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Hello everyone. I am hoping someone has some ideas here. We live in an old house with lathe & plaster walls. We need to get an electrical wire up to a second floor bedroom to add more outlets. We found an old direct tv wire (no longer in use) that runs along the outside of the house, it comes into the attic and goes down into the room then outside along the side of the house and down into the basement. Lucky for us the room that needs the outlets is the room that has access to the attic. My question is, is it possible to run the wire outside (replacing the old direct tv wire) or should we try and find an another route inside the house? Just seems to us that this would be the most direct route. We are trying to avoid holes in the plaster walls as they are not easy to repair....well not for us anyway! Thank you!!! |
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Sure, it's possible to run it outside, but unlike a TV wire it'll need to be protected from the weather and physical damage, so you'll have to run in conduit and it'll be an eyesore. In general, it's usually easiest to fish wires in an outside wall in old houses. |
- Posted by bus_driver (My Page) on Sun, Sep 23, 12 at 22:10
The house may be balloon framed and extremely easy to fish cables in the wall. If you wish to use cable on the exterior, Type UF that is Sunlight resistant can be used with protection, usually a piece of EMT with suitable end fittings per code, for a height of 8 feet above the ground. Above that, no protection is required. Makes for a crappy-looking installation but is quick, cheap and meets code. |
- Posted by justducky22 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 24, 12 at 10:55
Thank you both. We are not really concerned about the looks as there are already a bunch of other wires rinning down the exterior in the same location so one more will not make a difference! We are going to try and find a way to fish them inside first as suggested but just wanted to make sure we had a back-up plan incase we ran into trouble (which is pretty normal with an old house!). Thank you again for the speedy responses! |
- Posted by ronnatalie (My Page) on Mon, Sep 24, 12 at 11:58
Even with plaster and lath (lathe is a device for turning wood) it's probably not hard to run things interior. Small holes can be cut and repaired. Even if platform framed, you can drill the plates. If we're talking about a masonry exterior, there's often plenty of voids to pull through, other places that are handy are along the runs for chimneys, etc...where there are often gaps in the framing. While others have pointed out the legality of pulling things on the exterior, it's a pretty hideous thing to do to an old house. |
Find a wall on the first floor that has another wall above on the second floor. Cut out the plaster in the stud bay and run your lines and miltuple conduits in the bay from basement to attic. Repair the wall section as well as you wish. Anything from drywall up to plaster on expanded metal lath (3 coat plaster) or gypsum lath (2 coat plaster). If you need any other lines (phone, plumbing, cable TV, thermostat, etc.) this is your chance to run them. You need to decide if you can tolerate a sub panel on the second floor somewhere. You can then run four larger lines for the sub-panel directly or to the attic and then drop them back to the sub-panel (panels are not allowed in clothes closets). Behind a door to a room is often a good hiding place. |
- Posted by bondrey102 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 24, 12 at 21:15
Years ago I ran a power wire from the attic to the basement in my lath and plaster walled house, going through the small space beside the main plumbing stack. Don't know if any NEC rules were violated but it worked for me. Or maybe alongside the chimney, as ronnatalie suggested. All the best. Bernie |
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Is it time to kill pure DPS? {WoW}
Sep 2nd 2011 7:10PM I could see warlocks tanking in meta form and their many draining abilities that would allow them to regain some health. Their demon armor already increases healing by 20%. Their damage reduction cooldowns could be the little demons spawned by Bane of Doom, sacrificing them for either a shield, healing increase, or damage reduction. Warlocks already have a passive damage reduction in their soul link, and the voidwalker could provide a shield (the voidwalker transfers all its attacks into threat for the warlock plus a small heal for each damage done).
In another note, wouldnt it be cool for a warlock to heal with health funnel?
Breakfast Topic: Forgotten bastions of antiquity {WoW}
Aug 21st 2011 11:25AM I plan to mix and match anything to make my warlock look unique and scary, gathering all the tier gear that I can get my hands on. I plan to have three sets, each a different color, depending on what I might want to see my character wear for the day.
The Queue: One-man WoW instances {WoW}
Aug 16th 2011 12:36PM Truthfully, it all depends on what class you play and what their strengths and weaknesses are and what fight it is. As a demo lock, trash in wrath heroics are not a problem due to the simple fact that demonology aoe just rips apart the trash. However, certain bosses can pose problems simply due to the fact that I am wearing a dress. My lock can solo Magtheridon, by using demo aoe to obliterate the five adds at the beginning, then slowly life draining mag until he's dead. On my dk, however, I do not have the damage to kill the adds, so I must just outheal them with crazy death strikes. So it all depends on what class you are and what the mechanics of the fight are.
Arcane Brilliance: The two-button mage myth {WoW}
Jul 17th 2011 1:29AM Okay, so I understand the whole mages vs warlock thing, and I can understand berating of the other class through means such as the hot topic warlock etc... However, I wish that you would not bash on the warlock rotations, which are generally complex in their own regards, such as the mage rotations. I am perfectly fine with bashing on class style (hell, I do it all the time) but bashing a rotation simply because it is a warlock rotation doesnt seem to make sense to me.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the battle between mage and warlock, and I truly enjoy reading Archmage Pants' articles, but could we not attack rotations? (And yes, I realize that this is an attack on warlocks simply because mages are generally thought of as a two button spec, which you so kindly proved everyone wrong, nevertheless I expect to be downvoted to oblivion, where my warlock self gains his power).
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Jul 13th 2011 2:25PM I would have to agree with you on what Blizzard can do better. I cant go through Uldum ever again on any alts except for the first couple quests, its just extremely boring to me (which is annoying because I am a huge ancient egyptian mythology and architecture fan). Blizzard needs to be a little more creative with their enemies than just the Old Gods. The Old Gods are some of my favorite raid bosses with some of the strangest mechanics implemented so far, and Im a huge H.P. Lovecraft fan, but I do not think that everything should be related to them. Give us an enemy that is constantly screwing us over, constantly winning his battles, all with his mind sane and truly believing that what he does is for the greater good. Make it so it feels like I felt when Illidan was killed: sad that he was gone, but knew that it had to be done. The Old Gods, in my opinion, should be the baddies biding their time, inevitably emerging as an enormous threat, not as a "lesser" being influencing every single bad thing that happens in this game.
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I believe you mean that we need to file the comments to the Redundancy Department of Redundancy
Breakfast Topic: Why did you start playing WoW? {WoW}
Jul 2nd 2011 12:48PM Warcraft 3
About the Bloggers: Tyler Caraway {WoW}
Jun 29th 2011 9:46PM It sounds like you guys hav a lot of fun writing these articles, keep them coming!!
(O, and mages are the second worst mistake of blizzard, the worst being removing drain mana)
Blood Pact: How to be a true warlock {WoW}
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[This is one of a series of posts about my experience building a live site with Umbraco 5.]
This is a crucial step. If you don't setup your development environment right, you'll find yourself back-tracking a lot.
There is only one good way to develop with Umbraco 5 (U5) and that's with Visual Studio (VS). U5 is designed to play very well with MVC 3, to the point that you can build your own MVC application that runs right alongside U5 and uses the U5 API for all or part of the content management. Now you can certainly create and edit everything you need to build your site using U5's web interface, but doing so won't get you the great intellisense and static code analysis with Razor and C#. In addition, if you are a developer, you can only step into the debugger if you are launch the website via VS.
It's possible to install the U5 and run it out of VS as a Website project, but that takes a bit of work (we'll do that later in this post). It's easier to install U5 with WebMatrix and then move to VS and it has the advantage that you can simply erase the installation and start over quickly if something goes awry. So what follows is a slightly roundabout way of achieving the desired state.
Note: Since I wrote this, the Umbraco documentation folks have produced a much better installation guide that uses NuGet. Look here: http://our.umbraco.org/documentation/v501/Getting-Started/Installing-Umbraco-with-NuGet You should use that if you're looking for a Visual Studio-only type experience, instead of the roundabout way I describe here.
At this point you have to choose between different databases. This comes down to personal preference. I prefer to work with SQL Express and export the data (via Tasks > Export Data in SQL Server Management Studio) to my test/staging/production environment which runs a full-blown SQL Server. Using SQL Express also let's me do things with SSIS. However, a lot of people like the fact that backing up a SQL CE database is as easy as copy pasting a .SDF file.
I am going to use SQL Express here, which involves providing a full connection string to the database server. Follow through with creating an administrator account and you should be able to get into the site.
If everything works well, you are now ready to make this a VS project.
This step used to be time consuming. You see, Visual Studio project files are really build scripts for a tool called MSBuild, so they have all this metadata about what type of project something is and a list of every single resource that needs to be included into the compilation or build process. Creating this by hand is a pain, so it wasn't worth doing.
Now, however, there is this really nice pre-configured project on Our created by Sebastiaan that comes with a project and a solution file. Follow those instructions, but instead of downloading U5 as it says on that page, simply copy paste all the sources from the U5RTM folder into the Umbraco.Web folder. I called my solution folder Website, and both projects that you get from Sebastiaan's package are in it.
Now when you open the project in VS, you may find that some files and/or folders are not included in the project. This happens because Sebastiaan's original project only includes the original sources that you get when you download U5, not the additional folders/files U5 creates during installation. If you'd like to include these resources, simply right click on the files/folders and click Include in Project. At this point, this is how your project structure will look (ignore the App_code folder which you won't have – we'll get to it in a future blog post):
Now when you launch the project, U5 will start off just like any MVC 3 project.
Ok I lied about something. Before even copying anything into my Website folder, I setup Git as my source control system. In true GitHub fashion, I added a Readme.md file that contains some information about the project. At this point, Here's how my directories look:
(Yes I am using ReSharper. You don't need it to develop with U5, but if you aren't using it, you're really spending a lot more time than you need to on coding.)
After all this, if you open up Web.config in Umbraco.Web to take a look at the connection string, you won't find it. That's because U5's connection string is actually part of the provider that provides database capabilities (more on that in a future blog post). The configuration for that is located in the HiveConfig folder as shown below:
Notice that connection.config? That's a file you won't have by default, because that's something I added. In order to ensure that I don't accidentally commit the connection string to the source control system, I extracted the connection string out using the configSource property and added the connection.config file to .gitignore. Here's how that looks:
And the connection.config then looks like this:
At this point, I push the entire folder into my master repository and take a deep breath, knowing that all my work is safe from catastrophe.
That's it. Now you can launch the project from VS, debug, create partials and views inside VS, etc and U5 and VS will play nicely with each other.
Next time, I'll talk about how to think like an Umbracian.
UPDATE (with correction!):
@andythompson asked me 1) what my .gitignore looks like and 2) how I publish with this method.
Here's my .gitignore, in its entirety:
/_ReSharper.Umbraco.Web/ /_ReSharper.Website/
That's a list of directory paths separated by a new line.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE: The way git works, you need to put a .gitignore file in every directory where you have assets that you want git to ignore, unless you are planning to commit the entire source tree every time. I actually did this, but totally forgot about it when I posted this update. When I went back to developing on my site, I realized to my horror that I'd forgotten to mention this key point. Apologies! So here are my other .gitignore files:
The .gitignore in App_Data looks like this:
# Don't need logs in repo Logs/ # This keeps track of minification, etc and is on a per-machine basis. ClientDependency/
and the one in App_Data/Umbraco/HiveConfig looks like this:
# This file contains connection strings so it should not be committed to the repository. connection.config
The way I publish this site is by doing the simply right-click publish onto FTP/local file system. The environment I use doesn't support WebDeploy so I have to do it this way. As for the database, I used the Export task in SQL Server Management Studio:
Yeah it's not the smoothest process, but I am moving towards setting up continuous integration via TeamCity so at some point this will happen hands-free on every commit.


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PARSIPPANY, NJ, Feb. 28, 2012 – As the healthcare industry, payers and policymakers look to curb the growth of U.S. health costs, new efforts are required to understand the substantial differences in spending and utilization between the privately insured under age 65 and Medicare age 65 and over populations, according to an IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics report released today.
The privately insured segment within the U.S., particularly those health plan members under age 65, will remain the dominant part of the payment system even as the healthcare landscape transforms with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The report, Healthcare Spending Among Privately Insured Individuals Under Age 65, finds that care setting and treatment use vary considerably between the two segments, resulting in a different distribution of costs across outpatient, inpatient and pharmacy services.
"As states look to define their essential health benefits packages, a deeper understanding of actual utilization patterns, especially for the small number of patients driving the lion's share of costs, is critical," said Murray Aitken, executive director, IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics. "Further, effective benefits packages will need to fully consider services used by the three high-cost member segments – those with cancer, chronic conditions, and those with auto-immune or other specialty diseases."
An additional 44 million Americans are expected to have health insurance coverage by 2020, including 25 million through insurance exchanges established under the Affordable Care Act.
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- Distribution of healthcare costs differs from commonly cited research. For the privately insured under age 65 segment, outpatient and inpatient services represent 59 percent and 20 percent of total spending, respectively. This compares with Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) findings of 39 percent and 43 percent, respectively, for outpatient and inpatient services spending within the Medicare age 65 and over population.
- Outpatient services represent the largest share of overall spending. Spending for outpatient services for the privately insured under age 65 population averages more than $2,200 per member per year ($188 per member per month). Professional and facility visits account for 74 percent of all outpatient spending, while emergency room visits and outpatient medical drug therapy represent 10 percent and 5 percent of spending, respectively.
- Inpatient spending is highest among those with chronic conditions. Average spending for each inpatient admission is $14,248, with inpatient services representing 20 percent of total annual spending. Patients with chronic conditions account for 63 percent of all hospital admissions, averaging $15,566 per admit. Oncology patients make up the highest average cost per admission, exceeding $20,000, but average only 2.8 admissions per 1,000 health plan members. This compares with 29.3 admissions per 1,000 for members with chronic conditions.
- Pharmacy spending represents 21 percent of overall spending. Health plan members with chronic conditions are filling 78 percent of all prescriptions, while specialty medicines account for 17 percent of retail pharmacy spending. Overall, spending on specialty medicines dispensed by a pharmacy or administered in an outpatient setting accounts for 6 percent of all spending by health plan members. By contrast, pharmacy spending represents 33 percent of total spending for members with auto-immune or other specialty conditions. This reflects the growing availability of treatment options for members with specialty conditions, where medications can be administered outside of the hospital setting.
- Healthcare spending is highly concentrated. Consistent with patterns across the healthcare system, privately insured under age 65 health plan members who are among the top 1 percent in annual spending are vastly disproportionate users of healthcare resources. The top 1 percent of health plan members spend nearly $100,000 annually per member on health services, in contrast to $3,837 per member for the overall plan population. Of this group, 77 percent are diagnosed with at least one chronic condition, and 16 percent have at least one cancer. The top 20 percent of members with the greatest need for healthcare services are responsible for more than 80 percent of total healthcare spending.
"Payers and regulators need to understand at a more granular level the profile, behavior and use patterns of plan members who will have the greatest overall impact on healthcare costs," said Dan Malloy, vice president, IMS Payer Solutions. "Generalizations looking at the 'average patient' are woefully inadequate for designing and implementing more effective, efficient care management programs, and pricing their services optimally."
The IMS Institute report, Healthcare Spending Among Privately Insured Individuals Under Age 65, including additional findings and details on methodology, is available at www.theimsinstitute.org/healthspending.
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I was hoping someone could help me out here. I just recieved some blueberry bushes from a higly reputable online dealer. The problem is all of the bushes have red spots on the leaves which to me, curiously looks like a disease. After doing some research I am almost convinced that these bushes have red ringspot disease. I talked to the owner of the company who sent the plants and he claims that the red spots are normal and its just a pigmentation freckle. This makes absolutely no sense to me as i find it impossible for a plant to do this. I have many blueberry bushes and i do not want to plant these new ones because I am afraid they are diseased. Here are some pictures below. |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Thu, May 26, 11 at 10:19
It doesn't look like the ringspot disease at all. If it is a disease it could be septoria leaf spot. I'd say 50-50 its that or no disease at all, but I am no blueberry expert so hopefully someone else will chime in. Scott |
Can't say that it is the same thing but my Santa Fe has had leaf spot issues for years. It hasn't hurt the crop that I can tell. I have a huge crop on this plant this year and the berries are very sweet. The leaves may defoliate earlier than normal but not by much. The first picture may not be all the spotting but it looks somewhat like yours. The next picture shows the underside of the leaves. Spots are more distinct on the underside than the top. Upper leaf where spots are newer. Overall my disease isn't severe and hasn't spread to about 10 other varieties. I'd guess your nursery man knows what he is talking about. And usually if this is a disease it will show up no matter what you do. Airborne foliar diseases are very hard to avoid if the plant is suceptible and conditions are right for disease developement. |
You have some beautiful plants. According to this site, with red spot disease, the spots can only be seen from the top of the leaves. |
Here is a link that might be useful: red spot
My personal interpretation is fungi infection similar to leaf rust. They shouldn't really happen in a clean environment. Here is what I noted in my experience. (1) They tend to develop in wet weather or when water stays on leaves. That's typical for most fungi infections. To avoid that, water on soil directly instead of above the plants. (2) The effect seems to be early defoliation of infected leaves and less vigorous plants, probably due to those weak leaves generating less energy. (3) More severe on southern highbush plants and plants around those. Probably due to the southern highbush plants carry leaves over the wet winter and provide an overwinter medium for the fungi. In my case, I got rid of the few southern highbush I had for that reason. |
Another thing to consider is micro nutrient Mn or Mg deficiency. |
Thanks for all of the responses. Great pics fruitnut. The colors are the same between the spots on your leaves and mine. The only difference is i cannot see any of the spots from the underside of the leaf. Your yield does look good. A healthy blueberry bush should produce 16 berries per fruiting stem. The owner of the company has assured me that he does not think this is a disease, but is refunding my purchase price for the plants, which is was a pretty stand up move. He told me to supplement with nitrogen and iron (blackstrap molassess) and the leaves would clear up. I feel like if it were that simple, it would have been done before they were shipped out. I'm not sure whether to just get rid of the plants, or start a really nice feeding regiment of hydrolyzed fish oil and sea weed to see what happens. |
- Posted by dablaw 6b (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Thu, May 26, 11 at 21:06
I would put a tablespoon of epson salts, and some slow release nitrogen fertilizer...What you are suffering in all probability is nitrogen and iron deficiency..We have had 76" of rain this spring so everything I put down back in Feb. is leched out because of all the heavy rains, and I too am seeing some of this but not to the extent you are....Just a few varieties here and there... Remember to keep it simple and don't "over-medicate" |
I would agree that what the OP is seeing is more likely weather related than a disease. If they were my plants I'd have them in the ground. But holding them in pots until fall would allow observation before committing to planting them. Blueberries are well known to have all sorts of leaf color issues during cold wet weather. I think you should continue to do business with the man who refunded your money. In fact if the issue resolves you should return his money. |
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The vast majority of field instruments are connected to controllers by the analog 4 mA to 20 mA current loop. It is the original system of communication between industrial devices many years before digital electronics became a mainstream possibility. As such, it has a powerful incumbent position, because it does not make sense to re-wire factories for digital communications systems, as the costs associated with downtime and re-training are prohibitive. 4 mA marks the minimum range and 20 mA marks the maximum range. The primary advantage of the analog current loop is that the accuracy of the signal is independent of voltage drops in the wiring, thus enabling long current loops to be laid in order to reach more remote process points. The loop can also carry power to the field instruments, allowing them to operate remotely.
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There must be a better way of meeting people than hanging out in a bar, thought Jose de Lasa, now 32, while attending Tulane Law School in New Orleans and doing just that. The idea stayed in the back of his mind even after becoming a lawyer in 1996. So much so that he quit his $86,000-a-year job after a few months to start Group Encounters, a social organization, using the $10,000 his father had given him to pay off school loans.
While de Lasa went to Barnes and Noble to research how to write a business plan, Graham McAden, 28, a public relations account executive for consumer products such as Burger King, languished at his job and told friends about the "socializing service" he dreamed of opening. Then one day a friend told him someone had already done his idea.
Rather than giving up, McAden called De Lasa to "brainstorm" about the industry. A lunch powwow turned into a partnership, and by 1997, McAden had matched de Lasa's initial investment and the twosome headed a revamped activities service dubbed Social Circles. The service, which organizes outings such as rock climbing and swing dancing for singles, sends its members a monthly calendar detailing upcoming events. Interested parties then contact Social Circles to sign up. The New York City company gears all activities toward beginners and keeps the groups small, gender-balanced and segregated from outsiders. "When we send people to a wine tasting, it's a wine tasting for our group and those 20 people are just from Social Circles," emphasizes McAden.
Love is big business. With estimated sales of $400,000 for 1999 and a goal of $2.5 million within five years, Social Circles is among a plethora of profitable matchmaking businesses. The dating services industry is a $600 million market and growing, according to market research and consulting firm Marketdata Enterprises Inc. With 75 million singles in the United States whose time-pressed lives make them prime candidates for matchmaking services, you can see the big business potential. Well-run operations in major cities can take in $500,000 to $2 million per year.
"The matchmaking industry is hot for two reasons," says Trish McDermott, an industry veteran and director of communications at Match.com, an online personals service owned by TicketMaster. "From a sociological perspective, single people have a greater need today for some sort of formal intermediary in the dating process. They get married later in life, so they don't have the thriving social network of the college campus or club scene available to them. They work long hours at demanding careers and have little time to search for a romantic partner. And, finally, due to divorce, many people have to re-enter the singles scene after many years of absence."
But today's dating service are no longer stereotypical "video dating" companies. "The old method of matching up singles--charging consumers $1,000 to $3,000 for a contract specifying a certain number of matches--is no longer viable," explains John LaRosa, research director at Marketdata. "Overhead is too high [and] consumer price resistance too great."
What is hot? Activity-oriented matchmaking companies, like Social Circles, that appeal to affluent professionals. Niche markets, such as black or Jewish singles. Hottest of all are online dating services: Revenues in this category are expected to increase fivefold--to $75 million--by 2003, according to Marketdata.
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Product Information Paladin is an external heating cable that can be used for reliable pipe freeze protection on the outside of the pipe. Paladin employs the unique performance of self-regulating heating cable technology. Paladin can be used in a variety of applications including, cottages, homes, resorts and farms for many different sizes and types of pipes. Insulation and a thermostat can be added to the system to further optimize energy efficiency.
Product Application Paladin is an external heat tracing system designed to provide reliable freeze protection of metallic and non-metallic pipes. Examples include; sewage pipes, forced mains and pressurized systems. As Paladin is wet location approved, it may also be used inside non-pressurized pipes such as drainage tiles and gutters. Traditional style heat tapes must be pitched or spiraled around the pipes in order to apply adequate amounts of heat to un-insulated pipes making them very high in energy consumption. With Paladin, the heating cable is simply applied on to the pipe in a single run; reducing overall length of product by as much as 60 percent. When combined with thermal insulation, the amount of heat required is reduced; thereby generating greater energy savings.
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The vast majority of broadband internet connections in use around the UK today are still run over traditional copper wire based BT telephone lines via Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ( ADSL , ADSL2+ ) technology (see our 'Broadband ISP Technology' page for details), which offers download speeds of up to 24Mbps (Megabits per second). This kind of internet access is generally very affordable and often quite fast but it doesn't always work as intended.
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In fact ADSL performance can suffer due to a whole range of issues that include, but are not limited to, ISP congestion, poor home wiring, distance from the local telephone exchange (shorter lines = faster connections, anything over 6.5Km is usually slow) and interference from other electrical devices in the vicinity. As a result we've constructed this simple tips guide that's aimed at helping you to get the most out of your broadband line. This article is partly designed as a troubleshooting tutorial, yet it mostly provides a list of the most popular broadband ADSL tips and tweaks. Please feel free to suggest any that we may have missed. Remember, there is no miracle cure to improve the speed of a physical ADSL line beyond its existing limitations, although removing some common roadblocks can have a significant impact upon your connection speeds and service stability. *This article does not apply to wireless, satellite, Virgin Media cable customers or those with FTTC/FTTH or FTTP fibre optic broadband connections* The speed you get from your ISP often depends on a number of primary factors (mentioned above). Hence the chances of you actually receiving your ISPs advertised performance (e.g. up to 24Mbps) is fairly remote, unless you live right next door to your exchange and have perfect home wiring. To get a better idea of what your line can cope with we'd recommend putting your phone number into our 'Broadband Coverage Checker' first. Viewing the output for 'ADSL MAX' in the results (near the top) should give you a rough indication of expected line speed. Be aware that those with an unbundled or cable line will only be able to use the unreliable postcode check (i.e. because the number might not exist in BT's database). Be careful with the prediction though as it's usually too high and can be extremely variable between different providers; It's not uncommon for your real-world connection to be around 20%-30% slower than the estimate. In addition, if you already have a faulty broadband line then the checker might only reflect your current connections performance and not what the line itself could actually be capable of (that's just how BT's system works).
First let me know where is the second roeutr connected to the first one ? The cable coming out from the first roeutr is connected to the second on which port Internet or Ethernet ? If it is connected to the Internet port on the second one then the IP address of second roeutr must be changed. connect the computer to the second one and check the IP address of the second roeutr.If the cable is connected to Ethernet port then the DHCP on your roeutr must be turned OFF. In this case you will need to reset the wireless roeutr and reconfigure it.
I recently puacrhsed the Linksys wrt54gs router upon the recommendation of our firm's IT manager. We use this same router in our business office. I am using this one in a 3000 sq ft home and the router covers the entire house with an excellent to very good reception (54mps). It does take a little while to hook up. AND, this is important it is much easier to hook up the router using a program download from the linksys.com web site. The program will walk you through the set up process and program the router for your system. I figure Linksys created the program to reduce all the time their technical people were spending with people like me. In fact their technical support recommended the program instead of the cd. So skip the cd that comes with the router and don't mess with the easy set up button ; just use the free download. Also, if you're a novice like me you need to know that you program the router using your internet browser. The address is in the manual. Finally, be sure to set up the security features otherwise your wireless network will be open for anyone within range to connect.
The key to your question is ADSL modem with built-in 802.11g Wireless Router Taken at face value I would say no beucsae your device appears to have an ADSL port for the WAN interface. Ethernet and ADSL are twoo very different technologies. Most cable/dsl routers have an ethernet port for the wan interface beucsae you usually have a dsl or cable modem in front of the router which actually converts the ethernet coming out of the WAN port on the router into something the provider can understand.If your router has an integrated modem, then you just need to go get you a $60 wireless router from staples and set it up.Just for the record, DSL and Cable modems are not modems, they are actually layer 2 bridges.Hope this helps!VA:F [1.9.12_1141](from 0 votes)
Thanks for your help. The online tecnaicihn was very good. I was able to understand the steps to setup my network. He was very good and patient with me. I am not technically good when it comes to computers. But thanks any ways. It was very good experience. my Xbox is now working properly. I was trying to setup NAT type open so that I can play game on my xbox. I was not able to play game with my friends just because the NAT type is not change to open. Your tecnaicihn was very helpful and he did it in just 20 minutes.
I have found the IDC punchdowns of the NTE5 to be quite poor and fail to break the insulation after 2 or 3 uses. In particular if more than one extension cct is linked to the master this tends to happen. The original single piece faceplate LJU2 seem to be better.
In my case my router was connected to the extension socket (I know not ideal) so in the end I fitted the extension wire straight on to the A/B pair on the back to keep me going until I could get a new faceplate.
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The New York Yankees, Jerry.
That's the analogy James van Riemsdyk, the newest Maple Leaf, made while discussing his new hockey address, Saturday.
The Leafs acquired the 23-year-old leftwinger in a one-for-one exchange for 22-year-old defenceman Luke Schenn.
"To go to a place like Toronto is unbelievable," van Riemsdyk said via cell. "The tradition they have. I grew up a big New York Yankees fan. It's like playing for the New York Yankees of the NHL."
"Toronto has always been one of my favorite cities to come to. There's a great following and a great buzz when you play there. The excitement is in the air."
The 23-year-old van Riemsdyk, the second choice in the 2007 draft, has been beset by injuries. This year he played just 43 games because of an injured hip, a broken bone in his foot, a concussion and a strained oblique muscle.
"I learned a lot from the injury issues," van Riemsdyk said. "I learned to deal with some adversity and I think it can only help me in the long run."
Leafs GM Brian Burke said the hip injury, often termed hockey hip, is regularly borne by players. Many players regularly play through it with steady treatment. The foot injury came through a blocked shot. It is probably a point of irritation for Burke and coach Randy Carlyle that so few Leaf forwards are bruised from blocking shots.
The injuries, Burke said, "are not something we are worried about."
In 196 regular season games with the Flyers, van Riemsdyk scored 47 goals and assisted on 52 more. The New Jersey native flashed his immense promise in the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs when he scored seven goals in 11 games.
"He isn't a big banger," Burke said. "He uses his size on both ends of the ice. This isn't a ploughorse. This is a thoroughbred."
The Leafs, of course, have a big hole in the middle of the number one line. While he usually plays wing, van Riemsdyk has played the point on the power play for the Flyers. He is a good passer and has played centre but Burke stressed he was acquiring a winger, not a centreman.
The Leafs drafted Schenn fifth overall in 2008. He showed flashes of excellence but never really found his stride as the Leafs were constantly undone by spotty goaltending and poor penalty killing.
Schenn was a career minus 23 with the Maple Leafs and was scratched three times this season including once by current coach Randy Carlyle. Schenn led the NHL in hits with 270.
While he has never accrued more than 35 penalty minutes in a season, van Riemsdyk is the kind of big-bodied forward the Maple Leafs have long coveted. He would likely slot into the second line beside centre Mikhail Grabovski but figures to see extensive time on the power play.
On his way out the door, van Riemsdyk was gracious toward the Flyers. He praised GM Paul Holmgren and owner Ed Snyder but added "I'm very excited to get there and start this new chapter of my career."


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Robert Clouse directed some fine Kung Fu movies including Game of Death and Black Belt Jones but in 1973 he directed what is considered by a lot of people to be the greatest Kung Fu movie ever made. A large part of that was due to the star of the film, Bruce Lee. It was his American film debut and it was a great one. This was the first Chinese martial arts film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio; it was a co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. This was also Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death; the movie was released in Hong Kong just six days after his death. In this thing we've got John Saxon, Jim Kelly, and a little bit of Bolo Yeung. Also doing some stunt work you've got Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung, Sammo was also featured in the beginning of the movie fighting with Bruce. The movie itself has a pretty non-standard plot for a Kung Fu movie, Bruce Lee agrees to be a spy for the government on a secret island run by a crime lord. This was done by way of a martial arts tournament that is held there every three years. Saxon and Kelly are the other guys on the side of good in the tournament. While Jim Kelly doesn't make it all the way through the movie, he does have the most memorable lines. The movie has more than an unusual plot (that being a great thing); it's got one of the best villains in movie history along with one of the greatest final battles. But speaking of battles, the fight scenes in this are great as you may expect, Bruce Lee puts on a martial arts clinic with various weapons and the deadliest weapon of all, himself. In sort if you haven't seen this movie, well there's just no excuse not to have seen it. I personally own multiple copies of it, it's that damn good.
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Ah Jackie Chan, one of the greatest martial arts actors of all time, but you may wonder how he got to be that way. Well Jackie is here to answer that question with a book written by the stunt hungry always smiling man who seems to be made of rubber. Clocking in a 416 pages it starts you out with Jackie as a kid going to the Peking opera because his family thought this would be the best direction for their son to go. We go through his life at the school, how at times it seemed to be too brutal that anyone would survive but eventually he graduated. We go from there to seeing how Jackie started out in stunts and movies with his brothers Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. You get some great stories about things like how Jackie had to make his own furniture in his apartment because he couldn't afford to buy any to his brushes with organized crime, and his fight to get films made in both Hong Kong and America. The book ends around the time that "Rush Hour" comes out so it's somewhat current even at this point. Includes a list of his films, top stunts and injuries. A must read for any Jackie Chan fan, fucking great book.


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I sat with the rest of the coaching staff in the office at a high school practice when a tall, dark man came into the room and introduced himself as a scout for the West Virginia Mountaineers. He was there to watch practice and catch a glimpse of one of the school's offensive linemen.
Prior to heading out to practice, he briefly discussed the Mountaineers squad and was quickly asked by one of the defensive coaches about a defensive end named Bruce Irvin. Irvin had just came off an eye-popping 14-sack season in his first year at West Virginia and he was ready to be unleashed once again for the 2011 campaign. The scout, smiling ear-to-ear, said the team was going to "widen" Irvin in their 30 front and have him wreak havoc as a speed rusher off the edge. His senior season would result in a dip to eight sacks from the 14 in his junior year because of teams altering their pass protections in his direction, but he was still applying pressure.
Months later, one of the biggest shocks in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft was the fifteenth overall selection made by the Seattle Seahawks, who selected Irvin. A dynamic yet troubled athlete, Irvin had shockingly gone from little experience (two years) at a high level of collegiate play to being a first-round NFL draft choice. But it all made sense to the Seahawks, who run a 4-3 Under front.
The 4-3 Under front, as explained by Pete Carroll at a coaching clinic, has a weak-side pass rusher (right "DE" on image above) known as the "Elephant" or in Carroll's terminology, "Leo". This defender is a hybrid defensive end and outside linebacker that aligns away from the strength of the formation, typically defined by the tight end, and is strictly a C gap (outside the tackle) run defender that's also simply asked to raise hell off the edge.
That's what Irvin does best.
And if there's one thing quality coaches do, it's finding the strengths of a player and plugging him into the correct scheme to maximize his success. Irvin excels at getting around the edge and applying pressure on quarterbacks. He has surprising strength, which can be fascinatingly on display when he's administering a bulrush with his 6'2″, 245-pound frame on a massive, heavy-legged pass blocker on the edge.
But he also has good stop-start ability which enables him to transition from an outside speed rush to an inside move, which if developed and done with consistency can be very deadly.
The outside speed rush, at the moment, is his go-to move. He hasn't developed many pass rush moves that can be used with consistency, but he can develop them. If he can establish a counter move off of his go-to speed rush, he can be a terror off the edge for the Seahawks because in my opinion, all you really need are two moves: the aforementioned go-to, and counter moves.
However, in the meantime, Irvin's speed rush has proven to be very deadly. If this is his only move, why is it so successful? Because of his explosiveness off the line of scrimmage and his ability to dip his shoulder.
Take for instance his quickness against the Maryland right tackle in the image below.
The right tackle hasn't even executed his kick-slide to get into his set before Irvin's already crossed the line of scrimmage after getting up from his stance. This is problematic for the blocker because he's at a disadvantage and is forced to open his hips up, which distorts his footwork and potentially causes him to be unbalanced while turning to ride Irvin wide of the pocket. However, he's still not quick enough to adjust, and Irvin now has a clear path into the backfield and to the quarterback.
Irvin now dips his shoulder, creating a leverage advantage in his favor, and he takes a shorter path to the quarterback.
The play results in a sack and stops the offense from extending the drive and potentially getting seven points. Instead, they are forced to settle for three, which is a significant aspect of defensive red zone efficiency. This blistering speed off the edge that Irvin possesses is going to cause problems for pass blockers at the NFL level as well; the question simply is, how effective will Irvin be?
If Irvin develops a go-to and counter move, he could potentially be a dangerous "Leo" in Carroll's 4-3 Under front.


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Often for me in Zone 3, by the third week of September there is not much happening in the perennial garden. We only average 123 frost free days a year. This year we are at 139 frost free days and still no frost but getting close.
I took these pictures on Sept. 21. This is a sunny garden with 10-13 hours of sun average per day from May to August. Drought tolerant is the key. The plants are not at all rare: Sedum Autumn Joy and Matrona, Globe Thistle, Echinacea Magnus, Rudbeckia Goldsturm, Karl Foerster Reed Grass, Geranium sanguinium striatum. |
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- Posted by echinaceamaniac 7 (My Page) on Wed, Sep 21, 11 at 23:06
So nice! I love the Karl Foerster Reed Grass and sedums! This has been the best year I've ever seen for sedums. They are loaded with blooms. I am going to get some of the Karl Foerster Reed Grass. I had some I found on the clearance rack but they didn't make it. I only lost a dollar on them. They are so nice. How tall and wide are they? If they are narrow, that is what I need! |
My Autumn Joy has been special this year, too. And COVERED with 'livestock' (honey bees, bumble bees, butterflies of all kinds, and a big assortment of wasp-y critters) constantly! I'm thinking that I like that globe thistle, more than I thought I would. It's a lovely, happy garden, punman. |
Karl Foerster Reed Grass - My one plant was purchased 6 years ago for $10.49. Over time it has been split so that I now have six plants, ranging in height from 4-6 feet. It seems the more sun - the taller it gets. It does not self-seed and grows slowly. When I say grows slowly I refer to the expansion at the diameter. The ones in my pictures are about 18 inches diameter at the base. I will leave them that way in the winter and in mid spring I will cut them back to 10 inches height and by August they will be back in height to six feet. I have not lost any of them in that time period and it has been as cold as minus 33 C. They look great in the winter which is great because our gardens are typically bare from early October until the first part of May. Not often do I spend more than $7 on perennials but this was a great investment for the price and I would spend that amount again for this plant if I lost it. I also bought Overdam Feather Reed Grass - very similar but variegated. It has survived and looks okay but has never grown above three feet and has not expanded enough for me to want to attempt to split it yet. |
- Posted by silvergirl426 (My Page) on Thu, Sep 22, 11 at 18:52
What nice photos and gardens. I'm in zone 5, and my coneflowers and rudbeckia are over alraedy. I personally love the "ordinary" flowers -- it's what my garden is full of. I have never been attracted to the new and to my mind sometimes weird. A couple of years ago, there was a thread started by Carl, who posts here too, in "my" forum -- the New England forum called Ordinary Plants in Extraordinary settings. A lot of us added to the thread, some of whom are incredibly accomplished gardeners. I don't know how to attach a link, but here's the address (it's from Google, it's already fallen off the New Eng board). Enjoy lucia gardenweb.com/forums/load/.../msg0713412511728.html |
Below is a link to that discussion. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Ordinary Plants in Extraordinary Settings New England Forum
- Posted by mantis__oh z6 OH (My Page) on Sat, Sep 24, 11 at 7:10
Give us a close-up of the echinops. I too like the reed grass punctuating the garden. Great! |
- Posted by gottagarden z5 western NY (My Page) on Sun, Sep 25, 11 at 6:50
You've certainly made the most of a cold zone. Great combinations, you've proved the point that you don't need fancy new introductions, healthy stalwarts really shine! |
Everything looks lovely. Some great choices on plants. Cher |
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Poor Cleveland. Aside from the Chapman tragedy (he's the only man ever killed on the field of play--and by a Yankee, no less), the team has been stalked by tragedy. In 1911, one of its Hall of Fame pitchers, Addie Joss, died from tuberculous meningitis at the age of 31. In 1957, staff ace Herb Score had his right eye socket shattered by a screaming Gil McDougald line drive (another damn Yankee!), and his career never recovered. In March 1993, two Indians pitchers--Steve Olin and Tim Crews--were killed in a Florida boating accident, and a third, Bobby Ojeda, was injured. At least George Steinbrenner wasn't driving the boat.
In 1995, of course, Cleveland lost the World Series to the Atlanta Braves, and last year the Florida Marlins denied them the crown.
They have now advanced in the playoffs three of the last four years, but they're rank underdogs to the Yankees in the American League championship series.
Could things be worse? Maybe. Of the remaining teams in this year's playoffs, one, the San Diego Padres, got to a World Series in 1984 but was soundly thrashed by a great Detroit Tigers club. Two others, the Texas Rangers and the Houston Astros (this October's failed hip pick to win it all), have been stopped short of the Series on half a dozen occasions. If you add their years in the major leagues together, they represent another eighty seasons or so of futility.
Who does that leave at the top of the heap?
As if we didn't know. It leaves the longtime imperialists of the game, the New York Yankees, who have won 23 world championships since the Babe got out of Beantown and who this season set an American League record for wins with 114. As irony would have it, the major-league record of 116 is held by the 1908 Chicago Cubs, who haven't won a World Series since. It also leaves the Atlanta Braves--winners of eight straight divisional titles--who have the best starting pitchers in the game (maybe the best of all time), won the Series in 1995 and ran away from their National League East rivals this season.
For the teams that keep planting their peach trees in Antarctica--the hapless Cubs, the hopeless Bosox, tragic Cleveland, the graying Texan expansionists who get a sniff of glory but no more--baseball simply isn't fair. The strong get stronger. While titles pile up like scrap paper in the Bronx, Greg Maddux grows ever more unhittable in Georgia.
Waiting for the Cubs or Boston to win a World Series? Better check back in another half-century or so. Dreams may thrive in the country of baseball, but your wake-up call comes every morning.
While most baseball fans (and millions of curious tourists) continued their Sammy and Big Mac alerts last week, the New Orleans Zephyrs quietly defied the odds and won the Triple-A World Series over the Buffalo Bisons.
For the record, Zephyrs outfielder Lance Berkman smashed three home runs in his club's 12-6 final-game win at Cashman Field in Las Vegas.
Why care about this? Why take note?
Because the Zephyrs, who get a lot less attention in the entertainment-rich Big Easy than the average plate of crawfish, were once the Denver Zephyrs. Pre-Larry Walker, pre-Don Baylor, pre-1993, the Z's plied their trade in all-but-empty Mile High Stadium as the top farm club of the Milwaukee Brewers. Before that, of course, the Denver Zephyrs were the Denver Bears--farmhands, at one time or another, for the Yankees, the Reds, the White Sox, the Expos, the Rangers and a few other parent clubs I've likely omitted.
That period, long and languid and beautiful, represented our baseball innocence. Now that the Z's, who didn't even earn a spot in the Pacific Coast League playoffs until the last week of their season, have won the crown, their feat should serve to remind Denverites of the muted glories minor-league ball once bestowed upon us, of where we've been and where we've choosen to run.


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Many languages allow you to "seed" the random number generator with a given number. Random numbers generated will be the same, given the same seed. In order to make something unpredictably random, you generally pass the current system time in as the seed.
Why would you need this? Here's an example:
Sariat asked about character generation for his Super Hero Bash. Someone brought up random stat generation, saying people could keep generating over and over until they get what they want. It would nice in this case to divide world.realtime by, say 36,000 (number of ticks in an hour), pass the result into rand_seed, and have the same randomly generated hero produced if someone re-generated, unless they waited an hour.
Or suppose you wanted a function that would return a random fantasy-type name that the user could not change. You might want to take the player's key, add up the ascii values of the letters in the name, and pass the result into rand_seed. The fantasy name proc could do some fancy stuff, randomizing somewhat, and given key X, always return name Y.
I know these are kind of unusual examples, but I'm sure I could come up with more useful if needed.
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I flogged a man last night.
Despite my Bettie Page-lite haircut and a propensity for sexual experimentation, this is not something I have done before. I did have a very brief flirtation with the field of professional dominatrix-ing, but I never got beyond the training phase due to both a poor collegiate work ethic and feeling massively silly. And in my personal life I tend to swing firmly toward the "S" in the "D/S" yin-yang.
But in all my genital adventuring, I have never gone for the type of melodramatic, overwrought boning that I think of as "sex nerdery." Spank me, call me names, hold me down, but don't make me wear some kind of pleather costume or call you "master" while you do it. Keep reading »


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'The show we're going to tonight is Circus Olé. Right?" my handsome escort (and husband) said jokingly as we trekked west on I-10 into the Friday sunset.
"Of course not. It's Cirque du Soleil (pronounced Serk du Solay), a truly elegant circus experience," I said.
"What's that mean?" he asked.
"I have no idea," I replied. "But we're going to find out."
And we did, in exponentially glittering fashion.
Characterized by splashy costumes, live music, and daring athleticism, Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza" was definitely worth the hoopla and the drive to Glendale.
We arrived early and made our way inside the white tent. I mistakenly thought the show would be in the stadium and was disappointed it wasn't, but when the lights dimmed, I was thankful for the smaller setting under the big top as it allowed everyone an excellent view of the unfolding drama.
Preceded by comedic clown interaction, the curtain opened on a boy innocently flying a kite. A surprise package interrupted his play. He lifted the lid and out sprang the Trickster, a sleek creature with shimmering eyes, who led him on a journey of imagination, vaguely reminiscent of the Nutcracker's tour through the Land of the Sugar Plum Fairy.
This was no childish adventure though; it was a mature journey through the wonders of the circus world. Each number offered something different, beginning with Charivari, a balancing act of multiple people and multiple layers, followed by a trio of graceful contortionists who twisted themselves into poses even yoga divas would be challenged to master. From there, amazing amazements unfolded one after the other including trapeze and high wire stunts and a unicycle dance — think pas de deux on a bike. A clownish king and his bumbling court jesters provided comic relief with an adult twist in between the adrenalin-pumping stunts.
By intermission, we were exhausted.
The second act began with The Wheel of Death, a pendulum-like contraption with huge counterbalanced rings. In step to ominous music, two men, costumed as demons, ran, jumped rope, and flipped inside and on top of their separate rings, spinning inside the larger gyrating contraption. We held our breath. Were they going to plummet to their death?
When they didn't, we burst into relieved applause, amazed at the truly death-defying stunt completed before our eyes.
Calmer numbers, like hoops manipulation and chair balancing, gave us a chance to catch our breath before the final sequence — a breathtaking number involving a teeterboard and multiple airborne flips.
It was astounding and we all loved it. My arms are still sore from the applauding, and applauding, and applauding.
Before last week, I didn't understand the cachet surrounding Cirque du Soliel and the "oohs and ahhs" that attend them. Now I do and though I've seen equally impressive stunts, I must admit, I've never seen a circus quite like this one. A little bohemian, a bit international, and truly amazing, Cirque du Soleil is one show I'm glad we didn't miss.
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My Identity Was Stolen! Now What?
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by Julie Myhre for GalTime.com
If you were one of the 32,000 people that have their identity stolen each day, the first thing you need to do is not panic. Identity theft is a terrifying thing that impacted more than 12 million people in 2012, according to Javelin Strategy and Research. There are steps that you can take to stop the theft, recover your good name and prevent it from happening again in the future.
File a police report and file an identity theft complaint with the Federal Trade Commission: Once you realize that your identity has been stolen, you should immediately file a police report with your local police so they can begin an investigation. Previous identity theft victim Shira — who chose not to include her last name to protect herself from further issues with identity theft — said this was a crucial step in restoring her good name because the police were able to find out the details of the crime. "You must, must, must create a police report because then they follow through and they go back to where the original problem happened," she said.
Besides filing a police report, you should also file an identity theft complaint with the FTC. The police investigation will help collect any information about the crime if it was committed locally or in-person. On the other hand, the FTC observes national trends in the crime as well as conducts investigations — of online and in-person identity theft — which can lead to prosecutions.
Alert banks and credit report agencies: After you reported the crime to the police and the FTC, the next step is to contact you bank — or banks if you have multiple accounts — to make sure your bank accounts or credit cards were not hacked. If any of your bank or credit accounts were used, then you should close them and re-open them with new account and credit card numbers. Melina Young, director of marketing for Verity Credit Union, said it's important to let your financial institutions know so they can begin working as an advocate on your behalf.
"They have policies and procedures in place and deal with things like this every day," Young said. "The earlier they hear about the situation and start working for you the better." Young also said that it's always better to err on the side of caution because most financial institutions have a limit on the number of days after the transaction was processed that they can treat it as identity theft.


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See source, Flight
December 2007
Tue 25 Dec 2007
Sneak Peak of Spaceship 2 simulator
Posted by admin under Commercialization of Space , Space Tourism , Uncategorized , Virgin GalacticNo Comments
Mon 24 Dec 2007
Bill Introduced to Mitigate ITAR Consequenc
Posted by admin under Law & Public Policy , UncategorizedNo Comments
(Source: CSA)
Rep. Brad Sherman (Democrat, CA) introduced legislation that would mitigate and/or elilminate unintended consequences of current ITAR export control and international technology transfer laws, regulations, and policies. The legislation (H.R. 4246) was introduced on Nov. 15 and has three original co-sponsors.
For a copy of the bill, visit http://thomas.loc.gov and enter the bill number.
Mon 24 Dec 2007
2008 Forecast: The Year Progress Must Be Made in Space
Posted by admin under Commercialization of Space , NASA , Space Tourism , Space X , Uncategorized , Virgin GalacticNo Comments
(Source: Flight International)
The year ahead is set to either be a record breaker or will see major programs unravel, with the European Space Agency, NASA, California based-Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and UK space tourism company Virgin Galactic all facing key tests. ESA's ATV, Virgin Galactic and Falcon have already been delayed from 2007 and it will not be long into 2008 before its known whether these programs face more delays. Click here to view the article.
Mon 24 Dec 2007
Space Access Plans Out-of-This-World Coastal Bend Theme Community
Posted by admin under Misc , Space Tourism , UncategorizedNo Comments
(Source: KRIS)
A company from Indiana plans to offer what it calls an "experience of a lifetime" vacation package that includes a bird's eye view of North America from space. Space Access founder Steve Wurst said he worked with President Bush when he was governor and with and Gov. Rick Perry to make the dream of a space community a reality in Texas. Wurst has been in talks with the Kennedy Memorial Foundation for about a decade to build a spaceport and city of the future on Kennedy Ranch. Developers would build an economically-friendly community on roughly 25,000 acres of land there something similar to Disney's celebration in Central Florida.
"But instead of amusement related to animated characters," Wurst said, "the main draw would be the space tourism theme." Wurst said the community would help support a spaceport on Kennedy Ranch, where up to 15 sub-orbital flights would be offered daily starting in 2011. After eight minutes of space travel, Wurst said, travelers would fly over South Florida coast where Space Access looks to build another space port. The company plans to offer one-way or round-trip packages back to Corpus Christi at a cost comparable to an ocean cruise. The space port project on Kennedy Ranch is being unveiled during an expo in Key Largo, Fla., on Jan. 6.
Mon 24 Dec 2007
Space Access Plans Space Tourism Event in Key Largo
Posted by admin under Misc , Space Tourism , UncategorizedNo Comments
(Source: Space Access)
Space Access, a Miami-based company, will host a limited number of guests for "SpaceGateWay Experiences" at an exclusive private resort in Key Largo, Florida. The company will expose the guests to its advanced enabling technologies for commercial space flight. In 2011, suborbital flights are planned to take customers to the edge of space, from spaceports in Texas and South Florida. Space Access will begin development of an even more capable vehicle designed to carry passengers all the way to orbit by 2014. Visit http://www.spaceaccess.com for information.
Mon 17 Dec 2007
Space Entrepreneurs Launch Ideas at Investors
Posted by admin under Commercialization of Space , Uncategorized1 Comment
(Source: LA Times)
Peter Diamandis, leader of a new generation of rocketeers determined to turn space into a paying business, opened the Space Investment Summit that drew scores of rocket entrepreneurs. It was one of the first business events in the budding field of private commercial space travel. Attendees pitched such equipment as new spacesuits, inflatable launch vehicles and NASCAR-styled rocket racers to an admittedly modest — and skeptical — group of venture capitalists. The rocketeers were confident their Sputnik Moment was near, believing it's just a matter of time before venture capital billionaires realize that space is not just a place, but also a cash register. "For the first time ever the ability to build and operate space systems is in the hands of small companies," said Diamandis. Judging by the grim looks on the faces of investors at the event, the Sputnik Moment is still a long way off.
There was no shortage of ideas. Digital Solid State Propulsion pitched its concept of electrically controllable rocket propellant. Orbital Outfitters pitched a safety suit for suborbital passengers. Managed Energy Technologies was seeking support for a network of space-based solar power satellites that could supply consumers on Earth. Such blue-sky imaginings drove investor Shubber Ali crazy. "They're smoking crack," he said. He mentioned one popular idea in the space community, to mine an asteroid for its resources, specifically platinum. Even if it could be done, "when you increase supply, the price drops through the floor," Ali said. "There's no such thing as a trillion-dollar asteroid." Those who talked about building cheaper rockets to launch satellites were likewise off-base. Satellite factories are already underutilized, he said.
Even though Virgin Galactic has collected millions of dollars from tourists wanting to fly into space aboard their SpaceShipTwo, the big-money guys want to know if it's only a "one-shot deal," said another investor. "They want to see billions of dollars in revenue." Remigius Shatas, a partner in RNR Ventures, said he had invested as much as $10 million in the space business and had yet to make money. "Maybe the killer app hasn't been invented yet," he said.
Visit http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-fi-space10dec10,1,3346935.story?page=2&coll=la-news-science to view the article.
Tue 11 Dec 2007
(Source: Reuters)
Space Exploration Technologies Corp, a startup aiming to slash the cost of launching people and cargo into space, may go public within the next two years, according to founder Elon Musk. Musk said he aims to put payloads into space for one-quarter to one-third of what his domestic competitors charge. He said he could beat by one-half the cost of international competitors including China, which he called the biggest potential competitor. A spokeswoman for the rocket joint venture between Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin, United Launch Alliance, did not return a request for comment. "I think going public might be some time in late 2009 … something on that order," he said. But Musk said he was in no rush, did not need funds and was keen to get at least two successful launches of the Falcon 9 rocket under his belt before an initial public offering.
Tue 11 Dec 2007
The Space Race Goes Corporate
Posted by admin under Commercialization of Space , NASA , Space X , UncategorizedNo Comments
(Source: Tampa Tribune)
Norm Bobczynski of SpaceX drives a gray Honda minivan up to a dormant rocket launch pad at Cape Canaveral and scans his eyes across worn concrete roads and rusting steel towers. "This is our baby now, and it will be a lot of work," he says. So far, a series of U.S. and European companies have hired SpaceX to heave their satellites into orbit – a job typically done by huge military contractors and government agencies. "The whole idea is to make space flights more like an airport," Bobczynski said. The government might own the port, but private companies would use it to launch rockets regularly, cheaply and quickly. This sort of entrepreneurial get-up-and-go attitude may represent the best hope of solving a set of thorny problems for Florida and NASA.
SpaceX founder Elon Musk decided to develop rockets that are simpler, with common parts, faster and cheaper – more like building Toyota Camrys than NASA shuttles. Each of several SpaceX rockets uses the same Merlin engine, in combinations from one to nine units, allowing the company to mass-produce them for less cost. The good news for Florida is SpaceX plans many of its launches from the Cape Canaveral Spaceport. The bad news for the local job market is the company's whole business model aims to do things faster, cheaper and with lower costs – meaning fewer employees.
At a minimum, Brevard officials say the area could lose 2,500 jobs as the shuttle retires. SpaceX officials said the company could top out at a few hundred employees at most at Cape Canaveral. "These are well-paying jobs, and the entire community is working together to ensure affected workers are able to transition smoothly and continue to work in Brevard County," said Lynda Weatherman, president and chief executive of the Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast.
Tue 11 Dec 2007
Space Race: Down-To-Earth Opportunities More Likely to Get VC Funding
Posted by admin under Commercialization of Space , Finance , UncategorizedNo Comments
(Source: SiliconValley.com)
Largely the domain of governments and big corporations, space is about to open for business. But investors serious about making money off-planet should probably focus on ideas a little closer to earth, speakers at the SpaceInvestment Summit this week in San Jose told those in attendance. Ideas such as space tourism, launching private rockets and even mining the moon for minerals certainly capture the imagination, the conference made clear. But because such endeavors are inherently risky, costly and challenging, investors have few opportunities to invest in them – and shouldn't expect to see a return anytime soon if they do, said several investment experts who attended the conference.
By contrast, there are plenty of investment opportunities related to space, if not exactly focused on leaving the planet, they say. Such space-related opportunities include solar power generation, special construction materials and even Web 2.0 programs along the lines of Google Earth. "It comes down to your definition of space," said Burton Lee, who recently co-founded Space Angels Network to pair so-called angel investors who are interested in space with entrepreneurs. Visit http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_7669430?nclick_check=1 to view the article.
Tue 4 Dec 2007