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Hopefully, Henry can hit that 3-pointer with regularity. I think if he can do it, he'll earn the starting spot.
Hey. Didn't see a thread on this. There have been a few tidbits from today. We could try to keep them all in here if the mods want.
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Anthony Davis on camp: "I need this 3-week stretch. Everyone does. We have a lot of new faces, young guys.We need this time to be NBA-ready"
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Monty, joking about developing young players: "They're like your kids. Some days you're excited about them. Some days you want to eat them."
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Monty on young players: "But you've got to be committed to them. There will be ups and downs. But this is a team this city can commit to."
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Hornets' Anthony Davis and Xavier Henry last to leave after second practice session tonight, working on their shooting.
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New Orleans Hornets rookie Anthony Davis already sees benefit of having Ryan Anderson on roster | http://NOLA.com http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ss...ie_ant_11.html
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Just finished day 1! Great day of work today!!! We have a really smart and talented group. Everyday we have to get better and take care of our bodies. This ice tube is slowly becoming my new best friend!
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Hornets' Anthony. Davis: ``Great first day, we went over a couple of sets and focused on defense a lot.''
Hopefully, Henry can hit that 3-pointer with regularity. I think if he can do it, he'll earn the starting spot.
Monty, joking about developing young players: "They're like your kids. Some days you're excited about them. Some days you want to eat them."
lol gotta love monty
Will they have the scrimmage in front of fans this year? If so, when?
Yes! Can't wait. If I had to pick a date, I'd say 20th.
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Partly to help get rookies accustomed to faster NBA game (24 seconds, 8-second violation), Hornets scrimmaged using 14-second shot clock
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Austin Rivers on training camp: "We want to play a fast-paced tempo, but not sloppy. Each day we'll get better at that."
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E.Gordon on Warrick: "I think he's going to play a bigger role than what people would think.We definitely need him doing what he does best."
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Hornets career games: Warrick 498, Mason 424, Anderson 254, Smith 249, Lopez 242, Gordon 205, Aminu 147, Vasquez 136, Henry 83, Thomas 42
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League data comes in around Opening Night, but Hornets are one of NBA's youngest teams. Anderson is only 24 yet third-most experienced guy
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R.Mason on A.Davis: "It was a pleasant surprise to see that he's like a sponge. You can tell he wants to get better and wants to be great."
It's so funny that I keep thinking of Anderson like the wily veteran, but I'M OLDER THAN HIM.
Of course, this will only get worse as I get older and older.
Monty Williams
New Orleans Hornets rookie Austin Rivers getting plenty of work at shooting guard with Eric Gordon sitting out
http://www.nola.com/hornets/index.ss...kie_aus_2.htmlWith New Orleans Hornets shooting guard Eric Gordon sitting out practice for the second consecutive day with a sore right knee, New Orleans Hornets rookie Austin Rivers is getting substantial work at his spot.
During the Hornets' closed scrimmage Wednesday morning at the Alario Center, Rivers played mostly at shooting guard while Greivis Vasquez and Brian Roberts alternated at point guard, Coach Monty Williams said.
When Gordon returns, the Hornets are likely to go back to their initial plans that involves Rivers playing more at point guard than shooting guard. But Rivers could go into Sunday's preseason opener in Mexico City against the Orlando Magic as the starting shooting guard. However, Williams said he won't name his starters until this weekend. Sunday's game will be televised live on NBA-TV at 1:30 p.m.
I missed last year scrimmage. Hopefully I'm off on that day I'll fly home to watch it if I can.
Some good information from training camp.
In the video, Monty is clearly referring to Aminu about the "killer instinct" lack in this soft drake music Superfriends generation. I love this coach man, I truly hope this season he stays on Aminu and squeeze the beast out of him. Times are too soft now.....
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LOL funny group we got, except Gordon, he better prepare his knee
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SOLIO UNIVERSAL SOLAR CHARGER – $100 Like a smaller, sleeker version of the Voltaic backpack, this chic little device will charge your electronic gadgets cordlessly – using the suns energy. Perfect for today's mobile lifestyles, the Solio Universal charger makes a great useful gift that won't break the bank.
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GLOW IN THE DARK GLOW BRICK -£20 We're not sure if this counts as a gadget, but we love it. The Glow Brick is a clever little cordless light made from a phosphorescent lightbulb (yes, a REAL lightbulb) embedded in a block of acrylic. It requires no electricity and can glow for up to three hours, "powered" only by light it soaks up from the sun or other artificial light sources, making it as energy-efficient and eco-friendly as it is engaging. (Warning: this is more of a nightlight than a "lamp" – i.e. it is not very bright).
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Guest blogpost from Suzanne McMillan, ASPCA Director of Farm Animal Welfare.
Last week, I attended a meeting of the National Organic Standards Board—the body that advises the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)on organic standards—to suggest stronger protections for animals living on organic farms. Animals who are raised organically are not necessarily raised humanely. In fact, many organic farms are still factory farms, often confining animals indoors using severe devices for most of their lives.
My efforts focused on the welfare of chickens, turkeys and ducks. Specifically, I asked the board to urge the USDA to adopt rules addressing some of the worst industry practices, including beak trimming, force feeding, crowding, failing to maintain clean air and unnaturally accelerating animals' growth rates. Along with detailed written recommendations, I delivered a three-minute oral summary of our suggestions, which you can watch here:
Well done. Keep in mind that better conditions create better farm animals, which creates a better product and possibly higher prices.
What a shame,last week a special aired on TV called the Hatfield & McCoys.In one scene a dog was kicked airborne across a room into a wall,also in one more seen it showed it,s owner cutting it,s throat with a knife after it had been hurt,and for effect I assume they had to play the sound of the dog in it,s death cry.Yes it was only a movie,but to me it makes some of the people accept this.We raise hell about rodeo,s and such,granted all of society needs monitored,BUT how can the movie industry make billions portraying this thing is beyond me.Yet they ask for our help in preventing cruelty on TV and the media.
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On November 23, as we celebrate its 2nd anniversary, we are launching the new DxOMark 2011, with many new features and more than 200 new lens/camera combinations!
with these significant new features and improvements we, at DxO Labs, further emphase our dedication to make DxOMark 2011 the most reliable and updated source of RAW-based image quality data for digital cameras and lenses.
We have slightly modified our lens scoring and ranking scale to take into account some of the comments we have received.
Site visitors were looking for a lens/camera scoring for a more challenging photographic use case than the one we initially chose (5,000 lux, 1/125 sec.), one that gives lens performance at widest aperture more weight. Visitors were also expecting to view the variability of the lens performance across its focal range.
It makes a lot of sense to view both the lens optimum performance as well as how it behaves over its entire focal range. A lens that demonstrates good performance only at specific focal lengths while having poor performance at the shortest and/or longest focal lengths should not have a high ranking. This means that we must show both the peak value and the range for each lens.
Based on these comments, we revised our Peak Score (and renamed it as "DxOMark Score") and took into account more difficult lighting conditions (150 lux illumination and 1/60 sec., corresponding to low-light indoor exposure conditions). Under such conditions, lenses featuring high f numbers can really make a difference (so long as their optical performance stays high at widest apertures). The new DxOMark Score has the same meaning and is computed the same way as the former Peak Score, but the evaluation is based on different lighting conditions.
We also redesigned the scoring gauge to show both the DxOMark Score and the homogeneity (or non-homogeneity) over the lens focal range at the same time. At a glance, visitors can see how a lens (with its camera body—remember that DxOMark score depends on the camera body as well as on the lens) best performs and how its performance holds up across the focal range.
For completeness, we also report the map of the DxOMark Score values over the focal range and aperture range in a dedicated tab of the lens measurement page, "DxOMark Score," as shown below:
Lenses are now ranked either using the DxOMark Score or using one of the five Optical Metric Scores (resolution, distortion, vignetting, transmission or chromatic aberrations). We have eliminated the rankings per use cases as such rankings were somewhat misleading.
We are simplifying the Home entries to the DxOMark camera and lens database. We still have a top banner to display the latest DxOMark results and product reviews from the Press based on DxOMark data. Right below we now have two separate sections, one for lenses and one for cameras, each proposing the same paths to access measurement data and scores as follows:
Also please note that the "Your selection" button (selection basket for comparison) has been moved and made more visible: It is now in the tool bar just below the top banner.To add lenses or cameras while browsing through the site just click on the button next to a lens or camera or click the button. Then, when you click "Your selection," you will view all the cameras and lenses you have selected, and you can click to compare or to view measurement data for the selection.
The layout of the overview page has been changed to highlight the camera body on which the lens is mounted (again, this is very important as optics performance changes significantly depending on the camera body), and the new DxOMark Score.
The new DxOMark Score is shown with the corresponding focal length and aperture.
In a dedicated tab "Use Case Scores" the 5 Use Case star-based Scores are provided (definitions of Use Case and scoring system have not changed). A new weighting system enables scoring lens/camera combinations for more Use Cases (travel, portrait, sports, reportage and landscape). Some users commented that we were not scoring lenses for certain use cases, and others questioned certain categorizations. In response, we have broadened the use case limits to include more lenses across all categories.
Lens manufacturer specifications are shown in a dedicated tab. See example below:
The main change we bring to this page is providing a list of compatible lenses available on DxOMark for a given camera body. Users can browse the list and click to view the measurement details of the corresponding lens with a given body, as shown below:
Finally here is the list of the new lenses available for the release of DxOMark 2011, each lens is measured on many camera bodies providing more than 200 new combinations availabe on the site.
We hope you will find these changes useful and relevant. As always, our intent is, to continuously bring new measurements and new evaluation tools to make DxOMark the most reliable resource as possible, providing in-depth, RAW-based image quality performance measurement data for digital camera and lenses.
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Results vs. St. Augustine College (2007-03-17 16:00:00)
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|Softball Sweeps St. Augustine
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|Misenheimer, NC---The Pfeiffer softball team exploded at the plate for a doubleheader sweep over St. Augustine Saturday afternoon by the sores of 21-0 and 13-1.Pfeiffer improved to 13-13 on the season.
Pfeiffer sent 17 batters to the plate in the first inning scoring 11 runs on 12 hits, a walk and an error. Every hitter scored at least once in the inning.
Pfeiffer came back with seven runs in the second with 7 hits and a walk.
The Falcons scored three in the third to take a 21-0 lead.
Dacia Ijames pitched the first three innings giving up one hit and striking out six. Amanda Beck came in and pitched two hitless innings in relief.
Jaimee Cassidy and Christi Sink had RBI singles in the first to give Pfeiffer a 2-0 lead.
Pfeiffer scored three in the second highlighted by a Chelsea Morton 2-RBI hit.
St. Augustine scored an unearned run in the third on a hit and two Falocn errors.
Ashley Morris and Amanda Beck had RBI hits in the third as the Falcons built an 8-1 lead.
Pfeiffer got five more runs in the fourth to lead 13-1.
Amanda Beck and Chelsea Morton combined on the four-hitter.
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You may want to clean your deck before winter sets in. Using a power washer can help with this task.
To use your power washer, first make sure you are using a tip appropriate for the chore.
When you start the power washer you should make sure the safety latch is in place.
Once you are ready to start washing your deck you can release the safety latch and move the hose in a sweeping motion across the deck. Try to avoid keeping the washer in one place for too long or it could damage the surface.
You may need to pass over stained areas a few times. If the stains persist, you may need to use a stronger cleaning solution in your power washer.


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The Federal Reserve announced today that it will expand its newest bond-buying program, which began in September 2012 and is known as "QE3," to provide ongoing support to the anemic economic recovery. The Fed will continue purchasing federal agency mortgagebacked securities at a rate of $40 billion per month and will begin purchasing $45 billion per month of longer term U.S. Treasuries in order to compensate for the expiration of the maturity extension program "Operation Twist." Although the length of the bond-buying program is indefinite, the Fed took the unprecedented step of linking its extraordinarily low target rate for federal funds to employment by saying "this exceptionally low range for the federal funds rate will be appropriate at least as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6-1/2 percent."
- Although the Fed has pointed to the stubbornly high unemployment rate to justify its easing programs, a CNBC Fed Survey of 48 economists, fund managers and strategists taken this week found, by a 3-to-2 margin, that they do not believe more quantitative easing will lower the unemployment rate.
- Additional Fed easing will do little, if any, good for the economy because interest rates are already low and liquidity is already high.
- While investors do believe that additional quantitative easing may marginally lower bond yields and mortgage rates, U.S. Treasury yields and 30-year mortgage rates have been at historic lows for most of 2012 without little positive effect on the economic recovery.
- Moreover, the financial system is already awash with liquidity—nearly $1.4 trillion is sitting at the Fed in the form of excess reserves.
- The best thing that policymakers can do now to spur new hiring and encourage investment is to put the federal government on a sustainable fiscal path by lowering federal spending within the context of pro-growth tax reform.


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Team Maxxis rider Colin Bailey designed the Minion DHF during the 2001 NORBA NCS downhill season. Utilizing proven tread concepts such as ramped knobs for low rolling resistance and fore-to-aft channel cut knobs for straight line control and precise cornering, the Minion DHF is yet another example of Maxxis's ongoing commitment to product development. Designed by our European Racing Development effort, Team Maxxis-MSC.
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Cat Nasal Cavity Tumor
Cat Nasal Cavity Tumor
Few things in the world can be as heart wrenching and agonizing as seeing your cat battle a serious ailment. Fortunately, for cat owners, veterinary science has progressed enough to offer accurate diagnosis of most cat health concerns and even propose remedial initiatives that can save the life of an animal. However a distinctive treatment approach for nasal cavity tumors in cats still eludes veterinarians. While not a particularly common condition, any growth in the nasal cavity has a high chance of being malignant. Also, despite the use of surgery, Cat Cancer Chemotherapy and Cat Radiation Therapy, the survival rate is very low. Here is a look at the symptoms of the disorder; how it can impact the life of your pet and the currently available treatment options.
Signs and Symptoms
The tumor accounts for 1% of all Cat Cancer cases in felines and 92% of these nasal cavity tumors are malignant. In cats the symptoms can include : Cat Sneezing, Cat Nasal Discharge, Cat Loss of Appetite, Cat Difficulty Breathing, Cat Vomiting and decreased activity or Cat Lethargy.
The median age in felines afflicted by the disorder is 9 months and males exhibit greater susceptibility to the disorder than the females.
Nasal cavity tumors can be diagnosed through blood work tests which include biochemistry profile, blood count, clotting profile etc. A chest x-ray may also be recommended to understand the spread of the tumor while a CT scan can be used for more accurate analysis.
Treatment Options
A combination of surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy may be used to treat the condition; however, fatality rates are very high even after the treatment is completed. For instance, even after surgery, the median survival rate after treatment is just 34 months for cats. While the figures may not be particularly encouraging for cat owners who would like to treat their beloved cats, the following recourses are available:
Surgery: On its own, surgical interventions have a very low success rate with a median survival rate after the procedure of just 6 months.
Surgery and orthovoltage radiation: When a combination of surgery followed by orthovoltage radiation is used the median survival time is raised to 34 months.
Radiation therapy and surgery: This is the most promising combination as far as treatment options are concerned. In this form of therapy, radiation is followed by surgery to remove the tumors. This is currently the best form of treatment for nasal cavity tumors in cats.
Photodynamic Therapy: This form of treatment entails injecting a special light sensitizer in the infected part; followed by light therapy. The treatment has resulted in a remission in some cats.
Chemotherapy: This form of treatment is only considered in cases where radiation therapy is not an option.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA), Vice Chairman designate of the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC), today released the first edition of state-by-state economic snapshots for the 113th Congress. The reports detail each state's economic progress, and this month's report shows that one-half of the states and D.C. recorded private sector job gains in December while 168,000 private sector jobs were added nationally.
"While twenty-five states saw private sector job growth in December and manufacturing jobs increased in twenty-six states, much work remains to help businesses quicken the pace of hiring," said Vice Chairman designate Casey. "As Congress works to find responsible, bipartisan solutions to reduce the deficit and meet our obligations as a nation, we cannot lose sight of the fact that job creation is essential to moving the economy forward."
Report highlights include:
• Twenty-five states and the District of Columbia added private-sector jobs in December.
• Five states had statistically significant decreases in the unemployment rate during December. The national unemployment rate during the month was 7.8 percent, down from 8.5 percent a year earlier.
• Manufacturing employment expanded in 26 states in December. Overall, 180,000 manufacturing positions have been added across the country in the last 12 months.
The report uses recently released state-level data to explain how the economic recovery is unfolding in each state.


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Apple Inc. is a Cupertino, Calif.-based company that designs and markets personal computers, consumer electronics and computer software.
Apple is known for the Macintosh line of personal computers, the iPod portable digital music player, the iPhone mobile phone and the iPad portable tablet computer.
Read more about 'Apple Inc.'
Other product offerings and services include Final Cut Studio, which is a software package for the audio and film industry, and iTunes, a browser for various types of media.
The company was established on April 1, 1976 and then incorporated on January 3, 1977.
The original founders of Apple Inc. are Steve Jobs, the current chairman and CEO, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne.
The initial product was the Apple I personal computer kit, which were hand-built by Wozniak.
Soon after, Apple II and Apple III were introduced to the market. The Macintosh was launched in 1984. Although the machine had advanced graphics capabilities, it was expensive and had a limited range of software titles.
In 1985, internal issues caused Steve Jobs to resign from his managerial responsibilities at Apple Inc.
He went on to form two new companies, Pixar and NeXT Inc. In 1996, Apple bought NeXT Inc. and Jobs returned to Apple. In 1997, he took over as the company's CEO.
In the ensuing years, Apple released several new products including the Macintosh Portable, the PowerBook, the Macintosh LC and the Power Macintosh.
Beginning 1998, Apple started acquiring smaller companies in order to create its own suite of digital production software. Apple retail stores began opening up in various cities. One of Apple's most popular products, the iPod was launched in 2001.
In 2006, Apple transitioned its entire line of products to start using Intel microprocessor chips. Some of the older products were retired and new ones took their place.
A year later, the iPhone was launched. As more applications began to be developed for the iPhone, Apple launched the App Store. This portal allowed for the sale and purchase of third-party applications specifically designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
In April 2010, Apple unveiled the iPad, a hugely successful portable tablet computer that sold more than 300,000 units on the day of launch.
In December 1980, Apple had its initial public offering at $22.00 per share. Today Apple share prices have crossed the $300 mark. In May 2010, market capitalization of Apple surpassed that of its competitor, Microsoft, although Microsoft is said to have higher profits.
Fans have long admired Apple's innovative products, aesthetic design, graphics capabilities and intuitive user interfaces. Apple was voted the most admired company in the world by Fortune magazine in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
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STUDENTS from around the globe are making Ambleside their home after enrolling on the University of Cumbria's first ever international course.
Outdoor enthusiasts from countries including China, Australia and Germany are among the 17 students spending the Autumn term in the Lake District as part of their masters in Transcultural European Outdoor Studies.
The qualification is the first of its kind and is being run by the university, Germany's University of Marburg and Norway's School of Sport Sciences.
Course leader Dr. Christopher Loynes said: "Within this time frame, our ambition is to make the course a coveted choice for people interested in pursuing a career in the outdoor field. We also aim to develop tight links with non-European universities and make the course truly global. Eventually, we plan to make the course financially self-sustaining through the charging of student fees."
The course will be funded by the European Commission for the next five years and once students have left Ambleside in the New Year they will spend their next two terms at the other institutions.
While some of the students area already experienced in outdoor studies, for many this is a new area of knowledge and expertise.
Katerina Pata from Greece, who previously studied to be a pre-school teacher, said:"I couldn't find a relevant masters course in Greece and applied for courses elsewhere in Europe. I liked this course because I get a chance to go to three different countries and learn various approaches to the subject. My goal is to make the concept of outdoor learning more prominent in my country and create my own outdoor kindergarten."
However, others come to the course with a lot of experience like Wilson Wai Yin Cheung who is a former president of the mountaineering association of Hong Kong.
The students, who come from 15 countries, will be living in university accommodation in Ambleside and learning the theoretical knowledge and practical qualifications necessary to be successful outdoor industry professionals.
During their first semester they will undertake two week-long hiking expeditions, one in the Scottish Highlands and one in the Lake District and a week-long canoeing trip.
Next generation of reactors will be built at Sellafield and Heysham, the Government announced today as it pushes ahead with plans for new nuclear power plants.
In the first major announcement on the future of nuclear in the UK since the Fukushima disaster in Japan, the Government outlined the locations deemed suitable for new power stations by 2025, all of which are adjacent to existing nuclear sites.
The eight sites are: Bradwell, Essex; Hartlepool; Heysham, Lancashire; Hinkley Point, Somerset; Oldbury, South Gloucestershire; Sellafield, Cumbria; Sizewell, Suffolk; and Wylfa, Anglesey.
The plans for new nuclear power plants are part of a series of national policy statements on energy which were published today, following a public consultation.
They will be debated and voted on in Parliament, but ministers are hopeful that, with a pro-nuclear majority in the Commons, they will win the argument.
Nuclear power is one of the issues that divided Conservatives and Liberal Democrats when they entered Government together, with the coalition deal allowing a Lib Dem spokesman to speak out against any new nuclear plants, while Lib Dem MPs could abstain on the issue.
Lib Dem Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has since given his backing to new reactors, insisting they would not be subsidised by the taxpayer - although MPs have warned that reform of the electricity market could favour nuclear power and amount to a hidden subsidy.
The Government is planning the new suite of reactors to maintain electricity supplies and cut greenhouse gas emissions as an old generation of power stations is shut down.
The future of nuclear as a power source for countries around the world was called into question earlier this year after the Japanese earthquake and tsunami rocked the reactors at Fukushima, leaving radioactivity leaking from the plant.
Mr Huhne signalled last month that plans for new reactors in the UK were on track after an initial report on Fukushima from nuclear chief inspector Mike Weightman ruled out the need to curtail the operation of nuclear power stations in the UK in light of the situation in Japan.
The energy policy statements aim to provide a framework for making planning decisions so projects do not face "unnecessary hold-ups".
They set out the need for billions of pounds of investment in new energy sources, including 33 gigawatts of renewable power - the equivalent of thousands of offshore wind turbines - to meet the UK's future needs.
Energy minister Charles Hendry said: "Around a quarter of the UK's generating capacity is due to close by the end of this decade. We need to replace this with secure, low carbon, affordable energy.
"This will require over £100 billion worth of investment in electricity generation alone.
"This means twice as much investment in energy infrastructure in this decade as was achieved in the last decade.
"Industry needs as much certainty as possible to make such big investments.
"These plans set out our energy need to help guide the planning process, so that if acceptable proposals come forward in appropriate places, they will not face unnecessary hold-ups."
He said the coalition Government was determined to make the UK attractive to investors to ensure that the country had secure, affordable, low-carbon energy.


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This Jira roadmap gives an overview of the concrete release planning
This calendar shows the release dates and also JIRA Freeze and Code Freeze dates for the releases.
Activiti Cycle
The Initial Activiti Cycle Roadmap 2010 is posted here. It is not merged into this page, which is planned to be done after the first release.
Here's the Activiti backlog in Jira. That is the official reference. Below is that (not yet) list of issues ordered by priority for planning purposes. The list below in this page might be out of date.
This is a list of features that we aim for on a mid term and hence they didn't make it yet into the concrete roadmap which is maintained in Jira. This list is continuously prioritized based on community feedback. So delivery dates of these features can not be taken for granted.
5.1 Jan 1st
- Document activity type pluggability for engine and tooling (Tom)
- CI server setup (Tom)
- Spring JTA support (Tom)
- War embeddable packaging (Tom)
- Process instance migration (Joram)
- Reporting (Frederik)
5.2 February 1st
- Automated DB upgrade (Tom)
- Deployment upload with Probe / Modeling and deployment only from web based environment (Frederik) (5 days)
- Rules integration (Joram)
5.3 March 1st
- View logs in Probe (javax.util software log files) (Frederik)
- View activiti configuration file in Probe (Frederik)
- JMS (Joram)
- EJB invoke (Joram)
- DB support for MS SQL Server (expected from community)
- Rest API to expose process instances with filter criteria (5 days)
5.4 April 1st
- Task delegation when a user goes on holiday (Joram)
- Existing tasks
- New tasks for which the engine would assign it to that user
- Document how to add support for another scripting language (Frederik)
5.5 May 1st
- Mail forms: Complete a task by replying to a mail (Frederik)
- Asynchronous continuations ACT-126 (Tom)
- Implement BPMN boundary error event ACT-15 (Joram)
- Celebrate 1st anniversary of Activiti!
5.6 June 1st
- Async & remote access to service API
- Allow for Hibernate entities to be stored as process variables
- Allow for JCR nodes to be stored as process variables
- Instant process statistics ACT-121
5.7 July 1st
- Add LDAP support through Spring Security for the identity component ACT-116 (5 days)
- Dynamic sub tasks ACT-117
- Authorization + Impersonation through API and REST interface (10 days)
- Task, process instance and artefact discussions
- User provided process instance ids (is that necessary given the businesskey?)
- Search with Lucence
- CMIS document links as process variables
- OpenCMIS Document variable type (3 days)
- Check out/check in activities (2 days)
- Manage process cache
- Clear cache
- View list of cached processes
- Single sign-on (10 days, lot of uncertaincy)
- Simulation
- Specify bell shaped probability curves
- Specify scenarios
- Produce report of execution run
- Transient variables
- Task lifecycle pluggability
- Adding authorization to explorer / Viewing other people's tasks
- Extend dynamic task creation to allow subprocesses to be dynamically linked to user tasks.
- System variables
- Internationalization for task forms
Issues are small jobs that should be taken in between. Each release some of these smaller issues are prioritized and taken into the release.
- ScriptTask: Load script code from file or process variable @see http://forums.activiti.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=292
- ACT-112 Decide on JSON strategy
- ACT-50 review tomcat users in setup scripts
- ACT-62 Add more examples to demo setup
- ACT-63 Documentation: enhance task form example (vacation request)
- ACT-20 Task forms user picker
- ACT-77 Remove URL Rewrite
- ACT-34 Refactor JobExecutor threading
- ACT-97 Expose spring beans in Scripts
- ACT-9 Add auto open of explorer after setup
- ACT-93 Use CompiledScript to improve performance
- ACT-92 Limit visibility of Spring beans in Activiti expressions
- ACT-54 Runtime Linked sub-process
- (done?) Add generation of sources and javadocs to maven build profile that takes care of publishing to the public repository. @see http://forums.activiti.org/en/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=204


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svn co http://svn.codehaus.org/ashcroft/guantanamo
Do you have problems maintaining high test coverage? All code is guilty until tested innocent. Send the untested code to Guantanamo!
Guantanamo is a tool that can delete all code lines that are not covered by tests. It can also delete code that is not covered by the application itself. Guantanamo is part of the Extreme XP Tools family. Some thoughts about why it was created are written down here. Consider this sample coverage report by Clover:
Removing that untested code
Guantanamo has an Ant task that you can use to remove untested (in other words, unreliable) code. It is defined like this:
And used like this:
Guantanamo Ant Task Documentation
Where to write the modified sources
Path to Clover XML Coverage file (clover.xml)
Path to JCoverage XML Coverage file (coverage.xml)
One and only one of these must be specified.
After you have run Guantanamo over your sources, you can run Clover over the guantanamoed sources again and see the wonders it has done. In the case of our example, it would look like the following:
Eating our own dog food
Guantanamo is eating its own dog food. When it came to a working state, I ran it over itself, just to discover that there were lots of lines of code that were never executed. They no longer exist. And Guantanamo is still working fine. In fact, it has 100% coverage
Removing code that may be run from the tests but isn't run from the app.
This is maybe one of the more instersting usages of Guantanamo. Just instrument your code with Clover or JCoverage (EMMA coming soon) and run the application in the normal way. When the application exits there will be coverage data about what is actually being used by the application. Try running Guantanamo over this coverage report. I'm sure you'll find something different than what you found from running it in conjunction with your tests. You may have to delete some tests that tested "orphan" code!
- Always leave guantanamoed code in a compiling state.
- Work with other coverage engines than Clover (which is the only supported one for now).
Guantanamo has hijacked Ashcroft's JIRA, where you can post patches, bugs and feature requests.
Q: Does the deleted code get deleted from the original sources?
A: No. The original sources are always left unchanged. Guantanamo writes the modified sources to a different folder that you have to specify. It's up to you if you want to transport them back to where they came from.
Q: What about good code without tests? Will it be taken away and sent to Guantanamo too?
A: Yes. We follow our own rules here. Your code has to prove its innocence through coverage. We don't have to prove that the code has bugs, we just assume it has. And therefore it must be taken away. It is for your own security.
Q: If good code is removed, doesn't this question the validity of Guantanamo itself?
A: You can't prove that untested code is good. Things that cannot be proven good must go.
Q: Have you considered that enforcing too strict XP policies on developers may turn them against XP as a whole?
A: Mind your own business, or we'll send your operating system to Guantanamo as well. If you're not with us, you're against us you sloppy waterfall coder! If it isn't 100% covered it is evil, evil, evil!
Q: Why did you choose such a bad-taste name?
A: What's bad taste - the name, or what's going on there? Would you rather look the other way and give the tool a nice name like "summer breeze"?
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The assumption behind this tool is that code is guilty until tested innocent, whereas in Camp Delta......
"Code Is Guilty Until Tested Innocent" looks like the perfect t-shirt catchphrase for Guantanamo
The url http://builds.codehaus.org/public/project?project_name=Guantanamo doesn't work. "The requested URL /public/project was not found on this server."
URL fixed. Now I need to fix DamageControl!
<i>Q: If good code is removed, doesn't this question the validity of Guantanamo itself?
A: You can't prove that untested code is good. Things that cannot be proven good must go.</i>
You also cannot prove that tested code is good. The only thing you can prove
about it is that it passes some arbitrary test (of dubious quality).
Moreover (and moving up a layer) the test code is, itself, untested. So, by your metrics it is not "proven".
Tests have NOTHING to do with code quality. They simply test that something conforms to some "contract".
public String addTwoStrings(String a, String b){
return "foobar";
Now consider this test method extract:
String result = addTwoStrings("foo", "bar");
AssertEquals(result, "foobar");
The method would pass the test with flying colors.
So there.
And if that's the entire body of the test for the addTwoStrings method, you're fired. Bye bye, thanks for playing!
In general, it's a lot easier to write valid tests than it is to write code that implements the methods they test. Since writing tests to test the tests would be even harder than the original code, we rely on good coders to write good (relatively easy) tests that test the suspect (relatively difficult) application code.
I'm over my head with code, but there's an "instersting" that wants to be an "interesting," and where spelling is concerned, I'm not over my head.
How does it cope with "silly typed exceptions" like..
public Object clone() {
tryUnknown macro: { return super.clone(); }
catch (CloneNotSupportedException e)Unknown macro: { // checkstyle won't let me ignore this exception throw new ItsAllGoneWrongRuntimeException(e); }
Where's a human rights lawyer when you need one?
Q: Why did you choose such a bad-taste name?
A: What's bad taste - the name, or what's going on there? Would you rather look the other way and give the tool a nice name like "summer breeze"?
And what IS going there? Do YOU know? Or do you just THINK you know, you smug little snot?
Funny how your nice new tool (which is an interesting idea by the way) actually verifies what is going on, and takes action accordingly. It doesn't speculate, or act on what the guy on NPR SAYS is the code coverage. On the other hand, I'd hate to see what a tool called "Aslak" did to code - it would rush to judgment all over the place, no doubt deleting all sorts of useful code. You can guarantee that code "approved" by "Aslak" wouldn't even compile, let alone pass its unit tests!
In all fairness, I do understand that there might be some temptation to inject your political views into your programming, but it's really something you should resist. A good rule of thumb would be, if you can't stop yourself snickering and smirking (like a nine-year-old hearing "fart" ) as you assign a name to a new project, then that name is inappropriate, and reflects your shallow and puerile assessment of geopolitics.
I can't wait for your "BushIsSatan" application server...


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Emeril at the Grill: A Cookbook for All Seasons
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If you know Emeril, you know that he always takes cooking to the next level. And when it comes to grilling, that means that instead of hamburgers he's making Pork and Chorizo Burgers with Green Chile Mayo.
Instead of corn on the cob, he's got Grilled Corn with Cheese and Chile. Anyone can grill a chicken, but only Emeril would come up with Northern ItalianStyle Chicken Under a Brick (yes—a brick!). And while we all love peach pie, how about Grilled Peaches with Mascarpone and Honey?
You've never grilled like this before.
The 158 recipes in this book are easy, fast, and make every meal a party. And why should grilling happen only in the summer? Emeril at the Grill is full of techniques for both indoor and outdoor cooking, so you can keep the party going all year round. From drinks (Watermelon Margaritas) to meats (Grilled Marinated Flank Steak with Chimichurri Sauce, anyone?), from salads (Watercress, Avocado, and Mango Salad) to desserts (ever grill a banana split?), this is a grilling book like no other.
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Emeril Lagasse is a chef, restaurateur, and author of seventeen bestselling cookbooks, including his most recent book, Farm to Fork: Cooking Local, Cooking Fresh, and Emeril's New New Orleans Cooking, which introduced his creative take on Creole cuisine. He is the proprietor of thirteen award-winning restaurants across the country. He is the host of The Originals with Emeril and Fresh Food Fast, both appearing on the Cooking Channel. He is currently in his fourteenth year as the food correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America. In 2002, Emeril established the Emeril Lagasse Foundation to support children's educational programs that inspire and mentor young people through the culinary arts and promote nutrition and healthy eating.
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Lydia McLaughlin is the newest cast member of the reality TV show that millions love to watch, and others love to hate.
McLaughlin, 32, lives in Dana Point and will soon be appearing on televisions nationwide in the series "The Real Housewives of Orange County." Season 8 of the homegrown Bravo program that has spawned numerous copycats, from New York to Atlanta to Beverly Hills, will premiere at 8 p.m. Monday.
Lydia is married to Doug McLaughlin, 32, and they have two children: Stirling, 4, and Maverick, 2. The McLaughlins co-own and manage a quarterly luxury publication, Beverly Hills Lifestyle Magazine. They also own and operate Skylab Media, a Web design and digital marketing company, and run a gallery in Laguna Beach called Skylab Modern Art.
Lydia is the granddaughter of Canadian media mogul Geoff Stirling, founder of Stirling Communications International. One of Stirling's biggest properties is NTV in Newfoundland, North America's first 24-hour TV station.
McLaughlin, who has green eyes with a touch of hazel, brown hair and a big, friendly smile, recently sat down with the Register to talk about Dana Point, her experience filming "The Real Housewives of Orange County," and dealing with the other ladies on the drama-filled show. (She'll begin appearing on the program during Episode 3.)
Orange County Register: How do you feel being the newest "Real Housewife of Orange County"?
Lydia McLaughlin: I feel excited. I don't really know what to expect. It's totally the unknown. So, that's always a fun place, I think. That's where you get to grow and change and live, so I'm excited about it all.
Q: Are you nervous at all about the way they present you on national TV?
A: Well, of course, it's nerve-racking. ... So I would be a liar if I said, "No, I got this. I'm not nervous at all." I'm more anxiously excited.
Q: How did they pick you? Did you respond to a casting call?
A: Doug and I, through the magazine – we work with Lisa Vanderpump, one of the Beverly Hills housewives. She does a column in our magazine. So, I know her and so I've known the producers (Evolution Media), because they featured our magazine.
And then, Alexis is on the Orange County cast, and she lived across the street from Doug and I. She actually moved out, and my mom moved into her house. Isn't that a small world? Her kids and my kids go to the same school, so we know each other.
Q: So, did Alexis or one of them recommend you to Bravo or Evolution?
A: No, as far as I know, no. The producers have heard about me. And then they said they were interested in my life, and they wanted to get to know me, and then they found out that I knew the ladies as well. But they actually called and asked me if I would be interested in doing the show, and I said no. But Doug said, "Maybe you should take a meeting, and just find out."
Q: Why did you say no at first?
A: Because I don't think like I'm typical, when I think of a (Real) Housewife. It's not necessarily typically me. Doug and I are pretty innocent. We have a lot of businesses. I'm really involved as a mother. I don't want to be famous.
So I didn't really know what the draw was to it. And I thought like, "Oh, isn't that show based on a lot of drama and dysfunction?" That's not really what I'm about.
Q: Those are reasonable hesitations. But what finally convinced you to go ahead with the show?
A: I went to the meeting and I told them all of those things and was really honest, and they said, "We want you just for you. We want you always to be you, and you don't have to be any of those things you just said."
And so then I thought, well wait, what a big opportunity for me to be maybe a different voice, and a different role model, and maybe kind of different. If there's no pressure to be all these other things, then maybe it could be a good thing, and maybe I could use it for good.
Q: You (and Doug) haven't actually seen a whole lot of the show, "The Real Housewives of Orange County."


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At a Glance
Why Get Tested?
To help diagnose growth hormone (GH) deficiency or, less commonly, growth hormone excess; to evaluate pituitary function; to monitor the effectiveness of GH treatment
When to Get Tested?
When a child has signs and symptoms of slow growth, short stature, and delayed development or an adult has decreased bone density, reduced muscle strength, and increased lipids that suggest insufficient GH and IGF-1 production; when a child or adult has signs and symptoms of gigantism or acromegaly, respectively, that suggest excess GH and IGF-1 production; during and after treatment for GH abnormalities; when a pituitary disorder is suspected
Sample Required?
A blood sample drawn from a vein in your arm
Test Preparation Needed?
Generally none, unless instructed to fast
The Test Sample
What is being tested?
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is a hormone that, along with growth hormone (GH), helps promote normal bone and tissue growth and development. The test measures the amount of IGF-1 in the blood.
IGF-1 is produced by the liver and skeletal muscle as well as many other tissues in response to GH stimulation. IGF-1 mediates many of the actions of GH, stimulating the growth of bones and other tissues and promoting the production of lean muscle mass. Since GH is released into the blood in pulses throughout the day, it is difficult to interpret the results from a single GH test. IGF-1 mirrors GH excesses and deficiencies, but unlike GH, its level is stable throughout the day. This makes IGF-1 a useful indicator of average GH levels. The IGF-1 test is therefore often used to help evaluate for GH deficiency or GH excess.
IGF-1 levels, like GH, are normally low in early childhood, increase gradually during childhood, peak during puberty, and then decline in adult life. Deficiencies in GH and IGF-1 may be caused by a dysfunctional pituitary gland with decreased pituitary hormones (hypopituitarism) or by the presence of a non-GH-producing pituitary tumor that damages hormone-producing cells. Deficiencies in IGF-1 also occur where there is a lack of responsiveness to GH. This insensitivity may be primary (genetic) or secondary to conditions such as malnutrition, hypothyroidism, sex hormone deficiency, and chronic diseases. Genetic GH insensitivity (GH resistance) is very rare.
IGF-1 deficiencies early in life, usually the result of GH deficiency, can inhibit bone growth and overall development and can result in a child with a shorter than normal stature. In adults, decreased production can lead to low bone density, less muscle mass, and altered lipid levels. However, testing for IGF-1 deficiency, or GH deficiency, is not routine in adults who have decreased bone density and/or muscle strength or increased lipids. GH deficiency and consequent IGF-1 deficiency is a very rare cause of these disorders.
Excess GH and IGF-1 can cause abnormal growth of the skeleton and other signs and symptoms characteristic of two rare conditions, gigantism and acromegaly. In children, gigantism causes bones to grow longer, resulting in a very tall person with large feet and hands. In adults, acromegaly causes bones to thicken and soft tissues, such as the nose, to swell. Both conditions can lead to enlarged organs, such as the heart, and to other complications such as type 2 diabetes, increased risk of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, arthritis, and a decreased lifespan.
The most common reason for the pituitary to secrete excessive amounts of GH is a GH-producing pituitary tumor (usually benign). Frequently, the tumor can be surgically removed and/or treated with drugs or radiation. In most cases, this will cause GH and IGF-1 levels to return to normal or near normal levels.
How is the sample collected for testing?
A blood sample is obtained by inserting a needle into a vein in the arm.
NOTE: If undergoing medical tests makes you or someone you care for anxious, embarrassed, or even difficult to manage, you might consider reading one or more of the following articles: Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety, Tips on Blood Testing, Tips to Help Children through Their Medical Tests, and Tips to Help the Elderly through Their Medical Tests.
Another article, Follow That Sample, provides a glimpse at the collection and processing of a blood sample and throat culture.
Is any test preparation needed to ensure the quality of the sample?
In general, no test preparation is needed; however, since this test may be performed at the same time as others, fasting for at least 12 hours may be required.
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