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For now, please visit the Texas Senior Shelter and Rescue Animals page on Facebook! Feel free to like our facebook page and post those seniors in Texas who certainly deserve a second chance in life. Unfortunately, the new timeline feature of Facebook hides posts by non-page admins in a block near the top of the timeline. You can view these posts by selecting "Posts by Others" in the button centered under the page header. Be sure to view both Posts by Page and Posts by Others to see all the senior animals features on our Facebook page. Please share our seniors to help them find homes.
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Welcome to Pretoria, a culturally diverse city that is charmingly situated amongst a string of forever blooming valleys and natural fountains along the Magaliesberg hills. This well sheltered city is located just about 45 kilometres northward of Johannesburg and it is a home to more than 1.6 million inhabitants. Other than being called by her recent name, the City of Tshwane, Pretoria is also called the Jacaranda city because of the thousands Jacaranda trees that ornamentally paints the metropolis purple in spring, around October.
In 1860, 5 years after its founding, Pretoria soon became the capital of the Independent Republic of the Transvaal, now known as the Gauteng Province. Between 1910 and 1961, as South Africa gained its status as a Union, the Union Buildings were built in Pretoria, making her an Administrative capital of South Africa.
The City of Tshwane is not only the Capital city of South Africa simply because of its governmental significance but it is rightful so because of its historical monuments, museums and breathtaking world-class architectures.
Being positioned about 1,370 metres above sea level, Pretoria's weather is one the most envied in South Africa. Average summer temperatures in the Jacaranda City is between 15°C and 28°C while an average winter temperatures ranges from 6°C to 23°C and a summer rainfall region of about 700mm per annum.
Pretoria has 281 active suburbs.
Between 2014-05-01 to 2015-04-30:
Compared to the previous year(2013-05-01 to 2014-04-30):
Full Title and Sectional Title sales in Pretoria had a combined value of R 18,123,444,015 with a median price of R 815,000 compared to R 20,423,799,582 with the median price of R740,000 for the prior period.
Full Title sales in Pretoria had a total value of R 12,817,279,683 with a median price of R 1,020,000 compared to R 14,399,790,238 with the median price of R900,000 for the prior period.
Sectional Title sales in Pretoria had a total value of R 5,306,164,332 with the median price of R 700,000 compared to R 6,024,009,344 with the median price of R640,000 for the prior period.
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Jacaranda city is the home of the National Zoological Gardens and the National Botanical Gardens amongst many other nature reserves. The city is only 47 kilometres from the OR Tambo International Airport and only 360 kilometres from the Kruger National Park.
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|Public Undecided on Hornets/Sixers Game
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|Tuesday, 23 January 2007 11:14
NBA Basketball: New Orleans Hornets at Philly Sixers - Hornets Favored
Team Page: New Orleans :: Philadelphia
50% of Bets Placed on Hornets +3 | Matchup | NBA Picks
The power forward looks to continue providing a badly needed offensive lift for his team Tuesday night when the Hornets (16-23) visit the struggling Philadelphia 76ers (11-30).
Oddsmakers have made Philadelphia -3 point spread favorites (NBA Odds) for todays game, the over/under has been set at 185 total points (View NBA Sports Books).
West had a season-high 26 points and 12 rebounds to help the Hornets to a 113-103 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday, their fourth win in five games.
New Orleans posted its second-highest scoring output of the season, three points shy of its total Nov. 9 in a loss at Golden State. The Hornets are scoring an NBA-worst 90.5 points per game.
"Everybody made plays when their number was called," said West, who had 19 points and 11 boards in a 99-86 defeat at San Antonio on Friday in his first game since suffering the injury Nov. 12.
West - a first-round draft pick by New Orleans in 2003 - missed 30 games following the surgery. Averaging 17.4 points before getting hurt, West now tops the team with 18.6.
West's absence became increasingly glaring as the Hornets lost three other key contributors after opening the season 8-3.
West, who finished last season as the team's top scorer with a career-high 18.6 points per game, was joined on the sidelines by Bobby Jackson (cracked ribs), Peja Stojakovic (back surgery) and Chris Paul (ankle sprain).
Jackson is the only other player to return, and had 15 points off the bench Saturday in his second game back after missing 21 of 22 contests.
Paul is expected back next month, while Stojakovic's return is uncertain.
As the injuries piled up for the Hornets, they went into a 4-19 tailspin, but have rebounded to win four of their last five.
With West and Jackson back, New Orleans will look to snap a three-game losing streak at Philadelphia. The teams have alternated wins and losses in the last six overall meetings, with the home team winning each time.
In the last matchup at the Wachovia Center on Nov. 21, 2005, West had 20 points and nine rebounds, but the Sixers prevailed 103-91.
The 76ers, owners of the worst record in the Eastern Conference, dropped to 3-14 against West foes with a 99-85 loss to San Antonio on Sunday. They fell behind 30-15 after the first quarter and could not recover.
"The start of the game was not one of our best," coach Maurice Cheeks said. "I think that's what put us in such a hole. We've been through that before where you put yourself in such a hole and you're trying to climb out of it."
Philadelphia has dropped four of its last five games by an average of 13.5 points.
Cheeks is expected to use 7-footer Steve Hunter and 6-11 Samuel Dalembert together in the frontcourt for the third consecutive game. They have combined for 43 points and 39 rebounds in the last two contests.
"It clogs up the middle and gives us a nice rebounding edge," Cheeks said of the big lineup. "It's a nice defensive presence in the middle, with those two guys."
The 76ers and Hornets will meet for the second and final time this season Jan. 31 at the Ford Center in Oklahoma City.
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BRISTOL — Volunteers packed more than a quarter-million meals last weekend in Bristol and Essex at the culmination of a drive to send aid to starving children. With Love From Vermont, a Christian charity that operates in Chittenden, Addison and Rutland counties, had been raising money for food packets specifically designed for the bodies of malnourished children.
The charity buys the supplies, organizes volunteers to put them into individual serving packets, and WLFV's partner, the international Christian charity Feed My Starving Children, distributes them.
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BRISTOL — Tuesday's step one for the top-seeded Mount Abraham Union High School boys' soccer team in the Division II playoffs was not a challenge.
Even though Coach Mike Corey went to his bench early and often and played his top players out of position for most of the game, the 14-1 Eagles coasted to a 9-0 victory over No. 16 Bellows Falls (4-8-3).
BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham/Vergennes cooperative football team nailed down the No. 4 seed in Division III on Saturday with a 42-0 win over visiting Poultney.
The 6-2 Eagles will host 5-2 Otter Valley this coming Saturday at 1 p.m. in a quarterfinal matchup, with the winner almost certain to travel to meet undefeated defending champion Woodstock the following weekend.
SOUTH DUXBURY — Cross-country runners from Mount Abraham and Vergennes union high schools participated in Saturday's eight-team Harwood Invitational Meet, and four Eagles posted top-20 results.
On the boys' side, Eagles Chris Carter and Connor Norland were 12th and 20th, respectively, as the Eagles were fifth out of eight scoring teams.
On the girls' side, Genevieve Chiola and Delaynah Leavitt finished 16th and 19th, respectively, as the Eagles took fifth out of six scoring teams.
BRISTOL — An architect/design firm has presented the Addison Northeast Supervisory Union School Board with three options for updating the 40-year old Mount Abraham Union Middle/High School building that are estimated to range in cost from $11.6 million to $26.9 million.
The board is seeking members of the public to serve on a committee that would investigate the options.
BRISTOL — Friends of the theater program at Mount Abraham Union High School held their ninth annual Duck Race on Saturday, Oct. 5, as a fundraiser for the Bristol school's fall musical.
A maximum of 500 ducks are sold every year by committed parents and friends of the musical tradition, yielding much-needed financial support for the November theater event that includes over a hundred middle and high school students annually.
BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham/Vergennes football team bolted to a 36-0 halftime lead against visiting Division III rival Oxbow Union High School on Saturday and cruised to 36-21 victory.
The Eagles scored three rushing touchdowns and one each on defense and special teams in taking their decisive early advantage.
BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Union High School on Thursday evening will host a first-of-its-kind summit that will screen two short documentary films about life in Addison County in the past and present, as well as feature historical presentations by Mount Abe students.
Faculty organizers of the Addison County Community Summit hope it will provide an opportunity for local people across generations to make new connections with each other and strengthen community ties.
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FAIRFAX — The Mount Abraham-Vergennes high school football team on Saturday saw tailback Tommy Lee Hodsden ramble for 300 yards on 23 carries, including touchdown sprints of 82 and 90 yards, as the Eagles defeated host BFA-Fairfax, 28-20, in a Division III clash.
ADDISON COUNTY — Late last week, the Mount Abraham and Otter Valley union high school field hockey teams both won games to remain unbeaten, while Middlebury lost its opener on the road in overtime.
On Saturday,the Eagles bested visiting U-32, 3-1, as Bailey Sherwin scored twice in the second half after a 1-1 first half. Mount Abe moved to 2-0.
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will the ATI Radeon HD 5870 work in a Mac Pro 3,1 8 Core early 2008
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Royce can't believe Slaughterhouse is actually going well for Joe and himself. All members of Slaughterhouse have never had this much success, they've always been the angry rappers pissing off labels, dissing other rappers (At one point even each other) and generally not getting any recognition.
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I use an Acer netbook win 7,with an external mouse. It's a small screen - 10.1 in.- and I have found recently (but not initially) that small windows opened for dialog or a new window selected from the task bar close again before I can even get the mouse pointer inside it to work........is there a way of making the window selection "stick" until a new selection is made ?
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I don't know if it's relevant, but I use a mouse with Netbook and Laptop. I find I have to disable the "trackpad" to avoid the mouse or cursor moving erratically as my hand brushes against it.
Could having two "mouse" devices running be causing problems?
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Try another mouse first before changing settings. It could be the surface the mouse is on that could cause this. Otherwise check the sensitivity of the finger pad that it's not too high.
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well I've tried those things, but no real change ! but mouse is less "fractious" with trackpad disabled thanks
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When Burger King customers step up to the counter, one out of every two orders the classic French fries, paying $1.59 for a regular carton of salty, greasy goodness.
The chain is betting that many of these fast food fans won't mind paying 30 cents more for a small order of their brand new 'Satisfries', boasting lower fat and calorie content thanks to a healthier batter.
Burger King will start selling their new crinkle-cut concoction on Tuesday, pitting the Satisfry directly against fries sold by their arch-rival McDonald's McDonald's, the nation's number one quick-service restaurant business (BK is #3, after Wendy's).
Burger King notes that a value order of Satisfries contains 190 calories and 8 grams of fat — 30% fewer calories and 40% less fat than a similar serving of McDonald's fries.
Like most French fries, Burger King's latest menu addition is comprised of potatoes deep-fried in oil. Executives at the Miami-based fast food giant say these Satisfries are less calorific and fatty thanks to a new batter recipe designed to block oil absorption.
This move is Burger King's first big gamble under recently appointed CEO Daniel Schwartz, a 32-year-old partner at 3G Capital, the Brazilian private equity firm with a majority stake in the burger chain. It comes after months of research and development, plus a level of secrecy that meant reporters had to sign non-disclosure agreements before tasting a Satisfry.
Burger King's innovation comes as fast food chains compete to appeal to an increasingly health-conscious populace. In 2012, for instance, the organic and natural juice market grew 13% to $2.4 billion, according to the Nutrition Business Journal. Much of this growth has been due to the explosion of boutique juice and smoothie outlets.
Burger King execs are betting that a customer with a hankering for French fries won't make the switch to a smoothie, but will instead be inclined to spend a little more on a healthier fry option.
Wall Street will continue watching the fast food battle for low-calorie supremacy with interest. "If you think about restaurant innovation this year, it has largely focused on buns: pretzel buns for hot dogs and burgers, which pump up the price to the consumer for this new taste-bud experience," said Brian Sozzi, CEO of Belus Capital Advisors.
"But the bottom line is this: the Satisfry — which still uses the word "fry", so the consumer should know it's not healthy — is still a fried product. The catch now is that Burger King has just created a higher margin item that could, believe it or not, be marketed to those focused on watching their weight. They're telling the workout enthusiast, 'if you're going to cheat on a Sunday, cheat with us, not the local pizza place.'"


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KNOXVILLE, Tenn (WVLT) Regal Entertainment Group says they are just days away from opening their new IMAX theatre at the Regal Cinemas Pinnacle Stadium 18 in Turkey Creek.
The IMAX specially-designed screen is 61 feet wide and 36 feet high.
It is slightly curved and moved forward to further immerse the audience.
To celebrate the new IMAX theatre, Regal Cinemas Pinnacle Stadium 18 will host promotional activities beginning Wednesday, December 12 with two full days of $2 movie screenings to benefit a local charity.
Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience will be showing during matinee showtimes and 300: The IMAX Experience during evening showtimes.
All proceeds from the $2 movies on these two days will benefit the Empty Stocking Fund.
The first news release to be shown on the screen will be Will Smith's thriller "I am Legend" on December 14th.
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One of the restaurant's managers was even keeping false pay records in a scheme that kept over $100,000 in its pockets.
Ismail Mohan is making his own desserts to give away like coconut brownies and calamansi curd.
Goodbye, Thai.
The juice is on fire these days, as yet another fresh squeezery sets its sights on the Westside.
The comedian suggests, "Los Angeles is the best place for all kinds of things," when it comes to eating well.
The red-headed chef will put his pen to your copy of Molto Mario next week.
The owner recalls his grandmother's black-boned chicken soup, served to him as a youth when he fell ill.
100% of happy hour and small plates proceeds will go to international aid efforts.
Andy Ricker's full sit-down restaurant has a name and an address.
The L.A. Weekly critic also praises Church & State chef Jeremy Berlin.
The owner's brother takes over with a menu that goes a little beyond the usual Westside Thai offerings.
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Find Northern Thai specialties at Night + Market's backyard barbecue this Sunday.
The new Thai spot replaces Pico De Gallo at 15th and South.
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The Thai street food restaurant starts a daily happy hour.
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This second part in our ongoing series reviewing health care fraud enforcement activities in 2011,i/ and monitoring enforcement in 2012, expands upon our prior discussion in part one (Part One Report) of the federal False Claims Act (FCA)—the government's primary and most powerful civil health care fraud enforcement tool. The FCA has been used with substantial success in past years to recover funds paid by the government allegedly for (1) services billed but not provided; (2) services provided but not billed in accordance with statutory or regulatory requirements, or administrative guidelines; and (3) services provided and accurately billed but not provided in compliance with an underlying statutory, regulatory, or contractual obligation. In 2011, this trend continued and accelerated.
Much of the FCA's power comes from its qui tam provisions, which permit private relators (often called "whistleblowers") to bring claims under the FCA on behalf of the government and which reward them financially for doing so successfully. The Department of Justice (DOJ) reported recovering $2.8 billion in settlements and judgments under the FCA's qui tam provisions last year. By far the largest portion of the 2011 settlement amounts—$2.4 billion—related to federal health care programs. In addition, the DOJ reported that the number of qui tam lawsuits in 2011 increased significantly—rising from between 300 and 400 cases per year to 638.
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Reigning champions Brisbane Roar's losing streak has stretched to four matches following their 2-1 loss to last season's runners-up Central Coast Mariners.
The Roar have fallen into a hole after a brilliant undefeated run and have now relinquished top spot to the Mariners who scored twice in the first half through Mustafa Amini and Pedj Bojic before Kofi Danning got one back late.
Elsewhere in the A-League, Gold Coast United recorded their second victory of the season with a 3-0 away result at Adelaide United who sacked coach Rini Coolen after the loss. Ben Halloran and Maceo Rigters put the Gold Coast ahead in the first half before Dylan Macallister grabbed a third in injury time to move them within one point of the second-bottom Reds.
Despite scoring first through Jeremy Brockie, Newcastle Jets were beaten 2-1 by Sydney FC who came back courtesy of goals from Bruno Cazarine and Juho Makela with sees the Sky Blues consolidate in fourth and the Jets fall to seventh.
Melbourne Heart's strong start to the campaign continued as they defeated Perth Glory 2-1 away with Matt Thompson's 33rd minute goal canceled out by Billy Mehmet two minutes later. Mate Dugandzic netted a late winner to give the Heart three wins in a row to remain in third as the Glory dropped to eighth.
And finally, Melbourne Victory returned to form with a 3-1 home victory over Wellington Phoenix to move to fifth. Archie Thompson scored early before ex-Victory midfielder Vince Lia put in an own goal and then Diogo Ferreira added a third in the 25th minute prior to Alex Smith's late consolation for the Phoenix.
Adelaide United: 0
Gold Coast United: 3 (Ben Halloran 18, Maceo Rigters 36, Dylan Macallister 92)
Hindmarsh Stadium, Adelaide – 7,967
Newcastle Jets: 1 (Jeremy Brockie 25')
Sydney FC: 2 (Bruno Cazarine 59', Juho Makela 84')
Ausgrid Stadium, Newcastle – 13,658
Brisbane Roar: 1 (Kofi Danning 83')
Central Coast Mariners: 2 (Musti Amini 6', Pedj Bojic 45'+1)
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane – 10,006
Perth Glory: 1 (Billy Mehmet 35')
Melbourne Heart: 2 (Matt Thompson 33', Mate Dugandzic 87')
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You try to mount a Storage Group database on a server that is running the cluster continuous replication (CCR) feature in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. If the database is repaired or is restored from a backup in such a way that its state is "Clean shutdown," the database is not mounted. Additionally, error messages that resemble the following are logged in the Application log:
Note This problem also occurs when you create a new Storage Group, and then you try to mount the new database.
Event Type: Error
Event Source: MSExchange Common
Event Category: General
Event ID: 4999
Date: date
Time: time
User: N/A
Computer: computer_name
Description: Watson report about to be sent to dw20.exe for process id: process_id, with parameters: E12, c-RTL-AMD64, 08.00.0685.020, mmc, mscorlib, M.E.C.R.C.ResourceHelper.GetResourceByGuid, System.ArgumentNullException, e187, 08.00.0685.024
Event Type: Error
Event Source: Microsoft Exchange Server
Event Category: None
Event ID: 5000
Date: date
Time: time
User: N/A
Computer: computer_name
Description: EventType e12, P1 c-rtl-amd64, P2 08.00.0685.020, P3 mmc, P4 mscorlib, P5 m.e.c.r.c.resourcehelper.getresourcebyguid, P6 system.argumentnullexception, P7 e187, P8 08.00.0685.024, P9 NIL, P10 NIL.
This problem occurs if the private properties for the nonworking Storage Group are blank. For example, the values for the DatabaseGuid, StorageGroupGuid, and Network Name properties are blank.
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
For more information about the cluster continuous replication (CCR) feature in Exchange Server 2007, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124521.aspxFor more information about the LDP GUI tool, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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You may not be able to have this test or the results may not be helpful if you are taking antibiotics, especially penicillin and cephalosporins.
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- More than half of people infected with pneumonia caused by mycoplasma develop high levels of cold agglutinins. Newer tests for mycoplasma pneumonia have replaced the cold agglutinins blood test.
- If clumped red blood cells (called a Rouleaux formation) are seen on a complete blood count (CBC) test, your doctor may order a cold agglutinins test to see whether high cold agglutinin levels are present.
- A blood type test is done before a blood transfusion or organ transplant to make sure that the donor's and recipient's blood types match. Blood that has high levels of cold agglutinins may be hard to type. To learn more about blood typing, see the topic Blood Type Test.
- If a person has high levels of cold agglutinins and has symptoms brought on by cold temperatures, it is important for this person to be kept warm. High levels of cold agglutinins in this case could lead to frostbite, anemia, or Raynaud's phenomenon. Medicines to help lower high levels of cold agglutinins may be given when severe symptoms are brought on by cold exposure.
- Older adults may have high titers of cold agglutinins that last for years.
- Cold agglutinins in the blood can cause problems with automated machines that measure blood count.
Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
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Chernecky CC, Berger BJ (2008). Laboratory Tests and Diagnostic Procedures, 5th ed. St. Louis: Saunders.
Fischbach FT, Dunning MB III, eds. (2009). Manual of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests, 8th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.
Pagana KD, Pagana TJ (2010). Mosby's Manual of Diagnostic and Laboratory Tests, 4th ed. St. Louis: Mosby Elsevier.
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Posted January 6, 2009 at 4:06PM
to the Norton 360 beta forum. If you're one of our team of beta testers you should by now have the test software safely installed on your computer from the download link I sent you recently.
As soon as you have Norton 360 running on your machine please post in this thread to tell us how your download and installation went. We're keen to know about any difficulties before we proceed further.
Please don't start new threads of your own - it will confuse the process. Once everyone has reported on a successful (or otherwise) installation we'll move on in a new thread.
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 4:54PM
Think we should just follow FEs instructions.
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 4:48PM
are we all going to be given tasks to do, and go off to do or figure out how to, then report back? Or do we just tootle off on our own to do whatever we please? (I like that word:tootle) Or something else entirely?
And when do we all get shipped off to a sunny mediterranean poolside where we can sip cool drinks in a civilised manner and discuss whatever problems came up? My bags already packed, just waiting for the official get go.
(first time beta testing)
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 4:38PM
but there are still a lot of missing persons. We'll leave this thread running for their installation reactions, assuming they'll come along at some point, and we'll move on with a brand new thread.
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 1:34PM
Sorry for the delay FE.
Having problems with my spare desktop PC's. The one I was going to use will not turn on, so I tried a new power pack with no luck.
I am at the moment configuring another PC I haven't used for a couple of year which is running Windows 2000 Pro.
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 12:51PM
Just got my system working again (2 failed hard drives, one of which when connected was causing the other drives to be invisible).
I reloaded the image that I took before I'd installed Norton and then installed Norton again. It took less than 2 minutes to install and this time I wasn't asked to set up Identity Safe. The updates also worked fine first time.
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 12:22PM
and in less than 10 minutes for install. No problems but a few issues I'd like to bring up. I'd like to mention them as they arise rather than at the end.
I'm using an old spare machine(so no loss in even of a catastrophic failure) that originally had norton internet security 2005 on it at the time of my responding to this. Ok, long out of date but I kept it up by manually installing updates. However, I got especially frustrated with it recently, ripped it out and as a temporary measure installed the old ntlnetguard that I had lying around. This still works and installs just fine. Its so good that its still up and running with 360 doing its thing as well. Dont know how this will effect performance yet, but so far 360 has had to ask permission to access the net. I'm not going to refuse it anything, just going to see where it will go. But there was nothing in the installation that prompted me about other AV products.
Incidentally, although I am deliberately trying to approach this with a lack of knowledge, i.e. an idiot, am I the only one who created a restore point before embarkin on this? (apart from backing up files?)
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 11:12AM
I'm off to the airport in 2 hours. I will join you good people on Friday (Far East time). It looks like downloading and installation will not be a problem. I just hope my PC starts up OK after lying idle for 6 months.
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 10:53AM
Installed OK - about 92Mb I reckon. One problem though, I created a Norton Account with a very memorable password and my e-mail address. Received the confirmation within a minute and followed the link in the e-mail to sign in. My e-mail and password was rejected. I have therefore followed the "Forgotten Password" link. Waiting for a temporary password.
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 10:13AM
Morning all, just booted pc up went straight to "Live update" np's at all.pc running great!!
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Posted January 7, 2009 at 8:17AM
A bit slow because I have the dreaded terminal death. however have just installed and updated it.
Just one minor glitch. I uninstalled Comodo firewall and Norton Systemworks and restarted the PC but, when I started the 360 installer it required a further restart. May have been an uninstaller not working correctly.
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I was just at Block today and now my boat is in Greenport after a nasty sail into some heavy winds. Anyway though I usually keep my boat in Patchogue and what I did was take it out to Shinnecock Bay this past Saturday, stayed overnight in a real nice anchorage in Shinnecock Bay and then Sunday sailed out Shinnecock inlet the next morning and it is about a 9-10 hour cruise to Block Island. The only tricky part about the trip is making your way through Moriches Bay so you have to plan it so that you go through there at high tide. That part of he trip was actually very very pretty and it only took about 5.5 hours to get to Shinnecock Bay from Patchogue. Shinnecock Inlet was a breeze.
Two weekends ago I went out Fire Island inlet and hit some big steeping waves as it is a long trip out that inlet but from what I hear is it is nothing compared to Moriches Inlet. A bunch of my friends who are the crazy fisherman type with twin 300hp outboards even say don't go out Moriches unless you have optimum conditions and you have been out it before on other boats. That inlet has a nasty reputation but I guess just like anything else if you plan it right and have good conditions you will be fine. If you are thinking about Moriches I would juse make the trip out to Shinnecock as it is only 3 more hours through nice, well marked channels and then you are a lot closer and have an easier inlet to go through.
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Condo, 2 Bedrooms, 1 Baths, 4 Sleeps
This property overlooks the Gulf of Mexico from a third floor balcony
with sliding glass doors that access the living room and master
bedroom areas. The kitchen comes completely furnished with range, microwave,
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makes sleeping four a breeze. Three TV's and a DVD player for entertainment. Children's room has TV w/built-in VCR and 54 different children's tapes to view. The dining table sits four with an additional two bar chairs at the kitchen counter. Completely tiled with area carpets to reduce allergens. You'll be so relaxed you won't want to leave. This is a Non-Smoking Unit.
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The Continental is an older building, built with a purpose - great location for those that want to spend time on the beach, without breaking the bank. There aren't many ammenities to the grounds: BBQ is a rust bucket, the pool is small and can handle only one family at a time. If you want to use the pool, I would recommend the mornings. But what makes the Continental great is the location, it is a very short walking distance to the beach. And because the Continental is small, the beach in front is not as crowded as the larger complexes. All the other renters for the week we were there seemed to be families too which wa comforting (nothing worse than ending up at a party complex).
As for the unit, we were pleasently surprised,(the pictures do not do it justice). The unit is very clean, the bedrooms are good sized and the beds are very comfortable. This unit only has one full bathroom, but that was sufficient for our family of four. Everything we needed was in the unit, an added bonus was the beach chairs, tent and toys. Also, a good selection of VHS tapes for kids to watch in their bedroom.
The view from this condo is priceless. On the third floor you can see beautiful sunrises, and the moon and stars over the Gulf at night. If you walk out the front door you can see the fireworks down the island or the ones lit from Claytons. We spent most of our mornings drinking coffee on the balcony watching the early birds jog and walk on the beach.
We really had a great time on our vacation. The price of the unit allowed us to use our money on other things like snorkeling, dining and other activities.
This unit is great, however, I would not reccomend it to those with very small children or those that have difficulty walking stairs. The Continental does not have elevators and carrying stuff up three flights of stairs can be trying for even those without health problems.
Lastly, a big thank to the owner, Katherine. She was very easy to work with and answered all my questions prior to our trip. We look forward to staying at her place again next year.
great place
"Non Smoking Unit" also means "No Smoking On Patio"Non Smoking Unit" also means "No Smoking On Patio
Activity and Interests
Area Attractions Include:
Schlitterbahn Water Park
Free Bus Service "The Wave"
Cinema Four (walking distance)
Dolphin Watch
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SPI Convention Center
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Payment is usually accepted in the quoted currency (USD) unless the currency and the amount is specifically agreed in advance with the owner / advertiser.
Additional information about rental rates
- Refundable damage deposit $100.00
- Cleaning $75.00
- Tax Rate 14.5%
Nightly Rate: $135 - $200
Weekly Rate: $995 - $1120
Monthly Rate: $1600 - $4000
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Stern: You did so much.
[Schindler looks at his car]
Schindler: This car. Goeth would have bought this car. Why did I keep the car? Ten people right there. Ten people. Ten more people.
[removing Nazi pin from lapel]
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Hilarious write up Smacky Steve! I was nearly crying from laughing.
So you got scratched by your cat!?! Now you've got the fever!!!
All I can tell you is that you will NEVER have another launch like that. One trip to the humiliation zone is enough to make even the most dense of people figure out how to avoid going there in the first place.
Reminds me of a trip to the humiliation zone I experienced with a new to me 19' Lightning, not quite as fast as a beach cat but it is a planing hull.
First launch. Mid summer. It takes time to step the mast and ensure that everything is rigged nearly correctly on an unfamiliar boat.
We finally get under sail in Lloyd Harbor (near Huntington) just as the sky to the west is darkening. Crap, a thunderstorm. I had my wife, sister and nephew with me and the general consensus was to head back to the launch ramp as rain, lightning and thunder came on quickly.
We beached the Lightning and I had the presence of mind to lower the main sail. For some inexplicable reason I left the jib raised as we all headed for my car in a vain attempt to stay dry. As with most thunderstorms there came a front of wind that I noticed was moving the tree branches around outside my windshield. About this time I began to worry what the winds from the storm might do with the jib still deployed on the Lightning. I ran down to the beach only to see my new Lightning about 20 yards from shore sailing off on it's own. By now there were lightning strikes all around me that discouraged me from swimming after the boat so I went back to my car in humiliation.
Fifteen minutes later the front had passed and we could see my new Lightning (#11416) capsized about 200 yards away with it's mast stuck in the harbor mud. We swam out to the boat and tried to right it by standing on the center board but no joy. The mast was well stuck in the mud and it was just high tide.
Plan B called for waiting for the tide to go out and we brought pitch forks, shovels and other gardening implements down to the scene of humiliation. I had to dig about the top 6' of the mast out of the harbor intertidal zone. The tip of the mast must have been 3' deep in the muck. On the bright side we ended up with a few dozen hard and soft shelled clams that turned out to be delicious.
When the boat capsized the upturned hull faced the wind and general direction of the waves which pounded the hull and pushed the mast deeper and deeper into the mud. It is surprising how quickly a situation can go from the exhilaration zone to the humiliation zone.
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I have been watching football for thirty-two years, now. It seems scarcely credible, but it is a fact nevertheless. Like most of you, I have seen hundreds – possibly thousands – of matches, but there is one that sticks out in my mind as my favourite, and I know that you almost certainly have one…
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Helpful information and examples on how to use SQL Server Integration Services.
Performing range lookups (i.e. to find a key for a given range) is a common ETL operation in data warehousing scenarios. It's especially for historical loads and late arriving fact situations, where you're using type 2 dimensions and you need to locate the key which represents the dimension value for a given point in time.
This blog post outlines three separate approaches for doing range lookups in SSIS:
All of our scenarios will use the AdventureWorksDW2008 sample database (DimProduct table) as the dimension, and take its fact data from AdventureWorks2008 (SalesOrderHeader and SalesOrderDetail tables). The "ProductNumber" column from the SalesOrderDetail table maps to the natural key of the DimProduct dimension (ProductAlternateKey column). In all cases we want to lookup the key (ProductKey) for the product which was valid (identified by StartDate and EndDate) for the given OrderDate.
One last thing to note is that the Merge Join and Script Component solutions assume that a valid range exists for each incoming value. The Lookup Transform approach is the only one that will identify rows that have no matches (although the Script Component solution could be modified to do so as well).
The Lookup Transform was designed to handle 1:1 key matching, but it can also be used in the range lookup scenario by using a partial cache mode, and tweaking the query on the Advanced Settings page. However, the Lookup doesn't cache the range itself, and will end up going to the database very often - it will only detect a match in its cache if all of the parameters are the same (i.e. same product purchased on the same date).
We can use the following query to have the lookup transform perform our range lookup:
select [ProductKey], [ProductAlternateKey],
[StartDate], [EndDate]
from [dbo].[DimProduct]
where [ProductAlternateKey] = ?
and [StartDate] <= ?
and (
[EndDate] is null or
[EndDate] > ?
On the query parameters page, we map 0 -> ProductNumber, 1 and 2 -> OrderDate.
This approach is effective and easy to setup, but it is pretty slow when dealing with a large number of rows, as most lookups will be going to the database.
This approach doesn't use the Lookup Transform. Instead we use a Merge Join Transform to do an inner join on our dimension table. This will give us more rows coming out than we had coming in (you'll get a row for every repeated ProductAlternateKey). We use the conditional split to do the actual range check, and take only the rows that fall into the right range.
For example, a row coming in from our source would contain an OrderDate and ProductNumber, like this:
From the DimProduct source, we take three additional columns - ProductKey (what we're after), StartDate and EndDate. The DimProduct dimension contains three entries for the "LJ-0192-L" product (as its information, like unit price, has changed over time). After going through the Merge Join, the single row becomes three rows.
We use the Conditional Split to do the range lookup, and take the single row we want. Here is our expression (remember, in our case an EndDate value of NULL indicates that it's the most current row):
StartDate <= OrderDate && (OrderDate < EndDate || ISNULL(EndDate))
This approach is a little more complicated, but performs a lot better than using the Lookup Transform.
The third approach uses a custom script component to perform the lookup. I wrote the script in two ways - one that simulates a "Full Cache" type lookup, and one that is similar to partial cache except it pulls back all values for a given natural key, instead of just the one for the given date range. The caching behavior is controlled by the PreCache boolean package variable.
I ran the three packages using the following environment (my laptop):
Here are the results, in rows per second (larger being better):
At 120k+ rows per second, we can see that the custom script (or better yet, a custom transform) is the best alternative here. We can also see that even though the Lookup approach was by far the slowest (3639 rows / second), it is still a viable choice when you're processing a small number of rows.
There's a couple of reasons that the Lookup Transform performs poorly here. First, because it's not able to pre-cache any of the reference data, it has to go to the database often. Second, it matches only on actual parameter values - it doesn't have a concept of ranges. Since it will only find a cache hit if all parameters are the same, it ends up hitting the database for almost every row (120k times). By comparison, the script component will only query once per unique ProductNumber (~600 times max).
So there you have three different approaches for doing range lookups in SSIS. I'm hoping we'll be able to either enhance the Lookup component to support this functionality in the future, or perhaps provide a new transform to handle this case.
In the mean time, please feel free to post / email any alternative approaches you might have.
I've attached the packages used in this post incase you want to try out the different options for yourself.
From the Lookup presentation I put together for the MS BI conference in October, here is a series of
This is just a place holder. Please see the post on different approaches of doing Range Lookups in SSIS
The SQL Server Integration Services team added valuable new caching options (and scalability) to the
Can anybody explain in brief the code used in the script component?
I have a scenario to implement the same.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Which part do you need explained?
Basically the part within the while loop.
Why is StartDate not considered in the code?
I am a starter, so please bear with me.
Thanks for your help.
An optimization. It assumes that everything up to the next end date belongs to the previous record.
Key 1, EndDate 2001/01/01
Key 20, EndDate 2003/01/01
Key 40, EndDate 2008/01/01
Key 60, EndDate NULL
If a record with a transaction date of 1999 comes in, we can determine it belongs to Key 1. If a record with a transaction date of 2004 comes in, we know it belongs to Key 40.
Note, this will only work if there are no gaps in your history. It assumes that your data has been cleaned before hand.
How do i redirect the lookup no match output in the script component if there is no dimension natural key available?
Can you please help me out with the code?
Thanks in advance for the help.
Even if redirection is not possible i would like to replace the corresponding key of the record like 1, which is the key for default record in my dimension?
waiting for your response...
You can redirect with the script by adding another output to the component.
Alternatively, you can replace the key value with 1 instead of throwing an exception like the script does now.
Hi Masson,
Thanks for the reply.
I tried replacing the key for the corresponding row to 1 instead of throwing the exception as you said. But it fails again. I don't want the script component to fail at any cost, just replace the key with 1 and proceed.
Below is the change I made to the code.
if (ranges == null)
Row.ProductKey = 1;
//throw new NullReferenceException("Couldn't find //value for product number " + productNumber);
Am I missing something here or should I do anything else.. Please have a look at it. It is very critical for me.
There is solution based on the third-party commercial CozyRoc SSIS+ library. CozyRoc has implemented data flow destination script, which creates memory-efficient range dictionary object. The dictionary object can then be used in CozyRoc Lookup Plus component. For more information and demonstration how to use the script, check here:
Hi, I'd really like to try out the downloadable solutions, but it appears they are in SSIS 2008 format.
Any chance a SSIS 2005 version can be made available too?
Thanks in advance.
Is it possible to get a VB.Net version of the script component's code? Thanks in advance.
I second that -- any chance for a VB.Net version of this code?


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Bangalore: The State Government has shortlisted five companies for the proposed 34-km High Speed Rail Link (HSRL) from Bangalore city to the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) at Devanahalli at a cost of Rs. 6,900 crore, including land cost.
The companies shortlisted are: Pioneer Infratech Private Limited and Siemens Project Ventures; Lanco Infratech Private Limited and OHL Concesiones S.L.; L&T Transco Limited; Reliance Infrastructure and CSR Nanjing Rolling Stock Company Limited; and ITD-ITD Cem-Soma Enterprises Joint Ventures.
Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, who chaired a high-level meeting here on Monday, said bids would be opened on August 12 and the letter of award would be issued on September 17. A singing of concession agreement would take place within 30 days from the issue of Letter of Award. The work would commence on the project in February 2011. The project was expected to complete in 33 months.
Of the Rs. 6,900 crore, the State Government would contribute Rs. 532 crore while the Centre is expected to release Rs. 1,040 crore. The State's contribution was mainly towards cost for acquisition of land. A sum of Rs. 175 crore would be spent per km of HSRL. The land required for the project is 65.95 hectares — BBMP land (0.96 hectares), other Government land (12.20 hectares), National Highway Authority of India (8.61 hectares), private lands ( 44.19 hectares).
For the execution of the project, 231 trees would be felled and another 375 trees would be pruned. It would save 15 million litres of fuel a year. It would be integrated with metro and the proposed mono rail, an official said.
The fare would be Rs. 200 from M.G. Road to BIAL, Rs. 150 from Hebbal to BIAL and Rs. 100 from Yelahanka to BIAL, the official said.
The project would assure journey to the BIAL in 25 minutes from the city.
Infrastructure Minister G. Janardhana Reddy, Chief Secretary S.V. Ranganath and Infrastructure Department Principal Secretary V. Madhu were present.


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