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Hi everyone,
I haven't figured out how to successfully implement file locking, and hope someone has ideas on how I can do it.
I've got a text file on a shared drive that anyone can access through a VB program I've authored. What we've seen is that if someone is already in the text file (such as me testing new functionality!), someone else will submit data to the text file through the program, but their changes are lost (because someone is already in the file).
An example of what I'm looking for is how Microsoft handles Word or Excel files. If someone is already in a file and another user tries to open it, they receive a message stating the file is in use and that they can view it as read-only or be notified when the file is available.
Does anyone know of a good solution to this problem?
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Archive for August, 2011
Inventor Maxwell von Stein has created a bicycle using a NuVinci 360 hub with a chain ring adapter connecting the power output of the hub to a flywheel. This allows the rider to aid in braking by first shifting so that power is transferred from the bicycle wheel's motion and transferred to the flywheel. Then when a boost is desired (when trudging uphill perhaps?) shifting in the other direction will transfer the power from the flywheel to the rear wheel. Cool!
Using the NuVinci continuously variable transmission, the rider is able to smoothly transfer energy to and from the flywheel by shifting up or down.
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The Cavaliers' Guild, a place of training located in Anglesey within the Medieval Fantasy world of Ruler of Kings II. Discussion here is Out of Character where Players can feel free to converse about the offerings at this Guild especially the pros and cons of this Class over another.
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Lindenwood University has partnered with Domino's Pizza to offer a promotion to raise funds to benefit student scholarships at the school. Through June 3, 2011, Domino's will donate one dollar to Lindenwood for every pizza purchased at regular menu price with the use of a unique coupon code.
The designated code is "LUPRIDE." The offer is valid for orders placed online, by phone, or in person at all participating Domino's Pizza locations throughout the St. Louis Metropolitan Area.
"It's as simple as entering a few letters on the screen if you're ordering from your computer, or just relaying the code if you're speaking to a representative," said Mary Radcliff, assistant vice president and executive director of community relations for the Lindenwood University-Belleville campus. "We are very excited about the venture, because it will impact our students in such a positive way."
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The Episcopal Church Women of All Angels by the Sea had a busy agenda for their April 15 meeting.
Guest speaker was Joe Lappin, of Mote Marine Laboratory, who discussed the numerous research programs at the facility relating to human health. The effects of red tide on humans, especially respiratory issues and cancer-related projects with sharks, are key programs at Mote.
The election of officers was held with the following slate chosen for the coming year: Pat Anderson, president; Alison Jones, vice president of programs; Heidi Thomas, vice president of luncheons; Elaine Smith, secretary;
Jean Ruston, corresponding secretary; and Carol Hambrecht, treasurer.
Eleven organizations, including the Senior Friendship Center home-meals program, TideWell Hospice and
Palliative Care and food banks in Sarasota and Manatee counties shared $11,000 in donations the group had raised this year for outreach programs.
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Jorge Gallegos @manchic
New York-based style blogger Jorge Gallegos shares statement-making styling through his choices of bold colors and patterns. Not afraid to clash patterns, this Mexicano influencer also has a great eyewear collection. You can also live vicariously through him: He is a fixture at New York Fashion Week and other trendy events.
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Saul Carrasco's personal style can be best described as the boy-next-door look. Effortlessly cool and casual, the fashion stylist and blogger also loves to share his swimwear looks when he travels, and snippets from the styling projects he works on. Get swept away in his New York moments while checking out his style.
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Pedro Morales just has a few posts on Instagram but all of his shares are on point. The Puerto Rican and Dominican style blogger shows you how to look good in jeans and a tee (and maybe a leather jacket here and there — or a suit). Morales' hair and beard deserve the 100 points emoji. If you are looking to start your own style feed, take notes: His posing and cropping skills are on point.
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Alex Badia @thealexbadia
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Diego Leon @dandyinthebronx
Showing you how to look dapper in the Bronx (and everywhere else in the Big Apple), style blogger Diego Leon loves to use the city as his backdrop. His style is a great source of inspo for young men looking to dress up their business casual attire.
Alejandro D. Lopez @adentrostyle
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Taking out a big-time terrorist like al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's Anwar al-Awlaki is kind of like winning a key game in the fall run for the pennant: It's a big victory, but it doesn't mean you've won the World Series.
Sure, some high-fives, back-slaps and oh-yeahs have been earned by our intrepid spooks and military special-operations folks for getting a bad actor like Awlaki, who was born in the US but left for his parents' home in Yemen as a kid.
But it doesn't mean the fight with terrorism is over.
There's no doubt the reportedly charismatic, self-proclaimed cleric was a dangerous dude and his demise is another bone-crushing roundhouse to al Qaeda — and especially to AQAP, probably the most dangerous al Qaeda affiliate out there today.
For instance, Awlaki had contact with at least three of the 9/11 hijackers, who frequented his mosques in Virginia and California, although it's not clear whether he was aware of the horrific plot before it happened.
More recently, he had a direct or indirect hand in a number of serious terror plots or acts against the United States, including:
* Last year's attempted Times Square bombing.
* The "ink cartridge caper," where AQAP modified printer cartridges into bombs that they then sought to mail to the United States on air freight carriers, planning to blow up the bombs over US cities.
* The Underwear Bomber, who tried to bring down a trans-Atlantic Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit on Christmas Day in 2009 by detonating explosives in his pants.
* The Fort Hood massacre, where a US Army major killed nearly 15 and injured almost twice as many in 2009 at one of our largest military bases.
With his native English-language skills, Awlaki was also key in the development of al Qaeda's online magazine, Inspire, which not only encouraged the terror group's efforts to establish a global caliphate, but schooled them in terrorism's dark arts.
So where do we stand now that Awlaki is gone?
First, Awlaki's death deprives AQAP — and al Qaeda globally — of one of the most (if not the most) inspirational figures and talented operational commanders in its ranks, as evidenced by his work in just the last few years.
Some analysts recently came to see him as being as important to al Qaeda as Osama bin Laden himself, and actually thought he might come to lead the terror group after bin Laden bit the dust in May.
Next, al Qaeda has been stripped of one of its most powerful propagandists, who was especially skilled in so-called "digital jihad," with a troubling ability to reach out to and recruit both English and Arabic speakers over the Internet. (Inspire's editor was killed in the same drone attack that got Awlaki.)
So, for the moment, it's likely to be harder, but not impossible, for al Qaeda to target future foot soldiers over the Web, and, hopefully, we'll see Inspire find its way to the dustbin of history.
Moreover, Awlaki's termination also lets terrorist and terrorist wannabes know that justice will find you if you start, or continue down, this bloody road, taking the lives of innocent people in your quest for power.
Finally, it's possible that with Awlaki gone AQAP will stop targeting the West, specifically the United States. It may turn to toppling the Yemeni and Saudi governments, which has always been its top prize.
But all of this is in some ways uncertain. After all, al Qaeda didn't throw up its hands and surrender after we offed Osama in May. It appointed a new leader in the likes of Ayman al Zawahiri, the Egyptian who had long served as bin Laden's deputy.
Similarly, it's likely Awlaki will be replaced in the AQAP lineup by someone who'll be anxious to prove he's as skilled and as capable as his predecessor was in carrying out al Qaeda's odious objectives.
There will also likely be a desire to seek revenge for the killing of Awlaki, perhaps meaning more violence directed at us. The group will certainly want to show prospective recruits and funders that it's still worthy of the al Qaeda brand name. It still has the resources: AQAP has seized control of territory in Yemen from which it can still plan, train and operate.
And we shouldn't forget there's still plenty of al Qaeda out there, including al Qaeda in Iraq, al Shabab (Somalia), al Qaeda in the Maghreb (North Africa) and al Qaeda Central (Pakistan) — not to mention its allies like the Taliban and Haqqani network in Afghanistan.
Bottom line: We're better off now that Awlaki is gone, but the threat from al Qaeda and its affiliates isn't. A sigh of relief — like that after the taking of bin Laden — is a reasonable response, but embracing complacency isn't.
Peter Brookes is a Heritage Foundation senior fellow and a former deputy assistant secretary of defense.


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Hugh Pickens writes writes "Michael Scherer writes that the Obama fundraising machine has deployed a new cellular campaign weapon designed 'to trigger the campaign finance equivalent of an impulse buy' during key political moments in the campaign. The tool links two familiar technologies, SMS and one-click purchasing, by sending out an SMS message to cell phones and smart phones of tens of thousands of previous campaign donors giving them a one-click option to give more money. 'Campaign officials hope to be able to return to donors in key moments of emotional excitement,' writes Scherer. One person familiar with the ask says that the response rate has been more than 20 times greater than any text message solicitation Obama has sent out before and and the reason is simple: Even with an iPhone, it remains an arduous hassle to enter all the information that is typically required to buy anything online with a credit card. The trick is that anyone who gives even a few dollars to the Obama campaign is asked if they want to keep their credit cards on file to participate in what the campaign calls 'Quick Donate.' Now donors just need to write '25,' or '10,' and that amount of dollars is immediately drawn from their credit cards. One of the Obama campaign's best fundraising days in 2008, for instance, came right after Sarah Palin's convention speech. Now partisans can 'vent their outrage or enthusiasm by simply typing one number into their phone.'"
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The Honorable Samuel L. Bufford, distinguished scholar-in-residence at Penn State Law, has accepted an invitation to join the academic advisory group to the prestigious ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements (SCFJI), the only American Bar Association (ABA) entity dedicated entirely to the substantive issues affecting the federal judiciary. The SCFJI plays a vital role in the development of ABA positions on legislative and administrative proposals potentially affecting the federal judiciary.
"Serving as a member of the advisory group will provide a good platform for my efforts to improve substantially to provisions in the Code of Judicial Conduct for retired judges, like myself," said Bufford, one of the world's foremost scholars of insolvency law and a former U.S. Bankruptcy Judge in the Central District of California. Over his 25-year judicial career he heard more than 100,000 cases.
Comprised of federal judges, practicing attorneys and academics who provide a broad array of experience and viewpoints, the committee also serves as a liaison between the ABA and the federal judiciary, as well as with other governmental and nongovernmental entities involved in judicial reform. Bufford is a past chair of the National Conference of Federal Trial Judges of the American Bar Association.
In January, Bufford also will participate as a member of the Insolvency and Creditor/Debtor Regimes (ICR) Task Force that is being reconvened in Washington, D.C., by the World Bank in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis.
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Before North Shore Star contestant Sean Crosley took the stage, he tried to calm his nerves. Even with his theater background, he was intimidated by his first singing competition.
"I'm a little worked up," the 22-year-old said as he waited in a room with other contestants. "I just get really nervous, and there's something about this that's really freaking me out."
Once he got on stage though, Crosley riffed his way through a jazzy rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Superstition" that had judge Joyce Kulhawik dancing in her seat.
Later that night, Crosley was one of three top finalists.
The winner of the fifth annual North Shore Star competition, though, was classically-trained Sheree Dunwell, who belted out "I Believe in You and Me" by her idol, Whitney Houston.
"Whitney would be proud," Bill Hanney, owner of North Shore Music Theatre, said during the judges' commentary after the performance at the March 1 competition.
Dunwell, who sings in a wedding band, said her competition strategy was simply to perform one of her favorite songs.
"It was really easy to come up with a song," she said. "I just really hoped that [the emotion] would come across, and I'm so glad it did."
Fourteen singers performed at the competition, which was hosted by the Beverly Rotary Club and sponsored by North Shore Music Theatre. The event drew about 340 people to the Danversport Yacht Club in Danvers.
Joining Hanney and Kulhawik, president of the Boston Theater Critics Association, at the judges' table was longtime radio and television personality Dana Hersey.
For $75 a person, North Shore Star attendees enjoyed dinner, an auction, and the singing competition. This year, the club raised $28,400 that will benefit North Shore charities.
Michael Harrington, chairman of the event and a Beverly Rotary Club member, said each year's competition raises about $35,000.
"Our goal is to raise about $100,000 a year for charity, and we're always trying to think of fun, creative ways to do it," he said.
Auditions were held in January for the show. From about 70 hopeful performers, the highest turnout at an audition, North Shore Music Theatre representatives selected the singers to compete in the finals for the $1,000 cash prize and a crystal trophy.
Harrington, a former member of the North Shore Music Theatre board of directors, said compiling the list of 14 finalists was a challenge.
"We're looking for star power,'' he said, someone who gets on stage "and they kind of sizzle."
He said audition judges sought diversity among the singers, as well as in their music styles.
Performers covered songs by Guns 'N Roses, Jason Mraz, Katy Perry, Martina McBride, Amy Winehouse, and from "Les Misérables.''
And the contestants tried various methods to stand out before the judges.
Kayla Brennan coordinated her outfit, a white sequined evening gown, with a lyric in "If I Die Young" that refers to wearing white. Taylor Callahan confidently approached the judges' table during her performance of "Sweet Child O' Mine."
And Amy-Jayne McCabe headed into the audience, dancing with no less than three male audience members during the instrumental breaks of her energetic performance of the Dixie Chicks' "Sin Wagon."
Despite the contestants' best efforts, there could only be one winner. Kulhawik, an Emmy-winning arts critic, said Dunwell's fusion of opera training and soul music made an impression on her.
"You wouldn't think that those things have a lot in common, but in fact they do," she said. "She held the audience."
Dunwell said that she is thrilled with her win and that she will probably assign a portion of the cash prize to her Boston Marathon charity contribution.
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Space Oddities
Spent last week reviewing UFO: Extraterrestrials for Eurogamer. Ended up being very mildly warm towards it, which was more than I was expecting. Because it's taking from such a well-conceived source – UFO: Enemy Unknown or X-COM: UFO Defence, depending on whether you're in Europe or the US*, it ends up often being highly entertaining because it's such a determined plagiarist. And God knows, everyone would like a decent successor to the Gollops' masterpiece.
I suppose that's one of the most interesting things about it. While true, it's not really fair to paint them as just plagarists. They're more akin to a covers band for a group who've long split. While other people have taken some stuff from X-COM – the UFO: Afterlight/Aftershock/Aftermath series – this is something that's deliberately much more faithful. Even then, it's not good enough. There's a determined mod community around the game who are increasingly altering closer and closer and closer to what they're actually looking for. In most mod communities, there's a clear division between the developers and people who like the game enough to want to mod it… but here, perversely, the fanbase for the game aren't actually the fanbase for the game. They're actually the fanbase of an entirely different game… exactly the same as the developers. They're like the Rabbis in Pi, searching for the name of God by re-arranging the alphabet of whatever.
Of course, it's interesting to wonder whether "A New X-Com" is even achievable. For both sides of the argument, see this debate between a load of journos and Devs over at Quarter to Three.
If you're interested in investigating, it's available to purchase by Digital Download over at Matrix Games, but only if you're in America. Everyone else will have to go down the shops, seemingly. How 20th-century.
*Dunno what it's called anywhere else. Sorry!


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Welcome to beautiful downtown Minneapolis, where people are actually walking outside rather than through the skywalks that become so convenient when it's 40-below in the winter.
I'm here at the 2007 NIRSA (National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association) Conference and Recreational Sports Exposition. Say that five times really fast.
As far as the Fitness Business Pro editorial staff goes, I'm flying solo here through Friday. I met up with our sales rep, Matt Sinkovich, on my connecting flight out of Chicago, where Matt lives. Matt already ran into a childhood buddy of his at the Minneapolis airport.
After walking the trade floor together, Matt and I went our separate ways the rest of the afternoon. I had a discussion with Shawn Boom of Active Network, a computer software company. I'll delve more into our conversation in a separate blog. We did talk a lot about a subject matter that is the basis of a story I'm working on for our May issue. Stay tuned.
A few things have caught my eye. Because this is an organization that deals with colleges and universities, I wondered if NIRSA was going to do something in response to the Virginia Tech tragedy earlier this week. Sure enough, there was a small display at a welcoming table where people could write notes that will be sent to Virginia Tech University. Also, there were little orange and maroon ribbons -- the Virginia Tech colors -- for people to wear.
On the trade show floor, my favorite things to see have been box hockey (Matt and I should give this a try), Speed Stacks (these two girls can stack cups at lightning speed) and a free spread that you could spend days at. Seriously, with chicken and meatballs and pasta and breadsticks here, you could gain 20 pounds in one day alone -- and that's after testing out all the treadmills and elipticals.
Another thing about this show that separates itself from last month's IHRSA show in San Francisco is the number of free computers set up on the trade show floor. There are 20 computers here, five times as many as at IHRSA. (My boss, Pam Kufahl, will like the fact that I have not spent one dime writing this blog entry.) Plus, there are no lines in back of you while you're trying to use the Web, and there isn't some IHRSA "heavy" walking by the computers to tell you to "move it along."
Well, that about wraps it up for Day One. On Friday, I'm going to spend most of my time attending seminars and sessions. And if there's a spread at lunch, I'm sure I'll hit that, too. (They just announced that lunch will be served on Friday. YES!)


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Chuck came back to Comic-Con in a big way — with a specially shot comedy skit in which the cast tries to cope with the huge curveball the show threw at the end of the previous season.
Watch it below. But be warned — there are huge spoilers ahead!
We saw an absolutely hilarious "sizzle reel" which turned out to be a skit where Joshua Gomez tries to prove that he can be the Intersect, complete with a Rocky-style "training montage" where Ryan McPartlin trains Morgan while JeffSter plays "Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor. And here it is! (Watch below or click the link):
And the Chuck panel was full of spoilers for the show's final season. Including:
- Morgan with the Intersect will be way different than Chuck with the Intersect. Said Joshua Grimes, "Unlike Chuck where he thought things through, and cared about the welfare of other human beings, Morgan just wants to hurt people." And producer Chris Fedak joked that by the third episode, Morgan will have "frosted his tips." People shouted for Gomez to do his "flash face," and he did a sort of "psychotic gopher waking up" thing.
- There could be spin-offs. Maybe. There were a lot of jokes about the idea of a spinoff about Casey and Morgan working together, Odd Couple-style. And Fedak hinted the show will end in a somewhat open-ended way. Plus there could be a Jeffster world tour.
- Casey will have a romance. Adam Baldwin read off the talking points he'd been given for the panel, which said something about Casey finding love — but is it true love?
- Chuck will still be the main character. Now that he doesn't have the Intersect, Chuck will have to be twice as resourceful. "This is back to basics for Chuck," says Fedak, "The way he gets around problems is he thinks it through. What happens when you take away Superman's cape? What happens then?"
- The villain in the first episode will be played by Mark Hamill. He's best known for playing the Joker in the Batman cartoons, but Fedak referenced a different role the actor had played. "I got to talk to Luke Skywalker on the phone," he gloated. And he said other villains would include the CIA: "The team will be running afoul of the people they used to work for." The show is still very much a spy show. And General Beckman will be back somehow.
- There will be a fracture in the Jeffster relationship. The two friends will go to war. "This is the season where it all falls apart between Jeff and Lester," said Fedak. "We're going to see a big war between these two men." But we'll definitely see at least one more big musical number before the year ends. And Scott Krinsky and Vik Sahay joked about how they might get together and make baby Jeffsters — with women, of course. And now that Chuck owns the Buy-More, if his spy company doesn't make money, he'll put more pressure on the store to be profitable.


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4 Boneless skinless chicken breasts
6 Aunt Jemima frozen qquare waffles
12 Toothpicks or small skewers
2 cups yogurt
2 cups Franks Red Hot Sauce
6 Strips of cooked Apple wood smoked bacon
6 Slices of yellow American cheese
6 C Rice flour
3 qrt Vegetable oil
Pinch salt
Pinch cayenne
2 C Spicy Maple Syrup (Recipe Below)
Combine yogurt and Franks Red Hot Sauce.
Cut chicken breast in 2x4 inch strips.
Put chicken in a large zip lock bag and cover with yogurt marinade. Marinate over night.
Put 3 qrts of oil in a large pot. Make sure the oil only fills the pot half way as not to overflow.
Use a high temperature thermometer and heat the oil to 350 degrees.
Mix 3 cups of rice flour with 3 cups water add a pinch of salt and a pinch of cayenne and make a batter.
Toss marinated chicken in remaining 3 cups rice flour until covered with rice flour.
Coat chicken in batter and carefully drop in oil.
Cook until golden brown and center is cooked.
With a metal slotted spoon or tongs remove chicken from oil and lay on paper towel lined plate.
Toast waffles golden brown in toaster oven or oven.
Melt American cheese on half of the waffles.
Build the slider by laying the fried chicken on the non-cheese side of the waffle, place bacon on top of chicken, lay cheese side of waffle on top. Put two skewers per waffle longwise and cut waffle in half.
Plate 3 sliders to a plate. Sauce each waffle with the spicy maple syrup.
Spicy Maple Syrup
2 C Maple Syrup
1/4 C Sriracha
1/4 C Franks Red Hot Sauce
Combine all ingredients.
Recipe: Pork Slope Chicken and Waffle Sliders


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Who was/is Jimmy Witherspoon ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
Jimmy Witherspoon
Although he hailed from the Kansas City blues shouting tradition led by Big Joe Turner and Jimmy Rushing, Jimmy Witherspoon made the great majority of his early solo sides out in Los Angeles, where there were more than enough R&B indie labels to keep him busy in the studio virtually non-stop. Chief among them was Modern Records, which cut him extensively during the postwar years. But they were by no means the only label to welcome 'Spoon to their rosters.
"Boy, I think I ran out of companies, I was on so many," the late singer said. "They didn't give you that much money anyway. If you didn't have a hit record, they didn't need you no more." Witherspoon was born August 8, 1923 in Gurdon, Arkansas. "I've been singing all my life, in church, since I was about five years old," he said. "I always did want to sing." He got his big chance in 1943 in Calcutta, India, of all places. "I was in the Merchant Marines in World War II, and I was singing there with Teddy Weatherford's band," he said. "In '44, I came back to Vallejo, California, where my mother was living, and I joined Jay McShann then. That was my first job, really. I stayed with Jay for about four years."
Spoon replaced Walter Brown in pianist McShann's mighty orchestra (its alumni included Charlie Parker). He fronted the band on sides for Philo/Aladdin, Premier, and Mercury before making his own debut 78s for the L.A.-based Supreme logo in late 1947. That's the label he waxed his eternal calling card for: the two-part Ain't Nobody's Business, recast dramatically from Billie Holiday's downtrodden version, copyrighted as T'aint Nobody's Bizness If I Do in 1922, and first recorded by Anna Meyers and the Original Memphis Five. "Somebody came up with it—Al Patrick, who owned Supreme Records," he said. "Then I changed the lyrics. It's not the same as 'T'ain't Nobody's Business.' It's a takeoff steal from it, but it's not the same lyric." McShann was there to roll the 88s. "That was in Los Angeles, and he came out there to play, and I asked him to do it with me, which he did. The changes and everything, that was his." The two-sider sat on theR&B charts an unbelievable 34 weeks in 1949, including one at number one.
Witherspoon jumped to Modern in 1948 and made a motherlode of swinging R&B and mellow blues, displaying his way-behind-the-beat phrasing on the latter. Who's Been Jivin' You falls into the former camp, driving like mad over guitarist Chuck Norris' relentless chord work (Maxwell Davis and Vido Musso were the saxists, with Henry McDade on piano, Ralph Hamilton on bass, and Jesse Sailes on drums). Spoon shared writer's credit with Modern co-owner Joe Bihari (as Joe Josea).
From Modern, Jimmy migrated to Federal, Checker, Atlantic, RCA Victor, World Pacific, and Vee-Jay before an acclaimed appearance at the 1959 Monterey Jazz festival introduced him to a new demographic. He remained highly active, even triumphantly coming back from a 1981 bout with throat cancer, until the disease came back to permanently silence him on September 18, 1997.
Bill Dahl
Chicago, Illinois
Electric Blues 1939-2005. - The Definitive Collection!


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Solenoid Operated
SUMMARY: Cartridge
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This solenoid-after check cartridge is a hybrid valve incorporating a direct acting solenoid poppet valve teed in after the check function. The check valve flow is from the inlet (port 2) to the system (port 1). With the solenoid de-energized flow from (port 2) to (port 3) is blocked. This combination valve is typically used in lift/lower applications and can be integrated directly into the actuator.
- The solenoid tube assembly is fatigue rated for 5000 psi (350 bar) service.
- On models equipped with the D or L control, the detent mechanism in the manual override is meant for temporary actuation. The D, L and T manual control assembly has a mechanical life expectancy of approximately 7,000 cycles.
- This cartridge has several manual override choices, including no manual override. See the CONFIGURATION section. Please note: Manual override functionality is not compatible with weatherized coils.
- Suitable for load holding applications.
- This valve utilizes a wet armature design. This means that the working fluid surrounds the armature and is exposed to the heat generated by the coil. This can be a factor if the coil is energized for long periods of time. Some fluids, notably water/glycol mixtures, break down at these temperatures over time and form varnishes that will affect the function of the cartridge.
- Coils are interchangeable with other Sun Series 1 solenoid products and can be mounted on the tube in either direction.
- Coil connector options offer ratings up to IP69K. See individual coil product pages for details. Additional weatherized coils and kits are available for more complete environmental protection.
- Incorporates the Sun floating style construction to minimize the possibility of internal parts binding due to excessive installation torque and/or cavity/cartridge machining variations.
|10 gpm40 L/min.
|Maximum Operating Pressure
|5000 psi350 bar
|Response Time - Typical
|50 ms50 ms
|Maximum Valve Leakage at 110 SUS (24 cSt)
|10 drops/min.@5000 psi0,7 cc/min.@350 bar
|Check Cracking Pressure
|30 psi2 bar
|Switching Frequency
|15000 cycles/hr15000 cycles/hr
|Manual Override Force Requirement
|5 lbs/1000 psi @ Port 133 N/100 bar @ Port 1
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|.10 in.2,5 mm
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|.75 in.19 mm
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|7/8 in.22,2 mm
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|30 - 35 lbf ft41 - 47 Nm
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|Viton: 990-011-006
|Seal and nut kit - Coil
|Viton: 990-770-006Viton: 990-770-006
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|There are exactly 250 Sun drops in a cubic inch or 15 in a cc.
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|DP**s and DR**s are from the reducer/reliever family and are very capable of modulating. They are not bistable.
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Web of Lies?
This story appears in the February 2007 issue of Entrepreneurs StartUps Magazine. Subscribe »
Question: I'm thinking about hiring my first employee and am looking at three very well-qualified candidates. Is there anything legally wrong with researching each candidate on the web and seeing what I can find out about their backgrounds?
Answer: The short answer is no. When someone puts information about themselves on the internet, there's no reasonable expectation of privacy. But (and it's a big but), you should be careful when using any information you find about a candidate on the web, for two reasons: The information may be false or misleading, and the information may cause you to discriminate illegally against a candidate.
Let's say you're checking out a candidate and you come up with a blog saying the person has been sued for unpaid child support by two previous spouses. If that information is not 100 percent true and accurate, the candidate may sue the blogger for libel or defamation of character, especially if he can prove you relied on that information when denying him employment. Even though you're not the one defaming the candidate, he will almost certainly drag you into his lawsuit as a material witness.
More important, by searching the web, you'll likely learn information that may lead you to discriminate illegally against a candidate, such as the candidate's political affiliation, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and health or medical history (for example, although a person's medical records are sealed to the public, some websites publish testimonials by cancer survivors).
Always try to verify with an independent, reliable source any anecdotal information you read on the web, especially if it comes from a blog, chat room, bulletin board or other source that's likely not fair and balanced. If your web search uncovers some negative dish about a candidate and you have reason to believe it's true, always give the candidate a chance to explain his or her side of the story before making an employment decision.
Cliff Ennico is a syndicated columnist and author of several books on small business, most recently Small Business Survival Guide. This column is no substitute for legal, tax or financial advice which can be furnished only by a qualified professional licensed in your state.


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Let's call it the Dinosaur Syndrome, the inability of many hockey enthusiasts to comprehend evolutionary change.
These changes are driven by evolving social attitudes armed with science that increasingly suggests the sport must become less violent.
The latest evidence: a major new study by the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council in the U.S. into sports-related youth concussions.
It estimates up to 3.8 million children and young people suffer sports-related brain injuries each year. That's 38 million brain-injured kids per decade. Wow. No wonder the research committee calls it a "significant public health concern."
Absolute numbers are smaller here and causes differ, but proportions remain similar. A Statistics Canada study calculates 20,000 such sports-related injuries per year aged 12 to 19.
Minor hockey alone accounts for more than 44 per cent of all Canadian team-sports related brain injuries. This is almost a third more again than the next two categories — soccer and football — combined. Most injuries affect 10-to-14 year olds.
These statistics are conservative. Many sports-related brain injuries, particularly in minor sports, go undiagnosed and unreported.
The American study warns that despite increased knowledge about sports-related brain injuries and the long-term hazard they pose, prevailing youth sports culture still resists both reporting concussions and complying with appropriate management plans for such injuries.
Young athletes don't report symptoms because they fear being benched; coaches and officials don't take them seriously enough, aren't adequately trained to recognize symptoms and aren't sufficiently aggressive responding, even when they do.
Some enlightened minor hockey organizations do participate in brain-injury research and help develop and apply concussion management protocols. But too many still stick their fingers in their ears and drown out concerns with blustering.
Furthermore, the concussion protocols we do have are patchwork, haphazard and inconsistent. There's no rigorous universal standard enforced across the country.
Writing about this elicits recrimination and denial of the seriousness both of the problem and of its context within hockey's permissive culture of brutal hits, cheap shots and fighting.
One frequent complaint is that media doesn't report steps that reduce hitting and head shots.
Alas, a joint study of both the Ontario Hockey League and the NHL by the neurosurgery and injury prevention research specialists at the University of Toronto discovers that rule changes intended to reduce the rate and severity of concussions are ineffective.
Stricter rules regarding headshots in hockey didn't reduce the number or rate of concussions suffered by elite players. Why? Rules are too weak and they aren't strictly enforced, anyway.
Another study intensively analyzed videos of NHL concussion incidents. It found that 88 per cent of concussions involve shoulders or elbows targeting the side of an opponent's head. Another 10 per cent result from fights. Researchers took note that often the victim was not in possession of the puck when struck and no penalty was called.
Fighting, of course, is another source of a potentially fatal disconnect from evolving public attitudes toward on-ice violence.
Polls show a large majority of Canadians want fighting out of hockey. Hockey Canada wants fighting out of hockey. USA Hockey contemplates a fighting ban. Major junior hockey is discussing immediate ejections and escalating suspensions for repeat infractions, emulating NCAA hockey.
This will dismay those who think fighting makes hockey safer and players better. Europeans, who don't allow fighting, might disagree. European teams have won eight of the last 11 world championships.
As one European player put it, not fighting demands intelligent hockey. The research supports that view, too. One recent Canadian study of fight frequency and team performance found a substantial inverse correlation — the more a team's players fight, the worse it performs in league standings.
Furthermore, a new University of Ottawa study presented at a Mayo Clinic conference on hockey concussions reports that by far the most efficient way to brain-injure a hockey player is to hit him with a left hook during a fight — it's more than twice as likely to result in concussion as a check to the head or a fall to the ice.
Here's what hockey does need: a universal national protocol for concussion management. If Hockey Canada can't impose this, public health authorities have an obligation to intercede. Perhaps government can make it a requirement for public funding: an immediate ban on fighting for all non-professional hockey players using public facilities; stricter penalties and heavier enforcement for what's already in the rule book penalizing headshots, boarding and other dangerous play.
Simple, really. The law of evolution. Adapt or perish.


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The State Bar of Michigan is starting a new Law Day tradition in 2012 by launching a statewide contest to highlight the theme "Michigan: No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom," utilizing SBM's Michigan Legal Milestones.More (from the Iona Sentinal-Standard)
The Michigan Legal Milestones is a 25-year-old State Bar program that commemorates important jurists and court cases that have contributed to our rich legal history. Bronze plaques detailing the background and importance of each case, event, or personality have been placed throughout the state. There are 36 milestones to date.
To participate, contestants should familiarize themselves with the milestones and tie those that are appropriate into the 2012 Law Day theme in a creative project. Examples of acceptable projects include dramatic or musical plays, debates, video game designs, essays, podcasts, commentaries, re-enactments, mock trials, short documentaries, and more.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Public History, Judicial Independence and the Michigan Bar
[The State Bar of Michigan, it seems, has realized the value of legal history in contemporary debates over judicial independence.]
Labels: Courts and judges, Legal profession
1 comment:
- Samantha Meinke said...
Thanks for the great post, Dan! People interested in creating a project for this contest can visit http://www.michbar.org/programs/lawday/home.cfm to access the complete contest rules and entry form. Anyone with other questions can contact me, State Bar of Michigan Media Specialist Samantha Meinke at firstname.lastname@example.com or 517-346-6332.
- February 3, 2012 at 2:14:00 PM EST
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Want to hear some staggering numbers?
• About 192,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer are this year expected to be diagnosed among women in the U.S.
• Some 40,000 women will die this year from the disease.
• Today, there are about 2.5 million breast cancer survivors living in the United States.
Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women in the United States, after skin cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.
There's no doubt it's a dangerous and deadly disease.
In many communities, including ours, making strides to try to find a cure or to eradicate breast cancer has become top priority.
We support this effort and will do what we can to help spread the word and to be actively involved in the breast cancer awareness campaign.
There are so many worthy causes to join, but breast cancer is one that resonates with so many.
Pink is the adopted color for breast cancer awareness. Wear it often and wear it proudly.
There are steps that can be taken to help detect breast cancer.
Women need to practice some basic steps to help ensure good breast health. These are suggestions:
• Regular mammography screening starting at the age of 40.
• Annual clinical breast exams.
• Monthly breast-self exams.
• Getting a risk assessment from a physician.
Others can help women by reminding them why it's important to follow these guidelines.
Women are understandably worried about developing breast cancer, and most of us know someone who has been diagnosed. Breast cancer is a malignant tumor that grows in one or both breasts. It usually develops in the ducts or lobules, also known as the milk-producing areas of the breast.
The disease is about 100 times more common among women, but some men do contract it. According to the American Cancer Society, an estimated 1,910 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed among men in the United States in 2010.
October is National Breast Cancer awareness month. It is a time turn our attention on the disease and mobilize efforts to fight it.
The first observance took place in October 1985 as a week-long event. Today, the National Breast Cancer Awareness Month organization includes several national public service organizations, professional medical associations, and government agencies working in partnership to build awareness, share information and provide access to screening services.
We thank all the groups and businesses that hold events during this special month to celebrate awareness. And women must do their part to protect themselves.


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I am so torn on picking this up. Love the film. I want to support Camera Obscura. But I have the 88 release. I'm sure I'll pick this up after agonizing for a few months. This would have been alot easier if CO would have got to market first. I need a caps-a-holic comparison.
Just the sight of Neri's ass in hi def is making me contemplate a purchase.
Aye... 'Tis an incredible thing to behold!


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While the "Assault Weapons Ban" and federal registration scheme pushed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has already sparked a nationwide outcry against Washington's latest attempt to further infringe on the right to keep and bear arms, the Obama administration has made clear that its own full-fledged assault on Americans' gun rights aims to go even further. According to news reports citing officials, a task force led by Vice President Joe Biden is developing a gun control "package" including broad executive and legislative actions that could gut what remains of the Second Amendment. Even some Democrats have called the proposals "extreme."
Among the most brazen assaults being considered by the administration is a proposal that would criminalize all private sales of guns that did not keep the federal government in the loop. The scheme, which would purport to require a full federal background check for every gun sale in America, aims to track all firearms in the country through a federal database. It would also represent an attack on gun shows. According to news reports, the administration seems to believe that the unconstitutional scheme can be implemented by "executive order."
Gun rights activists have already shot down similar schemes, saying a national registry would simply serve as a prelude to outright confiscation later — as has happened on countless occasions throughout history, often just before governments engaged in mass murder of dissidents and target groups. However, despite massive opposition and public vows of civil disobedience, Obama and some Democrat lawmakers are determined to build an expensive federal register of all guns in America, complete with fingerprints. How such measures would reduce crime or violence remains unclear, but critics of the proposal say that was never the point anyway.
Also on the agenda is ramping up the "mental health" component of the federal background check system, another scheme Obama apparently believes can be advanced using "executive action." Analysts, however, are already sounding alarm bells about the massive potential for abuse. Some experts are warning that anyone who has ever visited a psychiatrist or been prescribed psychiatric medications — even common anti-depressants or ADD medication, for example — could potentially be barred from owning a firearm. And now that the federal government has unconstitutionally compiled detailed health and prescription records from all across the nation, it would be relatively simple to implement such a scheme.
"The possibility of this 'mental health crackdown' on Second Amendment rights is yet another reason to avoid ever purchasing or using such medications," observed liberty-minded analyst Mike Adams, editor of the popular health site Natural News. "Not only are SSRI drugs linked to violence and suicides; simply purchasing a bottle of such medications causes your name to be recorded in a government database as having done so. This can immediately flag you as 'guilty' even if you've never done anything wrong."
Incredibly, despite the fact that virtually every mass shooting in America has occurred in so-called "gun free zones" mandated by federal statutes, Obama is reportedly planning to double down on that scheme as well. According to news reports citing administration officials, the president will be seeking to, among other ideas, increase penalties for violators — perhaps teachers or school administrators who leave a firearm in their car, for example.
Even as Obama's own children attend a school with numerous armed guards and Secret Service agents, kids without taxpayer-funded protection are expected to remain sitting ducks in "gun free" zones that critics have called "magnets" for mass shooters. Aside from being unconstitutional, how stricter penalties for gun possession would deter somebody intent on murder and probably suicide remains unclear. Gun rights advocates, meanwhile, have called for repealing the half-baked statute purporting to infringe on the right to keep and bear arms in certain areas, saying it only affects law-abiding citizens anyway.
Obama hopes to implement much of the anti-gun rights agenda by executive fiat. However, he also has a plan that he thinks will help ram other unpopular and unconstitutional gun control measures through Congress, according to a Washington Post article published over the weekend outlining parts of the attack. Like he did with ObamaCare, which is still opposed by most Americans, the president is plotting to create a "coalition" to get behind his schemes. This time, he hopes it will consist of big companies such as Wal-Mart, which would benefit financially, as well as some religious leaders and even law-enforcement personnel who can be prodded into jumping on board. The plan would also try to fracture the opposition.
In a summit hosted on December 20, the Post reported, an array of top Cabinet officials — more than a few included on Judicial Watch's list of the top 10 most corrupt politicians for 2012 — gathered to discuss the plan. Among the attendees was disgraced Attorney General Eric Holder, the first top prosecutor in U.S. history to be held in criminal contempt of Congress, who is currently engaged in covering up the Justice Department's operation "Fast and Furious" that armed Mexican drug cartels. Holder is also known for having suggested a tax-funded campaign to "brainwash" the public against guns. Other officials at the meeting included Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Homeland Security boss Janet "Big Sis" Napolitano, and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
Anti-gun groups like the Brady Campaign, a member of the United Nations-backed International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA) seeking global disarmament, are also involved in the administration's discussions for the outright assault on the Second Amendment. "They are very clearly committed to looking at this issue comprehensively," Brady boss Dan Gross told the Post, adding that the proposals under consideration are "a deeper exploration than just the assault-weapons ban."
While the establishment media continue to parrot the bogus "tipping point in the gun control debate" mantra, some of the proposals being considered by the Obama administration are so draconian that even Democrat lawmakers are speaking out. "I think you need to put everything on the table, but what I hear from the administration — and if the Washington Post is to be believed — that's way, way in extreme of what I think is necessary or even should be talked about," said Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.). "And it's not going to pass."
Of course, recent polls also show that a majority of Americans oppose new proposals like banning so-called "assault weapons" — an arbitrary term generally used by anti-Second Amendment politicians and anti-gun zealots to describe semi-automatic firearms. Citizens are buying arms, ammunition, and accessories in record numbers, too. Military personnel and law-enforcement officials nationwide, meanwhile, are also speaking out about the schemes while vowing to defend the rights enshrined in the Second Amendment.
"I am asking our elected officials here to nullify any and all federal or state laws which would infringe on the citizens' right to keep and bear arms, and I've been getting massive, massive support from all over the country," Gilberton Borough, Pennsylvania, Police Chief Mark Kessler told The New American in a phone interview discussing his proposed ordinance nullifying federal and state assaults on gun rights. "We want to nullify any and all rules, regulations, and acts against the Second Amendment or our freedoms. We need to say this is unconstitutional, we need to stick together, and we need to get our message out there."
It appears that, for now at least, major infringements on the right to keep and bear arms are unlikely to get through Congress, according to analysts — especially with the House under GOP control and even RINOs and some Democrats in the Senate promising to stand firm. Still, that is by no means a done deal, and the Obama administration and its fanatical anti-gun allies in the establishment press will almost certainly be pushing hard. That is why activists are urging concerned citizens to contact their representatives immediately.
Even if lawmakers stand by their oath of office and the rights of Americans, however, the threat of a lawless president trying to ram through his unconstitutional anti-gun rights agenda using other means is very real. Until Congress puts a stop to the out-of-control behavior by de-funding Obama's unlawful programs and reining in powers usurped by the executive branch, the danger to Americans' unalienable rights will continue to grow.
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For the third year running, Time magazine released its list of the best 140 Twitter feeds.
Time editors' non-comprehensive list of those who "exemplify the very best wit and wisdom Twitter has to offer" includes politicians (Marco Rubio, Chuck Grassley) celebrities (Solonge, Lena Dunham), activists (Chelsea Clinton, Bill Gates), professional athletes (Hope Solo, Serena Williams) and more.
While there are "more deserving tweeters" than the Time editors could tally, they chose 140 prolific microbloggers— in homage to Twitter's 140 character limit per tweet. The tweeters were placed in 14 pre-designated categories.
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Toyota Camry2012-2014
The Toyota Camry is not only America's best-selling midsize sedan, it's been the best-selling passenger car of any size for the past 11 years straight, and for 15 of the last 16 years. Camry sales topped 10 million in 2013, coincidentally the nameplate's 30th anniversary. One in five Toyotas sold in the U.S. is a Camry.
Clearly, the Camry appeals to a large and broad audience. Toyota claims the Camry is the safest, quietest, most fuel-efficient car in its class, and we have no reason to doubt those claims.
Camry is an attractive car, with clean sides and nice edges. Benefitting from the latest impact energy management engineering, it's built on a rigid chassis using a lot of high-strength steel and ultra high-strength steel. The interior is nice, the dashboard neat and stylish, the instrument panel pretty and functional. Storage spaces are well thought-out, and a 60/40 split rear seat is standard.
New for 2014 is the four-cylinder Camry SE Sport, which features the same 18-inch wheels as the V6 model, plus a power-adjustable driver's seat and power moonroof. That expands the 2014 Toyota Camry lineup to seven models, from the stripped-down Camry L to the sport-tuned SE to two versions of the environmentally friendly Camry Hybrid. Camry was completely redesigned for 2012.
The 2014 Camry offers a choice of four-cylinder, V6 or hybrid power. The standard 2.5-liter four-cylinder makes 178 horsepower. The 3.5-liter V6 produces 268 horsepower. Fuel economy is an EPA-estimated City/Highway 25/35 mpg with the four-cylinder, 21/30 mpg with the V6, 43/39 mpg for the hybrid.
We were impressed with the smooth and responsive acceleration from the four-cylinder as well as the fuel economy. Toyota boasts a range of almost 600 miles. The V6 delivers stronger torque, so it's more powerful and more responsive around town in addition to being smoother. The tuned suspension in the sporty Camry SE might be too firm for some. We did not find the Camry SE uncomfortable, but we did find the softer Camry XLE more relaxing around town. We preferred Camry SE's tighter steering in all circumstances.
Camry Hybrid uses a 2.5-liter Atkinson Cycle engine rated 156 horsepower, in tandem with a 105 kW permanent magnet AC electric motor, which by itself can produce 199 pounds-feet of torque at up to 1500 rpm. Combined net output is 200 horsepower. The Hybrid feels like a totally different car than other models, as it slows everything down and makes the vehicle feel bigger. Toyota has been a leader in hybrid technology but the Honda Accord Hybrid seems to have the edge here. The Environmental Protection Agency rates the 2014 Camry Hybrid LE at 43/39 mpg City/Highway, and the Camry Hybrid XLE at 40/38 mpg.
The choices among midsize sedans are bigger and broader than ever and car buyers are the winners. Midsize sedans that compete with Toyota Camry include Honda Accord, Ford Fusion, Chevrolet Malibu, Nissan Altima, Mazda6, Hyundai Sonata, Kia Optima, Volkswagen Passat.
The 2014 Toyota Camry comes in seven models. The 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine and 6-speed automatic transmission are standard; V6 and hybrid powertrains are available.
Camry L ($22,235) comes standard with air conditioning with filter, fabric-trimmed front seats with seatback pockets, six-way manually adjustable driver's seat; four-way manually adjustable front-passenger seat, Bluetooth phone connectivity, 6.1-inch Display Audio screen, power windows and door locks, AM/FM/CD/MP3/WMA audio with USB port and iPod adapter, cruise control, 60/40 rear folding seats, overhead console, projector beam headlamps, 12-volt power outlet, and 16-inch steel wheels with wheel covers.
Camry LE ($22,680) upgrades with remote keyless entry, an additional 12-volt power point, auto on/off headlights, and variable-intermittent wipers. Rocker panels get a chrome insert. Camry Hybrid LE ($26,140) is equipped similarly.
Camry XLE ($24,855) upgrades further with steering wheel audio and Bluetooth controls, dual-zone automatic climate control, leather-wrapped steering wheel and shifter, power front seats, wood-style interior trim, lighted vanity mirrors, rear reading lamps, rear air outlets, power moonroof, foglamps, heated outside mirrors, more chrome trim, and 17-inch alloy wheels. Camry Hybrid XLE ($27,670) is equipped similarly.
Camry XLE V6 ($30,465) comes with the 3.5-liter V6 engine, and adds leather seats with heated front seats, auto-dimming rearview mirror with compass and HomeLink, a rearview camera, and dual chrome exhaust tips; plus touch-screen navigation; SiriusXM and HD radio; and Toyota Entune, which encompasses a range of mobile applications and data services.
Camry SE ($23,400) and Camry SE V6 ($27,260) start with LE features but add a sport-tuned suspension, sport mesh body-colored front grille, halogen headlamps with black bezels, rocker panel extensions, rear and underbody spoilers, SofTex-trimmed sport seats, paddle shifters, leather-wrapped steering wheel with integrated Bluetooth controls, leather-wrapped shift knob, silver-grain interior trim; 18-inch alloy wheels on the V6, 17-inch on the I4. Camry SE Sport ($25,090) features the same 18-inch wheels as the V6 model, plus a power-adjustable driver's seat and power moonroof. Camry SE V6 upgrades further with touch-screen navigation, SiriusXM, HD radio, and Toyota Entune.
An optional power moonroof ($915) is available for Camry LE, SE, and Hybrid XLE.
Safety equipment standard on all models includes 10 airbags, electronic stability control with traction control, ABS with Brake Assist and Brake Force Distribution, and a tire pressure monitoring system. A rearview camera is optional as part of several option packages. Blind Spot Monitor System with Rear Cross Traffic Alert is available for XLE ($500).
The Toyota Camry looks svelte, with no lumpy cladding and almost no chrome. Although the surfaces flow with characteristic Toyota softness, strategically placed creases lend both definition and decision. Whatever you think of it esthetically, it works aerodynamically, charting an impressively low 0.28 Cd. Toyota calls it aero-corner design: Hips and shoulders tucked in.
Wheels help distinguish Camry trim levels. Camry LE uses wheelcovers over 16-inch steel wheels, Camry XLE uses 10-spoke 17-inch alloy wheels, Camry SE uses 17- or 18-inchers, with two different five-spoke designs. All four styles successfully avoid cookie cutting, with the least-expensive Camry LE's 20-curved-spoke titanium-tinted wheelcovers ironically being the most ambitious and eye-catching, if not the classiest.
The roofline angles the windshield steeply. There's a nice character line under the windows slanting slightly up to the rear deck, where there's a small spoiler lip on the SE. Windows are outlined in chrome, but no more, except for a thin strip at the rocker level on the LE and XLE. Body-colored door handles on all models.
The face of the Camry SE is tweaked, for the better, with body color over the black mesh grille, and more aggressive air intakes in the valance under the bumper. Headlamps are outlined in black, angled, narrow and sleek, with a neat little notch in the line at the bottom.
Interior materials are different on different trim levels. Camry L, LE and XLE use a nice fabric, while the Camry SE uses a combination of fabric with SofTex synthetic leather trim. Real leather is standard on Camry XLE V6 and optional on the four-cylinder XLE, with leather-trimmed ultrasuede available on the SE and XLE Hybrid.
The fit of the front buckets is good on the Camry LE and XLE, with more bolstering on the SE. The Camry Hybrid has its own material, more like the SE. Trims are different too: LE is silver, XLE wood, SE silver grain, and Hybrid a metallic tech grain.
We found the driver's position comfortable, with thoughtful padding for the driver's right leg against the center console, and high armrests. Decent door pocket, great cubby forward in the center console, big glovebox with light.
Steering wheels differ on the different models, with LE a four-spoke urethane, XLE four-spoke leather, and SE four-spoke leather. They all work well enough, no inconveniences noted in driving all four models.
Camry LE feels quiet, solid and firm; but the XLE with optional leather and a grander display screen feels markedly uptown. It's hard to make a dashboard not boring, because after all it is a board, but the Camry succeeds. The standard leather is overlapped in an arc with neat stitching, for a saddle-like effect; new passengers will compliment it and maybe run their hands over the seam. The little window for the clock up at the top looks like a hood scoop. Instruments on most models are in 3D. The instruments themselves are the same, the only difference is in the rings around the gauges, chrome or satin.
The Hybrid's panel is the same only prettier. It has Optitron meters with white illumination, blue metallic printing, and white lighting pointer. Three gauges, with clear dials and numbers that glow up at you in crystal clear white. We like it. Cargo space in the Camry Hybrid is 13.1 cubic feet, a decent-size trunk. Trunk space on all other Camry models is a roomy 15.4 cubic feet.
The manually operated climate control has big dials and easy buttons on the Camry LE. The automatic climate control on Camry XLE uses a 6.1-inch LCD touch-screen also used for radio tuning and navigation.
In pursuit of fuel mileage, the Camry runs a numerically low final drive ratio, to reduce the revs at freeway speeds and make the car quieter inside; at 70 mph you can't hear the motor. But you can hear the tire noise. Low-rolling-resistance tires are loud on the pavement.
There's the optional JBL Green Edge sound system, which uses up to 58 percent less power and is 27 percent lighter; and Entune, which does Bing searches and allegedly enables you to buy movie tickets while you're driving into the city on a crowded freeway in a hurry at night, and stuff like that. Safely and simply they say, and we say don't believe it. It can all be bundled with navigation and satellite radio and voice recognition, and controlled on the touch screen. Have fun, good luck, and don't crash.
Camry is available with a choice of 178-hp 2.5-liter four-cylinder, 268-hp 3.5-liter V6, or hybrid gas-electric using a 2.5-liter Atkinson Cycle four-cylinder with electric motor assist (200 hp net system total).
We found the standard 178-horsepower inline-4 quick, silent and smooth. On the four-cylinder Camry XLE, we noted good ratios from the 6-speed automatic, smooth upshifts and invisible kickdowns around town. To get 30 mpg with that kind of performance is great. Toyota boasts a range of almost 600 miles when averaging 35 mpg on the highway.
Four-cylinder and V6 models use a 6-speed automatic that on the Camry SE comes with paddle shifters and normal and sport modes. No problems with the way the transmission is programmed; both 5th and 6th gears are overdrives, with 6th being super overdrive at 0.608:1, for highway fuel mileage. There's a big leap between 1st and 2nd gears, which is more seamlessly handled by the 248 foot-pounds of torque from the V6.
The Camry SE suspension might be too firm for some; we didn't find it uncomfortable, but did find the softer Camry XLE more relaxing around town. We preferred the SE's tighter steering and more even keel in all circumstances. Camry's brakes felt good to us, sensitive with good feel.
Camry Hybrid uses a 2.5-liter Atkinson Cycle engine and continuously variable transmission (CVT), and feels like a totally different car than the I4 or V6. It slows everything down and it feels bigger; even the seats feel wider. Toyota claims a 0-60mph time of 7.6 seconds, which makes the Hybrid quicker than the standard four-cylinder; it just doesn't feel that way. Braking is regenerative and sensitive, sometimes diving the nose of the Hybrid. It's quieter, when you're not straining at the throttle, but the tire noise on a rough freeway is still there.
Eco mode reduces the throttle opening, slowing the car way down, although Eco defaults to Power mode when you need more speed. EV mode with a good charge couldn't get us out of the parking lot. It wouldn't even run the air conditioner with the car at a standstill.
The Hybrid is slightly more slippery in the wind, with underbody fairing panels lowering the Cd to 0.27, but a small blue badge is the only visible difference.
The Camry XLE Hybrid is EPA-rated at 40 mpg Combined city and highway, and even with 12.5:1 compression the Atkinson cycle allows the use of Regular gasoline. We actually saw 45 mpg on our test run, probably because we were aghast at the idea of booting it. We routinely achieved more than 50 mpg while driving 2014 Honda Accord Hybrid models.
The 2014 Toyota Camry is a superb midsize sedan, with the latest chassis engineering and sleek styling. Camry powertrains are so different you should consider your needs or drive them all before you choose. The four-cylinder engine is exceptional, with good smooth response and excellent fuel economy. The 6-speed automatic transmission is smooth. The suspension is comfortable and the interior clean and convenient. Upper level models with infotainment options move the Camry upscale. Camry SE has a firmer ride and sharper steering response. Camry Hybrid keeps emissions low but doesn't offer the responsiveness of the conventionally powered models.
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Kyle Mahoney - I've taken pictures of all my Muppet stuff. I don't collect one specific thing... if it's Jim Henson related and I have enough money I buy it. Here is a list of some of my Muppet possessions:
1. The Muppets (2011) Poster - My friends wrote on it for my birthday, I keep the written side showing because its a nice reminder of friendship
2. The Muppets (2011) Poster
3. Animal Plush
4. Kermit the Frog Puppet from F.A.O. Schwartz
5. Kermit the Frog Plush (note: he originally came with a holiday vest, but as a child I cut it off so I could have "regular Kermit")
6. Kermit the Frog, Walter, and Gonzo the Great Plushes from The Disney Store
7. 3 Tickets to The Muppets (2011) and my ticket to Jim Henson's Musical World
8. My program for Jim Henson's Musical World
9. A Beaker Beanie
10. Oscar the Grouch Fingerless Gloves
11. My collection of Muppet Shirts: Gonzo's Face, M is for Mustache, Bein Green Since Before It Was Cool, Haters Gonna Hate, Run ABC, and "The Muppets"
12. Kermit the Frog Mug
13. Palisades Toys Action Figures: Kermit the Frog Tuxedo, Miss Piggy EB Exclusive Variant, "Superhero" Scooter ToyFare Exclusive, The Great Gonzo w/Camilla (series 5), and Clifford.
14. Some of my books: "Sesame Street: A Celebration, 40 Years of Life on the Street," "Tales of a 6th Grade Muppet," "The Dark Crystal" Creation Myths Volume 1," and "Archaia's Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Vol. 1"
15. It's Hard Out Here for a Shrimp by Pepe the King Prawn
16. "The Muppets" (2011) Script dating October of 2009 by Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller
17. The Muppets Stationary Set
18. My Videos: The Muppet Show Seasons 1,2, and 3, Fraggle Rock Season 1, Fraggle Rock "Down in Fraggle Rock", Muppet Treasue Island VHS, The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, The Muppets Take Manhattan/ Muppets from Space Double Pack, The Muppets Christmas Carol, Fraggle Rock "Dance Your Cares Away", Muppet Classic Theater VHS, Muppet Treasure Island, The Muppets Wizard of Oz, The Muppets (2011), A Muppet Family Christmas (Region 2 with special feature "The Christmas Toy"), Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets, and Follow that Bird.
19. The Muppet Show Magnetic Dartboard
20. Sesame Street Pillowcase
21.Fraggle Rock Snuggie
22. Fraggle Rock Fleece Blanket
23. Kermit the Frog iPod Touch Case
24. Cookie Monster Halloween costume
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Hello, I have problems using the 'CreateProcess' win32api function. I have been searching a bit here but I'm not able to make it run.
The scenario: I have a very simple server program and I would like to enable it to work with php; I also have php5 (php-cgi.exe); I'm trying to call the php-cgi.exe to interpret the php files and dump the result on a temporary file in my server's temporary folder, but I need to know when the interpret have finishet the job. I have created a simple CreateProcess demo to test it (and to not post the whole code here) and that's it
The "C:\\PHP\\php-cgi.exe" is the path to the php interpret, the "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Aeiou\\SERVIDOR\\dirweb\\demo.php" is the path to the client request (ok, for that sample is a fixed request file), and the "C:\\Documents and Settings\\Aeiou\\SERVIDOR\\dirtmp\\out00.txt" will be the dumped result.Code:#include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> int main() { STARTUPINFO si; PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; char bff[512]; //init the STARTUPINFO struct memset(&si,0,sizeof(si)); si.cb=sizeof(si); //setup the command line arguments sprintf(bff,"-f \"C:\\Documents and Settings\\Aeiou\\SERVIDOR\\dirweb\\demo.php\" >\"C:\\Documents and Settings\\Aeiou\\SERVIDOR\\dirtmp\\out00.txt\"); //create the proc with those args if(!CreateProcess("C:\\PHP\\php-cgi.exe",bff,NULL,NULL,0,0,NULL,NULL,&si,&pi)) { printf("ERROR"); getchar(); return 0; } //wait till the proc ends WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess,INFINITE); //close all CloseHandle(pi.hProcess); CloseHandle(pi.hThread); getchar(); return 0; }
If I runt that code, instead of getting the output file, create it and dumping the result, it shows the result (or the errors if there's any) on the command prompt, so there's no output file. But if I work manually from the command prompt with files in the same folder as the php interpret it works well (obviously that isn't what I look for).
I have also tried specifiyng the working directory
but the result is the same, it dumps the result to the command prompt and there's no output file. Finally I have also tryed to call the interpret with all the arguments (argument #0 = path to the interpret + arguments, argument#1 = null, etc...) but the result is an uppercase ERROR on the command line prompt.Code:CreateProcess("C:\\PHP\\php-cgi.exe",bff,NULL,NULL,0,0,NULL,"C:\\PHP",&si,&pi)
How can I do that?
Thank's in advance,