FULLERTON, Calif.- Junior guard Chante Miles poured in a career high 22 points and knocked down four three-pointers, helping lift Cal State Fullerton over New Mexico State 63-52 at Titan Gym on Monday night.
The Titans look to pick up their third straight victory this Sunday, December 29 in Boise, Idaho at Taco Bell Arena against the Boise State Broncos at 1 p.m. (PT).
Notes: Fullerton picked up its program's 550th victory...tonight's meeting was the 19th meeting all-time between the two schools and the first since the '99-00 season when New Mexico State was part of the Big West Conference… the Titans are now 8-11 all-time against the Aggies… Fullerton is now 4-5 all-time at Titan Gym New Mexico State… the Titans move to 87-71 all-time against opponents from the Western Athletic Conference and have defeated both WAC foes this season (Seattle, NMSU)… the Titans have won four out of the last five meetings...Chante Miles tied a career high four three-pointers, which she previously set against Sacramento State on Nov. 11, 2012… Miles has double digit scoring figures in 10 of 11 games this season and now has 30 in her career…Miles recorded her third 20-point performance of the season…the Titans are now 3-0 when shooting 40-49.9 percent from behind the arc…the Titans have their first winning streak of the season.
"Really proud of our kids tonight, maybe not our best or prettiest performance of the year, but we won a game on Saturday night and we looked good doing it. Tonight we won a game maybe doing it looking ugly. But that's learning to win, so proud of our kids tonight. We found a way, we grinded out the last eight minutes of the game and we took over and made it our own. For a team that's learning to win, I think that's a great step into the process."
Did Saturday's game help close out the game better tonight?
"Saturday definitely gave us some confidence. Maybe that put us in the position to be up like that. Again it's the process its things we have worked on and prepared and it was nice to see us play. I don't know if we executed great in the first 30 minutes of the game, but I thought the last ten minutes we executed very well."
"We ask a lot of Chante, I ask a lot of all my point guards. It's a special position and you need a special person to play that spot. Tonight she did that. She distributed the basketball and ran our offense. We really talked about having an aggressive mentality, and we wanted to attack the rim on them, and that really plays into her hands. She got into the paint and she made some good decisions with the basketball. 40 minutes is a lot to ask for anybody to play, and we ask her to do that on a consistent nightly basis."
"I think I came out feeling myself a little bit. I hit one shot and I felt like I can make them all, so the confidence really went through the roof for me. After that the feeling my mind was right. I was just in it to win it. I wasn't allowing anything to stop me, or my team from winning this game, so I just played my heart out to do what I have to do to help my team win."


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Giving the kitchen a paint touch up.
Life on our mini farm is not all fun and games. Up keep of the house has to happen after all their are no little elves to do it for us! I added a fresh coat of paint and decided to paint a lattice on the wall! I just wanted to add a little pazzaz to my boring wall.
in the mean time a local dentist orders custom lip balms for their practice. It was a productive week as I also got our trash hauled off! Work goes on and on!


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Our history will soon be etched into the battlefields of the Notum Wars.


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Music in the Morning: Myke Miller
Myke Miller returns to Good Day Austin to perform. He has upcoming shows in Houston and at Cedar Street Courtyard in Austin, and is working on new music.
Music in the Morning: Flyjack
Flyjack stopped by Good Day Austin to talk about their newly released album and their upcoming shows. The band gives us a preview of their music. Catch up with them on social media to find out where they play next.
Music in the Morning: Fred Spence
Fred Spence returned to Good Day Austin to perform live. You can catch him around town over the next several weeks at one of his upcoming shows.
Music in the Morning: Boogaloo
The band Boogaloo stopped by Good Day Austin, along with a few special guests, to talk about their upcoming shows and to perform.
Music in the Morning: Sam Houston & the Blk Odyssy
Sam Houston & the Blk Odyssy stopped by Good Day Austin to talk about the band's new music and to perform.
Around town weekend events with FOX 7 (January 3 - 5)
A lot is happening around town this weekend, including a vintage sale and an Austin concert staple, Free Week 2020.
Music in the Morning: Dani Jack
Singer/songwriter Dani Jack and acoustic guitarist Steven J. Push stopped by Good Day Austin to talk about her upcoming show and perform her latest single "Dance". The music video is set to be released in January
Music in the Morning: The Capitol
The Capitol stopped by Good Day Austin to talk about their upcoming show and to perform. They have new music coming out in January.
Music in the Morning: Deanna Wheeler
Deanna Wheeler returns to Good Day Austin to talk about her upcoming UK tour in February 2020 and to perform. You can see her live at Poodie's in Spicewood on December 28th and Buck's Backyard on New Year's Eve.
Music in the Morning: Del Castillo
Del Castillo stopped by Good Day Austin to talk about their upcoming show and to perform.
Music in the Morning: Cowboy Diplomacy
Cowboy Diplomacy returns to Good Day Austin to talk about their debut album that releases on December 13th. You can see them live at the Empire Control Room for the official release party.
Music in the Morning: Audic Empire
Audic Empire stopped in to Good Day Austin to talk about their upcoming show at Stubb's on December 20th and to preview music off of their new EP. They will release new music in early 2020.
Music in the Morning: Sydney Wright
Sydney Wright and Matt Ott talk about the upcoming Black Fret Ball which is at ACL Live Saturday night, December 7th. There will be 17 bands playing 1-2 songs each and Black Fret will award a total of $250,000 to 20 Austin acts. Sydney Wright is one of this year's nominees and performs a song she wrote with fellow nominee Superfonicos.
Music in the Morning: African Children's Choir
The African Children's Choir returns to Good Day Austin to perform live. The choir was started in 1984 to help people see a better picture of the African child. The choir has now expanded to 5 different African countries and provides education to the children. So far it has educated more than 52,000 children.
Music in the Morning: The Moriah Sisters
The Moriah Sisters return to Good Day Austin to talk about their upcoming "Friendsgiving" show at Bahadi's on December 1st and to perform. The group is currently celebrating their 25th anniversary.
Music in the Morning: David Sollee
David Sollee stopped by Good Day Austin to talk about his upcoming shows and to perform his new sing, "Breathe."
Music in the Morning: Christine Renner
Christine Renner talks about her newly released EP and gives us a preview of her music. She will be celebrating the release with a show on Thursday night, November 21st, at the Empire Control Room.
Music in the Morning: Bull y Los Bufalos
Bull y Los Bufalos stopped by the studio to talk about the band's first live album recording show. It's at Come and Take It Live on Riverside at 7:00 Thursday night, November 21st.
Music in the Morning: Modern Day Midas
Raul Ochoa with Modern Day Midas stopped by Good Day Austin to talk about a new project he is supporting. He is re-releasing a song from earlier this year and donating the proceeds to Avery's Angel Fund, which helps cover emergency veterinary needs for those who work in the service industry.
Music in the Morning: Treble Soul
Treble Soul performs.

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Mahathir's birthday wish is for Press to fight graft | Daily Express Online, Sabah, Malaysia.
Putra Jaya: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who turned 93 Tuesday, said his birthday wish was for the Press to help the government fight corruption.The Prime Minister shared his birthday wish with the media when asked what he desired most on his special day.
"I wish the press will help us to overcome corruption. Thanks," he told NST.
To a question if he had done enough to ensure his administration would be corruption free, the Prime Minister replied with a tongue-in-cheek manner that he would only know if anyone had broken the law.
Dr Mahathir also said his government and members of parliament of the government must set the best example in the fight against corruption.
"Otherwise, it will be difficult for them to advise others not to practise corruption and to say no to corruption."
Dr Mahathir said the government would be going all out to fight corruption, citing various examples including strengthening the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and making sure no one including the Prime Minister and the deputy Prime Minister would be above the law.
On matters concerning reducing graft among public officials, Dr Mahathir said he was aware that the government paid salary at the lower scale and joked that he would consider slashing the salary of those in the private sector too.
The Prime Minister then related how some government-linked company bosses were taking home up to RM7 million annually.
Saying he could not understand how so much money was being paid for their salaries, Dr Mahathir related how he used to earn only RM20,000 per month when he was Prime Minister previously.
However, he said the amount was more than enough for him as all other expenses were paid by the government.
"I did not even touch my salary back then as everything was paid for," he said.
On his talk about corruption now compared with the time he took office in the 80s, Dr Mahathir said the government machinery then was as clean as it could be. "When we took over the government (after the 14th general election, many things have been done to fight corruption," he added.


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Students in Affluent School Districts Post Mediocre Results
By Education Next Jay P. Greene 09/27/2011
In this interview, Jay Greene discusses his new study, which examines student achievement in virtually every school district in the United States and compares the performance of U.S. districts with the performance of students in 25 developed countries. Greene and his co-author, Josh McGee, find that even the most elite suburban school districts produce results that are mediocre when compared to those of global competitors.
The study, "When the Best is Mediocre," by Jay Greene and Josh McGee, will appear in the Winter 2012 issue of Education Next, and is now available online.
Readers can check out the rankings of 13,636 U.S. school districts, and see how students in each district compare to students in 25 other nations, in a Global Report Card available on the website of the George W. Bush Institute. There readers can also find a detailed explanation of the methods used to conduct the analysis.
https://www.educationnext.org/files/Ednext_Greene_West.mp3
Top U.S. School Districts Trail the Global Competition
When the Best is Mediocre


We worked extensively with researchers including Geraldine Nichols, Professor Nina Reynolds and Dr Kelly Page to understand the origin and development of psychological profiling and to uncover the subjectivity and distortion that exists in personality profiling.
In this short vlog, Blast Theory artist Matt Adams gives his personal view on how this extensive research was used to develop Karen and how personality profiling is used in the app to create a story that is personal to you.
Hi, I'm 2-3 days in "living with Karen" and I must say that I'm enthralled. Karen is an unnerving & equally provocative experience, eliciting contemplative moments and feelings of dread and avoidance when I know she'll next be available to call. Last session was bone chilling, fun; so I'm off now because Karen has a minute to chat and I'm willing to engage. Thanks so much for sharing this definitive work!
Sorry we missed this message, have you made sure both the volume and the headphones volume is turned up on the iPhone? There are two different controls.


We are very pleased to announce that Matt Wynne will be giving us his Baruco talk 'Treating objects like people' on Thursday the 3rd of October!
We all know it's wrong to treat people like objects.
Have you ever considered what happens when you design your objects to be treated the same way? In this talk Matt explores the intersection between psychology and OO design.
You'll leave with some food for thought about how to model the interactions between your objects, as well as how to relate to the people around you.
As always a big thanks to Neo for sponsoring the venue.
See you at SocietyM at 18:30, for a 19:00 start.


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Man Shot During Fight on Ocean City Boardwalk
By Charlie Dwyer
OCEAN CITY, MD – Ocean City police report that a 28-year-old male was shot and transported to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries early Monday morning.
Early Monday morning, the Ocean City Police Department was at the scene of a shooting in the area of N. Division Street and Atlantic Ave on the boardwalk that occurred around 2:30 a.m.
"One victim has been transported to the hospital by Ocean City EMS," police said. "The preliminary investigation indicates the shooting occurred after a brief altercation. There is no threat to the public at this time. This is an active and ongoing investigation."
According to police investigating the incident, no suspects or motives have been announced at this time. No arrests have been made.
Related News: 14-year-old reported missing in Northeast Philadelphia
Toyota boss bows out on news outlet he trusts – his own


How does the private sector partner with UNIDO?
Partnerships can take many forms. Below are the three partnership categories UNIDO has adopted for strategically engaging with companies and foundations.
>> Core Business and Value Chain Partnerships: harness the core strengths of the private sector and/or aim for changing the way businesses operate to be more in line with social, environmental and development goals.
>> Social Investment and Philanthropy Partnerships: provide the UN system with different types of support, including traditional philanthropy, social venture funds, hybrid or blended-value financing mechanisms, employee volunteers or contribute core business expertise, products or services to the public cause.
>> Multi-stakeholder and Transformational Partnerships: enable dynamic processes for issue-focused consultation and scalable operations among numerous private and public parties, as well as including private sector representatives in their governance structures.
Interested in partnering with UNIDO?


Segments of the trip are shown below. Click on a segment number to see a synopis of each area.
Available at Amazon.com or your local dive shop through Trident Distributors or send check or money order for $20.00 ($15.00 plus $5.00 shipping) to Giant Stride Press at the following address.
Thanks to all involved with Fifty Dives in Fifty States. The expedition was completed October 8, 2000 in Alaska. The book is currently in stock and can be ordered through this site.
New! Slide show of all states.
Check out our listing of all dive operations and participants with access numbers, etc.


Highly entertaining re-boot with a clever plot device designed to send the whole franchise in a new direction. Solid story: The action satisfies while the relationships between the already well-established characters fulfill the emotional need. One of the best of 2009.


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The Los Angeles Angels: The 2018 Post-Mortem
Blogger's Note: When it comes to baseball, I have split loyalties. I've discussed the hows and whys on that before. But now I'm having a moment as rare as a solar eclipse; both my teams are looking for new managers. Since both situations hare full of things which make sense and things that don't, I'm here to give both the patented Dubsism break-down.
Today: The Los Angeles Angels
For Angels fans, Mike Scioscia has always been a conundrum. He came to "The Big A" after having been a "made man" in the "Evil Blue Empire;" the cross-town rival Los Angeles Dodgers. But he became a "made man" on his own in Anaheim by bringing the Angels their sole World Series championship in 2002. But in the sixteen season since, the Angels under Scioscia have been a model of consistent inconsistency; you could almost predict the fluctuations.
After 19 season totals, many of us Angels fans are left wondering just what was Mike Scioscia? Is he the greatest manager in the history of the franchise? Is he arguably one of the worst? Can he be both? The only thing we know for sure is on an episode of "The Simpsons," he was the guy Mr. Burns hired for his ringer-licious company softball team whe really just wanted to work at the power plant.
To sort that all out, let's start with Mike Scioscia: The Numbers.
2018 Record – 80-82
Career Record – 1650-1428 (.536) in 19 seasons – the longest-tenured manager of his generation
Seven play-off appearances, one American League pennant, one World Series title
Two-time Manager of the Year (2002, 2009)
18th in career manager wins
Never got fired
That last line-item might be the most impressive. In an era where baseball managers last on average about three or four seasons, Scioscia stuck around despite the fact the Angels only made one post-season appearance since 2010, and that was a three-game sweep suffered at the hands of the Kansas City Royals in 2014. It's even more impressive when you consider that in the nine seasons since 2010, the Angels only had winning campaigns in four of them, only winning more than 90 games once. When you remember the Scioscia Angels won at least 90 games six times in Scioscia's first ten seasons, it's easy to see why he is a conundrum.
That brings us to the Mike Scioscia administration and it's two clearly distinctive eras:
1) The "Elite" Era: 2000-2009
These are the "Salad Days" of Angel baseball. The Angels are among the best in baseball, and they capture the World Series title to serve as the bona fides to that claim to "elite" status. This is the time when nearly all of the aforementioned bullet points on Scioscia's managerial resume are achieved.
2) The "Red Mets" Era: 2010-2018
This is when the Angels become a West coast Version of the New York Mets. They spend the better part of a decade with a bloated payroll, a cast of under-performing players, even more who can't stay healthy, and any pretenses about trying to ditch the idea they are the "little brother" of Los Angeles baseball were dashed.
But as the old saying goes, "that was then and this is now." That means "now" is these first few days of the "Post-Scioscia" era.
After all that, we're left with the conglomerate overarching question: "Now what?" It's a conglomerate question because it is composed of what the future may hold for several entities.
As for Scioscia, he's only 59 years old. That's hardly retirement age for a manager, but the question is does he want to go back to the bench? One also cannot discount the possibility of a front-office gig somewhere. It all comes down to what he wants to do. He's already been of of our Sports Doppelgangers…
Scioscia: Recurring character on The Simpsons? Do the Springfield Isotopes need a skipper?
As for the Angels, obviously they will need to hire a new manager. Speculate amongst yourselves, but in this case I'm not into that game for one major reason. Whatever your opinion of Scioscia may have been, there's no denying that he's not the sole target available for blame when it comes to the under-performing of this team; there needs to be a big chunk of it directed at general manager Billy Eppler. But to be fair, I can't lay all the front office woes on Eppler either, previous GM Jerry DiPoto laid the foundations for many of the issues Eppler needs to clean up.
But from Eppler's first day, he's know the Angels are desperate for pitching, and what has he done about it? You tell me. Just take a look at the free-agent pitchers that have changed hands since Eppler took over.
Zach Grienke
Hishashi Iwakuma
That's just the tip of the iceberg, and that's not including bullpen guys. It also doesn't include guys who were obviously going to be available at the trade deadline and might have been available before they hit "trade deadline" prices.
Repeating this statement of need for pitching was literally the first thing out of Eppler's mouth once the "Post-Scioscia" era was official. Granted, some of the guys on that list got hurt, but so did Shohei Ohtani and Garrett "MRI Frequent Flyer" Richards. There's no guarantees. The point is that while Eppler keeps banging the "need pitching" drum, he keeps missing the beat when it comes to getting it.
Doubt that? Take a look at Eppler's record of signing of starters of note:
Mat Latos – Granted free agency six weeks after being signed
Tim Lincecum – 9 starts, 2-6 with a 9.16 ERA
Doug Fister – Waived six weeks after being signed, never sees the field as an Angel
Shohei Ohtani – Currently out until 2020 with "Tommy John" surgery
The Angels have as big a wallet as anybody; lord knows they've pumped enough money into holes like Vernon Wells, Gary Matthews Jr, and Albert Pujols, whose hamstrings will arrive at his Hall of Fame induction in a separate car. They have no problems chasing bats, why not arms?
That question leaves us Angels fans with our turn at "What now?" We don't know who will be the next manager, we don't know what Billy Eppler intends to do about his wish for pitching, and let's be honest…this team is much closer to the Rangers than it is to Seattle, Oakland, or Houston.
If you're an Angel fan under 30, you may not remember the times when this franchise was truly awful; you have no idea of the mid-70s when the Angels had two of the best pitchers in baseball (Nolan Ryan and Frank Tanana) and still struggled to win 75 games.
Speaking of "that was then, this is now…"
If you're an Angel fan older than that but not quite 40, you might remember the 16-year post-season drought between the 1986 "Donnie Moore eventually kills himself" American League Championship Series and the 2002 World Series win; a span punctuated by the epic 1995 15-game division-title losing collapse to the Mariners.
If you're an Angel fan my age, you can clearly see this is a cross-roads for this team. On one hand, this could be the dawn of a new age in which The Angels emerge from a decade of mediocrity to rejoin baseball's elite. I'd love to have the optimism to think that's going to be the case. I have one of those nagging voices in my head which is saying Mike Scioscia is walking away because he doesn't trust Billy Eppler.
I understand that, because I'm not sure I do either.
Frankly, I think Scoiscia was the roadblock to what Eppler has intended to do all along. I think he's looking toward a day when he can get this team out from under the DiPoto legacy, shed the big-buck deals and start over. If you're an Angels fan of any age, you know for which that is "code."
If I'm right, that means this "lifetime contract" stuff for Mike Trout is a smoke-screen of the first order. If he's not going to re-sign the best player in the history of the franchise, he's got to have a reason to trade him, lest Angels fan storm the stadium bearing torches and pitchforks. That alone is a pretty damn good reason, but from a strictly baseball perspective, Eppler can't risk getting nothing for Mike Trout by letting him walk el freebo in free agency.
In other words, start preparing now just in case I'm right. Stock up on drinking water, canned goods, and getting a few guns might not be a bad idea. The Angels' apocalypse is looming. If this "lifetime contract" thing doesn't materialze, or if there isn't a deal past 2020, Mike Trout is getting traded at the 2019 trade deadline…my money is on Philadelphia.
By the way fellow Angels fans…when you are buying those guns, don't forget to pick up plenty of ammo as well. The Angel-ocalypse is coming, and It's not going to be pretty.
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After 36 years working for the CIF, Joe O'Brien has retired as the Federation's Director Southern Region.
Joe started his career with the CIF as Secretary Cork/Kerry Region in 1979 after a Christmas Eve phone call from then CIF Director General Tom Reynolds offering him the job.
CIF President Michael Stone (L) presents Joe O'Brien with a retirement gift from CIF staff.
He remembers the 1980s for its long recession but also intense employment disputes – "lots of IR issues" – that required tough negotiations with the unions.
During his time as the CIF's senior person in Cork Joe has served with just three Director Generals: Tom Reynolds, Liam Kelleher and Tom Parlon. "All three were very different but all worked very well for the Federation," he says.
After four decades in the same industry Joe says it feels like he knows everyone in construction: "In fact, I'm so long in the game I'm working with the sons of the fathers I was dealing with in the 1980s," he explains.
Joe oversaw the move from the original CIF Cork office in Montenotte to the purpose built office in Eastgate the CIF now occupies.
Asked if it was a stressful job he says it can be, but "only if you let it".


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Sierra girls soccer team claims 14th Valley Oak League championship
By Kevin NiendorfRecord Correspondent
Feb 5, 2019 at 12:01 AM
MANTECA — With a trio of four-year starters, the Sierra High girls' soccer team clinched its 14th league championship during soggy conditions Monday against intracity rival East Union at Daniel Teicheira Stadium.
It's the third consecutive Valley Oak League title for the Timberwolves, who with their 2-2 tie was enough to clinch the title. With one game remaining in the regular season, Sierra (10-0-1 VOL, 22-2-2) has outscored its opponents by a combined 67-7 margin.
Sierra had not allowed more than one goal in a game since its 4-3 victory over Pitman on Dec. 5.
"Obviously I feel very happy and proud of this group, and especially our senior group," said Manuel Pires, the school's only coach in its 22-year history. "Jadyn Shinn, Yasmin Ballew and Callie Crain have really helped turn our program around. For many years we were close to being in the playoffs, but we would miss out."
Monday's game against the Lancers (8-1-2, 14-2-3) didn't come easy for the T'wolves, who after scoring two minutes into the game suddenly found themselves losing 2-1. Back-to-back goals by East Union's Jasmin Mejia and Fatima Jauregui nearly gave them the lead at halftime. However, Sierra's Juliana Rodriguez scored off a free kick that was initially taken by Shinn and deflected off the Lancers' goalie.
Cal-bound Shinn scored the game's first goal after teammate Tiana Cello drew East Union goalkeeper Malia Allen toward her. When Cello's pass crossed in front of goal, Shinn was there to tap it into the unattended net.
"She's a very humble player and she plays whatever position she needs to play in order to help," Pires said of Shinn. "She always tries to get the other players to score. She brings a lot of passion to the game and it shows."
Delta College-bound Crain was solid in goal (three saves) after taking over last week for the injured Michaela Bitle, who went down with an ACL injury.
"(Crain) is one of the top defenders on our team," Pires said. "Our defense is very strong. I give them a lot of credit this year. We challenged them to shut down our opponents no matter who it is. If we want to achieve our goal in the playoffs, it needs to start with our backline."
The Timberwolves have competed in nine Sac-Joaquin Section championship games and have won four.
East Union coach Carlos Gaspar said it was important to record at least a tie on Sierra's home field.
"We needed a tie," Gaspar said. "We're talking about moving up in the rankings and hopefully getting a playoff game at home. So, I was worried about protecting the tie against a tough team."
Prior to the contest Pires said his team's 4-0 victory over the Lancers on Jan. 7 was inconsequential.
"These games are always tough, and it doesn't matter what the score was last time," Pires said. "But to win (the VOL title) for the third time in a row, that doesn't happen too often."


Got a bedwetter in the family? With one in five Aussie kids struggling to stay dry at night, you're not alone.
It's a common myth that babies are the ones who sabotage your snooze time. Not (always) so. Big kids – toddlers, pre-schoolers or older – also do a fine job of ushering sleep deprivation into your life.
Bedwetting is one inevitable part of #mumlife (and #dadlife). We'll be frank here; pretty much every kid will wet the bed at some stage.
But when should bedwetting STOP being an issue and when does it become 'a problem'?
Bedwetting or 'nocturnal enuresis' is a completely normal and very common behaviour, especially in younger children. Statistics from the Royal Children's Hospital estimate that almost one third of four-year-olds still wet the bed regularly. That figure drops down to one in 10 by the time kids reach the age of six.
It's safe to say that if your pre-schooler is struggling to stay dry at night, they're not in the minority and will likely grow out of it. If your older, school aged child (7 years plus) is still finding it tough to stay dry however, it may mean that they need a little bit of help to stop wetting the bed.
Bedwetting, even up to seven or eight years of age, is considered normal and isn't an issue for concern. The reason that it may become an issue around this age however, is primarily due its emotional and social impact. Bedwetting kids, at eight, are acutely aware that they are STILL not dry at night. If they are wearing pull-ups or similar absorbent underwear, they may start to feel different to their mates and have strong feelings of embarrassment.
One of my children experienced this exact scenario. After years of not caring in the slightest about night time bedwetting, they hit school age and announced that they felt 'like a baby' and no longer wanted to be wet at night. According to the RCH, most children have no lasting problems from bedwetting; however, many will feel embarrassed or ashamed, especially as they grow older. Reassurance that they are not the only one who wets the bed is crucial in helping manage the emotional side of bedwetting.
Some medical conditions can cause bedwetting. If your child has daytime continence issues or has been dry for six months, but begins to wet their bed again, see your GP for assessment. Likewise, if you're at all concerned by your child's bedwetting, it's always good to get a professional opinion to rule out any underlying issues.
When it comes to bedwetting kids, there is no 'one size fits all' approach to getting (and staying) dry overnight (if you know of one, please let us know because it'll be a license to print money).
Because bedwetting is caused by a variety of factors, a multi-pronged approach is usually advised.
There is ONE crucial, non-negotiable rule however; your child must WANT to achieve dry nights.
Kids cannot be forced to stop wetting the bed. Likewise, if they aren't ready or just don't really care, you'll be fighting a losing battle.
If your child is over six years of age (treatments aren't recommended for kids any younger than that), has had any medical issues ruled out and wants to stop wetting the bed, there are a number of strategies you can tryl.
A bedwetting alarm is usually the first step in treating bedwetting. Research indicates that these alarms will help more than 80 per cent of children to become and stay dry. They do this by helping to re-train the brain to recognise when the bladder is full.
The bedwetting alarm is not a quick fix. It can take up to eight weeks, sometimes longer, for your child to consistently stay dry.
There are two main types of alarms, one is a personal style alarm (like the DRI Sleeper alarm system) which use a small sensor that's typically popped into a mini-pad and into the child's underwear and is attached to an alarm unit. The other uses a bed pad and alarm box. The rubber bed pad is placed in the bed, over the bottom sheet, and covered with a piece of thin material. The pad is then connected to a box with a (very loud) battery powered alarm that sits at the end of the bed.
Both alarms work on contact with urine. When your child pees, the urine makes contact with the sensor, triggering the alarm. Over time, the alarm helps teach your child to wake before they actually start urinating.
Explain to your child what is happening. Let them see the alarm and how it is connected. Your child needs to be chiefly responsible for responding to the alarm when it sounds by getting out of bed and going to the bathroom to finish weeing.
Practise the whole routine a few times with your child. You can use a glass of salty water, instead of urine, to set the alarm off. Remind your child what the routine is as your child gets ready for bed for the first few nights.
If your child is a deep sleeper, you may have to wake them up for the first few nights when the alarm sounds. Most deep sleepers will get used to waking to the sound of the alarm. Your job is only to wake your child – they must do the rest themselves.
You should discuss each overnight episode the following morning, in a non-judgmental way. This ensures that your child remembers the episode and forms an association between urinating and waking.
Generally, once a child has been prepped and begins waking themselves (without a parents help) they should start having some dry nights. This helps reinforce the fact that they can do it and will eventually be dry.
When your child has seven dry nights in a row, you can try giving some extra fluid to drink in the evening. This is called 'overlearning' and tests out whether they've successfully retrained themselves to respond to bladder fullness. If your child has 14 dry nights in a row, you can try leaving the mat on the bed, but without the alarm switched on and see what happens. If dry nights continue, try leaving the mat off the bed all together.
It's a process but one with a high rate of success.
In some rare cases, your doctor may advise using medication to manage bedwetting. DDAVP (also called Minirin) is a medicine that helps a child's body make less urine at night. It will reduce the likelihood of your child's bladder overfilling during sleep.
This medication is usually used as a last resort, for kids who have had no success with a bedwetting alarm. A doctor may also prescribe for older kids and social situations like sleepover or school camp.
It's important to speak with your doctor of health nurse to ascertain what the right method for your child might be.
For more information about bedwetting and how to stop it happening, check out the Royal Children's Hospital Bed Wetting Fact Sheet and The Continence Foundation of Australia.
And take a look at our Protect-A-Bed mattress protector review for help in keeping your child's mattress clean and dry until they outgrow the bedwetting problem.


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LSU is Super Regional bound with 'new' team as if it made key moves at MLB trade deadline
Glenn Guilbeau
The Daily Advertiser
BATON ROUGE - This past Friday, the following conversation did not happen. But it almost could have.
"Hey, Cole Henry? I'm Landon Marceaux."
"Oh, hey. Nice to meet you, Landon. I've heard a lot about you."
"And I've heard a lot about you."
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This past weekend, which was the 16th of LSU's baseball season, two of the top freshmen signees in the nation who turned down large amounts of money from the New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers, respectively, actually started for LSU on the same weekend for the first time all season.
The plan was for them to start for virtually all the weekends.
MORE: LSU and Zack Hess come back to beat Southern Mississippi, 8-4
But it did not happen because Marceaux (5-2, 4.64 ERA, 41 strikeouts, 54 1/3 innings), a native of Destrehan near New Orleans, was moved to the bullpen and sat out with arm soreness at mid-season.
And just when Marceaux came back for a start at Alabama on April 28, Henry (4-2, 3.51 ERA, 69 strikeouts in 56 and 1/3 innings), a native of Florence, Alabama, was sidelined with elbow soreness after starting and beating Florida on April 19 with 12 strikeouts - the weekend before the Alabama series.
MORE: LSU overwhelms Stony Brook this time
Jaden Hill (1-0, 1.80 ERA, 11 strikeouts in 10 innings) is another top freshman pitcher who turned down a lot of money from the St. Louis Cardinals out of Ashdown, Arkansas. He along with Marceaux and Henry were major reasons why LSU's Class of 2019 was a virtual consensus No. 1 in the nation, and subsequently why LSU was a near consensus preseason No. 1.
Hill actually made the opening weekend rotation as did Marceaux. Hill started game three after Marceaux started game two, which was after junior projected ace Zack Hess started the season as the Friday night starter. But Hill missed virtually all of the season with an elbow injury and will not return this year.
Marceaux started Friday's NCAA Regional opener for LSU - his sixth straight weekend start and continues to improve. He allowed one earned run and seven hits over five innings with three strikeouts for the 17-3 win over Stony Brook. He threw only 53 pitches and was taken out early in case he would be needed to pitch tonight.
But that will not be needed as LSU (40-24) eliminated Southern Mississippi, 6-4, on Sunday night and advances to a home Super Regional next weekend against Florida State (39-21).
MORE: Southern Mississippi rallies from 10-2 deficit to win 13-12 and face LSU
Henry started Saturday's second NCAA Regional game for the Tigers - his second start since returning from his injury. His first was a brief, rehabilitation appearance against South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference Tournament opener on May 21.
Henry was on fire as he struck out six and allowed only two hits in five innings while walking three. He left with a 1-0 lead and would have gotten the win, but Zack Hess gave up a grand slam to Matthew Guidry to blow a 4-0 lead with help from reliever Todd Peterson, who loaded the bases with a walk and two hit batsmen.
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The Tigers came back to win, 8-4, and advanced to the 8 p.m. game Sunday. LSU will be hosting its sixth Super Regional since 2012.
Everything is starting to fall LSU's way and could continue to with at last a solid starting rotation of Marceaux, Henry and sophomore Eric Walker (5-4, 5.32 ERA), who started Sunday and threw four and two-thirds innings of three-hit ball, allowing four runs with two walks and two strikeouts.
Hess was moved to the bullpen just as LSU coach Paul Mainieri and pitching coach Alan Dunn were about to move Henry to the Friday night ace position, following that dozen-strikeout, four-hit win over Florida. But Henry came up with the elbow soreness.
"Just think if we would've had Henry and Marceaux all season at the same time," Mainieri said.
Mainieri and Dunn saw this coming as Henry inched toward his return at the SEC Tournament when the Tigers were on the NCAA Regional host bubble.
"With those two back, we'll have three bonafide starters for the postseason," Mainieri said at the time.
And that is happening.
For most of this season, Mainieri and Dunn have been piecing together pitching on weekends the way they did in the past in mid-week games with healthier staffs. But now, with LSU two wins from the College World Series, the Tigers have a legitimate rotation and a rapidly improving offense. They appear to be a new team just in time for a late run. It's as if LSU made some key trades and acquisitions just before the MLB trade deadline of July 31.
Henry sure looked like an ace Saturday.
"Clay Henry clearly showed you why - if he isn't already - is going to be one of the best pitchers in the country," Mainieri said. "He was phenomenal."
Just to Mainieri's right when he said that at the podium was Hess, the former and fallen ace. But he knows he's right and showed character in his comments on the torch being passed.
"We hadn't had him in a month, and that's our ace," Hess said. "He goes out there after a month of not pitching games and pitches like the best pitcher in the SEC."
The Tigers also just got back sophomore relief pitcher Trent Vietmeier (3-1, 4.81 ERA) from a shoulder injury that had sidelined him for nearly three weeks. The sophomore from Pittsburgh worked up a sweat by throwing the seventh inning of the 17-3 blowout of Stony Brook on Friday. He threw 20 pitches with 14 for strikes, allowing one hit with no walks or runs and a strikeout.
On Sunday, Vietmeier got the win over Southern Miss by pitching the sixth and seventh in relief, allowing no runs on two hits with two strikeouts and no walks. Of his 30 pitches, 25 were strikes. Like Marceaux and Henry before him, Vietmeier looked brand new.
"I don't think it would have been possible without the great job from Trent Vietmeier," Mainieri said.
Meanwhile, first-year catcher Saul Garza is playing now as if he was also injured during the season. He was recovering from a knee injury entering the season, but that had little to do with the fact that just over a month ago, the sophomore was still only hitting .188 (12-for-64) with one home run and 12 RBIs going into the Alabama series on April 26. Going into the Super Regional against Florida State, Garza is hitting .308 (42-for-136) with five home runs and 27 RBIs.
Since the beginning of the Auburn series on May 16, Garza is hitting a phenomenal .523 (22-for-42) with a home run and eight RBIs. His two-run single in the eighth Saturday night softened the blow of that grand slam and put LSU back out in front at 6-4. On Sunday, his RBI double in the seventh put the Tigers up 6-4. He is 6-for-12 with six RBIs and two doubles in this NCAA Regional.
"I feel like I'm more relaxed at the plate," Garza said. "Not trying to hit a home run every pitch. Just trying to hit the ball hard somewhere, and good things will happen. I really just think I'm seeing the ball quite a bit better now. Good things have been happening."
He also wears perfume, as does the rest of the team, to fight flies and mosquitoes. The 11,015 were much more helpful.
"I mean, the crowds have been unbelievable," Garza said. "I don't think anybody left the ballpark throughout the course of the game. It's been amazing just being out there and playing inf front of that crowd. It's been electric."
Light hitting second baseman Brandt Broussard is also swinging like a new player. He is hitting .444 (12-for-27) with five RBIs and a home run starting with the SEC Tournament. He was 6-for-14 in the NCAA Regional with four RBIs and the home run.
"I think now and then we've had a few guys scuffling, and they've stepped up and contributed to the success of our team," Hess said. "Obviously, Brandt has gotten hot here recently. We also have guys like Cole starting to get healthy. I think the character of this team has stayed true throughout the entire year. I think what you're seeing now is guys starting to fulfill their potential. We're starting to play like a true team."
Since that five-game losing streak in early May that knocked LSU out of a top eight national seed and down to the teens and 20s of the polls as it followed a 1-5 mark in mid-April, the Tigers have won 10 of their last 13.
"This team has never wavered from the expectations for the entire season," Hess said. "This team has shown a lot of resilience and a lot of fight throughout the entire year. Even when we didn't have our key guys out there, we found a way to fight through some things. We found a way to be a host. Now, we're really starting to come together."
Mainieri said the win Saturday night was one of his team's best games of the year.
"Our guys were into it and gave it everything they had tonight. The whole game, they played phenomenal," he said.
"We had to fight from behind. What a great victory for our team. It was a total team effort," Mainieri said Sunday night.
"We're looking like the team that everyone thought we were gong to be going into the season," Hess said. "It's exciting to be a part of. We know we have to keep things rolling."


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Turkey Unveils First Domestically-Produced Electric Cars
by IlmFeed December 27, 2019, 2:45 pm
Turkey has unveiled prototypes of it's first domestically-produced electric cars in a ceremony on Friday which was attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The President had unveiled plans in November 2017 to produce a car made entirely in Turkey by 2021.
It was produced by Turkey's Automobile Initiative Group (TOGG) and the all-electric vehicle will have a range of 500km with fast-charging capabilities.
5 models will be produced by 2030 including an SUV, Sedan, Hatchback and MPV.
Production facilities will cost 22 billion Turkish liras and will open in Bursa with over 4,000 people expected to be employed. The aim will be to produce 175,000 vehicles annually.
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Wood pigeons are very destructive birds – they eat just about everything from corn to brussels sprouts (phowaah) and like a labrador dog they don't know when they've eaten enough. A couple of years ago I found half a dozen wood pigeons prostrate under an oak tree in autumn – their tummies bloated with acorns, unable to move or fly because they were literally too stuffed to move!
So what about poor old Woody? My son found him by the side of the road lying on his back, feet in the air. You can see from his crop that he's completely stuffed with something he's been eating. We turned him the right way around, gave him a pre-flight check – then placed him carefully in the undergrowth to recover from his meal.


After posting a great 2013, GameStop's stock is struggling right now. Here's how the shares could recover and move higher over time.
After doubling in 2013, GameStop (NYSE:GME) stock hasn't performed well so far this year. Shares are down almost 20% since January, although they have recovered slightly over the last few months.
GME Total Return Price data by YCharts.
With the video game retailer set to announce quarterly earnings on Thursday, now is a good time to consider the catalysts that might send the stock higher in the months and years ahead.
The most immediate of these is GameStop's potential for beating expectations later this week. That won't be easy given the high hopes embedded in those targets: Wall Street is looking for a 100% profit bounce and a 20% spike in revenue. Those figures would trounce last quarter's 25% and 7% improvements in profit and sales, respectively.
Still, there are two good reasons to believe GameStop's business accelerated this past quarter. First, hardware sales were sure to see another lift from the next-gen console rollout. Sony's (NYSE:SNE) PS4 device continues to sell at a healthy pace, and even Microsoft's (NASDAQ:MSFT) less popular Xbox One probably saw a boost after a price cut early in the quarter. Together, the next-gen consoles have been tracking at twice their sales pace from the prior generation, and there's no reason to think that trend reversed this quarter.
Second, and more important for GameStop, new AAA titles including The Last of Us and Watch Dogs likely boosted software sales and kept customer traffic humming at its stores, which is why the retailer should post a comparable-store sales jump of as much as 19% over the prior year.
Progress in GameStop's efforts to diversify into new product lines could also send the stock higher over time. Those products include wireless services and consumer electronics, which management has identified as key growth areas for the company. GameStop posted big sales gains in both categories last quarter thanks to contributions from newly acquired Spring Mobile and Simply Mac stores.
With those gains, the results so far suggest that GameStop can profitably extend its buy-sell-trade business model into these growing categories. That's important because digital sales threaten to eat away at its traditional retailing business over time. After all, game publishers like Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) are logging record-high levels of digital receipts these days, increasingly cutting retailers out of the sales process.
But the strongest case for GameStop's stock rising over time involves a sustained increase in profitability. Investors have already seen a taste of that success: Gross profit margin has been climbing consistently since 2008, recently touching a first-quarter record of 30%.
Whether GameStop can hold on to those gains depends a lot on pre-owned video game sales. Those carry the highest profit margin, by far, of any product that GameStop sells. And the good news is that pre-owned software is sure to move higher as a percentage of sales in the years ahead as the next-gen consoles age.
GameStop has recently made two major tweaks to its pre-owned video game business: Introducing more value-priced offerings and revamping its pricing structure for trade-ins. The first move is likely to boost GameStop's profit margin on trade-ins to a new high that approaches 50%. It's still early to tell what the second pricing change might do for its business. However, investors betting on the stock over the long term have to believe GameStop can keep its dominant grip on the video game market and protect its industry-leading profitability, all while successfully growing into new business lines.


Fashion is dynamic. It's constantly changing every year. The colour print trends of 2018 toward bright shades like yellow and soft hues like lavender. However, neutrals are still popular.
According to PopSugar, here are the combed both runway and street style shots to come up with five colours predict will be everywhere in 2018. The most popular colours of the year are orange, lavender, yellow, neutrals, and pink.
From the runways of Calvin Klein and Tom Ford to Marc Jacobs, orange was one of those unexpected hues that made a comeback for the Spring '18 season. The shade was bright, like traffic cones, and appeared on items such as jackets, bags, and dresses.
Call it mustard, marigold, or lemon — all these tones fall into the yellow category. According to an executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute this colour is "a beacon of ligh". The cheery vibes are sure to catch everyone's attention.
Neutrals are wearable shades that pop up season after season and continue to be a popular choice for all fashion girls. For Spring '18, the tones appeared on menswear-inspired pieces, offering unisex clothing anyone can wear. Expect to see retailers offering more brown, beige, and cream-coloured pieces in 2018.
We can't call out the next big colour trends without mentioning lavender. A handful of designers such as Tibi and Michael Kors incorporated the colour into looks, giving us a fresh eye for how to wear it. In fact, the combination of mint and lavender was popular with the street style crowd. Come 2018, you'll be seeing this colour everywhere.
Though the hype over millennial pink has slowly died down, the colour in general is sticking around for next year. Designers such as Tom Ford and Prabal Gurung sent out Spring '18 collections that incorporated the feminine hue.
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More than ever, business recognizes that climate change is one of the greatest risks we face – and that tackling it is also one of our biggest economic opportunities.
Companies have the potential to unleash a wave of innovation in low carbon technologies, creating new products and services, generating employment, reducing energy consumption and increasing savings, if the right policies are in place.
Many businesses have helped kick-start this movement by setting ambitious targets, reporting emissions and scaling up low carbon investment. And the private sector understands the scale of the opportunity. On average, leading companies that have set targets aligned with the science and publicly disclosed their performance are seeing an Internal Rate of Return of 27% on low carbon investments with some reporting an IRR as high as 81%, according to The Climate Has Changed, the flagship We Mean Business Report.
But the necessary change needed to address climate change is not happening fast enough. Further action from government will help more companies take this to scale.
Business needs policies that help scale up clean energy and energy efficiency, conserve natural resources, send the right price signals to drive investment in low carbon technologies and build resilience into their operations, workforce and communities.
By working together, business and government can meet the climate challenge much more efficiently and help create a better, safer and healthier world.


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Футбольный центр Монгольской футбольной федерации (, ) — футбольный стадион, расположенный в Улан-Баторе, столице Монголии. Домашний стадион для сборной Монголии и большинства монгольских футбольных клубов из Улан-Батора.

История
Во время МНР на территории современного Футбольного центра МФФ располагалась полащадка с трибуной и травяным покрытием, которая использовалась для проведения Наадамов. Для футбольных матчей использовался находящийся в непосредственной близости Центральный стадион.

Новый стадион МФФ был открыт 24 октября 2002 года. 15 марта 2011 года здесь встретились команды Филиппин и Монголии в отборочном туре Кубка вызова АФК 2012, в результате встречи монголы победили со счетом 2:1. В 2011 году здесь играли сборные Монголии и Мьянмы в отборочном туре Чемпионата мира по футболу 2014 и Монголия выиграла со счетом 1:0. С 2013 года на стадионе проводятся матчи Кубка Президента АФК, в частности, в 2014 году здесь были сыграны 3 матча групповой стадии, в которой монгольский клуб Эрчим стад лидером и вышел во второй тур.

Основная информация
Вместимость трибун составляет 5000 человек. На стадионе уложено искусственное покрытие. Футбольный центр МФФ располагается недалеко от Национального стадиона Монголии.

Интересные факты
 Единственным футбольным клубом Чемпионата Монголии из Улан-Батора, не использующим Футбольный центр МФФ как домашнюю площадку, является многократный чемпион Монголии «Эрчим», который пользуется собственной базой.

Примечания

Ссылки

 Сборная Монголии по футболу на сайте ФИФА
 Страница на сайте ФИФА
 Страница на сайте АФК
 Страница на сайте Восточноазиатской футбольной федерации

Футбольные стадионы Монголии
Спортивные сооружения Улан-Батора
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Akhmed Zakayev cannot call himself emissary of president of Ichkeria any longer
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"This decision (of the so-called Ichkerian parliament) can hardly influence the frame of mind of the British judges, those who are considering Zakayev's case in England (on his extradition to Russia) but from this moment Mr. Zakayev cannot call himself emissary of the president of Ichkeria but only emissary of field commander Maskhadov", Yastrzhembsky stated.
"From this standpoint the decision of the so-called Ichkerian parliament carries a sizeable positive charge", the aide to the president of Russia emphasised.
Deputies of the former parliament of the so-called Ichkeria declared "impeachment" to Aslan Maskhadov. His actions "led to destruction of the republic", Isa Temirov who was acting chairman of the Ichkerian parliament stated at a press conference in Moscow.
He read out "a resolution of the parliament of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria of September 5, 2003" which says that Maskhadov "in violation of the constitution illegally assumed power and by his decree introduced sharia rule in the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria thereby changing the basic principles of the constitutional system, which is a gravest crime".


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Person: Cindy Lee Van Dover
Marine Policy
Scientific rationale and international obligations for protection of active hydrothermal vent ecosystems from deep-sea mining
Authors: Cindy Lee Van Dover, S. Arnaud-Haond, M. Gianni, S. Helmreich, Julie A. Huber, A. L. Jaeckel, A. Metaxas, L. H. Pendleton, S. Petersen, E. Ramirez-Llodra, P. E. Steinberg, V. Tunnicliffe, H. Yamamoto
Exploration of the Mid-Cayman Rise
Authors: Cindy Lee Van Dover, Katherine L.C. Bell, Christopher R. German, Barbara E. John, Michael Cheadle, Mike Vecchione, Diva Amon, Bernard Ball, Jon Copley, Clara Smart, Sarah A. Fuller, Brennan T. Phillips, Kathleen Cantner, Steven Auscavitch, Robert D. Ballard
Editors: Katherine L.C. Bell, Michael L. Brennan, Nicole A. Raineault
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Analysis of microbial lipids in sediment cores from the Weddell Sea: Towards the understanding of microbial communities changes following the ice-shelf collapse and exploration of microbial communities in dark, sub-ice shelf environment
PI: Megumi Shimizu (Duke University)
Advisor: Cindy Lee Van Dover (Duke University)
Host: Kai-Uwe Hinrichs (University of Bremen)
There is increasing interest in mining minerals on the seabed, including seafloor massive sulfide deposits that form at hydrothermal vents. The International Seabed Authority is currently drafting a Mining Code, including environmental regulations, for polymetallic sulfides and other mineral exploitation on the seabed in the area beyond national jurisdictions. This paper summarizes 1) the ecological vulnerability of active vent ecosystems and aspects of this vulnerability that remain subject to conjecture, 2) evidence for limited mineral resource opportunity at active vents, 3) non-extractive values of active vent ecosystems, 4) precedents and international obligations for protection of hydrothermal vents, and 5) obligations of the International Seabed Authority under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea for protection of the marine environment from the impacts of mining. Heterogeneity of active vent ecosystems makes it extremely challenging to identify "representative" systems for any regional, area-based management approach to conservation. Protection of active vent ecosystems from mining impacts (direct and indirect) would set aside only a small fraction of the international seabed and its mineral resources, would contribute to international obligations for marine conservation, would have non-extractive benefits, and would be a precautionary approach.
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Q: Fastest way to search for longest prefix in ORACLE I have a list of phone number prefixes defined for large number of zones (in query defined by gvcode and cgi).
I need to efficiently find a longest prefix that matches given number PHONE_NR.
I use inverted LIKE clause on field digits (which contains prefixes in form +48%, +49%, +1%, +1232% and so on).
Therefore I can't use normal index on that field.
I managed to get substantial improvement by using IOT on gvcode and cgi field (which are part (first two cols) of primary key).
I also looked at some oracle text indexes but can't find one that will match longer input with shorter prefix in the table.
Is there any other way to perform such search that is faster than this approach.
Here is the query which gives a list of all matched prefixes (I sort it afterwards on digits length).
  select  t.gvcode,  t.digits
                from NUMBERS t
                    where
                        t.gvcode=ZONE_SET_CODE
                        and t.cgi=cgi_f
                       and ( PHONE_NR like t.digits)
                         order by length(digits) desc

A: In addition to the index on "digits" you can create the index on rpad(substr(digits,1,length(digits)-1), 10, '9'). "10" is the maximum length that you want to support. You will add an additional condition to the where clause:  rpad(substr(digits,1,length(digits)-1), 10, '9') >= PHONE_NR
Your SQL would be:
select  t.gvcode,  t.digits
from NUMBERS t
    where
        t.gvcode=ZONE_SET_CODE
        and t.cgi=cgi_f
       and PHONE_NR like t.digits
       and substr(digits, 1, length(digits)-1) <= PHONE_NR
       and rpad(substr(digits,1,length(digits)-1), 10, '9') >= PHONE_NR
order by length(digits) desc

Here is an example in sqlfiddle

A: I might sound stupid, but when I ran into such problem I went in most non-space-efficient brute force way:
Lets say:
L=length of longest prefix to match (without obvious +, of course)

Add L additional fields naming them, for example, P1, P2,...,PL
Update those fields with
UPDATE NUMBERS set P1=SUBSTR(PHONE_NR,1,1), P2=SUBSTR(PHONE_NR,1,2), ..., PL=SUBSTR(PHONE_NR,1,L)

(in future you can do this in INSERT OR UPDATE trigger too)
Now you have L fields to create index on and compare to anything you like.

A: Okay, just writing because I had the same issue.
If you know the range of the prefix lengths you have, you can do something similar to the following. The following example assumes prefix lengths 2-6
select  t.num,  coalesce(p6.PREFIX, p5.PREFIX, p4.PREFIX, p3.PREFIX, p2.PREFIX) PREFIX
  from NUMBERS t
LEFT OUTER JOIN PREFIXES p2 ON substr(t.num,1,2)=p2.PREFIX
LEFT OUTER JOIN PREFIXES p3 ON substr(t.num,1,3)=p3.PREFIX
LEFT OUTER JOIN PREFIXES p4 ON substr(t.num,1,4)=p4.PREFIX
LEFT OUTER JOIN PREFIXES p5 ON substr(t.num,1,5)=p5.PREFIX
LEFT OUTER JOIN PREFIXES p6 ON substr(t.num,1,6)=p6.PREFIX

Equal joins are as good as you can get.
I believe that it runs way better than any other possible solution here, hope it helps anyone who stumbles on the same issue
Sqlfiddle link modified from sailaway's answer whose script still gives all matches instead of only the longest one

A: I've hit the same problem, I found this solution to be useful (credits to L. Schneider on https://community.oracle.com/thread/351988):
create table a (a varchar2(100));
create index a_1 on a(a);

begin
 delete a;
 insert into a values ('00431');
 insert into a values ('004312');
 insert into a values ('0043123');
 insert into a values ('00431234');
 insert into a values ('004312345');
end;
/

select max(a)
  from a
 where '004311' like a||'%'
;

http://sqlfiddle.com/#!4/abc975/1

A: I'm not sure that this will really help, but I think it's worth a try.
Create a Function Based Index on substr(digits, 1, length(digits)-1) (this is just to index digits without the '%')
Then in your query you can add another condition:
AND substr(digits, 1, length(digits)-1) <= PHONE_NR

Here is a sqlfiddle demo
The idea is that with lexical  comparison you can "cut out" all the digits which are after PHONE_NR

A: Create Or Replace Function DBA_UTIL.COMMON_PREFIX (P_STRING1 In Varchar2, P_STRING2 In Varchar2)
Return Varchar2

As
L_STRING   Varchar2 (100);
Begin
-- ==================================================================================
-- -------   Find any common prefix between 2 strings
-- ==================================================================================
With
    FIND_COMMON_PREFIX
    As
        (    Select Max (Rownum)     MAX_PREFIX
               From Dual
              Where Substr (P_STRING1, 1, Rownum) = Substr (P_STRING2, 1, Rownum)
         Connect By Level <= Least (Length (P_STRING1), Length (P_STRING2)))
Select Substr (P_STRING1, 1, MAX_PREFIX)
  Into L_STRING
  From FIND_COMMON_PREFIX;

Return L_STRING;

Exception
When Others Then
Return 'BOGUS';
End;
/

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