation of 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) under which there is the requirement to state a substantial constitutional claim. (Almenares v. Wyman, 2 Cir., 453 F.2d 1075, 1082, cert. den. 405 U.S. 944, 92 S.Ct. 962, 30 L. Ed.2d 815). The findings outlined herein that the allegations in the complaint are insubstantial for purposes of 28 U. S.C. § 2281 likewise require the dismissal of the complaint as it alleges jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3), and the reliance on 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See Powell v. Workmen's Compensation Bd. of State of New York, 2 Cir., 327 F.2d 131, 137; Snowden v. Hughes, 321 U.S. 1, 64 S.Ct. 397, 88 L.Ed. 497; Adickes v. Kress, 398 U.S. 144, 150, 90 S.Ct. 1598, 26 L.Ed.2d 142).
The motions of plaintiff requesting the convening of a three-judge court and to grant a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction are denied and the complaint is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. (Utica Mutual Ins. Co. v. Vincent, 2 Cir., 375 F.2d 129, 130-131).
It is so ordered.


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The housing shortage in London is reaching critical levels as housebuilding fails to keep pace with population growth and wages lag behind housing costs, according to a new report from the National Housing Federation.

Videos of a guest lecture presented at London South Bank University on 7 May 2014. Topic’s covered include: The wider context of BIM including UK government policy; Architype’s journey into BIM; and using BIM for Passivhaus design.

As the government expresses concern that changes to Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) could further slow the planning process, CBRE associate director Tom Wells explains how Ministers, local authorities and developers might respond in order to minimise costs and delays associated with the planning system.

This paper challenges the tendency towards authoritarian modes of dealing with environmental threats by drawing attention to the potential of more plural, emergent and unruly ‘transformations’ to achieve progressive change. Instead of seeing democracy as an ‘enemy of nature’, we can see hope-inspired democratic struggle as an essential part of sustainability, not an add-on.

This case studies report has been produced by the Housing and Communities Research Group at the University of Birmingham. It presents a programme of research to evaluate the impact of the Empty Homes Community Grants Programme (EHCGP) in the English Midlands. The aim of the research was also to build on existing knowledge about the self-help housing sector and its expansion. This baseline study identifies the scale and nature of existing self-help housing projects in the Midlands. It explores the barriers and enablers to expansion of the sector, the wider community benefits and the direct outputs of the EHCG programme in terms of empty homes brought into use. The report also begins to assess the impact of the EHCGP on the national map of the sector and on the sustainability of individual projects.

This resource is intended for any member of a community who wants to be more involved in (or informed about) planning for their local area. It contains links to information about some of the areas anyone getting involved in community planning should know about. Many of the materials may also be useful to housing practitioners and local authorities looking to engage with their local communities in delivering new development.

Embodied carbon is rising up the agenda and rapidly becoming a key area of focus for those working across the built environment. That is why the UK Green Building Council ran Embodied Carbon Week from 7 – 11 April 2014 in partnership with British Land, Derwent London, Land Securities, Tishman Speyer and WRAP to explore the topic in greater detail and start a wider discussion about what more can be done to advance best practice. This report summarises the feedback gained from the industry events that took place over the course of the week. It has been prepared by Arup based on summary feedback provided on sixteen Embodied Carbon week events.

The London Mayor has launched a rental standard for private sector landlords in London, in a bid to ensure tenants can rent confidently and help landlords understand the law. The London rental standard badge will be awarded to all landlords and letting agents who meet a set of core commitments, including transparent fees, better property conditions, protected deposits and fast response times for repairs. The scheme is voluntary.


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As with most DC that's been released these past few weeks most of them are fillers or tying up loose ends until the big DC Universe 52 Reboot event. Booster Gold #47 has our hero wrapping up his part in the l... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

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Part of the 'Flashpoint' story arc where the DC universe is put on its head. In this universe instead of Bruce Wayne's mother and father being gunned down in that dark alley it was... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

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Of the post 'War of the Green Lantern' titles out there 'Green Lantern Emerald Wariors' is one of the good ones which spotlights Guy Gardner doing what he does best, which is kicki... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

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DC Comics has been reintroducing a number of characters into their universe of late. Such as Swamp Thing and John Constantine in the 'Search for Swamp Thing' miniseries. In this 'F... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

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Still reeling from the aftermath of the 'War of the Green Lanterns', issue 62 of the Green Lantern Corps focuses on the relationship between Kyle Rayner and Soranik Natu. ... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

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The aftermath of the Brightest Day saga has reintroduced the characters Swamp Thing and John Constantine back into the DC Universe. It seems right that both Swampy and Constantine ... CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...

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In case your not aware of the HUGE Nerd/Geek convention happening in Los Angeles called “Comikaze Expo 2011.”
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Q:

Prevent iOS keyboard from disappearing / reappearing between UITextFields?

I've got a form with some UITextField instances, and I've set up an accessory view to flip back and forth between them as you fill in the form. The ugliness is that the keyboard slides away, then immediately slides back for the next form.
Since it's going to remain there, is there a way to get it to simply stay up throughout the whole form, rather than this ugly/silly gone/back behaviour? I may be doing something wrong programmatically, I'm telling fields to resignFirstResponder before the new one does becomeFirstResponder – is that the cause?

A:

You don't need to called resignFirstResponder when switching between text fields, iOS will handle this for you when calling becomeFirstResponder on another object. You just need to call resignFirstResponder if/when you want to hide the keyboard, say at the end of the form.

A:

Yes, that is the cause. You can just call becomeFirstResponder without calling resignFirstResponder and you'll get what you want


Richmond

You won't go hungry in Richmond, whether it's from packing in the pies at the footy, brunching in a cosy cafe, fine dining in a hatted restaurant, Vietnamese treats or pizza slices after a gig.

Pubs and footy

Prop up the bar and soak up pre-footy atmosphere at renovated working class watering holes like the London Tavern, the Richmond Club Hotel, the Swan, the Great Britain, the Spread Eagle and Prince Alfred Hotel. Then head to the 'G to cheer on your assigned or adopted Aussie Rules football team.

Eat up

Tip your hat to the Good Food Guide champions adding fine culinary pedigree to the local dining scene: Anchovy on Bridge Road and Noir on Swan Street.

Dreaming of sushi? Do Jiro proud and immerse yourself in an okamase experience at three-hatted Minamishima.

Flirt with the south side of the river at Baby Pizza and Kong on Church Street. Head to Swan Street for ethical eats at Feast of Merit, and modern takes on Mexican and Vietnamese at Fonda and Hanoi Hannah New Quarter, respectively. Embrace the hustle and bustle of traditional, fast and exceptional Vietnamese food on Victoria Street, Melbourne's Little Saigon.

Typically 'Melbourne' cafes like Pillar of Salt, Touchwood, Reunion and Co. and Friends of Mine ensure you're never far from a decent coffee.

The arts end of Richmond

A drink with mates in Richmond goes down better to the sounds of live music. Queue around the, er, corner to see international buzz bands, local stalwarts or heavyweights having an intimate moment at the Corner Hotel.

Church Street is the place to go for designer furniture and objets d'art. Clear your calendar for time to stroll the galleries on Albert Street. Come in May for the open day, with talks and exhibitions and entertainment.

Shopping

You'll need all the sustenance you can get for the marathon shopping sprees at Bridge Road's major label factory outlets and seconds stores – get good deals at Gorman, Bonds, Kathmandu and Country Road. Also pay heed to the small boutiques popping up with small, selected offerings, like Swan Street's Royal Order of Nothing and Lily and the Weasel.

How to get there

By tram: Number 70 from Flinders Street to Swan Street; Number 109 from Collins Street to Victoria Street; Number 48 from Collins Street to Bridge Road; Number 75 from Flinders Street to Bridge Road.

By train: From Flinders Street Station to Richmond Station on the Frankston, Cranbourne, Pakenham, Sandringham, Glen Waverley, Alamain, Lilydale and Belgrave lines (about 10 minutes); and Collingwood on the Epping and Hurstbridge lines for Abbotsford (about 15 minutes).


Tunnel Jacking & Bridge Sliding

Freyssinet has developed three different technologies for sliding complete structures from their fabrication area to their installation site. They consist of prefabricating a structure next to the railway track or the road and quickly transferring it to its final position during a brief period of track closure (approx. two days) in order to minimise traffic disruption.

Autoripage®

This technique consists of completely clearing the ground and sliding the structure on bentonite grout using Hebetec 1,000-tonne jacks. Once the sliding is complete, backfilling takes place in order to re-open the route to traffic.

Autofoncage®

This technique consists of partly clearing the ground and then sliding and driving the structure forwards into the infill as the excavation work progresses, using the same equipment as for the Autoripage® technique. No backfilling is required as the volume of earth excavated is identical to the volume of the structure.

Air Pad Sliding

This technique is identical to the Autoripage® technique, with air pad sliding bearings (APS modules) in lieu of bentonite. It consists of completely clearing the ground, installing skidways, then moving the structure on APS modules, which have a friction coefficient of less than 1%. Once the sliding is complete, backfilling takes place in order to re-open the route to traffic.


Trans-synaptic modulation of Purkinje cell plasma membrane organization by climbing fiber axonal flow.
Destruction of the inferior olivary nucleus in the rat by thermocoagulation results in the degeneration of climbing fibers in the cerebellar cortex. Under these conditions the plasma membrane of Purkinje cells was selectively affected at the level of the spines on large dendrites (LD spines), the postsynaptic targets for climbing fibers. The number of small (less than 10 nm) non-junctional intramembrane particles (IMP) was significantly decreased in E-faces during the first 3 days following the lesion (47% of control IMP values). Later, the number of IMPs progressively recovered to reach 67% of the control IMP values 1 month following the lesion. IMP numbers in the P-face and in the postsynaptic junctional aggregates of the E-face were unaffected by destruction of climbing fibers. Following injection of colchicine into the inferior olivary nucleus, a treatment that inhibits axonal transport in climbing fibers, a selective decrease in IMP numbers on the E-faces of LD spines was also found. The maximal decrease was found during the first 10 days after injection (48% of control values), and then the number of IMPs gradually increased to reach control values by 90 days post-injection. In the case of colchicine treatment also, the reduction in the number of IMPs affected selectively a class of non-junctional small IMPs, less than 10 nm in diameter. These data show that there is a similar selective modification in the membrane structure of Purkinje cells, not only following destruction of climbing fibers by thermocoagulation, but also following inhibition of axonal flow in climbing fibers by colchicine injection.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


# Test that users cannot register specially-crafted derivations that
# produce output paths belonging to other derivations.  This could be
# used to inject malware into the store.

source common.sh

clearStore

startDaemon

# Determine the output path of the "good" derivation.
goodOut=$(nix-store -q $(nix-instantiate ./secure-drv-outputs.nix -A good))

# Instantiate the "bad" derivation.
badDrv=$(nix-instantiate ./secure-drv-outputs.nix -A bad)
badOut=$(nix-store -q $badDrv)

# Rewrite the bad derivation to produce the output path of the good
# derivation.
rm -f $TEST_ROOT/bad.drv
sed -e "s|$badOut|$goodOut|g" < $badDrv > $TEST_ROOT/bad.drv

# Add the manipulated derivation to the store and build it.  This
# should fail.
if badDrv2=$(nix-store --add $TEST_ROOT/bad.drv); then
    nix-store -r "$badDrv2"
fi

# Now build the good derivation.
goodOut2=$(nix-build ./secure-drv-outputs.nix -A good --no-out-link)
test "$goodOut" = "$goodOut2"

if ! test -e "$goodOut"/good; then
    echo "Bad derivation stole the output path of the good derivation!"
    exit 1
fi


Or gmap-pedometer:http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=6723599Route DescriptionMost of the time you're either going up or down, so I won't highlight every slope... but here are some of the key hills.
4km - short steep little hill, wake up the legs
10.5-12.5 - Ashburn hill. First test.
20-23.5 - Coates rollers. Big rollers.
25 - not a hill but careful on Simcoe and Shirley Road - best to do when not too busy (avoid rush hour)
30-32 - Purple Hill. Big. Higest point of the ride.
36-38 - Blackstock Pain. A couple very steep hills, 13-14% at times! Leg burners
39-41 - Long climb, not terribly steep
43-44.5 - Long, steep climb
48 - short steep climb
54.5 - steep climb, medium length, but by now your legs are feeling it, right?
56.5 - another climb, not quite as steep
61 - long climb, not terribly steep
68-71 - rollers - going west they're not that bad (try east sometime)
74-77 - Howden rollers - paaaain. Steep, up and down
79.5 - Up high again - short climb, but nice view at the top
81 - steep short hill!
96 - one last steep one... VERY steep. Short. But STEEP.

Saturday, September 19, 2015

Me ready to rock(and breaking the rule aboutnot wearing the race shirtbefore you run the race)

That went really well! I wasn't expecting much, stepped on the scale this morning and 194lbs met me (first time I've been that high in ages) - so I figured this wasn't going to go well.

Final result: 1:14:01 (4:57/km)

Not bad!

No pressure, maybe it helped. I felt my pacing was spot on - I was getting passed uphill near the start, but didn't panic and just let my pace drop. Made it up on the downhills, passed quite a few people that way.

The course was pretty hilly, we went down into a ravine and back up, then into a park and down into the same ravine, and back up! Pacing and patience, 15km is not so short that you can go balls-out and not pay for it later.

At the halfway point I was averaging about 5:01/km and was still feeling well within myself, so figured a sub-5:00/km was possible. Steadily increased the effort until the last kilometer, then let it all out. In the end I finished at 1:14:01 and a 4:57/km pace, which is really good for my current fitness.

Traffic
People are so ridiculously impatient... one road crossing, there were people honking and honking, I could hear them from a kilometer away. When I finally got there I saw a lady almost drive over the cop signalling her to stop - he slammed his hands on her hood, presumably partially to get her to not run him over (although partially in frustration I'm sure!).

Just no love for events that close roads in our car city, even ones that raise millions of dollars for a good cause... ah well, that's life in the big city! It actually got my heart rate up and probably helped me finish off with a good kick, so thanks. :)

The Race

My overall impression was very good - lots of drink stations, fully stocked with water/Gatorade. Course was interesting and fun. Vibe was super positive.

The only thing I didn't love was joining up with the 7km folks for the last kilometer... the timing wasn't great, we joined the slower people in the 7km race (people who had taken 40 minutes to get to their 6km point...) so there was a lot of weaving around to keep up to pace. It was really wide, though, we had the entire southbound lanes of Yonge street (3 lanes?) so it wasn't that bad, but if they could push that 7km start back about 15 minutes it would have been perfect.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

It's that time of year again... the sun goes down a little earlier in Toronto. Gone are the hours and hours of evening sunlight, replaced with darkness.

Planet Bike Beamer 1 and Blinky 3Fine for being seen, not great for seeing...

Yesterday I was trying to make up a ride I'd missed on the weekend, but just needed more time than there was daylight. I threw some lights on my bike that I had lying around and went for it.

The Darkness Experience

Motorists seem to give you a lot more room when you have lighting and it's dark. I guess they don't quite know what they're dealing with, and they definitely see you (LED lights!). I couldn't believe how much space I was afforded.

It's a bit spooky riding in the dark. Headlights do weird things when they're coming up from behind, pretty neat. You definitely focus on things that are closer since you can't see far down the road - that lends itself to a fantastic sensation of speed. At one point I felt like I was just flying, looked down and I was only going 26km/h!

All in all it went pretty well, except........ I couldn't see.

Planet Bike Beamer 1 and Blinky 3 LED Bicycle Lights

The rear blinking red light was great - piercing, even. Very easy to see from afar.

The front light... not so much. In fact I'd go as far as to say it's completely useless in lighting up what's on the road ahead. On their web site, the "Beamer 3" is rated at just 21 lumens (measure of light output) - I can't even guess how low the "Beamer 1" was. They don't seem to even make it anymore, possibly because it was completely useless.

OK not completely useless, I'm sure I could be seen, which was slightly less than completely terrifying when I was in the city with the street lighting.

But in the country? Riding blind. I could see maybe 10 feet immediately ahead, if that... and when you get up over 30km/h that is terrifying. Good thing I knew the roads!

MEC Zinger 480

I went out and bought this light, based largely on the reviews. 480 lumens! That's a lot of lumens.

$49 is a bit steep for a light, but being able to see the road will be wonderful. I'll post a full review once I get a chance to try it.

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

This is a fundraiser for Youth Mental Health initiatives at Sunnybrook Hospital.

There are three options: 5k, 7k, or 15k.

Registration is free! Yay. Well... except you need to raise $100 to participate for the hospital ($40 for youth, $20 for kids). If you hit up a few friends/family $100 isn't really that much. And it's for a good cause, right? RBC generously matched employee contributions, so $50 could get you into the show. Good deal.

My Race

I'll be doing the 15km.

I'm very far from peak running shape, just haven't been doing the miles and my weight is relatively high (high end of "normal" BMI). So I don't really have any expectations here, just going to go out and give it all I've got and see what happens. I'm thinking something around a 5:10-5:15/km pace, push at the end if things feel good.

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Thanks to my kids finding my wife's old blades, I got back on mine for the first time in ohhhh a decade. I used to love blading! Even played a bit of roller hockey back in the day.

I made it about 50 feet before *snap* ... broke the strap. Guess the old plastic didn't hold up.

After some debate with myself about whether to fix them, I landed on buying a new pair.

K2 Power 90

New In-line Skates

They have really changed a lot since "my day". The wheels have grown to up to 100mm... these are 90mm, feel huge! The larger wheels really speed, and they can bump over lots of bigger stuff (curbing, etc) that my old blades wouldn't have done as well at.

The boot is also a lot more comfortable, they've managed to get more air into them rather than the originals (which were more like a ski boot).

Lots of straps, etc... just a really nice feel out there.

Popularity... rising?
No. No it's not.

The clerks at the store almost seemed shocked someone was buying them. Lots of previous model years on sale. But hey, I'm not about being on trend, I'm about having fun and staying in shape - and they're just as fun as I remember.

In-line Races?

You bet! I found one in Quebec, anyway. They seem to be off-shoots of speed skating clubs. This didn't exist (to my knowledge!) all those years ago, blading was more about hockey and/or beaches.

I might go just to be among my people, see who the heck blades anymore! Did a trial 30km yesterday, not flat, included sidewalks and stuff, but it went pretty well so figure 42.2km isn't that hard.

Thursday, September 10, 2015

So instead... I actually managed to gain even more weight and was over 200lbs by spring. A very food-intensive vacation and a string of illnesses tripped me up, big-time! Had to totally scrap my plan and start over.

Wow.

Since then, I've managed to bring my weight down to the high 180's (with a minor blip on my summer vacation a few weeks ago to over 190 gain - yeesh).

I am currently on an 11 day stretch where I'm holding myself to 2200 calories per day combined with 11 hours of exercise, Intermittent Fasting, and no alcohol. So far so good.

Should work out to about 5lbs of weight loss.

175lbs seems like it's going to be tough, but I can get there, as long as I have the willpower!

Saturday, September 5, 2015

My buddy and I took a trip out to the Grand River today. It was wonderful!

Paris - portage around the dam

We chose to do two of the sections from the book, Cambridge to Paris, and Paris to Brantford. This ended up being about 40km end to end. GPS is here.

Useful Resource #1: the book "Paddling the Grand River" from the Grand River Conservation Authority. Excellent, had the portages and such all mapped out, as well as descriptions of the various portions of the river.

Useful Resource #2:this web site, lists the various launch points along the river. We had some trouble finding a suitable place at Gilkison Flats in Brantford, but the Ballantyne Drive access point was perfect, as was the one in Paris at the rail trail parking lot.

Railway Bridge Remnants between Cambridge & Paris

Logistical Advice: if you have your own boat, probably best to do what we did... park a car at the finish, then drive another car up to the start. There are tour companies that drive people's cars up, but if you're a pretty good paddler then you'll probably want to do a longer trip than what they offer. It took us 4h30 to go Paris to Brantford, we were full steam by any stretch.

About Those Tour Companies... we saw a lot of people out there, in rafts, tubes, canoes, kayaks, many from the tour companies. Let's just say the paddles and equipment are very "recreational". If you're out to goof around and splash and barely paddle, go for it, but anyone who is even moderately familiar with paddling will probably not be hugely happy with what they get. I really didn't get the rafting/tubing - the rapids were very mild, certainly nothing that would give anyone a particularly big thrill. More of a sightseeing floating down the river kind of thing.

Rapids and Rocks - There are some rapids all the way through - some are a bit freaky, but really nothing dangerous. We banged the bottom of the canoe a lot, you really need to read the water and when you see disturbed water be careful, rocks are almost always right before it. It would probably be better in the spring, or generally when water levels are higher.

Dam in Brantford

Dams - these are dangerous, so make sure you know where they are! There were signs but I was expecting buoys and a marked off area - none of that was there, so it's possible to not notice and get one's self in serious trouble. Be very alert!


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Y, acto seguido, incluimos esta variable en font-lock-add-keywords , anclada a (por ejemplo) el Org Mode, y asociada a nuestra expresión regular.

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Jefferson Award: Chris & Carol Zindorf

MAUSTON (WKOW)-- Each month, we recognize people who volunteer in our communities and inspire others to give back. It's called the Jefferson Award.

We honor a husband and wife team who have dedicated years to helping those less fortunate and facing disasters in Juneau and Monroe counties. Chris and Carol Zindorf are this month's Jefferson Award recipients.

Chris and Carol Zindorf are happy to help to sort donated clothes here at Grateful Hearts in Mauston in Juneau County.

"I like helping people," said Chris Zindorf. "That's what it's all about."

People down on their luck come to Grateful Hearts for household supplies and clothing. The Zindorfs volunteer with Grateful Hearts and a homeless shelter-assistance program called Lend a Hand.

"A lot of people don't think there are homeless unless they see people living in boxes," said Carol.

"The thing that we don't have bigger cities have are shelters," said Chris. "We don't have a shelter."

Chris and Carol have served as volunteers for years now. In addition to volunteering here, this time of year they also prepare taxes for low income families. They've also responded to disasters through the American Red Cross.

"When it touches you, you can't not do it," said Carol.

Carol started volunteering with the Red Cross in 1980. Chris started in 1996. That common goal of helping others brought them together. They have been married 11 years now.

After years of helping Juneau County's Disaster Action Team grow, The Zindorfs have turned over the reins to other volunteers so they can focus on Grateful Hearts and Lend a Hand.

"People have asked me, 'Why do you do this?' I say why wouldn't I," said Carol.

"One of the positives about volunteering is when you see people you have helped thank you for it," said Chris.


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Q:

About MySQL module in node.js and concurrent connections to mySQL Database

I am planning to deploy an Angular website with node.js backend and mySQL database to a shared hosting that support it. The hosting website has a limit of maximum 25 concurrent connections to mySQL database at a time.
I am using mySQL module in node.js to access the database. Here is a pseudo-code that represents the structure:
const mysql = require('mysql');

app.get('/query/:id', function (req, res) {
    let mc = mysql.createConnection(...);
    mc.connect((err)=>{
       ...
       mc.query(...);}
    );});

Now what I am not sure about is: If the maximum concurrent connection limit to the database is reached, where will the error generate? Will the error come from this step:

mysql.createConnection()

, or this step:

mc.connect()

,or this step:

mc.query()

Also, where is the most appropriate place to deal with the error?

A:

Based on the documentation for error handling:
https://github.com/mysqljs/mysql#error-handling
You would see an error in both the mc.connect() and mc.query callbacks, however in your case above it probably wouldn't make it to the mc.query since that is inside of the mc.connect callback.