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A foreign sound — applause — erupted recently at one of an endless series of public meetings on redevelopment of the old University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Neighbors of the abandoned east Denver campus had been upset for so many years at so many development plans that they spontaneously began clapping when they finally heard a proposal they liked.
The new concept by Denver-based Continuum Partners is generating high hopes from nearby residents and city officials. The developer is proposing a $500 million mixed-use community with a new-urbanism vibe that is receiving favorable reviews.
Click to see map of the Continuum Partners plans.
"Neighbors are responding positively," said Denver City Councilwoman Mary Beth Susman. "Continuum did their homework about what the community and council members were envisioning for the site. It is a 'village' concept with a sense of place, rather than a suburban shopping mall concept."
A previous development proposal that infamously sought to place a Walmart store on the 26-acre site was vehemently opposed by most neighbors.
The new plan by Continuum, still short on details, places more of an emphasis on housing and less on large retail.
Continuum Partners is an urban infill development specialist with a focus on creating pedestrian-friendly projects that include an array of residential and commercial uses.
The firm developed the Belmar mixed-use complex in Lakewood on the site of the former Villa Italia mall. It also is co-master developer with East West Partners of the Denver Union Station project in Lower Downtown.
"What I think separates us (from other developers) is the ability to create appropriate responses to the neighborhoods we come into," said Mark Falcone, CEO of Continuum. "The fun part for us is that everything we do is a little bit different. It's that type of intellectual challenge that really stimulates us."
Continuum was selected last month by the University of Colorado Board of Regents after several developers submitted bids to purchase the property at East Ninth Avenue and Colorado Boulevard.
The deal marks the fifth time in 10 years that a developer has attempted to purchase the property and launch a project. Previous efforts failed from a combination of difficult market conditions and neighborhood opposition.
Continuum now has the property under contract to purchase for $30 million. The company is conducting due diligence and, barring unexpected complications, expects to finalize the deal in December. Demolition and new construction would commence soon after.
"We are not planning to spend a lot of time kicking the tires," said Frank Cannon, Continuum's development director. "When we start, you will see an enormous amount of activity all at one time."
Four structures on the campus are slated for preservation: a parking garage at East 11th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard, the former bio-research building at East Ninth Avenue and Colorado, the historic nurses' dormitory on Ninth, and the five-story bridge across Ninth, which is proposed for conversion to a hotel.
Other buildings will be demolished to make way for an estimated 1,100 units of apartments and townhomes, parks and plazas, and 150,000 square feet of commercial space — slightly larger than the nearby Lowry Town Center. The development numbers are preliminary and subject to change.
"I am cautiously optimistic about the new plans," said Laurie Bogue, president of the Bellevue- Hale Neighborhood Association, whose residents surround the project. "We specifically like that they have taken the time to talk with neighbors, to listen to what the neighbors are saying about what we want for this development."
Bogue described the Continuum plan as "a breath of fresh air" compared with a previous plan by Fuqua Development, which first proposed a controversial Walmart store, and then a King Soopers that didn't fit with Denver's mandate to re-establish the street grid within the CU campus.
"It basically was a strip mall. The Walmart didn't go over well with neighbors," said Jeremy Németh, chair of the planning and design department at the University of Colorado Denver.
"Continuum is taking on difficult projects at difficult sites," he said. "The way they think is not about producing more vehicle-miles driven. It's about adding walkability, bicycle access, creating an urban environment."
Continuum's equity partner is CIM Group, a Los Angeles-based investment firm with $13.9 billion under management. Local team members include Zeppelin Development and developer John Huggins. Continuum also is negotiating for an undetermined amount of tax-increment financing from the Denver Urban Renewal Authority.
While Continuum is enjoying a honeymoon with neighborhood groups, some residents say they're still concerned about the project's effect on Colorado Boulevard traffic congestion and parking.
Continuum representatives have addressed both issues at community meetings.
"Colorado Boulevard is Colorado Boulevard. There is nothing we can do to fix the problem of Colorado Boulevard," Cannon said at a recent meeting. He added that Continuum's focus on pedestrian amenities and smaller-scale retail will minimize the amount of vehicle traffic added by the project.
For parking, the developer is proposing to build 600-700 underground spaces plus a 250-car above-grade garage, in addition to preserving the existing 1,200-space parking structure.
Neighborhood activist Lon Breslow, who helped organize the fight against the Walmart proposal, said he is happy so far with what he's hearing about the new plans.
"The design is quite innovative in its adaptive reuse of existing assets on the campus," he said. "The emphasis on housing with integrated public spaces, underground parking and a commitment to local business gives the plan the walkable urban neighborhood feel that we wanted."
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Solid Campaigns, Solid RTS gameplay, Solid Graphics, Great AI, and those memorable council meetings... :P Dragon Commander's combination of decent-RTS mechanics with surprisingly entertaining political/RPG elements make it one of the most memorable games of the year- and arguably the best.
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The Cartel SHOULD have been franchise suicide. And yet the Call of Juarez yet lingers in the ears for good reason. For a budget FPS, Gunslinger is absolutely stellar with outstanding gunplay, an entertaining story mode, and addicting arcade mode.
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Enemy Within is not just a supurb expansion. It's an avatar of the realization of how entertaining Firaxis' take on XCOM is in its own ways. I still feel Firaxis' take on XCOM doesn't do the old games justice- but Enemy Within made me realize it really doesn't have to.
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The antiquated AI is a major buzzkill- but outside of that, Injustice still squeaks onto the list via offerings of plenty of surprisingly accessible content for a fighter.

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Violence: Adults, including a married couple, argue. On several occasions a woman strikes her husband and her children (sometimes her victims grab her hands to restrain her). A mentally challenged boy is teased, bullied, locked in a closet and has personal possessions destroyed. (When upset, he sometimes hits himself.) Teens help another escape from a mental institution. The death of a soldier, and the sorrow of his friends and family, is discussed. An automobile accident results in injuries.
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As a non-qualifier, Iupati couldn't play football his freshman year at Idaho. Nor did he have a scholarship. His parents had to take out loans to pay his tuition. Far away from home and unable to play football, the perpetually positive Iupati felt out of sorts.
"It was tough," he said. "I wanted to transfer out. For some reason, something told me to stay."
It was a prudent decision. Iupati caught up academically and became a three-year starter. He also met his future wife, Ashley, after a home game against Hawaii; her cousin played for the Warriors.
Mike and Ashley married last February. They have a 6-month-old son, KoaAli'i. They'll be at the Superdome on Sunday, along with Iupati's parents and other family members, 17 in all.
Sitting at a table in a hotel ballroom, his gigantic, tattoo-covered arms jutting out from his tight-fitting, red 49ers jersey, Iupati leans back and laughs.
"Mike is just goofy," linemate Joe Staley said. "He loves to have fun. He's like a big kid — the biggest kid you'll ever see."
Iupati is massive, listed at 6-foot-5, 331 pounds. But he's isn't a kid anymore. He's a full-grown man, providing for his loved ones. Iupati, 25, bought his parents a house in Corona. They don't have to work anymore.
"That's what is so special about this kid," Harrington said. "He never looked at the NFL for the individual accolades. All I remember him saying is, 'If I make it, I'm going to take care of my family.' I never remember him saying anything about himself."
Even in high school, Iupati was unusually driven. One of the options to raise funds for the team was to sell ads for the game-day program. Each player had to sell $200 worth to reach his quota. Iupati sold $800 worth.
"That shows you what kind of a guy he is," Howell said. "He just goes above and beyond."
Iupati watched his parents do the same. Although they're financially set now, thanks to their son, they might move back to Samoa, Iupati said. His dad, a former mechanic at LAX, is in his early 60s and still can work. The language barrier makes that difficult here.
"That's what their whole goal was," Iupati said. "The goal was to bring us here, (stay) for 10 years, and move back after we're all successful."
One of their sons will start in the Super Bowl on Sunday, turning a family's dream into a wonderful reality.
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Dec 14, 2010 10:32 PM|dshrout|LINK
Hello all,
I am a seasoned desktop developer but I am new to MVC, EF and web development in general. I have been following the MVC Music Store tutorial but using my own database and project instead of the one from the tutorial.
My project is a web front end to a configuration database that lets us implement new Markets (a.k.a. Customers) for our IVR. For the View that allows the user to modify an existing Market I use a ViewModel class that has two properties. One property (clientData) is an EntityObject populated from a single row of the Client_Data table. The other property (callflowSeq) is a List of EntityObjects populated from about 40 rows of the Callflow_Sequence table.
The "Get" Edit method of the MarketsEditViewModel displays the Edit View fine but when I modify the data only the Client_Data table gets updated.
Here is my ViewModel:
namespace EVPClient.ViewModels { public class MarketsEditViewModel { public Client_Data clientData { get; set; } public List<Callflow_Sequence> callflowSeq { get; set; } } }
Here are the Edit methods from my Controller:
// GET: /Markets/Edit/5 public ActionResult Edit(string dnis) { var cfPrompts = from cfp in configDB.Callflow_Sequence where cfp.DNIS == dnis select cfp; var viewModel = new MarketsEditViewModel { clientData = configDB.Client_Data.Single(cd => cd.DNIS == dnis), callflowSeq = cfPrompts.ToList() }; return View(viewModel); } // POST: /Markets/Edit/5 [HttpPost] public ActionResult Edit(string dnis, FormCollection FormData) { var cfSeq = from cfs in configDB.Callflow_Sequence where cfs.DNIS == dnis select cfs; var viewModel = new MarketsEditViewModel { clientData = configDB.Client_Data.Single(cd => cd.DNIS == dnis), callflowSeq = cfSeq.ToList() }; try { UpdateModel(viewModel.clientData, "clientData", FormData); for(int i = 0; i < 40; ++i) { viewModel.callflowSeq[i].PromptID = FormData.GetValue("callflowSeq[" + i + "].PromptID").AttemptedValue; } configDB.SaveChanges(); return View(viewModel); } catch { return View(viewModel); } }
Here is my View:
<%@ Page Title="" Language="C#" MasterPageFile="~/Views/Shared/Site.Master" Inherits="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage<EVPClient.ViewModels.MarketsEditViewModel>" %> <asp:Content ID="Content1" ContentPlaceHolderID="TitleContent" runat="server"> Editing: <%: Model.clientData.Name + " (" + Html.FormatPhone(Model.clientData.DNIS) + ")" %> </asp:Content> <asp:Content ID="Content2" ContentPlaceHolderID="MainContent" runat="server">
Editing: <%: Model.clientData.Name + " (" + Html.FormatPhone(Model.clientData.DNIS) + ")" %>

 <% using (Html.BeginForm()) {%> <%: Html.ValidationSummary(true) %> <fieldset> <legend>Client Data</legend>
 <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.clientData.DNIS) %>

 <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.clientData.DNIS)%> <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.clientData.DNIS)%>

 <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.clientData.Name)%>

 <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.clientData.Name)%> <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.clientData.Name)%>

 <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.clientData.HelpPhone)%>

 <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.clientData.HelpPhone)%> <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.clientData.HelpPhone)%>

 <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.clientData.URL)%>

 <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.clientData.URL)%> <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.clientData.URL)%>

 <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.clientData.MinimumPayment)%>

 <%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.clientData.MinimumPayment, String.Format("{0:F}", Model.clientData.MinimumPayment))%> <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.clientData.MinimumPayment)%>

 <%: Html.CheckBoxFor(model => model.clientData.AcceptCheck)%> <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.clientData.AcceptCheck)%> <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.clientData.AcceptCheck)%>

 <%: Html.CheckBoxFor(model => model.clientData.AcceptCard)%> <%: Html.LabelFor(model => model.clientData.AcceptCard)%> <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.clientData.AcceptCard)%>

 <input type="submit" value="Save All" />
 </fieldset>

 Sequence	 Prompt Name
 <% for(int i = 0; i < Model.callflowSeq.Count(); ++i ) { %>
  <%: String.Format("Prompt {0:d2}", i + 1) %> 	  <%: Html.TextBox(string.Format("callflowSeq[{0}].PromptID", i), Model.callflowSeq[i].PromptID)%> <%--<%: Html.TextBoxFor(model => model.callflowSeq[i].PromptID)%>--%> <%: Html.ValidationMessageFor(model => model.callflowSeq[i].PromptID)%>
 <% } %>

 <input type="submit" value="Save All" />
 <% } %> </asp:Content>
It seems that I can't use UpdateModel() to update the Callflow_Sequence table but I can't figure out how to do it manually. Any help anyone could give would be greatly appreciated.
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Dec 15, 2010 04:56 AM|ignatandrei|LINK
please edit your code(hard to read), and also put your view.
Dec 15, 2010 01:39 PM|dshrout|LINK
I've fixed the code formatting and added my Edit View.
Dec 15, 2010 04:39 PM|francesco abbruzzese|LINK
this code is wrong:
<% foreach (var item in Model.callflowSeq) { %>
You are vinding a list, this means that the names of the input filed needs to be somethin like: callflowSew[0].Sequence callflowSew[1].Sequence....callflowSew[i].Sequence
and so on. The better option in your case is using TextBox instead of TextBoxFor............like this Html.TextBox(string.Format("callflowSew[{0}].Sequence", i), item.Sequence)
where i is a counter starting from 0 that you increment in the loop. This way you pass the correct names and the value to your inputs. model => item.Sequence just ptoduce the name "item.Sequence" that is wrong...Moreover all textBox will have the same name..so there is no way to fix acting on the modelbinder.
Dec 15, 2010 07:54 PM|dshrout|LINK
I didn't understand what you meant until I viewed the source of the rendered page. With the way I was doing it the 'name' and 'id' attributes for every Sequence textbox was "item.Sequence" (same problem with the PromptID textboxes as well). Now each textbox has a 'name' and 'id' equal to its 'value'.
That is definately something that needed to be corrected so, thank you for that, I do appreciate it, but I am still stuck on my original problem.
How can I traverse the FormCollection object returned to my controller and manually update the Callflow_Sequence table with the data it contains?
Dec 16, 2010 03:31 PM|francesco abbruzzese|LINK
I see....
The point is that The for each loop you made is still wrong!
Because you still give the same name to all your order items! If their name are equal how the model bilder can distinguish them?
The name YOU gave to your Sequence is: item.Sequence.ToString()
The name I suggested you is something like" callflowSew[0].Sequence" "callflowSew[1].Sequence".... and so on
You can achieve those names by writing: string.Format("callflowSew[{0}].Sequence", i)
where i is an integer starting from 0 you increment in your foreach loop
This way the names will be all different and will conform to the convention used by the modelbinder to retrieve collections from the FormCollection. It is not the modelbinder that need to lool on all equal names, but YOU when you write the names need to to loop on different names, by changing the index in:
" callflowSew[0].Sequence" "callflowSew[1].Sequence".... and so on
ModelBinder is able to read collection if their elements have names with indices like the ones i shwed you!
Dec 16, 2010 05:06 PM|dshrout|LINK
I kept the old for each loop (it's commented out) to give your first comment context for anyone who comes to this thread later. The second for each loop does actually give each textbox a unique name.
Here is a "view source" snippet of the rendered page:

 Sequence <input id="1" name="1" type="text" value="1" /> PromptID <input id="pid_0001" name="pid_0001" type="text" value="pid_0001" />

 Sequence <input id="2" name="2" type="text" value="2" /> PromptID <input id="pid_0002" name="pid_0002" type="text" value="pid_0002" />

 Sequence <input id="3" name="3" type="text" value="3" /> PromptID <input id="pid_0003" name="pid_0003" type="text" value="pid_0003" />

When I get back to the controller, if I access the FormCollection object (named 'collection') like an array I can see that it does contain the modified data but I just can't figure out how to write it back to my EntityObject.
Here's a screen shot: (The second call to UpdateModel() is obviously wrong but that's the root of my question)
Thank you for your patience, I hope I'm not missing an obvious point.
Dec 16, 2010 11:21 PM|francesco abbruzzese|LINK
Ok I see,
You generated unique names but they have not the format the model binder is looking for! The name structure must follow the herarchical structure of objects, The modelbinder try to bind the objects by matching the herarchical structure of objects with names. Model binder expect names be paths in the tree of objects. If you do this you can also avoid to use UpdateModel
For example if I have a Client object that is the top level model and such client ha a property named "Order" containing an order and the order contains a property "OrderId" in order for the modelbinder to retrieve the OrderId you must give to the TextBox containing the OrderId the name: "Order.OrderId". That is the name is obtained by putting together all property names on the path from the root model to your target property. Now if you have several orders into the Order property because such property is say a List, the model binder expect the names Order[1].OrderId.... names Order[7].OrderId......and so onthat is a general pattern of Order[i].OrderId. If your names are organized this way you don't need to call UpdateModel, but you need just passing your TOTAL MODEL as a unique parameter to your caontroller.
You are overcomplicating the matter, you don't need to call updateModel and passing it a prefix at all, you just need to give right names to your fields and then passing a UNIQUE parameter to your controller THE TOP LEVEL MODEL. Do this and avoid getting crazy playing with prefixes ...the MVC engine will do the job for you
Dec 17, 2010 05:14 PM|Dirkle|LINK
Hello dshrout,
Francesco's solution is correct and is what we had to do for a number of our solutions a while ago. This resource is what we used to get our solutions working quickly and easily http://haacked.com/archive/2008/10/23/model-binding-to-a-list.aspx. Hope that helps.
Dec 22, 2010 04:31 PM|dshrout|LINK
First, thank you both for your time.
I've tried everything you've suggested, including the haacked.com article, but I still cannot get my EntityObject updated. When I set a break point in my controller, I can see the modified data in the FormCollection object but I just can't get that data into my viewModel's EntityObject.
You said... "you don't need to call updateModel and passing it a prefix at all, you just need to give right names to your fields and then passing a UNIQUE parameter to your controller THE TOP LEVEL MODEL."
I think I now have the fields named correctly (see below), but I'm not sure what you mean by passing a unique parameter to my controller. What should my controller look like?

 Sequence	 Prompt Name

  Prompt 01 	  <input id="callflowSeq_0__PromptID" name="callflowSeq[0].PromptID" type="text" value="pid_0001" />

  Prompt 02 	  <input id="callflowSeq_1__PromptID" name="callflowSeq[1].PromptID" type="text" value="pid_0002" />

  Prompt 03 	  <input id="callflowSeq_2__PromptID" name="callflowSeq[2].PromptID" type="text" value="pid_0003" />

Again, thank you for your time, I really do appreciate it.
Dec 22, 2010 04:45 PM|francesco abbruzzese|LINK
In order for the above to work, your class
public class MarketsEditViewModel 04. { 05. public Client_Data clientData { get; set; } 06. public List<Callflow_Sequence> callflowSeq { get; set; } 07. }
should be the only argument of your controller, if you have other properties to add please add it to the above class try this: this way It MUSK run. if not, please do a self caontained project and send to my email I will debug it to see what the problem is.
Normally you don't need to care too much about name if you use the m=> m .property overloads of the helpers, because if you do it the helper write the right name for you.However in cade you use a list m =>callflowSeq[i].PromptID is not efficient since in a list it is not possible to take efficiently an element from the middle, so it is better you use a foreach loop that simply scan the list and then put both the name and the value manually in the model
Dec 22, 2010 04:45 PM|Dirkle|LINK
Try adding ICollection<TYPE> callflowSeq to your action method signature instead of using FormCollection. Then iterate through the collection to get your data.
Jan 05, 2011 03:42 PM|dshrout|LINK
Thanks everyone. My manager has requested that I NOT use MVC for this project so I am shifting to Web Forms. I plan on revisiting this once the app is in production because I really like MVC and I want to make this work.
Again, thanks for all your help, it is much appreciated.
Hope to be back soon.
Apr 30, 2013 07:31 PM|jstus|LINK
Here is example with FormCollection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lQr1zaVBEQ


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Sports Briefs, Jan. 16
After splitting a pair of games last week, the Granbury Lady Pirates fell from the Class 4A state rankings just a week after they returned to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches rankings at No. 20.
Granbury (15-11, 6-1 in 7-4A) is in a three-way tie for first place in district. The Lady Pirates defeated Fort Worth Trimble Tech (20-5, 6-1) 51-49 at home, but lost 46-40 at home to Aledo (18-7, 6-1). Aledo then lost at home to Trimble Tech, 50-42.
However, while Granbury fell from the rankings, Trimble Tech climbed from 21 to 16 and Aledo, while falling from 15 to 18, remain ranked.
The Lipan Lady Indians (21-3, 3-0 in 17-A) remained No. 2 in Class A Division II. They were playing at No. 6 Strawn (21-5, 3-0) last night.
Lipan opened the season as the No. 1 team in Class A Division II.
Also ranked from the area are the North Central Texas Academy Lady Pioneers (15-2, 3-0 in TAPPS 2-A) are No. 13 among small private schools.
No area boys teams are ranked. However, in Lipan's District 17-A, rival Huckabay (21-5, 1-0) is No. 5.
Trimble Tech, formerly No. 25 in 4A, fell from the rankings after a 57-56 loss to Wyatt.
A party to honor Granbury SEALS Swim Team coach Janet Steenberge's induction into the Texas Amateur Athletic Federation Hall of Fame is set for Saturday, Jan. 26 from 6-8 p.m. at Acton Baptist Church.
The event will include a pot luck dinner, slide show presentation covering 23 years of SEALS with comments by current and former members of the team.
Steenberge founded the team and is the only coach it has ever had. She was chosen for induction into the hall of fame this past fall, along with four-time Olympic gold medalist and former SEAL Dana Vollmer.
Steenberge was Vollmer's coach when the Olympian swam for the SEALS during the mid-late 1990s. She also helped coach her on the Fort Worth Area Swim Team prior to Vollmer winning her first gold medal in 2004 at the Olympics in Athens, Greece.
The induction takes place tomorrow night in Frisco.
Paula Marker made a hole-in-one at Nutcracker Golf Club recently, while Steve Green did the same at deCordova Bend Country Club.
Marker's shot was on the 105-yard, par-3 11th hole Sunday. She used a pitching wedge, and her feat was witnessed by Linda Dauber, Chris Mershon and Jo Boyles.
Green aced the 135-yard, par-3 fifth hole with a 9-iron. Witnessinging were Ken Lemke, Fred Drysdale and Robin Edinboro.
All Granbury boys and girls, ages 10– 14, are invited to participate in the Knights of Columbus Annual Free Throw Contest on Saturday, Jan. 27 at St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church's New Life Center.
The contest is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Awards and photos will immediately follow. All contestants will be recognized for their participation and will receive a certificate.
There is no entry fee. All winners advance to the next level of competition.
Anyone wishing to have their team photo or a shot of an individual accomplishment published in the Hood County News sports section can submit it by mail or in person to our offices at 1501 S. Morgan St., Granbury, 76048, or by e-mail to [email protected]
Area coaches are asked to please report scores of sporting events to the Hood County News as soon as possible after the event is over. This information can be sent in a variety of forms.
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Please include first and last names.
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Participants are expected to attend both sessions if they register. They will receive instruction from high school coaches and players on the drills in the GHS program.
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The Supreme Court decided Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie on June 25, and unanimously held that the search incident to arrest doctrine does not allow law enforcement officers to search data on cell phones without a warrant. "Without the protections this opinion provides, law enforcement officers could have had free reign to search vast swaths of personal, private information accessible through anyone's phone, simply by arresting him or her for any violation as small as driving without a seat belt or a minor violation of a restraining order," said Tillman J. Breckenridge, Counsel in Reed Smith LLP's appellate practice.
The cases arose out of law enforcement officers, after arresting suspects, viewing data on the phones they had at the time of arrest. The Court stated that the United States and California's primary justification for searching the phones without a warrant was the need to prevent destruction of evidence. In particular, the governments expressed a concern that compatriots of an arrestee could remotely wipe data from phones before police can obtain a warrant. The Court ruled that the justification does not support such searches because law enforcement can prevent erasure by turning off the phone or placing them in Faraday bags to prevent remote wiping. In addressing Faraday bags, the Court relied on and cited an amicus brief on behalf of criminal law professors prepared by Breckenridge, Reed Smith Associate Tara A. Brennan, and Professor Adam Gershowitz of William and Mary Law School.
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Mike Archbold holds the 'Best of Show' trophy after winning top honors at the first Rat's Hole Bike Show held in Texas at the 2010 Lone Star Rally. (below) Miss Ratsmate 2010 sits on the winning 2009 Suzuki Hayabusa.
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has been conducting world class custom bike shows for 37 years, but Ted Smith and crew broke new ground this year when it held its first-ever show in the great state of Texas. With almost 80 custom motorcycles lined up on Galveston's Pier 21 all competing for the vaunted "Best of Show" laurels, a steady stream of motorcycle enthusiasts and onlookers enjoyed the wild and wacky collection of cool customs at the
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While the predominant motorcycle competing in the event was a
customized in some manner, a healthy contingency of garage-style bobbers were also on hand. Baggers, as usual, were well-represented, but there were only a handful of super radicals, which is usually one of the most hotly contested categories at a Rat's Hole show. There was no shortage of American IronHorse and Big Dog motorcycles at the rally itself, so the low turnout of stretched and raked exotics with big V-Twins, tons of chrome and high-dollar paint is a little surprising but is indicative that this style of motorcycle's popularity has pretty much run its course.
Chief Judge Jack had his hands full inspecting the bobbers, over 1000cc and Antique classes. He's been judging the Rat's Hole Custom Shows in Daytona Beach for just short of an eternity and has honed an expert eye when it comes to recognizing what makes a bike stand apart, from innovation to originality. The consummate professional, he was busy getting down on his hands and knees to inspect each motorcycle up close and personal, scribbling notes on his tally sheets as he made his way from bike to bike. Jack flew in from New York the night before just to judge the contest and had to fly back out the very next morning.
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(ATC) rode away the big winner with "Best of Show" honors in addition to bringing the motorcycle that easily garnered the most attention at the competition. Mike Archbold, proprietor of All Things Chrome, a shop out of Hendersonville, Tennessee, has been in the chrome business for over 30 years. His shop specializes in manufacturing custom sport and superbike swingarms, billet parts and fat tire kites with an emphasis on customizing Suzuki Hayabusas.
All Things Chrome was the talk of the show. Not only did it win top honors, but this 2007 Hayabusa with the 1500mm Hoosier rear tire created quite a stir.
The winning bike was a striking 2009 yellow and blue Suzuki Hayabusa. Its front fender features chrome-plated vented screens enhanced by internal lighting. The formidable 'Busa powerplant, usually hidden behind a full fairing, is illuminated behind see-through engine covers. The front also has a trick rotating light kit. The multi-colored Hayabusa is slammed to the ground courtesy of its Air Ride Suspension and is equipped with a wicked Gatlin Gun rotating exhaust. The fat backside features an All Things Chrome 360 Out Side Drive swingarm. True to its All Things Chrome moniker, plenty of the shiny stuff dresses up the trophy-winning motorcycle, from ATC custom mirrors to its controls.
When asked how it felt to win, Archbold said, "I loved it. I never would have dreamed to get best of show with a sportbike. There were a lot of great custom Harleys and other bikes in the competition, so winning is like a dream."
But it was All Things Chrome's second entry that created quite a stir. At the end of the overstretched custom ATC swingarm sits a 1500mm Hoosier right rear outside drive tire, the largest sprint car tire you can buy. We don't know if it's official, but we dubbed it "The World's Largest Back Tire on a Suzuki Hayabusa." Archbold refers to it as "The Hater Bike" because of all the negative feedback he's received from superbike purists. But if you're looking for a motorcycle that draws a crowd, Archbold said with a laugh "It's just like riding around with Britney Spears naked on the back of your motorcycle." Cruising around on a customized blue 2007 Hayabasa with a monster Hoosier tire measuring out at about 28 inches tends to have that effect. It was built two years ago for Daytona Bike Week with the ambition of creating a sportbike with "the fattest bike tire around." At the Rat's Hole Show in Galveston, it was good enough for second place in the sportbike category.
The tank of this Lone Star chopper made it a favorite among the partisan Texan crowd.
One of the crowd favorites was a radical chopper with a tank formed in the shape of a cow skull, complete with big horns that wrapped around the stretched fork and paint like the Texas state flag. It also had twisted, barb wire-style handlebars, barb wire shift linkage and a custom seat in the shape of a horse's saddle complete with a saddle horn and a Holstein patch in the middle of the seat.
The '70s era was represented by a raked-out yellow chopper with a crazy-tall white banana seat and sick pipes that curved up and shot skyward equally as high as the seat. The front had curved Ram's horn bars and a Springer fork set out at a heavy rake. A small, custom tank set on the thin tube of the backbone of the banana yellow frame completed the retro-vibe of this classic scoot.
One of our favorites was a hardcore little black bobber with a drilled out backbone and a custom tank suspended under it with an industrial looking girder fork featuring the same drilled-out design. The look was complemented by drilled
This industrial-looking bobber was one of our favorites. Kick starter, jockey shifter, drilled-out with no front fender or brake. Cool.
out foot pegs and shift linkage. In true bobber fashion, there was no front fender or brake, and the fender on the rigid rear hugged the thin back tire. It had a kick starter, jockey shifter and what looks like a Dennis Goodson air cleaner. It also had a small belt on the left side open primary, and a Flyrite primary rear brake system connected directly to the rear rotor of the final chain drive. Twin custom pipes wrap around the engine and under the simple pan seat that's equipped with a small spring.
Overall, sunny weather at a great waterfront location brought out an appreciative crowd. With a healthy amount of competitors for a first-time event, the first Rat's Hole Bike Show was a great addition to the 2010 Lone Star Rally.
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bryan harley -send us a picture Bobby
November 12, 2010 09:06 AM
Hello Bobby,
I know exactly the bike you're talking about and it is a beautiful, classic Harley, but unfortunately I didn't shoot a picture of it. With 80 bikes in the contest and people alway stepping into shots, it's always a challenge to shoot bike shows.
But if you have a good picture of the motorcycle, send it on over to me at email@example.com and I'd be happy to put in our Rat's Hole gallery.
Thx Bobby
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November 11, 2010 04:11 AM
We would like to see a photo on this web site of the black and white 1946 ^45 that won 1st place antique classics restored.Restoration by Joe Flynn at Midwest Thunder in New Lenox,Illinois.Owned and shown by Bobby Coontz. I would appreciate that to show my gratitude for doing such a fine job on the restoration of my bike. Thanks,I enjoyed meeting alll you folks in Galveston and hope to see ya'll soon.
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With a brand new 9,600-square-foot township hall opened earlier this year, Berkshire Township officials are looking to sell their old building, and county officials have expressed some interest in purchasing the old facility to be used as an EMS station.
Former chief of the Berkshire, Sunbury, Trenton and Galena (BST&G) fire district Mark Almendinger broached the idea last year, but ruffled the feathers of some of the board members that oversee the joint fire department. After contacting Berkshire Township officials about their interest in selling their old building to the county, Almendinger, a Trenton Township trustee, was asked to step down. He refused and was fired.
But it appears that at least someone was listening to Almendinger's advice. On Monday, Berkshire Township Trustee Rod Myers attended a Delaware County Board of Commissioners meeting to inquire about the county's interest in purchasing the old building.
"We're stuck with a building that we would like the commissioners to entertain looking at the possibility of expanding EMS service," he told the commissioners.
The county is interested. Administrator Tim Hansley said that there are a handful of other locations in the area being looked at as possible sites for an EMS station, and he expects that within a month he will make a recommendation to the commissioners.
The addition of a medic station in the area would fill what is believed to be the last hole in the county's EMS coverage and relieve some of the burden on the Sunbury station, which is one of the county's busiest stations. The Sunbury station is often called on for accidents on Interstate 71 as well as many calls in the U.S. 36/Ohio 37 area.
"Our freeway response right now is fairly delayed," Hansley said. "We know that's a gap in our coverage area."
If the county does purchase the building, it will likely be at least a year before it is fully staffed, Hansley said. The building will require renovations that includes sleeping quarters and a kitchen.
Hansley estimates that those renovations could cost about $200,000.
But the county and Berkshire Township have been in this situation before. Last year, negotiations to purchase the building stalled after both sides failed to agree on a price.
"It's been kind of a waiting game ever since then," Hansley said.
The waiting game has proved costly for Berkshire Township. Myers estimates that it is costing the township roughly $1,600 annually to retain ownership of the building and he expects insurance costs to rise in the near future now that it is vacant.
If the county ultimately decides not to purchase the building, Myers said that the township is likely to list it under a realtor to gain more exposure. However, realtor fees could reduce the amount of money that township receives for the building and the property that it sits on.
"We don't want to give it away," Myers said. "That's public dollars that we would like to put to use in another area."
For Almendinger, the fact that people are trying to bring the proposal to fruition that got him fired is vindication of sorts.
"It's absolutely the right move and it shouldn't have taken this long to get done," he said. "It's a free resource for taxpayers of the fire district."


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This summer I have been working for my local council (Cornwall Council). I was hired to video the Renewable Energy Show 2011 which was held on the 28th & 29th of July at former Gaia Centre, Delabole, Cornwall, UK
Above - Former Gaia Centre, Delabole, Cornwall, UK.
Before the event I met up with the client and discussed what they wanted to be produced. We came to the agreement of
- Day of conferences from 9am – 4pm into individual videos
- Produce a Promotional video of the event
We also agreed a date when I could go and look at then venue of the event so I could deicide where to put the cameras for the conferences talks and also get a good idea of what the location was like.
For this Job I wanted two cameras recording the conference talks so I got my friend Ben Lean to help me out.
The day before the event, we went the venue to makre sure that the area that the cameras were going to be were clear.
I also spoke to the sound guy about recoding the sound from the sound mixer but he said that all the output were being used. So we were not able to record from the mixer that would give a high quality sound, so I decided to only way was to record sound via a Boom Mic.
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As we recently reported here, there have been a number of appellate decisions ordering class certification based on the existence of an employer's companywide policy – all while overlooking numerous individualized questions that would undoubtedly create manageability problems during trial. On December 30, 2013, the California Court of Appeal in Johnson v. California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., 2013 WL 6858373 (Cal. App. 2 Dist. Dec. 30 2013) anticipated these trial management issues and upheld the trial court's decision denying class certification.
David Johnson and three other former non-exempt employees sued California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. ("CPK") and alleged the company failed to pay them and other non-exempt employees for their off-the-clock work, including time spent performing opening and closing duties and working through their meal and rest breaks. Plaintiffs also alleged that although CPK's policies were "facially compliant," the company chronically understaffed its restaurants, resulting in missed, interrupted or late breaks. Finally, plaintiffs claimed that as a result of the aforementioned alleged violations, CPK failed to furnish its employees with accurate itemized wage statements.
The trial court denied class certification on the ground that common questions did not predominate the litigation. The California Court of Appeal agreed.
The Court recognized that the Supreme Court's decision in Brinker Rest. Corp. v. Superior Court, requires plaintiffs to show the existence of "a uniform policy consistently applied to a group of employees in violation of the wage and hour laws" (emphasis added). Here, the Court concluded that plaintiffs failed to make this showing. The court noted that CPK's company policy expressly prohibited off-the-clock work and similarly observed that if there were deviations from the company's official policy, this was due, among other things, to each individual supervisor's varied application of the policy. Specifically, the court noted that out of 89 employee declarations submitted by plaintiffs, only 42 claimed any off-the-clock work. With respect to the meal and rest break subclasses, the Court highlighted the trial court's findings that fewer than 50% of the declarations submitted claimed any missed meal or rest periods. As a result, the trial court properly denied class certification as to these claims.
Unfortunately for employers, this decision is not published and therefore, it is not citable nor binding precedent upon other courts. On January 9, 2014, the California Employment Law Counsel filed a request to publish this decision. If published, employers can rely on the decision for the principle that class certification is only appropriate where plaintiffs have shown with evidence that the company has a companywide policy of violating California employment laws. This is markedly different from other decisions affirming class certification where plaintiffs have shown merely that the employer has a facially neutral policy that allegedly violates California employment laws.
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Marcos Baghdatis claimed just his 15th win of the season as he defeated qualifier Benjamin Becker 7-6(8), 6-1 to reach the second round on Tuesday at the Swiss Indoors Basel.
The Cypriot, who reached the final at this ATP World Tour 500 tournament on his 2005 debut (l. to Gonzalez), converted three of his 10 break points for victory in one hour and 32 minutes.
Baghdatis set a potential second-round clash with top seed Juan Martin del Potro. The Argentine faces wild card Henri Laaksonen in his first-round match. Baghdatis is bidding to reach his fourth quarter-final of the season and finish 2013 in good form, having endured 14 first-round losses.
Sixth seed Kei Nishikori moved up one spot to No. 16 in the Emirates ATP Race To London after breaking serve five times to defeat Basel native Marco Chiudinelli 6-2, 6-4 in one hour and 32 minutes.
"He played much better in the second set," said Nishikori. "He was a little aggressive, trying to come to the net and I was feeling more pressure. I'm really happy to finish in two sets."
The Japanese No. 1 recorded one of the biggest wins of his career two years ago in Basel when he defeated then-World No. 1 Novak Djokovic to reach the final (l. to Federer).
Daniel Brands upset seventh seed Andreas Seppi, beating the Italian 7-6(3), 6-3 to earn the 50th win of his career.
Denis Istomin will face five-time former champion Roger Federer in the second round after defeating Horacio Zeballos 7-5, 7-6(3) in one hour and 47 minutes. The Uzbekistani will look to overturn a 0-4 FedEx ATP Head2Head record against Federer as he bids to reach his seventh ATP World Tour quarter-final of the season.
Ivan Dodig was granted a second-round berth when Carlos Berlocq retired just two games into their match with a right foot injury.
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Don King Productions and Sauerland Event have countered K2 Promotions latest offer to former two-time World Boxing Association heavyweight champion Nikolai Giant Russian Valuev (50-2, 34 KOs) to face World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (39-2, 37 KOs) with a deal calling for a 60-40 percentage split.
They approached us with a $1 million offer for Valuev to face Vitali, and Sauerland Event and I told them we would like $4 million for the fight, King said. Now theyve come back to us with a $2 million guarantee. We countered with a 60-40 split of revenue..
K2 is making the money more important than the attraction. They are promoting the money while I promote the attraction. The attraction recoups your investment and leads to profit. People-wise and money-wise, this is the way you have to thinkand people-wise is the most important.
King said he and Sauerland Event, on behalf of Valuev, are convinced that K2 Promotions, on behalf of Vitali Klitschko, are focusing on obtaining Valuev for the lowest amount of money when they should be focusing on auctioning the ability to host the event and television rights to the highest bidders.
If K2 Promotions auctions off the rights to become the host site for this extravaganza as well as television rights to Germany, Russia and Ukraine, we believe that alone will bring in over $10 million, King said. We are so confident in this that we are willing to risk guaranteed money in favor of 40 percent of the revenue stream, which we believe will bring team Valuev $4 million or more.
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Sarit remained in power from 1958 until his death in 1963. Throughout those years he concentrated on instituting new economic policies that favoured both domestic and foreign private investment. His commitment to economic development, coupled with a massive rise in foreign economic and military aid to Thailand (especially from the United States), led to a strong growth in Thailand's gross national product. Not only were large amounts of money funneled into the military, but there was also a major increase in the number of infrastructure investments, and many new highways, irrigation projects, electrification schemes, and schools were built. Sarit, seeking the legitimacy of the throne, also encouraged Bhumibol Adulyadej, who had succeeded his brother as king in 1946, to make the public more aware of the monarchy. The king and queen made frequent trips around the country and sponsored numerous public service activities throughout the period of Sarit's rule, and by 1960 they had become widely known and popular throughout the land. The monarchy, which had been in eclipse since 1932, once again became a significant institution in Thailand.
Sarit was admired by many as a strong and decisive ruler, but his popularity diminished significantly after his death, when the extent of his personal corruption became widely known. The aura of corruption haunted his successors, Thanom Kittikachorn and Praphas Charusathian, who jointly held power throughout the decade following Sarit's death. Their rule was, nonetheless, also characterized by the continuing growth of the Thai economy. During the 1960s Thailand became increasingly involved with the United States in the Vietnam War. By 1969 Thailand had more than 11,000 troops serving in Vietnam, and throughout the conflict it was a staging base for the U.S. Air Force. Huge sums of American money continued to pour into Thailand throughout the Thanom-Praphas years, stimulating economic development but also contributing substantially to the growth of corruption and a rising gap in the standard of living between rich and poor. Popular disaffection grew, particularly in the impoverished northeast and among alienated groups such as the Muslim Malays in the south and the Hmong in the far north, gradually crystallizing into outright insurgency.
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Faced with growing internal dissent, Thanom made halfhearted attempts to introduce minor democratic reforms before reimposing direct military rule in 1971. For many Thai, especially the growing number of middle-class citizens educated abroad and exposed to Western democratic ideas, this undermined their vision of the country's future. Students in particular felt betrayed and held huge public demonstrations calling for the promulgation of a constitution. Violence between police and students escalated, culminating on October 14, 1973, when government forces killed more than a hundred protestors. The army's commander, Gen. Kris Sivara, subsequently refused to use additional force, and Thanom and Praphas acceded to the urging of the king to go into exile. Most Thai today consider October 14, 1973, to be an even more important date than June 24, 1932, the date of the coup that ended the absolute authority of Thailand's monarchy.
For the first time since 1932, the monarchy assumed a direct role in Thai politics. The king chose Judge Sanya Dharmasakti, a former rector of Thammasat University, to be interim prime minister and to oversee the drafting of a new constitution. The constitution, promulgated in 1974, ushered in a brief period of parliamentary democracy in Thailand. Ranking members of the military, however, interpreted the open policy debates in parliament as an indication of political instability, and the triumph of communist governments in Vietnam, Cambodia (renamed Kampuchea in 1979–89), and Laos in 1975 was perceived as a threat requiring a stronger Thai government. In October 1976 the military, this time with the backing of the king, again took control of the government and abolished both parliament and the constitution.
The new coup polarized the country politically. Many students who had led or supported the movement of the early 1970s went into the jungle to join what had previously been a small rural-based communist insurgency. By mid-1977 the Communist Party of Thailand was beginning to mount an increasingly effective challenge to the military-backed government. Fearing increasing unrest, the military leaders—in yet another October coup—ousted the extreme right-wing government they had installed a year earlier and handed power over to Gen. Kriangsak Chomanand, who was open to a more democratic style of government.
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I've heard lot of discussions going about how Exchange ESE works and that the transactions goes from the Logs to the DB based on the checkpoint depth. I've collected some small info from different sources trying to explain how ESE writes transactions to the DB.
The following five subcomponents of ESE work together to move the data into the database and to its static form:
What about the checkpoint file and other components???
The Checkpoint File. The database engine maintains a checkpoint file called Edb.chk for every log file sequence in order to keep track of the data that has not yet been written to the database file on disk. The checkpoint file is a pointer in the log sequence that indicates where in the log file the information store needs to start the recovery in case of a failure. The checkpoint file is essential for efficient recovery. Without it, the information store would start from the beginning of the oldest log file on the disk and check every page in every log file to determine whether it had already been written to the database--a time-consuming process, especially if all you want to do is make the database consistent.
The Checkpoint depth. The checkpoint depth is a threshold that defines when ESE begins to aggressively flush dirty pages to the database.
ESE Cache. An area of memory reserved to the Information Store process (Store.exe) that is used to store database pages in memory. By storing pages in memory, this can reduce read I/Os, especially when the page is accessed many times; in addition, this cache can be used in two ways to reduce write I/Os - by storing the dirty page in memory, there is the potential for multiple changes to be made to the page before it is flushed to disk; also, the engine can write multiple pages together (up to 1MB) using write coalescing
In Exchange 2000 & Exchange 2003 we had two main files for each Exchange database which are:
The EDB file. The .edb file is the main repository for the mailbox data. The fundamental construct of the .edb file is the b-tree structure, which is only present in this file, and not in the .stm file. The b-tree is designed for quick access to many pages at once. The .edb file design permits a top level node and many child nodes. Tree depth has the greatest effect on performance. A uniform tree depth across the entire structure, where every leaf node or data page is equidistant from the root node, means database performance is consistent and predictable. In this way, the ESE 4 KB pages are arranged into tables that form a large database file containing Exchange data. The database is actually made up of multiple b-trees. These other ancillary trees hold indexing and views that work with the main tree. The .edb file is accessed by ESE directly.
The STM file. The .stm or streaming media file is used in conjunction with the .edb file to comprise the Exchange database. The purpose of the .stm file is to store streamed native Internet content. Unlike the .edb file mentioned previously, the .stm file does not store data in a b-tree structure. When a message arrives through the Internet or Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), it always arrives as a stream of bytes. In Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server, these messages are streamed directly to the .stm file where they are held until accessed by a MAPI client. So the content is not converted. That way, if the end user is consistently accessing mail through POP3, the mail items are pulled directly from the .stm file and are already in the proper state for delivery. In the case that the message is accessed by a MAPI client, however, the message is moved over to the .edb file and converted to Exchange native form, and is never moved back to the .stm file.
Note that we removed STM file from the Exchange 2007.
So how do the above components work together?
In Exchange 2007 we changed the database architecture in four significant respects, this is to make use of the 64bit platform so the result is:
And to push the ESE engine another step forward in terms of performance, Exchange SP1 introduced two major updates and some enhancements in the online maintenance process. I recommend reading part I at http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/11/30/447640.aspx and Part II at http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/12/06/447695.aspx
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