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Enermax MODU87+ 800W Power Supply
Ask any computer enthusiast to list a quality manufacturer of power supplies and Enermax will almost always be amongst those listed, and with good reason. Enermax consistently delivers excellence to consumers and that is how they have excelled in becoming one of the top power supply manufacturers around. Enermax strives to keep ahead of the competition in both features and performance.
The new MODU87+ 800W power supply that we have on the bench today promises to provide us with exceptional output and is rich with features. It is SLI, CrossfireX and 80 Plus Gold certified and even promises to be future ready with the implementation of their 12-pin connectors for future GPU's. Continue reading to find out more about the MODU87+ from Enermax.
Specifications, Availability and Pricing
Enermax has outfitted the MODU87+ 800W power supply with four 12V rails which are capable of pushing almost the entire load of PSU, maxing out at 792W. Those with power hungry video cards will find plenty of power here. How the rails are split up is a mystery at this point, but we will track that down once we take a peek inside. Enermax is known for some odd rail layouts, but always manages to make everything work quite well.
Short of being 100% modular like the SilverStone ST1000-P we recently reviewed, Enermax has every feature that you could begin to imagine including eight forms of power protection, a twister bearing fan that runs as low as 330 RPM for reduced noise, HeatGuard to keep the fan running after system shutdown to reduce PSU temps faster, a 50C rating to ensure stability at high loads for extended periods of time, and CordGuard to prevent accidental disconnection of the AC power cord. If you can think of it, Enermax gives it to you with the MODU87+ 800W power supply. All of this comes at an MSRP price of $249. 99 and is backed by a 5-year warranty.
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a1 Nutrition, Food & Health Research Centre, Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 8WA, UK
a2 Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, Guy's Campus, London SE1 8RT, UK
a3 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, The Queen's University of Belfast, Institute of Clinical Science, Royal Victoria Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast B12 6BJ, Northern Ireland, UK
a4 Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
The effect of dietary intake of flavonols (predominantly quercetin) on oxidative DNA damage was studied in thirty-six healthy human subjects (sixteen men, twenty women). The study was a randomised crossover study, comprising two 14 d treatments of either a low-flavonol (LF) or high-flavonol (HF) diet with a 14 d wash-out period between treatments. Subjects were asked to avoid foods containing flavonols, flavones and flavanols during the LF dietary treatment period and to consume one 150 g onion (Allium cepa) cake (containing 89·7 mg quercetin) and one 300 ml cup of black tea (containing 1·4 mg quercetin) daily during the HF dietary treatment. A 7 d food diary was kept during each dietary period and blood samples were taken after each dietary treatment. Products of oxidative damage to DNA bases were measured in DNA from leucocytes. The study had more than 95 % power to detect a change of 20 % in DNA damage products Plasma vitamin C and plasma quercetin concentrations were also measured. No significant differences in intake of macronutrients or assessed micronutrients, measured DNA base damage products, or plasma vitamin C were found between the HF and LF dietary treatments. The plasma quercetin concentration was significantly higher after the HF dietary treatment period (228·5 (SEM 34·7) nmol/l) than after the LF dietary treatment period (less than the limit of detection, i.e. <66·2 nmol/l). These findings do not support the hypothesis that dietary quercetin intake substantially affects oxidative DNA damage in leucocytes.
(Received September 08 1999)
(Revised May 24 2000)
(Accepted June 06 2000)
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During 2005, Charlotte Storm Water Services (CSWS) had the unique opportunity of partnering with a local developer to construct a pervious concrete parking lot at the new Wilmore Walk residential development near South End. Pervious concrete remains a relatively new Stormwater Control Measure (SCM) concept in the Charlotte area and this project, designed by Estes Design of Charlotte, served as the City's first pilot study to test the effectiveness of pervious concrete as a SCM in piedmont soils. Prior to installing the concrete, the parking lot site was excavated to a depth of approximately 2 feet. The bottom of the excavation was scarified to allow infiltration and pre-project infiltration tests were conducted. The excavation was covered with permeable filter fabric and filled with double-washed #57 stone. PCI Systems - The Pervious Company of Woodstock, Ga. installed the 6" layer of pervious concrete provided locally by Thomas Concrete. As part of the design, three monitoring wells were installed in the parking lot to monitor water levels within the stone sub-base. In 2007, CSWS contracted with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to conduct research on the performance of the pervious concrete by monitoring rainfall and the water level response in the stone sub base under the concrete. The monitoring information was then used to calculate the sub soil infiltration rate and determine the effectiveness of the pervious concrete as a stormwater control measure in Charlotte. Dr. Craig Allan and Megan Gray of UNCC conducted the study and performed the research on the site.
The following points give general facts on the SCM pilot project and results of the study.
• Pervious Concrete parking lot constructed in 2005 at cost of $78,124
• Parking lot surface area is approximately 6,500 square feet
• Pervious concrete thickness is six (6) inches with a #57 double washed stone sub base averaging 18 inches in thickness
• Rainfall amounts and sub base water level response was continuously monitored by UNCC during the period March 2007 through May 2009
• Thirty one (31) storm events that produced a water level response in the stone sub base were monitored during the study period.
• The rainfall amounts for these storm events ranged from 0.03 inches to 5.70 inches
• The porosity or void space ratio of the stone sub base is approximately 38.5%
• The average infiltration rate of the sub soil under the pervious concrete is 0.036 inches per hour or 0.86 inches per day
• From the study, we can conclude that a six (6) inch stone sub base would store the 1-inch water quality storm volume, which would then take approximately 28 hours or 1.2 days to infiltrate into the subsoil
• From the study, we can conclude that a ten (10) inch stone sub base would store the 1-year, 24 hour storm volume for Charlotte, which would then take approximately 65 hours or 2.7 days to infiltrate into the subsoil
• From the study, we can conclude that a twelve (12) inch stone sub base would store the 2-year, 24 hour storm volume for Charlotte, which would then take approximately 78 hours or 3.3 days to infiltrate into the subsoil
• From the overall project, we can realize the importance of scarifying or tilling the sub soil excavated surface prior to installing the washed stone sub base to improve sub soil infiltration capabilities in clay type soils
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A first for FSD partners in City of Brotherly Love
Monday, 03.5.2012 / 3:14 PM ET
By Bill Roose - DetroitRedWings.com / The Wheel Deal
|Ken Daniels called a Wings' game from ice level before he ever did in Philadelphia. But he and analysis Mickey Redmond will finally cross the City of Brotherly Love off the list this Tuesday. (Photo by Dave Reginek)
We're not sure how many other broadcasters – short of Hall of Fame voices Budd Lynch and Bruce Martyn – have called 1,000 Wings' games either on radio or television, but it's probably safe to assume that those gentlemen called games from every arena in the league during their extraordinary careers.
So how is it that in his 13-plus seasons with the organization, Daniels and his broadcast partner, analysis Mickey Redmond, will finally call their first Wings' game together from the City of Brotherly Love on Tuesday night?
"Over the years the networks have grabbed so many games," said Daniels, who can finally claim to have called a Wings' game from all 30 NHL cities. "You have to go back before Versus even, when Fox was doing games, too."
Tuesday will be just the seventh time that the Wings have traveled to Philadelphia for a regular-season game since the 1997-98 season, which also happens to be the year that our friends from the Great White North gave us the silky smooth articulator.
With five of the last six games played on either Saturdays or Sundays, it's certainly easy to see why the broadcast networks would have liked the Wings-Flyers matchup for so many years. It didn't hurt either that Detroit and Philadelphia played for the 1997 Stanley Cup and were widely considered Cup contenders throughout the next decade.
And while Tuesday will be the fourth time that Daniels has ever called a game in Philly – he's broadcast from there for Versus and CBC – the 7 p.m. game will be Redmond's first since his playing days ended more than 37 years ago.
Asked if he thought it peculiar that he's never called a game with his longtime TV partner, Redmond shook his head, and said, "I don't think so because in this world nothing is odd anymore. It's so odd that it's normal with the unbalanced schedule."
Both Daniels and Redmond are especially thankful to be calling this particular Wings-Flyers contest, if for nothing else, the pre-game ceremony which promises to be very emotional.
The Flyers' organization plans to retire Mark Howe's No. 2 before the game, which Fox Sports Detroit will carry in its entirety.
The entire Howe family, including its patriarch, Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe, will be in attendance at Wells Fargo Center. Also expected to attend, is Maureen McCrimmon, the widow of the late Brad McCrimmon, and the couple's two children.
Mark Howe and McCrimmon were defensive partners and friends during their Philadelphia playing days, and again for a short time in Detroit in the early 90s.
"Just knowing that they were best friends, it's really neat," Daniels said. "I know that Mark wants Maureen to be there for Brad and that's pretty cool."
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Soap - swallowing; Soap ingestion
Most bar soaps are considered harmless (non-toxic).
Immediately give the person water or milk, unless instructed otherwise by a health care provider. Do NOT give water or milk if the patient is having symptoms (such as vomiting, convulsions, or a decreased level of alertness) that make it hard to swallow.
Do NOT make a person throw up unless told to do so by poison control or a health care professional.
Determine the following information:
The National Poison Control Center (1-800-222-1222) can be called from anywhere in the United States. This national hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions.
This is a free and confidential service. All local poison control centers in the United States use this national number. You should call if you have any questions about poisoning or poison prevention. It does NOT need to be an emergency. You can call for any reason, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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The health care provider will measure and monitor your vital signs, including temperature, pulse, breathing rate, and blood pressure. Symptoms will be treated as appropriate.
Note: You may not need to go to the emergency room.
How well you do depends on the amount of poison swallowed and how quickly treatment is received.
Patients usually recover.
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The name Hansford has a long Anglo-Saxon heritage. The name comes from when a family lived in the township of Handforth, in the parish of Cheadle in the county of Cheshire.
The surname Hansford was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Hansford have been found, including Handford, Hanford and others.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Hansford research. Another 131 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 123 and 1230 are included under the topic Early Hansford History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Some of the first immigrants to cross the Atlantic and come to North America bore the name Hansford, or a variant listed above:
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Definition of minitower in English:
A small vertical case for a computer, or a computer mounted in such a case: the desk has a compartment for a minitower [as modifier]: the minitower case is sturdy
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- I'm not a big fan of having the 'long' lug-side of the socket along the top edge of the motherboard as it can make attaching a cooler tricky in a minitower case.
- This small black box from Proware does not stand out at first glance - it just resembles a minitower PC.
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There is a call for papers from Res Philosophica (formerly The Modern Schoolman). There is a also an essay contest with this that holds a $3000 prize. From the website:
Kierkegaard on Rationality
Guest Editor: Antony Aumann (Northern Michigan University)
Deadline for Submission: April 1st, 2013
2013 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Søren Kierkegaard. In celebration, Res Philosophica(formerly The Modern Schoolman) will devote a special issue to his work on the general topic of reason and rationality. Coinciding with the issue, the journal will hold an essay competition. The winner will receive a $3,000 award and the winner's article will be published in the special issue of the journal. Submissions to the special issue will be entered in the competition unless otherwise requested.
Six decades ago, a long-time member of the journal's editorial board, James Collins, saw fit to close his groundbreaking monograph, The Mind of Kierkegaard, with words meant to clarify Kierkegaard's views on reason and rationality. Collins's laudable efforts notwithstanding, the issue remains as vexing today as it was then. We continue to encounter all manner of interpretations. Some paint Kierkegaard as a counter-Enlightenment thinker who opposed the use of reason in almost every area of life. Others maintain that he merely sought to demarcate the limits of what reason can accomplish. Still others urge that reason played a vital role in Kierkegaard's thought and that he believed there are rational grounds for making ethical and religious commitments.
Part of the difficulty is that Kierkegaard often eschewed the typical genres of professional philosophers. He did not populate his texts with the sorts of systematic arguments we have come to expect from academic work. Moreover, he had scathing words for those who proceeded in this way. He even discouraged readers from "translating" his writings into a style of prose that fit the fashion. Thus, scholarly efforts to pin down Kierkegaard's views on any subject face serious challenges, not the least of which is the potential irony of engaging in an un-Kierkegaardian enterprise.
It is therefore with some trepidation that we welcome submissions on the topic of Kierkegaard's views on reason and rationality. We encourage papers that address the subject by analyzing Kierkegaard's writings, bringing them into dialogue with the work of his contemporaries, or situating them within the context of recent philosophical developments. Issues of interest include but are not limited to Kierkegaard's positions on the following:
- the role of reason in moral motivation and moral development
- the relationship between freedom and reason
- the relationship between reason and passion or emotion
- the place of reason in philosophical or theological writing and communication
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All papers will be triple anonymous reviewed—in addition to the anonymity between author and referee, the author is anonymous to the editor as well—so please format your submission suitable for anonymous review.
We accept pdf and Microsoft Word documents. Submissions should be no more than 10,000 words in length, including footnotes. Papers may be submitted in any standard style, but authors of accepted papers will need to edit their papers according to the journal's style, which follows The Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition). Style instructions are available as a pdf here.
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In recent years, Tamaulipas has upgraded 70% of its highways. Its logistics platform attracts and mobilizes the third part of Mexico's trade flow. In January, 2010, 120 companies have settled in Tamaulipas, a number on the rise during the last five years. In fact, the amount of investment is more than 3,785 million dollars and has generated 4,454 jobs in the same period. However, between July 2009 and January 2010, seven thousand jobs have been generated.
State land area is 30,822 sq. miles. The border between Tamaulipas and the United States is 230 miles long, and boasts a 260 mile coastline on the Gulf of Mexico.
Tamaulipas neighbors are Texas in the United States and the Mexican states of Veracruz, San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon.
Its strategic location makes it part of the NAFTA Route. In fact, foreign trade in this area grew 134.5% between 1996 and 2006.
The logistics platform in Tamaulipas is modern and efficient, with 11,373 miles of roads, 582 miles of railways, and five international airports. It is worth mentioning that the relocation of the Tampico International Airport has been approved by the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Communications and Transport Ministry). In addition, Tamaulipas has two deep-water seaports, Altamira and Tampico, and a port to be built in Matamoros. These ports positioned the State as an important logistics center.
The dry port in Reynosa, the Recintos Fiscalizados Estratégicos (Controlled Strategic Precincts) and the Puente del Comercio Mundial (World Trade Bridge), Lucio Blanco and Altamira, are significant assets in the region. Intermodal terminals in Nuevo Laredo and Ciudad Victoria and the so-called Logistics Activity Zone: Tampico – Ciudad Madero – Altamira, make this region an important site for attracting investment, with readiness for business and freight transportation. Along the 230 miles border, it has 16 international crossings, being Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa and Matamoros the most prominent. Between 1999 and 2008, 761 companies have settled in Tamaulipas, with an added investment of 3,785 million dollars. These companies are from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, India, New Zealand, Canada, United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Finland and Israel.
Tamaulipas has 45 industrial parks adding up 24 sq. mile.
Industrial clusters as the Electric-Electronic generated 53,031 jobs, the Agro-Industry, 4,800; Auto parts, 65,326; and Chemistry-Petrochemicals, 8,400 jobs.
The education system includes 903,982 students, 201,102 in Higher Education and Technical Training.
There are 5,714 elementary schools, 57 universities and technological institutes and 264 high schools.
Summing up, there are several factors that make Tamaulipas a major investment destination:
1 A border with the largest number of International crossings in Mexico.
2 A strategic geographic location and logistics platform.
3 A robust communication infrastructure.
4 Economic diversity.
5 Wealth in natural resources.
6 An enthusiastic workforce, young and educated.
7 A government that facilitates business.


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Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
by Joyce Carol Oates
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Family Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Paragraph)
Quote #1
"Stop gawking at yourself. Who are you? You think you're so pretty?" (1)
Connie's mother doesn't seem too interested in Connie's self-esteem. Maybe she is jealous and feels the need to take her down a notch.
Quote #2
[B]ut now her looks were gone and that was why she was always after Connie. (1)
This passage suggests a tragic rivalry between mother and daughter, when they should be friends.
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Connie's mother kept picking at her until Connie wished her mother was dead and she herself was dead and it was all over. (3)
A weird parallel is suggested here between Connie's mother and Arnold, between the family structure and sexual violence. Connie's mother's "picking" kills off, psychologically, Connie's very desire to live, in much the same way that Arnold's constant badgering convinces Connie to leave with him at the end of the story.


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The Steeple People Thrift Store accepts donations of quality goods for resale, and distributes profits to the community. It was founded in 1979 as an outreach ministry of Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church and is now a 501(c) nonprofit organization. In the past 35 years, we have given away over $800,000 to local charities and nearly $100,000 of in-kind donations directly to people in need.
2004 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55403. Phone: 612-871-8305
Parking is available in the lot at the corner of Lyndale Avenue South and Franklin Avenue.
Public Transit: Bus lines 2, 4, 113, 115 pass near the store.
Monday-Friday: 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM (Tuesdays until 6:30 PM). Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
How you can help us fulfill our mission:
- SHOP Come visit our store on Lyndale near Franklin, just 2 blocks from the church, across from The Wedge. You never know what you'll find – rare and recent books, clothing for kids and adults, furniture, linens, jewelry, art, dinnerware, seaonal décor, CDs, DVDs, and more!
- DONATE Cleaning your closet? Donate to Steeple People! We accept quality goods in useable, resalable condition. No matter how you donate, we provide receipts for taxes:
– Drop off items at our store (please call ahead for larger items or loads)
– Arrange a pick-up of 3 or more items of furniture (may be a small fee)
– Bring items to church (Sundays from Apr-Nov the SPTS van will be in the lot)
- VOLUNTEER Many people volunteer on a regular basis, and some come for a one-time opportunity. It is a great way to meet people, and to get involved with the community. There are often treats to share and conversations to enjoy. We need your help with sorting, pricing, and selling items, as well as professional assistance in many areas. If you have a skill please let us know, we could likely use your expertise! Hours are very flexible – you can work Sundays when our van is in the church parking lot, or any time at the store during our regular hours.
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Update Center notifier: how to launch it in the desired language.
By pierrot on Sep 30, 2009
Some interesting comment from Update Center bug 1802. It indicates how Update Center's notifier works in term of language.
The notifier can be started in several ways: 1) At login (inherits login locale) 2) By updatetool (it is started in the background a few minutes after updatetool is launched) (inherits updatetool's locale) 3) Manually via updatetool --notifier (inherits the shell's locale) You can use updatetool -n --shutdown to stop all running instances of the notifier.


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Making use of multiple independent ADF BC data sources
By Chris Muir-Oracle on Jan 11, 2013
An uncommon but valid customer use case for ADF BC is to have two root AMs that point at entirely two different connections/data sources/JNDIs within the same Model project. For example maybe you need to connect to both an Oracle and SQL-Server database to show data from two different database systems. Or maybe you even need to connect to the same Oracle database but two different schemas.
Now one solution to this problem is to solve it at the database level. This really is the preferred route as the database has some awesome tools for solving these sorts of issues such as database links, gateways and more. Remember that the database and these tools have all sorts of supports for tricky database issues such as distribution, 2 phase commits, all the sort of tricky issues that years of effort have gone into solving which to be basic, a normal Java programming team wont be able replicate.
However sometimes we're simply not going to be able to use those tools or we just want a simple ADF solution for getting data from two databases.
So how do we do this in ADF?
The solution is fairly simple, we need:
a) 2 separate database connections
b) 2 separate root AMs and associated VOs/EOs
c) Any page/fragment we drop the VOs/EOs, for the relating task flow we *must* use the <No Controller Transaction> option
In considering each of these parts to our solution:
a) It's not immediately obvious but we are free to use more than one database connection in our application as the following picture demonstrates:
When you have more than 1 database connection you must be mindful that via the Model project properties, the ADF Business Components options has a Connection poplist that defines the default database connection for the project to use at design time as can be seen here:
It's up to you when you run the various ADF BC wizards to ensure you have the right database connection selected.
b) Once you've defined your two connections, you're now in a position to use the associated ADF BC wizards to create your various ADF BC components. You will need to return and manage the default database connection at the Model -> ADF Business Components -> Connection project property to ensure you are connecting to the right database each time you run the wizards. JDev wont give you any help here, so be careful!
In the following picture it shows the end results of creating a Model project, with a Regions EO/VO exposed via the HrAppModule connecting to the HR Oracle database schema, and another EO/VO Customers exposed via the OeAppModule connecting to the OE Oracle database schema:
Note there's an IDE bug 16032880 we need to be wary of here and double check the IDE hasn't introduced an error with the associated JNDI data sources for the AMs. Each change to the Connection option at the Model ADF BC project properties level, it will override all the data sources of the root AMs with the one you just picked. If you locate the bc4j.xcfg file that holds the JNDIs, check that the data sources for the associated AM configurations are correct. For example for the two AMs, I expect to see the following <Custom JDBCDataSource> entries for each configuration:
HrAppModuleLocal <Custom JDBCDataSource="java:comp/env/jdbc/HrConnDS"/>
HrAppModuleShared <Custom JDBCDataSource="java:comp/env/jdbc/HrConnDS"/>
OeAppModuleLocal <Custom JDBCDataSource="java:comp/env/jdbc/OeConnDS"/>
OeAppModuleShared <Custom JDBCDataSource="java:comp/env/jdbc/OeConnDS"/>
If you do discover an error simply repair this in the file, save all, and the issue will go away. Ensure to test in the Business Component Browser to make sure the AMs are configured correctly and you can see data from both VOs.
c) Having sorted out the Model layer you can now move to the ViewController layer. Typically you'll start creating pages and fragments in your unbounded task flow (UTF) and bounded task flows (BTF) making use of the VOs you've just exposed through the separate AMs.
In doing so you must be aware that the transaction options you pick for your BTFs can change the connection behaviour of your AMs you have just setup. Here are the bounded task flows supported 4 transaction options:
Strictly speaking it's 3 options that are related, that being Always Begin New Transaction, Always Use Existing Transaction and Use Existing Transaction if Possible, plus the ability to turn this feature off known as <No Controller Transaction>. You can read more about these options here (see the Task Flow Transaction Fundamentals paper).
There's a back end feature built into the task flow transaction management where if your application makes use of multiple ADF BC data controls mapping to separate root AMs, at runtime ADF BC will try to share connections amongst the root AMs at runtime. While this may seem disastrous to what we're attempting to achieve here, this feature is very important for creating scalable applications where our architecture has forced us to create separate root AMs, typically we don't want one user to take out several database connections.
Luckily task flows still provide a solution for our use case that is counter to this described functionality. Rather than picking one of the BTF transaction options, that being Always Begin New Transaction, Always Use Existing Transaction and Use Existing Transaction if Possible, instead pick the <No Controller Transaction> option. The <No Controller Transaction> option doesn't override the connections of the root AMs and allows them to connect to any JNDI they define at runtime.
And that's all there really is to the solution. You just need to make sure you have the right configurations for your root AMs, the Model project ADF BC connection, and the task flow transaction options.
Questionably what about the unbounded task flow? It doesn't allow us to define any transaction options, what do we do if we use our VOs in pages/fragments of the UTF? For all intent and purposes you can treat the UTF as using the <No Controller Transaction> option.
What about the task flow Share Data Controls with Calling Task Flow option? What do we set that to? The previous Task Flow Transaction Fundamentals paper details that in full, but to say, if you untick that option (known as an isolated data control scope) for the current BTF, a brand new instance of the current root AM and relating VOs/EOs will be instantiated for the current user for the life of the BTF. If you select the check box (known as a shared data control scope), if an instance of the ADF BC AM is already being used in a previous BTF that called this BTF, simple the ADF BC AM data control will be shared. If it doesn't yet exist it will be created for the first time.
Sample App
I've provided a sample application for you to see this behaviour based on the scenario described above. It requires access to both the HR and OE sample Oracle database schemas.
When you run the app via the Splash.jsf page and navigate to the CombinedTaskFlow, back in JDev open the database navigator and locate both tables in the separate schemas, and the associated records that are currently showing in the app. Now in the app you can change and commit each VO and watch the changes independently saved to the corresponding records in the separate schemas in the database. Note you can change and commit the records independently, committing one will not commit the other.
It's worth while having a look at how things break too. If you open the CombinedTaskFlow.xml in JDeveloper and change the BTF transaction options to Always Begin New Transaction, rerun the app, you'll notice on arriving at the CombinedTaskFlow you'll receive a database error "ORA-00942: table or view does not exist". As described previously the other BTF transaction options combine/share the connection of the first root AM at runtime, in this case the HrConn. As such as soon as the CustomersView attempts to query from the CUSTOMERS table in the database, as its root AM is now sharing the connection of the HR root AM it can't see the required tables.
Alternatively if you fix this change and return to the ADF Business Components Connection option under the Model project properties, and switch the connection to OeConn, this will modify all the JNDI connections in the relating bc4j.xcfg file to point at the OE schema. On rerunning your app you'll again see "ORA-00942: table or view does not exist". Again in this case be cognizant of bug 16032880 described earlier and how to fix the problem.


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EXCLUSIVE DC PREVIEW: Supergirl #37
by Newsarama Staff
Date: 20 January 2009 Time: 07:26 AM ET
DC Comics has provided Newsarama with an exclusive preview of this week's Supergirl #37, kicking ff the "Who is Superwoman?" arc. The issue is written by Sterling Gates, with art by Jamal Igle, and the solicitation reads: "Who is Superwoman?"part 1 of 5 and a "Faces of Evil"issue! After her encounter with the mysterious Superwoman, Supergirl is left with two burning questions: who is Superwoman, and what gives her the right to wear the symbol of the House of El? The answers lead Supergirl into the darkest depths of New Krypton and drastically alter the Superman Family forever!


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Research: Developer of generative design to support group-based, socially mediated, STEM focused classroom learning for grades three through university. Developer of highly interactive network technologies to support generative learning and teaching. Innovation, especially computationally based, related to having young learners understand advanced topics, and systems-based approaches, in STEM domains (e.g., integrating learning calculus and learning "the basics" in elementary school or learning entropy ideas at the same time that energy-related conservation ideas are introduced). Modeling approaches to school reform. Formal critic of, and developer of scalable, STEM-focused, alternatives to, current high-stakes testing methodologies. Funding has come from the National Endowment for the Humanities (philosophy), the National Science Foundation (including a CAREER Award), Ministries of Education in Mexico, as well as from various private foundations and corporations.
Teaching: Served on the original Executive Steering Committee that brought the now nationally recognized UTeach Natural Sciences and Engineering teacher certification program into existence (UTeach is now scaling, with external funding, to more the 30 colleges and universities in the US). Developed first version of, and continues to teach, the Knowing and Learning in STEM Education course as well as the Classroom Interactions course in the UTeach program. Has taught elementary science and mathematics methods courses (including the Bilingual Education Cohort). Was a teacher of record for almost ten years and worked for the Algebra Project in inner city Boston before being recruited to Texas. Teaches a number of graduate courses including the capstone course, Systemic Reform in STEM Education.
Research Interests and Expertise
Generative design for group-situated learning and teaching, evaluation and modeling systemic reform especially in under-served contexts, the early learning of advanced mathematics (e.g., calculus) and science (e.g., entropy, complexity theory), development of network-mediated group learning environments and technologies, and the interaction of cognitive research, policy and domain-specific insight.


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Burne named America East Scholar-Athlete of the Year
July 24, 2014
Cambridge, Mass. – Olivia Burne '14 of the Stony Brook women's cross country and track and field teams is not done adding to her list of collegiate accolades. The Palmerston North, New Zealand product has been named the 2013-14 America East Scholar-Athlete of the Year, conference officials announced Thursday afternoon.
Burne became the first performer to be named America East Scholar-Athlete three times in one athletic year since 2006-07 by receiving the recognition in cross country and indoor and outdoor track and field. She was the second Seawolf to be dubbed America East Woman of the Year, joining former teammate and fellow-New Zealand native Lucy Van Dalen '12 (2012).
Burne, who graduated with a 3.84 in journalism, claimed an individual conference title in each of the final four championship meets of her Stony Brook career. After taking the 1,500-meter run at the 2013 outdoor championships, she went on to win the 2013 cross country, 2014 indoor 1,000-meter and 2014 1,500-meter crowns. A two-time All-Region honoree in cross country (2013 and '14), Burne garnered second-team All-America status in the mile at the 2013-14 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships.
A team captain for cross country and track and field, Burne was named to an America East All-Academic Team seven times throughout her collegiate career and earned a spot on the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in 2013 and '14. She served as the campus president for The Supply, an organization dedicated to transforming urban slums.
Burne is the fourth Seawolf to be tabbed America East Scholar-Athlete of the Year and third in the last three years. Jenny Payne '03 was the first in 2002-03, and Van Dalen and Tyler Johnson '12 received the honor in 2011-12.


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It seems like everyone and his dog has some sort of loyalty scheme nowadays. You can collect points when you shop in your local supermarket, when you take a trip in a plane and now, even when you Microsoft's Live Search. It's a scheme called SearchPerks and is designed to allow web surfers to collect tickets ("points") that they can redeem for various prizes. This technique worked for Tesco, so why shouldn't it work for Microsoft?
Well, the bottom line is that Microsoft's search engines consistently returns worse results than Google. Don't believe me? Try it for a few days. You'll find yourself switching back to Google when you REALLY need to find something. The problem that Microsoft faces is not one of getting people to try their product, the problem is that their search technology is inferior to Google, and at the end of the day, that's all punters care around. You may attract a small segment of bargain hunters with this strategy, but as soon as you remove the incentive, you will lose them to other schemes like Homepage Friends, who pay hard cash if you search through them (using Yahoo! incidentally)
What do others think? Well, nobody really seems really convinced, with some parties actually finding the attempt hilarious. Begging people to use your products is no way to increase their confidence and it's practically impossible to "earn" anything of value.
Once again, the search engine war is all about relevance, and until Microsoft get that into their head, they're just going to keep pumping money into it for nothing. What a waste!
I hate 'collecting' points – just give me the cold hard cash 🙂
OH!!! My gravatar guy is fugly…
If you don't have a gravatar, my blog will just give you a random avatar. Some are cool, just refresh the page 😉
If you create a gravatar for yourself at http://www.gravatar.com it will make sure the website creates the one YOU create
Perhaps microsoft are under the delusion that they ARE actually relevant and as marketable as Google?
I am on strike from all loyalty programs–I am sick of them.
As much as I hate Google because of their page ranking system (detest them in fact) I have to admit their search engine is one of the best. Darn it hurt to write that.


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The next update for Infinity Blade II is coming soon and it's a great time to start recruiting your friends to join your "Mob!" The update includes the all-new, globally social battle mode: ClashMob, featuring dynamic challenges that will allow you to team up and earn special perks as well as new achievements and rewards.
Recruiting friends into the new "MyMob" interface is easy, as it pulls directly from your Facebook and GameCenter friends lists, so you can start adding your friends that play Infinity Blade II now. Players will have the opportunity to play with potentially thousands of players to complete the asynchronous quests.
ClashMob will be available at any time from Infinity Blade 2's main menu and give gamers the opportunity to work with hundreds, even thousands of other player to take down enemies with vast amounts of health. If the mob is successful, everyone will be rewarded with in game cash, gems or other exclusive game items.
The more friends you have participating in ClashMob, the better the items you'll be eligible for.
In addition to ClashMob, the update also includes new equipment, a redesigned gem interface and a new gem forge feature. You'll be able to forge three gems in to one single, more powerful jewel.
Check out the Mashable and IGN features on ClashMob for more details. If you haven't picked up Infinity Blade II yet and want to start practicing before the first ClashMob begins, pick it up here on the AppStore!
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A tool storage rack made of durable polypropylene that can hold 96
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On 9 Oct 2005 20:37:06 -0700, firstname.lastname@example.com wrote:
>I am tempted to buy a PA-RISC machine I don't need but... I wonder if I
>have a problem with the machine which is best resolved by reinstalling
>the O/S (eg drive is toast) from some from of media and it doesn't come
>included, where could I get my hands on it?
>I say this because I have a > 5 yr old IDE drive failing in another
>UNIX box and I have go to hunting for not only the OS media but the 101
>patches that has been applied... and the kernel parameters...
>Not advocating anything but I can download Solaris for SPARC, Linux
>(even the PA-RISC version) and burn ISOs and away we go...BUT ... I
>couldn't find nada on the HP site. Maybe I wan't looking in the right
>places.. Maybe boot of the net (through a router no less) and install
>from there...? The challenges that would involve...? And what about
>licensing? Can I get a license for educational/devloper/home use ...?
>I haven't had a lot of experience in HP-UX and I am curious and I just
>don't have enough servers in the house to keep me warm in the winter.
Part of the Ignite-UX (freely downloadable software) functionality is
to create HP-UX recovery images - either on tape with
make_tape_recovery, or across the network with make_net_recovery.
With the help of a configured "boot helper" the network recovery may
occur across subnets.
Look for the Ignite-UX Administration Guide, available online in PDF
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Start at http://software.hp.com and search on ignite.
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Mapam was formed in 1948 as a Socialist Zionist party, following the unification of the Workers Party- Hashomer Hatzair and Ahdut Avoda-Po'alei Zion. At first Mapam had a pro-Soviet orientation, but that changed following the death of Stalin in 1954. Ahdut Ha'avoda broke away from Mapam in that year. Mapam was the first Zionist party to include an Arab MK, Rostam Bastuni. Mapam first entered a Government under the leadership of Mapai in the Third Knesset. In the elections for the Eighth toTwelfth Knessets, Mapam ran within the framework of the Alignment. It left the Alignment prior to the formation of the National Unity Government in 1984. During the Twelfth Knesset, Mapam, Ratz, and Shinui formed the Meretz parliamentary group. In 1997, Meretz became a political party and Mapam ceased to exist as a separate party.
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BANGALORE: More than seven lakh commercial vehicles went off the roads in Karnataka on Saturday as the operators launched an indefinite strike in protest against the mandatory installation of speed governors (a device to control speed) for all commercial vehicles.
"Over 90 per cent of the vehicles are off the road. Others will join now. The protest will gain further momentum and become more strong from Monday," B V Narayanappa, Secretary of the Federation of Karnataka Lorry Owners and Agents Association, told media here.


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E.D. White Catholic's serves too much for Catholic of New Iberia
Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 9:19 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at 9:19 a.m.
PATTERSON E.D. White Catholics service game had Catholic of New Iberia playing from behind in Mondays District 4-III tiebreaker match.
The Lady Cardinals never trailed at any time as they bolted out to big leads behind strong serving. Catholic, N.I. did mount comebacks in each game but it wasnt enough as EDW won 25-21, 25-19, 25-16.
The win gives the Lady Cardinals (27-8 overall, 10-1 district) the districts No. 1 seed and a home match in the first round of the playoffs. The brackets are going to be released on Wednesday.
EDW coach Mary Cavell said that her best defense is a strong serving game and forcing them into mistakes.
Our first line of defense is to make a team get out of their offense and make it difficult for them, Cavell said. They (Catholic) did a good job of keeping the ball in play, even when we got them out of their offense. I was just proud of my girls for always keeping the lead. Every once in a while we got tired, but we always kept at least a two-point lead and held our ground.
The Lady Cardinals wasted little time in getting its serves on mark as they bolted out to a 14-2 lead in Game 1.
Hailey Silverii, Jessica Politz and Lindsay Constant served throughout the run until a Lady Cardinals attacking error made it 14-3.
The Lady Panthers began to chip away at the lead and got back into the game behind the serving of Jordan Denaille and Molly Molbert.
With EDW leading 21-12, Catholic, N.I. went on a 6-0 run to cut it to 21-18 as Morgan Comeaux held her serve during the run.
EDWs Kathryn Stock (15 kills, 13 blocks, 18 digs, three aces) stopped the Lady Panthers momentum with a kill for a 22-18 score.
Catholic did cut it to 23-21, but Stock scored on a tipped ball and a kill to end the game.
Stock kept finding the mark with her net play in Game 2 and helped EDW take a 10-2 lead.
Once again the Lady Panthers regrouped and got back into the game trailing 21-19 after an EDW hitting error.
However Stock answered again for the Lady Cardinals as she scored twice on tipped balls and Silverii (seven kills, five blocks, three aces) held her serve for the final four points as EDW won Game 2, 25-19.
In the third game, Stock remained on target scoring on three kills for a 6-1 EDW lead.
The Lady Cardinals pushed its advantage to 10-4, but Catholic, N.I. made it a 13-9 score after Comeaux found open floor with a kill.
But, that was as close as Catholic would come in the third game. EDW went on a 7-2 run to build a 20-11 lead.
Stock, Silverii and Alaina Toups each came up with points during the run.
Catholic, N.I (23-11, 9-2) wouldnt go away easily as they staved off four match points, but Politz (38 assists) found open floor on a tipped ball to end Game 3 25-16 to take the match.
We started every game four, five or six points in the hole and against a team like E.D. White it is hard to come back, Lady Panthers coach Erin Fabre said. I was missing our best hitter, but overall my girls played hard and left it out on the court.
Defensively, Caroline Becnel finished with 19 digs for E.D. White.
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So what is the tip to getting 88.7% ? Do as Syria's President Assad did! Gas your citizens so that they flee for their lives to refugee camps in other countries so that they can't vote ….the only ones left behind to vote are your buddies and your family, the ones you are not trying to gas to death.
Note the vote is in per cent age (88.7%), not actual vote number. If there are 8 people in your family of 10 who vote for you, you get 80% of the vote! Big deal


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IIHF World Championships - Day 9
Six Oilers will be representing their country at the annual tournament
Saturday, 05.11.2013 / 5:40 AM MT / Oilers at the Worlds
By Wendy Mach - edmontonoilers.com
We will have daily updates on the games involving Oilers players, highlights, stats and more so be sure to check edmontonoilers.com regularly!
With a 4-2 win over France, the U.S. moved into first in their pool and improved their record to 4-1-0. Paul Stastny had two points in the game and now has eight points in five games.
The U.S. went on the early powerplay as Teddy Da Costa was called for cross-checking, 1:51 in the first.
They had the chance to open the scoring as Cristobal Huet was behind the net to play the puck along with two US forwards but when the puck was finally kicked out, it rolled in front towards the crease but nobody was there to bang in the loose puck and France was able to get it out of the zone and down the ice.
A few minutes later, Matt Carle's wrister from the point was re-directed in past Cristobal Huet by Stephen Gionta to put US on the board first in the game.
The US extended their lead as Tim Stapleton made a pass to Drew LeBlanc, who held on to the puck long enough to pull Huet out of position before he passed it across the crease to Bobby Bulter and buried it into the wide open net.
Halfway through the second, Paul Stastny was called for slashing and 15-seconds later, Erik Johnson also received a slashing penalty and gave France the two-man advantage for 1:42.
From the point on the five-on-three, Kevin Hecquefeuille made a pass to Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, who made a quick pass back to Hecquefeuille and with the one-timer, blasted the puck past Ben Bishop to pull within one.
Just as Johnson's penalty was expiring, France misplayed the puck on the U.S. blue line. Johnson jumped out of the box and picked up the loose puck to go on the breakaway but Hecquefeuille rushed back in time to break up the scoring chance.
The U.S. almost went up by two goals late in second but the goal had to be reviewed as Nate Thompson's centering pass to Gionta bounced off the skate of Da Costa and in just as the net was dislodged. After a few minutes of review, the referees waived off the goal but the US remained ahead, 2-1.
Midway through the third, Bobby Butler was called for hooking and on the ensuing powerplay, Sacha Treille almost tied it up as he came into the slot and was able to get a shot off but Bishop got a piece of it to preserve their one goal lead.
In the other end, Craig Smith from behind the net skated in front to try and get a shot off but fanned on the puck. The puck bounced onto the stick of Stastny as he put the puck in the wide open net to extend their lead, 3-1.
Shortly after, the U.S. went on their sixth powerplay in the game as Yorick Treille was called for interference and on the man-advantage, Justin Faulk from the blue line threw the puck on net with David Moss was in front for the re-direct as they take a 4-1 lead over France.
Late in the third right off the faceoff, Pierre-Edouard Bellemare tried to go high glove side but Bishop was able to make the save. The puck bounced out to Treille who tipped the rebound past Bishop to cut the lead in half but the late goal wasn't enough as the U.S. would hang on to win 4-2.
Jeff Petry was pointless in the game with zero shots on net and 15:13 of ice time.
The U.S. are back on the ice on Sunday as they take on Germany. Puck drop will be at 7:15 A.M. (MT).
-- Wendy Mach, edmontonoilers.com


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Hidden Gems: 10 Songs You NEED In Your Life Volume 3
- By Bossip Staff Categories: Entertainment, For Discussion, For Your Information
Sometimes, you get tired of the "Versace-Versace-Hannah Montana-Sha-Shabba Ranks" rappity-raps and need something fresh to zone out to like the hidden gems on this list.
Here are ten more hidden gems you NEED in your life. Take a look.


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Reset My Password
This will send a password reset to your email address on file. A reminder that your email address on your account must be valid and working to receive the reset request.
Audi AG is conducting another TechDay for Electromobility this week where they will reveal, among other electric cars, an e-tron prototype based on the current-generation Type 8P Audi A3 Sportback. We're still waiting for more details on the car, but for now we've got a collection of photos shown below and also via the link at the bottom of this post.
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Audi released several drawings today of its upcoming Q3 crossover. Based on Audi and the Volkswagen Group's transverse A architecture much like the A3 and TT and will be built at the Martorell Spain plant currently utilized by SEAT. Sources inside Audi have told us that the Q3 will debut at the Shanghai Motor Show later this month alongside an e-tron version of the A3 sedan shown in concept form in Geneva.


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Some webring webpages redirect to webring.org followed by a message that it is a harmful webpage. Can something be done as this has been going on for a long time.
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Hi odinsgift - as far as I can tell, it is a "feature" written into the javascript code for the webrings. The only reliable way to stop it happening is to allow html coded members in your rings so they can have plain html without the "features"
The webmaster of a site which is in 2 of my rings reported that webring pages popover his sites when they are accessed from outside (i.e. not through webring or the navbar). He took the trouble to create an error page in place of the navbar page to let me know. I tried to contact my personal account rep about 4 times in the last 12 months, and never got any reply.
Any POLICE collectors on here??
It's so complicated, and no one is here.
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Hello Chef, no idea, but greetings from Germany as well :-)!
A number of websites in the webring are being reported by Google and Yahoo as being infected with malware. "This site may harm your computer."
Hello there, I am a Student of Cartography and for a mapping project I am searching for datas to illustrate the results of the parliamentraian election in July 1932 (or similar) structured in registries of the poll offices. Does sombody know how I can get a package of these datas? Greetings from Germany!
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Think I'm going to give up on MIAB, too, not that I ever used it much. It's a gimmick that included far too much time consuming repetition, and the spammers have been taking it over. Not a huge loss, because nobody was ever sure of what to do with the thing and the conversations we got ended up being painfully banal.
I just got this in "message in a bottle" again: "have you posted to your home area, lately? it's a great way to build up traffic and get visitors" Sounds good, and maybe I would if that home area had worked at some point during the last two years.
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Lionofzion, I do not think it does.
Does this place support PHP or MySQL? to buildc a site?
Echo, echo, echo ... wondering if it's too late to act or if Webring is even trying to stay alive. I hope they are.
At this point, Webring appears to be in a death spiral. Pity. It's the one good way people with established sites have of helping people with new sites get found. Wondering what can be done to help pull Webring out of this.
Bad news for anybody using R360: Email is failing to reach R360 from other servers and mail sent from R360 accounts to addresses on other domains is failing to arrive. Support (support at r360 dot com) has been sent an email about this from an R360 account but doesn't respond. At this point, the service seems to be effectively dead.
I think we agree that Webring should fix that (the link for joining being missing from the ring hubpages). As for whether or not they'll agree to do that, I don't know.
Hi, Genessa. As far as I know, one can still join rings. While the link for doing so seems to be absent from the ring hubpages, the last time I checked (a few days ago) it was still present and functional on at least a few ring navbars.
is it actually no longer possible to JOIN a webring?
Hi Noriko, good to "see" you again...
And maybe in your opinion it looks bad for Webring, but obviously not in theirs, since this it's still here. I've been with Webring since just about its inception. Seen it go through all the changes. Its ups and downs. It's practically a free service and if you get something for free, it's really rude to complain about it. Yeah it's not perfect, but it's still here, unlike a lot of other formerly free services. I just think that people should be nicer and more considerate towards Webring and each other.
Math; do you have actual proof that Noooool actually deleted posts? It is possible that a silent observer might have done it.
Hi Noooool and a happy new year to you too!
The guy has a point and censorship won't change that fact. Leaving this chatbox in place does make Webring look abandoned. This is March and one can still see posts from November. That doesn't look good, and it deters newcomers from making more active use of Webring. They're going to look, think "this place is dead" and wonder why they should bother with it at all. Then they'll get trolled and then censored by some nobody like you, and they'll think they know the answer to their own question. Keeping this box going is bad for webring, even if it seems to be the key to your 15 minutes of fame.
Been using WebRing since 2005 and has sent me lots of visitors.
not a lot it seems!
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July 14 - October 7, 2012
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Interior Visions, the third installation of Rediscoveries, is curated by the artist Alex Katz. The Rediscoveries exhibition series invites members of the Colby College community to select and arrange artworks from the Museum's collection. For Interior Visions, Katz has selected a group of modern and contemporary paintings and works on paper that he describes as "relevant to our times and to each other."


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Middletown drive-thru destroyed by fire
Roof caves in during Sunday night fire
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A Middletown drive-thru business was destroyed by an overnight fire.
Crews were called to the Kwik and Kold on South University Boulevard around 11:40 p.m. Sunday.
A fire captain said the roof of the building collapsed, which will likely delay efforts to determine a cause for the fire.
The business was closed at the time.
No one was hurt.
Investigators said the cause of the fire was an electrical short in an outside light fixture.
Damage was estimated at $200,000, including the store's contents.
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Rangers make instant impact at Worlds
Three Blueshirts are winners on first day at tournament
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Three Rangers players made their 2008 World Championship debuts on Thursday, and all three came away winners on the opening day of the tournament's qualifying round
|Henrik Lundqvist
With its win, Sweden improved to 2-1-0 vs. qualifying-round opponents and is now tied for second in Group E. Denmark remained winless against the five other teams in Group E. The top four of six Group E teams will advance to medal-round play.
Swedish Elitserien star Tony Martensson paced his team with two goals and two assists, while his Linkoping teammate, former NHLer Mattias Weinhandl, had a goal and three assists.
Lundqvist has traditionally worn No. 35 for Sweden in international tournaments, but is wearing the No. 30 he wears for the Blueshirts at this year's Worlds.
"It was really fun to put on the Tre Kronor sweater again," Lundqvist told IIHF.com after the game.
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Rozsival, wearing No. 28 for this tournament since his Rangers No. 3 is taken by Marek Zidlicky of the Nashville Predators, was paired on the second defensive unit with Filip Kuba of the Tampa Bay Lightning. He took one shot on goal in the first period and finished with a plus-1 rating in 17:50 of icetime. Goalie Milan Hnlicka, who played two games for the Rangers in 1999-00, recorded the shutout for the Czechs.
The Czechs, who outshot Switzerland 33-12, scored three times in the second period to break the game open. New Jersey's Patrik Elias led the way with a goal and an assist for the Czechs, who now lead Group E at 2-0-1 against qualifying-round opponents --including a 1-0-1 record against them in the preliminary round . Switzerland lost to a Group E opponent for the first time and is now 2-1-0 along with Sweden.
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New Jersey star Zach Parise, wearing Dubinsky's NHL No. 17, broke a 4-4 tie with 8:56 remaining in the third period. Team USA, coached by John Tortorella, had dominated the game in outshooting Germany 41-15, but struggled against a remarkable netminding performance from San Jose prospect Dmitri Patzold, who finished with 36 saves. Robert Esche recorded the win in net for Team USA, entering the game in relief of Craig Anderson and stopping all six shots he faced in the third period.
Team USA is now 2-0-1 and in second place in Group F. Winless Germany is tied with Latvia for fifth place.
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I heard something that makes me very angry, if it's true. A friend told me that federal employees who were laid off when the government shut down last month received unemployment benefits, even though they eventually were paid in full. Is that right? If so, it's crazy.
— Paula A., Medford
If so, it would be crazy, Paula. But it isn't so, or at least it isn't now. But at one point there was truth in your friend's story.
When the federal government shut down during a budget stalemate in October, a lot of federal workers filed claims for unemployment. According to a story in the Oregonian, no one is exactly sure of the number just yet, but it could be as many as 4,000 workers in this state.
The story took a twist when the U.S. government reopened for business and the news came out that federal workers in Oregon who cashed unemployment checks could keep the money, in addition to the wages that Congress agreed to pay. In other words, they were paid twice while not working at all. Sweet deal, eh?
Turns out it was too sweet. Federal labor officials later ruled that the workers must pay the money back.
According to the Oregonian, about 1,900 federal workers were paid about $840,000. There were likely more claims made, but those totals are still being figured out.
Bottom line, Paula, the federal employees did not get paid twice for not working at all; they only got paid once for not working at all.
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Former Briarwood Country Club pro Jerry Covich won his fifth Gulf States senior section championship earlier this week.
With the win, he advances to the PGA Professional National Tournament next month in South Florida, with a chance to qualify for the Senior PGA Championship next May.
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Scottish clubs still have reasons to chase Heineken Cup wins, writes Iain Morrison
THE Heineken Cup resumes next weekend with the fifth round of pool matches, followed swiftly by the sixth and deciding ones a week later. Perpignan travel to Murrayfield on Saturday afternoon, where Edinburgh need a victory to have any chance of being one of the three second-placed teams that will drop into the Amlin Challenge Cup after the eight Heineken play-off places are finalised. Even then, Edinburgh will almost certainly need another four or five points from their final pool match and Munster's Thomond Park is not the ideal venue to go looking for them.
Glasgow make the long trip to the South Coast to play Exeter on Saturday with little apparently to play for after recording just one win in the competition to date, over the same opposition at Scotstoun. This was supposed to be the season that Glasgow shook off their miserable Heineken Cup record but it seems stuck as tight as a tick on a dog's backside. At least, as coach Gregor Townsend pointed out the other day, another European slump will allow the Warriors to concentrate their efforts on the day job.
Not to say that the Glasgow boss has given up on scalping the Chiefs at Sandy Park. Glasgow need another win to bolster a self-confidence that has proved brittle this season. The club are playing so far within their capabilities that it is hard to remember the free-scoring rugby they showcased last season.
There is also the matter of Scotland places to fight for after the second leg of the 1872 Cup derby was postponed less than an hour before kick-off, just as the Treviso match had been. Someone needs to make these calls a little earlier.
If it has been a disappointing year for the Scottish challenge, better funded now than at any time in history, it's not been a vintage year for the competition as a whole. There have been too many mismatches, too many cricket scores and too few nail-biters. For every Saracens 16, Toulouse 17 humdinger, there have been two or three games where only one side seems interested. Exeter put 44 points past the Blues, Toulon racked up 51 against Glasgow and Saracens scored 64 points when playing Zebre but the RaboDirect whipping boys have been so poor that they would almost welcome being jettisoned from this tournament. In four games to date the Italian franchise has an aggregate score of 24-174 and their total points accumulated would not have been enough to win any one of their games.
There have been some standout ties and they usually involved Irish teams, who seem to save their best for this competition. Lowly Connacht beat Toulouse in the south of France, while Leinster were the nearest thing to an unstoppable force when they made Northampton look ordinary in their own back (Franklin's) garden.
There are a few standout fixtures coming up over the next fortnight. Harlequins can do themselves a favour by beating Clermont at the Stoop on Saturday, Leinster have a tricky away game against French champions Castres on Sunday and the match between Toulouse and Saracens in France could determine who tops Pool 3. It is that time in the competition when freak results occur as teams with everything to play for come up against those with no prospects.
The Scottish teams may be struggling to make their presence felt in the Heineken Cup but it is becoming increasingly difficult to break into Europe's elite and, if I'm right about the quarter-final line-up below, only two of the clubs have not already won this trophy and either Clermont or Saracens would be popular winners.


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You pay the insurance company only one payment for a single premium annuity, while you can make a series of payments into a flexible premium annuity. There are two kinds of flexible premium annuities. In a flexible premium contract, you pay as much premium as you want, whenever you want, within set limits. For a scheduled premium annuity, the contract spells out your payments and how often you must make them.
With an immediate annuity, income payments start no later than one year after you pay the premium. You usually pay for an immediate annuity with one payment (single premium). The income payments from a deferred annuity often start many years later. A deferred annuity has two parts or periods. During the first period - the accumulation period - the money you put into the annuity, less any applicable charges, earns interest. The earnings grow tax deferred as long as you leave them in the annuity. In some annuity contracts there is a second period, called the payout period, the company pays income to you or to someone you choose. This is also called the distribution period; which in most cases you are able to choose how you want to distribute your annuity money. example: free withdrawals, annuitization, lifetime income withdrawals or lump sum cash surrender. All products vary and these choices usually need to be determined before you purchase an annuity. It is always vitally important to create a financial plan to determine your future distribution needs.
Fixed: During the accumulation period of a fixed deferred annuity, your money earns interest at rates set by the insurance company or in a way spelled out in the annuity contract. The company guarantees that it will pay no less than a minimum rate of interest. During the payout period, the amount of each income payment to you is generally set when the payments start and will not change.(Annuitization income)
Variable: During the accumulation period of a variable annuity, the insurance company puts your premiums into a separate account. You decide how the company will invest those premiums, depending on how much risk you want to take. You may put your premium into stocks, bonds, or other accounts, with no guarantees, or into a fixed account, with a minimum guaranteed interest. During the payout period, the amount of each income payment to you may be fixed (set at the beginning) or variable (changing the value of the investments in the separate account).
You should think about your goals for the money you put into the annuity, and how much risk you're willing to take.
During the accumulation period, your money earns interest at rates that change. Usually, what these rates will be is up to the insurance company. There are MYGA (Multi Year Guarantee Annuities) which will not change for the suggested term of the contract.
The current rate is the rate the company decides to credit to your contract at a particular time, which the company guarantees will not change for some period.The initial rate is an interest rate the insurance company may credit for a set period of time after you first buy your annuity. The initial rate in some contracts may be higher than it will be later. This is often called a bonus rate. The renewal rate is the rate credited by the company after the end of the set time period. The contract tells how the company will set the renewal rate, which may be tied to an external reference or index.
The minimum guaranteed interest rate is the lowest rate your annuity will earn. This rate is stated in the contract.
Some annuity contracts apply different interest rates to each premium you pay or to premiums you pay during different time periods. Other annuity contracts may have two or more accumulated values that fund different benefit options, and these accumulated values may use different interest rates. You get only one of the accumulated values depending on which benefit you choose.
Most annuities have charges related to the cost of selling or servicing it. These charges may be subtracted directly from the contract value. Ask your agent or the company to describe the charges that apply to your annuity, if any.
If you need access to your money, you may be able to take all or part of the value out of your annuity at any time during the accumulation period. If you take out part of the value, you may pay a withdrawal charge. If you take out all of the value and surrender, or terminate, the annuity, you may pay a surrender charge. In either case, the company will figure the charge as a set percentage of the value of the contract, of the premiums you have paid or of the amount you are withdrawing. The company may reduce or even eliminate the surrender charge after you've had the contract for a stated number of years (term). A company may also waive the surrender charge when it pays a death benefit. Some annuities have stated terms. When the term is up, the contract may automatically expire or renew. You are usually given a short period of time, called a window, to decide if you want to renew or surrender the annuity. If you surrender during the window, you won't have to pay surrender charges, but if you renew, the surrender or withdrawal charges may start over. For some annuities, there is no charge if you surrender your contract when the company's current interest rate falls below a certain level. This is sometimes called a bail out option. In a flexible premium annuity, the surrender charge may apply to each premium paid for a certain period of time. This may be called a rolling surrender or withdrawal charge. Some annuity contracts have a market value adjustment feature. If interest rates are different when you surrender your annuity than when you bought it, a market value adjustment (MVA) may make the cash surrender value higher or lower. Since you and the insurance company share this risk, an annuity with an MVA feature may credit a higher rate than an annuity without that feature.
Your annuity may have a limited free withdrawal feature. That lets you make one or more withdrawals without a charge. The size of the free withdrawal is often limited to a set percentage of your annuity contract value. If you make a larger withdrawal, you may pay withdrawal charges. You may lose any interest above the minimum guaranteed rate on the amount withdrawn. Some annuities waive withdrawal charges in certain situations, such as death, confinement in a nursing home or terminal illness.
A contract fee is a flat dollar amount charged either once or annually.Transaction fee:
A transaction fee is a charge per premium payment or other transaction.
A percentage of premium charge is a charge determined from each premium paid. The percentage may be lower after the contract has been in force for a certain number of years, or after total premiums paid have reached a certain amount.
Some states charge a tax on annuities. The insurance company pays this tax to the state. The company may subtract the amount of the tax when you pay the premium, when you withdraw your contract value, when you start to receive income payments or when it pays a death benefit to your beneficiary.
One of the most important benefits of deferred annuities is your ability to use the value built up during the accumulation period to give you a lump sum payment or to make income payments during the payout period. Income payments are usually made monthly but you may choose to receive them less often. The size of the income payments is based on the accumulated value in your annuity and the benefit rate which is in effect when payments start. The benefit rate usually depends on your age, sex, and the annuity payment option you choose, if it is a lifetime payout. For example, you might choose payments that continue as long as you live, as long as your spouse lives, or only for a set number of years. There is a table of guaranteed benefit rates in each annuity contract. Most companies have current benefit rates as well. The company can change the current rate at any time, but it can never be less than the guaranteed benefit rates. When income payments start, the insurance company uses the benefit rate in effect at that time to figure the amount of your income payment. Companies may offer various income payment options, and you, or another person of your choice, may choose the option.
The company pays income for your lifetime, but doesn't make any payments to anyone after you die. You might choose this option if you have no dependents, if you have taken care of them through other means or if the dependents have enough income of their own. This payment option usually pays the highest income possible.
The company pays income for as long as you live and guarantees to make payments for a set number of years - called the period certain - even if you die. The period certain is usually 10 or 20 years. If you live longer than the period certain, you will still continue to receive payments until you die. However, if you die during the period certain, your beneficiary gets regular payments for the rest of that period. If you die after the period certain, your beneficiary does not receive any payments from your annuity. Each income payment will be smaller than in a life-only income option, because the period certain is an added benefit.
The company pays income as long as either you or your beneficiary lives. You may choose to decrease the amount of the payments after your death, or you may be able to choose to have payments continue for only a set length of time. Again, because the survivor feature is an added benefit, each income payment is smaller than in a life-only income option.
While all deferred annuities offer a choice of benefits, some use different accumulated values to pay. For example, an annuity may use one value if annuity payments are for retirement benefits and a different value if the annuity is surrendered. Or, an annuity may use one value for long-term care benefits and a different value if the annuity is surrendered.
You can't receive more than one benefit at the same time.
In some annuity contracts, the company may pay a death benefit to your beneficiary if you die before the income payments start. The most common death benefit is the contract value or the premiums paid, whichever is more.
Under current federal law, annuities receive special tax treatment. Income tax on annuities is deferred, which means you are not taxed on the interest your money earns while it stays in the annuity. Tax-deferred accumulation is not the same as tax-free accumulation. An advantage of tax deferral is the tax bracket you are in when you receive annuity income payments may be lower than the one you are in during the accumulation period. You will also be earning interest on the amount you would have paid in taxes during the accumulation period. Most states' tax laws on annuities follow the federal law. Part of the payments you receive from an annuity will be considered as a return of the premium you have paid. You won't have to pay taxes on that part. Another part of the payments is considered interest you have earned. You must pay taxes on the part that is considered interest when you withdraw the money. You may also have to pay a 10% tax penalty if you withdraw the accumulation before 59 ½. The Internal Revenue Code also has rules about the distributions after the death of a contract holder.
Many states have laws which give you a set number of days to look at the annuity contract after you buy it. If you decide during that time that you don't want the annuity, you can return the contract and get all your money back. This is often referred to as a free look or right to return period. The free look period should be prominently stated in your contract. Be sure to read your contract carefully during the free look period.
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The owners of First Coast Powersports are dipping their toes in the water with the opening of First Coast Boat & Marine.
Mark Allen has been selling motorcycles and ATVs from Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, Suzuki, Polaris and Can-Am in Jacksonville since 1997.
"Our goal is to be the number one destination for power sports," he told the Florida Times-Union. "If you can use on land or on water, you'll find it here."
The new dealership already offers boats from Carolina Skiff, Sea-Doo and Waverunner PWC and ATVs from Polaris and Arctic Cat and outboard engines from Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha and Evinrude.
The store also performs service and has a full line of PG&A. The company offers free pickup and delivery in six counties.
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Anesthesia Critical Care Fellowship Program
This is a one year program leading to the Certificate of Added Qualifications in Anesthesia Critical Care. The goals of this program are to develop the administrative, research, teaching and leadership skills of the fellow while at the same time refining and adding depth to their knowledge of the science of critical care.
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SIKESTON - James Eugene "Jimmie" Emerson, 63, died Feb. 11, 2003, at his home, following a brief battle with A.L.S. (Lou Gehrig's Disease).
He was born Dec. 16, 1939, in Morley, son of Ava Evans Emerson of Morley and the late Jim Mac Emerson, he was known and respected by many of his fellow C.B. radio friends as "Double D" or "Dad." A former member and deacon of the Morley Baptist Church, he was a member of the Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau. He was very loyal, active and dedicated to his church.
He worked on the family farm for 27 years and was later an over-the-road truck driver for several different companies, including Beelman Trucking Company, Howard Baer Trucking Company, Kenneth Storey and, most recently, Mid-States Carriers.
Jimmie was initiated in the DeMoLay Chapter of Sikeston in March 1955. A member of the Scott County Sheriff's Posse, he was also an honorary deputy sheriff of Scott County.
On Dec. 31, 1960, he married Norma "Gene" Whittley, daughter of the late Jesse and Violet Kirby Whittley of Sikeston.
Survivors in addition to his wife and mother include three sons, Tim Emerson and Michael Emerson of the home and Ricky Emerson of Morley; his sister, Reda Ann Frohock of St. Louis; and four grandchildren, Melody Dawn Emerson, Brandi Jo Emerson and Layton Joseph Emerson of Oran and Tyler Dale Emerson of Morley; one niece and one nephew; and many other family members and friends.
He was preceded in death by a son, Randy Joe Emerson of Jackson on April 28, 2000.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Ford and Sons Funeral Home in Benton, located on Highway 61 across from the Scott County Courthouse.
Visitation will continue from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Red Star Baptist Church, 1301 N. Main St. in Cape Girardeau, where the funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Jim Matthews.
Private burial will take place in Forest Hills Memorial Gardens near Morley.
Memorial contributions may be sent to:
the Red Star Baptist Church 1301 N. Main St. Cape Girardeau, Mo. 63701
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