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Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his nearly 8-year pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City. (Feb. 24, 2013)
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Foxes Den Self Storage - Lafayette East Side
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You must call Foxes Den Self Storage on the same day that you make this reservation to check the availability of the unit you're wanting. Units are only confirmed once we speak with you and the 1st months rent has been paid. Units are subject to availability and are on a first come first serve basis. Foxes Den Self Storage of Lafayette has over 20 years of experience in the storage industry. We offer affordable rates on clean and modern storage units. Bring your things to Foxes Den Self Storage and find all the conveniences and amenities you're looking for.
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Hover over the different sizes under the 'Available Units' section for this facility to see what fits in each space. When choosing a size, remember to think about how you intend to use the unit. Are you trying to cram it as full as possible, or do you need some extra room inside? We always recommend leaving a pathway for easy access to items at the back of the unit.
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Storage units typically have a ceiling height of about eight feet. Special units like "storage lockers" are around five feet or less. Units for vehicle storage will have higher ceilings to accommodate RVs and boats. Call us if you need more help on choosing the best unit size for your car, boat, motorcycle or RV!
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Urinary Disorders
Enterobacter aerogenes in urine
I have had three urine cultures in the past two months come back with the Enterobacter aerogenes bacteria 40,000 cfu`s. I have been treated with Levaquin but it does not go away. I have a history of kidney stones due to Crohn`s disease and had a kidney stent for two months after having a 2 cm stone and 3 cm stone removed in April and May. Yes, centimeters -- they were huge stones.
In 2007 I had a kidney infection that caused sepsis and was hospitlaized for several days and then had IV antibiotics for a month when I got home.
I have had a low grade fever for about two months now ranging from 99 to 99.9 and this past Sunday my left knee blew up with fluid. These are the same things that happened to me in 2007 prior to being hospitalized.
So what does this enterobacter aerogenes bacteria in my urine mean? My urologist says at 40,000 it is nothing to worry about until it gets to 100,000 and says I am resistent to the antibiotics and we should do nothing right now. That`s fine with me but I just do not want to go through what I did in 2007 with that infection.
Thanks for your help.
Suppression of bacterial count with existing antibiotic in urine may reduce the count. It is true that 40,000 count is not considered true infection. However, there are certain conditions which may contribute to persistent infection. In female, urethral diverticulum is the most missed diagnosed. Excessive post void residual urine also may cause the above and most importantly, fistula formation between GI and GU system may be the cause of persistent bacteriuria in victims with Crohn's disease.
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College of Medicine
University of Cincinnati


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THE Church of St Giles in the abandoned village of Imber will be open to visitors on Friday, April 18, from 12 noon until 5 pm, and Saturday 19 to Monday 21 April, from 11am until 4pm.
Refreshments will be served while the church is open.
The church bells will be rung on Saturday at 12 noon followed by a short concert of folk music with the launch of the CD The Ghosts of Old Imber.
A children's Easter egg hunt will take place on Easter Sunday and will start at 11.15 am. On Easter Monday ringers from Exeter Cathedral will attempt a full peal on the bells starting at 1pm. If successful, it will last approximately two-and-a-half hours.
Admission to the church and all events is free of charge, however donations are invited towards the maintenance of Imber Church.
Access to Imber is via the metalled roads from Warminster, Gore Cross (A360), Bratton and Heytesbury.
Vehicles and pedestrians must keep to these roads at all times. All tracks and buildings are out of bounds for reasons of safety.
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Carcass Island
Latitude51° 18′ S
Longitude60° 34′ W
Carcass Island is situated 6.5km (4 miles) off Hope Point, the nearest part of West Falkland. It is some 10km (6 ¼ miles) long, with a maximum width of 2.5km (1 ½ miles). The two highest points are Jason Hill (500ft/150m) to the South, and Mount Byng (723ft/217m) in the centre of the island, which has been used for sheep farming since 1872. Ground nesting birds are plentiful because the island is free of rats and mice. Large areas were planted with tussac that was used as winter animal fodder. The usual landing is in Port Pattison, either at Dyke Bay, from where we will walk the 4km (2 ½ miles) to Carcass Settlement, or directly at the settlement itself. An alternative landing is at Leopard beach. The Island is owned by Rob and Lorraine Gill, who have lived and farmed here since the 1970's. Although they are self sufficient in food and still farm over 600 sheep, tourism is now their main focus, and their afternoon tea has become famous.
In 1766, HMS Carcass, Captain Pattison, resupplied the British fort at Port Egmont, Saunders Island. Carcass Island and Port Pattison are named after them. The island was first fenced and farmed from 1872 by a Dane, Charles Hansen.
Various grazed grasses, as well as areas of Tussac grass (Poa flabellata), and areas of teaberry (Myrteola), diddle dee (Empetrum rubrum) and gorse (Ulex europaeus), Falklands scurvy grass (Oxalis enneaphylla), pig vine (Gunnera magellanica), coastal nassauvia (Nassauvia gaudichandii), small fern (Blechnum penna marina), tall fern (Blechnum magellanicum).
Confirmed breeders: Cobb's wren (Troglodytes cobbi) one of two indigenous Falkland Islands birds, tussac bird (Cinclodes antarcticus antarcticus), black throated finch (Melanodera melanodera melanodera), dark-faced ground tyrant (Muscisaxicola maclovianus maclovianus), Falkland pipit (Anthus correndera grayi), Falkland grass wren (Cistotherus platensis falklandicus), Falkland thrush (Turdus falklandii falklandii), long-tailed meadowlark (Sturnella loyca falklandica), black chinned siskin (Carduelsis barbata), magellanic penguin (Sphensiscus magellanicus), gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), ruddy-headed goose (Chloeophaga rubidiceps), steamer duck (flying and Falkland flightless, Tachyeres patachonicus/brachypterus), upland goose (Chloephaga picta leucoptera), and striated caracara (Phalocoboenus australis).
Occasional southern sea lions (Otaria flavescens). These breed on the nearby islands known as The Twins.
Resident Commerson's dolphins (Cephalorhrynchus commersonii).
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X-rays are the oldest form of diagnostic imaging tests. Although advances in technology have brought us MRIs, CT scans and more, X-rays continue to be used widely for diagnosing spine and other disorders.

While X-rays are generally not recommended to doctors as the initial step in diagnosing neck or back pain, they can be key for finding sources of pain and/or movement limitations.

X-rays are particularly useful for seeing fractures and other things that may be going on in your bones. Doctors generally integrate the information gleaned from X-rays and/or other diagnostic imaging tests with the information gathered during your medical history intake and physical exam.

Often digitized, X-ray films are easy and inexpensive to take, says Robert Boyles, P.T., and clinical assistant professor of physical therapy at the University of Puget Sound.

The downside of X-ray tests is they emit ionizing radiation; this may be harmful to the tissue that is exposed to the radiation, Boyle continues.

How X-Ray Images Are Made

X-rays are generated when an electron beam hits a metal target. The beam and the metal are enclosed in a tube, called the X-ray tube. Once generated, the X-ray leaves the tube through a small opening. This opening functions a bit like an iris in a camera because it regulates the size of the beam.

Outside the tube, the X-ray beam is directed at a plate of film. The body part being imaged is placed in between the tube and the plate of film. It absorbs the x-ray to varying degrees.

The density, thickness and the atomic weight of the body tissue being X-rayed determine how much beam reaches the film, and how much is blocked. The denser the body part, the less transparent its image is on the film, and vice versa.

When an X-ray beam reaches the film, the film turns black and the effect is called radio-lucent. White areas on an X-ray are made when something blocks the beam. This effect is called radio-opaque.

Either way, this process is called attenuation, or the degree to which X-rays are absorbed or deflected by the body part being imaged. Attenuation is related to radiation dose.

Related:  How much radiation exposure will you get from a spine MRI?

Let's compare a few body substances for their opaqueness and translucency on X-rays. Relatively speaking, bone is the most dense tissue and air or gases are the least. In between are water and fat - water is more dense on an X-ray than fat.

Because bones are of high density, they show up as white on the resulting film. Skin, on the other hand, is much less thick and therefore becomes translucent, or even transparent on the film. This is how the X-ray so readily shows the bone underneath the skin.

If contrast dye is injected in a CT scan (which is basically an X-ray that yields 3D images), that dye is more dense than your bone, and will therefore show up as white. Sometimes metal markers are added to X-rays. Metal markers are thicker than contrast dye and also show up as white.

As you might imagine, the thickness of the body makes a difference in the quality of an X-ray. For this reason, larger people may need increased exposure time or a more intense beam in order to get the same film clarity as a smaller person.

When it Comes to Reading an X-Ray

Regardless of how clear an X-ray is, it's important that the radiologist who reads it does so carefully and thoroughly, and accurately correlates the findings with what they may indicate, Boyle comments. The doctor who prescribes the X-ray should communicate ahead of time with the reading radiologist about why the films are being taken. This may better equip the radiologist for focusing on the most important areas of concern, which in turn may help you get an accurate diagnosis for your symptoms, he concludes.

Related: Communicate your symptoms with your doctor.

Sources:

U.S. Food and Drug Administration. What is Computed Tomography? FDA Website. Last Updated April 23 2014. http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/MedicalImaging/MedicalX-Rays/ucm115318.htm

U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH). Lumbar spine CT scan. Medline Plus Website. Last Updated. January 17, 2013. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007350.htm

Boyles, Robert, PT. Dsc, OCS, FAAOMPT. Basic Musculoskeletal Radiology and Imaging. MedBridge Education Website. Accessed August 28, 2014. http://www.medbridgeeducation.com


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Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott Credits 'Sister Act 2′ With Pushing Her to Sing
Lady Antebellum frontlady Hillary Scott is certainly talented, but she didn't get where she is today without a little help. The engaged-to-be-married star revealed in an interview with Next Movie that she credits Whoopi Goldberg in 'Sister Act 2′ with convincing her to pursue singing as a career.
"There was a movie that actually inspired me to continue singing. It was 'Sister Act 2,' which sounds so random," Scott revealed when the website caught up with her at Fashion Week. "I was probably 11 or 12, really young, and I'd been singing my whole life."
Not many pre-teens have their careers mapped out by the time they hit puberty, but the 'Just a Kiss' songstress says that she knew — thanks to the 1993 nun comedy — that singing for a living was her fate. She adds, "It was almost like that was when I realized that not only do I love to sing because it's been a part of my life because my parents do, but it's a calling. I was like, 'OK, this is what I'm supposed to do.' That movie just kind of helped bring it out. I don't know how."
Oddly enough, 'Sister Act 2′ is Scott's go-to flick to this day. "That's the movie that I will watch a million times and love singing along to every word," she admits. "It just inspires me."


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Will L.A. District Attorney Jackie Lacey Investigate Shooting Death of 80-Year-Old By Sheriff's Department?
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says 80-year-old Eugene Mallory pointed a gun at a deputy, who then shot the elderly man dead in his Littlerock home in the Antelope Valley. Mallory's family and friends are saying something very different.
"How could that happen to someone like him?" says Robert Enrich, a former co-worker of Mallory's. "He was a gentle giant. He was a really nice guy."
Enrich says he and Mallory's family now want Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey to thoroughly investigate the June 27 shooting.
The Sheriff's Department says Mallory was killed during a drug raid, in which deputies found marijuana, marijuana growing equipment, and Mallory pointing a gun at law enforcement. Enrich says that doesn't sound right to him.
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Enrich worked with Mallory, a retired electronics technician with a top security clearance at Lockheed Martin, for nearly seven years. Describing Mallory as "very responsible" and a solid citizen, Enrich says, "How could a person have these attributes before he retired and now run a drug operation?"
Mallory lived in a multi-unit dwelling, says Enrich. He questions if other residents, not Mallory, were selling drugs -- and his friend got caught in the middle of a very bad situation when a deputy charged into his bedroom at 7:30 a.m. on June 27.
It's a scenario that's not hard to believe.
In 2010, Sheriff's deputy Christopher Conley barged into a shack in Lancaster in the Antelope Valley with no warning and fired upon Angel Mendez and his pregnant girlfriend. Another deputy also fired shots into the shack.
Conley said he and a group of deputies were looking for a parolee. The two Lancaster residents survived, but Mendez's leg had to be amputated due to the severity of his gun shot wounds.
Read the L.A. Weekly cover story "Lucky to be Alive."
After a quick investigation that relied almost entirely on the testimony of Sheriff's deputies with little independent investigation, L.A. County prosecutors cleared the deputies of any wrongdoing in the Mendez case.
Mendez has sued the Sheriff's Department in federal court, seeking millions in damages.
Mallory's friends and family are now pressuring L.A. County D.A. Jackie Lacey to take a hard look at what happened to the 80-year-old.
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PARTICIPATION in any sport fosters confidence, teamwork, pride, spirit, and many other valuable life attributes. Participation in any form of athletic competition during high school — from intramural to varsity — has both short-term and long-term benefits for the health of our youth.
The bad news for Marin County is a limited supply of places for teams to practice and compete.
As the Marin Independent Journal noted in its Sept. 23 front-page article, demand for athletics facilities in Marin continues to grow but inventory has not expanded in 10 years.
As enrollment grows in many of our local high schools, even making the team can be a challenge. Increased competition often makes it harder for the 'average' player to join a team.
Teens who want to play simply because they love sports and enjoy being on a team with friends might well be out of luck.
This fall, Dominican University opened the Allen Athletics Complex. This new facility features a multi-purpose turf field, which already has been put to good use by Dominican's student-athletes as they compete in NCAA Division II play.
Soon, this facility will become an important community resource as the university introduces a program for high school students who otherwise would not have the opportunity to play team sports either at their school or at the competitive club level.
Designed as an after-school sports club, the program will provide an inclusive, welcoming and supportive environment for local teens.
The program will give local students access to a world- class athletics facility and the many resources offered by Dominican University, Marin's only four-year university.
The club will utilize sports as a vehicle for positive youth development. Members will feel that they are part of a 'team' of peers at a time when these youth truly need to feel a part of something positive.
The focus will be less about competition and more about a place to play sports after school.
The club also will provide Dominican students an opportunity to engage with members of their greater community by working alongside high school participants in athletics activities.
Dominican University understands the importance of providing a place where our community can come together to learn and grow.
The mission of the club is clear and compelling: "To provide inclusive activity-based options for local high school students."
As it grows, and as more teens welcome the club as a healthy place to hang out with friends, the club will add leadership opportunities, educational programming, and academic support.
Our goal is to launch the club in summer 2013 for local high school students entering their freshman and sophomore years.
We hope these students will remain involved with the club as they progress through high school, eventually serving as mentors to younger participants.
We look forward to welcoming Marin youth to Dominican University to play and exercise after school.
Marin resident John F. Allen is the former chair of Dominican University of California's
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Changes are again planned for Falmouth and Penryn policing, members of Falmouth town council heard on Monday.
Inspector Mark Richards, who currently covers Truro, Penryn and Falmouth, said that plans were in place to put a new inspector in place for Falmouth, Penryn and Helston.
He said that this decision was made after an assessment that one inspector covering the Falmouth and Truro area was unsuitable, due to the size of the area and the policing requirements.
He said that the original change was due to a reorganisation in the force due to cuts, and that this was the next stage of changes.
"There will be better local Falmouth resources to make a better tailored policing service making it much more locally focused. The idea is that Truro and Falmouth will split and Falmouth will be aligned with Helston.
"There will be a new inspector for Falmouth, we will find out who this will be at a later date."


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Former mayor McCurry dies
Services will be Friday for former Grand Junction Mayor Bill McCurry, who served a dozen years at the head of a city he served for 20 years, was a master Grand Mesa angler, avid golfer and a graceful recipient of the gentle joke.
McCurry died Sunday. He was 79.
McCurry was part of the council elected in 1986, when the previous council was recalled.
"Bill had a real passion for what was going on," said Rags Ragsdale, who served as mayor of the new council. "He was very community-minded."
McCurry joined the Grand Junction Fire Department in 1952 and retired in 1972, then went on to work for 13 years at the Mesa County Jail.
His stint on the council was the "culmination of a career," serving on the governing board of the city for which he had worked, said Paul Nelson, who served with him on the council elected in 1986.
McCurry's golf skills paid off for him and Reford Theobold, who won the Colorado Municipal League's annual golf tournament one year, largely because of McCurry's ability to read the slope of greens and putt accordingly, Theobold said.
Theobold repaid the favor in 2002, when he and McCurry were on the same side of a divisive vote on the council, the rezoning of property at 12th Street and Patterson Road for a new supermarket.
McCurry and he opposed it, but McCurry inadvertently voted the wrong way on a motion to halt the project, Theobold said. It was one of those motions in which a no vote would have allowed the project to go forward, a yes vote would have stopped it. He could hear McCurry muttering to himself "I got that wrong," Theobold said.
Theobold asked that the 4-3 approval vote be retabulated.
"Nobody knew what was going on," but McCurry voted "as he intended" on the second poll of the council, Theobold said, making it 4-3 to strike down the project.
McCurry, who "had an exasperated way of talking" to himself about such matters, thanked him later, Theobold said. "He knew what I had done and why."
Theobold, Nelson and other city officials still giggle when remembering a golf tournament retreat in which McCurry decided to throw off a staffer by tossing his false teeth onto the practice green and telling him to putt those. Legend has that the staffer, Steve Anderson, rolled the teeth into the hole, but the incident was far from over.
Nelson soon after came across a set of chattering wind-up teeth and at a work session in Grand Junction some days later, he wound up the teeth and placed them on the table.
There was a moment of shocked silence, Nelson recalled, "Then everybody lost it all at once.
It's my favorite Bill McCurry memory by far. He wasn't offended. He kept the teeth."
McCurry wasn't just a golfer. He spent much of the summer atop Grand Mesa in search of trout.
"He knew which lakes were hot and which were not," said Sam Rainguet, city spokeswoman, who said she regretted never being able to take him up on his invitation to go fishing on the mountain. She did, however, cast a spinner he gave her "and it worked quite nicely."
McCurry "had a long, lovely retirement, which I would wish for anybody," Nelson said.
McCurry served in the U.S. Navy and had served as a commander of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Legion of the West, Camp No. 7 in Mesa County.


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Wide expanse of opportunities
While it is inevitable that mega construction projects such as the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge (HZMB) generate concerns from different sections of the community, challenging infrastructure projects also push engineering skills to a new level, according to industry experts.
Josiah K. Y Leung, chairman of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Hong Kong Association (ICE HKA), says one of the major requirements in the civil engineering industry is designing projects that take into account any impact on the environment.
"Each of the transport infrastructure projects currently taking place, creates its own unique challenges. Projects like the [HZMB] are particularly challenging because of the scale and location of the project. Constructing the bridge, which includes sections outside of Hong Kong waters, involves using new design techniques and technology never used in Hong Kong before to address environment issues. One of the key elements emerging across construction projects is the way that civil engineering can contribute to sustainable development," says Leung.
The design of the HZMB includes two artificial islands - each one-kilometre long - to join the two ends of the tunnel with the bridge segments of six traffic lanes designed for a driving speed of 100 kilometres per hour.
Earlier this year, citing aspects of the project's environmental-impact assessment, Hong Kong's Court of the First Instance overturned a decision by the city's environmental department to green-light key parts of the Hong Kong section of the HZMB.
In recent years, the Hong Kong community has been diligent in exchanging views with the government, ranging from the harbour reclamation debate to the way transport links to the mainland are constructed. Concerns have also been raised that dredging for the 35km HZMB may dislocate the Pearl River Delta's rare pink dolphins from their natural habitat.
Leung says the government's commitment to public expenditure on infrastructure projects could ensure widespread opportunities for the construction and engineering professions for the next five to 10 years.
ICE HKA, with over 4,500 members, highlights the importance of civil engineering to the city's development. It is part of a global organisation, one of the largest civil engineering professional bodies outside Britain. Through its international network, ICE HKA encourages knowledge transfer and supports young engineers through continuous professional development programmes.
To promote the importance of civil engineering to the community, ICE HKA has organised "Beyond Rhetoric - Delivering a Low Carbon Society" lecture at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Keith Clarke, CBE, who has given the lecture in several major cities around the world, will present the public talk on August 1.


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The strange summer of Bobby Valentine continued Wednesday, as he engaged in a contentious interview with Glenn Ordway and Michael Holley on WEEI's The Big Show in which he said he'd like to punch Ordway in the mouth and questioned the integrity of Red Sox beat writers who reported that he was late to a game last weekend in Oakland.
"What an embarrassing thing to say," Valentine responded when Ordway asked if the manager had "checked out" on the Red Sox. "You know, if I was there, I'd punch you right in the mouth. Ha, ha! How's that sound? Is that like I checked out? What an embarrassing thing. Why would somebody even, that's stuff that a comic-strip person would write. If someone's here, watching me go out at 2 o'clock in the afternoon working with the young players, bringing in the right relief pitchers to get a win, putting on a hit-and-run when it's necessary, talking to the guys after the game in the food room . . . How could someone in real life say that?"
Valentine then exploded when Ordway brought up his late arrival at a game last week.
"I shouldn't have to explain that. That pisses me off," he said emotionally. "Because whoever wrote that knew what happened. They knew that my son was coming to see me for the first time in this lousy season that I got to see him on the road, and that his flight was late, and that I was waiting at the airport in San Francisco for his flight to come in . . . and I sent the lineup in and reported to my coaches that Iwas going to be a little late. And for someone to say that I was late is an absolute disgrace to their integrity if they have any . . ."When I walked into the clubhouse with my son, the press was already in the clubhouse. You would think that one of these incompetent people would say, or ask a question, 'Hey, why is it 4 o'clock?'
"And, you know, 4 o'clock, I mean, that's so late for a 7:15 game," he added sarcastically. "Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon gets there every day at 4 o'clock, just for the record."Later in the interview, Valentine admitted the season has "been miserable, but it's also been part of my life's journey. You learn from misery."


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Not that it's easy for the elder sibling to watch. Taylor Griffin admitted that seeing his brother sustain blow after blow "gets my blood pumping a little bit." Blake also gets going in a way that entails the most productive kind of revenge. "I notice that every time that happens, he comes back harder, more aggressive, and he attacks the rim harder each time," Taylor Griffin said. "It normally proves too bad for the other team."
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Blake Griffin's MONSTER DUNK over Kris Humphries last night was so nasty … even Blake's brother admits, you can't help but feel terrible for Kris. Taylor Griffin — Blake's big bro — tells TMZ Sports he was at the Staples Center to watch the Clippers take on the Boston Celtics and watched firsthand as Blake posterized KH with a FEROCIOUS crotch-to-face throwdown. "I just feel sorry for the guy," Taylor says … noting that Blake's dunk was definitely one of the Top 3 slams of the year.
Griffin and his brother, former Phoenix Suns forward Taylor Griffin, will be distributing supplies for those families in need. It's all part of the Griffin Family Relief Fund that Griffin wants to use as part of a long-term plan to help the community.
Yet the older brother of Los Angeles Clippers star Blake Griffin still is chasing his dream in the NBA Development League, playing for relative pennies on the Santa Cruz Warriors with the hopes that it will eventually pay off. Like so many players in this 12-year-old, 16-team league that is looking more and more like Major League Baseball's farm system every year, he earns between $13,000 and $25,000 (plus benefits, free housing and a per diem) for an entire season. "I'm trying to get back to the NBA," said Griffin, a second-round draft pick by the Phoenix Suns in 2009 out of Oklahoma who played for a season in Belgium before returning stateside. "That's the only reason I'm here. If it was coming down to money, I'd be overseas somewhere. I feel like I can develop better in the D-League. It's the NBA game, NBA style of play. And then besides that, every NBA team is watching every game pretty much. It's the best league in the world as far as NBA exposure."
After one season playing abroad, Oklahoma native Taylor Griffin has returned to the U.S. and will play for the Dakota Wizard, an NBA Development League team for the Golden State Warriors. "Officially apart of the NBA D-League team the Dakota Wizard. 1st game today! So ready to be playing again!" said Griffin through his personal Twitter account on Tuesday. Griffin returns to D-league play after most recently playing for Belgacome Liege of the Belgium Basketball League.
Scott Schroeder: Taylor Griffin, Ben Uzoh and Damon Jones are all going to be added to D-League rosters once they clear waivers next Monday and Tuesday.


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Veteran With Febrile Illness Following Trip to Vietnam
Veteran With Febrile Illness Following Trip to Vietnam
A 59-year-old man presents with a severe febrile syndrome of several days' duration. The syndrome includes retro-orbital pain, fatigue, and severe myalgias and arthralgias. There is no cough, sputum production, rhinorrhea, or severe GI symptoms (such as vomiting or diarrhea). He has taken acetaminophen with minimal relief.
The patient was previously healthy; his only medical condition is mild hypertension, which is successfully managed with a diuretic. He returned 1 week earlier from a summer trip to Vietnam, which he took with a group of fellow veterans to visit places where they had fought during the war. He says he received "vaccinations" before he left and is adamant that he was compliant with malaria prophylaxis. To his knowledge, none of his travel companions have fallen ill since their return to the United States.
This ill-appearing man is in moderate distress. He has flushed facies but no discrete rash. Temperature is 39°C (102.2°F); heart rate is 108 beats per minute and regular. His conjunctivae are injected. Chest is clear, and abdomen is soft and nontender. He has no edema.
Hemoglobin level is normal. White blood cell count is 3900/µL, with a neutrophil count of 1900/µL; platelet count is 117,000/µL. Results of a chemistry panel are normal except for mildly elevated alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase levels. When the patient returns to the examining room after the blood draw, "spots" are noted on his arm below the venipuncture site.
What is the most likely diagnosis in this patient?
A. Malaria.
B. Yellow fever.
C. Typhoid fever.
D. Dengue.
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A Time to Shout
Phillips, Craig and Dean say it's time for Christians to make themselves heard.
The contemporary Christian trio Phillips, Craig and Dean—comprised of Pentecostal pastors Randy Phillips, Shawn Craig and Dan Dean—have a message for the church: It's time to shout. "The world does not need any more silent-majority Christians," Phillips says. "We need people to stand up—at school, in universities, in politics, in pulpits. Wherever God has called you to be, stand up and proclaim the gospel at the top of your lungs." That theme inspired the title cut of their latest release, Top of My Lungs. "It's the perfect time ... for the people of God to stand up and be the light," Phillips says. "And that light is ... a hopeful message, that in the middle of crisis and uncertainty, 'This is the way, walk ye in it.' "
Adrienne S. Gaines
Prayer Point
As voters across the United States head to the polls this month for the midterm elections, we are reminded of the call to intercede for those in authority (see 1 Tim. 2:1-3). This month we encourage you to:
What's in a Name?
Nearly a quarter of the 14 percent of Americans who claim to be unaffiliated with a religion actually attend religious services, according to a recent Baylor University survey. Only 10.8 percent of the nation—or about 10 million people—are truly unaffiliated. Considered the most comprehensive religion study to date, American Piety in the 21st Century also found that fewer than half the nation's evangelicals want to be labeled as such. Only 15 percent of Americans preferred to identify themselves with the term "evangelical"; more chose "Bible-believing" (47.2 percent) and "born again" (28.5 percent).
UNSUNG HEROES Not Forgotten
Not Forgotten
Florida ministry reaches out to Ukraine's outcast children
A little girl named Natasha would have eventually gone blind if it weren't for Teresa Fillmon. A Ukrainian orphan, Natasha suffered from Treacher Collins syndrome, a rare inherited disorder characterized by abnormalities on the head and face. People with this condition often go blind because they typically lack cheekbones to support their eye sockets.
Natasha, however, was brought to the U.S., where Fillmon arranged to have the illness treated. Natasha neither lost her sight nor lives with significant facial abnormalities.
As director of His Kids, Too! (www.hiskidstoo .org), a Tallahassee, Fla.-based nonprofit organization, Fillmon helps care for poor, neglected kids. Since she launched the ministry in 1983, Fillmon has partnered with missionaries around the world to send food, clothes and other supplies to nations such as Haiti, Cuba, Nigeria, Italy and Bosnia.
She first traveled to Ukraine in 1998 and now serves more than 3,800 children in 14 facilities across the nation. Fillmon brings as many children as she can to the U.S. by assisting American families with the international adoption process.
Owning three businesses helps Fillmon and her husband, Rich, provide for their five children, including two they adopted from Ukraine. When they retire, the couple hope to work as full-time missionaries in Ukraine.
"God calls us to action," Fillmon says. "There are so many Scriptures that call on us to show love and mercy to the poor, the weak, the orphans and widows."
Domini Hedderman
MINISTRY PROFILE Living a Legacy
Living a Legacy
Barbara Allen, the sixth-generation great-granddaughter of abolitionist Sojourner Truth, hopes to continue her ancestor's legacy of faith-based empowerment with the launch of Seek the Kingdom, a Kalamazoo, Mich.-based outreach that will help the unemployed develop job-readiness skills.
"We're going to teach people how to write a résumé, how to interview successfully and computer skills," Allen, 42, says. "We'll also have tutoring available after school for students who need help with math or reading. I've always felt this mission since I was a little girl to help the underprivileged in my community in some way, just like my ancestor Sojourner."
Born around 1797, Truth escaped slavery in New York and eventually became a prominent abolitionist and women's rights advocate. Allen says her outreach will serve young, disadvantaged African-Americans, who often aren't prepared to enter the workforce. A grand opening in August drew several civic leaders, including City Commissioner Mary Balkema. "She's going to fill in the gaps in the community that other organizations aren't serving," Balkema says. "She's keeping the flame alive that Sojourner Truth started."
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EVANGELISM Leading Prayer on Times Square
Leading Prayer on Times Square
Ad campaign targets passers-by in America's busiest city
God Gives Hope" will flash across the NBC Jumbotron electronic billboard on New York's Times Square 120 times Nov. 13-26, including during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. Sponsored by the Assemblies of God (AG), the message will reach an estimated audience of 21 million. The giant digital screen sits high above the street on One Times Square, site of the New Year's Eve ball drop.
The 30-second ads focus on addiction, terminal illness and marital conflict. Each spot fades into the tagline "life is never hopeless," and offers information for the AG national prayer center and the www.godgiveshope.org Web site. The prayer center is arranging extra lines to handle the deluge of expected prayer requests.
AG officials decided within 24 hours to accept the rare opportunity of reaching a secular audience when another advertiser quit the time slot unexpectedly. "It's the first time we have ever done something like this, and it just dropped into our lap," says Juleen Turnage, public relations director of the denomination. "It's a God-thing now that has taken on a life of its own."
During the showings teams from the Master's Commission outreach, U.S. missionaries and local churches will participate in prayer watches and distribute thousands of prayer hotline refrigerator magnets and testimony booklets.
Local Christians are invited to join intercessory prayer groups on Nov. 13. "This is another indicator of God initiating prayer opportunities for the people, the churches and the city of New York," says Duane Durst, superintendent of the AG's New York District. "I believe that when God moves in New York City it's going to affect the rest of our nation."
Peter K. Johnson
Changed Lives
James Sizemore started drinking at age 12, and eventually began abusing drugs. By age 19, he had been in jail several times and was facing a long prison term for armed robbery. Although he had been to church, he says he had never experienced the power of the gospel—until March 1981.
Tired and desperate for change, he cried out to Jesus on the floor of his prison cell. "I vowed that if He would set me free, I would follow Him the rest of my life," he says. "That simple prayer released the Holy Spirit into the cell, even though at that time I had never heard of the Holy Spirit. My broken life came in contact with the power of God, and I was instantly delivered from drug addiction. I didn't understand all that happened, but I was determined to spend my life following this Savior."
Sentenced to 17 years, Sizemore spent his free time attending chapel services, studying the Bible and evangelizing in the prison. He continued ministering after his release in 1989 and five years later founded Joyful Life Ministries in Philadelphia with his wife, Esther. Today he is pursuing a doctoral degree at Oral Roberts University.
"I never imagined when Jesus delivered me at 19 years of age from drug addiction that my life would be so blessed today," he says. "I have been fortunate to see Luke 4:18 fulfilled in people's lives. My advice to everyone is to 'taste and see that the Lord is good.'"
FAITH & CULTURE A Night With the King
A Night With the King
Tommy Tenney's popular novel about Queen Esther has sold thousands of copies and has struck a chord among readers seeking deeper intimacy with God. On Oct. 13 that message was taken to the silver screen in One Night With the King, a lavish $20 million production filmed in India.
"Everyone wants to know that their life has purpose," says Matthew Crouch, president of Gener8xion Entertainment, which produced the film. "We want audiences to feel the touch of destiny, which is just God simply touching someone and saying, 'I want you to know that I'm real.'"
Starring Tiffany Dupont, Luke Goss, John Noble, John Rhys-Davies, Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif, the film was to release on 1,000 screens nationally and on DVD in March. "I'm not a Hollywood insider, but I think that God opening the doors for this to become a movie will open the doors for anybody that has a legitimate God idea, a good idea, to walk through those same doors," Tenney says.
Pastors nationwide mobilized their congregations to see the movie, and some planned to take foster and inner-city children to see the film, hoping they would be inspired by its themes of purpose and destiny. Yet Orlando, Fla., pastor Mark Chironna believes the film's impact may be broader than inspiring individuals.
"We are seeing a repeat of many of the ancient strongholds rising up to seek to undermine the purpose of God in our generation," he says, referring to calls from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to destroy Israel. "I really feel God is wanting to make us aware of how significant the times are that we're living in. No matter what our individual destiny and purpose is, our purpose together is greater.
… There's something a lot bigger going on. And just maybe He's brought us to the kingdom for such a time as this."
Adrienne S. Gaines
Evon G. Horton has been named senior pastor of Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Fla. Former president of Master's College and Seminary in Toronto, Horton previously served as pastor of Mississauga Gospel Temple in Ontario. In addition to leading Brownsville, Horton serves on the U.S. board of Benny Hinn Ministries and on the board of directors of Willow Creek Canada.
Church of God of Prophecy Bishop Fred S. Fisher Sr. announced his retirement as general overseer during the group's 94th annual General Assembly in August. Elected in 2000, Fisher has seen the denomination nearly double its membership internationally. His successor, Randall E. Howard, the denomination's former global outreach director, was selected Aug. 23. Howard was to begin his term Oct. 1. During the convention, delegates also voted to allow women to serve as deaconesses and clarified the church's stance on divorce and remarriage. Pastors can now determine on a case-by-case basis whether those who remarry after divorce are in an adulterous situation.
Episcopal evangelist Lee Buck died Sept. 5 in his Atlanta home after suffering from a heart condition. He was 83. Before leaving the Episcopal Church USA, Buck had become one of the denomination's most prominent lay evangelists, the conservative Anglican newsletter VirtueOnline reported. After working as a senior executive in the insurance industry for several years, he joined the ministry of charismatic preacher Terry Fullam in Connecticut, where Buck was baptized in the Holy Spirit and launched his evangelistic ministry. A funeral service was held Sept. 9 in Atlanta. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Audrey; four daughters; 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren..
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"Dancing with the Stars: Exclusive First Look" Features Extended Backstage Material,
Interviews and Highlights of the "First Night" Dances, Tuesday, March 19
"Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" Premieres in Week Two,
With the First Elimination on Tuesday, March 26
"Episode 1601" — "Dancing with the Stars" is back with an all-new cast of fresh faces hitting the dance floor. This season features two new dance styles, contemporary and jazz; three new professional dance partners — Lindsay Arnold, Sharna Burgess & Gleb Savchenko; and notable theme shows. In May, "Dancing with the Stars" will commemorate their 300th episode with a spectacular celebration. The competition begins with the two-hour Season 16 premiere, live, MONDAY, MARCH 18 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" premieres in week two, with the first elimination on Tuesday, March 26.
"Dancing with the Stars: Exclusive First Look," a clip show featuring extended backstage material, interviews and highlights of the "first night" dances, airs TUESDAY, MARCH 19 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET).
Hosted by Tom Bergeron ("America's Funniest Home Videos") and Brooke Burke-Charvet ("Dancing with the Stars" Season 7 champion), the celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which will be judged by renowned ballroom judge Len Goodman and dancer/choreographers Bruno Tonioli and Carrie Ann Inaba.
The celebrities and their partners for Season 16 of "Dancing with the Stars" are:
Andy Dick & Sharna Burgess
Dorothy Hamill & Tristan MacManus
D.L. Hughley & Cheryl Burke
Jacoby Jones & Karina Smirnoff
Wynonna Judd & Tony Dovolani
Sean Lowe & Peta Murgatroyd
Victor Ortiz & Lindsay Arnold
Kellie Pickler & Derek Hough
Ingo Rademacher & Kym Johnson
Alexandra Raisman & Mark Ballas
Lisa Vanderpump & Gleb Savchenko
Zendaya & Val Chmerkovskiy
ABC.com is back with a new web series, "Dancing with the Stars: Pre-Show," presented by AT&T. The original online video series promises to be the go-to resource for fans to come together before the Monday night episode of "Dancing with the Stars." Beginning with the premiere episode, each week fans will be able to log on http://beta.abc.go.com/shows/dancing-with-the-stars/pre-show and watch as host Marc Istook ("After Party: Dancing with the Stars," "After Party: The Bachelorette") and field correspondent Jake Whetter (Radio Disney) speak with an array of expert panelists and celebrity fans. Additionally, guest correspondents Jessica Radloff (Glamour.com) and television personality Jeannie Mai join the panel to discuss the season's performances, offer insight and solicit demonstrations from ballroom dance experts who've previously appeared on the show.
On March 18, ABC Radio will re-launch its popular "Dancing with the Stars" station on Slacker, providing viewers exclusive backstage interviews with all the contestants, dancers and judges. The station will be available where Slacker Radio is available, including smartphones, the iPad and Ford vehicles with SYNC AppLink and on the web at: http://www.slacker.com/dwts. Every Monday and Tuesday, the ABC station will also feature insight and analysis from a variety of guest contributors, including "Dancing with the Stars: All Stars" champion Melissa Rycroft, former contestant and "The View" co-host Sherri Shepherd and Entertainment Weekly's Annie Barrett.
About BBC Worldwide Productions
BBC Worldwide Productions is one of five core businesses under BBC Worldwide America, the U.S. division of the main commercial arm and wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), BBC Worldwide. Led by Jane Tranter, BBC Worldwide Productions is based in Los Angeles and develops and produces scripted and non-scripted projects for U.S. cable and broadcast networks, as well as digital platforms. The production company is responsible for titles including "Top Gear" (HISTORY), "What Not to Wear" (TLC), "Richard Hammond's Crash Course" (BBC AMERICA), "The Week the Women Went" (Lifetime), "Torchwood: Miracle Day" (Starz) and the cultural phenomenon "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC).
"Dancing with the Stars" and "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" returns this season with new surprises and all the performance elements viewers have come to know and love. "Macy's Stars of Dance," featuring some of the best choreographers and performers from the different styles of dance who offer viewers performances that represent the pinnacle of achievement in their genres, will also return.
The show also welcomes the return of the "AT&T Spotlight Performance," which features and celebrates people whose lives have been changed forever by dance. AT&T is also helping the search to find these performers by allowing fans to nominate potential dancers.


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"Slim down" is the order from the top. US Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy G. Thompson declared that Americans are too fat and called for a slimmer, more active population. Well, dieting may be the main topic of water cooler conversation these days, but following a regimen is never popular.
That's particularly true if it means cutting out all the fun of going to restaurants. Before you hunker down to a water-and-lettuce routine in your own kitchen, remember that one of the recommendations of nutritionists is to cut down on portion size. Restaurants have been accommodating eaters for years, serving pounds of pasta and large cuts of meat.
But there is a new craze for small plates -- tapas-sized portions to nibble with a glass of wine, meze plates to share with friends. Often these are the most imaginative dishes on a menu. So when you do go out, try to stay true to lighter eating by thinking small.
1. La Morra
48 Boylston St. (Route 9)
This stylish new place near Brookline Village makes it easy to eat in miniature. A selection of cicchetti, or Venetian snacks, offers just the right size for a couple of bites. A pate of chicken and duck livers is creamy and filling. Tuscan meatballs with porcini or salt cod give you a quick burst of protein. And then there's a little plate of pickled vegetables to fill other dietary needs. The prices for these little plates only go up to $4 and they are small, so maybe you could indulge in a hearty ribollita, a Tuscan bread soup, or a tasty pasta to share to round out the meal. Appetizer and pasta prices range up to $10.
2. Tasca
1612 Commonwealth Ave.
Tapas are perfect for the small-portion diet plan. Orginally designed to get patrons of bars in Spain to drink more, they've evolved into everyone's favorite snack plates. This friendly place with Spanish guitar music on some nights has a full list of tapas, as well as more substantial fare. But who would move past the small stuff when you can have spicy shrimp in garlic for $5.75, or a roast duck leg over red cabbage for the same amount. Even a petite filet mignon over mushrooms is only $5.95. Who could want for more?
3. Figs
42 Charles St., Beacon Hill
67 Main St.
1208 Boylston St.
Chestnut Hill
Pizza and eating in moderation would not seem to go together. But Todd English long ago perfected a thin-crust pizza that is all about elegance and as far away from the thick, greasy pizza shop variety as can be imagined. If you settle into one of his chic restaurants, you can nibble on a bountiful salad, then share a pizza -- maybe one featuring white clams or another with fig and prosciutto. The pizzas range up to about $18 and can feed two or even three, if portion-control is the aim.
4. Meritage
70 Rowes Wharf
Boston Harbor Hotel, Boston
In a delightful change from hotel dining, chef Daniel Bruce matches wine to food, giving diners options of small plates or large. Pan-seared scallops over Macomber turnip puree and pink grapefruit essence can be matched to a light wine; mint-roasted squab with a red rice and spinach tian would fit well with a glass of fruity red, or red-wine-braised short ribs and gnocchi with a robust red. They are feasts on a smaller scale. Who said cutting portion size had to be painful. Small plates are just $15, too, making the experience even more enjoyable.
5. Teriyaki House
32 West Broadway
South Boston
This newish restaurant is a breakthrough for Southie. With an emphasis on vegetables and a sushi bar, it's a far cry from the fish-and-chips stereotype of the neighborhood. Which makes it a boon for those cutting back. Sushi is mostly protein with just a touch of carbohydrates from the rice, so that's a good bet. For sharing, there are combination platters for $25, or individual orders starting at $9. But other dishes, such as a beef udon noodle soup with lean beef and vegetables, might fit the not-so-filling need, too. And at under $6.50, the soups hardly put a dent in your budget, leaving more money for health club dues.
6. Chez Henri
1 Shepard St., Cambridge
Cubano sandwiches are too scrumptious to give up on entirely, and Chez Henri's are among the best. The combination of several types of pork with pickles and sauce, grilled inside bread, can convert anyone to eating at the little bar. Split one if you are worried about the calories or choose onion soup or maybe a duck tamale. Prices for the bar menu stay comfortably under $13 so you can stock up on fresh veggies the next day.


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Problems with Pebble
Proposed copper-and-gold mine in Alaska could harm fish
An Alaska Senator is the latest to join the opposition to an immense copper-and-gold mine proposed for the headwaters of Alaska's famed Bristol Bay.
In Monday's edition of the Anchorage Daily News, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich is quoted saying the proposed Pebble Mine cannot be developed without harming the Bristol Bay region's world-famous red salmon runs.
"Wrong mine, wrong place, too big," Begich said in an interview with anchorage Daily News reporter Lisa Demers. "Too many potential long-term impacts to a fishery that is pretty critical to that area but also to Alaska, to world markets."
According to Demers, Begich is the first member of Alaska's current congressional delegation to speak out firmly in opposition to the mine.
Begich's comments followed the release Wednesday of a scientific study by the Environmental Protection Agency that said the big mine posed significant risks to Bristol Bay salmon.
The huge Pebble gold and copper deposit is at the headwaters of two rivers that together account for 25 percent of the world's sockeye salmon production.
Bristol Bay produces half the world's red salmon and is home to the largest run of salmon in the world, including all five Eastern Pacific species of salmon.
According the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the Kvijack River, a tributary below the proposed mine, has the single largest red salmon run in the world.
Begich, in an interview this past weekend with the Daily News, described how he "met repeatedly with players on both sides in an effort to understand whether a big mine could be built without damaging the fish."
"I think it will harm the environment, harm the salmon, harm the jobs that are connected to the fisheries industry out there," Begich said in the interview.
A spokesperson from the Pebble Partnership said the company "was disappointed Begich had come out against a mine that would generate significant jobs and revenue."
The EPA study is not without its critics, including Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who accused the EPA of "overreaching," according to the Daily News.
Opponents of the mine include environmental, fishing and Native groups.
Tim Bristol, Alaska Program Director for the cold-water conservation group Trout Unlimited, said his group supports Begich's stance and praised his "leadership in protecting this sportsman's paradise."
"Hunters and anglers, guides, lodge and sportfishing business owners, and others across Alaska and America are grateful for Sen. Begich's decision to follow the EPA's clear science and oppose the Pebble Mine," Bristol said. "As he well understands, Pebble is the wrong mine in the wrong place, and is a threat to Alaska's sportfishing economy."
Although the exact nature of the final Pebble Mine is yet to be determined, it is known the Pebble Mines Corp. is proposing to dig for what's been called low-grade ore using an open pit mine two miles wide and several thousand feet deep.
Most of the expected 10 billion tons of waste rock is to be stored in two artificial lakes, and mine opponents are fearful the dams holding the lakes could collapse because of the earthquake-prone Alaska geology.
According to an EPA fact sheet, the federal agency, under section 404c of the Clean Water Act, has the authority "to restrict, prohibit, deny or withdraw use of an area as a disposal site for dredged or fill material" if such discharge would have "unacceptable adverse" effects on things such as municipal water supplies or fisheries.
The agency says it has issued just more than a dozen final veto actions since 1972.


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dear friends, If you declare two string values in single program like
class StringDemo { public static void main(String args[])
{ String s=new String("hello"); s=new String("world"); System.out.println(s); }}
I am getting output: "world".what is the reason why am not getting the string value "happy".please help me am new to java
String s=new String("hello"); when the above statement is executed a String object is created and s is pointing to that object.
s=new String("world"); Now a new String object is created whose value is "world" and s is now pointing to the new object whose value is "world" .
So,now no reference is pointing to "hello" object but the object is not removed. And when u say System.out.println(s), it indirectly mean as System.out.println(s.toString());


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Loch Linnhe - PHOTOGRAPHER COMMENT
Panorama showing a view of Loch Linnhe in Scotland. This picture was taken from the departure point for Loch Linnhe Cruises in Fort William.
Loch Linnhe - FURTHER INFORMATION
Loch Linnhe - Fort William visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Loch Linnhe' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Highland.
Loch Linnhe is sea loch a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. It is about 10 miles long and 1.2 miles wide along most of the length. Part way along it narrows dramatically at Corran, and a car ferry crosses the loch at this point. In Gaelic, the area inland of Corran is known as 'An Linne Dhubh' while the seaward side of the loch is called 'An Linne Sheileach'. At the far eastern end of Loch Linnhe at the mouth of River Lochy is the town of Fort William, often marketed as the Outdoor Capital of the UK, and Ben Nevis.
Next to Fort William the River Lochy feeds into the loch. At this point the body of water turns sharply west, and continues as Loch Eil. On the shores of Loch Linnhe several small villages and hamlets, some of which have Bed and Breakfast accommodation for visitors. The Loch Linnhe Lodges provides one of several self-catering places in the area.
Train: Fort William Train Station
Road: Fort William 65 miles southwest of Inverness on the A82 and 100 miles from Perth on the A9 and A86. Once at Fort William, the A82 proceeds down the eastern side of the loch to North Ballachulish, where it joins the A828. To get to the western side of the loch you must take the A830 to Drumsallie at the western end of Loch Eil and then take the A861 back down the far side.


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Hundreds packed into the Florida State's Ruby Concert Hall for the Tallahassee Youth Orchestras' Benefit concert. .
It featured over 250 performers. Including those from FSU, the Tallahassee Youth Orchestras and the Leon County Public Schools.The concert helps raise money for the Youth Orchestras.
"One of the things we do as the Youth Orchestras is we take the excellent basis that they provide and really raise the bar and allow the students to pursue excellence," says Matthew Shaftel of the Tallahassee Youth Orchestras.
Shaftel says they're hoping to raise around $10,000. For more information on how to donate, log onto our website, wctv.tv.


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Partners in Collecting
While pursuing a decades-long shared passion for calligraphy and painting, Sylvan Barnet and William Burto have assembled one of the finest collections of Japanese religious art in the West.
It is, by now, a familiar story to lovers of calligraphy. Sylvan Barnet and William Burto began their collection in the 1960s, when they were newly-minted professors. They started with ceramics. While at a dealer's looking for more of the same, they chanced upon an eighteenth-century scroll by Jiun Onko. The two remember the encounter vividly.
"We had no idea that we'd be interested in calligraphy--we were there to look at ceramics--but behind his desk was this dynamic black-and-white hanging scroll. When we both saw it we looked at each other, eyes wide, mouths open--it was so powerful--it hit us immediately," said Barnet in a recent interview.
They bought the scroll and began a lifelong pursuit of calligraphy and Buddhist works, which has resulted in one of the finest such collections in the West. A selection of their works will join related material from the Freer collection in the upcoming Sackler exhibition, Faith and Form: Selected Calligraphy and Painting from the Japanese Religious Tradition. The show inaugurates a developing series of exhibitions designed to combine notable themes found in the Freer collection of Japanese art with corresponding interests identified in important American collections of Japanese art, both public and private.
Indefatigable and astute collectors, Barnet and Burto are also Harvard-trained scholars of English literature and theater. Retired from academia two decades ago, they've continued to gather fine works with great passion. Their collection of approximately 150 works takes in a wide range of East Asian objects, from ceramics, haniwa figures, and Buddhist implements and sculpture to a substantial grouping of works by the contemporary photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto. But the collection is dominated by calligraphy, usually rendered as a manifestation of some aspect of Japanese religious sensibility.
In addition, their taste for Buddhist paintings has resulted in a discrete body of rare, important works including a thirteenth-century Taizokai (Womb World) mandala--widely regarded as the earliest such mandala outside of Japanese holdings.
Barnet once described their collecting process as first an instinctive sense about the rightness of a work and then the desire to "learn the sources of our pleasure." The result has been cumulative; a superb collection built by evermore informed and informative collectors. In comparison with collections with similar points of emphasis, the Barnet and Burto collection equals and probably surpasses most private and public efforts in the West during the last twenty-five years.
Both men bring lifetimes of practice in wordcraft to their passion for art. In addition to an extensive list of publications related to the study of historical and critical aspects of English literature, Barnet's A Short Guide to Writing About Art, now in its seventh edition, has achieved 'classic' status. Their scholarship is wide-ranging; together they've penned several publications in the field of Japanese art and have had a hand guiding the field. According to James Ulak, chief curator of the Freer and Sackler, "Bill and Sylvan have generously read manuscripts drafted by curators and academicians,
and have not only caught some factual errors but have also offered valuable stylistic suggestions." Faith and Form will explore resonances between Freer Japanese treasures and elements of the Barnet and Burto collection, allowing close study of comparable types. More than a dozen important illuminated sutra fragments preserved in hanging scroll formats, many reflecting the collectors' taste for exquisitely prepared papers and subtle illumination, will be juxtaposed with five of the Freer's most distinguished sutras in handscroll form. The Barnet and Burto portrait of the monk Shun'oku Miyoha will be seen for the first time with the Freer portrait of his contemporary, Getsuan Shuko, offering a unique opportunity for consideration of the qualities and purposes of Zen monk portraiture. Burto says, "This is the great period for this kind of portraiture, and these are the only two portraits from this era in the U.S. Ours has a better face, I think, more interesting, but the Freer one has much more calligraphy, which is more legible." Fine mandala paintings from both collections will be on view; Barnet and Burto's rare Taizokai mandala, in gold on indigo silk, will be grouped with a pair of icons considered to be very close in date: the Freer Ryokai mandala, also in gold but on purple silk. Added to this ensemble will be the Freer's large, full colored Taizokai mandala, thought to date from the 1260s.
The Freer has benefited from Barnet and Burto's keen eyes and goodwill for many years; in 1998, on the occasion of the Freer's 75th anniversary, they donated a rare handscroll fragment illustrating "Stories of the Noblemen of Heike" (Heike kindai soshi) dating from the thirteenth century. In fact, Barnet and Burto's association with the Freer goes as far back as their earliest days as collectors. Burto said recently, "Our first visit to the Freer was in 1964. We were terrifically impressed. We heard that we could go and see things in storage, so we made an appointment. Someone took us into the storeroom and let us see things for hours. Imagine! It was invaluable."
Now, through Faith and Form, they are returning the favor, in effect inviting visitors of the Freer and Sackler into their own private storeroom, sharing much more of the collection that began with that black-and-white scroll decades ago. Wide eyes and open mouths are again expected.
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The MSR boys and girls are really starting to crank out more of the cool stuff they work on. In the past we have seen things like ClearType come from MSR in to products like Windows XP but now they're getting in to releasing their own stuff.
MSR Group Shot helps you create a perfect group photo out a series of group photos. With Group Shot you can select your favorite parts in each shot of the series and Group Shot will automatically build a composite image.


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Photo Flash: Joe Masteroff Attends Engeman's CABARET
The John W. Engeman Theater's production of Cabaret was seen by one of its most astute viewers this weekend: Joe Masteroff, who wrote the book for the classic musical. Mr. Masteroff attended the Saturday evening performance of Cabaret and gave the production his stamp of approval. "The entire evening was pretty wonderful," he said, describing the Engeman Theater as "a perfect theater for Cabaret." The hot-selling production is riding on a wave of ecstatic reviews, with the New York Times praising it for being "as raw, raunchy and unsanitized as the dark-hued musical demands... a polished black diamond of a show."
This surprise visit was arranged by the show's director, BT McNicholl, who invited Mr. Masteroff to see the production at the Engeman Theater. At the end of the performance, Mr. McNicholl came on stage and introduced Mr. Masteroff to the audience, who had just given the cast a standing ovation. The audience again rose to its feet and gave Mr. Masteroff a thunderous ovation. Afterwards, the cast was honored to meet the legendary playwright (who also wrote the book for She Loves Me), who shared his insights on writing Cabaret and on seeing the different versions of the musical over the years.
"It was an amazing evening for the audience, cast and crew," said Producing Artistic Director Richard T. Dolce. "We are truly honored that Mr. Masteroff attended our production."
The Engeman production is based on the 1998 Broadway revival choreographed and co-directed by Rob Marshall and directed by Sam Mendes. Cabaret will run now through March 27, 2011.
Set in Berlin on the eve of the Nazis rise to power in 1930, Cabaret takes place in and around Berlin's seedy Kit Kat Klub. Starring in this celebrated production are Adam Greer as Clifford Bradshaw, Kate Fahrner as the perfectly marvelous Sally Bowles, Scott Robertson as the courtly Herr Schultz, Lori Wilner as the stoic landlady Fraulein Schneider, Fred Rose as Ernst Ludwig and Laura Shoop as Fraulein Kost. Presiding over the evening is the masterful Emcee, played by Jon Peterson. The instrument-playing Kit Kat Boys and Girls are; Tammaso Antico (Victor), Richard Costa (Hans), Eric Jetner (Bobby), Michael Murnoch (Herman, Max), Shana Mahoney (Texas), Kelly Paredes (Helga), Christina Pawl (Rosie), Virginie Perrier (Frenchie), Audrey Sennesse (Lulu), Andrea Christine Leigh (Ensemble, Gorilla) and Andrew Leggieri (Ensemble). Michael O'Donnell is the Associate Director and Co-Choreographer with Andrea Leigh, with Bruce Barnes providing the musical direction. Robert Thurber is the Production Stage Manager.
Cabaret will play the following performance schedule: Wednesdays at 8:00 pm, Thursdays at 8:00 p.m., Fridays at 8:00 p.m., Saturdays at 3:00 p.m., Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 2:00 p.m. and Sundays at 7:00 pm.
IN ADDITION, there will be special matinee on: Wednesday, March 2 at 2:00 pm and Thursday, March 24 at 2:00 pm.
Cabaret contains mature subject matter. Parental discretion is advised. Please be aware this production contains mature subject matter and is unsuitable for minors. There are scenes which contain sexually suggestive dance numbers, smoking, and drug use. Please use discretion when determining whether this content is suitable for younger audience members.
Tickets are NOW ON SALE and are $60. Tickets may be purchased by calling (631) 261-2900, by visiting www.engemantheater.com, or at the Engeman Theater Box Office at 250 Main Street, Northport. Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express accepted. To purchase Season Tickets and Gift Cards please contact the Box Office directly. For group rates or to host an event/fundraiser at the John W. Engeman Theater, please contact the Group Sales Department at 631-261-2900.
The John W. Engeman Theater at Northport is Long Island's only year round professional theater company, casting our actors from the Broadway talent pool. From curb to curtain, we have made it our business to provide affordable, quality Theater in an elegant one-of-a-kind location with outstanding facilities and extraordinary service. The renovated Theater offers stadium-style seating, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, a full live orchestra pit, and a classic wood-paneled piano lounge with full bar.
For a complete show schedule and more information contact the theater directly at 631-261-2900, visit the box office at 250 Main Street, Northport or visit www.EngemanTheater.com
Michael O'Donnell, Andrea Christine Leigh, BT McNicholl and Joe Masteroff
Back Row L to R: Laura Shoop, Kelly Paredes, Richard Costa, Bruce Barnes, Virginie Perrier, Richard T. Dolce, Audrey Senesse, Scott Robertson, Eric Jetner, Andrew Leggieri, Andrea Christine Leigh, Greg Gascon, Shana Mahoney, Jon Peterson. Front Row L to R: Adam Greer, Christina Pawl, Robert Thurber, Lori Wilner, Fred Rose, Kate Fahrner, Joe Masteroff, BT McNicholl, Michael Murnoch and Tommaso Antico


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November 15, 2001, 05:43 PM
Can anyone tell me what the price of a new Benelli M1S90 with a straight stock and ghost ring sights would be...or, better yet, SHOULD be? And what is the price of the same configuration but used?
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Firefox 4 has entered the home stretch. The recent release of beta 8 added the last of the major new features for Firefox 4, including a new add-ons interface, better syncing and more hardware accelerated WebGL support. From now until the final release later this year, Firefox development will primarily focus on squashing bugs and refining the user interface.
The Firefox 4 UX roadmap outlines the user interface changes that Mozilla is hoping to complete before Firefox 4 is released. Most of the changes are very small — improving the contrast of the type in the URL bar or tweaking the session restore dialog — but there's one welcome change in the list that many Firefox fans have been clamoring for — tabs in the titlebar.
The idea of saving screen real estate by smashing tabs up into the title bar of the browser windows started with Google Chrome and has since been copied by other browsers and applications.
It's a tiny tweak, probably not more than a few dozen pixels are saved, but it can make all the difference when you're using a netbook or other small screen device. Putting tabs at the top of the browser window also adheres to Fitts' law, which says that the closer things are to the edge of the screen, the easier they are to click.
In Firefox's case Fitts' law seems to be the main reason for the new look — tabs are only pushed into the title bar when the window is maximized, making it easier to flick the cursor to the top of the screen and click a tab.
The new tabs-in-the-title-bar look is expected to arrive in Firefox 4 beta 9 (which will be the next release in Firefox's beta cycle), but you can preview it today by grabbing a special build of Firefox for Windows and Linux. The builds are the work of Firefox developer Bill Gianopoulos, and as such are not official releases nor are they supported by Mozilla.
Also bear in mind that the code used to create these experimental versions of Firefox comes from Firefox's nightly builds, which means there may be more bugs than you'll find in the latest Firefox beta. That said, these builds worked just fine for us on Windows 7 and XP.
If you've got a small screen or have been looking for a way to make Firefox's tabs a bit more like Google Chrome's, grab the experimental builds. If you prefer to wait for something official, Firefox 4 beta 9 should be released in the relatively near future.
See Also:
- Firefox 4 Beta 8 Arrives With Faster Graphics, Better Sync
- New Privacy Icons Aim to Save You From Yourself
- New Beta Release Gives Firefox a Shot of Jäger


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Lesson 2. Spare ribs are not for me, maybe I didn't do something right but I used the 3-2-1 method and they came out dry and just overall not nearly in my opinion as good as baby backs thats I've made.
Lesson 3. need to buy a thermapen because the Spatchcocked chickens I made read good on my old style meat therm but when pulled was not very easy to pull and was slimy in parts. I ended up tossing it instead of serving it to my guests including several children, better safe than sorry


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Stetson law student creates Heroes Weekend
Former Marine and current Stetson Law student Javier Centonzio is spearheading Heroes Weekend, a series of public events to honor military service men and women and veterans on Nov. 10, 12 and 13 in Gulfport. The public is invited to enjoy a free concert, a parade and a musical performance benefiting the Wounded Warrior Project. Centonzio joined forces with the American Legion Post 125, the… » Read more


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STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern University has selected Jan Bond as the new Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Bond will lead brand development initiatives, marketing campaigns to attract and retain students and share the success stories of the University with a national audience.
"Georgia Southern is an exceptional university full of opportunities for students from across the state of Georgia and beyond," said Bond. "I am proud to be part of the Eagle Nation, and I am committed to raising awareness, strengthening the brand and positioning this great university for the future."
Bond will lead a staff of 15 in the Marketing and Communications Office which handles advertising, internal and external communications, public relations, social media and University websites. "We are excited about the experience and expertise in higher education that Jan brings to Georgia Southern," said Vice President for University Advancement Salinda Arthur. "This is an institution on the move, and I believe Jan will be a key player to guide Georgia Southern forward to successfully reach and engage future and current students, parents, alumni, donors and friends."
Before joining Georgia Southern, Bond served as the executive director of marketing and communications at Ashland University in Ohio and assistant vice president of marketing and communications at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton. A native of Ohio, Bond is a member of the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), American Marketing Association (AMA) and Counsel for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
Bond received her bachelor's degree from the Art Academy of Cincinnati in 1990, a Master of Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University in 2009, completed Ph.D. coursework in public administration from Florida Atlantic in 2012 and last year began working toward a certificate in marketing strategy from Cornell University.
Georgia Southern University, a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University founded in 1906, offers 125 degree programs serving more than 20,000 students. Through eight colleges, the University offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs built on more than a century of academic achievement. Georgia Southern is recognized for its student-centered approach to education. Visit: www.georgiasouthern.edu.


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Need Appliance Repair Help? Ask a Technician for Answers ASAP
Hi, thanks for using JustAnswer.com. You say the unit will drain but not recirculate the water. This machine reverses the motor for pumping the water out, so there is nothing caught in the impellers. That only leaves one possible culprit, the motor itself. The clicking you refer to is likely the motor overload. The motor/pump assembly is part number 99002481 and is available at www.myapplianceparts.com or from your local parts retailer.
Thank you for your response.
If the motor works the pump to drain the water out, then why doesn't it work in the other direction? Does the motor have to work harder to recirculate the water than it does to drain?
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An affluent Armenian businessman based in Russia has been held for questioning over alleged connections with a criminal gang, Russian media reported on Wednesday.
According to the Rosbalt news agency, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detained Levon Hayrapetian at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport on July 15 as the entrepreneur was returning from Monaco.
Hayrapetian, a 65-year-old native of Nagorno-Karabakh known for his investments and charity projects in this unrecognized Armenian republic, including a grand wedding for 700 couples there in 2008, is believed to be one of the wealthiest Armenian businessmen in the world.
The Russian law-enforcement agencies suspect him of having ties with the organized criminal group led by Sergey Finagin, a notorious Russian crime figure. According to a Rosbalt news agency report citing sources at Russia's special services, FSB officials acted on the testimony given against Hayrapetian by former Russian senator from Bashkortostan Igor Izmestiev, who is serving a life prison term after being convicted in 2010 of violent crimes, including murders and terrorism, in a trial alongside a dozen members of the Kingisepp gang.
The gang that the Armenian businessman is suspected of having ties with is said to have committed more than a dozen contract killings and attempted assassinations over the past decade.
Hayrapetian, who is reportedly suspected of 'illegal financial machinations' in a deal concerning an oil company, may be formally charged and remanded in custody in the next few days. No official report on the matter is available yet and other details of the investigation also remain unclear.
The Armenian embassy in Moscow was reportedly checking the information and verifying the details connected with the businessman's arrest as of Wednesday afternoon.
Meanwhile, a close friend of Hayrapetian in Yerevan alleged an 'Azerbaijani scheme' behind the detention of the well-known businessman.
Major-General Arkady Ter-Tadevosian told RFE/RL's Armenian Service (Azatutyun.am) that reports suggesting that Hayrapetian was returning to Moscow from Monaco were false, as he was flying back to the Russian capital from Yerevan.
"This and other statements of the Russian side are false," Ter-Tadevosian, a 1992-1994 Karabakh war hero also known as Komandos, said. "We were together in Karabakh, from there we came to Yerevan, and he went to Moscow. What Monaco? They can write whatever they want."
By the way, Hayrapetian, who enjoys high prestige in Nagorno-Karabakh, is known to have met with U.S. President Barack Obama to raise the issues of the Armenian Genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He is also said to have close ties with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.


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linkchk is a network link ping monitor. It supports both IPv4 and IPv6. It works by repeatedly pinging a named host or the default gateway of a given interface. When the link is working the ping time is shown in a small GTK window or tty, otherwise the link status is shown. It is particularly useful for monitoring IP tunnels or dialup links.
hsclock is an accurate, multi-zone GTK clock that can also run in a tty. Currently configuration is solely by commandline options. hsclock uses GTK timeouts to synchronize with the system clock, making display updates accurate to within milliseconds. The time output format can be set with a date-like format option.
A tool for securing DNS communications between a client and a DNS resolver.
A polyhedral extraction tool (PET).


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The Juvenile Crime Prevention Council reviews the needs of at-risk youth, evaluates juvenile services and programs, promotes public awareness, develops intervention strategies and provides funding for services, treatment, counseling, etc.
The council consists of 26 members, among them are judicial and agency representatives as well as 7 at-large representatives.
Appointments are for two-year terms.
Fill out an application if you are interested in serving on this council.


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THERE'S a lot of hair in Brothers in Arms. More hair than bikes. I wish it was still called Bikie Wars and not Brothers in Arms.
It sounds soft. Really, it should've been called something with the words "Milperra Massacre" in the title.
Because that's what it is. That's what I'm waiting for, I don't mind telling you. I remember it. It really put Father's Day on the map. Father's Day Massacre would've been all right too, like the St Valentine's Day Massacre.
Massacre was always a bit of a beat-up (seven dead) but that's what the whole thing's been known as from day one.
This show has taken a long time to get to television. Too long, given this is material that writes itself. Too long, given what we wind up with is Underbelly on wheels - music, slow motion, blokes strutting, some bosom action, Damian Walshe-Howling looking hot.
No drugs though. God I laughed. Jock Ross - the "supreme commander" of the Comancheros (they refer to themselves as the Commos, which is extra funny because they've got a swastika pinned on the wall of their clubhouse) - wouldn't stand for drugs. He also respected women. This is dialogue in the show, so we have no choice but to accept it as true.
By the second episode, when some conflict has been introduced into the club, Brothers in Arms is much better. It would want to be. It's very disappointing this week.
But what it does is throw into sharp relief the hypocrisy of their behaviour. The silliness behind the idea of these grown men joining a gang whose stated chief pursuit is freedom and then being stringently ruled by all these rituals, run by a sociopath with a background in the armed forces.
I just wanted to see more of this stuff explored. And maybe it will be. There are six parts, I've only seen two. But I'm worried we're going to see the same thing that happens far too often - a great story undercooked.
Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, Tuesday, Channel 10, 8.30pm
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On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:31 PM, Markus Wanner <markus(at)bluegap(dot)ch> wrote: > This patch turns the existing autovacuum launcher into an always running > process, partly called the coordinator. If autovacuum is disabled, the > coordinator process still gets started and keeps around, but it doesn't > dispatch vacuum jobs. I think this part is a reasonable proposal, but... > The coordinator process now uses imessages to communicate with background > (autovacuum) workers and to trigger a vacuum job. > It also adds two new controlling GUCs: min_spare_background_workers and > max_spare_background_workers. Other changes in the patch doesn't seem be always needed for the purpose. In other words, the patch is not minimal. The original purpose could be done without IMessage. Also, min/max_spare_background_workers are not used in the patch at all. (BTW, min/max_spare_background_*helpers* in postgresql.conf.sample is maybe typo.) The most questionable point for me is why you didn't add any hook functions in the coordinator process. With the patch, you can extend the coordinator protocols with IMessage, but it requires patches to core at handle_imessage(). If you want fully-extensible workers, we should provide a method to develop worker codes in an external plugin. Is it possible to develop your own codes in the plugin? If possible, you can use IMessage as a private protocol freely in the plugin. Am I missing something? -- Itagaki Takahiro
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A simple box to put in the middle of an extension cord that safely tucks away the high voltage wiring to a solid state relay for easy control of 120v loads from an arduino or other low voltage source.
print with 2 shells and 100% infill for strength and reliability. adjust size of openings and cord holders on the cap so as to be sure it's a tight fit on your cord to hold it safely. I didn't design in the screw holes on the corners, so you'll have to carefully drill those to hold it together. Or the fit of the cord grips on the cap are pretty tight so that and wrap in tape is probably enough for a temporary install. This is to do some arduino control of halloween decorations :) As with all line voltage experiments, if you're not comfortable doing this sort of thing you probably shouldn't, and if you're too comfortable you might want to review your understanding just to be sure you're properly respecting the death that awaits the uninitiated or their unwitting family members and pets.
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