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9.2-Channel Network Ready AV Receiver
- Firmware update to add HTC Connect and to resolve an issue connecting to Pandora's server
- Custom-ready 9.2 Channel THX® Select 2 Plus AV Receiver featuring Class D3 Amplification
- Front HDMI®/MHL® Connection for select Android® smartphones
Suggested Price: $1,599.00
Are you ready for startling home theater performance? Delivering the next level of quality audio and video, the SC-1522 arrives with superior and realistic fidelity for your home entertainment experience. Incorporating advanced network connectivity and special features for custom installers, the SC-1522 has been designed as the technologically advanced heart of your home theater system, giving you ultimate performance not just in your living room, but throughout your home.
Made for You--And your iPad®, iPhone® and iPod®
Thanks to Made for iPod touch®, iPhone, and iPad certification, Apple devices are easily connected with the included USB/video cable - so there's no need to buy a separate dock to access all your music, videos, streaming content. Plus, since your iPhone, iPod and now your iPad charge automatically when connected, it's the ultimate plug-and-play integration with your home theater. You can enjoy music with album art from the iTunes® store, shared videos and movies, downloaded TV shows from iTunes, photos, web content from YouTube® and much more. Got a call? The iPhone will mute movies and music so you can take it. Use the iPhone directly, or push a single button on the SC-1522's front panel to switch control to the included preset remote and an intuitive, full-color GUI.
With AirPlay, stream music from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch or iTunes to the SC-1522 and play it through your home theater system without docks or cables. Simply connect the receiver to your home network via Ethernet, and it instantly becomes the hub for playback of your iTunes music from your connected Apple® device or networked computer.
You can stream your music straight from your PC or Mac®, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch to the SC-1522 at the touch of a button. Listen to your favorite song in your car using your iPhone, leave your car mid song and walk into your home. Using the music player on your iPhone, press the AirPlay icon and select the SC-1522. When you do, the receiver will power up automatically if in network standby mode and continue your favorite song right where you left off.
You can even view song information including song title, artist, and track time as well as album art on a connected display. Not only that, the SC-1522 supports network audio sources in Zone 2, allowing you to send music to another room. With AirPlay, there's really no reason why your iTunes music has to be restricted to one device.
HTC Connect™
HTC Connect™ is for Android® owners who, until now, have constantly asked, "What about me?" The good news is your receiver has arrived. A Pioneer exclusive, the SC-1522 proudly supports HTC Connect, compatible with HTC One series phones. HTC Connect makes it easy to wirelessly stream your favorite music straight from your HTC One phone. There's no need for a separate app; HTC Connect is built right into your phone's music player.
UPDATE: HTC Connect Firmware Now Available for Download
Connect to Your PC Music Files or Internet Radio
The SC-1522's networking ability opens up an entirely new world of possibilities. A rear panel Ethernet port allows full integration into your home network, and with Windows® 7 and DLNA® 1.5 certification, a whole new level of entertainment options are at your fingertips. With 192kHz / 24-bit WAV and FLAC file compatibility, network streaming audio playback is now ready for the true audiophile. Stream your MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV and FLAC music files from your PC, laptop or smartphone to your home theater system.
With vTuner®, the SC-1522 lets you enjoy thousands of Internet radio stations from around the world. You can also access Pandora® and SiriusXM® (subscription needed) radio services complete with on-screen album art and music information. An optional AS-WL300 wireless adapter is also available for the convenience of connection through a wireless network.
Unleash Your Smartphone's Music with Bluetooth® and MHLTM
The SC-1522 is ready for wireless Bluetooth audio from virtually any A2DP profile Bluetooth device. With the Pioneer AS-BT200 Bluetooth adapter, you can untether yourself from cables and inputs. Plus you'll enjoy enriched quality with Sound Retriever AIR technology, created specifically to enhance Bluetooth audio.
Support for Mobile High Definition Link (MHL) lets you connect your compatible MHL-equipped AndroidTM smartphone via a front panel interface, allowing you to access and enjoy your phones applications on the big screen.
True-to-Life, High-Definition Audio with THX® Select 2 Plus
Pioneer adds an extra dimension to the SC-1522 by being the only multi-channel Class-D amplifier manufacturer to be awarded the coveted THX Select 2 Plus certification for the ultimate immersive surround sound experience.
Of course, the SC-1522 also supports high-definition audio formats like Dolby® TrueHD and DTS-HD® Master Audio, as well as DTS® Neo:X surround, providing a 3-D surround experience for up to 9.2 channels.
Zone 2 Output
The SC-1522 takes the multi-room media experience to a whole new level with Zone 2 subwoofer and tone controls plus access to the On-Screen Display from another Zone.
Class D3 Amplification
The SC-1522's Class D3 9-channel amplifier is one of the most powerful amplifiers of any multi-channel A/V receiver Pioneer has ever produced. Keeping the new audio formats of the Blu-ray DiscTM format in mind, Class D3 takes high-resolution multi-channel audio to a whole new level of immersive performance.
Rated at 130 watts x 9 channels, the SC-1522 delivers plenty of power, but it's not the whole story. Where the SC-1522 really shows its unprecedented power output capability is when driving multi-channels simultaneously without losing significant per-channel output. Class A/B amplifiers simply cannot match the efficiency of Class D3, as their power output per channel diminishes rapidly when more channels are added to the work-load. This kind of unprecedented power capability allows you to appreciate the full dynamics from any media source in a way never before possible. The ability to drive more channels, simultaneously, means you can fully reproduce all of the dynamics and impact of high definition multi-channel Dolby and DTS soundtracks with up to 9.2 channels of the highest quality power output available today.
Advanced Qdeo® Video Processing - Picture Perfect Whatever the Source
Qdeo processing technology and Pioneer's extensive video know-how makes home theater a truly immersive experience. The SC-1522 provides video conversion from composite and component video to HDMI for a single-wire high-definition audio and video solution as well as up to 1080p video scaling for an exceptional picture regardless of the source, creating natural and noise-free video for maximum performance and flexibility.
Get Ready for 3D with the Latest HDMI® Technology
All of Pioneer's newest receivers support the latest HDMI specifications. So not only do you get the most out of your existing movies and music, with the SC-1522 you're prepared for the new generation of 3D video content. With 7 HDMI inputs, including a front input, you've got plenty of connectivity options for the growing number of high-definition sources available. The SC-1522 also offers advanced HDMI conveniences like Audio Return Channel and Power Save HDMI Standby Through.
Transform your Apple Device into a Powerful Remote Control
Communicating with the SC-1522 wirelessly through your home network, Pioneer's iControlAV2012 app, downloadable at no charge through iTunes® and Goole Play, turns your iPhone, iPod touch and iPad device or select Android devices into a powerful remote control for your receiver. The all new iControlAV2012 is fully redesigned, incorporating everything from basic volume and input selection to advanced features like EQ adjustments and Internet Radio control. iControlAV2012 for iPad includes enhanced features like vertical and horizontal orientation, intuitive control of music from networked PCs as well as a super- cool finger EQ adjust screen; simply draw the EQ curve to your desired sound preference. New Sound Explorer gives you easy access to experiment with the many powerful sound enhancements the SC-1522 offers, like Hi-Bit 24, Auto Phase Control Plus, and Virtual Speaker modes.
Full-Color On-Screen Graphical User Interface
All of the SC-1522's advanced control and connectivity options are made even better with a full-color user interface via HDMI on your connected TV. Effortlessly navigate through the SC-1522's menu and enjoy iTunes album art from a connected Apple device.
Ideal for Custom Home Theater Installation
Pioneer's AV receivers were designed with an eye toward custom-installed home theater solutions, with features to match. Multi-zone capability with support for Zone2/3/4 outputs allows you to watch movies or listen to music in two rooms at once. An RS-232 bus connection allows custom installers access into the "control brain" of the SC-1522, and an advanced PC setup option is available to CI integrators. The SC-1522 is compatible with popular "whole-house" entertainment systems such as Crestron®, AMX®, Control 4®, URC®, Savant®, and Remote Technologies®, and its IP capabilities allow users to control their entertainment system via a home network.
All this plus support for Pioneer Apps, 3rd party control devices, custom-ready detachable power cord, and IR in/out for universal remotes make the SC-1522 a powerful answer for a custom home entertainment solution.
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PIONEER and the Pioneer logo, MCACC and Advanced Sound Retriever are registered trademarks of Pioneer Corporation.
The impedances indicated are actual values that speakers can present to an amplifier while playing back music. They do not refer to the nominal rated impedances of
speakers you use.
THX, the THX logo, and Select2 Plus are trademarks of THX Ltd. that are registered in the U.S. and other jurisdictions. All rights reserved. This product is licensed under U.S. Patent No. 8,452,028
HDMI connection may not allow transmission of copyright protected material, depending on the capability of the signal source.
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Apple, AirPlay, the AirPlay logo, iPhone, iPad, iPod and iPod touch are registered trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. AirPlay works
with iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPod touch (4th, 3rd and 2nd generations), iPad 2, iPad with iOS 4.2 or later, and iTunes 10.1 (Mac and PC) or later.
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Phase Control is a trademark placed on a product with Pioneer's Phase Control Technology concept. The technology enables high-grade sound reproduction environment
by improving the phase matching for each of the components.
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Universal Remote Control logo is a registered trademark of Universal Remote Control, Inc.
RTI logo is a registered trademark of Remote Technologies Incorporated.
Savant Logo is a registered trademark of Savant Systems, LLC.
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Thanks to funding from donations to the Friends of the Mill Valley Library made in memory of Jean Canepa, an avid gardener and active volunteer at the Mill Valley Library, the Library is proud to announce the launch of SeedSmart, Mill Valley's new seed lending library.SeedSmart encourages community building as users "borrow, grow, and share" open-pollinated, heirloom, and locally adapted seeds. Users will "borrow" seeds of their choosing, picking from varieties such as Scarlet Nantes carrots, Genovese basil, Sweet Chocolate peppers, and more; "grow" the seeds and their knowledge about gardening; and then "share" by returning some of the next-generation seeds and telling us about their seed-growing experiences.
The SeedSmart library is located on the main floor of the Mill Valley Library. Sift through the old-fashioned card catalog to the right of the New Books section, where you'll find seeds for 30 varieties of edibles, herbs, and ornamentals.Using SeedSmart is simple:1. Borrow: Select up to six seed packets from the SeedSmart library and check them out with your library card (just like books!).Browse the seed library or search the Library's online catalog here to see which varieties are available.On each seed packet you'll find a colored sticker indicating the level of difficulty to save seeds. Packets with a green dot are perfect for beginners, as seeds are easy to save and produce plants like those you planted. Yellow dots indicate medium seed-saving difficulty, while red dots mean that planting the seeds requires some advanced knowledge and special planning, such as isolating plants to prevent cross-pollination.Those looking to move on to more advanced seed saving can take part in one of the Library's new GardenSmart workshops. The Library will provide learning opportunities throughout the growing season for gardeners of all levels.In addition to the 30 varieties of edibles, herbs, and ornamentals that will be available upon SeedSmart's launch, Library visitors can also select a limited-edition collection of five seed packets curated in honor of Jean Canepa. The collection, called "Jean's Favorites," includes Romano beans, Stupice tomatoes, Nantes carrots, Romanesco zucchini, and Mache. 2. Grow: Plant the seeds! Learn more by browsing our gardening book collection, attending a GardenSmart workshop, or checking out our SeedSmart website for great online resources.
Upcoming GardenSmart workshops include:Growing Tomatoes in Mill Valley During a Drought - Wednesday, April 9th, 7pmFrom Big to Small, Planting Seeds Can Be Fun - Saturday, April 19th, 1pmContinue to check our website as more workshops are added.3. Share: Harvest seeds from a mature plant and return them in the original seed package to the reference desk at the Library. Make sure you fill out a donation form with as much information as possible so the next grower knows what to expect. Tell your stories online.
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It's no secret that the aerospace industry has some of the most complex supply chains in the world. According to an article this week in the Wall Street Journal, Boeing's commercial division uses more than 750 million parts provided by 1,200 suppliers operating in 5,400 factories around the world.
"That cast of thousands of suppliers is being stretched thinner and in more directions than ever, battered by increasingly scarce capital, man-made, and even natural disasters," write Jon Ostrower and David Pearson.
By 2014, Boeing leaders plan to increase production by 40 percent, which works out to more than 750 deliveries a year. A Boeing spokesperson says the company is working with suppliers to examine their hiring plans, engineering capabilities, and equipment needs.
Likewise, according to Aviation Week, Airbus is expanding and leaning on its parts providers. A planned assembly line in Mobile, Alabama, puts the aircraft manufacturer closer to its growing number of US suppliers. Due to open in 2015, the $600 million factory is part of Airbus's planned $12 billion in North American investments.
"Airbus's move to expand its US supply base comes as the company's current suppliers struggle to keep up with a ramp-up in A320 production rates," Joseph C. Anselmo writes.
So, how can large, multinational corporations like Boeing and Airbus most effectively work with their suppliers, especially as suppliers' challenges seem to swell? It's an important task__one so important that the experts who developed the APICS Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) courseware dedicate a significant amount of content to the subject.
The material emphasizes collaboration in supplier relationship management (SRM), including "the need to have two-way discussions with suppliers rather than just handing down specifications."
CSCP also concentrates on supplier contracts, stating they should include at a minimum
It's hard to tell from a review of the news articles if Boeing and Airbus are attempting genuine collaboration or if their spokespeople are merely stressing the idea in an attempt to garner positive press. Regardless of their motivations, the aircraft manufacturers are bound to face tribulations in any SRM pursuit. According to CSCP, SRM challenges include the complexities of globalization, as well as the difficulty of striking "a balance between the opposing forces of relentless cost reduction and better supplier relationships."
One thing is abundantly clear: As companies' ambitious plans increasingly rely on intricate supply chains, the professionals that ensure those supply chains are vital. Your role is more important than ever before.
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Now, you can take the APICS Operations Management Now discussion to your social networks on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and the APICS Supply Chain Channel. Be sure to use the hashtag #OMNow and include @Tweet_APICS in any tweets to have your words featured on the APICS homepage.
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I absolutely don't see how any of that very long post points to the fact that in a 10 team league there would be no blowouts.
The research showed clubs in SL without money suffered many blowouts.
16 clubs would be great, 14 good 12 disappointing 10 tedious.
But what will create blowouts is where clubs are let into SL with a serious lack of money, or a lack of quality players regardless of the league size.
It's most likely a smaller league will avoid ending up with a skint club in it
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Looking ahead to 2016
Thanks to the constant hum of cable news, the speculation on the 2016 presidential election is constant. Be it Fox, MSNBC or CNN, the drumbeat of idle speculation never ends. Straw polls, intense scrutiny of who's up and who's down reflect the vacuous nature of the media. Barack Obama is a mere two months into his second term and reporters are transfixed about an election just short of four years away.
Better to emphasize those issues that very well may determine who is a victor. Not likely the list of issues bandied about currently, such as gun control, gay marriage or climate change. Even the economy may not supersede the concern of average citizens over the kind of society they desire to live in. Barry Goldwater asked his audiences in 1964, "What kind of country do you want to have?" This general question is more likely to dominate rather than the micro-issues currently highlighted.
Despite the calls for "no labels" by Mark Mackimmon and Joe Manchin, the differences between the parties have never been sharper, Libertarians advocate leaving Americans alone, but this also means a shrinking safety-net. Liberals desire a renewed commitment to Medicare, Social Security and education. For some moderates all answers lay in the middle, but the two factions most dominant in both parties have staked out strong positions. In many respects this is healthy and not corrosive as some have suggested.
The problem with seeking consensus is that it involves papering over real differences. Go back to the days of Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ostensibly Congress and the president agreed to measure growth in government. Sure, the Federal Highway Act was passed in 1956, and the St. Lawrence Seaway and expansion of Social Security marked the beneficial cooperation between White House and Congress. However, the debt was less, the United States dominated trade and the dollar stood unassailable.
For some conservatives in the late 1950s such as Goldwater this represented "a dime store New Deal." They were not pleased with GOP cooperation. Such figures as Clarence Manion, Robert Welch and others helped form a new right-wing response. Sure enough some of their fears were realized. That "dime store New Deal" mushroomed into a full blown Great Society with expansion into healthcare and education. Perhaps conservatives are quite aware of the possible price of collaboration.
For liberals and Democrats in general any perceived retreat is considered unthinkable. The late 1970s represent their greatest fears. Then Edward Kennedy helped deregulate trucking and other industries, undercutting many staples of the New Deal. Jimmy Carter, by no means a liberal as president, pleased conservatives in his first two years more than his base. This "moderate" approach split the party and helped usher in Ronald Reagan. As with Republicans in the 1960s, the price of cooperation was too high.
So fears are real when it comes to bipartisanship. New Republicans could improve on immigration, and the argument that it is a fools' errand is somewhat blunted by the election of 2004, in which George W. Bush received 45 percent of the Hispanic vote.
Of course it may have been a fluke but the idea that support is completely out of reach is at least debatable. Democrats and entitlements are trickier, given that their fortunes lay more in government expansion than retraction. Both, however, are risky for the parties.
True enough, Democrats usually prefer to vote for the genuine article and so do Republicans. To be lectured to about seeking common ground assumes that the voter does not know what they want. But as V.O. Key noted, there is "a responsible electorate" that is fairly well-informed. Perhaps the current stalemate reflects what they want – a spirited debate and inaction.


text: Cowboy boots never go out of style. I love the vintage, rough, sexy appeal they have when you wear them with a great pair of jeans, a skirt or even denim shorts. I thought it was about time to buy some new boots (mine usually last me about 10 years or more), so I headed over to my favorite store, Boot Barn and bought two pairs! The black ones are amazing and perfect for everything, but my favorite are the two-toned, beige and brown. I wore them out last night with jeans and not only are they so comfy, but I had so many people compliment them. What do you think? Do you have boots? What are your favorite pair?


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FridayMarch 14th, 2009 by kmonroe
Cockadoodledooo!!! At seven am we were all up and scrambling around to pack last minute and eat Rice Krispies. We hopped onto the broad street line plus a bus, and convened with another alternative spring break group from George Mason University in a community center located in way-north Philly. First the City Year organizers put in their spiel about the ten month volunteer core and then we did teamwork exercises and reflected on the week's service. It was a little weird to accept the City Year hype and their own intense community while we were still in the "Go Campus Philly ASB" mood. The George Mason ASB group was very sociable and had spent the week following City Year employees, so they said cool stuff about the City Year rally and their fierce work ethic. After a corny video and an informative presentation I've decided that the core is an appealing after college opportunity. I especially like their emphasis on learning to respect people from a variety of different backgrounds. I am often intimidated and confused by conflicting messages about who to care about and who to ignore. It's always motivating to hear that everybody has important things to share no matter how harshly they are judged.
The City Year role as workshop facilitators made a lot more sense after I realized that they didn't sell tires. First, we paired up facing back to back to described a picture that our partner tried to draw, and then we formed four different groups according to "North, South, East, and West" characteristics — City Year's "compass" of leadership styles. In those groups we planned an imaginary vacation. Speaking as a member of the South group (the empathetic, people-person kind of leader, it was kind of difficult to get anything done. Southerners may be easy to work with but when we were in a group all by ourselves it felt pretty dysfunctional. It was a pretty interesting experiment.
(Katie here) — I found the final reflection and discussion to be mostly valuable, although there were moments when it degenerated into self-congratulation for our "world-changing" week of community service. My sarcasm is only light — I really believe in what we did but it's important to realize that it wasn't much and needs to be followed with continued engagement. Especially for those of us at places like Haverford, it is all too easy to retreat back into our safe little suburban bubble and not confront these issues, but we are fortunate enough to be able to help and therefore we need to!
I liked thinking about the connections between different nonprofit experiences and trying to draw some conclusions…for example, one thing I gained from the week was an appreciation for the plurality of nonprofit groups. It's important to realize that when you go into nonprofit work, you're entering a network of organizations, people, foundations, etc. that have been working really hard before you got there. While innovation and creativity are vital for progress, you don't want to reinvent the wheel. Collaborations and networking are an integral part of problem solving — for example, at Education Works we learned that they used the local church basketball leagues (which have been around forever) to model their own basketball league. One of City Year's mottos was something to do with multiplying the power of everything they did, and recognizing the need to work with other groups and organizations with similar goals as opposed to going at it alone is definitely one way of accomplishing more.
We finished off the week with a yummy dinner at a nearby Italian restaurant. It was a wonderful experience and we are so thankful to Ian and Brittany's fantastic planning skills leadership through, under, over and around Philadelphia. THANKS a bunch!


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The hall was built in the early 1950s with land and monetary donations from the Dougherty family and other Bee County residents. The hall was named for Charles Major Lytle, Beeville's first African-American soldier to die in WWII. The marker is the fifth such plaque awarded to the school's alumni association, in conjunction with the historical commission.
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All about elotes
Roasted corn taken to new heights
Years ago, when I lived in Houston, my then-wife and I would venture out on a typical Saturday to the Common Market, a sprawling flea market near the intersection of Westpark Road and the Southwest Freeway, to see what was on offer that week.
The flea market was an assault on the senses. My eyes were dazzled by sun glinting off the hundreds of sequined tops for sale in the ladies' clothing stalls. The flicker of off-brand TVs in huge electronics stalls threatened to bring on a seizure. My ears were rung by a cacophony of cumbia, salsa, merengue, reggae, rap, rock and country blaring from boom boxes and the occasional live stage performance.
It was Houston life in a microcosm: a panoply of cultures, beliefs and consumer goods all cheek-by-jowl and competing for the buyer's attention. It was not uncommon to find a Chinese tea booth next to a booth selling illegal bootleg CDs, or a chair massage practitioner next door to a pet shop.
But the smells, oh, the smells! The air was rich with the aromas of fry grease, peppers, meats, spices, sweets and pickles. If it was a favorite food of any culture present in Houston, it could be found at the Common Market. It was the sort of place that, if it existed today, would have been overrun by well-moneyed foodies searching for an "authentic" culinary experience.
Thankfully, back then the foodie movement was in its infancy, so those of us with big appetites and tiny budgets were free to roam.
The best Italian sausage sandwich I've ever had was cooked by a Mexican man running a grill cart at the Common Market. The panaderias offered all manner of sweet baked goods flavored with everything from tamarinds and dates to cinnamon and brown sugar.
But for me, the beacon that caused my stomach to growl and my mouth to water was an 8-foot-tall green metal box from which occasional puffs of steam and smoke would issue, carrying the smell of corn roasting inside. It signaled the presence of elotes.
Elotes can be described simplistically as roasted corn, but anyone who's ever seen the dizzying spread of toppings available at a flea market elotes stand can tell you that's missing the point. (If anyone knows of such a stand around here, please let me know!)
The corn, usually the cheap yellow corn just a cut above feed corn grade, is placed in a tall metal box with baskets on a chain device that runs a circuit from top to bottom and back. At the bottom is a slow-smoldering fire. At the top is (sometimes) a water mister to keep the corn steaming in the shucks. The smell that issues from the box after the corn's been roasting an hour or so is intoxicating.
Why the slow roast? It's all about sugar. Corn, like all vegetables, contains sugar. Lots of it, in fact. The trick is to heat the ears slowly so the sugar gets as sweet as it possibly can. This is called caramelization, and it's the secret to a LOT of good eats. Take a Vidalia onion sometime, cut it up and cook it on low heat with a bit of olive oil. It will take a while, often well over an hour, but you'll be rewarded with a soft, browned onion so sweet you can (and I have) use it as a topping on vanilla ice cream.
But back to the elotes …
If you get your roasted corn at a traditional Mexican-style stand, when you look for the butter and salt you'll likely think someone left their groceries sitting on the counter. You'll find your butter and salt, of course, alongside mayonnaise, salad dressing, parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, chili powder, garlic powder, hot sauces, other spices and even pickled jalapenos. Everyone has their own favorite combination, and it can be fun just to sit and watch people create their masterpieces. My personal preference was mayo, parmesan cheese and a truly unhealthy amount of chili powder.
If you want to do elotes at home (and why not?), you can easily lay out a spread like I describe above, but you might need to fix your corn first to convince your guests you're not joking. If you'd like to go a little more gourmet, you can pre-mix a single sauce and topping and serve the corn to your guests already prepared.
For the sauce, mix 3 tablespoons of mayonnaise with 2 teaspoons of freshly squeezed lime juice. For the topping, mix 2 tablespoons of parmesan cheese with 1 teaspoon of chili powder, ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper, ½ tsp. garlic powder, ½ tsp. ground cumin and 1 tsp. kosher salt. This makes enough for four ears of corn, so increase as necessary. Brush the roasted corn with the sauce, then sprinkle on the topping. Make lots!
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Reviewed By: A customer from Seattle, WA, USA on 11/4/12
I recently bought the Transit jacket to replace my well worn Tourist jacket. The Transit has some improvements over the Tourist: first, a better lining - no more white plastic coating to flake when the jacket starts to wear; and second, no more back snap flap to fiddle with. I never liked that feature on the Tourist, and I'm glad the Transit doesn't have it. Just the right weight to wear over a t shirt on cool, damp Fall days, or over warmer clothes when the temps really drop. My Tourist held up to daily commutes through 4 Seattle winters, and the Transit looks sturdy enough to last at least that long.


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Mr. Jones was born Aug. 16, 1956 in Monahans to Bob and Dorothy Jones. He spent most of his childhood in Orange, after graduating, he joined the Army and was stationed in Germany from 1974 until he was honorably discharged in 1977. He married Kathy Chapman on January 31, 1981 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Karnes City. He worked as an electronic technician at Phillips Petroleum and Sears.
Survivors include his wife of 32 years, Kathy Chapman Jones of Kenedy; daughters, Christina (Ryan) Sadler of West Jordan, Utah and Erica (Bryan) Whitt of Hutto; granddaughters, Riley and Lyla Sadler and sister Deborah Noel of San Antonio.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Dorothy Jones.
A memorial service was held Sunday, July 14 at 1 p.m. at Eckols Funeral Home Chapel, Kenedy.


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Ethel Mae had a real sense of humor, loved her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Highlights of her day were feeding her backyard birds and playing with her 2 cats, MaryAnn and Ginger. She had a Green Thumb, was the Best Cook Ever, and a loyal Dallas Cowboy fan. Ethel Mae grew up helping her parents in their grocery business, always talking about the great depression and how her family helped so many people. She rode thru the streets of Donna on her beloved horse "Polly" and attended Stephens College and the University of Texas, majoring in music. Ethel Mae always had a dream to have an all-women's swing orchestra - her playing the trumpet.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Albert Henry Kammer and Alice Mildred Kammer (Oatman); her little brother, Johnny Albert Kammer; and sister, Gloria Reynolds.
Ethel Mae is survived by her children, Bobbie Jean Davis, Albert Kessler (Paula), Alice Owens (Mike), James Kessler; grandchildren, Lori Castillo, Chris Owens (Sarah), Brian Owens; great-grandchildren, Taylor Owens, Aren Owens, Austin Owens, Abby Owens, Ethan Owens and Ava Castillo.
A Memorial Celebration of her Life was held on Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. at Seaside Funeral Home.
A Special Thank You to Yoli Reyes, Jan Beck, Bay Area Hospital and their Wonderful Staff for their love and devotion to our mother.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Pee Wee's Pet Adoption, 1307 Saratoga, Corpus Christi, Texas 78417 (361-888-4141).
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Dr. Rachel Grover and Dr. Beth Kotchick were honored at the Maryland Day Dean's Symposium held on March 23, 2012. Hosted by the Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Tim Snyder, Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Rev. Jim Miracky and President, Rev. Brian Linnane this symposium is held in recognition of the scholary achievements of the Loyola faculty. Dr. Kotchick received the Faculty Award in Excellence in Engaged Scholarship this year, and Dr. Grover was invited to present at the event. Her speech entitled Girl Friend, Boy Friend, Girlfriend, Boyfriend: Negotiating Difficult Other‐Sex Situations in the Teen Years" dealt with the impact that varied gender relationships have on adolescent development.
"Contemporary researchers agree that adolescent other-sex friendships and other-sex romantic relationships likely serve important developmental functions. Some are similar to what we know same-sex friendships provide: companionship, additional social support, and affection. There are also some unique functions. For example research on romantic relationships in high school shows that having a boyfriend or girlfriend enhances peer status. Also, other-sex relationships may provide opportunities for experimentation with sex role behaviors and sexual activity. Participation in romantic relationships during the teen years has been associated with several positive outcomes including increased feelings of self-worth and competence. Difficulties in romantic relationships during the teen years have been linked to depression, anxiety, academic adjustment, and violence in teen relationships. Therefore, it is important for us to determine what competent behavior looks like and how to assess competence in these heterosocial situations." - Excerpted from Dr. Grover's speech
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Degas's Most Radical Sculpture: New Thoughts on "The Little Dancer Aged Fourteen"
Date: Saturday, January 26, 2013
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Speaker: Richard Kendall, Curator at Large, Clark Art Institute
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Despite its international celebrity, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen remains an enigmatic object whose origin in Degas's larger creative practice has rarely been analyzed. While this work is a remarkable technical achievement for an untrained sculptor, new research reveals that it also emerged from profoundly original thinking about perception and visual experience. As Richard Kendall explains, Degas proved to be among the most innovative individuals of his age, anticipating the achievements of photography and film, and even the multidimensional art of our own times.
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Rename the php.ini-development to php.ini.
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Video Lectures on Parallel Programming
By Ruud-Oracle on Dec 05, 2010
A series of 7 short video introductions into parallel programming are now available on line. They can be viewed here. Each video is about 10-15 minutes long and covers a specific topic, or topics. Although it is recommended to view them in sequence, this is not required.
The slides are available as well and can be downloaded from the same web page.
Readers interested in these topics may also want to take a look at the "Parallel Programming with Oracle Developer Tools" white paper. There is little overlap between the two. The videos cover the big picture, whereas the paper goes into much more detail on the programming aspects.
The first video sets the stage. It covers the more general topic of application performance tuning, summarizing the different ways how to optimize an application, with parallelization being one of them.
The second video is about multicore architectures. The main purpose of this talk is to underline that multicore is here today and supported by all major microprocessor manufacturers. Admittedly, the processors covered here have been replaced by their respective successors, but that is in the nature of the beast. This topic is after all a moving target, since new microprocessors appear on the horizon all the time. For the purpose of the talks given here, the processor details are not relevant however. Of course there is an impact on the performance, but when parallelizing an application, the details of the processor architecture need not be taken into account.
The most important thing to realize is that there are three features that are going to stay for a long time to come. First of all, multicore is not going to go away; developers can count on any new general purpose microprocessor to support parallel execution in hardware. Secondly, not only does the number of threads continue to increase, the cost of a thread continues to come down too.
The next video covers parallel architectures. There are even more different architectures than processors. This is why the systems described here are generic and covered at the block diagram level. The goal is to help understand at a high level what the differences between an SMP system, a single/multi core cluster and a cc-NUMA system are.
Video number 4 is another conceptual talk, but with an exclusive focus on parallel programming. This is where you'll find more about topics like threads, parallel overheads and Amdah'ls law.
By then, all necessary information to get started writing a parallel program has been covered and it is high time to dig deeper into parallel programming.
The fifth video covers the Message Passing Interface (MPI) in some detail. This is a widely used distributed memory model, targeting a cluster of systems. MPI has been around for quite some time, but is still alive and kicking. Many recent other distributed memory programming models (e.g. CUDA) rely on the same principles. This is why the information presented here is of more general use than to those only interested in using MPI.
The next video is about shared memory parallel programming, starting with automatic parallelization. Often overlooked, but absolutely worth giving a try. The mechanism is simply activated by using the appropriate option on the compiler. Success or failure depends on many factors, but compiler technology continues to improve and can handle increasingly complex code structures.
OpenMP is the second shared memory model covered in this video. It is a mature and easy to use directive based model to explicitly parallelize applications for multicore based systems. Due to the multicore revolution, interest in OpenMP has never been as strong as it is today.
Clusters of multicore based systems are more and more common. The question is how to program them. This is where the Hybrid Parallel Programming model comes into the picture. It is the topic of the short 7-th video. With a Hybrid model, a distributed memory model (like MPI) is used to parallelize the application across the nodes of the cluster. Within the node one can either use MPI (or a similar model) again, but since the overhead of such models tends to be relatively high, a more lightweight model like OpenMP (or a native threading model like POSIX threads) is often more efficient.
This last video only touches upon this important and interesting topic. Those interested to learn much more about it may want to read the appropriate chapters in my white paper on parallel programming.
The title of this 7-th talk includes "What's Next?". It is very hard to predict what's down the road two or more years from now, but it is very safe to assume that parallel computing is here to stay and will only get more interesting. Anybody developing software is strongly advised to look into parallel programming as a way to enhance the performance of his or her application.
I would like to acknowledge Richard Friedman and Steve Kimmey at Oracle, as well as Deirdré Straughan (now at Joyent) for their support creating these videos and to make them available to a wide audience.


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Slow Food: One apple at a time
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Of the cider he got to drink that day, the youngest participant, three-year-old Max Blumenthal, said, "It tastes like real apples."
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Owners of Indian Premier League side Rajasthan Royals have been slapped with a fine of one billion rupees ($NZ22.18 million) for alleged foreign exchange violations, media reports said today.
The enforcement directorate of the ministry of finance has given the owners, who include Bollywood star Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra, 45 days to pay the fine or file an appeal.
"The foreign investment in the franchise was made in flagrant contravention of Foreign Exchange Maintenance Act," NDTV news channel quoted an order from the directorate as saying.
This is the first major fine imposed on an IPL team by the government, which has been investigating financial and foreign exchange irregularities in the Twenty20 league.
The IPL has become a major event in the international cricket calendar, attracting the world's most exciting players such Kevin Pietersen to entertain large domestic audiences.
But it has also been hit by a series of financial scandals, and its founder Lalit Modi was sacked in 2010 following allegations of corruption and money-laundering.
Rajasthan Royals won the inaugural edition of the IPL in 2008 under the captaincy of Australian spin great Shane Warne, but failed to qualify for the play-offs last year.
The sixth edition of the IPL will be held in April-May.
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The Explorers Learning Community, created especially for first-year students in Exploratory Studies, offers courses and out-of-class activities that will help you in your quest to find the right major at Purdue!
The Academic and Career Planning course taught by Exploratory Studies academic advisors is designed to help you learn about yourself, majors, and careers. Along with the Academic and Career Planning course, you will have either ENGL 106 or COM 114 together. This allows you to develop deep academic and social networks in two classes with students who will eventually choose majors across campus.
Some of the activities you participate in may include the Boiler Challenge ropes course, volunteering in the community, attending a Purdue Women's Volleyball game, meeting for lunch or dinner, and enjoying study break pizza and bowling. Often assignments are coordinated in the two courses to provide further depth.
- First-time beginning students admitted to Exploratory Studies
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JXTA in a Nutshell
In part four in this series of book excerpts from JXTA in a Nutshell, learn about JXTA pipes.
One of the most powerful of JXTA's services is the pipe service. The idea of a pipe is familiar to users of Unix systems: a pipe is used to connect the output from one command to the input of another command. On a Unix system, if you want to count the number of unique exceptions that occur in a log file, you might use this command:
piccolo% cat log | grep "Exception" | sort | uniq | wc -l
cat command prints the log file to its standard output. The
grep command reads this file from its standard input and searches for lines containing the string "Exception"; it prints matching lines to its standard output. The
sort command reads these lines from its standard input and sends the sorted list to its standard output, where it is read by the
uniq command, which removes duplicate lines. The unduplicated lines are sent to its standard output, where they are read by the
wc command, which counts the number of lines and finally prints that number.
Pipes are quite useful in that they allow you to build complex functionality from a number of simple building blocks. JXTA takes the familiar idea of pipes and extends their functionality to the network.
In This Series
Getting Started with JXTA, Part 5
Getting Started with JXTA, Part 3
Getting Started with JXTA, Part 2
Getting Started with JXTA, Part 1
JXTA pipes are defined in terms of the endpoints available to a peer. A peer endpoint is a logical abstraction of an address on a network transport that is capable of sending and receiving network messages. In the examples we've seen so far, the network transport has always been IP-based: the shell peer we've looked at has a TCP endpoint (port 9701 by default) and can have an HTTP endpoint. However, JXTA does not make this assumption and allows an endpoint to be an address on any network transport as long as the network is capable of sending and receiving datagram-style (i.e., unreliable packet-based) messages.
In the shell, the available endpoints are established when the configurator runs. The TCP endpoint is based on the network address selected from the pull-down menu and the port number entered into the TCP port text box; the HTTP endpoint is enabled by selecting support for HTTP.
In JXTA, pipes provide a unidirectional, virtual connection between two pipe endpoints: input pipe (receiving end) and output pipe (sending end). Pipe connections are established independently of the pipe endpoints peer location. For example, the input pipe endpoint can be located behind a firewall or NAT while the output endpoint can be located on a peer on the Internet. The endpoints may even be on physically different networks: the input pipe endpoint could be on a TCP network while the output pipe endpoint is on a token ring network. As long as there are available JXTA relay peers between the two endpoints, a logical pipe between them may be defined.
Therefore, pipes enable connections without any consideration of connectivity. Two peers may require an intermediary routing peer to communicate between each other. Pipes virtualize peer connections to homogenize and provide an abstraction of the full connectivity available within the JXTA network.
Pipe connections are layered on top of the peer endpoint connections, as we show in Figure 2-4. This figure shows a set of peer endpoint connections: Peer B, for example, has two HTTP endpoint connections while Peer D has two HTTP endpoint connections and one TCP/IP endpoint connection.
Figure 2-4. Pipe connections over peer endpoints
Note that some peers sit behind a firewall. HTTP proxy connections are used to connect to a peer outside the firewall (a TCP/IP Socks connection could also have been used). Peer C and Peer A can act as router peers for peers behind firewalls.
A pipe connection may involve multiple peer endpoint transport connections (multi-hops). The pipe connection between Peer B and Peer E involves an HTTP connection between Peer B and Peer C, an HTTP connection between Peer C and Peer D, and a TCP/IP connection between Peer D and Peer E. On the other hand, if a pipe connection is established between Peer A and Peer C, a single peer endpoint connection will implement the pipe, as Peer A and Peer C have a direct TCP/IP connection.
Pipes may send messages in different ways, each of which may provide a different quality of service. Some examples of this include:
Unidirectional, asynchronous: The pipe endpoint sends a message, and no guarantee of delivery is made.
Synchronous request/response (RPC): The pipe endpoint sends a message and receives a correlated answer.
Publish/subscribe: A pipe endpoint subscribes to messages sent from a publisher endpoint.
Bulk data transfer: The pipe provides reliable data transfer of binary data.
Streaming: The pipe provides efficient data transfer over a flow-controlled channel.
The default service provided by a JXTA pipe is unidirectional, asynchronous communication. All other pipe services can be implemented by the developer either directly on top of the peer endpoints or over the default pipe abstraction. The unidirectional and asynchronous pipe service was selected as the minimum common denominator service easily implementable on a wide variety of non-IP transports. The asynchronous model was also selected since it fits well with the unreliable nature of a P2P network such as JXTA, in which peers or connections may disappear at any moment. Asynchronous models are also known to be more scalable (as the number of peers increase) than synchronous models. Finally, an asynchronous model provides an easier fault recovery and garbage collection mechanism when network connections fail.
Pipes provide a nonlocalized communication abstraction. Applications and services create pipe endpoints (an input pipe and an output pipe) to communicate independently of the pipe endpoints' peer location. Due to the unreliability and the interchangeable nature of peers in the JXTA network, pipes provide a powerful mechanism to build fault-tolerant applications. When creating a connection to a service, the pipe abstraction permits the peer to bind the pipe endpoints dynamically to the best or more appropriate instance of the service independent of the peer location. This hides the location of a service peer from the application, which is extremely important on an unreliable network.
The indirection introduced by pipes also allows applications to bind to the most appropriate instance of a service: perhaps the closest service or the best performing service. JXTA presents a novel approach to address application reliability. By building and proliferating interchangeable services on peers, applications can adapt to the unreliable network environment by connecting to or changing to the most available or efficient service; the application can do this at any time and with no regard to the location of the service.
Pipes are an essential tool to build such services and applications. JXTA pipes introduce a fundamental network programming shift in which developers should not write applications that connect to a specific peer to access a unique service, but should write applications that discover the closest available service regardless of which peer is running the service.
Pipe endpoints are dynamically bounded to a peer endpoint at runtime via the Pipe Binding Protocol (PBP). The pipe-binding process consists of searching for and connecting two or more pipe endpoints. When a message is sent over a pipe, it is sent by the local output pipe to the destination input pipe endpoint that is currently listening to the pipe. The set of currently listening peers (that is, the location of the input pipe endpoint) is resolved using the PBP.
Pipes are uniquely identified by a pipe advertisement. The pipe advertisement contains a unique pipe ID and an optional pipe name. Pipe advertisements are a resource within the JXTA network; they may be discovered just as we discovered peers and peergroups. Each pipe advertisement is associated with a unique pipe.
Applications use a pipe service to create pipe endpoints (both input and output) associated with a particular pipe advertisement. The pipe service uses pipe advertisements to identify the pipe and resolve the input pipe and output pipe endpoints.[2]
Pipes support two modes of communication (see Figure 2-5):
Point-to-point: A point-to-point pipe connects exactly two pipe endpoints: an input pipe receives messages sent from an output pipe. No reply or acknowledgment is supported. Additional information in the message payload (such as a unique ID) is required to determine the sequence of messages sent over the pipe. The message payload may also contain a pipe advertisement that can be used to open a pipe to reply to the sender.
Propagate pipe: A propagate pipe connects one output pipe to multiple input pipes. Messages flow into the input pipes from the output pipe (propagation source). A message sent over a propagate pipe is sent to all listening input pipes; this process may create multiple copies of the message. On a TCP/IP network, IP multicasting is used as an implementation for propagate pipes when the propagate scope maps to an underlying physical subnet in a one-to-one fashion. Propagate pipes can also be implemented using point-to-point communication on transports that do not support multicasting.
Figure 2-5. Pipe communication modes
Pipe connectivity is related to the concept of peergroups: only pipe endpoints that are located in the same peergroup can be mutually resolved by a pipe service. Each peergroup has its own pipe service, so to open a pipe connection between two peers, the two peers must have joined the same peergroup.
Of course, since all peers are part of the NetPeerGroup, any peer can open a pipe to any other peer. The difference is in which pipe service will resolve the pipe. In Figure 2-5, Peer 1 can use the pipe service of either the NetPeerGroup or of Peergroup A to resolve its pipe connections to Peers 2 and 3. Peers 2 and 4 can use only the pipe service of the NetPeerGroup to resolve their mutual pipe connection. The context of the pipe resolution is important because of the security context that may be enforced by the pipe service of a peergroup: Peer 1 may decide that it does not want to send data to any peer that has not been authenticated into Peergroup A. It then advertises only its pipe endpoint within that peergroup.
A peer can maintain different pipe connections to the same peer, holding each of them in a different peergroup context for security reasons. Messages can be sent to the peer with different security levels depending on the pipe used.
Pipes are used behind the scenes for many shell services. One such service is the talk service, which allows users in two different shells to send simple string messages to each other.
To use the talk service, you must register two users (either in the same or -- ideally -- different shells). One registration looks like this:
JXTA>talk -register sdo
User: sdo is now registered
JXTA>talk -login sdo
Now repeat the process in a second shell with a different user:
JXTA>talk -register jra
User: jra is now registered
JXTA>talk -login jra
In the first shell, you can then send a message from
sdo to
JXTA>talk -u sdo jra
found user's advertisement attempting to connect
talk is connected to user jra
Type your message. To exit, type "." at beginning of line
In the second shell, you'll see this message:
talk: from sdo to jra
Message: Hello!
Behind the scenes, this example uses a number of JXTA services; the one that concerns us for now is the pipe service. The message from
sdo to
jra is sent via a pipe. What happens is this:
A user is registered. This creates an advertisement that the peer will accept talk messages.
The user logs in. This creates the actual input pipe. A thread is set up to read continually from the input pipe, which is why the message from
sdo to
jra appeared asynchronously in the second shell window. This is why logging in is a necessary step in this service; without it, there would be no input pipe to accept messages.
The user sends a message. This creates an output pipe; whatever data is written to this output pipe will be read on the input pipe of the user to whom the message is directed.
We can explore some other shell commands to understand a little more about how JXTA pipes work. To create a pipe, we must make a pipe advertisement and use it to create the pipes:
JXTA>pipeadv = mkadv -p
JXTA>inpipe = mkpipe -i pipeadv
JXTA>outpipe = mkpipe -o pipeadv
This creates both an input and output pipe. In order for the pipes to be connected to each other, they must be created with the same advertisement that we created here. In the talk service (and in other JXTA applications), you discover input pipe advertisements that are created by the shell in response to the
talk -register command. The shell uses this pipe advertisement to create the input pipe in response to the
talk -login command; it uses this pipe advertisement to create the output pipe in response to the
talk user command.
In this example, we've created the input and output pipes in the same peer. Later, we'll see how to create the pipes in different peers.
The information transmitted through pipes is messages. Messages define an envelope to transfer any kind of data: text, code, and so on. Furthermore, a message may contain an arbitrary number of uniquely named sections. Each section has an associated MIME type and can hold any form of data. Binary data may be encoded using the Base64 encoding scheme in the body of a section; a CDATA section may also be used. Some sections may contain XML-structured documents. Applications and services communicate by constructing messages and sending and/or receiving messages through the input and output pipe endpoints.
JXTA messages use a binary format to enable the efficient transfer of binary and XML data. A JXTA binary message format is composed of a sequence of elements. Each element has a name and a MIME type and can contain either binary or XML data. The form of a JXTA message is shown in Figure 2-6.Figure 2-6. A JXTA message
In order to send data over a pipe (or to any JXTA peer), the data must be encapsulated in a message. In the shell, this can be done by importing an existing file that contains the message body and using the
mkmsg command to convert the data into a message. When this is done, the imported data will be associated in the message with a tag of your choosing.
First, we need to create a file containing the message data. Such a file would contain a set of arbitrary XML tags; a simple example is the file containing the single line:
<Data>Hello, world!</Data>
If this file is named data, then we can import it into the shell like this:
JXTA>importfile -f data mydata
mydata variable now contains the data read in from the file. In fact, it contains other information as well, since the shell has embedded some additional XML into it.
You can create the actual message like this:
JXTA>mymsg = mkmsg
JXTA>put mymsg mytag mydata
The first command creates an empty message named
mymsg; the second populates this message with the data from the
mydata object, associating it with the
mytag tag.
If you've made the pipes and message, you can then send and receive data like this:
JXTA>send outpipe mymsg
JXTA>newmsg = recv inpipe
recv has received a message
The message is sent on the output pipe. The input pipe then reads the message and stores it in a new message variable,
newmsg. The contents of
newmsg are the same as those of
mymsg; they have a tag of
mytag and an associated message body that contains the structured XML document created by reading the datafile. The message body can be extracted with the
get command:
JXTA>newdata = get newmsg mytag
JXTA>cat newdata
<?xml version="1.0">
<Data>Hello, world!</Data>
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This A-/B+ list mostly movie actor with some sobriety issues was eating dinner at a hotel and also got a room where he escape to several times during the meal. Strange.
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It doesn't seem all that strangeReplyCancel
Never would have guessed thisReplyCancel
Shit happensReplyCancel
I wonder how many chances Efron will get.ReplyCancel
TTM, let's talk book club.ReplyCancel
Gweeds, are you feeding the trolls, my lub?ReplyCancel
I don't see what's so strangeReplyCancel
Not so strange if you're snorty snortin'!ReplyCancel
poor lambReplyCancel
There we go, a good old fashioned trolling!ReplyCancel
That was fun!ReplyCancel
LOL@ Lotta, I found that embarrassingly funny!ReplyCancel
I dunno, GM, it seemed a little half-hearted to me, GM. They definitely put more effort in previouslyReplyCancel
Hope he gets it together. He's pretty and make my middle aged eyes happy.ReplyCancel
Hey you ever had to go in a hotel public bathroom? Maybe poor zac had the runsReplyCancel
Thanks, btw, Gweeds!ReplyCancel
Zach was probably excusing him self every few mouthfuls, so he could go puke it up and maintain his dainty figure.ReplyCancel
LOL LottaColada my thought exactly
travellers diarrheaReplyCancel
Sorry cubsfan 🙁ReplyCancel
Warecat got this!!!!! Please don't be mad at me again, cubsfan. I'll even root for your favorite teams this month if you leave our boo warecat out of this! 😉
Helllooo errrybodyReplyCancel
How does he eat on coke?ReplyCancel
IKR, I do it all the time 🙂ReplyCancel
Maybe he likes to take a private smoke break on the terrace of the room? I love going out to a good dinner and stretching it out with cocktails, intermezzo cigarettes, and even a bump or three to commence digestion the same way others have coffee.ReplyCancel
If the bill is 300$ or more a head, than I am going to settle in and make an evening of it.ReplyCancel
Maybe there were some lines and an attractive bellman in the hotel room.ReplyCancel
Maybe he had to go have hot sexy times with his lesbian girlfriend over and over and over.ReplyCancel
Note to self: get rich.ReplyCancel
Is it bulimia? Or coke? Damn, Zac. Pull yourself together.ReplyCancel


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The 41-year-old Hoiberg traveled from Ames, Iowa, to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for the procedure.
"The surgery performed this morning at the Mayo Clinic to replace my pacemaker was successful," Hoiberg said. "The plan is for me to be discharged and allowed to return to Ames this afternoon.
"I want to thank my doctors and nurses at the Mayo Clinic, as well as everyone that has extended their well-wishes to me. Our family truly appreciates your support."
Hoiberg's wife, Carol, tweeted afterward, "Surgery went well and @ISUMayor32 is RECHARGED"
The pacemaker originally was implanted during open-heart surgery in 2005 for enlargement of the aortic root. Hoiberg learned last weekend while working out at home that the pacemaker's batteries needed to be replaced.
"I'm so hypersensitive that I can feel every heartbeat," Hoiberg said, according to The Des Moines Register. "My (heart rate) isn't supposed to go below 70, but I could feel it was lower. I could just feel it. I'd do a workout, and when I got done, I could tell my heart rate wasn't elevating. It wasn't going past 65."
Hoiberg, a former Iowa State and NBA player, became the school's head coach in 2010 and has guided the Cyclones to three consecutive NCAA Tournament berths.


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By Ken De Los Santos
While the tornado of 2007 remains fresh on our minds, I would like to ask, "Are you prepared for another?
With severe weather, you can never let your guard down. The main purpose of this article is to educate on preparation for any type of disaster.
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Catching up with fair David
Did you catch our young David on Good Day New York? Click here for the footage! The highlight for me is D-Wright admitting that he's a total mama's boy, which is pretty adorable.
Do mama's boys wear headbands? Why, yes. I think they do indeed.
Just in case you missed the hilarious David Wright-Jose Reyes GQ fashion shoot, the slidshow can be found here. My favorite shot? This one below, which proves that our David is not the king of cool. But then, that's half his charm. I'm not sure I love Jose in that gold jacket either, but he does "tough" a little more convincingly!
This one's pretty cute, too. As for the men's fashion, though? Please tell me Members Only jackets aren't coming back!
Now. Where's the swimsuit issue?
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Swimsuit issue? That would be even more hilarious.
I like the 3 pics in the mag. The rest well they were funny… the headband one- I have yet to make a decision.
This is exactly what I need to get through a long off season! Thanks for the links and the blog!
Too late Zoe. Members only jackets are already WAY back in. Where have you been?
Hey Zoe…
Like the David/Jose photo shoot… though i could do w/o the jackets myself lol. Hope you had a nice thanksgiving!
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David does his baseball, his interviews and his photo shoots… but mighty David also saves the planet
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Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so. Do you think so?


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July 17, 2013 —
WAYNE COUNTY, PA — Wayne County artists will open their studios to the public free of charge for three days in the Wayne County Arts Alliance (WCAA) 2013 Artists' Studio Tour on Friday, July 26 through Sunday, July 28 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day. In addition, several galleries, most of them in Honesdale, will exhibit numerous local artists' works. Several new artists have been added this year.
"Visiting studios is a great opportunity for the public to see how art is made," said Pauline Glykokokalos. "People will be proud to discover what outstanding talent we have living here—people who are our neighbors. It's also a perfect excuse to take a drive in beautiful Wayne County," she added.
One thing that has evolved since this annual tour began 12 years ago is that it will be easier to see more artists at fewer venues without so much driving. A number of studios and galleries will show more than one artists' work at a given location. For example, Richard Lichtenstein, a sculptor and blacksmith, has invited three fabric artists and a painter/photographer to show their work at his studio in Oregon Township. The works of 11 artists can be seen in downtown Honesdale at eight locations.
Yanni Glykokokalos, one of the founders of WCAA, encourages young people to come on the tour. "I think it's important for younger people to see art that's not just in a museum, where they're looking at something that's dead, painted a long time ago, just hanging on a wall. Here, younger people get to see artwork in a friendly and more accessible environment, and they can to talk to the artist as well."
He also pointed out an advantage of buying art directly from an artist at his or her. "You'll find prices you won't find anywhere else," he said.
To see a list of all the artists and locations, as well as to view some of the artists' works, visit waynecountyartsalliance.org/artiststour2013.php or call 570/390-4420.


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"Economic Realities Must Guide Africa's Constitutional Reform Efforts"
October 14, 2008
Author: Beth Maclin, Former Communications Assistant, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Belfer Center Programs or Projects: Science, Technology, and Globalization; Science, Technology, and Public Policy
African countries need new constitutional orders to cope with modern economic challenges, Calestous Juma said at a recent lecture.
The lecture focused on Kenya, where Juma is from, because of the violence that followed its election in December 2007. While the international media blamed the violence on ethnic tensions, he believes these tensions are enflamed with each election because of the lack of inclusive economic development.
"This is largely because Africa's governance systems are continuation of the colonial constitutional orders which defined the region as a source of raw materials," he said
Juma, professor of the practice of international development and director of the Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Globalization Project, listed the steps African countries need to take to utilize the basic liberties they have to produce the economic gains and development they need for a stable future.
A major challenge is based in the constitutions and laws left behind for the newly liberated countries. "What was being negotiated as independence was really an exercise in constitutional continuity from the colonial period through independence," Juma said. "And so you find a clear pattern, all across Africa, of continuing colonial practices."
While there is enormous pressure on African countries to focus on economic programs, they are unable to because the governmental framework left behind did not integrate the economic role of the colonizer into the new role of president. "The role of the governor was transferred to the president," Juma said. "The president was focused on ethnic balancing, not economic development."
This fundamental problem has lead to a growing gap between the constitutional structure and objectives, according to Juma. The main areas to focus on to address these issues are: infrastructure, regional integration, technical and vocational training, and entrepreneurship.
Infrastructure is key "for the reinvention of the continent," Juma said. China has played a large role in developing infrastructure ― both for travel and communication ― in Africa, which some feel is for its own benefit, but the impact is felt by everyone.
Infrastructure is an important part of economic development, specifically in terms of regional integration. Africa needs to open up its economic space, and sited several organizations already on their way. "Trying to fix the problem on a country-by-country basis is not working. It's the same colonial model," Juma said.
One challenge in the way of regional integration is that individual countries are concerned about the prospect of a regional president. But Juma thinks that option should be taken off the table because it is stalling the economic development opportunities that the countries need.
Another major issue linked with violence surrounding elections is the lack of job and education opportunities. Juma said that entrepreneurial opportunities need to be created to create new jobs. "The challenge of the continent is not managing existing businesses, but creating new enterprises," he said.
One enterprise that needs to be developed is technical and vocational training institutions. Juma said people need access to training so they can get jobs, which will in turn foster economic development and ease tensions among different ethnic groups. Both of these will address the unemployment problem, which also adds to ethnic tensions.
Without addressing all of these issues, Kenya and other African countries will not be able to breakdown the colonialist system left behind and create a lasting political and economic structure, Juma said.
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October 25, 2012 —
Noel van Swol's voice was courageous and always at the center of the storm. He had a big vision of the benefits gas drilling could bring to our community and a forceful determination to get it done. While it wasn't easy to discuss tactics with him—he could be maddeningly stubborn—I often wished I had his clarity and focus. I mourn our loss.
As the grief takes its course, we should look at what problems need solving.
Some thoughtful, intelligent people are concerned about risks: long- and short-term health impacts, aquifer degradation, contention for water, air and water pollution, seismic activity, underground migration of natural and introduced toxicity, property value decline, insurance and mortgage availability, protection of town assets, tax increases, distribution of government revenue and local government legal risk. These concerns are not being expressed just by local people; these are being expressed globally, wherever fracking is being done or contemplated.
As experience with horizontal fracking accumulates, and as a wider variety of researchers do their work, the risks will become clearer. Governments are increasingly reluctant to move forward without fully understanding and addressing the risks.
Noel gave voice to the vision, but the front lines have to make it happen. And the front lines are getting bogged down. We can't just make these risks go away by bullying the opposition, by repeating ourselves, by disrespecting our neighbors, by trivializing people's motives, or through embarrassing and petty town board maneuvers. Those techniques are not just ineffective, they actually delay resolution by engendering resistance.
Signs of such increased resistance are appearing in towns that had avoided organized legal action. For example, petitions were presented to the Town of Delaware board, which refused to reconsider its unrepresentative resolution and its inaccurate letter to Governor Cuomo. Then, patronizingly, the board decided to create a commission. Seriously, do our elected representatives really think that kind of disrespect won't engender resistance? So, the Slottjes family from the Community Environmental Defense Council stepped up and filed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests on the Town of Delaware. In this context, that is not benign. And just a few weeks ago, Kate Sinding, a senior attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, announced the formation of the new Community Fracking Defense Project, which will offer assistance to those who want it in five states, including New York and Pennsylvania.
We had petitions, and now we have lawyers and FOIA requests. Does anyone think that such a course will be over quickly? Does anyone think that all the people worried about the risks of fracking have no reason to be worried and that all the courts to be involved will just summarily dismiss their cases? Does anyone think the legal powerhouses arraying against horizontal fracking are inexperienced or stupid or can be outspent? Does anyone think we can afford the decade or more of brutal legal bills to take on these formidable opponents? And even if we had all the money in the world and hired the best bulldog attorneys, would winning make the risks go away?
Whether we like them or not, whether we agree with them or not, some thoughtful and intelligent people see the risks as significant and real. Until we turn down the volume and start respectfully listening, until we focus on the specifics, and unless we can arrive at solutions upon which all can agree, no benefits of fracking will be realized here.
My heartfelt sympathies to Noel van Swol's family and friends.
Paul Hindes
Kenoza Lake, NY
[Paul Hindes, a former Wall Street executive, is an active investor in the stock market where he pays attention to global energy markets. From 2008-2010, he was a volunteer with the Multi-Municipal Task Force (MMTF), which consists of eight Sullivan County towns working together to create uniform road preservation laws. These laws are intended to protect town roads during the higher levels of use in large-scale industrial activity, including gas drilling.]