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|Don Cherry on D&C: Bruins will win Cup; Penguins' Evgeni Malkin 'a loser'
|06.17.13 at 9:26 am ET
Don Cherry joined Dennis & Callahan on Monday morning, and the CBC Hockey Night in Canada analyst said he is sticking with his pick of the Bruins to win it all against the Blackhawks.
'They are going to win the Cup,' Cherry said point-blank. 'I picked Boston all the way through."
'It's funny how the Bruins can turn it on like that,' he added, referencing the Bruins seemingly flipping a switch in the middle of Game 2 Saturday night. 'It was like how it was against Toronto [in Game 7]. 'Oh, 4-1? We're going to turn it on for about 15 minutes.' And that's what they did in the overtime. If Chicago plays like they did in the overtime, it's not going to go long."
Part of that, the former Bruins coach said, was the result of the B's consistently physical play, particularly after the first period.
'A few [Blackhawks] guys are hearing footsteps '¦ and the defense gets rid of the puck early,' Cherry said. 'Instead of taking their time a little, they know guys like [Milan] Lucic are coming, that little shot's coming, and they get rid of the puck early."
Cherry acknowledged that both goalies, Tuukka Rask and Corey Crawford, have been playing superbly, and he doesn't expect any blowouts in either direction.
Cherry heaped praise on Rask in particular, even giving him the edge over Tim Thomas' performance during the Bruins' 2011 Stanley Cup run.
'Timmy Thomas did play great — I'm not putting him down — but Rask is unbelievable,' Cherry said. 'He is in a zone right now."
Cherry also spoke highly of Tyler Seguin, saying he fully expects the young forward to start producing more soon. The key is giving Seguin, in the form of ice time and confidence, the opportunity to succeed. Now that that is starting to happen again, the puck should start to fall.
'When you don't play, you're not going to be anything,' Cherry said. 'He was taken off the line when [Jaromir] Jagr came. How would I handle him? I'd play him to death. And when you play him to death, he'd come through for you.'
|Bruins announce Gregory Campbell out for playoffs with broken right leg
|06.06.13 at 11:32 am ET
Gregory Campbell is officially done for the playoffs.
Just 12 hours after Campbell blocked a slap shot from Evgeni Malkin during a Bruins penalty kill, general manager Peter Chiarelli announced that Campbell will miss the remainder of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs due to a broken right fibula.
The injury occurred during the second period of Game 3 as the Bruins were killing off a penalty for too many men on the ice when Campbell went to the ice to get in the way of a Malkin shot. Campbell blocked the shot and stayed on the ice for 30 seconds until he could get off at the next whistle. He immediately went down the tunnel with assistance and did not return.
Campbell skated in all 15 playoff games this year with seven points on three goals and four assists, including one game-winning goal. The 29-year-old has appeared in 569 regular season games and recorded 54 goals and 89 assists with 526 penalty minutes. In 47 playoff games (all with Boston), he has tallied four goals and nine assists.
This postseason, Campbell had three goals and four assists in 15 games as the center of Boston's Merlot Line with Shawn Thornton and Daniel Paille.
|Gregory Campbell (right leg) knocked out of Game 3
|06.05.13 at 10:51 pm ET
After going to the ice to block a powerful slap shot from Evgeni Malkin on a power play in the second period, Gregory Campbell, the center of the "Merlot" line will not be returning.
Campbell stayed on the ice for over 30 seconds of the penalty kill and hobbled off on his left leg while unable to put any pressure on his right leg. He was pushed slightly by an official, who helped him to the bench as the crowd chanted, "Campbell, Campbell, Campbell."
The Bruins announced before overtime that Campbell would not be returning.
Campbell played just 10 shifts and 6:51 of Game 3 before taking the shot from Malkin. His line of Shawn Thornton and Daniel Paille was on the ice to start the game.
|Barry Pederson on D&C: Penguins 'forgot to play their game and work hard'
|06.04.13 at 10:17 am ET
NESN Bruins analyst Barry Pederson joined Dennis & Callahan on Tuesday morning to offer his opinion of the B's 6-1 rout of the Penguins in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference finals.
"I'm a little bit shocked at what I just witnessed last night. '¦ How ill-prepared the Pittsburgh Penguins looked right from the opening faceoff of not only Game 2 but Game 1," Pederson said. "It's as if when they had their eight days off to prepare, they watched the Vancouver series the year the Bruins won the Cup and they said to themselves, 'Listen, we're not going to let them out-hit us, out-physical us. Let's make sure that we start running around and be physical to show that we're not going to be pushed around.' But they completely forgot to play their game and work hard and do the little things.
"And then of course when you have bad goaltending that also breaks the spirit. They are not heading in the right direction, to say the least."
Added Pederson: "I also think they got off to the wrong start in Game 1 where they looked rattled, they looked like they were very fragile, whining and complaining about calls. Even yesterday you could see that when things were offside they were jumping all over the linesman as if the linesman made mistakes. They look like they're not focused, and they're looking at the wrong things instead of themselves."
Most of the criticism is being heaped upon stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
"When you're talking about these two, to me, you're talking about the two best players in the National Hockey League — not even the National Hockey League, in the world," Pederson said. "When you sit there and you look now, you're talking about two players that have lost their direction. They look like they're unfocused. They're I think setting bad examples for their teammates in the sense that they're not working hard enough. You saw last night a number of fly-by situations where they had chances to stop, do the little things that you need to do to win championships.
"So, they've lost their focus and their direction, and they've got to get that back. Because they're the ones that the team is going to be looking to here in Game 3 to kind of help them turn things around."
|David Krejci: 'We don't have guys like [Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin], we have a team'
|06.02.13 at 12:25 am ET
The question was innocent enough. After scoring two more playoff goals in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals against Pittsburgh Saturday, David Krejci was asked if he considers himself in the same class as Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
"No. Those guys, I think they're the best players in the world at this moment," he answered after Saturday's 3-0 Bruins' win in Game 1. "There's no one like those guys. On the other hand, we don't have guys like that. We have a team. We all play as a team."
Krejci, with seven goals and 12 assists, now leads all scorers in the Stanley Cup playoffs with 19 points. In yet another parallel with 2011, when the Bruins won it all, Krejci is leading the way. That year, Krejci had 12 goals and 11 assists in leading the Bruins to the Cup. The next three leading scorers in the playoffs are Penguins in Malkin (16 points), Kris Letang (16) and Crosby (15) and then another Bruin and Krejci line-mate in Nathan Horton, who scored the third and final goal of the night, and also has 15 points in the playoffs.
"I think Nathan played really well today," Krejci said. "He set me up for my two goals. He scored a big one in the third. [Tuukka Rask] played pretty good, as well. I think it was pretty good effort by all the guys and a big win."
Krejci was asked after his second goal that made it 2-0 whether it felt like the Bruins were playing with house money.
"I think so," Krejci said. "You know, I think Tookes made some big saves in the third period. You know, that's not our hockey, playing up and down. We want to play good defensively and play in their zone. They're a good team, so it's tough to do that. But the second goal was pretty big for our team. I think right after that we took over and kind of controlled the game from there."
|Bruins' top two lines face various challenges vs. Penguins
|06.01.13 at 1:36 pm ET
PITTSBURGH — Defensive pairings aside, the Bruins' top two lines have their work cut out for them.
The Bruins will likely try to match the Milan Lucic – David Krejci – Nathan Horton line, with the Zdeno Chara–Dennis Seidenberg pairing, against the Penguins' top line of Evgeni Malkin between James Neal and Jarome Iginla. Patrice Bergeron's line can be expected to be matched up against the Chris Kunitz – Sidney Crosby – Pascal Dupuis line.
This will be as challenging a series as the Bruins will have this postseason for any of their players, but it will be especially tough on Boston's top six forwards as they try to handle Pittsburgh's forecheck while also trying to outscore the team that led the regular season in scoring.
"Obviously you've got to be responsible," Lucic said of handling the Malkin line. "They're great hockey players. I mean, all three guys on that line have scored 40 goals, two of them (Malkin and Iginla) scored 50. It's no secret what they can do if you're making careless plays and turning pucks over. Even on the other line, you look at Kunitz and Dupuis. Both scored 20 goals in a shortened season, and Sidney Crosby is Sidney Crosby. Their top two lines are full of fire power. You can't be careless and make stupid turnovers.
"As much as there is focus in playing well defensively, we also need to score goals as well. We need to be making good hard plays and try to spend as much time in the offensive zone as we can."
All six members of Pittsburgh's top two lines have at least 10 points through 11 games this postseason, with Malkin leading the way with 16 points. Though Krejci leads all postseason players with 17 points through 12 games, the Bruins haven't had the type of offensive consistency in the playoffs as the Penguins. Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin led the team in goals with 18 and 16, respectively, during the regular season but have combined for just three this postseason, with Seguin having since been demoted to the third line.
Though Krejci, Horton and Lucic all have at least 10 points so far, the Bergeron line hasn't gotten that type of production. Marchand has nine points (two goals, seven assists), Bergeron has seven (three goals, four assists) and Jaromir Jagr has no goals and four assists.
Stopping the Penguins' loaded offense is one thing, but the B's need to also match their production.
"They've definitely had consistency throughout their lineup from start to finish of the season and also so far throughout the playoffs," Lucic said. "That hasn't been a problem for them for a while now."
|Matt Bartkowski on going home to Pittsburgh: 'Everyone's calling in their favors' for tickets
|05.29.13 at 5:45 pm ET
WILMINGTON — Going home again has its drawbacks. Just ask Matt Bartkowski.
The Bruins' 24-year-old defenseman is headed back to where it all began for him and he couldn't be more excited. But the homecoming for the native of nearby Mt. Lebanon, Pa., does have some obligations to fill.
"The last few years it's been close [to] playing Pittsburgh in the playoffs and now it's finally happening," he said after practice on Wednesday. "I'm stoked up, pumped up and ready to go, and I'm sure the rest of these guys are. Everybody's calling in their favors, this and that and all that crap. It just pumps us up and we're ready to go."
The homecoming was made possible the moment the Bruins beat the Rangers in Game 5 on Saturday, less than 24 hours after the Penguins eliminated the Senators, also in five games.
"You can't believe how many times I've been asked that," Bartkowski said of being asked about heading home. "It's going to be awesome. I can't think of any other way of it happening. Playing a role on the team now, and it's playoff hockey. We've been looking at this match up for a while, especially me. It's going to be awesome."
When Bartkowski was growing up, his current teammate Jaromir Jagr was helping Mario Lemieux win back-to-back Cups in 1991 and '92. The Penguins then went through a down period in the early 2000s before Sidney Crosby was drafted in 2005. Pittsburgh, home of the Steelers and Pirates, once again had the hockey bug.
"It died down for four years or so until Crosby got drafted," Bartkowski said. "It's the same thing with Jagr-Lemieux era. Now it's the Crosby-Malkin era. Every time they get big players in Pittsburgh, it seems to jump-start all the little kids playing. It's good for the area.
"With the Pirates doing [great], what do even you say about them? It's pretty unfortunate. Every year they have a chance at the playoffs and then they kind of blow it. Once football season is over, it's a hockey town. And especially with the talent they have now, it's a hockey town once football season is over."
His coach isn't worried about Bartkowski being overwhelmed with it all.
"No, I don't think so," Claude Julien said. "I think it all depends how you approach it. He seems pretty excited, he's looking forward to it. I think at the end of the day, he knows who he's playing for. He wants to do well for his team. The better he does, the better he looks in everybody's eyes, whether it's his hometown that's rooting for the other team or whether it's us. I don't see an issue with that; if anything, it's a positive, it's exciting. You know that he's going to be ready to play."
What's interesting is that, as a defenseman, his idol didn't play for the Penguins.
"Actually, it was [Scott Stevens] on the Devils," Bartkowski recalled. "Any chance I got to watch a Devils game, I would. I remember in '95, they played the Penguins in the playoffs."
Reminded that it was Stevens who carved a reputation by laying out star players of other teams, like Eric Lindros in the 2000 playoffs, Bartkowski conceded, "Yeah, I don't think you'd get away with those hits now. We talk about that sometimes."
When Bartkowski, who was paired Wednesday with Dennis Seidenberg, gets on the ice, he won't be worried about the fans, tickets or his hometown. The only names he'll be concerned with are Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, James Neal, Jarome Iginla and the roster of the Penguins.
"I don't know if many adjustments," Bartkowski said. "Just making sure you're hard on the puck and playing as physical as you can in every situation that you can. Don't get yourself out of position but be as physical as you can."


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OpsMgr 2012 Data Warehouse Health Check Script
Note (19/06/2015): This script has been updated to version 1.1. You can find the details of version 1.1 here: http://blog.tyang.org/2015/06/19/opsmgr-2012-data-warehouse-health-check-script-updated/. The download link at the end of this post has been updated too.
I'm sure you all would agree with me that the OpsMgr database performance is a very common issue in many OpsMgr deployments – when it has not been designed and configured properly. The folks at Squared Up certainly feels the pain – when the OpsMgr Data Warehouse database is not performing at the optimal level, it would certainly impact the performance of Squared Up dashboard since Squared Up is heavily relied on the Data Warehouse database.
So Squared Up asked me to build a Health Check tool specific to OpsMgr data warehouse databases, in order to help customers identify and troubleshooting the performance related issues with the data warehouse DB. Over the last few weeks, I have been working on such a script, focusing on the data warehouse component, and produces a HTML report in the end.
We have decided to make this tool not only available to the Squared Up customers, but also to the broader community, free of charge. So on that, BIG Thank-You to Squared Up's generosity.
Before I dive into the details, I'd like to show you what the report looks like. You can access the sample report generated against my lab MG here:
As shown in this sample, the report consists of the following sections:
Management Group Information
- Management group name and version
- server names for RMS Emulator, Operational DB SQL Server, Data Warehouse SQL server
- Operational DB name, Data Warehouse DB name
- Number of management servers, Windows agents, Unix agents, managed network devices and agentless managed computers
- Current SDK connection count (total among all management servers)
Data Warehouse SQL Server information
- Server hardware spec and OS version
- SQL server version and collation
- Minimum and Maximum assigned memory to the SQL server
Data Warehouse SQL DB information
- DB Name, creation date, collation, recovery mode
- Current state, is broker enabled, is auto-shrink enabled
- Current DB size (both data and logs), free space %
- Growth settings, last backup date and backup size
Temp DB configuration
- File size, max size and growth settings for each file used by Temp DB
SQL Service Account Configuration
- If the SQL Service account has "Perform volume maintenance tasks" and "Lock Pages in Memory" rights
Data Warehouse Dataset Configuration
- Dataset retention setting
- Retention setting for each dataset
- current row count, size and % of total size of each dataset
- Dataset aggregation backlog
- Staging Table Row Count for the following tables:
- Alert.AlertStage
- Event.EventStage
- Perf.PerformanceStage
- State.StateStage
- ManagedEntityStage
Key SQL and OS performance counters
- SQL performance counters
- SQLServer.Buffer.Manager\Buffer cache hit ratio
- SQLServer.Buffer.Manager\Page.Life.Expectancy
- Operating System performance counters
- Logical Disk(_total)\Avg. disk sec/Read
- Logical Disk(_total)\Avg. disk sec/Write
- Processor Information (_total)\% Processor Time
Collect Data Warehouse performance related events from each management server
- Event ID: 2115
- Event ID: 8000
- Event ID: 31550-21559
Since each environment is different, therefore I didn't want to create a fix set of rules to flag any of above listed items good or bad. but instead, at the end of each section, I have included some articles that can help you to evaluate your environment and identify if there are any discrepancies.
This script has the following pre-requisites:
- The user account that is running the script (or the alternative credential passed into the script) must have the following privileges:
- local administrator rights on the Data Warehouse SQL server and all Management servers
- A member of the OpsMgr Administrator role
- SQL sysadmin rights on the Data Warehouse SQL server
- WinRM (PowerShell Remoting) must be enabled on the Data Warehouse SQL Server
- The OpsMgr SDK Assemblies must be available on the computer running the script:
- The script can be executed on a OpsMgr management server, web console server, or a computer that has OpsMgr operations console installed
- OR, manually copy the 3 DLLs from "<management server install dir>\SDK Binary" folder to the folder where the script is located.
Executing the script
The only required parameter is –SDK <OpsMgr Management Server name>, where you need to specify one of your management server (doesn't matter which one). Additionally, if you use the –OpenReport switch, the HTML report will be opened in your default browser in the end. If you use -OutputDir to specify a directory, the reports will be saved to this directory instead of script root directory. If the directory you've specified is not valid, the script will save the reports to the script root directory instead (updated 19/06/2015). You can also use –verbose switch to see the verbose output:
.\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1 –SDK "OpsMgrMS01" -OutputDir C:\Temp\Reports\ –OpenReport –Verbose
Or if you need to specify alternative credential:
$password = ConvertTo-SecureString –String "password12345" –AsPlainText –Force
.\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1 –SDK "OpsMgrMS01" –Username "domain\SCOM.Admin" –Password $Password –OpenReport –Verbose
The report outputs the following files:
- Main HTML report
- Main Report in XML format
- Windows Event export from each management server in a separate HTML page
- Windows Event export from each management server in a separate CSV file
Note: The XML file is produced so if anyone wants to develop another set of tool to analyse the data for their own environment, it would be very easy to read the data from the XML file.
The script writes the list of the file it generated as output:
Possible Areas for Improvement Due to the limited environments that I have access to, I am unable to test this script in environments where Data Warehouse DB is installed on a named SQL instance or a SQL Always-On setup. So if your environment is setup this way, please contact me and let me know what's working and what's not. This issue is now fixed in version 1.1 (Updated 19.06/2015)
I couldn't have done this by myself. I'd like to thank the following people (in random order) who helped me in testing and provided feedbacks:
Folks from Squared Up: Glen Keech, Richard Benwell
SCCDM MVPs: Marnix Wolf, David Allen, Daniele Grandini, Cameron Fuller, Simon Skinner, Scott Moss, Fleming Riis
And, the legendary Kevin Holman
I'd also like to thank for all the people who has indirectly contributed to this tool (where I included links to their awesome articles and publications in the report). Some of them are already listed above, but here are few more: Paul Keely (Author for the SQL Server Guide for System Center 2012 whitepaper), Michel Kamp, Bob Cornelissen, Stefan Stranger and Oleg Kapustin.
You can download the script from the link below. Please place the 2 files in the zip file in the same directory:
Lastly, as always, please feel free to contact me if you'd like to provide feedback.
34 comments on "OpsMgr 2012 Data Warehouse Health Check Script"
Great looking script. I think that i have found a small possible bug 🙂
On one of my machines I am having an issue where it dosnt seem to be getting the DW server / DW DB name. It seems like line 205 $Item.declaredFields dosnt exist. There is DeclaringMethod and DeclaringType but no Declared Fields.
That server is windows 2012 R2 with SCOM 2012 R2 RU 6 Console and Powershell. It also has WMF 5.0.
My other workstation is running windows 7 and it seems to work correctly.
Wow…awesome and definitely very generous. I am going to try it in my TST 2012 R2 UR5 infra ASAP. I also am using SQL named instances (all my stuff is 2012 versions – OS, SQL).
Attempting to run but receive error that the script cannot be loaded as it "is not digitally signed."
File D:\scripts\DW HealthCheck Script\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1 cannot be loaded. The file D:\scripts\DW HealthCheck
Script\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1 is not digitally signed. You cannot run this script on the current system. For more information
about running scripts and setting execution policy, see about_Execution_Policies at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170.
+ CategoryInfo : SecurityError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnauthorizedAccess
Right click on the script and select properties. By attributes there should be a Unblock click on that. Do the same for the XML file.
Also confirm that your execution-policy is set to remote signed not all signed.
Did the trick. Thanks Davey.
More info on getting pre-reqs configured would be appreciated rather than having thousands of us searching the web for resolution. VERBOSE: [server] Connecting to remote server failed with the following error message : The WSMan client cannot process the request. Proxy is not supported under HTTP transport. Change the transport to HTTPS and specify valid proxy information and try again.
When I run this, it generates a lot of errors related to not being able to log into the OperationsManagerDW DB. I did some investigation and found in the verbose logging it says…
VERBOSE: Connecting to SQL DB master on server oldDWserver.domain.com using integrated security.
I obfuscated the name, but you can see that it's unable to connect to the warehouse server because the warehouse server name is wrong (old, outdated). We had to move our warehouse database to a different server a while back. We followed the instructions here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh268492.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
I even double checked all the registry values and tables and they are all, indeed, pointing to the correct new DW server. However, whatever strategy you are using to discover the DW server is using outdated information. Any ideas? Is there a spot in that KB that MS missed?
Well I fixed it by use the SDK that you used and setting the correct value with SetDefaultValue method. Basically I pasted all the code in Get-OMManagementGroupDefaultSettings into an interactive PowerShell to set up the variables. Then explored the results until I found the setting I wanted (the data warehouse server). So then I stored that in a variable.
$var = $arrRumtimeTypes[7].DeclaredFields[1].GetValue("DataWarehouseServerName")
Then i changed the value for the stored variable like this…
After that, the script works. Looks like a pretty major step was left out of that KB as far as updating the settings for what is exposed in the Settings SDK class. Who knows what else in the future would rely on that and break.
I hope this helps somebody else. 🙂
Yes, the tables were correct, but the value from the SDK was wrong. My warehouse was working fine as I was able to run reports, connect SquaredUp to it, and more. *shrug*.
First of all thanks for sharing the script.
I tried to run it in my OpsMgr 2012 but i get the following error msg:
PS C:\DW HealthCheck Script> C:\DW HealthCheck Script\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1
cmdlet SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1 at command pipeline position 1
Supply values for the following parameters:
(Type !? for Help.)
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\DW HealthCheck Script\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1:186 char:2
+ $TopLevelNestedTypes = $SettingType.GetNestedTypes()
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
Test-PsRemoting : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'ComputerName' because it is an empty string.
At C:\DW HealthCheck Script\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1:845 char:51
+ $bDWRemotingEnabled = Test-PsRemoting -Computer $DWServerName
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidData: (:) [Test-PsRemoting], ParameterBindingValidationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorEmptyStringNotAllowed,Test-PsRemoting
C:\DW HealthCheck Script\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1 : Unable to establish WinRM (PS Remoting) session to the OpsMgr Dataware House SQL server
. Please make sure WinRM is enabled and properly configured.
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Write-Error], WriteErrorException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1
Pre-requisites check failed. This script is unable to continue. Please make sure all pre-requisites are met and then re-run the script.
Please help.
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing this, it looks great.
I've a problem running this script, I get the following error:
C:\Temp\DW HealthCheck Script\DW HealthCheck Script\SCOMDWHealthCheck.ps1 : Unable to establish WinRM (PS Remoting)
session to the OpsMgr Dataware House SQL server server-SQL5\server_SQL5. Please make sure WinRM is enabled and properly
The server "server-SQL5\server_SQL5" is an old DW Server which is not used anymore. I've migrated the DW some weeks ago. No idea where the script gets this config from?
I used technet manual to move the DW to the new server..
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Very good script!!! Congratulations! and thanks for sharing. I ran the script and the report did not bring the Data File Current Size MB, Data File Max Size DB and Data Growth Settting. The value is System.Object[]. My Sql server is 2012 Ent. AwaysOn. Any tip to fix this?
09.01.2016 – The download link is broken.
Thank you so much for this fantastic script. A great job from all involved. 🙂
Hi Tao,
When i run the script, it returns a SQL server name that is not correct. Actually, it is a old SQL server name. We migrated quiete a while ago… How does this work? I checked the registry and this old name is nowhere to be found.

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Fort Peck Lake
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Fort Peck Lake is the largest lake in Montana. It was created by the building of Fort Peck Dam, which finished construction in 1940. The dam itself is the largest earth-filled dam in the world, and measures 21,026 feet in length with a maximum height of 250.5 feet. Fort Peck Lake is 134 miles long, has 1520 miles of shoreline, and has a maximum depth of 220 feet. The entire lake also lies within the massive Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge.
Fort Peck Dam is located in the small town of Fort Peck, Montana. Fort Peck Dam was authorized in 1933, as part of the public building boom that occurred during the Great Depression years. During the construction phase, the town of Fort Peck was a bona fide boom town, as thousands of workers were involved in creating the dam. Additionally, not only did they build this huge dam, they also built a recreation area around the dam. This recreation area consists of several nice campgrounds, some smaller ponds, day use areas, and interpretative sites.
Fort Peck Lake is located in one of the remotest area of Montana. Glasgow is the nearest major town to Fort Peck Dam and the small town of Fort Peck. But beyond the dam itself, huge expanses of the shoreline of Fort Peck Lake is located in, quite simply, the absolute middle of no-where. Yet, at the same time, that isolation on Fort Peck Lake is what makes it such a neat place to visit. Numerous back roads head off into the wilds of the area, allowing the truly adventurous travelers to see some really remote and seldom visited areas of Montana.
Trees are in very short supply around Fort Peck Lake. Indeed, except for a very tiny part of the lakes shoreline (one of my "secret" camp sites that shall remain nameless), the lake itself virtually is treeless once you step away from the town of Fort Peck and the various developments around the dam. Instead of trees, the terrain consists of grassy hills, bluffs and buttes.
Fort Peck Lake is known throughout Montana for its walleye fishing. Each year the Governors Cup is held at Fort Peck Lake, which attracts anglers from all over the place in search of large walleye. To fish Fort Peck Lake really requires a boat, preferably once with a powerful motor. A powerful motor and stable boat is needed on the lake not only because the lake is so large but also because the lake can be, at times, very windy. The wind can create some very sizable waves on the lake at times waves which are large enough to capsize smaller boats.
The lake boasts a large variety of fish.
Smallmouth bass, walleye, sauger, northern pike, freshwater drum, channel catfish, lake trout, ling, perch or crappie may appear at the end of any cast.
Fort Peck is the source of the world record Saugeye and Sauger as well as the state record Walleye and Smallmouth Bass.
Fish taken during ice fishing season are usually at their heaviest as they are preparing to spawn. The same fish after the spawn will not weigh as much. Lake trout fishing is usually very good right after ice out, when they can be caught on deep diving crankbaits.


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Once again the world has to read about an example of a father or mother or brother or uncle or cousin who decides a female in their Muslim family did something inappropriate which means they must be killed. Jawdat Naijar discovered his 27 year-old daughter owned a cell phone which led him to the logical conclusion she was up to no good. He suspected she committed the heinous crime of using the phone to talk to a man–a man, that is, who was not a member of the family. Mr. Naijar proudly turned himself in to the police and they soon found the battered body of his daughter, her head and face were bloodied and her entire body was covered with bruises. It appears dad beat her with an iron chain and punched his own daughter for about forty minutes–all in the name of "family honor."
The usual "punishment" for honor killings in Gaza ranges from about six months to three years in prison. Unfortunately, the daughter is dead because she had the unfortunate honor of being born into a family of thugs and killers.
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Minimizing the Cogging Torque in a Brushless DC MotorMotors & generators with MagNet
Cogging torque is an undesirable effect that prevents the smooth rotation of the rotor and results in noise. In this example, OptiNet is used with MagNet in order to minimize the cogging torque by varying the geometry yet maintaining a certain running torque in a brushless dc motor.
The rotor and stator use a laminated structure and there are four permanent magnets on the rotor, each magnetized to alternate between north and south.
This optimization run took an hour to complete and resulted in reducing the cogging torque by 77%
METHODS and RESULTS
MAGNETIC FLUX from 0 to 15 DEGREES
The video shows the the magnetic flux at every angle between 0 and 15 degrees - which is sufficient to predict the cogging torque. Though we show the full motor, only one quarter of it was used for the simulation.
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Brushless DC DESIGN VARIABLES for OPTIMIZING
The geometry of the motor is defined based on the parameters shown in this figure. The parameter MH is the magnet height, AG is the width of the air gap, TFA is the tooth face angle and TH is the tooth height. In OptiNet, a minimum and a maximum value for each variable is specified. OptiNet then searches within this range to find the optimum design.
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OPTIMIZING the GEOMETRY for MINIMAL COGGING TORQUE
Minimizing the cogging torque over a 15 degree span is defined as the goal. This is set by specifying the maximum value permitted for the cogging torque, any design that exceeds this limit will be rejected.
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DEFINING the RUNNING TORQUE CRITERIA
There is one constraint in this optimization: the running torque should be maintained at or above the specified value.
In MagNet, it is possible to use parameterization for the stator winding current so that the system automatically solves both at zero current and with current as a function of rotor position, all in one run. OptiNet will then obtain the cogging torque and running torque values directly from MagNet.
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ITERATIONS of the OPTIMIZATION
For every iteration of the optimization process, OptiNet updates and displays the changes for the goal, variables, objectives, and constraints -- these graphs are displayed on the Progress page. In this example, each of the four variables' graphs is updated as OptiNet finds a new design.
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OPTIMIZATION RESULTS for MINIMAL COGGING TORQUE
OptiNet produces a report for each optimization run. In this report, the designs that satisfy the constraints are shown in the order that they are improved. In this case for the brushless dc motor, 7 improved solutions were found. The value for each of the 4 geometric variables, as well as the predicted cogging and running torque is reported.
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COMPARING INITIAL & OPTIMIZED BRUSHLESS DC Motor
The cogging torque over a 15 degree span for the initial and optimized design are compared on this graph. Cogging torque has been reduced by 77% from 0.2510 Nm to 0.0568 Nm.
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EVOLUTION of the BLDC GEOMETRY
OptiNet produced the final design of the motor after running for 64 minutes on an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 (3.40GHz, 8 Core). The video shows the successive models evaluated by OptiNet and MagNet.
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All Saints, a 2009 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, is a Christ-centered parochial school rooted in the tradition of the Catholic Church. Recognizing parents as the primary educators, All Saints works in partnership with parents to foster the spiritual growth and educational development of each child.
It is the goal and commitment of All Saints Catholic School to provide all students with the educational foundation to go forward in faith and knowledge into the world. Our curriculum is designed to offer every student a balanced program engendering spiritual growth, intellectual excellence, social responsibility, physical development, and sensitivity to cultural and aesthetic experience.
All Saints cultivates a safe learning environment that encourages students to become active learners, finding opportunities to apply both knowledge and skills to problem-solving. With sensitivity to the needs of the individual, All Saints nurtures and encourages each child to grow and attain his or her highest potential.
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Empowered by the Spirit, it is our mission to cultivate a Christ-centered community where students develop a relationship with God that will serve as a foundation of faith throughout their lives. Our students live their Catholic faith through prayer and service to others. From student-led prayer to begin and end each day, the Angelus at noon, daily religion class and weekly school mass, our Catholic faith is woven into everything we do at All Saints. The practice of our faith also includes many beloved traditions related to the liturgical calendar, including our Alleluia Prayer Service and May Crowning.
50+ Year Tradition of Academic Excellence
- 2009 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence – U.S. Department of Education
- Rated in the top 10% nationally in Terra Nova testing
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- Robotics programming for all 7th and 8th grade students, in addition to Robotics Club
- ActivBoards featured in every classroom to promote interactive learning
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- Our pre-kindergarten through 8th grade learning experience allows children to develop in a supportive environment and provides leadership opportunities for our middle school students.
- Outstanding and committed teachers provide a strong faith-based education, including 2014 NCEA Distinguished Teacher Award recipient Mrs. Vickie Coyle.
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CBSE Datesheet for Class X and XII 2013
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CBSE has released the final date sheet for Board exams 2013. Candidates appearing in CBSE class X or XII Board exam can check the date sheet from links given below. Both class X and XII exams are beginning from 1 March 2013 and will end on 15 March 2013 for class X and on 17 March 2013 for class XII.
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Competed in all six of UAB's contests ... was UAB's fourth runner for the final five races of the season ... opened the year with a 20:17.43 at the Belmont Opener (8/29) ... was 8th at the Azalea City Classic with a 6K of 22:04.01 ... ran a 19:06.37 at the Greater Louisvile Classic (10/4) ... ran a season-best 18:46.6 at the Conference USA Championships (11/1) ... turned in a 6K of 22:14.9 at the NCAA South Regional (11/14).
Ran in all six of UAB's races last fall ... recorded a top finish of seventh at the Azalea City Classic after running a 21:54 in the 6K ... finished 10th of 65 runners at the Trojan Invitational with a performance of 11:10.62 in the 3K ... also ran in the Notre Dame Invitational, Indiana State Pre-National, C-USA Championships and NCAA South Regional.
2011 Season (Kennesaw State)
Scott competed in five races for the Kennesaw State in 2011... Her top 4K time of the season came in her first collegiate race at the Belmont Opener where she posted a time of 16:33.50...Her top 5K performance was registered at the Atlantic Sun Conference Championship when she ran a time 19:31.20 to finish 44th... Scott also competed in the NCAA South Regional Championship and turned in a 6K race time of 23:16.30.
Track Notes
Outdoor: Competed in the 5,000m four times during the 2014 outdoor season ... ran a season-best 18:04.72 at the Alabama Relays ... also ran in the War Eagle Invite, Florida Relays and C-USA Championship ... competed in the 1,500m once and finished with a 4:54.58 at the Spec Towns Invitational ... ran a 5:14.86 in her only appearance in the mile at the Jace LaCoste Invite and ran a 38:21.98 at the C-USA Championship in the 10,000m.
Indoor: Competed in the 3,000m run four times in the outdoor season ... ran a season-best 10:22.72 at the UAB Blazer Invite ... also ran in the Samford Multi, C-USA Championships and BSC Icebreaker ... ran in the mile run three different times, setting an indoor season-best at the Vanderbilt Indoor Invite with a 5:08.29 ... also ran at the C-USA Championships and Cupid Classic in the mile.
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Born Lauren Alexandria Scott on October 7, 1991 in Lawrenceville, Ga. ... daughter of Joe and Pam Scott ... has a twin brother, Zach, and an older brother, Matt.


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What Should Be Submitted to the IRB
Legal requirements to protect human subjects apply to a much broader range of research than many
investigators realize. In addition to covering traditional biomedical studies, legal obligations to
protect human subjects also apply, for example, to research that uses:
Types of IRB Review
RASCAL Tutorial
Educational Training can be taken at anytime on the RASCAL website.
Creating a New Protocol
Developed by an IRB Board member and researcher, this manual details all of the steps necessary to accurately
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User's Guide to the RASCAL IRB Module
Abbreviated IRB Submission for multicenter studies sponsored by industry or NIH cooperative groups (e.g., ACTG, PACTG, HVTN, NCI Oncology Groups, etc.).
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Pre-IRB Review Pediatric Human Subjects Checklist: This checklist was created by the Department of Pediatrics to facilitate the Department's review of human subjects research.
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Consent Forms
Tips to facilitate efficient IRB review using the RASCAL Consent Form Builder:
Benefit to using the RASCAL Consent Form Builder: As soon as the status of the protocol changes
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When we originally arrived in Wellington, we were welcomed with kind faces and a hot and delicious dinner at the accommodation we booked through AirBnB. Right after dinner we both fell asleep quickly, obviously knocked out from our huge hike. We took it very easy the next day. Jason had his online baseball series to play and I read and FaceTimed with some family. We spent the entire day inside the house relaxing and letting our bodies recover. At night, we enjoyed a delicious BBQ at the house, went out for a very short walk, and then headed straight to bed again.
Yesterday we finally had the energy to explore Wellington. This is a very hilly city, more so than San Francisco we think. And the hills are extremely steep so each one gave us a nice gluteal workout! We walked along the waterfront and passed by many joggers along the way. You have to be in good shape to live in this city. We headed to Te Papa, the national museum and were excited to experience something with a free entry! This museum is very large and covers a lot of the natural history of New Zealand. Since New Zealand is on fault lines and on two plates there are earthquakes that occur in the country EVERYDAY! Most of them are very small and not felt, but there are many which are of higher magnitudes and devastate people's homes. The earthquakes are in addition to the many active volcanoes and constant strong gusts of wind and rain throughout the country. It was interesting for me to see a lot of the natural rock formations and landforms from this land, as they reinforce what I've taught my students through various science units.
Along with all the landform information and demonstrations there were many other neat things we learned in this museum. Of course there is a large exhibit about the Maori culture and the large influence it has on the country. There's also information about the wildlife here. Initially, New Zealand just had many species of birds and insects, but as more and more people immigrated here from multiple parts of the world, they brought with them new species of wildlife, leaving the Maori people no choice but to adapt
New Zealand has acted as a safe place for refugees from all over the world and continues to today. There were neat exhibits showing the Polish orphans who came to New Zealand during WWII as well as an interactive exhibit showing short video clips of young refugees who continue to find safety on this land today.
One of my favourite experiences in this museum, and I think Jason agrees, was a series of short videos depicting how individuals appreciate and use the beautiful land of this country. A few of these videos included an artist who feels responsible to share how the water of the land should be appreciated, a woman who studies a specific cliff in the country and its deterioration of 2 meters each year, and a family of sheep farmers whose beloved area of land will soon be taken from them and shared with the public.
At night, we went to the Night Market on Cuba Street, a famous and popular street in Wellington for its many cafes, bars, and restaurants. As someone who loves food, I was excited to try foods from some of the different kiosks and food trucks. To my joyful surprise, Jason enjoyed the market just as much as I did
This morning I got a bit of a late start, but Jason was up early and doing some work. Once we were both ready, we headed out (in the rain of course) to finally buy some proper waterproof attire. At the suggestion of our hosts we found a place similar to Walmart and were able to purchase a poncho and a fold-up rain jacket at reasonable prices. Of course once we left the store it was no longer raining, but a bit sunny and windy. Spending even a few hours outside in New Zealand calls for us to be prepared for hot sun, cold breezes, rain, and everything in between! It's so unpredictable, but we are getting used to being prepared.
Once back at the house, we spent quite a bit of time planning for our first few days on the South Island. We joined our hosts for yet another amazing dinner of lasagna, saut�ed vegetables, and garlic bread. Then we were told we had to try hokey pokey ice cream, a New Zealand classic. Neither of our arms ever need to be twisted to try ice cream. It was delicious and made nearly completely of natural materials, making it much richer and creamier than most ice creams at home. We were glad to have been "forced" to taste it.
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How The Fed Can Tame The Savage Currency MarketsRudi Dornbusch
In 1944, the financial leadership of the free world met in Bretton Woods, N.H., to map out a postwar financial system. In the 1930s, the world economy had disintegrated, and the postwar world needed a structure to keep trade routes open. The experts sought to create new institutions that would prevent currency instability, competitive devaluations, tariffs, and quotas. They wanted to fix exchange rates and realign them only in case of "fundamental disequilibrium."
In large part, they succeeded. After World War II, international trade expanded faster than world production. Vanquished Germany and Japan made strong economic comebacks. Despite day-to-day trade frictions, the world moved from a closed system to an open one.
Bretton Woods is given much of the credit, but in fact it had little to do with it: Most of the credit goes to the U.S. Starting with the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Act of 1934, the U.S. reversed protectionism at home and fostered free trade abroad.
The Bretton Woods world of fixed rates was never as idyllic as many would have us believe. Many currencies remained inconvertible for years after the war. Exchange-control laws prevailed, and bureaucrats decided on specific currency transactions. In Britain, that awkward state of affairs continued right up till Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister in 1979. In Japan, it lasted into the 1980s.
Exchange rates were never completely fixed, either. Realignments constantly took place. Currency crises were routine, centering around a strong German mark, an anemic British pound, a shaky French franc, and an overstretched U.S. dollar.
PRAGMATIC POLICY. The system of make-believe fixed rates crashed in the early 1970s, when the U.S. found it inconvenient to run its economy by standards the Bundesbank set for Germany. A major devaluation of the dollar showed the greenback had been overvalued for years, hurting U.S. growth.
The floating-rate world since then has been no Camelot, either. This was especially true in the 1980s, when a misguided U.S. Treasury turned dogmatic, practicing a hands-off approach to the dollar in the currency markets. In the midst of superhigh interest rates during the Volcker recession, the dollar soared, reaching a glorious overvaluation of 30% to 50%.
Compared with the 1980s, we now have a pragmatic policy. There is plenty of "dirty floating," with governments intervening in the markets. Whatever the dreams of the Bretton Woods romanticists, governments are determined not to make the mistake again of locking their currencies in place, only to have them become targets of speculative attacks.
It's true that the volatility of the mark-dollar rate is almost three times as high under current floating rates as in the fixed-rate period. But what are the consequences? One is that flexible rates have given countries the ability to follow an independent policy geared to domestic needs rather than to the demands of the currency markets.
NO RETURN. Yet this pro-growth policy may bring with it an inherent inflationary bias. Those who would return to a fixed-rate system feel that linking a country to more responsible central banks abroad would limit that tendency and reduce instability in the financial markets. Unfortunately, there can be no return to Bretton Woods sytems: The Bundesbank will not accept monetary policy set by the U.S., and the U.S. will not accept a Buba-managed straitjacket on its economy. So, for better or worse, fixed rates are a nonstarter.
Of course, there is the experience of the European Monetary System (EMS). As soon as European countries fixed their currencies to the German mark, they began to let the Buba run their monetary policies. Countries gained on the inflation front, but Britain, Italy, and Spain saw their currencies collapse in a speculative free-for-all. The only nations sticking with fixed rates were the true believers in Buba policy. Even so, exchange-rate margins have since been widened for EMS countries.
Yet the question remains: Why not announce target zones for major-currency relationships--such as dollar-to-mark or dollar-to-yen--to generate more predictability? The answer is that, unless there is tight monetary coordination, such a system is just as prone to attack as a rigidily fixed system.
A better strategy is to let the Federal Reserve publicly announce an inflation target for the coming years--of 1% to 3%. Let Congress monitor it and have the Fed vigorously pursue policies that achieve it. In time, the target will be accepted by markets around the world. Then the chief reason for wild currency swings--worry about inflation and the Fed's ability to stop it--will disappear.
The international monetary system matters. The best combines the advantages of exchange-rate flexibility with firm inflation targeting. There are great benefits to predictably low inflation. Currency stability is one. Purists won't be satisfied because currencies will still move. But large and disruptive swings will mostly be gone. And if, on occasion, governments intervene in foreign exchange markets to help cool them off, so what?


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I confess it's beyond me how anyone who admits to "wearing [his] Wagnerian badge on [his] sleeve" could have any good words to say for the staging of the new Opera Australia Melbourne _Ring_. That staging is clearly and unmistakably out-and-out Eurotrash and should be condemned as ought all Eurotrash stagings of any canonical opera whatsoever. Such stagings are an especially pernicious malignancy no matter how well-designed and -executed they may be. Any directorial hack can come up with a Eurotrash staging of a canonical opera. There's no trick to doing that. The trick is to come up with a new, fresh, and revelatory staging of a canonical opera that's faithful to the full spirit and sense of the concept and vision of the opera's original creator (called in German, _Werktreue_). And the trick there is that such a staging requires an opera director with a deep understanding of the opera in question as well as a genuine creative gift, a rare commodity always. On the evidence of this Melbourne _Ring_, Neil Armfield is clearly no such opera director.As always, the above reprinted here for the purpose of making a record of it on S&F.


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I was going to post this on a recent EDC thread but didn't want to hijack...
I don't have a gun belt and have been struggling with wearing IWB - mostly I think because I don't like my pants tight.
I've got a G19 and a White Hat MaxTuck and while my pants seem loose enough at the waist while not carrying, the setup just isn't very comfortable for me when sitting down. I've adjusted the carry position from 3-5 and while 5 feels better when standing it just doesn't cut it when seated.
I know I could buy pants a little larger in the waist (I've actually got bigger sizes because of weight loss/gain) but the larger size really hangs baggy on my flat Caucasian ass!
I've been considering a thinner gun but wonder is a PPS or Shield would make that much difference.
Would a better belt help in this situation? Is the benefit of a gun belt only realized when wearing it tight?
I know everybody's situation is different but just wanted to ask for some opinions from those who might have experienced the same problem.


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Earlier this morning, the four month NHL lockout came to an end. After 16 consecutive hours of talking between the NHL and NHLPA an agreement was made.
Oh how sweet it is.
The final step includes three pieces of ratification. First, the NHL's Board of Governors must come up with at least 16 out of the 30 possible votes. Second, the union's executive committee must come up with at least two-thirds of the votes. Lastly, the union's membership must come up with 51% of the votes.
Of course that will happen, and the NHL will be back in business.
The only question hockey fans have now, is a question they've been asking for 113 days.
When will opening night be?
That question is still up in the air, but it will either be January 15th (50 games) or January 19th (48 games).
The deal is made just five days before Gary Bettman's season cancellation date of January 11th.
A big thank you has to be made to federal mediator Scot Beckenbaugh who went back and forth between the two sides all week long. For days he was seen going from the NHLPA to the NHL over and over again. It was yesterday when he decided to bring the two sides together because they appeared close on the issues at hand. He sure made the right call on that one.
A bigger thank you has to go out to the fans who sat through this mess through every stage. As everybody knows, this lockout was filled with bad blood and almost seemed like neither side wanted to work with the other. The fans cared more than either side negotiating the deal did.
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Immunobiology of African Trypanosomes: Need of Alternative Interventions
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Received 10 August 2009; Revised 29 October 2009; Accepted 23 December 2009
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Date of Stay: June, 2016
This appears to be a former KOA (typical a-frame office). The gentlemen in the office were very pleasant and welcoming and escorted us to our site. The pool was sparkling clean. A welcome relief on this 95 degree day. Lots of shade and a small lake where you can fish (catch & release) without a license. The noise from the interstate and trains was noticeable but not a problem for us. Internet was ok. The power was borderline but our voltage guard never kicked off. Over all, a pleasant overnight stay. We would stay again while traveling through the area.
Date of Stay: August, 2012
Nice city owned park with boat ramp, playgrounds, volleyball, horseshoe courts, frisbee golf, and picnic areas. Nearly all sites are right on the lake, fairly level, with electric hook-ups and not a lot of shade. Water spigots are near the two shelter houses and the dump station is just outside the park along US 73. (Dump station is not big rig friendly.) Restrooms/showers are very basic and could be cleaner. Verizon air card worked well and we were able to use our satellite: absolutely no TV via antenna. Camping rate is $6/night plus $6 for electricity. There are many seasonal campers here because the rate for the season is $135, but we pretty much had the place to ourselves during the week. Caretaker is very friendly. We will stay here again while visiting family in the area.
Date of Stay: December, 2011
Rate reflects Good Sam discount. Nice small park very close to I-10 so road noise present. Interior roads are quite rough and sites are narrow. Each site has a concrete pad with table. Laundry room and restrooms/showers were very nice and clean. Verizon air card and cell service were excellent. We would stay here again on our way through.
Date of Stay: October, 2011
This park could be very nice if somebody cared about it. The full hook-up sites were gravel and seemed OK, but the water/electric sites were grass and difficult to figure out. The hook-ups were on the wrong side of the site and the trees needed a good trimming. Tent sites were nice: overlooking the river. The restrooms were dirty and there was only one other camper here. We self-registered and never saw an owner or camp host. The cable TV was minimal: less than 12 channels. Our Verizon air card worked well, but we had no AT&T cell service. The location was great: just off the Avenue of the Giants and close to the Drive Through Tree Shrine. The Groves restaurant and winery in Myers Flat was very good. Price reflects winter rates with AAA discount. Price is the only reason we might stay here again.
Date of Stay: October, 2011
Very peaceful, quiet park with very friendly, helpful hosts. Only Loop B was open at this time of year so just a few sites with electric hook-ups (30 amp)were available. Sites are long and level with a picnic table and fire ring. The one we chose was deeply shaded so we needed lights on inside most of the time. Restrooms were very clean but small. No showers or dump station. Our Verizon mifi worked well but we had no reliable AT&T cell service in the campground. Florence is a few miles up the road for just about anything you need. The price listed is with the Interagency Access Pass. We would stay here again next time through the area.
Date of Stay: September, 2011
Lovely county park with plenty of moss-covered trees and level sites with table and fire ring. It was very quiet this time of year and we even found a coupon on their website that gave us our third night free. We had good cell and Verizon mifi service but no TV reception. We didn't try the satellite because of the trees. The restrooms and showers were clean and there was plenty of hot water. The sites are rather close together so it might feel crowded when busy. Also, only one dump station for both loops might cause congestion. We enjoyed our stay and would definitely stay here again.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
This nice little park has friendly new owners who are in the process of upgrading facilities. It was flooded in June so some of their projects, such as new gravel for sites, had to be postponed. The water system is new and the restrooms/showers are freshly remodeled and immaculate. Sites are good size with a few long pull-throughs so we didn't have to disconnect our toad. Close to I-90 and railroad tracks so some noise issues. But the beautiful mountain views and the adjacent Clark Fork River help make up for it. Verizon air card, DirectTV and ATT cell service were good. We would stay here again.
Date of Stay: August, 2011
A very nice, quiet county park with level pull-through sites. Electric and water hook-ups at site with an easily accessible dump station nearby. Managers live on-site and takes excellent care of the park which is used for picnics, disc golf, and occasional weddings by locals as well as visiting campers. We stayed in the area to visit friends and also used it as a base for day trips to Craters of the Moon and Grand Teton National Park. Shelley is a nice small town with a good grocery store and several restaurants and Idaho Falls is only 7 miles up the road for more extensive shopping, dining, movie theaters, etc. We would definitely stay here again.
Date of Stay: April, 2011
Very nice parrish campground. Sites are large, paved and well-shaded. There are some pull-through sites and some sites with sewer as well as electric and water. There were no sewer sites available when we got here but the dump station is conveniently situated along the road on the way out of the campground. Plenty of family-friendly activities available. Watch carefully for signs along the road. The road forks near the campground: be sure to keep to the right. We would definitely stay here again.
Date of Stay: July, 2010
Very quiet, peaceful RV park with friendly owners. There are no trees, therefore no shade, but there was a nice breeze blowing most of the time. We prefer to use our own facilities so the lack of restrooms/showers was not a problem for us. Most of the campgrounds in this area have a lot of trees with very tight maneuvering. This park is truly big rig friendly.
Date of Stay: May, 2010
We had a beautiful lake-side site with plenty of room to spread out. Large level sites, paved roads, fire rings and very nice rest room facilities. There are no water or sewer hook-ups but the dump stations were easy to access and there were water spigots throughout the park. We stayed on a special weekend so did not have to pay the day-use fee in addition to the campsite cost. Local TV was available via antenna and our Verizon air card worked well.


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Few people remember that Colorado Springs once had a professional baseball team called The Millionaires. Jeff Bieri reads this excerpt from Marshall Sprague's history of the region, Newport in the Rockies.
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(Boulevard Park ca. 1902, photographer unknown. Courtesy of Special Collections, Pikes Peak Library District. Image Number: 257-6465.)
One halftone image in full-page spread of six smaller images on page titled "In the Suburbs of the Sunshine City." Image shows crowd standing outside large wooden structure with signs reading "Boulevard Park" and "Colorado Springs Baseball Club. Members of the Western League." Caption at bottom of page reads "Boulevard Park, the home of the "Millionaires"."
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Furnace Wont Stay On
I have a Goodman Furnace (model # GMP100-3). The furnace will not stay running. Here is the sequence of events.
1. Thermostat Calls for Heat
2. Inducer starts
3. Pressure switch closes
4. Heating element glows
5. Burners Ignite (flames nice and blue, everything looks good)
6. Blower Comes on, House Starts warming up, but stops well before temperature is reached. There is no set amount of time for this (sometimes 10 seconds, sometimes 5 minutes)
7. Burners extinguish prematurely and blower continues to run.
Other info - The diagnostic LED flashes three times which means "pressure switch failure to close" and to check venter, pressure switch, vent blockage. I got a new pressure switch and changed it out (no improvement). I pulled off the flue pipe and checked for blockage and it is clear. I checked the hose running from the inducer to the pressure switch, and it is in good condition. I am leaning toward the high limit being tripped partly because the longer I let it sit, the longer the burners will run. If I let it sit for the full hour it takes to get out of lockout, it will come on and run for 5 minutes then shut down. If I then immediately turn it off and back on, it will only run for a few seconds or sometimes not at all, which is why I thinking the temperature is still too high, tripping the limit.
I guess here are the questions - Is it possible for blockage further up the chimney to cause this? Could I have a bad high limit and how do I check that? Could it be a bad inducer not keeping the new pressure switch closed? Do I have a cracked heat exchanger? I really don't know that much about furnaces, I have just been learning through forums like this and by fighting with this beast.
Thanks in advance for your help,
MCCHEESE, I wish I could help but I have the same problem you have with my 1999 RUUD Silhouette ll. I will be watching out for the answers you receive and if you get good answer please send it to me at:email@example.com. I'll gladly let you know through this thread.
Try cleaning the flame sensor with scotch brite or a dollar bill. It is the rod attached to one wire on the oppisite side of the ignitor. Also make sure there is no buildup inside the hole on the inducer where the pressure hose hooks up.
Thanks for your response. I have cleaned the flame sensor and used a small drill bit to check for blockage in the inducer. The drill bit goes in freely for more than an inch then feels like it hits something solid, is this normal? Should I try to force the drill bit in further, or am I only concerned with the opening? There isn't any blockage within the first inch, and I can feel the suction from the inducer when it is running. Also, I do not hear the pressure switch release when the burners go out.
Need help, snow is coming in Ohio!
I used a small drill bit to check for blockage in the inducer. The drill bit goes in freely for more than an inch then feels like it hits something solid, is this normal? Should I try to force the drill bit in further, or am I only concerned with the opening? There isn't any blockage within the first inch, and I can feel the suction from the inducer when it is running. I just need to know if I should force the drill bit into the inducer.
Also, there are some new symptoms. Now sometimes the burners shut off as soon as they ignite, what could this be? It's not the flame sensor because I have cleaned it and the burners ignite and shut down at the same time. Could it be a gas valve problem?
Thanks for your help,
If you get a code for the pressure switch why would you think it isn't the pressure switch? There is no connection to the high limit if the bruner isn't runnig. Isn't the high limit a manual reset in that you have to depress the red button to get it to reset? If the burners go on and off with in several seconds it is the flame rod in that it isn't sending current back to the control, the procelain maybe cracked, try changing the flame rod. Make sure you put the wires in the corect positions on the draft switch when you changed it.
Do the flames roll out on start up? I have seen the rivets pop on the heat exchanger which is not a good thing. It can be ckecked but it can be difficult. A c/o reading would be nice too. If you think it is a limit you need to read voltage across the limit while its open. I think several of the limits are manual reset so there should only be one or two to check.
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Toronto (April 20, 1999) -- Men and women's brains are distinctly different. While men have more neurons in the cerebral cortex, the brain's outer layer, women have more neuropil, which contains the processes allowing cell communication. Research showing these gender-specific differences was presented during the American Academy of Neurology 51st Annual Meeting April 17 -- 24, 1999, in Toronto.
"The cerebral cortex is responsible for voluntary movements, perception of sensory input and of highly complex functions such as memory, learning, reasoning and language," said Gabrielle de Courten-Myers, MD, study author and associate professor of neuropathology at the University of Cincinnati. "Males possess more tightly packed and more numerous nerve cells (neurons) than females. Neurons send and receive electrical signals that influence many functions of the body and create thoughts and feelings. Females tend to have more neuropil, the fibular tissue that fills the space between nerve cell bodies and contains mainly nerve cell processes (synapses, dendrites and axons) that enable neurons to communicate with numerous other nerve cells."
This research may explain previous findings that women are more prone to dementing illnesses than are men. Although a man and woman may lose the same number of neurons due to a disease, such as dementia, the woman's functional loss may be greater because the cells lost are more densely connected with other neurons. Added de Courten-Myers, "Conversely, in males, the 'functional reserve' may be greater as a larger number of nerve cells are present, which could prevent some of the functional losses."
Although these gender-specific variations cause tangible differences in how the brain functions, one type is not "better" or "worse" than the other. Said de Courten-Myers, "It seems reasonable to assume that specific functions may benefit from the presence of more cells while others may be enhanced by a larger number of connections between them. A better understanding of these issues may potentially affect a wide spectrum of human activities such as health care, psychology and teaching."
The researchers measured the cortex thickness and counted nerve cells from various sites within the healthy brains of 17 deceased subjects (10 males and seven females).
"The recognition of gender-specific ways of thinking and feeling -- rendered more credible given these established differences -- could prove beneficial in enhancing interpersonal relationships." Said de Courten-Myers, "However, the interpretation of the data also has the potential for abuse and harm if either gender would seek to construct evidence for superiority of the male or female brain from these findings."
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