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Posted: Thu Apr 01, 2010 10:35 pm
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What I am saying is that when I open the database file - in this case Essential.odb - the autoexec macro runs, the main form opens as it should, but the underlying tables with all the data are not there. Therefore I cannot enter new data, run reports reports etc.
I minimise the form, click on tables in database objects view and this view is devoid of any tables
Click on query in database objects view, run a query - but get error message because the underlying data is not there.
Re backup - In tools > options there is a selection to create a backup and another to specify the path. With both of these selected however there is no backup created.
The script file resides in the same folder as the Start_HSQLDB_Server file as does the Essentia.properties file
I have four files in the folder - script, properties, one with the open office base icon (is this data?) and the fourth is a text file with no content. All of these files have the name "Essential" which is the database name. In summary:
Essential.txt Date Modified 30 March
Essential.OpenDocumentDatabase Date Modified 22 March
Essential.script file Date Modified 30 March
Essential.properties Date Modified 30 March
Also in the folder is the batch file that starts the server which I shut down with CTR+C
This is the content of the batch file
@echo off
set javapath=C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe
set jarpath=C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3\Basis\program\classes\hsqldb.jar
"%javapath%" -cp "%jarpath%" org.hsqldb.Server -database.0 file:Essential
I have never seen a log file in the folder when the database was open, nor have I seen a file called backup
[Second Edit]
Now this is peculiar - I hit CTRL+C to shut the HSQLD server down. Then ran the batch file again and lo and behold when I opened the database everything was perfect
EXCEPT in the folder all the files are as per above still no log or backup files
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Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 8:32 am
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Okay, now I remember you used drag&drop of your (backend) tables as well as your front-end (.odb) components (forms, reports, queries and macros) during migration. That means you're using "memory tables" so the .data and associated .backup files will not exist because they are a function of "cached tables." Memory tables are just as persistent as cached tables, and always as fast or faster than cached tables, so I would recommend them anytime your database will fit into RAM on the computer running the HSQLDB server application. Just remember to make regular backups of your .script and .log files.
I've rewritten the note in the tutorial to reflect this clarification:
Note: The .script, .data, and .log files are critical to
HSQLDB database backup and recovery
because they make-up your database and should be
regularly. The .data and associated .backup files will not exist if you
use "memory tables"
which is the default for HSQLDB. However, since OpenOffice creates "cached tables" by default, these files (.data and .backup) will exist when migrating to client-server using the zip-extration technique in step (2) above (and since "cached tables" are specified in the extracted .properties file). And finally, the .log file will not exist after a "proper" shutdown or "checkpoint" of the database (HSQLDB back-end components) which is accomplished by issuing (use: Tools > SQL... ) the SQL command: CHECKPOINT DEFRAG <or> SHUTDOWN COMPACT.
zazu wrote:
EXCEPT in the folder all the files are as per above still no log or backup files
Hmmm... No .log file is very odd. I get the .log file immediately upon starting the HSQLDB server application. And it should persist even when you stop the HSQLDB server if you've made any changes to the data without issuing a CHECKPOINT <defrag> or SHUTDOWN <compact> command before shutdown. But as I recall, you do issue the SHUTDOWN COMPACT command in your stop_HSQLDB_server script. CTRL-C is the same as pulling the power-plug on HSQLDB.
So that leads me to your sqltool.rc file. Are you sure the username and password are setup correctly? When I mess up my username or password in my sqltool.rc file I get greyed-out Table functions and no tables in Base. I would stop the HSQLDB server and verify by opening the computer task manager and shutdown Java if it exists, and start over with a clean start of HSQLDB server. The .log file should appear immediately in the same folder as the startup script.
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Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2010 1:19 pm
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I also resolved why the tables and data were not showing. Not sure hat caused the change, but the batch file starting the HSQLDB was starting up from the wrong folder. The batch file was in the start up folder whereas a shortcut pointing to the batch file should have been in the start up folder
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2010 7:05 am
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Thanks for this great thread. But maybe ther are some important issues that should be mentioned in the first post:
- no subforms supported in newer versions (up to latest develompent releases) - or i'm too stupid to get it working...
- no relations supported. All relations have to be entered manually with sql commands.
edit: Maybe i was to quick on this. Trying
So after more than 2 days of testing im back to zero
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:10 am
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hwoehrle wrote:
- no subforms supported in newer versions (up to latest develompent releases) - or i'm too stupid to get it working...
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:12 pm
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dacm wrote:
I should have some time tomorrow to look at the "non-editable field properties" issue.
This is most likely a problem with the JDBC driver or a setting
. I do have 'Edit > Database > Advanced Settings > Special Settings > Ignore the priviledges from the driver' checked (and tested un-checked). I'm simply using the "sa" username without a password on a //localhost/ connection as outlined by myself and sliderule in this tutorial. This particular issue is not associated with migration between embedded and server modes -- I'm using newly created database file-sets and new .odb front-end files.
Bottom line, no JDBC driven RDBMS server that I have tried will allow you to edit the field properties after saving a new table to the database using Base 3.1.1. I've tried HSQLDB (1.8 and 2.0RC8) and H2 (1.1.118). This is true of "CACHED" or "MEMORY" tables. I've even extracted the '.properties' file from an embedded HSQLDB 1.8 .odb file and replaced the existing HSQLDB server file (after appropriate naming) to no avail. In this case, the server-mode HSQLDB database had the exact same properties as Base expects with embedded databases including "cached" tables by default. As a test, I've also extracted the embedded database files in whole from an embedded database and run them client-server with the same "un-editable field properties" result. I can add or delete fields, add a new field while adjusting the properties, and add entire tables -- but once it is saved the properties are locked (grayed-out).
So the question is, why are JDBC-driven RDBMS server databases exhibiting locked field properties?
Is this a driver issue (seems probable), a user permissions issue (seems unlikely), a Base setting (?), a database property setting (?), a connection or protocol issue (localhost vs separate computers?), or a bug in the Base front-end with respect to the JDBC driver interface (?).
Any ideas from the experts?
Hi dacm, I am encountering the same problem. This seems to NOT be related to migrating, since I am creating new databases. And it seems to NOT be related to the server mode as I am using the file mode.
Have you or anybody found the solution yet? Maybe this is why this thread is still not SOLVED.
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 2:46 pm
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liherb wrote:
...kindly give me a link to a solution to the issue that Base GUI is locked and not being able to edit table field properties?
We've concluded that its simply not a feature of the GUI when connected to an RDBMS using JDBC or ODBC. However, there are some GUI-based workarounds for most properties, and there's SQL commands a few others.
See the 4th link as quoted below from the Tutorial for the specifics...
[Tutorial] Avoid data loss by avoiding "Embedded databases" wrote:
Related posts (must reads)
(in particular the one reference post at each link)
The Quick Fix
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(this is it !!! - the "multi-mode database" solution)
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Client Computer Setup
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Soli Deo gloria
Tutorial: avoiding data loss with Base
Splitting 'Embedded databases'
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Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:33 am
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dacm wrote:
We've concluded that its simply not a feature of the GUI when connected to an RDBMS using JDBC or ODBC. However, there are some GUI-based workarounds for most properties, and there's SQL commands a few others.
Thanks dacm. By the way, do you think in next version of LibO / OOo this problem will be fixed? It's definitely on my wishlist.
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HSQL running on the server, and the completion of Step 2, I re-start the base. In the Database Wizard Step 1, I think I should choose the third option "Connect to an existing database" and leave it in the JDBC settings. In the next window "to establish a JDBC database connection" (wizard step 2) there are two empty boxes, I had to fill before I can continue, "data source URL JDBC:" and "JDBC driver class." These should be empty (remember, I did not pass 2E step 2a)? I should be in the "Data Source" box, type a DOS path of the file, the batch file to create? I have nothing, I should be in "JDBC driver class' box idea.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 11:23 am
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johnnysimmons wrote:
HSQL running on the server...
Sounds like you're setting up your local/client copy of Base to support HSQLDB running in 'server mode.' And your database is located on a separate server machine.
The "DOS path" to the database in the data-source URL is a 'file mode' consideration only. This "path" is not applicable to server mode. Instead, supply the IP address of the server machine in the data-source URL for 'server mode.' See the
under the graphic at
Step 3
for specifics of changing the '//localhost/' parameter to '//<IP address>/' of your server. 'Localhost' only works if you're running HSQLDB in 'server mode' on the same machine with Base. All multi-user setups will involve access to perhaps a central .odb file setup with a 'server mode' data-source URL which reflects the IP address (or network name) of the machine/server running HSQLDB in server-mode.
See also:
a recent string of posts on this subject
Running a "multi-mode database" in a multi-user environment
(MS Windows oriented steps with graphics)
Server Mode Startup, Shutdown and Authentication Options
(Windows-specific discussion with wider application)
Client Computer Setup
(when using 'server mode' with networked computers)
Soli Deo gloria
Tutorial: avoiding data loss with Base
Splitting 'Embedded databases'
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About AppyScore and the Need for a New Method of Diagnosing Appendicitis
AspenBio's AppyScore is the first blood-based Screen/Triage Test for human appendicitis. An estimated 5% to 7% of the world's population will get appendicitis in their lifetime. Annually, in the U.S. alone, an estimated 6 million patients enter hospital emergency rooms (ERs) complaining of abdominal pain, and who could potentially have appendicitis. Upon entering the ER, the current standard of care for these patients is to draw blood and urine samples, take vital signs and complete an initial physical health examination. Depending upon the results and clinical impression of the ER physician, a computed tomography (CT) scan may also be scheduled to assist in the diagnosis or rule out of appendicitis. CT scans generally take several hours to schedule and complete the procedure, and interpret the results. Moreover, CT scans are expensive, costing $1,500 to $3,000 each, and subject patients (mostly children and adolescents) to high levels of ionizing radiation.
Based upon the current standard of care, an estimated 700,000 patients in the U.S. are diagnosed with appendicitis and have their appendixes surgically removed. However, an estimated 1 in 5 to 1 in 7 (14% to 20%) appendectomy surgeries remove a normal appendix due to an incorrect diagnosis. This would mean more than a 100,000 unnecessary surgeries occur every year at a great cost to patients, insurance companies and create unnecessary pain, suffering and risk to human life and possibly other ongoing patient health issues.
Not properly detecting real cases of appendicitis is also a major
problem. A large independent research report (Graff et al., 2000 Acad Emerg
Med Vol 7 n 11 pp 1244-55) of approximately 1,026 appendicitis patients
from 12 hospitals across the northeastern United States reported th
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PopMatters Film and TV Editor
Leon Phelps (Tim Meadows) has a big dick. Or at least, this seems to be the primary idea behind this latest unfunny comedy from SNL Studios and producer Lorne Michaels. Leon's prominent member apparently drives women wild with desire and men especially the wealthy white ones who have young trophy wives who look like they've just stepped out of Beverly Hills, 90210 wild with jealousy. (Unless those men are driven wild with desire as well, a possibility nearly-exposed during one of the film's many less-than-subtle moments.) Caught somewhere between these responses, Leon Phelps, the un-smoothest of love machines, kind of ambles along, quaint and sweet-natured and never more than remotely interesting.
Did I say "remotely interesting"? Let me rephrase. As an example of someone's recycled concept of black male sexuality circa 1970s, Leon Phelps is annoying and reductive. And it's not that I don't get that he's a joke. It's that that premise in itself is annoying, first, because Leon is just never very funny, and second, what little bit of humor might exist (mainly in his costumes: matching plaid bellbottom pants and jacket with extra-wide lapels, and that cute 'fro) is never very sharp or satirical. Leon is too accommodating and easily distracted by his you-know-what to remind anyone of the more famous emblems of the '70s, fuck-the-man, streetwise heroes like Shaft and Superfly. So, Leon is left with the Huggy Bears as his most obvious satirical target, which is too bad, because when he was stealing scenes on Starsky and Hutch, Huggy Bear (Antonio Fargas) was already his own best joke (as Keenen Ivory Wayans knew when he had him wear goldfish-bowl platform shoes in I'm Gonna Get You Sucka). Meadows devised Leon for those endless Saturday Night Live four-minute skits back in 1997 (according to SNL Studios' press materials, Leon's appearance with guest host Monica Lewinsky last year "drew national attention," whatever that means), and co-wrote the film script with Dennis McNicholas and Andrew Steele. He says that he modeled the character after guys he used to see when he was working in a Detroit liquor store, guys whose clothes always matched no matter how cheap and cheesy they were. And yes, Leon's clothes do match.
But the joke on the "era" say, on its many excesses and peculiar trends and tastes that he might have embodied tends to be lost in the film's shuffle of skits (Leon and company can't sustain a scene longer than a couple of minutes). The Ladies Man is also tediously preoccupied with white men's fear of black men's sexual prowess. This is an old, easy-joke theme, but the film is like a dog with a bone so to speak. The Ladies Man spends an inordinate amount of time following the activities of the anxious (mostly) white men whose (mostly) white wives and girlfriends have had affairs with local black stud Leon (there is, to be fair, one black man in one or two of the gang-of-angry-cuckolds shots). Chief among these men are Lance DeLune (Will Ferrell), married, unhappily it appears, to Honey (ex-90210 bitchy babe Tiffani-Amber Thiessen… oh, sorry, she's now going by Tiffani Thiessen) and Barney (Lee Evans). Leon's exploits are so very legendary and the hearts he's left behind are so very wounded, that the men have formed a support group whose meetings are announced on their website. At the time you become privy to the action, the group is deciding to take action: they gather up their golf clubs and rolling pins and 9mm handguns and pursue Leon with the intention of killing him.
Around the same time, it so happens (and if I'm making this sound like there's a plot at work here, I certainly don't mean to), Leon has been fired from his job as host for a Chicago radio talk show, "The Ladies Man." His loyal producer, Julie (Karyn Parsons, last seen doing a decent Valley Girl imitation as Hilary on Fresh Prince of Bel Air) quits her job in protest, and together they traipse about the local environs looking for work. A sequence of overkill ridiculous job interviews and auditions ensues: watch the middle-aged station manager squirm when he hears Lester's ribald sexual advice demo-tape; watch Lester squirm when he interviews a nun who wants to tell stories about her upcoming missionary position. Each of these mini-scenes could pass for one of those overlong SNL skits.
As you must know, given the fact that Parsons has second billing, Julie and Leon eventually realize their true love for one another, despite the fact that she seems a fairly sensible and sensitive woman with a rudimentary helping of self-esteem. In addition, after the (mostly) white men track Leon down and pull out their weapons, they get a glimpse of his penis lit by a heavenly glow below the frameline and their jaws drop and their eyes go wide. It's clear now that they have found their arch-nemesis, the overwhelming threat to their (mostly) white masculine privilege and related assumptions about property and potency. They circle round their man, and, save for that black guy somewhere in the group, they're looking a little too much like a mob. And then, for a brief instant, the worm almost turns. When Lance decides that the most appropriate revenge is for him to Greco-Roman wrestle this presumptuous Ladies Man to the ground, the film is at a crossroads. Lance oils his chest and hairy arms in anticipation: will the truth come out? At this point, it's do or die: the movie might hold true to its conviction or maybe just its most likely punchline but it cannot. Instead, Leon proves to be the sagacious black advisor who shows up in just a few too many movies where white folks are in need of goals and guidance. Leon performs as he must: he offers the guys his most heartfelt counsel on how to treat their ladies right. And all's well with the world.
Except for one thing. The Ladies Man is set up as something of a fable, with Lester, a twinkly-eyed narrator, who, appropriately, is the bartender at the local watering hole where Leon has picked up many women over the years. Wise and observant and good at wiping glasses as such a character must be, Lester is also played by Billy Dee Williams. Now there's a puzzlement. Certainly, it's not unusual for older actors to play sage second fiddle or confidant to younger actors (Jimmy Caan, for example, has developed a second and very cagey back-from-the-dead career doing just that). But jeez. Back in the day Billy Dee Williams had it all over those guys that Leon aspires to be. It's just not right that he's reduced to standing around and nodding his head while Leon runs all his crude, rude, edgeless gooniness, from engaging in a pigs-feet eating contest to grousing about his latest failed pick-up line. Poor Billy Dee. It's just not right.
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It seemed like a good idea to clarify whether he intended to defend himself. "I will," Leslie assured me. "I'll be covering up, but people will have, like, 15 uninterrupted shots at me. Somebody who really needs the money will be going nuts trying to hit me in the right spot and might make me fall. It'll be cool."
So it would be for the artist who developed a career for himself as the Impact Addict in the '80s. He used to say back then that while no one wants to be in a serious accident, "you wouldn't mind a little fender bender just to get that jolt." During his days as the resident East Village daredevil, he once leaped from a second-story roof onto a steel plate, swathed in bubble wrap and white Christmas tree lights. And in an early boxing piece, he went three rounds with heavyweight Riddick Bowe on the Staten Island ferry, urging Bowe to knock him out. (Bowe declined.)
In November 1988, announcing that it would be his final stunt before "retirement," Leslie jumped off the roof of P.S. 122, five stories tall, onto what seemed a very small cushion. Looking back on it, he says it was the closest he ever came to death. He had a knot on his chest from a bent rib for three months.
"I'd hoped that I had it out of my system," Leslie says. But of course, there's no escaping yourself. Eleven years of leading what Leslie calls a "provincial lifestyle" led to one disappointment after another, and "I just thought, I've got to go run back to me, and the only thing that really was there, the core of me, is that Impact Addict guy. Getting hit by a boxing glove or getting hit when you land off a buildingthose real impacts, they're just so unique to me. I don't want to kill myself, but I love getting close to that kind of peril. I just love surviving it."
He doesn't spend a lot of time asking himself why. Maybe the "difficulties" he went through as a kid. "My dad was very rough with me." But Leslie doesn't think it's a matter of physical abuse: more a matter of "surviving a relatively unloving atmosphere." And "I'm going to survive whatever you throw at me."
The catalyst for the Impact Addict's return was an encounter with writer-storyteller Jonathan Ames, who, according to Leslie, challenged him to box. Of course, according to Ames, Leslie brought it up first and all Ames said was "Can I spar with you sometime?" It's part of their long-standingwell, not exactly a feud, but at least a bicker.
After two years, Leslie decided to accept the challenge Ames says he never issued. And so began the Box Operas. Last November, Leslie and Ames fought a serious bout at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, after both spent months training at Gleason's Gym. The fight looked pretty even to me, but Leslie came out the winner. And in the second round, he accidentally rebroke Ames's nose, hurt during training just nine days earlier.
Both claimed they'd been at a disadvantage. Leslie said that Ames was seven years younger, had trained harder, and "he has that winner mentality. I feel soft compared to him." Ames said that Leslie was "a better fighter," friends with the ref, and outweighed him by 20 pounds. He'd also promised not to re-break Ames's nose.
"I had a huge chip on my shoulder for a long time," Ames admits. He was going to host the Knockout Party.
The night of October 14, Ames stood at center ring, telling his side of this story, waving Leslie's money in the air, then cramming it into a suit pocket. "If you knock out this motherfucker, you'll win $1000! If you really hurt him, I'll slip you 40!"
Leslie entered thering in yellow trunks, blue boxing gloves, headgear, a Box Opera T-shirt with the words "Want Some?" on the back. By way of taunting Ames, he had the sound people play Cher's "If I Could Turn Back Time."
First opponent into the ring was another performance artist, the Mangina (Patrick Bucklew), wearing his trademark prosthetic genitalsfemale in front, male in back.
The cord holding them up was about all he had on his skinny frame except for a hat made of a gold glove holding a video camera. He wasn't exactly George Foreman. During their second round, Leslie didn't even put his gloves up, just did the old bob-and-weave.
He did this with some others as well. Each contender got two 15-second rounds to hit Leslie. Meanwhile, a naked woman had wandered in from the street, looking dazed. (She turned out to be an artist who presents herself naked in public as art.) A male spectator kept screaming, "Naked!" He'd also rushed the ring to attack the master of ceremonies, clearly a goof or something staged. But it all added to the confusion later on.


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Andre Maloney's shocking death left a void at Shawnee Mission West and beyond
Andre Maloney used to write the letters "MiB" on the socks he wore when he played football. It was a symbol of his drive for success.
Make it big.
The catchphrase spread across the Shawnee Mission West community. It lived on as a tribute to a fallen teammate, friend and son.
Maloney died Oct. 4, a day after he suffered a stroke and collapsed on the field during a football game at SM South District Stadium. His death forever changed a community.
"I know, for me, it's shown me the strength of our students," SM West athletic director Don Perkins said. "I think they understand how important it is to come together. That's what they did throughout that and this whole year. They truly amazed me."
On the final play of his life, Maloney scored a 63-yard-touchdown. He was untouched on the play, and he celebrated by pointing to the heavens. But when he returned to the sideline, he became disoriented and collapsed.
Doctors discovered a blood clot in his brain, but a three-hour surgery proved unsuccessful. His family chose to stop further treatment after they were informed he was unlikely to emerge from a vegetative state.
Maloney was 17. He had committed to play football at Kansas.
More than 1,000 people attended a memorial at SM West three days after Maloney died. They spoke of his talent, his faith, and his loyalty to friends and family.
"Congratulations on making it big," longtime friend and teammate Justin Fetzer said at the memorial. "Much love from all of us down here."
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It Isnt Dead It doesnt have updates much becuz they finish there update before they release it
When were using the vita um is the 2nd anolog a option or do we stick with the old controls
usally wahn i check it has 2 or 3 pages
wow i checked this like for a day or 2 and this page had no new comments
I have much skill with game maker not on 3d but on 2d i could make a very fun game
juicy can you please continue double universe i kinda liked the feel of it
STOPPP!!!! Freaking Spamming for a release. NZP will release when there ready so STOP!
i think so it has all the controls of the last psp but screen is smaller but i think it makes everygame fit its resolution
i havent played this for very long but is this a game where you release One little beta and you get updates whenever a new version for new weapons maps and such come out cause if it isnt like those in-game update games such as mc you might wanna think of doing it the fans would get updates you put it in without having to download i new version stand alone and lets say you put 1 weapon but are thinking of maps and such just make it a update much quicker and doesnt require a whole stand alone(cause if you put a stand alone you got to wait along for the release so you should try this way out mentioned :D hope this is a good idea
im makin a Abondon Zombie Labs Map :D just for fun
never mind probably a false alarm from chrome cause it didnt do it now
You know i just found out moddb has content from cheapstuff.com so this could give you guys a virus possiably my AVG toolbar pointed it out or chrome did.
Does This work on psp go? i might get a psp go or 1000 psp? any help
Dang it processing :/
oh and all the other viewers just cause i didnt say first coment doesnt mean you got to spam first comment
i know call of duty zombies for ipod is the same as this but could you make a ipod version that supports 4.2.1? cause the same old maps kinda bor me after a while and i like the style of this version better
Awesome when i saw it it looked like half life too :D
game maker does use scripts like for 3d a ton of them
except they can rot but it takes 7 years nzp would be done by then
i know how to use game maker im not the best with 3d but 2d im really good with
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Anyone hear of Ravinia's Nazi Zombies for pc
Remember I was Xbox360gamers
Hey Katy I see your still spending your life on moddb
Hi guys back After a while maybe 2 years i have been gone eh?
you should make a map where you can have third person view like in mafia 2 and it was in a city map
Hey Nzp team I got a good idea remake the beta with the old models like th pistol from 2009 and stg44 in 2009 all those weapons and models it would probaly occupie some users cause the could try out weapons and see how it looked in 2009 early beggining
I have most of the weapons done and don't worry it won't die
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US 8133224 B2 Résumé A medical tubular shaft instrument for gripping and cutting tissue which provides a safe mode of operation. The instrument includes electrodes by which a mechanical contact between a blade and an associated cutting surface can be electrically determined. This determination allows the operating physician to be provided with sufficient information to determine whether the tissue that is to be severed has been successfully severed.
Revendications(18) 1. A medical instrument comprising:
a first mouth part and a second mouth part, each mouth part having at least one clamping surface for fixing and/or positioning tissue in a fixing plane;
a cutting device having a blade, which is disposed opposite one of the mouth parts for cutting tissue and is displaceable along a predetermined cutting path that is substantially parallel to the fixing plane;
a first electrode and a second electrode, disposed on the cutting device and/or the clamping surface, such that a mechanical contact between blade and clamping surface may be ascertained by a processing unit connected to the electrodes;
a tubular shaft joined to the first and second mouth parts;
an actuating device whereby the blade is displaceably guided substantially parallel to the fixing plane; and
a preloading device whereby the blade is preloaded by a flexible element against a fixing plane during cutting.
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at least one articulation for rotatably supporting the first and second mouth parts such that the first and second mouth parts may be brought from an open position into a closed position in order to fix the tissue using the clamping surfaces,
wherein the articulation is configured such that a fulcrum of the articulation is located outside the first and second mouth parts and the distal end of at least one of the first and second mouth parts is displaceable away from the distal end of the tubular shaft when the first and second mouth parts are brought into the open position.
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Description The disclosed embodiments relate to a medical instrument, in particular a tubular shaft instrument, for cutting tissue. In modern medicine, attempts are generally made to minimize damage to intact tissue. Thus, when circumstances permit, minimally invasive surgery is usually the preferred method of operative intervention used. Small incisions and minimal trauma to the tissue lead to less pain after the operation and to rapid recovery and mobilization of the patient. Laparoscopic surgery, during which complex operations are performed in the abdominal cavity, allows similar results. Operations of this type, and the instruments required for them, present a particular challenge to the manufacturers of medical instruments since the majority of the operative steps are performed in very restricted spaces and without direct visual contact. Thus, the medical instruments used for these types of operations must not only be able to operate in the smallest spaces but must also function so reliably that visual monitoring is superfluous and unnecessary. The instruments are preferably constructed such that, even without visual contact, the operating surgeon always has feedback which enables him to draw conclusions about the progress of the operation. This need applies to instruments that are suitable for the separation of tissue. Since scalpels having an open blade are, if anything, unsuitable for minimally invasive surgery (see, e.g., DE 44 44 166 A1), surgeons frequently resort to scissors-type or tong-type instruments having mouth parts. The mouth parts cover the blade during insertion of the instrument as well as hold the tissue to be cut. The blade is then displaced back and forth inside the mouth parts for cutting. In the tong-like instruments, the blade or scalpel is usually covered completely by the associated mouth parts. It is, therefore, all the more difficult to draw conclusions as to whether the gripped tissue has already been completely separated with one or a plurality of cutting movements. This knowledge, however, is crucial for the positive progress of the operation. On the other hand, excessively moving the blade when the tissue is already separated can quickly lead to wear on the instrument. It is necessary to check the instruments for their cutting ability and to replace worn blades. This form of maintenance is not only expensive but is also time-consuming. Often it is not possible to replace individual elements of the instruments, leading to the need to replace the entire instrument. Thus, excess wear should be avoided. The object of the disclosed embodiments is to provide a medical instrument, which allows for reliable separation of tissue while providing long-lasting functionality. Disclosed embodiments include a medical instrument having a first and a second mouth part each with at least one clamping surface for fixing and/or positioning tissue in a fixing plane, a cutting device with a blade, which is disposed opposite one of the mouth parts for cutting tissue and is displaceable over a predetermined cutting path substantially parallel to the fixing plane, a first electrode and a second electrode, which are disposed on the cutting device and/or the clamping surface in such a manner that a mechanical contact between cutting and clamping surface is ascertainable by means of a processing unit connected to the electrodes. The electrodes allow a mechanical contact between a blade and an associated clamping surface in a medical instrument for separating tissue to be ascertained. The mechanical contact may be ascertained electrically or by means of a switch. The processing unit receives the corresponding signals and evaluates them. In a preferred embodiment, the blade may be the first electrode, the clamping surface may be the second electrode and the processing unit may be a device for determining an electrical resistance between the electrodes. The first electrode is thus formed by an electrically conductive blade or an electrically conductive section of the blade. The second electrode is the electrically conductive clamping surface or an electrically conductive section of the clamping surface. The processing unit measures the electrical resistance between the first and the second electrode. Preferably, the processing unit then ascertains that the tissue located immediately under the blade is separated when the resistance is lower that a preset threshold limit. This is necessary as the tissue to be cut has a certain electrical conductivity and consequently a high-ohm contact already exists between the first electrode and the second electrode when the tissue is unseparated. By specifying a threshold value, it is possible to differentiate the contact closure by way of the tissue to be cut from a direct contact closure between the two electrodes. This direct contact closure is an indicator for mechanical contact between blade and clamping surface. The processing unit may be designed in such a manner that a curve of the resistance is ascertainable along the cutting path. The cutting path defines an observation interval for the processing unit and may, for example, include a back and forth movement of the blade between a distal and a proximal section of the mouth parts. It is possible to detect the movement of the blade manually. Thus a mechanical limit stop during movement of the blade by means of an actuating device can provide information about the distance covered or about the cutting path covered. The processing unit includes a travel sensor and/or electric switch for detecting the displacement of the blade parallel to the clamping surface. The cutting device is designed such that it may be moved back and forth along a longitudinal axis of the medical instrument parallel to the clamping surface. The blade, therefore, should preferably separate the tissue not only at one point but over a cutting area along the previously described longitudinal displacement. To effectively determine whether the tissue is completely separated in this region, it is advantageous to record the blade's movement over an observation interval or an observation path and to determine whether there is a continuous mechanical contact between blade and clamping surface. The movement of the blade may be ascertained either directly by means of a travel sensor, or it may be ascertained indirectly by means of switches at the end of the cutting range whether the blade has been moved from a first switch to a second switch. Here too, the tissue is only deemed to have been completely separated when there is a mechanical or electrical, in particular a low-ohm, contact between blade and clamping surface within the entire interval or during the entire cutting path, that is to say from a movement of the blade from the first switch to the second switch. The two mouth parts each may include a coagulation electrode for coagulation of the fixed tissue. Consequently, the tissue can be coagulated by means of a high-frequency current prior to mechanical separation by means of the blade. A safe closure of the vessels is ensured prior to mechanical separation. Furthermore, one of the two coagulation electrodes may be linked to the processing unit and thus be used to determine the mechanical contact. For formation of the coagulation electrodes, the mouth parts are either at least partially electrically conductive or they have an electrically conductive coating on the side facing towards the tissue. The at least one mouth part may include a blade guide. The blade guide is used to stabilize the blade during the cutting movement. Furthermore, the blade guide may have the previously described switches or travel sensors in order to determine the blade's movements. The medical instrument has means for emitting a signal, which is emitted when the resistance drops below a predetermined minimum value over the entire cutting path. This form of display may thus be used not only to determine the resistance and hence the progress at a point or at a position of the blade when separating tissue, but also to determine a complete separation of the tissue over the entire cutting path. The disclosed embodiments will be described in more detail with reference to exemplary embodiments, which will be explained in greater detail with reference to the enclosed drawings. The same reference numerals are used in the following description for identical parts and parts acting in an identical manner. One advantage of such a relocated fulcrum 1 is now described with respect to the schematic diagrams of While in Seen from the side (see, e.g., Compared to articulations that only have a single-point connection, the guide mechanisms or articulation 40 additionally have the advantage of high stability. Due to the convex and concave sections which engage with each other, a large-area contact region is formed and articulation 40 can absorb significantly more force than an articulation having a single-point connection. To further stabilize articulation 40, first mouth part 10 includes a first articulation guide bearing 46 and a second articulation guide bearing 46′. Like articulation guide pins 42, 42′, articulation guide bearings 46, 46′ are attached alternately on the inside of the sidewalls of first mouth part 10. First articulation guide bearing 46 and first guide pin 42 are spaced apart such that they accommodate first articulation guide rail 41 in the space between them. First articulation guide bearing 46 has a concave cross-section, which engages with convex section 44 of first articulation guide rail 41. On opening and closing the tool head 30, first articulation guide rail 41, guided by first guide pin 42 and first articulation guide bearing 46, rotates about fulcrum 1. Likewise, second articulation guide rail 41′, guided by second guide pin 42′ and articulation guide bearing 46′, rotates about fulcrum 1. Second articulation guide rail 41′, second articulation guide pin 42′, a convex section 44′ of second articulation guide rail 41′ and second articulation guide bearing 46′ are designed for rotation and are disposed symmetrically to first articulation guide rail 41, first articulation guide pin 42, convex section 44 of first articulation guide rail 41 and first articulation guide bearing 46. As shown in By attaching a first end of tension strip 27 to convex sections 44, 44′ of articulation guide rails 41, 41′, it is ensured that the tensile force exerted by means of tension strip 27 always acts substantially tangentially to the circular motion of curved articulation guide rails 41, 41′ about fulcrum 1. Thus, a uniform transmission of force independent of the opening angle is assured. A second end of tension strip 27 is operatively connected to handle 110 and may be displaced by means of a control device provided thereon. Due to virtual fulcrum 1, which, as already explained, is located outside and above mouth parts 10, 10′, the distance between fulcrum 1 and the first end of tension strip 27 is significantly greater than the distance achieved with normal articulations. Thus, the embodiment of the described tubular shaft instrument has a significantly higher leverage by means of which second mouth part 10′ may be moved over tension strip 27. Each of mouth parts 10, 10′ has a clamping surface 12, 12′ for fixing the tissue. First mouth part 10 thus has, on a distal section, a first clamping surface 12 which faces upwards. First clamping surface 12 is formed to be substantially concave transverse to the longitudinal axis of first mouth part 10. In the closed state of tool head 30, convex second clamping surface 12′ of second mouth part 10′ lies substantially parallel to this first clamping surface 12. In one disclosed embodiment, these clamping surfaces 12, 12′ are not only suitable for securely fixing the tissue to be cut later, they also form the electrodes for a coagulation process. To achieve this, sections of clamping surfaces 12, 12′ are electrically conductive and connected via printed conductors to a high-frequency current source, which is also controllable by way of handle 110. Thus the gripped tissue may be cauterized to such an extent prior to the cutting procedure that separation is possible without bleeding. Preferably, sections at least of mouth parts 10, 10′ are manufactured from ceramic material by injection molding. Thus the guide elements, in particular articulation guide rails 41, 41′ and articulation guide pins 42, 42′ of articulation 40, are easy to form. Forming articulation 40 of ceramic material creates an electrical insulation between mouth parts 10, 10′, in particular between their electrodes for coagulation. In one disclosed embodiment, the actual mechanical cutting process takes place after coagulation. To achieve this, a cutting device 50 is moved parallel to a fixing plane x-y (see, e.g., Prior to the cutting process, blade 51 is drawn back towards tubular shaft 24 far enough that premature injury of the tissue is not possible. Preferably, the blade in first mouth part 10 is at the level of articulation guide pins 42, 42′. From this starting position, blade 51 is brought onto fixing plane x-y by way of a ramp 55 integrated in second mouth part 10′ (see, e.g., After closing mouth parts 10, 10′, blade 51 thus glides out of its starting position over ramp 55 into the previously described channel and may there be pulled or pushed distally and proximally over the tissue. Blade 51 is preloaded relative to fixing plane x-y in order to ensure that this displacement separates the tissue step-by-step. A preloading device exerts a force perpendicular to fixing plane x-y, which presses blade 51 against the plane. This force is built up via the resilience of guide wire 52 and its curvature. As can be seen from Various other embodiments are conceivable with respect to the design of blade 51. These will be described in the following on the basis of Preferably, blade 51 includes microteeth. In another disclosed embodiment (see, e.g., The cutting device 50 of the disclosed embodiments has been described so far as being used in conjunction with the advantageous articulation shape. Both disclosed embodiments, however, may also be executed separately from one another. Thus, In another disclosed embodiment, the tubular shaft instrument includes a cut monitoring device. This device determines when the tissue between the two clamping surfaces 12, 12′ is completely separated. In a disclosed embodiment, when the tissue is completely separated blade 51 rests on first clamping surface 12. Since clamping surface 12 includes an electrode for coagulation, at least a portion of the clamping surface 12 is electrically conductive. According to a disclosed embodiment, at least one section of blade 51, which mechanically contacts separating surface 12 when the tissue is separated, is likewise formed of an electrically conductive material. The electrical contact between blade 51 and clamping surface 12 is determined by a cut monitoring device. The gripped tissue is deemed to be completely separated when a continuous electrical contact exists between blade 51 and clamping surface 12 during a complete cutting movement by tip 16′ of second mouth part 10′ up to ramp 55. As can be seen from Alternatively, it may also be constantly indicated to the user whether there is a direct mechanical contact between blade 51 and clamping surface 12. As the user performs the movement of blade 51 manually, he can draw conclusions independently as to whether the tissue is adequately separated. In another disclosed embodiment, travel sensor 102 includes two electrical contact regions on the distal and proximal ends of blade guide 53, which are designed in such a manner that it is possible to determine contact between blade 51 and the distal contact region as well as between blade 51 and the proximal contact region. Processing unit 100 can thus determine the start and end of the observation interval. Handle 110 has a finger trigger 130, which is likewise rotatably attached to handle body 117. Cutting device 50, in particular blade 51, may be displaced distally by operating finger trigger 130. A spring element (not illustrated) inside handle body 117 returns finger trigger 130 to its starting position after operation, as a result of which cutting device 50 is displaced proximally. Finger trigger 130 is disposed distally in front of first handle lever 122 in such a manner that finger trigger 130 can be operated with the first finger on grasping handle levers 122, 122′. Handle 110 has a momentary contact switch 116 on the proximal side of handle body 117, which controls the coagulation current. In an alternative embodiment, it is possible to provide a control device having a plurality of actuating elements by means of which a plurality of coagulation modes may be selected and performed, instead of momentary contact switch 116. It is likewise conceivable to provide display device 101 on handle body 117. In one disclosed embodiment, tubular shaft 24 and handle 110 are designed in such a manner that tubular shaft 24 may be detachably inserted into handle 110. To achieve this, a receiving opening 112, which can be closed by means of a cover, is located on the side of handle 110. Thus, prior to the operation, a sterile disposable tubular shaft 24 having appropriate tool head 30 and cutting device 50 is inserted into reusable handle 110 and locked therein. Reuse of tubular shaft 24 and the associated devices is not envisaged. Handle body 117 has a first coupling element 114, a second coupling element 114′ and a third coupling element 114″ for mechanical connection of tool head 30, cutting device 51 and tubular shaft 24. A ring provided on the proximal end of tubular shaft 24 engages with third coupling element 114″ in such a manner that the tubular shaft is rigidly connected to handle body 117. A first inner tube adapter 22 engages, by means of a ring likewise disposed on the proximal end, with first coupling element 114, which is in operative connection with second handle lever 122′. The displacement of second handle lever 122′ is transferred to first coupling element 114 by means of a mechanism disposed inside handle body 117 and transfers this displacement in turn to first inner tube adapter 22. This is directly or indirectly joined mechanically to second mouth part 10′ by way of tension strip 27. A longitudinal displacement of first inner tube adapter 22 relative to tubular shaft 24 thus brings about opening and closing of mouth parts 10, 10′. A second inner tube adapter 22′ is disposed movably relative to first inner tube adapter 22 inside the first inner tube. This inner tube adapter 22′ is operatively connected to guide wire 52 and displaces blade 51. Inserting tubular shaft 24 into handle body 117 engages a proximal ring on the end of second inner tube adapter 22′ with second coupling element 114′ and transfers the displacement or the force exerted by means of finger trigger 130 to cutting device 50. 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Posted in music | tour dates on July 13, 2009
UPDATE: pictures from Wilco's show in Coney Island are POSTED.
Wilco @ Baltimore Virgin Fest '08 (more by Bao Nguyen)
Wilco will play Brooklyn's Keyspan Park tonight (June 13th) with Yo La Tengo. Tickets are sold out (no tickets at the door even), but there are still tickets available to Wilco's July 18th show at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, NY (about an hour and a half north of NYC). That show pairs the band with opener Conor Oberst & the Magic Family Band (who played NYC on July 4th with Jenny Lewis). Oberst recently opened other shows for Wilco, including Friday, July 10th in Wilmington, Delaware.
In Friday's opener, "Wilco (the song)," a generous-spirited rocker, the raspy-voiced Tweedy volunteered his accomplished band as "a sonic shoulder to cry on," and promised the intergenerational crowd, "Wilco will love ya, baby."Videos from that July 10th show and their July 11th show in Lowell, MA, are below.That affection was expressed in a career-spanning set that reached back as far as 1994's underrated A.M. for the bittersweet "Box Full of Letters." But rather than a shoulder to cry on, Wilco's songs typically offered a chance to bond over shared anxieties.
Tweedy is not always the most articulate lyricist; I'm not quite sure what it means to be "cold as gasoline," as he sings on the new disc's "Solitaire." But his band, whose standout star is avant guitarist Nels Cline, is expert at expressing its leader's discomfort in songs such as "Muzzle of Bees."
Even a song that declares "I'm Always in Love" finds reason to worry. The only carefree tune after the opener was the closer, the deliriously happy "Hoodoo Voodoo," whose lyrics were not written by Tweedy but by Woody Guthrie... [Philadelphia Inquirer]
All those Ballpark gigs are part of Wilco's summer tour in support of the now-out Wilco (The Album). In August, they'll be touring behind the record in Europe.
Tuesday night, July 14th, Wilco will perform "You and I" from Wilco (the album) on The Late Show with David Letterman with special guest vocalist Feist. Feist also recently played guest with Grizzly Bear (who she has also played on TV with), and joined her old band Broken Social Scene on stage in Toronto.
All the above-mentioned videos, and tour dates, below...
WILCO - Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again) 7-11-09
WILCO - Bull Black Nova 7-11-09 Lowell, MA
Wilco - Spiders (Kidsmoke) Live @ Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday, July 10, 2009
Wilco - 2009 Tour Dates
7/13 - Keyspan Park Brooklyn, NY
7/17 - Maine State Pier Portland, ME
7/18 - Dutchess County Stadium Wappingers Falls, NY
7/19 - Art Park Lewiston, NY
7/21 - Royal Oak Theatre Royal Oak, MI
7/23 - 10,000 Lakes Festival Detroit Lakes, MN
Wilco will perform "You and I" from Wilco (the album) on The Late Show with David Letterman on Tuesday, July 14 with special guest vocalist Feist.
Comments (35)
Tickets will be going for nothing outside. Over 100 sellers on Craigslist now...sweet!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:33 PM
hour and a half on the train to get to coney island? fuck that, dude.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:43 PM
I got a ticket for $10 outside Mccarren last time they were in Brooklyn looking to do the same tonight...shouldn't be a problem!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:43 PM
Yo La Tengo goes on at 7, Wilco at 8 according to the Brooklyn Cyclones box office
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:45 PM
Yeah. Tickets were still on sale as of yesterday... should be easy to get in if you want. Weather's looking awesome!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:53 PM
"hour and a half on the train to get to coney island? fuck that, dude."
BooHoo, my conthert ithn't in Williamthbuhg
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 1:54 PM
If anyone needs an extra field ticket at face value, I'll be the guy donald ducking it outside the main gates. I'll hook ya up, no fees.
Posted by Donkey Boner Jr. | July 13, 2009 1:58 PM
Yo La Tengo + Wilco
Is this show sponsored by Ambien? LOL.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:01 PM
Yo La Tengo will play at 7:00 according to their website - http://www.yolatengo.com/schedule.html
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:31 PM
@ anon 2:23pm
Wow that fucking sucks that you live 5 minutes from Keyspan Park. I'm so sorry about all that. I'll sell you weed to drown your pain, no problem. I got some real heady nuggs too. Hopefully it can make you completely forget about your location.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:42 PM
ten dollar ticket guy can just stand on the boardwalk and save his money... buy a hotdog and soda, wee hoo... are we having fun?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:43 PM
What's the estimated travel time by subway from lower Manhattan to Coney Island? An hour?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:43 PM
2:43 stuck with a handful of tickets? That's gotta hurt!!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 2:47 PM
i supported this band...in 1999!
what a fucking bore these days!
get tweedy some drugs fast! he's now just fat and more boring.
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 3:10 PM
where ever you sit or stand and whatever you paid or didn't pay my brothers and sisters... enjoy the show... it's a nice summer night and wilco's in town...
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 3:18 PM
The weather is awesome. Amazing night to see a show.
Enjoy everyone!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 3:36 PM
damn i was hoping yo la tengo go on at 8. now the commute is looking much worse. showing up after the band i want to see and then spend 3 hours on a train for nothing
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 3:45 PM
Get thee to this tour, people. I was never a huge fan, went to the Wilmington show as a random bar review distraction, and it was just amazingly good. The set was consistently great.
Posted by noodle | July 13, 2009 3:46 PM
7pm is much too early to go on way the hell out in Coney Island! What is that about?
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 5:20 PM
For the love of everything that is holy, BV, correct the misspelling of Dutchess County in the headline.
Posted by poodle | July 13, 2009 5:44 PM
Thanks for linking my video, the show in Delaware was insanely good and Wilco definitely delivered. Bummed I couldn't make it to the show tonight though!
Posted by Anonymous | July 13, 2009 11:35 PM
Tonight was wonderful! Miss Feist, Ed from Grizzly Bear, and members of Yo La Tengo helping out Wilco during their encore....definitely better than last Brooklyn show at Pool!
Posted by Tiki | July 14, 2009 12:38 AM
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