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Modi honestly has shown urgency on some issues ,like being more assertive.For sure.
But Modi needs to clarify if he seconds what Avaidiyanath did say in his speech,did not amount to threat and danger to peace.
On Pakistan Modi put the Pakis in there place,by calling off redundant talks.Jai ho.
On China Modi must clarify on the number of incursions by China in the last 100 days and if he goes with the clarifications that its the miconception about border by Chinese forces is the cause of incursions.
Modi has a mandate and the time ,Modi just does not need Avaidiyanath and co to win elections.
The fact that India supported his action against Pak on talks is a proof enough for Modi to deliver on his promises.
Most of India's Sufis are Sunnis. Most of India's Sunnis are Sufis. Anwaar
Most of India's Sufis are Sunnis. Most of India's Sunnis are Sufis. Anwaar
Most of Pakistan's Muslims too were sufis. Fortunately, they saw the error of their ways and they converted Pakistan into a kaffir-free zone.
"It has come out that Mamta as Railway Minister forced IRTC to enter into contract with Sharda Group on extremely unfavourable terms to the Railway Organisation ."
Thanks for the info, Ghai.
The lady has reasons to be scared. Sharda group misdeeds may not amount to much legally but can be a political nightmare.
I hope it happens.
In 100 days, kejriwal would have resigned two times with days to spare. And Modi???
AAP is right.
I am posting this news here as there is no chance Outlook News Team will ever publish the Mamta's misdeeds.
Mamta is petrified presently.
CBI under direction of the SC is investigating the Sharda scam in WB.It has come out that Mamta as Railway Minister forced IRTC to enter into contract with Sharda Group on extremely unfavourable terms to the Railway Organisation .
But even BJP can't help her to save her Chair now.
So she is crying that she is being framed by CBI .
I am posting this news here as there is no chance Outlook News Team will neve rpublish the Mamta's misdeeds.
Sufi, Sunni, Shia, Jehadi, Mullah....or whatever u can call...are dirty Suckers !
I found excerpts of Ambedkar's book in Wikipedia:
" In the struggle for political power between the two nations the rule of the game which Mr. Savarkar prescribes is to be one man one vote, be the man Hindu or Muslim. In his scheme a Muslim is to have no advantage which a Hindu does not have. Minority is to be no justification for privilege and majority is to be no ground for penalty. The State will guarantee the Muslims any defined measure of political power in the form of Muslim religion and Muslim culture. But the State will not guarantee secured seats in the Legislature or in the Administration and, if such guarantee is insisted upon by the Muslims, such guaranteed quota is not to exceed their proportion to the general population."
Well, Savarkar was a communal leader and Jinnah was secular .
West Bengal, once the premier state in India has sunk to the bottom, thanks to the Marxists and Mamata.
The only hope for the future of Bengal is the BJP. Let's hope that the BJP gets its act together in Bengal and tap into the groundswell of disappointment and disenchantment with Mamata.
Surely the Bengalis deserve a credible alternative to the TMC and the Marxists.
The apex court cannot change the law, that is Parliament's prerogative, but, short of that, it is trying to soften the rigours of a punishment that many societies have abolished. The entire doctrine of rarest of the rare has been crafted to reduce the number of convicts who will be hanged. Perhaps the mode by which the penalty is enforced could be changed to lethal injection.
"ve my own commitment and my own conviction that if I meet some great person of the world, I will give it(Gita) and that is why I brought it," he said.
So what is Modi going to gift Obama?
What a pity ! Rest in peace.
" He should have give Gita+Quran+Bible+Dhammapada+Granth Sahib+ Das Kapital."
" He should have give Gita+Quran+Bible+Dhammapada+Granth Sahib+ Das Kapital."
You forgot "Mein Kampf." Saroja is going to insist on it. As an inclusive leader, he should also listen to her.
"Rahul Gandhi is a member of the Committee on External Affairs"
He is eminently qualified. No other Indian stays out of India as much as Rahul. People say he is dating some Canadian woman(among other women).He must have good experience on external "affairs".
I believe you are smart enough to know that your arguments are weak.
Jinnah's two nation theory took shape long before the Cabinet Mission's discussions of sharing of power. You can read his speeches (even in Wikipedia where from you love to quote) in early 1940s where he had clearly defined the idea of Pakistan as well as why two communities cannot live side by side under one nationhood. His arguments were ridiculously weak, were appreciated by nobody except his communal Muslim followers (including yourself as a Muslim from post partition India). You can read Maulana Azad's opposition to the claim of Pakistan from his speeches why such idea appeared ridiculous to others who were also serving minority interests. It is a lot easy to quote Lapat Rai (and why not Syed Ahmad Khan?) and the Hindu Mahasabha to lessen Jinnah's role and blame on Nehru and Patel and Gandhi for not agreeing to the Cabinet Mission formula.
The truth is Jinnah was always in favor of Pakistan and was agreeable only to any proposal which makes his lands of the pure act almost like a nation state with a token allegiance (with a lot of caveats) to the fedral government of India. Even Pakistani researchers (with liberal credentials) do not agree that Pakistan was only a tactic for negotiation and not a strategy for Pakistan. (Jinnah knew he had little time left as he was suffering from an incurable disease- so your belief that Jinnah wanted to retire in Bombay after getting his cherished Pakistan is absolutely ridiculous).
When you quote a couple of those speeches to prove Jinnah , the politician's secular credentials in 1947, you forget in 1948 Jinnah was saying: " Islam has taught us this and I think you will agree with me, for whatever you may be and wherever you are, you are a Muslim. You belong to a nation now. You have carved out a territory, a vast territory, it is all yours; it does not belong to a Punjabi or a Sindhi or a Pathan or a Bengali, it is yours". Is it addressed to Muslims or is it addressed to communities belonging to other religions?
Another pearl of secular wisdom from a speech in 1948 in Eat Pakistan :"What you want is not to talk about Bengalis, Punjabis, Sindhis, Baluchis, Pathans and so on. They are, of course, units; but I ask you, have you forgotten the lesson that was taught to us 1300 years ago? If I may point [it] out, you are all outsiders here. Who were the original inhabitants of Bengal? -- not those who are now living [in it]. So what is the use of saying "We are Bengalis, or Sindhis, or Pathans, or Punjabis"? No, we are Muslims, Islam had taught us this. Here I think you will agree with me that whatever else you may be and whatever you are, you are Muslims. You belong to a nation now."
Who are you folling here?
Although I do not subscribe to staunchly communal ideas expressed by a few individuals in this forum, in my definition you are no less communal than some of these commentators when you overlook, downplay or misrepresent the facts. And as a secular you conveniently prefer to be a Hindu secular, who can trash BJP for communalism but see communalism of Muslim leaders like Jinnah through the lense of establishing minority rights amidst the fantom of fear of the persection of the majority. And you can continue to remain embedded to Jinnah brand of secularism in free India. Through family relations I know closely experiences of Hindus living in the lands of the pure. Unfortunately your co-religionists are rather unkind to minorities. Perhaps the idea of Islam as you would like to explain here is like your idea of Jinnah from Jinnah's speeches i.e. you try really hard to interpret from the maze of sayings/writings the idea of tolerance towards non-adherents, no matter if such ideas appear plainly ridiculous, far-fetched or pre duplicity to others..
The offender, being a juvenile, has been sent to a juvenile home. Fine. What about his accomplices in the crime? What about the Qazi who converted her?
In secular Bihar, they will wait for the media attention to die down and then dismiss the case.
Modi severely compromised the composite culture of India. He should have give Gita+Quran+Bible+Dhammapada+Granth Sahib+ Das Kapital.
Japan trip was successful because of MMS and PC----Anwaar
Why does Outlook insist on calling a teenage love affair "Love Jihad?" Everybody knows that it is an oxymoron and a saffron conspiracy to polarise the electorate.
Wake up, Ms. Naqvi.
he defender of islam and muhammadic koran says
"Where exactly have I lied"
The question is
"Where exactly have you not " ?
As far as I am concerned, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism belong to the same family. It does not mattter to me if India is predominant Hindu, Jain, Budddhist or Sikh. All of them , from my reading of ttheir teachings, embody different aspects of the sanatan dharma of India. Some stress some parts more than others and seek to redress weaknesses. The commonality among them is that all of them look upon the other Indic faiths as sister ideologies and do not preach bigotry and violence against other faiths.
Islam is contrast is a repugnant ideology as it has no sense of respecting different faiths and actively preaches disdain, contempt of other religions. The genocide of Hindus in muslim majority areas and the barbarity of groups like Aurangzeb, Mahmud of Ghazni, Bin Qasim, ISIS, Taliban, Indian muslim league is based on the rock of islamic bigotry. Its like a obnoxious invasive weed that kills the garden of flowers. That's exactly what it did to Zorastarianism, Hinduism, Buddhism from Iran to Afganistan to Kashmir to Pakistan to Bangladesh. Have any new relgions grown out of Saudi Arabia or muslim world since Islam came ? In congtrast Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism grew out of India which had a majority Hindu faith. THat should tell you , which is a garden that has nurtured different faith and which is a desert with an invasive weed that seeks to kill others.
Islam is as intolerant as Nazism , if not more. Sooner or later the non-muslim world will reach a consensus on that and a solution will then follow.
Jehad and Jehadis SUCK .
Nouri al-Maliki had to do it....so has to Nawaz Sharif !
@ The Contrarian - "In fact the reasons for its decline in India while it flourished in the rest of Asia lie somewhere else. "
Thanks for endorsing my view. In the interest of brevity (my posts tend to be lengthy, nevertheless :-) ) I gave a concise explanation.
The reasons for the decline of Buddhism have been discussed extensively in this forum. Yet, Anwaar continues to spread the canard that Hinduism was as intolerant and aggressive as Islam towards other faiths. His thesis is that religious fanaticism and violence and vandalism was common to all religions and that Islam was no different from the others in this respect.
I am sure Mamata does not expect an alliance with CPM but she is deliberately trying to woo the voters of CPM into her fold.
It is a smart strategy to weaken the CPM-but it might end up strengthening the BJP.
"India is not only the world's largest democracy; we are also the world's largest hypocrisy."
A wise quote by late father of Sashi Taroor, Member of parliament.
DL Narayan >>> Buddhism flourished for a thousand years, much longer than Islam (500 BCE ~ 600 CE approximately. To say that the teachings were rejected and banished is ignorance of the highest order ...
I compliment you on your rejoinder and would like to add that it is GROSSLY incorrect to state that Lord Buddha and his teachings were rejected by followers of the Vedic/Sanatan Dharma - Hindus. In fact the reasons for its decline in India while it flourished in the rest of Asia lie somewhere else. Despite its endorsement as state religion by Ashoka and later during the Kushan period why it almost disappeared in India by 600-700 AD has been well documented in the great Chinese traveler Hsuan Tsang's narratives and research work as carried out by a number of various scholars on this subject including Dr. BR Ambedkar.
In summary they were: the withdrawal of royal patronage and indifference of Hindu kings; sectarian/internal schisms and corruption within their various Sanghas; the defeat of the Buddhists by the great theologian Shankaracharya in public debates leading to their denigration and harrassment; characteristic tendency of Hinduism, or rather Brahmanism, to absorb its opponents; and, later, the Muslim invasions.
Ambedkar, whose animosity towards Hinduism is palpable, was nonetheless firmly of the view that Islam dealt Buddhism a death blow. He wrote "the greatest disaster that befell the religion of Buddha in India …The sword of Islam fell heavily upon the priestly class. It perished or it fled outside India. Nobody remained alive to keep the flame of Buddhism burning."
Ref: Babasaheb Ambedkar, Writings and Speeches (Bombay: Government of Maharashtra, 1987), Vol. 3, pp. 232-33.
Why are the Chinese so insecure?
I read the comments and there seems to be a misunderstanding about what love-jihad is.
It is not a muslim marrying hindu. It is NOT even about a hindu converting to Islam after marriage voluntarily.
It is about FORCED CONVERSION of a hindu to Islam. That is the case in most inter-religious marriages and that is what is causing friction.
I hope people in Jammu and Ladakh regions vote wisely for the BJP(and not behave like voters of Amethi). It would be wonderful if BJP wins all the seats in Jammu and Ladakh. The hold Kashmiris have must be broken.
That is because Aroon Poorie has not offered him a job yet.
Modi irritates the succus even more by calling them out!!!
"Where exactly have I lied?"
"Where exactly have I lied?"
In Anwaarspeak, inconvenient facts are lies.
Whats there for getting perturbed,The Yogi will have his say done.
Thats a devlopment never the less.
As it is a good 90% live in poverty and deprivation,there problems will be over for good.
There is no meaning to life with no hope ,no money and no future.
For those like Karan Thapar asking why the PM and HM havent said a word,will it serve any purpose.No.
The truth is Muslims have lost out these last 20 years when the economy grew and Millions moved up the economic ladder.
Today Millions of youth who spend time in congregations must ask there parents why did they breed this many when they did not have the resources to cater.
But as a freind off mine did say its education and acess to health which determines numbers and a survey among educated and white collar Muslims the average number of kids in a family are max off 2.
But among the poor and deprived they are 3.2.Thats no way to go about dealing with life and changing times.
The Yogi and his outburst is no attempt to disrupt peace and Law and Order as per Law today.
Masood and co did the same and faced flak and jail.Justified no doubt.
In a Nation were Law is supreme,everyone should be dealt with in the same way.
No point making sense of Law ,when people have lost it completely
It is actually a well calculated strategy of Islamists like the author and likes of Anwaar and Muslims in general to point to the so called upper/lower caste divide. It serves many purposes like intantly putting Hindus on backfoot, trying to give a sense of compassion for so called dalits from a Muslim. Remember Anwaar's comment that RSS just needs a whipping boy, earlier it were dalits and now it's muslims. From a Muslim/Jihadi point of view, dalits are the low hanging fruits to convert first by drawing a wedge. Don't believe me? The great welfare oriented souls in Krapistan does a separate census for these soon to be harvested souls:
>> The Pakistan Census separates Schedule Castes from the main body of Hindus who make up a further 0.25% of national population. SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinduism_in_Pakistan
Need I even mention the welfare credentials of Pakis? But the point is every Muslim, including Anwaar and the author, views Hindus from this prism which helps them see them closer to their dream of ultimately converting all in Ummah, starting with low hanging fruits!
>> There are criminals everywhere who rape and abduct women. If there is a historical profile to be used, it would be upper-caste men and/or Muslims who controlled lands and would just pick up and devour women from the lower castes or social strata In one shot, the author puts the so called upper castes (who are they, which caste?) in same league as lustful followers of Quran who raped and killed millions in middle ages, guided by hateful philosophy of Islam! Divide, convert to Islam and rule is the motto and ultimte dream of Anwaars and author and Jihadists!
What has love Jihad got to do with caste equation? Well unless, they put some upper caste Hindus in same light as their lustful ancestors, the cause of Allah is difficult to defend and propagate amongst Kafirs!
"Sonia, Rahul Not to Campaign for UP Bypolls"
Congress hits back with a master strategy.
Anwaar's method is to call names without giving any evidence. He accuses me of lying when I quoted Obama as saying that he does not have a strategy for ISIS. That is what he actually said in the press conference. But I am a liar. WHy? For simply quoting Obama.
That is the level of Anwaar's intelligence.
"Some of us were raised in homes that celebrated Id along with Diwali, Holi and Christmas and that is what we pass on to our children, hopefully along with other convictions."
I stopped reading after this. This woman drags caste in order to attack a person she does not like(discovers some brahminical tendencies) and now poses as though she is broadminded. What crap!!
Thanks to MMS and PC!
Gifting Vivekananda was proper. He was the first(or one of the first) who wanted Indian youngsters to visit Japan and learn from them. And what he wrote about Japan's character in 1893 holds good even today.
There is nothing wrong in NOT campaigning but Congress has to be braindead to announce it. There are things which you simply shovel aside.
"I am sorry to say that I see absolutely no sign of any such intention on the part of your Government."
Modi will surely tweet on Nov 14th. So dont panic.
PC is absolutely right. If UPA had still continued in power, the market sentiment would have hit rock bottom. As such, UPA did a great service by losing.
Modi surely knows how to irritate the succus.
I liked the way Modi needled China in his visit to Japan. Good job.
China's strategy is encircling India thro' Pak, Burma etc. India must start drawing circles around China. We must have excellent relations with Japan and S Korea and Vietnam to stop the Chinese.
China is our number one enemy.


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Good day! I am planning to create a lie detector application for a symbian phone using Carbide c++. I don't know much about this programming language, and I am hoping someone could help me with the following:
1. Is there a way for me to record voice calls?
2. Is there a way for me to compute the sampling rate of the recorded
voice calls?
Any help with these two matters would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much.

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Toxicology of plants (Proceedings)
Lilies (Lilium, Hemerocallis)
Easter lilies (Lilium longiflorum), tiger lilies (Lilium tigrinum), rubrum or Japanese showy lilies (Lilium speciosum and Lilium lancifolium), and various day lilies (Hemerocallis species) have been incriminated in causing acute renal failure and death in cats. The toxic principle is unknown. Even minor exposures (a few bites on a leaf, ingestion of pollen, etc.) may result in toxicosis, so all feline exposures to lilies should be considered potentially life-threatening and should merit aggressive clinical intervention. It should be noted that not all plants with "lily" in the name are members of Liliaceae, e.g. calla lily (Zantedeschia spp. see oxalate-containing plants) or lily of the valley (Convallaria spp., see cardiac glycosides-containing plants).
Affected cats often vomit within a few hours of exposure to lilies, but the vomiting usually subsides after a few hours, during which time the cats may appear normal or may be mildly depressed and anorexic. Within 24 to 72 hours of ingestion, oliguric to anuric renal failure develops, accompanied by vomiting, depression, anorexia, dehydration, and hypothermia; additionally, disorientation, ataxia, facial and paw edema, dyspnea, and seizures have been less commonly reported.Elevations in blood urea nitrogen (BUN), creatinine, phosphorus and potassium are detectable as early as 12 hours post ingestion. Creatinine elevations may be especially striking, with levels as high as 44 mg/dl reported. In some cases, hypoglycemia and mild liver enzyme elevations may occur. Abundant casts, proteinuria, glucosuria, and isosthenuria are usually detectable on urinalysis within 24 hours of ingestion, reflecting lily-induced damage to renal tubular cells. In severe cases, death or euthanasia due to acute renal failure generally occurs within 3 to 6 days of ingestion.
When initiated within 18 hours of ingestion, decontamination (emesis, oral activated charcoal, and cathartic) and fluid diuresis using lactated Ringer's solution at twice maintenance infusion rate for 48 hours have been effective in preventing lily-induced acute renal failure. Conversely, delaying treatment beyond 18 hours frequently results in death or euthanasia due to severe renal failure. Baseline renal values should be obtained upon presentation and then repeated at 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours.
Because the tubular injury from lily ingestion spares the renal tubular basement membrane, regeneration of damaged tubules may be possible. In severe cases, peritoneal dialysis may aid in managing renal failure until tubular regeneration occurs (10-14 days or longer).
Castor beans (Ricinus communis)
The castor bean plant is used as a decorative plant and oil extracted from the seeds is used in industry and medicine. Other names for castor bean plants are Mole Bean Tree, Wonder Tree, African Coffee Tree, Mexican Weed and Palma Christi; the seeds are sometimes called dog tick seeds. The toxic principle is ricin, a glycoprotein that is one of the most potent plant toxins known.
All parts of the castor bean plant are toxic, but the seeds contain the highest concentration of ricin and are most commonly associated with toxicosis. In humans, ingestion of one to eight seeds is estimated to be potentially lethal. Damage to the seed coat is required in order to allow the ricin to be available for absorption; for this reason, beans that are swallowed whole without being chewed may pass harmlessly through the digestive tract. Because of this, and because ricin has poor oral absorption, deaths from castor bean ingestion are not as common as one would imagine. In a study of the ASPCA National Animal Poison Control Center database between 1987 and 1998, the overall death/euthanasia rate in 98 dogs that ingested castor beans was 9%. The most common clinical signs reported were vomiting (+/- blood; 90%), diarrhea (+/- blood; 51%), depression (45%), anorexia (16%), and abdominal pain (14%). Weakness, hyperthermia, ataxia/tremors/seizures, recumbency/coma, tachycardia, icterus, vocalization and hypersalivation were also noted. Clinical signs generally develop within 6 hours of ingestion, although delays of up to 42 hours post ingestion have been reported. Elevations in hematocrit, WBC, ALT, and/or AST were the most commonly reported clinical laboratory abnormalities; alterations in laboratory values are frequently not seen until at least 12 to 24 hours post ingestion.
Because of the potential for serious toxicosis, any oral exposure to castor beans should be considered an emergency and should treated aggressively. Treatment should include early decontamination (emesis and activated charcoal with cathartic) if possible. Gastrointestinal protectants (sucralfate or kaolin-pectin) should be used as needed. Exposed animals should be closely monitored for at least 24 hours, and fluid therapy using balanced electrolyte solutions should be instituted immediately upon the development of clinical signs. Hypovolemia secondary to massive gastrointestinal fluid and blood losses is possible, so fluid rates should be adjusted as needed based on the severity of clinical signs. Seizures, if present, generally respond to diazepam. Following resolution of gastrointestinal signs, a diet consisting of bland food offered in small, frequent meals should be followed for up to 4 days after vomiting has resolved.
Baseline CBC and serum chemistries should be obtained, and values should be reassessed at 24, 48, and 72 hours in symptomatic animals. Evidence of hepatic damage, based on biochemical values, would indicate that symptomatic therapy for general liver failure (oral antibiotics, lactulose, dietary management, etc) should be instituted. Similarly, significant alterations in renal values should be treated with fluid therapy and supportive care. Repeated monitoring of serum chemistries should be done until values return to normal.


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Programming LDAP with Groovy
It all started with a task to do:
Print all members of the group within Active Directory, including members of the nested groups.
And a deadline: 15 minutes.
Given the deadline, I had no chance to get it done in time. Having 15 minutes means you need to get it right from the first run. Googling for groovy ldap brought Gldapo. But after looking at it and seeing how much configuration has to be done, I searched for some alternatives.
Groovy LDAP was beautifully simple and had no external dependencies. I downloaded the jar, dropped it into my GROOVY_HOME/lib directory and started to write the script:
import org.apache.directory.groovyldap.LDAPAfter reading through the sample scripts, I already had the main part:
ldap =
ldap.eachEntry ('&(objectClass=person)(memberOf=cn=mygroup') { person ->I saved it as listGroup.groovy and ran it from the command line:
println "${person.displayName} (${person.cn})"
groovy listGroupIt worked out of the box, printing on the console all the members of the group:
John Smith (smithj)Of course, the script was not printing members of the nested groups. In order to do that, I had to turn the snippet into the Groovy recurrent function and avoid hardcoding a group's name in favor of taking it as a command line parameter. Here is the entire script:
Amanda McDonald (mcdonaa)
Isabelle Dupre (duprei)
import org.apache.directory.groovyldap.LDAP
import org.apache.directory.groovyldap.SearchScope
List getMembersOfAGroup(connection, groupName) {
def members = []
def result = connection.searchUnique("cn=$groupName");
connection.eachEntry("memberOf=${result.dn}") { member ->
if (member.objectclass.contains("group"))
members.addAll(getMembersOfAGroup(connection, member.cn))
members.add("${member.displayName} (${member.cn})")
return members
LDAP ldap = LDAP.newInstance("ldap://ldap.mycompany.com:389/dc=mycompany,dc=com")
getMembersOfAGroup(ldap, args[0]).each {
println it
If your directory contains circular group relations, the script has to be further adjusted. This detail
has been omitted for simplicity reasons.
Please note, that the examples in this article work only with Microsoft Active Directory, because
they use vendor specific structure and schema elements. In other directory solutions for instance,
group membership is often stored in group entries only, while in Active Directory it is stored in
both group and member object. But the examples can easily be adjusted to fit another directory's
solution, e.g. by modifying filter expressions.
What is this LDAP thing you're talking about?
LDAP 101: LDAP stands for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. A directory is a storage
organized as a tree of directory entries. The tree usually reflects political, geographical and/or organizational boundaries. Every directory entry consists of a set of attributes (name/value pairs). These attributes are defined in the LDAP schema. Each directory entry has a unique identifier named DN (Distinguished Name). For more information please read Apache Directory introductory article.
Project background
Groovy LDAP is a small library started by Stefan Zoerner from the Apache Directory project. Its goal was to create minimalistic LDAP API for Groovy, with metaphors understood by the LDAP community (e.g. members of the Apache Directory team). As such, the only two dependencies of Groovy LDAP are:
- Java SE (5 or later)
- Groovy 1.0 or later
Under the hood, JNDI is used to perform LDAP queries, but fortunately Groovy LDAP hides it and lets you use a bunch of useful methods and objects, instead. It actually reminds me of the time when Netscape LDAP API was widely used. It defines a set of methods to perform basic LDAP operations: create, modify, delete, compare, search.
Groovy LDAP is written in Java, not Groovy. The only Groovy dependency is a reference to a Closure class, which is used as a parameter in a couple of search methods. So with the exception of the method taking the closure, others can be also used in Java programs.
How to get it
The simplest way is to get the binaries from the Groovy LDAP download page. After downloading and expanding the zip file you need to look for groovy-ldap.jar in the dist directory. Drop it into your GROOVY_HOME/lib directory and you're ready to write your first script.
How to build it
If you want to build the library on your own, you will need:
After you download and install Ant, drop Ivy's jar (ivy-1.4.1.jar) into your ANT_HOME/lib directory.
Now you can check out the source files from Apache Directory sandbox Subversion repository.
Once the files are checked out, just type ant and wait until the distribution jar is built in the dist directory.
Connecting to the directory
The first thing you will want to do is to connect to the directory. Groovy LDAP offers here two types of connection: anonymous bind and simple bind.
Anonymous bind happens when you connect to the directory without providing your credentials. Many directories allow anonymous bind if the client is only reading from the directory. In corporations anonymous bind is often disabled for security reasons.
So, in order to connect you need to instantiate LDAP class using newInstance() method, with the following variants:
public LDAP newInstance()
public LDAP newInstance(url)
A non-parameter method connects to the default address, which is localhost:389. It proves to be useful for various short proof-of-concept scripts. The second method takes the url of the directory as a second parameter.
If anonymous bind is not allowed or not sufficient there is an equivalent method, taking additionally user credentials:
public LDAP newInstance(url, user, password)
Once the connection is established, you can perform any other actions.
One tip is to always provide a baseDN as a part of the connection url e.g.
By doing so you define the default base, upon which searches will be performed, which in turn allows you to use convenient one parameter search methods, instead of specifying a search base and scope each time.
Reading and searching directory entries
You may want to start with checking if a specific directory entry exists:
def found = ldap.exists('cn=smithj,dc=mycompany,dc=com')
exists() method is searching the directory by DN (Distinguished Name) and returning a boolean result detailing whether an entry was found. As a companion there is read() method, that reads directory entry, specified by its DN:
if (found)
def entry = ldap.read('cn=smithj,dc=mycompany,dc=com')
This method returns either a boolean value or a given entry, accordingly. But there might be cases when you do not want to search by DN, but by another attribute which is also unique. A good example of this is a userId attribute, which is usually unique within a company.
def entry = ldap.searchUnique('userId=smithj')
This method assumes uniqueness of an object. If more than one result is returned from the search, you will get an exception.
When more results are expected, you can use search() method: and then iterate over a result set:
results = ldap.search('(objectClass=user)')
println 'Found: $results.size entries'
results.each { entry ->
println entry.dn
Searches can be also performed with more compact and more Groovy method eachEntry() taking a closure as the last parameter:
ldap.eachEntry('(objectClass=user)') { entry ->
println entry.dn
As you see, when you have the entry object, you can reference all its properties using native map syntax e.g. entry.dn. This is possible, because all result objects returned from Groovy LDAP search methods are Maps or Lists of Maps.
But, how does Groovy LDAP know in which subtree you would like to perform your search? It doesn't, because you haven't specified anything else, but the basic query. So it assumed you want to search in baseDN (hopefully specified, when connecting to the directory).
When you want to have more control over how the query is performed, there is a different version
of search(), searchUnique() and eachEntry() methods that support it e.g.
public List<Object> search( String filter, String base,
SearchScope scope )
They define additional parameters such as base upon which a search is performed and search scope, being one of the three possible constants:
- SearchScope.BASE – searches only base
- SearchScope.ONE – searches one level below base, excluding base
- SearchScope.SUB – searches the entire subtree below base, including base
So an example search could look like:
ldap.search('objectclass=user', 'ou=hr,dc=mycompany,dc=com',
There are also more sophisticated alternatives, taking Map<String, Object> or Search class instance as parameters, but we'll leave them as for now.
When you deal with LDAP directories as a part of your daily job, you may want to have a look at Apache Directory Studio, a full-fledged LDAP client tool, which allows you to connect, browse and modify any LDAP-compatible directory. It can also be used as diagnostic tool when your query in Groovy LDAP doesn't work as expected.
Adding, modifying and deleting directory entries
When you know how to search and read from the directory, it's time to do some modifications. Let's start from adding a new entry:
def attributes = [
objectclass: ['top', 'person'],
cn: 'smithc',
displayName: 'John Smith'
ldap.add('cn=smithc,dc=example,dc=com', attributes)
add() method takes DN and a Map with attributes as parameters. You need to remember not to put DN in the attributes map, as it is not an attribute but rather the unique identifier of an entry.
Removing a directory entry is even more straightforward:
delete() method will throw an exception, if an object with the given DN does not exist.
Modifying a directory entry is not very Groovyish for the time being. Adding single attributes is still relatively easy:
def dn = 'cn=smithj,dc=mycompany,dc=com'
def email = [ email: 'email@example.com' ]
ldap.modify(dn, 'ADD', email)
Performing batch modifications could be more readable using Builder-like syntax.. The current way to do this is the following:
def modifications = [
[ 'REPLACE', [email: 'firstname.lastname@example.com'] ],
[ 'ADD', [phone: '+48 99 999 99 99'] ]
ldap.modify(dn, modifications)
The same operation, using more expressive syntax, would potentially look like:
ldap.modify ('cn=smithj,dc=mycompany,dc=com') {
replace(email: 'firstname.lastname@example.com')
add(phone: '+48 99 999 99 99')
As you can see, Groovy LDAP is a neat little library, delivering simple but convenient API to deal with LDAP directories, which makes it an ideal candidate to use in various administrator scripts and short programs.
As a project it resides in Apache Directory sandbox, so when you have a chance, contribute and help Groovy LDAP to become an official subproject of the Apache Directory.
I would like to thank Stefan Zoerner and Carolyn Harman for thorough review of the article.
(Note: Opinions expressed in this article and its replies are the opinions of their respective authors and not those of DZone, Inc.)
Kirk Remignanti replied on Wed, 2010/11/10 - 10:41am
I just found this article, tried to navigate to the Groovy LDAP download page and got a 404 error. Is Groovy LDAP still a viable method for connecting to an LDAP directory?
Update (11/10/10) - I found the download for Groovy LDAP here: http://directory.apache.org/api/1-download-groovy-ldap.html and I was able to implement it by dropping the .jar file into my GRAILS_HOME/lib directory.
The problem I ran in to though is when I tried to use the "import org.apache.directory.groovyldap.LDAP" code in my script to load the LDAP class. It might be because I'm running this script from a Grails environment but I needed to load the class manually using the "classLoader" method. Here's how I was able to get the script to run correctly:
includeTargets << grailsScript("Init")
target(main: "Test LDAP!") {
def loader = this.class.classLoader.rootLoader
def jardir = new File( System.getenv( 'GRAILS_HOME' ), 'lib' )
def jars = jardir.listFiles().findAll { it.name.equals('groovy-ldap.jar') }
jars.each { loader.addURL(it.toURI().toURL()) }
LDAP = Class.forName( 'org.apache.directory.groovyldap.LDAP' )
ldap = LDAP.newInstance('ldap://ldapURL')
ldap.eachEntry ('(sn=Remignanti)') { Remignanti ->
println "(${Remignanti.uid}) ${Remignanti.sn}, ${Remignanti.givenname}"}}
Does anyone know why I would get the error message "unable to assign a value to the class 'org.apache.directory.groovyldap.LDAP'" when I try to use "import org.apache.directory.groovyldap.LDAP" in my script? (My apologies if this is a dumb question, I'm fairly new to the Grails/Groovy programming environment.)
Vinod Damle replied on Thu, 2013/01/31 - 10:54pm
Over the past few days, I tried to get both Apache LDAP (M14) and Gldapo (0.8.2) to work with an OpenLdap server via Grails (2.2) . Apache LDAP doesn't work out of the box like the other user commented (duh! I read the comments after a day of wasted effort) and I heard the same on their mailer list. Gldapo has a plugin for grails sts but it is very poorly documented. Exceptions don't work if you have Java 7 (the plugin uses Java 6 if I'm not mistaken) due to some compatibility issue. I spent a couple of days to get a query working but at the end of it, there was still a problem with the schema mapping classes for which I never found an answer. Maybe its Murphy's law, I got hold of UnboundId's LDAP sdk right at the very end and it works like a charm. All I had to do was drop it in the <proj>/lib folder in grails and the examples/api guide in their javadoc are clear enough to get scenarios working. I would strongly recommend UnboundId's SDK.


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The Avon High School band, dance, and orchestra programs invite all in the community to their production of "The Nutcracker," scored by Peter IIyich Tchaikovsky.
Performances are scheduled for 7 p.m. Dec. 13 and 14, and 2 p.m. Dec. 15 in the Hendricks Regional Health Performing Arts Center at Avon High School, 7575 E. 150 S., Avon.
Those attending are asked to enter through door 33.
In addition, a VIP Experience is being offered prior to the Dec. 14 performance. Beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the Avon ALC Cafeteria, VIPs can enjoy desserts, drinks, photos with cast members, pre-ballet talk, an arts and crafts zone, and priority seating.
Show tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and senior citizens. Children ages 5 and younger will be admitted free, but must reserve a ticket.
The VIP Experience is $10 per person, regardless of age. VIP attendees will still need to purchase a ballet ticket separately. Proceeds from the VIP Experience will benefit educational programs funded by the Avon Education Foundation.
The Christmas classic, "The Nutcracker," premiered in Russia in 1892. Tchaikovsky's score has become one of the most famous ballets performed in the United States.
To purchase tickets, visit the website at www.avonband.com/nutcracker, e-mail to email@example.com, or call 544-5093.


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Mount View Hotel
UPDATED MARKHAM SUITE! The Mount View Hotel & Spa is located 7 miles north of the Markham Vineyards, in the town of Calistoga. Experience the art of relaxation at the Mount View Hotel & Spa. The Mount View offers personal touches, amenities and spa services to surprise and delight you, from facials and revitalizing body treatments to soothing massage. The hotel is downtown and features a top-rated day spa, romantic setting, eco-friendly facilities, pool, jacuzzi, private cabanas, free WI-FI, breakfast in bed and more. The Mount View Hotel & Spa features the Markham Vineyards Suite #232. As a Markham Vineyards Heritage Club Member, you are eligible for multiple discounts at the Mount View Hotel. For reservations call 800-816-6877.
Napa Winery Inn
NEW PARTNER! The Napa Winery Inn offers special discounted rates for Heritage Club members - simply follow this link to book as a Heritage Club member (discount will show as code LWCLUB). The Napa Winery Inn is centrally located in Napa with convenience to both local wineries, restaurants, and other attractions in the Napa Valley. Enjoy the casual and intimate atmosphere of this boutique hotel, as part of your Napa Valley visit. Whether an overnight stay is for relaxation or business, the accommodations and welcoming staff at the Napa Winery Inn will provide the perfect retreat and guest services.
Southbridge Napa Valley
Southbridge Napa Valley offers lodging within walking distance of wine tasting, world-class dining, gourmet markets, galleries and boutiques, spas, bicycling, hiking, romantic picnic settings, and a historic cinema. Our concierge services can help tailor your day, securing an introductory wine experience, or finding something for more seasoned tastes. During the summer and at the height of harvest season, you are also invited to savor the latest releases from local vintners at complimentary, informal tastings in our lobby.
Shady Oaks Country Inn
NEW PARTNER! Shady Oaks Country Inn is conveniently located near Markham Vineyards in the quaint town of St. Helena and is happy to offer our Heritage Club members a year-round 10% discount. Shady Oaks features five individually designed guest rooms, all enclosed in a former winery which operated from 1883 to 1887. This bed and breakfast has been known for their delicious Champagne breakfasts for more than 20 years. Book a stay at Shady Oaks Inn to enjoy luxurious amenities such as romantic fireplaces, flat-screen satellite television, free WiFi, and concierge services - all in the very heart of the Napa Valley. Check out their website or call them at 707.963.1190.
Embassy Suites Napa Valley
Embassy Suites Napa Valley is located 20 miles south of the winery, conveniently located on Hwy 29 (St. Helena Hwy) and minutes from historic downtown Napa. The Mediterranean resort-style hotel has been recently renovated and features spacious, contemporary guest suites and stylish public spaces. Treat yourself to an Executive Suite complete with complimentary welcome bottle of Napa Valley wine, bathrobes, fresh coffee beans, free WiFi and more. Beautiful gardens, millpond, resident swans, indoor and outdoor pools, Grille 29 Restaurant & Lounge, summer bike rentals, new fitness room and other amenities await registered guests. Complimentary full cooked-to-order breakfast and evening beverage reception are served daily in the garden atrium and included in the suite rate.


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Seiko SQ100 - Alarm-Chrono-Timer, Cal. 7T42
I remember that I open ca. 100 of my
Quartz watches in November 2003
Suddenly I had the feeling that some of my quartz watches I had carried to Thailand from Switzerland around Easter 2002 might have leaking batteries. The "loss" was 1.5%, a TIMEX Indiglo from Prague got an acid damage but still works and a SEIKO 8M25 also got battery fluids and is probably dead. But I am still looking for the Cal. 8M25 and hope to be able to restore that SEIKO. I have not tried that 8M25 with the exact battery type yet since I did not have that type in stock in November 2003. But if the voltage is matching (most watch cells are 1.5 V), you can test a Quartz watch with any battery size. Just be careful if you insert too small batteries, the watch might run erratically since the too small or too flat battery will not always make good contact. Worse even, too high batteries might leak a lot easier. Because pressure on the battery case is due to my experience the single most frequent reason (besides age or sloppy manufacturing of course) for batteries to leak. The best way is definitely to get the proper battery type from a reliable manufacturer like Maxell or Renata.
When working on so many Quartz watches, I did not really care to create top pictures, I was rushing the shots and thus you will have to live with rather crappy pictures for now. At least the over exposure shows the movement in good detail. This one like 98.5% of all the Quartz watches opened in November 2003 showed no leaking damage. I think I got away with a warning shot. Thus I open and remove the dead batteries now as soon as I detect that the watch has stopped. Safe is safe!
PS The case is now cleaned. Favorites normally look a bit dirtier ;-)


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Jeffrey Wells, Hollywood Elsewhere: "It's not a catastrophe but it felt to me like a sensitive humanist misfire."
Hitfix: "My immediate takeaway from Jason Reitman's "Labor Day," which kicks off the Telluride Film Festival this afternoon at the annual patrons screening, was that it was an unexpected mature step for the filmmaker who has offered up such self-aware films as "Thank You For Smoking," "Juno," "Up in the Air" and "Young Adult." There isn't a whiff of that tone here whatsoever. The edge that has defined Reitman's work has been set aside while a more refined, lived-in aesthetic has taken hold."
Marlow Stern, The Daily Beast: "Winslet, in particular, should garner some award consideration for her turn as a woman so beaten down by life she can barely hold a pen without shaking uncontrollably. It's a far more measured—and affecting—performance than her boisterous, Oscar-winning turn in The Reader."
Peter Debruge, Variety: "'Labor Day' brims with such carefully observed details, all of them a little too elegant to feel entirely genuine, and yet impossible to fault — apart from the underlying premise, of course, which is plenty troubling: that a misunderstood killer is just the father/lover this incomplete family needs to feel whole again."
Eric Kohn, Indiewire: "Because it adheres to a noticeably restrained literary style, 'Labor Day' at times feels almost too muted for its rather bizarre subject matter, which finds an escaped convict falling in love with a woman he takes hostage and becoming a surrogate father for her son. But Reitman largely cedes control to a tightly wound cast and lets the somber tone find its way."
William Goss, Film.com: "As consistently assured a piece of filmmaking as any we've seen from Reitman."
Anne Thompson, Thompson On Hollywood: "Reitman takes us on a ride that never flags and often surprises with real emotion."
Tomris Laffly: "Labor Day: Untypical Reitman. Quietly lyrical/brings Malick to mind. Off-putting 1st-yet yields into sthg beautiful where labor equals love. U can feel Reitman's honesty as you go deep into Labor Day. He got great work out of his cast. Audience absolutely loved it- this will last."
Lisa Kennedy: "If Jason Reitman's "Labor Day" sets the tone of @TellurideFilm #teary, it's gonna be a good one. Newcomer Gattlin Griffith wonderful."
Eugene Novikov, Film Blather: "LABOR DAY (C+) Reitman feels the need to amp up the drama, and unloads a honking dump of backstory that's contrived and maudlin in a mode that I had thought was the exclusive province of Nicholas Sparks.."
Alex Billington, First Showing: "Labor Day - Floored. Jason's best work? Maybe. Explores very deep emotions, relationships, intimacy in a masterful way. Bravo. #telluride13"
junohater | September 17, 2013 1:09 PM
Mainstream film (and most non-mainstream film) is a losing proposition these days. When will film-goers get over their Stockholm Syndrome with Hollywood and realize they're not getting what they pay for?
catherine | September 13, 2013 3:15 AM
I expected to see some improvements in my love life after I contacted Ekaka and asked him to send out a spell to the Universe for me, but I didnât expect a life-changing experience, thatâs for sure! Still, though, thatâs what I got! Iâm not only in love, Iâm going to be moving to my soon-to-be-fianceâs state next month! We probably would never even have met if it werenât for ekakaspelltemple@yahoocom and his wonderful powers of peace and love. I wish you all the peace and love you sent me, DR Ekaka.
MDL | September 4, 2013 3:58 PM
This is a film I rather enjoyed while watching it but once I started thinking about it I realized its weaknesses. Reitman said he followed the book very closely which means the blame, perhaps, can go to the author more than the filmmaker. However, it seems that sometimes visualizing the action of a book can create issues that might not arise when compared to reading a book.
Alex P | August 31, 2013 1:10 AM
Great review. Looking forward to seeing it regardless to see whether I synch up with you or not.
kamikamran | August 30, 2013 6:09 AM
this is really a good Movie[that i haven't seen yet]
james | August 30, 2013 12:03 AM
Nepotism, no talent.
Oogle monster | August 29, 2013 11:19 PM
Kinda bummed to see such mixed reactions. As a HUGE fan of Young Adult (I agree- seriously underrated and hands down Reitman's best work to date), I was hoping he would knock Labor Day out of the park. It's one of my favorite novels in recent years and it's actually perfectly tailored for film.
yer | August 29, 2013 9:47 PM
I'm not a fan of Reitman as a director at all. He's completely bland and paint by the numbers. He makes a slew of good but never great films that lack any type of artistic flair. He kind of reminds me of Alexander Payne in that regard. Just dull stuff all around.
Ken Guidry | August 29, 2013 9:45 PM
Well this is disappointing. I hope I disagree!
sheyla | August 29, 2013 9:33 PM
I hope Anne Thompson takes Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant, into consideration.
douche | August 29, 2013 9:31 PM
you guys gonna do a write up of sorcerer or fucking what? nothing on sorcerer really really really????????? nothing on friedkins golden lion nothing nothing. for reals fucking do something already been waiting all fucking day.


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Seven Bob Seger songs will be featured on the December 13th episode of the C-B-S drama Cold Case. In the episode, titled "Iced," the team tries to determine who murdered a minor league hockey player on the memorable night that the U-S hockey team beat the Soviet Union in the 1980 Olympics. The songs you'll hear are "Ramblin' Gamblin' Man," "Her Strut," "Rock and Roll Never Forgets," "Roll Me Away," "Night Moves," "Fire Down Below" and "Against the Wind." Cold Case airs at 10:00 p-m [ET].
Other artists to have their music featured in the series include John Lennon, Frank Sinatra, Nirvana, Johnny Cash, John Mellencamp, U-2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Santana.
Bob Seger's new album, Early Seger, Volume One, goes on sale today through BobSeger.com.


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Countries like Germany, China and Japan are racing ahead in switching to renewable energy sources, while the UK continues to stubbornly stick to outdated nuclear power.
An accidental breakthrough into a chamber beneath the Earth's crust has led to a possible breakthrough in geothermal energy production.
With excess winter deaths up by 29% and bills up by £300 since the election, it's time for the government to act.
While shifting the debate towards green levies, the Big Six have remained much quieter about their healthy profits.
The Deputy PM vowed in his conference speech that the Lib Dems "will keep this government green" - and he meant it.
The Labour leader may need to move some of the cost of energy efficiency schemes from consumer bills to taxation.
The energy companies are squealing over the Labour leader's proposed freeze on energy prices, warning of blackouts. They ignore the fact that the lights are already going out - for the 4.5 million people living in fuel poverty.
There are clear conflicts of interest over the sources of the government's advice on fracking. In 2012, Cameron was committed to renewable energy - what changed?
The amendment would provide the certainty for which the energy industry is calling and keep the UK on track to meet its legally binding carbon targets at the lowest cost.
The Chancellor's plans will cost bill payers £25bn more in the 2020s than developing low-carbon energy and breach the UK's climate change targets.


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A No Contract America = Less iPhones?
So T-Mobile is the first mobile carrier to end subsidies in the form that we know of them today. When they had announced their plans to do so a long time ago along with reduced prices, I knew that it was going to be a great transition to a model closer to the European market. T-Mobile has essentially admitted to being a dumb pipe, and they are selling themselves as the value option that gives you what you want: unlimited everything for cheap (well for the U.S. at least). However, I did think something else was going to happen. I thought that the iPhone's reign in the U.S. would end.
Why did I think that? Well, data suggests that in every country without the American-style subsidization and contract plans, Android phones are the most popular by significant margins (except for the UK which is kind of a hybrid of both with cheap options from places like Three, and more expensive plans at EE). I believe the reason why the iPhone sells so well in the U.S is because the difference between an iPhone 5 and an Android budget phone (think Galaxy Ace) is $200. Elsewhere, the difference is $450 with higher monthly rates. Whether you like it or not affordability in tech drives adoption, and Android options are significantly more affordable.
After T-Mobile's presentation today, I came away at a different opinion. This is because I saw how T-Mobile is going to sell the iPhone: $99 with $20 built into the plan. This is cheaper in every way to other carriers, especially on family plans. Yes, some people will notice the price difference now between an iPhone and a Galaxy Ace, and many will chose the Galaxy Ace, but I doubt many people will simply because either way, they will be getting a better deal, so why not get the iPhone?
Do you agree? What are your opinions on the American carrier situation, and what do you think will happen in the future? Do you think Apple is significantly prepared for an unsubsidized market in the U.S., where they make most of their money?


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Today's weather forecast: Dreamy
Los Angeles is known for having all kinds of characters, but walking the streets as the Son of God in the City of Angels has a certain poetic ring to it. Thanks to smart phones and the miracle of social media, the sunglasses-sporting impersonator (real name: Kevin Lee Light) has gone from being just another West Hollywood oddball to human meme, with hundreds of pictures posted online as well as a devoted flock of Twitter followers via the @IsawJesusinLA feed. Here are a few favorite moments to get you in the holiday spirit.
Jesus discusses how he's kept his beard from graying after all these years. Santa Monica Blvd. and Crescent Heights bus stop, West Hollywood.
Jesus gives his blessing to Jimmy Kimmel's new 11:30 p.m. time slot. Outside Jimmy Kimmel Live, Hollywood.
Did Jesus help develop cloud computing? Apple Store at The Grove, Los Angeles.
Teaching the crowd how to "put a little Jesus on it." Saddle Ranch, West Hollywood.
The Colonel pitching (yet again) a KFC 13-piece Last Supper Bucket. The Grove, Los Angeles.
Still protesting after all these years. West Hollywood.
Debating which Ice Blended to turn into wine. Coffee Bean on Robertson Blvd., West Hollywood.
Jesus looks upon Johnie's Coffee Shop. Wilshire Blvd. and Fairfax Ave, Mid-City.
"Jesus walks into a bar..." The Comedy Store, Hollywood.
Seeing The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn for the third time. The Arclight, Hollywood.
Gay Pride Parade, West Hollywood.
He's still waiting for his star on the Walk of Fame. Grauman's Chinese Theatre, Hollywood.
You wouldn't believe how much the price of a haircut has gone up in the past two milleniums. Essensuals London, West Hollywood.
Black Sabbath just came out with a new T-shirt. Sound Check, Hollywood.
Keeping it organic. Ralphs, Hollywood.
Where has Jesus been? Consult this map of recent sightings.
Photographs courtesy: I Saw Jesus in LA
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The nation's affordable care law is the sticking point in the whole government shutdown affair. And you and I are left wondering just what will happen with out health care coverage, how much it will cost and what our options are. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota has been hosting insurance information sessions around the state. They outline Obamacare basics, including coverage, choices and costs.
"I would say that there is more confusion than facts out there in the general population and we're here to answer as much of that and alleviate as much confusion as we possibly can," says James Nichol, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota.
The next insurance information session will be held on Thursday at the Gladstone Inn and Suites in Jamestown.
Evangelist Franklin Graham prayed on a sidewalk outside the Pentagon Thursday after his invitation to a prayer service inside was withdrawn because of comments that insulted people of other religions. More>>


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I had my first experience as a mom at the ER a few weeks ago. It was not a good day for me (or my daughter, for that matter!)
Leah and Ethan decided to be hyper and act crazy as I rushed through the produce section at WalMart. I literally had to get 3 things for a salad to partner the dinner I was making for a friend that evening. I was trying to hurry and get the heck out of there, and the kids were driving me crazy by running around, jumping on and off the cart, and grabbing each other and swinging around.
Just and I was ready to head to the checkout line, I heard Leah crying. She was about 20 feet away from me by the birthday cakes and when I glanced in her direction, I saw blood.
"Great." I said, "Now look at what you guys did! If you weren't acting crazy, this wouldn't have happened. I can't take you guys anywhere!"
I didn't even ask how it happened, but she was holding her chin, Ethan was helping her off the floor and both of them had blood on their hands. The baker came from behind her counter with a paper towel. I told Leah to apply pressure on her chin with the paper towel and that face wounds always bleed a lot and she would be fine. I asked the baker for one more paper towel to wipe up my daughter's blood on the floor and she was very kind and got it right away.
She also came back with a first aid kit and handed me a small bandage. Leah took the paper towel away from her chin so I could put on the band aid and that's when I saw the wound for the first time. It was huge. I instantly knew this gash that looked like a second set of lips would not be covered with a small band aid- this would require a trip to ER.
To spare you all the rest of the boring details, she did have to get stitched up- 6 sutres total, and she didn't cry or flinch a bit when the doctor did it all- such a a trooper!
The next 10 days were spent changing band-aids and watching her face heal and when she got her stitches removed, we began applying a cream to help reduce the scar. As a mom of 4 kids under 8 years old, I know the odds are not in my favor when it comes to scrapes and wounds, but here's to hoping our trips to the ER are few and far between!!!


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Drink driver from Rishton is spared jail (From Blackburn Citizen)
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9:00pm Thursday 17th January 2013 in Hyndburn
A SERIAL drink-driver escaped an immediate prison sentence despite a spate of offences.
Blackburn magistrates heard David Nicol Hayes was on bail to Oldham magistrates for drink driving when he was stopped and refused to provide a specimen on November 22.
He was banned for the Oldham offence but was again caught behind the wheel in Accrington six days later.
Hayes, 39, of Haworth Street, Rishton, pleaded guilty to driving with excess alcohol and while disqualified, failing to provide a specimen for analysis and two charges of driving without insurance.
He was sentenced to 24 weeks in prison suspended for two years, made subject to community supervision for 12 months with an alcohol treatment requirement, banned from driving for three years and fined £180.


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New regulations for BC Building Code, BC Plumbing Code and BC Fire Code are effective Dec. 20, 2012.
New Adaptable Housing Regulations
On November 13, 2012, the City of Port Coquitlam adopted amendments to the Building and Plumbing Bylaw and Zoning Bylaw for the provision of adaptable housing. Click here to learn more.
About The Department
The City of Port Coquitlam Building Department maintains the quality of life for Port Coquitlam citizens by regulating construction within the City. This is achieved through the use of the City of Port Coquitlam Building and Plumbing Bylaw , the British Columbia Building Code and other related bylaws and enactments respecting safety.
Day-to-day activites include processing applications and issuing a variety of permits covering building, plumbing, heating, fire sprinkler, swimming pool, and demolition; conducting inspections for compliance with the minimum health and safety requirements contained in related construction codes and bylaws; investigating complaints relating to unauthorized construction, unsafe conditions and violations of related City Bylaws; maintaining a well-trained, courteous and responsive staff to effectively screen and process construction applications and preliminary proposals; act as a forum for discussion and consultation for local builders, developers, home owners and others involved in the construction industry; maintain records of construction projects undertaken within the City; and review proposed equivalents to determine if they will provide a level of performance at least equal to the standard required by the British Columbia Building Code.
|All Building and Plumbing Inspectors are available for phone calls and to answer questions at the Building Department counter from 8:30 am to 9:30 am and in the afternoons from 3:00 pm to 3:45 pm Monday to Friday.
For inspection request please call 604-927-5445. All inspections requests received prior to 3:00 pm will be schedule for the next business day.
Please consult the links to the left to access a wide range of information on building, planning, developing and construction in our community. You will also find information on a variety of related topics.
See what's new in Development Services
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Tel 604.927.5444
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Introducing Pomfort ClipHouse: The RAW Processing Software We've Been Waiting For
The flexibility that RAW images provide filmmakers in the post-production process is absolutely astounding. However, in the words of Bret Michaels, "Every rose has its thorn." The thorn, in this case, is the fact that RAW files can make your workflow quite a bit more cumbersome than it ever would be with compressed codecs. Despite Premiere Pro's recent addition of native support for Cinema DNG files, more often than not it still makes more sense to create proxies and use an online/offline workflow. Even though there are solutions for processing RAW files, many people still feel that RAW is more trouble than it's worth because of the post-production headaches. Well not any more, because Pomfort's highly anticipated RAW processing software, simply called ClipHouse, has now hit the market. More »
AbelCine Breaks Down Arri Alexa XT: Codex Virtual Media & Live Grading Metadata
There has been some significant news on the Arri front over the past few months — namely, that the growing Alexa family is forking out 'budget' HD-specific and Doc-friendly body implementations. All the while, AbelCine has been a great resource on keeping us all up to date on the family's tech specs & specifics. This trend continues as AbelCine's Andy Shipsides walks us through Arri's Alexa XT system. Briefly, the XT series upgrades Alexa to Codex-powered internal ARRIRAW recording. Andy's videos go through the ins and outs of this system — detailing everything from virtual media to live-grading metadata. Read on to check out the videos. More »
Pomfort Makes Handy-Looking Mac Apps for DSLR (and Higher End) Filmmakers
Pomfort makes a number of interesting Mac tools for DSLR and indie filmmakers. I went to their site to check out DSLR Log2Video Plugin, a $29 plugin for working with DSLR footage shot with Canon's CineStyle picture profile. The plugin is a part of the $129 Silverstack LT H.264, which I found myself evaluating as a tool for offloading and backing up DSLR-originated projects. Silverstack LT is, in turn, the limited version of the $825 data wrangling workflow aid Silverstack SET, which adds advanced features and support for the ARRI ALEXA and RED cameras. Then I found myself checking out their MamboFrame, which turns an iPad into real, physical clapper sticks — it's not just an app: More »


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Gross Umstadt Town Hall 2013
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Gross Umstadt Town Hall 2013
Gross-Umstadt in Hesse Darmstadt-Dieburg is on the edge of the Odenwald and the Rhein-Main region. Directly on the historic market square you will find the Renaissance Town Hall (built between 1596-1605), and the Protestant church (1465-1494), the tower was built in the middle of 13th Century.
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The village of "Hering" is a part of the municipality "Otzberg". Until the incorporation "Hering" was...
"Fortress Otzberg" was built at the end of the 12th century. At that time the abbot "Marquard of Fuld...
The "Fortress Otzberg"(Odenwald) was built around 1100 on the summit of the mountain with the same na...
The courtyard of the "Veste Otzberg" with gateway, guardhouse, Commandant's House, Bower, Palas, Corp...
The Hessian "Höchst" is located in the northern part of the "Odenwald" in the "Mümlingtal". The first...
Germany? Before the beginning there was Ginnungagap, an empty space of nothingness, filled with pure creative power. (Sort of like the inside of my head.)
And it ends with Ragnarok, the twilight of the Gods. In between is much fighting, betrayal and romance. Just as a good Godly story should be.
Heroes have their own graveyard called Valhalla. Unfortunately we cannot show you a panorama of it at this time, nor of the lovely Valkyries who are its escort service.
Hail Odin, wandering God wielding wisdom and wand! Hail Freya, hail Tyr, hail Thor!
Odin made the many lakes and the fish in them. In his traverses across the lands he caused there to be the Mulheim Bridge in Cologne, as did he make the Mercury fountain, Mercury being of his nature.
But it is to the mighty Thor that the Hammering Man gives service.
Between the time of the Nordic old ones and that of modern Frankfort there may have been a T.Rex or two on the scene. At least some mastodons for sure came through for lunch, then fell into tar pits to become fossils for us to find.
And there we must leave you, O my most pure and holy children.
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The German baritone Ralf Lukas hails from Bayreuth and studied at the Academy of Arts in Berlin. He also attended masterclasses in interpretation and voice with Aribert Reimann, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Hans Hotter. In 1991 he won first prize at the International Singing Competition in 's-Hertogenbosch, when he was also awarded the Grand Prize. In 1987, after two years with the Bavarian State Opera Studio, Ralf Lukas became a member of the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, where he remained until 2002. Among the roles he sang in Berlin were Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Masetto and Leporello in Don Giovanni, Fra Melitone in La forza del destino and Biterolf in Tannhäuser. Guest appearances have taken him to La Scala, Milan, the Metropolitan Opera, New York, the Bavarian State Opera, the Hamburg State Opera, the Dresden State Opera, Glyndebourne Touring Opera and the Salzburg Easter and Summer Festivals as well as to Tokyo. On the occasion of his role début as the Dutchman in Katharina Wagner's new production of Der fliegende Holländer in Würzburg in September 2002, Der Tagesspiegel praised his performance as 'a true ray of vocal hope for the future'. In the spring of 2003 he covered the role of Beckmesser at the Met. He has also appeared as Wotan and the Wanderer in John Dew's production of the Ring in Wiesbaden. After singing Biterolf at the 2003 Munich Easter Festival, Ralf Lukas toured Europe singing Pope Clement VII in Benvenuto Cellini. In October 2003 he appeared with the Central German Radio Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in the Vatican marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of Pope John Paul II's elevation to the See of Rome. During the winter of 2007/8 he appeared as Biterolf at the Opéra Bastille in Paris and sang his first Caspar in Der Freischütz at the Sankt Gallen Theatre. As a concert singer with a wide-ranging repertory, Ralf Lukas is much in demand in the world's concert halls and has sung in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Madrid, Paris, Vienna, Rome and São Paulo.
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As of 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, the inmate who escaped from the Lancaster County Detention Center on Friday, Aug. 29, was still at large.
Guns, escape and violent crimes are nothing new to Deqwon Mykel Blackmon, the attempted murder suspect who ran away from the Lancaster County Detention Center on Friday, Aug. 29.
Three men were shot this weekend in an apparent drive-by shooting along S.C. 9 Bypass, though investigators are still searching for suspects.
A crowd of more than 100 people interested in the education of students from kindergarten to post graduate studies gathered at the University of South Carolina Lancaster's Bradley Arts and Sciences Building on Tuesday, Aug. 26, for the State of Education Breakfast sponsored by the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce.
A 5-year-old girl died from injuries sustained in a single car accident Friday, Aug. 15.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office will have extra deputies on the streets throughout Labor Day weekend.
It was a tough week. First, there was the death of a young race car driver – a bizarre incident involving one of racing's biggest stars. Days later, America mourned the loss of an actor and comedian beloved by many.
Then, unrest in a small Missouri town where the fatal shooting of a teenager by a police officer prompted anger, protests, riots and looting.
With a large architectural drawing spread out before them, a team of county officials began exploring options on Aug. 21 for renovating a former surgical office to accommodate the Lancaster County Economic Development Corp. and Veterans Affairs offices.
The Springs Close Foundation honored the Lancaster Fatherhood Project and its work last week by naming it one of three recipients of this year's Fabric of the Community Awards.
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National Center for Complementary Medicine defines complementary and alternative medicine as those healthcare practices not currently considered an integral part of conventional medicine. It covers a broad range of healing therapies, approaches, and systems. Some examples of complementary and alternative medicine include acupuncture, herbs, homeopathy, chiropractic, hypnosis, and traditional oriental medicine.
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A Colorado woman was impaled by a light pole after she crashed because she was texting and driving.
Hours after homicide detectives were called to a murder scene in south Charlotte a second person has been shot and killed in north east Charlotte.
The shooting was reported shortly after 9 p.m. on the 1400 block of Tom Hunter Road, police said.
Police confirmed to WBTV News that the shooting was the result of a robbery attempt at the Fast Mart convenience store located on Tom Hunter Road.
One of the store's owners Lamia Hanna described what she saw on the surveillance camera. "It showed the guy jumped [over the counter]. He had a gun. He was all covered up. We didn't see his face and he hit the clerk twice. The clerk had to defend himself," Hanna said.
The robber, later identified as Javon Sanchez Booker, 21, managed to run out of the store but later collapsed on the street.
Paramedics attempted to perform CPR on him, but were unable to revive him, witnesses said.
A MEDIC spokesperson later confirmed that the victim died at the scene.
"I'm not glad that he killed him. ..That he had to shoot him but he had to defend himself," Hanna said.
It's a scenario Hanna knows all too well.
She used deadly force to defend herself against a robber at the same store in 2007.
"I congratulated them. People are getting tired of people taking their hard earned money," Neighbor Steven Reid said. "It's not Hidden Valley [residents]. It's people coming from other sides of towns..that are living in these cheap hotels..that's where the real problem is coming from."
"I just hope they keep the store open. I hope this doesn't deter them and make them go away," Neighbor Georgette Foster said.
Hanna says the store has been hit countless times but doesn't plan to do add any additional security. After 11 years of being a staple in the community, she says the violence won't force her to move locations.
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Journal of Laser Applications (JLA)® is the official journal of the Laser Institute of America and serves as the major international forum for exchanging ideas and information in disciplines that apply laser technology. Internationally known editors, reviewers and columnists deliver the latest results of their research worldwide, dealing with the diverse, practical applications of photonic technology.
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JLA Vol:1 Iss:1 (A Retrospective Study on the Hazards of the Carbon Dioxide Laser Plume)
Rocco V. Lobraico
Michael J. Schifano
Kevin R. Brader
Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center, Wenske Laser Center, Chicago, Illinois
Recent experimental studies of airborne contaminants found in the carbon dioxide laser plume have raised questions as to the potential danger of serious viral transmission during laser procedures. These concerns originated from a study of the human papilloma wart virus that reported intact strands of the DNA virus in the laser plume during the ablation of verrucae with the carbon dioxide laser. However, the study did not demonstrate the viability of such viral remnants. Such viability is difficult to demonstrate due to the...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:1 (Endoholography in Medicine)
Marc D. Friedman
Hans I. Bjelkhagen
Max Epstein
Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois
JLA Vol:1 Iss:1 (Excimer Lasers for Industrial Processing: Results and Applications)
D. Basting
Lambda Physik GmbH, Go¨ttingen, Federal Republic of Germany
JLA Vol:1 Iss:1 (High‐Speed Laser Welding Discontinuities)
Charles E. Albright
Shichan Chiang
Department of Welding Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
JLA Vol:1 Iss:1 (Laser Application in Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery)
Michael Barat
Robert H. Ossoff
Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Nashville, Tennessee
Since the discovery of the laser in 1959, a wide variety of lasers have been developed with numerous clinical applications in medicine and surgery. Lasers have had a great impact on the surgical approach to both benign and malignant diseases in Otolaryngology‐Head and Neck Surgery, and have enabled the otolaryngologist to manage diseases in the aerodigestive system primarily through an endoscopic approach. We will summarize the physical properties of the currently used lasers in otolaryngology, as well as their clinical applications.
JLA Vol:1 Iss:1 (Laser Applications in Biomedicine. Part I: Biophysics, Cell Biology, and Biostimulation)
Michael W. Berns
J. Stuart Nelson
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine
The successful applications of lasers to biomedicine rely upon an adequate understanding of the principles of light interaction with tissue. These principles are based upon the fundamentals of photophysics and involve a variety of mechanisms of energy conversion: heat, photochemistry, non‐thermal bond breaking, fluorescence, and mechanical shock waves. All of these mechanisms are discussed in the context of biomedical and basic cellular studies. In addition, the mechanism and use of low power (milliwatt) lasers are examined ...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:1 (Resonant ATR (Attenuated Total Reflectance) Spectroscopy and Semiconductor Technology)
Bruno Bosacchi
AT&T Bell Laboratories ‐ Engineering Research Center, Princeton, New Jersey
We review the resonant ATR spectroscopy as an effective way to enhance the sensitivity of the optical measurements in semiconductor technology. After a short introduction of the basic principles, we consider its application to the non‐destructive characterization of the multilayer structures used in the manufacture of electronics and optoelectronics devices (Resonant ATR technique).
JLA Vol:1 Iss:2 (A Study in Surface Alloying of Titanium Alloys)
A. Bharti
R. Sivakumar
Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad‐500 258, India
D. B. Goel
Department of Metallurgical Engineering, University of Roorkee, Roorkee‐247 667, India
A 5 KW CW CO2 laser has been used to alloy the surface of Ti6Al4V alloy with carbon. As a result the average microhardness was increased from 365 to 600 kg/mm.2 Compositional inhomogeneity was observed on the alloyed surface, however the compositional inhomogeneity index reduced considerably by cross scanning with defocused laser beam. Surface roughness of the alloyed surface was also studied and the roughn...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:2 (High Performance Laser Triangulation Ranging)
C. Murray Penney
GE Corporate Research and Development, Schenectady, New York 12301
Brad Thomas
Johnson Laboratories, 383 Hillen Road, Towson, Maryland 21204
Laser triangulation ranging can provide data rates to at least 10,000 points per second, with resolution on the order of one thousandth of an inch, while observing strongly uncooperative targets through hostile environments. Data rate has been increased to greater than 100,000 points per second for applications requiring high resolution 3‐D maps of extended uncooperative surfaces. One successful approach to these applications is described. Also, several optical and engineering characteristic...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:2 (ICALEO Holds First Conference on Lasers in Dentistry)
Harvey Wigdor
Chief of Dental Service, Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center and Wenske Laser Center, Chicago, Illinois
JLA Vol:1 Iss:2 (Laser Applications in Biomedicine. Part II: Clinical Applications)
J. Stuart Nelson
Michael W. Berns
Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic, University of California, Irvine, 1002 Health Sciences Road East, Irvine, California 92715
JLA Vol:1 Iss:2 (Measurement of Concentration of DHE in Tissue)
A. Edward Profio
T. F. Khoury
Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 U.S.A.
Stephen Lam
School of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
The effective absorbed dose in photodynamic therapy is proportional to the concentration of the photosensitizer, as well as to the radiant energy fluence and concentration of oxygen. The concentration of dihematoporphyrin ether/ester (DHE) has been measured in tissue specimens by chemical extraction followed by spectrofluorimetry against a standard solution, and by an in vivo fluorometer probe calibrated ag...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:2 (New Materials: Non‐Equilibrium Synthesis by Laser)
J. Mazumder
S. Sircar
C. Ribaudo
A. Kar
Laser‐Aided Materials Processing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign, 1206 West Green Street, Urbana, Illinois 61801, U.S.A.
Synthesis of nonequilibrium phases provides an opportunity to engineer new materials with novel properties. The technique of laser surface modification (LSM) provides a unique means of synthesizing novel non‐equilibrium materials by taking advantage of the inherent rapid heating and cooling rate of the process. LSM can be used to obtain specific surface properties significantly diffe...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:2 (Optical Detection of Ultrasonic Disturbances)
James W. Wagner
The Johns Hopkins University, Center for Nondestructive Evaluation, Maryland Hall 102, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
Optical methods for detection of ultrasonic signals offer the potential for performing noncontact and remote sensing for ultrasonic inspection and acoustic emission testing of materials and structures. These capabilities are of particular advantage for sensing applications at elevated temperatures or in hostile environments. While a number of optical detection methods have been employed in the past, most efforts have involved the development of interferometric techniques of one form or another. Technological advances in conventional and holographic...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:2 (Summary of Laser Plume Effects and Safety Session)
Richard P. Felten
Senior Chemist, Radiation Biology Branch, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
JLA Vol:1 Iss:3 (Chemical Composition of Laser‐Tissue Interaction Smoke Plume)
John M. Kokosa
GMI Engineering & Management Institute, Flint, Michigan 48504 U.S.A.
John Eugene
Beckman Laser Institute, Irvine, California 92715 U.S.A.
Lasers are assuming an increasingly important role in surgical procedures. However, several studies have shown that the smoke produced by laser‐tissue interaction is an airway irritant. Preliminary studies in our laboratories have shown that potentially hazardous chemicals, including benzene, formaldehyde and acrolein are present in the smoke plume resulting from CO2 and Nd:YAG laser interaction with animal tissue, even at low power densities. Since these chemicals are classified a...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:3 (CO2 Laser Engraving System for Relief Plate to Print Corrugated Cardboard)
K. Wakabayashi
N. Sugishima
NEC Corporation, Laser Equipment Div., 1120, Shimokuzawa, Sagamihara, JAPAN
A very compact and economical CO2 laser engraving system to make relief plates for the purpose of printing corrugated cardboard has been developed. This system consists of a highly stable 500W CO2 laser and a high speed, easy handling image processing sub‐system. In this paper several new developments are described. This image processing technique for CO2 laser raster scanning and engraving has been newly developed. Every binary image is converted to the relief plate more easier than other reported engraving systems.
JLA Vol:1 Iss:3 (Complete Particle Field Characterization with Optical Diagnostics)
W. D. Bachalo
Aerometrics, Inc., Sunnyvale Technology Center, 894 Ross Drive, Unit 105, Sunnyvale, CA 94089
A discussion of the practical aspects of particle sizing using light scatter detection is presented. The primary focus is on single particle counter methods for performing in situ size and velocity measurements. One objective of the presentation is to provide information on the applicability and limitations of these methods when measurements in practical environments are required. The problem of dealing with irregularly‐shaped particles is considered. Light scattered by such particles is not easily analyzed except in the near‐forward direction. Examples o...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:3 (Experimental Laser Welding Thermal Cycles)
E. A. Metzbower
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6324, Washington DC 20375‐5000, U.S.A.
JLA Vol:1 Iss:3 (Experimental Laser Welding Thermal Cycles)
E. A. Metzbower
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Code 6324, Washington, DC 20375‐5000, U.S.A.
JLA Vol:1 Iss:3 (Laser Welding of Plastics in Low and High Gravity Environments)
R. E. Mueller
W. W. Duley
CRESS and Laser Processing Laboratory, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3
S. MacLean
M. Garneau
B. Tryggvason
Canadian Astronaut Office, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0R6
W. F. J. Evans
Atmospheric Environment Service, 4905 Dufferin Street, Downsview, Ontario M3H 5T4
Initial results of a series of laser processing experiments performed under the micro‐gravity conditions supplied by NASA's KC‐135 aircraft are presented. Weld morphologies of polypropylene and polyethylene were obtained under both hyper‐ and hy...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:3 (Performance of a Broadband Free‐Electron Laser and Preliminary Studies on Its Application to Biology and Medicine)
Stephen Benson
John Madey
Dept. of Physics, Duke University, Durham NC 27706
Richard Straight
Brett Hooper
Utah Laser Institute, Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of Utah Medical Centers, Salt Lake City, Utah 84148
Recent performance improvements in the free‐electron laser (FEL) have allowed it to operate at a level suitable for most applications in laser medicine. A brief description of the operation of a free‐electron laser will be presented. The performance desired in a medical FEL will be described and the performance to date of the Mark III mid‐infrared to visible FEL at Stanford Univer...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:3 (Simultaneous Laser Velocimeter and Concentration Measurement)
David T. Walker
William G. Tiederman
School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, U.S.A.
Inability to predict the high Schmidt number mixling of a concentrated polymer solution injected into a channel flow of water motivated the development of a method for measuring the product of the velocity fluctuation normal to the wall and the fluctuation in the polymer concentration. Time‐resolved concentration measurements were obtained using a laser‐induced fluorescence technique. The injected fluid was marked with a fluorescent dye and the spatial distribution of the intensity of fluorescent light emitted from an argo...
JLA Vol:1 Iss:4 (FDA Medical Incident Report Is Sobering Reminder of Laser Safety Education Needs)
JLA Vol:1 Iss:4 (Installation of a Commercial Excimer Laser in the Operating Room)
H. Benoit
J. Clark
W. J. Keon
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9
A multi‐use commercial excimer laser was modified for use in the cardiovascular operating room. The laser was originally designed for research and laboratory applications and required on‐site development to become acceptable for the clinical environment. Particular care was taken to control the associated hazards of toxic gas storage, handling and disposal. Resolution of problems relating to line isolation and leakage currents, design of administrative and engineering controls for laser and associated hazards, safety and ...
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The Timberwolves officially introduced their two new draft picks to the media last Friday and Shabazz Muhammad didn't waste any time establishing his um, knowledge of the game.
Muhammad will don the only number lonelier than one. He'll wear zero.
"I asked for 15 but my second option was 0," said Muhammad. "Nobody wears zero in the league so I thought I might as well wear 0."
His first choice, 15 is currently occupied by Mickael Gelabale so since no one else wears zero, he went there. The bigger problem is that 15 NBA players wore the digit. Including a couple of pretty good ones.
Zero: More than a number
Russell Westbrook- Oklahoma City
Damian Lillard- Portland
Jeff Teague- Atlanta
Andray Blatche- Brooklyn
Shawn Marion- Dallas
Michael Beasley- Phoenix
Al-Farouq Amino- New Orleans
Avery Bradley- Boston
C.J. Miles- Cleveland
Enes Kanter- Utah
Bismack Biyombo- Charlotte
Drew Gooden- Milwaukee
Thomas Robinson-Sacramento
Aaron Brooks- Houston
Andrew Goudelock- Los Angeles Lakers
It's good to know the young rookie will be in rare air wearing the big 0.
Good luck.
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8:56am Wednesday 4th April 2012 in Youth Sport By Echo Reporter
WEYMOUTH have now got into a grand habit of winning and the visit from Ivel Barbarians was no exception as the hosts demonstrated real pace and power.
Weymouth's first encounter with Ivel was at the close of last season when both sides met on a Friday evening in Yeovil. The game was very different then with Ivel winning comfortably but times have now changed with the Monmouth Avenue outfit looking a lot stronger in all positions.
From the outset the home side mounted fast attacking moves with strikes from all of the backs.
In response, the much-bigger Ivel outfit attempted to use their extra power to bulldoze Weymouth but it was clear the hosts' speed, agility and quickness training was paying dividends.
Only last-ditch defending by Ivel stopped their opponents from building an early lead but despite a slow start to the second half, Weymouth still ended up clear winners with their fast breaks resulting in several tries.
A club spokesman said: "That was probably our best attacking performance of the season."
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