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Archive for December, 2010
Adam Robinson Arrested for Marijuana Possession
Posted by Drug Free in Drug Addiction on December 30, 2010
Iowa Hawkeyes' Adam Robinson, who had already been suspended by coach Kirk Ferentz for Insight Bowl, placed his career at Iowa in jeopardy after being arrested on marijuana charges Monday night, according to a report on The Washington Post.
The 21-year-old starting running back was arrested for possession of marijuana in Des Moines, Iowa. According to Iowa State Patrol, the vehicle that Robinson was riding in was pulled over because it did not have front plates. A trooper had detected the odor of marijuana from the vehicle, prompting a search; they eventually found marijuana. Both Robinson and the driver of the vehicle were charged; the charge against the driver, who was not identified, was possession with intent to deliver marijuana.
Gary Barta, athletic director for Iowa, issued a statement Tuesday afternoon regarding the incident involving Robinson: "Kirk [Forentz] and I were made aware of Adam's situation earlier this morning. Obviously, we are both extremely disappointed to hear the news. We don't have all of the facts and will withhold any further comment until we return to Iowa City and learn all of the details."
Robinson had been left off the roster of Insight Bowl Tuesday night against Missouri, because he was unable to comply with the expectations and policies of the team. Robinson's future with the team is now unclear, and freshman Marcus Coker may end up taking over in 2011.
Adam Robinson has since been released. He is set to appear in court on Jan. 5. The Post said that a message that was left in the home of his family in Des Moines was not returned right away.
After Synthetic Marijuana, US Worries About Synthetic Cocaine
Posted by Drug Free in Drug Addiction, Drug Facts on December 29, 2010
First, "Spice" and other forms of synthetic marijuana had to be dealt with, and those who are against it scored a small victory when spice, technically sold as incense, was banned for a period of one year. Now, however, there is another substance that has become a cause for concern: synthetic cocaine, being marketed as bath salts, insect repellant, or plant fertilizers.
A news release on PR Newswire warns against these products, which are reportedly resulting in abusers winding up in emergency rooms across the country. Mark Ryan, director of the Louisiana Poison Center, said: "We are incredibly concerned about the extreme paranoia being reported by people who are taking these drugs."
The products have the ability to mimic the effects of methamphetamine abuse, according to the release. They are thought to contain a chemical called Methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MPDV), which does not have approval for medical use in the United States. Initially, these products were only being sold on the Internet; now, however, abusers are able to find them at gas stations and head shops as well. These "legal" cocaine-wannabes go by several aliases: "Red Dove," "Blue Silk," "Zoom," "Bloom," "Cloud Nine," "Ocean Snow," "Lunar Wave," "Vanilla Sky," "Ivory Wave," "White Lightning," "Scarface" and "Hurricane Charlie."
Alvin C. Bronstein, medical director of the Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center and the acting director of toxicosurveillance for the American Association of Poison Control Centers, shared that his office has observed a "definite increase" in reports about these substances, so much so that it has become a health threat "that needs to be taken seriously."
Reasons Why Prescription Drug Abuse Is On The Rise
Posted by Drug Free in Prescription Drug Abuse on December 28, 2010
Prescription drug abuse is dubbed by a feature on the Chicago Sun-Times as the "fastest-growing drug problem" in the United States. Deaths due to accidental drug overdose have increased five-fold over the last twenty years, according to the CDC. It also overtook heroin and cocaine combined as the cause of overdose deaths in the United States in 2007.
This meteoric rise of prescription drug abuse is due to several reasons. The fact that these drugs – usually painkillers such as OxyContin, Vicodin, and Fentanyl – are basically legal substances that are prescribed by doctors for legitimate reasons, people think that it is safer, regardless of whether it is used properly or abused.
Sally Thoren, executive director of Gateway Foundation, an organization that provides substance abuse treatment, said: "People think, 'It comes from the doctor. Mom took it for a toothache or a broken bone. How bad can it be?'"
Another reason for the surge is the fact that there was also an increase in doctor prescriptions for painkillers, a trend that began in the 1990s. According to Kathleen Kane-Willis, director of Roosevelt University's Illinois Consortium on Drug Policy, the greater availability of prescription painkillers became the catalyst for more widespread abuse: "In the 80s and early 90s, there was so little pain medicine prescribed… Now, the pendulum has kind of swung the other way."
She suggested that while there is no need to deny pain medication to people who need them, it is important for doctors to have frank conversations with their patients regarding the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
Travel Agency and Clothing Store Serve as Front for Pot Operation!
Posted by Drug Free in Drug Addiction, Drug Facts on December 27, 2010
A clothing store and travel agency in Montrose, California, apparently served as a front for a marijuana cultivation operation, according to a report on Glendale News-Press.
Sgt. Tom Lorenz told the Glendale News-Press that the Blue Seas travel agency and Fast Fashion high-end clothing store, located at Honolulu Avenue, were but fronts for what was described as a "sophisticated indoor-marijuana growing operations." According to Sgt. Lorenz, "All you have to do is walk up to the front of the building and smell the marijuana."
These businesses housed a full-scale cultivation operation with lights, ventilation, and 381 marijuana plants. In addition to this "marijuana garden" of sorts, the police also received a tip that Mike Boyadjian was also allegedly growing marijuana plants in his apartment, on the 1000 block of Justin Avenue. When policed searched the apartment, they found 40 flowering plants, a .357 mm handgun, a digital scale, cash, and a ledger that showed profit earnings, and money spent on the operations.
Sgt. Lorenz revealed that Boyadjian, 32, was also responsible for the other marijuana grows, according to his own admission. He then identified four other men who helped him take care of the plants: Shibu Koshy, 32, of Bell Canyon; Aris Nersessian, 32, of Glendale; David Davitian, 26, of Hollywood; and Michael Degirmendjian, 22, of Hollywood.
All five men were arrested Wednesday night, on suspicion of marijuana cultivation and sales, according to Sgt. Lorenz.
Police said that the estimated street value of the marijuana more than 400 marijuana plants was $200,000.
Will It Be Jail for Lindsay After Betty Ford Controversy?
Posted by Drug Free in Alcohol Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation on December 26, 2010
Actress Lindsay Lohan is in the hot seat once again after an employee of the Betty Ford Center, where she is currently in a court-ordered stay, accused her of assault after an alleged drunken encounter.
While Lindsay has denied the allegations, and her accuser, Dawn Holland, has been fired by Betty Ford, the question remains: what is in store for the young actress after this episode? She is, after all, still on probation in a DUI case, and this new development, if proven, constitutes a violation of her probation.
According to a feature on People.com, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox had threatened Ms. Lohan with more jail time, if she is found to be in violation of her probation.
Richard Hirsch, a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles who is not involved in the case, told People.com: "If the latest allegations are true, it just spells disaster for Lindsay… After all the chances she's had, the judge may have no other option left."
The feature recalled Lindsay's failed drug test from a couple of months back, where she was spared more jail time by Judge Fox, who was convinced that what Lindsay needed was further treatment from her self-admitted addiction. She was instead ordered to stay at the Betty Ford Center until January 3.
Steve Sitkoff, another Los Angeles criminal attorney, said: "Judge Fox isn't one to make idle threats… Especially if he decides that Lindsay was the instigator in the scuffle with the Betty Ford employee, that'll make him more likely to punish her with jail instead of treatment."
Driver in Accident that Killed Nick Adenhart Gets 51 Years in Prison
Posted by Drug Free in Alcohol Abuse on December 23, 2010
Back in April, baseball fans were shocked when news of the tragic death of Nick Adenhart, rookie pitcher of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, came out. The 22-year-old native of Hagerstown, Maryland, had just come from his fourth Major League start – he pitched six scoreless innings and gave a brilliant performance in a game against the Oakland A's – when the car that he and a couple of his friends were riding in was struck by a red minivan driven by a drunk driver.
In September, drunk driver Andrew Gallo was convicted on three counts of second degree murder, and single counts of drunken driving, hit and run driving, and driving under the influence of alcohol and causing great bodily injury. Gallo had ran a red light and struck the car that Adenhart was riding in, and also attempted to run away after the accident, although he was eventually caught.
At the time of his conviction, it was estimated that he would spend from 50 years to life in prison; the sentencing was scheduled for December 10.
The sentencing happened December 22, and District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and court spokeswoman Carole Levitzky revealed that Gallo received the maximum sentence of 51 years to life in prison.
At the time of the accident, Andrew Gallo's alcohol was 0.19 – certainly well above the legal limit of 0.08.
In a written statement, Rackauckas said: "Before drinking, set up a plan to have a sober driver… If you make the decision to drink and drive, we will make the decision to charge you with vehicular manslaughter or murder and you may spend the rest of your life in prison. During this holiday season, think about the pain on the victims' families' faces before you drink and drive."


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Sometimes it sucks being a girl. Most of the time it's pretty awesome, but other times, not so much. My recent example: packing for a 4-day business trip. You wouldn't think I'd need six pairs of shoes, but I do.
1. Workout shoes - I'd like to try to get a workout (or two) in while I'm there
2. Black high heels
3. Black not-so-high heels - in case #2 get uncomfortable
4. Flip-flops - for downtime and in case I find time to hang out in the spa/pool
5. Brown high heels - to go with my brown work outfits
6. Black pseudo-Converse - to wear on the plane. I think it'll be too cold to wear #4. I also need more casual shoes that are still appropriate to wear out with other business trip attendees
All these shoes + all the crap required to look decent + all the potential outfits (as I'm not exactly sure what occassions I'll have to dress for) = my bringing a whole lot of crap.
I am very excited about my trip, though. Tomorrow I'll be watching the Super Bowl with a group of people (online advertisers) who will likely be more excited about the commercials than the actual game - a very surreal experience, I'm sure. And this will be my first time to Florida. Best of all - we're staying at a fabulous 5-star resort! Hopefully I'll be able to squeeze in some down time to enjoy it. And if not, at least I'll be working hard in a lavish setting.
"Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark. You know what you are doing, but nobody else does." - Stuart Henderson


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• Tiro
Hanool Robotics is one of several Korean companies trying their best to one-up the Japanese when it comes to the wonderful world of Mechnical Men. And I give them all the credit in the world for producing the world's first robot to bring two human flesh-puppets together in robotic matrimony.
Not much is known about Tiro (created in part by the groom Seok Gyeong-Jae) apart from the fact it talks in a sweet, feminine voice and costs $215,000 to produce. Along with Tiro, other robots served as ushers and performers at the wedding, which must have been one hell of a party. In South Korea, couples can hold a wedding pretty much anywhere (and anyhow) they like, but it isn't official until they register with the authorities.
SONY's final AIBO model was the ERS-7, released beginning in November 2003 for $2000. Three colors were introduced to market; pearlescent white, pearl black, and champagne brown. With the release of the third color came AIBO Mind 3 software, which allowed it to understand Spanish for the first time (approximately 30 words and phrases), and speak approximately 1000 English words. It could also download RSS feeds and read them to you. AIBO Mind 3 also provided a limited short term memory mapping function, allowing the AIBO to remember the approximate location of its charging station, people's faces, toys, walls, and favorite place much more quickly.
Some of the distinctive features of the ERS-7 model include: floppy ears and tail; the Illume-Face LED array which displays a variety of facial expressions and emotional indicators; LEDs in its back, three IR distance sensors for avoiding obstacles and ledges; and several touch sensors. Owners can load digital music files directly from a memory stick, which play through the ERS-7's speakers as it dances along to the beat.
Book Review: Robot Journal No. 02
While I was importing the previously reviewed RoBolution photo book, I decided to pick up another couple of magazines to go with it. Robot Journal No. 02 was published in 2002 and, as you may have guessed from the cover, I bought it for (what I had hoped would be) a lengthy section on SONY's QRIO with lots of nice photos. I should point out that QRIO is my favorite robot, and this second-hand magazine was pretty cheap. That said, what I got was pretty underwhelming. There are a couple of good orthographic views of QRIO that can be found online in lower quality, but the rest of the images look identical to what you can find on Impress Watch's coverage of QRIO from ROBODEX 2002 (see here, and here).
Robots break a leg on stage
It seems like everywhere you look these days, somebody somewhere has made an artistic robot. From painting portraits to playing music, robots seem to be making artistic strides that threaten to overshadow their human contemporaries. Unless your last name is Schwarzenegger, acting like a robot probably isn't going to get you very far in Hollywood. But what if you are a robot?
Robot actors may seem like an outlandish idea at first, but it's only fitting given the word "robot" was invented by playwright Karl Capek for his 1920s play, "Rossum's Universal Robots". Could Capek himself have imagined that less than 100 years after his seminal work, real-live robots would take to the stage next to human thespians to perform for live audiences?
• SeRoPi
KITECH (Korea Institue of Industrial Technology) DART (Division for Applied Robotics) is developing a service robot called SeRoPi (Service Robot Platform Initiative) that can fetch items and navigate in structured environments. The version pictured at left is actually the 2nd revision of the robot, which was completed between 2005~2007. Its appearance was designed by Andy Hyub (click here to see his first stab at the design, which was much less friendly looking).
Like KITECH's female androids, SeRoPi doesn't walk but rolls around on wheels at a speed of up to 2m/s. It uses a combination of pre-programmed maps, a laser range finder in its base, and ceiling cameras to self-localize and navigate KITECH's office space. In one demonstration, SeRoPi is commanded to pick up a parcel from the lobby, which means taking an elevator down to the first floor, finding the package, picking it up, and returning to its origin.
Book Review: RoBolution
RoBolution is a Japanese photo book originally published in 2001, right as humanoid robots were beginning to appear in the mainstream media thanks mostly to Honda's P2 and P3 humanoids in the late '90s. It focuses on 5 humanoid robots: Honda's ASIMO, SONY's SDR-3X, Kitano Symbiotic's PINO, Waseda University's WABIAN R-4, and E-sys Aoyama Gakuin University's Mk.5. The majority of the photos from this book cannot be found online – and the shots of the SDR-3X in particular are hard to come by in such high quality. They even revealed the often veiled single camera in the SDR-3X's forehead which really can't be seen in most photos I've seen on the net. Besides photos there are also orthographic schematic drawings with specs, examples of prototypes, and interviews (in Japanese).
Insanely realistic ASIMO costume
Recently the costume pictured above, a prefab $400 ASIMO-like suit, has made the rounds on various sites. It'll turn heads, but upon closer inspection it's just not realistic enough to pass for a real robot. But have a gander at this one:
Now this is what I'm talking about. Yamamoto Katsura, an alumni of Waseda University, made this ASIMO costume himself, mostly out of wood. Apparently, one of the most famous events held by Waseda University is the annual Honjo-Waseda 100km Hike, which takes 2 days and typically gathers a thousand participants. In keeping with the hike's spirit of pushing one's physical limits, some participants decided to take it one step further by donning costumes as a kind of handicap. Pretty soon people were trying to one-up each other to see who could make the best costume, and the World's Longest Costume Parade was born, with the hike's organizers fanning the flames by handing out awards. More pictures and a video of the suit in action after the break.


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could be... I just noticed the pill bug to the far left, that is one huge spider. I didn't know tarantulas extended that far north but they are definitely present (though rarely seen) in coastal areas of southern California. In the desert too, of course.
This doesn't look hairy enough to be a true theraphosid. My guess is that it's a female Calisoga longitarsis, which is a sizable mygalomorph that's pretty common in the Bay Area. How big was it and where did you find it?
Hi... the "butt" (abdomen?) was the size of a nickel and we saw it in Santa Cruz, in the UCSC Arboretum.
If it was that big then I think this is the one.
I am really tempted to put 'big butt spider' as one of the common names for this species... but I resisted.
Thanks for resisting. There are many spiders with some junk in the trunk, so it's not the best common name.


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But can she really just walk away from magnetic Mr Motors?
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In 2001 the Decatur (Georgia) Preservation Alliance moved this "two-room circa 1870s servant's quarters tenement structure." I think this means two mirror image rooms / apartments on either side of a central chimney.
It's at the corner of Church and Bell, at the entrance to Decatur Cemetery.
It's a bit out of place a few blocks north the the Dekalb County Courthouse.
This particular shape is irresistible to me: gable end front and center, narrow and deep with a modest side porch. It risked wasting away a few blocks from the present site. I can't figure out exactly where it was.
It's a familiar sight all over the south. It looks as if it's
companion buildings have wasted away. We've mostly moved on from places
like this.
I enjoy more new constriction in this style. Georgia architects Historical Concepts does vernacular very well as seen here.
It was time to stop and look.
These are fine paneled doors with nice trim, original?
The windows are trimmed out the same way. I doubt the sashes are 100 years old.
Eave, soffit, return, and facia are pretty fancy.
Contrasting frieze boards and coner-boards with a tiny cornice are a good look. It looks fine with dark trim but I'd prefer all white or less contrast.
The detailing and dark paint make it quite a bit fancier and heavier looking that the Browning Courthouse, in Tucker above.
When you get close it looks massive.
What's inside a double-pen saddlebag?
Looks like they took the chimney down before they moved the house.
...in 1893, the old church was donated to(sic) house the Donald Fraser School for Boys."
If you've got a few minutes, why not stop and have a look for yourself.
Leslie at the Dekalb History Center thinks they will move it a to nearby community garden. I hope they'll put it back in service. Thanks to Leslie for helping out on this post.
It nice when you can save one.
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Welcome to the second installment of the VegLympics in Los Angeles, Veggie Burger Competition!
Recap of the game thus far:
First up was Hole In The Wall Burger Joint (HITW), which received a score of 53 (out of a possible 60). We've adopted the ISU Judging System, that's the International Skating Union scoring system, minus the 8 other judges and a comprehensive understanding of how it works. Apparently, a score on a scale of .25 to 10 is given in each of the following categories:
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Today's contestant is O! Burger. Also located on Santa Monica Blvd., O! Burger is in the city of West Hollywood, which is located in the middle of, but is its own entirely separate city from, Los Angeles. Get your head out of the gutter, the 'O' stands for Organic. They claim to be the first burger joint in L.A. (county, I guess?) serving only 100% certified organic food. Okay, shhhhhhhh, they're about to start, here comes the food.
I got the classic O!veggie burger. That comes with cucumber slices, Napa cabbage, sweet pickles, tomato, grilled onions and 1000 island (made with Veganaise). I then made it a combo for three bucks more and got fries and an iced tea. Dang it, now that I'm looking at the menu on-line, I could've gotten chipotle sauce instead of 1000 Island and a vegan shake?! Whaaaaat? That sucks, I totally would've gotten that had I seen it. The menu is on two flat panel screens above the registers. They are up high and they flash between pages and it's hard to make heads or tails of it when you're stomach is eating your brain from hunger and only half literate to begin with. The quality of the ingredients is great and it's regular burger sized.
There are some other, more expensive burger options, but I want to keep the playing field as equal as I can. Not sure why they use cabbage instead of lettuce. As a general rule, I like cabbage, but in this context I wasn't a huge fan. It's certainly crunchier than regular lettuce, but not in a good way, and the flavor just isn't the same. Having pickles on the bottom and cucumbers on the top is kind of odd, and again, they went with sweet ones. The fries were crinkle cut, really good (but not as good as HITW), and a reasonable portion size, which at first seemed small, but at second, when my belly was full of burger, seemed just right.
This is another "Garden Patch" style patty (as opposed to Meatless Technologies), homemade with spinach, corn, carrots and peas. I saw the spinach, but again, the most prominently seen ingredient is corn. I'm not sure I get it, chefs. Someone explain it to me. Who wants sweet when they're thinking burger? And add to this the new trend in sweet pickle topping (or bottoming in this case) and you've basically given me dessert with my burger. This is my bone to pick (pardon the expression) with veggie burgers now. Rant over. The burger was really handsome and tasted the kind of good where I ate every bite ("Is that really saying much these days?" Says my waistband).
One interesting twist was a layer of dressing on the top AND bottom buns, and three different choices of self-serve iced tea (I had the Rooibos and it was delicious) but other than that, it's totally Anywhere USA Nice Burger Joint + the word 'Organic' which equals pricey. This lunch set me back $13.
Points taken off here for sweetness, cabbage use, and clearly I fell during the triple something Salchow that was my ordering, like Michelle Kwan at the 2002 Olympics.
Everything was made to order and it took around ten minutes. Maybe fifteen. The food came hot, though we had to endure some techno beat soundtrack while we waited, it's still a better than average burger bar.
Total Score = 50.50
Good job! They're currently in second place.
Next up I wanna see a "meaty burger." Any requests? I'm thinking either Doomie's, Chili Addiction (Match Meats!), Native Foods or Veggie Grill (aka the Gardein flagship).
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Veggie Grill please … just made the Gardein burger at home and thought it was delish! completely agree with O! Burger but would have given it a lower score for the toppings and I think they should offer a gluten-free bun.
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It's Kaddish for O! Burger. (I would have used an exclamation point at the end but they already used one in the middle.)


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OFFENSIVE LINE: Starters -- LT Luke Petitgout, LG Arron Sears, C Jeff Faine, RG Davin Joseph, RT Jeremy Trueblood. Backups -- T Donald Penn, G/C Dan Buenning, T Anthony Davis, T Chris Denman, C Andrew Economos, G Brian Johnson, T Dennis Roland.
Petitgout should be healthy and ready to go for training camp after injuring his knee last year. He helped solidify the left tackle position for Tampa Bay before his injury. But he'll see stiff competition from Penn, who took over for Petitgout and made serious strides in his play at the end of last season. It should be a competitive situation.
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Missoula's Black Coffee Roasting Company welcomed a new, high-tech piece of machinery last week called a Loring Kestrel, something BCRC co-owner Matt McQuilkin describes as "the Prius of coffee roasters." Manufactured in San Francisco, it is the only one of its kind in the state of Montana.
McQuilkin and partner Jim Chapman opened BCRC in 2010. With a seven-person crew they produce wholesale organic roast coffee beans, with the vast majority of their customers in and around Missoula. Faced with a growing demand that challenged the capacity of their traditional roaster, and with goals to expand regionally, BCRC applied for and won a green energy grant from NorthWestern Energy that enabled them to purchase the Loring.
What makes the system so green? For starters, the Loring is 80 percent more efficient than a traditional roaster. It accomplishes this by operating as a "closed" system, meaning air pulled into the roasting chamber remains there, depleted of oxygen, throughout the roast.
A traditional roaster constantly circulates ambient air, subjecting the roast to seasonal variations in air temperature and humidity. Heat is lost up the exhaust pipe as smoke, and chaff from the beans becomes an additional byproduct. But the Loringwith a single burner positioned in front of the exhaust stackincinerates both byproducts. This recycles the heat back into the roasting process and reduces the amount of gas necessary to maintain temperature. Waste is negligible, and the exhaust up the pipe is essentially smoke-free. The oxygen-free roasting chamber also creates an inert environment, so the flavor comes from the beans themselves, without variable influences caused by the roasting process.
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The theme is a template , i was thinking that 3.0 was the required version but even the plugins given for checking the compatibility are allowed for 3.3 and more..
Then just 3.4 or 3.5 ?
Hello all,
Just a question : Is there a requirement about the minimum version of Wordpress which can be used with a theme ?
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Matt Damon & Ben Affleck: "Project Greenlight" is Coming Back!
Back in 2001 and 2003, they executive produced a documentary series for HBO called "Project Greenlight" and now Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are ramping things up for another season of greatness.
The "Argo" hunk told press, "'Project Greenlight' was ahead of its time. Now that technology has caught up to the concept, we thought it was a perfect time to bring it back."
"A whole new generation of filmmakers has grown up sharing everything, and the next big director could be just an upload away," he added.
Damon agreed, "'Project Greenlight' works -- careers have been launched and sustained as a direct result of this contest. Pete Jones, John Gulager, Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan are just a few of the PGL alums who've gone on to do great things in Hollywood, and Ben and I are really proud of that."
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Preparing a food selection for your cafe service isn't really challenging to do. Your cafe food selection will just be composed restricted food that rate morning meal, lunch as well as treat things. When we state preferred, it does not always need to be junk food Chick Fil A Iced Coffee things. Consumers nowadays are much more mindful of the food they consume, and also you will certainly need to adapt to that market by supplying much healthier alternatives. Below are some pointers on how you can produce a tasty food selection for your coffee residence.
Have a regular morning meal food selection and also stick to a great deal of egg based recipes like omelets. You could experiment with your omelets as well as use premium egg recipes with unique active ingredients on a seasonal basis. Deal a variety of delicatessens sandwiches. Explore covers which are rather preferred nowadays. Many clients will certainly still anticipate the conventional egg, salute, hash browns, sausages, bacon as well as coffee.
Right before lunch time, trek the rate of your morning meals, or else your various other larger lunch dishes will not stand a possibility. That will certainly intend to purchase an extra pricey pasta recipe if they could still buy more affordable sandwiches for lunch. Deal treats like delicious chocolate cakes as well as cheese cakes. For much healthier alternatives provide salads also. Be the coffeehouse service that has a dieter's food selection for the health and wellness mindful with non-fattening active ingredients as well as sugar-free treats.
Individuals like obtaining free offers, as well as coffee enthusiasts will absolutely such as the idea of a complimentary cup of coffee with their preferred sandwich or morning meal. Make "specials" for morning meal as well as mid-day sandwich treats that set you back a little bit much more however has a totally free mug of normal made coffee. Coffee enthusiasts will certainly obtain made use of to the cafe company round the edge that provides cost-free coffee with the "unique.".
For much heavier lunch recipes offer hamburgers with french fries, steaks, as well as hen recipes. You could provide a lunch bundle to motivate restaurants to get a larger worth. As an example, dish plan top could contain soup, salad, a pasta recipe, treat, as well as a "cost-free coffee." You could additionally supply a youngster's food selection with poultry nuggets, french fries, or a tiny youngster sized hamburger.
Various other things you could offer in your coffee bar company are buns, pancakes, cookies, cupcakes, breads, bagels, donuts, and also biscotti. Deal specialized porks like Italian pastrami for Panini sandwiches, or offer Spanish Serrano pork, and also German or Hungarian sausages. You could likewise offer Italian gelato as opposed to common gelato.
Initially, choose if you desire a continuous unvarying food selection or if you wish to provide something various in your coffeehouse company everyday. There are advantages and disadvantages to altering your coffee bar food selection. If it remains the very same at all times, regulars will certainly value understanding that their preferred recipe will certainly be offered whenever, any type of day. If you alter your food selection on a daily basis, daring restaurants will certainly be delighted to understand exactly what's brand-new as well as see your location typically.


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If you're thinking of buying a printer, one of the questions you probably have in mind is whether to get a laserjet printer or inkjet printer. The choice used to be easy but it has become more difficult as technology continues to improve. In the past, if you needed high-quality color print-outs, an inkjet would be your best choice. On the other hand, if your printing jobs were for business, you would pick a laser jet instead. But as the two printers developed over time, consumers like you should know more about the difference between the two types to determine what printer suits your needs and what should you buy.
While both laserjet and inkjet printers have great features, each has its own strength and weakness . Here are some key facts to help you decide which type of printer is best for your needs.
Technology Difference
Laser printers are a type of printer where the toner is transferred or melted into the paper with a laser and drum to produce a print-out. Inkjet printers, on the other hand, use a liquid ink, usually having two different cartridges: a black one that does all the black printing, and a cyan, yellow, magenta cartridge, that uses drops of colors to blend and create the colors needed for the picture or text, sprayed through microscopic nozzles onto the paper.
Printing Use
Laserjet printers are likely to come in handy when printing a large volume of documents with black text. Laserjets printers are better in printing fine details such as very small text fonts. However, when it comes to photo-printing, inkjet printers excel in producing high-quality photos. Some manufacturers even make inkjet cartridges specially for photo-printing.
For home use, inkjet printers are still high in demand. And if your're likely to print photos and don't frequently print documents in large volumes, inkjet printers will work best for you. But for a business setting, where printing large documents in bulk that are comprised mostly of text and line graphics–where speed and running costs are essential–a laserjet is a better option.
Printing Speed and Quality
Laserjet printers can print much faster than inkjet printers. Speed is a factor that concerns many business. That is why more business corporations and organizations use laserjet printers instead of inkjet ones.
When it comes to quality, laserjet printers work best when printing detailed text documents including printing small fonts in monochrome, while inkjet printers work better in color photo printing, providing you with good-quality print outs.
Price – Laserjet printers are more expensive than inkjet printers. It has a high unit cost, a faster processor and more memory though it can process faster than an inkjet. Although, the inkjet is slower, it is fairly inexpensive to purchase.
Operation Cost – Inkjet printers cost more to operate due to their high-ink usage, while laserjet printers which use toner cartridges do not need to be changed often. But this shouldn't be a big problem anymore, considering the companies that offers high quality remanufactured laser toner and inkjet cartridges.
Network Compatibility
Laserjet printers are best for business with network settings and multiple work stations, while inkjet printers are best as a standalone unit.
So Which One is Better?
It depends on your printing needs. If you are more likely to use the printer in printing photographs and images, and want high-quality color print-outs, then choose the inkjet printer. But if you have a need for printing a large quantity of documents and don't need a lot of color-printing, then buying a laserjet printer is the smarter choice.
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The Giffard Club is composed of recently ordained priests and so I was very happy to be invited as a guest today, not fitting into this category. Fellow blogger, Fr Nicholas Schofield (Roman Miscellany), pictured here (right) with Frs John O'Leary (left) and Michael Dunne who is assistant priest at Brook Green and hosted the meeting.
Of course, no blog post about such gatherings would be complete without a picture of Fr Richard Whinder (centre), the founder of the Giffard Club. He is pictured here with Fr Mark Vickers (left) and Fr Gerard Skinner.
Frs Schofield and Whinder have recently moved to new appointments. Fr Whinder is now assistant priest at St Joseph's, New Malden (one of his parishioners is Auntie Joanna) and Fr Schofield is now assistant priest at Our Lady and St Joseph, Kingsland. Say a prayer for them both as they settle into their new assignments.


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MO Crashing and Burning?
Is tobacco giant going up in smoke?
by Ann Coleman
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Alexandria, VA (April 9, 1999) -- The Dow's Bad Boy, Philip Morris (NYSE: MO), has taken a beating since the beginning of the year. It was excluded from this year's Foolish Four but is still in quite a few folks' Foolish Four portfolios that were started at various times last year, and they are not happy campers. Let's take a look at Philip Morris's prospects. Not that I have a crystal ball, mind you, but there are some pretty obvious things to consider when trying to decide if it is time to bail out.
Every man-made rule has its exceptions. Flip Mo may be at least a partial exception to the rule that it is earnings that drive price. But even though it is tempting to blame the company's recent dive on the successful tobacco lawsuits, doubts about earnings have also figured into the picture. Recent price increases to help pay for the settlement between the tobacco industry and 46 states have reduced US tobacco consumption, and the possibility of increased federal taxes and regulation have threatened earnings growth as well.
Of course, there are lots of other countries in the world just full of people waiting to be addicted, and this has not gone unnoticed by US tobacco companies. I am not going to go into the politics or morality of selling an addictive and deadly substance to people who can't read the warning labels, if there even are warning labels. (You'd never guess which side I'm on, would you?) No, let's not go down that road. It's been done.
Let's just look at this from the standpoint of an investment. The company is rolling in dough. Analysts are estimating a 13% increase in earnings next year (although if the fears mentioned above come to pass, there would be the possibility of earnings estimates revisions).
Flip Mo has dropped 40% from its high last November. Right now the company is selling very near its 12-month low, with a P/E of 15 and a dividend yield of 5.2%. Compare that with Procter and Gamble (NYSE: PG), selling at a P/E of 37 with a dividend yield of 1.02%.
Could it get worse? Oh, sure. Three years ago the company was selling for less than $30 (price adjusted for a 3-for-1 split in early 1997). But then again, it is hard to imagine how much lower the company can go. Even with the whole tobacco division valued at 0, one can make a pretty good case that the rest of the company is worth more than it is selling for right now.
If I were a Philip Morris shareholder, I would be hoping that the company would spin off the tobacco division and that some deep pockets would take the tobacco portion private. How realistic that scenario is, I don't know, but it would certainly liberate the non-tobacco businesses and be a boon to stockholders.
Meanwhile, the company increased its dividend last year and is now yielding more than my money market fund. That kind of payout will attract buyers when they are reassured that the company is not going to be put out of business by the cloud of second-hand smoke hanging over it. I probably won't be one of them, but then again, a 5% return (and the possibility of a spin-off) is tempting even to one who is about as antismoking as you can get. Those who are less scrupulous might well jump in with both feet at some point, dragging the price back up to merely cheap.
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T-Rex 450 Clones? Where to begin?
Good-day to all. New to the Heli world, but really digging it! My question is there are A LOT of t-rex clones, but where to begin? I'm sure some clones are better then others correct? I know I would like 450 size as I have several 3s 2200 batteries I wish to use and flybarless also I would also like. Right now I think the 450 would be a good size to start with.
So what:
Anything else I'm missing?
* Never put a heli kit together before so I just plan on reading and watching youtube videos.
* Any of these HK kits any good? Bunch of different 450 types but I have no clue what the difference are. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...&v=&sortlist=P
* Is it possible to piece together a half decent heli using mostly parts from HK to just order all at once? I know some HK stuff is half decent, but other stuff is buyer beware. I just wanna make sure I build something decent. Everything doesn't have to be from HK, just not trying to order for a crap load of different places. A few OK, but you guys get the point. Thanks in advance.
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Here's the one I been looking the hardest at: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...x_Compat_.html
Any good? If I run a search of the results are endless and so many different combinations.
Gyros? Depends if your going FB or FBL. 3gx is one for fbl as well as the beastx which people like better than most others. for FB heads, the gy401 is a decent one but believe the Align GP780 and 790 are the better of the two. If your going FBL then you are going to have to go Digital on your cyclics. Align ds4XX series is ok, EXI D213F digital metal gear servos are ok, Futaba, JR and Hitec all make decent digital micro servos as well. Get what you can get on your dollar. For the tail you can use a number of tail servos. futaba, JR, Hitec EXI and others all make decent tail servos.
Motor and ESC, would not go less than 40 amp esc with a 5 amp bec combo. Or put on a align 430L or similar. Scorpion makes nice motors and ESC combo's. anywhere from 3200kv to 4400kv brushless. AM sure people can chime in as to what is better to get and what to stay away from. I fly the storm 450 3g fbl heli. One uses the storm motor and esc and the other one I have RCX motor and ESC and both of them havnt given me any issues at all. Strong motor/ESC combos and do the job without issues.
The Tarots look really nice, just a tad more then I was hoping to spend on a frame. For esc's I always try and buy Hobbywing esc's. I love them in my cars, planes and boats and am huge fan. Exi servo's I've used in my boats before and they work good and a good price also. Normally in my planes though I use Hitec servo's, just don't want to fit the bill for some digital hitecs lol. On a budget if you can't tell.. Trying to keep it somewhat resonable, towards the end of the year I should have more money to spend. Dang medical bills are cutting into my RC budge + I'm really big into planes and boats so trying to spilt the budget 3 ways is starting to get difficult .
Spoted this motor http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...er_3550KV.html pretty sure it's a Suppo outrunner and I've had really good luck with them before in boats, just not sure if anyone ever used them in a Heli with good luck. If something happens in a boat it just stops, but in a plane or heli if something happens normally it results in lots of $$ falling out of the sky rather quickly, trying to avoid that lol.... Read a lot of good reviews on the Beast X and I would like to buy the 450x, but I want to build something a little cheaper first to practice on and not be afraid about breaking something pricey. That's really the main goal for this build, something I can keep in the air rather cheaply and gain the experience to move up to nicer helis. I would like to own an actual T-Rex one day. I have a 120sr and the mcpx is what I've been practicing different manuevers on to date.
Anyone try the Solar Servos? http://www.hobbypartz.com/solar.html
Thank you for your post buy the way, and the Storm Heli's look really nice. Are they compatiable with any Align parts? Did you order from Helipal? http://www.helipal.com/storm-450-3g-...-bone-kit.html
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Get on ebay , try Trex 450 for a search :
For around $50 you should see the all metal carbon clones [ a good place to start ]
I have the cheapest kit ive seen on order , $21.50 [ but its plastic so you take your chances ]
HXT900 servos are ok
Gyro ? 401 or clone should work fine
40A ESC [ make sure its 40A ]
Noobs generally speaking kill 450 parts , so I personally want to kill cheap parts .
What you may kill = Servo's , control arms , Main shaft for head , feathering shafts , rotor blades , main drive gear , thats the short list ..
Did a ebay search and came up with this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Shipping...item4165abea3a after some reading and question answering it's better if I went with a belt drive tail. Is this kit any good? and thinking about adding this as with it. http://www.oomodel.com/tarot-zyx-zyx...d-p-61907.html
You say you are new to Helis .....
Forget the Flybarless 450 Pro and start with a 450 sport with flybar .
The one you found on Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Shipping...item4165abea3a ...
looks like the Alzrc 450 sports
Have a look at Finless Bob's Helifreak Tech Room on http://www.helifreak.com
It will help you with Heli Builds and alot of top tips as well
Good luck . I hope you like flying Helis
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Shipping...item4165abea3a Thats a nice find
I was thinking $52 shipped ... I have one of these kits [ not flown yet - as Im playing with the cheaper ones ] Got to work up towards the better gear ..
Or even
If you wanted a pro [ yes - also have this kit , and the build is coming along slowly due to school ]
read it fast as RCG has drilled my last nerve and all my posts are getting deleted in the next few days
This build has come in at $146.50 so far with Tx ....
Kit $28 [ all prices shipped ] 1st fiber kit , not the $21.50 (2nd bite of the apple)
Tx $53 [ Computer Tx - stand alone - no PC ]
Motor $15
Head $15.60
Gyro $12.90
Servos $10-$12
Less Tx-Rx
But I think $146.50 with a computer Tx is just
Thanks guys. No tx/rx needed, going to use my dx8 and a HK orange 6ch or ar600 if i need to. That alz450 looks awesome. I think I need belt drive though and that was a tt. I think I'm going to go with the 1 kit for $50 and $19 shipped here in the states. Couple of you guys mentioned that was a good find. Hopefully still in stock when I get paid. Hate to have that one slip away.
Just a quick question on why stick with flybar instead of fbl. Do all flybar helis tend to be more "self-righting"? Reason I ask that is my 120sr (flybar) is extremely self-righting while my mcpx (fbl) has 0 self-righting tendencies.
My front runner is the ebay frame I listed earlier: http://www.ebay.com/itm/USA-Shipping...ht_4897wt_1110
if that slips away my back-up frame, will be the HK450gt pro: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...x_Compat_.html
Motor I'm looking at this: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...idproduct=9021
On the right path so far? The possibilities really seem endless, so I'm trying to start narrowing my choices down so I can make a solid choice, but still have a back up. I registered for helifreak a few weeks ago and will check out the recommended threads of finless bob.
So if I go flybarless I was looking at this: http://www.oomodel.com/tarot-zyx-zyx...d-p-61907.html
If I go with the flybar setup what is recommended?
FBL Heli's can be good. My storm is fbl and flies like a dream. I just set up my trex 500 to fbl and all was good till the 5th or 6th battery pack and all heck broke loose. The thing went nuts on me and still dont know why yet. I was going to change it back to fb but I am going to try to give it another shot at FBL. Going to be running out of spare parts soon though if it messes up again. I wish I knew what happened. It was flying ok then as I said it went totally out of control. I am going to have to do some math on current draw for all the servos, rx and 3gx controller. FBL heli's uses less parts and less moving parts means less drag so you get more flying time on each pack. If your new to heli's and plan on setting the fbl system up yourself it might not be a good starting point. Flybar heli's are easier to set up and less complicated. As I said my storm 450 3g is flybarless and love the way it handles. I really never got the trex 500 to fly as good or as smooth as the storm so maybe I screwed something up in the setup or programming.
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Press Gazette was bought last week by Progressive Media, the group run by the millionaire Mike Danson. However, Press Gazette's current owners, the Wilmington Group, will retain control of the highly lucrative annual British Press awards, which have been run by the owners of Press Gazette for around 20 years, since Robert Maxwell's Mirror Group ended its association.
Jean Morgan former chief reporter, Press Gazette
I think the press awards should go with the magazine, whoever is publishing it, that's where it belongs. They were not always seen as a way of making money you know, the former owners of Press Gazette, Benns, only took them on when the Mirror under Robert Maxwell withdrew. Journalists are very anxious to take part and I know, because I was a judge for seven years, that they are very fairly judged, and they come up with good, non-partisan decisions.
There are no other awards like them. I do wonder, though, if Mike Danson has a death wish - now he's got two loss-making magazines on his hands.
Quentin Letts columnist, Daily Mail
It seems a touch unsporting if Wilmington want to hang on to the lucrative press awards having murdered poor old Press Gazette. Perhaps they could graciously step aside and let someone else have a turn. How about letting the British Journalism Review try to run the show? The BJR has a threadbare crew so it might need some help on the clerical side, but it is a well-regarded publication, admirably devoid of corporate swank, is run by comparatively unbitter, superannuated hacks and is uninfected by partisan connections to any one newspaper group.
Bill Hagerty editor, British Journalism Review
If revenue from the press awards enabled Press Gazette to continue as a muscular voice of journalists and journalism, there might be a case for its publishers to retain the event. But as a monthly with an uncertain future, the magazine has little relevance and it would make sense for the awards to be returned to the industry - for years they were organised and successfully held, without unnecessary glitz or superfluous categories, by Mirror Group. There were cash prizes, too.
How about a consortium of titles funding more modest awards and reclaiming expenses before donating any profit to the Journalists' Charity?
Christopher Meyer ex-chairman, Press Complaints Commission
When I've attended the press awards I've thoroughly enjoyed them. They are incredible piss-ups, and there's lots of incredibly bad behaviour. There should be an awards ceremony like this because it is good for morale, it helps to keep up standards.
I have seen in my time at the PCC how fragmented the newspaper industry is, how riven it is with rivalries, and between the online and print sides, and it is incredibly hard to get everyone together. I can't offer a view on who should be organising it, I just know it needs to continue and be run in a non-partisan way.


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Just joined the forum and seeking assisatance!
I am trying to fit a"Bury" hands free kit to my BMW Mini 2007 model and cant idetify the Mute wire for the radio!
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Ashtead Group, the international construction tool hire firm which breached its banking covenants two years ago, announced a major capital restructuring yesterday, raising £212m through new shares and loan notes to pay off its most onerous debt.
The British company, which makes about 80% of its operating profit from its US business Sunbelt Rentals, said it intended to issue 73m shares at a 10% discount to recent market value, raising £70m. It will also raise £142m through a loan note issue.
The proceeds will be used to repay a convertible loan from Rentokil as well as to redeem up to a third of senior debt, which has an interest rate of 12%.
The company was forced into a crisis debt issue in 2003 after a marked downturn in the US construction market and the discovery of an "accounting irregularity" at Sunbelt.
Since then, irregularities have been resolved and the American market has substantially recovered, giving the chief executive, George Burnett, the confidence to issue shares.
Ashtead announced the capital restructuring after posting a pre-tax profit for the year to April 30 of £25m, compared with a loss of £7.6m for the previous year.


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FinancialData errors
I've found a new (to me) species of error in FinancialData.
One example is the price of the following stock on Feb 10, 2011:
s = "JANFX";
FinancialData["JANFX", "Name"]
FinancialData["JANFX", {{2011, 2, 9}, {2011, 2, 11}}]
"Janus Flexible Bond Fund D Shar"
{{{2011, 2, 9}, 10.25}, {{2011, 2, 10}, 10.23}, {{2011, 2, 11},
As you see, FinancialData says the price was 10.23.
But I BOUGHT the stock through Janus Funds on that day, and the price was
Moreover, if I go to Yahoo's interactive price chart for the stock at the
following page, 10.36 is the price I find:
So... where are the errors really coming from?
This is not an astronomically large price or a Missing["Not Available"]
price; it's within 2% of the correct price. But it's wrong.
These errors make it very difficult to trust FinancialData for any useful
DrMajorBob at yahoo.com


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Pinal Kumar Dave illustrates the difference between a candidate key and a primary key in SQL Server.
Not long ago, I had an interesting and extended debate with one of my friends regarding which column should be primary key in a table. The debate instigated an in-depth discussion about candidate keys and primary keys. My present article revolves around the two types of keys.
Let us first try to grasp the definition of the two keys.
Candidate Key - A Candidate Key can be any column or a combination of columns that can qualify as unique key in database. There can be multiple Candidate Keys in one table. Each Candidate Key can qualify as Primary Key.
Primary Key - A Primary Key is a column or a combination of columns that uniquely identify a record. Only one Candidate Key can be Primary Key.
One needs to be very careful in selecting the Primary Key as an incorrect selection can adversely impact the database architect and future normalization. For a Candidate Key to qualify as a Primary Key, it should be Non-NULL and unique in any domain. I have observed quite often that Primary Keys are seldom changed. I would like to have your feedback on not changing a Primary Key.
Let us look at an example where we have multiple Candidate Keys, from which we will select an appropriate Primary Key.
Given below is an example of a table having three columns that can qualify as single column Candidate Key, and on combining more than one column the number of possible Candidate Keys touches seven. A point to remember here is that only one column can be selected as Primary Key. The decision of Primary Key selection from possible combinations of Candidate Key is often very perplexing but very imperative!
On running the following script it will always give 504 rows in all the options. This proves that they are all unique in database and meet the criteria of a Primary Key.
Run the following script to verify if all the tables have unique values or not.
All of the above queries will return the same number of records; hence, they all qualify as Candidate Keys. In other words, they are the candidates for Primary Key. There are few points to consider while turning any Candidate Key into a Primary Key.
It may be possible that there are Candidate Keys that presently do not contain value (not null) but technically they can contain null. In this case, they will not qualify for Primary Key. In the following table structure, we can see that even though column [name] does not have any NULL value it does not qualify as it has the potential to contain NULL value in future.
It may be possible that Candidate Keys that are unique at this moment may contain duplicate value. These kinds of Candidate Keys do not qualify for Primary Key. Let us understand this scenario by looking into the example given above. It is absolutely possible that two Manufacturers can create products with the same name; the resulting name will be a duplicate and only the name of the Manufacturer will differ in the table. This disqualifies Name in the table to be a Primary Key.
This is not a hard and fast rule but rather a general recommendation: Primary Key values should not keep changing. It is quite convenient for a database if Primary Key is static. Primary Keys are referenced in numerous places in the database, from Index to Foreign Keys. If they keep changing then they can adversely affect database integrity, data statistics as well as internal of Indexes.
Let us examine our case by applying the above three rules to the table and decide on the appropriate candidate for Primary Key. Name can contain NULL so it disqualifies as per Rule 1 and Rule 2. Product Number can be duplicated for different Manufacturers so it disqualifies as per Rule 2. ProductID is Identity and Identity column cannot be modified. So, in this case ProductID qualifies as Primary Key.
Please note that many database experts suggest that it is not a good practice to make Identity Column as Primary Key. The reason behind this suggestion is that many times Identity Column that has been assigned as Primary Key does not play any role in database. There is no use of this Primary Key in both application and in T-SQL. Besides, this Primary Key may not be used in Joins. It is a known fact that when there is JOIN on Primary Key or when Primary Key is used in the WHERE condition it usually gives better performance than non primary key columns. This argument is absolutely valid and one must make sure not to use such Identity Column. However, our example presents a different case. Here, although ProductID is Identity Column it uniquely defines the row and the same column will be used as foreign key in other tables. If a key is used in any other table as foreign key it is likely that it will be used in joins.
The above paragraph evokes another question - what is a foreign key? A foreign key in a database table is a key from another table that refers to the primary key in the table being used. A primary key can be referred by multiple foreign keys from other tables. It is not required for a primary key to be the reference of any foreign keys. The interesting part is that a foreign key can refer back to the same table but to a different column. This kind of foreign key is known as "self-referencing foreign key".
A table can have multiple Candidate Keys that are unique as single column or combined multiple columns to the table. They are all candidates for Primary Key. Candidate keys that follow all the three rules - 1) Not Null, 2) Unique Value in Table and 3) Static - are the best candidates for Primary Key. If there are multiple candidate keys that are satisfying the criteria for Primary Key, the decision should be made by experienced DBAs who should keep performance in mind.
Reference: Pinal Dave (http://blog.sqlauthority.com)
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