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I have a colleague in my company whose opinions I have a great deal of respect for, but I simply cannot understand one of his preferred styles of writing code in C++.
For example, given there is some class A, he'll write global functions of the type:
void foo( A *ptrToA ){}
void bar( const A &refToA ){}
My first instinct upon seeing global functions like that is: "Why aren't these members of A?" He'll insist up and down that this is consistent with recommendations for good practice in C++, because foo and bar can perform all they need to perform by using the public interface of A. For example, he'll argue that this is completely consistent with Scott Meyers Effective C++ recommendations. I find it hard to reconcile this with item 19 in that book which basically says everything should be a member function with a few exceptions (operator<< and operator>> and functions that need dynamic type conversion). Furthermore, while I agree that the functions can do what they need to do with the public interface of A, in my opinion, that's largely the result of people writing classes that have getters and setters for every data member of class A. So with that public interface, A is an over-glorified struct and you certainly can do anything with the public interface. Personally, I don't think that should be exploited, I think it should be discouraged.
Obviously, this is only possible in a language like C++ that is not pure object oriented, so I guess one way of looking at it is that my colleague does not favor a pure object oriented approach to software design. Does anyone know of any literature that supports this position as a best practice? Or does anyone agree with this and can possibly explain it to me in a different way than my colleague has so that I might see the light? Or does everyone agree with my current feeling that this just doesn't make much sense?
Edit: Let me give a better code example.
class Car
Wheel frontLeft;
Wheel frontRight;
Wheel rearLeft;
Wheel rearRight;
Wheel spareInTrunk;
void wheelsOnCar( list< Wheel > &wheels )
wheels.push_back( frontLeft );
wheels.push_back( frontRight);
wheels.push_back( rearLeft);
wheels.push_back( rearRight);
const Wheel & getSpare(){ return spareInTrunk; }
void setSpare( const Wheel &newSpare ){ spareInTrunk = newSpare; }
// There are getters and setters for the other wheels too,
//but they aren't important for this example
Then I'll see a function like this:
void wheelsRelatedToCar( Car *aCar, list< Wheel > &wheels )
aCar->wheelsOnCar( wheels );
wheels.push_back( aCar->getSpare() );
This is a real example with the names of the classes and functions changed of course. Why would one want
wheelsRelatedToCar to not be a member function of Car? In this real example, Car and Wheel were in the same library. The global function was defined in a source file in a specific application using that library, so the argument was made that the function was specific to the application. My response was that it was a perfectly legitimate operation on the Car and belonged with the Car class. Is there another perspective to look at it (other than one who does not prefer to use object oriented design)?

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Load following power plant
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A load following power plant, also known as mid-merit, is a power plant that adjusts its power output as demand for electricity fluctuates throughout the day.[1] Load following plants are typically in-between base load and peaking power plants in efficiency, speed of start up and shut down, construction cost, cost of electricity and capacity factor.
- 1 Base load and peaking power plants
- 2 Load following power plants
- 3 Solar and wind power plants
- 4 See also
- 5 References
Base load and peaking power plants[edit]
Base load power plants operate at maximum output. They shut down or reduce power only to perform maintenance or repair. Base load power plants include coal, fuel oil, almost all nuclear, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass and combined cycle natural gas plants.
Peaking power plants operate only during times of peak demand. In countries with widespread air conditioning, demand peaks around the middle of the afternoon, so a typical peaking power plant may start up a couple of hours before this point and shut down a couple of hours after. However, the duration of operation for peaking plants varies from a good portion of the waking day to only a couple dozen hours per year. Peaking power plants include hydroelectric and gas turbine power plants. Many gas turbine power plants can be fuelled with natural gas or diesel. Most plants burn natural gas, but a supply of diesel is sometimes kept on hand in case the gas supply is interrupted. Other gas turbines can only burn either diesel or natural gas.
Load following power plants[edit]
Load following power plants run during the day and early evening. They either shut down or greatly curtail output during the night and early morning, when the demand for electricity is the lowest. The exact hours of operation depend on numerous factors. One of the most important factors for a particular plant is how efficiently it can convert fuel into electricity. The most efficient plants, which are almost invariably the least costly to run per kilowatt-hour produced, are brought online first. As demand increases, the next most efficient plants are brought on line and so on. The status of the electrical grid in that region, especially how much base load generating capacity it has, and the variation in demand are also very important. An additional factor for operational variability is that demand does not vary just between night and day. There are also significant variations in the time of year and day of the week. A region that has large variations in demand will require a large load following or peaking power plant capacity because base load power plants can only cover the capacity equal to that needed during times of lowest demand.
Load following power plants can be hydroelectric power plants, diesel and gas engine power plants, combined cycle gas turbine power plants and steam turbine power plants that run on natural gas or heavy fuel oil, although heavy fuel oil plants make up a very small portion of the energy mix. A relatively efficient model of gas turbine that runs on natural gas can also make a decent load following plant.
Gas turbine power plants[edit]
Gas turbine power plants are the most flexible in terms of adjusting power level, but are also among the most expensive to operate. Therefore, they are generally used as "peaking" units at times of maximum power demand. Gas turbines find only limited application as prime movers for power generation; one such use is power generation at remote military facilities, mine sites and rural or isolated communities. This is because gas turbine generators typically have significantly higher heat loss rates than steam turbine or diesel power plants; their higher fuel costs quickly outweigh their initial advantages in most applications. Applications to be evaluated include:
- Supplying relatively large power requirements in a facility where space is at a significant premium, such as hardened structures.
- Mobile, temporary or difficult access site such as isolated communities, isolated mine sites, or troop support or line-of-sight stations.
- Peak shaving, in conjunction with a more-efficient generating station.
- Emergency power, where a gas turbine's lightweight and relatively vibration-free operation are of greater importance than fuel consumption over short periods of operation. However, the starting time of gas turbines may not be suitable for a given application.
- Combined cycle or cogeneration power plants where turbine exhaust waste heat can be economically used to generate additional power and thermal energy for process or space heating.
Diesel and gas engine power plants[edit]
Diesel and gas engine power plants can be used for base load to stand-by power production due to their high overall flexibility. Such power plants can be started rapidly to meet the grid demands. These engines can be operated efficiently on a wide variety of fuels, adding to their flexibility.
Some applications are: base load power generation, wind-diesel, load following, cogeneration and trigeneration.
Hydroelectric power plants[edit]
Hydroelectric power plants can operate as base load, load following or peaking power plants. They have the ability to start within minutes, and in some cases seconds. How the plant operates depends heavily on its water supply. Many plants do not have enough water to operate anywhere near their full capacity on a continuous basis. Plants that have a large amount of water may operate as base load or as load following power plants. Those that have limited amounts of water may operate as peaking power plants.
Also, the plants may change their operating style depending on the time of year. For example, the plant may operate as a peaking power plant during the dry season, and as a base load or load following power plant during the wet season. This generated with the water released to maintain the stream habitat. For example, a 100 MW hydroelectric plant may generate 5 MW when it is releasing only enough water for downstream habitat.
Except when it is undergoing maintenance and the water is bypassed around the turbines, the plant will always be generating at least 5 MW. Some plants have a small turbine for these releases because it is inefficient to run a little bit of water through a large turbine. Run of the river hydroelectric plants do not have any water storage. They simply divert water from a stream, run it through the turbines and then return it to the stream. For this reason, they are always base load plants. However, they may be forced to shut down or reduce the amount of diverted water when the stream flow is insufficient to provide habitat for aquatic organisms while providing water for electricity generation.
Hydro electric power plants can be effectively utilised for making extra revenue/profit in an electric grid with highly erratic /fluctuating grid frequency where there is no effective grid management. When grid frequency is above the rated value (ex; Indian grid frequency is exceeding the rated 50 Hz for most of the duration in a month/day[2]), the extra energy/power available can be consumed by adding extra load (say agriculture pump sets load) to the grid and this energy drawl is available at nominal price or no price. However, there is no guarantee for the erratic grid frequency falling below the rated value with the added extra load which would call for high energy drawl price. To arrest the fall of frequency below the optimum / rated value, the available hydro power plants shall be kept normally in no load/nominal load operation in synchronized condition and the load would automatically ramp up/down strictly following the grid frequency (i.e. the hydro units would run at no load condition when frequency is above 50 Hz and generate power up to full load in case the grid frequency is below 50 Hz). Thus a utility can draw two or more times energy from the grid by loading the hydro units less than 50% of the duration and the effective use of available water is enhanced more than twice the conventional peak load operation. However, the hydro units have to be operated as per the permitted ramping rate as per the operating instructions of the turbine manufacturer or system design.[3]
Coal based power plants[edit]
Large size coal fired thermal power plants can also be used as load following / variable load power stations. These power plants are generally incorporated with following features to achieve this flexibility techno economically.
- Sliding pressure operation: Sliding pressure operation of the steam generator allows the power plant to generate electricity without much deterioration in fuel efficiency at part load operation up to 75% of the nameplate capacity.
- Over loading capability: The power plants are generally designed to run at 5 to 7% above the name plate rating for 5% duration in a year
- Frequency follow governor controls: The load generation can be automatically varied to suit the grid frequency needs.
- Two shift daily operation for five days in a week: The needed warm and hot start up of these power stations are designed to take lesser time to achieve full load operation. Thus these power plants are not strictly base load power generation units.
- HP/LP steam bypass systems: This feature allows the steam turbo generator to reduce the load quickly and allows the steam generator to adjust to the load requirement with a lag.
Nuclear power plants[edit]
Older nuclear (and coal) power plants may take many hours, if not days, to achieve a steady state power output[citation needed]. In general it is not economical for large thermal installations such as nuclear power plants to practice load following[citation needed].
Modern nuclear plants with light water reactors are designed to have strong manoeuvring capabilities. Nuclear power plants in France and in Germany operate in load-following mode and so participate in the primary and secondary frequency control. Some units follow a variable load programme with one or two large power changes per day. Some designs allow for rapid changes of power level around rated power, a capability that is usable for frequency regulation.[4]
Boiling water reactors[edit]
Boiling water reactors (BWR) and Advanced Boiling Water Reactors can use a combination of control rods and the speed of recirculation water flow to quickly reduce their power level down to under 60% of rated power, making them useful for overnight load-following. In markets such as Chicago, Illinois where half of the local utility's fleet is BWRs, it is common to load-follow (although less economic to do so).
Pressurized water reactors[edit]
Pressurized water reactors (PWR) use a chemical shim in the moderator/coolant (see nuclear reactor technology) to control power level, and so normally do not load follow. (In most PWRs, control rods are either fully withdrawn or fully inserted - variable control is difficult, partly due to the large bundle sizes.)
In France, however, nuclear power plants use load following. French PWRs use "grey" control rods made of boron steel, in order to replace chemical shim, without introducing a large perturbation of the power distribution. These plants have the capability to make power changes between 30% and 100% of rated power, with a slope of 5% of rated power per minute. Their licensing permits them to respond very quickly to the grid requirements.
Solar and wind power plants[edit]
The infirm or unreliable secondary power from the renewable energy such as solar and wind power plants can be used to follow the load or stabilise the grid frequency with the help of battery storage units economically.[5] When the grid frequency is below the desired or rated value, the power being generated (if any) and the stored battery power is fed to the grid to raise the grid frequency. When the grid frequency is above the desired or rated value, the power being generated is fed or surplus grid power is drawn (in case cheaply available) to the battery units for energy storage. The grid frequency keeps on fluctuating 50 to 100 times in a day above and below the rated value depending on the type of load encountered and the type of generating plants in the electrical grid.[6] Recently, the cost of battery units, solar power plants, etc. have come down drastically to utilise secondary power for power grid stabilisation as an on line spinning reserve.[7]
See also[edit]
- Grid energy storage
- Relative cost of electricity generated by different sources
- Economics of new nuclear power plants (for more cost comparisons)
- Base load power plant
- Peaking power plant
- ^ Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems By Gilbert M. Masters p. 140
- ^ "page 13, Operational Performance Report for the Month of March 2015, NLDC" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2015.
- ^ "Load acceptance criteria for hydro electric power plants, CEA, India" (PDF). Retrieved 25 August 2014.
- ^ Nuclear Development, June 2011, page 10 from http://www.oecd-nea.org/
- ^ "Big step for energy programme: Storage battery at 750-MW Andhra Pradesh solar plant likely". 10 February 2016.
- ^ "Frequency Profile, NLDC, GoI". Retrieved 6 August 2015.
- ^ Russell, Jon (April 30, 2015). "Tesla's $3,000 Powerwall Will Let Households Run Entirely On Solar Energy".


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Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP![ Edited ]
11-29-2011 08:44 PM - edited 11-29-2011 08:51 PM
I have a strange issue: after some hours, the communication link is dropped between the computer and printer. When this happens, IE becomes unusable and will not connect to anything. This is replicated on three XP home machines. The fourth, a vista ultimate machine, does not seem to be affected (yet). I get the "scan to computer is disabled" error. It cannot be re-enabled. At this point I cannot print either. I can reach the embedded web server on the printer via firefox and can still surf using firefox. I can ping the printer, but again once the connection is dropped, no printing or scanning to the computer. The only thing I've found that resolves the issue (temporarily) is to reboot the computer, which just starts the cycle again.
last night I installed the software on an XP machine and the laptop to test when the connection dropped. They lasted from 7pm Monday until I got home at 5pm Tues. The machines were not used. Once I started using them (firefox only), then they dropped the connection within a half hour of each other around 7pm. The other XP machine lasted from 7pm Mon until 7am tues, when my wife started using it and then noticed it dropped sometime that tues between 7 and 9AM. An 11am tues reboot ran OK until 10 pm tues when connection was lost again (and IE is now dead). The Vista machine has been running since 7pm monday until now (930pm tues) and still seems to be holding.
printer hardwired, to router, static IP, 100-full link speed (also tried 10-half)
router dlink di-655
two XP machines are hardwired, vista is hardwired, and last xp machine is a laptop on wireless.
I've swapped cables rebooted and reinstalled multiple times. I must have a file a mile long on the support phone line. They were unable to fix it. I asked this to be escalated, but who knows when I'll get a response.
I've toggled firewalls - XP built in
I've uninstalled anti virus software
I've even put up with crazy suggestions from tech support like changing the router channel (uhh, it is wired!)
one xp machine had an AIO 4215 hooked via USB and the others printed to it via network, but the printer has been deleted from the networked machines.
I can ping 127.0.0.1 which is supposed to indicate the tcp service is OK.
I have not reset winsock .. I can see one machine being bad, but three????
malware / virus scan shows no issues. Again one maybe, but three??
The only thing I can think of is that there is something in the XP networking stack that conflicts with the new 8600 software as hours pass. Perhaps there is some polling operation that goes on then dies after some time, then it kills IE as it dies.
When the printer works it is great, but rebooting is not a permanent solution to this.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!!!! I am stumped and so is tech support. They are sending it to engineering, but who knows when they will respond.
thanks in advance.
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Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
From our investigation into this issue, we have found a workaround that will help with this.
Follow the steps below.
1. Please go to Hp Software->Printer Preferences->Maintenance Tasks -> Advanced Settings
2. Selects the second radio under "Show Alerts", "Only show me ink alerts when I print".
3. Now restart your PC to make sure setting saved.
Find the screen shot attached.
Here is a helpful support document that may also help.
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
an update on the vista machine. Looks like it has been rebooting overnight, so that isn't a totally reliable data point.
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
I have the exact same printer and am having a similar issue. In my case the computers on the network include Windows XP, Windows 7 and openSUSE linux. Something happens while the printer sits idle and if it has been idle for more than sometime (haven't tried to determine exact period, but I'll guess a few hours) and I try and print something or access the printer in some way (e.g. get status), I get an error stating something to the effect of the connection has been lost.
This happens from all the various OSes and appears to be exactly the same. I had originally setup the printer using wireless and thought that might be the problem so I converted to a wired connection, but the problem remained the same. When the problem occurs I can usually ping the printer from the various computers, but once or twice I was not able to ping. The printer is currently configured to use DHCP with address reservation so that it always gets the same IP address.
To fix the problem, I have been power cycling the printer, not the computers. This always fixes the problem. At this point I suspect that the root of the problem is either the printer itself, or the router that the printer connects to. The router is a Netgear WNDR3300 and has idiosyncrasies that make me suspicious.
Any suggestions or help would be appreciated. As the OP said, when it works, it works great. I wish I didn't have to power cycle every time I want to print - that isn't going to work.
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
the powercycle of the printer doesn't seem to help me. It just does a cleaning cycle - wasting ink. I have a software conflict of some sort. What that is .... I have no idea, but I'm open to any reasonable suggestions.
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
more info: the vista machine even with some use has not dropped the connection yet and it has been 15 hours. The three XP machines did eventually after 12 hours. But I found that if I logout and log back in, the connection is restored and IE magically starts working again.
Is there a way to "reboot" the network services without logging out?
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
well "net stop netman" then "net start netman" didn't work. I did get scanning and printing re-established by killing "hpnetworkcommunicator.exe" I can print and scan, but I still cannot scan to PC.
So I tried anothr program. Killing "scantopcactivationapp.exe" and then restarting it via "manage scan to computer" in the OJ8600 control screen re-establishes communication. Magically, IE starts working again.
Now, the question is WHY do these two programs eventually die and take IE with it??? I think scan to pc is killing IE. I shouldhave checked IE after the first kill, but I didn't.
Perhaps I need to make a batch file to run every 6 hours to kill and restart those two.
any ideas? Yea it is a workaround, but maybe I can make it so that the user is ignorant of it with an auto-batch file?
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
well it looks like I have a working solution ... I downloaded a freeware file called process.exe . I made a cmd file via notepad with the following contents:
rem this is to keep the HP network printer communicating with the desktops
process -k "hpnetworkcommunicator.exe"
process -k "scantopcactivationapp.exe"
"C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8600\Bin\HPNetworkcommunicator.exe"
Start "" "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8600\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID CNXXXX:NW -scfn "HP Officejet Pro 8600 (Network)"
the XXXX is your printer serial number with an extra character or two. Pull that number from the port tab after you pull up "properties" for the 8600 printer.
This cmd file basically restarts the printer link. It opens a command window that launches the program to re-establish the link.. then it closes the command window. The launched program shows that the communication link is dead (just for a few seconds), but then it makes the connection... THEN you hit the close button and coninue your work until it dies again.
I may have it autorun every X hours if I can narrow down a good time. Until then I have a shortcut on the desktop to "FIX HP LINK" ... I only had to do this for my XP machines, as the vista one seemed OK.
What ticks me off is that I shouldn't have to do all of this diagnosis. It would be nice if there is a fix in the pipeline so the link stays stable al the time. I've spent hours trying to figure this crap out.
Anyhow, I hope the time I spent helps someone. PS, thanks to the OJ6500 thread that had the info for the scantopcactivationapp.exe program.
PS ... I'm still waiting for an engineer to contact me, if any HP employees are reading this.
PSS I haven't tried this without killing and restarting the hpnetworkcommunicator stuff, but it works for now.
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
still waiting for the HP call. I'm not holding my breath. Meanwhile I've found that my batch file fix isn't that thorough. I need to stop and restart the print spooler too... otherwise jobs get stuck in the print spooler. This is ridiculous. Now I may need to add a line to the batch file:
sc stop spooler
sc start spooler
looks like I'm going to be running this batch file everytime before a print or a scan..... unless I return this thing first. Is anyone else having issues like this?
Unfortunately I need to run this command ofter and/or clear the spooler manually. This is plain stupid.
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
I thought the computer made it past 11 hours but almost exactly on that mark, it dropped the connection.
I've tweaked my script and have left out the print spooler restart and the killing of the hp network communicator and it seems to work fine to restart the scanning and printer services .... except for the fact that I even have to use it.
rem this is to keep the POS HP network printer communicating with the XP desktops
process -k "scantopcactivationapp.exe"
"C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8600\Bin\HPNetworkcommunicator.exe"
Start "" "C:\Program Files\HP\HP Officejet Pro 8600\Bin\ScanToPCActivationApp.exe" -deviceID CN19E1K1MJ05KD:NW -scfn "HP Officejet Pro 8600 (Network)"
I may delete the re-running of the networkcommunicator.exe line after further experimentation.
Re: Officejet Pro 8600 Plus connection issue - HELP!
I have a similar issue. My Officejet 8600 is cat5 ethernet attached to the network which has wired and wireless computers. When I take my laptop from a wired connection to wireless or from one wireless access point to another I lose connectivity to the printer and have to log off and on again to regain access. This is with XP; I haven't tried it with Win7 yet. I didn't have this problem with my previous HP 2610 set up the same way.
Any ideas?


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Have you ever been tempted to ditch the big wedding that's been causing you so much deliberation/frustration/elation in planning? What about the two of you just heading off together with minimal fuss and tying the knot? Let me tempt you further with this oh-so-pretty elopement wedding. A bride in a blue dress, groom in braces and a cardigan, a celebrant and two gorgeous little blonde kids.
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Capacity for Reform Management & Implementation - Zanzibar
The 10th Constitutional Amendment of 2010 paved the way for a new structure of government in Zanzibar introducing a Government of National Unity.In accordance with the new constitutional order the First and Second Vice President's offices were created. In addition, the President's Office Finance Economy and Development Planning has been established to spear head development planning and implementation
The Government and stakeholders recognize that capacity development is a pre requisite for achieving development results enlisted and articulated in vision 2020, millennium development goals, Mkuza II and its associated implementation plan.
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Are there any good Orthodox wallpapers out there for the computer? Right now I'm using one I made, and am thinking about making another, but figured I'd ask if there were already some out there before I did. ...?
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I use this one for a lot of my devices.http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/376850340/
I usually just use my own photos.
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Check out the Great Lent photos of the Pan-Orthodox Vespers. I visited a number of absolutely gorgeous churches. Check Facebook albums on my page. Maybe you've even been to some of them.
Good choice. That was the 5th Sunday of Great Lent, this year. I will send you a higher resolution tomorrow.
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In more ways than one, the Amarillo High Sandies have moved into unfamiliar territory this season, but they've sure gotten comfortable with it.
For the first time in head coach Jason Pillion's seven-year tenure, Amarillo High is in the third round of the playoffs, as the Sandies take on El Paso Burges in a Region I-4A quarterfinal at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Odessa College. That's a sign that Amarillo High (20-11) has adapted nicely in dropping from Class 5A to 4A.
Still, the Sandies didn't have a tremendous amount of experience heading into the year, as they've started two sophomores most of the season. Nonetheless, they won District 3-4A and are on a 10-game winning streak.
Pillion thought his team would still be playing if things came together.
"We knew that was one of our goals even though the district is pretty tough," Pillion said of making the region quarters. "I am definitely pleased with the progress we've made. We knew there would be some ups and downs during this time."
Yet, it's been mostly up lately. The Sandies reached this round by beating El Paso Bowie, 53-33, in the area round, as sophomore Michael Dawn had 14 points and junior John Hood, the team's leading scorer, had 11.
What's been most common for Amarillo High, especially in the playoffs, has been outstanding defense. During the playoffs, the Sandies have given up an average of 37 points per game.
"That's one of the big keys to winning in the playoffs, stopping people in the halfcourt," Pillion said. "We're not giving up easy baskets on turnovers on offense and that makes it easier on that end."
The Sandies and Burges (20-12) have a common opponent. Burges advanced with a 68-58 win over Palo Duro, the same team Amarillo High swept in district play.
Twins Alvin and Aaron Jones led Burges with 31 and 18 points, respectively, against Palo Duro.
"Those twin guards are kind of the head of the snake," Pillion said. "They'll try to play the passing lanes, so if we'll play disciplined and play our kind of basketball we'll have an opportunity to get some buckets. We just want to make sure we're playing at our pace."


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The shunt capacitance per unit length of a single-phase, two-wire transmission line is given by
where 0 is the permittivity of free space and the other symbols are as defined for (3.3). For a three-phase line with equilaterally spaced conductors, the per-phase (or line-to-neutral) capacitance is
To account for the actual unequal spacings between conductors and the transposition of the line, D in (3.14) is replaced with De of (3.7), as is done in computing the inductance of a transposed line.
For the double-circuit transmission line of Fig. 3-3, the per-phase capacitance is given by
The capacitance of an overhead transmission line is affected by the ground, which distorts its electric field. The effect of the earth is simulated by assuming the existence of mirror-image conductors, as far below ground level as the transmission line is above it (Fig. 3-4). The image conductors carry charges with polarities opposite those of the real conductors, as shown. Now the capacitance to neutral is given by
where De is given by (3.7), the H's are defined in Fig. 3-4, and r is the conductor radius.
Fig. 3-4.
Using the concept of the GMD, we may write the capacitance to neutral of a nonsymmetrical three-phase double-circuit line as
Substituting the numerical value for 0 in (3.17) yields
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As with any other tourist-orientated city you'll find plenty of places here to buy your souvenirs.
Personally the only souvenirs I used to buy would be a couple of bottles of the local hooch but because I usually travel with only hand-lugggage the present liquids rules preclude that and so most of my momentos are those I've downloaded from my camera onto my laptop plus those etched into my personal memory bank.
If you do want physical reminders, or gifts, from your visit then I'd avoid the obvious tourist trap places such as Buda Castle, the Gerbeaud giftshop and others of their ilk. Some of the stuff on the upper floor of the Great Market looked interesting (and because there's a whole clutch of places competing against each other seemed reasonably priced).
The best places though, in my opinion, (although I don't put my money where my mouth is) are those such as the gift shops at the museums, the Opera House and those sort of places where the extra bit of income gained from the sales is ploughed back into the general upkeep of the attraction.
Me - I'm a total skinflint these days - I just come home with a few restaurant bills and public transport tickets stuffed my wallet as the physical proof of my visit.
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its first same-sex wedding in January, during a busy summer
schedule of events for the vintage passenger steam train.
Flyer owner and managing director David Bryce said this week
the men getting married were "ardent fans of steam-engine
engineering, so they couldn't think of a better setting in
which to say 'I do'."
The Flyer would provide the pre-nuptial transport, Mr Bryce
"In case of rain, we can certainly help them celebrate their
wedding in style in one of our historic original carriages
such as the Birdcage.
"I'm sure our driver will be happy to let them in on some
secrets as we chuff our way between Kingston and Fairlight."
The second annual Race the Train event is set for January 6,
with more than 300 runners and walkers expected to race the
locomotive 12km from Fairlight to Kingston.
Organiser Adrian Bailey, of Active QT, said the event was
close to his heart.
"I ran a similar event against a steam train near my home
town in Wales for 10 years. While last year's inaugural event
in Kingston attracted more than 200 runners, many have
already signed up for this year's race and then some.
"They're coming from all over Australasia, so it's promising
to be a huge line-up of professional and social runners and a
great event.
"Friends and supporters can ride the train cheering the
competitors on to the finish line, and the atmosphere is just
fantastic. It's a great way to blow away the cobwebs after an
over-indulgent Christmas and New Year."
After Christmas functions are finished, at the end of
December, 1925 locomotive "778" goes out of service.
Engineers in Invercargill are putting the final touches to
"795", which will return with a newly restored boiler.
"It's a very expensive Christmas present to myself, but I'm
not about to shy away from what needs to be done," Mr Bryce
"We knew when we bought the Flyer that we were investing in
her for longevity. This is about ensuring the future of our
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Oso Memorial Run planned for April 26th
We are in the very early planning stages of putting on a benefit run for those impacted by the mudslide in Oso on March 22nd. Arlington Runners Club is 100% volunteer 501(c)(3) organization and that allows us to donate 100% of the proceeds to help reduce the financial burdens of those impacted by the mudslide and means your contributions are tax deductible. We wish we could do something to help with the loss of loved ones but our hearts and prayers are with them.
You can help ARC get the word out about this event in the making. At this point all we know is that we want to host a run on April 26th and donate the monies received. We have NO idea how big this will be in our community but we know we will need volunteers to help us pull this off and sponsors to help us financially cover the overhead costs of putting on an event. Because we expect this to be the largest event in Arlington Runners Club history, our largest event so far was just under 300 participants, there will be some things we've not had to do before – like traffic control and porta-potties and the like. If you would like to help sponsor the event or volunteer, please drop me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com
We'll do our best to keep our website and Facebook page updated with the progress of this event. If you could help us get the word out, we would appreciate it.
We're still working on a name and logo for the event.
Our hearts and prayers are with you. God bless.
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Jan Peters is a full professor (W3) for Intelligent Autonomous Systems at the Computer Science Department of the Technische Universitaet Darmstadt and at the same time a senior research scientist and group leader at the Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, where he heads the interdepartmental Robot Learning Group. Jan Peters has received the Dick Volz Best 2007 US PhD Thesis Runner-Up Award, the 2012 Robotics: Science & Systems - Early Career Spotlight, the 2013 INNS Young Investigator Award, and the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society's 2013 Early Career Award. In 2015, he was awarded an ERC Starting Grant.
Jan Peters has studied Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical and Control Engineering at TU Munich and FernUni Hagen in Germany, at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of Southern California (USC), and been an visiting researcher at the ATR Telecomunications Research Center in Japan. He has received four Master's degrees in these disciplines as well as a Computer Science Ph.D. from USC.
While I remain affliated with MPI, I am now also a full professor at TU Darmstadt. If you are interested in working with me, please apply through my http://www.ausy.tu-darmstadt.de/Main/OpenPositions but please refrain sending me applications by email -- they will get lost in my email.
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Hi, I am making a child of the twenty-ten theme, and would like to have slightly longer excerpts. I modified the loop so that it displays the_excerpt() by default, and only uses the auto-generated excerpts.
However, I can't change the length to be more than the word-press default. I tried editing my funcitons.php file with the following:
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'my_child_theme_setup' );
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But it doesn't work. I also tried editing TwentyTen's functions.php file and that doesn't work either. This also seems to apply to the "read more" link. TwentyTen's custom read more link function does not actually affect the look of the site either.
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Barnes leaving Brevard for Crest
Published: Thursday, April 29, 2010 at 11:13 p.m.
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Brevard head football coach Mark Barnes will be introduced as the new head coach at Crest High School today in Shelby at a press conference schedule for 2 p.m. He will replace Roy Kirby after spending two seasons at Brevard.
Barnes, who was also the athletic director at Brevard, went 12-12 in his two seasons after replacing Dan Essenberg. Essenberg, who had been an assistant at East Henderson for the past two seasons, had agreed to return to Brevard as defensive coordinator.
Barnes' departure means that both Transylvania County high schools will have new coaches this season. Rosman promoted longtime assistant Freddie Whitman earlier this spring.
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Another screenshot of New Super Mii Bros. It is in World Star and this level resembles to both Freezeflame Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy and Shiverburn Galaxy from Super Mario Galaxy 2. This is a cominbation of both Fire and Ice like in the Galaxy games, debris is also there from the volcanoes and the podoboos. This level is difficult for the players so watch out for the lava. Sounds like both Max and Alana are here to wipe out some enemies in the Fiery Iceland. You better watch out!
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woooo~~~~~the icy level with lava underneath! we better not burn our self or slip on the ice!
Ya got that right, this is less difficult from Freezeflame or Shiverburn!
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ANOTHER CROSSWORD PUZZLE!....I was browsing through my blog files the other day and came across something I'd forgotten about. Back in May Gina Cooper asked me if I'd create a crossword puzzle for the YearlyKos journal she was putting together for the convention. That sounded like fun so I went ahead and did it. However, the journal never came together and eventually the whole thing slipped my mind until I ran across it again yesterday.
But there's no point in wasting a perfectly good crossword puzzle, is there? So here it is: the unofficial 2007 YearlyKos crossword puzzle. It's a PDF, so just click the link and print it out. Note that this puzzle is (a) themed, (b) easier than the one I posted last year, and (c) higher in quality, too, since there are no made-up words. There are two slightly obscure words that I couldn't quite work my way around, but nothing remotely as ridiculous as EAAT or SESSR, which I used in my first puzzle.
Have fun! Answers tomorrow.
BY THE WAY: Feel free to chat about the puzzle and impugn my grasp of the English language in comments. Those of you who don't want to risk seeing any hints should stay away from the comment thread until you're finished.
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Venus was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007.
In the single "Signs" by Snoop Dogg and Justin Timberlake there is a reference to Venus, and her sister Serena: "Just like Venus and Serena, in the Wimbledon arena".
In 2000, Venus won an Olympic medal in women's doubles, partnering her sister Serena, in Sydney.
Venus has won an Olympic Gold Medal in women's singles, at Sydney in 2000.
Venus' star sign is Gemini.
In September, 1997, Venus was named US Olympic Committee Female Athlete of the Month. This makes her only one of three tennis players ever to win an Olympic Commitee award.
Venus reached the mixed doubles final at Wimbldeon 2006 with Bobby Bryan.
In 2002, Venus won the ESPY award for Best Female Athlete.
In 2001, Venus won the Player of the Month Award from the WTA for March, July, August, and September.
In 1998, Tennis magazine named Venus as the Most Improved Player of 1998.
In 2004, Venus appeared on Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 list at No.77. She was ranked No.81 in 2005, and No.90 in 2006, with an estimated earnings of $7,000,000 in 2006.
Venus officially endorses Reebok, who supplies her with her on-court apparel.
In 2002, Sports Illustrated named Venus Sports Woman of the Year.
When she was 18, Venus served the fastest serve by any woman. The serve was an ace at the speed of 127.4 MPH against Mary Pierce.
Venus is a right-handed player with a two-handed backhand.
By participating in the 2005 Wimbledon final Venus marked the sixth consecutive year a William's sister has played in the Wimbledon final.
Venus has won 20 titles on hard surface, 7 titles on clay, 3 on grass and 3 on carpet.
In 2005, TENNIS magazine put Venus in 25th place in it's list of "40 greatest players of the TENNIS era".
Venus is the elder sister of Serena Williams a fellow tennis player and seven times Grand Slam champion.
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Remember when baseball and softball got voted out of the Olympics? The popularity of baseball and softball is limited primarily to the Americas and Asia. As a result, the International Olympic Committee voted them to be the first sports cut from the Olympic program since polo in 1936. Unless voted back in, the 2008 Beijing Games will be the last chance for a nation���s baseball and softball teams to go for the gold.
Interestingly enough, skateboarding might fill that void. The IOC reportedly has held talks regarding the inclusion of skateboarding for the 2012 games in London. The huge success of snowboarding at the Winter Games has encouraged IOC President Jacques Rogge to support the skateboarding cause.
I am not too familiar with the global status of skateboarding, but it seems to me that the reason softball and baseball were voted out of the Olympics could apply as an argument to keep skateboarding out. Skateboarding never struck me as having worldwide popularity. Do you think skateboarding should be added?
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The TV presenter has a big year ahead with another fashion range and a major new acting role across the pond
Twitter fans have reacted in style - with enough GIFs and memes to keep us entertained for years
Have the BBC found a replacement for channel defector Rita Ora?
The TV presenter has blasted the columnist for her "evil nonsense"
The Radio 1 DJ does NOT want to be confused with the Loose Women star after her recent comments
The TV and radio presenter was also born partially deaf and suffers from painful coeliac disease and food allergies
The brunette star was speaking about her friend's experience having an affair with a married man, when she admitted she had been in a similar situation
Did Sharon Osbourne, Fearne Cotton, Naomi and gang get dressed in the dark?
Kate Moss, Kerry Washington and Jamella Jamil are among the stars with smoochy style
The TV and radio presenter took to her blog to take on Lily Allen's critics
We're backstage bringing you all the latest goss, celeb sightings, pictures and videos so you don't have to leave the sofa (well, only for wees and tea)
The TV presenter is dressing up in a chicken costume for thirty days in a row in an attempt to repel men (/ raise money)
If you thought you were looking forward for tomorrow night's do, this lot have just taken the excitement levels to EXTREME
The new voice of the Top 40 is having the last laugh after years of emotional, physical and racial bullying
The DJs are saying goodbye to the radio station to spend more time with family (Vern) and work on other projects (Reg)
Look at the celebrities going to London Fashion Week so that you don't have to. Which is helpful, because you probably weren't invited
3am online joined Nick Grimshaw, Jameela Jamil and Katy Perry's maybe boyfriend at last night's Bacardi party
"If Beyonce wants to wear my clothes, I could probably sort that out!" laughs Jameela Jamil with fear in her eyes and "Rymans" on her face…
7 Days 7 Looks: Jameela Jamil casts her fashion-forward eye* over the best and worst dressed stars of the week (Warning: There will be boobs)...
Victoria's Vogue, Kate's Clutch and Jameela's – um – Teapot: 3am investigate the secrets behind the stars' signature stance…
Celebrities far and wide have spent the day Tweeting about their love and have even directed some of it at YOU (which is nice, if you got nothing)
Vanessa Hudgens stole the show at last night's Journey 2: The Mysterious Island premiere in Los Angeles wearing a sunny yellow dress so bright it should come with free sunglasses.
"I spent last Saturday cleaning my house, doing my taxes and unblocking my drains," she says
...Because let's face it, Karen Gillan looks grrrrrrrrreat!
Other than Kate Moss, who was hiding far, far away from the red carpet, this lot make up the few ladies who trotted along to last night's NME Awards in Brixton.
And that reason was the release of Sex and the City 2 on DVD. So it was only right to include cocktails, some Swarovski bling (it was held in the Soho shop) and lots of pretty people.
Celebs On Sunday hit Essex's Virgin Media V Festival to rub shoulders with the stars, while luring them into our 80s-stylee world
Another former model is joining the ridiculously good-looking team at T4.