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TAMPA - After years of free-falling prices and stagnant demand, Florida's housing market is poised to grow — and the Tampa metro area is better positioned for a turnaround than the state's other large metropolitan areas. The excess supply of housing inventory is dwindling in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area, and it now costs about the same to buy as it does to rent a home here, said Chris Lafakis, who follows Florida for Moody's Economy.com That's a tipping point for the market; buying is more appealing because it offers the prospect of return on the investment that renters cannot get. And Miami, for example, hasn't reached this point: Buying a home there is still 20 percent more expensive than renting one. "We finally have good news for Tampa," Lafakis said. "Housing prices are too cheap compared to the income people have."But the outlook isn't completely rosy. Uncertainty has many potential buyers still too leery to jump back in the market and move forward. Foreclosures and distressed sales still are weighing down home prices and making it difficult for builders to compete. Even so, buyers are taking advantage of historically low interest rates and are starting to snap up new homes. Prices haven't begun to rise yet but are finally near the bottom, Lafakis said. Moody's forecasts prices will drop 4.6 percent more in the Tampa area and bottom in the third quarter of this year. Compare that with the 8.6 percent drop Moody's predicts for Florida during the same period. The Tampa metro area currently has six months of excess supply. That means it would take six months to sell all the homes for sale now if the current sales pace stayed the same. Builders are starting to pick up construction. They have different strategies, but many, such as Lennar and D.R. Horton, have acquired vacant lots cheaply in the past year and are developing subdivisions that were halted during the downturn. This is especially true in south Hillsborough County. Housing in Tampa is 70 percent more affordable than it has been historically, according to Moody's. "Housing demand is way too low given the interest rates and income growth," Lafakis said. So why aren't more people buying? The answer boils down to fear, Lafakis said. "Many consumers experienced very traumatic house price declines, so it's understandable that many would be apprehensive to buy a home," he said. Also, many who might want to buy still are trapped in "underwater" homes. Nearly half of Tampa Bay's homeowners with mortgages owe more than their homes are worth. That makes it very difficult for them to sell their homes and buy other others. Refinancing at lower rates is difficult, too. Lenders have been reluctant to work with these underwater buyers. President Obama has announced a plan designed to help underwater owners refinance. To qualify, an applicant would have to be up to date on payments for the past six months, record a credit score of at least 580, and be no more than 40 percent underwater on the loan. That means a homeowner with a house worth $100,000 couldn't owe more than $140,000 on the mortgage. The plan could save homeowners up to $3,000 a year on mortgage payments. Shawn Miller, a Tampa mortgage broker, calls it a win-win. The money homeowners save will go back into the fragile economy, Miller said, and these buyers will be less likely to abandon their underwater homes to foreclosure. "They're going to be more inclined to stay in the home longer, take better care of it," Miller said. "At least they won't be upside down and at a higher rate. They'll just be upside down." But passage of Obama's plan is not certain, with some critics calling it a ploy by the president to garner votes in the 5 presidential election. Meanwhile, Lafakis, from Moody's, says homeowners and buyers in Tampa can feel a lot better about the market — no matter how Congress deals with refinancing. When prices bottom later in the year, he said, the area's median sales price will be around $127,110. That's painful for those who bought during the boom years, when the median was double that amount. But get this: When we finally hit that bottom, prices will do something they haven't done in years in Tampa — rise. "Prices won't go up like they did during the boom," Lafakis said. "But they will go up."
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So on the heels of Lewis's comments this has to be the most ubsurd claim of racisim in this campaign yet… Obama's advisors are claiming that McCain's comparison of Obama's tax plan to welfare carries a subliminal racial message.
This is really outrageous. Obama's tax plan calls for "tax credits" in the form of checks from the government to people who don't even pay federal taxes. The program that this is most similar to is welfare. Plain and simple. To say that there is anything racist about this comparison is so digusting that their camp loses what limited credibility they had left. The Obama camp really has no shame.


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- Inpatient health care utilization for children dependent on long-term mechanical ventilationBrian D Benneyworth
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I posted a thread earlier regarding repairing a power supply that wasn't an easy off-the-shelf replacement. The power supply (HIPRO HP-U2557C3) is on back order from HP, so in the meantime, I was thinking of just finding a power supply locally until I can install the proper replacement from HP in there.
I'm familiar with all but one of the connectors coming off of the broken PSU. It's a thin 7-pin connector, with all of the pins inline. Here is a (blurry) pic:
The wire colors, from left to right, are purple, black, red, black, yellow, black, and gray.
It was originally connected to a small board that supplied audio and video plugs to the front of the case and also the LCD display on the front of the unit. Is this a standard connector that I'll be able to find on PSU's at my local Fry's?
On a related note, if I'm able to find a replacement PSU, it likely won't be able to fit in the case due to the strange dimensions. Is there any danger to running the power supply external to the case... any grounding issues I should be aware of? I know I have assembled computer parts on a piece of cardboard before to verify everything works... but I have never done so for any length of time and I wondered if any damage could result from running in such a configuration.
google the specs on the model number? see what they call it?
It appears that's just got +5V and +12V, if the wiring colors are yellow and red for those two wires.. The rest appear to be ground.. You could adapt a regular molex to that quite easily.. Just cut that harness off the dead PSU, and wire it up to a 4 pin molex..
Hmm. That reminds me of an old-school AT style mobo connector. What's that green wire? (the one on the far right)
That's what I thought at first, but they're only 6 pins and the colors don't match up at all (pinout).
Red, yellow, and black, almost certainly, are respectively +5V, +12V, and ground. Purple, according to the ATX pinout, is +5VSB, standby power, which makes some sense going to that front panel board. Gray is the odd man out (literally); in the standard ATX connector it's the PWR_OK signal from the power supply to the motherboard. No idea on that one. Three things you might try: tracing the lead out on the front-panel board to get a hint of what it's used for, opening the dead supply and looking to see if it's labeled on the PCB in there (they very often are; this is a good idea for all of these wires actually), or finally just trying to run the thing without the gray wire hooked up.
Thank you for the replies so far.
The connector kind of reminds me of one I've seen in my Antec case, with the 430W power supply. I would check, but that case is tucked under a ton of stuff in my storage unit. Perhaps it was a 6-pin AT power supply connector I recall seeing... I don't recall ever having needing to hook it up to any ATX mobo I've had in there.
Well I tried powering on the board using another power supply, so I could confirm the PSU was dead and not something silly like a faulty switch. Anyway, the board powers on alright, so it's not necessary for basic computer operation. However, I'd really like to find a power supply or if possible a connector adapter in order to use this to the front panel board. I suspect it also powers the IR sensor to be able to use the remote control and wireless keyboard.
I recall that many older PSUs (early K7/P3 vintage) had an extra 6-pin connector which had extra +3.3 lines. My old Sparkle FSP300-60BT(12v) has one-- it dates from the time when the P4 was new and so power supplies with the extra 12v plug were noteworthy.
However, those have bigger plugs.
I can't quite comprehend why they would put PWR_OK to this little board.. I mean PWR_OK is a 5V active high TTL signal that indicates that the power supply is turned on, and it's outputs are stable.. Usually the PSU asserts PWR_OK between 200 to 500mS after the PSU is turned on..
You could get +5VSB from a WOL LAN connector. Otherwise, i think you might have to solder the wires from your harness into your new PSU directly..
Does the old blown up PSU have any nonstandard voltages listed on the label?? The usual ATX voltages are +/- 12V, +5V, +5VSB, and +3.3V.. -5V may be present, but it's not needed for latest ATX spec. All the other signals are for status or control of the PSU, and ground..
It looks like your original PSU is a custom form factor too.. WIll your replacement PSU fit in the case??
The dead PSU is a funky form factor, so no, I don't believe any off-the-shelf replacement would fit, at least from the searches I've done. If I was to use a standard ATX power supply, I would have to run it outside of the case, at least until I can get the proper replacement from HP.
I did find one on eBay... about $83 shipped, so a bit more than I wanted to pay. Then again, who knows when HP will resolve their back ordered parts. They seem to be waiting on a shipment from HIPRO.


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Daystarter Group - During this time, clients will be guided through the process of developing a goal for the day and giving themselves at least one positive affirmation. This group will be co-facilitated by Recreational Therapy and Nursing Staff. The interdisciplinary team members introduce themselves at this meeting and describe what their role is in the client's treatment.
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Insight Group - A solution-focused group therapy session aimed at assisting each member to gain insight regarding the stressors and/or factors that contributed to their crisis state. This group also explores positive coping skills that could empower patients in future crisis states. This group is led by Mercy Social Workers or other Behavioral Health staff.
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People take drugs to cure their medical problems and they feel it is the easiest way to deal with the problem. But how many of them actually know about the medication that they are prescribed with? Very few of them show interest to know about the underlying facts of medicines that they consume. In general, it is highly necessary for a person to know about the medicine, about how it acts on them and the side effects caused by them, so if anything occurs they will know what to do about it. The medications that are taken to get relief from pain should be observed with more concern as they are taken quite frequently by many people. By taking pain relief medication they can get relieved from pain faster thus helping them to concentrate on their work properly on a regular basis.
The medicine not only helps a person to relieve pain but it is also effective in treating migraine headaches, anxiety, depression and restless leg syndrome (uncontrollable sensation to move legs). Due to its high demand, it is available in many online drug stores as well as medical stores. The person can procure the medicines by any means that is comfortable for him.
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What is tramadol? Is it an opioid?
Tramadol which is sold under the brand name Ultram is a synthetic pain relief medication that is used to help people relieve from moderate to severe pain. The pill works by directly acting on the brain to decrease the way it feels the pain. In simple terms, this short term pill changes the way brain and body feel the pain. The extended release version of this medication produces instantaneous relief from pain which typically starts working within an hour upon consumption of the medicine.
Many people taking this pill think it is not an opioid but it is an opioid which works similar to morphine by binding to opioid receptor in the brain and activating it. By this way, it reduces the pain that is felt by the person.
A medicine like this is hard to find. It not only acts as a pain relief medication but it is also an anti-depressant. Thus taking this single pill people can get relieved from worries that cause depression as well as the physical pain felt by the body.
Is it possible for everyone to take this medication?
No. Not all people have similar pain, so not all can take the same medication. It is a prescription medicine which can be obtained only upon consultation. The doctor decides the dosage for the person based on his experience to pain. People who have a problem in breathing or asthma are not advised to take this pill as it can slow down the breathing rate in the initial stage of consumption of the medication or when the dosage is changed. Also, people with a blockage in stomach or people taking alcohol should not take this pill.
Is taking tramadol addictive in nature?
When it comes to opioid medicines there is a high risk of addiction as they are the most commonly abused drugs. But on a comparative note, addiction and dependence are not high in tramadol when compared to other pain relief medications. Even symptoms of constipation and respiratory problems are less in this pill when compared to other opioids. The rate of addiction increases with prolonged consumption of the medication.


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This is an old Tv Spot for Murphy's Irish Stout. This commercial/advert was taped from channel 4, (England), around 1998/1999 on VHS PAL…. Sorry for the quality loss in the transfer, was best I could do with the old tape.
according to the imdb this was made by Mamoru Oshii, maker of the Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell movies, allegedly(Imdb often wrong!). This was known as the Murphy's Irish Stout "Last Orders" spot or the Samurai and beer spot!
Made by Production I.G.
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Air Date: October 1997
Format: 1 x 60″
Agency: Nexus Productions
Director: Hiroyuki Kitakubo
Character Design/Animation Director: Kazuchika Kise
Layout: Atsushi Takeuchi
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
Animation Production: Production I.G
Here's another one in the style of a Japanese Samurai Film
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Made by the creative advertising agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, written by Hugh Todd, art direction by Adam Scholes. Aired on Irish television around the mid 1990's. This was just one of several made in the same style for Murphy's as part of the same campaign at that time. The others, if my memory serves me correctly, were much shorter.


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A taste of Chicago. . .
. . . in the capital city
Dottie Washington faced a dilemma. She had dined on a barbecued rib sandwich, tasted a turkey leg, and enjoyed a cheese-filled puff pastry. She had her eye on a chicken burrito that looked too tantalizing to pass up, and yet she hadn't reached the tables piled high with pizza pies, cheesecake, ice cream, and pasta dishes.
So much food and only so much room.
Washington was one of a couple hundred lucky people who nabbed an invitation to the Taste of Chicago preview held near the Illinois State Capitol last week. Under a large white tent were samples of just some of the culinary delights Chicago has to offer.
The annual Taste of Chicago festival began 23 years ago, the brainchild of Jane Byrne, the city's former mayor. Byrne envisioned a showcase for the city's finest restaurants, but many of the 65 places participating in this year's festival will end up serving the very same food, such as pizza, ribs, hot dogs, and Italian beef. But there's still plenty of variety, with a large helping of various ethnic cuisines. The event here was organized primarily for state legislators, who attended with their staffs, Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, and Governor Rod Blagojevich. Sixteen restaurants made the trip downstate.
"I've been here once before," said Washington, who works for the Springfield City Clerk. She's also trekked north to attend Taste of Chicago, but the local version has distinct advantages over the larger event. "This is all free," she explained. "You can socialize and hobnob with important people."
Katrina Adams, an employee for the Secretary of State's office, said the Springfield party has whetted her appetite for the main event: "I'm going to make sure I go to the one in Chicago." She was won over by some white chocolate dipped strawberries. She marveled at the fact that "there's enough food for everyone. They don't run out."
Tim McGivern spent the evening dishing 1,000 mammoth turkey legs into paper containers, dousing them with barbecue sauce, and wrapping them in foil. Courtesy of Helen's Restaurant on Chicago's South Side, the legs were a big hit with the crowd. "We always see people from home here," McGivern noted. "It's fun to come to Springfield, and it gives people a reason to go to Chicago."
A few tables down Ivan Matsunaga was cutting 120 14-inch pizza pies into wedges for hungry partygoers. Matsunaga--the executive vice-president of Connie's Pizza, a 40-year-old family business with locations throughout Chicagoland--has been making the trip to Springfield for five years. "It's definitely a good PR event for Chicago," he said. The amount of free food made for some shameless requests: many with full stomachs asked for boxed pizzas to take home.
An estimated 3.6 million people are expected to attend Taste of Chicago, which this year will take place June 27 through July 6 in Grant Park. Musical entertainers include Sheryl Crow and Elvis Costello. There will also be cooking demonstrations and children's activities.
For more information on Taste of Chicago--including a complete line-up of entertainment offerings--call 312-744-3370, or visit www.cityofchicago.org/specialevents. Tickets will be sold on-line beginning June 1.


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In a village of the frozen north, a child is born possessed by a strange and alien spirit, only to be cast out by her tribe and taken in by the mysterious winter witches of Irrisen, a land locked in permanent magical winter. Farther south, a young mapmaker with a penchant for forgery discovers that his sham treasure maps have begun striking gold. This is the story of Ellasif, a barbarian shield maiden who will stop at nothing to recover her missing sister, and Decclan, the ne'er-do-well young spellcaster-turned-forger who wants only to prove himself to the woman he loves. Together they'll face monsters, magic, and the fury of Ellasif's own cold-hearted warriors in their quest to rescue the lost child. Yet when they finally reach the ice-walled city of Whitethrone, where trolls hold court and wolves roam the streets as men, will it be too late to save the girl from the forces of darkness?
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I lost about 140 lbs through exercise and dieting. I had been obese since I was about 8 years old. I weigh about 160 lbs now and have maintained it for almost 2 years now. My stomach still has a very loose/flabby look to it but I decided to wait and see if it would improve at all. It hasn't. I am wondering if a tummy tuck would help improve my appearance. I am about 5' 11" and 22 years old. Any input/suggestions are welcome! Thanks!
Should I Get a Tummy Tuck? (photo)
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Circumferential body tightening appears to be a reasonable approach
You may be half the person you were but probably feel more than twice as good. Congratulations on the weight loss.
You photos are quite helpful and clearly indicated that you would benefit not only from a tummy tuck but also from a circumferential skin tightening, called a belt lipectomy or lower body lift. Consider seeking consultations from 2 or more board certified plastic surgeons who are experienced in massive weight loss surgery (MWL).
Good luck!
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Male tummy tuck/abdominoplasty/massive weight loss
Congratulations on not only losing your weight, but maintaining it for 2 years! You are on a small list of people who can accomplish this. However, that list contains those who are excellent candidates for tummy tuck. Tummy tucks in males with massive weight loss have less pain and downtime than the typical post partum tummy tuck in females. In males in most cases no muscle tightening needs to be done. Muscle tightening is where pain and downtime is maximized. It is a necessary step and well worth it when the abdominal wall muscles and tissue have been stretched with pregnancy.
There are a few exceptions, but if you are working out I suspect your abdomen is firm and in good shape. You simply have excess loose skin which can be excised. In these "skin only " abdominoplasties the recovery is much simpler.
In summary, you are an ideal candidate for tummy tuck. No other procedure will rid you of this excess skin at this point.
Am I A Candidate For A Tummy Tuck?
Dear Thinnernow, First, congratulations on your weight loss. You have succeeded where so many others have failed. As you are now noticing, despite your weight loss and your patience in waiting for your skin to shrink to match your weight change, your skin is not cooperating. Because of your previous excess weight and the duration that you were overweight, your skin has lost some of its ability to shrink. The best option for treating this problem is an abdominoplasty-a tummy tuck. You may or may not need the abdominal muscles tightened and this is something you should discuss with your plastic surgeon. Recovery is a bit faster if you do not require a muscle repair and need just a "skin only" tuck. Please consult a board-certified plastic surgeon to learn what type of tummy tuck would work best for you. And again, congrats on the weight loss.
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Tummy tuck, weight loss, liposuction
You have worked very hard not only to achieve this large loss of weight, but also to change your lifestyle to maintain your lower weight. The abdominoplasty or tummytuck procedure will accomplish what yoou cannot do, and that is to tighten the skin. I find with my weight loss patients, it is common to extend the surgery around the flanks and to the lower back to accentuate the waist and make the new look complete. It is important the scar be kept very low, so make sure you are seeing a board certified plastic surgeon experienced in your problem. And make sure you see several post op photos to see where that surgeon likes to place the scars so there ar no surprises after surgery.
Tummy Tuck After Massive Weight Loss
Dear Thinnernow:
Congratulations on maintaining your massive weight loss. Since your weight has been stable for 2 years, it is unlikely that you will get any further spontaneous skin tightening. The best treatment available is a tummy tuck. This can tighten the muscles behind the skin, remove excess fat from the lower abdomen, tighten the remaining skin and decrease the skin hooding over your belly-button.
The best way to find out what will work best for you is to obtain a consultation with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon in your area. Great Work!
Learn more: http://www.drmele.com/abdominoplasty.html
Should I get a tummy tuck?
You are an excellent candidate for a tummy tuck, which would be the only procedure that would remove that extra skin and give you a tighter tummy. The long lower incision should ideally be kept under your swimsuit line adn would span pretty much from hip to hip. There would be a small scar around the belly button that is usually fairly inconspicuous in the shadow line of the belly button. You may not need a fascia/muscle tightening, which is the part that is more uncomfortable after surgery. Be sure to consult with a surgeon certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.
Learn more: http://www.seattleplasticsurgery.com/abdominoplasty-surgery.html
Tummy tuck?
Great job on the weight loss. As you have learned, that skin has lost a lot of elasticity and will not likely go anywhere without surgery. As long as your weight is stable, you are in good health with realistic expectations and do not smoke then you are a great candidate. Good luck!
Learn more: http://www.plasticsurgeryrenotahoe.com
Should I get a tummy tuck?
You appear to be an excellent candidate for an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck). Congratulations on your weight loss and ability to maintain your new weight.
In patients who have lost a significant amount of weight, loose skin may extend all the way around the trunk. Those patients may require a circumferential procedure that will address both the abdomen and the flanks. Many surgeons sequence the procedures if both the abdomen and flanks need to be addressed. You should go in for a consultation with one or more board certified plastic surgeons to help you review your options. Good luck.
Tummy tuck?
I believe you are an excellent candidate for a tummy tuck. Depending on your exam, you may need a circumferential body lift to remove the posterior excess skin. Donald R. Nunn MD Atlanta Plastic Surgeon.
Tummy tuck following weight loss.
Congratulations on your weight loss, and more specifically - keeping it off. A tummy tuck or abdominoplasty is a good operation to remove the excess "hanging" skin. Depending on the remainder of your exam, you may even be a candidate for a lower body lift to tighten the area over your hips and back. I recommend seeing a few board certified plastic surgeons to determine what your options are.
Learn more: http://www.drbogue.com
These answers are for educational purposes and should not be relied upon as a substitute for medical advice you may receive from your physician. If you have a medical emergency, please call 911. These answers do not constitute or initiate a patient/doctor relationship.


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A chronology of the St. Petersburg Times:
• July 25 – The first issue of the West Hillsborough Times, the forerunner of the St. Petersburg Times, is published.
• J.M. "Doc" Baggett, Dr. J.L. Edgar, and M. Joel McMullen are the founders of the Times. Baggett is the editor, Edgar serves as the business manager, and McMullen is the printer.
• The Times is a four-page weekly based in Dunedin, Florida. It is printed on a Washington hand press in the rear of Dr. J.L. Edgar's pharmacy. The press can print four, six-column pages at a time. 200 copies can be printed in an hour and type is set by hand one character at a time. Two of the four pages are preprinted in Atlanta.
• Spring/Summer – In the 1980s former Times executive editor Tom Harris described the beginning of the small newspaper:
"The most important cargo on a barge slipping down the Mississippi River in the spring of 1884 was a Washington hand press consigned to a drugstore in Dunedin, Florida, a coastal village in West Hillsborough County. Upon reaching New Orleans, the press' 2,500 pounds of cast iron would be transferred to a coastal schooner and eventually would arrive in Clearwater Harbor.
Few of the deckhands on either the river barge or the schooner knew or cared that this box of machinery would be used to print the new West Hillsborough Times, a newspaper destined to survive a century without missing an edition. The paper would become, in time, after moving its home to a third city and surviving many hardships, the St. Petersburg Times."
• December – Arthur C. Turner buys the West Hillsborough Times and moves it to Clearwater. Rev. Cooley S. Reynolds becomes the new editor.
• Dec. 4 – Times editorial: "Salutatory"
"We greet the readers of the Times as kindly as this style of introduction will permit --gladly observing that they have already become a numerous family, and fondly trusting that their numbers will soon increase a hundred fold…. We expect, and shall try very hard, to tell the truth; but it will take a long time to tell the whole truth about even this small territory which we especially represent."
• The newspaper's weekly circulation is about 480.
• Fall – Richard J. Morgan buys the West Hillsborough Times for $1,200 and moves it to St. Petersburg. As the new editor, Morgan experiments with different names: the Times, the News, the Once a Week, but by 1894 or 1895, he settles on the St. Petersburg Times as the new name.
• Oct. 8 – More than half of the newspaper's front page includes advertising. There are ads for wagons, harnesses, buggies, patent medicines, steamer and railroad tickets.
• Sept. 7 – Editor and owner J. Ira Gore dies. His son, J. Ira Gore, Jr., publishes the paper until a new owner is found.
• April 1 – William Lincoln Straub, A.P. Avery, and A.H. Lindelie buy the newspaper from the Gore family for $1,300. Straub becomes the new editor of the St. Petersburg Times.
• The annual subscription rate for the newspaper is $1.50 a year.
• The Times is an eight-page paper with four of those pages preprinted in Atlanta.
• The Times has a staff of five people.
• A double cylinder flatbed press that can print eight pages at a time and 1,200 copies an hour is purchased from the Ladies' Home Journal.
• Jan. 10 – The Times is printed everyday of the week except Mondays.
• March 21 – The Times prints its first extra edition. The special edition deals with a $1,000 jewelry store robbery.
• April 16 – Times news story: "Titantic (sic) Sinks with 1,530 Souls Aboard"
"...The Titanic, sister ship to the Olympic and the largest vessel afloat, sank Monday morning, carrying 1,530 souls down with her. Out of a total of 2,200 people, which composed the passengers and crew, only a bare 670 were saved…. The Titanic, which was the largest ship ever built in the history of the world, was on her maiden voyage from Liverpool, England to New York."
• September – Paul Poynter buys majority stock in the Times Publishing Co. from W.L. Straub. The stock costs $3,000 and Poynter assumes the paper's outstanding liabilities for $7,000. Straub remains as editor and Poynter becomes the new manager and president.
• Aug. 2 – The Times prints a World War I extra with pictures and maps. More than 1,000 copies are sold.
• Feb. 25 – Eleven-year-old Nelson Poynter writes his first newspaper article for the Times. The story is about the crash of a small airplane into Tampa Bay near the old St. Petersburg pier.
• March 17 – The Times announces that the weekly Times will be consolidated with the Sunday Times. The weekly was an extra edition containing a round-up of the week's news.
• Nov. 13 – Times editorial: "Peace Not Yet Fixed"
"While the armistice has stilled the guns and ended the war so far as the actual fighting is concerned, it has not solved the problem of peace. The part the United States has played in the war has been a noble one. The service to mankind performed through Woodrow Wilson's diplomacy ... brought the cracking of the great Teutonic war machine."
• The Times moves into a new three-story brick building on the southeast corner of First Avenue and Fifth Street South.
• Jan. 4 – Times editorial: "The Times Moves"
"This is the first issue of the Times from its new publishing house…. From a little old Washington handpress back in 1901, which is not so ancient a period as time goes nowadays, to a monster 25-page Hoe web-perfecting press, is a giant stride.
….The new Times, like the old, will be battling for what it believes the best interests of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County, and its new equipment and greater facilities will increase its responsibilities for service."
• Oct. 25 – The Times continues to publish even when the city loses its electricity during a hurricane. A motorcycle engine is used to power the linotype machine.
* Oct. 27 – Times editorial: "Pinellas Storm"
"....the storm which swept Pinellas Peninsula was a severe one and the damage it did was great. It was the newspaper's duty to furnish this news to the people as completely and as thoroughly as it was able to do even under the adverse circumstances. And we are publishing a newspaper."
• Daily circulation is 4,409.
• Oct. 7 – Times editorial: "Talking to London"
"When Marconi first perfected his wireless telegraph and it became possible to transmit messages through this medium, it was considered that he had accomplished all that could be possible in that line, but from that time the proficiency of aerial communication service has advanced until, on last Saturday, a concert given in Newark, NJ, was heard in London, England.
The Newark test established for the first time the possibility of trans-Atlantic communication by this means.
It is good to live in this age of progress."
• Nov. 3 – Times editorial: "Seven Days a Week"
"Today the St. Petersburg Times becomes a seven-day newspaper, and, with this issue, goes to press on Monday morning for the first time in its history. The pride the Times feels in this accomplishment is not that it merely has reached the place where the physical equipment and man power necessary to the greater undertaking is available, but in the fact that the growth of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County has made it necessary."
• December – The newspaper's crossword puzzle makes its debut.
• The Times begins relocating to its new eight-story building at 440 First Ave. S. The move will be finished in 1927.
Two new presses, a Goss and a Hoe, are purchased for the newspaper's new building. The Goss press has a color attachment that is used to print the Sunday comics. ("Line Color")
• A copy of the Times costs five cents.
• Daily circulation is 11,481.
• March 4 – Times editorial: "A Change at Washington"
"Undoubtedly the people expect a great deal from President Roosevelt, and it will be pathetic indeed if it should be proved that they expected too much. Our own expectations are very high, but at this time we cannot altogether forget the enormous gravity of all the possibilities."
• There are 15 people on the newspaper's news staff.
July 25 – The Times celebrates its 50th anniversary.
• Oct. 26 – Times editorial: "After Prohibition, What Then?"
"Now that repeal seems certain within a few days from now and that the sale of liquor legally and officially soon will be recognized by the state, it is time to think seriously about the bootlegger.... It is the duty of every enforcement agent to grid himself for a battle completely to eradicate the bootlegger and his pre-prohibition counterpart -- the blind tiger."
• The newspaper increases its Associated Press service to 24 hours a day.
• July – Times publisher Paul Poynter overextends himself with real estate and other financial deals and loses control of the Times Publishing Company. The Smith and Ottaway families, who now own the majority of Times stock, take over. During a seven-week legal battle Nelson Poynter helps his father regain control of the company.
• Sept. 8 – The following notice appears in the newspaper:
"Back in 1926 the Times asked its readers for an expression of what they liked about the paper and what they didn't like. Thousands of readers filled out the questionnaire and mailed it in. It proved of great value to the editors.... But times have changed and the Times is anxious for a new expression about its features, comic strips and news reports.... It will take you about five minutes to sit down and fill out the questionnaire below. Will you do it?"
• Aug. 2 – Times editorial: "Life in 2037"
"Most of us undoubtedly would be intrigued by a glimpse into the future to see what life in the United States 100 years from now may be like.
The national resources committee reported on new industrial inventions which it feels may effect disturbing changes in employment, not only 100 years from now, but possibly within the next 20 years:
1. air-conditioning
2. trailers
3. plastics
4. prefabricated houses
5. television"
• April 11 – Nelson Poynter becomes the new editor of the St. Petersburg Times.
• The Times Publishing Co. enters the broadcast field when it buys radio station WTSP. Broadcast studios are located in the newspaper's downtown St. Petersburg building. (The radio station is sold in 1956.)
• Dec. 7 – The newspaper prints a World War II extra with the headline "WAR" printed in large red letters.
• Nov. 2 – Nelson Poynter speech excerpt:
"We Are Remiss in Research," Associated Dailies of Florida
"As custodians of one of democracy's essential freedoms we are guilty of technological backwardness. We have been remiss in discovering new tools to implement that freedom. As an industry we have done practically nothing to further basic research.
....We have learned enough to know that we have learned little. We have learned that as an industry we are backward in research, and that we are not seizing the new technologies and discoveries of recent years. As an industry we must improve and expand -- or we will dwindle and die."
• Daily circulation is 31,336.
• August – Paul Poynter sells his remaining shares of Times Publishing Co. common stock to Nelson Poynter.
• Aug. 6 – Nelson Poynter writes his "Standards for Ownership" to express his philosophy of journalism and his policies for running an independent newspaper. The standards are circulated to Times staffers and readers. (In 1979 the standards are updated by editor and president Eugene Patterson and renamed the "Standards of Operation.")
• Sept. 6 – A large photo of the Skyway bridge is the newspaper's first full-color front page photo. The photo is for a story describing the opening of the Sunshine Skyway bridge.
• The average size of the St. Petersburg Times is 50 pages. There are 500 full-time staffers working at the newspaper.
• Daily circulation is 93,566. Sunday circulation is 97,403.
• Donald K. Baldwin is named the new managing editor of the Times.
•Daily circulation reaches 100,000.
• April – The 34th Street printing plant is dedicated. The $2.5 million structure contains 10 Walter Scott presses capable of printing 128 pages at 60,000 per hour with the opportunity for process and single color.
• July 19 – "Our Editorial Philosophy" by Nelson Poynter, Times Mark 75 Edition:
"All editorial policy of this newspaper stems from the firm conviction that the Suncoast can be the finest place in the world to live. The Times has had this goal during its long history. Only a few readers will differ with this basic program. But people, not newspapers, convert ideas into realities. An editorial is impotent until a group of people, a civic organization or government, breathes life into it.
...The St. Petersburg Times staff regards a newspaper as a service rather than a commodity. The only client is the reader. These services range from a weather report or a baseball box score and financial table to the most important and difficult job of reporting, interpreting and commenting on government, and those who are in office -- or want to be.
During its history, the majority of readers have not always agreed with the Times' position on numerous issues. But the paper has been durable enough to see a dissenting opinion grow into a majority on many occasions. We try to avoid the sin of pride of opinion. Only if our editorial position is sound for the great majority can it endure. We would not want it otherwise."
• June – The Times purchases its afternoon competitor, the Evening Independent, from the Thomson Newspaper company.
• Dick Bothwell begins a popular Times newspaper column called "Of All Things." The column continues until 1981.
• Nov. 18 – The Times reports on President John Kennedy's visit to Tampa. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas just a few days after his visit to Tampa.
• Nov. 23 – Times editorial: "He Shall Not Have Died in Vain"
"Disbelief. Shock. Anguish. Outrage -- a thundering, towering outrage, mingled with shame, guilt and remorse.
Is there a citizen of the United States worthy of the name who did not feel these emotions yesterday afternoon?
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States, only last Monday -- Monday of this week -- smilingly greeting his Suncoast admirers at Al Lopez Field, freely, casually pressing through crowds, warmly shaking hands with everyone who could reach him.
...The assassination of President Kennedy gives the United States a new goal. It must now prove to the world that democracy can work without eruptions of violence, that men can live in both freedom and justice."
•May 4 – The Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service is awarded to the St. Petersburg Times and reporter Martin Waldron for coverage of financial abuses at the Florida Turnpike Authority. The newspaper's investigation leads to the reorganization of state auditing and bonding practices.
• January – The Computer Services Department is created. In May, two Honeywell Model 200 computers are installed.
May – Robert Haiman is named the new managing editor of the St. Petersburg Times. He becomes executive editor in 1976 and president of the Poynter Institute in 1983.
• April 5 – Times editorial: "It's Still the Answer"
"The long road from Montgomery was ended for Dr. Martin Luther King by an assassin's bullet in Memphis.
Along the way, Dr. King helped bring his nation to some of its finest hours.
His violent death was one of its darkest.
The danger now is that the brutal murder of Dr. King will strengthen those who preach both racism and violence.
But the great majority of Americans of all races should know that the answer of Gandhi and Martin Luther King was the right one.
It is the truth that prevails even after assassins fire their futile bullets."
• The Times moves into a new five-story building. The 1920s eight-story structure is remodeled.
• Daily circulation is 160,937. Sunday circulation is 182,051.
• Excerpt from Nelson Poynter's introduction to the 1971 annual report to the Times staff:
"I want the whole staff to suffer – bleed – and to weep with me if there is one typographical error on Page 48 – a single wrong address in the whole multi-million classified ad department – one missed delivery of a paper before 6 a.m. – a wet paper in stormy weather – a badly printed picture – one little imperfection in our relation to all those beautiful readers.
With every staffer doing just that little extra – every day – we will be Florida's Best every day in happy 1972."
• February – Eugene Patterson becomes the new editor and president of the St. Petersburg Times and Times Publishing Co.
• Nov. 1 – Times Pasco County reporter Lucy Morgan is sentenced to jail for refusing to tell the state attorney the name of a source. (This case will end in 1976 with the Florida Supreme Court's ruling, Morgan v. State, overturning Lucy Morgan's conviction for refusing to reveal her sources.)
• Computers begin to replace typewriters in the news department.
• May 29 – Nelson Poynter announces that the Modern Media Institute will be started and that Donald K. Baldwin, former editor of the St. Petersburg Times, will become the Institute's first director. Initially the Modern Media Institute is financed by The Poynter Fund. (In 1984 the Modern Media Institute changes its name to The Poynter Institute.) On November 10, 1975 the Modern Media Institute's articles of incorporation are issued. This is the official beginning of the se school.
• February – Andy Barnes is named the new managing editor of the St. Petersburg Times. Robert Haiman becomes the newspaper's executive editor.
• Jan. 12 – In a videotaped interview, Nelson Poynter talked about the Modern Media Institute:
"Modern Media Institute is going to be something big and important. It has to live modestly for quite a number of years, but its job is to help train the people who are going to help maintain the stability, the progress, the integrity of self-government, which I mentioned before, from a historic standpoint, is still a very frail, and a very new experiment.
… Modern Media Institute which Don Baldwin heads will be my chief heir. It already has the stock in the Times Holding Company that was owned by the Poynter Fund and its proxy will go to Gene Patterson after I'm gone. The Times Publishing Company of course will continue to pay corporate taxes, and so forth. Modern Media Institute will be something the staff is tremendously proud of because it's dedicated to one thing and that is to make modern media on which self-government rests better and more responsive to the people of this country."
• Feb. 15 – Nelson Poynter announces that he has willed his ownership of the Times Publishing Co. to the Modern Media Institute.
• Daily circulation is 198,542. Sunday circulation is 247,974.
• June 15 – Nelson Poynter dies at the age of 74. Poynter had become ill in his office just a few hours after he helped break ground for the new St. Petersburg campus of the University of South Florida.
• June 16 – The Times Publishing Co. board of directors names editor and president Eugene Patterson as the new chief executive officer of the company.
• April – The Times is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. The Pulitzer is for coverage of the Church of the Scientology by Charles Stafford and Bette Swenson Orsini.
• Jan. 17 – The Times experiments with computer-assisted reporting when it purchases a computer tape containing census information. On Jan. 17, the Times publishes articles and graphics based on the tape's data.
• April 1 – Eugene Patterson becomes chairman of the board of the Times Publishing Company. Andy Barnes is named the new St. Petersburg Times editor and president.
• April 30 – Time magazine lists the St. Petersburg Times as one of America's top 10 newspapers.
• July 25 – The Times celebrates its 100th anniversary.
• July 26 – Times editorial: "Our Second Century"
"Newspaper work, as it must be, is obsessed with the future. The idea of tomorrow's newspaper, and those that will follow, becomes a companion for all who work at shaping it. That is one reason this 100th anniversary year has been a special one for members of the staff of the St. Petersburg Times. While working on tomorrow's newspapers, we had the pleasure of exploring the rich chapters of our past.
...Our wish is that, when we and our community mark the end of our second century, it will be said that by reporting the news and searching for its true meanings the St. Petersburg Times helped light the way as brightly in its second 100 years as it did in its first."
• April 21 – Times Publishing Co. announces that it will expand its headquarters in downtown St. Petersburg with a new eight-story building. Part of the design challenge for the architects is to integrate the three different Times buildings while maintaining the historical integrity of the older ones.
• April 24 – The Times earns a Pulitzer Prize. The award is for Lucy Morgan and Jack Reed's investigation into corruption at the Pasco County Sheriff's Office.
• Nov. 7 – The Evening Independent prints its last edition.
• The Times newspaper library stops clipping articles and begins using a new electronic archive system. Each day's electronic files are added to the online DataTimes service. Within a short time the newspaper also joins the Dialog and Nexis database services.
• Oct. 30 – The newspaper's new $12 million downtown building is dedicated.
• Oct. 30 – Eugene Patterson writes his last St. Petersburg Times newspaper column as chief executive officer of the Times Publishing Co.: "Saying Farewell to a Long and Rewarding Career in Journalism"
"You'll note my name is coming off the masthead now. I turned 65 this month and decided 41 years in the news arena was plenty. So I'm hanging up the gloves and retiring to play with my grandchildren and write a book or two.
Control of the Times Publishing Company passes to Andy Barnes, my designated hitter, who will run it well. Not yet 50, he came down with me from the Washington Post and proved he could play all the positions with elan and lead with the right vision.
This is a note of thanks to you always-faithful and often-forgiving readers who have made my 17 years at the St. Petersburg Times the best. And it is a love letter about the news business to those young people who are interested in journalism but who may wonder if there's a better way to make a living. I can't imagine that there is....
• Oct. 31 – Andy Barnes succeeds Eugene Patterson as chief executive officer of Times Publishing Co.
• November – The Poynter Institute and Times Publishing Co. respond to the news that two of Nelson Poynter's nieces sold their inherited Times Publishing Co. stock to a group of investors led by Robert Bass. The niece's 200 shares of Times common stock were originally sold to their mother, Eleanor Jamison, by her brother, Nelson Poynter, in 1947. Eleanor Jamison died in 1987. After the stock sale the Robert Bass group owned 40 percent of the Times voting stock and 5.7 percent of the total number of shares outstanding. November 1988 marks the beginning of an approximately two-year long struggle over the stock's value and the ownership of the Times Publishing Co.
• April – The Times is awarded its fourth Pulitzer Prize. The prize for feature writing is awarded to Sheryl James for "A Gift Abandoned," a series about a Temple Terrace woman who abandoned her newborn baby in a cardboard box next to a Dumpster.
• September – Paul Tash becomes the new executive editor of the Times.
• March 31 – Daily circulation is 378,723. Sunday circulation is 470,521.
• Feb. 19 – The Times launches its first online Web project. The site offers a tour of the "Treasures of Czars" exhibit at the Florida International Museum in St. Petersburg.
• March 9 – More than 22,000 Times baseball extras are sold when St. Petersburg is awarded an expansion baseball team, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
• April 18 – Jeff Good wins the newspaper's fifth Pulitzer Prize for his editorial series, "Final Indignities," which detailed the inadequacies of Florida's probate system. Good was honored in the editorial writing category. His series detailed ways in which personal estates are sometimes raided by probate lawyers and executors after the deaths of the benefactors.
• May – Veteran reporter Peggy M. Peterman retires after 31 years at the Times. After spending 20 years as a feature writer, Peterman became a columnist, and then in 1994 she joined the Times editorial board. In December 1996 the Times creates a FAMU college journalism scholarship in her honor.
March 31 – Daily circulation is 362,920. Sunday circulation is 459,499.
• April – Tom French wins the newspaper's sixth Pulitzer Prize for his seven-part series, "Angels & Demons," which chronicled the events and investigation that led to the conviction of Oba Chandler in the 1989 murders of Jo, Michelle and Christe Rogers. French's October 1997 series was honored in the Pulitzer's feature writing category.
• March 31 – Daily circulation is 359,214. Sunday circulation is 452,723.
• April 9 – TampaBay.com, the Times new entertainment/community Web site, goes online. Entertainment news for the site is pulled from the newspaper's various local editions.
• Jan. 1 – Times editorial: "100 Years to Right Wrongs"
"…Our grandparents and great-grandparents stood on the threshold of the 20th century and declared that it would be a time of miracles: horseless carriages, flying machines, trips to the moon, freedom from disease. So we, too, look to the 21st century…. We can forge the future we want: We are rich enough and smart enough to create, if not the New Jerusalem, a green, tolerant, healthy society with amazing machines as our servants. But we can only solve poverty, prejudice and hatred through advances in the technology of the human heart."
• Feb. 23 – Paul Tash is named editor and president. Andy Barnes, who has been editor and president since 1984, and chairman and chief executive officer of the Times Publishing Co. since 1988, remains as chairman and CEO.
• July – Marty Petty, former publisher of the Hartford Courant, is named the new executive vice president of the St. Petersburg Times.
• Nov. 7 – The Times works under a presidential election night deadline to find accurate front page headlines. Among the banner headlines: "Photo Finish," "Florida Finish," "Bush Wins," "Recount," and "State of Confusion." The 2000 presidential election between Al Gore and George W. Bush ends with a controversial Florida vote recount. The winner is not officially decided until December.
• Sept. 11 – Times editorial: "A Day of Loss"
"The United States is at war. Our enemies have assaulted the symbols of our economic and military power, and the magnitude of the loss – in human life, in economic devastation, in damage to the national psyche – is almost beyond comprehension. Sept. 11, 2001, takes its place alongside Dec. 7, 1941, as the most evil dates in American history.
…. Americans mourn for the thousands of fellow citizens whose lives were ripped apart by the coordinated acts of terrorism at the Pentagon and World Trade Center. We also mourn for our collective loss. Our sense of security, personally and as a nation, may never be the same.
… As we struggle in the days and weeks to come to terms with our almost unimaginable loss, let us cling even more closely to the values for which the United States has long stood – and which no enemy can destroy."
• March 20 – Times editorial: "The Onset of War" "The opening salvo of the war in Iraq provided a taste of the overwhelming superiority of American military firepower and expertise. U.S. planners hope that the early bombardment will cow Iraqi troops and political leaders into surrender, shortening the war, limiting civilian casualties and making life safer for the American ground troops who will be called upon to secure Iraq's cities and countryside in the weeks ahead. Americans can be proud of the courage and competence of our troops, and we can take comfort in our armed forces' ability to protect U.S. interests at home and abroad. However, military superiority alone cannot ensure the long-term success of our political goals."
• May 15 – Editor and president Paul Tash succeeds Andy Barnes as chairman and chief executive officer of Times Publishing Co.
• Sept. 10 – Times Publishing Co. launches a free weekly tabloid-style newspaper called tbt*. he name tbt* is short for Tampa Bay Times. It is targeted at readers ages 25-35 who may not be regular readers of the St. Petersburg Times.
• Sept. 30 – St. Petersburg Times daily circulation is 311,680. Sunday circulation is 395,973.
• March 6 – The first edition of the daily tbt*/Tampa Bay Times is printed. The inaugural press run of 42,550 began at 2 a.m. at the 34th Street Plant in St. Petersburg. • June – A new audio recording facility for Web podcasts is installed on the fourth floor of the downtown Times office. The new suite includes a sound-proof room for podcast hosting and a separate room with recording equipment.
• Aug. 5 – Times column by Paul Tash: "No Room for Tycoons: As Other Newspapers Get Gobbled Up, Our Independence is Protected." "Nelson Poynter, who created the modern St. Petersburg Times, once observed, 'I haven't met my great-grandchildren, I might not like them.' Last week, the descendants of the man who owned the Wall Street Journal agreed to sell that company to Rupert Murdoch, the media tycoon. Mr. Poynter would not have liked that. He believed fiercely that newspapers should be independent and rooted in their communities. To keep this one from falling into the hands of a larger corporation, he created a unique ownership structure that could outlive him. Essentially, he gave away his life's work. When Poynter died in 1978, he left the St. Petersburg Times not to his wife or his daughters, but to a school. ...Yes, these are challenging times in the news business, especially in Florida, where the moribund real estate market is dragging down the economy. But thanks to Mr. Poynter, this organization is built to weather a rough stretch."
• Aug. 19 -- Online message by Bill Adair: "PolitiFact Today" "Welcome to PolitiFact, a project of the St. Petersburg Times and Congressional Quarterly. In the months ahead, the news staffs of both organizations will examine major claims by presidential candidates and rule on their veracity. Our Truth-O-Meter will help voters sort fact from fiction in the campaign. This is a working database and over time it will grow more valuable. Today, we examine Obama's claim that he refuses lobbyist money, we check Obama Girl's attack against Rudy Giuliani and we scrutinize Joe Biden's diagnosis that President Bush is brain-dead. We welcome feedback via email or you can click the link below to post a comment."
• Sept. 30 – Times daily circulation is 288,807. Sunday circulation is 389,952.
• June 30 – The Times increases its daily price to 50 cents. The cost of the Sunday newspaper remains the same at $1. (In 1911, a single-copy of the Times cost 3 cents and two decades later it was 5 cents.)
• Sept. 30 – Daily circulation is 268,935. Sunday circulation is 390,289.
• Nov. 5 – Times editorial: "Obama's Victory, and America's" "Americans on Tuesday turned a page of history, breaking through the partisan politics and racial barriers of the past to embrace the inspiring voice of a new generation. Barack Obama's remarkable rise from modest beginnings to his election as the nation's first black president is a uniquely American success story, and the voters' recognition of his talents and their confidence in his potential sends a positive message to the world. The 47-year-old first-term senator from Illinois tapped into the hunger for change and for candidates who unite rather than divide. ...These would be challenging times for any incoming president. At home and abroad, the nation has lost its balance. It will require a commitment to common goals and shared sacrifice by Americans to regain solid footing, and it will not happen overnight. On Tuesday, voters placed their faith in an engaging young leader to transform Washington and steer this country toward a brighter future. If Barack Obama is as effective at governing as he has been at campaigning, he should get off to a fine start."
• April 20 – St. Petersburg Times writer Lane DeGregory is awarded the feature writing Pulitzer Prize for her story about the discovery of a feral child shut off from the world until she was discovered and adopted by a supportive family. A second Pulitzer is awarded to St. Petersburg Times staff for PolitFact, for its fact-checking initiative during the 2008 presidential campaign that used probing reporters and the power of the Web to examine political claims.


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André Volpato wrote: > | > | If it is being spent in the bitmap index scan, try setting > | effective_io_concurrency to 0 for Linux, and see what effect that has. > > I disabled effective_io_concurrency at AIX but it made no changes on bitmap index times. > Brad's point is that it probably doesn't do anything at all on AIX, and is already disabled accordingly. But on Linux, it is doing something, and that might be contributing to why it's executing so much better on that platform. If you disable that parameter on your Debian box, that should give you an idea whether that particular speed-up is a major component to the difference you're seeing or not. Also, if the system check was done by the "vendor team" team, don't trust them at all. It doesn't sound like a disk problem is involved in your case yet, but be sure to do your own basic disk benchmarking too rather than believing what you're sold. There's a quick intro to that at http://www.westnet.com/~gsmith/content/postgresql/pg-disktesting.htm and a much longer treatment of the subject in my book if you want a lot more details. I don't have any AIX-specific tuning advice in there though. -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US greg(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support www.2ndQuadrant.us "PostgreSQL 9.0 High Performance": http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/books
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Security in downtown Tampa was as tight as one might expect with over 3,000 officers representing federal, state and local agencies, not to mention the secret service inside and outside the Tampa Bay Times Forum where the scene was being set for this week's big show.
As the delegates checked in at the Serata Resort, it was clear at this point that New Jersey and its governor would be the center of attention. At a reception for the New Jersey delegation, Gov. Christie was greeted like the political rock star he's become, beaming at the home crowd, and in a nod to Isaac, dusting off one of his famous one-liners "to get the hell off the beach" to anyone foolish enough to venture out during the storm.
NJ Today Correspondent David Cruz caught up with the governor and asked if he could turn New Jersey into a state that's in play for Mitt Romney. Christie quickly dispelled that notion. "At the end of the day, Mitt Romney's got to be the guy who turns states in his favor," said the governor. "Everybody in New Jersey knows I support Gov. Romney. They've known that since last October and, in the end, the people of New Jersey are going to decide who they're going to vote for."
In what would have been the first day of the convention, conditions at the beach were not too bad except for a little bit of light rain. Officials say the New Jersey delegation will have the rest of the day to take full advantage in anticipation of tomorrow's big day. According to Republican National Committeeman Bill Palatucci, people looking for other activities won't be disappointed. "The bar will be open, there will be a big lunch spread provided but the work of the convention will be Monday afternoon will be switched over to Tuesday afternoon," he said.
Chris Christie took up a lot of the oxygen in the room but if there was one person who rivaled him in the hearts of delegates, it might have been former Gov. Tom Kean who spent more than an hour posing for photos and greeting members of the delegation. He says Christie's good for the party but great for New Jersey — something which Democrats should appreciate.
"When I gave the keynote speech, Bill Bradley and those other Democrats congratulated me," recalled Kean. "Some of them actually helped me … that's the way it should be. When somebody in the state gets this kind of recognition … this is good for the whole state and everybody ought to be behind him."
Kean was also a featured speaker at this morning's New Jersey's delegation breakfast and he's having as good a time as any ex-governor should have at a Republican National Convention.
David Cruz files this report from Tampa.