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The reward for stopping Chris Leben after 10 minutes on Saturday should include top contender status in the Ultimate Fighting Championship's middleweight division, as far as Mark Munoz is concerned.
"I paid my dues in this weight class and I think I deserve a title shot," Munoz said after beating Leben at UFC 138. "Anderson Silva is by far the best pound-for-pound fighter. I give him all the respect and honor, but I think I deserve a title shot right now."
Munoz defeated Leben in the main event of UFC's return to Birmingham, England. Leben's cornermen halted the bout after two rounds because their fighter could not see, with blood into his left eye from a cut caused by Munoz's strikes on the ground.
"Hard to fight when you're choking on blood," Leben said. "I'm definitely going to need to evaluate my ground game after that performance … He beat me tonight. My hat's off to Munoz."
There was no secret about Munoz's game plan going into the bout. The former collegiate champion wrestler survived Leben's powerful punches and took him down repeatedly to set up the ground-and-pound assault that has been the hallmark of most Munoz victories.
Leben at times appeared to connect solidly with hooks. He also grappled well early, stuffing some of Munoz's shots, attempting chokes and even getting a takedown of his own in the first round.
"I knew I had to look out for his left hand, and he came with it," Munoz said. "I had to get rid of my brawling instincts and I had to stick to my wrestling."
His persistence paid off. Leben's face was bloody by the middle of the second round from eating several punches thrown by Munoz from top position. Referee Marc Goddard paused the fight with less than 90 seconds remaining in the round, and although he allowed the fight to continue after a cursory check from the doctor, Leben told his corner before the third round that he could not see.
Leben is now 0-2 headlining UFC shows in Birmingham. He lost a decision to Michael Bisping in the main event of an October 2008 event in England's second-most populated city.
Whether Munoz's fight will be for the middleweight title remains to be seen. UFC officials are trying to put together a fight between champion Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen, the No. 2 middleweight in the USA TODAY/MMA Nation consensus rankings after crushing No. 8 Brian Stann last month. The mutual disdain between Silva and Sonnen — not to mention the excitement of their fight last year, nearly won by Sonnen — gives that rematch a natural storyline.
Munoz's relationship with Silva could not be more different than Sonnen's. Silva and Munoz trained together for several months and remain friends.
But No. 4 Munoz has a four-fight winning streak, including victories over top-13 opponents in his last two bouts. He has won seven of eight UFC fights as a middleweight, with his only loss a close decision to No. 3 Yushin Okami. Munoz is the top-rated middleweight who hasn't fought for a UFC belt yet.
In the co-main event, Renan Barao used a rear-naked choke to submit home country favorite Brad Pickett in the first round.
The beginning of the end came when Barao floored Pickett with a left knee strike and a straight right punch. Barao landed several punches on his downed opponent, then quickly climbed his back and secured the choke, which was tight enough to force a tapout although the arm was across Pickett's chin, rather than underneath it.
Source: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/mma/post/2011-11-05/munoz-beats-leben-at-ufc-138-calls-out-silva/561753/1

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Clean rooms No breakfast options
Bathroom was clean AC wasn't working in our part of the building, poor internet quality and poor communication by staff. Rooms were dirty in general, but as mentioned, bathroom seemed clean.
Location was great. Easy access to and from 35W. Staff were friendly enough. Room was clean, but older. The newer bed was fairly comfortable. There was a mini fridge in the room. Newer TV...but no HD, so attempting to watch the news was horrible because it was so grainy. We stayed 2 nights and the second night our key didn't work. Pillows were terrible. There was no real fitted sheet on the bed. There were just 2 flat sheets. There was a horrible couch that took up a large part of the room. It was disgusting and very uncomfortable. I would have rather had a desk or table with a chair. There was a strange odor in the room. It smelled like cheap cologne. I did not like that sink was right next to the door and right in front of the bathroom. You had to move if someone was going in or out of the bathroom because the door swung out. Small bathroom counter. More space would have been preferred.
Good location, gym on site, free breakfast, airport shuttle, friendly and courteous staff. The room I was assigned had bedbugs. I saw one crawling across my bed after a blood meal. I thought it was something I brought in my luggage at first and crushed it, but in the morning, I woke up with 20-some bites over my arms and chest. Looking back at reviews, there have been bedbug problems since at least 2011.
it was just OK nothing really special. Waited an hour for the airport shuttle for pick upoutside from the airport. Staff not very helpul.
That it was pet friendly! The breakfast was good and the staff were very friendly. The bed was too soft and actually felt like the mattress should be replaced :( It would be nice if the breakfast room could be left open other than at breakfast (with all the food, etc. put away of course), just so people have somewhere to sit and work or read, other than just their room.
Airport shuttle Noise, craftsmen hotel
Absolutely nothing! They left my wife and I stranded at the airport for over an hour. Desk never told the driver. Hotel is ten minutes from the airport. Front desk staff not a people person. Do yourself a favor...never stay there.
The price and customer service 0
I liked that the front desk guy was very nice. I dislike that I did NOT get the room I paid for! And when switched rooms I still did NOT get it!
Location Just about everything. I won't stay there again.
The location of the hotel from Ikea and The mall of America. The room that was given to me was next to the elevator and whenever someone used it, it would make a sound which could be heard in the room which disturbed my sleep the whole night. Guests were smoking in the corridor and could smell it inside the room. Guests were washing clothes at night in the machine exactly opposite the room. We wanted to extend our stay in the hotel, instead we moved to another hotel. Staff was less bothered with the feedback given.
I booked the super 8 20 minutes before we arrived. check in was easy and the staff were friendly. The bed was so comfy and the bathroom/shower was perfect for a quick rinse and to get ready in the morning. We could only get a smoking room and the smell stayed on our clothes after our visit.
The hotel was very close to the Mall of America, the airport and has a cross walk over to the Taco Bell across the freeway which was great! My friend and I also really liked that there was a bus route that stops at the front of the hotel and took us right to the convention center in Minneapolis for our conference! Pretty decent continental breakfast and comfy pillows! The room did not have a mini-fridge which did not help the fact that we had a fruit and veggie plate which went bad after a night or two. We were given the handicapped hotel room which was great for space but the shower handle did not stay put or hang high enough to use as a shower head. As well, the bathroom was not cleaned out very well and this room was right beside the freeway so every night my friend and I slept with ear plugs, which helped block out the sounds.
All of the desk staff and Joey the van transporter!!! Very good!
Nothing. Cops were there, prostitution and drug busts. Awful place to stay Everything
Close to airport Mold on window Found 2 long hairs in bed, 1 on top sheet, 1 on fitted sheet. Bed was hard as nails. Candle wax on floor at foot of the bed. Curtains were dirty.
Close to the airport, plenty of space A lot of cigarette smoke, really unpleasant
The price was the only decent this game about this place. There was hair folded in 2 of the towels, walls are paper thin, water pressure in shower was terrible, disgusting ice machine, staff was rude and didn't want to fix anything, and much more.
Once you make it to your room it's a decent stay, comfortable enough environment. It was very minimal with it's commodities and it was in a very sketchy part of town. We got hit on, on our way to our hotel room, we didn't feel safe. We will not be staying at this hotel again.


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There is only one road in and out of the hotel that England's footballers will be using at the World Cup, and even that's pretty hard to find.
You have to drive up the side of a mountain, turn left at the bottom of the ski slope, go on for a mile and then bear off past the Max Grundig Klinik.
You'll probably go wrong somewhere along the line. I know I did.
People have spoken of the team staying in Baden-Baden, but they're actually six miles away, and most of that distance winds its way through forests.
If you like remote, you'd like this.
Of course, come the summer, you won't get near the place. The 90-room Schlosshotel Buhlerhohe has been booked out by the Football Association and it won't be welcoming uninvited visitors.
That one road leading to the entrance will be watched over day and night, and should you try to sneak in, you better bring your crampons.
The FA, having made a habit of trying to find the most isolated hotels possible for its players, has really excelled itself this time.
But if it will feel like a bit of a prison, at least it is a gilded cage.
Luxurious rooms, a splendid swimming pool, even a boutique selling designer clothes for those players who cannot stand a month without retail therapy.
I should have told the boutique owner to stock up, double the prices, and bring a bit of Knightsbridge to Buhl.
But this is, unmistakably, German.
A large imperial eagle peers down from the top of the building, watching over the hotel. The car park was full of very expensive Mercedes and BMWs. The place exudes a quiet sense of wealth.
Drive down the mountain, though, and you find an altogether more welcoming place. The home of Buhlertal football club is an unassuming, welcoming sort of place, with a noisy bar and two large pitches.
The FA likes it because, and this may not come as a surprise, it stands at the end of a single-track road.
It's not quite as remote as the hotel, but it's not far off. Security is the FA's watchword, and it has been applied here with vigour.
When we went there, the players were training cheerfully in the snow, and murmuring excitedly about the arrival of England.
Almost to a man, they thought Frank Lampard was the best player in the side, although Wayne Rooney's name got a fair few mentions as well.
Down in the reserved and rather genteel town of Buhl, the average person doesn't seem quite so well informed about the England players.
David Beckham's was the name that got repeated a few times, but rarely in the context of his football ability.
"I would love to see Beckham," said one woman I spoke to amid the peace of Buhl's less-than-bustling high street, her eyes rolling up, her mouth curling into broad smile.
"But I think he might be a bit too busy to come shopping here."
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text: 6 December 1999 Competition - Win a bottle of champagne Sign up for our weekly email * No 3606 Set by Margaret Rogers We asked for poems on the Internet. Report by Ms de Meaner A largish postbag and a satisfying number of never-before-seen names - perhaps due to the subject matter. Welcome Miranda Davies ("after years of reading: a first attempt"), Jayne Astley, Andy Wilcox, H M Hogan, John Whitworth and Ian Stirling. There were a few other names I thought I didn't recognise, but wasn't sure. You, too, are welcome. I have had quite a few chatty letters this week, which included an e-mail from a comper, whose name I will never tell, who has written to warn me against a certain class of entrant: "I hope you are confining entries to those compers who do actually surf the net, unlike Ian Birchall, who still uses carrier pigeon." No, no, no. Not carrier pigeon. A nice postman brings it. And, very acceptably, it is at least typed. Unlike some. The best this week were parodies, but hell, why not. Longfellow, Henry Reed and Burns are OK by me. And a double dactyl, too! What could be finer? £15 to the winners, hon menshes to Gordon Watson, Will Bellenger and El Basilio. The bottle goes to David Silverman. And get better soon Avigdor Cannon, who entered, he tells me, from his hospital bed. What dedication! Today we have naming of parts. Yesterday, We had hourly e-mailings. And tomorrow morning, We shall have what to do after logging. But today, Today we have the World Wide Web. The Internet Is a bag of tricks, a superhighway with great features, Today we have naming of e-parts. This is the V-modem plug-in. And this Is the SuperView Browser, whose use you will see When you pay an ISP. And this is the Encryption Key, Which in this case you have not got. The upgrades Cost more if you're running Windows, unless they're bundled, Which in your sad case they are not. This is the search engine, which scouts around the web And comes up with really weird sites. And please do not let me See anyone using Gophers. They are now quite redundant. Let us now go to www dot parts dot comp. John O'Byrne Piffledom-poffledom, Microsoft Network Com Offers free e-mail to Anyone: who, Choosing a password quite Unmemorisable, Finds that the post has got Lost in the blue. Andy Wilcox Eric, many times a grandad, Twice-divorced, alone in Pittsburg, E-mailed Eva, stuck in Vilnius: (She who met him in a chatroom; She who shared his taste in websites Dedicated to old movies, News sites, bookstores with cut prices, Sites with gossip on the royals) He was coming out to see her! Eva, buxom and ambitious Scanned her photo, sent it to him; Knew she'd never get a Green Card, So she pinned her hopes on marriage. Oh the romps in hotel bedrooms! Yet another silver surfer Hooked and landed while online. Anne Du Croz There are reams of dreary conspiracy theories, Out-of-focus photos of Elvis alive, Websites where geeks debate seventies sci-fi, Sites where back-bedroom pornography thrives. Every ism, every wasm, every snake-oil religion, All churning out babble, building Babel anew, There's ologies, osophies, alien abductees, Fraternities of perverts typing deeds they daren't do. Vast enough to pander to every obsession From PCs to ETs, calling all points between, The Internet dignifies our various insanities, But insanities shared only seem less extreme. Adrian Fry Wee sleeket, click-it cannie beastie - Oh, what power lies in thy breastie! Of a' the schemes of mice and men, There's nothing that tha' dinna ken. A' the gossip, bickerin' brattle, A' the news and a' the prattle, From bank and brae and croft and glen - There's nothing that tha' dinna ken. Auld men, wee bairns and bonnie lassies, At haem or school or evening classes, Sod tha' haemwork, dinna fret - Doonload a' o'er tha' Internet. Should auld acquaintance ae forgot Tha' canna brang to mind? Nae dinna fret, nae troosers wet, For the sak of gang on-lyne. David Silverman No 3609 Set by Leonora Casement The performance artist Jordan McKenzie was dismissed from Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education after complaints were received about a film of him dancing naked round a pig's heart. Some students felt "a more gradual introduction to his work would have been better". Describe "a more gradual approach" suitable for these nervous students. Max 200 words by 17 December. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 06 December 1999 issue of the New Statesman, My night with Mad Frankie Fraser More


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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 62,
November 2010 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Atlanta, Georgia November 6-11, 2010.
Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Arthritis.
Chiba, Asako, Tajima, Ryohsuke, Miyazaki, Yusei, Yamamura, Takashi, Miyake, Sachiko
MR1-restricted mucosal associated invariant T (MAIT) cells are a subset of innate lymphocytes which express an invariant TCRa chain (Va 19-Ja 33 in mouse and Va 7.2-Ja 33 in human) with a limited set of TCRb chains. We previously reported the regulatory role of MAIT cells in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, an animal model of multiple sclerosis. To understand their role in animal models of arthritis, we generated MR1-/- DBA1/J mice and analyzed their disease susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis(CIA). We also investigated if MAIT cells are involved in the effector phase of arthritis by using two animal models of antibody-induced arthritis (AIA). Finally we studied mechanisms by which MAIT cells modulate autoimmune responses.
To obtain MR1-/- DBA1/J mice, MR1-/-C57BL/6 mice were backcroosed to DBA1/J mice for ten generations. To induce CIA, MR1-/- DBA/1J mice or WT littermates were immunized intradermally with bovine type II collagen (CII) (150mg) in Freund's complete adjuvant containing 250mg of H37Ra Mycobacterium tuberculosis on day 0 and CII in IFA on day 21. AIA was induced in MR1-/- C57BL/6 mice and WT littermates by injecting either K/BxN serum i.p. or a mixture of anti-type II collagen antibodies i.v. followed by lipopolysaccharide i.p. Va 19i T cells (mouse MAIT cells) were sorted from liver or spleen cells of Va19iTCR-Transgenic (Va 19iTg) CD1d-/- mice by using anti-TCRb and anti-NK1.1 monoclonal antibodies. In adoptive transfer studies, NK1.1+ TCRb+ Va19i T cells sorted from Va19iTg CD1d-/- mice were injected i.v. into MR1-/- mice on one day before the induction of arthritis. Cytokine producing capacity of MAIT cells stimulated with or without anti-CD3mAb in the presence of various types of cytokines was evaluated by ELISA or cytokine bead assay kit.
MR1-/- DBA/1J mice were more resistant to CIA compared to WT littermates, as demonstrated by clinical and histological scores of arthritis. CII specific antibody levels in the serum were reduced in MR1-/-DBA/1J mice compared to WT controls. The severity of clinical and pathological features of AIA was reduced in MR1-/- mice compared to control WT mice. MR1-/- mice reconstituted with MAIT cells developed severe forms of arthritis to the similar level of arthritis in WT mice. IL-17 production by anti-CD3mAb-stimulated MAIT cells was highly augmented in the presence of IL-23. In addition, MAIT cells were activated and produced IL-17 upon IL-23 stimulation even without TCR stimulation.
MAIT cells contribute to the pathogenesis of arthritis. MAIT cells may be activated by cytokines which are abundant in inflammatory arthritis, and this may in turn amplify autoimmune responses.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Chiba, Asako, Tajima, Ryohsuke, Miyazaki, Yusei, Yamamura, Takashi, Miyake, Sachiko; Mucosal Associated Invariant T Cells Contribute to the Pathogenesis of Arthritis. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2010;62 Suppl 10 :2232
DOI: 10.1002/art.29996


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- SFIL Gets 20-Year Rating for Nuclear Projects
- Growing nuclear
- 20-year certification to ASME 3800
- Producing parts for Westinghouse AP1000
- Anticipating ASME NPT accreditation
Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd, the British engineering group, reported recently it has retained a 20-year quality certification for civil nuclear castings and forgings. The Quality System Certificate was renewed once the group passed a rigorous conducted audit by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 3800 Code survey.
"This qualification recognizes our quality levels," stated David Street, Sheffield Forgemasters' group quality director. "Our role as a Tier One member of the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (NAMRC), allows us to play a crucial part in establishing quality assurance requirements for businesses aiming to enter the UK civil nuclear supply chain."
The ASME Code is a comprehensive series of directives for manufacturing parts and systems for civilian nuclear operation, and similar in scope to all other compliance requirements. SFIL noted this is important because its work with civilian nuclear power producers, engineers, and contractors around the world will be strengthened by the recertification. Specifically, it stated that its reputation as a supplier of heavy castings and forgings for nuclear-power projects will continue as a consequence of the achievement.
The manufacturing complex at Sheffield, England, includes electric furnace melting and casting for ingots, forging and foundry operations, as well as and large-dimension machining capabilities.
The group's forging capabilities include a 10,000-mt press with a fully integrated, 300-m metric ton manipulator; a 4,000-mt ton press with an 80-metric ton rail-bound manipulator; and a 2,500-mt press with a 50-mt rail-bound manipulator, and 8-mt mobile manipulator.
SFIL is a longtime supplier of nuclear components, citingtransition cones, shell strakes and tubesheets as well as parts for pressurizers as some of the typical products. Rolls Royce Plc and Sheffield Forgemasters Engineering collaborated to develop components for the U.K. nuclear submarine program, and Sheffield Forgemasters is the principal supplier to Rolls of safety-critical components for the submarine program. "This work has culminated in the development of innovative forging techniques to enhance the mechanical properties of safety-critical nuclear components for submarine units by more complex shaping at the forging stage," the group explained, and that technology is being transferred to the production of large civil nuclear components. It is being extended to involve hot extrusion processes, too, according to SFIL.


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Having to wear the lenses in the hit movie series, the 24-year-old hunk admits he literally has to be held down while make-up artists put them in his eyes.
Robert Pattinson wants to send his "Twilight" contact lenses into space after he wraps the vampire movie franchise, because he hates them. As romantic bloodsucker Edward Cullen, the Brit has been putting the uncomfortable colored lenses in his eyes for years, and Pattinson admits he literally has to be held down while make-up artists put them in.
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EDITORIALS>>Watch out for deer
We are talking about the unintended weapons with which many unwary motorists manage to get themselves a deer, however accidentally: collisions between deer on the one hand, and cars or trucks on the other.
Its the time of year that the deer are out, crossing roads at just the time when they cannot be seen: dawn, dusk and the first few hours of darkness. And anyone who has even had a near-miss will tell you they tend to spring out and hit the road at a dead run just as your vehicle approaches.
Some might even suggest the deer are engaged in playing chicken with the vehicles, for whatever reason.
Of course, thats not true, but the fact remains that, according to published statistics made available by the U.S. Army, there are an average of 2,200 collisions between deer and vehicles each year.
Most of these collisions are in the mid- to late fall. Thats the time of year we are right now so we are all at some risk. Such collisions do an average of $3,000 damage to the vehicles, occasionally leaving a given vehicle undriveable.
But the damage or the frequency of such collisions is not the major issue. What if the deer you hit comes up onto and past the hood of your car? Where does it go?
Right into your windshield, thats where. And even granted that hitting the deer with the front of your car will dissipate some of the energy of the collision, its still up to 250 pounds of deer coming through the windshield at speeds up to 60 miles an hour.
Everyone in the front seat is therefore at risk of serious injury, even death, from such a collision.
So the threat is real. What to do about it is pretty straightforward, if not a 100 percent guarantee of collision avoidance.
According to published sources including those of the U.S. Army, the areas containing the greatest threats of deer-vehicle collisions are wooded areas and fields. You know just like what we have around here alongside roads even inside Paragould. So extra vigilance and slower speeds are necessary in these areas.
Keep your eyes peeled during low-light conditions. Generally we are talking dusk, dawn and the first few hours of darkness. Even so, some of us have seen and barely missed deer in early afternoons of sunny days.
Drive with your lights on high beam when there is not oncoming traffic. The extra light will reflect out of the deers eyes so you can see the eyes before you actually see the deer.
At this time of the year, especially with the onset of hunting season, deer are apt to become panicky in efforts to evade real or imagined hunters.
Stay alert and watch the sides of the road as well as the center.


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Release Date: March 19, 2004
Rating: Rated R (Restricted - Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent Or Adult Guardian) for pervasive strong horror violence and gore, language and sexuality.
Genre: Zombie action thriller
Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Webber, and Mekhi Phifer
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Screenplay by: James Gunn
Based on a screenplay by: George A. Romero
Producers: Richard P. Rubenstein , Marc Abraham, Eric Newman
Executive Producers: Thomas A. Bliss, Dennis E. Jones, Armyan Bernstein
Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Webber and Mekhi Phifer head an ensemble cast in a re-envisioning of George Romero's apocalyptic horror classic, Dawn of the Dead. An unexplained plague has decimated the world's population and yet...the dead aren't dying. They've become zombies, stalking endlessly in a constant quest to feed on the flesh and blood of the few remaining living.
A ragtag group of desperate survivors in a Wisconsin town seek refuge in a large indoor mall, where they must learn not only to protect themselves from the ever-increasing zombie horde, but also to co-exist with each other as a last bastion of humanity. Sealed off from the rest of what used to be the world, the group uses every available resource (both within and without) in their against-all-odds fight to remain alive and human.
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Well, I just dropped $1,500 on a 1.8 size shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo buddhist flute) in Tokyo made by Chikufuu. This is the one that Zen monks play to become enlightened. 300 years ago it was illegal to touch one if you were not a monk, and the players were guaranteed free passage on ships, free admittance to plays, and free travel between all the prefectures of Japan by the Shogunate. Many were ex-samurai and used the heavy flute as a deadly club in combat. They wore giant baskets on their heads to emphasize their detachment from the physical world. I've looked and looked and I can't find a single piece of ACTUAL shakuhachi music on audiojungle played on a real shakuhachi. Well just you wait. Coming soon to audiojungle! http://fradive.webs.ull.es/confe/heid2009/zenshakuh.jpg
Awesome! Enigma style, please!
Awesome! I love the sound of those!!
I can also lay down shakuhachi lines for you guys if you want, i have available to me the D minor pentatonic scale in two octaves (mainly, other bent notes can be played.)
Blacklamp said...maybe because there's no monks or samurai on audiojungle Anyway, I'm very curious about.
I've looked and looked and I can't find a single piece of ACTUAL shakuhachi music on audiojungle played on a real shakuhachi.
I might need for my album, not AJ material. I will PM you when my tracks will be in shape of getting more instruments and let's hope the offer will still be available.
Congratulations Blacklamp. I love the sound, and try playing it on my keyboard regularly. But it wouldn't compare to owning a real one. I'm looking forward to hearing it on AJ!
That's a serious-looking flute – is it necessary to wear a basket on your head when you play though? Those shoes are amazing too, but probably not good for running away after you've walloped someone with the Shakuhachi! Look forward to hearing your music with it
Only the monks of ancient times wore the basket, people today wear them as costumes during some rare performances. Mejiro (shakuhachi store), which is like a 5 minute walk from Mejiro station in Tokyo, has the outfits for sale, the begging bowl, the tengu hat, the sash and the shoes. The Fuke sect was banned a few hundred years ago after some political upheaval because they were spies for the previous government, hence the special privileges.
It's notoriously difficult to play, i've spent about 6 barely squeaking out a tone, and another 6 months where all I could do was string together an exhausted sounding single line and then have to sit down. Normally when I pick up a new instrument, I can make something nice happen on it in a few days, sometimes a few hours, but not this beast.Here is mine: https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/392413_10100159599907741_1959763826_n.jpg
That shakuhachi offer will ALWAYS be available, as well as 10 mic live drums or any other of the 30 or more instruments that I play. PM me for more info.


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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg released a $68.7 billion preliminary budget proposal that City Council members described as far less painful than previous years, with no calls for teacher layoffs that had been sought in the past.
The mayor proposed eliminating funding for 20 fire companies, council officials said, a staple of his previous budget proposals that has been opposed by lawmakers; in recent years, the council has succeeded in restoring funding during negotiations ahead of the final vote in June.
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DALLAS — Robert Gates, the new president of the Boy Scouts of America, said Friday that he would have moved last year to allow openly gay adults in the organization but said he opposes any further attempts to address the policy now.
Gates took over an organization this week that serves about 2.5 million youth, but faces continued membership declines and fights over its inclusion of openly gay boys, but not adults. Gates, the former secretary of defense who oversaw the end of the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, addressed those issues Friday, a day after Scouting's national leadership elected him president.
"I was prepared to go further than the decision that was made," Gates told The Associated Press in an interview in advance of a speech before the group's national leaders at its annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn. "I would have supported having gay Scoutmasters, but at the same time, I fully accept the decision that was democratically arrived at by 1,500 volunteers from across the entire country."
The BSA's National Council voted at last year's annual meeting to accept openly gay youth, after a long process with protests on both sides.
"Given the strong feelings — the passion — involved on both sides of this matter, I believe strongly that to re-open the membership issue or try to take last year's decision to the next step would irreparably fracture and perhaps even provoke a formal, permanent split in this movement — with the high likelihood neither side would subsequently survive on its own," Gates said in prepared remarks.
Gates, 70, who also served as director of the CIA, is a visible advocate for Scouting as it faces a storm of bad publicity. The Scouts reached out to Gates as he was retiring from the Defense Department and asked him to join their leadership, said Wayne Perry, the departing BSA president. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson, who was expected to become president this year, agreed to wait another two years to allow Gates to serve now.
"We need America to know what the Boy Scouts can do for the youth of America," Perry said, adding that Gates "immediately can reach an audience that we wouldn't otherwise reach."
Gates earned his Eagle Scout award as a 15-year-old growing up in Wichita, Kan. He has long credited that achievement for giving him the confidence to excel in nearly five decades of public service, and he stayed involved in Scouting during his career.
Over the last decade, the Scouts faced small, but consistent declines in membership. Also, high-profile sponsors and corporate donors, including Disney and Lockheed Martin, cut funding over the exclusion of openly gay adults. Meanwhile, a handful of conservatives who opposed the inclusion of openly gay boys started their own organization, Trail Life USA.
Gates told the AP he wanted to move the Scouts past that debate and focus on what unites the membership. He said he would push for a heavier focus on local marketing and sharing positive stories about Scouting efforts that are sometimes drowned out by debates over gay rights or child abuse lawsuits filed against the Scouts in several states.
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Trimble Navigation has made a fair number of strategic acquisitions in the past ten years. Spectra-Precision and Tripod Data Systems were acquired early last decade. Applanix, Seco Manufacturing are some you've heard of, but there's been a fair number of companies that you've never heard of, typically ones that allow Trimble to entrench themselves deeper into their core vertical markets (engineering, construction, GIS, MRM, etc.). Trimble has always strived at providing a complete solution (hardware, software, sensors, etc.) and it's one of the reasons they've been so successful.
Within the past 30 days, they announced two acquisitions that are higher profile and you may have noticed.
The first acquisition was Measurement Devices, a UK-based company specializing in laser rangefinders. The acquisition is not surprising as the ground-based (terrestrial) laser scanning business is growing. Actually, I should clarify, I'm not sure it was an acquisition or what kind of acquisition it was since there's been no press announcement on it that I've seen, but it doesn't matter. Obviously, something happened because this week Trimble announced the Trimble LaserAce 1000 handheld laser rangefinder, which is clearly based on MDL technology.
Trimble LaserAce 1000
The second acquisition was a bit more surprising to me and some of you, but probably a smart move on Trimble's part. Trimble announced they acquired certain assets of OmniSTAR's land applications business. OmniSTAR also has a significant offshore client base (oil & gas) so apparently that wasn't included in the sale. The acquisition does include OmniSTAR's land business for North/South America, Europe/North Africa/Middle East/India, Asia Pacific, and South Africa.
The OmniSTAR acquisition is pretty smart, at least for the medium-term. Trimble has been quietly (until now) growing their GPS correction service business. Their VRS Now service, a subscription-based RTK Network, provides both RTK and decimeter corrections in many parts of the world already. OmniSTAR will only enhance Trimble's subscription offering. In the short-term, they will have a strong portfolio in the real-time corrections business with Deere/Navcom being the only other major player offering satellite-based world-wide subscription services. However, the Deere/Navcom system (StarFire) is focus on agriculture and doesn't have much support from receiver manufacturers/integrators outside of the agriculture market like OmniSTAR does. With Trimble's acquisition of OmniSTAR's land business, Deere/Navcom might look at the non-ag markets differently. It will be interesting to watch.
The longer-term competition for real-time decimeter correction are the public (free) SBAS such as WAAS (North America), EGNOS(Western Europe/No Africa), MSAS (Japan), and GAGAN (India). They are all slated to implement the new civil L5 signal. Once that happens, albeit 5-10 years from now, decimeter accuracy will be at your fingertips, free of charge, if you're using an L1/L5 capable receiver and in an SBAS coverage area.
Speaking of Deere/Navcom, just this week they showed signs of non-agriculture life by taking a step to enter markets outside of agriculture with the introduction of their pole-mount SF-3040 GNSS receiver. Although somewhat of a "me too" product, it does include the capability of accessing their StarFire network, which makes it unique.
Deere/Navcom's SF-3040 Pole-Mount GNSS Receiver
Seeing how OmniSTAR seems to be a popular subject this week, newcomer Geneq added another OmniSTAR receiver to their product like this week. Claiming to be the smallest GPS L1/L2 OmniSTAR receiver in the world, they introduced the SXBlue III-L GPS that's able to use OmniSTAR's HP and XP corrections services. If you recall, a few months ago, Mike Whitehead and I collected 24 hrs. of OmniSTAR HP-corrected data as part of some experimenting we did for the January webinar. I ran the data through a rigorous statistical software program that randomly tested the accuracy of the data. The horizontal accuracy (at the NSSDA 95% confidence level) was 9cm.
Geneq SXBlue III-L GPS
LightSquared Saga
I feel I need to keep you up-to-date on what's going on with LightSquared. As crazy as it sounds, I could see the FCC pushing this through unless the GPS community makes a lot of noise. Bear in mind, I don't think it's an 'all or nothing" deal. LightSquared is not going to rollover. For sure, the testing will show it jams GPS to some extent. I'm confident of that. At the end of the day, I think they will push for some sort of compromise, a compromise that would likely mean that GPS functionality would be degraded, possibly signal strength degradation. The high-precision users (sub-meter and below) will take the hit because those receivers try to squeeze as much from GPS as possible, so a few dB of signal strength is very important.
On April 21, we are hosting a free webinar entitled "LightSquared and GPS: Our Story So Far". I'll be on the webinar dicussion panel as well as some people who are a lot more intelligent than me. My role is to bring a high-precision user community perspective to the discussion. If you want to gear up on the LightSquared issue, the webinar is a good opportunity.
To help visualize the issue, following is a graphic I lifted from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) website. I've inserted the GPS center frequencies (L1, L2, L5) as well as frequencies that LightSquared wants to use. If radios worked with nice, clean lines, we'd be in good shape. LightSquared would stay below 1559 MHz and GPS would stay above 1559 MHz. But it doesn't work that way. High-precision GPS receivers use a wide radio front-end for improved performance. It can be as much as 25 MHz wide. 1575 MHz (GPS L1 center frequency) minus 25 MHz = 1550 MHz. LightSquared base stations are broadcasting at 1,500 watts. A certain amount of noise is going to invade the 1559-1610 MHz range that GPS uses. Furthermore, mobile devices built to use LightSquared's signal may also invade the 1559-1610 MHz range. The water starts to become muddy very quickly. Bear that in mind when viewing the chart below.
Source: FCC
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to view the latest article from GPS World on LigthtSquared and GPS.
Lastly, it's not too late to take action. Following is a response I received from Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley after contacting his office about my concerns.
I haven't heard anything more since I received this letter on March 25, 2011, but I trust Mr. Merkley's staff is querying the FCC about this. The more attention we draw to the issue, the better.
Thanks, and see you next time.
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On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 19:03:49 +0200, Michael Scheer <listen at autechre dot de> wrote:
> Michael Scheer <listen at autechre dot de> wrote:
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I have seen these messages on Soekris boards numerous times,
especially when stress testing the devices.
Poul-Henning Kamp's explanation here, from Soekris list.
Doesn't really explain why it happens, but what it means.
I've seen this on FreeBSD 4.x and 5.x on Soekris 4501 and 4801. It's
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AMC today released the first trailer for the new original series Hell on Wheels, which begins production May 16 in Calgary. Created, written and executive produced by Joe and Tony Gaytons, the series is described as a contemporary Western that centers on former confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first Transcontinental Railroad. If, like me, you're wondering why the trailer says: "The network that brings you Breaking Bad and The Walking Dead" with no mention of flagship Mad Men, which, like Hell on Wheels is a period piece, here is the explanation. No, it is not bad blood following the contentions renegotiations with creator Matt Weiner. AMC's marketing team was simply going for series that are male-skewing like Hell on Wheels. The promos for the current mystery series The Killing do feature references to Mad Men.
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That looks amazing. Isn't NBC making the same show?
Kind of. NBC's is "Reconstruction"–about Missouri after the Civil War. Similar themes–bad blood between former North and South loyalties, frontier justice, gunslinging, etc. The difference is Hell on Wheels is definitely a series whereas Reconstruction seems like a long shot to make it out of pilot territory. A dark Civil War period drama definitely feels more like AMC's territory, but, that said, I hope they both take off.
Both also have mysterious strangers as protagonists traveling west and arriving in seething frontier towns. If this isn't airing until the 4th quarter as the article says, then NBC could have theirs up and running by then, maybe even beating this one to air.
I'm sure both camps are sweating this one out right about now.
Although amc does a great job with period pieces, I feel nbc really has a winner with recostruction. The initial pilot is great and really has more to it than what its stated. Although I can not comment on the contents, it will be worth checking out and will leave you wanting to see what's next week.
When will this air? Assuming it goes in the Sunday 10pm rotation like all of AMC's other programming, The Killing is currently there and Breaking Bad is slated for July; then of course Walking Dead is back in October.
AMC paired Rubicon and Mad Men last summer, I see them pairing it with The Walking Dead this fall. There is only a ten episode order for Hell on Wheels so I would see a 2 hour premiere for The Walking Dead and then have Hell on Wheels premiere the next week after the 3rd episode of The Walking Dead.
They've got my attention and will tune in.
This looks fantastic, terrific picture quality, great cast, very much looking forward to this series. AMC is doing quality work at that network. Kudos to all involved!
Wow, AMC is knocking it out of the park.
This does not look good. Looks like Zack Snyder brought his green screen in to redo a far inferior version of Deadwood.
Agreed — looks like Beautiful bullshit with bad dialogue sufficiently chewed by actors trying really hard to impress.
Agreed! Looks really cheap with cheap effects. They obviously skimped on extras and had a director who didn't know how to pull actors back from hamminess. This is not a good addition to the AMC line-up — a rare misfire for them.
Looks impressive.
Hopefully this show is of the high quality we expect from Mad Men and Breaking Bad. AMC's track record as of late has been spotty. Rubicon and The Killing have been big steps down, IMO. (All the praise The Killing got for it's pilot seems to be waning in a big way as of late)
Love it and can't wait. AMC rocks.
No wonder there was no mention of Mad Men. This show actually features people of color, unlike that other period piece on AMC.
You obviously haven't watched Mad Men! There's the beat guy's girlfriend, there's the guy who works in the elevator, there's … there's…. ah sheeeeeeeeit
Looking forward to it, but have reservations about a Confederate hero. There's gonna have to be a compelling reason to root for him.
The idea that all confederate soldiers were evil, bad racist men is is elementary school thinking
The thing that was nice about Walking Dead is you never seen any of the actors before except for that guy from Cliffhanger and that wasn't for long. You got 2 actors you've seen a dozen times before that Irish guy and that black guy. no thanks.
best pilot i've read in a few years…
Why are white people obsessed with the Civil War?
Jesus, let it go.
The lead (Anson Mount?) sounds like Clint Eastwood (as Dirty Harry) saying, "Go ahead – make my day", in everyfuckingscene. Wasn't there supposed to be acting/directing here?
Does this woman not know the meaning of the word "contemporary?"
Yet another series from AMC that looks intriguing. Looking at the last 3 series AMC has put out, I applaud the network for taking risks and trying new things instead of just more of the same. Say what you will about Rubicon, that show was a gem and I miss it. The Killing isn't perfect, but it is better than 90% of what's currently on TV. The Walking Dead also is not perfect, but it's very entertaining, which is what it comes down to. The network needs to make money off shows like The Walking Dead in order to fund other experimental projects. And Breaking Bad is one of the greatest series created; season 3 was easily the best of 2010. Definitely excited about this series.
Word is the pilot is exceptional-cinematography tops, Anson Mount at his best,actresses mesmerizing, and supporting cast all interesting and great. question is can they continue to pull off top shelf talent and prod at low shelf budget.
I am sure AMC will produce another flawless period piece, whatever their budget. I wonder if they will get into the Chinese workers with the building of the railroad…
First and foremost, "Hell On Wheels" has some mighty big shoes to fill! "Deadwood" raised the bar for westerns so high, I am doubtful any series, and even movies, will come to equal, let alone surpass the quality of that amazing HBO show. Having said that, "Hell On Wheels" looks intersting, not to mention beautiful to look at. AMC has become a force to be reckoned with on the TV landscape. The folks overthere are doing some fine, fine work. I mean any network that can boast a line-up comprising of "Mad Men", "Rubicon" (even though it was prematurely cancelled), "Breaking Bad", "The Killing" and what is perhaps one of the finest shows on television, "The Walking Dead", can really be proud! I for one will definitely give this show a try and hope that it will succeed! As for the whole competition bit with NBC, I doubt NBC can keep up with AMC, NBC's shows and general line-up is simply put awful, with the exception of "Chuck", they have nothing worth watching, personally I have given up on network TV years ago (with a few exceptions here and there). Not only can't NBC hold a candle to AMC in terms of quality, just in terms of content, NBC would loose out. While AMC is on basic cable, and like F/X has some limitations on content, i.e. they can't go as far as Starz, Showtime and HBO which are pay TV channels and therefore have little or no restrictions on their content, still even with all that AMC has a lot less restrictions in terms of language, sexuality and violence in their series…if you doubt that I would once again refer you to "Breaking Bad" and "The Walking Dead". There is NOTHING on network TV that comes even close to either of those series. If these are to be gritty and realistic depictions of life in the Wild West, I get the feeling that AMC would win hands down over NBC, just in terms of what they would be able to show on-screen. Then there is the question of budget…normally one would think that NBC would have the deeper pockets seeing that its parent company is a multi-billion dollar business, but from what I have seen so far, it seems that AMC (nevermind the other channels) outspends pretty much every mainstream network outhere. AMC shows, besides the teriffic cast, acting and stories, can claim some of the best looking shows on TV. Some are just magnificent to look at, with for example "The Walking Dead" surpassing many big budget movies I have seen over the years in terms of cinematography, speciall effects and production values in general. Not tu put a to finner point on it, but I have yet to see a network come up with anything in the ballpark.
If one needs a further example of something similar hapenning, think back a few years ago when HBO was coming out with its epic series "ROME", while ABC was set to put out its version "Empire"…boy what an embarassment that was, there was no competition whatsoever…"ROME" set new standards for television, while "Empire" became quickly destined for the discount bin in some dust ridden store…


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Twenty-five years ago Roy Williams accepted the job as head coach of the Kansas men's basketball team. Today, the man who is now in is 10th season at North Carolina has been inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame, the College Basketball Hall of Fame, has two NCAA titles and a winning percentage of .802, fourth best all-time and tops among active Division I coaches.
Even Williams, who spoke with humility during a telephone interview Tuesday, is impressed.
"Well, I never look back because I'm too busy working," said Williams, who will bring his Tar Heels (2-0) to town Friday to play Long Beach State (1-1) at 8:10 p.m. at the Walter Pyramid (on ESPNU). "But the way you said that, it does blow me away. But then I better make sure that I don't think about it too much because I've gotta coach my team."
Williams, 62, was laughing. Then he got serious.
"Honestly, when I got to Kansas I was no-name Roy Williams and that was OK," he said. "I had great training with coach (Dean) Smith and I was comfortable with what I was doing. It's been a great ride for 25 years. I know I can't last another 25, but I'd like to last another 10 or so.
"Those numbers, they do sound pretty neat. What it means is just a great staff that I've had and kids who have played their tails off and tried to do what we asked them to do."
It's been an interesting road, and not always a smooth one for Williams, who attended North Carolina and played freshman basketball there. Williams eventually assisted the aforementioned Smith at North Carolina, then ended up coaching Kansas for 15 years. His teams there compiled a record of 418-101 (.805) and made four Final Four appearances, playing in two championship games.
The Jayhawks lost both times, and Williams found himself wearing the label of the most successful coach without an NCAA ring. That's what some had said about Smith.
He began coaching the Tar Heels in 1961 and did not win a championship until 1982 - his seventh Final Four - with a victory over Georgetown in New Orleans.
Williams finally won his first title in 2005 in his fifth Final Four when he guided North Carolina to a 75-70 victory over Illinois in St. Louis. To an outsider, it must have seemed like a huge weight had been lifted off Williams' shoulders. Williams said it wasn't as bad as all that.
"It wasn't really that rough because they had said that about coach Smith when I was on the staff here as an assistant," he said.
"So I had seen what had happened and I remember hugging him on the floor in 1982 and I said, `I'm so happy for you.' And he said, `You know, I'm not really that much better than I was 2<MD+,%30,%55,%70>1/<MD-,%0,%55,%70>2 hours ago.'
"And so in St. Louis I said the same thing, because it didn't change me. But, you know, the perception was there."
It's not like Williams doesn't take any pride in what he did at Kansas even though both of his titles - in 2005 and 2009 - came at North Carolina. He harkened back to the 1990-91 season at Kansas. It was Williams' third season and first trip to the Final Four, which resulted in a 72-65 loss to Duke in the title game.
"We had Adonis Jordan from L.A., we had Terry Brown, we had Alonzo Jamison from California, we had Mike Maddox and we had Mark Randall," Williams said. "That was our starting five and we played for the national championship and only one of those guys was drafted and Mark Randall was the last player picked in the first round. Duke had three players in the lottery - Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill and Christian Laettner.
"The national championships that came later were really satisfying. But boy, it was satisfying even early on to take ... you know, the typical basketball fan wouldn't have recognized maybe any of those five. And yet those kids gave me a chance and trusted in what I said."
Long Beach State coach Dan Monson is more than impressed by his comrade.
"There are guys that have won national championships that you don't respect and then there are guys like him who you're happy for because you respect them," Monson said. "And I think that's the biggest thing in coaching, is that for him he's earned those championships and he's done it the right way. I don't think there's anybody in the profession that's any more first-class than he is."
Williams assisted his mentor at the school he attended, went out on his own to Kansas to become a man, so to speak, then came back to leave his own stamp on his alma mater. Quite the cool journey, said Vic Cegles, Long Beach State athletics director.
"He knows how to build a program," Cegles said. "He came from a great program as an assistant, he goes to Kansas and establishes himself as an individual as a coach and then he goes back to North Carolina. He's coached at two of the best possible places he could coach, but he certainly knows what it takes to win at that level."
Williams, 677-169 overall, also knows how to butter up opposing coaches.
"He's just one of those guys that you don't out-coach him," Williams said of Monson, whose teams lost by just five and six points, respectively, the past two seasons at North Carolina. "If we win the game (Friday), it's not going to be because Roy Williams out-coached Dan.
"I can tell you that because he is just really good. I'm not trying to be humble. I really am not. I'm just being truthful."


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Other Sources: Friday's Press Roundup
A roundup of the day's business and finance commentary from The Wall Street Journal and selected London-based newspapers.
The Wall Street Journal (Subscription required)
Heard on the Street
Greek rhetoric risks backfiring (Richard Barley)
Every time the prime minister complains about the lack of EU support, Papandreou actually makes the job of financing his country's deficit more difficult.
Teva pays up for another attractive dose of M&A (Hester Plumridge)
Bidding wars have been rare in Europe recently. So Teva Pharmaceutical's $4.95 billion acquisition of Ratiopharm after a lengthy auction will have raised the spirits of many bankers.
Arriva's heavy deal traffic (Matthew Curtin)
Deutsche Bahn's strategic interest in Arriva makes sense, and the U.K. company's board should consider holding out for a higher price.
The Financial Times (Subscription required)
Lex Column
Sit, lie, roll over…
While politicians dither, markets worry about rollover risk.
Italian bond scandal
Investment banks, especially foreign ones, are easy prey.
Market capitalization reaches high of $37 billion.
Brazilian IPOs
Scaled-back IPOs show cooling ardour for market darling.
The Times
Beware of ambitious bosses in bulldozers (David Wighton)
It speaks well of Tidjane Thiam and his fellow directors that the controversy was not allowed to fester for long.
Kraft could be just the beginning (Mark Kleinman)
M&A bankers are pinning their hopes on a string of foreign takeovers of British companies in the months ahead.
Hoberman backs new lifestyle club (Martin Waller)
Brent Hoberman has now put some money behind Keynoir, which will let people get together via networks to bulk buy.
The Daily Telegraph
Prudential will come to regret lack of clarity over Thiam's SocGen role (Damian Reece)
Prudential shareholders will be forgiven or wondering what, exactly, is going on at the insurer.
Does my debt look too big these jeans and other pre-election worries (Tracy Corrigan)
Honesty may be the best policy, but it is not necessarily going to get anyone elected on May 6.
The Guardian
Pru's Thiam damaged by screeching U-turn (Nils Pratley)
Investors are hopping mad about the Pru chief's plan to join the SocGen board as a non-executive.
The Independent
When Irish eyes are smiling again it will be good news for the UK too (Hamish McRae)
The EC was critical of Ireland's performance but there are small signs that confidence is returning.


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The AcquireConnection method call failed with error code 0xC0202009.
I have a SQL Server Agent job with a step to execute an SSIS package. The package has as one of it's connection managers the Connection Manager For Excel Files. When I run the job it fails every time. I have implemented logging and in the OnError event it states "The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "LOBMappingExcel" failed with error code 0xC0202009".
Note that if I execute this package via dtexecui or dtexec it runs successfully. Only when I have the SQL server Agent Job run the package does this occur. What am I missing?
- Moved by Sethu SrinivasanMicrosoft employee Thursday, January 24, 2013 9:48 PM SSIS
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Hello Euan,
The account that SQL Agent is running under is a domain account and a member of the sysadmin role. I made sure this account has access to the spreadsheet in question by Terminal Servicing to the box - using these credentials - where the spreadsheet resides and opening it. This was successful.
I also ran dtexec from the command line using the "run as" feature using these credentials and the package executed fine.
It only fails with the "AcquireConnection method" error when I schedule the SSIS package to run via a SQL Agent job.


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Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel with free area shuttle and restaurant
Popular property highlights
Situated in Marlborough, this hotel is 0.3 mi (0.4 km) from Peter Rice Homestead and within 3 mi (5 km) of New England Sports Center and John Brown Bell. Solomon Pond Mall is 3.1 mi (5 km) away.
Hotel Features
A restaurant, an indoor pool, and a fitness center are available at this smoke-free hotel. Free WiFi in public areas, free self parking, and a free area shuttle are also provided. Additionally, a bar/lounge, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli are onsite.
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All 196 rooms provide conveniences like refrigerators and coffee makers, plus free WiFi and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Free weekday newspapers, video-game consoles, and hair dryers are among the other amenities that guests will find.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Courtyard by Marriott Boston Marlborough features an indoor pool and a fitness center. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant, a coffee shop/café, and a snack bar/deli. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired and wireless Internet access.
Business-related amenities at this 3-star property consist of a business center and meeting rooms. Event facilities measuring 8,000 square feet (743 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and coffee/tea in a common area. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
Courtyard by Marriott Boston Marlborough is a smoke-free property.
- 24-hour front desk
- Total number of rooms - 196
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- Number of floors - 5
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- Premium TV channels
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Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
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Recreational amenities at the hotel include an indoor pool and a fitness center.
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Check-in time ends at 11:30 AM
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A thousand years ago Albert Weisswelt, The King of Weisswelt, a system in the outer core, decided to hand over his stellar kingdom to the M-Throne Empire. Later on he became a good friend of the Emperor of M-Throne. The Emperor used DNA samples of King Albert to create an altered clone of himself too.
Sigmund is an immortal (He don't age) and a psychic. His psychic powers are from the way of kindness (Examples: psychic peace, psychic conversation, psychic prevention, psychic sight, psychic levitation. For ore info visit the Psychic Force section on the "M-Throne" page). His choice of weapons is a red colored laser-sword and he do not prefer trajectory weapons.
He is naturally a member of the C.O.E. organisation and a general in imperial army but his main duty is to work as an ambassador for the Emperor to establish peaceful relations with other civilizations outside the Imperial Territory. He is currently on duty in Nehellium Galaxy.


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PHOTO: Trey Songz Thanks Nicki Minaj For Collaboration With Roses
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Trey Songz is showing his appreciation to Nicki Minaj for her contribution to his upcoming album Trigga. The singer thanked Nicki for collaborating on the song "Touchin, Lovin" by filling her recording studio with dozens of pink roses. He also included a hand-written note expressing his gratitude. He wrote that Nicki's "growth is inspiring and beautiful to watch" and that he was "happy and honored" to work with her.
Nicki responded via Instagram saying "The honor is all mine, Trey."
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Richard J. Mouw, a noted seminary professor and theologian, he is currently President at Fuller Theological Seminary. He also holds the post of Professor of Christian Philosophy.
Education and Career
Mouw was educated at Houghton College from which he received the B.A. degree. He then studied for the M.Div degree at Western Theological Seminary. He was awarded the M.A. from the University of Alberta, and his PhD. degree from the University of Chicago.
Mouw was Professor of Christian philosophy at Calvin College for seventeen years. He has also served as a visiting professor to the Free University of Amsterdam. He was appointed Professor of Christian Philosophy and Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in 1985. In 1993 he was elected president of Fuller Theological Seminary.
During the 1970s Mouw was noted as an innovative evangelical thinker and activist at Calvin College alongside of Stephen Monsma and Paul Henry. Mouw was identified by political scientist Robert Booth Fowler as being one of the important voices in what Fowler dubbed "reform-oriented evangelicals". For example Mouw was among several evangelicals involved in the 1973 Conference of Evangelicals for Social Concern, and was a signatory to that conference's declaratory statement "An Historic Moment for Biblical Social Concern". Mouw's concerns for social justice issues is reflected in his membership in various organizations such as the International Justice Mission, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy, and Christians for Biblical Equality.
He has written extensively on Christian social justice matters, as well as on philosophical topics. He has been a keen advocate of interpreting contemporary culture and suggesting fresh avenues for Christian engagement with culture. He has also urged evangelicals to have a deeper appreciation of their own heritage, particularly in their hymnology and fundamentalist values.
In 2000 he delivered the Stoeb Lectures in which he reanalysed the theological concept of common grace. This topic has had a history of debate within Protestant circles generally, and among Calvinist and Arminian theologians. Mouw's lectures generated a written response from the conservative Calvinist David Engelsma, and they have also held a public debate with each other over the subject.
Mouw has also been noted for his advocacy of a change of attitude and tactics among evangelicals when encountering devotees of new religious movements. This is reflected in the foreword he composed to the apologetics text The New Mormon Challenge where he applauded the authors for their efforts to respond to Mormons at a level of intellectual cogency, by using lofty standards of scholarship and maintaining ethical integrity in their unswerving commitment to orthodoxy. Similarly, he endorsed the literary debate between Craig Blomberg (evangelical New Testament scholar) and Stephen Robinson (a Mormon scholar) in the book How Wide the Divide? (InterVarsity Press, 1997). He has also endorsed the broader cross-cultural missions position presented by various American, Canadian and Australian evangelicals in the book Encountering New Religious Movements (Kregel 2004).
Mouw's stance on dialogue with scholars and leaders of the Mormons ( Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) has generated some controversy among Christian apologists in the Christian countercult movement. In November 2004 he offered an apology to Mormons for the way in which many evangelicals have treated the Mormon faith in countercult books. He made this apology in introductory remarks at a speaking event where the Christian evangelist Ravi Zacharias was the featured speaker in Temple Square, Salt Lake City. He has also been the object of criticism from some countercult apologists for his back cover remarks on a book written by the Mormon scholar Robert Millet that was published by William B. Eerdmans.
_This article is based on a verbatim copy of the whole or part, of a past version of the English-language Wikipedia article, Richard Mouw, and may be subject to the copyright restrictions of GFDL, section 2 (Verbatim copies), and section 4 (Modifications)._
Selected publications
- Political Evangelism (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1974).
- Politics and the Biblical Drama (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1976).
- Called to Holy Worldliness (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980).
- Objections to Christianity (Grand Rapids: Bible Way, 1981).
- When The Kings Come Marching In (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1983).
- Distorted Truth (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1989).
- and Paul A. Marshall and Sander Griffioen, eds., Stained Glass: Worldviews and Social Science (Lanham: University Press of America, 1989).
- The God Who Commands (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame, 1990).
- Uncommon Decency (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 1992).
- and Sander Griffioen, Pluralisms and Horizons (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1993).
- Consulting the Faithful (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1994).
- The Smell of Sawdust: What Evangelicals Can Learn from their Fundamentalist Heritage (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000).
- He Shines in all that's Fair: Culture and Common Grace (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2001).
- Calvinism in the Las Vegas Airport: Making Connections in Today's World (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004).
- and Mark A. Noll, Wonderful Words of Life (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 2004).
- "Foreword" in The New Mormon Challenge, Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser and Paul Owen, eds. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002), pp. 11-13.
- David J. Engelsma, Common Grace Revisited: A Response to Richard Mouw's He Shines in all That's Fair (Grandville: Reformed Free Publishing Association, 2003).
Robert Booth Fowler, A New Engagement: Evangelical Political Thought 1966-1976 (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans, 1982).
Paul H. Sherry, Book Review of Politics and the Biblical Drama, Theology Today, 34/2 (July 1977), pp. 199-204. [1]
External links
- Brief Biographical Profile of Mouw at Fuller Seminary [2]
- "3000 People Attend A Debate on Common Grace" Banner of Truth, News Report on Public Debate between Richard Mouw and David Engelsma [3]
- Christians For Biblical Equality website [4]
- Richard Mouw, "Evangelicalism and Philosophy," Theology Today, 44/3 (October 1987), pp 39-337 [5]
References to Mormon Controversy
Two different reports from evangelical sources on the Zacharias-Mouw speeches with the Mormons can be compared at: