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Well actually I meant mobs of flash, but I couldn't resist the word play. Although, come to think of it, flash mobs might be the right way to describe the density of flash memory system vendors here at Oracle Open World. Walking around the exhibits it seems as if every other booth is occupied by someone selling flash memory systems to accelerate Oracle's database, and all of them claiming to be: 1) faster than anything that Oracle, who already integrates flash into its systems, offers, and 2) faster and/or cheaper than the other flash vendor two booths down the aisle.
All joking aside, the proliferation of flash memory suppliers is pretty amazing, although a venue devoted to the world's most popular database would be exactly where you might expect to find them. In one sense flash is nothing new – RAM disks, arrays of RAM configured to mimic a disk, have been around since the 1970s but were small and really expensive, and never got on a cost and volume curve to drive them into a mass-market product. Flash, benefitting not only from the inherent economies of semiconductor technology but also from the drivers of consumer volumes, has the transition to a cost that makes it a reasonable alternative for some use case, with database acceleration being probably the most compelling. This explains why the flash vendors are gathered here in San Francisco this week to tout their wares – this is the richest collection of potential customers they will ever see in one place.
Posted by Richard Fichera on October 4, 2011
In the good old days, computer industry trade shows were bigger than life events – booths with barkers and actors, ice cream and espresso bars and games in the booth, magic acts and surging crowds gawking at technology. In recent years, they have for the most part become sad shadows of their former selves. The great SHOWS are gone, replaced with button-down vertical and regional events where you are lucky to get a pen or a miniature candy bar for your troubles.
Enter Oracle OpenWorld. Mix 45,000 people, hundreds of exhibitors, one of the world's largest software and systems company looking to make an impression, and you have the new generation of technology extravaganza. The scale is extravagant, taking up the entire Moscone Center complex (N, S and W) along with a couple of hotel venues, closing off a block of a major San Francisco street for a week, and throwing a little evening party for 20 or 30 thousand people.
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My backyard looks as shown in the pic. I would like to put grass here in spring.
1) Should I simply rototill the whole area.. add some compost .. then put in either grass seeds or sod ?
2) Should I have to kill the current greenary before rototilling the area ?
Please help me understand this.
Howdy cprao,
I'm "Coach Dave" and solving lawn problems is my specialty. To deal with your serious weeds it takes some serious measures. Here is a plan of action I prescribe for a lawn in your condition.
1) You will need some "pre-emergent"(weed seed killer). This is available in most home improvement garden centers.
2) Pre-emergent is usually only available in late January to mid February in California. A second application is helpful for best results.
3)Pre-emergent kills the weed seedlings before they germinate. This is a great idea to kill the weeds before they get old enough to create seeds of their own.
4)If you are putting in new Sod you should wait at least 3 weeks before applying the "pre-emergent". If you are seeding your lawn you might have 6 to 8 weeks.
As a tip, if you have a lawn service have them clean their mowers before mowing you lawn. Most mowers contain a host of different weed seeds.
Below I've included a couple of photos of what pre-emergent looks like.
Yours Respectfully,
Coach Dave
Thank you Coach dave for the help. Wanted to make sure, I understand this.
Use of Pre-emergent only after putting the grass either seeds or sod, right ?
If yes, can I simply rototill the area to make the area graded and plain (currently it is not) ?
How do I amend the current soil ? should I add compost while rototilling it ? or any other method ?
Please help.
Tilling the soil first is a great way to help make things more level and remove stones (if you plan on using a rake after) then use your premergent.
I always put down a 10% sand, 60% screened topsoil, 15% mulch, 15% manure before laying sod or spreading seed. This helps retain moisture and helps build strong root systems. I also like to use a little bit of gypsum anytime I plant just to help condition the soil and allow for deeper water penetration.
1) If I understand you correctly, you want me to follow the below steps, right ?
A. Rototill
B. Use rake to remove stones
C. add the following soil combination (Item 2)
D. Gypsum (what %?)
E. Rototill again to ensure the soil is well mixed
F. seed or sod
G. Premergent
2) I see the following in my local nursery. Can you help which one I should consider and what combination ?
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You shouldn't have to rototill twice, but whatever floats your boat. Gypsum is something that can't be overused if mixed properly and watered in. I would start with the first till, rake, then add new soil. Then just lightly dust the surface of the soil with gypsum, then add premergent, rake a little bit, then water to activate the premergent. premergent prevents things from sprouting like weeds. I personally go with sod because it's already green and you don't have to wait for seeds to sprout or worry about birds carrying the seed away.
I would use the amended topsoil The garden mix sounds awesome but it's going to blow away in the wind and cost too much. You're not growing vegetables here, you're growing grass.
If you lay sod or spread seed, having a level surface is key to easy mowing in the future. If laying sod, make sure you have a sod roller available. A sod roller is basically a drum that you can fill up with water to increase the weight of the drum and make the sod more level and help the sod's roots grab the earth better. Also--stagger your rolls.
Good luck
edit---because of the brick and flagstone adjacent to the grass you will have to make sure you lower the soil in those regions enough so that once you add the new amended soil and lay the sod you don't have the sod too high where the water drains onto the patio etc. Do the grading gradually as well. A wide rake is easiest to work with.
Dear cprao,
Coach Dave here again, I hope I have not confused the matter of lawn care too much. Let me clarify:"pre-emergent" kills seedlings of both weeds and grass. This is to control unwanted seedlings like weeds and stray seeds. So using pre-emergent is great for sod and established lawns but not newly seeded areas.
If you have more questions let me know. Now is the time to use the product.
Coach Dave
I haven't heard anything about straw being used. This is used to keep the grass seed moist. A dry seed is a dead seed.
Also I'm in NC and here you should seed lawns in the fall then after a few mows on the grass you can aerate then reseed.
I work at an industrial hose company. So I deal with a lot of hydro-seeding companies ,landscapers and farmers.
I would strongly advise the straw be used on top of your grass seed.
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Mac and Karyn announced as Wedding to Remember Winners
Mac and Karyn have been chosen as the winning couple in the Military Wedding To Remember Contest. Learn more about the couple below:
- Bride to be – hometown: Kingston, MA
- Groom to be – hometown: Scituate, MA
- Branch of the Military and Title: Army Infantry
- Where you met: Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, NH
- First date: Pizza on the jetti in Scituate, MA
- In 5 words or less – how you knew she was the one: She's always smiling and optimistic
- In 5 words or less – how you knew he was the one: His friendly personality and humor.
- Date of engagement: 11/7/11
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) – Love may have snuck up on Karyn Sampson, but she's now fully embracing it.
"I get excited, but at the same time, I get emotional because I'm really excited," says Karyn.
Karyn is set to marry a man everyone told her was "the one" even if she didn't realize it. But who can blame her? Few, if anyone, suspects they'll meet their future spouse on the very first day of college.
"I remember thinking he was really cute, but I didn't want to be the first one to go up and say anything," said Karyn.
He thought the same, but it was her T-shirt that caught his eye first.
"I thought she was cute," said Mac. "It was funny because she was the only girl with a Red Sox T-shirt while all the other girls were looking cute and she was sweating with a bandana around her head."
"Literally, like the first week of school, everyone was like you're gonna marry that boy, and I'm like shy, like no, I'm not. Like, we weren't even dating and my best friend from home also went to school with me and she was like, yes you are. You guys are perfect for each other, you're getting married, and now she's one of my bridesmaids and she's like told ya, I knew it!"
But it hasn't always been simple. In the process of their friendship growing into a dating relationship, Mac decided to enlist with the Army National Guard.
"I just felt like I needed to do it," said Mac. "I felt like I just had to go over, instead of just watching on TV."
For many couples, it might be a strain, but Mac says over the course of their relationship, he began to realize Karyn was "the one."
"It was like a million times, but I'd say the most definite was when I first went away to boot camp."
Mac says her letters during that time, and through a deployment to Afghanistan, solidified their love.
It was then that Mac met the other girl in his life, a street puppy he rescued while on his tour of duty. He named her Gemma, and with the help of charitable organizations, he sent her back home to Karyn to care for her.
Their family of three was complete and Mac began to plot how he'd propose.
"I found out five months before when our leave was going to be, and all of our friends were studying in Australia."
After talking with her parents, Mac encouraged Karyn to visit her friends abroad. She had no idea he'd be there, too. The surprise worked, but it was nothing compared to what came next.
"I went to turn around, he was down on one knee – it was awesome," said Karyn.
Funny, because that is exactly what he thinks about her.
"She's never ever negative … it's a rare day when she's in a bad mood," said Mac. "She's helpful to everyone and always upbeat. I always love being with her."
And as for their future?
"I look forward to living with her, and in a couple of years, when we have enough money, to have a couple kids," said Mac.
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Research on improving health care performance measurement and reporting
The Foundation's Investigator Awards in Health Policy Research Program was designed to produce major works from senior and new investigators that would add to the health policy field's knowledge base. As interest in public reporting of provider performance and pay for performance continues to grow, conflicts among various stakeholders will grow. This project, in partnership with several stakeholder organizations, will look at issues such as choosing performance measures to use, how to grade performance, and how these programs can be implemented in the safety net situations.
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Joe Haden & Maurkice Pouncey Taken in First Round
Joe Haden's slow times in the 40-yard dash at the NFL scouting combine didn't scare away the Cleveland Browns. Once on the clock, they didn't waste one second before taking the cornerback.
Unable to move in the first round, the Browns selected Haden, a
two-time All-American at Florida, with the No. 7 overall pick in
Thursday's first round.
"We thought he was the best fit for us at No. 7," Browns general manager Tom Heckert said. "He was a guy we spent a lot of time with and evaluating. He's a bigger corner that can really play the run, has good cover ability, is a smart kid and he's tough.
"We liked Joe all along in the process." Haden is the first player taken by Cleveland's new regime of Heckert and Browns president Mike Holmgren, who was brought in to restore this troubled franchise. Haden is also the second addition to Cleveland's shaky secondary after the Browns acquired former Pro Bowler Sheldon Brown in a trade from Philadelphia earlier this month.
The 5-foot-10, 193-pound Haden wept when he received the phone call in New York from the Browns. "Those were tears of joy," Haden said.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have selected Florida center Maurkice Pouncey with the 18th pick in the NFL draft, the first center they've drafted in the first round in 73 years. The Steelers hadn't taken a center with their first pick since Mike Basrak of Duquesne in 1937.
The Steelers had two of the best centers in NFL history, Hall of
Famer Mike Webster and Dermontti Dawson, but neither was a first-round pick. Pouncey, who is 6-foot-5 and 305 pounds, can play guard or
center. The Steelers could play him initially at guard - just as
they did with Dawson - until he is ready to replace Justin Hartwig
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Lots happening in the Houston TV news management ranks lately.
First, KPRC 2 assistant creative services director John Sweeney has left the Post-Newsweek Houston station for KMOV in St. Louis.
"I feel privileged to be a small part of the turnaround at KPRC, a station still on the upswing," Sweeney told mikemcguff.com. "Houston has turned into a true top 10 market during my time here."
Sweeney came to Houston from managing the creative services department at WVIT in Connecticut. Before that he worked at the Fox News Channel since the network's sign on. Sweeney was the executive producer of the channel's ad and promo department. He also served as a segment producer for weekend programming. Covering 9/11 at the network will always be a defining moment of his career. He is a graduate of Fordham University.
"Local 2 continues to grow by leaps and bounds in the marketplace as evidenced by our always growing viewership and presence across all social platforms," Sweeney added. "I give thanks to my team and to [KPRC Vice President/Creative Services Director] Mike Guerrieri for putting me in a position to welcome this new challenge at KMOV. I know the same success will follow me to the St. Louis media landscape."
Sweeney's wife, Ginny, also works for KPRC as a special projects producer/editor. She's actually just returning to work after maternity leave for 2-month-old John Francis Sweeney V. Congrats to the Sweeney's for the new addition and gig.
Fox 26 KRIV is losing its news operations manager to retirement. Alice Web has been at the Fox owned and operated station for 23 years. She has also worked as a photographer at KUHT 8 and KHOU 11 according to her LinkedIn profile. Her big send off was last week.
Since we are talking technical, I just found out that former KTRK 13 Vice President and Director of Engineering/Manager Broadcast Technology Chuck Primrose is now the Chief Broadcast Engineer for 12th Man Productions in the Texas A&M Athletic Department.
Houston Press
And while not TV news, last week the Houston Press tweeted that managing editor Cathy Matusow is leaving the alt weekly after 10 years. The tweet ends with, "the hole she will leave is immeasurable." (Thanks to PR Fairy @farbulous)
As I've said before, I'm not clairvoyant. Please let me know of any other personnel changes hitting the Houston media scene.
Monday, November 05, 2012
Houston TV manager shake up at multiple stations
Posted by mike mcguff at 11/05/2012 08:02:00 AM Labels: Houston, Media
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- Anonymous11/05/2012 06:37:00 PM
Mike, After Bob Allen retires, Will ABC 13 shuffle the anchor lineup.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/05/2012 10:23:00 PM
Hey Mike, After Bob Allen retires, Will KTRK 13 shuffle the anchor lineup.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous11/08/2012 11:25:00 PM
Hey Mike - would be a great idea to put a live ticker board on the daily departures from KPRC.ReplyDelete
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Eight civilians were injured in rocket attacks on a residential area of the Iraqi capital late Monday, the official news agency INA said Tuesday, pinning the blame on Iran.
"Agents in the pay of the Iranian regime fired six remote-controlled missiles at homes in Baghdad, injuring eight civilians who have been hospitalized," it said.
The attack came the same night as a mortar strike in northern Tehran that injured six people and was claimed by an Iraq-based Iranian armed opposition group, the People's Mujahedeen – (AFP).
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I have just booked a holiday, the kind of holiday I have never booked before… an all inclusive week long spa break. I have almost always gone away in search of something; adventure, creativity, exploration (of self and the world), romance, culture, learning… but now I know all this is available on my own doorstep I feel less of a need for a holiday and strangely, I feel like I need to need this kind of holiday!
This got me thinking and in a recent survey I did in my own head, it seems that many people reach a certain point, let's call it a breaking point, and decide they need a holiday. The ten main reasons for going on holiday, according to the aforementioned survey, were as follows;
1) Need to get away from work/life stress
2) To relax
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4) Habit – "we always get away at this time of year."
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Hello everyone.
I have a dataset in pairs (x,y) that I would like to plot. The main
problem is that the data set has interesting parts in the beginning
that I would like to view clearly.
As an example, create the following table:
t = Table[{x, If[x < .5, Sin[100*x], Sin[x]]}, {x, 0, 5, 0.001}];
You have a very detailed sine in the beginnng and the rest is less
I would like to "split" the X axis in two, so the left half of the
plot covers x={0,0.5} and the second half x={0.5,5}] in the same plot
and with the right ticks.
It is like a piecewise axis... is it possible?
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We were contacted last year (2014) by a very desperate lady who urgently needed help with two Shetland pony mares and a filly foal. The lady suffers from an auto immune disease and has become allergic to daylight which had made looking after her ponies very difficult. She also expressed concern that the paddock they were in, which although it had looked good in summer, was now so wet that the ponies were sometimes up to their hocks in mud and she feared that two of the ponies were again in foal. Her only other option had been to put the ponies into a market which would risk a very uncertain future for them.
The ponies were quite a way from Willows on the border between Perth and Angus, but Animal Health were extremely helpful with facilitating the move to Willows. It was also some time since their feet had been trimmed and all in all Animal Health felt that the sooner they could be removed the better.
They all arrived safely and were checked and blood tested by our vets. We awaited the results of the pregnancy tests with interest! The filly foal has been named Daisy and the two mares are called Ruby and Penny.
Ruby is on the left, the foal is called Daisy and on the right hand side is Penny.
It turned out that Ruby was not pregnant and after treatment was successfully re-homed.
Penny had a colt foal called Bertie.
Peny, Daisy and Bertie now live together at Willows as a family.
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Shady Side Academy aims to continue field hockey tradition
The Shady Side Academy field hockey team has made a habit of winning WPIAL championships and coach Erin Weir is optimistic about this year's chances of making it seven titles in nine years.
"We have only had one game so far and we lost to a strong Fox Chapel team, 1-0," Weir said. "It was a good game for early in the season and showed us areas that we need to work on before our section games start."
The Indians have a lot of experience returning, keyed by junior goalie Gabby Harchelroad.
"She has been our starting goalie for the past two years and she's done an excellent job for us," Weir said.
"She's a hard worker and she hustles to every ball. She's a great leader in the backfield during games and is a good mentor to our freshman goalie."
Along with Harchelroad, returning players include senior forwards Lucy Buck and Zoe Wecht, senior back Gigi Ruppel, junior back Erica Concordia, sophomore midfielder Corby Wolfe and sophomore forwards Sara Anania, Marjorie Crimmins and Maggie Aiken.
"We are confident that we will have a good season," Weir said. "We need to work on our passing game and our communication as we get further into the season.
"We worked hard during the preseason but we also had a lot of fun. We're looking forward to the challenge of every game."
Marty Stewart is a sports editor for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 412-782-2123 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Christ The King junior guard Larry Davis will announce his commitment to NC State later this afternoon at a press conference at the school.
"I was surprised he decided this early, but I believe it's a great fit," Christ the King head coach Bob Oliva told Pack Pride. "Herb [Sendek] is a terrific coach, and I've known him for nearly twenty years. I think Larry made a great decision."
Davis, a 6-3, 180-pound guard from Middle Village, is a four-star prospect and the No. 73 prospect in the rising senior class according ot Scout.com.
Villanova and Pittsburgh were the other finalists, while he also considered offers from UConn, St. John's, Seton Hall, and Florida among others. He had recently narrowed his list to NC State, Villanova, and Pittsburgh and had scheduled official visits to all three schools. However, after taking his first trip to NC State this weekend, it was the only visit he needed as Davis quickly scheduled a press conference to announce his choice.
"It was great all around," Davis told Scout.com's Dave Telep. "Everything was great. The people that go to N.C. State, they're a great bunch of guys. I had a lot of fun walking around campus and seeing other players. The professors that I met were tremendous."
"I know it's a nice school, and it would be a great place to show my offensive abilities," Davis told Pack Pride prior to the trip. "It's my first visit, and I'm excited about it. I really like the coaches at North Carolina State, and I know the players are good because I've seen them on TV. They run a motion offense like my high school, and I'm real comfortable with that."
"They told me I'm their top priority, and they really want me," he added. "They said they want to bring in another guard with me and a big man. The other guard doesn't matter to me because they are losing two guards and competition is good anyways."
Davis was one of the top players in New York as a junior. He averaged 14 points, seven rebounds, and eight assists to lead Christ The King to a 24-3 final record last season. He is arguably the top returning player in New York City and will compete with Curtis Kelly (Rice HS) and Edgar Sosa (Rice HS) for top honors.
Christ The King High School is one of the best prep programs in the country, and under head coach Bob Oliva there have been several future NBA standouts play at the Queens, New York school. Former Royals stars Erick Barkley, Derrick Phelps, Speedy Claxton, Omar Cook, Jayson Williams, and Khalid Reeves all reached the NBA out of Christ The King.
Although most regard Davis as a shooting guard, he has above-average ballhandling and passing skills and is expected to be more of a combo guard in college where he can handle some point guard duties if needed.
Davis is NC State's second commitment from the class of 2006. He joins Dan Werner, a 6-foot-7 combo forward from Lincroft, New Jersey. It is believed that NC State now hopes to land another guard to complete the '06 class. Potential targets for the remaining spot include: Marques Johnson, Greivis Vasquez, Willie Walker, and Anthony Gurley.
Pack Pride will have more shortly on the Davis commitment including exclusive quotes and photos from the 5:00 p.m. press conference.


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GAMO USA Corp. Recalls Air Rifles That Can Unexpectedly Fire, Posing Serious Injury Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: GAMO Air Rifles
Units: About 14,000
Distributor: GAMO USA Corp., of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
Manufacturer: Duel Delta, S.L. of Barcelona, Spain
Hazard: The scope mount on these rifles can be installed incorrectly, causing the rifle to unexpectedly fire. This poses a serious injury hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: GAMO has received one report of an air rifle firing unexpectedly. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The recalled air rifles are the following GAMO models: Hunter Pro, Hunter Sport, Shadow Sport, and F1200. These models bear the serial numbers 04-IC-415577-06 through 04-IC-579918-06. The model and serial numbers can be found on the left side of the barrel just above the front left side of the stock. Models Shadow Sport and F1200 look identical.
Sold by: Sporting goods stores and gun shops nationwide from June 2006 to September 2006 for between $150 and $280. Model F1200 was exclusively sold at Wal-Mart stores.
Manufactured in: Spain
Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled air rifles immediately and contact the company to receive instructions for returning them and receiving a free repair.
Consumer Contact: Consumers that have not been contacted by GAMO should call the company toll-free at (877) 246-3831 anytime or visit the companys Web site at www.gamousa.com
Send the link for this page to a friend! The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from more than 15,000 types of consumer products under the agency's jurisdiction. Deaths, injuries and property damage from consumer product incidents cost the nation more than $700 billion annually. The CPSC is committed to protecting consumers and families from products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children. The CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products - such as toys, cribs, power tools, cigarette lighters, and household chemicals - contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products over the past 30 years.
To report a dangerous product or a product-related injury, call CPSC's hotline at (800) 638-2772 or CPSC's teletypewriter at (800) 638-8270, or visit CPSC's web site at www.cpsc.gov/talk.html. To join a CPSC email subscription list, please go to www.cpsc.gov/cpsclist.asp. Consumers can obtain this release and recall information at CPSC's Web site at www.cpsc.gov.


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First Sun disappears, then clouds are everywhere. What comes next?
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Running java applets requires the browser to recognize the java installation on the computer. OK, that was a no brainer. I am now running Firefox 3.6 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with Sun's JDK 6 installed and a app in a website failed to run. It displayed an annoying message that Java was not installed. But like I said, I did have java installed. I am a java developer and have been doing java things all along. So naturally, I went huh!. I looked into all Firefox options and could not find anything that I could get Firefox to point at my java installation. Finally I stumbled upon the below firefox plugin after some google searches. Installed that and all was good. A good webpage to test java in a browser is Javatester.
IcedTea NPR Web browser plugin
Although, java in my browser was working, it changed my /usr/bin/java link to OpenJDK's installation that came with this plugin. If that happens to you, then run the below command and reset your JDK appropriately.
sudo update-alternatives –config java
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I installed the latest Ubuntu 10.01 LTS Desktop. To my surprise, I found Ubuntu has dropped Sun's JDK from its repositories and instead recommend OpenJDK. But I really wanted to use Sun JDK. For no other reason other than, I have been using it and did not have to time and patience to test Open JDK and may be deal with whatever was different.
Wierd thing is when browsing to http://java.com, the instructions are arcane. So here is how I did it.
sudo add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get sun-java6-jdk
Now back to work. Cheers.
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I just read this blog Why Sentiment Analysis Can't Work And Why It's A Damned Good Thing. The examples in there are very good at explaining the problem.
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An ubuntu tip:
How to check the ubuntu version installed
$ sudo lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
Codename: intrepid
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If you are running a 64 bit OS, how would you know if the installed MySQL is running on 32 bit binaries or 64 bit? There may be several ways to do it. Here is one way.
$ which mysqld | xargs file
Response when running 32 bit MySQL is as below.
/usr/sbin/mysqld: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
Response when running 64 bit MySQL is as below.
/usr/sbin/mysqld: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.6.8, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), stripped
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By default any 32 bit OS should see less than 4GB of RAM available to it. Your motherboard can support upto 4GB but generally you will see something like 3.1GB to 3.5GB showing up for use by the OS. It has to do with the virtual address space that a 32 bit OS can address (2^32). But I wanted to use 8GB of RAM. So I googled and found a solution that worked for me with Ubuntu 8.10.
Check BIOS capability
$ dmesg | head -25
You are looking for a BIOS memory mapping to indicate that the section above 0000000100000000 is usable. If you don't see that, see if you can upgrade/update your BIOS and enable "memory hole remapping" or "memory hoisting" in your BIOS .
[ 0.000000] BIOS-e820: 0000000100000000 – 0000000134000000 (usable)
Check if your CPU is 64 bit
$ grep flags /proc/cpuinfo
If you see lm, then it is 64 bit. (you will lm in red color, don't know why)
Then install linux server version kernel
$ sudo sudo apt-get install linux-headers-server
$ sudo apt-get install linux-image-server
And reboot.
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yum install php-mysql mysql mysql-server
/sbin/chkconfig –levels 235 mysqld on
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
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There are efforts underway for building platforms that will enable users to ask complex questions in plain English and be able to get back useful answers for analysis. Most efforts focus on labelling text data (unstructured data) with semantic metadata. This works well for web data which is almost exclusively unstructured data ( web pages, blogs, wikis, feeds, Discussion boards, etc. ). Enterprises though have years or decades of valuable information locked up in databases/data warehouses. In the last decade several BI vendors have made strides in unlocking the value hidden in there. Many enterprises have worked on exposing this data as web services for consumption in various applications. But this data lacks the semantic annotations that would enable it to become alive for free flowing user language queries.
With the current trend of providing RESTful web services to allow access of the web data, GoogleData, Freebase, Technorati, and infinite others are making the web look more like database platforms. On the flip side, if datamodels in the databases could be annotated with the conceptual models of knowledge space provided by Ontologies, the databases will become semantic web service endpoints sporting SPARQL protocol. Then this merging of the Web and Enterprise should bring in a new wave of BI innovations.
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Semantics is data describing content in a structure that is machine readable. Freebase (like GoogleBase) is a graph structure that is allowing collective intelligence of the web help it build a sematic network of topics. It calls itself a open database of the world's information. They have a api that is completely free and has limitless reads for now. Freebase schemas are gettting mature very quickly. Freebase can be very successful in providing the semantic structure for topics where Wikipedia could not.
The company schema in Freebase should have links to competitor companies. The type of the link could be further described to be a sector level, product level, company level competitor and so on. In the same line of thought, it might be extended to customers, partners and so on.
Hoovers, D&B, InfoUSA are putting a lot of human effort in compiling competitive intelligence are market data. Freebase though has the potential of taking off like Wikipedia and could easily cover the data carried by these vendors. ZoomInfo has been using machine intelligence and collecting web data. But they have serious quality issues when it comes to the long tail. This is an even bigger issues with D&B (ZapData). For Freebase though, as the data is open for applications via API's the quality of data will also eventually get stable.
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Are you a lefty? That is one heck of a find.
I stopped in at one of my favorite small gun shops, and spotted this Remington 1100 hiding amongst a bunch of shotguns.
In awesome shape, and already kinda "tactical".
Are you a lefty? That is one heck of a find.
Yessir, I am. I've always got my eye out for long guns for lefties. This 1100 almost leaped off the rack, into my hands!
Man I'm a lefty and love my Remington 1100
But I'd rather have yours
Good buy
Very nice, congratulations.


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Voters always tell pollsters they couldn't care less about the TB-GBs, as the Blair-Brown feuding is affectionately known in Westminster. If any of the infighting took place in public, it might be a different matter. But the TB-GBs are fed by a stream of books by disaffected former insiders and political journalists.
Anyone can read them. But few outside SW1 do. The juiciest morsels turn up in the Sundays, filleted and stripped of context, for hacks to chew over for the rest of the week. Quotes from unnamed Blairites and Brownites are rolled around and spat out. Labour may run the most sophisticated PR operation in the history of British politics, but it has been powerless to halt the burgeoning Blair-Brown publishing industry.
Paul Routledge's sympathetic 1998 biography of Gordon raised the legendary Granita deal. Andrew Rawnsley's Servants of the People revealed Gordon's bad temper and his habit of heckling Tony's speeches when they were broadcast on the radio. Books by James Naughtie and the ex-No 10 adviser Derek Scott followed. Clare Short, furious with Tony after the invasion of Iraq, claimed that Tony threatened to resign if Gordon came out in favour of Britain joining the euro. Francis Beckett and David Hencke joined the fray with The Blairs and Their Court. Now Robert Peston's Brown's Britain, impeccably timed as the PM and the chancellor compete to save Africa, has revived the saga.
Nor is there any sign that the well of revelations is drying up. The next two books are likely to shift far more copies than most of their predecessors. Peter Hyman, the former Downing Street education adviser who quit to become a teacher, will publish One Out of Ten: From Downing Street Vision to School Reality in February. Snappy title, striking cover. Rawnsley is also working on a sequel to Servants of the People. If he tackles the run-up to the war in Iraq, he may uncover what no one else yet has - evidence that the men quarrelled over the war as well as the euro and domestic policy.
But that particular revelation may have to wait for the Blair-Brown books that will complete the story - the ones written by the politicians themselves. By that time, the Blair-Brown power struggle will be political history. Yet these men know each other's weaknesses as no one else. Could one of them, his career prematurely over, exact revenge by destroying the other? Now, that would be a book worth waiting for.


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Justin Bieber Links With Dr. Dre for 'JustBeats' Headphones
Justin Bieber wants to save your ears. The teen heartthrob is linking with Monster Beats and Dr. Dre to introduce his own line of headphones, JustBeats. The pint-sized crooner is the latest celebrity endorser of the top of the line earphones available just in time for the holidays via electronics retailer, Best Buy.
"Music is one of our greatest assets, and how we deliver it should be our prized possession," said Bieber in a promotional video for the headphones. "We're about quality and the emotion of music, 'cuz I'm a musician and that's very important to me." According to the Biebz, it's important for his fans, and music lovers in general, to choose the best quality headphones available, instead of spending money on frivolous items like clothing. "Kids spend a lot of money on shoes and clothes and stuff. They spend, I don't know, $200 on an iPod and then they spend like $15 on headphones. It just doesn't make sense. They should hear properly."
The purple and chrome earpieces are available as headphones, which retail for $199.95 and the less expensive earbuds, at $119.95. JustBeats lock in a full spectrum of sound while delivering a "go-anywhere capability," courtesy of the low-profile connector which couples easily with any music player or mobile phone.
With his newest venture Bieber joins the rankings of Ludacris, Diddy, and Jay-Z who also have their own headphones, but if the singer's popularity is any indication as to how well this newest project will do, he is sure to hit another home run. In what has turned out to be a mega year for the Canadian transplant, the 16-year-old has not only taken the music industry by storm, but also dropped his own line of dolls, nail polish, and is prepping the release of his own 3-D documentary 'Never Say Never.'


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Were you alone on Valentine's Day?
When I was younger, I sought consolation in being my own valentine; but I went about it all wrong. I'd buy myself a heart-shaped box of chocolates, put on my red and white heart-emblazoned pajamas, and curl up in front of the TV to watch a Lifetime Channel boy-meets-girl movie. The "happily ever after" was some kind of Valentine miracle, of course.
This plan was clearly a recipe for disaster.
Can't you picture it? The red candy box was tossed aside, a single bite taken out of each one because somehow I'd got the box with all the weird pink insides that nobody likes.
I end up in a pile of tears, drowning my sorrows in a mug of instant hot cocoa.
Why do we buy into the cultural pressure that says we have nothing if we don't have a date for Valentine's Day—not to mention Saturday nights? Instead of internalizing all this emphasis on dating—and wringing our hands over the time we spend alone—perhaps it's time to push back against all this media hype.
Oddly enough, I almost never go out on Saturday nights. I've come to appreciate my Saturday nights as my own to do whatever I want; which, as an introvert, is to enjoy the time I have for peaceful silence and contemplation.
I used to call it: "Single Girl Saturday Night," until I described it to a friend. She was perplexed. "Why would you call it that?" She rolled her eyes at me. Over the course of our conversation, I started to see that she had a point. Why am I putting so much emphasis on dating? Why couldn't my Saturday night at home, just be called a quiet night in? Why was I so fixated on not having a date?
This is a crucial thing to consider if you were dateless on Valentine's Day.
In the same way that our culture provides us with endless reminders that our relationships should be more important than anything else, this one day out of the year presents itself as the pinnacle of this same kind of prioritizing.
I'm not going to finish this off wishing that everyone has a valentine for next year's Valentine's Day. Instead, I'll tell you that this was—and is—just one day out of the year. My wish, instead, is that you know you're loved, by your friends and family and most of all by the Holy Trinity who is the cornerstone of our faith.


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A Fellowship of Differents: Showing the World God's Design for Life Together Scot McKnight Hardback: Zondervan, 2015 [ This post is part of the Patheos Book Club] In the Slow Church book, John and I write: Let's pause for a moment to consider the great diversity of God's creation. Limiting our focus to Earth—just one of an estimated 100 billion planets in the Milky Way, which is itself just one of at least 175 billion galaxies in the universe—and limiting ourselves even further to dry land, think of the brilliant variety of landscapes, climates, peoples, languages an … [Read more...]
"Pray Without Ceasing…" [Awkward Christian Signs]
I was talking recently to some friends about the nature of prayer, and what it might mean to pray without ceasing (a topic that might merit some reflection on this blog in the near future), but while we were talking, some of them pointed me to this nearby sign...I'm sure the sign is merely a product of careless inattention to what is being said... (which is bad enough in itself) BUT it also stands as a powerful sort of reminder of the many shortcuts we take in our Western Christianity, and how we reduce the Gospel to fit our convenience. Such shortcuts were a key impetus in John and I … [Read more...]
Work, Generosity and the Schooling of Desire
Mike Bowling, pastor here at Englewood Christian Church, has been preaching through the 10 commandments this year, spending 3 weeks on each commandment, one looking at the Old Testament context, one looking at what Jesus said, and one looking at that commandment in the New Testament and beyond...This past Sunday was the third week of the series on "You shall not steal," and the text was Eph. 4:28: He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. There are a bunch of … [Read more...]
Lenten Reading: Against Religion
The thing that I have been most struck by as I have read the Sermon on the Mount (SOTM) repeatedly over the last few weeks, is how ambivalent it is toward what we call religion (or even at times, the text seems specifically anti-religious). I'm thinking here especially of Chapter 6 (v 1-18) and chapter 7 ( v. 15-29).One of the shortcuts that "Industrialized" Western Christian has taken over the last century or more is to make an increasingly big deal about the weekly (or bi-weekly, etc) worship service: about exactly the sorts of things that Jesus instructs against -- worship … [Read more...]
Lenten Reading: A couple of thoughts on the Sermon on the Mount
A couple of thoughts have popped into my mind the last few days as I read and reflected on the SOTM...First, John's decision to give up his iPhone reminded me of a similar choice by my friend Ragan Sutterfield: In Praise of Single Function Devices Ragan writes here: I've been wearing a watch recently. It's nice—it tells me the time. I've also been carrying a pocket calendar. It has dates with space to put in appointments and a few blank pages for notes. I also have a phone I've been using. It has internet access if I absolutely need it, but a painful pared down version—it is not "sm … [Read more...]
Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit
I was delighted to get a copy of poet Tania Runyan's collection Simple Weight last week, which fortuitously is structured around the backbone of the Beatitudes.Another collection of Runyan's poems, A Thousand Vessels was recently named a 2012 Englewood Honor Book (as one of the best books of the year).Simple Weight is going to make an excellent companion to my reading daily through the Sermon on the Mount, and I hope to share a few of the poems here between now and Easter.I begin today with the opening poem of the collection, one whose title are the opening words of the first … [Read more...]
Jesus Manifesto (and other alternate versions of the SOTM)
When John proposed the idea of reading the Sermon on the Mount every day through Lent, one of the first things that came to my mind was the paraphrase of the SOTM that my friend Ken Oster wrote a number of years ago entitled "Jesus Manifesto," (not to be confused with the later book of the same name by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola).After a fair bit of digging, I finally found my one page version of Ken's Jesus Manifesto, which I am honored to share with you here (and since it has been placed in the public domain, you are welcome to share it as you see fit): Jesus Manifesto by Ken Oster … [Read more...]


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Katie Holmes: Out to Lunch in LA
Posted Friday April 20, 2012 11:06 AM GMT
Stepping out for a social call, Katie Holmes was spotted having lunch at a Los Angeles eatery yesterday afternoon (April 19).
The "Dawson's Creek" darling was all smiles in a denim shirt and salmon trousers with a pulled-back hairdo as she happily conversed with some friends upon her exit
In career news, Katie has been tapped by Tommy Hilfiger to be the face of his new line of clothing, The Promise Collection.
Starting this month, the lineup will go on sale, and all proceeds will be invested back into Millennium Promise, a charity set up to fight against poverty and promote universal education.
Enjoy the pictures of Katie Holmes out to lunch in LA (April19).
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Australia Law
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I am needing clarification / confirmation of my understanding of the Invasion of Privacy ACT 1971 in Queensland for the following Sections and Sub Sections
Do not all of these apply to my situation. From my understanding they would and is in opposition to the answer you provided me with the other day.
4 Definitions listening device means any instrument, apparatus, equipment or device capable of being used to overhear, record, monitor or listen to a private conversation simultaneously with its taking place.
42 Reference to listening devices and private conversations (2) A reference in this part to a party to a private conversation is a reference--
(a) to a person by or to whom words are spoken in the course of a private conversation; and
(b) to a person who, with the consent, express or implied, of any of the persons by or to whom words are spoken in the course of a private conversation, overhears, records, monitors or listens to those words.
43 Prohibition on use of listening devices Subsection (2) (a) where the person using the listening device is a party to the private conversation; and
45 Prohibition on communication or publication of private conversations by parties thereto Subsection(2)(b),Subsection (2)(c)(iii) & Subsection (3)(c)&(d)
Please respond and confirm if my thinking is correct.
Regards Daniel
Hi Alex,
All sections below refer to the Invasion of privacy act 1971
Yes I am the person who made the recordings and as per section 42 (2) (a) & (b) I was a party to a private conversation as per subsection (2) (a) & (b) I am "of any persons by or to whom words are spoken in the course of a private conversation, overhears, records, monitors or listens to those words.
The recording device I used fits the definition in Section 4
As per section 43 (2) (a) the person using the listening device is a party of the private conversation. Again as per Section 42 (2) (a) & (b) above I am a party as per the definition.
As per section 45 (2) (c) (iii) and more so Section 45 (2) (e) recordings were made for the protection of the lawful interests of that person "me" which then ties into Section 45 (3) (c) & (d)
I hope this clarifies everything. The recordings were made as my employer was abusing their position of power "bullying in the workplace" and because they were issuing warning letters on me which were being served on me outside of company policy time frames. Also because I was threatened by senior management during the review process of the warning letters and because the company set up a situation which resulted in my constructive dismissal. These recordings can disprove the inaccuracies in their statements as the employer is denying that they constructed the dismissal.
Yes that's what I understand. BUT! the way that I read it I also understand that I would be able to take these to court or in this case FWA arbitration as evidence to support the actions and conduct of my employer against me over the last year as it goes to support the repeated and systematic approach they have used and shows a history of not treating me fairly either via policy or procedures and for the fact it demonstrates that management and HR were advised several times of my objections to the way they were treating me and that I had several times stated that their actions affected the work relationship between my direct and senior managers and that I had several times requested a witness or support person and that they denied me one.
So is it as I read it, true that these tapes will be able to be entered as eveidence to support my case that I was wrongfully dismissed via constructive dismissal?
Thanks Daniel
Thanks Alex for your replies as I thought that this was the legislation that would apply to my set of circumstances, as I was wanting and needing some clarity so that I can respond to my employer advising them of the the existance of this evidence so they know I can reputiate their false comments and claims.
Last question relating to this. In going back to the employer now or more so their lawyer, when I tell them of the existance of these I can use qoutes from the recordings to demonstrate some of the content correct? As it is only then being shared with the other person/s involved in the conversations and not an uninvolved third party. The reason I ask is that so of the qoutes and statements will make the lawyers realize that what they have been told does not truely reflect the actual content of the discussions and what was truely said and by whom.
Of their existance at all or just actual content. Because my former employer is a big big multi national and now that they have agreed to an open hearing they will not want to have this sort of information that I have against them to become public record, so I would have thought that as per Section 45 (2) allows ithe conversation to be communicated or published when section 45 Subsection (2)(a) applies "is made to another party to the private conversation" parties being refered to by definition in Section 42(2)(a)
Section 45(2) says
Subsection (1) does not apply where the communication or publication -
(a) "is made to another party to the private conversation"
As their lawyer is instructed to act on their behalf then would not Section 45 (2) (d) apply
"is made to a person who has, or is believed, on reasonable grounds by the person making the communication or publication to have, such an interest in the private conversation as to make the communication or publication reasonable under the circumstances in which it is made"
Would this not make it possible for me to communicate it to the Lawyer through the FWA conciliator as this matter has already had a concilation hearing last Thursday.
By communicating the existance and or part of the content now to the respondants lawyer MAY! and I say MAY! allow a remedy or agreement to be made while still at a conciliation level before having to go to arbitration. Basically I asked for compensation but the respondent declined but that was without them having the knowledge that the recordings exist. Making their existance aware now could bring around a commercial settlement before arbitration is necessary.
So don't devulge content but ok to advise them of existance of recordings?
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3 Prong Range Hook up question
Replacing my gas range with an electric. The wire is there but no outlet. The range is a three prong and coming out of the wall I have a white, black and bare. The outlet I have says the middle wire should be white. But on the range, I'm pretty sure the middle wire on the cord is the ground. Should I put the bare wire in the middle terminal on the outlet even though it is marked white? If so, does it matter which side the black and white is on?
You CANNOT use that range circuit! In fact, that circuit was never legal, even back in the days of "3-wire" range circuits. The bare ground in that NM cable CANNOT be used to carry current. The middle connection in your range is a NEUTRAL, NOT a ground.
You need a new "4-wire" circuit run to this range. Typically 6/3NM or 8/3NM is run.
You also need the appropriate 4-wire wall receptacle and cord set for the range.
In earlier times a three wire range circuit was the norm. If you have three wires coming out of the wall you are not required to change over to the four wire system.
The white and black are the hot wires. (240 Volt) The bare wire is the ECG (ground). Check in your service panel and see if both the black and white land on a double pole breaker. The breaker must be sized for the wire size. Like speedy said either 6/3 or 8/3 NM. The bare must land on the ground bus bar (terminal strip).
You must use a 3 prong outlet that matches your 3 prong plug. You are right, the middle wire in the cord is the ground.
If you were doing a renovation you would be required to change to four wire. But if you have the three wire and no major renovations are in progress you may connect a three wire range circuit.
THIS IS NOT TRUE!!!! A household range is a 120/240v appliance, NOT 240v.
How is it supposedly seasoned electricians still don't get this????
True, older "3-wire" 120/240v circuits were acceptable, IF they had a NEUTRAL!
The ONLY acceptable cables were ones with THREE INSULATED wires, OR Type SE cable. That's IT.
A solid bare wire IS NOT and WAS NEVER allowed to carry current or act as a neutral.
The cable in question to me sounds like NM cable:
YOU CANNOT use this cable/circuit.
More importantly, what size is the wire?
Some people would suggest that the bare conductor in NM is the same as the bare conductor in SE.
I was waiting for your response. I questioned your statement regarding the three wire hook up. I have never heard of or seen a 120/240 range. For purposes of this thread I checked the older range in my basement. It's nameplate say's 240. The diagram on the back of the range shows the terminations. 240 volt 3 wire. It actually has the ground identified as so. No mention of neutral. Of course the new ranges require the neutral for the electronics.
I am not doubting anything you said and would hope you would explain this to me in detail. I have been using three wire hook ups for a long time and if I have been screwing up each time I went to a range and found 6/2 and connected it, I have many call backs ahead on my dime. I hope I can find all these people, its been 30 plus years.
Sorry JV, but you have been wrong. Petey is correct. Prior to 1996, you were allowed to connect ranges and dryers with three insulated conductors (no separate ground) or SE type cable, provided the circuit originated at the main service panel. NM type cable with only two insulated conductors and a bare ground has never been allowed.
Range and dryer circuits originating in subpanels, or ranges and dryers installed in manufactured homes, required a 4 wire circuit even prior to 1996.
My first experience was in the early 70's. I just started doing electrical work and the 3 wire SE was a typical install. I asumed that ranges were straight 240 with a ground but when I did a service call for a buddy I found out different.
His burners worked on LOW but not high. He had a faulted conductor (due to his half asses repair when he cut the SE installing ductwork). His range was 120/240 so I would guess that most of them are. It did take the NEC a long time to change the requirements but I'd say it was a very good change.
I've never looked at a dryer motor to see if they are 120v but I assume the lights/controls are.
I remember as a kid (circa 1960) we had a dryer that would shock the piss out of you and it was right next to a doorway that we used every day.
My Dad's solution was to tell us not to touch it :jester:
The ground of NM cable was NEVER intended or designed to carry current.
I'm not sure how much clearer this can be.
You say with regard to a range, the bare wire in NM cable is the same as the bare in SE cable, in that it can carry current.
How is that ANY different than any other situation where the bare in NM carries circuit current?
You are obviously against that. You said it yourself:
It is two different issues.
As far as range/dryer circuits...........
In my opinion, the rule requiring a 4 wire circuit for ranges and dryers is one of the best changes in the NEC to come along. I never thought it was a good idea to allow the 3 wire system.
The code does allow the 3 wire system (bare neutral/ground) if it is SE.
In MY opinion, although against code, an existing 3 wire NM circuit is as safe as an existing SE circuit.
Using the ground as a conductor in a lighting/recep circuit is loaded with potential problem because of all the places it goes. Range/dryer issues will at least be limited to the appliance itself.
Not to disrupt your argument, but.... I believe the reason SE cable was allowed for ranges in the first place was not because there was anything special about the neutral. I believe it was allowed for convenience sake because electricians already had the cable on their trucks and didn't have to carry another size cable just for the range, years ago.
So the argument about the "special" SE neutral vs. the NM neutral I believe is a mute point.
At least that's my belief
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Pros: Worldwide recognition, all major accreditations, learning beyond cooking and learning what it takes to own or operate a world class establishment
Cons: expense, the heat, single location
While many of us first think of LCB, AI, J/W or CIA as the cooking schools most likely to get a quick certification and a quick placement, it might be a good idea to consider traditional academia as another source to learn the trade. Colleges and Universities, particularly in towns noted as tourist destinations often have fantastic programs. Even if you don't choose UNLV, please DO consider a college or university if you live near a tourist destination.
You can learn to cut a tourne, sauté anything, braise anything and pass your ServSafe anywhere in the USA. You don't even need to go to a culinary school. You can do it on your own without having to pay years of student loans.
And most of the culinary schools have degenerated to the point where they are no longer marketed at the traditional chef. They are now marketed to the habitually unemployed that has a government entitlement, and they are advertised on daytime shock/talk shows. They make the perspective student think they will be the next Food Network star or the next reality TV masterchef.
Of the traditional academic schools, I'd like for people to consider UNLV's William Harrah College of Hotel Administration. It is internationally famous. While still attending school, you can easily get a job with any one of a score of international hotel chains. As most of us in the industry know, if you're working for a major chain, you can transfer all over the world, or you can move to the "competitor" and have them instantly know the level of your profession.
UNLV has just about every accreditation on earth. It's degree is beyond culinary. It's an academic degree in case you decide to change careers. In most careers, a college degree is a college degree. So, if you change career paths, you still have a degree to show for it. With most of the culinary schools, if you change professions, you'll have nothing to show for it. And we all know that a large percentage of students that attend these schools will be leaving the industry because it simply isn't what they thought it was.
You'll have no trouble at all securing traditional loans, grants, internships and scholarships because of it's reputation. I think most loan companies have become wary of the "schools" that have daytime shock show advertisements. They know that if you attend one of those schools, you might get placed, but you'll be placed just above minimum wage, and you'll quickly become disillusioned with what you thought the industry was. Our industry is not glamour. It's tough work and it's a business.
This degree is not an "I know how to poach a perfect egg" certification. It is a real University degree that shows that you know what it takes to run a business, know how gather data and analyze costs. You will not think just reactively to the immediate P&L, you'll know how to think strategically. You'll be able to effectively communicate with employees, customers, providers, competitors and stakeholders. You'll know how to negotiate and read a contract. You'll know how to minimize or mitigate any points of liability. You'll know how to attract and retain customers.
Most culinary schools call a job doing prep or a job "on the line" for barely above minimum wage, "successful placement". When you graduate from UNLV/Harrah College, and you go through "placement", you're not going to be doing prep or working the line as a garde manger, although you can if you choose to. UNLV already has business contacts with every resort in town and probably every major hotel chain in the world. If you graduate from UNLV, chances are, you're going to be looking a managing a kitchen or managing a business. And, if you decide to, you'll have the best school in the nation in it's field, when you approach a bank or a venture capitalist for a business loan if you leave the corporate world and open your own place.


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Well first things first, Mafia II really is poised to become an instant classic. With over 5 years of development, and a huge following from the original – the pre-orders are stacking up and downloads of the demo are as well. People are awaiting to see what Mafia II really is about. And I have to plug the Miami release party put together by Gamertag Radio, which is going down this Sunday August 22nd at Grand Central lounge (click here for info). But I digress…
Like I mentioned, I was given the privilege of going to New York in late June to attend a private 2K Games preview presentation of Mafia II, and of Civilization V, both of which are part of a stable of franchise games under the 2K Games umbrella. But for now, since it is Mafia II week here on The305, we'll just stick with Mafia II for now and discuss Civilization V at a later date.
Now, as far as what we saw at the presentation – we basically got to experience an exclusive look into the game, a demo version beyond what the general public and press got to see at the E3 convention which occurred a couple months earlier.
I'll be 100 percent honest and give full disclosure that I am not a hardcore gamer. So I came into the presentation with a more non-biased mindset. However after seeing all three versions, Mafia II looks best via its PC version. While that was expected, it still pretty much destroys its console cousins in the graphics department without argument.
The console side of things is a heavy marketplace though, and Mafia II will definitely have its Xbox 360 and PS3 comparison wars – they've actually already been occurring. But from my look at both console versions, both are good adaptations of the game, with the Xbox 360 looking slightly better in rendering. However, PS3 owners may find a little leverage with exclusive downloadable content. That I know of, right now the Betrayal Of Jimmy DLC will currently be a PS3 exclusive that the Xbox 360 won't have.
I got a chance to experience the game in all its forms. But the highlight of the presentation was experiencing the NVIDIA based 3D rig (www.nvidia.com) that 2K Games had set up to let us experience Mafia II in real 3D. One word: amazing. With a PC that was seemingly on steroids, we experienced Mafia II in what seems like all modern games should be played like. I'm talking three HD monitors side-by-side added with the NVIDIA's 3D Vision glasses and it was literally as if you were back in the 1940's. And with the three-monitor set-up, it was like having true peripheral vision capabilities during game-play. It was really an experience like no other, however I'm sure it will be a pretty penny to get your PC set-up to duplicate what I experienced. But for the hardcore gamer…think of it as an investment for the future.
All in all, the game was great…well, atleast what I was able to play of it. And come this August 24th, you can have your chance at adding this title to your arsenal of games for the PS3, Xbox 360 or PC.
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The family inside the house, located near 3100 South on Elmer Drive (8070 West), was able to escape unharmed after smoke detectors woke them up at about 2 a.m.
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