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The invitation to Xi was extended by Modi when Chinese Premier Li Keqiang telephoned to congratulate him on taking over as Prime Minister. During Li's conversation with Modi, both sides agreed to further advance China-India strategic cooperative partnership, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said answering a question about Modi's invitation to Xi to visit India.
"In the past many Indian leaders have on many occasions invited president Xi Jinping to visit India. China appreciates that. The two sides are in communication with each other through the diplomatic channels on that," he said.
Details of Xi's visit are expected to be worked out during the forthcoming visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to New Delhi to personally greet Modi and hold talks with new External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Wang will be travelling to New Delhi on June 8.
During his visit, India may announce the participation of top leaders for celebrations marking 60 years of Panchsheel. Officials say that China is keen that President Pranab Mukherjee should take part in the event being held here on June 28 in which Xi and President of Myanmar Thein Sein are due to take part.
A detailed roadmap for a host of pending decisions, including Chinese investment parks, China's participation in Indian railway modernisation and infrastructure projects, steps to provide more access to India's IT and pharmaceuticals to address the trade deficit, which now stands around USD 35 billion, are expected to figure during Wang's visit.
Xi, who established himself as the most powerful leader in China within a year after taking power, heading the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC), the presidency and the military, has been conveying persistent messages to improve relations with India as Beijing braces to deal with the US pivot to Asia and rising tensions over its maritime disputes with Japan and Southeast Asian countries.

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Fresno State Hires Evan Austin as Head Men's Tennis Coach
Aug. 1, 2012
FRESNO, Calif. -
"Evan was one of our top players and played an integral part on teams that were all ranked in the top 15 in the country. He is one of the best players and one of the best people that we've had come out of our program. I've followed his coaching career progress since he left Kentucky with a lot of anticipation of him getting a job where he can really compete on the national level. Certainly Fresno State is a place that he can do that."
Kentucky Head Coach Dennis Emery
Austin becomes the seventh head coach in the history of the program and replaces Jay Udwadia, who guided the Bulldogs for the past eight seasons. Austin was the head coach at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, for the last two seasons where he posted a 45-6 (.882) overall record, won two MVC championships and coached two different conference Players of the Year.
"We are very pleased to bring in a coach with Evan's expertise and caliber to build upon the recent success of our men's tennis program," Boeh said. "Evan demonstrated to be a prodigious coach and a person of high character and integrity. His commitment to the student-athletes along with his passion and energy makes him an ideal fit for Fresno State."
Last year at Drake, Austin's Bulldogs went 24-3 and finished the year ranked No. 47 in the ITA national rankings. In 2011, Austin guided Drake to a 21-3 record and a No. 62 ranking in the final poll. The Bulldogs reached the first round of the NCAA Tournament both seasons he was at Drake.
"I'm thrilled to accept the head men's tennis coaching position and am looking forward to getting to work immediately," said Austin, whose 2012 squad at Drake had a 3.3 team GPA. "This program has a great deal of tradition and I plan on working tirelessly to recruit high character student-athletes who have aspirations of playing at the elite levels of collegiate tennis and beyond. I want to thank Thomas Boeh and Betsy Mosher along with the entire search committee for this opportunity and I can't wait to get started."
In his collegiate coaching career, which includes four seasons as an assistant coach at Wisconsin (2006-10), Austin has coached five players that were selected to play in the NCAA Singles Championships, seven All-Big Ten players, seven All-MVC honorees and one Big Ten Freshman of the Year since 2006.
"Fresno State should be absolutely thrilled about hiring coach Evan Austin, He's played and coached at the highest level as a junior, a college player, and a college coach. He's the complete package. He's got a great work ethic and reputation in college tennis. I am very excited for him and wish him all the best is his next coaching phase.
Wisconsin Head Coach Greg Van Emburgh
The 20-plus win season was only the sixth in program history and the first since 1990.
Prior to his tenure at Wisconsin, Austin was the head tennis professional at Bay Colony Tennis Club in his hometown of Naples, Fla. from 2004-06.
Austin played collegiately at Kentucky where he earned a career-best ITA singles ranking of No. 65 in 2002 and he held an ATP ranking from 2000-03. A three-year letterwinner, Austin was a co-captain of the 2003-04 Wildcat squad that finished the season ranked No. 14 nationally.
He was a three-time Academic All-SEC honoree and earned a spot on Kentucky's AD Honor Roll in the fall of 2003.
As a junior player in 2000, Austin was ranked No. 4 in the U.S. in the 18-and-under division where he had victories over ATP professionals Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, Joachim Johansson and Mario Ancic.
Austin, 30, earned a bachelor's degree from Kentucky in business administration in 2004.
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New estimates indicate that over 650,000 children develop tuberculosis (TB) every year in the 22 countries with a high burden of the disease -- almost 25 percent higher than the total number of new cases worldwide estimated by WHO in 2012. The research also suggests that about 15 million children are exposed to TB every year, and roughly 53 million are living with latent TB infection, which can progress to infectious active TB at any time.
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I've been learning how to use PyMC to fit Bayesian models over the last few months, and recently I decided I wanted to figure out how to sample separate chains in parallel on different cores on whatever machine I'm using.
I poked around a bit, looking at various multi-processing Python packages, and then I found this IPython notebook that walks through a fairly simple example using parallel processing machinery in IPython.
It's easy to run multiple chains of a PyMC in serial by writing a for loop and calling a model's sample method once for each chain (see here for details about model fitting in PyMC). But if you want lots of samples in each chain, or if it takes a long time to get even a small number of samples from your model, it seems very inefficient to sample your chains in serial.
Okay, so here's a very quick and dirty rundown of how to run chains in parallel.
First, you need IPython and PyMC installed, and you need a model script that does everything (i.e., reads in data, defines your model, writes your samples to disk, etc…). Let's call your model script model_script.py.
The IPython notebook linked above seems to make some of this more complicated than it needs to be, in my opinion, importing PyMC for each core, then pushing the data to each core, and only then feeding the model script to the cores. If your script works when you call it using Python from the command line, it should work as described below.
Let's say you want three chains. Open one terminal windows and, after the prompt ($), type:
$ ipcluster start -n 3
Now, open another terminal window (or tab) and start IPython. Once that's up and running, type:
In [1]: from IPython.parallel import Client In [2]: client = Client() In [3]: direct = client[:] In [4]: direct.block = True In [5]: model_script = open('model_script.py').read() In [6]: direct.execute(model_script)
I don't have a particularly deep understanding of what all is going on here, but I know it works. For the time being, that's good enough for me. You can, and I probably should (and maybe even will, at some point), read all about ipcluster and various associated tools here.
Anyway, assuming, as mentioned above, that your model_script.py saves your samples for you (rather than, e.g., only keeping them in working memory for use in IPython), you should be good to go.
For what it's worth, I ran into a bit of a problem when I first got this working. Specifically, the separate cores were creating databases with identical names in rapid succession, so only the last core to create a database was actually saving anything.
I fixed this by using something that I joked about when I first learned of its existence, namely Unix time, which is the number of seconds that have elapsed since the beginning of January 1, 1970.
I was fiddling with the time package in Python, trying to get unique time stamps to add to the database names (since I can't figure out how to feed each core a unique string to add to its database name), and realized that time.time() returns a number with a few decimal places. I tried adding the following to the database names, under the assumption that somewhere in the neighborhood of the fourth, fifth, or sixth decimal place of Unix time there would be measurable delays between the creation of the databases from the different cores.
clock_string = str(int(time.time()*1000000))
It works, and it looks like I could even shave a couple zeros off and still get distinct names.


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This exclusive accommodation is everything you could imagine, and more.
From the moment you walk into The House (see The House gallery), the panoramic mountain and ocean views from the floor to ceiling glass walls in the open living area will simply take your breath away. Sleeping 12 people (up to 14, if children, on trundles with extra charges), and known for housing local and international celebrities, this three-storey house is ideal for private luxury getaways, family holidays, weddings, or corporate executive accommodation.
The house is over 3 levels, the top level contains 1 master bedroom and ensuite with twin showers and a beautiful extended bathtub looking towards the ocean. On this level are another 2 bedrooms, 1 large bathroom and media room, which can be converted into a 6th bedroom with 2 single beds or a queen bed. All rooms in the house have either a Queen or King size bed.
Located on the Main floor is the open plan, fully appointed gourmet kitchen containing a large island bench, and state-of-the art amenities. There is a spacious living room with fireplace, with interior and balcony dining areas, with plenty of seating for formal and informal meals and a deluxe gas BBQ on the balcony. One bedroom with ensuite is also located on the side of the house, with a private balcony.
On the gazebo level this chic house also features a 12 x 4.5 metre infinity pool, indoor and outdoor entertaining areas and poolside gazebo for a complete escape like no other. There is also a lovely self-contained studio, with separate entrance by the pool.
Exquisitely furnished throughout, the House is considered to be Byron Bay's most sought after holiday destination. Tailor made teak furniture imported from Bali, silk Persian rugs and Moroccan lamps create a rich and cosy ambience to this one-of-a-kind accommodation.
The house is the ultimate in pure comfort, luxury and relaxation and is further equipped with quality linen, towels and bedding. There is reverse central air-conditioning in every room and a unique architecturally designed fireplace in the main living area - which is two sided and allows for use as either an open hearth fire place or a slow combustion wood fire
For the ultimate in service and luxury we are also able to arrange a private in-house chef or catering during your stay. Or, for your health and wellbeing a personal trainer specialising in nutrition and diet, or your very own private yoga instructor. We also have access to wonderful therapists who specialise in massage and other alternative therapies from our treatment menu.


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The News Sentinel this week highlighted the College of Social Work and its efforts to help East Tennessee residents and officials better understand the issue of homelessness. The number of homeless individuals who identified themselves as military veterans during interviews with researchers is among the lowest since the mid-1980s in Knoxville and Knox County, according
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The number of Knoxville residents who are homeless for the first time decreased by 14 percent last year, according to a UT study released this week. Agencies serving the homeless, however, have seen a 4 percent increase in the number of active clients who receive services, according to the report prepared by members of the Knoxville Homeless Management Information System. The system is housed in the College of Social Work.


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Tutus in Bloom
We've Reached Our Goal!
Goal: $60,000
Raised: $61,105
Number of Tutus: 28
102% of goal achieved
In order to present Swan Lake for our 75th Anniversary season, the RWB wardrobe department has begun working tirelessly to replace 28 tutus that were designed and built a quarter of a century ago.
RWB Soloist Sophia Lee had her first tutu made for her in Korea when she was 12 years old and says, "it is one of my most special and memorable moments." While she's worn many tutus throughout her career, Sophia has not yet worn the Black Swan tutu from Swan Lake on stage. She is hoping to have the chance to wear it one day.
By donating to our Tutus in Bloom campaign, you are helping the RWB keep our tutus beautiful and ensuring our dancers continue to experience these defining moments for many years to come.
• Tutus take 50-60 hours to create
• They are built to last 20-25 years
• Tutus cost between $1,800-$2,000 each
• Each tutu is built layer by layer and is hand-sewn
The RWB gratefully thanks everyone for their support and would like to acknowledge Sara Gray for her Major Gift.
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Thank you to our donors who sponsored a full tutu!
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Health Tracking - Community Snapshots
The Foundation's Health Tracking initiative was designed to support efforts to understand better health system changes and how these changes affect people.In October 1994, the Foundation authorized the Monitoring Changes in the Health Care System, an initiative designed to track and report on changes in the U.S. health care system and how they affect Americans' health. One initial project of the Monitoring Initiative is a series of assessments about the dynamics of local health systems change--or "community snapshots." The purpose of these assessments is to produce up-to-date information that describes how local health systems are changing in 15 communities across the country. This information will help further understanding of how local systems of care are evolving and of the impact of these changes on the people in those communities. The assessments will be based on available data describing the community, a series of structural interviews with selected community health care leaders, and collaborative review and analysis by the investigators. The University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine was selected as one of the three teams to conduct these analyses. Each team will work in five communities and each team will be responsible for producing a report on each of their communities as well as for an additional comparative report on an important issue that draws on selected information in all fifteen communities. Information will be collected in each community using a common approach so that information can be compared and contrasted across communities. A series of dissemination activities are planned to communicate the findings of the analyses to policy makers, researchers, and health care leaders. These include a conference to discuss what these findings mean and to highlight the importance of local delivery system change. Other possible dissemination activities will focus on the public and include convening media representatives from the communities to discuss results and to release city-specific reports in each locale. The findings will also provide useful contextual information for selecting a sample of communities for ongoing community monitoring studies. These projects will be managed and coordinated with other monitoring efforts in conjunction with the Center for Studying Health System Change.
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Amount Awarded $167,613.00
Awarded on: 2/1/1995
Time frame: 2/1/1995 - 3/31/1996
Grant Number: 26722
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Hello all, I just finished replacing the driver's side halfshaft on my 2000 DTS and I thought this could help others with front wheel drive.
First off, the most important things to have are the correct tools. Having the service manual is invaluable! Along with the regular sockets and wrenches, some specialty tools are needed:
Ball joint separator. Dont use the pickle fork kind because you could damage your boot on the joint. I used this type. You can usally find these at specialty tool vendors or Ebay. Cadillac calls for tool J43828, but this type tool worked fine.
Drive axle tool. Cadillac part number is J33008, I used the part below. Napa has the part that looks like an oversize crows foot for $40 but you still have to buy a special size slide hammer (which at the time NAPA did not have), so I bought this part which comes with a slide hammer from eBay for the same price.
Some other items I did not get a shot of were a BFH, a front axle hub remover (can borrow from Autozone), prybar, impact wrench (not necessary) and the correct size spindle nut socket.
First start off by jacking the vehicle up and placing on jackstands and also removing the wheels. As you can see in the background my boot gave up the ghost and blew the green grease everywhere!
Here is another shot of the grease explosion.
Next remove the stabilizer shaft link.
Also do not forget to remove the ride height sensor link as shown. The service manual does not mention this, but this is important!
Since I was working on the drivers side, I turned the wheels to the left for better access and ease of removing axle later on. Remove the lower balljoint cotter pin and unscrew the castle nut.
Working from the front, use the ball joint separator as shown.
*Special note-- I had to grind a groove in my tool because the space between the top of the thread and the axle shaft was too small for the tool to fit. This gave me the necessary clearance to fit the tool.
After the ball joint is free, you can use a prybar on the lower control arm, NOT THE JOINT, to pry the joint out of the the knuckle.
Insert a drift or screwdriver in the caliper to keep the rotor from turning. I used an old screwdriver I had laying around.(Even tools you plan on throwing away come in handy!
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p...replace018.jpgNow it is time to break out the breaker bar and hub nut socket and uncrank the hub nut. If your threads are kinda rusty, use little penetrating oil to help you out. (I cheated a little, I had an impact wrench) After the nut is removed, you can use a front axle puller to remove the axle from the hub. I did not need one, I used a good whack from my BFH and it broke free.
Once it is free, move the hub and knucle towards the rear to give you room to remove the axle...you are going to need it.
I don't have pictures to show how the the axle remover works, but I can say it is tricky tryng to get the "crows foot" part of the puller in place between the inboard housing and transaxle housing. This was the most time consuming of the whole job. One of the tricks I used was to modify the tool by cutting the tips of the tool just so that the opening at the mouth would be bigger. Before...
And after.
What I did was to approach from under the engine cradle to wedge just the "crowsfoot" part of the tool in between the tranny and the axleshaft housing. It is a very tight fit and also be careful of the lines that are running in the same area. The tool itself is kinda wedged shaped so I used that to my advantage. I just gave it a few taps with the BFH and the shaft popped out! I did not even have to connect or use the slide hammer. After that, remove the axle shaft and this is what you have. Hopefully you don't have grease everywhere like I did.
Now it is out with the old and in with the new
When installing the new shaft, make sure you do not pull the shafts out or overextend them. All you need to do is push the shaft back in the transaxle and you should hear/feel a click to let you know that it is in. At this point you can install everything in reverse order double checking all your fastners for correct torquings. Take her for a test drive and when you are satisfied that everything is alright, pat yourself on the back for a job well done and the satisfaction of doing it yourself.


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She's a responsive boat with plenty of cockpit room and nice accommodations below.
Roomy and stable, the Schock 34 is an easy to sail performance cruiser.
Sleeps 4 in the comfortable interior. Two burner stove plus oven in the galley and pressurized water in galley and head.
Substantially restored in the past four years, she is in excellent condition with new rigging and sails.
Choices is a lovely day sailer and Doug is a thorough host. He took the time to go over all the systems. One note is to make sure the bilge is dry. It is only a couple inches deep and when the boat heels water can potentially sneak over the floorboards. No need for alarm, she is a sturdy and able sailor.
Thanks Doug!
Great day on Choices! Even with low to moderate wind conditions on the bay. Doug was great, easy check-in and check-out. Thanks again, Doug!
Choices was an excellent sailboat well suited to sailing San Francisco Bay - sporty, beefy, and fast all at the same time. Choices has been optimized for day sails and races. If you think you might reef, which is common on the Bay, you might ask if the reefing line has been updated and tested (I noted to Doug that the current system suffices, though it prevents the clew being hauled fully down and out). Doug is a busy man but is jovial and will give helpful advice for planning your sail and navigating the Bay. In our case, Doug was generous enough to let us take the boat out for several days in a row. Doug noted to us that the boat is usually only taken out for day sails, so it must be taken with a grain of salt that our cruise could have been better if he had been straightforward about a pre-existing leak in the black water system, returned with the propane tank he'd taken to refill, and included a charger with the handheld radio he provided after we found that the main radio worked only intermittently. Overall, we had a fantastic trip after pumping out the black water tank and obtaining a small stove in Sausalito. Potentially a capable and comfortable boat, Choices is worth your consideration.
Enjoyed the boat very much, it was all that was advertised, and we had a wonderful day on the Bay. We had 6 big-sized adults on the boat and there was plenty of room. The boat was fun to sail, and performed very well when the wind picked-up in the late afternoon.
We had a fabulous day on SV Choices! Doug was very pleasant, responsive, and informative, and the boat sailed like a charm. Will definitely rent from him again!
Awesome day out on the bay in SV Choices. Easy Sailer, comfortably held 8 people and so fun to sail in 17 knot winds! Will definitely be coming back!


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Are Airlines Ready for Thanksgiving?
By David Shook
While many people remain nervous about flying in the wake of September 11, enough travelers are plucking up their courage to make Thanksgiving 2001 a test of how much the air-travel industry has learned.
Airlines report a steady increase in the number of passengers over the last few weeks. While holiday crowds may well be down this year, air traffic could nevertheless be substantial. So what happens when the holiday rush comes up against new airport-security measures? And will the security be adequate to protect public safety?
Sadly, authorities in the air-travel industry don't seem to be prepared for the Thanksgiving rush, when more than 35 million people traditionally travel by car, bus, train, or jet to destinations more than 100 miles from their homes. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta recently expressed concern that additional security provisions have been inconsistent, citing the passenger in New Orleans who accidentally boarded a plane wearing a gun. "This is intolerable," Mineta said about the incident, which occurred on a Southwest Airlines flight.
In response to such occurrences, effective immediately, Federal Aviation Administration security agents will clear travelers from airport terminals and require them to reenter security checkpoints if screening isn't done properly, Mineta says. Also, agents have the authority to delay individual flights.
A good start, but the airlines may need to do more. The safety measures taken since September 11, while adequate for lighter-than-normal airport traffic, will be sorely strained by Thanksgiving. "Right now, the airlines are reconfiguring their routes, daily flights, and frequencies, laying off thousands of people, mothballing aircraft," worries Kevin Mitchell, chairman of the Business Travel Coalition. "Thanksgiving probably looks like next year to them." Try three weeks.
Congress needs to do its part, too. It should pass legislation now that funds additional airport security and allows federal employees either to supervise private airport-baggage screeners or take over the process themselves. While the Senate has already passed a bill that would make screeners government employees, President Bush and the House have objected to the proposed increase in the federal payroll. At a time when Attorney General John Ashcroft continues to issue public warnings about terrorist attacks, congressional gridlock on funding for aviation security is almost a crime in itself.
Granted, airports now have more security checkpoints. Armed National Guard troops watch over departure decks. And there are more searches of passengers and their baggage, both carry-on and checked. But these are largely done with the aid of computers that randomly select which passengers' luggage is inspected. Result: On many flights, only 10% to 20% of bags bound for a plane's cargo hold are looked over. As one cargo manager at a major airline says: "If you have a full passenger load, there's no way to check everything."
While airlines must cut costs to survive, they must also make security a primary focus. A manual search of all bags that enter an aircraft is a reasonable -- and reachable -- goal. Mineta has requested special agents to supplement the FAA's meager 500-person airport-inspection staff. But he hasn't said how many agents will be added. The number of employees should be tripled or even quadrupled.
On domestic flights, bags are not always matched with passengers, which means a person could check a bag and then not board the aircraft. Planes should be prevented from taking off unless every piece of checked luggage is matched to a boarded passenger.
Some airlines have begun closing city ticket offices and airport lounges for frequent flyers to save money. Good idea. Such cost-cutting measures could free up money for extra security. Why stop there? Would anybody really mind if airlines quit serving hot meals on three-hour flights? And cutting back on food service would make it easier to secure airplanes before takeoff.
If additional security measures mean more time in line for passengers, so be it. To lessen the waiting time, airlines could limit the number of bags each passenger is allowed to a single item for short-haul trips and two for longer trips. Airports could hire additional security personnel to assist in the screening of passengers and to ensure that only passengers and employees are allowed inside secure airport areas.
Airports insist that security for Thanksgiving travel shouldn't be a new public concern. "We're already at the highest level of security we've ever been at," says Phil Orlandella, a spokesman for Massport, which operates Logan Airport in Boston. The three major airports in New York and New Jersey don't have any special holiday measures, either, says Port Authority spokesman Steve Coleman.
Airlines say they'll be prepared -- but provide few specifics. Northwest Airlines CEO Richard Anderson has said holiday preparations are part of the reason he's beefing up security staff at hub airports, including Detroit and Minneapolis. Explains Northwest spokeswoman Kathy Peach: "It's the same for us as it would be for a grocery store that opens more registers when crowds are there."
At some airports, she says, Northwest's seasonal workers, such as the crew that de-ices aircraft wings, are being used for security. And airlines have increased their starting wages for security staff by $3 or $4 an hour to attract higher-caliber workers.
Good steps all. But Northwest and Southwest Airlines say their advanced bookings for November are comparable to those of last year. And while Delta reports it has recently been flying at 80% capacity, "our overall concern right now is that travel demand is still down," says Delta spokesperson Cindi Kurczewski. "We're very much focused on managing our costs, limiting our head count, and cutting capacity in order to ensure the survival of the airline."
Point taken. But given the state of high alert across the nation, airlines and airports could be more vocal in demonstrating their preparedness for the Thanksgiving rush. Congress also needs to put politics aside and act quickly to further protect the nation's airline passengers. The industry's long-term survival will also depend on the ability of Washington and the airlines to restore a sense of safety and confidence -- especially for holiday travel.
Shook is a BusinessWeek Online correspondent based in New York
Edited by Douglas Harbrecht


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Hill was in Raleigh for the Pack's thrilling win over No. 1 Duke.
"It went great," he said. "I really liked the fan support and the facilities. The atmosphere was great. It was a nice place to be."
What was the best part of the trip for Hill?
"I liked being able to talk with the players before the game," he said. "They made me feel comfortable. I got to talk with Rodney Purvis and that is probably one of my favorite players so that made my day. It's the same with C.J. Leslie, just being able to talk with him about things was great."
NC State assistant Orlando Early is recruiting Hill for the Wolfpack.
"You know, coach Early, he's a cool dude," said Hill. "We joke all the time, and we stay in touch a lot. He's been recruiting me since the beginning of the school year, and we've built a great relationship."
Scout.com's No. 27 overall prospect in the 2014 class, Hill is having a huge junior season as he is averaging 33 points and 13 rebounds. NC State's pitch to him has been simple.
"The coaches said I could come in and be a dynamic scorer for them," said Hill. "They want me to help them out by shooting three's and going off the dribble to the basket."
Hill, who holds an offer from NC State, is a big-time target for several schools.
"I've got offers from Texas, UConn, NC State, Kansas, Tennessee, Georgia, Georgia Tech, VCU, Cincinnati, Villanova, Alabama, Indiana, Florida State, and Florida," said Hill. "Basically, I've got them from about everybody but Duke, Kentucky, and North Carolina. They are just recruiting me right now."
As of now, Hill says that he only has one visit tentatively scheduled.
"I'm going to be going back to NC State for their game with North Carolina [on January 27th]," he said. "I want to check them out again. This time I want to see more of the facilities and also check out the school.
"For now that's the only other visit that I have planned. I'm going to take some more though. I'm just trying to get to see everybody and talk to all the head coaches and get a feel for them."
Hill will suit up this summer for Southern Stampede on the AAU circuit. The plan is to have a final decision in November. What is he looking for in a school?
"I want to find a place where I'm at home," said Hill. "I'm looking for a great atmosphere, and a strong relationship with the coach. I want to be able to talk with him about anything."


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Jones, B., 2015. Corporate Power and Responsible Capitalism?:Towards Social Accountability. Edward Elgar.
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Jones, B., 2007. Participation in the Socio-Political Foundations of the Management of Urban Redevelopment. In: Dalla Longa, E., ed. Complex Urban Investment Tools: Which Model for their Management? Milan: Bocconi/European Commission.
Hoang, D. and Jones, B., 2012. Why do corporate codes of conduct fail? Women workers and clothing supply chains in Vietnam. Global Social Policy, 12 (1), pp. 67-85.
Jones, B. and Nisbet, P., 2011. Shareholder value versus stakeholder values: CSR and financialization in global food firms. Socio-Economic Review, 9 (2), pp. 287-314.
Cento Bull, A. and Jones, B., 2006. Governance and social capital in urban regeneration:A comparison between Bristol and Naples. Urban Studies, 43 (4), pp. 767-786.
Jones, B. and Cento Bull, A., 2006. Governance through civil society? An Anglo-Italian comparison of democratic renewal and local regeneration. Journal of Civil Society, 2 (2), pp. 89-110.
Jones, B., 2003. Quanti tipi di flessibilita? Itinerari d'impresa, 3, 15--30.


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Police were called to a home in Wigan Road, Leigh, just after midnight this morning after a member of the public called police to say they were worried about a woman.
The woman's body was then found in the back garden of the home.
The woman has not yet been identified but is believed to be in her late 50s or early 60s.
A post-mortem examination will take place later today.
A 57-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is now in police custody.
Det Supt Jon Chadwick said: "This investigation remains very much in its infancy and our inquiries are focused on building up a picture of what happened in the weeks, day and hours leading up to this woman's death.
"I understand this may cause concern and unrest in the local community.
"Clearly I cannot go into specific details of the investigation but I want to try and reassure residents that at this stage, we are not looking for anyone else in connection with this woman's death and this appears to be an isolated and tragic incident.
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Media invent Obama hypocrisy on recess appointments
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Several media reports have suggested President Obama is hypocritical for making recess appointments because he criticized President Bush in 2005 for bypassing the Senate when he appointed John Bolton as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. But Obama was not generally criticizing recess appointments; rather, he -- along with at least two Republicans -- specifically argued that a recess appointment for such a high-profile diplomatic position could affect the United States' credibility and leverage in the U.N.
Obama said Bolton's recess appointment "means that we will have less credibility" at U.N.
Obama reportedly said the U.S. will have less "credibility" because there has never been an U.N. ambassador "who couldn't get through a nomination in the Senate." Context of Obama's comments shows that he was specifically arguing that the nature of Bolton's appointment to the U.N. would damage the United States' credibility, and that we would "ironically be less equipped to reform the United Nations." From an August 2, 2005, The State Journal-Register (Springfield, Illinois) article (accessed via Nexis):
Obama, who also participated in the news conference, called the appointment "a mistake."
"To some degree, he's damaged goods," Obama said of Bolton. "Not in the history of United Nations representatives have we ever had a recess appointment, somebody who couldn't get through a nomination in the Senate. And I think that that means that we will have less credibility and ironically be less equipped to reform the United Nations in the way that it needs to be reformed."
Obama said Bolton has "a lot of ideological baggage," and having a short-term appointee at the United Nations means the United States will have less leverage to carry out reforms.
Parts of the United Nations, including peacekeeping and humanitarian efforts, are "terrifically efficient operations," Obama said. But other areas are "run like a patronage operation."
In a recent visit to the United Nations, Obama said he was "struck by the degree to which people didn't have a lot of confidence in John Bolton."
"I think he's a very bright man," Obama said. "I think he's somebody who could have served the United States ably in another position. But he's not a diplomat."
Voinovich, Lott also criticized Bolton's recess appointment
Voinovich reportedly made comments similar to Obama's about Bolton's recess appointment potentially harming his "credibility with the United Nations." An August 2, 2005, Chicago Tribune article stated, "Presidents occasionally use their recess-appointment authority to fill lower-level positions. But such an appointment to a prominent position generally stirs opposition from senators, who consider the tactic an encroachment on their constitutional power to confirm or reject high-level officials." It then quoted Sen. George Voinovich (R-OH) -- who opposed Bolton's nomination in the first place -- as saying, "I am truly concerned that a recess appointment will only add to John Bolton's baggage and his lack of credibility with the United Nations."
Lott also "recommend[ed] against" the recess appointment, and said it "appears" Bolton would be "weakened." On the July 29, 2005, edition of MSNBC's Hardball (transcript accessed via Nexis), then-Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) said of the impending Bolton recess appointment: "I have advised against it. I think that he was not confirmed. And, if he went in there, he would be limit[ed] to like 17 months. Perhaps he would not be weakened, but it appears to me that he would. But I would recommend against a recess appointment."
Newspapers suggest Obama's recess appointments are hypocritical because of his opposition to Bolton's appointment
WSJ: Obama opposed Bolton's appointment and described him as "damaged goods." A March 29 Wall Street Journal article stated, "In 2005, Mr. Bush angered Senate Democrats when he bypassed their objections and appointed John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. At the time, Democrats, including Mr. Obama, then a senator from Illinois, opposed the move. Mr. Obama described Mr. Bolton as 'damaged goods.' Sen. Richard Durbin (D., Ill.), now the second-ranking Senate Democrat, and Vice President Joe Biden, then a senator from Delaware, said then that they opposed Mr. Bolton as a candidate, as well as the process by which he was appointed."
LA Times contrasted Obama's recess appointments with his opposition to Bolton's appointment. A March 28 Los Angeles Times article -- which also appeared in the Chicago Tribune -- said, "Bush used a recess appointment to install John R. Bolton as the U.N. ambassador over the objections of Democrats and liberal Republicans. ... As a senator, Obama criticized the selection of Bolton and argued that, as a result of the recess appointment, the U.N. ambassador was 'damaged goods.' "
McClatchy contrasted Obama's criticism of Bolton recess appointment to his willingness to "consider his own recess appointments for critical jobs." A March 27 McClatchy article stated: "In 2005 when he was a senator, Obama criticized Bush's recess appointment of John Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Last month, however, Obama indicated that he'd consider his own recess appointments for critical jobs where he felt noncontroversial nominees were being help up.
GOP reportedly quick to "remind reporters" of Obama's opposition to Bolton's recess appointment
NYT: Republicans "wasted little time in reminding reporters" of Obama's opposition to Bolton. A March 28 The New York Times article reported: "Republicans, who have cast Mr. [National Labor Relations Board nominee Craig] Becker as a pro-labor radical, issued a flurry of angry statements. They wasted little time in reminding reporters that when George W. Bush was president, then-Senator Obama had railed against the recess appointment of John R. Bolton as ambassador to the United Nations, saying that Mr. Bolton would be 'damaged goods' and lacked credibility without Senate confirmation."
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Even though the three-day event brings in about 200,000 people, organizers said it costs about $250,000. And the current economic climate means higher expenses for 2009, and greater difficulty getting enough sponsor support. Because there is no admission fee, about one third of the festival's budget comes from sponsorship, said Skeet Alford, the festival's co-chair. The rest comes from selling space to local vendors, with usually almost 200 craft and food booths.
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The price was very good! It is located in the middle of nowhere, but excellent if you need a place to stay before going to the Redang islands.
the resturent has no stock of yellow mee which are easily avalible the toilet stink. No sea view although the room is suppose to be sea view.
The staff were curtsies. The heater wasn't working.I did inform the staff. Action was taken but the staff failed to rectify the problem. I ended up taking cold bath.
Near walking distance to the beach. 5minutes. The seafront room can't really see the sea clearly, the tree outside blocking the view. The facilities quite old, fences dropping, even got blood stain on the staircase. The room is really not as good as what was being displayed in the photo. No carpet, dimmed light, and got the smell like a old haunted house.
The room is clean and well maintained. It is a very comfortable stay. However, the foods need to improve, not so good. I would recommend to bring some snacks and instant mee.
Good food at the Resturant. Well maintained room. Good ambiance. leaning Chairs and Umbrellas should be provided at the Beach for relaxation since it is a beach resort.
Horrible stay. We do not want to come again and do not want to recommend to our friends. Please write at least 15 words Staffs not friendly and lack of hospitality skills. Services totally out!!
I loved the laid back atmosphere, as I could just take things as I wanted to. The food was reasonably good and as I did not really want any high tech gimmickry I was not disappointed. The beach was beautiful and not crowded at all, and I loved the solitude. None.
The room was clean The room has a smell of moist wood, furniture very old and no romantic lights. Also, the english of the hotell staff is not so good. Nothing to do around hotel environment, no shops, only beach.
merang suria resort have a good location for relaxing although it far from town
convenient Breakfast not much choices.
environment well enough. But the food such as breakfast should have more as well.
its close to pasar payang, the tourist spot to get batik. the room is spacious, comfortable however they should clean up the air. it smells like somebody just smoke in the room.
Polite Staff Hotel Breakfast, Facilities, TV programme selections
The location is good. The breakfast has good variety of. food. Reception staffs were helpful and gave us valuable information able the city.Best of all is the internet facility that is available . Good hotel to stay when visiting Kuala Trengganu
Breakfast -- yet investing in a better quality coffee would be wise. Views from the room were also quite attractive. Perhaps a renovation is due (better beds & showers), but even as is, it's a perfectly reasonable lodging -- and thoroughly typical for its class.
The buffet breakfast. We had the tradisional nasi dagang on our first day of buffet breakfast at the hotel. The taste was fine to my family. Actually we expected to have nasi dagang again for our next day's breakfast, but unfortunately they didn't serve nasi dagang daily. The basement parking lot. Can't they levelise the flooring? It's so uninconvenient to have your car park such a way.
the room very comfortable for me and my family.
The hotel was at good location and the room was clean. The reservation was goofed up by the staff. I ended up paying more for the room then I booked for. They promised to look into this but yet to receive any resopnse.
Nice Location Tired musty hotel - not 4 stars. Rusty shower...in general seen better days
Staff were friendly and the food is excellent. We were upgraded to a Premier Suite which was fantastic. The rooms are beautiful and everything in the hotel looks new and well maintained. Service could be a little slow and it was frustrating that so many things they had on the menu were not actually availalbe (both food and wine)
Very kind staffs, high level hotel residents, and the perfect beach. Not many restaurants and bars, some noisy guests.
Good location. Excellent beach and sea. Beautiful hotel area and seaview. Comfortable room. Very friendly staff. Hard balcony chaise longue.
overall relaxed atmosphere, friendliness, location, food. The "rooms" are probably better at this; the "chalet" style lodings have bathrooms that should be a little bit cleaner. Still excellent value for money.
We were upgraded to the garden chalet upon arrival which was a very pleasant surprise. The beach was beautiful and private with white soft sand and crystal clear water. The resort was very well maintained and clean and we had a great time snorkelling ! Will surely go back again !
I loved the beautiful white sand beach. We'ved booked a seaview room and the view from our balcony is fantastic. Staff memebrs were very friendly and helpful. This is one of the best hotel i've ever stayed in. The water sports activities charges are much more expensive compare to the local boat man provided the same services. and they wouldn't take groups under 4 people.
Perfect surroundings to expensive food drink and room not much choice but to eat and drink in the resort
The seaview is very nice, blue sky & clean beach and sea , service is good , staffs are friendly, i enjoy my days in there.
Location, comfort, staff courtesy and efficiency. no, everything very good
Bathrooms are dirty, covered in mold. Resort needs a major update (or a total rebuild). Resort was definately not well maintaned. Breakfast with old bread. Diner buffet was very average.
The beach facing villas are heavenly. So beautiful, so tranquil. I would always come back to this hotel the next time I am in Terengganu for a holiday Everything was perfect :)
I like to listen to the sound of the waves which makes me feel peaceful & relax.
The Pool during evening very relaxing The rooms need to be upgaraded.
Nice location.maintenance needs upgrading,espcially the room and surroundings(the grass needs cutting). Needs suprucing up.Looks drab.
near the city and easy to find food 1) receiptionist Unfriendly 2) hotel room beside the main road, quite noisy
This is a basic Hotel, ideal for use as a base before traveling to Radang Island. the staff were very helpful & allowed us to leave our car while on the island.
We like the complimentary can & bottle drinks and the apples. Quite Comfortably stay. Breakfast provided was not very good.
No internet access, the laptop serve no purpose, staff information and direction to scenic area compensate partly.
The location, is in the city, and easily accesible. The value of money that I'd paid is worth for the comfort and facilities.
comfortable and pleasant the car park behind the hotel and the passage way to the car park not condusive as there is an ehaust fan blowing from the kitchen on way to car park. cooking aroma gets to the hair and clothings
Poor cleanliness of the common spaces.
Free car part & nothing special. Free internet but not working.
Cleanliness of bathroom Foods for breakfast - not much choice
Helpful staff although initially confused about the reservation being pre-paid. One negative aspect: the room had no fridge. Many more basic and cheaper places have refrigerators.


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Recently at Costco I purchased El Torito brand Cilantro Pepita Caesar salad dressing (they were demo-ing it, and I'm a sucker for those demos). It has 2 carbs (1 g. sugar) in 2 T, so it's an acceptable choice for the South Beach Diet. I used it to make my own version of Rubios Grilled Chicken Chopped Salad (one of my favorite fast food options). Everything in this dish is great for the south Beach Diet.1 grilled chicken breast, diced
Cilantro Caesar Chicken Salad
Cilantro Caesar Chicken Salad
(I used a stove-top grill pan to cook a chicken breast)
2-3 cups torn romaine lettuce
1 cup chopped red cabbage
1/2 cup diced tomatoes
2 T Cilantro Pepito Caesar dressing
Drizzle a tiny bit of olive oil on chicken breast, then season chicken with poultry seasoning and Spike Seasoning and grill until done. (Or use leftover chicken and save this step.) When chicken is nicely grilled and firm, cut into bite sized pieces. Tear lettuce and chop cabbage and tomatoes while chicken cooks. In salad bowl layer romaine, red cabbage, tomatoes and chicken. Top with dressing.
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The Obama administration has won its third court victory on air pollution regulation in less than a month with a unanimous 3-0 ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals in favor of the Environmental Protection Agency.
The ruling May 9 that the EPA has the legal authority to enact stricter standards on fine particulate matter, also known as soot, is a defeat for the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), which sued the EPA for its regulations on soot coming from coal-fired power plants, refineries, and vehicles, arguing that EPA exceeded its authority.
Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA can restrict air pollutants based on established science that is shown to protect public health. NAM disputed the science upon which the EPA based its stricter soot limits, but the appeals court dismissed that argument, saying that the "EPA's decision and explanation are at least reasonable."
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B&K microphone power supply - help needed
I've got myself into a possible problem.
I bought a B&K 4000 series mic. It was cheap - on ebay $250 (1300 dollar mic). It was a measurement mic used in a lab, complete with the base/preamp. Flat as hell, basically omni. I figured it might sound good for recording (was I crazy?), but I need a good measurement mic anyway, so I bought it. A B&K is going to be quality gear - so I took the risk. This is a prepolarized mic, so it does not need polarization voltage, only a little current to run the "preamp" - in the base of the mic (the 2671).
It has BNC a connection. 2 wires. Turns out the correct power supply costs like 500 bucks. yikes. I forgot it might not be a standard phantom power (48V).
So, the question is, how can I build my own power supply? The issue is not the supply voltage/current since I can look that up - (I assume I can get a wal-wart that will be close enough from an electronics supplier), but the conversion to xlr (the 3 pin connector which is the interface to the mixing colsole). Which of the two wires is hot (signal or ground), and how do I keep the current out of my board? If I apply current to the ground, it will short. If I apply it to the hot, I will hurt my mic pre or the mic, maybe. But the power supply has to use one of those wires. B&K can not answer these questions in their support (they tell me to buy the power supply). I don't know exactly how phantom power works - so this will give you an idea of my state of ignorance.
Which mic is it? I used to use a B&K 4133 mic for measurement work, and this was a true unpolarised capacitor mic that needed a 200V polarisation voltage. (From a little PSU that used 'D' cells).
If yours only needs a standard phantom feed then this is quite easy. Have a look on the web for the application notes on the SSM2017 (or the replacement SSM2019) from Analog Devices and this shows the schematic of a pre-amp with phantom feed to the mic.
If yours needs a higher voltage it's quite easy to arrange.
Its the 4188 + 2671 preamp
The 4188 is prepolarized. The power goes to the 2671 preamp module which is the base of the mic, as far as I can tell. xlr phantom uses a three wire xlr connector, but the 4188/2681 only uses bnc which is 2 - so that's the main issue.
The 2671 pre-amp runs from a 4mA constant current supply.
I don't know the open circuit output voltage required though, but it is above 12V.
You may find that a 24V supply, running through a 3.3k resistor will work. Tap off the audio through a capacitor just like you would to power an electret mic capsule.
I guess you've already downloaded the data sheet from
Chris Morriss.
something like this....
Mic + -------------- 12V ------------ cap 10mF ---------- audio +
Mic - -------------------------------------------------------- audio -
I had previously found the document you found, but I didn't understand the language "swings around" the dc.
I assume the cap keeps the dc out of the audio input?
This document: http://www.hut.fi/Misc/Electronics/c..._powering.html
has some electet wiring diagrams which seem like the solution you offer.
Anyway - this is hugely helpful - thanks in advance for your energy on this.
The 4000 series are not measurement mics. They are very
high quality mics, used by some for measurement, but are
not the measurement mics. They were designed for recording
Go to the Danish Pro Audio web site. They (ex-B&K guys) now
market the mics, though they are still manufactured by B&K.
There are two versions, one that's designed for phantom power
and one that's got its own power supply. Sounds like
yours is phantom. There are any number of sources of
information about phantom powering. It's very simple.
Also, Danish Pro Audio should be able to provide you info.
You might even be able to download info from their web site.
B&K Preamp supply
That preamp is part of a new family of products from B&K designed to work in the industrial 4-20 mA systems.
To use it you need a constant current supply of about 24 V open circuit. I would set the current to 20 mA to get the most drive (and best signal). The easy way to make the supply would be a good low noise supply (a wall wart will introduce too much noise) and 4 5mA current diodes in parallel. Couple the output with a good sized quality cap (there are unlimited recommendations here) into an input strapped as unbalanced on your console (pin 1 tied to pin 3 to the shield of the cable and pin 2 to the center conductor).
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constant current etc.
would something like this:
work? an HP lab constant current supply. If I can get it for 50 dollars it could be generally useful around the studio. I'll check some electronics catelogs too.
That will work fine. However I doubt it will be $50 at the end of the auction. Keithley makes some as well that you can find on eBay. Be careful of the leads, thats where noise will get back in to the system. Set the compliance voltage to no more that 24V, 18V may be more than enough.
The mike you got, B&K 4188, is a measurement mike. It will probably sound a little dry. It will roll off around 15K (but so do all of the 1" recording mikes that are so popular). Its sensitivity is a little low so noise can be an issue, keep it fairly close to the source. Have fun.
almost there.....
I found the right current regulating diodes in the Mouser catelog.
Could you posibly recomment a source and spec for the power supply and the cap type and value for the audio coupling? Then I think I'm set to go. Many thanks. Ted.
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One of the characters I quite liked was the producer, Peter, who might be seen as a selfish person intent of using the kids as much as he can but he redeems himself just right enough at the series end to make me actually feel sad for him.
Seiyuu performances in the show are good, with a mix of recognizable names and unknowns. Itou Shizuka does well at her part but it feels cookie-cutter rather than unique. Perhaps because I am too used to hearing her as Hinagiku. Ayako Kawasumi and Noto Mamiko felt a bit underutilized, but understandable given the number of characters.
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