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At least the beta is available for backers at the correct level. I played for about an hour and found 2 bugs (1 showstopper) and one annoyance. Granted its still a beta but sounds like it is very very close to the final build.
The annoyance is that the music is kinda choppy and has static. Its really nice music so this is disappointing as I tend to focus on those flaws when listening to it.
The showstopper is basically after one battle the game never returns to normal mode so cannot progress beyond it. I guess its optional but kinda annoying never the less. Hoping that is addressed in the final build and this is a one of failure. I suspect there will be more than one patch for this game.
Anyway I really like the portraits of PCs and NPCs. The narrator also did a good job for the starting video. Combat is very much like the previous demos so I dont really have any issues with that at the moment. Really well done for the most part, looking forward to playing more over the weekend.
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Microsoft Corp. on Monday released the first service pack for its Exchange 2000 Server, adding a series of security improvements to a product that has been plagued by security issues in the past month.
Microsoft's Exchange 2000 is an e-mail and workgroup application server that includes collaborative features such as instant messaging and indexing capabilities. Released less than one year ago, the successor to Exchange Server 5.5 experienced its first major vulnerability when a security hole was discovered that allowed unauthorized access to mailbox content.
In addition to patches for that hole, the service pack includes a number of security enhancements, according to Microsoft. They include improvements to antivirus APIs (application programming interfaces) which will allow third-party software vendors to enhance their compatible offerings. It also comes with a copy of Microsoft's newly released Outlook 2002, which features an e-mail screening function that scans all incoming and outgoing messages for potentially harmful attachments. For instance, Outlook 2002 blocks Visual Basic script (.vbs) attachments, a script often used for disseminating viruses. Outlook 2002 will also notify users when a foreign program is attempting to breach their address book, Microsoft said.
"I think that from the point of view of a long-time Microsoft security watcher, I don't see a heck of a lot to be worried about," said Joel Scambray, managing principal consultant with Foundstone Inc., a security consulting firm in California. "Exchange is still pretty far beneath the radar compared to security concerns with Microsoft's Web server."
While customers have just begun upgrading to the Exchange 2000 Server, which needs Windows 2000 Server and Active Directory to run, other security holes have already been identified. Microsoft released patches three times in one week to fight off bugs discovered in the Outlook Web Access function of the Exchange server, after a glitch allowed data to be compromised when the server was accessed via the Web.
"I think that as this product becomes more ubiquitously deployed, you are going to see some more security vulnerabilities come forward," Scambray said. "I don't know of a lot of people who have really looked at vulnerabilities in Exchange."
The service pack also includes features to speed up the migration process from early versions of the server software. The Exchange 2000 Migration Wizard allows customers to consolidate multiple servers running Exchange 5.5, as well as competitive products such as Lotus Development Corp.'s Notes and Novell Inc.'s GroupWise.
Microsoft, in Redmond, Washington, can be reached at +1-425-882-8080. The service pack download is available to customers at: http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/downloads/2000/sp1.asp.


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GAINESVILLE- The recuriting season never really ends in college football, and Will Muschamp has shown that once again, landing Dalvin Cook from Miami Central over the weekend to earn the Gators 9th verbal commitment for the class of 2014.
Cook helped lead the Rockets to a class 6A state title over gainesville High in December, running for two touchdowns in that game and 19 on the season to go with 1,373 yards.
Cook is listed as a four star recruit by Rivals.com and Scout.com.
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Madonna's Rep Addresses Short Concert + Angry French Fans
Following an ugly incident during a Paris show last week, Madonna's camp has kept largely mum. Now her rep is breaking the silence with a response.
Following an ugly incident during a Paris show last week, Madonna's camp has kept largely mum. Now her rep is breaking the silence with a response.
Madonna won't let it go when it comes to Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way.' Months after referring to Ma Monster's anthem about being and loving yourself as "reductive" and similar to her own 'Express Yourself,' Madge engaged in a live mashup, pairing the two songs side-by-side during her MDNA tour. The gloves remain off, as she recently told a Brazilian TV show, "I'm glad I helped Gaga write it."
Madonna's willful teenage daughter Lourdes, who is also her design partner in the Material Girl teen fashion line, appears to be a little monster. Turns out that Lourdes is embarrassed by her mother's public feud with Lady Gaga, where Madge has taken to dissing Gaga in the press and on stage.
Suddenly, Madonna's MDNA tour seems quite similar to Lady Gaga's Born This Way Ball tour, and not because 'Express Yourself' and 'Born This Way' have mirror melodies. Madge, who is about to be sued after ignoring a warning to remove images depicting French politico Marine Le Pen with a swastika superimposed on her forehead at her France show, is now facing protest of her show in Warsaw, Poland. Youth Crusade, a Catholic group, is asking officials to cancel the Aug. 1 show since it lands on an important day in the city's calendar — World War II Remembrance Day.
Forget that pesky lawsuit over a sample from her smash hit 'Vogue.' Pop queen Madonna has bigger legal fish to fry, so to speak. Madge chose to disregard and ignore the warning to remove the depiction of a swastika on the forehead of National Front party leader Marine Le Pen when she brought the MDNA tour to France.
Madge included the image of Le Pen in one of her video montages at her French gig on July 14 and will be hit with a lawsuit imminently.
Don't expect to nab a necklace containing Madonna's DNA a la Justin Bieber any time soon. The Material Girl is making sure she leaves no skin cells or hair behind. Madge reportedly employs a sterilization team to come in and clean up her dressing rooms after concerts on her current tour, wiping away any traces or remnants of her DNA so that it won't be stolen. So it's literally removing the 'DNA' from the MDNA tour!
When Madonna takes a break from her busy pants dropping schedule on her MDNA tour, we imagine she sits in a room, continuously tells herself how wonderful she is, and just thinks of ways to not only shock us normal people, but even some of the top celebrities too. After all, she is Madonna.
The fan site Drowned Madonna reports that the singer will shoot a music video for her next single, 'Turn Up the Radio,' this weekend in Rome. The clip will reportedly be shot by director Tom Munro.
Madonna's MDNA tour is kicking off in Israel and she shared images from the stage set up and rehearsals via her Facebook page. From what we can tell, it's dark, twisted, gothic and sexy, featuring some blood spatter, Madge brandishing a gun and religious iconography distorted in typical Madonna fashion. Just another day at the office for the Material Girl!


text: Finally, a pair of jeans that was made for the SP101. I bought a pair over the weekend at Wally World and it has the perfect front pockets with plenty of depth. The top/entrance of the pocket is a wide/slashed opening and I can easily holster or draw from my pocket. The pairs of jeans I wore previously you almost had to fight to get your hands in the front pockets and my hands are not big at all. So today I went over to a friend of mine who he and his wife order out Thai food and yes, I was packin. Nobody made me at the small dinner party, life is grand. I was almost ready to give up on the whole notion of pocket carrying until this weekend!:congrats:


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Uses of Immunosuppression Therapy in Patients With Liver Transplantation
This study has been completed.
Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Chien-Ning Hsu, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
First received: April 11, 2013
Last updated: February 15, 2015
Last verified: February 2015
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|April 11, 2013
|Last Updated Date
|February 15, 2015
|Start Date ICMJE
|April 2013
|Primary Completion Date
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
|Current Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|incidence of graft and patient mortality, treatment-related complications [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
Patient will be followed from the date of liver transplantation to the occurence of outcome event for 5 years
|Original Primary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Change History
|Complete list of historical versions of study NCT01834690 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site
|Current Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|health-related quality of life [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
health-related quality of life will be measured by EQ-5D-5L and 15D
|Original Secondary Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Current Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|quality-adjusted life expectancy (QALE), loss-of-QALE [ Time Frame: 5 years ]
QALE:quality-adjusted weight for each health status (measured by EQ-5D)will be multiplied by the survival time and then summed to calculate the number of QALE.
Loss-of QALE: the life time expectancy (survival function) for thes study cohort will be compared with Taiwan general population of subjects who are age- and gender-matched with study subjects.
|Original Other Outcome Measures ICMJE
|Same as current
|Descriptive Information
|Brief Title ICMJE
|Uses of Immunosuppression Therapy in Patients With Liver Transplantation
|Official Title ICMJE
|Trends of Immunosuppression Therapy and Their Effectiveness in Patients With Liver Transplantation
|Brief Summary
|Conventionally, the outcome of liver transplantation is usually reported in terms of graft and patient survival, medical and surgical complications, but lack of health-related quality of life (HRQOL) that might be associated with immunosuppression complications (e.g., diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular disease, renal dysfunction, osteoporosis, and de novo malignancy), disease recurrence, and rejections after transplantation.
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Specific aims are proposed to achieve in this study:
|Study Type ICMJE
|Study Design ICMJE
|Observational Model: Cohort
|Target Follow-Up Duration
|Not Provided
|Retention: None Retained
no biospecimens are to be retained
|Sampling Method
|Non-Probability Sample
|Study Population
|Study subjects: Patients who had liver transplantation in Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
|Condition ICMJE
|Evidence of Liver Transplantation
|Intervention ICMJE
|Not Provided
|Study Groups/Cohorts
|liver transplantation recipients
adult liver transplantation recipients (>=20 years at the date of surgery)
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|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Enrollment ICMJE
|Completion Date
|December 2014
|Primary Completion Date
|December 2014 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Aim 1:
Inclusion Criteria:
Aim 2:
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
|20 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
|Contacts ICMJE
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|Other Study ID Numbers ICMJE
|Has Data Monitoring Committee
|U.S. FDA-regulated Product
|Not Provided
|Plan to Share Data
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|Responsible Party
|Chien-Ning Hsu, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
|Study Sponsor ICMJE
|Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
|Collaborators ICMJE
|Not Provided
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|Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
|Verification Date
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These are large, beautiful dragonflies that are very common in certain areas, and not unusual to find anywhere in the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, except for urban areas.
This dragonfly is easy to identify because no other dragonfly has a similar wing marking pattern in our area.
Like most other dragonflies, the widow skimmer male is territorial and may patrol very large areas to search for females and to chase off other males. After mating, the female usually lays her eggs alone in shallow ponds or lakes. However, if there are many other males around, the original male may jealously guard her while she is laying to make sure some other male doesn't interfere.
Watch for Behavior
Watch the territorial male guard his territory.
Key ID Features: 1.8" long. Male shown above. Female similar but without white wing patches. Male's tail becomes pruinose.
Present in Park: June through August. Common throughout the park. Check the grassy areas southwest of Pickerel Lake in Lilydale Regional Park.
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I want to relpace a garage door 16x7 with French doors. Is it difficult... ?
French doors
French doors are limited in size , probably be easier with a multi panel sliding glass door that can be made to fit the opening.
2 sets of doors with 2 foot fill in using columns,siding ( ??) between them...
First and most important issue your going to run into is water getting in under the wall.
Post a picture of what you have now for some better suggestions on how to do this.
It's not going to be as simple as building a wall and sticking the door in a hole to do it right.
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The Batik Guild was first formed in 1986 by a small group of batik artists and has now grown into an organisation of around 200 members. The majority are based in Britain and Ireland, but some members come from further afield. Members include professional artists, amateur artists, teachers, students and those that simply enjoy doing batik. The Guild is a non-profit making organisation financed by members subscriptions. It is run by volunteers.
The Guild aims to promote and improve education in the field of batik, and encourages and supports its members as individual artists or craftspeople. Through meetings, exhibitions, lectures, workshops and a thrice yearly colour newsletter it stimulates a constructive and creative approach to the craft, and provides a forum for communications relating to new techniques.
On this website you will find information about members of the Guild and their art, discover where batik is being exhibited, find which Guild members run workshops near to you or see books they have written. There are special sections on suppliers and on the history of batik. You can also find answers to common questions about batik in our Questions section. We hope you enjoy our site, and will visit again!
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COLUMBUS -- The winning ways of West Holmes were contagious among the contingent of Knights in Columbus at the 106th annual boys and 39th girls State Track and Field Championships Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on the campus of The Ohio State University.
Putting people on the podium was the goal for the Knights, and they got off to a good start on Friday.
Natalie Abraham got things rolling for the Knights, placing eighth in the discus to gain the final rung on the podium, garnering All-Ohio honors by doing so, and the rest of the West Holmes competitors followed suit.
The senior called her view from the podium "breathtaking" as she received her medal.
"This is unbelievable, absolutely incredible," Abraham said.
Her first throw of the day was her best, a heave of 117-11.
"It wasn't as far as I wanted to throw, but I'm proud to be here representing my school and making it to the podium," she said.
The 4x800 relay team of Hannah Clark, Alexis Kandel, Hannah Schlegel and Emily Molnar also reached their goal of getting to the podium, finishing eighth in 9:39.91, shaving five seconds off their regional time.
"This is big stuff," Schlegel said. "It's exciting."
Her freshman classmate Clark agreed.
"I've got a chance to get on the podium two times," Clark said. "That's my goal."
Unfortunately for Clark, her time in the 400-meter preliminaries did not qualify her for finals. She finished 13th in 59.83.
"I've got the next couple years to come back and do better," Clark said.
The 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams of Elise Neville, Kennedy Smith, Paiten Strother and Carly Woodruff reached the finals. The 4x1 clocked a 49.97, matching their regional qualifying time. The same quartet claimed the last qualifying spot for the finals of the 4x2, clocking a 1:45.32, beating their regional time of 1:46.07. The 1:45.32 is a school record.
"We're moving onto the finals," Woodruff said. "I'm going to the finals in three of the four events I came down here for. I couldn't be happier. I am having fun. It's a whole different atmosphere down here."
Woodruff and Ciera Rose both reach the finals in the 100 hurdles.
The only event of the four the speedy junior did not advance in was the 200 dash, where she and Smith both met their match. Smith ran a 26.03 and finished 13th. Woodruff finished 15th in 26.70.
"We made the finals. That was the goal," Smith said of the sprint relays, noting she gave it her all in the 200.
West Holmes coach Rich Patterson was extremely pleased with the effort turned in by his team.
"We had three on the podium. That's a good day, three out of the four that competed today," Patterson said. "And we got both relays and both hurdlers in the finals. Everybody's doing pretty well. I'm pretty happy.
"I think the biggest problem we have is running too many events at state, and that's a good problem to have," Patterson added. "Running four sprints at the Knights Invite is a lot different than running four sprints here. It's a whole different ball game down here."
So, the Knights are halfway home, earning berths in the finals in four events today.
Now that their goal is within reach, the question to be determined is how high on the podium can they go?
"Depending on what they can accomplish in those relays and the hurdles will determine how high," Patterson said.
West Holmes also will have Laina Snyder competing in the shot put and Strother going in the long jump.
On the boys side, senior pole vaulter Grant Hay finished his high school career on the podium as well, earning All-Ohio status on Friday with an eighth-place finish with a jump of 14-6.
"It started off, I missed twice at the opening height, and that was a little scary," Hay said. "I finally got into a little rhythm there. My run and plant felt good."
Hay will take his talents to Ashland University next year where the two-time All-Ohioan plans to continue his pole vaulting career.
Things didn't go quite so well for the 4x8 boys relay team of Cully Gordon, Sam Boyd, Phil Schaffter and Matt Miller. The foursome finished 16th in 8:24.78, six seconds off their regional qualifying time.
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JON SOPEL: The Leader of the House of Commons, Harriet Harman is with us in the studio, as are Bob and Jude.
Both of you, thank you very much for doing this viewer's panel and Harriet Harman, welcome to the Politics Show.
This is their panel of recommendations which we'll happily hand to you.
I know we've discussed some of them, are they recommendations you could sign up to?
HARRIET HARMAN: Well they've very interesting, very interesting and I mean I'd be happy to talk through each one of them but I think it's been a very, a very good process.
JON SOPEL: Yeah, and just on that one about the, you were able to claim 」250 worth of expenses without a receipt, now it's 」25.
Anyone, in any walk of life, where ever they are, even if they have to put in a claim for 」2.50 for a cup of coffee, you have to provide a receipt. Why should MPs be different?
HARRIET HARMAN: Well I think it was recognized that the 」200 figure was, was too high and therefore bringing it down to 」20.00 was a reasonable and sensible thing to do.
I think the thing is, that if you go out and buy a notepad or a new set of pens, is it worth the public expense of actually looking through all of those individual receipts.
I think there is an argument for stronger auditing of what we do so that basically you keep all the information yourself, and that there could be spot checks or something like that. I think that ?(interjection)
JON SOPEL: I suspect there are ? (overlaps)
HARRIET HARMAN: I think you should have to prove it.
JON SOPEL: What do you guys think of that.
JUDE: What concerns me is why you see, feel that you should be any different to the rest of us in terms of receipts.
All my working life I've had to produce a receipt for everything that I do, to do my work.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well I think some private companies, they've got a level below which if you're only buying something that's worth a very small amount, you don't have to put in the receipt, but there is a question about the cost of going through all of these receipts, which is a genuine question because in terms of the amount it costs to run the House of Commons, do you want an army of people going through receipts for something that cost 」3.50 or would you rather pay the House of Commons cleaners more, or would you rather have better, more people in the House of Commons research department, in the library.
So I think that it's you know, at the end of the day, you've got to get a cut off point and the question is, where there's a reasonable cut off point. I mean we do have to have public confidence on it, that is very important.
JUDE: And the cost of that can't be measured ? .(interjection)
HARRIET HARMAN: Exactly.
JUDE: So what we don't want is carte blanche payments with little or no scrutiny, which is what we've had.
HARRIET HARMAN: I think if people, if MPs keep their receipts themselves, but they don't necessarily have to submit it, then if there is a suspicion that all these 」20s have been adding up and somebody has been up to no good, then at least they've got to have the information there, for it to be checked.
For it to be routinely put in, all the time, I think that that might be more expensive than was worthwhile.
JON SOPEL: Bob, I know you had a specific question that you wanted to ask.
BOB: Yeah. Shouldn't there be a complete ban on MPs employing members of their own family?
JON SOPEL: Well, at the moment, there isn't a ban but what there is is a requirement now, that you have to disclose it, so that it has to be made public, there's a register and MPs have to say if they're employing a member of their family.
I mean what happened was, that - I mean lots of MPs employ family members some of whom are working at below the rate they could employ, the could get in the outside world, and work incredibly hard. But there is a question about public trust and confidence because one particular MP, Derek Conway, was you know clearly abusing the system and giving money to his family, when they weren't working hard for it and that was an abuse of public funds.
So, I think we've now to a situation where it's transparent, it's been put in the open, but the question of whether or not there should be an outright ban, is something which you know, is subject to this review that's happening at the moment, which is going to - a decision is going to be made by July.
I think on the one hand, it seems a bit arbitrary to say you can't employ your relatives, but on the other hand, it doesn't, people wouldn't think it was a fair recruitment process.
JON SOPEL: Let me give you another specific. What about this idea of MPs not being able to earn outside of what they get as their salary for an MP. I mean some of the MPs are earning eye-watering sums of money, outside of parliament.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well I employ three extremely hard-working members of staff in my office, doing - helping me with my case-work for my constituents.
If they had other jobs on the side, which say paid them an extra hundred thousand pounds, I would have a question mark in my mind, as to whether they were really working for me and I notice that that is one of your recommendations about outside work, and I think that that's something genuinely we should look at.
I think there's two questions about that: one is, what are people getting when they're paying MPs additionally, you know, is it influencing them in a way that it shouldn't, they should only be influenced to represent their constituents and the second it ? (interjection)
JON SOPEL: So you're in favour of that.
HARRIET HARMAN: ? are they really focused.
JON SOPEL: Let me just push you. You're in favour of that?
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, I think that there is a lot to recommend, I think people would be more confident if they know that MPs are focused only on their MP job, not actually distracted by earning lots of money to do something else.
JON SOPEL: Now this whole business of second homes has been taken to the High Court by the Commons Authorities, by the Speaker.
HARRIET HARMAN: Yeah.
JON SOPEL: I know you wanted to ask ?
JUDE: Yes, I wanted to ask you, how you can justify the two hundred thousand pounds of public money that's been spent preventing disclosure.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, the main reason that the House of Commons Authorities appealed was about the question of addresses because there is a question, I mean we've just lost in the High Court and there will be - consideration of the judgment it only happened at the end of last week, and next week there will be a decision about what to do about it.
But this is the argument we made and lost in the court, which is, that if MPs have got flats in London, you know, if you've got a constituency in Scotland or North Wales, you have to have somewhere to live in London when you're, you know, working in Westminster and voting in the House of Commons, and when the House is not sitting, during the summer recess or something like that, then everybody would know that if your address is printed, they'd know that your flat was empty and there's also a security issue, that is one block for example, where I think about seventeen MPs all live in this block and it makes them a bit of sitting target if it's all published and the other people in the block are saying, we don't want it published that actually, we've got seventeen MPs in our block.
JON SOPEL: Okay, you've made your point.
HARRIET HARMAN: because it makes us feel unsafe? well we lost in the court I'm afraid but that's our argument.
JUDE: Do you think you will appeal.
HARRIET HARMAN: I, I think we've got to look at the judgment and make a decision about that. The judgment is quite a long and detailed one and we'll have to look at it and take legal advice, but I think it was worth that money, to actually put forward the argument to the court, that there is a security issue here and in what other walk of life, I mean police chiefs don't have their addresses, where they're living in the papers.
JON SOPEL: Doesn't it ?
HARRIET HARMAN: I know it looks as if we're trying to just be, trying to take money and not be prepared to be open about it, but I think it's not about the amount, it's the addresses that was key issue for us.
JUDE: But there are lots of other legal resources that you can use to find out where MPs live. Go to your local library.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, if MPs, in London, there isn't, there isn't a place that you can find out where, where MPs live in London. In their constituency, you can, because they have to declare it when they actually are standing for election, but I think it's different if people are at home and you know, in their own communities than if they're living on their own, in London and their address is made public.
JON SOPEL: Bob, a final point from you.
BOB: If you fail in this review, getting it right, aren't the public just going to become more cynical and more disengaged from the political system.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, I think we do. This is a root and branch review, it's our once and for all chance to actually put our house in order, show it's above board, make sure that we've got the proper support services for MPs, so they can do their job properly for the public, but make sure the public have got confidence in it.
JON SOPEL: Harriet Harman, I'm going to do something, a first for the Politics Show, you can ask them a question.
HARRIET HARMAN: Right. Did your view of MPs change in terms of how favourable you were or against MPs you were, did you become more favourable the more you looked in to it, or more kind of hostile to MPs, the more you looked in to it. Are we worse or better than you thought we were?
JUDE: We only saw a couple of MPs and it certainly didn't influence me either way. I think they do an important job. They have a great responsibility and should be paid appropriately, but I don't think that exempts them from every rule and system that everybody else has to abide by.
BOB: I was persuaded to be more sympathetic about the press hounding of MPs, but on the whole, talking to them I found them slithery and didn't want to answer questions, didn't want the public nose in my business.
JON SOPEL: Do you think she's answered your questions today, by the way.
JUDE: We don't get a chance to probe.
JON SOPEL: There was a telling pause there. Both of you, thank you very much indeed for taking the time out to do this for us, it's been a really interesting process and Harriet Harman, I know you're going to stay with us for a little bit longer, to talk about some wider political issues.
JON SOPEL: Harriet Harman is still with us in the studio. We heard there from our North West Political Editor about this toff campaign that you've been running and Steve McCabe, who's running the Labour campaign up there, has talked about the Conservative candidate as being, from an "excessively privileged" background. What is excessively privileged.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, I think what they're saying, is they're just putting a spotlight on you know, the difference between, between the two candidates and you know ? (interjection)
JON SOPEL: I want to know what excessive privilege is.
HARRIET HARMAN: I, I think he's a multi-millionaire, I mean, you know, those are the, the issues that are being ?
JON SOPEL: Well his parents are, he's a barrister.
HARRIET HARMAN: Erm.
JON SOPEL: So your parent's background counts, it's to be used against you?
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, no, I think it's his, you know, his own, you know personal situation and we're putting the focus on our candidate, Tamsin, who is a hardworking mother of five children, and we think would be the very best representative for Crewe and Nantwich.
JON SOPEL: You're the niece of the Countess of Longford, you went to the poshest girl's school in the country, which gets the best private school results. Does that make you excessively privileged?
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, I've never made any issue about my background and you know, what we're saying in Crewe is we think that Tamsin is the best candidate and you know, we're putting the focus on her and how she would be a very good person to be Member of Parliament for Crewe and Nantwich.
JON SOPEL: Can I show you the front page of your website which I think we can bring up. That's the front page of your web site. Do you think that's positive campaigning.
HARRIET HARMAN: It's not the most positive campaigning, no, but I think most of the campaign is focusing on you know, the good that has happened over the last ten years since Labour has been in government in Crewe and Nantwich and also our plans for the future and our very good candidate. That is obviously, you know, the best way forward.
JON SOPEL: Not the most positive - I sense you feel uncomfortable with this campaign.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well it's not the main focus of our campaign. I mean you've taken that ? (interjection)
JON SOPEL: That's the front page of your website.
HARRIET HARMAN: Yeah, but it's not the main focus on our campaign. The main focus of our campaign is Tamsin Dunwoody is an excellent candidate and you know, we think that she would be the best person to be a representative for Crewe and Nantwich and we're proud of what the Labour government has done over the last eleven years and have got a good programme for the future.
JON SOPEL: I mean, you know, this is, this is another leaflet that's been put out. It says, do you think, you know, 'Tory Boy application form. Do you think that regeneration is adding a new wing to your mansion.' I mean we've seen a picture in the papers today of where Tamsin Dunwoody lived, it looks like a mansion to me as well. It's just, isn't it just class politics that harks back to a bygone era.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, I think the reality is that under the Tories, there wasn't any regeneration of any city areas. There was mass unemployment, that people who were at the bottom of society were really suffering, especially with the recessions, and Labour has focused on cutting unemployment and ensuring that there are good public services, and that's what we stand for, and that's what that's illustrating.
JON SOPEL: Are you worried the polls look bad for you.
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, I think, you know, we're trying to campaign for every single vote we can get and I don't think there's any point at this stage, with the vote on Thursday, second-guessing the decision that will be made by the people of Crewe and Nantwich on Thursday.
JON SOPEL: Tamsin, your candidate, who you've spoken so highly of, was asked, I saw a clip on YouTube, where she's asked, three times, is Gordon Brown an asset or liability, and she pointedly refuses every time, to answer that question. Doesn't - isn't what Tamsin Dunwoody feels, your handpicked by-election candidate, can't say a good word for Gordon Brown. Isn't that the problem you face in the country.
HARRIET HARMAN: Not at all. I think what Tamsin is doing is saying that she's the one running for election in Crewe and Nantwich, not Gordon Brown. But you know, I've got absolute total and complete confidence in Gordon Brown, who has steered the economy through very difficult circumstances for the last ten years and is exactly the sort of person we need taking the country forward when there is difficulty with the cost of living and food prices going up and the credit crunch that's been coming in from America.
JON SOPEL: And if you lose, do you accept there will be fresh murmuring and mumblings in the corridors at Westminster about how fit and suitable he is to carry on?
HARRIET HARMAN: Well, I'm not going to second guess or hypothesize about what the result will be. But whatever happens on Thursday, and obviously, I hope that we do have Tamsin because we think she'd be by far the best representative for that area. that actually, what we're going to be doing is getting on with the job of making sure that the economy stays strong and that our public services continue to improve and that people can get on with their lives. That's our responsibility and our focus as government.
JON SOPEL: Harriet Harman, thank you very much for being with us throughout the rest of the programme.
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Now that the kernel mode-setting page-flipping for the ATI Radeon DRM kernel module has been merged into the Linux 2.6.38 kernel and the respective bits have been set in the xf86-video-ati DDX, we're in the process of running new open-source ATI graphics benchmarks under Linux. Our initial results (included in this article) show these latest improvements to cause some major performance boosts for the open-source ATI driver as it nears the level of performance of the proprietary Catalyst driver.
With our big AMD Linux GPU / driver comparison we found its open-source Gallium3D driver to be noticeably faster than the classic Mesa DRI driver across an array of Radeon hardware from multiple generations. However, the official Catalyst driver was multiple times faster (roughly 5.18x faster) than the Gallium3D driver, not to mention its lack of proper support for OpenGL 3/4, VA-API/VDPAU/XvBA video playback, and many other features only found within the proprietary Catalyst driver. Now though it is time to see how the Gallium3D Nouveau performance compares to that of NVIDIA's proprietary Linux driver across different GeForce graphics cards.
As was alluded to in our New Year greeting, we have been working on a massive graphics card / driver comparison under Linux. Beginning with ATI/AMD hardware, we have tested a series of graphics cards spanning the Radeon X1000, HD 2000, HD 3000, HD 4000, and HD 5000 generations using the very latest drivers. These drivers include the official Catalyst 10.12 Linux release as well as the very latest development code for the open-source Mesa and Gallium3D drivers. The results for seven ATI GPUs spanning four generations with three drivers are quite interesting.
Earlier this week we published our annual look at AMD's Catalyst driver releases from the past year. Not only did the Catalyst Linux driver this year picked up a couple new features, its driver performance had improved slightly over the past twelve months. In building up some initial test data for OpenBenchmarking.org we decided not only to do these tests on the latest consumer-grade graphics card this year, but expand it to cover the workstation performance too and to go back nearly two years in time. These results for an AMD FirePro V8700 graphics card with the monthly driver updates going back to Catalyst 9.2 are quite interesting. AMD announced twice this year optimizations to their FirePro driver software, but in reality these "optimizations" were largely unsustainable and not optimizations as much as they were attempting to address driver regressions from the past.
Earlier this month we delivered our annual performance look at NVIDIA's 2010 Linux graphics drivers and now the tables have turned to do our annual examination of the ATI/AMD Catalyst graphics drivers for the Radeon graphics processors. This was certainly an interesting year -- both good and bad -- for AMD with their Catalyst Linux driver.
At the end of each year for the past five years we have delivered "year in review" articles looking at the performance of NVIDIA's (and ATI/AMD's) proprietary Linux drivers. Both in terms of new features introduced during the year in their driver updates and benchmarking the driver releases to see how the performance has evolved over twelve months. With 2010 coming to an end, it is time for this year's driver reviews. We are starting this year seeing how the NVIDIA performance has matured in 2010.
Yesterday we shared benchmarks of the ATI R600 Gallium3D driver compared against the classic Mesa R600 driver and then the proprietary AMD Catalyst driver. The proprietary driver was much faster than the open-source drivers were, but the Gallium3D driver did possess higher performance in most of the tests than with the classic Mesa driver. This is similar to the R300 Gallium3D driver being faster than its now-deprecated R300 classic driver. Meanwhile though Intel continues to back only their classic Mesa DRI driver and there are no signs of them switching over to the Gallium3D architecture anytime soon. It is not as if Intel's current Mesa driver is feature-complete and performance-optimized as our tests from earlier this year show Intel's Linux graphics performance being far behind their Windows driver. In this article though we are seeing where the Intel Mesa performance is at when using the very latest DRM and Mesa code.
While we are still waiting on open-source support for the AMD Radeon HD 6000 series of graphics cards that were released last month, today AMD is releasing their initial open-source support for their Ontario hardware. AMD's Ontario is their low-powered Fusion processor designed for use in netbooks and other such devices. This dual-core chip with integrated Radeon HD 6250 graphics is only starting to ship now, but the open-source support for this first AMD Fusion chip is now available to Linux users, complete with 3D support.
While we have already published two exciting articles today looking at the native ZFS file-system for Linux and also new benchmarks of OpenSolaris / BSD / Linux, here's a third article for the day. We might as well test our new Phoronix serving infrastructure while already having excess load today due to Slashdot, etc (it's good practice for OpenBenchmarking.org), so here are benchmarks of AMD's newest Gallium3D driver compared to their classic open-source Mesa driver and also their proprietary Catalyst driver. Oh yeah, a fourth article is also in the queue for today or the very near future when AMD has a major Linux driver announcement to share.
In August we reviewed Apple's Enhanced OpenGL Stack that was introduced as an update to Mac OS X 10.6.4. This Snow Leopard Graphics Update 1.0 came out following Valve bringing Steam and its games to Mac OS X and collaboration via Apple, NVIDIA, and ATI/AMD to better the Mac OS X graphics stack with supporting new OpenGL extensions and making other optimizations, such as adding OpenGL occlusion queries support. While we tested this major Apple graphics update under a NVIDIA MCP79-based Mac Mini, which is a GPU that did not receive as many performance optimizations as those higher-end NVIDIA ASICs in newer Macs, the performance improvements were noticeable in some cases. In select games, however, Ubuntu Linux with NVIDIA's proprietary driver was still faster than Mac OS X 10.6.4 + SLGU. With Apple having released Mac OS X 10.6.5 this week that "addresses stability and performance of graphics applications and games," among other changes, we have carried out some new Mac OS X benchmarks seeing how the performance has changed, if at all.
After years of development work by Tungsten Graphics (now VMware) and the open-source community at large, the Gallium3D driver architecture is finally getting ready to really enter the spotlight of the normal Linux desktop user. With the recent Mesa 7.9 release, the open-source ATI developers switched their R300 driver (that supports up through R500 ASICs, the Radeon X1000 series) from the classic Mesa to their newer Gallium3D driver as the default choice. Vendors are now preparing to do the same as well within Fedora and other distributions, and it was just agreed upon this week Ubuntu 11.04 will use R300g. There will finally be a real, common hardware driver that is based upon Gallium3D and is used by mass amounts of people on a daily basis in a production environment.
Last month we carried out our fourth annual Linux Graphics Survey in which we sought feedback from the Linux community about the most common graphics drivers and hardware in use, what display/GPU-related features desktop users are most interested in, and collect other metrics to aide developers. Here are the results from this year's survey.
While LLVM 2.8 was just released, we have been curious to see how the latest Low-Level Virtual Machine compiler code affects the performance of the LLVMpipe driver. This is the Gallium3D graphics driver that lives in Mesa and leverages the unique modular LLVM compiler to efficiently handle processing the graphics rendering workload on a modern CPU as a much faster alternative to that of their legacy software rasterizer. To see how much of a performance impact - for better or worse - that LLVM 2.8 has on this open-source software driver we tested it when being built with LLVM 2.6, 2.7, and the 2.8 SVN code.
Not only have we been busy testing Mesa 7.9 with the Intel and ATI/AMD drivers along with the Gallium3D drivers (including LLVMpipe), but the Nouveau driver that continues to be developed by the open-source community for NVIDIA GPUs received a fresh round of tests too. Our first published benchmarks of the Nouveau Gallium3D driver were back in February when it was nearing a decent state in terms of supported features and stability. Its DRM also finally entered the mainline Linux kernel earlier this year thereby allowing many Linux distributions to now use the Nouveau KMS driver even though not many have yet adopted the Gallium3D driver for OpenGL acceleration. We delivered updated Gallium3D benchmarks in June with the latest Mesa code at that point, but since then there was the integration of a new GLSL compiler into Mesa and many Nouveau changes, so here are our most recent OpenGL benchmarks from this open-source NVIDIA driver.
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For the past three years we have hosted an annual Linux Graphics Survey in which we ask tens of thousands of users each time their video card preferences, driver information, and other questions about their view of the Linux graphics stack. This year we are hosting the survey once again to allow the development community to get a better understanding of the video hardware in use, what open-source and closed-source drivers are being used, and other relevant information that will help them and the Linux community.
AMD continues to abide by their commitment to provide open-source support for their graphics cards and as proof of that this afternoon they have released their initial hardware acceleration code that supports the ATI Radeon HD 5000 "Evergreen" family of consumer grade graphics processors. While this Evergreen support isn't yet finished and for the time being is targeted towards Linux developers and enthusiasts, you can now play around with your ATI Radeon HD 5000 graphics processor on an open-source driver while having 2D EXA, X-Video, and OpenGL acceleration.
With the imminent release of X.Org Server 1.9, last week we delivered benchmarks of Intel's 2D driver performance with X.Org Server 1.9. In those tests we found Intel's UXA (UMA Acceleration Architecture) performance only changed a bit -- for either better or worse -- with the updated X Server, but today we are looking at the 2D EXA performance using ATI Radeon hardware using this soon-to-be-released X Server.
X.Org Server 1.9 is set to be released as soon as next week, has already been pulled into Ubuntu 10.10, and is part of the X.Org 7.6 katamari. While X.Org Server 1.9 does not bring many exciting end-user changes like previously releases that introduced RandR 1.2, Multi-Pointer X / X Input 2.0, and other new technologies, there are plenty of bug fixes and other minor improvements throughout the X Server. In this article, we are looking at how the Intel DDX driver performance changes when upgrading from X.Org Server 1.8.2 to the latest X.Org Server 1.9 development code.
Last month we tested out Intel's new GLSL compiler for Mesa when running the ATI Radeon classic Mesa and Gallium3D drivers to see how this GL Shading Language compiler designed by Intel employee's for their hardware and open-source driver work for the other open-source drivers, since all of the Mesa drivers will be affected once this "GLSL2" compiler is merged into the Mesa code-base by month's end. The experience using Intel's new shader compiler with the ATI Radeon graphics driver worked fine except for Warsow where serious regressions were visible, but in the other games that are capable of running off Mesa, the experience was fine. What we have been curious to test since then with this new OpenGL shader compiler has been the LLVMpipe driver -- a Gallium3D driver we have been very excited about as it finally provides a better software rasterizer for Linux by leveraging Gallium3D and the Low-Level Virtual Machine (LLVM) compiler infrastructure for accelerating the Mesa state tracker atop a modern multi-core CPU that supports SSE4 instructions. We have now finished running tests of the Intel's GLSL2 branch with the most recent LLVMpipe driver code.
Whether you are an owner of an ATI FirePro V3800 that retails for just over $100 USD, the proud owner of an ATI FirePro V8800 that goes for over $1,300 USD, or any of the FirePro products in-between, you will want to update your graphics driver when AMD puts out their next stable software update. Back in March AMD put out an amazing FirePro Linux driver that increased the performance of their workstation graphics cards already on the market (and the other Evergreen-based workstation cards that entered the market soon after) by an astonishing amount. Our independent tests of this proprietary Linux driver update found that the performance in some workstation applications had increased by up to 59% by simply installing this updated driver while other OpenGL tests had just improved rather modestly with 20%+ gains. AMD though is preparing to release another driver update for Microsoft Windows and Linux that ups their workstation graphics performance even more! We have run some tests of this new beta driver against their older driver with both their low-end and ultra-high-end FirePro products and have found the improvements again to be astonishing.
With Intel developers earlier this week expressing their plans to merge their new GLSL compiler into Mesa by the end of next month, which besides providing various shader compiler optimizations and being a better framework going forward is already set to correct 50+ bugs, we decided to try out this Mesa "GLSL2" compiler. However, as Intel explicitly stated they haven't tested this new GL Shading Language compiler that's been in development for months with any other hardware drivers (or even Gallium3D) besides their own Intel DRI driver, we decided to see how well it works with the open-source Radeon classic and Gallium3D drivers. It ended up being both good and bad.
Last quarter we compared the Catalyst and Mesa driver performance using an ATI Radeon HD 4830 graphics card, compared the Gallium3D and classic Mesa drivers for ATI Radeon X1000 series hardware, and ultimately found that even with the ATI R500 class graphics cards the open-source driver is still playing catch-up to AMD's proprietary Catalyst Linux driver. In this article we have similar tests to show the performance disparity with ATI's much older R300 class hardware. Even with Radeon hardware that has had open-source support much longer, their drivers are not nearly as mature as an outdated Catalyst driver in the same configuration.
Two months ago we published our initial benchmarks of LLVMpipe, the Gallium3D driver that accelerated commands on the CPU rather than any GPU and unlike other Linux software rasterizers is much faster due to leveraging LLVM (the Low-Level Virtual Machine) on the back-end. Since then we have published new ATI Gallium3D driver benchmarks and yesterday put out Nouveau Gallium3D driver benchmarks, so today we are providing updated LLVMpipe driver results to show how well Gallium3D's LLVMpipe driver can accelerate your OpenGL games with a modern processor.
In recent weeks we have published a number of benchmarks showcasing the ATI Gallium3D driver that supports the R300-R500 graphics processors as this open-source driver has been maturing at such an exciting rate with impressive changes and measurable performance gains over a short period of time. This ATI Gallium3D driver in most instances is outperforming the classic Radeon Mesa driver that supports up through the ATI Radeon X1000 series graphics cards. However, how is the Nouveau driver maturing that supports NVIDIA's wide-range of GeForce graphics cards? In February we published some Nouveau Gallium3D benchmarks, but now we have a fresh set of numbers from three different NVIDIA graphics cards and we also compare the Nouveau Gallium3D driver to NVIDIA's proprietary Linux driver.
In this month's AMD Catalyst 10.6 driver update for Linux they rolled out the ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture, which pleased many ATI Radeon customers, but they aren't the only ones working towards improved 2D support. Intel's open-source engineers have been working to optimize their xf86-video-intel DDX driver 2D performance with much of this work being clearly shown in the Intel 2.12 X.Org driver update. Here are some benchmarks showing the significant performance gains brought by this open-source Intel driver.
It has been two years since the ATI Radeon HD 4800 (RV770) series launched so we have gone back since that monumental hardware launch and have re-tested each Catalyst driver release since then to see how the performance has changed for the ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card. The Catalyst driver has certainly matured over the course of two years in speeding up the OpenGL performance with this hardware along with bringing new features to their proprietary driver, but it is not exactly smooth sailing.
Earlier this week AMD released the Catalyst 10.6 driver that on the Linux side of the table had finally made use by default of their new 2D acceleration architecture, offered official support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5, and formalized their OpenGL 3.3/4.0 support. Since the release of the Catalyst 10.6 Linux driver, we have been running a new set of tests on their new ATI 2D acceleration architecture, but the results are not what you may expect when compared to the open-source ATI Linux driver.
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Should I upgrade to a 200 amp panel?
Hi folks,
I have a 2 story, 1834 sq ft home with a 125 amp load center in the garage and the main breaker is outside at the meter. The load center is a Sylvania Challenger 12-24 with tandems, 21 handles in use. Neutral bus lugs are full, unless I'm not seeing all of them. On the ground bus, I had to team up a few grounds per lug on two lugs. I know you can't do that on the neutral though, and I haven't. Is a neutral bus kit needed if I want to add?
I don't have air conditioning yet, but want to add that later. I have a all electric kitchen and I'm have installed LED recesed lights in most the rooms now. Just ran separate circuits to all (3) baths, so no more tripping breakers due to multiple hair dryer use. Also, I ran a separate 20 amp circuit to family room just for the entertainment system. I separated a crowded circuit into two with their own breakers. I want to build an outdoor workshop, with electrical to it, and will run a table saw or air compressor now and then.
#1. Is it recommended to upgrade to a 200 amp panel?
#2. Or, maybe just a larger 125 amp panel like a 30-40 with AFCI's?
#3. Or, should I add to this panel? (Neutral bus lugs look to be scarce.)
A 125 amp panel wouldn't need to change the service wires or main breaker. and the POCO wouldn't need to get involved. I will be hiring an electrician for either panel change. I'm capable to add circuits.
Thanks for reading.
The best way is to perform a demand load calculation to determine the service size. You can add in the new expected loads.
If your service is large enough a subpanel is a good option.
You problem seems to be too many tandems. Twenty one tandems would equal 42 circuits, plus the single poles in a panel that is only listed for 24 total.
Yes, sorry for the confusion. It is a 12-24 panel, so I have 21 handles in use, not 21 tandems.
You have many options. You can add a subpanel (easy), completely remove the existing panel and replace it with a 40 space 200A panel, this will leave you ready to go if you want to upgrade the service later down the line (harder), or you can completely upgrade the service and panel.
It depends on your load requirements. I'd like to say that if you are alright with what you got now then you probably won't need a service upgrade, but that's just an assumption.
IMO an upgrade to 200A is almost never a bad idea. You get (hopefully) all the breaker space you'll need and (almost) definitely the capacity.
For a home that size I pretty much don't care what your load calc is. Unless you install one of those HOG tankless water heaters, 200A is more than enough.
IMO putting a sub-panel on a 100A service is a band-aid kind of fix. Plus your utility area starts to get crowded.
Sure, it's easier to just get a few added breaker spaces, but a clean new upgrade is much more professional.
Jeeze Macro, ease up. I don't know or care who you are on other forums. You're new here, Jim is a long time knowledgeable member here, and he DOES know what he is talking about.
Stop trying to goad him into an argument in every thread.
Well, my main disconnect, according to the label on the panel door, is a Sylvania SMB-12 (2-4) meter socket rated at 125 amps continuous. The breaker looks like one large tandem, but I don't see any rating on either handle like the smaller breakers in the garage. So, I'm assuming the main breaker is a 125 amp as the label on the door indicates.
I just went back and edited my first post to clarify handles in use.
I just looked at my breaker panel in the garage and noted that the tandems I installed are Cutler-Hammer BD2020, Type BRD & A.
Before I added these I looked at the label in the panel to see what type of tandems were allowed and it said Type A. So, I think I am using the correct tandem breakers.
I only added 3 tandems, six handles, to this panel. All of the other breakers in the panel are tandems that were installed when the home was built.
Smart Meter to Calc Load?
I've done a search on this forum to see if anyone has used the usage info from their smart meters to calculate load. I looked at my usage for the past year and found my highest usage period was in the winter and I narrowed that down to a particular hour. My highest hour was January 8, 2012, 10 - 11 am and that was rated at 5.08 kWh. So, I think that is about 25 amps.
I know this is not like adding up all the appliances and figuring the load usage. But, the smart meter seems to be a more realistic picture of the usage, since not all my electrical devices will be operating at once.
So, my question is...would this method of load calculation, smart meter, be of any value when contemplating a panel upgrade?
I have a lot of breakers in my 200A panel because I like being able to isolate ckts if I need to work on something without having to shut down half the house. Additionally, if one trips, the possible cause is typically easier to find....but then again, I haven't tripped any breakers....yet.
So it sounds like your doing somewhat the same thing. A 200A panel is just going to give you more breathing room on your wiring.
Like Jim said...do a load calc....basically, you add up all the items that could be on at the same time....oven, microwave, Fridge, TV, AC, hair dryer. That gives you your max demand. In some cases, you almost have to put a clamp on amp probe on to get a real value. Yea, your oven might be protected with a 30A breaker, but it is not going to be pulling that.
You also have to look at your load balancing. If all your 120Vac demands are on the same leg of the 240Vac coming in....you could trip your breaker even though your not at your total load max. The info you get off your smart meter is total wattage. It will not tell you how much each leg is pulling....(at least mine doesn't)
Good time to make a spreadsheet and put down all of your ckts and the expected loads.
The PoCo just transfered the lines to my new SD panel yesterday....it has a lot more room than my old Murray 200A panel....and the door opens to the side vs up...
I hope I didn't piss the neighbors off last night....I was up on the roof at 10:30 last night pulling out the old weathhead and panel....
I tried to do a load calculation and this is what I came up with.
Sq. Ft. 1834 (will add outdoor shed 160 sq ft for total 1994 sq ft)
2 small appliance circuits (kitchen)
1 electric clothes dryer
Gas water heater (non-electric)
1 laundry circuit (electric washer and dryer)
Appliances Watts
Range 4500 (Old range soon to be replaced)
Gas Furnace 600 (Not from a label, used average based on web)
Fridge 780
Disposal 828 (Soon to be replaced)
Dish Washer 1032 (Soon to be replaced)
Garage door opener 400 (Average figure from web search)
Microwave 1500
I didn't list TV's, DVD players, Cable Boxes, Stereo tuner, computers, lighting, gas fireplace (blower), low voltage systems, etc. because I thought the on line calcultor factors the average load based on square footage of home.
The figure I came up with is 98.82 amps.
If I install air conditioning in the future, 2000-5000 watts, 115.4 amps.
Does this look close based on my data? Or should I have factored the other things above and a table saw, air compressor, power tools etc.?
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I thought I might share some information about the finer points of shipping ammunition to Alaska.
First option is to ship it to a West Coast port, typically one in the Seattle area, such as Fife, WA, and having it sent via barge up to Alaska through the use of the services of a freight forwarding company. This avoids the complexities of dealing with Canada. My club has used American Fast Freight in the past without any problems; other reputable companies exist. Downside is that unless you can pick it up at the Anchorage terminal at the port, shipment within Alaska can get pretty "salty".
Another option, if you are planning a drive up the Al-Can Highway, is to carry it through Canada with you. This is surprisingly straightforward from a customs point of view. The following information was obtained from a senior official in the US Customs Service here in Alaska, who asked questions of the Canadian customs folks to get the whole picture. I therefore consider this extremely reliable, but I am not an attorney, and as with all free "legal advice", my advice here is worth exactly what you paid me for it......
First, you need to have a bill of sale, establishing the sales price of the ammunition, as well as any shipping costs....seems the Canadians may want to factor shipping costs into the value of an item. Then, prior to leaving the US, you stop in at the border station for US Customs, and complete and execute a Form 7512B <Click for link to form>, "United States-Canada Transit Manifest" with US Customs prior to entering Canada.
The Canadians allow importation of up to 5000 rounds of ammunition without a permit. Above that amount, and you will need to obtain an explosives import permit from the Canadian Government prior to import.
They have certain ammo restrictions, such as no pistol hollowpoint ammunition, no incendiary, AP, etc. You should be fine with plain-jane ball ammo in rifle and pistol calibers. If you want to import specialty bullet ammo, etc, you must contact the government there first before trying to enter Canada to see if they will grant you a permit.
You present the executed Form 7512B at Canadian customs when crossing. Solely at the discretion of the Canadian customs agent, you may be assessed duty on the ammunition (perhaps 10%, especially if the ammunition originated outside the US or Mexico.....NAFTA to the rescue), so be prepared to pay the duty. You pay the duty, and keep the receipt. You then complete your trip through Canada, and when exiting Canada, present your receipt for duty paid (if any) to Canadian Customs at your port of exit, and you will have your duty refunded.
You then present your Form 7215B to US Customs when re-entering the US, and that is it. US Customs has essentially no issues with allowing re-importation of trans-shipped ammunition presented along with a Form 7215B, which I must admit I found mildly surprising.
Be aware that, as always, you are subject to search by Customs agents whenever you cross a border. A good attitude will help minimize any hassles. Also, be sure to have the ammo packed in your vehicle so that it is easily available for inspection. Also, keep in mind that transportation of firearms through Canada is subject to much stricter restrictions, surprisingly enough, than ammunition.....don't be surprised if the Customs Agents asks you lots of questions about whether you are carrying any firearms. If you are relocating to Alaska, having receipts/invoices/manifests showing shipment of your firearms by FedEx or UPS or your moving company to your new Alaskan address may be handy to have available.
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|Little Rock, Arkansas, April 14, 2017
State officials challenged one order Saturday and vowed to fight the other.
The rally was attended by actor Johnny Depp and by Damien Echols, who spent almost 18 years on Arkansas' death row. Arkansas has said this scheduled is needed because one of its lethal drugs will expire at the end of the month.
The inmates challenged the state's unprecedented plan, arguing the hasty timetable and the drug used to perform the execution amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.
But more recently, capital punishment has been stalled in Arkansas because of drug shortages and legal challenges.
Legal battles had prevented any executions in the state in the last 12 years.
The attorney general plans to appeal Griffen's order as well. All of the inmates are men, and all were convicted of capital murder.
The state Supreme Court on Friday granted a stay of execution on 1 of the 7, and an 8th inmate whom the state planned to execution won an earlier stay.
"No state has ever conducted 8 executions over a 10-day period", he said.
The state appealed U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker's order hours later, hoping to follow through with its planned executions, with the 1st scheduled for Monday. The latest ruling from Baker applies to the 8 originally scheduled to die, plus 1 more man whose execution had not yet been scheduled. Baker, dealt another blow Saturday.
Baker says the inmates could have legitimate claims that Arkansas' execution protocol could inflict "severe pain".
Posner sent the letter Thursday to 2 Arkansas officials.
On Saturday morning, the Attorney General's office filed an emergency petition with the Arkansas Supreme Court asking that Griffen be removed from the case and his temporary restraining order be lifted.
"It is unfortunate that a US district judge has chosen to side with the convicted prisoners in one of their many last-minute attempts to delay justice", Jude Deere, an office spokesman, said.
Executions of multiple inmates are not new to Arkansas.
Other companies also weighed in. The suppliers of the muscle relaxant, vecuronium bromide, argued that it had been sold to the prison system on the premise that it would be used for legitimate medical purposes rather than executions.
The company has said it had been reassured the drug would be returned and even issued a refund, but it never was. The pair of lethal injections that Willett, the former Texas warden, presided over in 2000 was the last of 10 such executions over 6 years involving only 4 states: Texas, Arkansas, Illinois and SC. By Friday night, the company had persuaded Griffen to intervene.
McKesson contends that Arkansas penal authorities purchased the vecuronium bromide, which provokes muscular paralysis, without warning that it would be used to put inmates to death. The drug's maker, McKesson Medical Surgical, said it had been misled by the state.
Griffen wrote that these issues could not be remedied later, while the state could later obtain a replacement drug.
Absent details about drug sources, death penalty opponents may focus on questions about the drugs' reliability or how they are administered, based on flawed executions elsewhere.
The series of legal roadblocks constitute a major setback for Arkansas's Republican governor, Asa Hutchinson, who had pushed for the accelerated executions as the expiration of the state's supply of midazolam drew near. "After hearing the evidence. the court is compelled to stay these executions", she said.
The Associated Press explains that "under Arkansas' protocol, midazolam is used to sedate the inmate, vecuronium bromide then stops the inmate's breathing and potassium chloride stops the heart".
"When I heard about the conveyor belt of death that the politicians were trying to set in motion, I knew I couldn't live with myself if I didn't come back and try to do something", Echols said Friday. Baker had not ruled by Friday evening.
Source: pppfocus.com, April 16, 2017
Gov Hutchinson releases statement on federal ruling that blocks scheduled executions
|Little Rock, Arkansas, April 14, 2017
Governor Hutchinson has released a statement on the federal ruling by Judge Kristine Baker that blocks Arkansas' scheduled executions and other recent court rulings regarding the executions.
"When I set the 8 execution dates in accordance with the law and my responsibilities, I was fully aware that the actions would trigger both the individual clemency hearings and separate court reviews on varying claims by the death row inmates. I understand how difficult this is on the victims' families, and my heart goes out to them as they once again deal with the continued court review; however, the last minute court reviews are all part of the difficult process of death penalty cases. I expect both the Supreme Court of Arkansas and the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to review the decisions quickly, and I have confidence in the Attorney General and her team to expedite the reviews. I'll be meeting with the Attorney General and the Arkansas Department of Correction on Monday to determine next steps," he said.
The federal ruling cited a likely violation of the inmate's Eighth Amendment and right to due process.
Judd Deere, spokesperson for Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge, has confirmed that the state will appeal to the Eighth Circuit and possibly the Supreme Court. The court battle will likely extend into next week. However, if either high court rules in favor of the state, the executions could move forward as early as next week.
A federal case recently stayed the execution of Jason McGehee, who was set to die before Williams on April 27. Friday the Arkansas Supreme Court granted an emergency stay for Bruce Ward, who was set to be executed on April 17.
Another hurdle to the executions is a temporary restraining order that Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen issued Friday against the state of Arkansas, effectively halting the scheduled executions until further notice.
According to court documents, McKesson Medical-Surgical Incorporated filed the temporary restraining order for an "injuctive relief" and for the state of Arkansas to return its property, 10 vials of 20 mg Vecuronium bromide.
Source: KTHV-TV news, April 16, 2017
Little Rock Vice Mayor Webb thinks death penalty should be ruled out completely
|Little Rock, Arkansas, April 14, 2017
Amid all the legal wrangling, there are high emotions on both sides of the death penalty debate.
Friday a rally bought hundreds of Arkansans out to the state capital voicing their opinion both for and against the death penalty. Saturday one city leader agreed with the decision by the federal court to halt the executions scheduled to begin on Monday.
In less than 48 hours eight executions are scheduled to begin. Little Rock Vice Mayor Kathy Webb is still sticking by her belief to not go through with the death penalty. This after Federal Judge Kristine Baker blocked Arkansas' plan to execute 8 inmates by the end of the month, but Webb is saying the death penalty should be ruled out altogether and not be used in Arkansas.
"I like it when the eyes of the country are on Arkansas for positive reasons, not something like this," Webb said. "I know that this is something that has weighed heavily on the governor and it is a tremendous responsibility."
"I would side with Judge Griffin and Judge Baker who question the constitutionality of the cruel and unusual punishment and the use of the particular drug for execution," Webb said.
Now Webb is left hoping a decision will be made that will bring both ease to the families of the victims and Arkansans.
"While my heart goes out to victim's families of the crimes," Webb said. "I don't think that taking another's life is a solution to their grief."
Friday's rally grew in size and stature when actor Johnny Depp came and spoke alongside Damien Echols. Echols walked off Arkansas' death row by taking what's called an "Alford plea." Depp has been a supporter and friend of Echols for several years.
Source: KTHV-TV news, April 16, 2017
Arkansas faces stark reality with execution plans
The topsy-turvy legal wrangling surrounding Arkansas' unprecedented effort to execute 8 men in 11 days is par for the course in a state where the death penalty has been in a holding pattern for more than a decade, despite strong support for capital punishment among voters and elected officials.
Uncertainty still surrounds the unprecedented execution timeline, which was set to begin Monday night and continue through April 27. If carried out, they would be the most executions carried out by a state in that timeframe since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
The plan remains in limbo after a state judge blocked the use of a lethal injection drug a supplier says was improperly obtained and a federal judge said inmates could pursue a claim they're at risk of "severe pain."
Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson scheduled the executions to occur before the state's supply of midazolam, a sedative used in the three-drug lethal injection process, expires at the end of the month. The inmates have challenged the compressed timeline and the use of the drug, which has been used in flawed executions in other states. Pharmaceutical companies don't want their drugs used in the upcoming executions.
The execution dates come nearly four years after the state's previous attorney general vented that legal challenges and a shortage of drugs used in lethal injections made it unlikely the state would execute any inmates in the near future.
"I continue to support the death penalty, but it's time to be frank. Our death penalty system as it currently exists is completely broken," Dustin McDaniel told a group of sheriffs from around the state in 2013.
Then-Gov. Mike Beebe that year announced he would have signed legislation outlawing capital punishment if it ever reached his desk - a prospect that was unlikely even before Republicans took control of the state Legislature. The Democratic ex-legislator and former attorney general said his thinking on the subject had changed after he signed death warrants, though the executions never took place.
"It is an agonizing process whether you are for the death penalty or against the death penalty," Beebe said.
It's clear that Arkansas supports the death penalty, like many other Southern states. Polling by the University of Arkansas in 2015 showed that a broad majority supported executions, and the death penalty was not an issue when Hutchinson ran for office a year earlier.
In an order Saturday setting aside the executions, U.S. District Judge Kristine Baker made it clear from the start that she wasn't attempting to decide whether executions were a proper way to punish Arkansas' worst criminals.
"The death penalty is constitutional," she said, citing a U.S. Supreme Court decision that authorized the use of the surgical sedative midazolam. "Competency issues aside, plaintiffs are eligible to receive it. Each of these ... men was convicted by a jury of their peers and then sentenced to death."
Between the Christian observances of Good Friday and Easter, she wrote that "inherently barbaric punishments" weren't allowed: "burning at the stake, drawing and quartering, and crucifixion."
And she added that it is only up to Arkansans whether executions will continue.
"The court is mindful of the fact that the state of Arkansas has not executed an inmate since 2005, despite consistent support for capital punishment from Arkansawyers and their elected representatives. It is their right to decide whether the death penalty should be a form of punishment in Arkansas, not the court's," she said.
What those executions will look like was considered in political circles in 2014, when lawyer David Sterling suggested during his run for the Republican nomination for attorney general that Arkansas return to electrocutions.
"The electric chair has withstood constant constitutional scrutiny throughout the country for many, many decades. And so with it being available as a method of execution, I'm not sure why we're not employing it," Sterling said then.
Leslie Rutledge, who won the GOP nomination and is now defending the state's execution push as attorney general, disagreed.
"The electric chair is in a museum, and that's where it belongs," Rutledge said that year.
Source: Associated Press, April 15, 2017
Arkansas executions: State "working around the clock" to overturn block on lethal injection plan
The attorney general says they are "working around the clock" to get permission to put 8 criminals to death in 11 days.
Lawyers for the US state of Arkansas have vowed to overturn court orders preventing them from beginning an unprecedented series of executions this week.
A series of legal challenges has blocked the southern state's plans to execute 8 men by lethal injection in the space of 11 days.
A judge ruled that 1 of the drugs used might expose the prisoners to pain before their death - in violation of the US constitution's protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
Arkansas' stock of the drug - midazolam - is due to expire at the end of the month, prompting the rush to carry out so many executions in such a short time.
The state's attorney general has appealed against the court's decision.
Leslie Rutledge said: "We do have a number of pieces of litigation that we are working (on).
"Attorneys are working around the clock and committed to upholding and defending the rule of law, seeing these executions carried out, seeing justice for the families of those victims."
The planned executions - which would be the most carried out in a such a short time since the US reinstated the death penalty in 1976 - have prompted widespread protests.
The actor Johnny Depp joined one rally, alongside a man [Damien Echols] who he campaigned to free after 18 years on death row.
When asked what he would say to Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson, he replied: "I can't, I don't, you know - how do you sleep, man? I don't know. How do you sleep?"
One of the legal challenges has been brought by the manufacturers of the drugs.
McKesson Medical Surgical Inc said vercuronium bromide had been sold to the state for medical purposes, not capital punishment.
Maya Foa, director of the anti-death penalty campaigners Reprieve, told Sky News: "The drugs slated for use in lethal injection cocktails across the US are simply medicines, designed to save and improve lives and (the) health of patients and (are) being misused in lethal fashion.
"So it is no surprise that the healthcare industry doesn't want to see medicines used in terrible executions."
Death sentences and executions have declined in recent years but voters in a number of states, including California, have opted to keep capital punishment.
6 states have abolished the death penalty in the last decade.
The story of the Arkansas 8 - Bruce Earl Ward, Don William Davis, Stacey E Johnson, Ledell Lee, Jack Harold Jones Jr, Marcel Williams, Jason F McGehee and Kenneth Williams - is now a key strand of the broader death penalty debate.
For James Phillips it is straightforward. His wife Mary was raped and murdered by Jones.
"I've been waiting for justice for nearly 22 years and that's all I'm after," he said.
Source: Sky News, April 17, 2017
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Awesome salad that is perfect for the warm weather, this is really easy to fix and extremely healthy. I modified it from a Men's Health magazine.
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- 1 (15 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
- 1 (16 ounce) bag mixed salad greens, of your choice
- 2 cups chow mein noodles
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 2 cups cooked soybeans
- 2 cups pre-cooked sliced chicken breasts
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