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High fat diets may speed up breast cancer development
Michigan Radio | By Kate Wells
Published November 29, 2013 at 11:40 AM EST
Ed Uthman
We're sorry to spring this one on you after you've just finished feasting
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Because a group of scientists are finding that what young women eat during puberty could determine how breast cancer cells develop in their bodies for the rest of their lives.
The culprit: high-fat diets.
It's not just about weight: high fat diets may hurt skinny and heavy women alike
Michigan researchers say eating lots of fat as a teen can speed up breast cancer cell development, especially for cancers usually associated with young adult women.
Researchers at Michigan State University's Breast Cancer and Environment Research say their findings are clear: regardless of what you weigh (and we've long known that the estrogen in fat cells can trigger breast cancer), "the most striking effect [of a high-fat diet] is to speed up the development of breast cancer," according to MSU microbiologist Richard Schwartz.
"We need to look more carefully at the consequences of high fat, apart from the issues of weight gain."
Give a mouse a lot of lard, and they'll develop cancer faster
Here's how they came up with these findings: Schwartz and his team studied a couple hundred female, puberty-age mice.
They fed one group of lady mice a normal, healthy diet.
And they fed another group 60% lard – pig fat, basically.
Neither group actually gained weight.
And both groups were then exposed to carcinogens like you'd see in our environment.
Mice in both groups developed breast cancer tumors (yes, mice have breasts - they are mammals, after all).
But the lard-eating mice developed those tumors much, much faster than their healthy-eating peers.
"This high-fat diet, even in the absence of weight gain, meant there was this dramatic speeding up of the occurrence of cancer," says Schwartz.
But why? Well, the heavy-fat diet actually changed mice at the cellular level. They started growing more inflammatory cells in their breasts, while at the same time their immune cells changed.
Aaaand more good news: the changes could be permanent
Schwartz says it's possible that those cellular changes are irreversible – so perhaps, even if young adult women eventually change their diet and eat less fat, they may not be able to undo the damage done during puberty.
This is a pre-clinical trial, and Schwartz says replicating it in human subjects would be challenging: you don't exactly want to expose women to cancer-causing pollutants like the mice experienced.
The findings were just published online in Breast Cancer Research journal.
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PHP is not a internal or external command, program or executable file.
I have XAMPP and Windows XP.
Your php folder is not set in your Windows path. Add it in Control Panel > System > (Advanced Tab) > Environment Variables.
but what happened was it said no malicious scripts but 6 malicious signatures found.
Do you have any idea what i should do now.
I ran the script on your index page and did not find any malicious signatures.
You add the signatures in the malicious.txt file. In the download code given above I've added signatures of malicious websites.
thanks for repsonding so quickly, you say youve added signatures but in the malicious.txt file is only 3 seperate lines of infected websites, is this what the signatures are?
if you have any idea,please reply.
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Bloated MLB Contracts Who Can Actually Be Trade Assets This Winter
Anthony Witrado@@awitradoTwitter LogoFeatured ColumnistNovember 22, 2015
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Without a doubt, Major League Baseball teams hand their players the most ridiculous contracts—in money and length—in all of North American professional sports.
It is a reason to scoff at cynics who claim baseball is a dying sport, but it is also ammunition for heated debates about just how bad some deals might be, in terms of dollars, duration or both. There are plenty to choose from thanks to owners and front offices willing to pay players greatly for past production while crossing their fingers for some of that production to happen in the future.
While certain players may be grossly and obviously overpaid, and for long periods of time, it does not mean they are bad players. And if some of them are considered in decline, it does not mean they are without value to their current teams or possibly new ones via offseason trade.
That is what this list of players is all about—those with bloated contracts who can still have some decent-to-high value on the trade market. Some of the players seem close to being completely washed up, while others still have the potential to be heavy contributors or even MVP candidates.
Trades for some of them might seem unlikely, but never say never when teams have more than three months of cold weather to negotiate.
Hanley Ramirez, Boston Red Sox
Winslow Townson/Associated Press
The Red Sox might not have believed it at the time they signed Ramirez to a four-year, $88 million deal, but they now know their reunion was a disaster.
Ramirez, who Boston signed out of the Dominican Republic in 2000, had about the worst season of his career, playing in 105 games and finishing with a career-low .717 OPS and 90 OPS+. His FanGraphs WAR was minus-1.8 and among the worst values in the majors along with teammate Pablo Sandoval.
A National League general manager told Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe:
They have to decide whether having those two players in their clubhouse, in what is otherwise a young, accountable clubhouse, is worth it. You don't want players tearing down what you're trying to build. So whatever method was used to acquire those players didn't work. So now you have to have your own chemistry lesson and determine if you can live with those guys. I would think they'd try to move one or both.
Ramirez was a disaster in left field, and the Red Sox would like to get him his at-bats as a first baseman next year. His power could still have some value there or as a designated hitter, as his swelling body screams for an American League suitor while he tries to lose about 20 pounds at Boston's request.
Ramirez would have value on the trade market for an AL club. He had a couple of productive months last season when he hit 10 home runs in April and hit .338/.377/.479 in June. He was hurt for part of August and did not play at all in September.
The problem for the Red Sox in moving him is they still owe Ramirez at least $66 million, not counting a $22 million vesting option if he gets at least 1,050 plate appearances between 2017 and 2018, which does not seem likely. Add that to his sharply declining impact with the bat and no value as a defender, and the Red Sox would have to eat a major portion of that deal while not getting much in return.
But as the NL GM told Cafardo, the Red Sox have to weigh if that hurts them as much as having him in their clubhouse and giving them little in return.
Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers
Fred Vuich/Associated Press
After a couple of seasons filled with injuries and a slide in production in 2014, the Brewers' superstar right fielder, former National League MVP and convicted performance-enhancing drug user bounced back last season to regain his value on the trade market.
Braun hit .285/.356/.498 with an .854 OPS, 130 OPS+ and 25 home runs in 568 plate appearances. He did that with nagging injuries, including a back issue that required offseason surgery, but that likely will not keep him from starting spring training on time.
That is critical because the Brewers now have some leverage back if they choose to trade the 32-year-old. Braun is still owed at least $95 million—that accounts for a $4 million buyout after 2020 and not for a $15 million mutual option—over the next five seasons.
Braun has not been involved in any real trade rumors since his major league debut with the Brewers, but the team is now in a rebuild. That means the roster could look drastically different by next season if the team dives into it now.
"We took Step 1," manager Craig Counsell told Tom Haudricourt of the Journal Sentinel. "I think that Step 1 is always the hardest because it's a big admission. I think it makes it easier to take Steps 2, 3, 4 and so on."
Those next steps and "so on" could mean moving Braun for a solid return while he again has value. Considering his age and that he is probably in decline even without the injuries, the Brewers would be wise to explore his market now rather than waiting. If they keep him, they risk another more serious injury or poor production sapping his stock.
Matt Kemp, San Diego Padres
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Kemp has been a polarizing player over the last handful of seasons, flashing signs of being an elite offensive player while also inciting belief he might be a clubhouse distraction and declining lineup threat.
The Padres are already shopping Kemp and might be willing to make him more attractive by pairing him in a deal with Tyson Ross, according to Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal. That could be part of a San Diego "full rebuild," an executive said in the report.
Kemp is owed $86 million over the next four years, but the Los Angeles Dodgers are picking up $14 million of that. That means whichever team takes Kemp off the Padres' hands will be paying him no more than $72 million, and that does not include the likelihood that San Diego kicks in some money to offset that cost.
For the second season in a row, Kemp had a resurgent second half. He hit .286/.339/.528 with an .868 OPS and 15 home runs in his last 65 games. That might have been enough to pique some interest for this offseason, as his big second half in 2014 did last winter when the Dodgers traded him to the Padres.
Considering Kemp's inconsistency, the Padres might not get a huge prospect haul for him, but getting him off the books for the vast majority of his money would be the inspiration for dealing him before next season. And at a reduced price, some team might strike big if Kemp can put two halves together.
Joey Votto, Cincinnati Reds
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The suggestions are out there on Twitter, but the rumor mill has not yet stirred regarding Reds first baseman Joey Votto. He finished third in the National League MVP voting for this past season, but he is 32, has small injury concerns, cannot DH in the NL and, most importantly, is owed $199 million over the next eight years as part of his 10-year, $225 million extension.
Those reasons, along with the Reds' desire to sell as they start to rebuild their club, say Votto should be on the market. The Reds are not going to compete in the NL Central anytime soon, and considering Votto's age, that contract could become burdensome very soon.
The Reds would have to undoubtedly push money across the table in such a deal, but paying out $40-50 million is much better than nearly $200 million, including a buyout. That should be Cincinnati's motivation, along with getting some young prospects in return.
For an acquiring team with money, the motivation should be that a healthy Votto, which he mostly was last season, is still an MVP candidate. And because his value isn't totally dependent on power, his skills won't erode quite as quickly as someone else's at his age.
Troy Tulowitzki, Toronto Blue Jays
Matt Slocum/Associated Press
The Toronto Blue Jays made the blockbuster trade for Tulowitzki last July, but aside from a hot stretch here and there, he was not the Tulo of old. He had a 102 OPS+ last season between the Colorado Rockies and Jays, teams that play in hitter's parks. With Toronto, he had a below-average 92 OPS+.
According to TSN's Rick Westhead (h/t Fox Sports), new team president Mark Shapiro reportedly "scolded" former GM Alex Anthopoulos for trading away too many prospects, including ones in trades last season that helped the team win the American League East and reach the American League Championship Series. That makes it possible to think Shapiro, who has final say in player/personnel decisions, will look to bring back some youth in offseason deals.
With $98 million over five years remaining on Tulowitzki's contract, not to mention he is a 31-year-old oft-injured shortstop playing on an artificial surface in Toronto, Shapiro and his people could be open to trading him. If the Jays were willing to swallow some of the remaining money, they could get a decent package in return.
While this last season was a down one with the bat, Tulowitzki can still play good defense, and a rebound on offense is realistic.


Salons, stylists and citizens in Austin, TX came together for a great cause on March 9, when they all participated in the first ever Matrix Color-A-Thon to raise needed funds for the Bastrop Pregnancy Resource Center. The city of Bastrop, TX was devastated this past fall by raging wildfires. Hundreds of families had to be relocated and lost everything in the flames. The Bastrop Pregnancy Resource Center provides information on pregnancy and adoption, along with counseling and essential items like baby food and diapers, in a loving and non-judgmental environment for women of all ages.
According to Matrix Assistant Manager on Color Sam Goodman, the participating salons — Best Lil' Hair House in Texas and LeAnn's Salon of Bastrop and Heavenly Hair Salon and Spa of Elgin — almost doubled the initial event goal, raising a whopping $3,372 for the Center.
Prior to the event, clients were invited to book appointments for a free hair color service, selecting from a menu that included Matrix color glossing, face-framing highlights and grey blending, in exchange for a donation to the Pregnancy Resource Center. Eight volunteer colorists from the three salons, along with Matrix educators Leticia Ysassi, Jessica Viesca and Liz Muniz serviced more than 90 clients throughout the day.
Victims of the devastating Bastrop fire were invited to receive free color services, but according to Goodman, many were moved to make donations anyway because of their strong support for the cause.
NaturallyCurly.com editor, Tracey Wallace, even made the drive out to Bastrop to partake in the event, having her hair colored and getting to experience the first ever Color-A-Thon in history!
Chairs of Change is an initiative, launched by Matrix in January 2011, that empowers, inspires, and rewards hairstylists who are making an impact on their own lives, their communities and in the world.
All of the stylists at the Color-A-Thon used Matrix haircolor — including SOCOLOR and Color Sync – the highest performing and most in-demand color among salon professionals in the U.S. Matrix provided the color and backbar supplies for the event, along with refreshments, decorations and the Design Pulse styling products that were available for clients to use in the blow dry and styling room after their color services.
In addition, a massage therapist from Heavenly Hair Salon and Spa was on hand offering free massages, and volunteers from the Pregnancy Resource Center helped out by serving food and providing information. To add to the fun, each guest contributing more than $25 was automatically entered into one of five raffles. Prizes included gift certificates to each of the participating salons plus two fabulous make-up and fragrance gift baskets.
The success of the Color-A-Thon was largely thanks to Matrix Territory Manager Garrett Rossero who organized the three salons and laid all the ground work for a great event.
The Color-A-Thon was part of an ongoing series of Chairs of Change events nationwide. Chairs of Change is an initiative, launched by Matrix in January 2011, that empowers, inspires, and rewards hairstylists who are making an impact on their own lives, their communities and in the world.
According to Goodman, at least 15 percent of the Color-A-Thon participants were walk-ins who normally could not afford a professional color service. Many more were introduced to Matrix products and techniques for the first time.


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Discussion paper: what happened to the 'bio' in the bio-psycho-social model of low back pain?
Over 20 years ago the term non-specific low back pain became popular to convey the limitations of our knowledge of the pathological source of most people's low back pain. Knowledge of underlying pathology has advanced little since then, despite limited improvements in outcomes for patients with low back pain.
This paper discusses potential misunderstandings related to diagnostic studies in the field of low back pain and argues that future diagnostic studies should include and investigate pathological sources of low back pain.
Six potential misunderstandings are discussed. (1) Until diagnosis is shown to improve outcomes it is not worth investigating; (2) without a gold standard it is not possible to investigate diagnosis of low back pain; (3) the presence of pathology in some people without low back pain means it is not important; (4) dismissal of the ability to diagnose low back pain in clinical guidelines is supported by the same level of evidence as recommendations for therapy; (5) suggesting use of a diagnostic test in research is misinterpreted as endorsing its use in current clinical practice; (6) we seem to have forgotten the 'bio' in biopsychosocial low back pain.
We believe the misunderstandings presented in this paper partly explain the lack of investigation into pathology as an important component of the low back pain experience. A better understanding of the biological component of low back pain in relation, and in addition, to psychosocial factors is important for a more rational approach to management of low back pain.
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A lot of time and thought has gone into preparing for this podcast. My hope is to further the conversation of authenticity in business. That we could transcend the days of manipulative ads and marketing to genuine connection and engagement.
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I think one of the biggest obstacles we face in bringing more authenticity to business is accepting to who we are, loving who we are and working from who we are. Too many times we're trying to polish it up, make it perfect or do it "right" in fear that people won't accept us for who we are. Plus I think most of the time we're really tough graders on ourselves and that too gets in the way of authenticity in our business. Because it's never "good enough" we don't actually follow up or reach out or enact our vision on the world to the degree or velocity we've envisioned.
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One of the biggest mistakes I made along my entrepreneurial journey was following what others were doing. Following the trends and starting to dissect the game, focusing on total revenue and income that would benefit me.
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It's so important that we maintain authenticity through self-awareness and have that be evident throughout everything our customers and audience interact with.
Once you have something that you really care about and find something you can stand for it's easy to bridge that personal authenticity to an industry.
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Q: How do I create a common component in Weblogic? I want to build a common component that can be called from any deployed application. But I do not know how to do this? Is there a pattern for this?
For example,
If I deploy webservice #1, I want it to call a common application that is also deployed on the server. Then I add a new webservice #2, I also want this one to call the common application.
How can I do this? Any Ideas?
Thanks

A: You may deploy your shared component as a librarie as mentioned. In this case the other application would need to declare a dependence on this libraries in weblogic.xml . You can find detailed information on this at: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17904_01/web.1111/e13706/libraries.htm#WLPRG325
To use shared libraries you will need to understand classloading so this document will help you understand weblogic classloading and how you can share libraries when using weblogic: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17904_01/web.1111/e13706/classloading.htm#i1080994
Another option is using a Service approach, you can do this using EJBs or WebServices. EJBs are better for sharing services inside your corporation while WebServices are best suited for internet.

A: Way 1: deploy the common component as a library. This is a vendor-specific way, but it works.
Way 2: drop common component into a classpath of the managed server(s).
Way 3: call common component via remote call, i.e. WS/SOAP.

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Our Mother's Day weekend was a busy one. I think I prefer to be busy deep inside. Part of me gets so stressed, but the other part of me hates sitting around feeling bored so I create work for myself.
Friday, I was a vendor at a fundraiser for our local firemen to go to a competition in Ireland. Before I could attend that event, I had to get the decor ready for our friend's baby shower that took place, on Saturday. Of course there were kinks that I forgot to work out ahead of time, so Saturday we were running around like crazy. Procrastination is not at easy with a baby, but I happen to have one of the best husbands in the world. He ran around to multiple stores to find the white flowers I requested, which apparently were a hot commodity the day before Mother's Day.
Finally my decorating was finished and looked great! I forgot to take pics myself, so I had to rely on others...typical. It was a nautical theme so I had a great time making things, and dressing a little beachy too.
Sunday, I woke up to two smiling boys holding a card. Nothing is better than my baby's smile with those 4 teeth. He looks like a little rabbit! "Abram" had written the best little message for me and got me a paint sprayer...best.gift.ever! Look out, I just may walk around spraying things with paint now that I can! We went to church afterwards and Abram got to show his scooting moves for the pretty 9 month old in the cry room with us.Then we did brunch at one of our favorite cafes, and headed to the nearby board walk. It was Abram's first time to be that close to boats and the ocean. We are so excited to bring him to the beach next week!


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Lijiang Attractions
What to See in Lijiang
Lijiang is in north western Yunnan Province.
Lijiang has the best preserved ancient town in China - the Old Town was listed as a World Cultural Heritage site by UNESCO in 1997, and has a history going back more than 800 years.
It is home to the Jade Water Village, a Dongba cultural centre and more.
All Attractions in Lijiang
Baisha Village is one of the oldest in the Lijiang area and was the earliest settlement of the Naxi people. This small but fascinating village is about 10km north of Lijiang.
First Bend of the Yangtze River
The First Bend of the Yangtze lies by Shigu Town, Yunnan. From Tangula Snow Mountain on the Northern Tibetan Plateau, the Yangtze River's source, it performs a spectacular about-face at Stone Drum.
First flowing south, then north, the river has shaped a dramatic triangle at an area of about 50 square kilometers, forming a rare and impressive 'V' shape, called the First Bay of the Yangtze.
As an important town on the trade route for tea and horses between inland and Tibet, Shigu Town has a flourishing trading fair held every three days.
Jade Dragon Snow Mountain
The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain is the southernmost glacier in the northern hemisphere, rising 5,600 metres above the plains. It was first climbed in 1963, however access to the summit is now provided by cableway from the foot of the mountain to Yunshanping (Dragon Spruce Meadow).
About one fourth of all plant species in China can be found here and the mountain offers a number of fantastic natural spots which are outstandingly beautiful. The far side of the mountain forms one side of Tiger Leaping Gorge (Hutiao Xia).
About 30 minutes north of the city, you can get there by bus or taxi.
Lijiang Tearooms
One interesting thing to do in Lijiang is to visit one of the many teahouses located throughout the town. Tea is one of the most important facets of Chinese culture. To make the tea and to drink it can be a very interesting process to participate in.
Many teahouses are decorated in typical Chinese style and some use items from the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Many tearooms are located on the second floor of the building, giving visitors a chance to view the beautiful old town from a vantage point.
Lugu Lake and Mosuo Village
Lugu Lake is about five hours by car from Lijiang and covers an area of 52sqkm. The water is so clear, that with good visibility, you can see underwater for about 12 metres. Lugu Lake is probably more famous as home to the Mosuo minority, one of China's 56 ethnic groups, who practice this area's quasi-unique matriarchy.
When a man and a woman fall in love, the man visits the woman in the night and then returns to his mother's home in the morning. They never formalize the arrangement to create a new family group, although some couples remain committed to each other throughout their lives and often have many children together.
In fact, the two never share common property - all property is inherited by women. A child will grow up in the mother's family home and any male influences in childhood come from maternal male relatives, rather than the child's father.
Museums in Lijiang
For a more in-depth look at the area's history and people, visit one of the city's museums—the Visitor Centre for Nature and Culture in Northwest Yunnan, the Dongba Research Institute Museum and the Museum of Naxi Dongba Culture are all excellent.
The Ancient Town
Lijiang has the best-preserved ancient town in China. The Old Town, with a history going back more than 800 years, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At one time a confluence for trade along the old Tea Horse Road, the town is full of shops with a superb collection of handicrafts and all the streets and lanes of the town are paved with red breccia (sedimentary rock), which is neither muddy in the rainy season nor dusty in the dry season.
Lijiang was built on flatlands at the foot of the Yulong Snow Mountain. Surrounded by tree-covered mountains, Lijiang Old Town has crystal-clear water running through the middle of it and it covers an area of 3.8sqkm at an elevation of 2,400 metres.
The Black Dragon Pool
The Black Dragon Pool is one of the more common sights featured on Lijiang's postcards. It is a public park with a pond, pavilions and bridges plus a small museum of Naxi culture located outside the old town. Some buildings were built in the Qing and Ming dynasties and were moved here for their protection.
There are more than 500 species of plants growing in this park. To get to the Black Dragon Pool you can walk following the canal from the Water Wheel, or take a taxi.
The view of The Jade Dragon Snow Mountain from the pool is cited as one of China's most beautiful.
The Jade Water Village
The Jade Water Village is where the American botanist Joseph Rock had his house, now converted into a museum. Here you can visit some Naxi traditional houses and enjoy Naxi music at the hall in the village. One notable aspect about the Naxi is that the women do all the work while the men take up painting, writing and art. In this area you can also do some mountain climbing and horseback riding.
The Mu Clan Mansion
The Mu Clan Mansion is one of the main tourist attractions in Lijiang. The Mu Residence is a collection of buildings, temples and gardens. The Mu Clan ruled the Lijiang area for more than 500 years, from the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) to the early days of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) and lived in the buildings displayed here. A visit to the Mu Mansion will take you around two hours and it is recommended to visit the place with an English-speaking guide.
Tiger Leaping Gorge is less than two hours west of Lijiang. One of the deepest chasms in the world, the Yangzi River flows 16km between the 3,900 metre tall mountains. Tiger Leaping Gorge can be reached on a two or three-day trek.
There is a spectacular hiking trail that runs along the base of Haba Peak. If you want you can get here by taxi too. From the parking lot steep steps will take you to the bottom of the gorge.
Lijiang has become very popular among the Chinese themselves and it is best to avoid visiting it during any Chinese holiday. The busiest season in Lijiang is summer (from July to September). Note that not all shop sellers speak English. A Chinese phrasebook is handy when dealing with them. Bargaining is an absolute must.
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Nascut a Barcelona el 10 de desembre de 1956, es va afiliar al Partit Socialista Obrer Espanyol (PSOE) el 1976 i a la Unió General de Treballadors (UGT) el 1990.

Candidat nombre 22 de la llista del PSOE encapçalada per Joaquín Leguina per a les eleccions a l'Assemblea de Madrid de 1995, va resultar escollit per primera vegada diputat autonòmic en la quarta legislatura del Parlament regional. Va renovar la seva acta de diputat per les següents sis legislatures en les eleccions de 1999, maig i octubre de 2003, 2007, 2011 i 2015.

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En la desena legislatura va ser elegit vicepresident segon de la Mesa de l'Assemblea.

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Welcome Week is the second step (after New Student Orientation) in your transition to the University of Minnesota. Welcome Week is required for the Class of 2022 attending the U of M, Twin Cities and strongly recommended for new transfer students.
Welcome Week is a six-day experience directly before fall classes begin. You will meet fellow new students, spend time with your college of enrollment, learn more about U of M, and explore the Twin Cities community. Welcome Week will help you feel more comfortable and confident as you start your experience at the U and begin classes, not to mention it is a lot of fun! You will get to participate in key campus traditions including Pride & Spirit (featuring the annual "M" photo on the football field) and more!
We know that students who attend Welcome Week are more confident when they start classes because they have had time to meet friends, navigate campus and get settled. Welcome Week introduces and builds upon various communities within the University of Minnesota. Keep reading to find out how Welcome Week will build on your Orientation experience. Plan family vacations, work schedules, and housing leases (if living off campus) accordingly. Some colleges include class participation during Welcome Week, so be mindful of this when planning your time!
The RecWell Open House gives new students a chance to see all the RecWell has to offer in terms of group fitness classes, exercise equipment. There will be free food, fun, tshirts, a silent disco, and more!
A Mall of America trip exclusively for U of M students with unlimited rides at Nick Universe and behind the scenes tours of the Sea Life aquarium.
The Program Board Event Showcase where students take over the Union for amazing performances, activities, and giveaways.
Pride & Spirit where students learn about Gopher traditions and the giant M photo is taken each year!
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It is strongly recommended to attend as many events and programs as possible during Welcome Week as there is content designed specifically for you. It is also a great opportunity to meet other incoming transfer students and start to build your community at the U.
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Check the New Transfer Student guide on the U Minnesota mobile app (coming May 2019) for more information about these events! The Welcome Week schedule for transfer students can be found here (May 2019).
When you come to the University, you'll be part of many communities, both on and off of campus. During Welcome Week, you'll have the opportunity to connect with them each in different ways.
If you lare a first year student living on campus, you will be assigned to a small group with other new students based on where you live. If you live off-campus, you can preference to be grouped with people who have things in common with you like your college of enrollment or those who are interested in student groups as part of Welcome Week Event Selection. Welcome Week Leaders will assist you and your small group in navigating the program. New transfer students will be accompanied by the Transfer Student Leaders. You will have opportunities to connect with other Welcome Week groups throughout the program.
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Home » Blogs » Doin' DevOps » Expert, like Master, can be a Dangerous Word
Expert, like Master, can be a Dangerous Word
By: Chris Corriere on February 10, 2015 1 Comment
William Sealy Gosset was a mathematician that published while working at Guinness. The company was concerned about trade secrets being leaked so all brewers had to write under a pseudonym. Given he was publishing strictly for academic purposes, he decided to write under the name "Student". If you have ever taken a statistics course you've probably used his Student's t-test. I couldn't find a completely consistent account of why he selected the name, but Student seems to have been chosen in the spirit of continuous learning.
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I often confuse the L in the CALMS model for Learning, but it's actually Lean. At first glance it may appear that continuous learning and lean practices are in opposition of each other, but in fact continuous learning is an operational expense of implementing and maintaining lean practices along with devOps as a whole.
The Old Way of Learning
Up until the 1900s brewing was a trade that operated off of an apprenticeship system. I've known a few people in apprenticeship positions and they were treated horribly for the most part. If they swept enough floors and cleaned enough toilets they may graciously be given the privilege of getting tenuously involved with some side work. Often the hazing got pushed to the point that the apprentice quit before they were given any work that wasn't custodial in nature. Only a couple of times did the expert realize the apprentice left because they weren't being respected. Most of the time it was chalked up to an inadequacy of some sort.
There was some of this mentality at Guinness. Newly hired positions were instructed that if they were lucky enough to meet a brewer in the hallways they should not identify them but lower their eyes until they had passed.
If you're in an toxic environment you should quit and go work somewhere else if at all possible. I've heard it's easier than you think from many walks of life, but Katherine Daniels (conveniently known as @beerOps) was a recent guest for a podcast on developing careerOps with @SoberBuildEng, @eciramella, @sacha_d, and @SonOfGarr on the The Ship Show. You should check it out for additional information on finding the best fit position and employer for yourself.
Transitioning to a New Way
I'm guessing this brewer centric culture at Guinness had caused enough problems for Cecil Guinness to get sick of it. With the assistance of the managing director at the time, a Mr. Christopher Digges La Touche, Guinness started hiring STEM graduates from Cambridge and Oxford and making them brewers after a two year apprenticeship. They had decided to make the brewing of beer scientific.
The culture and environment sound like they belong to a start up. These newly hired brewers lived together in a house at St. James' Gate and spent a lot of free time on team outings. A group of really passionate people with similar interests will start to brainstorm and collaborate if they spend enough time together. They started to figure out ways to measure properties of the raw materials used in brewing that had always been qualitative in the apprentice program, such as subtleties in the grains that had to be learned from experience under the tutelage of a master brewer.
I've never brewed any beer and I have no idea what a brewer would mean by the rub of the hops or the texture of the barley, especially when described as milky or steely. The real problem with subtle nuances that are driven from intuition instead of data is the difficulty in comparing results. I certainly couldn't explain how one barley was milkier than another barley. By identifying a method of measuring these properties consistently and accurately the brewers were then able to compare different sourcing options empirically instead of off their gut. It also helped the brewery identify how to store their materials until needed while maintaining the quality of the ingredients.
Op-ex Well Spent
The discovery process wasn't cheap or easy. Facilities and laboratories were built. Tours of fields and networking events where brewers could meet and converse with the farmers and maltsters where arranged. Outside of finding the right hops to grow they studied the cost associated with producing them. I suspect it was worth the cost of growing their hops if they could control the quality consistently. Guinness eventually bought enough farms for these young 'brewers' to experiment with that Guinness became one of the largest hop growers in Ireland and England.
Not only was this expensive, but it was culturally difficult. Getting brewers and farmers to change traditional practices that had been handed down over generations is not easy. Especially when your reasoning depends on science and mathematics that aren't always easily understood.
Good Experts Collaborate
Each of these young 'brewers' did become a resident expert that could help the other 'brewers' when they encountered a problem in a specific area. Not only was Gosset good at listening to their concerns but he made sure he helped them find a best fit solution they understood. He even built tools to help solve their problems when needed, the t-test being the most famous among them.
A maltster named E.S. Beaven was a bit of a Ron Swanson and had no interest in statistics or statisticians. Gosset was so fascinated with his skill in cross breeding barley though that he eventually overcame the social hurdle of being a mathematician and became close friends with Beaven. Gosset was then able to help him set up several nursery experiments, including a group of experiments where farmers in different areas swapped seed to see how the yield varied with agricultural methods and environment.
These young 'brewers' Gosset was working with were good experts. They were always learning more about brewing by taking measurements and sharing their findings, even if they had to do it anonymously. This was all done in an effort to eliminate waste and improve quality. I'm not sure how focused they were on automating everything, but this was just before the time Henry Ford's assembly line started rolling. Automation probably came earlier at Guinness. A Brewery, unlike many other factories, can power automation using only gravity instead of steam or electricity. Scaling one up is easy to do compared to something like the Ford factory.
The First DevOps Engineers
I see the CALMS model being followed here. I see a systems perspective being embraced, feedback loops being completed, and a culture that understands the connection between experimentation, failure, and eventual improvement. This is consistent with the Three Ways. Was Guinness an early (albeit unaware) adopter of devOps? In my opinion yes. Not only was Guinness transcending industrial engineering by running one of the first devOps incubators in the 1900s, but Gosset and his group of young 'brewers' would be more aptly titled DevOps Engineers.
DevOps requires production. It is a lot like industrial engineering, but the current revival of these practices under the banner of devOps is a result of the rapid changes in technology we've seen. Viable applications can be provisioned at scale using these techniques, but this isn't a job just for software companies any more. If you produce or sell something and aren't optimizing from a systems perspective, leveraging technology to automate and measure where ever you can, and keeping your employees and customers satisfied in the process then your business could probably be making more money.
There Are Bad Experts Too
I have walked through the debate on hiring devOps engineers with a few folks. Being a devOps engineer myself, I obviously think there's a place for it and it can have merit. Growing a devOps advocate internally can be really difficult because of history, baggage, and biases that are already in place. A devOps engineer, much like Gosset and his buddies, really needs to have a fresh set of eyes on the work flow and where the bottlenecks, waste, and quality concerns are located. Guinness was smart to hire more than one of them though. If you're going to have experts or masters in your organization you should have more than one expert in any single subject.
I've encountered a lot of resident experts in enterprise sized companies that have become the single source of truth on a particular subject. When brought a problem that needs a solution it's very easy for them to declare it "as designed" or a job for someone else because it's not quite specific enough for their level of expertise. If there's no one to give a second opinion on the matter how can they ever know when they're wrong?
I had a boss that used to tell people, "A Master electrician can still change a light bulb" when they complained someone was doing work outside their area. If people are showing up with problems and someone can easily help them they should help them. If your expert isn't getting their job done then their customers are going to take the demand somewhere it can be met. A good expert should have the awareness to collaborate with someone who can help them manage their workload instead of expecting people to wait or just deal with support issues.
Which is why Gosset and Beaven could become friends. Beaven was truly a master maltster and an expert in cross breeding barley. Gosset respected this and wanted to learn from him. If Beaven had been mediocre at his craft I doubt Gosset would have cared what he thought of statistics, but when Beaven saw the mathematics was a tool Gosset used to understand and confirm why he was good at cross breeding barley he then became interested in it. A demonstration of utility is the best sales pitch you can make, as seeing is believing.
Collaboration Makes the Difference
A good devOps Engineer must become an expert in many things. It helps us help each other, it fosters empathy, it keeps our career options open, and it keeps us honest. If we get bored or frustrated with a job where there's no traction then we can take our diverse set of skills and do something else. Sometimes this can even be done in the same company. Most companies would rather re-purpose a talented individual if they can move them into a role they can perform with some passion again than see them leave. There's strength in diversity and it ensures continued survival, even when talking about what you do day to day in the line of your work.
If you've landed in a position of absolute authority you run the risk of degenerating into a bad expert that's mostly sitting around, punching a clock, and telling people to get lost instead of helping them. It's not that you're a bad person, but absolute authority corrupts absolutely and you're still human. If there's any question whether you might run this risk yourself then find a colleague you can collaborate with that can help you learn as much as you teach in complementary subjects. Find a Gosset to your Beaven (or a Beaven to your Gosset). Cross training will help manage your work flow but it's a balancing act between optimizing hand-offs and individual task transition. Still, if you diversify your skill set it will definitely be good for your own self-preservation in your current role and in your next one.
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Guinness, Gosset, Fisher, and Small Samples
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A developer wants to build 18 houses and 89 flats including a seven storey block on the old Hinckley Leisure Centre site.
Derbyshire based developer Green 4 Developments has applied to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council for permission to develop vacant land in Coventry Road.
If the development goes ahead it will be called Hinckley Square.
The 89 flats will be a mix of one and two bedroom homes.
In the application the developer states: "Given its setting and Hinckley town centre, the site has a genuine potential to help stimulate a wider regeneration of the surrounding area.
"Furthermore the proposal will, by the nature of the site, assist in enabling the appropriate wider regeneration of adjoining brownfield sites."
The rear of the development on the old Hinckley Leisure Centre site
The flats will be built in two blocks, one of seven storeys and the other of four storeys.
The houses will be a mix of two, three and four bedroom homes.
Six of the one bedroom flats and five of the two bedroom houses will be classed as social housing with rents below market levels.
11 of the two bedroomed houses will be classed as intermediate housing costing more than social housing but less than the market price.
This is in line with the council target of 20 per cent affordable housing for developments of 15 homes or more.
There will be two parking spaces for each house plus parking in an undercroft car park for people living in the flats.
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The plan includes paths for pedestrians and cyclists along with roads through the site.
There will also be small parks, benches and a children's play area.
Developers expect the smaller homes to be attractive to retired people, people buying their first home and people downsizing from larger homes.
They say the overall development will help meet ambitious housing targets for the borough.
The 1970s former leisure centre was demolished in summer 2016.
It was replaced by a new leisure centre in Hinckley's Argents Mead.
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The proposed development includes the former leisure centre site, a car park and a small formal garden.
There are 31 trees on the site some of which will have to be cut down but developers have pledged to plant replacements.
Last year Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council invited developers to submit proposals for a high quality scheme on the site.
People can make a comment on the application by visiting the Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council website.
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The Jolie-Pitt children start school in Budapest
By Jessica David
Angelina Jolie has enrolled her and Brad Pitt's children at a school in Budapest. The Oscar-winning actress, who has six children with Brad, has taken the brood with her to the Hungarian capital where she is currently working on her directorial film debut, as she doesn't want her older children to miss out on any school work.
Ange has reportedly found an "elite" education centre, a source revealed today. "Angelina has enlisted her children into an elite French-American school that they will attend from next week on. The school has a kindergarten, too, where Zahara and Shiloh will attend." The actress is said to be keen for her multi-cultural family to experience everything Budapest has to offer, and has been busy mingling with locals off-set. "She came over to everyone in the vicinity, shook everyone's hands and introduced herself, as if they didn't know who she was," the source explained.
Partner Brad Pitt is currently in Boston shooting his latest flick, Moneyball.
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A sad day, folks. Our "Mystery Man" has passed on to that "Great Mystery" that is beyond our senses and this plane of existence.
May your journey be wonderful, Sir. You will be remembered.
Hello people. Thank you for dropping by. This update is to share with all that our Today show "mystery man" is still around. Today it is October 22, 2012 and the Today show outside camera just panned the crowd of onlookers and there he was, pointing at the camera as it passed close-by.
Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!! Our intrepid man of mystery is still among us!!!
The article telling the tale of Linny Boyette can be found by clicking on his name <— back there.
The excellent article is repeated here to assist Web surfers in finding it and to assist in ensuring the article is saved if it should be "lost" due to a hard-drive failure or whatever where the original is stored.
Every day the 1st hour of the US NBC Today Show downloads onto my iPhone. At 34 minutes after the hour, the camera crew steps outside the studio to pan the crowd of fans gathered and there is one man who is always there. He is African American, always wears a hat or hooded parka and slowly points his index finger with a faint smile as the camera passes by him. A few times I have heard host Matt Lauer call out "good morning Linny." So who is this man?
"My sister called me on my cell a little while ago and said I was crazy!" says a brown parka clad Linny Boyette, 69. It was very cold and we stood together leaning against metal barriers in frigid and blustery 17°F (-10°C) temps on the 'Plaza' outside the street-level studio. Every Monday-Saturday morning from 7-9 am for the last 17½ years, Linny has watched their live broadcast. Forget the US Postal Service and their "neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will keep us from our daily appointed rounds" mantra, this guy lives it and puts them to shame.
This long-underwear wearing UK-based, teeth chattering reporter was no match for two hours of cold and snow. Yet there was a diehard crowd of 20 or so people who cheered every time the camera trained its eye on the group. I watched most of the event from behind the safe and warm picture window of the nearby Dean and DeLuca coffee shop. I was very curious though to meet this 'biggest' fan of the The Today Show's Big Four: Matt, Meredith, Al and Ann.
Linny is a Jamaican-born Brit who has lived in New York and London and now resides in the NYC borough of the Bronx. Every morning he rises at 3:30 am, leaves his house by 4:40 and then takes a series of subway trains to Rockefeller Center where he stands outside the 49th Street studio of the Today Show.
During this particular show he stood next to the featured visitors as interviewed by weatherman Al Roker and the camera always includes him in the opening shot of the interview. It was fascinating to watch the steady stream of camera operators, lighting technicians and crew members who went out of their way to come over and say good morning to Linny. Their attention caught the eye of everyone else assembled who in turn would visit with him. When Al came out for his weather shot, the first person he greeted was Linny with a big smile before working the rest of the crowd. Same with Matt and Meredith.
You then saw many in the crowd come up to him with a combination of "who are you's?" and "oh wow, yes, I've seen you before, can I have my picture taken with you?" Linny never once changed his demeanour and was kind to all comers. This was his theatre.
For most of the time he is off-camera, Linny chats up visitors and poses for photos. "This is therapy for me, I love this show." Said Linny. "It energises me." Having lived a full and interesting life, he is quite philosophic, almost zen-like about his daily two hours of joy.
Boyette served as a medic in Vietnam where he saw lots of unspeakable pain and suffering so now he just enjoys each day. The cast and crew missed him for almost a month a few years back as he recovered from surgery. When he returned, there was a special chair waiting for him and the entire NBC production took up a sizeable collection for him. Now, on the rare day Linny is missing, a call goes out before the show airs to check on his well-being. Literally it seems this is one show that cannot go on without him.
During Thursday's driving snowstorm he was gone shortly after the 8:00 hour outdoor segment. But Friday, with the sun shining brightly, he hung around to the bitter cold end. While it was far too cold for a Friday concert on the plaza, Linny squeezed between the barricades and left as silently and anonymously as he arrived.
Of course I waved and watched his departure from inside that coffee shop with both frozen hands tightly gripping a freshly made cup of cappuccino for warmth.


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Happy Halloween Part 1! I wanted to do a fun costume tutorial for y'all and luckily my good friend Myla came up with the idea of doing a mask a few weeks ago. After finding some not so amazing inspiration on Pinterest, I decided that I would play with a lot of fun colors rather than try to free hand a bunch of ornate detail. I already had a dress in mind, a really pretty bridesmaids dress that's a gorgeous teal, and then in one of our many conversations, Myla mentioned peacock feathers. Once I had that idea in my head, I knew where I was going to go. Watch the video below to see the final result!
Since this was such a fun look and outfit, I had my husband help me with a photo shoot outside. Thanks to our neighbor for (unknowingly) letting us borrow his garage as a backdrop. :) I would have used ours, but the sun was casting an awkward shadow, so that was a no go. Here are some of the pictures for your viewing pleasure.
**Use a base under your eyeshadow to make the colors really pop.
**Pat on the shadow. Don't swipe!! You'll keep your colors super pigmented this way.
This mask with these particular colors will go with any blue, green, black or gray dress, but you can switch up the colors for a dress of a different color. Just keep the colors all cool or all warm so that they blend together really well to make a pretty "peacock feather" effect. Just play around with it, get creative and have fun!! If you're unsure of how it will turn out, be sure to practice before Halloween.
I hope y'all have enjoyed this tutorial!! I certainly had so much fun creating this look or you. My next Halloween tutorial will be up some time this week, and it's another look you can create from things you have at home at the last minute. Sorry it took me years to get the post up after uploading the video!! My parents were in town to celebrate my birthday, so we've been super busy exploring Austin.
I love the dress! It looks like a bridesmaid dress I've seen before.